Second Edition LATEST MESSAGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 61, 26 October 1911, Page 6

Second Edition LATEST MESSAGES.

•- HOME AND FOREIGN. EFFECTS OF AN EARTHQUAKE. By' El'Cctri c . Telegraph Copy right. Ohlted Press Association. (Received 26,. 10.30 a.in,). ' s .Jßstjrlin,, October , 25. h Salonika, state,, that tip. earthquake at Vodena destroyed rhtuiy houses. Seventeen persons .were. killed!-- " FRANCE jANJ). eMIMAI^Y-. " Berlin, October‘^s. ..-.Germany and France Have,,coinmunicrited -with the Algeclras sjgnatpr r .iefe Stating’ that the first part, relat- < ing to compensations in the Congo, concern the contracting parties ■ alone. ...., , , t _ ; . ■ ~SBuT£I ATTICA. .Capetown, October 25. The Transvaal Native Onion, recognised as intermediate between the natives , and . the Government, , petitioned Lord Gladstone to abolish the jury system in cases wnare wmtqs and natives were involved. Captain Everett, Com : missioner for the Delimitation of the Rhodesian and Belgian Congo frontier,, was killed in an encounter with a 1i0n...

CHINESE CIVIL WAR. . Pekin, October 25. Li-huan-hu'ng s concentrating the.. rebels around Wuchang. •" It, is reported that the troops at ICai-feng-fu have joined the rebels. Hankow eastward of Liukiang is in the hands of the rebels. A WEALTHY ESTATE. • n tv.'(Received 20. 10.45 a.in.) •vv London, Octobfef' 1 25. v AThfe. estato v 'of. Hampton Hale, unValias been proved at £211,573, whereof the personality is £200,000. RIVER PLATE TRADE. London, October 25. Messrs.. Birt, Potter and Hughes are starting fortnightly liners for Liverpool in the River Plate refrigerated trade. - *;Vf •; A BAD LOT. (Received 26, 12.25 p.m.) San Francisco, October 25. A.man named Jackson, apprehended on a charge of felony, offered to reveal the names of the thieves in the sensational bank robbery at New Westminster, British Columbia, if granted immunity. The authorities are considering the offer, but it is not believed they will accept it. BOMB-THROWING IN CANTON. : (Received 2G, 1.55 p.m.) .A , Canton, October 25. Twenty-one persons ■ were killed and eighteen wouncjed by' the. explosion of a bomb thrown at a Tartar general. Seven houses were gutted. The assassin Was mottally wounded.