CABLEGRAMS.

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CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREFGPV. LONDON, August 16. Antonelli Mason Barbieri, a newsagent, lias been committed for trial on a charge of publishing regicidal articles in the newspaper lu&urrezione, published in Switzerland and &old in London, inciting , Anarchists to imitate Bresci. The police \ discovered insurrection propaganda printed I in London by a Pole who was unacquainted •With Italian. Admiral Wilson, with 11 battleships, eight cruisers, and 24 destroyers, has 6tarted for the Baltic. The War Office has issued new and drastic regulations dealing with the sale of stores. August 18. A select committee i-ecommends that foreign vessels trading to British ports should be subjected to the same statutory requirements as British vessels as regards loa.d line, stowage, grain cargoes, and lifesaving apparatus. •Sir Fandel Phillips (Acting Lord Mayor), in ■ the place, of Princess Louise, opened a fine exhibition of all sorts of New South Wales produce at the Guildhall. The exhibition will be transferred to Bradford next month. The Devonport Dockyard is experimenting with Australian teak and New Zealand moa wood. The authorities use the teak for backing the armor plates on the cruiser Minotaur and the moa, wood for deck plankiiig on the Royal Sovereign. August 19. His Majesty's first-class cruiser Powerful, of 14,200 tons and 25,000 horse power, carrying 14 guns, built in 1895, with a speed of 21.8 knots, will relieve the Euryalus en the Australian station. Hugh Watt, formerly of Adelaide, charged at Marlborough street with attempting to procure a man to murder Watt's divorced wife, was remanded, bail being allowed. Herbert Marshall a private detective, told an amazing story. He alleged that Watt offered him £5000 to induce the divorced wife to visit Watt's house, when they would chloroform her to death. PARIS, August 15. , The American referee who was chosen finally to adjudicate on France's claims for damages sustained by Frenchmen owing ik> the Venezuelan insurrection in 1901 has awarded several sums aggregating 5,000,000 francs. . * August 21. Obituary : Adolphe William Bouguereau, president of the Society of French Artists ; aged 79. BERLIN, August 16. , The text of General Trotha's proclamation, which was recently repealed owing to the indignation aroused in Berlin, shows that he styles himself "the great general of a mighty Emperor." His latest indiscretion in ascribing the Hereros' renewed activity to Count Yon Bulow's repeal of the proclamation is considered to make him absolutely impossible in the eyes of the authorities. August 17. The Tientsin correspondent of the (Frankfurter Zeitung states that a man who was dressed as a soldier attempted the life of the Dowager Empress of China as she was leaving for her Summer Palace. She was uninjured. A regular soldier stabbed .the would-be assassin with his bayonet. The organ of the German Navy League efcvtes that the new Navy Bill to be submitted to the Reichstag in the autumn will include the six armoured cruisers of 15,000 tons each which had previously been refused. August 18. . Special trains have been arranged to the German ports that are to be visited by the British fleet. The Anglophobe press is violently urging the public not to visit the fleet. August 19. ' The natives in German East Africa report that a Catholic Bishop, Spies, with two male and two female missionaries, were murdered while travelling from Kilwa to Liwale. The Governor asks for reinforcements owing to the risings and pillage in the district. BERNE, August 16. Five tourists were killed yesterday whilst climbing the Alps. MADRID, August 15. The dates of King Alfonso's proposed visit to Berlin being unsuitable, the Kaiser euggested a German watering-place. King 'Alfonso informed the German Ambassador that if he met the Kaiser at all it must be in the capital, not in a provincial town. £Ec has therefore postponed his visit sine die. The decision has given great satisfaction in Madrid. VIENNA, August 19. Zori, an Anarchist, was arrested at Botzen. He had in his possession revolvers and a bomb. He was arrested on suspicion of meditating an attempt on the life of Emperor Francis. He hanged himself in prison. ROME, August 15. II Messagero asserts that Great Britain ! and Italy are concerting measures against j the Somali Mullah for breaking his pledge. August 17. During a labour trouble at Grammichele (Sicily), the rioters stoned the police, and set fire to the Civilian Club. The police fired, killing seven and wounding others. August 20. The Pope is building a large apartment-

