TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2340, 7 April 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 4. Intelligence is to hand that a revolt has taken place in Ecuador, in South America, and that a Government steamer has been seized by the insurgents. The King of Dahomey is besieging Oume, and has written to the Governor claiming the Endre territory. In the case of Mrs Montagu, charged with manslaughter in causing the death of her child by illtreatment, the jury tound the prisoner guilty, but recommended her to mercy, on the ground that she had mistaken her duty, and His Honour Kentej&ed her to a year's imprisonment. April 5. The Parish Council Amendment Holdings Bill has been defeated in the House of Commons. Bucharest, April 5. Five military members of a suicide club at Krajora have recently committed suicide. St. Petersburg, April 3. Forty women have been arrested at Vilna, on a charge of wholesale infantcide. April 4. ! A plot has been discovered in Odessa, with branches in Belgrade, Constantinople, and other cities, to overthrow the Bulgarian Government. Constantinople, April 3. The Sultan has despatched a firman, recognising Abbas Bey as Khedive of Egypt. Calcutta, April 5. The Lushais are raiding the tea estates in the western mountain country, and have killed 38 coolies. The Englishmen succeeded in making their escape. "Washington, April 4. The United States revenue has decreased 9,000,000d015, in nine months, and expenses 6,000,000d015. April 5. The House of Representatives has by a majority of 179 to 42 passed a Bill absolutely forbidding the ingress of Chinese into the States. New Yorr, April 4. By a fire in New Orleans cotton to the value of 2,250,000d01. was destroyed. A petition, bearing the signatures of 400,000 Chinese, residents in the United States, has been forwarded to the Emperor of China, requesting him to compel the United States Government to remove the restrictions which they have placed on Chinese. The tornado which swept over the north-west portion of the States, caused the death of fifty people in Kansas, and seven in Chicago. Altogether 100 people are known to have been killed. A sensational lynching affair is reported from Kansas. A negro, who had assaulted a lady, was captured by a band of lynchers, who fastened a rope round his neck, and tied the end of it to a horse, which on being set free went off at a galloping rate. The culprit's body, which was picked up a considerable distance away, was shockingly mutilated. April 5. It is feared in New England that the Anti-Chinese Bill will destroy commerce, and it is rumoured that the Chinese Legation will leave the country. A gang of sisters have been arrested on a charge of having committed numerous stage-coach robberies in the mountainous district of Idaho. They admit the crime, and state that they were compelled by their father to do it. The New York Herald publishes a despatch from Venezuela, stating that the rebels have defeated the Government troops with heavy loss on both sides. Caracas, April 4. A bomb was thrown at the house of the President of Venezuela, the building being demolished. Lima, April 3. General Nicholas Dipierola, ex-Pre-sident of Peru, is organising a revolt in order to regain the Presidential chair which he vacated in 1881; but the Government troops are dispersing his followers. Buenos Ayres, April 3. This city is in a state of siege. Several prominent Liberals have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to murder the President and two other leading officials. April 4. The Radicals in the city deny that they instigated the revolt. Dr Elem, General Garsia, and others have been oonveyed ithder police escort to Staten Island. They are to be charged with high treason. The Radical leaders and forty of the officers of the Argentine Army have been deported to Terra del Fuego, owing to their being concerned in the plot 1t compass a revolution, and by the aid of dynamite to murder the President, civil officials, heads of the army, and leading citizens. Large quantities of dynamite have been freely distributed. Many bombs and incriminating documents have been seized. Cavalry patrol the city, and soldiers sleep' in their uniforms. The army and navy both remain loyal, and the city is quiet. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, April 5. Owing to the dry weather in the country districts stock is perishing. At Narrandera it will be impossible to gather the crops without rain falls, and at Crookwell, whore the grass is disappearing, the prospect is gloomy. MelcouriNE, April 5. An explosion of blasting powder took place at tho Australian Explosives Company's works. Two men, Hurst and Stewart, were killed, having been disembowelled, while three others, Warnock, Williams, and McGratH, were badly injured,

LABOUR. London, April 4. The unemployed in London are agitating for work. At several meetings which they have held lately speeches of an angry sort were delivered. The dispute with regard to wages, which has taken place at the oil-mills in Manchester and Staley Bridge, involves the sum of £50,000 per week. The families of the Durham miners out on strike are without food and fuel and are appealing for relief. April 4. The strike of engineers on the Tyne and "Wear continues, arbitration having failed. April 6. It is alleged that sweating in the Salvation Army Match Factory is causing distress among private employees. Sections of the engineers are seceding from the Amalgamated Society and are returning to work. Paris, April 3. The Paris Labor Bureau have issued a manifesto, in which a proposal is made to form a syndicate of Labourers to construct public works. Wellington, April 4. The Strike Committee met on Monday night, and decided to write to Mr Hall agreeing to refer the tramway dispute to arbitration, provided each side were allowed to select its own arbitrator, the two arbitrators to chose an umpire. April 5. Last year fully 100 men complained to Mr Teregear, head of the Bureau of Industries, that they had been swindled out of their money by unscrupulous contractors, and in order that the labouring classes may know their legal position, the head of the bureau has issued instructions that posters containing extracts from the Working Men's Wages Act and the Bankruptcy Act relating to the recovery of wages, shall be put np in a conspicuous place in each country town. The various branches of the bureau throughout the colony are also to be supplied with copies of both Acts for inspection by working people.

STORM IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Sydney, April 4. Heavy floods have occurred between the Clarence and Hunter rivers, and great damage has been done to crops. The township of Lismore is inundated. April 5. Heavy losses have been occasioned in the Grafton district by the Hoods, which are, however, abating. The whole of the town of Lismore is covered by water, and there is much distress. One fatality is reported. Brisbane, April 4. A cyclone which passed over this city completely demolished the Presbyterian church in South Brisbane, and considerably damaged several other buildings. THE ANARCHISTS. London, April 4-. The trial of the Walsall Anarchists concluded to-day. Battela, Caillcs, and Charles were each sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, Deakin, who turued infomer, to 5 years ; the other two were acquitted. Charles ' said the dynamite bombs found were intended for use Li Russia. Paris, April 3. The arrest of Ravachal was effected through the agency of a waiter in a wineshop which he frequented. The Commissioner of Police was informed of Ravachal's visits to this wineshop, and paid the waiter a large sum of money for the information which led to the arrest. The waiter is to be decorated with the Legion of Honour. Madrid, April 4. Ravachal has made a statement incriminating three of those who assisted him to carry out the recent explosions, and admitting that he is guilty of five murders. It is rumoured that Mathian, his principal accomplice, has made his escape to England. A factory for the secret manufacture of dynamite has been discovered near Paris. Ravachal has confessed that he planned the murder of the members of the Chamber of Deputies who voted for the capital punishment of dynamitards. April 5. A dynamite plot arranged by Anarchists has been discovered here. It was intended to destroy Chamber of Deputies, the Palace, and other public buildings by means of dynamite. The police arrested the plotters, after a desperate struggle, while they we-e proceeding to the Chamber of Deputies with the object of placing bombs u.n.d«v the seats which would shortly he. occupied by members. 'bombs weighed 81bs each, and a, time fuse of 3 minutes was detached. Included among those arrested are Frenchman, Portuguese, and several Spaniards.