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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5651, 9 October 1889, Page 3

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(Received October 9, noon.)

BULGARIAN THRONE,

London, October 8. Tn A Times states that at ths instance of tits. Right Hon. Sir William A White, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, the Porte had nearly decided some time back to recognise Prince Ferdinand as ruler of Bulparia, but was dissuaded from doing so by Russia. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Iv a railway collision near Posen, four persons wore killed aud many injured. A passenger train on the London and North-Western line, near Manchester, collided with a goods train. Three of the carriages were smashed, killing three and injuring twelve other passengers. LORD LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. The Earl of Zetland has been sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. STRIKE OF COLLIERYMEN. Ten thousand eollieryinen have struck at Bolton for an increuse of wuges. THREE VESSELS SUNK—LOSS OF i LIFE. The French steamer Geographique col- • lided with the ship Minnie Swift in the Wet-t Indian waters. Both vessels sunk, and nine persona were drowued. Tho steamer Earumore, bound from Baltimore to Rio, foundered on the voyage, and twenty-eight of the passengers and crew were drowned. TREASON. The editors (Englishmen) of two papers published in the Transvaal have been arrested on n charge of treason, they having demanded extensivoToforras in the administration of the country, failing which they advocated a revolution.