AMERICAN.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1160, 25 May 1894, Page 34

AMERICAN.

Washington, May 16

A fire broke out in a base-ball stand in Boston, and spreading with alarming rapidity, destroyed buildings extending over 12 acres. Five hundred families have been rendered homeless, and it is estimated that the damage will not fall short of 1,000,000 dollars.

The miners who were entombed through the Great Aurora mine in Michigan catching fire liavo been rescued. Floods have taken place in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Houses, mills and bridges liavo been washed away. The damage is estimated at 2,503,000 dollars.

Washington, May 17,

Senator Lodge is moving for a committee to enquire into a report that the Sugar Trust bribed Senators to secure votes in favour of the tariff.

Washington, May 18

The Senate has decided to appoint a committee to enquire into the alleged bribery in connection with the Tariff Bill.

In the House of Representatives, Mr Bryan, member for Nebraska, has introduced a Bill giving the Government authority to complete the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. New York, May 16. It has been discovered that boys set fire to the baseball stand in Boston.

New York, May 18.

Intelligence has been received that seven policemen were killed during a riot in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. The authorities took extreme steps to restore order, and arresting six of the leaders who had been directing the mobs, ordered them to be shot at once.

New York, May 20

A New York doctor named Henry Meyer has been found guilty of murder in the second degree. .He induced his wife to bigamously marry a man named Brandt, and then poisoned the latter in order to obtain the insurance money. Boston, May 17.

In connection with tho fire originating in a baseball stand, forty children aro missing.