MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 36, 11 February 1913, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, February 9. Messrs George and Henry Wills, of tobacco' fame, have given £150,000 to complete a university for Bristol in memory of his father, who contributed £IOO,OOO. Mr W. Wills, -another son, has contributed £20,000. Washington, February 8.

The American Minister at Cuba has presented a peremptory demand to the Cuban Government, insisting on the punishment of the persons responsible for the attacks on the American Legation. Boston, February 8.

A settlement of Mrs Eddy’s bequests has been reached, the heirs agreeing to hand over the money to the Christian Science Church, as directed by the founder. Ottawa, February 8.

Negotiations are pending for a new trade agreement between Canada and Japan. Mr Foster is returning to Australia, and is likely to visit Japan. London, February 9.

Some remarkable papers were read at the Chemical Society’s Conference by Mr Ramsey, Professor Collie and Mr H. Paterson, of Leeds University. They obtained neon helium by electric discharge in a vacuum tube containing dydrogene, establishing either the transmutation of elements or the transformation of energy into matter. London, February 8.

A chain attached to a tank containing 800 gallons of water at Bolsoverr colliery broke and crashed down 160 yards, killing and drowning thirteen in the sinking shaft. Five were rescued.

New York, February 9

Wholesale confessions of graft under police protection of gaming houses were made by keepers of the resorts when an investigation was held as to police methods. One admitted that die)had paid the police; for seventeen years. A regular system of tolls had been levied. Several police inspectors are involved at Boston. London, February 9. Eleven persons were drowned when a hopper dredge capsized in the Mersey. ' I A gale has caused much damage in the of England, and numerous shipping casualties are reported. Serious havoc occurred in Scotland. The gale blew open the Ellerslie dock gates, Glasgow, and three workmen were drowned by the inrush of water. Paris, February 9. At the motor bandit trial the bank messenger, Caby,| identified Dieudonne as his assailant. , The “Latter asserted his innocence. Proceedings have been instituted against the journal Lanarchie for threatening the jury. St. Petersburg, February 9, The rumoured discovery of a plot to murder Prince Hohenlohe, Austrian, Emissary, is described as a -senseless invention. Brussels, February 9. Th§ House of Representatives by 100 to 83 rejected universal suffrage. It was intimated that the Socialists would now order a general' strike. Rangoon, February 9. The Viceroy has remitted eight months of the sentence passed last October on Arnold, editor of the Burmah Critic, for defamation of the district magistrate at Mergin. London,. February 9. A conference of representatives of the Conservative and Labour movements resolved to prepare proposals for a political fusion to be submitted to May conference. Lord Armstrong’s son, in an article in a Newcastle paper, avows himself a Syndicalist if the political weapon fails. Buenos Aires, February 9. The chemists who closed their shops as a protest against the taxes on pharmaceutical preparations and perfumes, have re-opened following on a suspension of the Act. A commission has been appointed to consider modifi-. cations.