CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8620, 4 November 1889, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

By Ulectrio Telegraph — United Press Association Copyright — Received 4j11i89. 9.30 a.m, PARNELL (OVJMISSION. London, November 2. Mr M. Davitt finished his speech before the Parnell Commission amid applause, which was not suppressed. At its conclusion, the President, Sir James Hannen, complimented him. NELSON FROZEN MEAT CO. Nelson Bros., meat merchants, have declared a dividend of 7 per cent. STANLEY AND EMIN PASHA. Stanley and Emm Pasha are believed to be nearing the Eastern Coast of Africa. LATE MR WESTGARTH. The Times, in its obituary notice of the late Mr Westgarth, praises Ids action with regard to the colonies, whose loans, it states, he often materially helped. KISE IN FREIGHTS. After next week freights to the Colonies will be raised 5s per ton. The dock charges have advanced on an average from 8 to 10 per cent, all round. FALL OF A BUILDING IN GLASGOW During a heavy gale on Friday, a five storied factory in Glasgow collapsed, and in its fall crushed an adjoining carpet weaving shed, where 150 young girls were working. Forty of the girls were killed outright, eighteen were injured, and many are still to be accounted for. Numerous wonderful escapes are reported. PRAISING THE BRITISH. Athens, November 2. The German Emperor, while at lunch with the Admiral of the English fleet at Athens, spoke in terms of high praise of the British navy. RAILWAY COLLISION IN INDIA. Calcutta, November 2. A train near Agra, running into a siding, came into collision with the terminal buffers, and was derailed. Thirteen women and two children were killed, and forty other persons injured. CRONIN MURDER OASE. Chicago, November 2. At the Cronin murder trial, Gilberts, a Winnipeg convict, gave evidence to the effect that Burke had confessed to liim that he, Coughlin, Cooney, and O'Sullivan decoyed Dr Cronin into a cottage, and clubbed him the moment he entered. The body, he said, was thrown into Lake Michigan, and afterwards taken out and concealed in the street sewer. An ex-convict, who was examined, swore that two years ago Detective Coughlin tried to hire him to kill Dr. Cronin. The trial is not yet concluded.