NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11401, 16 December 1898, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gable Messages.

Sriiisli and Foreign Telegrams.

United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. Beceived December 15, 11.30 p,m. FRANCE AND THS NIGER CONVENTION. London, December 15. France has' allowed the date for the ratification ! of the Niger Convention to pass without ratifying it. Received December 16, 10.30 a.m. London, December 15. *f he time for ratifying the Niger Convention has been extended for nix months. Received December 16, 3.15 a.m. STONING A STA'lUfi? OF COLUMBUS. Madrij>, December 15. A crowd of women stoned the statue of Columbus at Granada, shouting that he was tho cause of Spain's misfortunes. FILIPINOS WANT PRISONERS RELEASED. The Filipinos consider that Spain ought tc ransom 10,000 prisoners with tne 20,000,000 dollars received from America. Under the treaty America i& pledged to secure the release of prisoners*., Keceived December !s', 9:25 a.m. ' l THE WRECK OF THE LOJfDONIAW, Eondon, December 15, , A Crermaft steamer has landed aft . Chesapeake, Maryland, the ciptain ans seven of the crew of .the liondonian, who. were rescued after three houra' heroic> lefforts the day following tfea wreck. Eighteen of the Tedamore's crww werot last altogether. A ©ENEROUS GIFT. Lord Strathcons of Mount Rojal, has given another million dollars tew tha. Victoria College, Montreal THE PECULIAR PEOPLE: Senior, one of tha sect known as the* " Peculiar People," who was charged with the manalatfgbter of his child, for whom he neglected to provide medical t^ten,!dance,> was sentenced to four mouths!' i imprisonment. RELAXATION OF WAE PRE~ PARATIONS. Overtime work at tho Arsenal *fc Sheernesß, which, sinc^ the war rumours, has been in force,, has now ceased. The> 'first watches of the crews o£ the Channel squadron have received ten days? leave of absence. THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE. Mr -W. T. Stead, in the Review of .Reviews, denies thit iha Czar's disarmament conference has bee? postponed. He is organising an Anglos Am'e* was agitation, in favour of disarmament. MISSIONARIES FOR TBfiS SOUDAN. Rome, December 15. The Pope has expressed his preference for Coptic as against Latin missionaries for the Egyptian Soudan, and is appointing Monsignor Sogaro, a supporter of tha British, superintendent of missions. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES. Waßiiingtoin t , December 15. Mr William Bryan, who was the» Democratic candidate at tho Presidential election, urges that the Cuban precedent with regard to future Government be made to apply ' to the Philippines. He. oonskfora the Filipinos should be im--mediately entrusted with the control of: the Islands, us foreign colonisation ideas, if carried out, would prove dangerous to the American constitution. 1 ' Received December 16, 1.10 p.m. LORD CURZON STARTS FOR INDIA. London, December 15. Lord Carzon, the new Viceroy, has started for India. AMERICAN STEEL PLATES FOB THE OLfDE. f - New Yobk, Dfeaember 15. Ten thousand tons of ship places have been exported' to the order of djdaebip builders. • :