HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 8612, 4 September 1891, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(fir SUfOTBIO . % IBeyfOAh AaaioaiAglOSr. j LclfwfeliSij'AL TRADER. " v s , September 3. Clved September 1,1891, si 10.45 a.m.) tiWle flortoli, of Sydney, was Wrecked in the bUrriCat>6 oh Gfulllnare sankV but the=orew were saved. ; A BRITISH COLONIAL ZOLLVERBIN. LONDON, September 3. ' th speaking oh the question of obmiber-' oial onion between England and the colonies,at the Dnblin Conference/ Sir A. Rolllt admitted it would involve some sacrifice of r freetrade;, but he argued that, federation upon a fiscal basis would strengthen the Empire, The time had arrived when they mast protect their own interests. He denied that the motion was merely veiled Protection. Tbe fiscal union of the Empire Was the problem of the ; day ; cheapness was no longer the chief object, IN DISGRACE. WASHINGTON, Septembers. • Mr Egan, Minister to Chili, will probably be recalled, A FATAL MELEE. WASHINGTON. September s. ; It is reported that a district governor in Nicaragua, and six of his men, Were billed In.frustrating an attempt to release some prisoner!. OMINOUS. BERLIN» September 3. (Received September 4,1891, at 11 a.m.) The German Government are secretly purchasing immense quantities of coal, THE ANNIVERSARY OP SEDAN. BERLIN, September 3. The anniversary of the surrender of Napoleon at Sedan was observed throughout Germany with unusual fervor. A DISQUIETING REPORT. SOFIA, September 4. It is rumored that Premier Stambonloff has been murdered, and that the fact Is being kept quiet by the Government, [Per Press Association.] CO MMBROIAIT CONGRESS. LONDON, September 3. (Received September 4, 1891, at 10.80 «m.) A Conference of the Chambers of Commerce is being heid-in Dublin. A resolution was passed favoring the expediency of arranging a close commercial onion between England and the colonies. It is believed that a congress of ail the Chambers of Commerce in the British Empire would conduce largely to this end. Sir Arthur Rollltt advocated a differential tariff in favor of the colonies. A MISSING VESSEL. LONDON, September 3. The barque Vestemonde, from Newcastle to Pehang,'is posted as missing. PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES. BERLIN* September 3. Orders have beer given to largely increase the German artillery. Tbe Press deoiai e that the time is drawing near when the unity of tbe Fatherland will have to be defended again, and that a second Sedan is possible. CRICKET. LONDON, September 3. Tbe match between North and South, owing principally to the bowling of Lehmann, ended in the defeat of the North by the narrow, margin of six runs. Murdoch, Ferris, and S. M. J, Woods played for the South. THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, September 3. The Russian military authorities are sending troops belonging to famine : strioken districts back to their homes in order to assist in lightening the bnrden of their destitute relatives. The Government will probably limit tbe rate of interest.