NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 604, 7 May 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEUBAFH—SPECIAL TO STANDARD.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN* SETTLING DOWN. The Chilian insurgents are forming a provisional Government. -RETIRED FROM LIFE’S STAGE. Barry Sullivan, the well-known actor, is dead. STRIKE INTENSIFYING. Ten thousand lowa miners have joined the Illinois strike. “ THE DIVINE SARAH.” Sarah Bernhardt has left 'Frisco for Australia. PROGRESSIVE BOOTH. General Booth has opened a match factory. POLITICIAN-NOVELIST. Mr O’Brien, M.P.,who is well-known as a newspaper writer, is writing a novel. HANDS ACROSS. A commercial treaty between Austria and Germany has been signed. EIGHT HOURS AGITATION. A mass meeting is to be held in Hyde Park, London, in support of the Eight Hours movement. FAST RUN. The Canadian Pacific Company ran an express from Vancouver to Montreal in 89 hours. THE SMUGGLERS. The leaders of the bait smugglers in Newfoundland have been arrested, and order is now restored. TRUST FUNDS. The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to vary the wording of the scheme for the investment of trust funds, drawn up by a committee, and submit it afresh to the Agents-General. CARPENTERS’ STRIKE. Three thousand carpenters in London have struck for a limit of 47 hours’ work per week. ANOTHER SHAM. A cattle drover has been arrested at Kippering, in the State of New York, on suspicion of being guilty of the Whitechapel murders. GHOST OF IMPERIALISM. Permission to bury the remains of Prince Napoleon in Corsica was refused because it was feared that the occasion would be selected by the Imperialists to make a demonstration. FOREIGN PAUPERS. An important meeting was held in London, Lord D unraven presiding, at which a society was formed to take measures to prevent the influx of destitute aliens into England. A DOCK YARD BURNED. A dock yard at Bilbas, a seaport in the north of Spain, has been burned. The damage is estimated at TENANTS’ FUND. Mr Parnell, speaking at Newbridge said he intended to keep in reserve in the Paris banks to assist tenants whose needs are not provided for by the Legislature, or who are unable to make terms with their landlords. FISHERIES DISPUTE. A despatch has been laid on the table of the House of Commons regarding the Behring dispute. It makes no reference to any arrangement between Mr Blaine and the British Minister for closing the sealing season. WRECK OF A STEAMER. News has been received that the Shaw, Saville, and Albion Company’s cargo steamer Mamari, which left Auckland for London via Rio on March 20th, grounded on the Albrolhos Islands, a group of low rocky islets off the coast of Brazil. After jettisoning 15,000 carcases of mutton which were stowed in the forehold the steamer continued her voyage.

RAIDING MASHONALAND.

PRESIDENT KRUGER POWERLESS TO RESIST.

It is reported that President Kruger is powerless to check the Boers’ expedition to Mashonaland. The number of men who have joined the expedition is greatly beyond what was at first expected. President Kruger, in his despatches, though lamenting his inability to prevent a raid on Mashonaland, professes his friendship to Great Britain. The expedition has swollen from 5,000 to 20,000 men. In consequence of the attitude of the Boers troops are moving in Natal.

MAY DAY AND LABOR RIOTS.

MUCH BLOODSHED. The strikers at Liere rioted, and several were killed. The colliers at work are now guarded by soldiers. A body of workmen at Jouniets attempted to rescue their comrades who were arrested, whereupon the troops ftred and killed seven. In the riots at Rome four Anarchists were killed, and 30 policemen wounded. Two hundred arrests were effected. A state of siege has been proclaimed at Liere. A general strike is announced to take place to-day. Thirty thousand workmen have gone out on strike at Charbre.

Madbid, May 4. The strikers at Valladolid compelled several thousand workmen who had remained loyal to their masters to cease work, and threatened to wreck bakeries and mills in the city. The assistance of the police and military was invoked, and they succeeded in dispersing the mob. The Anarchists in Barcelona exploded several bombs in the streets, but no fatalities are reported. Buda Pisth, May 4. At Oraviclsa the laborers attacked the tnl|)tary with stones and knives. The »ol<jiers opened fire on the mob, killing several. Martial law has been proclaimed.

P*n.s, May 4, The action of the troops in firing on workmen who were attempting to rescue their comrades is resented in Fourniers, and further rioting was expected to take place at the funeral of the victims. Two regiments of cavalry were despatched there to preserve order. The rioters are importing dynamite from Belgium and 300 kilogrammes have been seized on the frontier. Vienna, May 4. Fifteen thousand operatives at Bieletz and two thousand at Buda Pesth have beep dismissed for refusing to work on May day. London, May 4. Twenty one Durham colliers have been sent to prison for absenting themselves from work oti May Day.