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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2745, 15 February 1890, Page 2

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~ »' ■ w (bt; ELKCTKip TELHGKiPHi—OoIrijioHT.) London, February 11. Mr, ; Paenell was re-elected chairman, and Justin McCarthy vicechairman of the Irish Party. Iα speaking oil the occasion, Mr Parnell said, he > had • never. treated hie action against the Times as a personal grievance. He brought it because he felt it was necessary to remove the slur cast indirectly at the Irish race. A resolution congratulating Mr Parnell ou his victory was enthusiastically passed. Mr Parker Smith, Unionist, has been, elected'for Patrick* division of Lanarkshire, rendered vacant by the death 6£' Mr A. Craig ;Sellar. His opponent, Sir 0. Tennant, Home Ruler, was defeated by a majority of 319. Distressingscenestook place at the funerals of the miners killed , in the Newport colliery accident. Mrs Parnell, mother of the Irish leader is moving' Congress for payment of money alleged to be owing to her father. Sir .Arthur Gordon retires on a pension. .., ,; . t , r Lomx>Nj ( lf,ebruary 12. ' ' Order?| have , ' been ! issued to the Woolwich arsenal to construct 60 Zaliiiski 'guns, an American invention for throwing shells containing a powerful Charge, of dynamite to a long distance."' ' Mr Andrew Carnegie, ; " the iron king" of America, who owns rich Mineral.territory beyond the Alleghany Mountains, has offered £200,000 as a donation to the Pittsburg public libraries. A testimonial and purse of 500 sovs., raised by the Sportsman, in recognition of Slavin's plucky conduct during the fight with Smith has been presented to the Australian. Washington, February 11. The trial of the persons accused of attempting to bribe the jury in the Cronin trial has begun at Chicago. The principal defendants have fled. ■■ : > Paris, February 11. The Commission appointed to enquire into the affairs of the Panama Canal Company, and the prospects of the undertaking, will report in favour ot the continuance of the work. - , Panitza, and other officers concerned in' the abortive plots have been eashiered an,d handed over to the 'authorities. ! ■ .The conspirators against Prince Ferdinand \ lire being 5 tried by civil, process. ' Scout Reserve, been opened for settlement. Fighting \ among the claimants qf: sections is feared. It is probable that the Due d'Orleans i.»will be committed to prison, and finally expelled from France. The Due J d'Orleans has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment." The Due d'Orleans was allowed, ten days in which to appeal against his sentence. There ■was great excitement the result of the trial became known. Rival cries?',.were' raised, and the Court had to be.cleared.