GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 15, 30 December 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

‘'THE ARMY” EXCLUDED. (Received 30, 9.30 a.m.) St. Petersburg, December 29. The Government has' excluded Salvationists from Russia.

PAUPERS POISONED. (Received 30, 9 a.m.) Berlin, December 29. There are other isolated cases of death from poisoning and colic, including another shelter shed for the homeless.

•-.AN ESCAPE FROM PRISON. Berlin, December 30. Lux. a French army captain, who is undercoing six years for espionage, escaped from the fortress at Geatz by filing the bars of his cell window and descending into the street with a x - ope made of plaited twine.

THIEVES’ BIG HAUL (Received 30, 9 a.m.) London, December 29. Thieves ransacked a hotel at Brighton, securing several thousand pounds’ worth of jewellery.

STUBBORN ECCLESIASTICS. (Received 30, 5.5 a.m.) Lisbon. December 29. The Patriarch of Lisbon and Bishop Guarda, Administrator of the Bishopric of Oporto, have been ordered to quit for two years their respective districts, for persistency in opposing the organisation of the worship association.

AN EXPERT ENGAGED. (Received 30, 9.55 a.m.) London. December 29. The Commonwealth Government has engaged a Scottish expert to manage the Government clothing factory.

DECREASED CHURCH MEMBER-

SHIP. (Received 30. 9.55 a.m.) London, December 29

Corjgregational statistics for 1911 show a slight decline in tnembership, and there was a decrease of 12.517 in Sunday-scholars, as compared with 1910. The Baptist figures also show a slight decrease in membership and scholars.

TAFT AND ROOSEVELT. (Received 30, noon.) *•..>• -• New York, December 29. Mr. Roosevelt’s refusal to attend the peace banquet was due to his dis- ,, approval of, the recent peace efforts Mix- -Taft*as shown .by the Arbitra- . tion Treaties.

- ■ *~r VERY ‘ GOLD WEATHER. (R ecc-ived 30, noon.) . ~ Ottawa, December 29. (' | /Ffcrjty) degrees below zero has been ''■registered-Pn the? Manitoban - prairies. Snow-slides on the Rockies are holding up west-bound trains.

A RUMOUR DENIED. (Received 30, noon.) Ottawa, December 29. Mr. Mcßride, Premier, denies that British Columbia intends to seek the annexation of the Yukon territory, and declares that one province is enough to administer at present. BIG BILLIARDS. London, December 29. Roece is now 4036, and Lindrum 3086, including a break of 401. THE .FIFTH DEATH. :-dL6gdon, .December 29. The fifth deatH-has occured in connection with the Chesterfield burning incident. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. London, December 29. ’< The captain and twenty-five men of 1 the steamer Hughenden, bound from •y Smyrna to Dublin, and which’ foundered in the Bay of Biscay, were •drowned. ALIENATING AFFUrTIOUS. Nov/ York, December 29. John Breen, husband of the daughter of “Boss” Croker of Tammany Hall fame is • suing Richard Croker, jun., and Howard Croker, claiming 100,000 dollars for alleged alienation of his wife’s affections. UNITED STATES TARIFF. Washington, December 29. A revision of the iron and steel schedules will he the first tariff legislation after Congress cocnvencs. It is understood that the Ways and Means Committee intend to postpone the wool schedule until after every feature of the Tariff Board’s report on tiie subject is thoroughly studied. In the meantime other tariff measures will be pressed. The pulp paper manufacturers have brought pressure to bear on Dir. Taft with a view ip inducing him to refuse the demand of certain European Gov-' ernments to grant admission of pulp for printing paper on the same terms as. the Canadian product.