GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 31 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

OBITUARY. 'By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright,) (United Press Association*) . • 1 (Received 31, 8.40 a.jn.) , London, January JW Obituary: Lord Stanmoro. * ' ■—T •- THE PANAMA ■ London; 'Janpany 3Q. The agents of several Britjsh shipping companies havG lafely! Investigated trade prospects at Pacific pprt‘B» with a view to opening Panging Canal route.. - - ■ ‘ ' ! ■

Mr Ballin, of the Hamhurg-Ainefi-can line, is visiting,, thp pute. ■

< Washington, January 3Q. ‘ Senator Bristow has introduced a Bill reducing the Panama Oai|al pommission membership from spypp 1 to three, and fixing the ship fpl} at opp dollar per, net registered top;' lowing 50 cents a ton only to Aperjcan ; .shipowners who ■ agree to allow the use of their vessels as tpxijiary cruisers in war time. Tim tolls;.will, under the Bill, be 25 cents ft t°n for coastwise craft complying wiwi. ; $6 same conditions. . - The Bill prohibits railrppd-ownpd steamships. V ’ ■ ~ i ! r . , . MURDERER ELECTROCUTEDNew York, January 30. Albert Wolter, found guilty of the death of the stenographer, Ruth Wheeler, was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. IJo declared Jus cence. • ‘ -.0; The girl was brutally .dopp-tg, and her body terribly ANGLO-G ERMAN REp^ONSt, Berlin, The newspapers, i report change ip the ship, with a view to imp'pving/ApglbGerman relations,. • ijt Ifis dissatisfaction ’■ in, some- quarters -.'b’pcauso Berlin is' Ipft in ' real British feeling. , ' ■ FIRE IN ’ 'Paris;- janupfy 29-; A fire broke out‘ih the 'Oppyapi pf St. Clair at. Lapuy; •"' Jp V order keep tho nuns barricaded the burning ing against the- firemen ap4 polipp. Seven aged nuns were foupduppppcious when the police battered (lp> v P the doors.’The nuns were rpspup4 r w|t}i difficulty. ' .\ r • : i . - - * ;■ , .troubled ECUADOR.’ Quito, January 29. , Five revolutionary generals, including Alfare, arrived at Quito oh Sunday and were immediately imprisoned. ■ . When the populace learned of their arrival a mob of . five thousand attacked the guards, who fired a volley, killing several. The mob tore down a, portion of the walls of the gaol, dragged out the generals from their Cells and killed them, along with other prisoners supporting the revolutionaries. Their bodies were -dragged through i the streets to the San Diego cemetery, where they were burnt. • The fury of the populace was dpe to the tremendous losses of both armies ip the battle of Gaguach oil January 16th.