LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, 30 December 1892, Page 28

LATE CABLE NEWS.

Bl KtICTRIO TELEGRAPH. —COPY RIGHT. (PRISS ASSOCIATION.) GENERAL NEWS. London, December 27. It is reported that during her stay at Florence the Queen will pay a visit to King Humbert at Rome. Severe weather has been experienced throughout England, and many skating accidents are reported. Seven persons were drowned at Rochdale and four at Wanstead Park through ice breaking. Paris, December 27. Le Temps, commenting on the difficulty with regard to French warships hoisting the tricolour on St and Amsterdam Islands, says that it is no longer surprised that Australia so easily resigned these islands to France.

THE CHOLERA.

Berlin, December 27.

The total number of deaths caused by the recent cholera epidemic in Germany is officially put down at 8500, including 7600 in Hamburg. St Petersburg, December 27. It is reported that cholera is raging in the Caucasus provinces, and that hundreds of deaths have taken place during the last fortnight.

AMERICAN NEWS. Washington, December 27.

The Democratic leaders and the public generally are strongly in favour of an extra session at an early date to take into consideration the reduction of the tariff on wool, ores and other articles. New York, December 27. Forty-two miners who were charged with conspiracy and murder in firing an explosive in a mine during the recent riots in Idaho, have been acquitted. The verdict of the jury is considered to be equivalent to declaring the acts of the miners of a defensive and not a rebellious character.

(special.) New York, December 27

Emigrants who have not been welcomed in the United States are flooding into Mexico, and the latter country has desKtchei agents to Ireland, Germany, tly, and Sweden with the view of discouraging people from emigrating. Bishop Porter' to-day laid the corner ■tone of the Episcopal Cathedral in New York. The cost of the building is estimated at a million and a half doUars, and will contain seven chapels, each with a distinct language.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION ) THE GERMAN ARMY BILL. • Berlin, December 27. A pamphlet alleged to have been inspired by the German Government, states that Russia and France are able to put in the field 1,000,000 men and 1700 guns more than the countries comprising the Triple Alliance, and that if the Army Bill now before the Reichstag is not accepted, all the essentials of the three years' service system will be continued.

PASTEUR'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY.

Paris, December 27-

There was a great gathering at the Sorboune to-day to celebrate the 70th birthday of M. Louis Pasteur. President Carnot, several members of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, as well as a number of foreign, representatives of science attended.

THE 'MISSING WORDS' LOTTERIES London, December 27.

The total amount of money impounded in connection with the ' missing word' competitions is 144,000.

GALES IN THE ATLANTIC.

STEAMERS IN DISTRESS. New York, December 27. The Cunard liner Umbria is two days overdue, and grave anxiety for her safety is felt owing to the severe gales reported in the Atlantic Ocean. (special.) London, December 28. The Atlantic liners arrive covered with ice and with their compasses frozen. The steamer Nordland broke down during the gale and was drifting helplessly about the ocean when her position was observed by a passing steamer and she was towed into Queenstown. FAMINE-STRICKEN FINLAND. RUSSIAN HEARTLESSNESS. St Petersburg, December 27. A terrible famine is being experienced in North Finland, and the only food hundreds of the poorer class have to subsist on is bread mixed with powdered bark. The Russian Government is making only meagre efforts to relieve the distress, and it is Btated that fully two thousand are in quite a destitute condition.

ANOTHER WRECK ON THE SPANISH COAST. London, December 28. The steamer Islam, bound from Cardiff to Bombay, has gone ashore at Cape Trafalgar, on the Spanish coast, and it is feared she will become a total wreck. the crew were saved. The loss is estimated afc L 70.000.

GERMANY AND SAMOA. Berne, December 27. _ The Kreuz Zeifcung opposes an American being appointed to succeed Baron O. C. Cedercrantz as Chief Justice of Samoa, on tho grounds' that half the white population there ave Germans.