, 1908-08-12

writing, because he is fulfilling Gods will as
he understands 1t.
Ottawa, August Sth-An order in Council
concurs in the United States proposal for
the establishment of a strip sixty feet wide
on each side of the Alaskan boundary and
will consider the estab ishment of o 8 milar
strip along the entire 1900 miles of land
frontier.
Barbados, 8th-A public meeting was held
here Yesterday evening for the purpose Of in
sisting on the carrying out of the precautions
against infection by bubonlc plague as
embodied in the amendments to the West
Indian Quarantine Convention made at the
recent Conference. Resolutions were pass
ed expressing concurrence ID the amend
ments made by the majority of delegates ct
the Quarantine Conference etc. expressing
great satisfaction with the attitude assumed
by the peoples Of Grenada, St. Lucia, st.
Vincenta and British Guiana, and calling upon.
representatives Legislature to pass, an act
amending the quarantine act etc. also that
steps be taken to obtain leave from the
Speaker of the House OF Assembly for a de-
putation to appear at his bar on Tuesday
next to present the resolutions.
London, August 10thAIn the Cricket
Match at B~elfast, Northern Counties Union,
versus Gentlemen of Philadelphia, the latter
won by an innings and ia runs.
TIL ten members and Elk members OF the
Mile End board of Guardians have been con-
yicted, at the Central Criminal Court, Of
conspiracy and receiving brides from con-
tractors, the majority being sentenced to
imprisonment, and others fined heavily. The
trial lasted nearly a mouth and thirty lead
ing counsel were engaged i'll the case
General Booth of he Salvation Army, who
it is stated is suffering from cataract of both
z-. -, III - nNofnyv1 Rn 1oIo n 4oV1~ IN
South Africa, the itinerary of which would
tax q younger mau.
The Board of Trade returns for July show
a deere ase in the value of exports of 6,746, 800
pounds and of imports 5,434, 1888 pounds.
The King leaves for Marienbad today,
and will meet the Kaiser at Kronberg to-
morrow, and the Emperor Francis Joseph at
Tschl on Wednesday,. Sir Charles Hardinge
will ACCOMPANY him on both occasi' ns,and an
attempt will be made to convince them that
England's policy is not injurious to other
powers.
A Copenhagen telegram says that, unless
the labor difficulties between employers and
employees of the newspapers are arranged,
a stoppage of their publication for q fort
night is possible.
Lemans of France and Wright Of America
few a little less than two miles il a few
seconds under two minutes. Their aero
plane twice circled the race track at various
elevations, the maximum being sixty feet, and
alighted softly at exactly the selected spot.
The French aeronauts congratulated them
cordially.
The Kaiser has given Count Zeppelin FIVE
hundred pounds towards the construction
of a new airship, which is being proceeded
with,
A st. Petersburg despatch says the Rus
sian Foreign Office IS sending to the
powers. merely for their information, the
Anglo-Russian scheme of Macedonian re-
forms, which has been suspended pending
the result Of events in Turkey.
During the first six months Of 1908, $50
death sentences were passed, the crimes
are not specified, bat the majority were MUIR
der and robbery.
AS a sequel to the announcement by the
Douma of the intrusion of the Grand Duke
into state affairs, and their demand for their
retirement from the army, the Gear has re-
lieved the Grand Duke Nicholas of the FIRE.
sidency Of the Council of National Defence.
This attests the Douma's ascendency and Ike
Czar's sincerity.
A Madrid despatch announces that Rull.
who was convicted of attempts to kill King
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