MAIL NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 526, 24 September 1902, Page 1

MAIL NEWS

THE REVOLUTION

(By Telegraph.) Per R.M.S. Sonoma, at Auckland. San Francisco, Sept. 1. Trouble continues in those Central and South American States where the revolution is in progress. It is reported in Washington that Columbia will formally demand of Nicaragua an explanation as to tlie latter country's alleged participation in a revolution against the Columbian Government, and will back up her demand with tho most formidable land and naval force she can muster ns soon as the present rebel activity on the Isthmus is crushed.

A STRIKE. Tlie strike in the coal regions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia is unbroken. Tho conditions aro critical, and the distress is appalling. More than 185,000 men have been idle for months, and when it is romembered that each man represents a family, the number of persons involved can be understood. VIOLENT GALES.

Despatches dated London, September ij, state that violont gales huve sw'cpt over the West Coast of England. All Blackpool steamship services are suspended and iiousos badly damaged. At Rhyl tho gale was severely felt. At Belfast, Ireland, where torrential rains Hooded (lie streets, business is at a standstill. The Great Northern Railroad station and Opera House are Hooded. In Devonshire considerable damage was done to the crops by tbo furious gale. All tho tents of artillery camp at Okehompton were blown away. Tlio streets of Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, are several feet under water, and household goods are floating about. People are being removed from the houses in carts and boats.