CABLE SUMMARY.
The American Government intend to increase the strength of the standing army to four times what it was before the war. A strike in the Paris building trade threatens to retard the opening of the exhibition.
Warner, the inventor of the slaughterhouse blood boiling machine, and two others, have been horribly scalded to death by the machine exploding. * The German Catholics are supporting the Emperor's claims to be protector of the East in opposition to the claims of France.
Admiral Cervcra, has been created a life member of the Senate in recognition of his services during the war. The Volksraad refused to discuss Geueral Joubert's amendment of the war law until after the vacation. As the outcome of the severe American competition, an iron trust is projected in Germany. The Duke of York will represent England) and Admiral Gcrvaise, France, at the funeral of the Queen of Denmark. The new Aberdeen White Star Line steamer Moravian, built by Napiers, of Govan, has been launched. The Tradesman National Bank in New York is failing owing to the close of the Wool ExcLAge. The directed an important reduction in contemplated naval expenditure. An International Congress with the view to concert measures against Anarchists will meet at Vienna.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 351, 8 October 1898, Page 3
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207CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 351, 8 October 1898, Page 3
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