NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 156, 31 December 1895, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

SENSATION IN A THEATRE. Sydney, -December 29. A seuational attempt to commit suicide was made during a pantomime performance. A man named Smith, who was shflig in the top gallery, after remari-.mg to his companion, “I am full up of life,” dived over the rail into the stalls. The theatre is a three tier one, and the marvel is that the man’s terrible act did not kill someone sitting in the stalls. Fortunately he fell between two people, smashing three chairs to atoms. -The man was picked up in a half senseless state, but singular to say he is not supposed by medical men to be in a dangerous condition. No bones were broken, but he may be injured internally. So suddenly did the whole thing occurr, and as the place was in semi-darkness, very few were aware of the incident, the man being removed very quickly. His fall was 40 feet.

MORE MASSACRES. -Constantinople, December 28. The embassies endeavored to prevent the massacre at Zeitoun, which is alleged to have been plotted by the Palace. Izzet Bey, the Sultan’s equerry, has been arrested owing to his insisting on reforms being carried out. It is reported here that the Turks have captured Zeitoun and the, Armenians have fled to the mountains. Turkish troops defeated the Druses at Sredich. It is officially stated that the Druses lost twelve thousand, and the Turks several hundred. London, December 28. The Daily Telegraph’s Vienna correspondent wires that refusal or delay will mean the massacre of 1500 Christians. The British, Russian and French Embassies are not satisfied with the reform works being carried out by the Armenian Commission. It is stated that the Russian Government would not accept the effective measures proposed by the Sultan, hence their abandonment. News of the capture of Zeitoun, is confirmed. Izzet Bey is being tried by court martial. NEW AMERICAN TARIFF. Washington, December 28. The House, by a majority of 124, has passed a Tariff Bill increasing the annual revenue by 40 millions. It is estimated the increase in the wool duty will yield 25 millions. The new charge amounts to 6-6 cents per pound on unwashed wool and 32 per cent on carpet wool.

The Committee of Ways and Means recommend the raising of a loan by the issue of 3 per cent coin bonds at par, payable in five years, also three year certificates at three per cent. The issue is not to exceed fifty million pounds. At a public meeting at the Coopers’ Institute the feeling was largely against Cleveland. Henry George took a prominent part in the proceedings. A noisy Irish minority disturbed the meeting which ended in confusion. London, December 28. H.M.S. Rupert while on a voyage to Gibraltar shipped enormous seas owing to the turret flaps being defective and the stokers working knee deep in water. The pumps became choked with coal dust and the vessel had a narrow escape from foundering. She will return to Plymouth to effect repairs. Vienna, December 28. Wholesale exodus of Poles is taking place from Eastern Galicia, the destination of the emmigrants being America. The country is thus deprived of a majority of its laborers and small farmers. 200 families are camped on the snow waiting for their passports. Shanghai, December 28. The Japanese cruiser Cwadging has been wrecked at Pescadores Islands. The deck officers and GO of the crew are missing. *