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[ Miss Nellie Farren in London; Duchess of Con- naught opened Irish Industries sale at Lans- downe House. 24. Heavy wintry weather pre- valent. 26. Oxford, won easily in the inter-Var- sity boat-race, Cambridge boat filling with water. 31. Stoppage of work announced amcag the North Wales colliers. April 2. Model of the Bacchante presented to the Duke of York Mr. Cecil Rhodes landed M Plymouth. 8. Easter Volunteer Manoeuvres commenced on an extensive scale. 12. Work atopped in 411 tive as* ited oalilwice of South Wales. Hi. Adran 10 per oent.; in wages conceded to lh 7 ';1;. ornera. • 18. Scheme for the reconstructs n of the Crystal Palace decided upon; Memorial of Lord Randolph Churchill unveiled at the House of Commons by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. 21. Market advance in the price of wheat; Mr. Rhodes received with enthusiasm at the Chartered Company of South Africa's meeting in London. 22. First- class cruiser Ariadne launched on the Clyde. 26. Prlnoe of Wales opened photographic exhibition at Sydenham. 27. Wheat 50s. per quarter. 28. Mr. Stoddart's cficket team returned to England, and acknowledged that they had been fairly beaten by the Colonists. 30. Royal Academy banquet. May 1. Labour demonstrations in Hyde-park the Queen returned to Windsor. 5. Price of corn at Plymouth touched &5s. 7. Christening of the Earl of Warwick's infant son, the Duchess of York being one of the sponsors. 8. Mr. Glad- stone reported sinking. 14. The Queen, conferred Victoria Cross upon Piper Findlater and Private Vickory for conspicuous gallantry; wheat prices receding. 16. Her Majesty inspected Crimean and Indian Mutiny veterans at Windsor. 19, Mourning throughout the nation con- sequent upon Mr. Gladstone's demise, a public funeral decided upon. 28. Solemn interment of the ex-Premier 3 remains in Westminster Abbey, after thoh- lv;ng-in-stato at, Hawarden and in 11411; the obsequies attended by an imposing array of rei»r«jw>?tab) ve notabilities. June 1. Air. T. E. Ell is, chief Liberal Whip, married to Miss Annie Davies. 2. Wedding of Lord Camden and Miss Joan Nevill. 3. Mr. Samuel Pliuisoll, long known as "the Sailor's Friend" died. 5. Service for the people in memory of Mr. Gladstone held in Hyde-park. 7. Aborti ve conference between masters and men concerning Welsh colliery dispute. State Ball at Buckingham Palace. 8. Last Drawing Room of tho season. 11. Prince of Wales at Reading. 18. Naval manoeuvres abandoned be- cause of threatened scarcity of fuel. 20. Royal Agricultural Show at Birmingham memorial to Mr. Gladstone decided on. 21. Prince of Wales laid memorial stone of new University College Hospital. 22. Duke of Connaught unveiled Prince Consort memorial window at St. Saviour's, Southwark. 25. The Queen invested Dargai officers and men with the D.S.O. and V.C. July 2. Lord Edward Somerset and Mr. J. Gratwicke Blagravo married. 5. Review of militia at York by the Prince of Wales. 7. Grand1 military spectacle on Laffan's Plain at Aldershot, over 13,000 troops parading before the Queen. 11. Waterloo and City Electric Railway in London inaugurated by the Duke of Cambridge. 14. Diocesan Conference at Lambeth Palace. 16. England won the Elcho shield at Bisley. 18. Mishap, resulting in a fractured kneecap, to the Prince of Wales at Waddesdon Manor. 19. National Eisteddfod cpened at Blaenau Featiniog. 23. Princess of Wales present at Earl Strad- brooke's wedditig; new road at Osborne opened by the Queen; garden party at Hatfield. 26. Archduchess Stephanie visited the Queen. August 1. Heat wave set in over Britain. 3. Prince of Wales left for Copenhagen to be with, fcer dying mother. 6. Private investiture at Osborue. 7. Services in London and elsewhere fcer dying mother. 6. Private investiture at Osborue. 7. Services in London and elsewhere in memory of late Prince Bismarck. 8. Sir Thomas Lipton's scheme of cheap restaurants for the poor announced. 10. New railway to North Cornwall opened. 11. Batten berg museum at Carisbrooke inaugurated. 13. Water famine began to give trouble in East London. 16. Many sun- strokes reported through the exoessive heat. 18. Public Health Conference at DvUin. 20. Fire brigade display at Woodstock-park. 27. Harvests home celebrations at Osborne; Prince ot Wales able to visit the Earl of Mount Edgeumbe from the yacht Osborne at Plymouth. 29. Trades Union Congress opened at Bristol. 81. Army manoeuvres in Wiltshire, Dorset, and, neighbour* hood on an important scale. September 1. Duke and Duchess of York left for Copenhagen agreement finally, arrived at between masters and men in South Wales col- liery industry. 8. Army manoeuvres concluded in Wiltshire Her Majesty present at the Braemar gathering. 14. British Association meeting at Bristol concluded. 16. The Queen and the Prince of Wales attended a service in memory of the assassinated Austrian Empress. 18. Demonstration in Trafalgar-square against the East London Water Company. 21. Mr. Alfred Austin unveiled a statue at Whitby to Caedmon. 26. Sirdar Kitchener raised to the peerage; funeral of Sir George Grey, the Grand old. Man of Australia." in St. Paul's Cathedral. October 3. Queen and Empress Frederick's horses took fright while driving near Balmoral. 4. Man-tracking trials with Uloodhotinds, near Filey, 6. Return of Grenadiers from the Soudan, enthu- siastic neoeption, 8. Duke of Connaught gave up the Aldershot command. 10. Pree Labour Conference at. Manchester. 12. New deep water gauge at. Southampton completed. 15. Queen Victoria attended a memorial service at Crathie for the late Queen of Destimck. j 9. Medical eer- vice at St.. Paul's Cathedral. 21. Mr.. George Curzon created Baron Curzon of Kedleston on his appointment to the Indian Viceromity. -97. Enthusiastic reception accorded to the Sirdar on his return to England from the Soudan. 4 • member 2. London County Council entar- tained\by the Lord Mayor of London. 4. Freedom of Cuy of London and sword of honour pre- sented Vo Lord Kitchener. 9. Sir John vocc Moorw Lur« mayor of London. Ii). Sir distributed Soudan medals to the Grenadier Guards. 19. The Earl of Lathoiu, Lord Chamberlain, died; Lord Wol«eley pre- sented .with the fneedotn of Brighton. 22. Lord and Lady ^Aberdeen returned to. England from Canada. 23. First heavy snow of the winter in North and Midlands. 24. Lord Kitchener made a D.C.L. of Cambridge. 29. The Sirdar opened a public, subscription to obtain iClOOOOO for the permanent foundation of a Gordon. Memorial College at Khartoum, the proposal, meeting with ready response from the British public. December 2. Freedom of Cardiff conferred upon the Sirdar. 3. The Queci, with.Lu.-a Xif- ohener in rut(>n.:anc •, visitc J N^riey nnH v citeu the Bviidiers invalided there from the Soudan..5. At the Smithfield Club's Centenary 1 r r ?r'nce °f Wales took part in a public function for the first time since his acci- dent at Waddesdon. 7. Lord Kitchener left London on his return to the Soudan. 9. Very Rev.H. Wtiliams appointed Bishop of Bangor. 10. Lady Isobel Stanley and the Hon. F. Gathqrne Hardy married at the Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks.

