, 1913-05-21

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London, May l9th-The death sauuouhc.
ell of the Very Rev. Reginald Webster,
Dean Of the Chapel Royal, Dublin, he hay
iAg dropped dead while playing golf against
Mr.. Bonar Law on Malahide links,
In the bye election tor member OF Parha-
ment for Newmarket, vice the late Sir
Charles Rose, who died or 22nd uIto, MIR.
Pender, Unionist, polled 5,25l votes, against
Mr. Nichols, the Liberal candidate, who re-
c.ived 4,4OO votes. The newspapers drs-
clibe the defeat rs a Newmarket bomb
which dismays the Liberals. The result IS
attributed to misrepl Csentatlon OF the lnslr-
amce Act among the agricultural labourers,
whose scanty wage makes the Insurance
contribution Cumbersome. Mr.. Nichols, who
is a farm labourer, is not Respondent, and
saws that his campaign is only the first shot Ia
a struggle which viii not end until aSricul-
turists share in the social benefits from
which they alone are excluded.
Mr.. RadcIvtfe, an editor and stock broker,
il promoting a lawsuit to test Jse legality to
the American pool which broke the market
for the Aaucoul shares by selling 100000
shares. He will also try whether It Is possl-
BE TO recover from the brokers who secured
the shares below the market price, caus-
ing loss to buyers of eighty thousand
pounds,
A score of bombs have been found, but
NO damage was done III any case md none
was possible ir over half u dozen cases, the
apparatus being either defective, or badly
placed. 1t is uncertain how many were IN
tended rs merely practical jokes, details a|e
therefore useless and lmpractlcabIe. Two
men were arrested ut Clitheroe on suspicion
Of planning TO wreck a Midland train. The
sufrugettes set hre to- furnished and occu-
pied lesidenco ut Cambridge.
At the triad Of the women who smashed
the windows of Nh. Dilon's residence, their
counsel Sought to embarlass MIR. Dillon by
Questions showing the similarity between the
sutfragettes and he jameson ruiders, whom
he fayOurpd. Mr.. Dillon SmIIInglY dls!m-
gnished between political rebellion and So
einl disorder, and added that the last time he
was III that court it was as Il prisoner. The
suffragettes Were fined.
The Sutfragette' is being published as
usual. but IN q mild form, Which IS disgust
ing Miss Christubel PankLurst, who regards
il MS useless.
The French authorities have refused a re-
quest iol the extluditioD Of Miss Christabel
Paukhurst, but the request will be renewed
upon the busis Of her Indictment to cIlmes
outside Of politics.
Miss Zclie Emerson has undergone an
operation for appendicitis, which is attributed
to forcible feeding. The newspapers report
dissensions among the Pankhurstites and
the Lawrenceltes, which cause DEPRESSION ut
the suffragettes headquarters and a decrease
in the enthusiasm.
The will of the late Captain Scott, the An
tarctrc explorer, beqneoths 1920 pounds and
al his securities for the use Of his mother
during her lifetime, and the remainder Of
his fortune to his wife, who is also the exc
cutlix.
The King has received Commander Evans
Of the Scott Relief Expedition, aud, after a
half hours COD versstion decorated him with
the Order Of Commander of the Bath, Civil
u vision.
There are incomplete reports of a disaster
to the German expedition to Sprtzbergen,
while attempting the northeast passage, and
that Of sixteen members four certainly have
been lost. A relief expedition has been organ
ICED to search for the SUI yiv0rs who, with
Lieutenant Schroeder Stranz as leader, are
believed to have crossed HlDlopen Strait to
North East land in August last.
Ottawa, May 19th-In the House OF Com
mons, the Naval Bill has passed It's third read
ing, without the application Of the closure
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