British and Foreign Telegrams

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9057, 15 April 1891, Page 2

British and Foreign Telegrams

lly Electric Telegraph — United Frets Association Copyright — Hecffived 15 4[91 3.30 p.tn,

B/FUNG BROTBKRs' FAILURE. London, April I'd. There are rumors that the liquidation of Barings' estate will result in the loss of os in the £. The Standard, however, uonsiders the amount is over estimated. SritlKTC AT BEUDPOBD. The police dispersed a meeting of mill hands on strike at Bradford with their batons. There is great excitement in tho place, and the military are held in readiness. [NJ>--LttffiNZ\ IN SrIEtTFIEIiO. Influenza is prevalent iv Sheffield, and is spreading throughout Yorkshire. AMNBXVriON '>F CAPK OOLOnY. It is Bi'chnnaland, not Basutoland, which is to be annexed to Cape Colony, i I,\TR MA33AORR IS IKUA. Revolting details have couic to hand of tho fate of persons captured by tno Manipuris. Commissioner Quinton, two officers, and a Bugler were hacked to pieces aud mutilated, their bodies being thrown outside tho walls of Tamil and devoured by dogs. Mr Grhnwood and '2 other officers were shot, and their bodies similarly treated. Lieut. Grant's ammunition was almost exhausted when ho was relieved. { FULURE OK VIOTOBHN LOAN. The highest teuder for the Victorian loan was £100 0s 6d. The financiers consider the failure of the loan is the result of the depressed state of the money market aud over-borrowing, and declare that ie would be fruitless for any of the Australian Colonies to re-attompt to place another loan on the London market within the next twelve month?. Three hundred and fifty-two tenders were received, the largest being sent in by a Life Insurance Company for £145,000, at a shilling premium. The London nnd Westminster Bank took £300,000 afe the minimum. Many people express surprise that so much was subscribed. M ORrt sijA NT.IST? liO.< DON. Warrants are said to have been issued agaiust Captain E. 11. Verney (M.P. for Bucks) and one of the Ulster members for separata grave criminal offences. The latter is alleged to have absconded. aiADA\f:« .MiL'iV BUiNT OUT. Paris, April 13. The house in which Madame Melba resided has been burned. The prima donna escaped by a ladder, in her nightdress, carrying her jewels with her. She caughi a severe cold from exposure to the night air. FKKN.'H TltKP* ON GEBMAM PBON riBB. France is mobilising her troops on the German frontier. EX- KINO MILAN. Belgrade, April 13. Ex-King Milan has agreed to leave Servia till his sou attains his majority, and the Government to allow him a p3iis:on of 80,000 fr.mcs per annum. >OHAKGI Ar HIO. Rio ds Janieko, April 12. The Aorangt left to-day for Plymouth, j INSURRECTION IN INOTA. Calcutta, April Id. Lieut. Builcau, wing officer of the 2nd Battalion of Ghoorkas, who escaped from Manipur, denies the statement of Usurper Jobraj, that that the women and children had been burned to death by the Ghoorkas. Ten thousand English troops are massed at Kohat, on the Afghan frontier. CANADIAN KRCIPBOOirr QUKSTI IN. Washington, April 13. The President and Mr Secretary Blame have disagreed over the question of Canadian reciprocity, and it is expected that Mr Blame will contest the next Presidential election. LYNCHING IN NKV7 ORLEANS. Hew York, April 18. The confession of Politz, one of the New Orleans victims, which has been published proves that those lynched were guilty of the murder of Hennessy, the Chief of the Police. F\TAL I .FLUfCNZA IN NlfiW YORK. Influenza has spread to this city, and Brooklyn. Numerous deaths arc reported, and coffins conveyed to the burial gronnd in wagons, hearses not being available in sufficient number. ' FIRE AT OI IK MU* UW. The audience in the Haymarket Theatre, and Dime Museum escaped in safety from the. burning building through the policeman maintaining order with loaded revolvers. Many of the wild animals and monsters confined in the Museum perished in the flames. a ~