GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 178, 23 November 1896, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

EUROPEAN AND FOBEIGN. {/'>'■ /'" '•< i-tht.) Nov. 21. Spf» (forth. the well-known < rirket< r. "was nearly suffocated by a fire in a tea warehouse in London. I>r. -Jameson has undergone a serious operation ia the prison Ik>~{ ital, ami there is an agitation for his release. iUoctivt>l Nov. 2;:. 10.2-* a.us.' Li>Mk»n'. Nov. 23. Eight a/ldittional English officers are sailing for the Niger. Dr. Jameson is improving. Owing to a breach of promise action against him, J. M. White, M.P. for Forfarshire has re-dyui.d hi- seat in the Moose of Commons. Calcutta. Nov. *2l. There has been a heavy rainfall in the Madrid ami Bombay provinces, and the prospect- are improving. Brussels, Nov. 21. The City Market at Antwerp has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £*o.ooo. Paris. Nov. 21. There is a strong popular movement throughout France in favor of compelling the Sultan to cea.~e the Armenian atrocities. (iJcceived Nov. 2-">. at 10-30 a.m.) Nt u York, Nov. 23. The Delaware militia burnt a Spanish tiag and violent speeches were delivered. Hamp't.i.. November 23. The dockers here and at Altona have struck for higher wage*. Zanzibar. Nov. 23. Beporis from Blastyne. Nyassa, state that an expedition under Lieut. Alston has captured Kapuri, chief of the l'ass tribe, and burned the town consisting of thirty thousand dwellings; also that put a stop to slave trading. Ottawa Nov. 23. Archbishop Langevin declares that the Manitoba school settlement is a farce and impossible to be carried into effect, and its acceptance would cause a revolution in Quebec. Paris. Nov 23. In the Chamber of Deputies Hanotanx was asked the terms of the - Russian Treaty but declined to add anything to the statement he made in Cherbourg. The existence of an > nt, nh rtmiiate with Russia was not denied and WAS Hot doubted.