, 1908-12-30
SUPPLEMENT TO ST. CRoIX AVIS No. lo5, 8o7n DECEMBER 1908

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Heres as, non-political, and of no signi-
fcance. 1t transpires that his a~ssailant,
MATHS, has recently been v~ictim{zed by ma-
triimCnial advertisements, losing six thousand
francs by an adventures. NJ. N.FalliGres
treats the OFF lr iestingE and with sang
! froid 9hd is winning much praise.
Att Moscow the police made a raj upon
VI rekolutionists' resort, resulting in BaroD
Cote, Chief Of the. Secret Police, being killed,
Colonel Muraki wounded and the police re,
pulsed. Troops we're summoned, and finally
artillery was found necessary to end the
trouble, and after a siege lasting twonty
hours it was disclosed that thesel were only
two revolutionists, one killing himself with
his last shot the other beng wounded This
is the most serious aifray since 1905.
The Sociai Democrats have withdrawn
from the Douma III Il body, offended by
the suspension of their colleagues for violent
language during the debate upon military
items of the budget
New Yori Dec. 2Sth-President Roose.
welt has sent Mr.. Pinchot, the United States
for roster, with invitations to Mexico and
Canada to join the United States in the
movement for conservation of the natural
resources of North America, by commission
ing delegates to a Conference at the White
House on February the eighteenth,
Representatives of the Committee of IN
~terstate and foreign m have sailed
from Charleston for Colon to consider a
recognizing scheme Of Isthmian Govern
ment and Canal construction.
Advices from Caracas state that Presi-
dent Gomez is considering the question of
d handing the extruditicn Of eS-presideut
Castro upon a c arge OF sending a telegram
advising tho opp ments of Gomez to Kill
HIM and terroizo Caracas. If the toll
cgranl is authentic it would probably
be lhe basis for criminal Impeachment.
Dr. Pail has sailed with credentials autho-
riziug a settlement of al claims with all M
tons. Celoatino Casro's surrender of oil
supplies under his control to Gomez's nOlni-
nee is construed as conclusive proof that
his brothor's animation is complete and iual.
General Cl9spo's widow is suing Castro for
the r. Mirahotes Palace and other claims,
aggregate two million dollars, covering Cas-
tro's irremoyable property.
A Berlin despatch announces that Castro
has left the hospital for the first time since
=. his entrance, and witnessed a snowstorm and
skating and walked in the forest.
The Maracaibo, which sailed from New
York on SATURDAY, has on board eight Vene-
zuelans returning to assist in the paciica
ton and regeneration OF their country, VIZ
Senores Bolet, Mercado, Level, MARTINEZ,
Ronaldo, Ayala, Ambard and Saba. TWO
hundred ~compatriots bade them farewell.
A telegram from Curacao reports the arrival
of the Zulia with eighteen Venezuelan politi-
cal c~onvict3 and her departure for La Guayra
with many returning refugees, who received
an ovation when leaving.
Mr.. Buchanan, the United States Com
missioner, will reach Caracas to-day.
"A Washington telegram says the State
Department does not favour Castrob eX-
tradition
Prices unchanged.
! London, Dec. 29th-A Capetown despatch
states that a number of Hottentots rnided
near the Bechuanaland border, killed two Eu-
ropeans and then killed seven German sol
diers who were pursuing them. Great
anxiety is felt.
A telegram from Annoy reports anti-opium
riots at o dozen villages. At ono place
two thousand persons demonstrated and
troops havGsbeen requisitioned.
The punard Company refuses to confirm
the 'rumour THAT their steamers will call at
Cherbourg IN the Spring, nevertheless it'is
generally believed.
A despatch from Newcastle, New South
Wales, reports that thu advance" and the