HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12452, 15 March 1906, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Frees Aaaociation—-By Telegraph—Copyright. • A POLITICIAN'S ACCIDENT.' LONDON, March.. 13. Mr Aequith's cab upset, injuring htm slightly, and preventing his attendance at the House yesterday. SAILORS DROWNED. The of c boat in Bantry Bay drowned four members of fh6 crew of tho battleship Duncan. THE MURDER OF THE GREEK PREMIER. . • . ATHENS, March 13. Gherarkis, who assassinated M. Delyannis, the" Greek Premier, has been sentenced to death, and Mitzeas, the proprietor of a gaming-house, as' the instigator of the crime, has eight years' imprisonment. " THE YEMEN REVOLT. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 13. Sanaa's population dwindled from seventy thousand to twenty thousand during the recent siege. All cats and dogs vero eaten, and both Arabs and Turks resorted to cannibalism. One Turk admit* that ho. killed and ate three. Arabs. THE FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES. NEW YORK, March 13. General Wood has assured Mr Taft that there, was no wanton'destruction in the recent battle in tho Philippines. Many women were killed because they were in male attire, >> and tho Moros used them as shields. "LOOPING THE LOOP." (Received March 14th, 10.42 p.m.) LONDON. March 14. The jury awarded a .girl injured in "looping the loop" at Sunderland £250 damaigos. Mr Justice Darling held that the agreement relieving tJie proprietress of the theatre in the event of injury was •worthless, because it -was against public policy. He commented on the inconsitrtency of <a country forbidding bull fights and tolerating feats likely to involve mutilation or death.