BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 66, 18 March 1911, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[PBESS ASSOCIATION.] MORRISON APPEALING. LONDON, March 17. Steiner Morrison is appealing against his sentence. AN EXPLORER HONORED. LONDON, March 17. The Royal Geographical Society has awarded the founder's medal to Colonel Yozloff, an explorer in Asia. A COMMISSION REFUSED. OTTAWA, March 17. The Government refused to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the failure of the Farmers' Bank at Toronto. A TRUST AFRAID. WASHINGTON, March 17. The Electric Lamp Trust will reduce their prices one-third, following on the institution of the Government's dissolution suit. A FRACTURED SKULL. WASHINGTON, March 17. Gotch defeated Henry Bahn in a wrestling match at Chicago. The latter's skull was fractured by a fall. The bout lasted 0n1y../seven minutes. A SHIP AFLAME. LONDON, March 17. The steamer North Point , bound to Philadelphia with creosote, when, leaving the Thames suddenly burst into flames in every part. The crew, numbering 50, were rescued and th© vessel beached, NEW YORK, March 17. Three citizens were included in th© indictments before the Federal Grand Jury at Chicago, for alleged frauds in connection with the Alaskan^ coal )and transactions against the United States Government, aggregating £2,----000,000. AFTER THREE MONTHS' PRAYER. LONDON, March 17. The Bishop of London states that he had practically decided to offer himself for missionary service in Canada as an example to the Church, but only after three months' prayer he came to the decision that th© work in London had a prior claim upon him. - '. ' '