GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 157, 28 October 1896, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

CABLES.

EUROPEAN ANI) FOREIGN

Lom»ox, Oct. 2'>. A lad) has ollered to -u'e-.-i•• £IOOO towards a new mission \ --el to replace the Oav-pring. Many other subscriptions hau? also been promised. Caflseftnent upon the recent rise in wheat and flour the price of bread in London has risen a half penny. Oct. 27. Lord Alexander Pa-_'« r died suddenly of heart disease while shooting at Drnmlanrig Castle. Freights to Australia by sailing vessels have advanced is Ikl |* r ton and by steamers, 2s fid per ton fur weight and as by measure. Canada and the I'nited Stales are each sending *2OO tons of butter weekly to England. Australian butter is selling at from life to 11 Is per cwt. A few parcels have I ten sold at Il<>-. Paris, Oct. 2H. Obituary—M. Challemel-Laeottr, the well-known French statesman. C'oN>T VNTIXOCI.K, Oct. 27. Four Armenians have lv n arrested |»r trying to assinate a. patriarch. who ihey alleged was tie- Sultan's tool. Purlin, Oct. 27. Bismarck's revelation ha- been hotly discussed in Berlin and Vienna. The general impression is that it will tend to weaken the Triple Alliance. Baron Pichtrof. n -"• ( > < d- l>r- Kayser, who recenty resigned iii.s office as director of the Oft ice of Foreign Aftairs owing to the opposition of the German Colonial party. Pkkin, Oct. 2<>. Li Hung I hang has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. New Vohk. Oct. 20. At a railway collision at St. Louis nine passengers were killed and 20 injured. "Yikwa, Oct. 27. M. -1. Tachi«orin, a Ru-shn player, won the chess tournament, with Ctuuonsek a close second. Nkw Yokk, Oct. 27Two elevators tontainiiis,' over ;t million bushels of whcitt were destroyed by fire in Chicago.