house in the Vatican gardens for the present . residents of the Vatican and as a precaution to preserve the palace treasures. ATHENS, August 17. There have been skirmishes between the British troops ancl insurgents at Crete. Two of the British were wounded. The Russian troops have also been fighting a i evolution in the Retimo district. ; CONSTANTINOPLE, August 14. The Turks occupied Sevelkhamis (Yemen) after routing the insurgents with great ' loss. j August 16. Owing to the recent attempt on the life of the Sultan, Bulgarians, except wellknown persons, have been barred from entering Constantinople August 18. The Turks, advancing steadily, captured Sukelhamis, and occupied Buan, 22 miles south of Sana. August 19. - Many bombs have been discovered in the bouses of Armenians in Smyrna. Numerous Armenians in Constantinople have been arrested. WASHINGTON, August 16. Official cablegrams received in Washington state that the boycott on American goods has not assumed a serious aspect except in Shanghai. It was unsuccessful in Canton and other centres. August 18. The Department of Commerce, in the preface to a translation of the German tariff, emphasises that a powerful weapon has been given to Germany in the 100 per cent, surtax on imports from countries discriminating against German ships and products. S NEW YORK, August 14. j There were 105 new cases of yellow i fever in New Orleans on Saturday. A j shipment of bananas was stopped in order to prevent infection. August 17. A landslip in a quarry at Ormerod, j | Pennsylvania, killed 15 "'and' entomber 25 I others. It is feared that all are dead. | August 18. I ' The National Convention at Chicago, ! representing 200 agricultural, industrial, ! and commercial associations, urged Con- ' gvess to adopt a dual tariff of low duties on goqds of nations favouring the United States and high duties on the goods of countries discriminating against the United States. They recommended the formation of an American reciprocal JL'ariff League. An excursion train nearing Norfolk was precipitated from the drawbridge into the Elizabeth River. Twelve persons were killed and 60 injured. Many are missing, mostly negroes. The yellow fever in New Orleans is now I less malignant. Nine cases are imported j from Mississippi City. \ August 19. An infernal machine was delivered at the office of Mr Schiff, of Kuhu, Loel, and Co., New York. Mr Schiff previously interviewed M. de Witte in the interests of Jews in Russia. Mr Conger is returning to China on a semi-diplomatic mission to allay the boycott against American goods. OTTAWA, August 15. The Dominion Government has renewed the Union Steam Ship Company's (New Zealand) .subsidy of £37,000 for the Vancouver mail service. MANILA, August 14. The -American surgeons here believe they have discovered an X-rays cure for leprosy. They have treated 25 cases in six months, all of which are apparently cured. CAPETOWN, August 15. Fourteen Chinese coolies in the East Rand deserted from the mines and attacked a farm. The occupier used a •revolver, killing three of them. The others then decamped. August 16. Tse Tsu Shan., late Chinese adviser and interpreter in the East Rand mines, recently sent the Chronicle circumstantial stories regarding ill-treatment of coolies on the Rand. Mr Bell, a member of the House of Commons, wrote to the Hon. Mr Lyttelton inquiring about tihe matter, and Mr Lyttelton, in reply, quoted documentary evidence exposing Tsu Shan's antecedents. He added that allegations [ from such a source were unworthy of I investigatiotr. The meeting of the British Association has opened here. The president (Mr Francis Darwin) sketched the attempts that had been made to formulate evolutionary speculation, with special reference to the principle of natural selection. August 18. Many subjects discussed at the British Association meeting are of special interest to South Africa. Chinese coolies who escaped from the Rand murdered Joubert, a farmer, at Bronkhorst Spruit. His wife and child were- injured. The farmhouse was looted. Fire destroyed the surface works at the Wolhunter mine, Johannesburg. The damage is estimated at £70,000. August 20. Under the new Constitution the electorate in the Transvaal numbers 80,000 voters. BOMBAY, August 18. Owing to the failure of the monsoon, hundreds of ■ villagers are starving in the Chingepat district. The Madras Government has opened relief works. SINGAPORE, August 17. A detachment of Chinese attacked a Dutch post at Rambong, killing a lieutenant, a sergeant, and 22 men, and wounding six.

PEKING, August 20. A Tientsin newspaper has been suppressed for advocating the maintenance of the boycott of American goods.