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@ Make A Note of This! ON MONDAY Dec. 19th from 3 P. M. Delicious cakes and ice cr>am will be on sale at ® Mrs. Niles Store Come and bring a friend along w1 vou and enjoy the season’s cheer. - o e PRt 7 S : rOCAL. Two ecases of iare2ny have just D22n reported, one at the grocery of Mrs. A. B. Irwinin :his town where a boy on Wednesday afternoon absconded with €l2 1n cash, but was happily soon ran down by the police and the booty recov- ered:—the other is at Estate Bethlehem where the store-room was plundered of 10 bags of oilmeal and 6 bags of sugzar, the culprit being still unapprehendad. If this presages a thieving campaign, it is ecertainly very discouraging, and stores, shops and even private houses should be properiy safeguarded against depredations. It is now advised that George Jemmott is arrested in connection with the un- explained shooting of Miss Caroline Jar- vis in Frederiksted on Wednesday. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Considering the tragedy of yesterday whiech was mesde known to the public in these columnsit is felt that there isa oreat deal of mystery surrounding the sad ci cumstances of the death of Miss Caroline Jarvis. She is well known to certain people here and it has been put forward that a disappointment in love affairs conveyed to her in a letter recently received from overseas prompted her to take the hasty step. With respeect to this theory it is also known to the writer that she was admired by someone here whom she ac- cepted. Would an overseas love affair have had such a terrible effect on one from whose mind the matter was ban- ished. Affain, the writer is puzzled by a ques- tion or two. o whom does the revolver with which the erime@was commitied belong? Nhere is that letter, the supposed cause of the trouble? : Certainly with respect to the revolver it is hard to conceive that the deceased could have passed that revolver through the Customs when she arrived about two months 220, There are many things to be inquired into and I am sure that our police are not bafflzd by anyone’s clean speech. The writer was alinost an 2ye witness to this tragedy. The deceased had s wound inflicted on 1T ¢ elX A V]S the left side of the face under the hinder part of the jaw-bone. This requires some explainir.g away. St. Croix is a civilized place and such | mysteries require cleaning up. ' If it is not suicide, what is it? Who is responsible for the foul deed? Do we require an expert in the Detec- tive Department to ferret out the truth | or is not our present police force efficient enough to bring ali tLat is hidden in thig | davk (aystery to light. | The concensus of public opinion is op | posed to the idea that the unfortunate voung lady shot herself. The question is by whom was the shooting done?—West End News, Dec. 15th | St. Thomas News WEDDING BELLS. . The marriage of MR. WILFRED DOTTIN | and MISS ANDROMEDA TAYLOR was cele- | brated on Wednesday December 7at the | All Saints’ Church by the Rev. Father | Griffiths, as was announced in our issue | of last Saturday. ‘ The ceremony was, as usual very im- pressive and the playing of the beautiful Melody in F. of Rubinstein, Saut | D’Amour of Elgar and the famous and appropriate Mendelssonian s'rvains, by Mr. Arthur Stephens at the organ added much to the effectiveness of the occa- | sion. The bride, who was nicely and tastily dressed, was carried to the church by her father, Mr. Clarence Taylor, while Mr. C. A. induze acted as Best Man for the bridegroom. The ceremony was wifnessed by a large company of friends and weil wishers most of whom repaired themseives tec the home of the father of the bride where they enjoyved thzmselves till the late hours ot the night, The toast of the evening, (o the health and happiness of the couple, was given by the Rev. Father Griifich. THE St. THOMAS TIMES SENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS. St. Thomas Times, Dec. 10th. TELEGR .. MS. ST. CROIX STATION. London, D2c. 13th.—Sugar in stock on he 10th inst, was 39,000 tons. Last year 170,000 tons. Kingston, Jamaica, Deec. 14th. - Major the Hon. Edward Wood, M. P. Parlia- mentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, accompanied by the Hon. Arthur Ormsby Gore, M. P. and Mr. R. A Wiseman of the permanent stats of the Colonial Office, arrived at Kingston yes- terday afternoon Ihe objeet of Major Wood’s visit is to get the Colonial Office into close personal touch with the various problems, administrative and otherwise, | that have arisen ov are arking for settle- ment in the i.e':an‘. He was met on ar- rival by His Execelleney the Governor, the Mayor of Kingston and the heads of the various Govt. Departments. It is ex pected the party will leave for St. Kiits on or about the 26th Inst. Washingtan, Dec. 12th. —The Presi- dent and high officials, backed by admin- istrative men in Congress, are to force through Congress the President’s recom- mendation for a flexible tariff. Extreme high tariff inen are trying to block the plan, hHut are likely to be defeated. Itis authoritatively stated that while the President’s flexible tariff nominally does not inelude reciproeity, it will.be u‘ilized to bring about tariff concessions from other countries, including Canada, which will be mutually helpful to trade. Formal recipirocity treaties will probably not be attempted, on the ground that they cost too much time and trouble to be fully practicable. London, Deec. 12th.—Oxford won the inter versity soccer game with Cam- bridge today 3 to 0. Belfast Dee. 12th Sir James Craig, orosiding over a—me>=ting of the Ulsier Party here today, informed his support- ers of his recent conversations with Mr. Llnyd George in London. It 1s unofficially reported that the proceedings were stormy, when Sir James informed the meeting that Mr.Lloyd George had main- il an unyielding attitude being, “there is the treaty and it stands’’. In a statemuenton the general outlook Sir James descrived the situation as grave, but recommend>d an aititude of courage and optinism. He said Ulster was de- termined no! to swerve one inch from the path she had worked out and not to alter her ideals. He accused Mr. Lloyd Goorge of a breach of pladge to Ulster. No decision was reached at tcday’s meet- inr as to whnether Ulster will eleet to rerain its representation at Westmiaster or enter the Dublin Pariiamen:. In political cireles here, however, itis re- garded as a certainty that Ulster will continue to associate herseif with thz Imperial Parliament. Some Ulster lead- e 3 assarted today that sueh action would not be on account of ‘‘any love of Eng- land, but for Ulster’s own reasons’’. Sir James made his statement on the motion for adjournment by the Ulster House of Commons. He advised his fol- lowers, however strongly they might feel on the subject, to take no unconsti- utional action. He recommended that they leave their Interests at present in the hands of their representatives in the Imperial Pavliament both in the House nf Commons and in the House of Lords. He said Ulster was particularly interest- ed in two points in the treaty with the Sinn Feiners. The question of ‘nance and the proposed boundary commis- sion to be aopointed ia case Ulster decided not to become a party to the treaty. He refrained from discussing the points, saying he did not <ant to