GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 100, 21 August 1896, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN. London, August 10. Obituary—Mark Twain's eldest daughter. August 20. The Consolidated Gold Trust of London, Paris and Brussels is being formed with a capital of half a million sterling. The prospectus will be issued on the sth September. There was an enormous attendance at the funeral of the late Sir John Millais. Ottawa, August 20. The Manitoba school question has been settled on the basis of allowing religious teaching in the schools. Hong Hong, August 19. The Kansn rebels have defeated the Chinese and dispersed five camps of Chinese. General Tung On escaped by means of a disguise. Constantinople, August 20. Turkey has mobilised 450,000 troops. The Turkish troops continue their raids in Macedonia and have massacred eighty aged villagers. Madrid, August 20. A plot was discovered to dynamite the castle of Granja, the residence of the Infants Isabella. Many Anarchists were arrested at Barcelona. Paris, August 20. During artillery practice at Toulon several shots struck the warship Brennus, nearly killing Admiral Gervais. The newspapers refer in cordial terms to Sir Edinond Mouson's appointment as British Ambassador here. Rome, August 20. The Prince of Naples is to be married to Princess Helene of Montenegro in November. Cairo, August 20. Two thousand troops have been sent to Doogola to reinforce those already there.