’FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 473, 28 June 1890, Page 3

’FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

We are indebted io the N.Z. Herald for the following summary of news by the San Francisco mail:— GENERAL ITEMS. Sing Leopo'd's visit to London recently was for the purpose of conferring with Salisbury and Gladstone with reference to European affaire. Leopold fears another Franco-Prussian war, and that the neutral position of Belgium will be endangered. The house of Judge Domes, at Demenzin, Hungary, was entered by burglars on Maj 7 21, who hacked him to pieces in the presence of his niece. They then bound the girl, hand and foot, and robbed the house at leisure. During Holy Week the Kurds in a district of Armenia rose against the Christiane, and attacked them while at worship, burned the churches over their heads, and shot them as they attempted to escape. In Madrid, May 29. a servant who had been denied permission to attend a bullfight, murdered his mas‘er and four members of the family, and then fled. The Grand Spring Palace, at Fort Worth, Texas, was burned to the ground on May 30. A splendid ball was progressing at the time. It is estimated that six persons were burned to death, but fears are entertained that there is a greater number. The drought in Cuba has assumed alarming proportions, and the misery and want of the inhabitants is repotted to be awful. The tobacco crop is poor ; the corn crop is totally lost, and the country people are without food or money. On May 19 an entire family in Vuelta Abago suicided because they had nothing to eat, Gattie are dying in great numbers everywhere. It is rumoured that the Queen wanted to make her daughter Beatiice Duchess of

Sussex, but Salisbury declared he would resign if such a step were taken. The Eng- * lish people, he said, regarded the peerage as no longer a mere appendage of the Crown, but a rank created by the British Constitution

only to be conferred as a mark of Royal under the most exceptional cases. Mrs Langtry, the actress, is causing a senlation by the freedom of her actions with the swells ” cf London. Her latest achievement was organising midnight sprinting matches with her guests after a late eupper. The races took place in St. James’ Square. Mr Gladstone predicts an early general election. In the course of a speech made at Hawarden, May 27, be denounced the Bill for the compensation of publicans who were deprived of their licenses. The whole control of the license system, he said, ought to be vested in the local elective bodies. It would add £300,000,000 to the internal debt to purchase publicans’ licenses. In reply to a delegation concerning the eight hour question that waited on him, May 21, Lord Salisbury declared the limitation of a day’s work to eight hours impossible. The system meant ruin to small concerns. Time and wages should be regulated iq accordance with the capacity of capital. He was opposed to anything like compulsory measures. Paris was visited by a h&il storm on May 25, unexampled in fury. The day had been sultry, and at five o'clock the sky clouded, followed by a fall of hail, so that objects at a short distance were hidden from sight. Limbs of trees were cut, and people cau-zht out had their clothes ruined, besides suffering excoriation of the skin where the hailstones struck it. Hail simply fell in sheets. W'. S. Gilbert, the playwright, has seceded from the literary partnership with Sir Arthur Sullivan and D’Oyley Carte, after a violent altercation, induced by Carte’s financial methods. He will probably collaborate with Art hur Cellier, while Sullivan will work in conjunction with George R. Simms.

