, 1908-07-08
SUPPLEMENT- 10 ST. oRoIx AVIS No S, ar July Isos

M0Aclt bThuS- "a LlauLlC.
A meeting of London butchers has eon-
demned the American Beef Trust, which it
was declared always kept the British market
scsntiiy supplied, and the House of Commons
should inquire into and remove the EMBARGO
upon Canadian cattle, and permit the impor-
tation OF all healthy cattle for immediate
slaughter.
Some newspapers are discussing the Kais-
ers recent congratulation of Count Zen
pelin upon his achievements, as threateninr
British naval supremacy, and nece5sitating
military alrshlp experiments upon a huge
scale.
The Daily Chronicle says the Gear an
Czarina will attend the Cowes regatta as tie
guests of the King.
Tie Government refuses to ransom Colonel
Clarke Kennedy, who was recently kidnap-
ped by Moorish brigands. There is a sus-
picion that Colonel Kennedy permitted him
self to be captured for newspaper purposes.
He is the father of the officer concerned
in the Scotch Guards raging case.
Berlin advices state that although Prince
Ia E~ulenburg's trial is theoretically secret.
enough has been published to indicate that
his conviction is certain aud a light sentence
is expected. The newspapers resent the
secrecy of the trial rs an undue Difference to
his rank. The court has appealed to those
admitted thereto to remember that they are
gentlemen, and all disclaim any breach of
confidence.
Paris dispatches state that the Chamber
Of Deputies has passed twenty four of the
ninety eight articles of the Income tax bill.
Opposition to the clause compelling com.
plants of over taxation to prove their COM
plant was such that the clause compelling
production OF accounts has been omitted,
and the treasury aud the taxpayers are
placed upon equality for obligation of proof.
A Stockholm telegram says the Swedish
Foreign Office has asked the Indian Gov
eminent to assist in the search for Mr..
Sven Hedin, the we'll known explorer of
Tibet, who has not been heard from since
the summer of 1907.
A Rome despatch states that the Pope,
when receiving the chapter of Saint Peters,
announced his intention to be burned in
the Crypt of that Church.
.Advices from st. Petersburg announce
the death of Count Ignatieff, the diplomat
lst.
The number of executions between the
years 1912 and 1904 averaged fifteen per
annun, but in 1906 there were 1912 and
in 1907 1898 sentences of death were pas
sed, of which 748 were carried out.
In the Rikovsky mine disaster at Yusovo
1856 persons were killed and thirty four in
iured.
A telegram from Asuncion, Paraguay, states
that the revolutionists have been successful,
and q new Government has been established
under the Presidency Of Senior Naveiro, the
former vice President. Members of the former
Government have sought refuge at the Lega-
tons. The casualties number five hundred.
New York, July 6th-Advices from Port
au-Prince state that four hundred buildings
have been destroyed by fire, including the
Arsenal, courthouse and prison.
4 summary Of he accidents in the fourth
of July celebrations in the United States
gives the number of persons killed as seven
ty one and the injured 1924, while the da-
mage by fires exceed half a million dollars,
Adespatch from Willemstad, Curacao, states.
that the Chamber of Commerce, the General
Dutch Union and the Naval League have
combined in a memorial asking Holland to
redress the hardships due to Venezuelan vim
dictive measures. The petition specifies the
seizures of Dutch vessels, the Imprisonment of
their crews, opening of official correspondence
and the prohibition of transhipment. The Gov
ernor, in undertaking the transmission of the
memorial, assured the petitioners that the
home government were being kept informed of
everything.
Grenada, 5th-H. M. s. Indefatigable
left for st. Vincent 6 a. m.
st. Vincent 6th-H. M. S. Indefatigable
arrived yesterday afternoon.
London, July THAN Irish Land Loan
has been Unexpectedly offered for five mil
lion pounds, which perhaps will be oversub-
scribed fifty fold, at three per cent below the
existing loan, depressing gilt edged securi-
ties generally.
Lord Desborough's appeal for funds for
the entertainment Of the Foreign Athletes
contesting in the Olympian games has secur-