CABLE BREVITIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4805, 21 August 1894, Page 2

CABLE BREVITIES.

Professor-Campbcll, of the Lick Observatory, declares that Mars has. no atmosphere,, ; -. :; . ~ , ; TlioHouse of''Commons accepts the House of Lords'.amendments to the Scotch Local Government Bill,

The Boers have imprisoned the chief Mahikch, of Zoutspanberg, and 200 of his followers.

Two extensive fires—tho work of an incendiary—broke ont at two of the Bendigo mines, and completely destroyed the haulage machinary, \ . Tho coloured man Jorden, who was lately found Guilty of the murder of the woman Hicks, with whom "ho had been living at Melbourne, was executed this morning. On the scaffold ho said, "It is no use for me to say anything," Death was instantaneous. Miss Kate Marsden donies tho oharges in connection with tho Siberian Commission, and threatens au action, for damages against ..the Secretary of the Committee ofln- ; vestigatiou, That gentleman reiterates' the charges, apd declines to withdraw anything'.'■ • ' ' Referring to, the Costa.Rica incident the St. Janies' Gazette considers that Lord lloseberry has not taken a sufficiently firm stand, or displayed an attitude that would prove to the colonists that a : direct insult to tho British flag would be quickly resented. '.■■;'' ■ ; ■ ' ■•.

A. dastardly outrage was committed in the streets of Cronstadilt appears that a serant.uamed Pirnusky, iu the employ of Admiral i Razvozoff, was dismissed, and tabling unibrage at the Admiral's action stopped Ms carnage in the street and shot him dead, The murder occasioned considerable alarm, and auring tho excitement Pimusky comniittad suicide. •. . •■ ■'•

_ The Pans police have discovered jin Lngano an Anarchist seminary, where nightly lectures are delivered and plots arranged' against leading] nion in Italy and Switzerland.. It is , alleged, that a ballot has been taken : for tho selection of those to murder' M.. President of Frarice,aud Signor Crispi, Preniierof 1ta1y,..,, ; , ;.". "'.. : m,\ \.The : New South Wales pastoralists consider thatthe difficulty,as far as obtaining a sufficiency of men is concerned; lias passed, 1 At tho Kallara statiori,"in 'tli'e' Bourk'e Ijistrict, 300 .Unionists' atleinp'ted'to burri it gli'ed; buV'failingin;tlie' attempt, they riishcdi' tho buildings withjiiieintentioii of destroyingth'env. Ihe police wero obliged to fire before the men were ropalsed,biit no*''6he was injured. A train conveying We' men' was bombarded wjfh stones at Echuca,, peve'ral qtjtoe'nien' aiic[ a constable'being injured, V;/ .•■: ■ '•'. '