LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 147, 11 May 1894, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

(Per Pkkhh Association.) liv Eloctric Telegraph -Copyright. Received 1 a.m. Sir W. V. Harcourt. London, May 9. The World says that Sir W. V. Harcourt will shortly receive an earldom. Vast Nihilist Conspiracy. 8t Petersburg, May 9. A vast Nihilist conspiracy has been discovered at St Petersburg. Hundreds of arrests have been effected. Heavy Fighting in Central America. Ni • York . May 9. News from Central A merica states 1 that the (ioveinmmt troops have ri l« Is in JSan halved..r. ' In tie• eiigaguie nl-; 100 were killed

and 1500 wounded, most of them severely. America and Samoa. Washinottn, May 10. The Hon. W. Gresham, Secretary of State, in the Blue Book presented to Congress says the Tripartite Treaty in regard to Samoa has aggravated the evils of the situation, and the United States is not realiy concerned in the trouble. Berlin, May 10. The German oruiser Buzzard, at present in Australian waters, has been ordered to proceed to Samoa. The Government Programme. London, May 10. Lord Roseberry, speaking at a meeting of tho National Liberal Club, said the Government would persevere with their programme, even if they only had a majority of two. Betting on the Derby. London, May 10. Betting on the Derby is thirteen to eight on Lord Roseberry’s Ladas and five to one against Matchbox. Strike in Scotland. London, May 10. Thirty thousand miners in Scotland refused to agree to a reduction in wages, and in consequence have been locked out by the mine owners. Rough on Mundella. LoNduv, May 10. The Times, commenting on Judge Williams statement, says it is indecent and scandalous for Mundella to retain office in the Ministry, and it hopes Lord ltoseberry will intervene. Received 10.50. a.m. Destructive Earthquakes. Washington, May 10. The New York Herald publishes a telegram stating that ten thousand people were killed by an earthquake in Venezuela. Merida, San Juana, aud a number of small towns were destroyed. A Retaliatory Tariff. Washington, May 10. Lodge’s proposal for a discriminative tariff against Great Britain and her colonies till she assents to an international silver agreement was laid before the Senate by a majority of ten. Registered. London, May 10. The judge approved of the Loan and Mercantile articles of association and the new company has been registered.