of expenses
and
at
last
to another
kind
of independents,
Who is stuffing
the
straw.
Thanks.
a B
Editor St.
Croix ‘*Avis”’
Dear
Sir,
|
As a vietim of hard luck I am
compell-
ad
to emizrate
to Old York
to
look for
a
|
'ivelihood; the
passage
is
one
way
Kkill-
.ng
me and
then I have
to go
to the
fort
.0 get my birth ceriificate
which
is cost-
ing
me 60
cts.,
now
the
agent
received
news recently
demanding
both baptismal
and brth
certificates.
Well being
a good
~kurch
member
I went
to the Minister to
ret
my baptismal
certificate
with
the
in-
cention
t(hat
he
would
have
given it to me
out instead,
I was charged
$2
Isn’t
that
an
exhorbitant
pric2 for a poor
person
.0
pay
who is just going out in the
wevid
to
seek
a living?
Yours truly
KENT.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX
STATICN
London,
Juy
18th—"The
following is
rhe
result
of the Eclipse Stakes
run foday
Polyliontes
Ist Papyrus
2nd
Stgermans
a3*d.
Buenos
Aires,
July
17th.—The
situa-
tion in
Brazil,
where
the
army
of
the
J:ate
of Sao
Paulo
has rebe!led,
is
acute
the
newspaper
‘‘LaNs=cion’’
under-
atands
from
an
official
source
today.
The
rebeilion
was
prepared
by
impor-
tant
chicftairs
of
the
Brazilian
Army
according
to
the
newspapers
informa-
tion,
with the aid
of
high political
lead-
ers
of the
Stare
of
Sao
Paulo
who
are
in
contact
with
the
revolutionary
ele-
ments
of
other
States.
A big
banking
Louse,
believed
to
have
official
connec-
tion, is fivancing
the
vevolt.
The
revo-
jutionary
(rocps
comprise
aboul
six
thousand,
wi h
abundant
arms.
The
streeis
of
Rio
Dedaneiro.
are patrolled
by
the
military
and
the
Government
Palace
by macnine
gun
units
and sirong
detzehments
of
infantry,
marines
and
military police.
A
message
from
Porto
Alegre said
that
1,200
additional
troops
wnd a
machine
gun
company
emburked
from
that
port
for
Santos
yesterday.
Charlas Frarvece, July 18th.~The airplane
duration
record
of 37
hours
15
minutes
48 8 seconus
made
by
Lieutepant
Smith
«nd
Lieutenant
Richter,
United
Staies
Army,
was
broken
yesterday
by
the
French
aviator
Coupet
and
Drubin
in
4 flieht
which
lasted
37
hours
59 min-
utes
10 seconds.
Olympic Swimmingpool
Les
Tourel-
les
France,
July
18ih.—The
United
States
swimming
team
today
won
the
women’s
400
meire relay,
breaking
the
world’s record for the
distance
by
nego-
tiating the 400
metres
in
four
minutes
EQ scecne's.
-
Paris,
July
18 h—Johnuy
Weismulle:,
S T (ki
x
A ¥YE
Illinois, A. C, today
won th2 final of the
Olympic 400
metre
free
style swim with
Andrew Charlionef Australia, sunoosedly
his
strongest
riva!,
thira
and
Borg,
of
Sweden,
second.
Weismuller's
time of
five
muinutes
4
a
d
1/5>
seconds
breaks
was the Qlvmpie record,
but
far
behind
Arne Borg’s world mark of 4
minutes
49
seconds,
which however
has
no' yet been
officially ratiited.
Paris,
July
18 h—Olympic
bexing
events
yesterday
=dded
to
the
honcurs
already
achieved
by
Canada
in
the
De-
partment
of athleties
Hon'y
Henning
and
Leslie
Black,
bo'h of
Toronto,
were
given
decisions
over
their
opponenisin
the mildlew<ight
contests,
Moscow,
July 18 n— All the
prisoners
serviag
in the Soviet
jails for minor
off-
ences
will be given
a vazation
to assist
in
the harvesting
of the crops.
London,
July 19th—Satisfactory
prog-
ress
of
the Inter-Aliied
Conference
was
indicated
today
by
the work already
per-
formed
by
the
Comniittee
appointed
at
the opening
sessicn
on Wednesday.
Ottawa,
July
18'h—ihe
Senate
last
night refused
approval
of
the
proposed
trade
agreement
between
Canada
and
Finland
and tris
will hbave
to
wait
the
next
session
of Paritiment.
Amsterdam,
Ju'y
18h— Mzjor
Pedro
Zanui,
the Argentire
aviator
who plans
to steet
ona
world
flight
next Tuesday
intends
to
tollow
th:
route
of
Major
MacLaren
the
British
avi:tor
Ruenosaires,
July
18 h—Trustworthy
information
1 eeved
here
from
Brazil
early (oday
indicaies
that
the
rebels
are
gat
iaz
the
upper
lartin
the
fighiung
around
San
Pzulo.
11
is stated
that the
Federal
Government
has
oropesed
to in-
stitute
decissive
operations,
but
the
mii-
tary chie:s
do
not entertain
hopes
of de-
finate resulis.
