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INDIAN FRONTIER. I A DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT I ENEMY OHIVEN FROM DARGAL A PROLONGED ARTILLERY FIRE. SEVERE BRITISH LOSSES. After much unavoidable delay, dtie to the difficult nature of the country, and to the neces- sity for very careful preparation, a commence- ment has been made with the task entrusted to the Tirah expeditionary force. Wednesday a hard piece of fighting resulted in the enemy, who were strongly posted, being driven out of Da.rgai. This place they had re-occupied after an action earlier in the week, but it was neces- sary that the position should be held by the British before a general advance could take place. The 2nd Division, under CTenei-al Yeaf.- man niggs. was the one selected for this onerous work, wiiieh. included the surmounting of a rocky hill about 1,000ft. high and the capture of the sangars or stone redoubts on the sum- mit. The Gordon Highlanders, the Goorkhas, and the Derbyshire and Dorsetshire Regiments, supported by heavy artillery tire. literally stormed the position. They cleared the ridge, the approach to which was most precipitous, Kid the enemy did not wait to oome into close quarter's, in which thç. dreaded bayonet could be used. It is feared that the rush across the open ground, swept as it was by a heavy fire, has led to serious losses among General Yeat- man Bigg's division, but no list of casualties has yet been received. FORT LQCKEAIIT. Wednesday. General Yeatman Bigg's &oon<l Division started from Shinawari for Khar&ppa early this morning. They found that the enemy had re- or-apied :ai on the left bank of Chagru Kotal. To leave this position in the enemy's hands meant that, the left flank of the exwditionaiy forcc would be exposed to attack end it was therefore seen to be necessary to capture and re-occupy Dargai before any further advance was made. The. position was an ex- ceedingly strong crae, being on the summit of a hill called Nasik Suk, about 1.000ft. in height, and crowned with precipitous rocks. The only path leading to the summit had to be traversed by the troops in single file. Our batteries opened re from Chagi-u Kotal and Sam ana Suk at ten ,clock. and 11),. infantry, led by the 1st Goor- ;has,, with tlie Dorsetshire Reginiemt supporting, advanced up tlie hill. While they were attempt- ing to cross an open space, they were exposed to the fire of the enemy, which was extremely ac- curate, and met with a temporary check. At 2.30, after prolonged artillery fire from the three batteries concentrated on the. s'?ngars. the Goodù¡as. reinforced by the Gordon High- landers, made a magnificent rush across the opetn jpaee, in face of a destructive fire. The enemy ttood till the attacking force reached the rocks frelow their position, down which they could Cot lire from their sangers. They then fled, i tie losses of the Goorkhas and. Gordon High- landers have not yet been ascertained, but it is fcelievd that they were severe. In the attack on Dargai to-day, General Yeatman Biggs' Second Division moved forward at day-break, advancing a C'hagrn Kohl, with Brigadier-General Kemp- jiter's Brigade leading. On arriving at Dargai, the s-csne of the action fought by General Westmacott on Monday, they found the heights L-v the enemy in force, as was shown bv the black" standard of the Kumber Khel Orakzais. while the Afridis were drawn up on tli- far left. Three mountain batteries massed on Cha,gru Kotal. while the Dorsetshire Regi- ment, the 2nd Goorkhas, and the Derbyshire Regiment were sent forward to turn the posi- Ition, taking tlie srune route as the Fourth Bri- gade. At ten minuses to ten the enemv opened a ong-range fir. The battsries replied, and the Gordon Highlanders pushed through to support, the first line. tiring volleys at long range. Phe enemy reserved their fire until the Goorkhas reached the zigzag path aider the perpendicular Cliff where Major .J cnniIlg, Braunly was killed. companies crossed the zone of fire at a j-ush. sustaining heavy leases, wlnle the remain- der deployed to the left, to inter oapt a flanit jtfcack which was threatened by some seven thou- sand of the eremy from tliat direction. Tlie Dorsetshire Regiment attempted to support the three companies of Goorkhas. but were kept back by the marked down ranges of the enemy, who temained cool. reserving their fire until our men were exposed. At 12.30 masters looked serious an the gun fire, aidod by No. 9 Mountain Bat- tery from Port Guiistan.. failed' to dislodge the enemy. Brigadier-General Kempstar there- upon went forward in person, moving up the Gordm Highlanders and' the 3rd Sikhs into the fighting lime. A systematic assault was then organised, and two thousand men with fixed bayonets stood waiting for the order to advance. three minute before the word was given, 5eneral Kempster hdlographed back instruction to the batteries to concentrate their fire. The eighteen pieces of artillery responded, and under cover of their fire the leading company of Gor- don Higandors in perfect silence rushed into flie fire- zone. Half the men dropped, but the remainder pushed gallantly on until they reached the cover where lay the tliree companies of Boorkhas. The rest of the force streamed after them, and the triiec.smeri, seeing the tmost of the troops hud passed the fire zone, fled higher collecting under cover of tlie sheer cliffs. The Gordon Highlanders Ud rpixed, regiments, lifter ps.ii sing a moment to take breath, again yfvanccd to the assault, aicd twenty minutes later ibe position wa.s won.

