Show BY TELEGRAPH PUR MK WESTERN UNION UNE 1 0 B R E I 1 aci G N 1 LONDON 17 A conference of the re representatives of the anglo american telegraph telegraph com company any the direct united states cable company the french cable company an and Western the union telegraph company as lessees lessels of the american cable company was held yesterday when it was decided that on and af after ter may 1st ast the cable rate to and from all places in the united states east of the parallel of longitude to all places in great britain franco france and germany shall be 12 cents per word by the cables of the companies LONDON 17 the bartlett poisoning ug ease case was given to the jury today todar to dar day in n closing the case for the crown at t tornay orney general russell contended that f from rom all the evidence it was clearly impossible for bartlett to have committed suicide and that there could be no doubt he was killed by the prisoner mrs adelaide bartlett who has been maintaining relations with the rev bev madyson mr dyson and who was inspired to remove her husband because he be was regaining his health the judge in summing u up told the jury that dyson had taken take a advantage advantage pd vantage of the husbands maudlin nonsense to supplant him in the affections of his wife and advised advise dj that no part of the clergy mans mon mony although he had been a witness for ke he crown be accepted as reliable the jury were out but alshorn time timea and rendered r a verdict verd I 1 et of 0 f acquittal aaa it tal BEIt BERLIN LIN 17 the government ad heres to its project of raising t the e duty uty on spirits it is expect expected eW t that at thel center party will abandon its 0 0 I 1 tion to the measure and that toe me gov will thereby secure a majority vote for its scheme me the question ot of duties on sugars is under revision in the Bande T h e bill will be sent back to the reichstag when the reichstag meets again the discussion of the two bills will be resumed and will no doubt last until the middle midd leof of june when the session will close the barren nature of this session of the legislature is the subject of general comment the final debate in the upper house of the prussian diet on the bill to poland will be the obea occasion sion of a strong s speech bech by prince Bip bismarck maret the Chanc chancellor ellorin in replying reply ins to the charge of the polish member ember tn herr that the governments policy of extermination mi would never cause the poles I 1 to feel discouraged denied that he wils was an enemy of the polish people he stated that the bill in question aimed solely at the raising of a barrier against Poland ism he claimed that by the authority and influence of the polish nobility and clergy entire villages had been t forced to become poland iced after making this speech the chancellor walked to his home and was wa followed by an immense crowd wh wha cheered him all the way I 1 VIENNA alenna 17 cases of cholera ar are reported from tri trieste es te the outbreak of the disease in italy Is said to be more serious than was at first stated the authorities there it is alleged are hiding the truth regarding the ravages of the disease the austrian authorities have baja a established a cordon on the ital 5 frontier and every precaution win taken to prevent the spread ot of the fi i demic 7 PAWS 17 M DeLe delesseps in 1 n today to day concerning the whort 1 0 t on the panama canal made mad e arhon b r 1 I C 0 in john BiR billow blow to the new arn ber berof of commerce said chat ments menta made therein were absurd M de lesseps stated that he would positively guarantee that the canal would be opened in 1889 and that it would then have a depth of 6 meters the further deepening of the canal would be carried on according to the receipts from traffic as was dons dona in the deepening in in g of tile the suez canal L LONDON 0 IDON 17 mr shaw lefevre liberal the recent postmaster gen eral addressed a meeting at bradford today to day speaking emmr oa mr Glad stones irish bills he said that the measures were not intended to effect a separation of the union but even should this be the result of the adoption of tile the bills it would be preferable to coercion lord hartington today to day had a conference with the whig leaders relative to the stand to be taken on the irish measures proposed by mr gladstone among those present at the meeting were the duke of azyle arglie and goschen and albert grey rey mr gladstone is at hawarden Ha varden constantinople 17 the german and turkish delegates have commenced negotiations for a treaty of commerce between their respective governments DUBLIN 18 the meeting of tenant farmers at today to day on the land purchase billias denounced as simply sim ay a measure for the relief of landlords lanTi it was declared that if the farmers got their holdings fiol dings on aa a basis of four years rental their position would be very little improved as they are without the necessary capital with which to obtain a start A resolution was adopted asking members of parliament to oppose the bill four hundred tenants of earl Bess boroughs ahls kilkenny estate held a meeting today to day to consider the earls offer of a reduction of from 10 to 20 per cent in rentals the tenants had asked for a reduction of 33 per cent at to days meeting of the tenants voted in favor of accepting the earls terms 1 8 at 1030 1080 this morning while h t the he bishop of madrid was ascending the steg steps leading to the enarce ol 01 the cathe cathedral I 1 ral he was shot with a revolver by a priest standing at tile the top of the steps the ball entering his abdomen this was followed by another shot which wounded the bishop in the side whereupon the wounded man fell on the steps the priest then descended the steps and tired llred still another shot which took ef hect in the bishops thigh the bishop was borne in an unconscious condition to a private chamber in the cathedral where the last sacraments for the dying were administered to him the priest was arrested being palm sunday the cathedral was more anan usually crowded by wor shippers and when the fearful work of the priest was realized a furious mob followed the carriage in which he was e conveyed vey to prison by the gen darmes whose h e id presence r ese e alone prevented his bel being g lynched Y hed the motive for the rinie crime was revenge re aae the man who dred the shots was recently dismissed missed dig from the priesthood and had fruitlessly applied to the bishop to be reinstated queen christina has inquired inquired as to the bishops condition the pope has telegraphed his blessing the bishop Is still alive the priest made an attempt to commit suicide 18 the sanitary board admits in its that asiatic cholera has broken out at brindisi Brindi sl and has ordered that all arrivals at other adriatic ports from brindisi be quarantined one week VIENNA 18 the town of stry in galicia has been almost completely destroyed by fire the number or of houses burned is about many persons were k killed the inhabitants are destitute A high wind was blowing and themire the fire started in several parts of the town about the same time one oae hand hundred red persons were killed in one street by tailing falling walls the town hall railway station and telegraph office were destroyed st A large number of wounded were sent to lemberg a distance of 42 miles where tae hospitals are crowded with the sufferers hundreds ot of persons are missing the lack of water rendered aiu by the military futile money and food are b beans aiu collected in surrounding anding towns for th the relief of the sufferers |