Washington, June 20. Norwegian and German vessels are sealing in the Behring Sea. They contend that the award of tho Commission does not apply to them. Paris, June 20. The Opera Comique, in Paris, has en gaged Miss Frances Saville. Berlin, June 19. It is believed that an accomplice of a man at present in custody on a charge of being concerned in an extensivo forgery of bank notes will shortly arrive in Adelaide on board a steamer which recently left Hamburg for that port. The notes were forged in Hamburg, and it is thought his intention is to utter them in tho Austra lasian colonies. St. Petersburg, June 19. A leaky ferry-boat conveying a party of 70 picnickers, mostly youths and girls, sank on the Samara, a tributary of tho Volga, and 45 were drowned. Terrible scenes occurred when the struggling mass was precipitated into the water. Pretoria, June 19. President Kruger has agreed that Germans, French and Belgians shall not be liable to military service in the Trans vaal. Washington, June 19. It is reported that the opponents to wool being admitted free are renewing their efforts to have a duty imposed, and a con flict with the Lower House is feared. Melbourne,, June 20. A man named Eraser shot a woman named Anderson in a hotel in Bourke street, and then committad suicide. The woman is in a precarious condition. The affair arose out of a dispute over a recent lawsuit. Further investigations tend to prove that the woman Anderson shot Fraser, and then attempted suicide. The woman Anderson, who attempted to commit suicide, after shooting Fraser, is not fatally injured, and is expected to re cover rapidly. Fraser, who was a resident of Shep parton, was only married a couple of months ago. He formerly boarded with Anderson in Sydney, but they quarrelled, and he re cently sought police protection, stating that the woman had threatened to shoot him. Anderson came to Melbourne when she heard of Fraser's marriage. The Railway Commissioners decline to discuss with the Ne*r South Wales Com missioners whether in charging differen tial rates they are acting fairly by another colony. Tho Commandant has written to the University authorities suggesting that students should be trained in the duties of military officers. The Chancellor ap proves the suggestion.
