GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 145, 15 December 1911, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES

A TRAGIC EVENT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 14, 0.50 p.m. New York, December 14. The guests, oil assembling for the 25th, anniversary of the marriage of Barnard! Kotch, aged tf>7, found the husband and wife dead. Ko'tch had died of heart disease, and his wife was killed by the skock. 1 A DISORDERLY MEETING. New York, December 13. Great disorder marked an arbitration meeting at Carnegie Hall. The police were called in, and there were many ejections. ' The disturbance at the Peace meeting' in Carnegie Hall was due to Irish interrupters, who were anxious to prevent Anglo-American arbitration. INFLUENCING A JUROR. New York, December 13. ■Franklin, the investigator at the Mc- | Namara trial, is held for trial at Los Angeles, charged with attempting to inI fluence a juror. I _____ , MOB VIOLENCE. New York, December 13. The National Negroes' Protest Committee plans a pilgrimage of ten or twenty thousand negroes to interview President Taft to demand the suppression of mob violence against negroes.

WEATHER IN AMERICA. New York, December 13/ Exceptional warmth, for this time of the year, is being experienced in Boston and New York, where the temperatures are 68 degrees. There is also great humidity. THE ORION ACCIDENT. London, December 13. Those injured on the Orion by an oil explosion are progressing favorably. OUTRAGE IN BENGAL. Delhi, December 13, Monomohim Ghose, police inspector, has been assassinated at Barisal, in Bengal. The assassin escaped. THE MAURETANIA. London, December 13. It has been found necessary to remove the Mauretania's bottom plates amidships. The repairs will take eight weeks to complete. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE. London, December 13. The Earl of Plymouth states that the Festival of Empire resulted in a heavy loss, and he would probably have to ask the public to subscribe £75,000 above the amount he paid for the Crystal Palace. CAUSE OF DEARNESS OF MEAT. New York, December 13. The president of the American Live Stock Association urges a Congressional investigation into the live stock and packing industries, alleging that retailers are making huge profits at the ex-' pense of consumers.

AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. New York, December 13. The Republican National Committee has disclosed itself as in favor of the candidature of Mr. Taft for the Presidency, and a meeting at Chicago is proproposed to formulate a programme.

TRAITORS SENTENCED. Berlin, December 13,

Schultz has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for espionage, and the following sentences have been imposed on his companions: Hipisch twelve years, Wulf two years, Yon Maack and Mrs. Eckermann three vears.