, 1908-12-30

result in autonomy for India. The proceed
ings were harmonious, and in strong contrast
to last wears, when opposition to the election
of Dir. Chose resulted in a free fight and an
indefinite adjournment of the Congress.
Herr Wilhelm Won Stumrn, Counsellor of
the German Embassy in London, has been
appointed to succeed DR.. HammRnn Klein
met as director of the political section of the
German Foreign Office. DR.. Klehmet APP
proved the kaiser's interview published by
the Daily Telegraph.
The Paris police have discover hr :
between Maths, the assailant of President
Fallieres, and q Royalist organization ternAvu@
the Yellow Syndicate, and have arrested
deputy Bietry, the editor of its newspaper.
Fatal shots have been exchanged between
: an Austrian patrol and Sorvian peasants, but
the incident is being minimized
Turkey has transferred negotiations with
Austria to Vienna with Baron Won Aehren-
thai direct, she has also invited Bulgaria to
resume negotiations.
Dispatches from Rome report a disastrous
earthquake in Calabria and Sicily, and Messi-
IN has been greatly damaged, and estimates
Of the number of fatalities reach twenty
thousand, including the towns of Palmi,
Reggie, Scylla and Bagnara, but Ii will be "a
week before accurate details can be obtained.
CuOChS OtCuIICu uGIIlJ every IullulH VhIOuSh-
out Il circle two hundred miles in diameter
i'll Eastern Sicily aud Italy's toe ,Ualahra).
For one hundred and itty miles towards Ma
pies "A tidal wave followed, thirty feet high,
which was destructive of almost all Sicilian
ports, and engulfed half Of Mossina, rising
and falling several times, carrying shipping
ashore, persDn out TO sen, and leveIllng
buildings; communications are destroyed,
except by means Of wireless telegraphy by
w~arships. Apparently Etna was the centre OF
the disturbance, II radius of forty miles being
wasted. 1t ia not known yet whether IN
eruption Is proceeding, ms even the railways
ore destroyed. King Victor Emmanuel is
preparing to repeat his rescue work OF three
years ago, and warships, regiments and mer-
chantmen have been ordered to assist. The
shock vas felt even along the route OF the
Simplon railway, and was peroeptible at
Malta, and the soismographs at@ Laibach
observatory and at Washington registered it
1t was more severe than that of 1908
throughout the same general locality.
New York, Dec. 29th.-Advioes frSm Vene-
zuela state that ex President Castro's brother
has fled to Colombia.
Holland has announced she will ta'te no
further action pending developments.
Canada VIII accept President Roosevelt's
invitation to send delegates to the Conserva-
ton Convention.
St. Thomas, 2~9th-French cruiser Duguay
Trouin from Cuba arrived yesterday -ven-
ing.
New York, December 29th
Flo 1r, Blended CIems per barrel $50
Meal, Kindred, pei burrel 3.45-
New Seasons Pork
Heavy Mess Pork, $163--l7
..oor Crystals per H., 3 LIE
"N8Hf' Muscovndo 89otest 3 BIC
Molasses Eng. Islds. per gal. no dslotaSoD
Liverpool Cotton, m~iddIing Upland 1910
Exchange, New York&LondoD. 60 days sight
Exchange NowYork and London, sight 4.87 -
london. December 29trN
(Dom. Crystals las Cd ,l55 Ga
Muscovudo. floating terms, III
0ue"i bond, los, 0d-10s. Sd
German beet 88.t. 0. b los. It'd
Java Sugar 5000 Gibraltar OF Chunno. for
orders, floating terms. 1854.
Demerara Rum, nominal, Is Ga lis. 73d.
Cocoa, Trinidad, good m%iddJing Red,
pr cwt els.
Cotton, medium Fine s. at LlTerpc 81 ,nominal
Is. I'd.
Bank of England Rate of discount 2af
Consols 80 1916