Arrival of the SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3683, 10 December 1890, Page 2

Arrival of the SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

At Auckland.

(Perß,M,B.Zealandia.) (Per Press Association.) GENERAL SUMMARY. New York, November Z, Mr William O'Brien and wife, Mr T D Sullivan and .wife, Mr John Dillon, and Mr Tjmp.thy Harrington arrived this morning, ■ A Reception Sommitteo, representing various Irish sooietieß'met them at tho Quarantine Station, and when the steamerarrived at the Dock a reception was held, after which the visitors went to the Hoffman House. Governor Hill was one of the first to call upon them, He expressed sympathy with their cause and signed his name to an address of welcome v prepared by the'lrish societies. Mayor Oram did the same, Eugene Kelly and Joseph J. O'Donahue were also arnqiig the callers, This owning tho Parliamentary Fund Association gave a reception to the delegates at the Hoffman House, about two hundred invited guests being present. . Nows reached Merced on November 10 that the body of John Ivett, one of the oldest and wealthiest residents of this county, had been found near his home' o'li the Merced jiyar, horribjy'hruise'd and pagled. His head l|ftc( tye§ bjp,k'en to a jelly, and the brains wpre scattered ( for several feet--ilp- ate'hjs. supper in the farmhouse] pfl had started for his private residence, whjoh was upon a hill about a hundred'feet distant. The assassin must have done his -bloody'work juat as Ivett stepped on the porch, The- murdered man was 70 years of age. His young wifs is in San Franoisco. There' is great excitement throughout h'Q4 '"- '. ■ . .'.'■■■' ...'■-.;' {fing Humbert, of Italy, has set a good example to his fellow monarohs Regarding theimpeouniosity of their children, flp had' declined to-- ask flip 'ltalian, Parliament for .state ajlowancp, which : -.pil'd," .according

Naples, the Jbieii: to the ;throne >now that he has.'-attained bis- majority. The.Eng:declares' that while the Treasury is in sucii a. depleted condition he cahnot conscientiously call for an appropriation of publio funds for a member of his family, "■' The condition of the poorer classes of Italy continues'deplorable. -Deslitu' tion prevails in many quarters, and those who con arrange to do bo are leaving iu the hope of bettering themselves. Six thousand persons have emigrated to America > during: the pasttendaju' '- Two burglars attempted lo rob :the residence of John-K. (Jonnell, at Lowell, -Mass.,. about 2 o'clock on the morning of October 25th, The "first person who /discovered the robbers was Mamie, the eighteen year old daughter, who heard a noise in the lower portion ,of'the house. She had retired for the night, but she immediately arose, and making lor way to her. father's smokhig room, took a revolver from-a drawer, and proceeded to the room from which the noise came, She saw that ■■■■ the burglars had, entered the main body of the house. Upon following tliem she found a hard looking specimen of manhood, who later on proved to be Tobin, a notorious Boston crook, He was just' 7 rifling a drawer.of Mr ComieU's desk, when' Mamie entered the room and shouted, "Either surrender or I will shoot,"-The ruffian sprang upon the girl, who proved equal.to the "emergency/and emptied two chambers of the revolver into him, one of the bullets striking 1 bim just above tlie left lung, bringing him to the ground. M'this point his accomplice, who was onwatoli outside, entered, the house to assist bis fallen pal, hut the plucky girl covered him with her weapon and he began begging for mercy.- She forced him to sit down until the occupants of the house had been aroused, when be was handed over to the police for safe keeping. A Berlin cable of October-' 19th says all last week, from Tuesday to Saturday, the aristocratic families of Germany were busy sending lotas of congratulation to Castle Randen, where the Duke of Eatisbon celebrated with elaborate festivity the fiftieth anniversary of his elevation to the ducal rank bv Frederick William IY. The Duke, who is brother of the Governor, of AlsaceLorraine, is immensely rich, and landlord of 50 weaving villages in ' Silesia, whose 200,000- inhabitants are the poorest and most nogleoted of the entire empire - Belonging to his domain are the districts of . Bybuiokand Sohwienlalowitz, where hunger never quite ceases to levy its toll of victims all the year round, and where women and children have i to exist on a diet of weak coffee, poor potatoes, and soup made out of sour flour. The men at times enjoy the luxury of a piece of bacon or sausages whioh they olaim whenever pay day comes, arguing thaUbey are entitled to.the little nutritious food obtainable

