British and Foreign Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11877, 28 January 1902, Page 3

British and Foreign Telegrams.

United Press Association.— liy Electric Telegraph. — Oopyi ight. Recoived January 27, 9.21 .afra. ANTI-JESUITISM. - A magistrate lias refused to permit the prosecution of Jesuits on the ground that the Roman Catholic JSmtuicipation Act is obsolete for for that puzpose. He stated that xhe Government alsa could not prosecute. DREADFUL MINING DISASTER. N . New York, January 26. An explosion entomed three hundred miners at Oskoloosa, lowa. The majority escaped, but eight dead and eighty injured have been recovered ; the recoverage of the remaining twenty-six is hopeless. The colliery is on lire PRINCE OF WALES VISIT TO THE KAISERf Berlin, January 26. The Kaiser awaited the Prince .of Wales -at the Berlin railway terminus, and heartily greeted him. SPANISH GUNBOAT LOST. Madrid, January 26. While pursuing fishing boats neai Vigo a boi.er of .the Spanish gunboat Condon burst and the vessel foundered, nineteen lives being lost. Received January 28, 1 a.m. KINGS BIRTHDAY GIFT TO THE KAISER. , London, January 27. The Prince of Wales, on behalf oi King- Edward, presented the Kaisei witu a copy ol Paine's picture oi Frederick the Great. ARCHDUKE FRANZ'S VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG. The Archduke Franz's journey tc St. Petersburg is partly attributed r to Count Bulow's statement that the Triple 'Alliance was not indispensable. THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC. There are fewer cases of smallpox now beinff recorded in London. Received January 28, 0.37 p.m. THE KJNG TO VISIT CANNES. London, January 27. The Daily Mail asserts that King Edward will visit Cannes on Marcb 15th. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VISTI TO GERMANY. The Kaiser, at a military luncheon, proposed tae Prince of Wales' health and the British Army. He eulogisea the Prince .and Princess t f V.'eles't "winning manner during their great ' colonial tour, which had helped to unite distant* Britishers with the rest' of the Empire. THE FILIPINO INSURRECTION. New York, January 27. , The Herald's correspondent sayi the Filipin oinsurgents are becoming increasingly irroconcpaMe. Out o) 50,000 American soldiers in the Phillipines only 12,000 in reality are effective. THE MISSING WAR SLOOP. A Vancouver pilot warned the Condor's captain that the vessel's build would prove dangerous in a heav> sea. H.M.S. ■ Phaeton has reachec - San Francisco after a fruitiest search. Received January 28, 9f48 a.m. A DEFAULTING DIRECTOR ARRESTED. London, January 27. Schmidt, a defaulting director oi the Cashel .Malt Company has been. • arrested at Paris. CANADA AND IMPERIAL TRADE. Lord Strathcona, in a letter to the newspapers, says Canada is an:'jEious 5 to develop an inter-Imperial "- trade.* He invites enquiries and offers publication to stimulate business. GERMAN PRINCE'S VISIT TO AMERICA. Berlin, January 27. ' The German Imperial yacht Hohenzollern stays a month at New York. Received January 28, 10 a.m. THE COLUMBIA W<AR. New York, January 20. The insurgents at' Columbia were - repulsed near - Bogota ; 360 were kil •led,, and -90 of the Government troops killed.