Second Edition.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9394, 22 March 1898, Page 3

Second Edition.

LATE CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per Unifed Press Association.) (Received -March 22 at 10 a.m.) '- —v. Washington, March 21. J The, Government has distributed the ' . • fleei which assembled at Key West. Two Vfarahips have been ordered to the Shu mpton Roads TCaval Station, Virginia. This ■ is believed to be the first step towards the formation of a North Atlantic Bqaadron. v Eomb, March 21. The commission appointed to inquire into the charges preferred against Signor Crispi, ex-premier, have decided that his conduct as Minister in stopping the Bank of Naples inquiry was deserving of cen'iure, but that no grounds existed for his impeachment, Cauio, March 21. The Dervishes have left Ell Aliab, and are moving northwards. ■ Calcutta, March 21. The plague in Bombay is committing great ravages, and 216 deaths are reported daily. Sir James Westland, one of the members of the Council of the Governor General of India, reports that despite . famine, war, and plague, the Indian revenue is elastic and that fresh taxation - will be unnecessary. (Beceived March 22, at 11.45 a.m.) London, March 21. ' A collision occurred on the South Eastern Railway Line between two passenger trains at New Cross, a suburb of London. Three persons were killed and • six injured. Colonel Dyer, President of the Employers' Federation, was found dead in '"'Some British newspapers demand the Admiralty should make a counter move ' to ' the ' mobilisation 'o( the " French Northern squadron. 'Britain won the cable chesa matohwith the United States. ■ . ; F,ranoe also demanded exclusive raining rights in the area traversed by the proj johgation of the Laokai railway in Yunnan and demanded the appointment of a Frenohman as director of the Chinese office, * , „ „ 'Washington, March 21. The House of. Representatives adopted ' - Dingley's resolution' remitting the duties on war materials. ( w Jlhe resolution-was suggested by Alger, ' Secretary of State for War,' and Long, Secretary of State for the Navy. . ' ' ' ~ ~' , Madrid, March 20. ""■- -A -terrible -explosion in the Isabella 1 ' jnine'at Cordova killed 70 miners. '\" ' ' ' '" Berlin, March 21. j - seventieth bjrthday of ' Henry Ib- • sen, the' Norwegian aramati'st.haa been celebrated k Scandinavia and Berlin.

Many congiatulalions woio leceivcd from England. CovsTWTis'orrir, Maich 21. Rn°oia, Moldin" to Uip Sultan-, appeal, bas postponed ilio pa, input of th° lnUnce of the Ruaso Turkish war indemnity, at the same time she accepted an assurance that it will bo paid from sources ontside tho Greek indemnity. It is believed the concession was made by Russia with the intention of facilitating tho appointment of Princa George of Greece as Governor of Crete. Niw York, Mai eh 21. L. 'L. Loiter, who recently made a coiner in wheat at Chicago, has already profited to the extent of a million dollars. (Received March 22, at 9.40 a.m.) Melbourne, March 22. The report of the Board of Enquiry into the recent big fire throws no fiesh light as to the origin of it, and recommends the stiengthemng of the brigade and equipment and the increase of the water tupply. Pi rth, March 22. A file at Menzies destroyed a block of buildings. Tiie damage is estimated at £8000. A man is supposed to have perished in the flames. Awi.ura, March 22. On the arrival of the Australia fiom Albany a Lascar was found tobesnffeimg from smallpox. Tho vessel was quarantined. 1 Hoihrt, March 22. The Hon J. Chamberlain has cabled regretting Sir W. L. Dob3on's death.