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Aceording to the 2ad Member for Christiansted Town (Uanegata) the Con- mittee recommends a tax of one percent on real property and eliminating per- <onal property instead of the Govern- mont’s recommendation; a tax of one pereent on real property and (he same on personal would bring $3.000 more than the present system, I would like to see an analysis. [ wish to draw atten- tion to the fact that a valuation of Frs, 250 is placed on cane land, Ers. 125 bn pasture land and Frs. 50 on bush land. The principle of personzal property can- not be deviated from by the Government of the Virgin Is ands. Personal property receives the sanie protection as real pro- perty and on ithat statement rests the docision, not on'y of the preseat adinin- istration, but the vast administration al- 1. The (ne percent tax piaced on per- sonal property is a fur egualization of taxafion, ‘ To be cotineld : : s fAJUAL As far as we can understand, the fol- lowing gentlemen have Dbeen nominted for membership in the Coicnial Courncil: Dr. D. C. Cavegata for Christiansted Town: Messrs. H. Berg, O. C. Granady. and H. Jessen for Christiansied Country District: Messre. F. Coulter, A. M. Gold- en, and D. H. Jackson for Frederiksted Town. Dr. Canegata is unopposed and his election wi!l be the first in which a member has been unopposed on two con- secutive occasions. At St. Mary’s Hall last evenin'y was sereened the 7 reel drama Hearts o, The flills which turned out interesting; he .ttendancee was fairly good. The U. S. €. Grebe arrived here at 1 p. w. yesterday from St. Thomas bring- ino mails and passenwers. She roeturned iv the afiernvon, takisg a party of mar- ines. Mr. and Mrs. Lentz and iniant and . F. L. Me Daniel 2ad family. The Factory Sugar Price was fixed on Monday at o§ Ibs. sugar to 100 Ibs. eancs 39,11 cents per 100 Ibs. and 6 tbs. sugar to 100 Ibs. canes 42,67 cents per 100 Ibs. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. New York, May 4th.—The raw sugar market was upsettled again today by the sharp break in {utures and operators were offering Cubas at 5} cents, cost and freioht, equal to 7.28 for centrifugal, e but no sales. were reported. There was another decline in raw sugar jutures at e the cpening, with active positions show- ing deciines of 30 to 33 poirts under an .ccumulation of overnizht selling orders, 4« a result of yesterday’s sharp decline, and continued pecr consuming demand. ST RO 2 NI S There was covering at the lower prices, however, and raihes of 3 o 1V points folluwed, thyilzh tiae toae of the market was unsetti=i. Tne market e refinad was easy and unchanged, to 20 poiafs lower, with fine granulated ranging fron | 9.0 Jtolo 15 and basiness stiii light, | Moseow, May dik.—ll members of th» Moscow housing ¢opmmission have be=n ‘ executed by shooting, aceording to an oifizial annouacement made vesterdav. ] he men were convicted of beithery and corruption on April Ith and wzre pat to death by a deing sguad on Wednesday night, the execative commitiee of the Soviet havine rerusad o aceord clemney. Oitawa, May 3th. Lae House of Com- mons today passad®h biti whieh will prac- tieaily limit Chinese immizration to mev- caaats and stadenis. Mr. Stewart, act- ing minister, intimated shat a Canacian otficial would be stativi2a in Caina and anyone seeging atmission to Canzada would be required to eonvinee that oifl cint of bis bona files as a marechant in tae import or export trade with China. Peddlers, trucksters, laundrymen and s 9 forth would not bhe admitred, Lausanne, May 4th.