TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4579, 27 February 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

[B 7 ELECTRIC TBLBQBAPE.—COPYRIQET} fSpBdiUJTO Pbksb Association.} CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26. Destructive Fire. A serious fire has taken place in the «ity. Three hundred houses were destroyed, and three thousand people are rendered homeless. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million sterling, LISBON, Feb. 26. , An Amnesty, j Sigttor Ridiero, the new Premier, has granted an amnesty to prisoners convicted of political offences. BELGRADE, Feb. 26. Russian Intrigue, The Russian Government is said to be intriguing to unite Servia and Montenegro and to encircle the Balkans* BOMB, !Peb. 26. , The Pope Warned. The members of the Chamber of Deputies resent the appeal of the -Pope and warn him that it is possible to depose him for oenaoing the State. Anarchists Arrested. Fourteen Anarchists were arrested in Borne for a conspiracy to blow up the Pope and Sfc Peter's. NEW TOBK; Fbb. 26. ; Murder and Lynching, Judge Parker, ef Kansas, asserts that there have been 25,000 murders committed in t'ae United States since 1888, and that there has been a great increase in lynching. j LONDON, Fkb. 26. Imperial Institute. The Agent-General for New Zealand is expediting work at the Colony's Court at the Imperial Institute, and « applying for additional space. H.M.S. Howe. The Admiralty, in not accepting the decision as to the grounding of H.M.S. Howe, warns the officers of Her Majesty's ! fleet to prevent heavy losses being sustained by the nation. Home Rule. The National Liberal Association has issued a 'manifesto, calling npon the party to rally round the cause of autonomy, and obtain a lasting settle- , ment of the Irish question. j The importation of arms into ; Ireland ' has been prohibited, except . under special conditions. j Cape Colony. j The Queen ' has refused to grant : the petition of the Malayan popu- ; lation of Cape Colony, asking her to j veto the Franchise Act. Committee of Inspection* A Trustees'; ' Committee of Inspection has been appointed in the estate o£ the late Philip Vanderbyl. The present liability amounts to £87,700 and the assets to £300. \. tin Camera. De Cobain'g'Case is being tried in camera, ! : '../ZANZIBAR Feb. 26. ■\. Fled. >- \. Soden, who is accused of acquiring j : a fortune in East Africa by a secret j traffic in slaves, has fled to India. Arab Slavers. ! | Arab Blavers are raiding the dis- ; trict north" of Lake Nyassa. They | I captured the inhabitants of a native i village in ambush, butchering the '. men and carrying off two hundred • women and children* whom^they after- , wards speared when pursued by a force of <white men. BEBLIN, Feb. 26. The Jesuits. Chancellor Yon . Caprivi will not agree to permit the returning of the Jesuits io Germany. ST PETERSBURG, Fkb. 26. v Children Frozen* Twelve children were frozen at Kaluga on their road 'to school. ......... WASHINGTON, Fbb. 26. The Behring Bea Question. The United States Government insists on a claim that Russia ceded Behring Sea along with Alaska. The Homestead Trouble. Bouer and Knoll were sentenced to five years' imprisonment for abetting in an attempt on the life of Mr Prick, manager of the Homestead Workß. - SYDNEY, FSB. 27. New South Wales Harvest. The Government statistician reports that the harvest will yield 6,803,000 bushels, an average of 14*8 bushels per acre. MELBOURNE, Fbb. 27. Boiler Explosion. Ivey'a flour mill at Ballarat was destroyed by a boiler explosion. The accident was sot attended >by any fatalities.