NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 679, 31 October 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

By Electric Telegraph.] [Special to the Standard.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Parnell left little besides bis estate in Avondale. The Oamaru Municipal Waterworks loan has fallen two per cent. The Moscow Gazette advocates the expulsion of Germans from Russia. Walt. Whitman, an American author, is in a critical state of health. An official report of the Mocrane railway accident states that only two were killed.

The London County Council is arranging to purchase a portion of the city tramways. A fall has taken place in the quotation for Melbourne Harbor Board debentures in London.

The Hon. J. A. Chaplain, Secretary for State in the Canadian Dominion Parliament, has resigned. It is reported that a Scotch railway pool is being formed to absorb all the lines in Scotland.

During the celebration of a wedding in Tunis the wall of a building fell on the party, killing 18. It is reported that 40.000 rebels besieged Sana, the capital of Yamon, and that the Turkish commander asked for a reinforcemen'- of 20,000 men.

The Astralabi Bay Company, with a capital of £120,000 has been formed in Berlin, chiefly for the purpose of cultivating tobacco in German New Guinea.

Lieut-Colonei Hewitt, the last of the English officers who saw the fight at Waterloo, is dead, aged 98.

Robert Griffen, the eminent statesman, will leave London by the Coptic to attend a meeting at Hobart of the Association for the advancement of science.

Frederick Smith, son of the late W. H. Smith, has been elected to fill the vacant Strand seat in the House of Commons caused by the death of his father. Mr Smith polled 4982 votes, against 1948 by Mr Guthridge, the Radical candidate.

A proposal is on foot to convene a meeting of Australian bond-holders to protest against excessive borrowing. Russian financiers offer to subscribe a loan of twenty million francs to Servia on easy terms. The King of Roumania, who is on a visit to Berlin, has been cordially received by the 'Emperor. In consequence of revolting Crimea which have taken place in Berlin recently, Emperor William has directed the strongest repressive measures to be taken in the interests of morality.

Mr Champion predicts that one effect of the death of Parnell will be that it will give a better opportunity to the House of Commons to deal with domestic questions. The Royal Commission of the Chicago Exhibition announce that applications for space will be received up to February 29 next, also that space will be charged for. but if not used the amount paid will be refunded. Mr H. H. Champion, writing to the Daily Telegranh, expresses the opinion that the majority of the English workmen would favor the imposition of a tariff which would boycott the products of cheap labor. THEIR EYES OPENING. The Marquis di Rudiui, Italian Premier, has informed both Germany and Austria that the visit of M. de Giers, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Italy was purely a courteous and pacific one. RAMPANT CHTNAMEN AND THE FOREIGNERS. Placards are exhibited in the Chinese rebellious districts, exhorting the rebels to chase the devil-mouthed European pigs, to burn the churches, destroy the cult of Jesus, and punish convert. The anti-foreign movement is spreading among the Hunan men, and many generals and mandarins are joining the rebels, UNHAPPY JEWS.

The anti-Jewish rioters pillaged !• 4,000,000 roubles of property of Jews. • During the fight 22 Jews were killed and 200 others wounded. In Tchernigov the agitation against the f Jews is being fiercely earned out, and , 30 have been killed and 200 wounded. . The Nihilists are assisting to increase J the disorder. The Czar has appointed a Committee to inquire into the recent ’ anti-Jewish outrages. LAW AND DEFIANCE. 1 The Court of Appeal has rendered 1 void the Tilden trust, depriving New York of Hie great free library provided under will. It is understood that notwithstanding the decision of the Court ot Appeal 200,000 dollars of the Tilden trust will be devoted to the Free Library in New York. A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.— 300 LIVES LOST. A severe earthquake has been experienced at Hisgo, a seaport town of Japan, on the Southwest coast of the Island of Niphen, at the head of Osaka Considerable damage was done, and 800 lives were lost AN INCREDIBLE STORY. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily News wires that the Russian Government is prohibiting private societies from relieving the starving peasants in the southern and western districts and threatens to arrest volunteers who visit the districts. DISSENSION IN THE GMNADIER GUARDS. The Grenadier Guards, stationed at Windsor, complained that thp rations supplied them were unfit for consumption. The officers ordered the men to eat the food, but they declined, and threw it into the barrack square. The men have been confined to the barracks, and some of the corporals have been arrested. The affair has caused considerable escite* incut-