HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8886, 24 May 1892, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association.— Teleoraphj—Copmg^. THE ROYAL &OLDEN WEDDING. London, May 23. The Priucse and Princess of Wales atid the Czar and Czarina have started for Copenhagen. THE WAR IN VENEZUELA. New York, May 23. The Venezuelan rebels have captured San Fernando. FRENCH LABOUR BUREAU. Paris, "May 23. A Labour Exchange has been opened in Paris. It will be administered by .the trade unions. CUSTOMS UNION IN AFRICA. Capetown, '31 ay 23. The Orange Free State intends to summon a.conference to arrange for a Customs Union of the South African States.

CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. Ottawa, May 23. The difficulty between Newfoundland and Canada has been settled by the restoration of reciprocity. THE FLOODS IN AMERICA. Washington, May 22. The damage by floods in the Centra) States is estimated at two millions. May 23. j The floods in the Central States are subsiding. THE TRAGEDY AT NICE. Paris, May 22 At the trial of Deacon, the American who shot a Frenchman named Abeille. as he emerged from the apartments of ' Deacon's wife at an hotel, the accused, | in reply to the Judge, said the murder ! of Abeille was the result of the sudden impulse of a man of honour, and he had regretted the deed ever since. This statement was received with loud cheers. He admitted that he had harassed his wife by employing detectives to watch her, but he had frequently asked her not to receive Abeille. He intended to sue for divorce after the trial. Immense interest was shown in the case, and sympathy for the prisoner was loudly expressed. Mrs. Deacon denied the accusation of adultery, but admitted that she had often met Abeille in her husband's absence. The jury found Deacon guilty of wounding without intent to kill.