LATEST TELEGRAMS.
The latest news from Venezuela is of the usual contradictory kind, and represents President Palacia as having routed the insurgents, who are retrenched at Cumaredo, with a loss of 200 killed. They are also reported to have been defeated in a fresh attack on Trujillo.
It is rumoured that Mr Chauncey Depew will succeed Mr Blame as Secretary of State.
It is rumoured that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who is now on a visit to England, aspires to the hand of one of the Prince of Wales' daughters.
The London Nonconformist Council is issuing an appeal in favour of Liberals.
The body of a girl named Clover, who died at Lambeth on October 18, was exhumed, and strychnine found in the remains. It is stated seven similar cases have been traced.
It is reported that the insurgents in Matto Grasso (an island province of Brazil) were victorious in an encounter with the Republican troops, 1000 of whom were killed. The victors afcerward captured and sacked Cuijaba. A despatch to the " New York Herald " states that the insurgents under General Censco are marching on Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. There is a panic among the inhabitants, and the streets are being barracaded. The city of La Guyera is in a state of terror.
The Democratic Convention meets afc Chicago on June 21. Mr Grover Cleveland and Governor Hill will be candidates.
Barcelona has been proclaimed in a state of seige owing to labour riots. Miss Alarsden has returned to Berlin from the leper settlements. She declares the lepers there are obliged to live in the forests like wild beasts.
President Carnot has paid an indemnity to the victi»ts of the dynamite explosions, but repudiates this action as setting up a precedent for the future.
The marriage of tbe Earl of Huntingdon to Miss Maud Wilson (a daughter of Sir Samuel Wilson, the Australian wool king), took place at St. George's Chapel, Hanover square, and attracted a fashionable gathering. Antimony, £46 125.
The English wheat market is dull, while Continental and American are steady. President Harrison has boon nominated for a second term by the Republican Convention. The first ballot gnve him a majority of eighteen. The announcement was received with acclamation. Only one ballot was taken, President Harrison obtainin? 538 votes. Mr J. Blame and Governor JU'Ksn ley each s< cured 182, Mr W. Reid 4, ati>l Mr Lincoln 1. An indescribable scene of excitement greeted the result. The shipowners of Sunderland are reducing the wages of their men, and the latter arc determined to resist it.
The race for the Grand Prix of Paris was run on Saturday, and resulted as follows : — Rucil 1, Cuurlis 2, Oliene Royal 3
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1904, 15 June 1892, Page 3
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