GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

FROM THE AUSTRALIAN PRESS. ' ' - ■ MARK TWAIN'S \ FUNERAL. Mark Twain was buried in the Wood . 'lawn Cemetery, Elmira. ' " It' was a wretchedly wet day for the funeral, and • : the burial service proceeded with the fain, Beating down fiercely on the canvas tent that had been erected over the."-grave. The members, of the family, a former ■ ■ . * *• ( governess, two v friends, :■ and 24 reporters •'■' ■;' ■ were the only persons present at the-., burial. GRAND DUCHESS TAKES THE VEIL The Grand Duchess Elizabeth, widow of the Grand (Duke Sergius of Russia, - has taken the veil, with the intention of . ; devoting herself to the hospital and woman's refuge founded after the assassination of her husband. CAUSE .OF CHANGSHA ,RIOTS. --' Dr. Barton, Foreign Secretary to the . American Board Of Commerce, says that; the whole "difficulty in Changeha is that the Chinese are confident that' they •. are' able to develop the resources of .the coun-; try themselves. The recent riots, he adds, were promoted with the object ■ of- discouraging the Government to' grant concessions ?to i foreigners. > i , ■ EVICTION OF JEWS. ■ Censored despatches from Kieff, , in Russia, reveal the cruelty with which Russian officers are executing the orders of the Government for the eviction of the 10,000' Jews in that city. It is stated that the announcement that the expulsion. . of the Jews had been suspended is incorrect. Armed guards have been stationed at all railway " stations .to prevent the evicted ones from returning. « INDIGNANT AND ASHAMED." The Chinese in San Francisco are indignant and ashamed at the action of Prince Tsai Toa, Chines Minister for War, in deliberately ignoring all their gifts and expressions of welcome and esteem. The. Prince is the subject of a number of cartoons with which the walls of Chinatown are placarded to-day, and in which he is referred to as a child whose ignorance is forgiveable only because of his youth. THE - WALLS OF JERICHO. Professor who has charge of the" German expedition in the Holy Land, declares that the walls of Jerichp did net fall, as recorded in the Bible; but are stil' wonderfully well preserved. . ~:; BOXING 7 CHAMPIONS. ' • TIT, • t I • ■ Jack Johnson received pleasing . reception on * arrival at Omaha, Nebraska,, last week. -' Three -' thousand friends" '~' > gathered at ;; the railway station, and a? the boxer stepped from the tram he was : presented with several * bouquets,' and:.; showered with loose flowers. ' ■'•:'{ Harry Lewis andV Willie Lewis, both • Americans, boxed in Paris t last 'week for .•; the welter-weight championship ;of the ,'• world. After going, the full •20 rounds the referee declared a draw. The hum boxers fought a draw in Paris. at thes£| latter end of • February. 1 ■ .. * ->">*: ■ .' /• ::jrt,i •-• ' :•■•-■. ■*&s)s