Danes Reject The Treaty

Copenhagen, Oct. 23. - The lands-thing yesterday rejected the second reading of the bill providing for the ratification of the treaty between Denmark and the United States in regard to the cession of the Danish West Indie to the latter country. The vote stood 32 to 32, a tie.

The announcement caused the greatest excitement in the house and demonstrations on the part of the spectators.

St. Thomas, Oct. 23. - The rejection yesterday by the Danish landsthing of the treaty providing for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States has been received quietly, and up to the present time there has been no popular expression of feeling or demonstration. The local press has not yet commented on the matter. A large section of the population of the islands is very disappointed at the receipt of the news, believing that its hopes of prosperity have been shattered. A smaller, but strong, section of the islanders is jubilant and hopes for a renewal of prosperity under the old flag and with the aid of the motherland.

Some anxiety is felt as to what course the laborers of the island of St. Croix will take, the feeling there being decidedly in favor of the sale. The Danish cruiser Ingolf is at present at Christiansted, St. Croix.