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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1033, 11 May 1894, Page 3

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Lord Rosebery, addressing a great meeting at Manchester, said he was not sanguine the Government programme would be passed, owing to obstruction in the House of Commons, He described the attitude of the Labor party as political anarchism, calculated to strengthen the Tories aud delay Home Rule. Mr Howard Vincent's Marks of G-rigin Bill was rejected on the second reading by a majority of 26. Mr Mundella opposed it on behalf of the Government. The bill providing for a portfolio of I Labor was thrown out. Mr Asquith said the Hyad Office was perfectly competent to deal with labor matters. Coxey, Brown, and Jones, leaders of the unemployed agitation, were arrested and admitted to bail on a charge, of violating, the statutes relating to the Capital; Thft court has decided that the Rev. Mr Tollemache was insane. A fire at the Toulon arsenal, France, destroyed material to the value of L200,000. Great Britian has forwarded a protest claiming that Russia has no right to use French ports in the Mediterranean. Baron Blanc, the Italian Foreign Minister declines to share in the partition of the African-Mediterranean coast in order not to give cause of offence to France. Farandi, alias Farnarina, the companion of the Anarchist Polti, pleaded guilty, boasting that he desired to kill all capitalists. A dynamite explosion took place at a doctor's house in Liege. His wife was the only person injured. The Paris Tribunals have ordered M. Oberndoflfer, the banker, to return the sum of 4,000,000fr which he received for issuing the Panama Canal bonds. The prosecution of Dr Hezz in connection with the canal fraud has been abandoned, he having paid the liquidators the sum of 1,500,000fr. The executors in the estate of M. Beinach have paid a similar amount. Lord Salisbury believea the House of Lords would be willing to submit to the clearly expressed will of the nation but not to the hanky-panky work of a precarious majority. He also considers the general election may be possible at any moment. The Borough of Napier loan of L35,000 at 5£ per cent., which at- first hung fire has now been fully subscribed. Pftrsistpnt rumours are current that Sir W. Vernon Harcourt resigns his official position at the end of the session. In his denial Sir W. V. Harcourt is very guarded. Hubner, an Englishman, claims to have invented a bullet-proof dress superior to that of Dowo. ITe intends to present the patent free of charge to the war office. Polti and Farandi, the two Anarchists, have been found guilty. Farandi was sentenced to 20 years' and Polti to 10 years' imprisonment. They were removed from court struggling and shrieking * Yive la Anarchic' To the motion for the second reading of the Registration Bill Sir Edward Clarke moved an amendment that the bill be rejected on the ground that it did not provide for a redistribution of seats. This amendment was lost by 292 to 278, and the second reading agreed to. Six anti-Parnel-lites and night Parnellites, besides several Liberals, declined to vote on the bill. The Coxeyite band at Tacoma seized a train. One hundred marshals followed them and eventually recaptured the train. The wives of the strikers at Scottvale tried to intimidate the firemen. The police were called out and fired in the air. The strikers intervened and a desperate fight took place, 15 of the strikers and one woman being shot. The police were repulsed, but rallied and arrested many of the rioters. The Calcutta correspondent of the Spectator, has sent an alarming article, predicting another Indian mutiny. He bases his opinion on the fact of the natives smearing trees and other fanatical indications. He says that the mysterious marking of mango trees in Bohar and the north-west provinceg is puzzling the Government, ajid coincides with the secret distribution of unleavened cakes prior to the outbreak of the mutiny in May 1857. At the London wool sales (May 5) competition was fair and prices show no alteration. Buyers are hopeful that the duty on the import of wool into the United States will soon be removed. The total quantity catalogued up to date is 60,400 bales, of which 56,300 bales have been sold. The Londqn Meat Committee will regulate the. price every week. The English wheat market (May 7) is dull, the Continental inactive, and the American declining. A cargo of South Australian wheat has been sold at 23s 6d. Butter is unchanged. New I Zealand cheese : White, 54s to 58s ; colored 54s to 595. News bas been received that Kab Arega, a noted slave dealer in East Africa, has been defeated by a small force under Colonel Colville. After the victory Colonel Colville hoisted the British flag at Wadelai. Mr Gladstone in a letter to M. Leon Say laments the opposition to freetrade which he considers a powerful

factor in promoting goodwill among nations, and he deplores the material losses which have been caused through a policy of Protection. i The usual May Day and Eight Hours' meetings in Hyde Park and the provinces passed off in ai\ orderly manner, although in the park the, Anarchists were hustled and hooted by' the mob.. . The Spanish authorities crushed a rising in the Philippine Islands, the loss of life on the rebel side being considerable The town of Stephane (Russia) has been . destroyed by fire. After the conflagration the debris was swept by a cyclone, resulting in the total destruction of the goods and furniture which had been removed into the fields to escape the ravages of the flames. Justice Hawkins, when sentencing the Anarchists (Polti and Farandi), said he was determined to rigorously punish foreign Anarchists convicted in Great Britain. Farandi boldly restorted that the judges make the laws to-day, but the Anarchists will make them later. Signor Taulongo, ex-governor of the Bank of Rome, explained during the trial of those charged with fraud that the former Ministers, with a view to raise the. price of the Government stock, compelled the bank to sanction a procedure involving large losses. The Italian Premier, Signor Crispi, speaking on the foreign policy of Italy said that humanitarian questions were gradually replacing national. Peace should be the supreme aid of international politics. The Hon. A. J. Balfour, addressing a meeting of Unionist women, said that crime in Ireland was an organised means of political warfare. He protested against the Premier meddling in elections and dictating to the House of Commons Sir W. V. Harcourt has assured the Derby electors that the report of his intended retirement from office is entirely without foundation. Owing to the strike a coal famine is being experienced in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri, and factories are on the point of closing clown. At the wool sales on Monday there was a good competition, and prices remained firm at opening rates. The Toi-tois brand (New Zealand) realised 9fd per lb. An explosion has taken place at the cordite works at Waltham, 1000 jars of nitrate and sulphuric acid having exploded. Every window in the town was broken. Four persons were killed and 30 injured. Mr Austin Chamberlain, M.P. for East Worcester, has been badly gored by a Guernsey bull. As testimony to the success of Lord Onslow's Produce Marking Commission, it is mentioned that the Cape Government are willing to mark fruit prior to export. The London Times congratulates the Australasian colonies upon their endeavors in the direction of settling people upon the land and fostering primary production, which means low and equitable freights. The French War Office is unable to take the inpat by the ship Timaru, which left Geelong a few days ago foi London. The officials of the War department advise Mr Weddel to establish stores in Paris for the sale of frozen meat in order to popularise the trade. Hundreds of amendments to the American tariff proposals have been framed in the direction of increasing the duties throughout (though at a higher figure they will still be lower than the M'Kinley rates), substituting a specific for an ad valorem duty, and retaining wool on the free list. The Parnellites declare their intention of voting against an increase in the beer and spirit duties. The.division, which takes place on Thursday, is expected to be very close. 4>