YESTERDAY'S CABLES & TELEGRAMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 30 September 1902, Page 4

YESTERDAY'S CABLES & TELEGRAMS

[UNITED r-BESS ASSOCIATION.] CAIRO. Yesterday Tr U officially announced that AleUdda is infected with Asiatic Cholera> LONDON, Yester'day. The "Shipping Gazette" declares thl? the" Painful. Company wiU shortly make Southampton instead of London tho home port for its steamers. The reason given for the change is that Southampton has deeper water. n; a trinr Harris, who is a D«trict Councilor, and is also Hon. Secretary to the East Limerick Executive Irish League, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor, having been convicted of charges of intimidation and conspiracy He was also ordered to find sureties for his good behaviour, in default to undergo an additional three months' imprisonment, but without hard labor. NEW YORK, Yesterday. Doctor Scheffer, of New York, has joined President Rooseveldt s physicians. Yesterday, the President , s temperature was higher. A fresn incision made in the wound showed that the bone was slightly affected The thorough drainage of the wound has been established. The *Tesi dent'^ condition is reported to be "SSSJISSS 7^ in Pennsylvania continues, and bas created almost a panic New Ycrk and Boston are threatened with a coal famine, , PARIS, Yesterday. The recent speeches made by M. Pelletan have profoundly irritated the Russian governing circles. Colonel St. Remy and General F rater have been placed on half pay for testifying that the orders (regarding the religious institutions) transmitted to Colonel St. Remy were civil, and not military in character. , The French Miners' Congiess have decided in favor of a general strike. The National Committee have been instructed to organise, also to fax tne date of the strike. Three earthquake shocks have been felt at Moutiers. ROME, Yesterday. Storms continue to rage in Sicily with unabated force. SOFIA, \esteiday. Forty-two Bulgarians who broke through the Tarki3h cordon at Monastir were killed At Vodena 112 Bulgarians were woundad and others are beiDg hotlj pur. sued by the Turks. , ST. PETERSDURG, Yest y. The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and General Ignotiff participated in the celebrations at the completion of the memorial church at Shipka Pass. The Metropolitan of Starazogora took a leading part in the consecration ceremony on an eqnality with tho Russian clergy. Thus the independence of the Bulgarian Church is being recognised contrary to tho Greek Patriarch s decision of 1872. VIENNA, eslerday. The body of Edmund Jtllintk has been recovered from the river D.inube. Debased was abankcleik, and bad committed a tensive frauds on the Vienna Laender Bank. , BRISBANE, Yesterday. The s. 6. Duke of Sutherland has been floated. Her damage is not serious. MELBOURNE, Yesterday. \rrived-- s.s. Westralia. SYDNEY, Yesterday At the sales at Redfern to-day, there was a good demand, and the market Bhowed an improvement. New Zealand sheep, shorn, fetched from 19s 3d to 23s 9d : not shorn. 28s 6d to 36s ; New Zealand bullocks from £11 to £24 ss; steer*, £7 10s : and cows from £17 to £20. The death is announced of William Williams, who was a pioneer gold reefer. He had reached the long age of one hundred and two years. The position of the Government is likely to be challenged over the action of the Attorney General in recommending the release of Friedman, a money lender, who was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment on the charge of receiving a large quantity of stolen property. The Judge, in passing sentence, said if it had been within his province to decide the case, he would not have found the accused guilty, but ho must a'bide by the decision of the jury. Within 24 hours of the passing of the sentence Friedman was released. The Press and public have raised a great outcry against what they claim id a deliberate ignoring of the jury system. The matter will be aired in the Assembly to-morrow. NAPIER, Yesterday. A case arising out of the death of a man named Hoffmann, from injuries caused by falling off his bicycle, was heard in the Magistrate's Court to-day, when the proprietor of the Awatoto Hotel was (•barged with supplying Hoffmann, who was a prohibited person, with liquor. The charges, of which there were four, were dismissed, no evidence of the actual sale of the liquor having been brought forward. A narrpw escape from a serious accident occurred at Hastings this morning. As Mr R. Milton, the newly appointed manager of the Union Bank at Hastings, was lifting the bank's revolver from a drawer, the weapon went off, the shot going through Mr Milton's cap, and grazing his head, causing blood to fiow freely. Medical assistance was at once procured, when it was found tbat although a sroall blood vessel had been severed, no serious injury had been sustained, WIESTPORT, Yesterday. At the Magistrate's Court to-day. James Brooks, charged with being in possession of 6}olbs. of tobacco on which Customs duty had not been paid, was fined £6, treble the value of the goods., and costs. He had the tobacco forfeited. Mabel Ralph, aged 3, died suddenly at Denniston on Saturday morning, through drinking a bottle of cough mixture. The gitl was given an emetic, and on being put to bed went off to sleep, but she was found dead in the morning. At the inquest a verdict of death from misadventure was returned. WELLINGTON, Yesterday. The Opposition party in the House has arranged for presentations to Messrs I'irani and Hutcheson. who are letiringj from active participation in politics at tie close of the session. The presentations will be made to-morrow, and in Mr I'irani's case the tcken of esteem from tbejjarty will teke the form of a gold watch, and Mr Hptchetou will receive a set of carvers anl fish slices. Miss Allen, the daughter of Mr James Allen, will also be the recipient of a pie sentation from ihe Opposition party on the eve of her marriage, Mr A. It. Meek has been chosen as the Gruduntes' representative to YictcriaCollegs Coanc 1.