Condensed Cables.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 17, Issue 6, 23 January 1903, Page 5

Condensed Cables.

Paris, January 21. Mdlle. Borloz, belonging to a prominent family at Vichy, shot and nearly killed Abbe Jacquetie for not fulfilling his promise to relinquish his ecclesiastical calling and marry her. London, January 21. Sixty British sleameis have been chartered to dtrry coal to America. Many of the vessels will take over ten thousand tons each. It is noticeable that 'the trade of the Port of London is gradually moving down the Thames, leaving empty warehouses on the wharves, which are likely to be used as sites for housing the workers. Rome, January 21. Cardinal Parocchi, the Pope’s right hand man, is dead. [After Cardinal Rampclla, Parocchi was believed to be the most likely candidate for the succession to the Papacy. He was a Lombardian by birth, and before being appointed Cardinal of the Curia, about twenty years ago, was a priest at Mantua.] Perth, January 21. At Madame Melba’s concert here a number of persons clambered on to the roof of a shed to get a view of the diva. Thereof collapsed, precipitating fifty people to the ground. Two women were injured. New York, January 21. Owing to President Roosevelt's pressure, the Naval Committee of both Houses has recommended the construction of three 16,000-ton battleships, and a cruiser of 14,000 tons. Sooner than submit (0 the exorbitant demands made by Colombia, the authorities at Washington will adopt the Nicaragua Canal route. [The United States, before concluding arrangements for the acquisition of the rights of the Panama Canal Company, desires the cession for a long term of a strip of territory six miles wide on each side of the canal, in order to ensure its neutrality. It is understood that Colombia wants more money than the American Government thinks equitable, a shorter lease, and the secure reversion of the title to the waterway and the six-mile strip.] Charters Towers, January 21. A cage containing six men was being lowered into the Brilliant mine, when the engine ran away and the cage crashed to the bottonv One man had one of his thighs and both ankles broken, two others had both ankles broken, while others sustained broken thighs or ankles.