Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 31 May 1892, Page 2

Foreign.

The King of Dahomey is attacking Grand Popo. A Chilian cabin boy, belonging to the schooner Sketfcy Bell, has been murdered at "J hursday Island, in the same way as the "Whitechapel victims. The body was cut up and horribly mutilated. The cook of the vessel has been arrested on suspicion, i At a wedding in Valega, Texas, , the newly- married couple were tin- < kettled, and the bridegroom was so ! incensed at this that he fired on the | mob killing two of them. \ The mob returned the five with a I volley, and instantly killed the bridal £ couple. The Porte's proposal to construct ja railway betweeu cofia aad 8a- r

lonica lias met great enthusiasm in Bulgaria, a step likely to counteract Russian invasion. The French press is jubilant at the prospect of Italy being compelled to leave the Triple Alliance, or subnlit to r'u'iri. .' xplosi ns of bombs in some of the principal streets in Paris and iri the neighbourhood of the principal building continue to be reported, and although considerable damage is occas'oned no lives have as yet b en lost. The celebration of the golden wedding of the King and Queen of Denmark passed off with great ec^at. At the banquet the Czar proposed the health of the King and Queen. The Prince of Wales w s present, but did not attend the public functions. A cyclone swept over Wellington in Kansai causing considerable damage. The Opera House, four newspaper offices, a foundry, and four squares of houses were desi royed. It is reported that §00 persons are killed or injured^ and as the debris' is all ab'aZe, it is hard tosay what the extent of the damage may he. Mr Blame's friends assert that ho will accept nomination for the Presidency. Deacon, who was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for shooting a man whom he found in his wife's bedroom, is appealing against the sentence), and it is believed he will be granted a free pardon.