Digest of Cable News

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3097, 8 September 1899, Page 3

Digest of Cable News

. <» Tuesday Dean Hole (Rochester) has withdrawn from the Church Union aa a protest against Lord Halifax's recent expression of opinion inching the clfrgy to disobedience. Gruerin's garrisoo obtained a week's food supply. The American troops, whilst under fire, ascended a atc-ep hiil and captured Argog-ila, a &tio:;gh >ld of theßmdils, killing 20 F'lipinoa. General Jimineg has been released from custody by the Americans, He returns to San Doming >. where a provisional revolutionary GoverDment has been formed. The motive for the murdei of Pears c who was found dead under his waggon) ig supposed to be robbery. T;wo Indies and two children proceeding to church at Qltnrowan were struck by lightning. Mrs GfauneU was killed, whi'e the other escaped with a shock. London cable 3 advise — Frozen Mutton: North Island has advanced one farthing. Lamb : Prime Canter bury declined one-eighth of a penny 5 all the others, remained unchanged. The Norwegian ba-que Drpt was wrecked on the voyage from Pena^ola to Buenos Ayres. Three of the brew i who escaped on a raft were reduced to ! such a tprrible extremity fr< m lack of food, that ultimately they cast 'lot' gnd killed and. ate one of their number and drank his blood. "\Yednesday : A desperado attempted to shoit a constable at the camp at L-vyer on* Seveifal sl^ots were interchaoged,, and fiftally the wan was killed. •;

Rain is badly hpedediaVucfcoria. T?he crops are Eufferin^Beverely.i . Tha b^r-qae Menaippe, from Natal i o Newcastle, . r f . ported speaking .Waikatodisabredoii' ■AugusF 3j n la'i* tude39i!; audUongit«d» 39 K IB; ¥ "-'■■■■;■ ■'•'•'-'-■■'•: i> -■■■' -■ ■■■ - J ■■<•<■''■ Thiiraday The Bishop of Lii'cglaiiAVwquested theclergy of Hiadioce^ wH6 ] pl f rAiii the use of incense in thwt A cHardiM lo disbontinue the 1 practice. ' - ■ ' % '■ Dewey, who is vasitinsf 'Gibraltar, . was war^mi^. we^coinfed"/ b$ ; tlie r gai:risp.D. ., ! , , Whe^t at Mark Lane has t, very slow saio, and price 3 rule;^3 i lower than laet week. : ' An [ Bpprebension ; pre'vaifs 1 >■ at j Rome that E'rapce is. prppmog to se^d an expedition to Tripoli to divert attian'ion fromthe Dreyfus trial. ■ ' \ >_ A Congress of Bishops is, sittiDg at Bargos. : Deßpite am in junction; from the Pope, . they passed a resolution of Sympathy with the Oi.rlists. i During a race at fifoonee yalley» Victorii, a horse fell, bringing • down six others, fatally ii/jming a jockey named Howie. The horns, Fa'agh-a-Billagh and Investor had to be destroyed, i A consignment of Shropshire stud sheep by the Rualiiae has not; been landed at Hobarfc, owing to the steamer calling at the Cipe. They h&ve been carried on to Lyttelton, where t'tey will be shipped back. The defection of the New South South Wales Labor paity in all probability will carry a number of other uncertainties, so that the Reid Government may be defeated by anything up to 40 votes.