, 1908-10-14

49, r. |~HN Va ho~NS
for three months. and then a reimbursement
w II BE- made.
Large Numbers of the woj kmen Of the
South Metropolitan Gas Company followed
the funeral Of the late Sir George hiyesey,
the Chairman Of that company, and the
autLor Of its prcit-shariug scheme, which
gives to the workmen the appointment of
three } rectols aud an investment Of two
million pounds.
The Guardians Of the poor for the b.
rough Ct GnmberWell have given outdoor
relief to all paupers over seventy, thus quail
fying them for the old age pension scheme,
but unexpectedly enlargiug the burden upon
the rafepaycrs,
A despatch from Hong Kong states that
Sir Robert Harris recent visit 10 Eug'and
was designed to promote a treaty between
China, England nn the United States to
conserve their mutual interests in the Orient.
The runners of the Marathon race on
Saturday from Windsor to the Stadi-
um of the Franco-British exh' bition were
started by Princess Victoria of Schles-
wig Holstein. Eighty-nine professionals con-
tested, the winner being Siret, q French
man, III two hours aud thlty-seven
minutes. eighteen minutes under Hayes,
the winner of the Olympic Amathon
Race Half n dozen others beat Hayes
tine, the cooler wealth explaining the better
time.
The death is announced Of Sir Henry
Drunmond Wolf.
A Copenhagen despatch announces that
Herr >~eergaard has been appointed Premier
anil minister of Defense, Count Ahl ieldt
Lauryig Minister of Foreign Affairs, Herr
S6rensen Minister of Education, Herr
Hpgstro Minister Of Justice, Herr Sonderup
Minister Of C,mn unications, Herr Nielsen
Minister of Agriculture, Herr Klaus Btrntsen
Minister Of tLe.Interior, Herr Johnn Hansen
Minister of Commerce ard Navigation, and
Her Brun, Minister # Finance.
Twenty three balloons started in the
International Race from Berlin in the pres
ence of eight thousand SPECTATORS. TIC
balloon named Corquclor, whose pilots were
Messls Forbes una Pos, two Americans,
burst within two minutes, at an altitude OF
four thousand feet the spectators
were shocked, rs they could see
daylight through the envelope, but aE-
ter falling about two thousand feet the en-.
ve'ope formed a parachute and the plots
escaped without ser.oas hurt. The other
balloons carried three days rations.
Advcts fr IN Be)2ra g state hat on ex-
traordinary session Of tie Skupshtina elect
ed HE most prominent war aGitator as lresi-
dent. The proceeding have othetwi>o
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dicu'irg tlut plnve decisions were under
consideration. The Minister for war is
quoted rs saying that hostilities are hardly
avoidable the mob has burn, Il Austrian
flags and similar demonstrations IRE report
ed from the provinces, nevertheless the pop
uiar excitement on runs the official view of
the possibilities Of the situation owing to
the lack OF war materials. Probably confidence
in the Government will be voted, and tho
Minister for Foreign Afails vii! tour
among the ClaIcei!eIics to state Seiyiu's
case.
In Paris it is reported that he Sultan Of
Turkey viii obdIcate under pressure in
favour Of his brother. The Temps hopes
England viii favour the neutraljzation Of the
Dtr,!ane,les upon the analogy OF The Suez Ca
Ma, Rus in beng entitled to his consideration,
and it considers. fr&nkuess the best p,.icy,
pointing out that Cyprus and Egypt attest
THAI Enslaud'hHs no; always been II ~oisinter-
ested friend Of Turkey, England, it further
SAYS, keeps Turkey advised in order to secure
the Porto's assent to each step, and she is es-
pacja!iy DESTROYS that Turkey and Austria
should neeotiate directly, to facilitate Austria's
participation in the conference, and this
has probably been done, Turkey being now
chiefly insistent regarding satisfaction from