HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 94, 15 October 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

THE CLAN-NA-GAEL SOCIETY AND HOME RULE. ,£30,000 STOLEN FROM A TRAIN. MR GLADSTONE AND THE IMPERIAL CUSTOMS UNION. FRANCE AND ENGLAND'S DEALINGS WITH AFRICA. OUTRAGES BY KAFFIRS. DAIRY FARMING AT HOME. THE CZAR'S ILLNESS. A BOMB OUTRAGE. (FRB PRESS ASSOCIATION). New York. October 13 A convention of the Cronin section of the Clan-na-Gael met in Chicago, when it was resolved to have no connection with the constitutional movement for Home Rule, but renews the attempt to cripple England. Robbers bailed up a train in Potomac and stole £'30,000. London. October 13 Mr Gladstone, in referring to the £1000 prize offered by the Statist for the best scheme for the Imperial Customs Union, doubts whether there will be any practical result, and states he requires to be satisfied that such union is possible without involving the secession of the principle of Freetrade. The Manchester (Thirlmere) water supply has been opened. The works cost £2,500,000. A bomb loaded with bullets was lodged outside the Metropolitan Bank at Walsall. It had a lighted fuse attached, but this was extinguished before it took effect. Paris, October 18. It is reported that M. Hanotanx, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is willing to make concessions in tlie Upper Niger territory to Great Britain, providing tbe latter is willing to concede territory to France on the right bank of the Niger, and in Hunterland, Lagos, and the Gold Coast. The Journal Des Debats considers Australian federation is assuming a more serious aspect. The President has invested Signor Verdi with the Order of a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, and in doing so kissed the aged composer on each cheek. Capteown, October 18. The Kaffirs raided the outskirts of Lorenzo Marquez during the night and murdered seventeen settlers. Five hundred Portuguese troops defend Lorenzo Marquez, but it is believed tbat the settlement is at the mercy of a horde of natives who surround it. St. Petersburg, October 13. The Czar's condition is very serious, his extreme weakness being an alarming feature. Seventy Russians in Vilna have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from four months to ten years for resisting the soldiery in closing a Catholic church. Owing to the brutality exercised by the soldiers, the Courts petitioned the Czar to reduce the sentences in some instances, and in others to grant pardon. Chbi»tiana, October 13 The Norwegian elections have resulted in a victory for the Liberals by a large majority, including Christiana and Bergen, which deoiared in favour of national independence and a demand for a separate Foreign Minister.