, 1908-12-23

proportional Representation. resulting n I
.eporm bll to b introduced IN 1910. Thetsl1
snefe1nse no intention to Dissolve p0fiiAme6AV
S~nnragettas were excluded from ia rass..l
'ug winch Mr.. Lloyd Georges adlraSsc Ia.
wnion ne declared he viii fpo tho m.nay
u Ola Age pensions without tariug any
.0ay,s bread or hindaring any productive
lne Qaeen has t~e'egrsphed her sympathy
10 General Booth OF the Salvation Army.
Ihe physicians believe he will recover his
sight.
The Flsnkiurser Zeitupg reports that Aus
ira VIII. pay Turkey four millions sterliny on
accouut OF her ations immediately upon
compilation OF the fornalities.
A Lisbon despatch states that the newly
elected Municipal Council has discovered
q defa.cation of one million four hundred
thousand poun as, and the implicated coun-
ciliors aiiege the Govern ment illegally took
the clty's money.
Sc. Petersburg sd vices report that NJ.
Stakevech. q Deputy, hiss been acquitted Of
an alleged ibal upon NJ. Gurka, formerly
Assistant Minister of the Interior, who was
d'a1nissed In conseq 1enca of his come ctiOR
with the grain ftauds.
The Douna has passed a bill for abo'ighing
the Institutions and substituting
personal ownership. The Socialists being
requested to rise during the reading of Che
Czars response to the congr6tuia ions upon
bis name day, they refused and left the
Chamber.
A Picking telegram announces the depart
ure Of the Dalai Lama for Lhassa, he has
been deprived of all temporal powers, ana
hereafter will be a mere ocolesiastic, pledged
to al the reforms China desires. No fare
wells were exchanged withsths Regent, and
me ceremonies we've OF tho scantiest, CON-
trast'ng strangely with the state ia which he
arrived.
There is soma off 'ial irritation in Berlin
at the attributions Of excessive friendship
for President Castro. The Foreign Odice re-
marks that he arrived as Pres. dent, greeted thu
Kaiser, and left cards ut the Foreign OHi3e,
and the recognition CT these courtesies is
. the sole official aot. Politics ha . not been
broached aud the Netherlands Government
has been fully informed.
President Castro has reyolted against the
hospital diet, and Doctor Israel has assented
to his taking food from a restaurant, If it is
~teetstal.
New York, Dec. 22nd-A despatch
from curacao announces the discovery of .
plot tosassasslnate Genera Belle, the command
or OF Mar8caibc; the conspirators have beea
captured and shot. Ceiestino Castro has
left Maracaibo for Laguaira and Caracas.
The U. S. 5. Maine has sailed from
Norfolk southwark with sealed orders it
Is believed she is going to Venezuela
in connection with reports that vice
President Gomez has seized the Govern
ment. and appointed q new ministry
There is no hostile intent, but it is necessary
to gather information, restore communication
and prepare against emergencies,
New York, December 22nd
Flo II. Blended Clears per bnrrai $40
Meal, kilndried, per barrel 3.45-
Nav Seasons Pork
Heavy Mess Pork, $164-17
Crystals per o., 8 I
'"e~' Muscovado 8yotest 5
Molssses Eng. Islds. per gal. no qnotatiou
Liverpool Cotton middling Upland 4 1920
Exchange, New York&London go days sight
ASH
Exchange Network and London. sight 4.S7a
London, December 22nd "
Dem. Crystals las Sd los 81.
Muscovado, floating terms. in
Dug" bond, los. Od-1Os. 81
German beet 89.f. o. b los. d
Java Sugar $500 Gibraltar or Channel fol
orders, floating terms. JOs.10}d.
Demerara Rum, nominal, Is eds. TIL
Cocoon, Trinidad, good middling Red,
pr cwts61s.
Cotton, mediun Fine Stat Liverpool, nominal
1s. I'd.
Bank Of England Rate of discount 81
Consols SO
Three per cot. Rsntes in Paris 96.75
Dem eVamgeliSk Lu.