LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 August 1901, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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The Selby Gold Robber. New York, August 22. Winters, the Selby gold robber, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. International Exhibition.

President MKinley has issued invitations for an international exhibition at Saint Louis next year. Japanese War Harbor. Tokio, August 22. Japan is rapidly constructing a war harbor at Matsumai, opposite Vladivostock.

The Duke of York. Capetown, August 22. The Duke of York and Cornwall was installed Chancellor of the Cape University. Safety of the Czar of Russia. Pabis, August 22. Drastic military precautions are being taken for the safety of the Czar during his visit to' France. Received this day at 8 56 a.m. A Kingly Gift. Bbblin, August 22. The Kaiser has presented King Edward with a magnificent epergne, the Kaiser’s own design, which is the most elaborate produced since the 18th century. Received this day at 9 8 a.m. The Sultan’s Duplicity. . Constantinople, August 22. • M. Constans, the French Ambassador to Constantinople, has severed his relations with Turkey, owing to the Sultan not fulfilling a promise to purchase French quays at Constantinople. Another point of issue is the settlement of two French bankers’ claims for £BOO,OOO. The consensus of opinion in well-informed circles is that the Sultan will yield at the last moment. The price of the stipulated quays was forty-one million francs. French Warship for Constantinople. Pabis, August 22. The cruiser Gassard has started for Constantinople and a division is ready to follow. _ Jape in Havaiia. Tokio, August 22. There is a growing indignation in Japan owing to the insulting discrimination of 1 the Hawaiian medical inspectors against Japanese ladies travelling on steamships. A Questionable Conviction. Received this day, at 8 56 a m. Berlin, Aug. 22. The whole German press is indignant at the condemnation of Marten on charges of mutiny and murder on what is described as the flimsiest evidence. The papers declare that t unless the conviction quashed there will be gross miscarriage of justice. The prosecutor merely insisted on a case of manslaugb t«r|

I Punishment of Slave Raiders. London, Aug. 22. Colonel Morland, Commandant of the Northern Nigera forces is proceeding with a strong force to Zola, 500 miles from Lokoja, to punish the slave raiding Emir of Adamama in Central Africa. French Review. Received this day at 9 15 a m. Paris, August 22. A hundred and tweny-fivo thousand troops will participate in the Reim’s review. The Royal Tour. Lonkon, August 22. Reuter’s correspondent says that the conduct of the students at Capetown and graduates in connection with the Cornwalla’ visit was decorous, and in striking contrast to the uproarous behaviour of the under-graduates at Melbourne and Sydney. Cricket. Yorkshire made 107 without the loss of a wicket in the second innings against Sussex, Brown and Tunnicliffe stonewalled for three hours.