, 1908-07-08
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION

mond Sculls, Mc.C ulloch beat Stuart. During
the entire Regatta only one record has been
broken, that being Magdalen in the Stewards
Challenge Cup in seven minutes twenty sew
en- and half seconds.
Cambridge declines the challenge from
Harvard.
The wireless telegraph installed at the
Admiralty gives instantaneous communica-
ton between Whitehall and the fleets
carrying out the maneuvres.
The Manchester Chronicle has apologized
and paid Mr.. Richard Croker fifteen hun.
dred pounds for libel, and will publish a
retraction in all the sporting papers, admitting
that Mr.. Croker is among the soundest and
most honorable supporters of the Turf.
The Manchester federated spinners have
agreed to further curtail the consumption of
American cotton.
The Prince of Wales will be on shore at
Quebec from the twenty second till the
twenty ninth instant he will land after re-
ceivine the Governor General on board the
warship. The Battlefield will be dedicated
on the twenty fourth, and His Royal High
ness will place wreaths upon the Wolfe and
Aux Braves monuments. Lord Roberts has
invited Colonel Denison of Toronto, who was
upon Lord Roberts staff during the South
African Campaign, to him during
the tour.
The Teheran correspondent of the Daily
Mail says the exact situation at Tabriz is not
known, on account of the Censorship, but it is
reported that the casualties number four
thousand, and there are seventeen hundred
Refugees at the Russian Bank.
It is reported that the British Charge
d'Affaires has been recalled on account of the
.Shah's telegram to King Edward, who never
theless has approved of the Charge dAffaires
giving protection to refugees.
The Berlin Local Anzeiger's Teheran cor
respondent states that a strong force is res
toring quiet, but a recrudescence of the
trouble is feared. Next winter Russia
will equip 5000 Persian Cossacks under
Russian officers, although the Persians are
protesting, and threaten to boycott Russian
The Shah issues daily proclama-
tons containing unlimited promises that he
will reduce the prices of necessities and full
fill the wishes of the people.
A despatch from Friedrichshafen states
that the King and Queen of Wurtemburg,
having accepted Count Zeppelin's invitation
for an aerial journey, the King assembled
first and found it so delightful that he re-
turned for the Queen. Their Majesties were
accompanied by the Court Chamberlain, and
a maid of honour.
Adyices from Toxic announce that the
Cabinet has resigned, ostenslbly on account
of the Premier's ill-health, but really owing
to friction between the cabinet and the
Elder Statesmen over the financial situation.
M. Kaspura, who will probably become pre-
mier, is of q milder and non-milltary policy,
and favours retrenchment and the repayment
of loans. The present Minister for Foreign
Affairs, and the Ambassador to Great Bri-
tain will exchange places, but the new Min
lister of Finance is yet unknown.
kilograms from Manila report a mass
meeting of twenty thousand persons to
demand that the United States concede to
the trade of the Philippines privileges equal
ing Porto Rico's, and petition from one mil
lion signatories is being prepared. III to-
bacco and sugar interests fear ruin.
A st Petersburg despatch says that the
Gar and the Kaiser will meet in that city
in the coming Autumn.
An explosion has occurred in the Rikov-
sky mine at Yusoyo, by which three
hundred lives were lost. Two hundred and
fourteen corpses has been recovered. The
cries of the men entombed among the debris
were long audible, agitating the survivors
and the villagers to such an extent that
troops were necessary to control them.
Adyices from Assuncion, Paraguay, report
a revolution, with street fighting, in
which hundreds of lives have been lost. The
interruption of communication prevents any
confirmation of the sensational rumours in
circulation.
Grenada, 4th.-H. M. S. Indefatigable
arrived this morning.
London, June 6th.-The King and Queen
on Saturday opened the building of the
ROYAL National Pension fund for nurses, be-
ing the elimination of the Queens efforts,
and upon her behalf His Majesty thanked
the donors and emphasized the Importance
.of the nurses calling.
Fairs has defeated johnson, the challenger