, 1913-12-31

upon his tightieth birthday yesterday.
The Times correspondent at Cairo de-
MES the report that Lord Kitchener will sue
coed Lord Hardinge as Viceroy of India.
The Public Prosecutor mas issued a war
rant for the arrest of Mr.. Fenner, Il stock
broker, i'll connection with the Marconi
scandal, upon whose books Lord Murray is
n creditor to the extent Of thirty thousand
pounds. The specific charge is that A..<
Feuner fraudulently converted certificates
for fifteen thousand pounds which have been
missing since April. Bankruptcy proceed
ings are pending.
Lord Cowdrny denies that he is interested
in the exploitation of m oiitield Oh the Gulf
OF Mnracnibo in Venezuela.
A despatch from Rome states that the re-
latiyes of the late Cardinal Rnmpolla deny
the "Messagero's' statement that an eXhu-
nation has been ordered to learn the cause
of his death, which rumour associates with
the disappearance of his will and other i'm
portant documents.
Montreal, Dee. 29th-In consequence Of
the bursting Of an aqueduct, the private wa
ten supply of the city has been reduced TO
fifteen million gallons daily, or one third of
the usual quantity. There is danger from
fire, and an outbreak of typhoid is feared
from the Use of river water, which is selling
ut one dollar and u quarter per cask, plus the
carriage Of from one to five dollars. All the
factories have stopped work and zero wea-
ther prevails.
New York, Dec. 29th-Lord Murray has
arrived here and will sail for England on
Wednesday.
A despatch from Calumet, Michigan, states
that MIR. Meyer, President of the Western
Federation of Miners, has made Il charge
that the false alarm of fire at the children'a
festivities on Christmas Eve was made by
agents Of the employers, with the obiecl Of
causlng a panic, and he, therefore, caused
the strikers to reject the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars which has been offered
for the relief of the destitute Mr.. Mover,
1t is reported, was later assaulted and shot,
and warned to leave the Calumet mining
regions for their good. Warrants have been
issued for the arrest of the publishers of the
strikers organ charged with circulating
the foregoing and other alleged falsehoods.
Mr.. Meyer is certainly in hospital, but tho
cause IS as yet obscure.
Dispatches from Mexico state that it is
reported President Huerta will take the field
III person agaiGst the rebels, Senior Geros-
tiet, Minister of Justice, becoming Provi-
sional President. 1t is also reported That
the banking moratorium will be extended
uuiI tu6 pdukS are UDle 10 pace lOabS1
enabling the issue of hankuOtes.
A despatch from Belize, British Honduras,
Ptates that H. NJ. S. "Hermione" has landed
n force of marines to patrol the border be.
tween that country, Mexico and Guatemala,
but the report lacks confirmation at London
or Washington,
Barba IS, 29th-H. NJ. S. "Mutine gone
Jamaica Z n III.
jamaica, 29tb-U. s. S. Eagle" arrived
23td "Paducah" Goth.
London, Dec. 30th-Messrs. Healey and
Company have bought the Earl of Crawford's
collection of British postage stamps for six
teen thousand pounds, but his collection of
American stamps hns not been sold.
Nj. G. T. Convey, professional to the Hon.
Neville Lytton, has accepted a challenge
from Mr.. Jay Gould for an American cham
pion game at Philadelphia.
The Blackburn Rovers lead in the first
division OF the League. Chelsea beat Tot
tenhnm Hotsplr, aud i'll the second division,
Woolwich Arsenal has tied with Hull City
for the read, with prospects of promotion to
the first division.
Mr.. Lloyd George, in the course of n
speech at Criccieth, eulogized politicians as