—[he Near [East paace conference has azain reached a deadlock over th2 question of protection of foreigners in Turkey. Ismet Pasha, head of the ‘Turkish delegation, has ri- fused even to discuss the amendad text of the provision in this connection, pro- posed by the Aliies to replace the text which was accepted by [smet Pasha atcor the adjournment of the first session of the conference in February. The Allies do nor consid>r themselves hhund by the ¢ text framed in February beeaase it was - accepted after the Turky had refused to sign the treaty. The Allies insisied ' in today's discussion that arrests, seiz- . ures and domiciiiary searches affzeting ' foreigners be carvied out ouly when con- sented to previously by the foreign ad- vizers., Ismet insisted that there shoald be nc revision of the compromise text | acsreed upon in ¥ebraary which provided that the adviszrs could be notifiad ati-v . the arrests ware made. Ismet refused . to discuss any oxcept this compromise text, insisting that if the Allies v-badi - ted the accord reachred in the elosing | hours o the pravious conferene2 and il | it were again found that a peace agre-- . ment was impossibie, the World wouid . know that the rupture bhad been caused ' by the unecompromising attitud: of the | Allies. The delegates left the confer- | ence pessimistie over the deadiock, us | the question is rezardad as one of ihe - most important before the conferance, § Paris, May 4th.—-The Foreign Oifize . has prepared a note for transmission to . Washington, reflecting the sentiment of i Frenci steamship operators again;r the United States ruling making iligual the transporiation ot liguor in ih: tecri- torial waters of the Uaited States Tae note, it is reported, express:s sarprise | 4t the interpretation as maie by the United States Supreme Court and indi- cates thatat ail the nations applied their local laws to {oreign vessels ocean navi- gation wou!d soon cease. An Interna- tionil conference of steaimnship opera- tives is forecast as a means of reaching a settiement of the question. Paris, May sth.—The Frencbh athletie federation today after a {inal discussion has decided to probibit the halding of the remainder of the Internavonal Uni- versity championsnip games, if Charles Paddock. rhe United Staies sprinter con- tinues to comp=te in them. It was an- nounhced by the federation, however, that it would permit Paddock to give ex- hinvitions. On beine informed of the d>eizion of the fed ration the organizers of the championship zames whien are in progress a- the Port D’Ore Sradium, deelared that Paddoes would run as hal been urianved, not\\'ithst‘_xmii'!-,: the fedl- cration’s decision. Paddock compete| today and won t e semi-finals in the 1) me:re dash, his time being 19 3/5 sec- onds, Then again runcing agatnst tim with nobo v o urge him to gather speed by competition, he broke the World’s record for the 70 metre dash. His timae was >4 seconds or four fifths of a s2cond, better than the previous record held by Swed=n, Lendon, My sth.—Sir William Rob- ertcon Nicoll, Scottish Non-econtormist divine and roander of tha British we kly a Non-conforau=t organ, died last night at Hempstead. He only resigned active editorship oi the weekly last week, hav- ing served in that capacit, since lis fivst izsue in 18885, FHe had beon o 0 10 differ- ent healtn for som2 L=, Otrawa, May 4ih.—'1 think it is for the Dritizsh Goveroment (o deiermine its own policy and for us (o exlress no opin- jon conecerning. it'’, said Mr. King, the Preniier, 10 the House of {.ommons this afternoon in answer to a question by Mr., Woodsworth, [aboay miaaboe fop ‘Wingn- peg centre, regarding the vote oi the British Paviiament dor ¢ naval base at at Singapore. Mr. Woodsworth asked whether in view of the vote of SLO,OOO, 000 doilars by the fHouse of Commons at Westminsier for a naval base at Singa- pore «ud the comments in the Imperisl Parlinmient th:t this sigoified strained or Dossibly s.raiced, relations between Grest Bricun and Japan, the Dominion Government had scgquiesced in the pol- iey of tne Lapecial Govern nent, NETW Y\)KK. :v'll'i\‘ h Flour, (Biended Clears, . Lawrenrce Brand) Jdaty paie pr.ocrl. $5.10 Meal, Kiledried per 100 ; cunds $2.15. New Season’s Pork per barrel $37.00. Heavy Mess Povk por bri. $274. Sugar—Crys ais maxitwutn per 100 lbs. $3 03 noa inal, Mclasse: Supar 39 1 0 guotation. Cotton, Middiing, Upicud, at Liverpcol. per lb. 14 79 LYo Exchange. New Yok and Lond a, 6) days’ sight $4.59%