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with concrete. In Denmark they are paving the roads with stone and pouring the concrete between the stones, thus making it firmer, by using the concrete as a binder. (To be continued.) LOCAL. The Creole arrived here''this: a.” m. with the mid-week St. Thomas mails. Outgoing mails close by her at 4.30 p.m. today. : We learn that the plan for Mr. Pret- to’s ice-factory has been received, and that early arrival of the machinery is looked for. Native Brass Band Honor’s Wife Os Late Manager of Band. The Native Brass Band entertained a large erowd of music lovers at its con- cert on Wednesday evening. The vro- gram comprised popular and attrac- tive airs. After the concert the Band tramped bomeward to thelively tune of ““‘Cheer Boys. Cheer,’”’ the happy crowd following. The eleectric light was fine at the beginning of the concert, but about half an hour afterwards it began to show signs of dimness, which is not alto- gether good for the eyes of the masi- cians. It would bea good idea, if the large engine of the Electric Plant, which we hear is now in readiness for work, could be put in operation, so as to help the smaller one, which appears not to be equal to the sitnation, with so many houses drawing current. We are sure this matter will soon be looked after to the satisfaction of all——but this is not all about the Band. : We said the Band tramped homeward after the concert, well, it might well be terned hcmeward, as the tramp came to an end when the Band arrived at the bome of Mrs. Frank A. Cruse, and none other but t e wife of the late Manager of the Band, Mr. Frank A, Cruse. This was the former home of the Native Brass Band some years ago, which many will remem- ber, until the Band was transferred to the present Bandmaster, Mr. Fred. C, Jackson Jr. All business as well as sport- ing meun will recall the memories of the late Manager of the Band, so- this honor paid on the part of the Band, after its first concert with the new instruments was very appropriate. The Band was well entertained, and played there for about an hour, when all went home quite satis- fied with the evening’s entertainment on the whole. Congratulations.—Com. TELEGRa MS. ST. CROIX STATICN. New York, April 11th.—Raw sugar Sl .LN i&2 A VIS ~ was quiet and steady early today. No . ~ sales were reported. The Committee i quotdd five cents for Cubas cost anl . freight, equal to 6. 22 for centrifugal, ‘ while uncontrolled sugars were offered | on the basis of 5. 77 for centrifugals | refined sugar was easy and unchanged . to 25 points lower. Fine granulated | 7.7 to 8 00. There was only a small | trade in futures and prices at midday | were about 5 points lower under ligui- | dation. ‘ London, April 11th.—Funeral ser- . vices over the body of the late former | Empress of Germany will be held at | the House of Doorn tomorrow and will ' be attended only by membzars of her . family, says an Amsterdam despatch | to the Central News. The remains . will be taken to Postdam on Wednes- . day and another Funeral Service will ' be held there. London April 10th. -The respective contentions of Mine Owners and striking .~ miners are now in the hands of the | Prime Minister, who is to take them un- +der advisemen and to meet the repre- | sentatives of the two sides in the coal . dispute tomorrtow. The Conference of | the Mine Owners anl the miners with . Govt. Officials participating, met at the . board of trade this morning, and at the ' request of the Prime Minister submitted . al the afternoon session cxhausted state- ' ments of ther cases, which Mr Lloyd . George arranged todiscuss with them ' separately meeting the mine owners at | Ila.m. today and the miners at 12.30 P M ' after which the conference will be resu . med. The prospects therefore are fa- vourable, although it is still too early to | say that th2 ecrisis has been averted. - lhe Mineowneis, even if they were . willing to make new wage proposais, were today unprepared with any con- crete scheme and the present indica. tions are that the Conference proceed- ings will be protracted. An official | statement was issued announcing that | the Prime Minister had presided at . the afterroon session which lasted } from 4o’ clock until nine Ther® were present also Sir Robert Horne, Mr. T. { J. MacNamara and Mr Bruce. Mr Evan Williams made a long statement of the owners case, and Mr. Frank Hodges and equally a long statement cf the miners case. The Prime Minis- l ster then expressed a desire to have an opportunity of pursuing the stete- menfs and it was mutually agreed that no report of the respective statements ~ should be published in the meantime. " The rrime Minister added that he de- sired to have an opportunity of meet- ing the respective parties separately, preliminary to a further joint meeting This was agreed to and the meeting for tomorrow was arranged. It is sig- nificant that, although in recent phra- ses of the trouble the Govt. has taken the attitude that now the industry had been taken out of Govt. control it was a matter solely between the miners and mine owners, Mr. Lloyd George him- self presided over the conference. The presence of the Chancellor of jthe Ex. chequer especially gave colour to re- vorts that the Govt. contemvlates af- fording temporary financial assistance to meet exceptional circumstances of poor yielding mines unable to afford to provide a decent standard of living. This was indicated by thg Prime Minister at three meetings,in the course of his state- ments on the Govt’s. position, when he said the Govt. was unable to grant any permanent contribution to maintain the industry out of taxes. The Prime Minis- ter showed anxiety to explain the work of the conference. The mine owners to. day wanted an adjourment until tomor- row to prepare their statement, but Mr. Lloyd George insisted that the confer- ence ieassembled at 4. According to some unofficial reports, the Govt. will even refuse this tempoary assistance un- less the miners, on their part, abandon their claim for a settlement of the wage dispute on a- national basis, such basis not necessarily meaning uniform rates of pay in different districts, but insuring a minium living wage. As it is believed the miners will insist on a national set- tlement, it would seem permature to pre- dict a peaceful outcome of the conference and in the meantime the Trippie Alli- ance is not withdrawing its strike notices Washington, April 11th.--Daniel J. Ocal- laghan, Lord May~r of Cork,was ordered today by Secre‘ary Davis of the La- bour Department to leave the United States within Sixty days from the date on which the state department held that he was not entitled to asylun in the United States as a political refu- gee. London, April 11th.—Industrial peace in Britain, is nearer, as a result of a ser- ies of conferences between miners, labo- ur leaders and the Govt, over the week end. The miners willingness to meet the owners at conferences today and the hoiding of the Conference is generally admitted to be another triumph for Mr Lloyd George. His ability to bring the warring parties together is a testimony to his statesmanship and to his personal magnetism. Meanwhile the Govt s tak- ing no chances through the possible fail- ure of negotiation: and last night des- patched blue-jackets to pump both the Scottish and Welsh pits where the pump- men have abandoned working. Paris, April 11th. The Turks have launched an of offensive against the Greeks from Denizli 100 miles south- west of Afiumkarahissar in the direc- tion of Saraikoi in an endeavor to en- velop the right wing of the Greeks, says a despatch from Constantinople to- day. The Turks have been reinforced by ten divisions liberated from the Cau- casus by the recent conclusion of the agreernent between the Angora and Moscow Government.