GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 127, 21 July 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. Berlin, July 20. Captain Richtofcn has been courtmartiallcd and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in a fortress for duelling with fatal results. The court cold that Galfron’s conduct was not unimpeachable, and ho had not acted as a gentleman in a loan transaction with Richtofen. London, July 20. In a Blue Book 300 of the pages of the papers laid before the Imperial Conference are published. London, July 20. Three cows, five calves, and 22 sheep are affected with foot and mouth disease at live. Palis, July .0 There have been four cases of cholera at Marseilles, but no fresh cases for forty-eight hours. The sanitary state of tho town is normal. Ottawa, July 20. There arc serious delays in the completion of the Census Re-distribution of Seats Bill, and it is not likely to be ready before November. Probably the general election will ho postponed until the seats arc re-distributed. Now York, July 20. Tho north bound passenger train ol the Midland Valley Railroad crashed through a bridge near Avant, Oklahoma, which is fifty feet above the river. The death roll is believed to be heavy. London, July 20. The Baptist World Alliance has commissioned Mr F. B. Meyer and Dr. Conwell to appeal to the Czar for permission to establish a University in Russia for training Baptist ministers for all European countries. Vienna, July 20. The Minister for Agriculture has prohibited further imports of Argentine meat, including the shipments already afloat. Berlin, July 20. Inquiry shows that tho Japanese Major arrested at Hammelburg was not engaged in espionage. Rome, July 20. A slip on the hillside at Carrara buried fourteen workmen engaged in tho marble quarries, ten being killed. (Received 21, 9.55 a.m.) London, July 20. The Houlders’ settlement was arranged through Lord Furness, and includes the allottment to tho Federal Steam Navigation Co. of 50,000 unissued shares in Houlder Bros.’, which are to be transferred to the Furness, Withy Company, who now have the controlling interest in Houlder Bros. Marconi states that his company will probably charge fourponce per word for plain English transatlantic messages.