THE ARCHBISHCP OF ONTARIO. The Most Riv. John T. Lewis. L.L.D.. Arch- bishop of Ontario. is an Irishman, a graduate of (Trinity College, and one of the originators of the Lambeth Conference. At one time he was a naissionarv of tho S.P.G.. aiid was last month one of the prominent members of the Cliurch Jongrees at Nottingham.

A sensationau gtory is going the rounds to the effect that a syndicate of Wall-street jankers has arranged a scheme to recognise tha Union Pacific Railway Company by the payment of 62 per cent. of its debt ((53,000.000 to the Government-a, sum less than [< £ ,000,000 dollars. Th-e mifroad is worth 115.000,000 dollars. The "W orld." in regard "te matter, calls on President McKinley to rfere fit once and stop this gigantic robbery. man said to be &a American well known on turf has been arrested in Soho in cocnec- with the Sunderland Bank robbery.

TERRIBLE WRECK. I SPANISH VESSEL FOUNDERS OFF THE CUBAN COAST. I; 1 230 PASSENGERS PERISH. I FRANTIC RUSH FOR THE BOATS. A vessel, called the Triton, from New York to Bahia Honda, stranded near Havana. The pas- sengers are said to have numbered 230. Besides her cargo the vessel had a large number of mules on board, and was so heavily laden that her lower deck was only a few feet above water. At four o'clock on Saturday morning the vessel attempted to put about in order to make Mariel' when suddenly, from some unknown cause, the engines stopped and the steamer rolled haiplessly in the trough of the sea. She was caught in a strong current and drawn ashore where she struck on a rock. Meanwhile the mules all huddled to the side, making the vessel heel over and causing the cargo to shiit, thereby giving the ship a heavy list to starboard A FRANTIC RUSH. A Dalziel s telegram says —At the tame 01 the disaster everybody appears to have been asleep, the crew being worn out by their efforts to keep the vessel belore a bad storm they had encountered. The engines were stopped, though whether they had broken down has mot yet transpired. She drifted right on to a, reef of rocks, over which the sea was breaking heavily, and directly she struck the water pou red over her decks. The mules struggled frantically and broke from the halters, and rushed across the decks, olocaking in the hatchways Cfver tht hold. MvUiy fell through the openin g, into which tons of water a'eo flowed, while the re- mainder of the terrified animals, uup-mbering more than a hundred, crowded on to the port side of the vessel. Their weight caused the steamer to list heavily, and the water in the hold loosened the cargo, which also shifted, until the hull was almost on her bearrt ends. The captain had awakened the passenijers as soon as the ship struck, and they elambtred on deck mad with terror. There was a blirni rush for the boats, which, however, were all sma.shed and useless, and a scene of terrible coscfusion ensued. The purser and one of the soldiers managed to reach the shore, but no pe is I entertained for the rest. I SUNK IN 120 FATHOMS OF WATER. I I RESCUE OF SURVIVORS. I I The latest intelligence from Havana spates that fifteen minutes after striking, the coasting steaner Triton sank in 120 fathoms of water. The gunboat Maria Christina and the tug which went to the rescue on Saturday have retaincd. 2 the former vessel having nineteen and the latter j tweniy-tlrree survivors en board. The lirst i boat lowered from the wreck capsized, and all I the The second. i carrying twenty-eight persons, was also over- 7 turned., but on the boat righting eight succeeded in getting back to it, the rest being drowned. 1 Some of the survivors a warn for a considerable time. and others lfoa'ted on planks for twenty- four hours. Four soldiers were carried on planks to the etist of Havana and were pic-ked I up on Srnida y momLng. The crew of the pilot- boat say that many others near tothem, who were clinging to floating wreckage, disappaared during the night. It is estimate d that no fewer than 150 pe>sorj9 have lost their lives. It is alleged that the. captain of the Triton committed suicide just before the vessel sank. A Madrid dispatch says tIlUt according to telegrams re- oeived there, forty-eight persons were rescued from the wreck of the Tnton by the gunboat Maria Christina and the tug Louise, ,File, sur- vivors kept themselves afloat on wreckage. A gunboat and tug went out again in the hope of picking up more people w ho have been seen sup- n(yrtiuz themselves on floating spars. I THE LOST VESSEL. The Triton was a small wooden screw steamer cf 450 tons, and wa* bailt at Philadelphia m 1879. She was 160ft. long, and was provided with very inadequate engine power for a vessel of her size, her machinery being only of 22 nominal horse-power. She belonged to Senor del Collado, of Havana, and sailed under the Spanish flag.

