GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 872, 19 July 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegrapn—Press Association—Copyright.. MURDER AND SUICIDE. (Rec. July 19, 1.15 a.m.) London, July 18. An extraordinary tragedy occurred at Cromer Hotel, where the bodies of Albert Edgar tiunn, a London contractor, and his wife were found in a bedroom. The wife was holding a revolver, and there wei'o indications that she had shot her husband while he slept. Correspondence found showed that she suspected him of misconduct, and planned the tragedy. . ' , CAMDEN MU&DER. London, July 17. In connection with the Camden murder mystery, it appears that Crippen's first wifo died at Salt Lake City ill 1892, it is stated,- from paralysis and apoplexy I QUEEN MOTHER'S CHARITIES. x London, July 17. LAn anonymous gift of ,£26,000 hao been received for the Quewi Alexandra Sanatorium, M Davos-Plata, the well-known consumptive resort in Switzerland. ROYAL BRITISH ARTISTS. London, July 17. Queen Mary - has ficoopted honorary 'membership of the Royal British and Colonial- Society of Artists. - STRANDED PACIFIC LINER. London, July 17. The I'acific Steam Ship Company's steamer Mongolia, 13,(>3!l tons, which went ashore at Sliemidzu, if< on a sandy bottom. It is expected that she tvill bo refloated. • . ' A CAPTAIN'S BRAVERY. London, July 17. - Tho Shipwrecked Mariners' Society has presented Captain Simpson, of the steamer Peiicles, lost off Cape Lcenwin, with a ai'lf-recoiding aneroid barometer in recognition oi his courage at the time oi the wreck. NICARAGUA'S REVOLUTION. (Rec. July 19, 1.50 a.m.) ' New York, July 18. The United States Secretary for State, Mr. Knox, contemplates intervening in Nicaragua, with' a view to ending the chronicle of anarchy and bloodshed. TERCENTENARY OF DUQUESNE. Paris, July 18. Dieppe is crowded with visitors for the celebration of the tercentenary of Duquesne. ' PERSIAN ASSASSINATION. Teheran, July 18. Syed Abdullah, a prominent mujtahid, has been 1 assassinated. The crime is thought to have been duo to a belief that Syed was the bearer of a pronouncement by the chief mujtahib, Kerbeia, against constitutional government. . v PIRAEUS INCIDENT. „ Athens, July 17. Grsfce lias paid Rumania an indemnity oi elglii hundred pounds sterling in ,satisfaction of the Rumania claims in connection with the disturbance on the vessel in which the Rumanian Crown Princess urns travelling. NEW YORK DOCK FIRE, - Now York, July 17. i Tin- Metropolitan steamship pier, New i'orii. and 3i-C floats and several barges, wcie deployed by lire. The damage is cutiuiuttd at half a million pounds. CLOUDBURST TN KENTUCKY. New York, July 17. A. olou.lburst damaged tobacco, com, aiid wheat crops and live stock in three counties of Kentucky. The damage is I'jtiimUed at . - WHEAT MARKET. ,/' (Rec. July 18, 10.25 p.m.) Sydney, July IS. Wheat is firmer. Shippers have advanced their limits to 3s. Did. Sales are reported at 3s. lOd. Flour has advanced ss. per ton. RACING APPOINTMENT. Sydney, July 18. Mr. C. Cropper, of West Australia, has been appointed secretary of the Australian Jockey Club. KING GEORGE'S ACCESSION. (Rec. July 19, 1.5 a.m.) . London, July 18. . Lord Northampton, at the head of a special mission, including Admiral Fan--shawe, has arrived at Paris to announce King George's accession to the throne of England. FOOTBALL PARTY INJURED. Hobart, July 18. • The horses attached to a brake containing twenty footballers bolted, and capsized the vehicle. Six of the men were severely injured. CUMING FRENCH EXPEDITION. Melbourne, July 18. Tho Commonwealth has -secured space at a trench exhibition to be held at Koubiux next year. It will display wools nnd woollen goods. , LABOURER KILLED. Perth, July 18. A tar tuuk weighing seven tons fell from a sling on to a labourer, crushing •him to death. A VALUABLE PEARL. x Perth, July IS. j A .pearl,'perfect in form, and valued at :i!(i0t)0, has been found.