GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2474, 13 April 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

MILLIONAIRE’S SON DISINHERITED.

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LONDON, April 11

Copeland Rhinelander, of New York, except for a codicil leaving him £IOOO per annum, was disinherited by his father for marrying a servant. He vainly contested a bequest of ten million sterling to his two younger brothers. PRINCELY GIFT BY CARNEGIE. Mr. Carnegie lias given Hamilton College, New York State, where Mr. Elihu Root, United® States Minister to Great Britain, was educated, £IOO,OOO to commemorate Mr. Root’s services to the cause of international peace. BRITISH INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY. A conference of the Independent Labor Party at Edinburgh, Mr. Rauwy MacDonald presiding, decided to remain associated with the Labor Representation Committee. (Received April 13, 12.20 a.m.) LONDON, April 12. The Independent Labor Party conference by 332 votes to 64 to a resolution directed against Mr. Victor Grayson, that no salary should be paid to Commoners who had not signed the constitution of the party. TURKEY—THE RECENT MURDER OF AN EDITOR. • CONSTANTINOPLE, April 11. The committee of the party of Union and Progress deny complicity in the recent murder or an editor, which they unreservedly condemn. EX-PR ESI D ENT ROOSEVELT. SUEZ, April 11. Ex-President Roosevelt has passed Suez, on route for Moinbassa. NEWFOUNDLAND PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. ST. JOHNS, April 11. The Governor of Newfoundland has dissolved the legislature and ordered an election for the Sth of May, the Morris Ministry meanwhile retaining office. THE SAMPSON MURDER CASE—AN ACQUITTAL. NEW YORK, April 11. Mrs. Sampson has been acquitted. [Mrs. Sampson, a youthful and popular hostess of New York, was charged with having shot her husband, a nephew of Admiral Sampson.] A MILITARY BICYCLE RACE. . SYDNEY, April 12. A militarv relay bicycle race from Adelaide to Sydney was accomplished in 69 hours 35 minutes, an average of 10’- miles per hour. A NEW ZEALAND HORSE SOLD. At the horse sales the New Zealand hackney stallion Osprey was sold for 83 guineas. AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME—HISSED OFF THE STAGE IN BERLIN (Received April 12, 10.30 p.m.) BERLIN, April 12. The production of a German version of “An Englishman’s -Home” at Berlin ended in confusion, and the p>ay vas hissed off the stage. THE KAIBAR PASS CLOSED. (Received April 12, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 12. The Kaibar Pass is temporarily closed to caravan traffic omm to friction with the Afghan frontier officials. A MADMAN’S' FREAK. A madman armed with a rifle barricaded a cottage at St, Blazey, Cornwall, wounded four besiegers, and kept the police at bay almost a week until lie was starved into a surrender.