Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 17 October 1893, Page 2

Foreign.

The stonewall in the Senate over the Sherman Act Repeal Bill continues. The Senators opposed to the measure are now provided with beds in the Chamber. There are 48 members in favour of repealing the Sherman Act, and 37 against it. Tbe former arc trying continuous sitting in order to break down the stonewall. Owing to the stonewall on the Sherman Act Repeal Bill, continuous sitting in the Senate has begun. Senator Allen spoke for 15 hours against the Bill. A proposal to have adjournments for meals and sleep was rejected. Mr Voorhees, the leader of the party agitating for the repeal, declined to agree to any compromise. The Sanate has adjourned after 39 hours' continuous sitting. Intense indignation is felt throughout the United States at the obstruction offerred to the repeal of the Sherman Silver Act.. The Senate adjourned owing to there being no quorum. . The supporters of Mr Voorhees' Bill, increasing the circulation of the National Banks to the full amount of the funds deposited, are much incensed at the result. Owing to the Chairman of Committees having depended on members' sense of right and decency to maintain a quorum, a compulsory attendance of the supporters of the Repeal Bill had not been provided for. The Afghans have repulsed a Rusßi£n~b^tpoßfc attempting to oross the : "Shigrian Rbshan Plateau. Colonel Vanovsky, son of the Minister of War,. led the Cossacks. A man was arrested in Berlin in the act of murdering a girl. He is believed to be the perpetrator of another murder and mutilation at Neiss, in Silesia, on Sunday. A large force pf the Mafcabele- bars Commander , Baffa's' advance* froW Tete. " Numbers of the Matabele are hovering around the Fort Victoria column. Lobengula, 'wißb '5000; njen, is en< trenched 100 ' miles from Fort" Charter. ; News has been received that the column from Fort Victoria and the Chartered Compnny's forces have

united, and form a strength of 800 men. v Major Adams, with his men, is hurrying to take up position in Tete, where Captain White holds a strongly entrenched position. Sir John Wfll6uglJby'ir"iri!snl^ mand of the Victoria and , Chartered Company's men.^&e^itfbyda.' to place a strong cordon around^the^ basis of the MatabeTe i "slippl!jßv* r " "^ Sir Frederick CarringtonfWho assumes command of the forces, considers their strength insufficient, and advices that soma of the Cape Volunteers should be sent up.