A despatch from London, May 17, says O’Shea’s lawyers intend to move in a few days for the Parnell divorce suit to be set down at once. If this is done, the case may be disposed of before the end of July. There are many conflicting stories as to Parnell’s defence. One prevalent report is that Parnell will not defend the case, and the upshot of the affair will be that he will Mrs O’Shea. The city of Tomsk, Siberia, was reported, May 16, almost destroyed by flood and fire. Many lives were lost. A eycione attended the fire, and a heavy snow storm immediate’y followed. The cathedral fell on the hospital inmates. The latter were omshed and then roasted. The garrison brutally refused to render assistance, and the list of victims is therefore very large. Bureau Varitta, a French engineer, proposes to solve the intemati<nal difficulty with England in tunnelling the Chinnel, by building a pier or viaduet half-t-mile long from both shores. Through this descent and ascent may be made by means of elevators. Then in the event of war each country would be able to destroy the use of the tunnel by the other by cutting off connection with the pier. His scheme for building the tunnel oould be carrid out in six years according to his computations. The new banking laws instituted by the Brazilian Minister of Finance caused an uprising of the people at Porto Allegro against the Government. It was suppressed with some difficulty, and a great many people were wennded. Another violent demonstration took place at the same place on May 21, in which 26 soldiers were slain and 41 wounded.—The Governor of Bahia was deposed on May 26. He called on Gen rai Fonseca, a brother cf the President, to inte 1 — fere, but the latter refused, and the provisional revolution was quietly effected.—A widespread plot has been discovered to overthrow the Government. Two arrests have been made. Papers have been discovered inculpating Colonel Solon, a prominent figure of tie revolution saying that the so-called Executive Committee had a scheme in view to upset the Government, and replace Fonseca by Colonel Solon. Solon has made his escape. A despatch from Montreal, May 28, Says the Kimber mystery has been cleared up by finding the unfortunate young Englishman’s body in the large reservoir which supplies Montreal with water. His throat was cut, and a towel tied round his neck. Kimber came to Canada last February, and was known to have been in the possession of a good deal of money. He suddenly disap* peered. An investigation showed that his razor was covered with blood, that blood stains were on the floor, and there were Other evidences of foul play in his room. In St. Louis, Mo., May 8, a burglar was shot while attempting to enter premises on Wintail Avenue. When the body was examined at the morgue, it was found to be that of a young man named Kunolt, who had been regarded as ultra-respectable. He was about thirty years of age, and in properous circumstances, a prominent member of St. Matthew’s Church, president of the Singing Society, leader of the church choir, and was also director of the branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association. He bad led this Jekyll-Hide life for years without being suspected. As hie widow confessed. Kunolt was often flush with money, which came from sources to her unknown. She always thought him an exemplary man. The contract between the German Government and the East African Steamship Company provides for the payment of a subsidy of 900,000 marks annually. The company undertakes to maintain for ten years a line of steamers from Hamburg to Delagoa Bay. None of the steamers will be below 3200 tons, and the speed not less than 10J knots. The steamers will call at ports in either Belgium or Holland, and at Lisbon, Naples, Port Said, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam. The company will also establish coast lines from Zanzibar.

The Emperor bearing that Bismarck intended to make public the complete story of his dismissal from the Chancellorship, together with iha events that led up to it, has sentblm a letter reminding him that he is liable to severe punishment, under an amendment to the penal code, of his own making, if ho publishes knowledge regarding State matters gained by him during his official life. The Prince hes received Despnux, the French journalist, and it is probable he will write a sensational account of Bismarck's dismissal from office. The Vienna correspondent of the London Times says the removal of Bismarck has induced the Czar to reverse his policy of an alliance with France, and revert to a German alliance, When the debate on licensing question waa resumed in the Commons, May 15, Sir Wilfrid Utwi ohuMteriied the Govenmut’i posi-

lion as pensioning those who were active in killing their fellow countrymen. Home Secretary Matthews defended the compensation clause. Mr Gladstone declared that Mr Golchen’s measures were futile and dangerous. He described the Bill as a barrier to the Tem perance Bill, bad in principle and unsupported by precedent. He compared the scheme with that of purchasing slaves from slave owners, though the Government’s plan bad not the merit of releasing the glaves. It would retard the progress of the temperance cause, which was sure to triumph in the future. The motion to reject the amendment was defeated by a vote of 339 to 266. The Bill then passed the second reading. The Cleveland Street scandals came to an important conclusion on May 17. The Crown joined in the request of Sir Charles Russell, the counsel for solicitor Newton, for clemency. The latter pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to thwart justice by getting Hammond, the proprietor of the Cleveland Street den. out of the country to shield certain, of his clients in high life. Public opinion is strongly expressed at the Government protecting some high person ages, especially as no attempt has been made to outlaw Lord Arthur Somerset. The Attorney-General even took occasion to say there was really no evidence against anybody. Newton was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment. At the Bankers’ dinner, Hotel Metropole, London, May 14, the President of the Board of Agriculture, and a member of the Cabinet, said that owing to the action of the United States silver had begun to rise, but whether it would continue the upward tendency or not depends upon the fate of the Silver Bill in Congress “We will,” he said, "watch the progress of the Bill with interest, and for my part, and for my colleagues in the gold and silver commission, I hope it will become a law. With free coinage in the past, the two metals were practically steady up to 1873, and I believe with free coinage now, a like result will follow.” A series of crimes of a most horrible nature (a correspondent of La France says) has been discovered at Constantinople. A barber, aged 70, and his wife were long in the practice of alluring to their house young persons whose ewzftonpouit suited their purpose. These they killed, and with their fat, when boiled, composed an uugu ent which was sold at a high price. When discovered by the police they were in the act of cutting up a plump Armenian of 16 years of age. Both the miscreants, after a short interrogatory. were hung up at their own door. Herr Krupp, a large manufacturer of metal goods in Berndorf, received a few days ago a threatening letter in which he was informed that his factory would be set on fire. He did not allow his equanimity to be disturbed by this friendly notice, but called a general meeting of his workmen and read them the letter, which he had no doubt had come from one of them, and then he added : —" If anyone wants to burn down the factory, he is welcome to do it; but I beg to inform you that I shall certainly not build it up again. I’ve got enough to live on.”

