, 1908-07-04

against specific testimony of guilt.
ST Petersburg advices state that the Dou-
ma has voted sixty million sterling Tor the
defence of far eastern possessions, including
war supplies, railway construction, 1or'lnca-
tions etc. The debates elected mucn crl'-
cism of the administration OF the 0rano
Dukes.
Tt is reported that q meeting between the
Gar and the Kaiser in the Baltic will
take place during the Cars yachting cruise.
A similar meeting in 1905 was arranged by
an exchange of kilograms without diplomatic
correspondence.
A Havre telegram announces the arrival
of General Firmin,
New York, July 1st.-News received re-
Qardingthe disturbances in MeXicols very con-
fused. official dispatches minimize them, but
the revolutionists declare worse is coming.
Gendarmes r~epulsed an attack on Las Gal.
omas.
Jamaica July 1st-H. NJ. S, Indefatiga-
BILE left Port Royal Monday night for Gre
NADIA.
Barbados, July 1st-A meeting Of the
Central Quarantine Authority was held here
yesterday for the purpose OF considering
certain suggested amendments to the quar-
antine regulations, Will a view TO aifordlng
greater protection to the colonies adherlng
~ VIC COINCtOlOd IL CNDO ~ 20
gates from British Guiana, Trinidad, the
Windward and Leeward Islands and Bar
bados were present. The Barbados re-
presentative proposed "that the word
~''seyen'' occurring il the definition Of "lnfect-
ed ship and "5uspocted ship" IN @rtlcla z
of The quarantine regulations shall be re-
pealed and the word "ten' substituted there
for" 0 the question being put that the pro-
posed anoDdm,nt be passed the motion was
carried, the Trinidad Delegate dissenting.
The same division occurred in the case ct
every other amendment dealt with. The
meeting adjourned to eleven a. m. today.
Lond on, July 2nd-The snffragettes pre-
viously co nvicted have been fined and order
ed to give security for their good behaviour
for a year aud the first offenders have been
sentenced to one month imprisonment IN
default of a similar security. Twenty hive
elected to 90 to gaol. Mary Leigh, who
broke the windows at Mr.. Asquith's house,
has been sentenced to two mo thu, 'mprison-
ment without the option of u fine. In court
she said, "when we come out you may next
expect bombs. Her %ccomplice received
a similar sentence. 1t is believed that
henceforward the police will be less
good humoured toward these demonstrations
thursdays demonstration has been postpon-
ed because it comedies w tn the annual police
outing.
The Times authorizes the statement that
the directors of the Company formed in
March will take over the paper on July
forth. Mr.. Thomas Marlowe, editor Of the
Daily Mail, denies that Lord Northcliffe has
bought the Times.
III Iron and Steel Trades Journal says
the English and Scotch manufacturers will
ioin in a National amal9amation to fight the
international Trust, which the journal re-
Gently announced, and a fierce competition
between the two combines is anticipated.
The International tube makers Association
has been dissolved in con. nee OF Ameri-
can objections to the ScoVcn reductions in
rates, aud price cutting and dumping is ex-
pected to follow.
The new armou1ed cruiser IAfexible on
her trial runs has appro ched a speed of
twenty, seven knots, surprising the lndom-
table record.
Lord Des> CROUCH, on behalf Of the Olym-
pic Council, announces that only three thou
sand pounds have been received of the
twelve thousand five hundred needed to
avert the reproach of inhospitality to the
contestants, two thousand five hundred OF
whom are arriving from twenty countries,
the expenses already exceed the receipts,