HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12995, 24 December 1907, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Prota Aeiodation— Br Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. THE LATE MR ALFRED CHRISTMAS. LONDON, December 23. Tho estate of the late Mr Alfred Christmas, provision, merchant, has been sworn et £47,200. TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. Under Sir William G. Pearce's "will, Trinity College, Cambridge, l>enefits on the death or his widow, to the extent of £400.000. AMERICAN MINING STRIKE. NEW YORK, JDeoember 22. The troops sent to Nevada in connection with the miners' strike, have bften withdrawn. Tho strike originated in resentment owing to the payment of wages by a. cashier's certificate, instead of in cash. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. (Received December 23rd, 0.30 p.m.) VIENNA, December 2;J. The Hungarian Parliament has pace©d all tho bills relating to the newtreaty with Austria. RIOTING AT FEZ. MOROCCO, December 23. Owing to alarmist reports spread by the Uledolhedj tribe, a mob sacked tho Grand Bazaar at Fez, and attacked tho French Post i/ifice. STRIKE IS CHILI. IQUIQUE (Chili), December 23. Tho nitrate workers at Alianza, in tho Iquiquo district, struck, and severe rioting followed. Troops were summoned, and seven rioters were killed and sixteen wounded. MUTINEERS SENTENCED. ST. PETERSBURG, December 23. Four mutinoera of the Brest regiment, stationed at Sebastopol, were sentenced to death and nine to penal servitude.