THE CHIEF CALAMITIES, CRIMES, AND CIVIL CASES. January 13 saw Priace, the murderer of William Terriss, the actor, committed to Broad- moor as a criminal lunatic. 18. Editor of Ger- man eomic paper Kladif7adatsch punished for lèse-rnajee0. 24. Anti-Jewiflh rioting in Algiers; riding accident to Mr. Justice Darling. 25. i Police-constable Hill shot at Stratford by John Jolly. 26- Gun accident on H.M.S, Bouncer off the Nore; two killed, six injuwd..27. Jabez Balfour brought up for exaluination, in bank- ruptcy. 29. FVital creosote tank explosion at Newcastle. 31. Blizzard at New York, many foes lost. February 1. Channel Queen foundered off Guernsey, 18 drowned. 2. Crosby Lighthouse burned down, three lives lost.^ 15. Lord William Nevill sentenced to five years I penal servitude for promissory-note fraud. 16. UJsL battleship Maine blown up in Havana harbour, two officers and 253 mon—this calamity brought the quarrel be- tween Spain and the States to a head, it being at, first considered that the cause was a submarine mine purposely laid; steamer Flacket, wrecked 0 le off Anagra Point. 87 lives lost. 17. Colliery catastrophe iin Westphalia, 53 bodies recovered. 22. Six men H.M.S. Alarm drowned And five I

NOTABLE FOREIGN AND COLONIAL AFFAIRS OF THE YEAR. January 2. Li Hung Chang restored to power in China. 10. Count Delianoff, Russian states- man, died. 13. M. Zola denounced the con- viction of Dreyfus. 16. General Saussier retired from coinjuaod of the French Army. 22. Fracas in the French Chamber of Deputies re the Dreyfus affair. 24. Anti-Jewish rioting at Algiers; H.M.S. Lapwing seized the steamer Beluchustan, from London for Busreh, off Muskat. Arm* ana u.;nmunition shipped for Persian ports con- fiscated, and the Consul took charge of cargo. 25. M. DenjbJon, the Belgian Socialist deputy, who is under suspension, attempted to forcibly enter the Chamber, but. troops were called and ordered to fix bayonets. He then retired. Further fight- ing reported in Uganda. W. Africa: News re- ceived ef the occupation 'of Okuta. by the British. 27. China: Russian fleet at Port Arthur reported to be unable to move owing to want of coal, German sailor killed by Chinese at Kino Chau. Basuto rising believed to be at an end, owing to the chief Masupha having surrendered. 28. It was announced th^t Mr. H. S. H. Cavendish was to conduct a private expedition, with a strong Armed escort, to the Upper Nile. February 1. Germany demanded* further.rail- concession from China for the murder of a German H.i.Wr at Kiaa Chan, which the Chinese regard as justifiable homicide. 4. OfHpial news recoiled of 4the «$Hsplei £ defeat of the Baluchistan rebels under Balucb Khan; news received that dwrhvr > Asht between the Niger Coast Protecto-

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THE YEAR'S HOME AFFAIRS: I PARLIAMENTARY AND I POLITICAL. j Holiday silence in the British politics was broken by the First Lord of the Treasury, by a vigorous speech to his East Manchester con- stituents on the Unit ot -i Miliary on affairs :\t home and abroad; and immediately thereafter the first, of the bye-elections Giu'rossed attention. These, in the order as hold during 1^98, resulted as follows: Plymouth, Mr. S. F. ifciidi (L) re- turned in place of the late Mr. C. Harrison (C). \ork, r.ord <Charles Beresford (C), in plat, late S j- Frank Lockwood (L). p az. Stephen V^reen, Mr. J. H. M. Campbell (C), in place II; ,h:de Kenny (C). South Wolver- hampton, Mr. J. S. Gibbons (L F), in place ot :he Right lion. C. P. Villiers (L U). West Mary- iebono. Sir Samuel Scott, (C), in paace Of -irlT. Farquhar (L U), made a peer. DIU'SIHIII, Aid. J. Rir.hsirdson £ L), in pkee of LATE Sir Ilavelin.'k Allan (L U>.jiJt%bi»ton, Mr. Frank Lowo CO), in place of late Air. George Dxon (L T>V Pembrokeshire, Mr. Wynford Philippe (L), in place of Mr. W. Rees Davics ^L), ap- pointed ttortiey-General of theBahamas. Wilt- shire (Crtcklade), Lord Ediuond Fitxnjaurice (L), ill I)la" of Mr. A. U(lpk1l1S0ll,. ,,¿.C.. L U), retired. To" t)r Hainluts (Stepney), Mr. W. C. Stead man (L)., in piaooo' late Mr. F. Wooton Isaacson (C). Maidstone, Mr. F, S. W. Corn- wall's (Ü). in place of F, Seager Hunt (C). retired. Berkshire (VVnkin!>i;uCaptain O. \oo! ;C). in place of Jate Sir George Russell (C). bvatiocdshire, West. Mr. Alex, lienderson (I, J11 pi ure of lat-o Afr. llaniar Bass (L U). Notts Nt-wnrkj, Lord Newark (C). m place of Hon. H. Filldl-!htton lU). resigned. South Norlf>Jk. Mr. A. \V. SoaMies '(Ii). in place of Mr. F. T.tvlor (L V), resigned. East Herts, Hon. i'voivn Cecil (C). in piace of late Mr. Abel Smith (O). Diiriiani City, Hon. A. R. D. fcihot (LIT), in place of late Air. Matthew Yt)w iE,.r (V. Gravesend, Mr. J. If. Diidiea Rjder (C). in place of Mr. Dampier Palmer (C), resigned. West Down, Captain A. Hi! in place of his father, Lord Arthur Hill (C). resigned. Reading, Mr. G. W. Palmer (L). in piace of late Mr. C. T. Mur- doch (C). Grimsby, Alderman G. Doughty (L U), on renouncing Liberalism. Launoeaton Division, Mr. J. Fletcher Moulton (L), in place of late lr. Thomas Owen (L). Sotilhport. Sir H. S. Nay lor Lyiand (L), in place of Mr. G. N. (now Lord) Curzon (C), apiwinted V loeroy of India. Novtii Jx,wn. Mr.-J. Biakiston Houston (C). in place of late Colonel Waring (C). Darlington, Mr. II. Pike Pease (L U), in place of his late father, Mr. Art?);:r Pease (L U). Orin^kirk Division, Hon. A. Stanley (C). in place of Sir Aatluir Forwood (C). North Fer- managh, Mr. L. M. Archdalc (C), in place of Mr. R. R. Deane (C), appointed a county-court judge. Liverpool (Kirkdale), Mr. D. Mac Iver (C), in place of late Sir G. Baden Powell (C). Parliament re-assembled on February 8, and the first important Ministerial measure, the Irish Local Government Bill, was introduced by Mr. Gerald Balfour on the 21st, while the Govern- ment immediately thereafter promised extensive prison reforms, afterwards embodied in a bill. The London County Council elections in March largely employed the -energies of leading poli- ticians on both sides, aad resulted in a decisive defeat of the Moderate party. The Irish Local Government Bill was carried through Second Reading in the Commons by a majority cf 147 on March 21, and the revenue of the financial year calculated to the end of that month showed an increase of no less than £ 3,818,000. On April iil Sir Michael Hicks Beach brought :,A his Budget, which made no very material change, the Chancellor's surplus having been largely absorbed in anticipation by the requirements of national defence. Sir Michael estimated that the revenue for the coming year would be £ 108,615,006 and the expenditure £ 106,829,000, leaving a surplus of £ 1,786,000. He proposed graduated allowances on incwa«-tax up to £ 700, a reduc- tion of one per cent, in death duties where legacy ditty was also paid, a postponement of succession duty IA certain cases, the facilitation of landtax redemption, and a reduction of 6d. per pound on unmanufactured tobacco. Mr. Glad- stone's illness and death in May absorbed the pained attention of politicians of every shade of opinion, and when the end came at Hawarde* on the 19th, the expressions of deep regret wf-re as remarkable as tkey were manifold and sincere. Striking commemorative speeches were delivered in Parliament by all the leading statesmen. The public funeral accorded to the veteran ex-Premier IN Wvdti"ioat.er. Abbey on the 28th in response to tlw, X«WR*L dearro was one of most WORIAG ■«wnt« OF V)» YJ» ARI»D Er». The Jri-h Jjooal Govornmeat BiU was ulti- mately PTMXED through Parliament,, sftor lengthy though no». acrimonious discussion; and fii& Vaccination Bill, drafted originally- by Mr. Clvaplain, and later modified by Mit. Balfour, WM passed only when the Lords had first refused to sanction the contracting out" (x>nsei«AC» clanee. The eventual surrender" of the Peers on thl* quoition was shortly followed (on Angugt 1 by the Prorogation; the Session birring been more marked by heavy administrative busineea than by startling or important new liOD. The contemplation of Britain's dettwernour to- wards the other Great roweros in reiafcion to the Far Eastern and other international questions together with incidents arising from the Anglo- ^•WPTJAN c&xnp&jgn,mrried to so brilliant an issue in September by Sirdar Kitchener absorbed universal attention; and for awhile feeling ran dangerously high as betweea this country "rwt France over -the F»shod»> affrir. It was only when the Prime Minister was able to announoe at Sir John Voce Moore's inaugural banquet in London on Lord Mayor's Day that the acutest difficulties of the situation had been overcome that the tension of the public mind was in a measure relaxed. The extra-Filamentary political SPEECHES of the year were mainly con- ^ORE'GN policy of the Government, and do not TALL for particularisecl comment in this connection. Changes >u office during the year included the 1 appointments-of Vi3conn^ Valentia as Comp- troller of the ROusehold, Mr. St. John Brodrick f iJvC%A?!n Mr. George Wynd- ,m! a' _r"e'ary for Wnr. anU Lha Ear* f jaojpetoun as lord Chamberlain.

