ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1873, 2 April 1889, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Tho R.M.S. Mararoa, with the San Francisco Mail, ornyed at Auckland on Saturday. The following is a summary of the intelligence brought by her : GENERAL SUMMARY. (Dates from Europe to March 8.) Tho Countess Zarish, daughter of Duke Louis, of Bavaria, has been sentenced to perpetual exile from Bavaria for the part taken in the events leading to the death of tho Crowu Prince of Austria. Letters received in New York on March sth from the Congo say that Stanley the explorer had started to rejoin Emin Pasha and would not return by way of the Congo. He bad suffered treachery from Tippoo Tib, whose chief object was to pick up slaves. The Wissraan African expedition is likely to be a failure as there are no recruiti. Victor Stanwood U.S. Consular agent, was killed at Andukabe, Modagascar, recently by the captain of an American schooner. The Solitmn boa calculated that seventy lives were lost in the recent gales in the Red Sea. The United States has informed Germany that the demand for the prosecution and the punishment of correspondent Klein cannot be complied with. Ex-King Milan will shortly start ou a long toar. The Austrian Cabinet fear that king Milan’s abdication will result in Russian ascendancy. The private debts of the throneleas king amount to 2,000,000 florins. The German Government has decided to prevent Petroff’n expedition proceeding to the interior of Africa. O’Donovan Kossa has sued Cassidy, of the New York Catholic News, for criminal libel. He called Rossa a traitor to Ireland* A Chinaman has been arrested for debauching 25 white girls at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Erickson, the famous engineer and inventor of the caloric engine, died at New York on March Bth. The discovery of a rich goldfield is reported near tho southern boundary of the Ban Diego county line of California, on Mexican territory, in the valley of Santa Clara. The King of Holland developed symptoms of blood poisoning on March sth, and his death was considered imminent. He suffered severely. The Philadelphia wool men have sent a letter to Mr Wisdom, the new Secretary of the Treasury, asking him to make rulings to prevent scoured wool from being Imported under the name of “ waste; ” that he will confirm a6O per cent duty on wool tops, and that ho will classify the so-called worsted cloths as “ woollen.” ’ Viscount Mandeville, the eldest son of the Duke of Manchester, has failed for £120,000. He married an American named Miss Gynanga His bankruptcy is attributed to gambling and to living in excess of his income. It has been discovered that a bloody vendetta prevails amongst the Sicilian colonists in New Orleans. There are several thousands of these people in that city, »nd the feud, of which there have already been many victims, was brought from Italy. Bodies have been found by keen-scented Jogs in the swamps on the borders of Lake Pontchartram, and also I in other out-of-the-way places. Many persona have disappeared of whom no account can be given at all.

Mr Parnell received an ovation at a banquet of the Eighty Club in London on March Bth. Lord Spencer congratulated him on his vindication, and admired his forbearance and dignity. He said that it would bo difficult for the Government to prove that it was not in collusion with The Times. Mr Parnell replied with a Home Rule speech. The Queen’s drawingroom at Buckingham Palace on February 25th was marked by the largest attendance of the winter season. The dresses were mainly darktoned, in deference to the recent Court mourning. A despatch from Paris, dated March 6th, says that when the Government proposed co enquire into the doings of the copper syndicate there, the shares of 4 ,h e Socidtd des Meteuax and Comptoir d’Escompte fell heavily on the Bourse. There was a run on the bank for a short time, but not serious. M. Deufert Rocheran, director of the latter financial organisation, had a quarrel with M. Heutsch, a colleague, on the subject of engaging the Comptoir in the raotal syndicate, and as a consequent M. Rocheran, who had sunk his private fortune of 6,000,000 francs in the speculation, blew out his brains with a revolver. March 2nd was the seventy-ninth anniversary of Pope Leo. He received a number of Cardinals, who tendered their congratulations. In his address the Pope referred to the oppressions of the new penal code, and the suppression of the funds of the fraternity. Ho also bitterly attacked the Italian Government. The Pope is in splendid health, and is preparing an encyclical on the necessity of peace in Europe. Joseph Oungel, the famous composer of Hungarian dance music, died on March 4th, aged 78. Two warrants were issued for