, 1912-06-29

May twentieth on account OF the U0dLu VI
King Frederik. The attendance was large
and there was a great display OF gems, the
Queen wearing the Kohinoor.
Lord Roberts, presiding at a banquet of
the Pilgrims, at which $50 were present,
including most of the Cabinet Ministers and
many delegates to the Wireless Conference,
toasted the King and President Taft to-
gether, and the band played the anthems of
both countries. MI. Foster, Canadian Min
lister of Trade and Commerce, responded to
the toast of he Pilgrims proposed by Mr..
Samuel, Postmaster General. The banquet
ers exchanged kilograms with the King.
A COMMITTEE is considering the qualifica-
tons of Doctors He,z and Hy amson, the
candidates for the vacant Office Of Chief
Rabbi in England. Doctor Drachmann of
New York has been invited to visit London
for the purpose OF making his acquaintance.
Mr.. Marconi has exhibited a method of
recording wireless messages by photograph
ing the vibrations of an exquisitely fine
wire, which are thus transferred to the tape
Of the ticker.
A Kiel despatch states that at q dinner
ut the Imperial Yacht Club, the Kaiser sat
between Mr.. P~ierpont Morgan and Sir
Thomas Upton, the guests being so numer-
Gus that they were compelled to pass their
own beer. The dinner was at it's height
when a short circuit extinguished every
light Tor several minutes, candles being at
the Kaiser's table only.
Buffalo, New York, June ~26th-Forty excur-
s~ionists, including only three men, were lost
by the collapse of the pier at the Eagle Is
land Park. The Pier was rotten, and rescues
were impeded by drunkenness. The Can
adam authorities will investigate the matter.
Quebec, June 2Gth.-A French-speaking
1- E4~O $1,000 $3.50 Tho
Presidents being Sir Wilfrid Laurier aud
The object is the promotion of the r~epatria-
ton of French Canadian immigrants from
the United States.
A fire at Chicoutimi (Quebec) has destroy
ed the Cathedral, the Hotel Saguenay and
hundreds of houses. The damage is estim-
ated at two and a half million dollars, and five
hundred families are homeless.
London June, 26th-Rain interrupted the
continuation of the third test match after
twenty minutes play, EngIand's score then
standing at 241 for four wickets.
London, June 27th-In the third tsst
match Of the Triangular tournament, Eng
land in their first innings scored 80 for
seven wickets and then declared, Australia
scored 282 for seven wickets, Mccartney 50,
and the match was then declared drawn.
In the House OF commons, MI. llmOlny
Henly appealed to Mr.. Asquith to release
the imprisoned s~uffragettes, to which the
Prime Minister replied that they could de-
part Immediately upon undertaking not to re-
peat their offences. Mr.. Lansbury, Labour
member for Bow, thereupon shook his first
at the Ministers, and, with his face q few
inches from Mr.. Asquith's, shouted 'you are
beneath contempt, you know the women
cannot give such an undertaking, and it is
dishonourable to ask them to do so. Talk
of Russian atrocities you will go down in
history as torturers and lnurdereEs Of inno-
cent women, you should be driven fro Ii
office. A scene of disorder ensued, md
the Speaker having secured g hearing, order
cd Mr.. Lansbury to depart, upon which the
latter yelled II will not go while these con-
temptible things are torturing and murder.
ing women. Mr.. Ian sbuly who seemed over
wrought, was surrounded by the ether L"-
bour Members and persuaded to go upon
the Speakers warning of forcible ejectment.
Sutfragettes thron ged the Hobbies appeal
ing for signatures to a petition to the Queen
to stop the hunger strike and forcible feeding.
They seemed unimpressed by the suggestion