THE YEAR'S HOME EVENTS: SOCIAL AND GENERAL. January 1. Lord ChanceliOR made an earl; Conference of Trade U nloniet.s ia London. 4. Marriage of Lady Anne. Coventry, and Prince' Victor Duleep 8mgh; Miners' Pederat-ioji met, at Bristol. 14. Archbishop TEMPLE inaugurated vigorous campaign in favour 0f religious educa- tion. 16. The "Father of the House of Com- mons," Mr. C. Pelham V illiers, died. 22. Lon- don volunteers carried out an extensive night march. 38. Dr. Jameson returned to London from South Africa. 30. Mr. GUdst^neg illness became increasingly critical. Si. Close of the great dispute in the engineering industry. February 2. Her Majesty received 4t Osborne the crew of the cruiser St. 4.Horge. returned from the Benin expedition. 3. Prince of Wales presided at first meeting of H.R.H.'A Hospital Fund. 11. The Que^n inspected wards at Notify Hos-pi.tal. containing sick and wounded returned from the Indian North-west. 16. Marriage of Mr. Evelyn Cecil and the Hon. Margaret Tyaaen- Amherst. 25. First Drawing Room of the season held by the Queen. 26. Prince and Princess of Wales visited the headquarters of the Honourable Artillery Company. 28. Her Majesty conferred the V.C. upon Viscount Fincastle for valour on the Indian frontier. Murch 2. Lord Salisbury pronounced to be recovering from. ferious inilitenza attack. 5. The Queen attended confirmation of Princess Mar- garet of Connauglit. 8. Her Majesty slightly indisposed; Consols adversely affected. IT), liie ^ueen sufficiently recovered to leave Wind- sorjorjthe Continent. 17. Brilliantbenefit" to

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OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. JAmiAgT 1. General Sir G. Airy. 2.Sir E. A. Bond (late of the Britisti Museum). S. Earl of ilton. ?*. Sir 1t. U. Muade. 9. Staoev Marks. R.A. ],0. Count ]){.ji¡uwfê liuesian statesman). 12. Mrs. Cowden Clarke. 14. Lewis, Carroll1 Sir Polydore De Ke**er. J6. R\ht Jfon. C. P. iliieis. 18. v«-ry J»,t v, Dr. Lidueli; Signor Nicolini. 24. George D xon. M.P. LjeHtennnt- Geneiiti Sir P. AiimiJctoj). :A;. Ci enej- ier I v. 29. Lord Sackville Cecil; Rev. Dr. Neuth: General Sir IX Lyuons. ZAI. Lord Carlingforri. 81. W. C. T. DofsoB, R.A.; Hon. Joseelioe Percy. Fetircaiiy L Viscount Barrington; Sir M. K. Kenrwdv. 2. Earl of Clonmell. 5. Dr. Moulton (Wesleyon divine). 8. Archdeacon Anson. 12. Bicbop Selwyn Count Kalnothy ■

CO/1i:!I.g"l\rd.ea ou V\ ells. i. 1ù.. Ziola, after a trial of 15 days, sentenced to a year's imprison- I ment, and fined E120 for libelling the Esterhazy court martial in the Dreyfus affair; Maud Bensley murdered at Yarmouth. 26. Abortive attempt to assassinate the King of Greece. March I. French gunboat Loyalty sunk in a hurricane off New Caledonia. 5. Colonel Henry wounded in a duel in France with Colonel Pic- quart concerning the Dreyfus affair. 9..Plague I riots in Bombay, troops fired on the mob. 14. Mr. Woolf Joel murdered in hit Johannesburg office. 15. Lieutenant Gaisford killed by a fanatic in Baluchistan. 24. Great gale passed over the United Kingdom, much damage to ship- pin, 27. Brocklesby Hall, Lincolnshire, par- [ tialiy destroyed by fire. April 7. Over 200 persons killed by avalanches 1 011 tiwway to Klondyke. 11. Serious accident to I volunteers at Bisley returning froui Easter man jeuvres. 16. Mr. John Kensit fined for brawling in a London church during the cere- mony of "The Veneration of the Cross." 17. Serious rioting in Spain. 19. Colliery accident at Whitwick, 39 deaths. 20. Spurgeon's Taber- nacle at Newington destroyed by fire. 27. Bread riots in Italy. May 2. Mrs. Nicholls sentenced at the Old Bailey to seven years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of Jane Popejoy, her servant. 6. Rioting in Spain, law-courts at Mercia set on fire. 7. Fatal rioting in Milan American mis- sionaries murdered in Sierra Leone; Brinsmead directors sentenced for fraud at the Central Criminal Court. 9. Lord Rendlesham's Suffolk seat burnt out. 17. Mr. Brandon Thomas won his action with Mr. Penley respecting the acting rights of Charley's Aunt." 30. Man named Hall murdered his wife and three children at Haolev. June 2. Disastrous fire at Peshawur, 4000 houses destroyed two passengers killed and 20 injured in a railway accident at Leyland on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. 8. Mr. Ernest Terah Hooley, a reputed millionaire financier, presented his bankruptcy petition; woman named Brooks and her children burnt to death at Scar- borough. 15. Secretary shot at the German Em- bassy in London. 