, 1881-09-23
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY,
BY TELEGRAPH TO DATE

A land slide occurred near the village of
Elm, canton Glarus, Switzerland Two
hundred people we're killed and 80 houses
destroyed.
J. W. Gillen Walters, who murdered
Thomas Easons few weeks ago, was
taken from Jail by mob at Senatoria,
Miss. and shot. He is not dead vet but
will die.
Great damage by fire. in the neighbor-
hood of Owen sound. Parry sound, Grav-
enhurst, OtterviIle, Stratford, Eden mills,
Burton Zurich, Canada. 4 million dollars
worth OF timber has been burned in the
Parry sound district.
The success ofshipments of frozen meats
from Australia clearly established the ease
with which carcasses NAV be brought from
the antipodes. the only difficulty being in
packing and freezing at the outset. The
shipments are closely watched by mer.
chants o. American trade.
Thesteamer Proteus arrived at st, Jol n,
N. b., from Lady Franklin bay, having
accomplished her work. She brought
back the members of the expedition.
The party is regarded as unfit TO endure
the hardships of the Arctic winter There
is much ice in Lady Franklin bay. No
tidings of the missing Jeanette or search
parties.
The Prince of Wales, who is still in
Liverpool, goes soon to Scotland, when
every member of the royal family, from
the queen downward, will be across the
border. This circumstance affords sin
gular contrast with the royalists regard
for Ireland, Prince Leopold having this
week declined an invitation to visit the
social science congress at Dublin.
The postmaster general has ordered the
disconIinuance after the 18th inst, of the
steamboat mail service on the rouie from
New Orleans to Liverpool, a distance of
660 miles. A temporary star service has
been ordered TO supply offices on the
route pending the completion of arrange
ments for permanent service. The an
nual saving to the government by the dis
continuance is $4,000.
The steamer Gen. Sherman arrived from
Bismarck on the llth to transfer Sitting
Bull to Fort Randall. He refused TO leave
Standing Rock agency, declaring that he
would not go aboard the steamer alive.
He was overpowered by the military,
bound hand and foot, and carried aboard.
The Indians, numbering 2S00, showed
some little signs of insubordination, but
the military stood firm, and when the
chief had been taken OH board the vessel
In irons the remaining Indians quietly
followed.
In special election for representatives
to conaresssta46p-th -the=S--Ss-.se.,-se ser.s.scd by
the resignation of senator Frye, ex Gov.
Dingely, republican, was elected. Towns
heard from give Dingely 1860; Gilbert.
greenback, 3073; Eus.is, prohibition, 90 I;
scattering. SO. Republican majority, 4541.
The same towns gave Davis. republican,
for governor last year, 1881 majority.
Towns to hear from gave Plaisted, opposi-
tion, l60 majority last year. His county,
Androscoggin, gives Dingely over 1000
majority against 276 republican majority
last year.
John F. Bateman, aged 26years, clerk
an the employ of Taylor d Braton, bank.
ers and bullion merchants in Leadville,
robbed his employers of silver bullion to
| the amount of $500 in the beginning of
this month and fed to New York. He
carried the bullion, vaiued at $1,000, and
his wife preceded him with $500 worth.
The Leadville police advised Inspector
Byrnes about it, and he ascertained that a
| lady styling herself Mrs. BateInan, of
| Clifton, Staten Island, had silver to the
amount of $500 at the assay office to be
assayed and stamped. the officers Sc
cured the property, found Mrs. Biteman g
! house in Clifton, watched 1t and arrested
Bateman himself. His wife was not
found.
A Tribune reporter interviewed Arm
strong, King Kalakua's attorney general
| who arrived from Europe. Armstrong
said: The king will soon arrive here. de
will stay two weeks in the eastern states
and then go to Virg inia, Kentucky and
San Francisco. October 22d he will sail
for his kingdom. The king was much
surprised at the grandeur, power and
wealth of England, but he was most
pleased oyer the great display that wa
made over him in Japan. The Tribune
editorially referring To the Armstrong III
terview says it appears that the cufreh
rumor of "a design to flood the kingdom o
Hawaii with cheap Cinnamon Is Officially
denied. 1t is announced that there art
more Cinnamon in Hawaii than are
wanted there which seems to De true
most countries, including China Ih'
Hindoo laboring classes are PIonounee(
inferior even TO Chinese The people
findiI.g the most favor in the eyes OF kal
akua and his advisers seem to have beer
the emigrating class among the Portu
guese.
On the night of the llth We returned
from the burnt districts OF Huron ant
Sanilac counties. We have seen tn
burned, disfisured and writhing bodies o
men. women and children; the rougf
board coflns containing the cad followed
to the grave bv Il few blinded, desDairinl
relatives; crowds of half starved people
some of the stations asking bread tor tnei
families and neighbors. We heard
more than a hundred victims alread,
buried; more charred and bloated bodie
are daily discovered; already more thar
fifteen hundred families are found to b
utterly destitute and houseless. The!
huddle in barns, in schoolhouses, IN thei
neiehbors' houses, scorched, blinded
) hopeless; some still wander half-craze
around the ruins of their haoitations
vainly seeking their dead; some in speech
less agony wringing their hands and re
fnsing to be comfotted. More than te
thousand people, who only one week ag
occupied happy, comfortable homes, ar
to-day homeless and houseless sufferer!
II ey are hungry and almost naked whel
| felnd and in such great numbers and
xfdely scattered that our best efforts an
greatest resources fail to supply their I'm
mediate wants. Without speedy al
MANY will perish and many more WI
suffer and become exiles. Our peopl
, will do their utmost for their relief, bl
all our resources would fail 10 meet the
necessities. We appeal TO the charity an
!. generosity of the American people. Sen
:: help without delay. Signed, 4. Z. Carrie