NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2138, 16 December 1890, Page 4

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

A profusion of flowers, sympathetic speeches, at d a parade nf 2000 people marked the ctlfhr.tlon in Chicago, on November 9tb, of the third anniversary of the execution of the Anarchists. Decorum characterise d "U the exercises, the speeches in comparison with the oldtime fiery utterances were mild almost to tameness, the weather was cold and cheerless. The procession marched through several streets with banners furled and drsped wi'h crape. When the special train reached the cemetery the procession again formed and marched past the graves, each society, as it passed by, depositing itsflirai offering, until the graves were piled high with masses of red and while flowers in curious designs. The crowd then assembled in front of a smalt platform and listened to the speeches. The Sheriff of New York has returned unsatisfied executions in three judgments against the Duchess of Marlborough. The Duchess has no property in America, and the income from the estate of her late husband cannot be levied upon. GENERAL BOOTH’S SCHEME. Archdeaeon Farrar delivered an earnest address on November 9;h at Westminster Abbey in support of the scheme of General' Booth for the redemption of England’s poverty-stnken masses. The announcement that the Archdeacon would sp- ak on this topic had attracted such a throng of people that after the Abbey had be«n crowded to its utmost capacity thousands tinned away unable to gain admission. General Booth’s novel and alluring plan is now one of the chief subjects of public inierest. Twenty leading clergymen of Great Britain have signed an appeal to the people to raise £I,OOO 600, which General Booth thinks would be required to successfully carry out the enterprise. Cardinal Manning and most of the .Protestant Bishops have endorsed the plan. The Prince of Wiles lias written to General Booth, heartily approving of (be scheme, which he describes as an intelligent and promising (ffort to aid tbe people, whsse welfare is near his heart. General Booth is, however, being met by controversy and criticism, as will as approve'. Many who agree with him as to the need of remedial measures, believe that help must be through legislation. General Booth proposed to apply his panacea without invoking the aid of Parliament. EXCITEMENT ON THE NEW YORK MARKET. The following message was received from New York, under date of November 10th ; A flood of alarming oiblegrania ftom London and Paris, predicting disasters in tbe markets there this week caused by feeling of panic in stocks, made sales of stock, but could not find buyers, and as soon as the signal for beginning business was given, no offers were made, but every bid, no matter at what price, was at once filled. The market showed tbe utmost demoralisation, and, fallowing he lead of the London figures, the opening prices were extremely low. The dec inea rince Saturday are the largest ever known over-night and losses of fractional amounts an exception. Drops of 1 to 3£ covered the whole active list. (Stocks were thrown over in the most reckless manner, causing a feverish and unsettled market, with a steady decline in values. At the noon-hour, when the excitement was at fever heat. J»a. Strnthers, a broker, fell dead on the fl mr. For a few minutes Strnthers’ body lay where it fell, the brokers crowding about with uncovered heads waiting for the officials to act. Strnthers had entered a few minutes before, and was no'iced to be acting in a very singular manner. He staggered up against one or two brokers and suddenly fell forward on h s face, dying in a few minutes, dharp to the minute of 12 3U, exactly after the half-hour recess had expired, the president again mounted on the rostrum, and marie an official announcement of the unfortunate broker’s death. He had hardly stepped down from the platform before there was a rush and a shout, and business was once more resumed on the fl nor. This scene, as well as that when ivcess was announced, was characteristic of the tremendous excitement pervading the market. When the death was first announced a reries of brokers, without waiting to hear anything about it, rushed off in mad haste to make the best u*e they could of the time in making up their accounts.