21. Sad fatality at the launch of H.M.S. Albion at Blackwall, 37 spectators killed and hundreds thrown into the water through the collapse of temporary staging; the driver of the Queen's train accidentally killed near Aberdeen. 23. Typhoon at Port Arthur, 130 Chinese sailors drowned. 28. Earthquake fatalities reported from Italy, many buildings damaged. July 2. Dr. Collins sent to seven years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of Mrs. Uzielli by improper treatment. 4. French liner, La Bonrgoyne, wrecked off Nova Scotia, 565 pas- sengers and crew drowned. 8. Conviction of Mr. Kensit for brawling in church quashed on appeal at Middlesex Sessions. 10. Mr. T. Owen, M P for Launceston, drowned. 13. Railway accident near Larne, 13 injured. 16. Audacious robbery of £1000 from the Bank of England. 18. Fatal explosion at Earl's Court Exhibition. 19. Ver- dict in favour of the plaintiff, Dr. Kingsbury, in the Howard will case. 25. Nine hundred persons variously sentenced for participation in the Italian riots. 26. Judge Parry shot on the Beach in Manchester County-court. 27. Charges of alleged blackmail brought by Mr. Hooley in his bankruptcy examination. August 9. Four men burnt to death at a Liverpool lodging-house. 10. Joseph Lewis sentenced at Glamorgan to be hanged for the murder of a gamekeeper. 12. Five young ladies drowned in Lake Derwentwater. 15. Street ruffianism rampant in London. 17. Mail train from Johannesburg to Cape Town wrecked. 25. De- structive fire at a menagerie at Liverpool. 29. Professor Hopkinson and his three children killed while mountaineering in Switzerland. 30. Six sailors of H.M.S. Cleopatra drowned in Danish waters. 31. Colonel Henry confessed to forgery in connection with the Dreyfus affair, and afterwards committed suicide. September 1. Colston Hall at Bristol burned 4own. 2. Midland express wrecked at Wel- lingborough-six killed, many injured Mr. Scott Fishe, Savoy actor, committed suicide Professor Nasae killed by a mountain fall in the Enga- dine. 6. Many lives lost in the riots in Crete. 7. British Vice-Consul burned to death in his hout* at Coma. 10. Empress of Austria stabbed to death by an alleged Anarchist at Geneva. 15. Many lives lost and tremendous havoc occa- sioned by a hurricane in the West Indies. 16. Girdle gang" severely sentenced for street ruffianism in London. 19. Electric tramcar fata- lity in Bradford. 29. Anarchist arrested in Orsova, Hungary, for plotting to kill the Rou- manian Sing. October 1. Police-constable Baldwin fatally stabbed ia Kingsland. 7. Serious atrike rioting in Paris. 9. Princess Trubetskoi committed suicide in prison at Berlin. 12. Many killed in strike riots in Illinois. 14. Bombs (supposed to have been prepared against the visit of the German Kaiser) seized at Con- stantinople. 15. Wreck of the Mohegan on the Manacles near Falmouth, over 100 lives lost 17. Naptha-laden vessel blown up in the Channel, nine killed; railway accident at Wrawby, nine killed and several injured. Dowager Duchess of Sutherland's jewels, worth R.25,000, stolen from a Calais train. 23. Dr. Miiller died from plague contracted during scientific experimentation at Vienna. 96. Dr. Whitmarsh sentenced to death (afterwards rommauted to 12 years'penal servi- tude) for illegal operation upon Alice Bayly. November 2. Mr. Rucker fined £200 for Con- tempt of Court in connection with the Hooley in- vestigation. 6. The Capitol at Washington damaged by a gas explosion. 10. Luccheni, the assassin of the Austrian Empress, condemned to rigorous .imprisonment for li fe; man murdered and his body thrust into a baker's heated oven in Mary- lebone. 12. Girl killed near Sevenoaks, her assailant afterwards shooting himself. 14. Startbrvw ^;«^i«onrw» ''vring the Hooley bank- ruptcy examination. 18. Toiulinson I sentenced to penal servitude for life at Northamp- ton for train-wrecking. 22. Disastrous rioting at Buda PMth. 23. Davies awarded three years' penal servitude for forgeries in connection with the Shipway pedigree case. December 1. Margate surf-boat, • Friend of All Nations, swamped in a storm. 2. Clan Druminond foundered in the Bay of Biscay, 37 lives lost. 6. Two lady believers in "Chris- tian Science" discharged at Croydon after lengthened investigation into the cause of the death of Mr. Harold Frederic, the novelist. 7. Ex- Queen of Spain in a carriage accident. 9. Liou- f&nev' "Wirk '■ ■■.1 j. ie.r of V'. ct-l'cl t'oz ikrensis-ntsm ihe Queen's Benen libel suit by ex-Lord Mayor Savory against Ix>ndon. 12. Faculty to open vault in connection with the case of the Druce claim to the Portland ducal title applied for.

