CABLE NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume 57, Issue 10274, 3 May 1899, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

[per press association.]

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(Received May 2, at 9 30 a m.) New. York, May 1. A thousand masked: and . armed miners seized a train Jn Idaho, loaded with dynamite,- which they exploded. Immense damagft*-wte done. The. object was to assist the miners on-strike. The Ottawa excursion train travelling from Rochester to Lake Ontairo was derailed and 12 passengers killed and 40 injured. „ ' Si Petersburg, May 1. Seven Russian officers and 14 engineers are surveying in Persia with a view to the extension of the Tiflis Karas Railway to the Persian Gulf. , A ' Etajsiaa company has leased the i Azerbayau province, in the extreme north-west of : Persia. It is said to be richiincopperi"' -•.-■ :-. .. : : . i London, May 1. The' Commissioners of Revenue have returned the increased duties levied on the capital of .companies . in accordance with the recent taxation proposals of Government. The duties, will not be coliected until the bill authorising the imposition has been passed by Parliament. (Received May. 3, at 030 a m.) London, May 2. The Daily News states that • Britain stipulates that Canada and Australia construct and maiqtain thePatific Cable and offers to subsidise it to the extent of fiveeighth^of the 'annual loss provided that the subsidy ;doeß not exceed L 20,000. In the House oiLords Salisbury stated thatJßritain.agrees_neither _to undertake nor encourage railways in China north of the Greit Wall,Vßus9ia givinjg a similar: undertaking in regard to the basin of the yapg-:tse. ,, He.^aid .that .the agreement wasof greabHmportance and a sign of good feeluig-whichiprevepts the possibility of, collision in China. A Router's despatch from St Petersburg declares that Russia and Britain decided to uphold tne integrity and independence oi China. In the House of Commons Chamberlain ; referringto the situation in the Transvaal said it was impossible to doubt the propriety of receiving the |Outlanders' petition, having regard to Britain's relations with the Transvaal. The Daily News states that Britain claims priority for Imperial messages over the proposed Pacific cable at half rates. The raising of the necessary capital will be left in the hands of the Colonial Commission. The Government expressed the opinion that Britain's interest is small compared to that of the colonies In the Commons Fowler moved that the Finance Bill be read a second' time six months hence, chiefly on the ground of a reduction of the debt charges. • Sir M Hicks-Beach referring to the wine duty said that any other taxation would have interfered to a greater extent with trade and industry. The debate wa3 adjourned. , , ::