A shocking occurrence took place at Old Hill, Staffordshire, late on ahirday night, May 10. AMr and Mrs Darbey, returning home from market, found their house full of smoke, and going upstairs they discovered their two little boys, aged six and three, lying dead. Their daughter, aged seven, hy insensible at the head of the stairs, Upcn recovering consciousness, she staged that her brother John, the elder of the two boys, threw a lighted match upon the bed, setting it on fire. They were very frightened, and ran into an adjoining room, into which, however, the smoke came and suffocated her brothers.

The German Army Bill came on for discussion in the Reichstag on May 14, the principal speaker being the veteran General Count von Moltke. When he rose to speak, writes a correspondent, a general hush fell upon the House, and the nonagenarian Field Marshall began his speech amidst the most perfect silence and breathless attention from every part. Although, Count von Moltke said nothing of a very startling character, it wag certainly the most interesting part of the day’s proceedings to hear the veteran strategist deliver a speech of about half an hour’s duration with the most perfect precision, and in a clear voice which was audible throughout the Chamber. Of course he pressed upon the Reichstag the advisability of agreeing to the proposed increase as a Necessary provision for the security of Germany, and a further guarantee for the continuance of peace. Nothing, said the Count, but a powerfullyarmed Germany, with her allies, has been ah’e to preserve peace for so many years. The better organised our forces, on sea and on land, the more completely equipped, the readier for war, the more, perhaps, may we hope to preserve peace still longer, or to wage the inevitable conflict with honor and success. Gentlemen, all Governments, each in its own country, have tasks of the highest social importance before them, vital questions which war may postpone, but can never solve. I believe that all Governments are sincerely trying to maintain peace. The only question is whether they will be strong enough to do so. I believe that in every country by far the greater part cf the population wish for peace, but that not they, but the leading parties, hold the issue in their hands. The pacific assurances of our two neighbors in the East and Weat—though, for the matter of that, their warlike preparations are going on without.stay or pause—these peaceful demonstrations are certainly of great value, bat we ourselves are our best safeguard MISCELLANEOUS. A stone was thrown into the courtyard of Marlborough House on Saturday, May 24, wrapped in a paper bearing the words, "Give us bread, if you would reign,” and signed, "Thousands of Starving Englishmen.’* Timber laborers on the Liverpool Docks struck on May 27 for an advance of 61 per day in wages. Leopold, King of Belgium, wnt to Balmoral on the anniversary of the Queen’s Birthday, and presented Her Majesty with a huge bouquet, three feet in diameter, composed of mauve colored orchids. The Prince of Wales and Count Herbert Bismarck had a long conference at Marlborough House on May 24, and dined together in the evening. The English market was reported on May 24 glutted with beef, and 7000 head of cattle awaited slaughter at Deptford. American steamers had abandoned cattle carrying charters. The statue of “Chinese’* Gordon was unveiled in London on May 19 by the Prince of Wales. Steamer Harold, from Bilbao for Glasgow, foundered on May 17 off the Irish Coast. Six persons were drowned. A successful experiment with electricity for tanning hides was made at Bermondsey, London, on May 14th. The time required for the process is five days. The American swimmer, Davis Dalton, swam on his back from Putney to London Bridge, May 18, with his clothes on, and wearing a high silk hat, he using neither legs nor arms. He lost ground several times, through his inability to steer himself. He did the distance in 12 hours.

It was hinted in political circles, May 10, that Mr Gladstone would probably sacrifice his own hope of returning to power by joining Lord Salisbury in an effort to make a Land Purchase Bill that will be acceptable to Ireland, and secure for it a support of the Liberal party.

Sir James Fergusson, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign Office, answering a query in the Commons, May 10, said in effect that the McKinley Tariff Bill would measurably deter official and commercial participation by England in the coming World’s Fair at Chicago.

The will of Junius Spencer Morgan, an American banker who died in London, was probated there, May 10, value of estate, £2,022,054; probate duty, £80,884. Trustees are forbidden to invest in Irish real estate.

. The Irish Times, of May 7 th, says that rich gold mines have been discovered at Dunnode, in the western part of the county of Cork.

At the Atram colliery, near Leigh, Lincolnshire, May 7th, the winding house was burned and the hoisting machinery wrecked. There were 250 miners in the deeps, all of whom were rescued unharmed. The steamer Po-ching, trading between Chinese ports, was burned on May 29th.

Twenty-two persons missing. Dispatches from Rome, May 29th, say that Etna is active, and an eruption is feared. The French Government has caused to be sounded several of the European Powers on the subject of taking united ac'ion against the anarchists, but prefers that Austria should initiate the movement.

