, 1908-10-03

A Rome despatch reports that as a result
of representa- ons to Cardinal Vanutelll
while in London and also from the United
States, it is expected that Cardinal Rampolla
Will su coed Cardinal Merry del Val as Papal
Secretary of State. This plan is understood
as signifying a policy of d~igni6ed conc-ia-
ton towards France and greater reserve to-
wards Italy.
In consequence of he Imperial defeat at
Tubriz the Shah has advanced the date for
the meeting of Parliament to October thlr-
tieth. The troops around the palace in Te-
heran refuse to march upon Tabriz.
The Bulgarian Government deies the pow
ers regarding the Orient Railway and is
reinforcing the military administration.
At st. Petersburg yesterday 222 cases of
cholera and 80 deaths were reported, these
being the minimum numbers since the eli
max Of the epidemic.
A despatch from Harlow states that thr-
ty thousand deaths have taken place there
from cholera. Five hundred deaths from
bubonic plague are also reported to have
occurred near Tientsin
New York, Sept. 30th.-Advices from
Wlllemstad state that President Castro has
refused to receive the second note from the
Netherlands through the German Minister,
asserting that Baron Won Seckendorff is en-
titled only to watch the Netherlands inter-
e IS and is not entitled to dip omatic ~tatus,
and that the Netherlands should send a
special envoy upon q diplomatic errand.
This action is regarded as merely u diIatory
device.
San Francisco, Sept. 30lh-The recent
discussion in European journals regarding
the attempted assassination of Napoleon
the Third in 1858 has elected a stat mtnt
from Comte Camil!o Derudio, residing here
duplicating the lave Francisco Crispi, whom
he declares he saw and heard confer with
Orsini, the would be assassin, and he insinu.
ates that Signor Crispi was ldentlca with
the hitherto unknown thrower OF the bomb.
Comte Derudio gives many fresh details,a and
declares that his English wife secnred his
reprieve by interesting Queen Victoria to
intorcede with the Empress Eugene in his
behalf.
London, Oct. 1st.-L' ter dispatches from
Bombay state that the loss of life from
the flo DIS in the Hydere5a,l and Deccan
district is increasing, and may perhaps reach
to ten thousand. It. is feared also that q
pestilence may follow. One village was
entirely engulfed.
The revenue receipts for the six months
April 10 September are4,4*1 900 pounds under
those of tue same period last year only two
items have increased, and a deficit approach
ing five millions is Indicated.
A telegram from Suva, FIJI, announces
the arri val there of the Manuca with the
cas- taways from the Australian steamer Aeon
and six hundred bags of mails.
The Pharmaceutical Society has awarded
the Pereira medal to Miss Gertrude Wren,
the first woman to receive it.
The De Beers company commence work
ing on full time today, the diamond trade
bong be.ter.
There is much discussion regarding an
interview published by the Berliner Tage-
blatt of its correspondent with Herr Ballin,
the latter advocating q transatlantic steam
ship combine restricting construction and
instituting daily services, will the object of
an economy OF 2,5GO,O0O sterling annually.
It is regarded as an admission that the con-
timental lines are suffering from the compe-
tition of the Cunard and White Star lines,
but it is not b lieved they would accept
a service of rotation with inferior foreign
lines, moreover no lines are willing to take
the Friday, Sunday and Monday sailings.
The expiration of the September limit for
the Aero Clubs prize best records for 1908 e
leaves Mr.. Wright the winner.
M. NJ. Lazare and Weller have ordered
fifty Wright aeroplanes, to cost 100000
frames The contracts inclu1o tba ~ ch4 fO