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A movement for a compromise has been started by the leading men in Philadelphia, to maintain the MeKinley tariff, while allowing free coinage of American silver upon the basis of a seigniorage of three-fourths of the London price of silver, making it a legal tender to the value of a dol'ar. The President strongly urges the immediate repeal of the Sherman Act, and expresses astonishment at the opposition of the Senate, which may plunge the country into deeper depression. An Italian mail steamer has arrived at Sardinia, an island on the Mediterranean, south of Corsica, and reports that 144 deaths from cholera occurred during her voyage from ' '
Brazil, ancl that 17 of those on board were suffering from the epidemic. Concerning the Matabele trouble news from the disturbed districts states that Impis are nearing the British" South Africa Company's station at Tail. It is alsb stated that Commander ftaaf's column will march on Bulawayo (King Lobenguia's Kraal) in the event of the Matabele attack beijg carried out.
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Manawatu Herald, 3 October 1893, Page 2
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168Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 3 October 1893, Page 2
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