AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1705, 11 May 1886, Page 2

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

San Frahcisco, April 17.

Ten New York aldermen have been arrested, charged with accepting bribe! for votes on the Broadway railroad. The King and Council of tie Sandwicik Isles have issued an order that after April Ist no Chinese can be admitted into th# Hawaiian kingdom. Dr Geismarsildo, formerly of Mel* bourne, has been convicted at Portland, Oregon, with criminal assault on • patient. He confessed himself an imposter, and that he knew nothing of medical science. ' Cloud and Sante Rapido, towni m Minnesota, were swept by a terribly de> structure cyclone on April 14. At Cloud 40 people were killed and 75 injured. Half the town was laid waste. •' l ' : -'~” The steamship State of California, trading to Oregon, collided outnidetha Golden Gate with a lumber schooner. The steamer was cat to the water's edcp. No lives were lost. i A terrible accident happened at Fitchburg, Mass. A train went ovtr an em* bankment 200 feet high, and 20 people were killed. American wine-growers propose open* ing establishments for the sale of win* m London. Boisterous gales prevailed along the Atlantic for several days preceding April , : Ist. The German steamer Europe wae driven ashore at "Long Island, The English steamship Gulf of Alaska foundered between Virginia and New York. The crew, numbering 35, were lost. • - ' There have been heavy losses from . floods and freshes m the South Western . States. The estimated damage 'is 20,000,000 dollars. Northern Georgia and Alabama have been the heaviest sufferers.' The principal part of the town of Key, : . West, has been destroyed by fire. The .• loss exceeds a million dollars.

The Chaplain of the United States Congress, m opening the session on March 27th, offered up a prayer, which has caused considerable sensation. It is as follows : — " Give ear, O God of Jacob, and awaken us to see the danger which threatens the civilised world. A revolution more tremendous than any history tells of, m which the scenes of the reign of terror may be enacted m every capital of Europe and America". 1 ' The prayer went on to declare that the ; time has come for selfish grinding monopoly to cease, and that most men should learn that their great fortunes ~ are not given to spend on their own pleasures. Mr John Bigelow, representative of the New York Chamber of Commerce, with M. de Lesieps' party, to inspect the Panama Canal, is not favorably impressed With the condition of things there. He says conjecture is idle as to the time when the canal will be finished, or what* it will cost.