, 1908-07-22

sand pounds.
Miss Esther Redmond, eldest daughter.of
Mr.. Redmond! M. p, was married on Satur-
day at the Church Of our Lady of Victories.
K~ensineton; to Doctor William Power of
New York.
The Unionist whips have issued a warn
ing to their agents that the next gener-
al election will be contested upon this
years register and by some this is re-
garded as a forecast of a dissolution next
year, which is, however, doubtful; an appeal
to the country would be unnecessary as the
result of The rejection of the licensing, re1
form and education bills. The House of
Lords is not likely to reject the old age
pension bill, because financial measures are
within the privileges of the House of Com
mons, and Mr.. Lloyd George will insist upon
bringing in one budget, the Government
being stronger than when the session began.
The "Dally Express" publishes the result
of a poll taken on the women suffrage move
ment: 6O,947 men and 59,942 women were
opposed to female suffrage, and ID, 316 men
add 37,962 women were in favour thereof.
while 25,885 men and 1854 women sup
ported a limited franchise for women.
Paris advices announce that 2. esidenk
Fallieres has started on his northern tour.
and ut DuukIrk delivered a brief speech. in
which he stated that he was going in tha
name Of the Republic to strengthen the ties
upon which depend its relations with he
nations of Europe, and the worlds peace.
The Presidents organ declares that his
mission does not include aggression against
any nation, by which is meant Germany.
Dispatches from Tabriz state that tue
Government troops overcame the revolutiou-
lists and began pillaging aud numbering in
their turn. Many arrests have been made in
connection with the plot to assassinate the
Shah.
The ''Daily Telegraph's" Teheran CORES
pendent says the Persans welcome the re-
currence of old methods, not approaching
the Observation-Disclosures Government.
Tue German Government has bought the
rights to an ae. ial torpedo, a Swiss inventions
which England had previously rejected as
without value.
Advices from Monastir report the assassi-
nation of Osman Plsha, the day after his an
nouncement of an amnesty to the officers i'm
plicated i the mutiny 10 Macedonia. Seven
thousand troops threaten to march upon
Constantinople to demand a Constitution
New York, July 20th-It is understood
that as Field Marshal Lord Roberts will
the Prince of Wales, General
Murray will accompany Vice President Fair
banks to Quebec.
MI bOdS Will BILL lOI LulOP0 Oh 1uuTS-
day but says he will return in Septem.
Der. Enquiries regarding the telegram
reporting Hern Ballin's retirement elicit q
denial from Hamburg.
Plans are being prepared to replace the
Mills building opposite the New York Stock
Exchange by an office building to be one
thousand feet high, or twenty feet higher
than the Eitfel Tower.
Quebec, July 2Oth-Earl Grey and his
guests attended divine service yesterday on
board the flagship. Lord Roberts and others
attended the Anglican Cathedral, aud the
Duke of Norfolk, Lord Lovat and other
Roman Catholics Were present at mass at the
Basilica. In the afternoon the fetes were
informally opened, the officials not p%artioi-
pating in the Parade, the French Cath lilo
young mems procession, Or the decoration Of
the Champlain statue by Papal Zouaves
placing wreaths.
The hotels are already crowded by the
vanguard of the tourists, Americans being
the most numerous.
The United States battleship New Hamp-
shire is delaying her arrival from down the
river until Tuesday; she will therefore pro-
bably be the first to salute the Indomitable.
Although the Prince of Wales has been
here five times before. his present visit is the