Rochfort Slid to a London interviewer, on May 10th, that he believed Boulanger’s star had fallen for ever ; as he himself had little hope of returning to F> ance, he had concluded to apply for papers of English naturalization.

The ammunition factory at St. Etienne received an order from Russia, May 18, for a quantity of cartridges loaded with smokeless powder, equal to a supply for 1,000 000 rifles, Francis Harte, youngest son of Frank Bret Harte, the novelist, has been mulcted in IO.OOOdoI. by a New York court for alienating the affections of James Jay Smith’s wife. Harte made no defence. The Chenango (New York), poorhousa was burned on May Bth, and 30 of the inmates perished in the flames. o‘Donovan Roesa has had to pay lOOdol. by verdict of a Ne>v York court for calling Patrick Sarsfield Cassidy, one of his countrymen, a British spy. German engineers are looking over extensive tracts of land near iha city of Mexico with a view to the location of extensive smelting works. A hardware shop in which was stored a ; quantity of powder blew up in Havana, May 17. Over fifty persons were killed or wounded. Thirty-four mutilated bodies had been recovered. Mr Joseph Hatton has been appointed editor of the Sunday edition of the NewYork Herald in London. “ A.D 2000; or, Woman’s Destiny,” by Sir Julius Vogel, has reached a third and cheaper edition. A terrible tragedy occurred at a house in Garnioyle Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, on May 8, when a woman named Leah Charlton, wife of a clerk in the Customs, murdered her three children by cutting their throats, and then endeavored to take he own life in the same manner. Advices from Senegal, at Paris, on May 19, report the capture of Segon and another strong position by the French forces. The Boulangists are preparing a new party. Pasteur proclaims the fact that inoculation will not cure leprosy. Lightning struck a church at Nuremburg on May 16, killing four persons and injuring several more. A ferryboat was capsized near Ralisbon, Silesia, on Muy 16, and 36 persons were drowned. A servant in Berlin, afflicted with homicidal mania, has been arrested for decoying children from their homes, filling their mouths with dirt, and then strangling them. The German Government has determined to continue the steamship service to Samoa. General von Caprivi will submit a measure imposing a tax on all Germans ineligible for service in army, and all German citizens residing abroad. The Berlin Volks Zcitung, the Socialist organ, declares that Prince Bismarck is insane. Lightning struck a church at St. Mabien, May 22, Four persons were killed, twenty injured, and four permanently blinded. Von Witten, a German general, committed suicide, May 23, in the Sanatorium at Wiesbaden, by shooting. Sixteen persons were drowned in the floods at Alvenslebin, Prussian Saxony. May 26, and five killed by lightning at Saplingcn. Dr Von Scholz, Prussian Minister of Finance, resigned suddenly on May 27, and took his departure from Berlin. No reason is given for his retirement. The Emperor decorated kitti with the Black Eag , 'e when he resigned. Six officers and several ladies were drowned vhile boaling at Potsdam, May 27. The vineyards in the valley of the Rhine are being devastated by worms, which infest the vines in such numbers that their extermination is impossible. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of vines have already been destroyed, and the destruction of the entire crop is threatened. A portion of the work on Allsises, a fort now being rebuilt near Namur, Belgium, collapsed on May 11, and twenty persons were buried in the debris. Five dead bodies were taken ou\

The King of Senegal was reported (May 11) murdered by his subjects, who objected to his imposing on them European habits he had learned at the Paris Exhibition. Nine thousand miners struck at Bilbao. Spain, on May 13. Troops were called out in force to keep order. Nine men were killed and many fatally injured on May 13 by an explosion of ballastive, the new high-force powder, in the ammunition factory at Avigliana, Turin. The daughter of a prominent lawyer, named Peterson, residing in Lubeck, a German free city, was found, on May 15, murdered and horribly mangled, after the manner of " Jack the Ripper,” who is credited with the deed. Despatches from Acheen, May 21st, says the Dutch have lost three killed and fourteen wounded in a futile attempt to recover the position from which they had been driven by the natives. The latter lost fourteen killed. There was a collision between the striking miners and the police at Prague, Hungary, May 20. Five miners were killed and seven wounded. The strikes throughout Spain have ended. Three persons were wounded and many killed during the labor riots in Ra<enna. Father Muller, of the Jesuits’ College, at Mangelore,< India, claims to have cured several lepers by Count Mattei’s system. A gentleman at Calcutta has had similar success. The villages of Reparie, Armenia, and of Kaye, were totally destroyed by an earthquake on May 27Sixty seven well to do farmers from Holland, have arrived at Mercer. California, where they propose to form a colony. They brought with them horses and farming implements.