Beyond The Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 208, 15 November 1909, Page 4

Beyond The Dominion

A FATAL TRANCE. New York, November 10. Evcrton, a music hall hypnotist, at Somerville, New Jersey, threw a man named Simpson into a cataleptic trance.

The audience roared and laughed at Everton's failure to bring Simpson round, until a doctor ran on the stage and declared that the man was dead.

Everton was arrested on a charge of manslaughter. COTTON MARKET EXCITED. New York, November 10. The cotton market in New York is excited. The chief factors are the panic among recent sellers and the refusal of spot holders to meet the decline in "futures," also the operations of Mr Patten and his friends.

GERMAN NAVY FRAUDS. Berlin, November 10.

The judge in the Kiel navy yard trial complained that, besides the disappearance of documents from the official dossier, the surreptitious substitution of others was intended to nullify the effect of the genuine officials. In view of the national indignation the Kaiser is perusing verbatim reports of the trial, and frequently consults Admiralty Officials.

NEWCASTLE COAL STRIKE. Sydney, November 11. Mr McGowen, Labour leader, congratuatcd Mr Wade on his decision to await the issue of the conference before making a move, but feared that this reference to penalties might be taken as a threat. Mr Paterson,president of the Miners' Federation, on the whole approves of the Government's decision, as it will throw the responsibility of subsequent events upon the proprietors. He declared that the men would remain quiet unless blacklegs are introduced. The Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court is watching the strike carefully. If it extends beyond New South Wales he will bring it before the Court in the public interest.

The Wharf Labourer-?' Union considered the request of the Federated Council of Waterside Workers to strike if called upon. Though the press was excluded, it is understood that the meeting decided to strike if the call came. Other waterside workers are marking time, pending developments.

Up to £1 a ton was paid -yesterday for bunker coal in Sydney. The miners in Curlewis pit, Gunnedah, have struck. The position in the southern districts is not improved by one of the Clifton colliery prosecution cases going against the men. The decision caused considerable excitement and angry scenes. It was subsequently announced k that the company had argeed to the dismissal of all remaining charges with 10s expenses to each man.

The Mount Keira miners decided to continue work till Friday, but the Vheelers declared they would not start today. The Mount Pleasant colliery is idle. THE SUFFRAGETTES. London, November 10. The suffragettes made themselves notorious again yesterday, being active participators in a sensational incident. At the Guildhall banquet, when Sir John Knill, the new Lord Mayor of was proposing the King's health, a crash was heard, and a portion of a stained glass window facing Mr Asquith, the Prime Minister, fell among the quests, a large piece striking Mr Henniker Heaton, M.P., on the head. At this juncture a thin, piping voice was heard crying, "Votes for women!"

The police ascended tbe staircase leading to the window, and arrested two elderly women. It is conjectured that these women entered the Guildhall as charwomen in the morning and secreted themselves on the premises.

GYROSCOPIC CAR. London, November 11. Mr Louis Brennan, the inventor, very succesesfully ran a gyroscopic car, 40 feet long and 10 feet wide, carrying 40 passengers, on a monorail, using two gyroscopes 3* feet in diameter at 3000 revolutions a minute. Tbe passengers changed sides while tbe car was in motion. It is stated that Mr Brennan contemplates a monorail in Australia with carriages 150 feet long by 20 feit broad, and with two storeys. BALKAN RAILWAYS. Constantinople, November 11. Engineers are surveying the Adriatic railway from Scrvia to Medua, Albania, via Prisbtina and Sentari. The construction of the line is to be commenced at the earliest moment. RUSSIAN JUSTICE. St. Petersburg, November 11. M. Gillerson, a barrister, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at Grodno for a speech professionally delivered during a trial arising out of tbe late anti-Jewish "pogrom" at Bielstok.

The Russian Liberal Press is indignant.

THE SUFFRAGETTES. London, November 11. At the Guildhall Court today, Amelia Brown, no occupation, and Alice Paul, a student, were fined i'-3 and costs, or a month's imprison;:.i:.i, for breaking a window of tin. Gi: 1 u while the Lord Mayor's bar.«;uet '.vain progress. The evidence showed U.,v. i ha.i obtained admission c: . a:..', participated in ] -re-: ar:: ro :<■■:■ the banquet, and ha--i then n.r.c;cfc\ : themselves. When . tiv-y v.-..-re- in possession of a tonic.- i!.:"!: ar/i a Btomach pump, which th'-y n.tt-r/k-'i to present toMrAsquith as an iustraiio:. of the foreib!" ft-c-tiing methods that had been iii.j.liei '<■ hunger- = ;ri;. rs ;r. l". ah j;.-. i.r».?:r::ng alderman severely commented hysterical tactics of the suffrage-It-and said th- > was no excuse for cat, riging the historic build- ; in K- -. J