THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Bruce Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 1209, 4 June 1880, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF NEWS. While a fire was raging at Greensback, in Moravia, the Jews were severely attacked — one being mortaßy injured, and another had his hand cut off. The distress is increasing in Hungary, and the Mayars are emigrating to the United States in thousands. Professor Nordenskjold, the Arctic explorer, arrived at Copenhagen on April 16 th, and had a brilliant receptien. j Two thousand Swedes have emigrated during ' the last few months to America. One thousand more left Christiania for the same destination, i The Porte owes its army contractors £1,000,000 for rations. They threaten to stop supplies unless they are paid, but there is no money in the Treasury. Mesopotamia and Kurdistan are suffering from famine, and large numbers are starving. The Christians are crowding into Bagdad. | General Stewart defeated Moorboi Khan's army, thus virtually closing the campaign. The British hold Ghuznee. Reports from Burmah are contradictory. Some say that King Bau is dead, and that Prince Theomalau succeeded him ; others say jthat he is still suffering from some dangerous disease. Attempts are being made to stop it by sacrificing a number of virgins. The situation in China is threatening. All business is unsettled and in a critical state, owing to the uneasiness caused by affairs at Pekin and the probability of a war with Russia. Englishmen are advised from Pekin to look after themselves aud prepare for any emergeucy. An extensive fire occurred in the petroleum district of Pennsylvania. A terrible famine has occurred at Kurdistau, Armenia, and Western Persia. The Lord Mayor has opened subscriptions. Iv a letter Mr Gladstone recommends the urgency ofthe relief. Forty-six thousand one hundred and eighteen immigrants arrived at New York last month. The Princess of Wales visited and congratulated Mr Gladstone on the Liberal victory, and on his appointment as Premier. The iucident has occasioned some surprise. English crop reports generally are satisfactory though wheat is said to be losing color. On heavy lands it is by no means promising in a few districts. The Lord Mayor of Dublin states in a recent address that the distress in Ireland is as great as ever. It is feared that during the next three months the distress will prove most severe — this, too, in the face of failing subscriptions. Krude, County Galway, is suffering fearfully. Hundreds of people will die if food is not supplied. Poisoned food has been found on the Czar's dining-table. The Russian Government issue a new railroad loan of 150,000.000, roublesThe t zar advised thereto by General Melikoff, as regarding a policy of clemency, pardoned three students of Karkoff University of political offences. The act has made a deep impression upon their fellows. It is said that over 20,000 political and other prisoners were in Moscow, Nijni .Novgorod, and Nnuanarian on the 17th April, en route for Siberia. Plague aud famine are ravaging parts ofjßussia. These twin calamities are passing from tbe villages in the Don district. All the granaries are empty, aud there appears to be an obsolute dearth of money. Shcvithch, the missing workman who lodged in the casement of the Winter Palace before and up to the time of the explosion, has been discovered at St. Petersburg and arrested. He confesses himself guilty of the attempt on the Czar's life. He is a Lithurian by birth, and has an uncle who is Governor of the province of Calonza. Six of Brigham Young's daughters have been excommunicated from the Mormon faith for trying to recover 1,000, 000d01s stolen from them by the executors of tbeir father's estate, the Apostles Carifon and Young. The Chinese in New York are besieging the Courts for letters of naturalisation. On the the Pacific Slope the privilege has been refused. The Grant Powder- Works at Berkley, California, exploded on April 17th, blowing to atoms 12 white meu and 12 Chinese. The building was reduced to fragments. The Queen has sent gold watches, suitably inscribed, to the aide-de-camp and groom who assisted the Princess Louise at her late accident. The Duchess of Marlborough has closed her connection with the Irish Famine Relief Fund, handing a balance of £15,287 to four trustees. Regret is expressed at her retirement. The American frigate Constellation, with supplies, has arrived at Queenstown. The supplies are to be distributed to various ports. Captain (iotter and bis officers were tr, ated wita great consideration in Cork aud Oubliu, and tbe captain was presented with the freedom of the latter city. The King of Siam, being ill, declines to visit Europe and America. Seven hundred ironworkers are on strike iv the North of England, and the weavers *n Blackburn have also struck. James Cook, a clown, well known in Europe and America, died in New York on the 28th. His real name was Pat Kay, and he was Irish by birth. He refused the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church, saying Masonry was good enough for him, and as he had lived in the Order, he would die in it. Immigration is increasing. There will probably be 50,000 landed at New York, mostly Germans. The hanging and cutting of a coloured cadet Whitaker, at West Point, is still exciting great attention. The investigation has thrown no light on the subject. The white cadets have subscribed 100,000 dollers to be used in dispelling the mystery. It is possible the institution will be attached to the military department of the East, as public confidence in it is destroyed. Hartmann. the Russian Nihilist, of Moscow explosion notoriety, is being interviewed by New York reporters. In the list of distinguished visitors at New York from London is Marwood, successor to the hangman Calcraft. The Press seemed disposed to make a " lion " of him. A tornado struck Marshfield, Missouri, and levelled most of the town. The debris immediately took fire in several places, and the t lames could be seen at balf a dozen points by the passengers on trains. Forty dead bodies had been taken out, ond more are supposed to be buried in tbe ruins or burned. There are also many living still imprisoned in fallen buildings. All the doctors were killed except two and there was great need of medical men to attend the wounded, of whom there were 200. A relief train with 20 doctors and nurses and full of supplies left the Springfield Mission. Princess Pauline of Wurtemburg is to be married to a young physician. Her father gave his consent, but insists that the husband shall take the name of Von Kirchbeck. The marriage of the Princess of Hanover to her father's secretary caused a deal of sensation in higher circles. Hartmann, a Socialist journeyman shoemaker, has been elected to the Reichstag. A Berlin correspondent says: — " The discontent in Germany may be judged by the tide of emigration. It is estimated that during the past three years two and a-half millions emigrated." Wheat has declined so much in price that American speculators are in peril. Great tranquility prevails in France. The taxes, though enormous, are cheerfully paid.