LATEST CABLES.

Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 49, 27 July 1908, Page 4

LATEST CABLES.

Unrest in India,

Native Strike Riots,

The Military Called Out,

CALCUTTA, July 24. The Cloth and the Copper bazaars, the markets and tho majority of the Hindoo shops of Bombay are closed out of sympathy with Tilak, tho seditionist, who was yesterday, after an eight days’ trial, sentenced to transportation for publishing inflammatory articles. In addition 20,000 hands at the cotton jute mills have struck work. Further riots have occurred and the military have been called out. They suppressed the riots, killing one and wounding several.

Volunteers in Action.

CALCUTTA, July 25. the mob at Bombay attempted to wreck the Curry Road station, hold up a tram aud stoned a Magistrate and the police, whereupon the volunteers fired volleys, killing 3 and wounding 53,

turkey

Sultan Grants a New Con-

stitution.

Great Improvement Expected.

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24. It is officially announced that the Sultan of Turkey has issued a decree grantmg a new constitution and has summoned a Chamber of Deputies. The firman granting the constitution was road at Salonika and reoeived with great enthusiasm .

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 25. The army and officials in Macedonia had already proclaimed a constitution when the Sultan accepted it. This movo created a deep impression in Sofia whero it is considered that appreciation will revive, for the constitution if sincere may Turkey 81 * - lm P rovement throughout

The Olympic Games,

The Great Long Distance

Race.

LONDON, July 25. Eighty thousand spectators, including Queen Alexandra, witnessed the finish of the races at the Stadium. Great excitement prevailed.

F fty-five competitors started from Terrace Windsor, the Princess of Wales and her children watching them, m hot sun. & 9

An Englishman led for the first fifteen miles when Heffermann took the lead which he maintained to Wormwood Scrubbs, about a mile and a half from the Stadium, where Dorando, who had been second from the fifteenth mile, passed him as did Hayes who had assumed third position at the twenty miles mark. On reaching the entrance to the Stadium Dorando staggeringly ran 100 yards on the cinder track and collapsed; ho walked a few more yards and again collapsed. His compatriots frantically coaxed and implored Dorando to go on. He rose and fell again twice, the last time only 100 yards from the tape as Hayes steadily entered the Stadium 350 yards away. Officials and doctors resuscitated Dorando who with assistance 4ft struggled to within 20 yards of the tape # where he full once more, but rising, again made still another effortand almost blind JI from exhaustion the foreign officials helped him to the tape. He then fell V senseless into a stretcher. Haves was I almost .is exhausted. Y * The Queen decided to personally prehe,C“P t 0 Dorando whom tho ,io ” ek