LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 56, 29 October 1892, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. (pee pbess association I. London, October 27. Mr Herbert Baring, son of Viscount Baring (who represented Biggleswade in the last Parliament) is defending an action brought against him for the rei covery of gambling debts. It was shown in evidence that he spent £20,000 before he attained his majority. The Welsh tin plate mills have closed, and many thousands of workmen are idle. In his evidence before the Labour Commission, the Registrar of Friendly Societies stated the total investments of the working classes amounted to 218 millions. October 28. Cabinet meetings have begun. Several papers report there is dissention between Lord Roseoerry and leading opponents, over the evacuation of Uganda. Mr Gladstone has abandoned his intention of going abroad, but proposes to appear in the House of Commons only on the occasion of important business. At a meeting at Manchester, a motion favouring the introduction of the Bimetalism system was earned unanimously . The Hon. A. J. Balfour addressed the meeting in favor of the resolution. Members of the Parnelhte party accept the suggestion of Archbishop Croke that the funds deposited in a Fans bank be released and placed in the custody of three independent trustees, pending a division. The Investors' Review declares that Mi Fitzgibbon, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, who recently floated a loan, shamefully squeezed and betrayed the underwriters. Pabis, October 28. The French authorities in Dahomey are offering a sum of 2000 francs (£80) per head for the capture of Europeans aiding the Dahomeyaus in the present difficulty. Beblin, October 26. In connection with the Army Bill it is mentioned that the increased expenses of the army will be £3.000.000 annually, and that in the last 20 years £275,000,---00'» have been spent on defences. The preamble of the Bill states that owing to the loss of the supremacy all capable men must serve, and it is stated that both France and Russia are stronger than Germany. An English remedy for cholera, con* sistinq of periodate crystals, cure** ninety five per cent of the cases in the Seamen's Hospital at Hamburg. Washington, October 27. A bridge collapsed in Washington Territory and a workmen's train fell 60 feet into the river. Twelve were killed and seriously injured. The Pope has sent a message of condolence to the President on the death of his wife. One hundred and fifty masked men captured the town of Dalton, in Georgia, as a protest against the domination of negroes. They flogged and expelled many negroes, and threatened them with death if they returned. The police were imprisoned to prevent them from interfering. New Yobk, October 28. The Mexicans have suppressed the Indinn rising in El Paseo, a country on the border of Texas. The whole tribe was annihilated, and 415 troops killed. St. Petebsbubg, October 28. The Novoe Vremya says that in the event of the German Army Bill passing Russia and France will be compelled to take precautionary measures. Vienna, October 28. The citizens of Lemburg, the capital of Olica. poisoned the Mayor, because of the stringent measures which were taken to prevent the introduction of cholera.