TO-DAY'S CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 205, 3 January 1894, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright WAR TAXATION IN GERMANY. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. THE BRUTALITIES OF LYNCH LAW. THE MURDER OF THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO. SIR S. BAKER'S BODY CREMATED. THE MURDER AT MONTE CARLO. ANOTHER FATAL FIRE. 16 LIVES LOST. CONTINUATION OF RIOTS IN SICILY. IPEIi FBES3 ASSOCIATION.) London, January 2. Obituary — Lord Sandford. Tbe remains of the late Sir Samuel Baker were cremated. The murder of Allender has created an immense sensation in the Riveria. He was manager of the Aylesbury Dairy Company. The body was thrown down j a ravine. Thiee Viennese lawyers and one doctor | while ascending the Grcsclockner Alps, were smothered by a heavy f"H of snow. The persorwhfv iv the estate of the late Charles Hope, ire>t uncle o" t c Earl • f Ho etoi a la^ lean sworn at £300,000. Berlin, January 1. The Emperor has promised Count Von Caprivi that he will abandon the proposed fresh taxation except in places where it is needed to reimburse the Treasury for the military outlay. Pabis, January 1. The French Government encourages friendly relations between the Pope and th*|Czar, with a view to weaken the THple Alliance. Nkw Yohk. December 31. From Alabama news has been received that a number of negroes alleged to have been guilty of acts of indecency were subjected to lynch law. Tbeir hands and feet were severed from their bodies, and the unfortunate wretches were then half hanged, and their bodies riddled with bullets. Jannar? 2 The Globe Theatre and the whole of a block of buildings were burned in Boston. The loss is estimated at a million dollars. Washington, Janaarj 1. Prendergast, who was arrested for the murder of Mr Carter Harrison, has been convicted and sentenced to death. January 2. Fifteen lives were lost by a fire in a lodging-house ab Buffalo. Madrid, January 2. The Spanish troops are withdrawing from Melilla. The Sultan of Morocco is organising a force to put down the Riff tribes. Rome, January 2 Rioting and the burning of Octroi officers in Sicily still continues.