TELEGRAPHIC

Evening Star, Issue 8506, 4 May 1891, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

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[Bv Electric Telegraph.—Copy bight.] [Pes Pbess Association.! THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN PUBLISHING UNION. LONDON, May 2. (Received May 4, 1891, at 10.16 a.m) Mr Bottomley, manager of the AngloAustrian Publishing Union, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, His liabilities are stated at L 350.000, and there is an estimated surplus of L 86.000. The judge has ordered the Anglo-Aus-trian Publishing Union be wound up. Bottomley was the vendor, and the directors received LBB,ooo r out of which they paid large dividends, but never bought or transferred any of the properties. L 93.000 has disappeared, THE LATEST SCANDAL. LONDON, May 2. Mr De Cobain, M.P., against whom a serious charge has been made, is in Spain. He alleges that he is the victim of a political conspiracy. INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUNDS. LONDON, May 2. The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to vary the working of the scheme for the investment of trust funds drawn up by the Departmental Committee, and to submit it afresh to the Agents-General. ENGLISH HARVEST PROSPECTS. LONDON, May 2. The warmer weather has improved the prospeots of the crops, and has caused a decline in the quotations for wheat. RESTRICTING PAUPER IMMIGRATION. LONDON, May 2. An important meeting was held yesterday (Lord Dunraven presiding), at whioh a society was formed to prevent the influx of destitute aliens into England. FIRE AT A DOCKYARD. MADRID, May 2. The dockyard at Bilbao, a seaport in the north of Spain, was burned, the damage being estimated at LBOO.OOO. THE MANIPUR TROUBLE. CALCUTTA, May 2. The authorities have very slight hopes of capturing Jubra or Senapaty, who have taken to the jungle. IS HE "JACK THE RIPPER?" WASHINGTON, May 2. A cattle drover has been arrested at Kippering, in the State of New York, on suspicion of being guilty of the Whitechapel murders. LOYAL TO THEIR PARTY. LONDON, May 3. (Beoelved Hay 4, 1891, at 10.25 a.m.) Twenty-three dissenting Tories have resolved not to form a " oave " on the question of free education, TDEATRICAL. SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. Sarah Bernhardt has left here for Australia.