CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 69, 8 December 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

.as* f.:- ■ ■ ■.■ > (PER UNITED PIIKSS/ASSOCiATION.VI • LoNDdN.Diebcmbqro. v? I At the next meeting of the Colonial In-' , i stitute Sir E. C. N. Bradd6riy s Agent- ; General for Tasmania, will, read a paper • defending Australia and it§ people from j the atttacks which have been made on ' | them in articles appearing in the leading i English, newspapers and magazines. A I forecast of the paper has been supplied, j in which Sir B. 0. N. Braddon declares ■ that the Hon. J. W. Fortescue is a disappointed colonist, and that bis flimsy charges are a rehash of Fairfield's misleading statements. He cites the opinion of one of the foremost authorities on trade and railway statistics, who states that the charges are unintelligible and that the [ Australian railways are a good inyest--1 ruent. In the Eussell diyorcecase Sir Charles Russell, in addressing the Court on be» half of the respondent, declared that the Countess was a spoilt child. Sir Edward Clarice, -Solicitor-Gpneral, in replying, absolved Earl Russell from the charges brought against him, but said the cross-examination by Sir Charles liussel! had wrung a confession from the Countess. Sir Charles Butt, president of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, in summing up, said the main charges were not corroborated, and some of ihem appeared to be false and malignant. The verdict was for the re« spondent, and the result was received with cheers. December 6. The press are unanimous in their approval of the verdict in the Eussell divorce case. The announcement of the verdict was enthusiastically received at the National Liberal Club. Miss Williams, a servant, whom the Earl of Russell admitted seducing, denies the state ment, and threatens an action against, the Earl. New Yoek, December 5. Two freight trains collided in Thomp- . son, Connecticut, and the wreckage was , dashed into by an express train. The . debris caught fire, and many w&ggons and cars were burnt. Three persons were killed and five injured. At St. Paul, the capital of Minnesota, a wall of a building, which had been injured by a fire, fell, killing ten workmen and injuring fifteen others. Considerable excitement was caused in the city to«day when it was learnt that an attempt had been made to murder Mr Eussell Sage, a millionaire, and wreck his office. It appears that a couple of strangers entered his office and demanded a million dollars on pain of death, at the same time showing some dynamite bombs. Their request was refused, whereupon the bombs were thrown on the floor. A terrible ex plosion followed, and the building was wrecked. The miscreants, five clerks belonging to the office, and a lady typewriter, were killed. Mr Sage and several friends were only slightly injured, the former haying a miraculous escape. Tne perpetrators of the outrage were lunatics, and one of them had developed a suicidal mnnia. The typewriter, who was in an .-id joining room to where the explosion occurred, was literally blown to pieces, while tlie others who were killed ha-i their limbs broken off. A telegraph clerk and one of the miscreants, were beheaded. The office, which was wrecked, rocked us though by an earthquake, nnd an adjoining building suffered by the explosion Mr Sage was attempting to temporise with the man when the bombs wore thrown. St. Petebsbtjbg, December 5. It is expected that a second commission will be appointed to control the distribution of relief in the famine dis--tricts. Yielding to the pleading of the Princess of Wales, the Czar has refused to sign a decree subjecting the Jews to further cruelty. December 6. A scheme has been drawn up by Russian officials to relieve the distress by employing 800,000 men on public works, which are to cost ten millions. Eosie, December 6. The Marquis Eudini expresses amazement at the desire to restore temporal power to the Pope. He declares the movement will in no way change the policy of the Government. Copenhagen, December 6. The King and the Queen of Denmark have invited Queen Victoria, the Emperor of Germany, the Czar and Czarina, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, to their golden wedding. Washington, December 6. Eight thousand Adyentists m Kansas are awaiting the end of the world on Christmas Day. The deficit caused by the McKiniey tariff infive months is seven millions, and it is estimated the deficiency at the end of the year will be 18 million. President Harrison is asking Congress (0 authorise the demand for reparation and apology for the attack oa the A moncan sailors at Valparaiso.