HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 8406, 6 January 1891, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

fJJr EIBOVBIO TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT. ] [Special to Press Association.] VERY ROMANTIC, BUT NO DEFENCE. LONDON, January 4. (Rc Halved January 6, 1891, at 10 a.m.) A romantic storj is in circulation about Mr Parnell and Mrs O’Shea, telling how she once nursed him back to life, and on another occasion, learning that there was a plot to assassinate him, warned him to leave a theatre and to avoid taking a carriage. The story, with details, has been published, and has improved Mr Parnell’s position. THE CONSUMPTION CURE. BERLIN, January 4. Dr Koch is conferring with the Government as to the expediency of disclosing his secret, THE INDIAN RISING. WASHINGTON, January 4, The Indians have been reinforced and are entrenched, but 10,000 troops surround them. It is openly alleged that treachery prevents the acceptance of their surrender, and that it is intended to use the opportunity to exterminate them. The Press are horrified at the revelation, PERSONAL. LONDON, January 5. (Keoelved January 6,1891, at 10.8 D a.m.) Lord Easton is recovering. Hunter, the well-known Yorkshire professional cricketer, is dead, THE G.O.M. LONDON, January 5. Mr Gladstone has issued a denial of the report that he is about to retire. IRISH AFFAIRS. LONDON, January 5. Mr Parnell demands that Mr M'Carthy should resign before the Irish party reform under the temporary leadership of Mr O’Brien, LONDON’S POOR, LONDON, January 5. The sufieriug in the East End from cold and starvation is appalling, and the relief afforded is quite inadequate. THE COLONIAL SOCIETY. LONDON, January 5. Lord Carrington reads a paper on Australia at the Colonial Institute. GERMAN ANNEXATION. BERLIN, Januaby 5. Germany has annexed the Marshall Islands group, north of the Equator, lying east of the Caroline Islands.