LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 149, 16 May 1894, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

(P*» Pkkrs Association.) j By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. / Received 7. 15. p.m. Not on Friendly Terms. Lisbon, May 15. The recent action of President Peixoto, of Brazil, has lead to a rupture of the friendly relatione with the Portuguese Government. The Ottawa Conference. Camtown, May 15. The Government has deoided to send Sir J. H. DeVillier, Chief Justice and President of the Legislative Council, and Sir C. Mills, Agent-General in London, to represent Cape Colony at the Ottawa Conferance. Proved an Alibi. Paris, May 15. The man arrested on suspicion of canting an explosion in Avenue Klebvcr proved an alibi, but will be prosecuted as an anarchist.

Received 10.30 a.m. Accidents and Fires. London, May 15. Aa exceedingly large number of boating accidents were recorded throughout England yesterday. At Ipswich a party of six people were drowned. A fire broke out in Camberwell workhouse and the inmates numbering 400 had a narrow escape. Coxey’s Army. Washington, May 15. Forty members of Coxey’s army have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for seizing a train. Received 1.20 a.m. Shipping. London, May 15. Arrived—Maori from Wellington (March 15). Strike of Cabmen. London, May 15. Seveu thousand London cabmen strike to-morrow unless the owners reduce the hiring charge to three shillings per day. Four thousand of the cabmen have declined to join in the strike movement. National Liberal Convention. London, May 15. The national Liberal Federation has convened a conference in Leeds on the 20th of next month to consider the attitude j adopted by the House of Lords. Cholera in Russia. St. Petersburg, May 15. Cholera is prevalent iu seven provinces south of Russia. Legal Eight Hours. Berlin, May 15. The miners are discussing the question of Legal Eight Hours. Mine on Fire. New York. May 15. The great Aurora mine in Michigan is on fire, and many of the miners who were below have been unable to escape.