CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 38, 26 September 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

«. 3y Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (PER UNITED PttKSS AboOCI ATION .) London. September 24. The Daily Telegraph says the huge live of China is swarming, and the Ausiralian Colonies are menaced. A banquet is to be given at the Junior Jarlton (Jlub, by colonists nnd the leadng engineers, to Mr Eddy, Chief Commissiouer of ihe New South Wales RaiU trays, who is on a visit to England. September 25. Mr De Cobain, M.P., against whom a serious charge has been pending so long, bas intimated hts intention to surrender himself at Folkestone. St. Pjstebsbtjeg, September 23. Russia is gradually moymg the most powerful section of the army to the south-western frontier. It is reported that the peasants of Nigni Novgorod are eatin« their children. Whole villages in the province of Astra* khan are dying of want. The Siberian convicts have revolted against inhuman treatment and putrid food. It is reported that the Tfcussian loan will be partly subscribed in Germany. September 24. The reported visit of the Czar to the Emperor of Germany is denied. Rehet by the Russian Government to the starving peasantry's extended to all, regardless of nationality or rt ligions faith Obituary— Grand Duchess Paul, in childbirth, »tat2l. The Grand Duchess was the eldest daughter of the King of Greece, and was married in June, 1889. Grand Duchess Paul's death was due to a carriage accident. Beelin, September 23. The German press strongly objects to Russia augmenting her troops on the frontier. "Romp, September 23Marquis Rudini, Premier of Italy, has dispatched the text of the . new Triple Alliance to Lord Salisbury by a special officer. The. Pope is forming workshops in Rome. Hong Kong, September 23. The outbreak at Tchang is organised by the soldiery, and the Government are powerless to stop it without risking a ciyil war. A merchant steamer is conveying marines from the war ships to the town. Placards are posted in Nankin accusing the Christians of gross crimes. A plot has been discovered to seize the arsenal at Foochow. Foreigners in Foochow are alarmed for their safety. Ottawa. September 23. It was Mackay, the sculler, who defeated Hanlan, not McLean, of Sydney. The inhabitants of Sumtoff, an important town on the Volca, have peti" tioned Government to prohibit the export of oats and millet. Washington, September 23. The United States Government is negotiating witli Denmark for the purchase of the Island of St. Thomas in the West Indies. Serious forest fires are rasjing in Mini nesota. The town of Finlayson is destroyed, and other small places threatened. ' September 24. A disastrous fire has occurred at Minneapolis. Twelve stores were burned ant several people perished in the fl-itnes. Many ot ers were injured in escaping. The damage is estimated at a hundred thousand pounds. Madbid, September 24. By a railway collision at Burgos, in Northern Spain, 24 persons were killed, among wiwin are Seymour Lucas, A. lt. A. , the painter, and several Spanish and English noblemen. Pabis, September 23. The Siecle urges that a heary tax should be imposed on foreigners, in th • hope of preyenting Germans entering France. Vienna, September 24. Marie Wilt, the singer, jumped from a fourth storey window in Vienna and was killed. New Yobk. September 24. ' The China correspondent of the New York Herald telegraphs that disorders at Ichang are growing and that Wuchang is ready to revolt, and Hankow and Chumking are likely to follow, while the roob at Shanghai threaten to do so. Three of the warships have been ordered to Wuchang, and the combined fleets are concentrating at Shanghai.