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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 133, 2 May 1891, Page 2

By Electric Te'egrapii.^Copyriglit fI'KU (INI'I'UU PUKSS ASSOCIATION.) London, April 29. The Archbishop of York is prostrate with influenza. The Baptists are raising a fund of .£IOO,OOO to celebrate the Carey Centenary. Bishop Barry has been elected Bampton Lecturer. The Constitution of the Imperial Institute is gazetted. Mr Henniker Heaton is reported t be in a critical condition. Influenza is spreading in London, and threatens to become serious. Many deaths have occurred in York- and Sheffield. A timber yard and eighteen houses at Bermondsey were, burned, and a number of families rendered homeless. Washington, March 30. Mr J. G. Blame has declined to be nominated for the Presidency. Disastrous fires have taken place at Chattannoga, Tennessee, and 20 acres of buildings were destroyed. J. L. Sullivan, the well-known pugilist, is a candidate for Congress for the State of Massachusetts. jNjsw Yohk. April 29 In the series of chess matches between Tschigorin and Steinitz, the latter was defeated* It is. reported that Mr Mapleson has offered Madame Melba £30,000 for a two seasons tour through the United States; Rome, April 3 ' A number of Anarchists have arrived in Turin and Milan, and it is said that they are inciting the soldiers to shoot their officers. Paris, April 29. A large number of Anarchists have been arrested in Rome for inciting the soldiery to revolt. San Feanoisco, April 29. The people of Honolulu" are clamouring for a Republic and threatening the Queen. Hong Kong, April 29. The Chinese Government refuse to receive Mr Blair as the United States Minister at Pekin. St. Johns, April 29. Forty vessels forced the blockade and carried* bait to the island of St. Pierre, which belongs to the French. The desire for annexation in Newfoundland has increased owing to Lord Knutsford's Bill. Ottawa, April 29. O'Connor challenges Stansbury to row f or .£'soo a-side, in America, allowing the champion .£2OO for expenses. Received May 2, 10.30 a.m. London, May 1. By the collapse of a bridge at Norwood, six carriages of the Brighton train were wrecked and many persons injured. An Atlantic liner is believed to be ashore at Kinsala. Preparations are being made in all the principal cities in Europe against the possibility of a disturbance to-day by increasing the strength of the military oroes. Bkrlin, May 1. The result of a second ballot for Geesfemunde gives Bismarck a majority two to one over Schmalfteld, the Socialist candidate. St. John's, April 30. Vessels whvh have been blockading the French shore are retm-rumr t > >r.. •idhu's for arujb and ammunition. ELM. S. Pelican has been ordered out, ana bloodshed is feared.