GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 44, 14 August 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

CONFLICT IN SPAIN. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright. Madrid, August 11. The execution of the mutineer on the/' Numancia resulted in a conflict hetweenl the police and a mob of (Radicals at Barcelona. Shots were fired and two police wounded. A number of arrests were effected. THE ESPIONAGE CASE. Berlin, August 11. The newspapers state that a number of mops of the Oerman coast and cipher letter were found among the effects of Stewart, the Englishman arrested for espionage. KING GEORGE AND THE STEEL T3BUST. Washington, August 11. Mr. Perkins, further questioned at the Steely Trust inquiry, declared that the existing laws were making it impossible to conduct the business of big corporations. Asked how much King George had invested in the Steel Corporation, Mr. Parkin* replied that it was not known, as the King had never told him. CHOLERA IN ITALY. Rome, August 11. There have been 707 cases of cholera and 300 deaths have been reported within the last five days in Southern Italy. A WAREHOUSE BURNED. Antwerp, August M. By a fire in the warehouse known a* tke Australia and Queensland warehouse damage was inflicted to the extent of £300,000. ■ "■■ A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. New York, August 11. A terrific explosion, the origin of •which is unknown, shattered several buildings in the Italian quarter of St. Louis. A nuiriber of persons were overwhelmed in the debris and, it is believed, are dead.

KIDNAPPED CHILD RESTORED. New York, August 11. Angelo Matino, t ,who was kidnapped by the "Black Hand," has been returned home to Chicago uninjured. RUSSIAN STRIKE ENDED. St. Petersburg, August 11. The dockers have resumed work and are receiving piece-work instead of day payment. AN EARL PARDONED. London, August 11. Harl Russell, who in 1901 was found guilty of felony .by the House of Lords and sentenced .to three months' imprisonment for bigamy, has been granted a. free pardon. [Earl Russell secured a divorce in America and married again, thus committing bigamy according to English law.] RELIEF CREWS. London, August 11. The Crescent and Gibralter have sailed for Colombo with relief crews for the Cambrian, Pyramus, Penguin, Psych© and Pioneer.