HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11508, 14 February 1903, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Preee Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. THE KING. (Received February 13th, 9.13 a.m.) LONDON, February 12. The King and the Prince of Wales attended the Royal Amateur Orchestral Sooiety'e smoke concert at the Queen'e HalL THE TAFF VALE CASE. The Toff Vale Company has accepted £23,000 in settlement of* its action, againet the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. THE, DISTURBANCE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. It is reported that the Emir of Kano has fled to Sokoto. FREIGHTS TO SOUTH AFRICA. The South Africa Steamship Conference has reduced the freights to porta eastward of Capetown, on one-fifth of the cargo, by fifteen shillings a ion. GENERAL BOOTH. " NEW YORK, February 12. General Booth is President Roosevelt'e guest, and opens the Senate with prayer to-morrow. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOUR. WASHINGTON, February 12. The Senate and House have approved of the creation of a Department of Commerce and Labour. THE KING AND QUEEN OF SERVIA. VIENNA, February 12. A representative of the Emperor Franz Josef welcomed King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia, who are visiting the tomb of the ex-King Milan at Krudesol. • THE LATE SIR CHARLES GAVAN TXUFFY. (Received , February 14th, 12.53 a-m.) LONDON, February 13. A movement faae been started ux Dublin to eecure tlhe late <6ir Charles Gavan Duffy's interment in Glasnevin Cemetery, near tihe grave of the late Mr ParnelL LONDON EDUCATION BELL. Three hundred and twenty-eight London clergy urged the Archbishops to eecure the exclusion of the Kenyon-Slaney clause in the London Education Bill. COLNEY HATCH FIRE—THE VERDICT. At the inquest on ilhe Colney Hatch Asylum fire, the verdict returned was to the effect that there was nothing to show tihe origin of the fire, but that tihe building was most unsuitable. The jury censured the London County Council for using combustible materials. THE DENABY COLLIERY DISPUTE. ■The Denaby colliers have refused to obey orders to resume work.