HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11484, 17 January 1903, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Eiectrio Telegraph—Copyright. A MINING CASE. (Received 'January 16ih, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON. January 15. Hnvrden, a min*r, has sued the Yorkshire Miners' Association beiore the King's Bench to restrain it from paying stiike pay at Denaby. A LOCOMOTIVE COMBINE. Three large locomotive firms in Glasgow, and at Polmadie aaid Springburn, suburbs of Glasgow, are combining, with a capital of two. millions. IRISH LAND CONFERENCE. Many bodies of the tenantry associated with the Irish League complain that Lord Dunraven's Conference of the representatives of landlords and tenants betrayed their interests. THE ERRING PRINCESS. BERLIN, January 15. It has been arranged that the Princess Louise will receive thirty thousand marks per annum, and her divorce will be pronovneed oc the 28th inst. She will not be allowed to see her children if she continues her relations with M. Giron. The Princess, however, intends to contract a oivil marriage with M. Giron. THE KAISER AND HIGHER CRITICISM. A sensation has been created in orthodox circles owing to the Kaiser patronising the lectures of Professor Friedrich DeUtsach, the famous in which he embodied the latest results of the higher criticism. THE CZAR'S HEALTH. ST. PETERSBURG, January 15. The Czar's susceptibility to pulmonary troubles has induced the doctors to urfe him to transfer the Court to Livadia. AN OVERDUE LINER. ' NEW,YORK, January 15. The liner St. Louis is three days overdut at New York. MR BALFOUR'S HEALTH. (Received January 16th, 10.17 p.m.) LONDON, January 16. " The improvement in Mr Balfour's hmlth is well maintained. BRITISH COAL FOR AMERICA. Sixty British steamers have been ch*rtered to take coal to America. Many carry ten thousand tons each. SKATING NEAR LONDON. Skating is being carried on around London. GENERAL FRENCH'S HOUSE BURNED. The official residence of Sir J. D. French, ' general officer commanding the first Army Corps at Aldershot, has been destroyed , by fire. BOER SOMALILAND CONTINGENT. CAPETOWN, January 16. The first part of the Boer Somoliland contingent has sailed from Durban. Th*v men are engaged for six months at 5s per day. The majority are released prisoner) of war. THE AMERICAN NAVY. NEW YORK, January 16. Owing to President Roosevelt's pressure the Naval Committee of both Houses recommend the construction of three 16,000----ton battleships and a cruiser of 14,500 ■Ions: RESENTING A CRITICISM. Mr Tillman, Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina, shot Consoles, a local editor, out of revenge for a criticism. THE ISTHMIAk CANAL. 'Sooner than submit to Colombia's exorbitant demands, the Washington authoritiai will adopt the Nicaragua Canal route. EDUCATION IN FRANCE. PARIS, January 16. Replying to am interpellation, M. Combes, the Premier, said toe Government would tolerate congregational institutions where the State diet not provide primary schools. The Chamber, by 313 to 211, approved of the Government's attitude. GERMAN COMMERCIAL TREATIES. BERLIN, January 16. The Reichstag is discussing a resolution urging the Government to denounce the "most favoured nation" arnfbgements unless German goods are accorded full reciprocity. COLLAPSING VENICE. ROME, January 16. The Palaoe of the Doges at Venice threatens to collapse. [Only less supreme in interest the? Uw Basilica of St. Mark* is the Doge's Pakos, which, dating from the 10th and 11th centuries, hw been extended and modified, and was being restored as recently a* ten years ago. Successive fires destroy** tts» splendid paintings which ennobled its) mat chambers, but its outer shell, pantiouksiy the east aspect towards the Bridge of Sighs, which connects the Palace with the State prisons, commands universal admiration. The Palace abounds in historic «* well as artistic interest, for it -mm the centre of Venice, and within it* walla as* the various legislative bodies til Uμ Venetian Republic.] A TURKISH APPOINTMINT. CONSTANTINOPLE, 16. Ferid, President of the Macedonian Reformers' Commission, has replaced Said %» Grand Vizier. He is supposed to b* an honest, humane and energetic man.