, 1912-08-28

than that OF unskllled labour. and
may starye the nation, and they declare tbat
the owners are helpless unless they conceda
the demands.
At Southampton a magistrate has 10
fenced three Unionists to two months hard
labour, for an assault on blacklegs on board
the steamer est. Louis" in connection with
II New York strike.
The King has decorated the Mikad,
Yosbihito with the Order of the Carrie
which Prince Arthur of Connaught will pr4.
sent after he late En.peror's funeral in tha
middle Of September.
The President Of Peru declares he will in.
exorably punish all concerned in the Putin
mayo atrocities, and will prevent such crimes
in the future.
Mr.. Slater, a Luilder of Islington, has
been fined ten pounds and costs for refusing
to lick Insurance stamps.
Canon Henson says there is no question
OF creed regarding the interment Of the late
General Booth in Westminster Abbey. cha.
racter and distinction being alone cousi-
dered. No decision has vet been arrived at.
The General will be buried wearing the
Army's red jersey, and upoD his coffin, VIII 1
perhaps will be transported on a gun ear.
rage, will be placed his Bible and peaked
cap. The procession viii consist Of thllty
sections, each With twelve standards, a..
will be accompanied by s total of forty
bands. At intervals throughout the entire
period Of twenty four hours choirs will rem.
der hymns, while a double procession passes
through the hall.
1t is understood hat Mr.. Bramwell Booth
designs a tour OF the world for the reorga-
nization Of the Amy and the development Of
a scheme for placing dependents in British
Colonial homes.
Paris dispatches state that the Cabinet
has resolved that The Educators of France. in
not adhering to the patriotic movement,
gravely in1perIl he work Of he national
schools, and 1t has therefore summoned the
Teacbers' Cnions to dissolve. These com
prise oven sixty syndIcates with a member
ship Of fifty thousand, and Their national
congress sent n delegate to the General La
bour Confederation. Ii is stated that thei,
representatives., under guise Of assisting
the soldiers upon service, preached anti-mili-
taryism and even aoyocaied de,ertIon.
1t is announced hat beginning with the
new year the Suez Canal tolls Vii be re-
duced to SIX and a quarter francs. At Wash
iNgton This Is regarded as the first step in
a war OF rnte~ between Suez and Panama. six
and a quarter franc, being equivalent to the
anticipated rate OF one dollar and a quarter
by the latter route.
San Juan, 24L-8 a. IN. Friday, one sus-
picious case Puerta de Terra reported.
London, Aug. 26-Ou Saturday evening
a fierce fire occurred at the Genela! Post
Office disorganlzing communications by tele-
graph aud telephone. The cause was the
fuSipg Of several thousand wires, many run
ming under the hreproot floors. All the
operators We're ordered to depart, their exit
being accomplished without any panic or
fatality. While the fremen were still work
ING a service was eXtemporized by automo-
bles and trains, aud the intervention of San
day will, it is hoped, enable an approxima-
ton to normal conditions to-day. The struc-
tuIal damage was small. and all cables and
Instruments have been duplicated or extern
porizcd p ndln8 permanunt repairs. TIE
chef annoyance wa caused to the provincial
newspapers served by the telegraph and
telephones being found useless. Ielegrams
to and from the United States were handled
via Weston Supermare the Bristol Channel
and a train service.
Al amazing hibute is being paid to
the late General Booth, thousands of
workers fling past his bier Oh Saturday
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