I they work harder than the women.: Tbo town of Myslogitz belongs to the Duke. It is the place where the poor weavers , ran a line over the river t». the Austrian bank to.whioh wa.9 fastened a bag on a pulley fa bring over to the Prussian territory small quantities of flour, that necessity of life being 85 per cent cheaper in Austria than in Prussia, The Duke's Chaves soon stopped this, and tbe weavers went starving. In. all accounts of the Puke'fl jubilee there is not a 'line to indicate'that he has .'made it an occasion for bettering the condition of these poor people, They were fed on pork and beer for once iu.fifty years, but no permanent benefit has been effected or promised, and no newspaper has been outspoken enough to remind the mighty duke of his duty tq hi? suflering serfe, ' "!. A telegram from Erie (Pa) dated October 10, says a. horrible catastrophe was averted on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern BailW May, near Silver Creek, through the bravery and cool-headed conduct of the engineer, A detaohed section of an East bound freight train had been run into by another section, and a portion of the debris thrown over oil the West bound track just as the No, 5, fast train going West at tbo rato of 50 miles an hour came along, The engineor, John Burns, of the passenger train, saw the truck ahead and then a freight car. He saw that it was useless to attempt to stop his train. Ho could jump himself, but would sacrifice thelivesofhislso passengers, His fireman had left him, The heroio engineer resolved to stand by his engine, Reput on all steam, and opening his sand pipes, so as to get a firmer hold of the rails, threw the truck off the track, and cut through tho freight ejp and. other debris.

ftps, with wonderful fortitude, held the laver, and the moment he had cleared the obstruction reversed the engine and threw oh tlisi air brake. As the train entered the wreck the sidos were torn out of three coaches. The soreams of tho women rose high above the screeching of the steam, Although the engine was dismantled the brave engineer Burns emerged from the debris alivei but covered with scars and braises, Stout hearted men omhraoeJ. him hysterically, realising that his heroism had saved tho train, Several passongers wero seriously injured. After tho people were quieted, Mr 0 M Spitzer, a Boston banker, headeda list, and over 400 dollars were presented to engineer .Burns by the passengers, St Paul, November 2. A tcrriblo tragedy ocourred at South St Paul this morning, A young herder named Miokle was driving some cattle belonging to Rogor Bros,, the wejl-known' live stock men, acrfisq laud belonging to George Robarge to reioh pasture land. • Robarge came and assaulted Mickle, Benjamiu Rogers, whose house is but a short distance aw,ay, heard of the trouble later, and going over to Robargo'q place asked him to mark' the lino' of his property, in •order to prevent further trouble, Robarge assaulted Rogers with an axe, but was driven W. William Rogers .qanjp to hjs brother's assistance, and Robarge got a shotgun, fired one barrel in William Roger's shoulder, seriously wounding him, aM.the other into Benjamin Rogers' head, killing him instantly, The murderer then re-loaded'the gun, and going to tho barn, Maw the top of his head off, Robarge was an Aiiarohist, '■■* Oihcaoo, November 0. A profusion of flowers, sympathetic speeohes,' and'a parade of 2QOO pe'opla marked .the-'.celebration to-day .of the third anniversary of the execution of.Anarchsits.' Looorum characterised all; the exeroises, The speeohes in oOmparisOnl with' the old time fiery utterances, were mild almost to tamenesa,. %a weather •was oold Pd; cheerless, Tho .procession marked-through several streets with bakers furled and draped with ovine

When the speoial train. r&oh'ed tlie Cemetery the procession again formed and past' tbe.graves, each society as it went ,■ by depositiiig its 'floral offering.uutilithe; graves ; wefe piled high with rnassei' of red and white flowers in various designs. The crown then assembled! in front of a small platform "and listeued; to speeches,. • •''"'"'.; -..'■" :., Draws, November 9. ' Canon Doyle has published a fiery letter exhorting Irishmen to' reject Parnell's suggested' alternative'; or any other land purchase'scheme leaving out one half of the tenantry as Parnell's scheme: does,.;' He deolares that the very stones, of Mitohelstown and Tipperary, red with: ; the 'blood of their murdered brothers, would rise in mutiny at the thought of such, an establishment. '■.■. St. PraitsßUHe, November 9; ; During a circus performancelhere; which was attended by the Czar and his family, one of the trained horses attacked the nianager'and bit and trampled upon him.: The Czar and his family left abruptlythe building. A general panic followed, and the per-' fortnance closed. .-.