AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 171, 25 September 1886, Page 3

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

' ' San Fr moisco. August 28. ' The great street c-ir sirme in. j*ew York ended ou August 26th, the men accepting the terms offered by tbe miJiaKer of the roads. '1 ho Apaches io Ariz ■ > »< j o killing American miners almost r atb . ■ i'hi <'o were murdered on the 24th, with horrible atu eiiy. John »?. Swift wa? rjonun*ited by the Republican Ccraventi6n of California on August 27, as caci^idato for Govpht^ tor the ensuing term. .Hon. James jUJpbMtr, the veteran Knglish I yachtsman, is i.. St.. Francisco en route to Au^Mand. The desi r e to jump off Bre~klyn bridge is growing. Several candidates for the perilous honour have presented themselves. A now idea is that advauced by a Maine man, Charles E. Bishop, who proposes to apcend by balloon over- the bridge, 150 feet, and drop from that height. , Tnree British schooners and one American , have been seized by the U.S. cruiser Oorwin for illegally cb ptu ring fur seals in Alaskan waters. \ The fcffaie ia likely to lead tn come diplomatic correspondence between the -United States and Great Britain. An extensive and disastrous -fire -Occurred in the , southern part of Pan Francisco, on the evening of Aug. 21at The area 'swept by the flames was bounded south by Townsend-Btreet, and north by Boyant, east by Fourth, and west by JFifth street. Nearly two large blocks sue Climbed, einbrecing factories, foundries, ware- l houses and residences. The loss will be over one million dollars.' , • A Chinese bociety has been discovered in New York which offars, for $200 ahead, to bear, the restriction law,' and to get nny^ Chinaman desired into thB United .^tateß from China. " Samuel J. 'J^ilden, a leading Statesman; died at Ur&ystontv Yonkers, New ,York, at ten minutes before 9 o'clock 'a.tn , August 4, aged ' 72 5 ears. Tiiden>wHfl regarded aB the most acute politician in the United States, and was the*' acknowledged leader ot tho Dnmoorartio parly , . He was * lawyer of ttninent attainments. After J much politicnl t»ervice, ! be became s Governor of the Stale ot New York, in 1874, where he per-' 1 formed the arduous task of dr-Btroyine the > canal ring, and exposing the gang of municipal swindles known 'as " the ' Tweed ' King. He was nominated for President ■ 'of tbe .United States by the Demooratio Cpnvention in IB7P. and undflubtddly, elected, but was deprived of the fruits of victory by the ' chicanery of the Republican party. ' Mr Tilden's wealth is estimated *«'ten million dollars, 1 and < iwhilo.his relalave» 'are swell; provided for; he - leaves the bulk of his property to be used for,u t the publid'g'riod, ' ' ".>,", • lf> , ' Michael Davitt arrived in New York on Anir. Bth. and will probably' commence his lecture series jon ( tha Vaoiflu Coast. t His mission is to harmonise the Tri'li American, party and keep Gpenthechtanpelofraonetarysuppl'y.' Inaddition ' to jDavitt;. Jolin* JH). Bedmond* M.'P. for North Wexford : John Deasy. M.Pi for, -West Mayo ; and William O'Brien. fMiitor of " United Ireland 1 ," lef b Qaeenetown on the 9ih, as delegates to the, Chicago Convention. - ' ' fl * A^ew between, Panama and Sati Franci3CQ.,wlll*Bo'into ,opp"ration bv next .October. " Itrwill'b'o called Yhe Spanish Central " • American 51 ' UrieV 'and- 1 a' concession has b6en ' "granted itibv^the Coata'Rican Congress. •> - '- j Charges of ,bari?ain ( and Balewhjle in oflßce f .have been brought againsr. ex-Mayor Edson, of ISTew Yorlc;' They are' sworn to, 'and are of so „ 'serious »f» f character ithat speedy 1 indictment ib - expeotpd,. . >t ' ■-' t 'n i< < ■. • . Thp New Yo'k " Commercial Advertiser " is ," making 'a sensation by a series' of articles going to show that the police of that cl\r are in the >pay of .Cbineaa gamblers/lottry dealers, opium » joints and houses pf prostitution.,, , ,-. „ v , 'Tin has been discovered in the Blaok Hills, ' . i)al<?o*a Tefrltoi-y: •" o .><•• ' y^ "ntn t Mr McWhirter, a Methodist minister' and s eflitor ot -tho (l " Democrat/.' Marysville. Cul., ■ .aho.t i au^ ( killed U,S. .MarsKo.l Robinson, , on < calling 'in 'qhestioa the truth '* of a.'VGrs'ona'l article that had appeared in ihe" paper.' nf jJ • !< » «'. 'if .i i-K «» *~ : The of the Irish Parlia- - , mpntary Fund AB^ndaHonAhav.O'deoided to,'' place- fioS'.OOOHthat'Kiia be>n coliebted by tm s f t^seOciarion,- in a'ba^k in'*Now Yrtrkatli per' I '• I nntilit.BhoTaldibe needed by Pax-u ■> v 'Gerierarc:* X MgurJ'a conspictions Union \ f offlce*'darini? the Opnfpdefa'e Wa%,"and now on'" »the s retiredi Hat,, "wasli&ott on \Augaal; loth four > <^ .times, i^frontjot.his rfialdence at« Washington. >v 1 5,. disiu:rririiicefi5iid the- OerioraV rpqueited^hini' 0^ t>moveion/'wUhtTliei result meijti6ned.v H^Ms^d ; * The Jrdasu.toc.of tftevOrohard jMills and v tho Atlatttic.'Coitbri 'MillsV Mlisya'oiiulet^; William' 3 " J Grey s ea'6h l^ig\isti 1 lTthF"* tto be^shortiin bisjaedountsu^pmelBoo,ooodoh?^»i 1 unions im^Mhß%fhj»m^tm i m&A lti t iSf^bee»thEeatmiiilissolutioiCof!tlicibre:anisati6ns;;'a ' The printers had withdrawn 35 dolegates. - , ,• 'Amerioan' Roman Catholics madeapilgrimage" to Our Lady , of Martyrs'' at ■ Auriesvillc, Montgomery Co., New York, ,on August 17th. 3,000 went from Now York alone ' V