Cable Messages.
British and Foreign Telegrams.
Cnited Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. Received August 17, 11.10 p.m.
"BOSS ' CROKER AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Washington, August 16. Richard Croker, the Tammmy boss, has becomo a strong supporter of Mr BryaD, the Democratic candidate for next presidential electicD. Previously he bas opposed Brian's free silver policy. A TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY. Vienna, August 16. A high official bas buen arrested ,for selling the latent mobilisation plans to a foreign government. Received August 18, 1.22 a.m.
MEETING OF EMPERORS. London, August 17.
Tho Daily Telegraph states that the Emperors of Russia, Austria, and Ger^ many meet at Okernewitz?, iv Russian Poland, in October. OBITUARY. BeKLiM, August 17. Obituary : Professor Bunsen, the famous German Chemist ; aged 88. Received August 18, 9.40 n.m. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. London, August 17. The Morning Pcsi sjiys that secondclass cruisers ou^hfc to replaco the ships on the Australian Auxiliary Squadron, which will soon be hopelessly m'-uffiiienr, though they may be useful for training colonial reservists. THE AMERICA CUP. The Emperor of Germany bas allowed tbe skipper, Captain Parker, and eleven of the crew of the ja^t Meteor to join Sir T. Lipion's yacht Shamrock, in the competition for tbe Ameiici Cup, as estra hands. AUSTRALIA'S FEDERAL CAPITAL Mr Hogan, M.P. for lipperary, in a letter to Ihe Tinier, 83 ys Au«tralia hid better follow Canada's example iv leaving the Queen to designate the Federal capital. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. .Further successful experiments with Signor Marconi's wireless telegraph have been made at Dover. Messages traversed cliffs, four miles it. thickness. MR BRYAN AND THE SILVER QUESTION. Washington, Augost 17. Mr Bryan, speaking at lowa, said silver was no longer a plank in the Democratic platform. CYCLING— TWO WORLD'S
RECORDS. Riding at Waltham, Mass., Tom Linton, the famous Welsh cyclist, established Uo
world's records. He covered 26 miles in 4? minutes 41 1 -6th sees, and M miles 163 yards in an hour.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11603, 18 August 1899, Page 3
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321Cable Messages. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11603, 18 August 1899, Page 3
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