Telegraphic Intelligence.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 33, 1 June 1889, Page 3

Telegraphic Intelligence.

* ?IBjT7n LONDON. fjONDoX, »t|y 6. Measrs. 0. and W. (Jil.b-.' eoap work*in Haw»*er Court. Milton-street, I-or.don. ware de»tro\ed hy fire today, the damage being eetimated at £950.000. ¥•>• 7. The fir* at Me»«r«. Oil-bs" soap work* yesterday extended to tw.ntyfoar adjacent warehouses, thu whole being either entirely destroyed or greatW damaged. Anionir the prninteea slightly damaged were those of Measr*. SteV'-nsnti and Sons, merchants, of Melbourne. The total damages are animated at 1500,000.

THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION. London, May 6. The Parish Universal Exhibition wa* formally opeued to-day by President Sadi-Caruot, the ceremony being of • moat brilliant description. F The Victorian a ad tha Saw Zealand ceorta lit in the m«at advanced condition of any of tfre colonial courts. The colony nf Tasmania haa been granted 3000 of apace in a good position, but th 4 *xh: bits have only juat arrived. Tseji ara, however, exfooted to be all in order of the court in theconrae of tbe next we-k. Victoria ami Tasmania will act in conjunction in {he •**• ftn< * display of fiwtlrWtbWeolonie*. May 7. At the oneflff at tha P»fis ExhihitioA yaaleAf iftgHtulatory speeches were L «n4 If. Itrard, tbe trench Premier tod Minister of Commerce, p-loth the President and tbe Premier Iwrvarda made a tour of tbe Exhibifjgffr and were received at their rePeti** eonrts by Blr ftfthnin Berry MA <hoVf wbe trad a blank

I TIIK TITLE HOXOUABLK Loxikui, May '*>. L»rd Knaiaforl. th- Skeretaty of State f«r tho Colonies, ha* issued au offlci'il norißeatiftn to th» efiVt that the ml* will be s-rictly enforced disallowing the «*• ut the ouurte»y title " honorable," interoolonially or in England. THE CBAB TO BE CROWDED KING OF POLAND London, Muv fill is reported thnt the Csar of Hassia intend* shortly to be r-rowusd King of Poland. TflE BAMOAN QUESTION. LoxDOir, May 7. Mr. Kasson, the American Minister at Berlin, and one of th* United Slate* representatives at the Berlin Gmference on Sanioan affairs, is reported t > have submitted to th« Conference a denmifl on behalf of America fur tho unitrality of tho inlands, theconcession of native udmiaistratiun, and th« confirmation of the American grant of the harbour of Pago Pago. May IV. The Samonn Conferonco yetteiday approved of tho reports of the land e "limittee. Mr. Kamoii the Americnn minister at Berlin. exonerate* the Sanioatis, and refii.no4 th» demand of tho German* for redress iijmiiiMt Mala.fa. May 13. The Conferenceou Samoa has agreed to s neutral soue having its centre at Apia. The threo Powers interested are to hovo rqual right* with regard to import and export duties. It has been decided tiint tho »010 of firearm* and intoxicating liquors to the natives of Samoa nro to ho prohibited. A system of municipal government is to l>e etdablishe 1 under tint joint control of the three Powers, mid the native* are to be allowed to elect th* ir own King. May 14. The Standard statu* that Germany -will not sell astute* in Samoa or rofrrin i from thastiaing M ilaafii.

GENERAL BOULANwER. i/OXDON, May 7 General Itonlangt-r Jtnics the report that ha intends U-turning to Franco. SIR HBRCULKB ROBINSON. T/OSD'iS, Mi : 7. It is reported that Sir Hcn-uka Rohiit-on will return to the Cape tor i hree years. MR. PARNKLL AND THE FREEDOM OK EDINBURGH Lotdos, May 7. The Edinburgh Town Coiineil him, hy a majority of 23 to 15 votes, ro. affirmed the grunting of the freedom of the city to Mr. Purnell. THE BRITISH NAVY. London, Miiy 8. In the House of Commons, liu-t uight, the proposal of I/>rd Georgo Hamilton, First Lord of tho Admiralty, for expending the Mini of £'2\, 500.000 upon incae.ising the British Navy, was carried, upon division, by a majority of HO votes. THE DEFENCE OF THE EMPIKE.

