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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 17 December 1901, Page 4

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[per I’gl-’SS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT,] fUily .IF no- . Received n - i . I li m. Roue, D iIn the Chamber of Deputi- s 'uu Prinetti, Mini ter for Foreign Affairs sai that France ha- 1 given satisfactory insurances of the integri’y cf Tripoli and Cara ban routes in Central Africa, enabling Italy to exchange a frank explanation respecting Mediterranean interests. Carnegies Gift Declined. Washington, Dec 15. Roosevelt declined Carnegies proposal of a jgife towards the University Extension System, objecting to the obligation to hold ten million dollars interest in the Steel Trust in London, for a term of years. American Admirals in Court The Court condemns Sohley oa eleven points, holding that ho acted in a vacilating, dilatory, and enterpriseless manier, Dewey mainly supported Schley,

Outbreak of Smallpox. The Hospitals Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board expresses a fear that London is on the eve of a great smallpox outbreak. It advises that twenty-five hundred beds be prepared and in readmes-, Salmon va. The Tay Fishery Board has presented New Zealand wMi a hundred and fifty thousand salmon ova. The Duke of Richmond preserved fifty thousand from the River Spey Famine in China. London, Dec 16. Kaifenghu reaches • ekin on the 7th. One fourth of the population of Shensi province has died of famine. Turkey and Bulgaria. Constantinople, Dec 16. Three Bulgarian soldiers strayed across the Turkish frontier in a fog. The Turks beheaded one and sent the district authorities the head, alleging that it was that of a rebel. Bad Weather in America. New York, Dec 16. Tin cold in the north-western States is the most intense that is remembered. During a blizzard at Wyoming ten persons perished.