AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3568, 8 March 1886, Page 3

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

San Fhanoisco, Fob. 14. A large consignment of whito fish oggs lias beon forwarded by tbo Alameda by tho United States Ifiah Commissioners as an experiment to Now Zcalund. Mr Hancock, who emtestod the Prosidonoy, is dead. ' ■ ■ Eioting ia daily ocenring m the coko region of Pennsylvania, owing to resistance by the minorß to tbo importation of foreign labor. New York people havo been frost bitten crossing Brooklyn bridge. ; Archbishop Gibbon, of Baltimore, has received a circular from the Archbishop and Bishops of Australia congratulating tho episcopates of tho United States on the occasion of tho firul ilenary Council hejd m Australia. A filibustering expedition against Honduras has been stopped at Now York. An ugly political scandal is current, to the effect that several Senators were approached with bribes of stock by a gigantio telephone monopoly. Somo yielded to tho temptation. It is alleged that 750,000 dollars were used to subsidise Press influenoo and politicians m tho interests of the monopoly. The anti-Chineso movement m California is gaining strength, tho Chineso being ousted from all the principal towns m the State. Efforts are being made to induce the Mormons to buy one of the Hawaiian Isles to colonise. Tho objection is that £ho Hawaiian laws forbid polygamy. Archbishop Gibbon has been created a Cardinal. Tho hostile Apaohea, who havo been slaughtering ranch-men and burning dwellings m Arizona, have surrendered to a party of troops. Two days before Colonel Crawford was killed by a party supposed to consist of friendly Mexicans. Tho affair threatens trouble between the Unitod States and Mexico. Sprockles, of tho Oceanic Company, has been instructed by tho Company to have built an iron ateamor for. tho Australian trade of 4000 tons gross rogistor, with engine power to givo a speed equal to tbat of the Alameda and Mariposa. The new steamship is to be named the Sanoma. A plot to oust tho Government of Guatemala, murder the President and sack the city, has been discovered, F/orty conspiratorß

