, 1908-09-30

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people are frenzied by their sufferings
and the neglect Of the authorities the
plague is increasing, and the conditions are
pitifn].
Advices from the Hague state that the
German Minister at Caracas has presented
III Hands second note to Venezuela. Ac-
cording to a Caracas despatch the Foreign
Minister has acknowledged the receipt OF
the first note and is awaiting q further COM
munication. President Castro has received
the thanks of Sir Vincent Corbett. the Brit
ish Minister, for the courtesies shown him
in his trip to Cuidad Bolivar.
kilograms from Teheran announce that
new elections have been ordered and that
the House of Assembly and the Senate will
be- convened on November fourteenth.
357 cases of cholera and 1862 deaths oc-
Cured in St. Petersbrr g yesterday, the cases
being now double those of the last great
outbreak. in 1896. The weather is now
cooler.
New York, Sept. 25th-The cholera at
Manila is decreasing, only 40 new cases being
reported the smallness of the mortality IN
dicates that it is not a virulent type. 1t
il reported from Washington that President
Roosevelt is considering the divertlng OF
the feet from Manila.
Lord Northcote, Governor General of the
Commonwealth of Australia, has arrived at
Manila en- route for home.
St. Thomas 26th.-Communication with
Point-a-Pitre interrupted.
Point-a-Pitre Sept. 26th-At one o'clock
Yesterday morning o gale started from the
North East, wo king eastward, total calm sud
denly at five thirty, but at six fifteen started
from South with increased force till nine
thirty a. m. No great damage in town, but
country districts suffered heavily, large
number trees uprooted, many sugar factories
unroofed and canes severely damaged. Coast
ing steamer reported a total wreck and all
coinmuu ication Interrupted.
London, Sept. 2Sth-The death is an
nounced of William Farren, the actor.
1t is understood that Mr.. Algernon Swim
burne will receive the Nobel literary prize.
The Jockey Maher has scored one hundred
wins in the present season, and Hlggs ninety
eight.
After six days play, Lord Rosslyn is five
hundred and twenty five pounds ahead on
three thousand coups. L IS suggested that
he and Sir Hiram Maxim are violating the
law, which specifically prohibits roulette.
The authorities OF Scotland yard are look
ing for an adroit swind'er, who sent false
elters from the head Office of the London
and South Western Bank, crediting himself
with deposits, which he collected from eight
branches, visiting them successfully II si
automobile the same forenoon. AS yet they
have no clue.
AT the lest general election the constitu-
encies which since have held by elections,
cast for the Liberals 2H9,994 votes, aud
for the Unionists 174,5 76 in the by-elec-
tons the same constituencies have cast for
the Liberals 1897 4 and for the Unionists
201, 433. The Nationalists have deserted
Mr.. Asquith, despite the Irish Universities
Bill, and the Labouri tes have deserted him,
despite old age pensions and bis pledge to
consider unemployments. 1t is expected that
the lrouse of Lords will reject any further
radical Measures, and the Unionists are
clamouripg for the Governments resigna-
ton, because the licensing-bil cannot pass
the Upper House.
A National protest against the licensing
bill, the largest meeting of recent years, was
held yesterday afternoon in Hyde Park.
Three hundred thousand persons were pre-
sent, a part of whom were brought in two
hundred special trains from throughout the
United Kingdom. Fourteen professions filed
the park, from the Marble Arch TO Hyde Park
corner. Ninety speakers addressed the
crowds, and at a bugle call the resolutions
were adopted amid great cheering.
A telegram from IauDceston, Tasmania