CABLEGRAMS

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 224, 20 November 1888, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

London, Nov 17. Mrs Georgina Weldon, the notorious litigant, brought a charge of conspiracy against Mr Riviere, formerly conductor of the Covent Garden concerts, and other persons. The case was dismissed, and the Judge who presided directed that Mrs Weldon and several of her witnesses should be prosecuted for conspiracy and perjury. Intelligence has been received that the barque Magnum, bound for Sydney, has become a total wreck off Cape Negro, on the west coast of Africa. It is believed that Mr Jasper Pyne committed suicide. Mr J. Bright is still in a critical condition. It is reported that a second papal rescript has been addressed to the Irish bishops denouncing boycotting and the plan of campaign. The report, however, is not yet confirmed. The Royal Society’s medal has been awarded to Baron Muller, botanist, of Victoria. Paris, Nov 17. By an explosion of firedamp in a mine in the Department of Pay de Dome thirty men lost their lives. Vienna, Nov 17. The Emperor of Austria refuses to meet the Czar unless the Russian troops are withdrawn from the frontier. New York, Nov 17. Mr Joseph Chamberlain was married to Miss Endicott, of this city, yesterday. Calcutta, Nov 17. It is believed that an Indian coaster foundered during u cyclone. Nine hundred natives were on board, all of whom were lost.