NEWS BY CABLE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7367, 15 November 1898, Page 1

NEWS BY CABLE.

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received November 14, at 10 p.m. • Not Yoek, November 14. At the banquet t? General- Miles a remarkable demonstration of cordiality to ;Englan'd was given. Ladies joined in cheerSing the genetal.' ; The Transatlantic Company, owners of •the French liner La Bourgogce, sunk off ;th9 Nova. Scotian coast, after colliding with tha si earner Cromartvshire, in July last, are claiming-2J million dollars, damages, jalleging. that the collision was caused by !negligence on the part of the Cromartyshire. Received November 15, at 0.22 a.m. Washington, November 14. Admiral Schley has been appointed to the command of the powerful American squadron which is being despatched to cruise in European waters. The American Peace Commissioners refused to further discuss the Spanish proposals re the Philippines. Shanghai, November 14. Li Hung Chang, who was recently restored, to power, has been sent to Shantung in connection with the scheme for preventing the inundation of the Yellow River. The appointment is equivalent to shelving him. Candia, November 14. A large number of Maliommedans are quitting Crete, while a number of Christians are returing to the island. Received November 15, at 0.45 a.m. Paris, November 14. M. Delcasse called upon Count Munster, the German Ambassador in Paris, and apologised for the insinuation made by M. Rochefort that Count Munster's daughter was the writer of one of the letters in the Dreyfus dossier. Count Munster threatened to leave Paris unless the statement was contradicted. Received November 14, at 8 55 a.m.

Christiania, November 14. The Storthing has unanimously adopted the Norwegian flag, ignoring the union with Sweden. London, November 14. W". A. Barry, the English sculler, has challenged the world for L 250 a-side and the.Sportsman's Cup. A match with Geo. Towns is preferred. Received November 15, at 9.12 a.m. London, November 15. At Hooley's examina'ion in the Bankruptcy Court, Sir Wm. Marriott said that Hooley was hoping to obtain a baronetcy, and pave the Conservative party L 50.000, but the cheque was returned. Sir Wm. Marriott claims L20.C00 as legal adviser to Hooley. Washington, November 14. John Sherman, ex-Secretary of State, says that the Silverite movement is detd for a generation. Berlin, November 14. A sensation has been caused by the publication of a letter written by the Regent of Lippe-Detmoed, a principality in the northwest) of Germany, protesting against the Emperor limiting the honors due to the family. The Regent has appealed to the Federal Council to intervene, but the Council are powerless in the matter.