GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 146, 12 August 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A RUSSIAN TRAGEDY. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright United I‘ross Association. Vicuna, August 11. Tagniof, a millionaire owner of oilfields in South Russia, suspected a young engineer named Baboutof ol making love to Ids wile. lie invited a party of friends to Baky, including the engineer, who was stripped and tied to a chair, and tenibly beaten by Tagniof and his servants. Tagniof’s wife was then called and shown the almost unrecognisable hotly. She had a lit, and.is now insane. Baboutof died. The latter s relatives have applied ,for Tagniof’s arrest. A PRESENT FROM THE KING. London, August 11. The King presents the Victorian primary schools 75 portraits of himself and the Queen. PLAGUE IN SHANGHAI. Pekin, August 11. Fourteen deaths have occurred from plague in Shanghai. TRAINING RUSSIAN BOYS. St. Petersburg, August 11. The Czar and the Grand Dukes reviewed SGBI boy soldiers, representing a movement on the lines of the Boy Scouts. The movement practically means the militarisation of the Russian elementary schools. The movement is growing rapidly, and embraces nearly three and a half million boys. MR BALFOUR. (Received 12, 8.15 a.in.) London, August 11. Mr Balfour lias started for Gastin, Austrian alps. THE KIDNAPPED BOY. New York, August 11. Angelo Matino, who was kidnapped by the Black Hand, has returned to his homo in Chicago uninjured. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

New York, August 11. A terrific explosion, origin being unknown, shattered several buildings in the Italian quarter of Saint Louis. A number of persons were overwhelmed in the debris, and it is believed they arc dead. THE STEEL TRUST. Washington, August 1.1. Perkins, further questioned at the Steel Trust Enquiry, declared that the existing laws were ualdng it impossible to conduct the business oi big corporations. Asked how much King George invested m the Steel Corporation, Perkins replied that he did not know; the King, tolc: Lini. A DISASTROUS FIRE. Brussels, August 11. A warehouse at Antwerp filled with cotton, saltpetre and wool, was burned, the damage being estimated at £300,000. CANADIAN POLITICS. Ottawa, August 11 Cabinet changes arc announced. Dr. Behind is the new Postmaster-General. Mr Brodeur lias heen appointed to the Supremo Court, and Mr Lemieux takes the Department of Marine. Mr Aylcsworth’s successor, as Minister ol Justice, will be appointed later.