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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 2609, 1 April 1891, Page 2

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THE NEW ORLEANS LYNCHERS. London, March 27. — At a meeting of Italians in London it was resolved to demand punishment of the New Orleans lynchers. MUSIC BY TELEPHONE. The vocal music of an opera played in Paris can be distinctly heard through £he telephone in London. " ■* *^_ 4 WRECK AND LOSS OF LEF& News has been received from the Caroline Islands of the wreck of th& Strathearn* Ninety of Y»Hagmr oirHboard were drownedLs : McCarthy stoned. London, March 30. — The suppprjbers L of Parnell to-day stqtted ~t|e fol^w,ers of, at Pr|e%, a3mao[ village in the vicinity of Sligo, where Paniell is carrying on the cararoign* The police fixed their bayonets, but were powerless to- protect McCarthy who fled to Sligo, hotly pursued by^ a rla^ge number, of liis opponents, who continued the stone throwing. . INFLUENZA RETURNS. _ The influenza scare is again manifesting itself, consequent upon the report that the epidemic is spreading in America, and has made its reappearance in Russia, its originally home. THE UTOPIA ENQUIRY. Gibraltar, March 27.— The Marine Court which held the enquiry- into the collision between the : Utopia and i Anson, found the Captain of the former vessel committed a grave error of judgment, but returned his certificate. The charge of manslaughter preferred against the Captain of the Utopia has been withdrawn. ITALY ANDnAMERKSA/-';f Rome. March 3Q.-*-*The Government has given instructions to the Italian Am" bassatfor at Washington to withdraw, unless prompt action is taken against the lynchers. ,-, „ . •*-■£-*_ ; destruction ofc b&ltish $ * TROOPS. V Calcutta?, March 31.— -Ghoorkas, to tlje number of four hundred and aeventy^im eight British officers, commanded by the Commissioner from Assam, were destroyed while attempting to quell a rising against the Rajah of ManipUtu. The Commissioner had been summoned to the unrbar to secure the arrest of (he rebel ohief 9, and the following night the camp was attacked, but auccessrally defended for two days, when the supply of cartridges became exhausted. The force* then, scattered. A few of the fugitives reached Assam, but it is feared that the remainder have "been A * f reSh* eXpattion ■? from Assam has been despatched against the rebels. >. 1 ; r A GANGER MURDERED. : W^SH^NGTON, Marc^^O.-fJ^ilig anent the ; Inching* episode increases in an alarmiiyj; degree. V JJotne; afjatiflnj navvies murdered a Scotch ganger in Virginia for approving of the conduct of |he4ynchers in New Orleans. -„. ,.[ \ /INFLUENZA IN AME^DA. Washington, March 27.— Thie death rate from influenza at Chicago, is 150 per day. Scores of doctors are fconfined ip their beds by it. Ten thousand cases have occurred at Pittsburg. BRIBING A JURY. Detective O'Mallery has bee» indicted at New Orleans for' bribing type? jury in the Sicilian murder trial. " ALARMING SPREAD OF "' INFLUENZA. New Orleans, March 30.— One thousand deaths are reported in Chicago from influenza this week. DISCOVERY OF INFLUENZA MICROBE. Dr Gentry, of Chicago, clairus to have discovered the influenza microbe. NEWFOUNDLAND STILL AT IT. St. Johns, March 27.— Fifteen members of the Newfoundland Assembly have refuse^ to attend theVttouae until royal assent is given to certain measures passed* They are adopting this step as a protest against the coercion of the Imperial Government When the Speaker and Premier obeyed the summons these members shouted out, " Traitors 1 Traitors ! r