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  3. NEWS OF THE WORLD BY CABLE.

    A petition containing 100,000 signatures was recently forwarded from the United States to the Czar, appealing to him on behalf of the persecuted Russian Jews. Those who ...

    Article : 72 words
  4. THE EASTERN EXTENSION COMPANY.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company was held to-day. Sir John Pender, the chairman of the board of directors, presiding. Referring to the ...

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  5. SMUGGLING ARMS IN CHINA.

    An Englishman named Mason has been tried and convicted at Shanghai for having smuggled arms and munitions of war for the Chinese rebels. He was sentenced to two ...

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  6. THE JEWS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER TURKEY.

    The Porte has issued orders strictly prohibiting the admission of Russian Jews into Turkish territory. ...

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  7. GENERAL EUROPEAN TELE-GRAMS.

    Brigandage is still rife in certain parts of European Turkey, and a fresh outrage of a serious character has just been committed. A large gang of Albanian brigands, 50 in ...

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  8. IMPENDING STRIKE OF COMPOSITORS IN GERMANY.

    The compositors in the printing establishments throughout Germany, who are paid by the day, have resolved to go on strike in a fortnight. They demand a reduction of the ...

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  9. A 67-TON GUN CRACKED.

    A crack has been discovered in a 67-ton gun of her Majesty’s battle-ship Howe, 10,300 tons, one of the vessels of the Channel Squadron. ...

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  10. THE DISTRESS INCREASED BY THE FROSTS.

    The general suffering caused throughout Russia by the famine has been greatly intensified by the severe frosts which have lately set in. ...

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  11. ATROCIOUS MURDER IN BERLIN.

    A woman has been found murdered in Berlin, the circumstances of the crime being the same as those which attended the “Jack the Ripper” murders in London. ...

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  12. THE LABOR DIFFICULTIES IN ENGLAND.

    A strike of men employed in the nailmaking trade in the midland counties has taken place. The masters have announced their intention of making a reduction of 10 per cent ...

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  13. THE GERMANS IN EAST AFRICA.

    Major Wissmann, the German commander in East Africa, has resigned his position in consequence of a disagreement with regard to military operations. The German East Africa ...

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  14. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

    The Novoe Vremya, in an article upon the situation in Central Asia, alleges designs by England in the neighborhood of the Pamir Plateau. It warns Russia to beware of a coup ...

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  15. THE GERMAN FLEET.

    The German Government is making important additions to the fleet. Thirteen large men-of-war are being built, and torpedo boats of a new type are also being constructed. ...

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  16. THE FINANCES OF SPAIN.

    The firm of Rothschild and Sons has agreed to advance 100,000,000 pesetas to the Bank of Spain for a term of three years, in order to enable the country to meet the payment of ...

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  17. THE GRAIN RESERVES TO BE DISTRIBUTED.

    The Czar has given orders that the reserves of grain in the Government stores shall be distributed for the relief of famine-stricken peasantry. It is stated that the Government ...

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  18. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE AT WASHINGTON.

    An extraordinary suicide has been committed at Washington. A wealthy Jewess, who was known as the belle of Baltimore, threw herself from the top of the Washington monument, ...

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  19. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

    The Russian troops who were recently massed on the Pruth are being withdrawn in consequence of a severe outbreak of typhus fever, which is causing great mortality amongst ...

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  20. THE EAST AFRICAN RAILWAY.

    The British Imperial East Africa Company is surveying the route for a railway from the port of Mombasa to Uganda, on the Victoria Nyanza. Sir John Fowler, the eminent ...

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  21. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS STERLING REQUIRED.

    An official statement has been issued in Russia, announcing that 250,000,000 roubles (about £25,000,000) will be required for the relief of the famine-stricken peasantry. The ...

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  22. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    Messrs. James Nelson and Son, meat salesmen, are building a store at Southwark capable of holding 180,000 carcases. Mr. Andrew Rowan, who has investigated ...

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  23. THE FRENCH IN THE SAHARA.

    A rebellion of a serious nature has broken out at Insalah, or Ain Salah, a place some distance to the south of Algeria, and in what is known as the Algerian Sahara, which is ...

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  24. SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT.

    Sir William Harcourt, M.P., has lost the sight of one eye, and the other is likely to be affected. ...

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  25. A TROTTING FEAT IN CALIFORNIA.

    The record for trotting has been beaten at Stockton, California, by the horse, Sunol, which trotted a mile in 2min. 8¼sec. ...

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  26. HEAVY FAILURES IN MOSCOW.

