NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 594, 14 April 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL TO STANDARD.] BRITISH AND FOREIGNThe ship Waitangi arrived at London from Gisborne on Friday. The Hon. Cavendish Benlnick is dead. Mr Richard Collins, Q.C., succeeds Judge Stephens. The prices of wool are hardening, and especially merinos. Portugal has stopped the navigation of the (Penyeze until the British evacuate their post at Massikasese. The Marquis of Salisbury has drafted a new convention with regard to the South African territory in which he assigns to Great Britain the whole plateau of Manicaland. Captain Pike has been appointed commander of H.M.S. Orlando for a further term. A Russian conversion loan, amounting to 600,000,000 francs, will shortly be issued, with a minimum of 84. Mr Labouchere’s amendment, objecting to the Government guarantee under the the Irish Land Purchase Bill, has been rejected by a majority of 94. The Toronto Board of Trade unanimously resolved in favor of Great Britian adopting a discriminating tariff in respect of the colonies’ food products. Obituary : Thomas Tapiing, M.P. for Harborough, aged 56 ; Colonel Hambro, M.P. for the Southern district of Dorset, aged 56. The prospects of the successful floating of the Victorian loan are dubious. The public enquiry is small. If the Banks give some support to the loan it will probably just be subscribed. In the House of Commons the motion of Sir J. Pearce, condemning the opium traffic in India, was carried in a thin House by a majority of 50. It is understood, however, the Government will not proceed further in the matter. An officer of the Hussars, who was believed to be connected with an attempt to blow up a building adjoining the Sultan’s Palace, by gunpowder, has committed' suicide, fearing arrest. The explosion killed 13 persons, and wounded 18. The Nihilist arrested during the review of the Guards at which the Czar was present, and who had a revolver and powerful globule in his possession, proves to be a member of the Kharkoff Society, which is pledged to assassinate the Czar. Nearly all the members of the Society have been discovered, and taken into custody. The Reichstag was opened by the Emperor of Austria. In a speech from the throne His Majesty declared that the Great Powers had given him their assurance that peace was the most essential object of their endeavors, and this, he said, justified the hope that Europe would enjoy a series of peaceful years. Twenty-five thousand colliers in Ohio and Pennsylvania strike on May I unless the eight hours system is conceded. The Labor Commission consists of 27 inquiries. These include the relation and combinations of employers and employed and the conditions of labor as raised by the recent trade disputes. The Commissioners are also requested to report as to the legislation necessary, to remedy the grievances. The Times, in an article commenting on the successful completion of the Federal Convention’s labors, says that Sir H. Parkes’ triumph is remarkable ; few public men have achieved equal greatness. The outbreak of the Miranza is extending, and threatens to become serious. The head clerk of the political agency at Manipar telegraphs that Commissioner Quinton and the others were killed in the action. It is reported that the Regent’s regular troops are deserting, also that Jubray has been executed for the massacring of the British officers. The people are represented as desirous of peace. The Ghoorka prisoners have been released.

Detective O’Malley, who is suspected of having been the agent of the Mafia Sicilian secret society in New Orleans, and is believed to have bribed the jurymen who tried and acquitted the prisoners accused of murdering Hennessy, Chief of police, was indicted on a charge at New Orleans. Thirty citizens, well armed, 1 attended the Court in order to compe expedition of the trial. The public refuse to give evidence before the Grand Jury on the charges brought against those alleged to have been concerned in the lynching of the Sicilians. The Union League Club, embodying the leading men of New York, recognise the patriotism of the lynching without justifying the outrage. The Federal Government intend to check the importation of criminal paupers.