f- (Austrian statesman). 17. Sir J. Stain, Miss Frances Willard (temperance advoc Lord De L'Isle and Dudley. 18. Prince Osi (Khedive's cousin). 19. Earl of Mount Cash Lord Combermere; Bishop Billing. 21. JL- Goscben. 92. F. W. Isaacson, M.P. 23. S/1 Jamee Mackie. 25. George Barratt (jockey). 27. Frederick Tennyson (po.)t). MARCH 1. Sir W. Stopbasom 4Inland Re- venue Board); Colt MaUeson (Indian historian). 4. King Bell of Cameroons; Signor Castelli (Italian diplomat). 5. Edmund Tattersall. &. Signor CavalloUi (Italian statesman, killed in a duel). 7. Sir G. Rumoll, M.P. 9. Earl of Bradford Downger Countess of Elgin. 10. George Miiller (philantrophist). IS. Sir Richard Quain, M. D.; Sir Wm. Fraser (Scottish f Record Office); 14. Woolf Joel (finacrer; assassinated at Johannesburg). 15.81 Hy. Bessemer; Lieut.-Col. Gaisford (killed in (Baluchistan); Sir Hy. Lushington. 16. Aubrey Beardsley (artist). 17. Admiral Coote; Rt. Hon. J. T. Ball (ex-Lord Chancellor of Ireland). 20. Col. Dyer (chairman of Engineer employers) Sir A. H. Palmer (Colonial statesman) 21. Admiral Popoff (Russian naval inventor); Due De Talleyrand. 24. Rev. Professor Stokes. 25. James Payn (novelist). 28. Earl of Straf- ford Lady Glenesk. 29. Earl of Cawdor; Anton Siedl (musician); Rev. Dr. Thos. Davie. (Welsh Conationaldivine). 81. Duke of Suf- folk and Berkshire. APRIL 1. Arthur Orton (Tichborne Claimant); Rev. Professor Davidson (theologian). 3. Loi-d Hillingdon; General Sir H. Warren. 8. Hon. H. Bass, M.P. 9. Marquis of Exeter; General Abdy. 14. Countess of Shaftesbury. 16. Viscount Oxen bridge. 19. Baron Lisle. 20. Mr. A. Cock, Q.C. 23. Colonel Sir V. Majendie,. 27. Earl of Caledon. 28. Sir F. Milbank. 29. Samuel Gordon (Irish medico). 30. P. H. Calderon, 1 R.A. MAY 2. Baron Di aisdale Prince Kung (Chinese statesman). 4. Earl of Effingham; Eishop Twells. 9. Principal Gent. 10. Duke of St. Albans. 19. Right Hon. William Ewart Glad- stone. 21. Judge Meadows White. 22. Right Hon. Spencer Walpole Edward Bellamy (author). 23. Sir John Gilbert (of the Royal Irish Academy). 24. Archduke Leopold of Austria; Benedetto Brin (Italian statesman). 26. General Sir D. Dodgson. 27. Lo..d Courtenay; General Knox. 29. Lord Playfair Sir T. Dyke Acland. 30. Mr. Abel Smith, M.P. 31. Sir R. Rawlin- son (sanitarian). Junk 2. Eric Mackay (port). 3. Samuel Plimsoll ("the Sailors' Friend "); Archdeacons Scott and Palmer. 11. General Fraser. 12. Lord Carbery. 18. Matthew Fowler, M.P,; Sir J. A. Cbaplean (Canadian statesman). 17. Sir E. Burne-Jonee (artist). 18. George Ulyett (cricketer). 23. Major-General Pym. 27. Judge Bedwell. 28. Sir C. Alabaster (diplomat). 30. Major- General Leet; Sir John Scott (ex-Colonial Governor). JULY 5. Dr. Pankhurst (Lancashire politician); H. F. Boyd, Q.C.; Major-General GreviUe. 6. Dr. Cornelius Hertz (connected with Panama scandal); J. D. Walker (cricket coach). 7. C. T. Murdoch, M.P.; M. Buffet (ex-Premier of France). 10. T. Owen, M.P. (drowned). 13. Sir A. Chichester. 14. Yrs. Lynn listen (authoress). 15. Sir F. Dillon Bell (New Zealand statesman). 16. Dowager Coontess of Meath. 18. Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebboy. 20. Admiral Massie (Father of the British Navy). 27. Surgeon-General Murray. 28, Richard Dewliag (author). 30. Prince Bismarck (tlae Iron Chancellor of Germany). 31. Principal Caird Dr. Walsh (Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto.) AUGVST Earl of Mansfield; Rev. Dr. Young (Wee ley an divine). 6. Lieut^isst-General Hawley. 7..Dr. Gk-ergu Ebers (Egyptologist). 12. Colonel Waring, M.P. 17., General Tchernaieff, the famous Russian soldier; Sir W. A- Fraser. 18. Matthew Dawson (racehorse trainer). 22. King Malietoa of Samoa; Prince Paul Exterh-Y: Sir J. H. Fawcett (diplomat). 23. Sbsaiff Thomson, of Forfarshire. 26. Sir Henry Peek. 27. Arthur Pease, M.P.; Professor John Hopkinson (killed while mountaineering); Thomas Harper (Ser- geant-Trumpeter to the Queen). ] SKPTXMBXB 4. Lady Louisa Mencrieff. 5. General Duncan; General SirW. Hope. 7. Eero of Winchilaea. 9. Empress of Austria (assassi- nated); Sir C.; F. jfrrran (Chief Justice of Bombay). 11. Mr. Norman Neruda (killed ill the Alps). 12. Sir W. Grav (shinbuilder). 14. Oeaarel Arthur Hamilton. M. Earl of Desait 17. Rev. Dr. John Hall (American Presbyterudf divine). 18. Bishop Jenner; J. J. Colman, M.P. 19. Sir Geo. Cbrey (Colonial statesman). 2ft William Wilson (engineer). 24. Sir Patrick Talbot (Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Lords). 27. Sir At Forwood, M.P.; Hon. J. T, Byrnes (Premier of Queensland); Fanny Dafenport (actress). 28. T. F. Bayard (American statesman); Thomas Gee (Welsh Radical leader). 29. Queen of Denmark; Amelia, Lady Jessel. 30. Madame Camot (widow of French President). J OCTOBEK 3. Oaoon Lowndes. 8. Princess 1 AJbrecht-of Brunswick. 9- Princess Trubetskoi | (committed suicide in a Berlin prison). 12. J Marquis of Asosey. 16. Lady Cromer; J. F. Clarke (racing judge). 18. Ralph Disraeli (brother of into Lord Beaconsfield). 19. Gleeson White (arthritic). 3Q. Robert. Si&elair (ye^way pioneer). 23. Dr. Af;iiUer,Aiwrion medioo {from plague). 24. Lieut.-General Sir W. Goodecough. 2..F). Sir C. L. Miles; M. Pavis dfiXbncannes (French artist.).. 27. Sir H. U. Lawrence. 29. Viscount Iflfianore; Harold Frederic (author).' 30. Latimer Clark (electrician). 31. Lady Martin (Helen Flaunt); General Sir Edward Lugard; Canon Bardsley. Novsmxs 1. General Riach. 6. Thomas Bayiey Potter (Cobdenite seformer). 8. Dowager Grand Dae-heas of Twcany. 9. Sir J. G. Tsub- man(Manx politician); Canon Eden. 11. Caftos Bell. 14. Bish«p Stalev (late of Honolulu). 15. Senor Gomes (Portuguese statesman). 19. Thw, Earl of Lathom (Lord Chamberlain); Sir Stuart Knill; Urbano Monteio (Spanish Consul-General in London). 20. Sir John Fowler (engineer); Sir G. Baden Powell; Rev. Dr. Kane (Orange- man). P3. Lady Cmnemara. 26. Sir W. E. Walby-Gregory. 29. Mr. AspinalL Q.C. DBOEXBEK 3. P,&rl of Buchan; Princess Her- mann of Saxe-Weimar. 6. Princess Frederick of Wurtemberg. 10. William Black, the novelist; Sir T. Upingtor. (Gape statesman). 11. Sir William Anderson (Director-Gen<«al of Ord- oanoe); Sir William Jenner.

