, 1908-04-25

reached Fort jameson in North Eastern
Rhodesia. He started on August the tenth in
an automobile expecting to cross Africa in
six weeks, but he has been compelled to
build thirty bridges, miles of road, and await
repairs to bis engine.
New York April 22nd-Advices from Port
au Prince state that President Nord Alexis's
message read at the opening of Congress
justifies the recent political and financial
acts, a d after the opposition has been
crushed, he will, he says, be ready to accept
submission to the national will of those
thoroughly repentant. Thousi lids of troops
occupied the adjacent streets.
A Guatemala telegram reports that the
students who We're responsible for the attack
upon President Cabrera have MI been arrest
ed, and the military control the situation
The United States gunboat Dubuque has
been ordered from Haiti to Curacao for
orders to Laguayra, and the Desmoines
will probably follow from Port au Prime.
They are to be used as despatch boats. Mr..
Russell, the United States Minister to Ven
ezuela, who was about leaving, has been
ordered to remain, as the situation is alarm
ing. On account Of the plague business is
paralysed, the railways are stopped, and
Laguayra is qunrantined, imports and eX-
ports only being carried on through Puerto
Cabello.
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London, April 22nd. Sir Henry Camp.
bell Bannernann had been unconscious al
most constantly for several days and passed
peacefully and gradually away. Shortly be
fore he end, which came at niue fifteen this
morning, kilograms were sent tc the King
and Queen and the Prince Of Wales and the
ministers. With him at the last were his
niece, Mrs. Campbell, who has been the head
of his household since his wife's death,
Doctor Burnet and his butler. After the
bulletins We're posted the ppighbourhood was
thronged, but the police kept all distant,
According to his wish there will be no pub
lie obsequies, but IL quiet funeral beside his
wife in Perthshire, Mr.. Lloyd George said
he had never met in politics q man who so
completely won the attachment of all his
associates.
London, 'pril 23rd,-Funeral services for
the late Sir Henry Campbell Baunermann
will be held at Westminster Abbey on the
twenty seventh and will b attended by re-
representatives. of Their Majesties, the diploma
tic body, members of the House of Commons,
etc. and the burial will take place on the
twenty eighth at Meigle, Perthshire, beside
his wife, whose death in 1906 was the Begin
nlnB OF his decllne' Syinpa hetic messages
hive been received from every part of the
world, and hundreds of persons Iave left
cards. The Kings message said Sir Henry
was his country g faithful servant, 1 am truly
sorry he has gone" Mr.. John Redmond
said 1--WE all feel that Ireland has lost a
brave and considerote friend" and General
Betha, the Prime Minister of the Transvaal,
ttlegraphed: The Empire has lost one of its
Wiseat statesmen and the Trausvaal one of lis
truest friends. In securing autonomy for the
new co'onies..he raised an imperishable mon
ument to himself and laid the foundation for
united South Africa" General comment
resembles that OF the Daily Chronicle, which
says he led his party to an unprecedented
victory, which was attained rather by dom
nance of character than intellect or enthuoi-
assn, and many journals recall among his
most striking successes, his manner of obs
tanning the resignation OF the Duke of Cam
bridge.
The keels of two new White Star Liners
to be named the Olympic and the Titanic will
be laid ut Belfast in June. They will be
over eight hundred and forty feet In length;
their gross tonnrge approaching fifty Ihou-
sand tons, the largest vessels in the world,