SIR, DONALD STEWART. G.C.B., G.C.S.I Field Marshall Sir Donald Stewart i.s a veteran soldier who, as captain, was fighting the s-arne hill-tribes forty-three years ago as are now giving ?M so much tnmble on the Indian frontier. Tbm game the Indian Mutiny, in which he greatly distinguished himself. In 1868 he was with the Abyssinian Expedition, and ten years later was in couumand of the invading army in Southern Afghanistan. He was Commander-in-Chief of the army in India from 1881 to 1884, and was promoted field marshal in 1894.

I LORD SALISBURY. I REPOATEO IMPENDING RESIGNATION. I A CONTRADICTION FROM HIS LORD- SHIP. I It is proha:ble (:ays the:Daily Chronicle") that there willu be an early re-construction of the Cabinet. Lord Salisbury desires to resign. There is not, we understand, any serious differ- ences of opinion anion, Niiltisiers on matters of policy, but Lord Salisbury finds the duties of his two offices a burden greater than he can con- tinue to bear for an indjetuiite time. His health is not equal to the strain. So much is this the case, and so gi-uat is his desire for rest, that on a recent visit to Beaulieu he was not even ac- companied by a private secretary. Besioes, he is much concerned about Lady Salisbury, Who, we regret to hear, is still unwell. The Queen is still loath to sano tion the Prime Minister's wish, and it is possible that, on that acouunt, his resignation may be deferred for a period. In these matters her Majesty exercises her prerogative to an extent greater than is generally known. It was, for example, by her express command that Lord Rcsebery took the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the last Administration of Mr. Gladstone. At the Queen's request, Mr. Gladstone. invited Lord Rosebery to take that cffice. Lord Rosebery declined. He had for weeks been suffering from insomnia, and did not feel equal to the task. To Lord Rose- bery himself her Majesty repeated her vrieh, which then became a Royal command, only to be obeyed. Serious ill-health, however, relieves a subject from even such an obligation fA8 that, and. as we have indicated, it is probable that Lord Salisbury's resignation will be tendered and accepted within a period which is not likely to be remote. In reference to the reports published alleg- ing that Lord Salisbury desires to resign, the Central News on Monday morning Ie- ceived the following telegram from Lord Salis- bury "No truih in the statement.—Salisbury."