rate's force and the tribes in the Ediba country, Captain Middleton and Captain Fenton were wounded, the latter afterwards dying. 5. The Chief Justice of the Transvaal, in a letter to President Krnger, repudiated the agreement not to test laws, as the arrangement made last March to amend the Grondwet and define the judges' position had not been fulfi led. 6. Conflicts reported between Turkish troops and the peasants in Thessaly; Italian Chamber of Deputies passed a bill reducing the duties on cereals and flour; revolts reported in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. 15. Nyrvssaland Revolt, news received in London that. the natives had been defeated and the situa- tion relieved. 16. Mr. Kotze, Chief Justice of the Transvaal, received his discharge. 18. West Africa: Boria occupied by a British Hausa guard, French officer ordered the non-com- missioned officer to haul down the British flag, but he declined to do so Indian sedition laws passed by the Legislative Council. 21. Malikdin Khets paid their full fines; it was reported that the Chinese inland waters were to be opened. 25. Negotiations for the Greek Indemnity Loan completed. 26. Attempted assassination of King George of Greece while driving with Princess Marie; seven shots were fired by a man, but lhe King and Princess escaped, although the groom aud two of the horses were hit; courageous conduct of the King. March 2. Serious rising reported among the natives in the Sierra Leone Hinterland. 3. Death from plague increased in Bombay. Black blister broke out; the Pope entered upon the 21st year of his Pontificate. 4. 50th anniversary of the Italian Constitution celebrated. 6. Spain re- ported to have asked for the recall of General Lee, U.S. Consul-General at Havana, and that any relief for the Cubans should be sent in mer- chant vessels. American Government declined to accede to either request. 7. U.S. and Spain- bill to appropriate 50,000,OOOdols. for national defences introduced into the American Congress —British and foreign bourses adversely affected by the situation; it was reported that Russia demanded possession of Port Arthur. 8. Native rising in British Central Africa subdued, the rebel chief Mpseni having surrendered. Sharp fighting reported in the Sierra Leone Hinterland, an officer and four privates of the West India Regiment wounded. 9. Serious plague riots in Bombay; European plague inspector and two soldiers of the Shropshire Regiment stoned to death; Troops fired on the mob, several of whom were killed. 11. British Minister at Pekin lodged a strong protest against the cession on lease of Port Arthur to Russia; Chinese Govern- ment declared its inability to withstand the Russian demands. 18. The Russian Official Mes- senger reported that the Russian Government had informed the Emperor of Corea that if Corea no longer required foreign help, it would recall the Russian Financial Adviser. 20. Kuki Khel. and Kambur Khels fully complied with the terms impoaed, and it was stated that fighting might be regarded as at an end. 21. Japanese Govern- ment resolved to spend 193,000,000 yen on new warships up to 1905. 23. Signor Crispi censured by the Italian Chamber of Deputies for his con- nection with the bank scandal. April 2. Great Britain reported to have obtained from China a lease of Wei-hai-Wei; Li Hung Chang accused of having been bribed by Russia. 5. It was reported at Victoria, B.C., that news had been received of Herr Andrée. 8. Dervishes on the Atbara completely defeated, the entrenched camp being carried by storm and Mahmoud cap- tured British losses were heavy, including Cap- tains Findlay and Urquhart, Cameron High- landers, and Lieutenant Gore, Seaforth High- landers, killed, and several officers wounded Spanish squadron ordered to sail for Cap Verde immediately. 14. Bombay Plague Riots—one Mahomednn sentenced to death, and four others to transportation for life for the murder of two men of the Shropshire regiment. 20. Ulti- matum to Spain signed by President M'Kinley and despatched. May 1. Great naval battle off Manila, in which the Spanish squadron loot heavily; the cruiser Reiaa Christiana flagship burned, and Cap! Cadaroo killed, and the cruiser Don Jwr. de Austria blown up. Several other smaller vessels also crippled or sunk. 5. Great Britain's pro- posal to subordinate the poyaients of the instal- ments to the progress of the evacuation of Thessaly accepted. 12. Admiral Sampson bom- barded San Juan; Cape Verc'e fleet arrived nt Martinique. 13. Lord Aberdeen, Governor- General of Canada," resigned. 17. Sierra Leone —It was reported that Mr. Carr, a district com- missioner, was hemmed in by disaffected natives, and that Lieutenant. Rickets had been killed. 18. The Canadian Premier, in reply to a com- plaint of espionage against, Senor de Bernabe, the late Spanish Minister at Washington, said British territory was a haven of refuge, and they had positive orders from the Imperial authorities to observe, neutrality. 