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ST CROLX A VLS CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE 8.15. MONDAY EVENING 8.15 CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT SUPER SERIAL “The Secret Kingdom” 6 VERY INTERESTING AND THRILLINGREELS. BOOK YOUR SEATS EARLY. ADMISSION T eURO e .....30 and 40c General Entrance.......... . A Children 20 and 10ec. LLOCAL. Wehave been asked to mention that the Native Brass Band will give a con- cert on the Wharf tomorrow evening. The result of the election yesterday was: Mr. Jessen, 39 votes; Mr. Roberts 18: 3 invalid tickets. Mr. Jessen is thus eleeted. The S. S. Parima now loading sugar at Frederiksted is expected to sail for New York via St. Thomas Monday eve- ning or early Tuesday morning. It is request@e? ~4viged that the Monday mau for the States will be forwarded via the Parima instead of through Porto Rico. The Mystery has arrived at Fred-2rik- sted and mail by her may be Jooked tor later in the day. 1Football. At 4.30 tomorrow afternoon the Dread- rought No. 1 and the Christiansted Athx letic Association Football Clubs, both of this town, will line up against each other on the Holger Danske Ground. Persons interested in the game are welcome to the Ground to witness this match as there will be ro contest next Sunday owing to the Dreadnought No. 1 Boys leaving on Saturday next f{or our sister island St. Thomas to play against the Stars Football Club on Sept. sth. We hope the day will be a favorable one. —Com. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Bagdad, Aug. 23rd,—In the court- yard of the Govt. building at6 O’clock this morning Frince Emir Feisal for- mally ascended the throne of the Irak region. A great assemblag2 witnessad the ceremony. Sir Percy Cox, the Brit- ish High Commissioner for Mesopo- tamia, read a proclamation declaring the British recogniticn of Prince Fei- sal as King, and handed him a personal message of congratulation and greeting from King George. This message an- nounced the apprcaching conelusion of a treaty ‘‘to consecrate the Alliance into which we entered during dark days of the war.”’ Berlin, Aug. 23rd. Final instructions relating to the treaty of peace between the United States and Germany have been received from. Mr. Hughes by M:. Ellis, U. S. Commissioner here and the treaty now awaits signature by the Ger- mar 7-+ [t is expected the document will be signed in the next few days at a special meeting of ;the Cabinet, which will be attended by President Ebert. The document will hear the President’s signa- ture and will be counter signed either by Dr. ¥ eph Wirth, the Chanecellor, or Dr. Friew.:ch Risen, the Foreign Minister. Washington, Aug. 23rd.— Panama will not resist the occupation of the dispated territcry of Coto by Costa Rica, th= U. S. Minister at Panama today cabled the State Department he had been in- formed by the Panama Minister of For- eign Affirs. Boston, Aug. 23rd.--All Britishk aspir- ations for United States lawn tennis doubles championship bhonours swere de- feated today when three teams from over-seas were eliminated by American combinations in jthe second round of the title tournament on the courts of the Longwood cricket eclub. The English Davis Cup combination of Woosna, and Turnbull was turned back by Williams and Bastian, middle western champions 57, 6-3, 6-4. The British team of Low and Meyers lost in straight sets to Bnndy and Bell, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. The King brothers defeated Gilbert and Yencke, a third british team, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. London, Augr 24th.—The population of the British- ®lsiands adjacent to the United Kingdom is 299,704 ac- cording to census returns published yesterday. The population of the Indian Empire 319,075,132, an increase of 1.2 per cent. Os the unio of South Afriea, Europeans only, 1,521,635 and increase of 19.2 per cent. Os Australia, exclud- ing full blood Aborigines, 5,426,008, an [ inerease of 211.8 per cent, and of New Zealand, excluding the Maoris, 1,218,270 an increase of 20.8 per cent. | Bombay, Aug. 24th.—A grave situ- . ation has arisen in the Malabar district ' on the West coast of British India, t where seditious agitators have been . working on the religious fanaticism of . the ignorant natives. Their activities . bave resulted in serious mass rioting, . bloodshed and destructiop of property. ' Militaryforces have fired upon the riot- ers, causing many casualties. Railway ’ lines have been cut, post offices have . peen robbed, and mob law is almost su- | preme in several small towns. One il ' lage, surrounded by a mob has been . repeatedly making despairing czalls for ' help. Military reinforcements have ar- . rived at Bangalore, capital of the dis- trict of Mysore. A proclamation has ! been issued by the British Officer com- . manding the troops in the Malabar area. f It refers to ‘‘open rebeilion prevailing in . the district of North Ponani’’, thirty eight miles southeast of Calicut. Several - murders have been committed, the vie- ~ tims including a wilitary officer and a ~ superintendent of police. : | Melilla Morocco, Aug. 24th.—Reports ~ received here from El Arish state that . Raisuli, the rebel leader in this region, . (probably Raisuli the famous bandit is | meant), has sent a: emissary to the l Spanish High Commissioner, offering to | surrender. The reason for his offer, he | said, is the bad state of his health, as | he is suffering from excessive obesity. { Dublin, Aug. 24th.—The reply to . Great Britain’s terms for a settlement \ cf the Irish question will be delivered at ' Mr. Lloyd George’s official residence in ‘ Downing Street Thursday nightor Fri- | day morning, it is expected. The deliv- | ery, itis thought, will precede the pro- | posed public meesing of the Dail Eireann. | In the preparation of the reply on which | Wr. De Valera and the other leaders i were working today, while the Dail } Eireann was taking a recess, the ‘‘cabin- t et”” has the benefit of advice from ihe | members of the Sinn Fein executive | committee, whch is composed of sowe- | what older men than the average of the | Dail Eireann membership These men | were participants in the conference to- . day over the terms of the reply now . being framed. : Hull, England, Aug. 24th.—Twenty- . seven officers and men of the British . Navy and seventeen officers and men of ! « the United Scgtes Navy met their death ~ today in the collapse of the giant dirigi- ble ZR 2over the city of Hull. Every ~ one of the United States men on board i the illfated craft perished, as far as ~ could be ascertained at midnight tonight. | The disaster occurred while the ZR 2 ~ was op what was intended to be her final | trial before beinz turned over by her British builders to the United States Navy