GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 89, 10 December 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.; (United Press Association.) Lisbon, December 8. Taveira, who murdered Douglas, a missionary in 1911, has been sentenced to a year’s military imprisonment. London, December 9. The re-exports in November increased by £1,797,109, compared with the previous November. Washington, December 9. A law has been enforced compelling all steamships outward bound from United States ports to be equipped with wireless. Those carrying fifty passengers over a distance of 200 miles are forced to carry two operators. Additional safeguards are provided in the event of a wreck. A thousand steamers are affected. Rome, December 9. Thieves rifled the grave of the Duchess Elizabeth, mother of Queen Mai*gherita, in the Basilica Superga. They cut the telephone and telegraph wires to Turin, and barred the Royal crypt to prevent surprise. They broke the brickwork, cut the coffin and stole a pearl necklace and diamond earrings, and escaped. The Minister of Finance reports that the war cost Italy £22,000,000, and a further £8,000,000 is required. Paris, December 9.

‘Le Matin’ states that efforts failed to induce the Grand Duke Michael (, i Russia to consent to annul his morganatic marriage and reconsider ins succession to the Thorne. There is a possibility of the succession passing to the Grand Duke Paul Alexandravitch. . The so-called Captain Willis and Mrs. Lily Allen, two Londoners, were found dead in a fashionable house at Ruoderivoli, each holding an English army revolver in the mouth. Copenhagen, Decemoer 9. Burglars broke into the house of Koch, a manufacturer, and stole a thousand crowns. Koch appeared on the scene, and after a light the burg lars beheaded him, and attempted to strangle Ids wife. The burglars escaped. London, December 9. The Board of Agriculture is imposing a period of detention on all cattle from Ireland, whether the foot and mouth disease is prevalent or not. There is much indignation and alarm among Irish breeders and dealers. Delay was cited co-respondent in tho case Young V. Young and Doliy. His friends, relations, and solicitors never knew he was divorced under the assumed name of Arthur Faly.