GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 707, 5 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

: By ; ,Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ~'. s:y.; TTHiom'; Epidemic; '-.-W'p, Ji.'. ' (Kec. > January,:'*, 10.40..p.m.) .r. v . : ' .■■ =;.:v : .;'■'%-i"<fV /; r ;pttawa,' : . January-..^ii' , .' . In. connection ■,with the, .typhoid- epi;demio '■ t at.. ; Mpn|real ; '■; ■ ■ 2000.. cases' were reported■ yesterday, causing the hospitals to 'overflow) ; a•' thousand. more -patients are reported.:' Few deaths have;oc.ourred.v'' '■':\aU^\-^'a'> : - ; i;:; .]■.'■■■ :•■-■- "■'l^

V.;;,^'THE/LATE;' , EAEL PEECTf ' ■:\: : »: :^v -"-VV i ■:^London l ?January,: :4.v'. .In his-sneech at Haddington '■..the , Printe Minister, Asguith, paidVa, graceful tribute.to the _late Earl Percy,/formerly, a Unionist Minister and heir to; tha Duke of Northumberland: -.".' ■: ': ■';•■■" ; '.

ME. BELL AND THE EAILWAYMEN. London, January, 8. Mr. Eiehard Bell, Labour M.P. for Derby, has resigned the general secretaryship of the Amalgamated Society of EaQway Servants, which has recorded its sincere thanks for his great and valuable services. TEAIN DEEAILED-FIVE KILLED.

:v . v :i;■'■; ?'•'•;*■'■> -.; New:;Yprk,; January .3. ~: : The v California 'special .train., was:: railed--at Eock Island, in.lllinpis. ■ A/linp. jOf "'. took: v.fire,.five passengers being Skilled, ■ aiid- nine: injured,, several 'of toem;fdtally/^V':';■'■■"; jy;:;'';.; - ;-;,';; , ;^''":^;- , '.'

BLERIOT MONOPLANES FOB BEITAIN. Paris, January 8. It IB reported in Paris that M. Bleriot, who was tho first aviator to cross the English Channel, has sold several monoplanes to tho British Government. ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY-TWO MEN KILLED. New York, January 3. Two men wore shot ana killed while attempting to rob a bank at Harran, in Oklahoma, i\nd a third man was wounded. Two others escaped.

' ;FIRE AT ALEXANDRIA. > Cairo, January 3. A fire broke out in the Customs"" house at Alexandria, in Egypt. The German cruiser 'Freyas "landed a number of sailors, who succeeded in saving hundreds of bales of tobacco. The loss is estimated at .£300,000. > SEVERE EARTH TREMOR, v Sydney, January 4. A severe earth tremor was recorded in Sydney at 10 o'clock on Saturday night. A calculation placed the centre of the disturbance in the Caribbean Sea. < , GUNNEDAH TRAGEDY. , Sydney, , January 4. Power, who killed his wife at Gunncdah, by cutting her throat, and who is in a critical condition through similar self-inflicted injuries, lived unhappily with his wife. The deed was committed after the wife's refusal to allow Power to take their two children.

QUEENSLAND REVENUE. Brisbane, January 4. Sueensland's revenue for the six months ed December 31 increased by .£113,000 as compared with the same period of 1008.

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. Sydnoy, January 4. The death sentence on Selby, whose crime on August 20, has been commuted to penal servitude for life.

[It was cabled from Sydney on August 20: "A .man'named Selby, residing'at Chippendale, quarrelled with his wife and shot her dead, putting five revolver shots into her head and chest. Belby then cut his throat with a bread knife." Selby's condition was grave, but he recovered.] LITE SPORTING. Sydney, January 4. The entries for the Doncaster Handicap total IDS, including Bobrikoff, Aγtillerie, Achillean, and Don Hannibal, For the Sydney Cup, the entries total 65, including Downfall, All Red, Artillerie, and Achillean. '