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understood the British protest will not be
presented formally until the Senate takes
definite action. 1t is believed England is
satisfied with the course of the debate, and
prefers merely to put her protest upon re-
cord without disclosing her arguments in
advance of submission of the question to the
Hague if necessary.
Lord Mersey's report on the Titanic"
enquiry will be issued tomorrow.
Miss Craggs has been bailed for $4,000,
and Miss Ethel Smyth, not having been
identified as her a%ccomplice III the attempt
TO burn Nuneham, has been release /. She
threatens a suit tor false imprisonment.
Washington, July 29th-The Senate, by
81 votes to 25, has passed the substitute for
the House of Representatives BIZ which
proposed making sugar free. The Sem
ate's Bill will becoue effective six
months hence. 1t retains the present
duty be'ow seventy five degrees, that
is ninety five cents per hundredweight
and puts two siXteenths of Il cent per hun
dredwei9ht on each additional degree, that
Is, a reduction of thirty cents per hundred
weight upon ordinary grades OF refined SUI
gar, or 1865 cents instead of 1875 us at pre-
sent. This is practically a reduction by one
third. The Dutch Stuudard viii be abolish
ed, and the ditferentiol tariff in favour of
refners repealed. The ecoromy to consum-
ers will be about twenty million dollars an
nually. The prospects are favourable for
the acceptance Of the substitute by the Re-
personalities, and it is expected that the
President will sign the Bill.
San Juan, P. r.. 28th-Eight a. m. Satur-
day. l suspicious case reported yesterday,
developed positive.
London, July 30th-In the sixth test
match of the Triangular Tournament, which
commenced at Manchester yesterday be-
tween England and Australia, the former at
the close Of play had scored 1875 runs for 6
wickets, Rhodes 90, not out. The wicket
was rain sodden.
The lockers strike committee having call
ed a meeting in Southwark Park, intending
to address their followers upon ordering the
resumption of work, thirty thousand strikers
assumed control Of the proceedings and up
braided the leaders for betraying their fol-
lowers by selling them to the employers.
Mr.. Gosling was only listened to when he
declared that the leaders had rejected IL re-
quest to sign q letter to Lord Davenport,
which was too humiliating for co lsideration,
and therefore it had been decided to allow
the men to resume if they wished, after u
vote by the Unions. This was receiv-
ed with shouts OF y surrender upon
which Nj. illicit said this mandate viii
cause the strike to proceed more vigorously y,
causing a National strike. Mr.. Bell fur her
pacited the strikers by declaring that no.
thing had been signed and no agreement bal
been made, his declarations being received
with shouts of owe would have killed YOU
which expressed the sentiment Aener ,ly.
The Unions perhaps will vote similarly, never
theless it is believed the strike is broken
through inability to continue, although
guerilla warfare may ensue
Messrs Harland and Wolff of Belfast de-
clare that the O%rangemen's di5orderly pre-
~vention of Catholics from working causes a
stoppage in many departments, aud possibly
may result iii d complete sioppag9 Of york.
The Adelaide correspondent of the ''Daily
News states there have been ten thousand
prosecutions for performance Of com
pulsory drills during the year ending with
June, and also a similar number of failures
to register in the year beginning with the
present month. The Government advises
the Magistrates to fine and ilDpriscn the
deIinqaoDts. Opposition to compulsory train
ing is stated to be arising.