FrtGLANDS GLORY MATCHES. Save the rj DOZEN WRAPPERS, and send for parti en lar PRIZES to S. J. MORELAND and 80 N? En and'a Glory Match Works, Gloucester. The above brand of match ->a are made entirely by BR lsli LABOUR.

TARRANT AND FRY. [ A HUGE SWINDLE. I Stephen Henry Fry, a bearded and benevo- lent-looking man of 41, who described himself is a stockbroker, but refused his addressed, has been charged again at the Guildhall, London, with false pretences. FRY'S NEW ROLE. He is alleged to have been concerned with Tarrant in conspiracy to defraud, in running a. stock-jobbing business at Devonshire Cham- bers, B rsliopsgate-s treet, and Tarrant was brought up from Holloway, in connection with another case, to take his place in the dock by the side of Fry on the joint charge. The evidence for the prosecution was included in the depositions of witnesses who were called Taxra-nt. They hakl in the original case against Tarrant. They had sent "Tarrant and Co." different sums of money for investment in various stock. Fry was al- leged to have been working with Tarrant. A Middlesex Bank clerk remembered Fry ealling in connection with the affairs of the "Commemoration Syndicate," with which Tar- rant was concerned. Witness had seen Tar- rant and Fry often together.

STEPHEN HENRY FRY. A LA "I > V CLERK'S EVIDENCE. A lady clerk named Plowman said, that in Finsbury-pavemenc Tarrant carried on a busi- ness he Odiied the "Augiuial byndicate, Then he removed to Devcnsiiire Cuombers, where the words "Commercial investment Corpora- tion, Limited, were painted un the ooor. Tarrant d Fry used to oome there. They ixrri several syndicates one was the Oommi^iuo- ration Syndicate. They had an office il!t Pe,"Il Mah, and a big staff of clerks there. ;PAO,OW. Something Hike Fry elicited in cross-examination, parsed through the office in connection with the Commemoration Syndicate. This £ 40,000, the witness told :Mr. :Muir, who prosecuted, was subscribed by the public. "Has -any of it gone back to the public?" asked Mr. Muir. Witness could not say, but the defendant Fry supplied the answer. "Not a penny piece," tsaid he. BAIL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. Adjournment being decided on, L1 i v addressed t.he Alderman in regard to bail. "Of course," lie said, "I have associated with Mr. Tarrant. But it is part of my defence that I have opened out large accounts in stocks at his request, and that considerable sums have been kst; but, so far as I am concerned, I have never been a, principal. "Hear Detective Downes," said Mr. Muir. "a<s to how he found Mr. Fry. Is he," he asked the detective, "a married man with a family?" There was a sudden and mysterious interrup- tion from Fry. "I withdraw my petition if the objection is mode in that way," he said. Cour-sei smiled, and the prisoners went down.

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LORD ESHER'S SUCCESSOR. I LORD JUSTICE LINBLEY APPOINTED I MASTER OF THE ROLLS. I The "St. James's Gazette sgys :-As we I have already announced, it is understood that the Mastership of the. Rolls, vacant by the retire- ment of Lord Esher, has been offered to and I accepted by Loid Justice Lindley.

Many of the gold-seekers who started for Klondike have returned to Victoria, but the great majority will have to winter in the ice on the Lower Yukon. Miss Jolly, who has been for some time manageress of the Esplanade Hotel, Porthcawl, is leaving, and is taking over the management of the Angel Hotel. Oardiff. Her place at. Porthcawl will be fVIta 'Qy Miss Priestley, of the Marine Hotel. The dead body of a lady has been found on the underground railway near South Kensing- ton. EPPS'S COCOA.— ANB COMFORTING.— By a thorough, knowledge of the natural laws which goverit th. of dig-eation ajad nutri- tion ILJui by a carelul application of the fine pro- perties of well-selected COCOA, 3ir. Jipps has provided fw our breakfast and supper a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy dectors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up untilstrong enough to resist evei-y tendency to disease. We xany escape xaany a iatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame. 'civil Service (Juzette. 11- 3,lade simply with boiling water or ni ilk. —S«ld only in packets and pound tius by Grocers, Ibe-iled-J"Es KRRS & Co., Ltd.,Homoeopathic • Chemists, London." Also miker-s of Jipps'- i Cocoaine or Cocoa-nib Extract: Tea-like :> thin beverage of full flavour, now with many benficiR]Jy ] taking the place of tea. Its active principle beinf e s the need:-as emeray a gentle nerve stimulant, supplies the needed eBorgy wi-hcut unduJy ex(?iti, the system. 4

