LATE cables.
(By Electric TiiLEGUArn.— Ooi-tiuuht.* (Peb Press Association.) Received February 2, 12.35 a.m. WASHINGTON, February 21. The House of Representatives by 210 votes to M has voted twenty million "dollars as the amount to be paid to Spain for the Phillipin.s. PARIS, February 21. The French are laying submarine mines in the Harbour. The Bizcrta and the Tnnis, torpedo vessels, are keut constantly under steam. The garrison has been doubled. h LONDON, February 21. In the House of Commons, Mr. Broderick ! stated that the Mahdi's body was. thrown into the Nile in order lo destroy the reverI ence of the Dervishes. Be. m indites declare they will therefore oppose the proposed annuity io Lord Kitchener. MADRID, February 21. A heated debate took place in the Cortes in reference to the recent war. Count Almenas declared the Generals were ill failures, and said the army consisted of liens led, by asses. PEKIN, February 21. Much excitement prevails at Pekin over the Talienwan incident. It is complained that me action of the Russians in levying a land tax are infringing the Chinese rights of sovereignty.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 22 February 1899, Page 3
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