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LAL The s. s. Parima from New York arriv- ed at Frederiksted and sailed for tne islands lasc night. It is undersiood that she will be loading sugar in Barbados and, therefore, will be back hoemeward bound on Saturday next week. The sloop Mizpah from St. Thamas has not yet returned. The Grebe called at this port yester- day having as a passenger dliss Belen Buckley, neice of Governor Wiiliams, She is the guest of Despatehing Secere- tary and Mrs. Barrett. BiNotes By . E. Brian. R L In spite of the 'b®avy rains that have heen falling, the St. Croix Svgar Faetory is irrigativeg. The irrigation is done by the punping of water from Morning Star cutier through the main pipe that leads {rom there to the Factory., A hose is eonneceted to the different stops where there is a pianted field and is irrigated by ‘his device It is a very good attempt- ed experiment and hope that it wiil do muech good so as toencoursge the systen, In viher paris of the vworid where irni- gatio is carried on the fields are not irri- gaied unless absolutely nececsary, and 18 done at evening time when the fields are free from both th:sun u«nd heat. Considering the ncistness ol the scil from the recent raius we have been re- ceiving it would be a very good idea if the supply of water could be saved up for a tine that it may be more useiul, ior there is no need hrigating when we have favurable wealher as at present, ior we will not he able to tell the results gained by the attempted experiment. Qomeiimes we see light in the town olock, Sometimies we don’t. What is the ilea? Why not keep upa useful thing ‘hat is once started? The prices of fish and other feodstuff are just the same and in certain cases higher as conpared with the prices fixed by the iast focd commission that existed. The peor people are satirfied to go < heud iucoring under the exhorbitent orices ebarged only—that the authorities .f justice attention is called to go around «nd examine some of the scales and sec (o it that when the people pay fcr a pound ¢ anything they receive a pound, forii it is not impossible to price the geods it should not be Impossible to exact fair weight. Qur popular movie man Mr., Einar Qvendsen deserves credit for ihe inter- esting way he runs his chain of Theatres S Y (ol YIS I think that he will be always willing to add snmething goed by which to en- ter‘zin his patrons. At ypresent a cood irstrement is peeded in the Christiansted Theatre as the ane there presently rakes awayr instead of adds dignity both to the piece of amusement and the unfor- tunate pianist. [t wil be a very good idea also if either a Brass Band or Or chesira could be in attendance at such performances sg these given cn Monday and T!_zs'sd\;_\' ENOHTHES, There’s nothirg more charming than the sweet strains ol music. TELEGRAMS. 81 CROIXS7ATION, Shanghai, Juiv 6th,.-—-Chinese customs ofheials Saturday raided ihe Amencan sailing vessel “'Talbol’” in port bere and seized arms and animurit’on valued at fiity thousand dellais. The seizure was made on the grourd that the nunitions aere 10 be landed in China, in viclation of the Arms CUcrnvention. The seizure ire'uced two huide:d pistols and rifles, four hundred revolvers, eight machine- ouns and 125, 60C rounds of ammuniticn,, No a‘rests were niade. The seizure »48 refcrred to the American authorities, The vessel recently arrived here from Vaneouver with lumber. Cleveland Ohio, July 6th,—After en- dorsive La Folletre as presidantial candi- da e and p:o.iling for the organiza- tion of a new politieal party next Janu- gry, the eonference for pnmn's:‘i\'e political ae in wound upits eonvention early last nipht. Madison Square Gaiden, New York, July sth. Governor Smith rescheda new hich mark in the balioting for a presider tial rominee in the Democratic Convention today. when Chio, breaking up her block of 48 votes that have beep geing to favor- ite si,B, gave Smith ©C3 and MneAdoy, none. Another handful of votes was tak- en frem MacAdoo in Michigan and giv- en to Smith. The standirg of thz leading candicates en the seven!yfourth batlot was as follows. MacAdoo 510.8mith 364, This v-as a loss of 18 for McAdoo and; a oain of 2979 y Smith., Davis reccived 784 a ga:n of 123, New Yoik, July 6th- Fifteen of the sixteen eandidates for Demoecratic Presi- dentiai Nomination tonicht anproved a statenent Jdeclaring each willingly re- leased all delegates committed to him “‘as completely asif bis name had been withdrawn {rom the convention’’. The cnly signature missirg was that of Mr. Me- Adyo. Late tenight Mr. MeAdco aceept- ed the proposal of fifteen othier presiden- tial candidates to the Democratic Nation- al Corventicn, but with the provision that ihie unit rule and the two-thirds rule both be abrogated, Mr. McAdoo further stipulated that with the resumption of voting, the low man be dropped on each succeeding ballot, until a nominatiou is mzde, He further stipulatea that each of the delegates present fromeach Slates shiall be entitied 1o cast bis pro-rata vole of the delegates from sueb States as are abecent from the convention, New York., July Tth—lhe McAdco counter proposal for breaking the dead leek in the Domeeratie National Conven tion was turned down early this moerning kv the representstives of the other sis teer candidates. In a eanfererce o¢ - didates managers cniy McAdoo men suj - ported the plan which would have abirog- ated the unit apd iwo-thirds rules, at the same time that the celegates would be released from the obliigation to further suppert a particalar candidate- Paris .2!22}' 5 h—{United Press) A first class politieal sen=aiion, which promiss: seriousiv o lessen the chances of sueces of the London Reparation Conferenc, schedulea for July 16th, has develope. over the wording of Mr, MeDonuld’s in vitation to the counference. Itis undor- st~od that the statesman bas in his i {ation ou:lined wha' was to be diseussod by the conference and has done so wit' - cnt consuliine the irench Governmen - The press comments piiterly on what i3 cons:dered British hich handedness an! the reneh Cabinet tor two hours on Fri day diseussed ihe situation ereated by ile Franeo-British wmisunderstanding. M. Herriot, it is earned, told ihe members of the Chambers Foreign Committeeon Friday that hLe hid sent Mr. MaeDonald a telegram reques-ing a frank explana- tiop of the form and wording of the invi- tation and had intimated that if England did not explain what was meant by the s¢o called ‘programme invitation’’, France would make publiec he: oyn view- printis to what shonld be included in the acenda of the eonterence, 1t is under- stood that the British Foreion Oifice has replied to this note by saving that the programme outlived 1 the invitation “beund only the British Government.”’ The newspapers here emy hiasize that se veral points in the prcgramme, as luid down by Great Britain are diametrically opposed to the [rench policy and to Irench interests. M. Heiriot’s enemies are using the situation as a weapon avainst him and the opposition press has began a campaign similar 1o that which preceded the rupture at Cannes. The F: mier’s exjyl.nation belore the For- ¢ n Affairs Commitiee didl not seem to Guiet the excitement and the corridos of the Chambr of Deputies buzzed with G.eussions alter the session., Opposing i'eputies were predicting that the Lon- Gon Conference was already ‘‘ruiued”’ ¢ 1 saying that M. Herriot’s diflicul- ¢ 3 had been increased iminediately. “Where is the perfect Franco Britisi accord reached at Chequer’s Court’’, was the question voiced on all sides by oy - position groups, Loundon, July Tth.——=The Prime Minis- ter annoanced today in the House of Cemmons that the Government had de- cided against the construction of a tun- nel under the English Channel.