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Manawatu Herald, 20 September 1892, Page 2

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Sporadic cholera has maSe Us appearance in New York. The other States are excited, and are discussing the feasibility of excluding K«w Yorkers, The White 1 Cap* Secret Moral Society of KnocMfc entered a Hdrise arid seized a mother, daughter, and son bek#iri£ id * sect known as " Libertines," and Helving stripped them to their waistg, flogged itiertt.The trio were then released, but informed that worse would happen unless they left the country. Mra liekrtecrrt* wife of the President, is suffering irdttf pulmonary tuberculosis and pleurisy. Rodriguez has been declared Dictator of Costa Rica, Central America. It is asserted that an offensive and defensive 1 treaty with Russia has been secretly drawn up, and only awaits signature ; also that the Pope is strenuously endeavouring to arrange ari allitttice between France, Russia, and Turkey. , The Sultan is consulting 1 M. Brialmont, the Belgian military engineer, upon the best method of fortifying the Bosphorus. Colonel Yanoff's retirement to the Murghab is due to the approach of winter and the difficulty of procuring supplies in the desolate region of Pamirs.

Cholera is decimating the Ameer'a troop 3 and preventing him from attacking Hazaras. General Yanoff has been instructed to retire to Ferghana, which lies to the north of the Thian-Shan -and Pamir Mountains, and is undisputedly Russian territory. The Ameer of Afghanistan has intimated that he will gladly receive Lord Roberts at Jelalabad in October.

The Novoe Vremya, a semi-official journal, considers that the attitude adopted by the British Cabinet points to a friendly settlement of the Pamir question. Advices received at ban Francisco state that 300 persons were killed by a typhoon at Tokushima, Japan, and 42,000 houses destroyed.