Second Edition. LATEST MESSAGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 36, 27 September 1911, Page 6

Second Edition. LATEST MESSAGES.

MEXICAN PRESIDENCY. !(By Electric Telegraph.—-Copyright.) i (United Press Association.) (Received 27, 9.50 a.m.) j Mexico City, September 26. The presidential elections are fixed for October Ist. SLUMP IN SHAPES. New York, September 26.' The markets are domeraii.-vd. There are falls at nearly every issue. Railroad shares have slumped. The cause is unknown. ARCTIC EXPLORATION. (Received 27, 8.5 a.m.) Ottawa, September 26.. The Canadian ■ Government’s snip Aaetic lias returned. She made the I North-West Passage and ■ surveyed Banks’ Land. STOPPED DAYMENT. London, September 26. The Bank of Egypt, Limited, lias stopped payment. WIFE KILLS HER HUSBAND. Now York, September 26. Mrs Patterson, wife of a wealthy broker at Chicago, shot, and killed her husband, following a dispute regarding divorce proceedings. The woman thrust a revolver beneath h.or husband’s body, declaring that he had committed suicide. She afterwards confessed. INDUSTRIAL UNREST. (Received 27, 11.20 a.m.) London, September 26. The strike among coal porters and dockers at Deptford is alleged to he due to the dock-owners not complying with the recent award. Dockers elsewhere have shown a disinclination to handle goods from the “infected” area. JOHNSON-WELLS FIGHT. London, September 26. Summonses have been granted against Johnson and Wells for coA teihplating a broach of the peace, and against tne three promoters for abetting. They are returnable to-mor-row. TROUBLE IN CHINA. Ottawa, September 26. ■ Advices from China state that all j Canadian missionaries are safe. CANADIAN POLITICS. Ottawa, September 26. Mr. Bickerdike, a well-known Liberal member, when asked who defeated the Liberals, replied:—-“.I don’t remember his name. He is dead long ago. He is the man who wrote ‘Rule Britannia.’ ” A,.STRIKE INCIDENTS ' London, September 26. Harold Spiers, a deserter -from the Worcester Regiment, after the strike trouble at Llanelly, who declared that die. was ordered to shoot to kill the ’jiofj Jqadei;, and who was subsequently Arrested for deserting, has been senToncecf*' to fourteen days’ imprisonment. LATE KING AND QUEEN OF / SEE VIA. Belgrade, Sept r-mbar 26. A Servian lawyer named Nonrko has published revelations Wniccvning the regicides who murdered the King and Queen in 1901. He states that’,-he.ob-tained chloroform for the'- purpose of drugging King Alexander, who was to bo taken into a vineyard until the plot was consummated. After that lie was to be exiled or killed. ,- TRIPOLI. - Rome, September 26. It is officially announced that Italy’s action regarding Tripoli is a direct consequence of the Porte’s rcfusalto listen to a protest against unfair treatment of Italians there, coupled with a denial of the preferential treatment to which Italy was entitled by its special position. Italy was also actuated by a desire to consolidate its Mediterranean position in view of France’s claims in Morocco.

Paris, September 2G. The newspapers declare that Fiance must approve Italy’s action in Tripoli. The Young 'Turks are about to receive punishment for German sympathy. They twit Germany with lining between their friends (the lurks) and Italy. Berlin, September 26. Germany has counselled the .Porte to accede to Italy’s ambitions in Tripoli, and lias urged Italy to abstain from provoking hostilities.

PERILS OF THE AIR. (Received 27, 12 noon.) London, September 26. While conveying the aerial mail to Windsor, the inlet valve of Hamel's engine broke when at a height of 1500 feet. Flames issued from the carburetter and Hew round the aviator, hut fortunately there was no leakage of petrol, and Hamel safely descended. THE TRIALS.

London, September '26. ‘ The Orion’s gun trials have concluded satisfactorily. The trials included broadsides from 3.5 guns. RIOTING AT SWANSEA. London, September 26. There has been rioting at Swansea, where the waggon workers are on strike. A crowd at midnight invaded the works, smashing the contents. Women urged drunken men stripped to the waist to assault the caretakers. The police made a baton charge, and the crowd retaliated with stones. Ten policemen were injured, but'order was restored. LOYAL SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown, September 26. General Botha, at Roseberg, deprecated the “Volkstem” article, and, amid cheers, declared if Britain were at war, the Dutch and English Afrikanders would be found fighting shoulder to shoulder.