AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5556, 26 July 1886, Page 2

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Saw Franoiso, July 3. At a mass meeting of 'Fenian^ 'held at New York; on June 24, O'Donovan Rosaa used the following language : — " If Irishmen want Ireland to be free they must fight. Every EnglishmanTwho goes into Ireland for Itfie purpose of governing should be slain. ?; One thousand Irishmen can be got any dayjo go into the heart of London and lay that city in ashes." This season's new wheat was received in 'Frisco on June 8 from the interior, a place called The Willows. It is of Australian variety and fine quality,"' the entire field averaging 20 bushels an acre. Several shocks of earthquake have disturbed the at 'Frisco and the interior during the month. -They were for the most part light, lasting five seconds. The town of Vancouver, 'British Columbia, was totally destroyed by fire on June 13. Twelve persons were burned to death and several seriously injured. The loss in property is a million r dollan. The burning was caused by fdrest ■fires. R. 0. Proctor, English astronomer, has taken permanent residence' in 'Missouri. "The crop reports fronT all parts of California up to June 18 give promise of an abundant harvest. - ,' The House of Representatives '6n June 17 refused to consider the Morrison Tariff Bill. The voting was 170: against the bill, 153 for it. Morrison, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and father of the bill, accepted its defeat philosophically. He said, "It shows how hard it is to crush the monopolists." The Democrats who voted against the bill have broken pledges given by the party in last national election. In a new tariff bill introduced by Randall on June 29, wools are divided into three classes — clothing, combing, and carpeting. On first and second classes the duty is fixed at ten cents, per pound, on the third class three cents, per lb ; washed wool (first cla&s) to pay double duty ; and on the scoured (wools of all classes), the duty is six times the amount to which they would be subjected If imported unwashed. On uncombed wools the duty is fixed at 48 cents, and 10 per cent, ad -valorem, duty. The duty on wools on skins' is fixed at the same rates as other wools. The first through train on the {Canadian Pacific railway to Vancouvera, British Columbia, , left Montreal on Monday at eight o'clock. . The train, it is claimed, will trayers^ifoe, 3,o^ -miles in 136 hours, reaching the Pacific, on the following Sunday morning, July 4th. This, the Canadian authorities claim, beats the time" between' New^ York and 'Frisco by 20 hours. When the road is thoroughly ballasted the distance will be accomplished in 110 hours, and it is hoped that a further reduction to; 90 hours will be made. First class passenger fare is 92 dollars ; second, 59 dollars 50 cents. The latest move of the Knights of Labor is to form the servant girls of the great cities of the Eastern States into secret societies as a means of coercing employers and mistresses to.accede to the Knights' terms. The cooks and waitresses employed in the principal restaurants of 'Frisco struck on June 15 for reduced hourg of labor and increased pay. The strike lasted one day, the proprietors complying with the demand. A tremendous mass meeting was held in 'Frisco on July Ist in support of the Irish Home Rule proposition, and over 6000 dollars waß subscribed. A new and numerous order called the Minute Men has been formed in the Western States to protect the communities against Anarchists, labor riots, and iher outbreaks. They will reinforce the police. . A general strike of American operator! j t B expected to take place on the lsti it ■■ ■ s

Dr Moland* Caringer, of New York, is now inocculatihg ; for hydrophobia after Paßteur's method. ! A leading spirit medium, Mrs M. H. Burton^ #e>ni into a trance at a seance given at Philadelphia on June 22, and died ,- . ,rwith,ojaj .a^ign^, ' v/^/. jW^jliani T.'Coleman, leading merchant of San Francisco, is at present in. Washington interviewing Senator Stanford, and M „h.pn,es. with, his assistance to interest the '„;. ..,, 'President in.,prqmoting the trade with the' "United States' and Australia. .. Dr,.P v liv^^s[Qndell: Holmes, the cele-. brated " American', litterateur, is being rev .. ceived i i§iinguished courtesy in Engisn.4 .ch^perpr^ed jiy Canon Farrar. „ . .d^e'V wip^diiQg present offered by the . v S|l|aWf Turkey,. to President Cleveland „ '^asjteclined on the grounds that its acceptance' would be in violation of the •i spirit, if not the letter, of the Constitution : ;'/.p^h l eUnitedSta'tes. ; ' : ; '' ' ' \ .,.,,.,( The row, bet ween the Union andnon-. ..'■"; .;Pjnion men in 'Frisco .about working the \z Mararoa, one of, 'the/ Australian line of „ ( ' '■ I ..steamers, ; has,bVought to light the fact that [■ ' /■Spreckl^E^rid'Cpl I , "of ( 'Frisco, tlie nominal qwiwjgs pfj^he^line,^^ are not really affected by |he cbn|foyer'sy. ' They liav|e no inter- ■' ' Jest -'in the' Mararoa^ Alamedai, or- Mari- ; further ttiap' beia / g'' > t%te agents of the ; Union ' I Steainßhip r Company of New Zea- " landl ri The riamel-'df'Spfedkles does not occur in the' mail cptitractof the New Zea- ; ■ lfenid ,Gavernnfeij\; 'with the Union Com'r panyi" The Uriibii 1 Company merely chartered the Alairieda and Marippsa ; from ; , :;Spfeckle4 and Co., and appointed that v ft ;!,firm .as :agenl#.-in 'Frisco.. ; '