LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 3, 4 July 1893, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

My Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (TKR PBKBH ASSOCIATION). Washington, July 2. The purchases under the Sherman Silver Act have involved the Treasury in a loss of 55,000 dollars. The annual boat race between Yale and Harvard Universities was won by the ' former by tbree lengths ' .; Washington, July 3. | j The Governor of Colorado has convened j ! the State Parliament with a view to pass legislation suspending the collecting of debts for two years. At a banquet given to the Canadian representatives at the Chicago Exhibition the Mayor of the -city in proposing one of the toasts advocated the annexation of Canada by the United States. This sentiment did not meet with the approval of the (r;ithering and an uproar ensued, the Mayor being loudly hissed. The Government of Colorado has cnlled a special session of the State Legislature to deal with the silver crisis. It is expected that silver will remain steady for the present. Bm:oiN, July 2. The Emperor is considering the best means of reorganising and strengthening the German navy. Hong Kong, July 2. The silver crisis is paralysing the commerce of Shanghai, and ruining the import trade in opium and Indian yarns. London. July 3. The Belfast convention denounces the application of the closure to the Home Kule Bill ns an unwarrantable interference with liberty of discussion, Mr Gladstone, while paying a visit to Earl Dysart at Petersham, fell downstairs. He sprained his ankle, and sustained a shakinc, but it was not serious. The Cznrewitch and Prince and Princess Christian are the Queen's guest 9 . They were present at a State ball last night. The gathering was a most brilliant affair. The creditors of the London Chartered Bank have accepted a reconstruction scheme. A Dalziel mrs>agc states that cholera j is increasing in Marseilles. Sir Arthur Gordon has been raised to the peerage. Mr Goschen considers the ultimate de* cision given with respect lo the silver question will depend on the attitude of the nations. The Times expects that after the repeal of the Sherman l.iw tlie price of silver win vavv from 'is 6tJ lo Ss. Ken} on Venham, for fraudulent bankruptcy, was sentenced to fourteen years, and his brother Albert to five, the judge considering the latter was merely a tool. The death is announced of William C'oko ex-billiard champion. St. Petkbsbubg, July 3. The Rusßinn cruiser Vladwastah is reported to have been wrecked at Pert Lazaraff. Ottawa, July B. The Commcrrinl Bank of Manitoba has suspended p.-iyuifnt.