LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 5094, 2 October 1891, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

[Br Electric Telegraph Copyright.]

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received October 1, at 7.30 p.m.]

London, September 30. Yielding to the pressure of his friends. Mr Childors has decided not. to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds and will retain his seat until the general election, but will not offer himself for re-election. Brussels, September 30. The news of the death of General Boulanger by his own hand is confirmed. It appears that the General, accompanied by his niece and secretary, drove to the cemetery, and leaving his companions outside walked up to the touib of Madame Bonnemain, and scattered flowers on it. All the time he appeared to be in a meditative and gloomy mood, and suddenly drawing a revolver, which he had concealed about him, placed the muzzle close to his head and fired. The bullet entered the right temple, death being instantaneous, and the lifeless body of the General fell across the tomb of Madame Bonnemain, who at her death left a large fortune to Boulanger. Since the death of Madame Bonnemain the General has been inconsolable, and has suffered severely from insomnia. San Francisco. September 30. The report of a murder which took place in 1887 has been made, and has caused considerable excitement. -Ail American citizen has confessed that he and six others in the year mentioned murdered 24 Chinese miners at Snake River, Wallawalla, in Washington State, and stole 60,000 dollars worth of gold dust. Paris, September 30. The Chinese Minister in Paris has informed M. Ribot, Minister for Foreign Affairs, that the Governor of Wrihu, where the missions had been attacked, has been dismissed in accordance with the demands of the Great Powers. Received October 1, at 8 p.m.] London, September 30. The estimated visible supply of American wheat is 24,900,000 bushels. Received October 2, at 0.55 a.m.]

London, September 30. Wheat has advanced 6d per quarter. Pretoria, September 30. The Boers are highly indignant at the comments made on them in Lord Randolph Churchill's letters to tlie Daily Graphic, and he was burnt in etligy in Pretoria this evening. Brussels. October 1.

Letters and telegrams addressed to his wife and daughter were found on the body of General Boulanger, in which lie expressed a desire to die owing to the loss of his mistress. In some political notes left among his papers Boulanger urstes the French" revisionists to persevere with the programme they have sketched out. The General, it appears, has previously attempted suicide at a hotel in ■which he was staying, and his friends, suspecting he would repeat the act, consequent on his nervous demeanor, followed him to the cemetery. On their arrival they found the General so calm and selfpossessed that they at once acceded to his wish to be allowed to spend a fewmoments at Madame Bonnemain's tomb alone. They had not long retired when the fatal shot was fired. "Boulanger had often remarked that his life was a burden, and he would soon die. He had become quite emaciated and haggard in appearance. The blood-stained photograph of Madame Bonnemain was found next his heart. The General had purchased a vault next to that of the deceased lady, and everything points to the fact that the deed was premeditated, Before leaving for the cemetery he kissed his mother, remarking that he was going to a fete. Paris, October 1. The comments in the Paris Press on the General's suicide are half generous and half contemptuous. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (per united press association. ) Received October 1, at 7.30 p.m.] Sydney, October 1. A train became derailed near Newcastle and capsized. The fireman, named Oockroft, who came from Invercargill, was killed.

Received October 1, at 8 p.m.] Sydney, October 1

The following are the current quotations for the principal silver mining shares : Broken Hill Proprietary, L 9 5s ; British Broken Hill, LI 16s ; Central, L 6 17s 6d ; South, L 4 15s 6d ; Block No. 14, L 6 5s ; Junctions, LI ss. Received October 2, at 0.55 a.m.] Hobart, October 1.

The R.M.S. Ivaikoura arrived from London via the Cape at midnight, and sailed again for Wellington at 4 o'clock this afternoon. She has 60 passengers for Australian ports, and 93 for New Zealand.