Yniessapoli el comprom-
ise
is
reached,
the
Dr
ziian
v arfare,
whicii
bas
ncw
ben
wazed
so:
ne.rly
two weeks
between
the 3ao
Paulo
revol-
uiiorisis
ar d Federal
trecops,
pron.ises
to
be fone
drawn
out,
SLegma,
July
17th.—The
majort'y
agatnst
the continuadn
ot protiot
10on
1n
Siaskatchewan
passed
the
26,200
mark
this afternoen
and
continued
cimbing.
On
the
basis
of
the
day’s
returss,
all
of
them
from
rural
points
and
most
of
them
econtributing
to
the
majority,
some
people
were
predicting
that
the
firal returns
witl sho
v
a majority against
prohibition of between
35,000
and 49,000,
Mon:real,
July
18 h.
-
Mount
Geikie
has
been
ecnquered
=»fier
yezrs
of
un-
successful
endeavour
by the
best
Alpin-
is's
in
Canada
and
the
Uniied
States,
this grimn peak,
highest
and
most
forbid-
ding of all
the
mountains
in
the
ram-
par.s
range
Jaspar
Natiova!
Park,
Al-
berta,
sur-endered
1o the
«ffor.s
ol two
Canadians
and
an
American:.
Tokio,
July
19i¢h.—Dense
fog
forced
the
MacLaren
pariy
of
Biitish
rourd
the
world
aviaiors,
who
hopped
cff
from Lake
loshioye
un
Yerorofu Island
last Wednesdey
to
land at Urup
a neigh-
bouring
island
soon
after
taking flight
said
wireless
advices
reccived
yester-
day.
The
advice
said that
all
mem-
bers
of
the
jarty
were
safe
and
th:it
their
cirplane
was
uncdznmaged.
Ihe
machine,
after
landing
in
the
ocean,
was
removed
toalake
on
the
island,
the
better
to
ride
out
the
inecrcasing
wind,
which
arose
after
the landing.
Tokio, July Jone
18tk.—Owirg
to
un-
favouraktle
weather
Major
Maclaven
who
was foreed
to land
on
Urup
Islard
after leaving
Yetorofu,
has
decided
not
to make
a fresh
start
today.
Bisley
Camp,
July
19th —Frivate
Burke,
Ottawa.
won
the
King's
prize
today.
His
score
was 230 out
of a
possi-
ble
250.
Olympie Stadium
Colombes,
July 19th
—Mics.
Helen
Wills
and
M:s.
Georee
Wichtman,
the
United
States
pair,
wor
the worlds
doubles
championchip
of tle
Olympie
lawn
tennis
comretition,
de
feating
Miss.
Kathleer
NceKane
and
|
Mrs.
Phytiis
Covell in the
finais
teday,
7-5 8-0.
New
York,
June
19th.—The
Times.
commenting
¢ditorially today
on
the
re-
"
cult of the
vote
in
Saskatchewan,
plac-
ing that provivee in the
hist
of
provinces
which have
adopted
the
pelicy
of
gov-
ernment
sale and
control
ot
liquor,
finds
the result
an object
leston
for
the
Unit-
ed
States,
“'lf
the
rew
arrangements
fail.”’ it says,
‘‘they are
free
to
change
their vpinion ard
their
liquor
law
again
Such
is the
advantage
of
not
being
fet-
tered
forever
by
a constitutional
amend-
ment.”’
Athcns,
July
19th.—Ambulances
were
|
summoned
to the
Chamber
of
Deputies
|
in which
an all
night
session
broke
up
at Ta.m
in
a pitched
pattle
in wtich
an
|
ex Ministir.
an Admira!,
aid
a
Deyuy
|
were
sericu
lv w unded
and
a
score
of
.
Deputies
wecre ba lv beaten.
|
Victo: a, B.
C. Jly 19tt
Lieh*
on
h»
‘
nys
ery
suirourd
og
the
dis
p
e
ru
ce
|
of
the
Buoiich
siop
of
war.
condor”
"
which left
Fsquimalt
on
December
2nd
1901,
with
104 British
tars
: board,
and
'
of which
no trace
has
sinee
been
tound,
.
is
belleved
1o
have
been
discovered
by
|
Mr. Bevan
federal
distriet
engineer
for
.
Albermi,
off the
sands
of
long
beach.
|
West
coast
of Vancouver
Island.
Traces
i
ofa
DBritish ship,
which
Mr. Bevan
be-
|
lieves
mzy
be the
lost
“"Condor,”” bhave
|
been
discovered
washed
up
in the heavy
{
grales
of twenty years
and
so covered
in
'
that it is impossible
for him at
this (me
-
to give detai'ed
pardculars,
Simla,
India
July
20ih—"The
ereation
of
an indian
Nauvy eapable
of defending
~
the coast
of India and protecting
India’s
~
harbours
and
commerce i one of
the
in-
teresting
recommendations
made
in
a
ie-
~
port
-f
the
Indian
Mercanuie
Marine
Committee,
which
the
Government
of
India
1s now
considering.
The commit-
ton,consicts
of prominent Indian and
Bri-
tish businessmen.