NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 614, 30 May 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

I [Special to the Standard.] I■ ■ ■ ; BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 1 INFLUENZA. ’ There were 379 deaths from influenza ' in London City last week. MONEY GETTING FLUSH. 1 The Bank of England has received two 1 millions of gold within a week. , NOT WANTED. The citizens of Chicago are protesting ' against Jewish immigrants being allowed to land in the United States. THE BARINGS. Underwriters are insuring assets in Barings’ estate at 15 per cent. THE LITTLE FIFE. The Duke of Fife has decided to christen his infant daughter Alexandria. PETROLEUM EXPLOSION. By an explosion of a petroleum tank at Dunkirk, seven houses were wrecked, and six persons killed. THE CHILI WAR. The United States ha? decided to intervene, with a view of terminating the civil war in Chili. The rebels have repaptured Taltai. The Government of Mexico has allowed the Esmeralda to coal at Acapulco. RUSSIAN FINANCES. The Russian Government has refused the offer of foreign bankers to issue a loan without the Rothschilds participating in it. IMPROVED LAWS. In the House of Lords a Bill to enable persons charged with crime to give evidence, also to enable wives to give evidence in behalf of their husbands, has passed its second reading. ARRESTING SUSPECTS. Captain Tripone, who was arrested on a charge of disclosing secrets of the French War Office, has been released, but M. Turpin, accused of selling the secret of his invention of melinite to Sir W. Armstrong and Co., has been detained. A NEEDED ADVANCE. The London General Omnibus Company has raised the wages of all their employees. Through the intervention of M. Constans. Minister of the Interior, the French Omnibus Company has conceded the demand of the employers, for a reduction to twelve hours per day. The strike has therefore ended. PERSECUTED JEWS. Over a thousand Jews have left Corfu, where the maltreatment recently took place. It is proposed to forbid the Russian Jews from observing their Sabbath Day, to compel them to work on Saturdays and rest on Sundays. Baron Hirsch urges that the Jews should be allowed twenty years in which to leave Russia, a certain number emigrating annually, and that the remainder should receive protection in the interim. He believes that the Czar is ignorant ofjthe barbarous treatment to which the Jews are subjected.

GOLD CURRENCY. Austria and Hungary have decided to introduce a gold currency. WAR STOCKS.J The Chamber of Deputies has agreed to a Bill, empowering the Minister of War to secure a two months’ stock of wheat and flour for civilians within the the fortified towns. THE LABOR COMMISSION. The Royal Commission on Labor has opened its sittings and arranged the form of procedure. Earl Derby was appointed chairman of the transport section, Mr Mundella (M.P.) of the textile section, and Mr David Dale (ironmaster) of the iron and coal section. THE IRISH FUNDS. An injunction is sought to restrain Mr J. R. Kelly, treasurer of the Scottish League, from paying over to Mr Justin McCarthy the money raised for evicted tenants in Ireland. BRAVO AUSTRALIA! Corporal Martin and Private E. Mawley, of the Victorian Mounted Riflemen, are at present the highest scorers at the Royal Military Tournament, and were the first to accomplish the feat of cutting the lemons while at full gallop. THE OLD SORE. In the House of Commons Mr Goschen announced that the Government could not accept the Bill passed by the Newfoundland Houses of Parliament, enforcing the modus vivendi with France, since the operation of the measure had been restricted to one year. The French Admiral has [prohibited the British residents in St. George’s Bay selling bait to American vessels. THE PORTUGUESE TROUBLE. It is rumored that the British cruiser Magicienne has occupied Port Beira, in Mozambique. It is admitted that the Portuguese expedition was wrong in going beyond Massikesse. The Portuguese authorities have again closed the Pungwe river. The position of the Chartered Company’s police, at Umtheli, is critical, and the men are in want of supplies. Lord R. Churchill declares that the immediate occupation of the Coast by the British is imperative. THE BEHRING SEA. At a meeting of the United Stales Cabinet the President opposed any proposal to made by Great Britain to close the Behring Sea, and it was decided not to declare a close season. QUEENSLAND LOAN.

The proposed Queensland loan was a great failure.