CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 447, 19 February 1890, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE IN AAIERICA. THE OFFENDER LYNCHED. New York, February 17, Information of a horrible affair lias been received from Crawfordshire, a village in Arkansas. A lady was discovered to have been outraged and murdered; and the murderer havingbeen traced by some neighbours of deceased, lie was conveyed to the scene of the tragedy. Here the murderer was punished by lynch law. His captors first cut off his arms, then severed his legs from his body, and finally cut off the head from the trunk with all axe. TIMES-PARNELL COMMISSION. London, February 17. It is believed the Opposition will force the Government to take action on the report presented by the “Times” Parnell Commission. GLADSTONE’S LATEST TACTICS. Gladstone is prepared to support a Bill, to be introduced by Hon Campbell Bannerman, ALP. for Stirling burghs, the object of which is to enable Roman Catholics to hold the offices of Lord Chancellor and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. TERRIBLE PRIVATIONS AT SEA. Sydney, February 17. A steamer which has just arrived from China, reports that a party of eight South Sea Islanders were landed at Japan, after having been eighteen days in a canoe without either food or water. I hey were about to resort to cannibalism when they were rescued by a passing vessel.