Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 10 November 1894, Page 2

Foreign.

The State elections throughout the United States took place on the fib. The chief interest centred in New Yoik, where an organised attempt was nude to destroy the Tammany R*ng. Leaders of society, outraged by the recent revelations of astounding corruption, assisted in this attempt, and it proved successful. The elections have resulted in the overwhelming success of the Republican Party in the New York State and city. The Tammany ftiug candidates were defeated by large majorities. i The French Government, is asking j , for a vote of £#,000,000 for the Madagascar expedition. News from Madagsscar states that the Ilovas have promised to afford ftill protection to the British residin's on the island. The French expedition to Madagascar is unlikely to land until April. hi the meantime, warships will I blockade ihe coast. Hecret printing presses for the dissemination of seditious publications have been discovered in Kieff, Kb. irkov and Nicolajvfi. Eighty arrests have been made. The Republican victory in the United SStatea is complete. It was gained chiefly in Dakota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Connecticut, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Colorado and California. The first returns indicate that 210 Republicans Were elected, 183 Democrats and 18 Populists. Several Cox^yites were also elected. Mr Morton has b en elected Governor of New York B.a.e. ! i iil- real. v.< itv.m tt.uiUjL all theI States tire now in, and th« y s!i< w j thus i he Din cnttic majority of 92 ; now in Couyrt'ss has changed into a R u.ih.ican nrg.irir.y t.f i.vvr 30. Air Wilson, the tmiff reformer, \va-« defeated iv \V»'Bfc Virgitii i. Later ivi urns sbo v lutt he Republican Pariy has a n aj »rii-y of 04 members in Con re a and it is p ob tble that the party will also be in a ill' j nity in tho Senut; 1 . The result of the elections 13 not expectid to affect the tariff. Great preparation's are being made Bt. Petersburg and Mo-cow for the obst quies of the late Cza:\ In both .cities ihe houses along the route of the funeral procession are draped in black. Four regiments will guard a portion of the route taken by the f uueral train, in case of an attempted outrage by Nihilists. The Prince of Wales and the whole Russian Court will travel by train. The strikers at f avsinnah set fire t'i two m r> fbips aud destroyed 500 feet cf ihe iirenieu's hose.