EXECUTION OF BABY-FARMERS

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11500, 5 February 1903, Page 5

EXECUTION OF BABY-FARMERS

Sach and Walter, the Islington babyfarmers, were executed at the HoUoway Gaol. They displayed remarkable fortitude. THE CAPTURE BY TURKISH PIRATES. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 3. The Italian vessel Swnbuk, and the crew, whicu were captured by Turkish, pirates off the Yemen ooaeti have been ransomed and released. THE GROWTH OF DOWIEISM. NEW YORKi February 3. Dr. lfowie will hold a mission in New York m October, assisted by two hundred converts. If the mission prov« euooeesful, he will build another "Zion City." THE MAHARAJAH OF INDORE'S ABDICATION. CALCUTTA, February 3. The Maharajah Eoikar of Indoro re. signed, owing to occasional attacks of in* sanity. [A message a day or two ago stated: — "The Maharajah of Indore has abdicated. He enjoined his son Tukoji, aged twelve, to continue loyal to Great Britain. A j regency has been arranged."] JESUITS IN GERMANY. j (Received February s'th. 1.10 a.m.) BERLa.*, February 4. Count yon -Bulow, in the Reichetag, said the Government did nob «'pprwe of the proposal to allow Jemiit ee-titlemerots, but it was no longer neoeswry to subject individuals to exceptional laws because they were members ot the order. ' , ALLEGED THEFT OF CYPHER ' I DESPATCHES. \ VIENNA, February 4. The "Neve Free Presse" etatee that a telegraphiet at Pera purloined and sold to the British Govecnroeut. cypher despatches to Russia, who has the key to the cypher. THE TROUBLE IN MACEDONIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Ftbroaiy 4. The Porte haa communicated to the foreign embassies a'report regarding the seven Bulgarian bonds, six thousand strong, wihkh are to operate i© Macedonia jn the spring. COLD STORAGE COMPANY. LONDON, February 4. The Eastern and African Cold Storage Company, which will operate in South Australia, the East Indies, South Africa, andGreat Britain, v issuing a quarter of a mrllton 7 per cent-, cumulative preference shares. EXPERIMENTS ON AN OLD WARSHIP. Experiments in pounding the old battleship Bellejsle, off the Isle of Wight yttterday, showed that if a single high explosive projectile from a 9.45 inch gun , ourst inside the ship it would sweep the whole deck.