, 1912-08-31

mama Cannl tolls bit is similar to, but mole
bitter than, the British.
New York. August 2Sth. Steam, Lip con
tracts with American builders agg.egstin@
twelve million dollars have been cancelled
through the prohibition Of railways 10 use the
Canal.
Congress has adjourned.
san Juan, 2Sth.-Eight a. m. Tuesday,
one suspicious case reported from Pat:lus.
London, Aug 2Sth-I 1t is tn" general
opinion IT stock exch.oge that the r,fe Of
discount of the bank Of England will be
advanced to morrow.
German comment is more bitter and glee-
fill over the rift IN the Auglo-AretJeoh
lutte. The British condemnation of the
Bill Is comparatively a mere whisper to is
probable sllength If the q lyevnaaeut would
remove Its restraint of the inspect press
Russia and France viii support British ne
ton The American press is weared AM
Disguised AMI generally drops the subject.
1t IS doubifn! II any Congress eve, gave
such relief 10y it, a |joJruueut
Nr. Bonpr Law La- been sori tsly shtk'n
in an automobile collision between (IatsA E
and Rou~4ltt.
-Four thousand 60 hers IN six mines IN ,ho
khonda Valley have stuck work. a po-
test against the docking OF tneir wa C., f,-
''"tIS q it"d' dttIltH', Il tp(iNC NltNu III
men say Is unprecedented.
Advice- from Belfast state that ,he use
Of ,ho City HAL h2s been granted for tho
signing OF the Unioust ant-lIoluo Rule
Covenant. The Na,ionpjsy Will protest at
q meeting Of tn, Corporal on On Mon lay.
ID s]patches from Cassri announce that
the KAISER is better, the condition Of his
ton,IIs now allow ug him to swallow
aud converse. He wa, mos comfortable
yesterday afternoon aud left h- bed, but
IN the evening his tenn" raiure became
higher, without, however, Nof7.}ius hIs athor
symptoms,
Washington, Aug, 29u-I4, consulting
engineers after n comparison If the wn.lI'e
woods have adopted British Guiana green
heart for the Panama Canal ,ot6s, regarding
it AS superior to Australian iron btrk wood
III its resistance to the teredo.
Dominic 29th- Ii. Nj. $. Melpomene
leaves for ST. Lucia about 615 p IN.
Copenhogen,s August 29rh-Au q~ssociq-
ton, among whose Members are Et rs+nad
Andersen, Member of the LnndstinG, Ho,Scr
Petersen and Director Llchmnnu, lrs
bought all the estates OF Meesrs Btrtram
Brothers in St. Croix for one hU9drod and
eighty FIVE thousand dollars, American eur
rcncy.
London, Aug 10Th. In cons Qu"n"2 .
extensive floods Norwich became practically
an island, the rainfall in twenty tonr houts
having exceeded eight inches with Il conpt-
n}iug gales, which IeveIled tho telegraph nd
telephone poles for miles around la, lal-
last has been washed from the railway trucks
stopping the trains on eight branch lnos,
and Il futhom Of water IN the clec.ric power
station eXtiugui5hed the lights Seven thou
sand persons are homeless. The police arc
patro,lmg in boats, and drowned animals are
found in the streets, The liver Wenenm
rose thrte n feet, the last five feet in three
honrs, and is still rising, although already
above the maximum. Yarmouth, Lowestoft
and other parts of Norfolk and Suffolk, US
we'll ms Lincolnshire, are suffering similarly.
Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria
were stormbound off Southwold on board
the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, aud
Nh. Churchill was weulher-bound nj Grlms-
by on the Admiralty yacht "Enchanfross'
The rains have now ceased generally and Tao
outlook is improving.
General Booths bier has been removed
unostentatiously to Olympia on a motor
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