TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4858, 25 January 1894, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

1 [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB-COPYRIGHT.I [Special to Pbkss Association.! PARIS, Jan. 24. The Monte Carlo Murder. Two Italians, a man and a woman, have been arrested at Nice, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the Englishman Allender, on the Monte Carlo Hill, a few weeks ago. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. i The United States Tariff. The House of has placed raw and refined sugar on the free list. There are symptoms of a serious disagreement between President Cleveland and the New York Senators, who will probably attempt to defeat the Tariff Bill. America and Hawaii. The Committee of Foreign Affairs has introduced a resolution in Congress condemning the action of Mr J. S. Stevens, American agent at Honolulu ; approving the President's view?, and denouncing the annexation or protection of Hawaii as un-called-for and inexpedient, BERLIN, Jan. 24. Bismarck and the Emperor. The action of the Emperor in requesting an interview with Prince Bismarck has created a sensation in Germany, and is the source of ereat gratification to the people. OTTAWA, Jan. 24, The Behring Sea Award. Canada claims .£155,000 compensation under the award of the Behring Sea Commission. LONDON, Jan. 24. The Costa-Rica Claim. Sir C. Tupper and the AgentsGeneral had an interview with the Marquis of Ripon, to urge the claim of the captain and crew of the Costa Rica to proper reparation. Sir S. Samuel put the case in a most forcible light. Sir Thomas Sanderson, assistant secretary to the foreign office, who was in attendance, stated that the Crown law officers considered the owners and crew had no claim, and it would be a mistake to advance demands which could not be sustained. The Vancouver Line. The Agents- General and Sir C. Tupper, along wifchMrHuddart, also asked the Marquis of Ripon to grant a subsidy to the Huddart, Parker steamers. MrHuddarfc argued (hat the line is an important assistance to the Foreign Office policy, and affords a valuable additional protection to the British I nation. Lord Bipon expressed his sympathy, and undertook to consult the Foreign Office, which was chiefly concerned in the matter. The Pacific Cable. The Marquis of Kipon, yielding to pressure from Mr Huddart, has undertaken to first consider the question of subsidy on behalf of Fiji in connection with the proposed Pacific cable. The Khedive. Truth states that the Khedive will pay a visit to England. The Silver Question. The Standard is of opinion that the coinage of silver in India is likely to be resumed shortly. It says the Government had better raise a loan of .£10,000,000 than throw upon the market .£10,000,000 worth of drafts, which will reduce the value of the rupee to ninepence. CALCUTTA, Jan. 24. The Indian Press strongly censures Lord Kimberley's action over the silver crisis. Business is paralysed in Shanghai and Hongkong. CAIRO, Jan. 24. An Apology Demanded. Lord Cromer has demanded an apology from the Khedive, who is expected to issue a minute praising the frontier forces, and ordering the Under-Secretary of War to resign. SYDNEY, Jan. 25. An Arrest. A man has been arrested on a charga of perpetrating the recent swindle on the National Sank of Australia. He vlßited Melbourne, but returned to Sydoey, intending to go to America by the E.M.S. Alameda, which left on Monday, but that vessel wbb too strictly watched to allow of bis getting on board. Police Report. The annual report of the police authorities shows that there has been no marked increase in crime, and notes a decrease in the number of public-houses. MELBOURNE, Jan. 25. The Mercantile Back Frauds. Mr Walsh, Crown Prosecutor, recommends that a presentment be filed against Sir Matthew Davlea, J. T. Milledge and T. B. Mnntz, in connection with the Mercantile Bank failure. Mr Walsh himsslf will undertake the prosecution on behalf o! the Crown. Extensive Fires. Seven business places at Milboo, in | the West Gippsland district, have been , destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at .£IOOO. Bash fires ate still raging in the Hopetonn district, and 40,000 acres have already been devastated. BRISBANE, Jan. 25. "Running Amuck." The cutter Mercury, which was bound to the scene of the gold rush at Bosky Creek, with a number of passengers, has returned to Cooktown. Daring the voyage, one of '. her passengers, a man named Burchard, began firing indiscriminately among the other passengers, and, after wounding one of them, he retreated to the hold and committed suicide. High Tides. Extraordinary high tides have been exj perienced in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and a sudden riae in the water baa destroyed all the beacons along the coast. j HOBART, Jan. 25. ■ Tasmanian Politics. Mr D« K. TTrquhart, who defeated the Speaker, Mr N. J. Brown, for the Cumberland constituency at the late general election, and against whose return Mt Brown lodged a petition, has agreed to resign and re-contest the seat.