CROYDON SHOOTING MYSTERY. PRISONER'S WIFE DISAPPEARS. ACCUSED BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. Mr. Cooper, the Croydon solicitor, who is charged with shooting himself and his wife, was brought before the magistrates on Friday. A fresh sensation has been added to the esse by the fact that Mrs. Cooper, who was being treated for her wounded hand, suddenly left the house on Monday, and has not been sip-co seen. Cooper, it will be remembered, had a large ciientale in Orovdon, where he was looked upoai as a rising man in his profession. He was most prominently associated with the total ab- stinence 'work in the borough, and his connec- tion with the work carried on at the Purley Mission Hall dates back to the opening of the hall. Consequently his attack on his wife—a lady of Swedish extraction-and his subsequent attempt to take his own life created: much sur- prise. In each case unsuccessful attempts have been made to extract the bullets which re- maici in the wounds-in the lady's case in her arm, and in Cooper's case in his throat, but otherwise the injured parsons have been making satisfactory progress. On Monday Super- intendent Lemmay ascertained that the lady had disappeared from her home, MeHthorpe, having a|}perentlv been spirited away in a most mysterious manner, and, as she is a very material witness, the Treasury, who are prosecuti ng, were communicated with and instructions were given to find her whereabouts. It is said that the lady has left England, and that the police hope to secure her att-sndance at an adjourned hearing of the case. It is rumoured, and there is reason to believe not without some truth, that Cooper was led to commit the act through heavy pecuniary losses. It is said he was induced to take a hand in the scheme—which resulted in utter failure—to build a big hotel at Oban. He was next asso- ciated with another individual in a similar ven- ture of a, speculative character at Southend, and that being left to pay the piper he was unable to do so. ACCUSED BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. Kichara Uooper, solicitor, of Coulsdon, brought from the Croydon Hospital, was charged at Croydon on Friday with the attempted mur- der of his wife, and with attemntpli suicide, on September 30th. The accused went to the Pur- ley Mission Hall with his wife. .[bp. next morr- ing he called one of the servants and informed her that he had shot his wife. On proceeding to the bedroom Mrs. Coopc-r was found with a swollen face and bleeding from the riCo- ear. Accused aftei-wa-rds told a friend he had been victimised and compelled to use trust money to the amount of -E12..Cn.1

