MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1342, 20 January 1912, Page 5

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

A SCHOOLBOY'S CHIME. «y TsleErajih—Ppbm AfmociaUon-Oepyriiflit Vienna, January 18. A eevcateen-year-old schoolboy at a grammar school in Suczava fired four shots, fatally wounding Herr Mokranski, tho mathematical master, whoso severity had angered the class. Tho boy immediately committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. i GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyriehl - i, PRUSSIAN FOUR PER CENTS. (Bee. January 19, 11.15 p.m.) Berlin, January 19. Twenty-one millions sterling of Prussian four per cents have been issued at 101.4 per cent. T.M.C.A. London, January 19. The fund to pay for tho erection of the Young Men's Christian Association new headquarters in London has reached JMG,BS4. AMERICAN BANKER DYING. Atlanta (Georgia), January 18. Chas. W. Morse, a well-known banker, who was arrested in February, 1908, on a charge of larceny, but was recently released on account of ill-health, is dying. OVERCROWDED CARS. Toronto, January 18. .A coroner's jury decided that tho death of a woman killed in a street car accident was due to tho overcrowded state of the car and the failure of the brakes to work. The authorities were urged to' regulate tho overcrowding of tho care. EARTH TREMOR. Sydney, January 19. The earth tremor was widely felt in tho southern districts yesterday morning. It was preceded by a heavy rumbling. A peculiar feature was the rapidity of tho waves, there being no preliminary Wave. No damage was done. GERMAN SHIPPING. Berlin, January 18. Tho Hamburg-American Shipping Line intends increasing its capital by «ei,250,000 in view of the opening of the Panama Canal. BASS STRAIT. Melbourne, January 19. As a result of the recent expert report, tho Federal Government has ordered tho commencement of the work of lighting Bass Strait. RECOVERY 1 OF SECURITIES. , New York, January IS. Securities to tho value of a million dollars lflve been taken unharmed from the ruins of tho Equitable Life Assurance building. A FIRE IN CHICAGO. New York, January 18. A fire broke out in tho packing plant of Schetartschild and Sulberger, Chicago. Tho firemen confined the outbreak to one building, which was destroyed. PLUMS FROM ARGENTINE. London, January 18. Fifty trays of plums sent over from Argentine in tho cool chambers of a steamer, are being sold at Covent Garden. ■ N.SiW. INCOME TAX. Sydney, January 19. A meeting of business mon strongly protested against the now income tax, and decided to take steps to secure a radical amendment of the moro drastic provisions; CLERGYMAN ARRESTED. Greenville (Tennessee), January 18. Tho Rev; Dr. Maefarland has been arrested on a coroner's charge of being guilty of the death of his lady secretary (Elsie Coo). RACING IN CANADA. Ottawa, January 18. A Bill has been introduced into Parliament amending tho criminal codo by making tho holding of race meetings illegal unless the associations controlling them arc incorporated. MR. JUSTICE GRANTHAM'S ESTATE. London, January 19. The late Mr. Justice Grantham's estate is valued at .£170,000. THE NEW ASTRONOMY. London, January 19. Professor Bickerton lectured at the Royal Institution on the new astronomy, and outlined his solar collision theory. WHALE FISHING. Sydney, ,1 miliary 19. A Norwegian company, with a capital of JC75,000. is b"i%- formed to establish it whale depot on Uw north-west ooasfc of Anatmlii.