NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 40, 16 November 1894, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Moscow, November 12,

Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Moscow on the occasion of the Czar’s funeral.

The gas lamps were draped and the public clocks stopped. The bells from 603 churches tolled, and minute guns were fired from the Kremlin.

A golden funeral car bore the body of the late monarch, and every section of society was represented in the funeral cortege. The scene was unparalleled in the history of the ancient capital. A special train will be required to convey the funeral wreaths to St. Peterburg. Several are of solid silver, aud cost £ISOO apiece. The Czar, assisted by his relatives, carried the body of his father from the train to the funeral car, and afterwards walked with the Prince of Wales in the procession. The Czarina and Princess Alix drove.

The body, when lying in state in the Cathedral, was surrouuded by orders, medals, and crowns, valued at over a million pounds. St. Petersburg, November 13. M. Gairs has notified the Powers that the Czar has resolved to adhere to the pacific policy of his father, aud devote all his strength to the internal welfare of Russia. The Russian press welcomes Lord Rosebery’s aud the Marquis of Salisbury’s friendly language towards Russia. Shanghai, November 12. Li Hung Chang is suspected of treachery, and a report has been spread that he had been detected helping the enemy. The Japanese marching westward and southward in Manchuria are unopposed. The Chinese soldiers are supposed to have taken refuge in the mountains.

The two American torpedo experts who have undertaken to destroy the Japanese squadron under the Chinese promises of a largo reward are to receive two hundred thousand each if they accomplish that purpose. The United States offers to mediate between China and Japan. The Emperor of China is confined to his bed by an attack of fever. China has again made an abject appeal to the Powers to intervene. t Tuotai and several other leaders left Port Arthur on November 6th, 'but the report of the position by the Japanese has not yet been officially confirmed.

Six Chinese warships at Taku are loading munition daily. Shanghai, November 13.

The Japanese captured several torpedo boats at Tailenwan, besides 80 guns, including a number of Krupp’s, in the fort. The Chinese defences were drawn with great skill, and should have been impregnable if properly defended. London, November 18. A wire bomb was found in the London Law Courts. Sydney, November 11. A sensational suicide occurred at the Oxford Hotel, Sydney, on Monday. Two brothers, Julius and Max Monck, believed to be strangers in the city, left letters saying they intended to die together. Julius shot himself dead, and then Max, using the same revolver, fell dead across his brother’s body. The cause of the tragedy is at present unknown. The Moncks had only recently opened in business here as skin merchants. In their letters they make vague allusions to a conspiracy against them by certain people, and also that they had been robbed by clients. Their letters are dated a fortnight back, and enclosed was a cheque to cover funeral expenses. Their conduct at several other houses where they stayed had been eccentric.