THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.
Stanley, the explorer, writing on June 22, says he has been well received by the Tipoo Tibsi people. Sir John Thurston, ot Fiji, has formally complained to the Colonial and Foreign Offices against British apathy with regard to German agression in the Pacific. The Trafalgar, the largest ironclad ever constructed in Britain, was launched on September 20. The attention of the Admiralty is now being devoted to fast cruisers.
Lord Lovat dropped down dead suddenly while shooting on the moors on September G. Twenty thousand nail-workers went out on strike on September 12. Cholera is raging at Italy, Rome, Palermo, Messina, and Naples. Archibald Forbes is reported to have recovered his health after being considered incurable. Robert Louis Stevenson, the author, arrived at New York m route for Australia. A filibustering invasion of Cuba has taken place. Large hostile bands have penetrated to the interior of the island. Great Britain has concluded a treaty with Tonga which virtually annexes these islands. , , , Mr Gladstone and Mr Bright have declined invitations to be present at the centennial celebration in Philadelphia.
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Evening Star, Issue 7341, 13 October 1887, Page 3
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182THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. Evening Star, Issue 7341, 13 October 1887, Page 3
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