Pigolt’s arrest, but they were waste paper ns far as the Parnell case is concerned. Perjury is not an extraditionabla offence, and the kind of forgery which Pigott committed for The Times is not criminal, as though he had forged a cheque, bill of exchange, or similar instrument, Mr Balfour warned The Times a year ago that Pigott was unreliable. The Dublin Freeman's Journal states that amongst Pigolt’s documents after his suicide were found letters from Lord Salisbury, Lord Si, Atridge, the Duke of Argyle, and the Earl of Derby, the last named sending money to help Pigott to unmask the Parnellites, The British Consul and the English detectives who were sent to Madrid for the purpose of identifying the body of the suicide as that of Pigott, ordered it to be buried. Mr Parnell says he feels bound to care for the four children whom Pigott left, Isaiah V. Williamson, a multi-mil-lionaire, died in Philadelphia on March 6th. Hie benefactions in recent years reached u total of 160,000,000d015. He devoted 12,000,000 to the establishment of a great industrial school for boys. An English syndicate, the London As- 1 surauce Company, baa purchased for £2,000,000 the Burtholomony Rochester and Genesee breweries in Rochester, New York. The transfer was made on 6th March, A goldfield has been discovered in Santa Clara, near San Diego, and a mineralogist, specially sent to examine, pronounces the find to be the richest in the history of the Pacific coast. The general opinion is that this reported discovery is a lura to attract the floating population of California, Mrs Mary L. Booth, editress of Harper’s Bazaar, died on March sth at New York, aged SQ. The Australian Ballot Bill was defeated in the Senate of the State of Maine ou March 3rd by a majority of one. Bishop Murray, of Australia, who is about to viblt the Vatican, preached on Sundayi March 3rd, at St. Mary’s (Catholic), San Francisco, The Bishop took for his subject on the occasion “ The Progress of Catholicism in Australia.” He estimated that there were now 700,000 Catholics in Australia. Two children, Minnie and Willie Peterson, when returning from school in the northern part of Aitlcen County, Minnesota, were attacked and completely devoured by wolves, a few scattered bones and shreds only remaining, a horrible testimony of their fate. James C. Flood, one of the San Francises “ Bonanza ” firm of mining millionaires, died at the Grand Hotel in Heidelberg at sixty-three years of age, of Bright’s disease. Ho was a carpenter by trade, and commenced business in San Francises by keeping a liquor saloon. In 1867 tba firm met with severe losses by unfortunate wheat dealings, losing nearly 1,200,000 according to some estimates, but notwithstanding this Flood died worth many millions. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated was sold on February 25th to Arkell, of the New Fork Judge, a comic weekly, for 300,000 dollars. The German edition commands 100,000 dollars additional. On February 25th the Mayor of New York (Mr Grant) gave notice that all telegraph and telephone wires in that city must be buried, and if the work is not done by the end of that time to have it done by the city at the Companies’ expense. The Secretary of the United States. Navy has contracted with F. Pickering and Go., of New York, for the delivery of 2000 tons of coal at Samoa at 13dol 25c per ton. The shipment will coat the Government 34,000d01, and the voyage will occupy four months. The German newspapers are dissatisfied with President Harrison’s inaugural address. Some of them says it shows an arrogant spirit, and does not display a particularly friendly feeling towards other Powers. The Mexicon Press sees in the address a menace to the peace of the Spanish-American Republics, especially Mexico. It expresses fear, and blames the policy. Paris paper treat the document lightly. The Premier of Canada, Sir John Macdonald, proposes to appeal to the country at once as to the annexation question, and than retire from Government when the question is decided one way or (he other. He suggests that Canada be elected into an independent kingdom under British protection, with one of the Royal family as reigning head. The Orangemen held a mass meeting in Ottawa on February 23rd, and resolved to withdraw their support from the Conservative party if (he Government persisted in refusing to disallow tho Jesuits Compensation Act, passed by the Quebec Legislature. It was resolved also that a i third parly be formed. Tho Edison Electric Light Company s patents have been declared invalid in Canada,

The Jesuits have sued the Toronto Moil 1 for libel, and retained a Senator, a member I of Parliament, and throe Queen’s counsel } to prosecute. Chili has passed a law excluding the Chinese from the Republic.