BRITISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, October 30.

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, October 30.

Baron Holzhaussen, an infatuated younj admirer of Mrs Mbnckton (who was Mis; Gertie Millar, a- Gaiety actress) secretl; broke into her boudoir at her husband 1 : residence. He committed suicide whei the housemaid, discovered his presence. October 31. The British expedition against the Nand tribe in East Africa captured 4000 cattl and 8000 goats, and killed 250 of th natives. The expedition lost" 55, includin] a patrol of nine members of the Africa] Rifles and 25 native levies, who were cv up. The British Associated Chambers of Agri culture have urgently demanded the passinj of a butter, bill. November 1. A Mansion House meeting inaxigurate< the British Science Guild, and Mr Hal dane was appointed^ president. The am of the- guild ' is better co-ordination ii scientific effort and the promotion of scien tific education throughout tlie Empire, anc also the ' placing, .of facilities at ■ the dis posal. of every- class. The Crown law officers are considering the claim for compensation' made by Messrs Burns, Philp-, and. Co.-against' Germany ii connection with tne- Caroline. Island trade. At. the inquest on the late Baron Holyhatisen, who committed suicide' at Mrs Monckton'6 residence, a verdict of felo de se was returned. November 2. Mr Spencer Phillips (the president), in an address to -the Institute -of Bankers, confirmed tie general impression of an undoubted improvement in British home trade, as well as in the export trade. November 3. Mr William Baker, Chancery barrister, las accepted the directorship of the late Dr Barnardo's Homes. An, anonymous donor has given 1350, 00( to th© Birmingham University. Renter's Agency reports that the Emperoi Josef has decided to grant Austria ths right of universal suffrage. He does this partly to appease the Socialists and partly to impress the Hungarians with the prospect of a similar extension to Hungary, in which event Hungarian nationality will be paralysed. The hearing of a petition* in bankruptcy November 4. presented against Mr Horn, a member of the House of Commons, has been adjourned until, Tuesday, when Another "petition i 6 set down for hearing. . , Mr Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, ; said that, whatever the result of the next election "was it would enable the Conservative party to shake off the apathy that had been born of timorous counsels and half-hearted convictions. Personally, he •was well content with the progress of tariff reform. He had shaken ,the idol of free imports to its base, and might have done better if the party had been thoroughly united, and if some had shown more courage and played less for safety. Though Lord Rosebery had declared that the reformers' case was pulverised, Mr Asquith had admitted that the question of fiscal reform had regained its position as the predominating issue. Although Mr Asquith had emphasised the exceptional trade and prosperity, the proportion of unemployed had risen 25 per cent., while the standard of •wages had fallen, decreasing by £2,000,000 last year. He would infinitely prefer a powerful party in minority to an impotent majority. November 5. Mr John Morley, M.P., unveiled Thorneycroft's Gladstone memorial, which has been erected immediately west of St. Clement le Dane's Church, in the Strand. The Duke of Devonshire, Lord Rosebery, and a great gathering of Liberal Unionists !Were present. PARIS, November 6. The Aurore declares that Germany must first ; oT)tam economic possession of Antwerp and Rotterdam before annexing them. ANTWERP, November 1. The German steamer Undine, from Chili, has been isolated near Antwerp.

