, 1908-11-07
elected President and Mr.. Hughes reelected
Governor of New York.

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employers refusing to make any concession,
but another ballot upon acceptance of the
employers terms will be taken on the seven-
teenth.
The trade uuionists by ten TO one have ap-
proved their delegates acceptance of Sir
Christopher Furness's Offer of partnership,
aud it will therefore be tried for one year.
A Committee of the London County
Council has approved a propose. which
favours home grown meat by mark
ing al offered for sale. The butchers
urge that compensation BIZ granted for all
carcasses seized as unsound.
A Berlin despatch says the sudden illness
of other ticials Of the Foreign Office is in
dicative of further official changes, and the
assembling of the Re;chstag wa never more
keenly awaited. Oae Interpolation declares
that Prince Won Bulow's assumption Of re-
sponsibility does not excuse his subor,inatos,
and another asks what steps the Imperial
Chancellor proposes to take to protect Ger
many from ir esponsi5ility aad impulse. 1t is
anticipated parties VIII unite in legislation
regarding the powers of the throne and
the abo'ition OF tue feudll system, that is
to say tle con5titut GA IS 10 be amended
along British lines, III order to prevent the
CO ntry being led blinIfoll into a cutas-
trophe.
The Governments bill provides for four
hundred and seventy,siX million marks, by
the assumption OF a monopoly of the liqYor
trade, All increase of the tax upon spirits AMI
customs Gu Y on tobacco. A tax will also be
levied on gas, electricity and ADVERTISE
rlents. and death duties will be more COM
prehensiye and larger.
A Belgrade Telegram announces that the
Skupt,caina is sitting and the Secretary has
rrp0rte it to be considering the removal
Of the State Bunk and other institutions to
the interior, in consequence of excitement
over a report OF. Au,t9i! having insulted the
Servian flag at Senendvia on the Danube,an and
Servian troops have been sent thither.
Advices from Pekin state. that an imperial
edict decorases the Dalai lama, gran him o
sala V OF ten thousand tae.s, orders his return
to Tibet IN %enjoins his obedience to the
throne.
New York, Nov. 4fh-A despatch from
Curac 10 announces that the Governor has Ie-
ceved a telegram, ordering him to summon
a meeting OF the Execu i've Council aud Ma
val Commanders, to decide upon measures
to be taken il the pop1lacs rebe.iel in
case OF inaction against Ven4zue,a upon *
pjry OF the u,tjmatum. The inhabitants are
astouudel that tle home Government should
suspect their loyalty, AMI they resent the Co.
lonial Governments secrecy of procedure
and the IA lure to ~acurltey report local opin-
ion. The movements of the Dutch warships
Indicate that no immediate action will be talk
en-, and it is rumoueel they will await the CO.
operation Of British and Italian Squadrons
which are en- route. It is suggested that
possibly the Telegram from the Hague re-
lated merely to the preservation Of order in
case Of demonstration of hostility against
Yenezuela when the ultimatum expired. Pre-
sjdeLt Castro has modified the decree re-
galdtug the transhipment OF cargo, but pas
sengcr traffic viii not be allowed.
Presidential election nttlIigence announ.
ces that Mr.. Taft VIII receive 317 electoral
votes, nineteen fewer than President Roose-
welt, the humber necessary for election being
242. His majority over Mr.. Bryan is l51. The
~latter's third defeat is his worst. Almost
all the 80 called doubtful states voted re-
publican, Mr. Bryan carrying only Nebraska,
Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia ard the states
south of the last three with Texas and Okla.
homa, and he ran behind the preceding de-
mocratic candidate, Mr.. Parker, except in
Missouri and Nebraska. Mr.. Taft's aggre.
gate popular majorities in Virginia state is
l,563,75S, against President Roosevelt's
2,545,ol5; but his popular majority ex-
coaIS million H. o:1 NJ