24. The Transvaal Govern- ment declared th!tt they could not recognise the existence of British suzerainty in view of the Con- vention of 18^4. June 4. Lieutenant Hobson and six men of the U.S. Navy ran the cruiser Merrimac, an old American collier, into the channel of Santiago Bay and there sunk her. None of the crew were killed, but all were taken prisoners. 6. It was reported that 50UO Americans landed near Punta Cabrera, to the nest of Santiago, and joined Garcia with 8000 men. 8. General rising in the Philippines. 10. Troubles in Swaziland. 11. Sugar Conference at Brussels. 18. Fighting on the Montenegrin frontier. 21. The war--despe- rate Sgiitins near Manila. The Spanish General Monet canght in an ambush, and was killed by the insurgents. 24. In the New South Wales Par- liament a motion expressing want of confidence in the Government as leaders in the Federation movement, rejected by 65 votes against 32. 27. U.S. Navy Department issued an order autho- rising Admiral Sampson to dispatch a fleet of waraliip8 under Commodore Watson to the Spanish coast,; Admiral Camara received orders Î,0 from Port Said to Suez; Egyptian Government refused to supply Camara with coal. July 3. Telegrams received announcing a fierce battle lasting two days outside b-ntiago, during which 1000 Americans were killed o. grounded, and 1000 Spaniards killed and 2000 taken pri- soners; storming of the town deferred Admiral Cervera attempted to escape from Santiago with his fleet, every vessel of which, with the exoeption of the Cristobal Colon, was driven ashore within 20 miles of Santiago and burned after a short pursuit the Cristobal Colon grruek her colours, and Admiral Cervera was taken .fwi"onf»r nlortr: wit-' t- ■" rva 'P)l o t .t, ,:v'i.. b) explosion* nnd drowning. 7..Russian Government intimated that if the Chinese Northern Extension Rail- way was proceeded with they might, be obliged to seize a province as compensation. 9. It was stated thnt the French Government had notified the Paris branch of the Imperial Otto- man Bank to keep hack l,200,000f. of the last, in- stalment, of the Greek War indemnity to secure pay- ment of the compensation claimed for losses sus- taincd by French subjects during the Armenian ittassncres. 10. Bombardment of Santiago began. 12. It was officially announced that an Imperial Penny Postage between Great Britain and Canada, Newfoundland, Cape Colony, and Natal I had been decided upon. 14. -Chinese Rebellion j -—Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who was imprisoned at the Chiaeae Legation in London,reported to be among theeebel leaders.; £ ur»euder of Santiago. 19. The Porte, in reply to a British Note relating to the de- mands for losses sustained at the time of the disorders in Constantinople, absolutely repu- diated all responsibility, and proteeted against a first charge being made upon the Greek war in- demnity in satisfaction of the sums demanded. 22. M. Pavloff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires at Pekin, demanded that all future instructors in, the Chinese army and navy should he Russian*; General Garcia wrote to General Shafter refusing to co-operate with the Americans, and he and his men went to the hills. 22. It was. reported that French troops, having committed an aggres- sion on Wgrri, were repulsed by the King. August 3. America's terms of peace accepted by Spain. 7. An impressive memorial service for the late Prince Bismarck held in Berlin. 10. Drawing up of a Protocol embodying the Ameri- can proposals for a Treaty of Peace with Spain. 11. Reports. from Oiudurman stated that the Khalifa is -determined to fight. 17. Admiral Dewey announced the capture of 7000 Spanish prisoners at Manila; the plague at Bomhav re- ported again epidemic. 18. Mr. Rhodes de- livered a speeph at Port Elizabeth declaring that tile-ftht-of this elections wam against Krugerism. 21. Resumption of the mail service between the United States and Spain. 24. Callan santenced at Gibraltar to 10 years' penal servitude for an attempt to murder Mr. Birkin at Tangier. 25. Insurrection reported to have broken out in the j Chinese Island of Hainau. M. Possel, husband { of an English lady who was found dead nnder q?If jerious. gircmngtaiw at the foot of a oliff neu. j Positano, Italy, committed suicide in Paris. 26. It was stated that the cost of the late war to Spain would be £ 120,000.000. 27- The Czar proposed an international conference for the preservation of universal peace. 30. The Queen-Regent of the Net herhmds issued a proclamation on the occasion of the end of her regency, thanking the nation for its support, and expressing ocid wishes for its future Black Flag rebellion in the Kwang-si Pro- vince of China reported to be aga;n assuming a serious aspect. 31. Queen WilheliuiDa of Holland on her accession to the throne issued a proclamation to the peonle. September 1. Soi.dan: Scouts ef the, 21st Lan- cers ha-d a brush with .» pnrfy or dervishes near Kerreri, and their position was shelled by gun- hosts. telegraphic communication interrupted b); a sand stortn. 2. A proclamation ayp»red in the Transvaal Government Ga-tttc io toile effect, that the Rand Drift be closed as and frosn the 15th inst., with the consentof the Free State. 