, 1896-08-29

having on board all hands belonging to the
s. 8. "MoldarH," which vessel sank after COM
ing into co llision with m &C. berg.
Intelligence received from Havana reports
that General Weyler has announced that as
soon as the reinforcements arrive from Spain
it IS his intention to concentrate his forces
and sweep the Island from end to end.
A telegram from Berlin states that the
Cretan Reform Committee have Issued a re-
port of the massacre parPctIat.d in the
island of Crete. 1t is estimated that 5000
Christi ms have been but che ed since Nuvsm-
Der last.
New York, Aug, 28sh-The London
STANDARD reports that Mr., Chamberlain,
the Secretary Of State for the Colonies, has
left for the United States per g. a.
''Teutonic."
The Times expresses the opinion that the
third blue Book on Venezuela has been
designed to lefnte the Brief of the VOnezus-
Ian counsel wide bulletin July 22nd) also
that it disposes of those myths, completely
~silencing the imputations which ought never
to have been made against Great Britain.
The st. James Gazette, discussing the sub.
jsct, thinks that it signifies that Lord
Salisbury will not arbitrare within the
Schom burgh line.
The appointment is gazettsd of Mr..
William Conynham Greene IS British agent
at Pretoris, Woe Sir Jsoobus de Wet, who has
retired.
Latest dispatches from Zanzibar report
that it is believed there that Khalid procured
the poisoning Of the Sultan. q. NJ. S..
"Raooon'' and "st. George have arrived and
Admiral Rawson at once sent Khalid an ulti-
matum That he would lombard the city
unless he surrendered before Thursday morn.
ing.
Advices from Cairo announce that the
garrison of SuaIdsh has occupied Absarat,
titus initiating the march towards Dongola.
The Constantinople correspondent of the
New York Herald reports that a number of
Armenians have stol med the Ottoman Bank
in that city shooting the employees and then
; barricadsd the doors. From the windows of
the building they shot the soldiers who sur
rounded the bank and were quietly awaiting
orders, killing twenty of their number.
Other advices state that Ihe riots are
general in the GHlata quarter.
The Daily Chronicle" reports that the
Cretan scheme includes autonomy resembling
that granted to Lebanon aud that the Foreign
Consuls will form an advisory council and
the amonnt Of the tribute to BIO ten thousand
Turkish pounds.
1t is reported that the Cretans ask that
the Grecian Consul be added to the others
aud that the garrison be reduced to two thou
sand men.
Yachting nsws states that the Canadian
Yacht Canada" hHs defeated the Yacht
"Vencsdor,' thus winning the Alterations
lake championship.
In New York the firm Of Hilton Hughes
aud Company, successors to the late A. L.
Stewat, have assigned their business. Ac-
cording to d recent trade statement, but
needing revision, the assets are nearly thrice
the amount of their liabilities 1,230, 600 dol
lars.
In their report they state that they find it
impossible to collect accounts or borrow in
the present money market even upoa good
securities. Wall Steeet and the dry goods
trade are little disturbed by the failure,
knowing the Arm to have been for y long
time improbable.
The London World reports thaa ths be-
%trotiial of Queen Wilhelmina of the Neither
lands to Prince Bernard of SaAe Weimar will
be ANNOUNCED early in September.
st. Kits, ~28th-Bishop Branch is still III a
very precarious condition.
New York, August 28th.