London, May 6. In the course of bis speech at tbo Forest of Dean, Sir Charles Dilko said that even if it were admitted that it was hopeless to defend Canada, and that Australia «u able to defeud herself, the nation would Mill be obliged to defend India and the Capo. The high average intelligence and the general comfort of the people in Canada, Australia, and South Africa wen a most gratifying fact in the history of the Empire. He regretted that the Government was not on good terms with the colonies, and said that Australia was profoundly disappointed at not beiug represented at the Berlin Conference. He condemned the extiaordinary indifference of England in. regard to colonial questions. He'also condemned Lord Woleeley and other military advisers for allowing tbo country to live in a fool's paradise. THE SOULLINJ CONTEBT. London, May 8. William O'Connor leaves America in July to meet Henry Scarle on the Thames for tbe sculling championship of the world. Lee, the American sculler, intends to go into training with the object of alao meeting Setrle. THE COLLTEBY STRIKES IN WESTPHALIA. Lonwar, May t. Krapp'a gnn factory, «t Easeo. in Qemaay, hM neWjlii work, for

May 14. A mm.her of the colliery owners in Wettplmlia, where 100,000 miner* are out oh strike, have ntfV:*! a partial n Iviunv .if wagea to th« men, but it U not likfiy that tho offer will be accepted. The meu employed at 42 of the col. lieriee in the dutiiet of Esaen, in Rheoish rruaeia. where H*rr Krupp'a celebrated foundries are situated, have also struck for an incrciiwo of wagea mid th* introdiution of the o-ght hnun M.-.tciu May 15. Tho delegate* appoint ad 1-v the collier* on utriko in Westphalia had an interview lusting ten minutes with tho Kmprror William. They naked the Empurur to institute inquiries into thu cast) of the men in the present strike. Tho Emperor replied that he wits already making inquiries into the circumstance* of the dispute, lie warned the miners that ho would employ nil hia great powers to repreat nny Socialist agitation or intrigue*, tind if the slightest resistance was shown to tiie authorities, every man taking part in such agitation irouM be shot. If, however, the men were poacenuta, they would be protected. Tho strike oreusions a daily lots upon the tunital of the coliioriw* of & million murks.

STANLEY. Lo.vuo.v, Mtty 11. It in report*! in Brussels that Mr. 11. M. Stanley it Hearing the Zanzibar const, and 'hot ha mny i>e expected to urrtve in Loudon in threennuth*. May I*. The Cfjiiinum <>f the Eaiin Pasha relief oouimiitcu states that ho feels certain Mr. 11. M. Stanley is now on his return journey to civilisation, and that he is travelling toward Zanzibar. In his opinion, however, it is impossible to nay at present whether Ktnin Pashn accompanies Stanley. A TERRIBLE CYCLONE. London, May 12. A terrible cyclone swept over the Eastern States of Amotion. Baruunt's show was destroyed by the cyclone and portly wracked. In Maryland 25 men were blown from n bridge. Reports troin diffoto.it statws show ihnt the cyclone did groat damage, and uuiiirrnus lives have been lout.

GAMBLING IN LONDON. Lojtoo.v, May 13. The metropolitan police hnve made raids on a number of notorious gambling houses which have long been known to exist in arUtocratic circle*. The Earl of Dudley. Lord Lurgan. L>rd Henry P.iulrt, Mr. Benson (the well known turf plunger), Mr. Merry and ton others were mu-sted nt the Field Club, PmU Place, and were subnoquently bailed out. The police succeed.d in capturing in the Mums tho Mini of £IB.OOO in cash and securities of various kinds. Forty-seven men wore also arrested in a gambling houso in the Adoluhi Thry were locked up and not admitted to bail. The liondon half - penny evening papers suppress nil mention of wh.nt aro known as the gambling cases arising out of the police raid on Sunday morning on certain gambling hells carri»d on under the disguise of nlube. At the titking- of evidence in tho oases an attempt was made to prove that Lords Dudley ami Lurgan wore only oocasionul visitors. It cume out that Lord Dudley lost £SOOO and Lord Lurgan £2OOO, and that the house in which tho baccarat club was carried on was the curse and ruin of young men of fashion.

AFFAIRB IN THE SOFDAN. Loxdov, May 11. The report of tho capture of Khartoum by El Seuoussi, the ritei Mahdi, who had, it was stated, defeated the Kalifa Abdullah, is said to be unfounded. May 15. Ad* ires from the Soudan state that tho Khalifa Abdullah sent letters from Khartoum to the garrison at Wady Haifa menacing Queen Victoria and tho Khedive of Egypt. He alto sent au original letter to the Queen, which If. Portal, the British specisl envoy to Abyssinia, handed over to King John before his death. THE PANAMA CANAL. London. May 13. The official liquidator of the Pansmm Oenal Company, who was appointed by the Frenob Tribunal of Justice to wind up the affairs of the compear, has proposed to iasuo a million and a baa 34-frano bonds, in order (hat the work* may be proceeded with pending the formation of a new ootnW. THE PBINPE OF WALES. Lovpo*, May 14. It is reported the,', the Prlnoa of to heeaeae on entire at

ROBBERV OP AN ESCORT IX AMERICA. . Ijosdox, May 14. - A bod/ of highwaymen attacked an ana; treasury escort in Arisona, North America. In the encounter eight member* of the> escort ware wounded, five being fatally injured. Several of the highwaymen duosroped with 80,000 dollar*. VICTORY OF AX AUSTRALIAN RACEHORSE. LcirooK, May 14. At the York spring meeting to-day the principal event—the Great Northern Handicap of 099 nova, If miles—was won hv Mr. E. J. Savile's A us-tralinn-hred horse Ringmaster, by Firat King—Yardiey, aged.