GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 77, 1 December 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

ACT OF A MADMAN.

[Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association. j (Received 9.0 a.m.) Rome, Novembt r 30. Girrelli, a restaurant employee, became suddenly demented at the'Nice railway station. He jumped from a train and attacked the passengers as they alighted with a knife, wounding ten of them. BANK MANAGER’S DEATH. (Received 9.25 a.m.) Bombay, November 30. A sensation has been caused by the sudden death of Clnmi Lai Saraya, known as the Silver King, manager of the India Specie Bank. He told the directors on Friday that the bank warunable to meet the calls. At the inquest the verdict was returned that it was death from natural causes. RECENT BEILISS CASE. St.Petersburg, jNovembeh 30. Deakoff/ Mayor of Kieff, who lias been on a visit to England, reports that, owing to the Beiliss- case, he found it impossible- to raise a munioiloan of one‘million add A/threequarjfers in London. , , ( , I ____ I rA-COL44£B MISSINO. Ottawa, November 20. Reports from Halifax state that the British collier Inffrgyle 1 , frith a cargo for the warship New Zealand, is overdue; and is believed to have been lost in the recent .gales. , ) J, • ' mWnt§l !: • t ;„ 7 .■ ■ ‘ gf Nfimidhiir November '2B. r ‘

A massage establishment in Thayers street fras raided by-the police, .who obtained access by a side door, having a liiass plate inscribed: “Ring; walk up:” The police found the of four bedrooms, *£ ; sitting-room, and a dining room. The tenant, one Violet Grey, two young women man in a bedroom, were found on the premises.- - The Crown prosecutor said tho case will open the eyes of the public'regarding thfl»ifl4t\tre of these establishments.-The case was adjourned.

ACROSS AFRICA.

Capetown, November 29

AI i.s s Gertrude Benham crossed Africa afoot; starting from Forcados (at the mouth of the Niger) in October, passing Nyassa, and finishing at Zomba. Her companions were a cook, a boy and seven porters. The party was' absolutely unarmed. Except for a few worries with the porters, Miss Benham experienced no annoyance of any sort. She remained free from fever.

POISONED BY BAD WATER.

Madrid, November 28. A hundred and five people were poisoned at Fuentio Vejund, through drinking bad water. Thirteen have died, and many are in a critical condition. AN AMERICAN QUACK. New York, November 29. Ottoman Hanish, a high priest of the Mazdaznan cult of sun-worshippers, has been found guilty in Chicago, after a lengthy trial, of sending objectionable literature through the mails. He is liable to,live years’ gaol. The books read at the trial indicated that the cult, which claims a large following in Eastern cities, practised methods whereby sun baths and herbal remedies produced human perfection. Certain practices, including dance®, brought Hanish into conflict with the Federal authorities. Hanish was followed by numbers of wealthy women. Sentence was postponed.

AN ARMY SCANDAL. London, November 29. The War Office is eonrt-martialling five quartermasters on charges of bribery and corruption in connection with canteens. They are Major F. Walker, Captain J. Fowles, and Lieutenants G. R. Barlow, V. Potter, and W. J. Armstrong. All nvp officers who have risen from the ranks: