GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 103, 21 October 1911, Page 8

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION One of the Havana papers, the EI Mun- i do, declares on the authority of Angelo Carbello, an Italian, that it was an anarchist .who caused the explosion by which the Los Angeles Times office was wrecked and 12 of the employees killed in October last'. This man, according to Carbello, was orginally hired to blow up the building in which the committee of the cigarruakers on strike at Tampa usually held its meetings. He afterwards went to San Francisco, and from there he made his way to Los Angeles. Subsequently when he returned to Cuba he told Carbello the whole story. Carbello says that the culprit is now in Panama. CRUSADE AGAINST BOOKMAKERS. Following the decision of the Dutch Government to eject English "eommis»ion" men from Flushing and Middleburg, Mr John Bums, President of the of the Local Government Board, has come out with a strong declaration urging the public to attempt to drive the I bookmakers from the racecourses. The 1 Duke of Portland, a great patron of racing, -is supporting the movement. It» is estimated that there are 30,000 book-j makers in England. | CHURCH'S GOLDEN AGE. The Rev. Dr XV. H. Fitchett, one of the ! Australian delegates at the Methodist Conference, occupied the pulpit in the Metropolitan Church at Toronto last Sunday week. His wide reputation as a writer on patriotic and religious subjects drew an enormous congregation. Dr Fitchett declared that the golden age of the' Church was before, not behind, it. Seienee, he said, was making immortality ! credible, and was writing another Bible reinforcing the old one. Darwin's God of ! power was in reality the Christian God of Love.

UNDER THE CHINESE FLAG. The American marine is losing prestige, The Dollar Line of steamers, trading between San Francisco and the Orient, is now, sailing under the Chinese flag. These fine ships are practically owned by Mr. Robert Dollar, who has announced that as he was unahle to get a hearing to his claim for a subsidy from Washington he has applied to Pekin. VAIN SEARCH FOR A "WHITE HOPE." Bob Vevnon, the heaviest backer of Jim Jeffries in his fight with Jack Johnson, has returned from Europe. He Bays that the search for a "white hope" is a vain one. "There is not a single possibility," he says. "Not one boxer possesses strength, skill, quickness of mind, and the stoutness of heart to compare with Johnson. The talk of the black man's heavy living and unfitness is all rubbish. He is all right, and there is no one likely to disturb him." Vernon declares that Leon, a brother of the late Stanley Ketchell, is showing class as a light-weight. He has won 20 out of 22 fights, and Is after the championship. "He has his] brother's shift," says Vernon, "and hits hard."

Mat Wells, the English light-weight champion, put up a good battle with Donovon, a Canadian, recently, and won on a knock-out in the tenth round.

A. Woklgast ami Mat Wells have signed articles for a match of ten rounds to take place in New York on October

Joe Jeanette and Sam Langford have been matched to fight in California shortly. BIG BUILDING BLOWN DOWN. Many lives were lost by the fall of a six-storey building in New York. The disaster occurred during a gale. The structure, which was in course of erection, had been rocking dangerously for some time before the crash, until finally an extra strong gust of wind blew it right over. Of the workmen employed at the time no fewer than seven were killed. OIL KING'S ROYAL DESCENT. The College of Heralds in London has granted Mr. John D. Rockefeller, the American oil king, a certificate showing that he is a descendant of the first three Earls of Lincoln, and also of the early Kings of Britain. A CANDIDATE'S CIGARS. Some interesting disclosures have resulted from an investigation into the circumstances connected with the Senate election in Milwaukee. A millionaire candidate, who is accused of having purchased his seat, spent no less than £IO,OOO on cigars during the 1908 campaign.