YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8046, 7 February 1906, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN. C'OSSTAXTISOPLK, February Turkey refuses to surrender Joris, the Belgian found guilty of being concerned in the plot against the Sultan. It is unlikely he will be executed, but will probably be imprisoned !yGERMAN SMUGGLING ING'IDENT. - Nnw York, February 5. Tile Galveston incident lias been settled, tlie sliiji's steward, 111 accordance with previous instructions, paying tlie duties at tlie moment of seizure. MISS ItOOSKVELT'S WEDDING PRESENTS. Loxno.v, February 5. Miss Alice Roosevelt received 1000 wedding presents, valued at a million dollars, ranging from jewels to American wines, fruits, and vegetables. INCINERATED IN AN ALMSHOUSE. I'akis, February 15. A tire destroyed the almshouses at Kennes. Twelve bodies have been recovered; others arc missing. VULNERABILITY OF ETHEI!GRAMS.

Panik, February 5. The paper " Le Temps " Icarus thai an ethergram station, manned by a German, established at Coruuna, ostensibly in the interests of a Ferrol newspaper, intercepted and forwarded to the German Consul a message emanating from Gibraltar to I'oldhu, on the Cornish coast, via intermediate British vessels. CHIN A S AWA KEN IN G. Pkkix, February 5. Open agitation against foreigners is rampant in Central and Southern Chiua. Young progressive Chinese are impatient at the slow development of reforms, and Consider the stability of the present regime is insecure. TROUBLE ON A CRUISER. Lo.n don', February o. Two of H.M.S. Carnarvon's seamen were sentenced to two years' hard labor.

THE PANAMA CANAL. Nmv Youk, February 5. Fearing that tenderers would ask fabulous sums to cover unforeseen contingencies, contracts for digging the Panama Canal will not be invited till the surveys arc completed in 1908. (ITALIAN TOI/iTICS. Rome, February 5, Baron Sonnio is forming an Italian Ministry.