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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2636, 4 June 1889, Page 2

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(i;y ki/cctkio tfxvgiuph—copyright.) London', May 31. At lliti inquest 011 Irving I>is!ioj>, a verdict of death from coma was given. 'I'ln' doctors were released. .Sir J. Ferguson denies that British cruisers have boon sent to the Bullring Sea. One hundred rioters have been arrested at Belgrade. A detectivc named Bruce has deposed that an Aideruiaa of Chicago, called Spearse, offered him £120 to decoy and murder Dr. Cronin. Bruce says he was violently assaulted because ho failed to fulfil his agreement. Juno 1. King Humbert, on his return to Rome, was received with great enthusiasm. The manager and assistant of the Provincial Bank at Bally mena, Ireland, were found dead on the road. It appears they had quarrelled, and the assistant shot the managor, and then committed suicide. The Marquis of Londonderry lias been offered a dukedom. Several further evidences of the murder of Dr. Cronin have boen found by the Chicago polico. The revolutionists in Ilayti have defeated the Government troops, and General Hippolyto will become President. Small-pox has broken out amongst the German troops uuder Captaiu Wissman at Zanzibar. There is a difficulty between Switzerland and Germany over the arrest of two Germans, supposed to be spies. The Financial F ews praises the economy of the Now Zealand Government. The newspaper proprietors have combined to start a paper mill. This determination has caused a depressing effect on the paper ring. The hearing of the libel action Parnell v. Times lias been fixed for November. The Times has appealed against the decision. 'I lie Queen and the Prince and the Princess of Wales were presented at the silver wedding of the Oomte de Paris.