, 1890-05-24
TELEGRAMS.
ST CROlX STATION

respecting the Siberian OuFragts.
In the House of Commons the Nation
alists are retarding til progress of tue
Budget bill.
Paris despatch rs stale that the French
in Dahomey have captured two towns i'll
one con fict. The natives lost 900 men,,
the Ere nch loss being Is killed and II
w unded.
The workmen in the State factories at
Spandau nave been fOl hidden to subscribe
to help the Strikers
A telegram from Sydney reports that the
Premier of New South Wales has been
thrown from a C b and seriously injured.
AT the recent interview between Prince
Bismarck and NJ. DeSSUux, Prince BlSmarck
said that the danger ahead lay i'll the anger
of the French over the German occupation
of AlSace. Surprising France and Russia
should combine and crush Germany, then
Russia would devour France. Germany,
he declared, was the bulwark Of Western
Europe against Russian invasion.
London, May 2lst.-It is announced that
Mr.. A.W T.. uemming Of The Colonial Office
and His Excellency Frederick Haynes
Smith. Governor Of the Leeward Islands,
have been made Knight Commanders Of
1t. Michael and 81. George and the honor
of Knighth0od has been Conferred on Mr..
ludlow, Chief Justice of the Leeward Is.
lands.
New York, May 2lst.-Lop don news
states that the ex.Queeu of Spain has visit.
ell Queen Victoria At Windsor.
In The House OF Lords the Earl Of March
denounced the tendency of the Govern.
menttoward3 thA Socialists legation, the
MARQUIS Of tli$bury admitted hat they had
Il tendency 10 lean on the State, against
which The Government m~u%tguard, and not
imDose bardens which thc estate was unable
to bear, there was to- mach Importance, h4
said. attached to the spectre Socialism, aud
he couid trust the public to find out what
goal lay behind the Socialist doctrine.
Mr.. Parnell, IN % speech in London, said
thatag eaeral election might be expected at
any tine, and he urged the Irishmen of
Great B ifain 10 put their names OH the
voting re lster.
Paris dispatches state that the Senate
has passed the Employers Liability Bill.
The Chamber Of Deputies has com.
mpnced The deO9te on the Press Bill.
The international Miners conference
was ,ened at Brussels yesterday.
London, May ~2lst-Sugar in stock on
the 18th inst was l4l,OO0 tons, last year
1856 900 tons.
London, May 22nd.-The elgian Cham
Der proposes to Introduce II law to reduce
the draw back on sugar, and Increase the
yield.
New York, May 22nd.-L.Onion news
states hat he ruuourS OF che serious illness
of the Queen are denied. Her Majesty is
only suffering from a cold.
The Duke az Duchess of C~onnaught
lave arrived at Victoria.
The budget Oil has passed through the
Committee stage in the House of Commons
The President OF the London Bi.metallic
League cabled Washington for the opinion
Ex-senator jones', who replies that the Silver
Bill, If adopted, Will prove an etfeCtual step
towards the demonstration Of Silver;
there will he no da ger to silver shipments
from Iudia and China, AMI it will give con.
fdencA loEurOpe OH the stability OF silver.
~ Paris despatch states that NJ. Ribot,
replying to the Egyptian delegates, said
that the Government was considering the
text Of the decree for the conversion of the
Egyptian drbt.
AtplegrIm from Sofa states that at the
trial of the c0nspiratOrs, Major Panitz denied
that Russia was implicated in the plot
az inst Prince Ferdinand.
The Washington Congress has passed.
the Nc. Kinney bill by 1G2 to l42, but it is
expected that it will be killed in the
Senate.
London, May 23rl-The Under Secre-
q tary for Foreign Affairs stated in the
House of Commons, that the United States
would not enter the Sugar convention and