CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 10817, 29 December 1898, Page 4

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

The Queen, in a letter to Mr HennikerHeaton, states that the establishment oi penny postage has given her sincere satisfaction. A furiou3 gale raged over the greater portion of the United Kingdom. The Channel packet service was suspended. Much damage has been done. The Filipino Congress has adjourned, unable to agree as to a Constitution. The Cabinet resigned. Mabin, an irreconcilable, is endeavoring to form a Ministry. Aguinaldo fled to Cavite, fearing assassination. Fran.ce is encroaching upon Liberian territory. The ' Viedomosti,' of St. Petersburg, advises Austria to abandon parliamentarianism, which is disintegrating the monarchy. A Jack the Ripper is performing nis fiendish work in Vienna. The Madrid Press complain that the British are mounting guns at Gibraltar, with a range of twelve miles, thus commanding Spanish territory. Pearson, who made an attack on the British Embassy at Washington, and escaped from the asylum in which he was confined, has been recaptured. He declares that he is sane, and acted deliberately, believing that Sir J. P&uncefote was interfering in American politics. Seventy members of the United States Senate favor the ratification of the peace treaty with Spain, while ten are opposed to it. France is rapidly making artillery capable of firing twenty shots per minute. M. Regis, ex-mayor of Algiers, fought a duel with M. Picard, a local journalist, and severely wounded him. President Kruger has appointed a Commission to inquire into the charges against the Transvaal police of brutality towards Cape Native boys. A fire at Kalgoorlie (Western Australia) did damage to the extent of several thousands of pounds.