NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 635, 18 July 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

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[Special to the Standard.) BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Cholera is raging at Massowah. Mr Justice North is suffering from acute erysipelas. Bishop MacLagan will be enthroned Bishop of York on August 15. Mr W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, is seriously ill. Austria and Roumania have decided to forcibly prevent an influx of Russian Jews. The Austrian Frontier Guards drove refugee Jews back at the point of the bayonet, and compelled them to return to Poland. Samuel Cunliffe, connected with the Manningham silk works at Bradford, has been raised to the Peerage as Baron Marsham. Five of the leading Canadian officials have been suspended on the ground of illegally obtaining extra pay. The families of Sicilians who were lynched at New Orleans, claim damages .from the city. At a convention of Parnellites at Tralu, a gentleman named McCarthy, who was in the chair, said they preferred Balfour and coercion to the priests. Mr Spurgeon has passed a restless night; his heart is failing, and the doctors report tnat the end is near. The Prince of Wales sent to enquire as to his condition. A great sensation has been caused by a disastrousfire in Montreal. Twenty miles of shops and two hotels have been laid in ruins. The total damage is something enormous. There are rumors of an impending crisis in banking circles in London. It is stated that no arrangement has been found possible with regard to Marietta and Co's liabilities, which gave rise to an uneasy feeling. Russia has withdrawn £BOO,OOO in gold, The insurgents’ warship Magellanese has defeated President Balmaceda's fleet and almost succeeded in sinking two of the vessels. The German Emperor requested the Duke of Cambridge to convey to the army his appreciation of the soldierlike bearing of the troops. He was much struck by the efficiency of the volunteers and militia. BLOODYWORK. WHOLESALE MURDER IN HAYTI(PER MAIL STEAMER AT AUCKLAND] News by the mail states that the revolution in Hayti was of a more serious nature than at first reported. Martial law was declared, and some sixty persons shot. On May 25 General Hippolyte had everything in his own hands, and killing went on at the rate of two or three a day. The time was a revival of the massacre of St. Batholomew. An outbreak occurred on May 23. A former Cabinet Minister, at the head of a band of well-armed followers, stormed the prison and released 200 prisoners, who were provided with arms, and when Hippolyte’s troops arrived there was a bloody battle. The rebels were routed and their leaders shot at once. By night fall forty men had been put to death. Others were captured and shot. On the three following days every man suspected of being in sympathy with the insurgents was shot at once, without trial, as soon as captured. Most of the 200 prisoners released were recaptured and shot. Three hundred persons were put to death altogether. NEW ZEALAND CHEESE. FAILURE OF THE RIMUTAKA’A SHIPMENT. [PER MAIL STEAMER AT AUCKLAND.] News by the mail to-day states that the consignments of cheese per Rimutaka turned out very badly indeed. Both Mr Grey and Mr Reynolds went down to the vessel, and found that the cheese was in two separate lots, one portion being carried as ordinary cargo in No. 5 hold, and the remainder in a reputed cool chamber between decks. The former was found to be in a very fair condition, though slightly heated. On the door of the cool chamber being removed, Mr Gray noticed that the temperature of the place seemed much too high, but it was not until the following day that he discovered the true state of affairs, when he saw a portion of the contents of the cool chamber delivered into the sheds. Then he found that the major portion of the cheese was in a shocking condition. The contents of some of the packages were absolutely nothing more norless than a liquid mass, which exuded from every opening in the cases. All was very badly heated. Mr Grey then went back to the

vessel to ascertain, If possible, the cause of the trouble, but he was unable to inspect the chamber owing to the heat and the stench. Later on he and Mr Reynolds inspected the chamber. It was in a frighful mess, the floor and sides being plastered with melted cheese. Mr Grey thought it advisable under the circumstances to consult his solicitors, and In spite of the apparently small protection afforded by the bill of lading in cases of this kind, he was encouraged to proceed in his endeavors to obtain redress for the unfortunate shippers.