FROM OVERSEAS.
Press Association.—Copyright. SAN FRANCISCO "GRAFT" OASES. San Francisco, Yesterday. Abe Rueff was found guilty after many weeks' trial. A majority of the inhabitants of San Francisco no longer acclaim Rueff and ex-Mayor Schmitz. TURKISH STEAMER FOUNDERS Constantinople, Yesterday. A Turkish steamer bound fium Constantinople to Sevastopol foundered. The crew and fifty passengers were diowned. A PANAMA RUMOUR. Received December 14, 9.53 p.m. New York, Last Night. Mr W. H. Taft, the President-elect of the United States, visit the Panama Canal in January, hoping to counteract the reports of disaster to the Gatiru dam, which many believe has occurred, though il> is officially denied. THE DUTCH-VENEZUELA DISPUTE. London, Last Night. Router's agent at Curacoa, a Dutch island in the West Indies, reports that the Dutch cruiser Zelderland captured the Venezuelan coastguard ship Alix off Puerto Cabella, a seaport of Venezuela. The crew were seut ashore and the vessol taken to Willemstad, the capital of Curacoa.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 590, 15 December 1908, Page 5
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