CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH and FOREIGN.

Inangahua Times, Volume XVI, Issue 300, 20 April 1892, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH and FOREIGN.

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Received April 18, at 1.30 a.m. New York, April 17. Over 150 bodies of those drowned during the floods m Tennessee have been recovered. Hundreds of people who had sought refuge iv trees and on the house tops were rescued, after suffering from four to five days' hardships. The Pennsylvania Democrats support Grover Cleveland's nomination for the Presidency. Rome, April 17. Since the United States paid the indemnity for the lynching of Sicilians m New Orleans, friendly relations have been resumed. London, April 17. The Times considers that owing to the prevalence of strikes m Australia, business is not on a sound basis, therefore it urges that the Colonies are not a good AgJd i ifoJf-<.. (^^B r ftotevaiid recomto build up homes. The same paper referring to the Bulgarian note to the Porte supports and eulogises the patience displayed by Bulgaria m awaiting- the Turkish reply to her previous demands. Mr David Gray of Peterhead, has equipped an Antarctic expedition to j test the value of the whale fishing, and will sail m August next. A son of Baron Nordenskjold will accompany the expedition m the interests of science. ; Madrid, April 17. Absind, a soldier enlisted m a regiment m Anglesre, hid m the pulpit while service was being conducted on Good Friday, and being armed with sword and revolver, rushed on the priest who was officiating. The latter was kneeling m prayer at the time, and was terribly gashed about the head and hands. Absind also used his revolver freely, and a female member of the congregation was shot dead, and others wounded. The perpetrator of the outrage cut his way through the crowd, and succeeded m effecting his escape. Rio de Janeiro, April 17. Marshall Fonseca, ex-President of the Republic, is m a critical condition. Received April 19, at 1.20 a.m. Ottawa, April 18. Obituary— Alexander M'Kenzie. He for some years edited the Lambfcon Shula and the Reform Journals m the Dominion, and was a member of the Executive Council and Treasurer of Ontario m Mr Blake's administration. New York, April 18. Thousands of cattle thieves m Omaha have organised a conflict with the cowboys, and it is expected that a serious disturbance will ensue. > The Foreign Committee objects to tho indemnity paid to the Italian Government regarding the lynching of Sicilians m New Orleans, without the authority of Congress. A despatch from Caracas states that the rebels seized a railway owned by an English Company, and it is expected that' British warships will be ordered to Venezuela to protest against the action. London, April 18. Disastrous snowstorms are being experienced m England. Madrid, April 18. News has been received that a bomb exploded at the entrance of the Church m Havana. The clergy prevented a panic. It is believed that the Anarchists intended to wreck the works. i Athens, April 18. Dr Toffler has inoculated mice with mouse typhus, and it is hoped this will exterminate the pest which has caused great destruction throughout the country. Calcutta, April 18. In a recent encounter between the British and Dacoits, the former had six men wounded, and the latter nine killed. The head of Stewart, one of

the officers of the Pahang Exploring Company, who was killed by the ebels, has been found, but tlofc the body of Harris, the other victim.