GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 163, 27 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A CHEERY PHILANTHROPIST. By Cable—Pro-:s Association—Copyright. Received 26. !) p.m. New York. November 25. Mr. Carnegie, in a birthday message, says that it is a mistake to think that the United States is going to "'the bow"wows." He has a higher opinion of the human race now than ever. Women had obtained almost angelic heights. A RITUAL MURDER. Received 26, 11.15 p.m. St. Petersburg. November 26. Mistchuk, formerly head of the Kieff fletectives, has refused to accept the theory that the murder of Yushchinsky was a .ritual crime. Mistchuk has been dismissed from office and prosecuted on a. charge of fabricating evidence with the object of proving that the murder was a. ritual one. Mistchuk and three assistants were acquitted.

MUTINOUS BLUEJACKETS. Received 20, 11.15 p.m. St. Petersburg. November 20. The death sentences on five bluejackets charged with inciting to mutiny has been commuted to servitude for life.

A DISASTROUS HAILSTORM. Received 26, O.d. 1 ) p.m. Sydney, November 20. A fierce thunderstorm, with torrential rain and immense hailstorms, swept a narrow belt of the eastern suburbs today. Hundreds of windows were broken and roofs damaged. There were severe losses by flooding.