:
LOCAL
The
s.
s.
“'Parima’’ for
New
York
is
due
at Fredeirikst-d
on
Sunday
morning
(dayhght).
With
the view to taking
advantace
of
advarce
in arrival at
New
York of
the
8.
8, Parin
a <ailivg Mairch 30, trom Fred-
eriksted,
over
the
s. .
Porto
Rico
leav-
ing
San
Juan
April 2, LEITER MAIL
for the States
and related
points,
depos-
ited in the Christiansted
post cffice
until
5
p.
m. Saturday,
9,
will
be
dispatched
by
the first named
opportunity.
The
recently
imported
‘‘Keystone’’
well-drilling machine
which
was towed
through
this
tcwn the day
before
yester-
day
afiernoon
is
being
emp oyed
on
a
scetion
of
land
2t
Estare
‘‘Boetzberg’’
where toring operations
were
conouueied
vesterday,
a ho'le
of
some
14
inches
in
diameter
by
about
4
feet
deep
being
dug.
The
outfit
and
its
woerk
is
the
objeet
¢f curious
inspection.
Patroas
of the
West
End Movies
ard
!l who
would appreciate
a really
enter-
taining
time should
read
the
ad of this
smusemer
t resori
and spend
thisevening
there
&t
the
presentation
of
Nobody's
Dride
veaturing
noted
sereen
actors.
Admission
5
and
10
.:
a
trcat
almost
free.
A United States
torpedo
boat destroy-
er passed
this
port
this morning
steam-
ing
wes’,
The
fellowing
passengers
arrived
by
the
Grehe
yesterday
from
St.
I'homas:—
Miss
Lucy
Giilette,
Mr.
Farwell,
Lt.
Cocmmander
Koehler,
U.
8.
N.,
Com-
mander
Seaman
(M. C.)
1.
§.
N.,
Dr.
and Mrs.
Hedges.
The
following
passengers
sai'ed:—
Mr.
J.
B.
Thompson,
Captain
Mgller,
and
Dr
C. L. Tompkins,
Dental
Corps,
BN
TELEGRAMNS.
ST.
CROIX STATION.
Londcen,
March
23rd.—The
Persian
Parliament
bhas abandoned
the idea
of a
Republic
but bas
deposed
the
Shab
and
has
decided
to install hisinfant
son
cn his
Ihrone
according
to a Teheran
despateh
to
the Daily
Mail.
Tlke
correspondert
says
that a momen ols sitting
of the Ni-
tional
Assembly
to
decice
op
the
tuture
form of
Government
was
helc
on
Satur-
dzy wh
1, owing to the opposition
of the
cleigy and the publie,
the ag tition in f:-
vour
of
a Republic
coliapsed.
The
new
Shah
is
iwo years
old
and
aregen'
wiil
be apprinted
to act
during his
minority.
Lond
n. March 28rd.—The
Camtridge
crew,
in
practice
for
the
arnual
race
with
Cxford,
rowed
the
{ull racing
course
«n the Thames
today
in
20 min-
utes
18
seconds,
as
ccmpared
with
19
minutes
29 seconds
of
the
Oxford erew
S T CRu.ilX
A Y]
S
on Friday.
For
the first
two
miles
the
Cambridge
oarsmogggere
ab'e
to
row
a
faster
race
but
near
the
finish
head
winds
and
rough
water;
slowed
them
up.
London,
March
23rd.——Exhortations
addrersed
to
the
Premier
to endeavour
to
influence
the
Prince
of
Wales
in
a
way
of
bheing
less
adventuresome
on
horseback,
"are
derided
by
two
Sundiy
pavers.
The
Sunday
Times
says
it
is
time people
ceased
tryin2
to play
grand-
mother
to the
Prince,
although
he
hsas
too much
humour
to be
disturbed
by b
jections
that
are
half
lecture
and
half
cackie.
The
Sunday
Express
ZJeclares
that
if
Mr.
MazeDonald
iuterferes,
he
ought
to devise
a
method
whereby
the
Prince
could take
a
more
active
partin
pub
ic life.
‘‘We
ought
to
provide
him
with
opportunities
for
public
service
more interesiing
than
ilaying fouudation
stones
and making after-dinner speeches.
Queenstown,
March 25rd. - Spurred
by
the Government’s
offer
of
a
reward
of
10,600 poundas,
hundreds
of civilians
to-
aay
joined
the
Free
State
troops
and
police
in
t-e
search
{ior
persons
who
shot
down
British soldiers
ard
loecal
civi-
hans.
Thus
far
no
arrests
have
heen
inade
and
the
only
details
which
have
been
learned
concerning
the
circum-
stances
leading
to
the
erime
ar:
that
some
miles
out
of Qregpstown
on
Fri-
day night
two motor
cars
were
observed
which
it is
thought
carried
a
covering
party
to tuf assassins.
he
torpedoboeat
destroyer
Sea
Wolf
arrived
in Queens-
town
this
morning.
