, 1896-04-25

"Hu'l three miles or B~ulhway0 and showing
considerable civilized tactics of approach;
the town Of Guelo is also besieged. Three
hundred whites have mp to the present been
murdered Other news states that in seven
tights nine whites and one thousand Mata.
Oele> have been killed.
London journals warmly discuss the de-
spatch Published by the :" Times wide yes
fer,lay's b~ulletin) r~eviying The original con
tlict of opinion i'll relation to the N'uezpelan
dispute. Some of the journals tlilk it ia.
possible AMI dis8raceful Lord Salisbury
should yield: others think his amour pr6pre
to be The sole obstacle. However, neither
Washington kilograms nor comments by the
New York press shew any consciousness Of "a
fresh crisis.
1t is announced that the autopsy on the
body Of the late Baron Hirsch, proves that
he died from a~poplexy, and not as rumoured
from unnatural causes, which turns out to be
quite groundless.
A telegram from Rome reports that the
Italian loan Of one hundred aud forty million
lire has been covered fifteen times over
A despatch from the New York HeraIls'
correspondent at Rome states thar the Prime
Minister has ord ereI the Italian Consul
General at New York to hold an inquiry re-
specting the landing of Italian paper lmmi-
grants at Ellis Island, also instru1ting him
that all those who are not permitted to land
would be sent back at the expense Of the
Italian GOvernm mt.
A Christlania correspondent to the "Daily
Graphic announces that the Governor OF
Ytcutsh reports officially that lie ns he rd
nothing of Dir. Nansen's expedition,
The ivory see kerS Oh the new Siberian
Isltnds ais state that n ship was seen by
them between May and November last year.
Advices from Cairo state that dispatches
received from the front report fierce fighting
at Omdurman near khmtoum and that 500
of the Khalifa's body guard have been killed.
A later despatch from the Il me CORES
poudent of he Herald states that tile situa.
ton in AbysSinia, is again serlrus.a and that the
Negus of Abyssinia on learning that tue
Duke of Sermonta, in q speech to the Senate,
said that the pence negotiations were only
to gain time, Immediately withdrew all offers
of peace and ordered the ltohan Envoy to
be imprisoned.
1t is now officially confirmed that peace
negotiations are suspended.
Advices from Wady Halfa report that the
expedition is progressing very satisfactorily,
and that six miles of the railway from SarraS
to Akasheh have been competed. The tele-
graph line to Wady Adra will he complete
in about a weeks time, and the lowest point
on the Nile probably reached ABOUT the MD
die of May.
Antigua % rd-Bishop Branch was to-day
enthrOned as the fourth succeeding Bishop to
the See of Antigua. The rite wa> performed
in the Cathedral at eleven q. 10 by Archdea-
cons Hutson aud Dodsworth, III the presence
of the primare, a large congreg .tion, All the
local clergy and a number from Other Is
lands.
New York, April oath
Flour, City Mills for the West Ludie. per
barrel. S4.l0-$t.20
Meal, best hrandywine, per. br 22o
Heavy Ne.S Pork S94-93
N. ). Pork Sl0-lO4
Crystals per IL. 4-5-l6
'"s' Nuscovalo SO test per lii 3{-3k
English Stands MoI"Sses pei
gal 23c-.27c
Exchange. New York andLond"r 4.874-&
London. April oath.
DemerarACrysta nvi cwt.14 3-l06
Sugar Mus covado pr cwt. lOI-11
German Beet $500 fob. pr cwt
1919
Demsrara Rum per gal. l0d-1I14
TriKidad Cocoa Good Midd'iD ned pr cwt
48I-4g/
ConsoI, 1124
Bank OF England, rate of Discosnt 2olo