COSTA RICA ARBITRATION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10479, 3 December 1895, Page 2

COSTA RICA ARBITRATION.

London, December 1. The British statement of claim in the Costa "Rica arbitration case has been handed to Mr Martons, the arbitrator. SMALL-POX AT RIO. It is reported that small-pox is prevalent at Rio de Janeiro, and that 100 deaths are recorded daily. RAISING FREIGHTS. Measurement freights by sailing vessels to Melbourne and Sydney will be raised 2s 6d per ton. NARROW ESCAPE FOR A TROOPSHIP. About the middle of November the Indian troopship Malabar, with 1500 troops on board, rau into a fog when nearing Portsmouth, and ouly escaped running on tho rocks at the Isle of Wight by a couple of hundred yards. FUNERAL OF M. DUMAS. Paris, December 1. Although the fnneial of M. Dumas was announced to bo private, an immense concourse of peoplo attended. DISHONEST OFFICIALS. Madrid, December 1. Fifteen members of the Municipality have been indicted on a charge of defrauding the public. An assassin attempted to murder ftlarqnis Cabrinartc, the originator of the exposure. MISSIONARIES MURDERED IN MADAGASCAR.

Zanzibar, December 1. News has been received that the Hovas in Madagascar have murdered two English missionaries. Two thousand Hovas attacked the English mission at Arivontinama, and murdeicd tho Rev. Mr Johnson and his wife, and mutilated their bodies. The remainder effected their escape. MINING FATALITY. Ntw YpBK, December 1. A mine caved in at Carinel, New York County, when thirteen miners were killed.