CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 90, 23 January 1890, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright jI'KK I'MT_-.1) PRKSS ASSOCIATION { Washington, January 2 . A terrific snowstorm is prevailing in Kevada, and immense numbers of stock are p«rishing. Traffic is stopped. Sullivan has refused to fight again until his appeal against his sentence for fighting Kraiu is settled. London, January 20 "White's horses Kirkhana and Narellau have .been entered for the Two Thousand Guineas, Grand- Prix de Paris and St. Leger. Influenza is abating in Europe. The Queen's assent, it ia reported, will be given to the Divorce Bill introduced by Mr William Shiels, M,L.A., and passed during last session of the Victorian..Parliament. K The capital of the Irrigation Trust now iv process of formation, has been fixed at Obe million aud a half, and a strong Board will- be appointed to administer the Trust. Owing to the financial blackmailing in connection with the Russian twenty million conversion loan the money market is very tight. Short loans are quoted afc 6 per cent. A correspondent of the Daily News complains that the practice of holding wool sales in the colonies is depriving the Lon don wool rooms of their best Continental customers, An influx of gold is ..expected from Russia at an early date. Lord Napier's funeral was made the occasion of a pageant extending from the Tower to St. Paul's. There was an immense military display, and the streets were crowded. The St Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that an extensive plot against the Czar has been discovered m which a number of officers and Court officials are implicated. The ringleader, a colonel of the Gruard, has committed suicide. " Index," in' the Sporting . Times, expresses an opinion that neither of the Hon. J. White's colts (Narellan and Kirkham) have any. change of winuing the English Derby. Lisbon, January 20 In consequence of the spirit of disaffection reported as existing in official circles at Quihmane, the Governor of Mozambique lias been recalled. Paris, January 20. Three leading Boulangists were expelled from the Chamber of Deputies yesterday for disorderly conduct. Madrid, January 20. Senhor Pimental has dissolved the Cortes. ;;; Seuor Sagasta has succeeded in forming a new Cabinet mainly of Liberals and Democrats. The Marquis of Vega is Minister for Foreign Affairs. Beblin, .Fanunr 21. A syndicate in this city has taken the entire Russian 4 per cent loan at 90. Zanzibar, January 21. Emm Bey is in a critical condition, and symptoms of msauity have appeared. New YoKK,"Jnnuiiry 21. The apparatus for the execution of criminals by electricity has been tested in Clinton Gaol, and a bullock, with which the experiment was made, was kiiied instantaneously. Cairo, January 21. Stanley has been entertained at a grand banquet given m his honour by Sir Evelyn Baring, British Consul- General, Amongst the guests^on the occasion were Iho Plight Hon.; J. Chamberlain, and Mr Jessie Colliugs. who are touring in Egypt. Tangt'er--, January 21. A casino, similar to those at Monaco, has been opened here. The proprietors hope to attract large -numbers or Europeans and Americans.