    The financial difficulties in Russia resulting from the failure of the harvest and other causes are becoming more severe every day. A number of commercial houses in Moscow ...

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  27. THE UNITED STATES AND CHILL.

    The United States Government has demanded an apology and an indemnity from Chilli for an outrage alleged to have been committed on some sailors belonging to the cruiser ...

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  28. TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN FRANCE.

    A terrible railway accident has occurred in France. A train ran off the rails between Moirans and Grenoble, the result being that 15 persons were killed and 40 were more or ...

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  29. THE NAVAL EXHIBITION AT CHELSEA.

    The naval exhibition, which has been open at Chelsea for some months past, was closed yesterday. Over 2,250,000 persons visited the exhibition. ...

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  30. RAIN IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.

    Rain has fallen in the southern part of Russia, causing the crops to revive. LONDON, October 26. The sowing winter crops in the ...

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  31. SERIOUS ELECTION RIOTS IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

    Serious election riots have occurred in the provinces of Cordoba and Tucuman, in the Argentine Republic. In several instances the police fired upon the rioters, killing and ...

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  32. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

    A serious railway accident has occurred at Monmouth, in the state of Illinois. A train ran off the rails, with the result that 10 persons were killed and many others more or less ...

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  33. OUTRAGE IN BESSARABIA.

    A serious outrage has been committed in Bessarabia. A bomb was thrown at a train carrying Russian soldiers, 10 persons being killed and six injured by the explosion. ...

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  34. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

    Serious anti-Jewish riots have occurred at Tobevnigoff, in Western Russia, caused by a belief on the part of the peasants that the Jews were responsible for the famine. Thirty ...

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  35. DISASTROUS COLLISION IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

    A disastrous collision has occurred in the English Channel between the steamer Boston and the barque Charlwood, 837 tons, belonging to Messrs. G. H. Fletcher and Co., of ...

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  36. LORD SHEFFIELD’S TEAM AT COLOMBO.

    The Earl of Sheffield and his team of English cricketers are passengers by the R M S. Arcadia, which arrived here to-day. A cricket match was arranged between the English team ...

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  37. THE ANTI-FOREIGN MOVEMENT IN CHINA.

    Much uneasiness continues to be felt regarding the siuation in China and the position of the Christian missions in that country. A fresh manifestation of hostility to the missions ...

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  38. DISASTROUS FIRE IN SWITZERLAND.

    The town of Meiringen, in Switzerland, about 40 miles from Berne, has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. ...

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  39. BARON HIRSCH’S SCHEME.

    B[?]ron Hirsch, who recently purchased a large tract of land in the Argentine Republic on which to settle the persecuted Russian Jews, has announced the terms upon which ...

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  40. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Sir John B. Lawes estimates that the wheat crop of the United Kingdom averages 30 bushels an acre, and that the total yield is 9,000 000 quarters. This will render necessary ...

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  41. DYNAMITE OUTRAGE IN DUBLIN.

    Yesterday a dynamite bomb was thrown at the office of the National Press, the new Parnellite paper in Dublin. The windows were broken by the explosion, but no one was ...

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  42. OUTRAGES BY CHINESE INSURGENTS.

    Intelligence has been received that a body of Chinese insurgents has captured the city of Thema after a three days’ siege. They butchered all their prisoners, and afterwards ...

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  43. SHOCKING OUTRAGES.

    Advices from Russia state that anti-Jewish outrages of a shocking character have been committed in the province of Tchernigoff. Starodoub, a town in the province, was ...

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  44. THE TREATMENT OF ORES.

    All the experiments made with the Lu[?]rig concentrating process on tailings from Victorian mines have proved successful. Mr. J. Cosmo Newbery will revisit Germany in order ...

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  45. WHEAT.

    The cargo of wheat per Faust, 5113 quarters, which sailed from Melbourne on 9th June, and arrived in London on 5th inst, has been sold at 43s, 6d. per 480lb. c.f.i. ...

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  46. DISASTROUS FLOODS IN EUROPE.

    A serious inundation has occurred at Limoux, on the banks of the River Aude. A number of houses were completely destroyed by the flood, and 20 of the inhabitants of the ...

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  47. BISHOP MOORHOUSE ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

    Dr. Moorhouse, the Bishop of Manchester (late Bishop of Melbourne), addressing the diocesan conference yesterday, referred to the question of religious education. He said that ...

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  48. SILVER.

    Bar sliver is quoted at 44¼d. per ounce standard. @ ...

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