One of the crew is dead and six are ill. it is supposed, of plague. BRUSSELS, November 6. The Belgium Congo Commission practi cally whitewashes the Free State abuses g which are attributed to the native assists . ants exceeding their authority. The muti y ; lation of corpses is a native cuss J torn ; the whites never punish by mutilatQ ing the living natives. Various' adminis trative reforms are recommended. BERLIN, October 30. .. The Kaiser proposes that the foreign * troops now at Pechili be withdrawn. Th< cost of the ("rerman East-Asiatic crops at Tein-tsin totals 15 millions sterling. = | October 31. L , J* Prince yon Bulow has thanked the con- ; tributor of the Westminster Gazette foi . ' his repudiation of the statement that he had inspired any newspaper to write against " Lord Lansdowne. j The Chamber of Commerce at Metz in- ■ formed the manufacturers that the * deficiency in railway waggons was due to " , the military monopolising all the rolling a , stock for the purpose of transporting to a Alsace and Lorraine ammunition, war l~l ~ material, and other stores. J November ,2. r', News has been received to the effect - that Colonel Semmern had an' extremely ? , severe light with 400 natives under the s chief Marengo near Hartbeestemund. 1 Ultimately the natives withdrew, but were not pursued. The report states that • ' they lost heavily. Three German officers i and 13 soldiers were killed, and three i officers and 18 men were severely wounded, while 13 were slightly wounded. Five are missing. The report i shows that the Hendrik and Wilboi tribes were expelled from the waterholes at i Aminnis, the Kiruis abandoning 350 ■ women and children, who nearly died 1 from thirst. November 4. j The displacement of Germany's projected , battleships will be 18,000 tons, and that , of her armoured cruisers 15,000 tons. 3' CHRISTIANIA, November 1. The Storthing, by 87 votes to 29, adopted r the Government's proposal that Prince 3 Charles of Denmark be asked to accept g election as King, on condition that the . Norwegians approved of his election on a . . referendum being taken. i| . BERNE, November 1. >' A boy of 15,. named Schiez, in the canton of Grisons, although the rope cut r into his flesh, held his father, with the aid of his ice-axe, dangling for two hours ! over a 1000 ft precipice. His cries brought [ help from ths shepherds, and both were , rescued. ') VIENNA, November 6. . ] The gendarmes in Vienna did not inter- , fere with the universal suffrage demonstra- . tions. Red flags were hoisted over the , Reichsrath, and there were demonstrations in Prague and other Bohemian towns in favour of the suffrage. Prince Nicholas has voluntarily established a, Parliament in Montenegro. BUDA PESTH, October 31. The Liberals are dissatisfied with Count Ferjavary's programme. They consider the introduction of universal suffrage dangerous as rendering impossible a national policy on the basis of the Ausgleich of 1867, and they demand instead the gradual extension of the franchise based on property qualifications. | November 1. Count Ferjevary proposes that ths present electorate of one million electors be increased to one of 2,600,000 by conferring the suffrage on Hungarians of the age of 24 years and upwards who are able to read and write. WASHINGTON, November 6. j Baron Sternburg, the German Ambassador at Washington, in proposing a new commercial treaty, said there must be a change in order to avoid a tariff war. He added that Germany was anxious for a treaty" whereby such a war could be avoided and good relations preserved. Mr E. Root (Secretary of State) replied that he earnestly desired to- avert trouble and he wished for an opportunity to negotiate for a treaty which the Senate would approve. He was doubtful whether lie would be able to frame such a treaty, and he wished to be shown a basis for nego-

, ' tiations which were likely to be successful, j but he did not want to submit to the 1 Senate a treaty not meeting with the - Senate's views. If Baron Sternburg would , submit a basis for a treaty which the Senate , was likely to ratify, tariff experts would - be asked to report thereon. NEW YORK, October 31. On Saturday the California Limited Mail, - ,' running at the rate of 60 miles an hour, | was derailed at -Kansas City, and 13 people were killed and 25 injured, i i William Leduc, secretary of the Poultry } Association, ran a-mok. He killed Mr i t Nichols, the manager, and cashier of the State Bank at Cheinoa (Illinois), wounded a Mr Jones, a clerk, and then barricaded ■ himself in the bank vault, whence he fired * 40 shots. He surrendered after a siege s of six hours, when jets emitting sulphur i fumes were turned into the vault. J November 1. • j Kites Fort, Leavenworth, in the State > of Kansas, received ethergrams 5000 miles i from the sea. ; | . November 2. i J State Senator Emmons has been sen- ■ tenced to five years' imprisonment in San Francisco for taking bribes to influence pending legislation. November 3. The authorities in New York prohibited i the production of Barnard Shaw's play ! " Mrs Warren's Profession " on the ground that it was immoral. The manager and all the male members at the Garrick Theatre responsible for the performance have been arraigned at the Police Court. «» November 4. Mrs Broadwick, a parachutist, ascended in a balloon with her husband at Columbia, South Carolina. She signalled to her husband to cut the parachute rope, but owing to some mistake she was clinging to the ropes between the balloon and the paraj chute. She fell a distance of 250 ft, and | was killed in the presence of 1000 spec- ' tatox's. CAPETOWN, November 4. - The authorities on the Rand are crushing a secret society among the Chinese, called j the " Red Door " Society, and formed for i the perpetration of crime. The ringleaders J are being repatriated. CALCUTTA, October 31. Lord Curzon, who is at Lahore, is suffering from fever. ~ j HONGKO3TG, October 31. | Admiral Train and Captain Train, commander of the American gunboat Quiros, when engaged in pheasant shooting at Ngating, accidentally peppered some Chinese women. Hundreds of the villagers surrounded the officers and disarmed them. They knocked the admiral into the mud, and held the captain as a hostage. Forty American marines, who were landed, came into collision with the villagers, whom the officials support. PEKING, November 2. The Governor of Ngan-king has apologised to Admiral Train and Captain Train, and has punished the ringleaders in the attack made on' the two officers. The • attack was caused by the officers accidentally peppering some Cliinese women while engaged in pheasant shooting. The officers were surrounded by hundreds of the villagers, and the Admiral was knocked into the mud, while the captain was held as a hostage. Chinese at Lieu-chan murdered two male and two female American missionaries and one child. j TOKIO, October 30. The Russian lists revealed on!y_ 976 Japanese prisoners in Russia, but it has now been ascertained thafc the correct number was 1978. The discovery has caused much indignation throughout Japan.