SPECIAL CABLES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5411, 28 December 1888, Page 2

SPECIAL CABLES.

[SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.—OOTTKKJHT.] (Received December 2S, 10 a.m.) THE " BLACKRIAN" EPITHET. London , , December 27.

Dabadhai Nacroji, the Parsee who contested Holbnrn at the last gpneral election, has recoived four thousand letters and messages, some by cable from Australia and America, protesting against the epithet of " blackman " applied to him by Lord Salisbury.

i FOUNDERING OF A STEAMERLOSS OF LIFE. The steamer Storm Queen, from Sebastopol to Holland, was caught in a hurricane in the Bay of Biscay. Her cargo shifted, and the vessel, becoming helpless, eventually foundered. Twenty of the orew wero I saved in the boats, but the remainder went down with the ship. RESISTANCE TO TITHES. Resistance to tho collection of tithes in Wales is increasing. THE DYNAMT.TARDS. Madiud, December 27. The homo of a Senator residing , in. this city has been damaged by dynamite. DESTEUCTIVE FIRES IN AMERICA.' WAsnnroTOsr. December 27. N By a fire at Marblehead, in Massachu- ' setts, nine acres of dwellings, factories, and warehouses have been destroyed. Tbo damage is estimated to reach half a million of dolhrs. A. fire at Cincinnati resulted in the destruction of factories and dwelling houses to the extent of threo hundred thousand dollars. THE ACTORS' RING COLLAPSING. Tho actors' ring, which was formed with the avowed object of keeping , foreign actors out of America, is succumbing to the ridicule generally oxcited by the absurdity of the idea. GENERAL BOULANGER. Pams, December 27. Tho Ministry are afraid that General Boulanger will be successful in the forthcoming election for Paris. SLAUGHTER OF NATIVES. Zanzibar, December 27. Desultory fighting has taken place at Bag-omayo. The Germans landed and slaughtered a number of natives. (Received December 28, 12.45 p.m.) A MURDERER'S APPEAL FOR LIBERTY. Paeis, December 27. ""' Prado, tho Parisian murderer, who lies under sentence of death, has appealed to President Carnot for a revision of the sentence. He asserts his claims to freedom, and that ho will not be satisfied with simply commutation. KING MILAN'S FUTURE ACTION. Belgiude, December 27. It is believed that King Milan's future action will be limited to the acceptance of a. Radical Cabinet or abdication.