4. News received in London of the complete de- feat of the Khalifa's army; on Friday the whole dervish army attacked the Anglo- Egyptian camp about six miles from Khartoum^ but they were gallantly repulsed; after three and a-half hours' desperate fighting, in which the 2if-t Lancers were surrounded and had to cut their way through, the dervish army was routed, and, with the Khalifa, fled southwards; Sir Herbert Kitchener, after resting troops, entered Omdur- man; the English losses were—Lieutenant R. Grenfell (12th Lancers), Captain Calderott (1st Royal Warwick); N.C.O.'s and nien-Ilst lamocre (19), Rifle Brigade (1), Cameron Highlanders (2), Seaforth Highlanders (1), total, 23 killed; 13 other English officers and 99 N.C.O. s and men were wounded; nine native officers were wounded, one of whom died among the native rank and file 20 were killed and 221 wounded; the Bon. H. Howard, Times and New York Herald correspon- dent, was also killed, and Colonel F. Rhodes, also of the Times, was wounded British and Egyptian flags hoisted with due ceremony on the wall of the Palace at Khartoum; impressive service held in memory of Gordon, both British and Egyptian troops taking part. 5. General Zurlinden accepted the office of French Minister of War. 6. News received from Canea, in Crete, that during a demonstration of Mussulman refugees to protest against their ill-treatment and the favour shown to the Christian insurgents, they attacked the British troops town bombarded by the warships. 7. Omdurman battle: The Sirdar gave the total number of Dervishes killed at about 11,200; ^founded, 16,000; and prisoners, 3000 to 4000; two other British deaths announced Crete: Later information stated that the British loss was 20 killed and 50 wounded; British Vioe- Consul burned to death in his house; Li Hang Chang dismissed. 10. Empress of Austria assas- sinated by an Italian anarchist at Geneva; news received of the arrival of a French force at Fashoda. 13. British Admiral demanded the disarmament of the Mussulmans in Crete within 48 hours. 15. Sirdar reported to be advancing with a strong force on Fashoda, with the inten- tion of hoisting the British and Egyptian flags. 19. Emperor of China ordered a number of re- forms, including the publication of the Govern- ment receipts and expenditure. 21. At the ad- journment of the civil trial of Colonel Picquart,. in Paris, the colonel said he would not commit suicide, and if he was found dead in his cell it would be known that he had been murdered. 22. It was announced that the Chinese Emperor had resigned in favour of the Empress; the Emperor's chief adviser fled. 25. Sir H. Kitchener returned to Omdurman. having established forts at Fashoda and on the Sobat. 29. Death of the Queen of Denmark at the Castie of Bernstoff. October 4. Order restored in Pekin the Tsung- li-Yamen apologised for the recent attacks upon foreigners, and the guilty parties were publirb- punished. 5. Powers presented an u^iatum tll the Porte, calling for the evacuation of Crete by Turkish troops. 7. Chinese Government con- sented to the arrival of foreign detachments in Pekin; ieh'«el Bey, the Civil Governor of Crete, annov.iiced that the Sultan would agree to the withdrawal of the Turkish troops. 22. It wa.- announced from Simla that the Indian Govern- ment had resolved to hold the entire Kliyber Pass, to continue the tribal allowances, and to maintain a militia recruited from the dans, to commanded by British officers. 2R. German Emperor and Empress left Jatfa for Jerusalem on horseback. November 3. An official Note issued in France stating that the evacuation of Fashoda had bee: decided upon, as Major March.,nd had reportt", the position untenable. 4. All Turkish flags f< moved at Candia and replaced by British, an at Canea the International flags were hoisteri 8. Queensland National Bank directors chargec at Brisbane with conspiracy to defraud th« share- holders, acquitted. 10. Luccheni, the> assassin o' the Empress of Austria, sentenced at Geneva tt rigorous imprisonment for life. 12. Gencp Miles, at a banquet given to him in Now Yuri, generously acknowledged the services rendered the United States by England during the war. j references to the Anglo-American entente beiuv received with great applause. 14. Chakir Pasha the Commander of the Turkish forces in Crete left the island with the last detachment of hi> troops for Constantinople. 17. German Em- peror changed his homeward route. It fit stated that instead of coming round by sea, tl. Imperial party would proceed to Berlin overlanr via the Austrian port of Pola the new Amcricais naval programme included the construction 0 13 vessels in the next three years, at a cost o 10 million sterling, besides the 36 torpedo boai; and destroyers already ordered. 22. It w- announced that Lieutenant Harringfon. the British Agent, had arrived in the Emperor MenelikV camp with presents and a friendly message from Queen Victoria. 24. Fighting reported in th. Benin Hinterland, several towns being capture, and destroyed by the Niger CompainV troops, some of whaiii were killed several British officers wounded. "_u. Prince George of Greece appointed High Commissioner of Crete. 28. Spanish Commissioners con- ceded the demands of the Americans, handint; over the sovereignty of the Philipi),neii and the Stilt, Island, against an jnutMiinity of 20,000.000dols. December 1. Owing to the advances of the Mad Mullah in the Swat Valley, 6000 reinforce- ments were ordf-red up, with MafoivGeneral H. G. Ylaterfield in command; but subse- quently withdrawn. 2. Repulse of the Mao Mullah reported; American Secretary of Wtr presented rt-po»"i |»ryp-rt'!>g hwi inrrrasf of th, f army :o iiit).ik"ti men. t). tvr £ MwiSon. sp«»-iW n«g in Paris, protested aga.ost ti.j F< policy of pin-pricks, and e\-pr-«sed a hnj«» th M Delcncle's suggestion of Frenci colleges at Khartoum and-Ervshoda would not put into operation, as it might lead to steps b. taker which would net be appreciated I.y Fra« 8. lrE. lUonsonfi SP"C(:}¡ stionglv dtnumiwed the French Pres. 10. '.Treitv- ,f poce /inaii'. signed h« t wetu Sf,a;n uird the L-ttited 1.1 General Garcia, insurgent leader in Cuba, died at Washington.