Free
Siate
troops
are patiolling Queenstown
and
the
sur-
rounding
distriet
and nobody
is being
al-
lowed
to land
at
Spike
Island.
Univer-
sal detestation
over
the tragedy
is being
voiced throughourt
Ireland.
London,
Mareh
3rd.—The
Premier
has
communicated
with
President
Cos-
grave
thanking
him
for
his
message
in
wheech
the
President
deplored
the
at-
tack
on
the
British
troops
in
Queens-
town
and
announced
that
no
efforts
wou'd
be spared
to
bring
to
account
the
men
lesponsible
for
the
deeds.
‘'l
sympathize
with
you
on
the
outrage
against
the peace
and
order
of
the Free
State,”” the Premier
says,
''l
hope
you
will be speedily
successiul
in
capturing
the perpetrators,”’
Montreal,
March
22rd.--The
Montre-
al Gazette
this
morning,
in
Its
depart-
ment
devoted
to
‘‘today
in
Canadian
History,’’ recalls
that
March 23rd
is the
172nd
anniversary
of
the
issue
of
the
first newspaper
in British North America
this being the ‘‘Halifax Gazette,””
foun-
ded
on that date in the year
1752.
Winnepeg,
March 22nd.—1'he
North-
western
Life Assurance
Company
went
into
voluntary liquidation at the
annual
meeting
of
its
shareholders
here
last
night.
New York, Mareh 23rd- —The
eollision
between
the ""Olympic’” and the Furnese
Bermuda
Steamer
“'Fort St
George’'
in
the
Hudson
river
yesterday,
caused
a
momentary
panic
among
1,440
passen-
gers
on both
vessels
and
several
hundred
people
on
the
White
Star
Line
Pier,
wrought
damage
estimated
to $159.000
to “he Bermuda
boat
and delayed
the
lar-
ger liner an hour.
The ""Olympic’’,
out-
bound
for England
with 1.170
passengers
many
of
them
notables,
was
turning
down
stream
when
ber
n.assive
stern
struck
the
""Fort
St
Gecrge’,
als)
out-
vound
with
270
passcngers.
The
main-
mast
and
a large
hyvdraulic
dorrick on the
smaller
vessel
snapred.
Fifteen
feet
of
railing was
crusted,
a lifeboat,
the
wire-
less
apparatus
and
the
root
of the
main
deck
smoke
reom
were
smashed,
but tbe
vessel
was
able
to
put
back
under
her
own steam
to her prer,
White
Star
Lire
Cfficials inspected
the
"'Qlvmpie’”” inmeo-
cdhately
after
the
crash
and
acain
when
she
had
reached
the lower
bay.,
On
dis-
covering
the
danage
had
been
slight,
they
permitiea
the
vesselto
proceed.
The
Furness
Bermuda
lLine (flicia's
re-
called
by wireless
the
R.
M. S.
P.
Liner
“*Arcadian’’, which
had
suailed
a few min-
utes
before
the
' Fort
St
George’’
and
transferred
to her
most
of the
damaged
vessels
passengers.
Three
persons
on the
Fort
St George
were
slightly
Injured,
One
of them,
Mrs. L.
M. ‘l'uttle
of
Read-
ing,
Mass,
who
was
treated
for
lecera-
tions
of
the
back
and
a
iwisted
knee,
cancelled
her
passage,
Ihe
''Fort
8t
George’’, it
was stated,
would be put into
drydock
in
an
effort
so
have
her
ready
for sailing next
Saturday.
Metz,
France
Mareh
24th—The
Ex-
press
Train
bound
from Ostend,
Belgium,
to
Switzeriand
this morning
crashed
into
a freight
train
Eignut
persors
were kili-
ed
and eleven
injured.
London,
March 24th.—The
Oxford and
Cambridge
track
teams
quit
all even
in
their fiftysixth annual
track
meeting
at
the
Queens
Club
on
Saturday.
Each
team
scored
five
firsts
and
were
tied
for one
event,
the
high
jump.
No
re-
cords
were equalied
or broken.
London,
March
24th
—Yhe
United
States
Line
steamer
‘‘American
Mer-
chant’’
collided
with
the
cargo
boat
**Matutua’’ ncar' the
Thomes
Haven
about
4a.
m.
tolday,
sinking
her.
Eight
persons
were
rejoried-
Killed.
[he
‘“*American
Merchant””
was
badly dam-
aged
and
had to
be beached.
Dablin,
March 24th
.—Joseph
Mc Grath
the
resigned
Minister
of
Industry
and
Commerce,
declares
in a
statement
that
he
and two
or three
others
will resign
membership
in the Dail tomorrow.
Refer-
ring to the recent
army crisis,
he says
the
agreements
between
himself
and
Presi-
dent Cosgrave,
by which he undertook
to
remain
in the Cabinet, have
been
brok-
en.
He undertakes
to secure
the return
of all stolen
arms.
Llandudro,
Wales
March
22nd—Eng-
land
defeated
Wales
2101 inthe
ama-
teur
international
soccer
rfootball match
here
this afternoon.
.