Special Cables.
POLITICAL RIOTS IN NEWFOUNDLAND. ORANGE RIOTS. THE CIVIL MARRIAGE QUESTION. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION!. London, May 15. Her Majesty the Queen has telegraphed to the Khedive her pleasure at his pro posed visit to Paris and London next month, and inviting him to Windsor A number of Nationalists attacked an Orange funeral iv Portadown, a market town in Armngh, Ireland Shots were exchanged, and several persons were in jured. A number of those offending have been arrested The Times' Vienna correspondent declares that the Vatican is opposing the civil marriage proposals in Hungary, with a view to disunite Austria and injure the Triple Alliance, which will not assist to restore the Temporal Power. Lisbon, May 10. It is stated that it is the President Peixoto who has taken umbrage at the Portugese Government, ' and that the rupture is owing to the refusal of the Portugese warships to yield Admiral de I Gama. The Embassies to Portugal have been recalled, St. John's, May 15. The elections in Newfoundland are creating a good deal of excitement. In St. John's those opposed to fresh elections broke ont in riot, aud defeated the Government supporters. The struggle was a desperate one, and many empty carriages were thrown over the cliffs.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 306, 17 May 1894, Page 2
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207Special Cables. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 306, 17 May 1894, Page 2
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