have been arrestod, including ' colonels m tho army. Tho Packaka volcano has broken out near Grntomedn, and totully destroyed tho village of St. Vincent. An immediato distribution has been ordered by the Governor-General of Canada to relieve the distress caused by the failure of Kobin and Co. 10,000 persons require assistance Stephens, President of the Canadian Pacific Company, interviewed the Government to subsidiao a lino between Vancouver and China. He thinks that this lino will divert a largo portion of tho tea shipments now sent via San Francisco. Wallace Boss nnd Plaisted, the oarsmen, intend to go m August through tho Niagara whirlpool m a boat. They believe Webb was drowned through on nccident, and that tho boat they havo constructed will carry thorn safely through. John Gibb, a prominent merchant of St. John's, ha 3 fled, leaving evidence of heavy forgeries. LONDON EIOTS. Second Day. Fears were entertained that tho riots of the Bth would be renowed next day. In anticipation of another demonstration small crowds of roughs passed into Trafalgar square from different points of the city, and at 3 p.m. tho crowds numbered 30C0. None of the leaders of tho day mado their appearance. The West End wore a holiday appearance, and most of tho shops wero closed. Tho roughs took advantage of a heavy fog to assemble m variouß parts of tho West End. They were bold and impudent. One gang attempted to stop tho carriages of members of the nobility who were on their way to £t. James' Palace to attend a levee given by the Prince of Wales. A force of polico drovo the roughs back, and they were dispersed by 3 o'clock. The crowd m Trafalgar square j was ono thousand strong. The majority was composed of loafers of tho worst equ"pagP'"' i wSs u iftivßfr Bri lM 1 i "•i U eo™fiftHß Somo ono shouted " turn out the Lord Mayor." Tho rioters at onco mado a rush for tho vehicle, seemingly to tear it to pieces and stamp tho occupants to deatb. The polico, by a vigorous chargo, rescued tho equipago and its occupants, and got them to a placo of safety. After a struggle nnd repeated charges, tho police, at about 4.30 p.m., succeeded m pushing the mob into the side streets and thus splitting it up. Tho police followed up their work, and drove each fragment of the broken mob until its olomonts were dispersed m tho city ways and by-ways. Sparling, the Socialist leador, and Hyndman, the President of tho Democratic Federation, wero interviewed. Both disclaimed any connection with the riots, and tho former Baid that, while he did not approve of rioting ho could not but rejoice at an event that shows society to bo insecure. In regard to tho atone-thrnwinß at tho Cnrlton Club Sparling said that tho members of that body brought tho attack upon themselves by appearing at tho windows and coughing nnd jceringat tho mob. In explanation of the rough treatment to vwiicb. a lady had been subjected by the rioters, h.j said tho carriage had been stopped because the lady was heard to order her coachman to " drive over thoso dogs." Tho mob, Sparling said, selected and attacked three shops which exhibited tho royal arms. Hyndman predicts thnt trouble of a very aeriouß purport will ensue if the distress existing among tbe working people is not soon relieved. TiiinD Day. The dense fog continued on the 10th, and favored the congregation of roughs. A second crowd of loafors assembled on tho street corners. Hundreds of genuino workmen out of employment wandered about Trafalgar square during tho nftcrnoon. About 3 o'clock news wns received m tho city that tho mob which had assembled nt JJeptford was mnrcliing townrds tho city, and smashing windows and wrecking houses nlong tho routo. A panic prevailed, nnd shortly before 4 o'clock this mob reached the Kxchange, m Southwark, nearly five miles from tho starting-point. It was increased by constant accessions during its progress north. The mob rested m South work, between London bridge nnd Blnckfriars bridgo. Tbo polico held nil tho bridge approaches. Warned by the authorities, tho tradesmen m Cockspur street, Pnll Mall, and Kegeut strcot, closed their plnces of business. Tho Deptford mob wns largely composed of thieves and ruffians, who hac? organised to attack tho city emporiums and Banks. On its way towards the Thames it turned through the Kent Bond and Kensington Causeway. Small shops wero Backed along tho way. The rioters stopped nt tho mammoth establishment of Wm. Tumuud and Co. This establishment covera ground from nnd including Nob. 5 to 21 m the Kent Boad 165 to 174 on tho Newington Causoway, nnd is devoted to trndo m linens, silks, men's and women's clothes, boots, and shoes, carpets, ironware, bedding, nnd furnituro. Tho building wns under Polico protection but tho mob over-ran the offices and sacked the stores. . When they retired tho building was badly wrecked. The mob dispersod by 6 p.m., but the streots were thronged with people for somo timo after. A Socialists meeting was advertised to tako place the samo evening m Cumberland Market. Many thousands assembled, tho lowest classes of London being present. Tho Socialists' leaders, Uyndman, Williams, and others, after consulting together, enmo to tho conclusion to abandon tho attempt to hold a meeting because, as they s:ud, the dense fog that prevailed prevented them from distinguishing unemployed working men from lonfers. Tho meeting was adjourned till February 15th. The police were moro nctivo m dealing with the mob than on preceding occasions, and by mid-night the city was quiet. The official cstimnto of losses by the riots amounts to £30,C00. Later. Everything is quiet m tho metropolis. On tho 11th 300 workmen called upon tho Lord Mayor to urgo upon him tho necessity of doing somothing to roliovo tho distress among the unemployed of London. Ho rcceivod them courteously, and stated that the Mansion Houso Fund, which had been started on Tuesday with that object m view, already amounted to £6000. Tho better classes of London had been thoroughly aroused to tho real needs of tho unemployed, and over £10.000 had been subscribed within three days for their relief, nearly all of which wns contributed by metropolitan merchants and bankers. The general public lias scarcely given anything to tho Mansion Houao Fund. Tho Bank of England and Glyn, Miles and Curry havo given £1000 each. Thp onginepr3 John Perm nnd Sons sent thoir cheque for £2000. Tho Quoon wroto a letter expressing her sympathy with tho sufferers by tho riots on Monday and Tuesday. Hyndman, Barn's nnd Champion, the Socialist leaders, wore arrested on February 13th for inciting tho mob,- for contempt of law, etc. • A Committee of Enquiry, appointed by Mr Childers, consists of Lord Bosoberry, Lord Edward Cavendish, Sir Henry Hopping, and Mr Gharlos Blchie, with Mr Childors as Chairman. DISTURBANCES ELSEWHERE. Tho hosiery operatives at Leicester wero out on strike on the 11th parading the streets and smashing windows of factories. Tho police charged upon them, but wero unable o disperso (,hem. Bioting resumed on tho 12th at midnight. Tho mob was very stubborn and refused to oboy the polico. After considerable fighting thoy wero dispersed. Trouble recommenced on the 13th, when several places wore sacked, and there was much nnoasiness nt the probable outcome. Placards were posted m Birmingham on Februnry 12th calling a meeting of the unemployed workmen fou tho 14th. Posters woro hoadod " Come thousands. Why starve amidst plenty ? Justice to tho storving poor." GLADSTONE'S SCHEME FOR GOVERNING IRELAND. The Pall Mall Gazette publiihed on February 14th whut it asserts is Mr Gladstone's plan for granting Home Rule for Irejand. The plan is vague as to many important details, but it expressly provides for the establishment of a Parliament m Dublin. This body is to consist of but ono Chamber. Its membors are to be returned by the same electorntes as is now established by tho latest extension of the franchise. The Irish peerage is to have no other Parliamentary representation either m Dublin or London than is

provided by the twenty-five Irish, repre sentativo peers now sitting m tho Imperial House of Lords. The country is to ba redistributed for the purpose of parliamentary oloctions m such a way that tht membership of tho new Parliament shall exceed the present Irish representation m the Imperial Parliament by about three to one making the membership m the new body o little over 300. The new Parliament is to be auxiliary m most respects to tho Parliament at Westminstor. The latter body is to retain absolute control of taxation m Ireland, and is given power to veto any Act of the Dublin Parliament. Irish representation m tho Imperial Parliamont is to romain universally tho samo as at present, but Irish members will haro a vote only on such matters as directly oMndirectly affect Ireland. Tho Radicals bittorly denounce the plan, and tho most immediate effect of its publication has been to widen the breach between the Whig and Radical wings of the Liberal party. Healey ridiculed the proposition m a speech delivered at Dublin on the 12th. The Daily News of February 7th, m a significant leader on the political situation, urged political parties to prepare for another general election. Tho Observer of the same date gives the Gladstone Cabinet only a short loaso of power.