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i Secretary of the Iliinois Coal Operaters’ ! Association toaizhr. - ; New York, Dec. 6th. Passenger ser- | vice in tne ka..ern Region, extending us far west as St. Louis and Chicago, was | reduced (o 0 a war basis today by drastic | ma2asares effective on Da2cembar 10th, | issued by Mr. Harding, Regional Dirzetor In some respects, the order was even ; more sweeping than thosz i-sued during | the war. No special trains are tn be ran for business or pleasur2 travel aad | no seeond seetions of rogular trains wiil bz operatea excevot in case of mueh travel | b:twezn citics of dense pypulacion. Boston, Mass., Dez Tth. Discontinu | ance of 132 passenger trains on the New | York-NewHaven and Hartford rairoad and 77 on the Boston and Maine railway effective on Wednesday Dee. 10t> be- canse oI the fuel shortage, was aniovine- ed tonight. 4 . Washington, Dec. Tth. —AI biiunin- | ous coal mines now in operation inust ] ciose within a week unless (he I»ilvay administration pays for the ccal 11 has | coniiseated, or diveried, says a statesman, by the American wholesaic coal associa- tion. New York, Dec. 7th. - Receipts of the new crop sugars at Cuban ports are re poried and although tHe ‘quantity is small amouriing to but 8,166 tors, the facris notab e as establishing a new re- cord for carly arrivals being several weeks ahead of last year whian the first recelpis were the earliest ever known. There are now eight mills gerinding, against two at this time last year and the nutnber 15 expected to rapidly inercase. | Rather qui-t conditions vrevail in the | markets for raw sugars, owing large- | /1y to the fact that the demand is chief- | ly for sugars that can be got here | and refined in time to be utilized by | manufa~tur-rs for the Christmas rrade | requireme .t. The Cuban retailers who are now grindinz .and will have sugar | for intmedizie shipment are said to be | overwhelm:d by competing bids from | Ameriecan manuiaciurers. The condi- | tipn tnus created is looked upon with ap- | prehension Ly the sugar trade as tending to crezte a dangerous situation provoea- | tive of violent price fluctuations. There | is « fairly stcady tone to the market for | Febraary and later, shipmants though | transactions in these portions when they | occur even qn a small scale, are apt to | cause moie or less fluctuation of apt | prices. The last reporg scales for February- | April shipments wern at 8% cts. fob Cuba. l L i THE BURNING OF THE S. S. GUA- | . RANY. f SR - | | A most alluring spectacle was witness- g ed ia this Jity on Tuesday evening last | in conneciion wit'vthe s. s. Guiarany in , Carlisle Bay, the vietimof an; st disas- - trous fire which has been raging over all !’ pavis of the ill-fated vessel since Oet. Dl LR ÜBE AN LN 24. Thre moment whan the ship, deoriv ed of all its woodwerk, would in skeleton from make i's disapp2arence from the public view, and sink bheneath the waves. had been constantly expected, and this moment was thought ¢ have been at hand at about sunset on Tuesday wuaen the rparing flames suddenly assumed very extensive proportions, and present vd such a splendid scenery in the Bay as perhaps has never been witnessed in this City for many generations past. | is beheved taat the flames had atleng:u oblained complete control of the waso- I:'ne and petroleam which compos- ed the ship’s eargzo, and f(eeding upon them they spread wi.h great rapid- ity ard intensity un il the entire outline of the vessel wascuvelopedin luri glarve, Huge tongues of flar: = and dense colomns of smoke ascending migh above the sur- face presented a very picturesque and admirable seenory. Thousands of spee- tators from all parts of the City and sub- urbs hurried from their homes ard busi- nesses, and lined thi- wharves, the Pier- head, the piers. and every point of van- tage along the foreshore to gaze upon the memorable seene, and the siream of liv- ing masses continued to move backwards and [orwards and dise ss ihie novel sight until a late hour of the -evening. Photo- grapbers also got busy with their camer- as and seized a valuable opportunity for an eniern. ising feat which to thein m cht never sccur again in a lifetime. A cic.o and careful view of the charred vossel showed that tne stern had sunk beneath the waves, while aidships and the bow were yet standing above the surface un- der complete subjection (v the flames and in this position it remained up to a late hour of the nig~{.—Babados Agricultural Reporter Nov. Ist. ° THE END QF THE S. S. GUARANY. After having hai omvplete .charge of the ili-fated steam ship Guarany in Car- lisle Boy for nearly five lavs the flames winich assumed such exte. s:v2 proportions last Tuesday evening and died down slowly during the night and gave the last flicker at an early hour on Wednes- day morning.. The greaier part of the hull has compietely disappeared beneath the water, the only part remaining visi- ble being the bow, which lies at a sharp incline several feet above the surface. It is believed that the derelict ean go o> further under water, and there it will remaia until ‘steps bz taken for its re- moval if it is not tc | constitute a menace to navigation.—lbud. SCHOONER SUNK AT SEA Rescued f'rew Arrives by “‘Gladys : Mosher.’” UNTOLD SUFFERIh;GS EXPERIENCED. After a twenty-one days’ voyage from vioundland, the two-masted schooner ‘uladys Mosh:r,” 99 tons, Captain Tobin. arrived heve on the 19th insta t with the aprain and crew of the John R. Bradley, whizh was sunk at se: while on her way from Svdney to Newfodndland. They arg: Edward Haynes (Capt.). William Browne (mate), John White (enok'. and Thomas Russell, Loyall Russell a..d Ar thur Shepherd, seamen, and are heing cared for by t e Admiral Grant Sailors’ Hest 5 che story ¢! tie sinking of the ill-fated schooner is to the eff=ct that on Qet. ¥6. she leit Syaney, Cape Breton, with a car- go of coal for Newfoundiand. She was hut a few days out to sea when signs of unusu al weather were detected. The wind in creased in velocity, the sea became ex- tremeiy turbulent, ard before the fourth morning breke the John R. Bradley was caught in the throes of a sweeping hurri- cane. Herculean efforts were made to save the vessel, but the Cap:ain and his gallant crew were. powerless in the face of the anury elements. The morning of Nov. 2ud. dawned and found her with tattered sails, riggings smashed to bits, boats a thing of the past, and the deck swoul elean, all vietims to the mighty wav.s. The enceavours of the crew were “hen conecentrated towads keeping the vessel afloat, but this ray of hope was aashed to the ground, when it was ¢...covered that she hud sprung a leak. vrev, and ship were gradually awaiting the finishing touch to the disastrous dra- ma, when as a beacon of hope sa:ls were sighted on the horizon. Repeated sig- nals attracted the attention of the Gla- dys Mosher who: enutinusly appreached the fast foundering ship. Boats weve lowered and the ecrew eventually trans- ferred: Two brief hours had elapsed when tne John R. Bradley was seen to scttle down to her final resting place, The John R. Bradiev was a Bri isp two;masted schooner of 80 tons burthen. She was built at Kssex, Massachus~tts, in 1900 and owned by Gorton Pew, Fish- erie; Coy., Newfoundland.-——Barbados Advocate, Nov. 25th. NORTHERN 4 i % }“ Assurance Compar v 7o ¢ 3 - Limted OF LONDON 3 ¥t X r " GO, L MARKCE Agent jfor Frederiksted’s District NTI Ty > M. K. ARMSTRONG. Agent for Ciiristiansted’s District Policies are not subject to aveiape,