, 1898-12-21

- A dssnaloh from tie ROme cor! espondenA
Of lhA London "Dsuy .Maif' reports that it
has bean stated in The Deputies that Eng.
land md Italy have 'an agreement eQuiva.
lent to- a Mreafy "a the 1maintenasce OF.
the status q1o on all african VbplcS. o.
The New YAK "Commerclrf BcIIe''n: re-
ports th,t on the 9th inG. the SIS. All
anca" will i%nltiate' the weekly sailing iof
Washin ron ,eews.;taies that Senator Por-
tors Cuban tariff his been published. ~
becomes.e Yfecliv from the occupation OF the
various portss 1t rnuges below the present
rates at Santiago upon a general b"sls OF
Spain's MINIMUM tariff with exceptions up"
wards in The drinks schedule and dOwnwards
in the schedules not hith"rtO furnished from
pain. The average reduction amounts TO
two thirds or more to about twenty-five per
c'nt of present values.
1t is announced that the North American
Commercial Company h0s been organized
will, a capital Of fourteen million dollars foi
The West indian Trade. 1t is reported mat
the company have options of twenty thousand
acres in sugar and coffee especially IN the
island Of Porto Rico and also the Santiago
mines.
"A M&Ollu u6HpAtC lolOIAS GH0' '"0 DP"
mish Ambassador at Rome has been instruct
ed TO intimate 10 the Italian Government the
necessity of expelling Don Carlos from
Italian territory if he does not cease his CON
splraciea against the Spanish throne.
From Berne it is announced that the
Federal Assembly has elected Herr Muller
President Of the Swiss Confederation and
Herr lluuser vice President, both are Rail-
Gals.
Havana news states that it is reported
from Cardrnns that a she'll burst in the thea
tre there, causing a great panic. No details
have been received.
Errnturn.-I In Bulletin 18th inst. fifth
paragraph read: ~ loan oi two hundred
million francs instead Of 1.-TWO hundred
thousand.
SPECIAL.
London, Decbr. I9th.-The subscriptions
to the Mansion House Relief Fund np to
Saturday night amounted to G44 900.
New York, Dec. 2Orh. -London news fun
nounccs the death of Baron Ferdinand de
RolhschiId, MP. for AyIesbury. lie died on
his birthday at the same house where the
Prince. Of Wales injured niN knee.
The Guardian editorially approves of
Lord Kitchener'G ideas hat the Gordon Col
leg6-at Khartoum should be Mussulman III
OIU6f 10 DS WOSU uS0AHls UuU ut"hJ POA0''AS
approve of General Gordon's sisters idea
that it should be Christian apd sthe Bible
taught. It is understood that the Duke OF
Connought will go to Khartoum to lay the
cprnerstone Of the College on behalf OF the
Z Ieen.
Throughout England the weather averages
about ten degrees above she normal tenn
p%erature.
= At st. James Hall a union Service of all
dcnomin ,tl"ns has been held for the pur-
pose Of promoting an international demon
STATION on behalf of the Cars peace
proposals. Mr. Stead the Editor Of the
"lteview of Reviews" proposes u peace
pilgrimage ending in m audience with the
Gar to receive the tributes and SUI port
gathered IN every capital Of Europe.
The Paris "Soile' states that Captain Drey-
fns Gill leave Cayenne on or about the Bird
Of January aud arrive in PARIS about the
3lst idem.
American news reports that the Southern
Pacific Railway pui poses staRing q weekly
steamship service bel ween New Orleans and
Havana and the Illinois Central railway pro-
poses II triweekly service.
Other news states that tie Hospital ship
"Bny State' has sailed Ell route to JamaIc.
having on board Colonels Alexander Oreilly
Vanschrada and Symonds for the purpose
of studying the Brit sh Transport service.
A Bermuda despatch reports The arrival
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