CABLE NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 95, 9 August 1895, Page 3

CA BLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN. PRINCE FERDINAND. London, August 7. Prince Ferdinand and his secretary have left Carlsbad, and the Prince is staying at Paris incognito Sofia, August 7. Prince Ferdinand’s party are deeply depressed at the refusal of the Czar to recognise the Prince. A crisis in Bulgaria is imminent. FRANCE AND AMERICA. Wasaington, August 7. The United States Government regards the French proposal to establish a Court of Arbitration as unworkable, and prevented by the Munroo doctrine. THE REVOLT IN CUBA, Madrid, August 7. A groat battllc is reported to have been fought at Baracoa, in Cuba. General Sandova was wounded, and the towns of Barccoa and Piguani burned. TERRIBLE DEATH OF A PARACHUTIST. London, August 7. Adelaide Bassett, parachutist, met with a terrible death at a fete in Peterborough to day. She was giving a pciformance in the presence of thousands of people, and in the ascent the parachute was injured by contact with the telegraph wires. She jumped from a height of 60ft and fell on her head, death being almost instantaneous. ) THE LIVE STOCK TRADE. London, August 6. The cattle brought from Australia by the Gulf of Siam were sold alive at the Debtford market, and brought from £2l to £22, and the sheep were sold at 38s.