THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 1242, 18 September 1875, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

The German Government have addressed a formal complaint to Russia re the infraction of the frontier at Dowroa. The Russian soldier who originated the difficulty died from wounds received in the affair. Colonel Baker, convicted of an assault in a railway carriage, has been dismissed from the British army. At a battle between the Oarlista and Alphonist troops at Andant, the latter were repulsed with great slaughter. • The Times, in a review of the corn market, concludes that the damage to the crops is not so serious as was at first feared. The hop blight is damaging the crop. Two hundred Jesuits have been ordered out of Costa Rica, on the representations of the Freemasons. Gladstone's pamphlet has elicited a reply from Cardinal Manning, who says that Mr Gladstone is one' of the chief apostles of Revolution against the peace of the Christian Church. The Bishop of Guigon, who has been acting in the place of Archbishop Ledochowski, haa been expelled from his diocese by the German authorities. The Madrid Government intend sending 10,000 troops to suppress the CJuban. insurrection. The United States Government have called in 10,000,000 dollars more paper money. A clerk of Messrs Blake and Robins, of San Francisco, has levanted with 25,000 dollars. A . terri ble railway disaster has occurred at Chile, on the Santiago and Valparaiso Railway. A train waa passing over a bridge, which gave way, and the whole train, containing 50 persons, was precipitated into the river below. The lamps were broken, and aefe fire to the train. Half the passengers were either crushed or burned to death. Several Carlist villages have submitted to the Government. The frontier difficulty between Rusm'a and Germany, originated through the Russian frontier guards at Dowroa trespassing across the frontier, when a serious scuffle ensued with the Prussian guards, several being wounded. Fifteen thousand mill operatives have struck at Fall River, U.S., rather than sub. | nut to 10 cents reduction. Serious riots occurred at Glasgow on August 9th. Many were badly hurt. The Catholics were armed with hatchets, steel buckles, and knives, and organised under a leader. The Volunteers and troops were got in readiness. Several men taken into custody were aaidto be Head Centres. The riot was suppressed by the arrest of the ringleaders. The French Canadians at Montreal opposed to compulsory vaccination, attacked a meeting of the City Council at which the subject was being discussed. They smashed the windows with stones and created a riot, which compelled the postponement of the subject. The Jury at Utah to try the leading Mormons for the Mountain Meadow massacre were discharged without a verdict. All the Mormons on the Jury field out for acquittal. Ihe not in Glasgow originated over the U Oonnell celebrations, and the combatants were Orangemen and Horn 9 Rulers. The mail steamer Boce struck the rocks between the Isle of Man and Brest, and was wrecked. The <crew and passengers are saved. ' The clerical party in Italy have had a victory m the recent elections. They have formed offensive and defensive alliances against the Liberals. An additional hundred thousand dollars of specie has been recovered from the wreck of the Schiller. - A Central Asian despatch reports that a revolution has broken out at Kokowa. The Jinan has fled; His forces joined the insurgents. iJ? ce i cl f t^ ral cxci tement in Columbo is likely to lead to war.