A VENDETTA. HORRIBLE FAMILY FEUD, The San Francisco "Weekly Bulletin" tells a dreadful story of murder, in which two families are busily engaged. A young student, named Lamer, was killed by a young rivin named Perrv, and the latter was executed. The entire Lanier family, which is numerous, and of account in Georgia, has swore, collectively and indivi- dually, to wipe out the family of the murderer. And the letter, smarting under a sense of in- justice and disgrace, has sworn that while it holds a place on earth, no member of the Lanier family shall live. Thus the most sensational murder case which the Southern state has known, in many years will have its aftermath more terrible than itself. The fiat has srone forth. It appears that Perry was no saint and Lanier told his wife of something, whereat Perry threatened to shoot him on sight, and Lanier was put under police protection, arod they had to go to Court on the matter, Peny being first to arrive, Lanier being taken in a few minutes later. At the moment he came through the little gate into the presence of the Court, Perry arose, and, W!fhout a word, sliat Luiier three times. The wounded man lingered a few days and died at Decatur. Before the end came he made 11. state- ment that Perry hated him because he had told Mrs. Perry of her husband's infatuatioc for a beautiful bad woman. There was a special term of the De Kalb County Court to try Perry. The jury said he was guilty of murder in the first degree, and the penalty was death. The case went straiglrt to the Supreme Court. The lower Court was sustained. He was executed at Decatur, Ga., on Sept. 8. The end was secsational in the extreme.. It was a little after 4 o'clock in the morning when the troops formed in front of the jail, and Perry was led out. The man in command of the force was Colonel Chandier. Strangely enough he is also Judge Ohamdler, and the man who passed sentenced of death upon Perry. Having said the "Hanged by the neck until dead. dead, dead," he was there as Colonel of a Georgia regiment to see that his judicial ""tiot was made good. In person this judge and colonel escorted a condeniced man to his fate. When the doomed man alighted in front of tho jail at Decatur, his attention was drawn to the smoking ruins of a row of small houses which had burned during the night. Among them was the house in which Lanier, his victim died. He was startled by the coincidence, but made no comma-it. He apparently felt no regret for what he had done. When asked if he felt sony for having killed Lanier he replied, "No, I do not. The only regret that I have is in leaving my children and my wife. Under the same circumstances I would act again as I did before, for I think I did right." He maintained from first to last that his act was justifiable to a degree. From the jail he was taken to Decatur, and there he met his wife and little ones. It was an affecting scace. They were awaiting him in the little Georgia town, and they joined him in prayer, his last comment upon earth. He never asked for mercy for his own soul, but he prayed for the wife and little ones he was to leave behind. He wept bitterly, but it was not the bitterness of remorse that he felt. At last his loved ones were taken from his arms and he went to his death. The chief executive said "The Ocmmon lAw Court and the Supreme Court cf the State have said that this man is guilty of murder. I have made a personal investigation of the case, and I refuse to interfere." And all that with the arms of a crazed wife about his neck, with the ring of agony in her voice as she pleaded that he might save the husband who had killed a man who had invaded the sanctity of her home. For she insisted that her husband had killed Lanier for assaulting her. Perry's relatives say that there is another law between that of Common In- and the Supreme Court: there is the law of vengeance. To Lanier's family they claim to owe the relentless way in which Perry was hounded to the gauows from Lanier's family they seek retribution. While on the other hand the friends of the Laniers cry out against what they insist was a foul and deliberate murder; the cruel stiwng down of a young man in the hey-day of youth, at the outset of a promising career. Bitter hatred rankles in the breasts of both: an undying feud has been started which can only be wiped out by extermination, a goal to be readied by a path sodden with the blood of men.

The wife of a labourer named Peterman, living at Morebath, near Tiverton., has iust presented her husband with the twenty-fifth child. This id a record for Devonshire. Remarkable news is contained in a dispatch just received by the "Journal" from Joaquin Miller, the poet, who, writing from El Dorado Gulch, Klondike, says he has been fairly dazzled with gold. He describes in detail sixteen rich claims, several yielding over 80,000dols. per foot, while one owned by Captain Ellis, of Santa Barbara, California, yields over 1,OOOdols. per pan, or 10,000dols. every 24 hours. Cap- tain Ellis showed him three bags, each con- taining fifty pounds 01 gold dust, also numerous ovster and torn-ito cans and old boxes filled to overflowing with gold dust. He remarked, "Plenty of gold to spare. Help yourselves, boys," and Miller and his friends each took a fist full for souvenirs. Captain Ellis arrived .n Klondike with Ids family a year ago, almost j penniless, and to-day is mpidlv becoming a nilMonaire. "Wherever we go," says Miller, 'we find men with heaps and b?ar., of gold. 1 un getting tked of seeing so much."

I TRAFALGAR DAY. 1 I CELEBRATIONS AT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH. I I Nelson's Birthplace at. Burnham Thorpe. I

DECORATION OB NELSONS CULL MIS. The 92nd annivetsary cf the. k-itve of Traval- gar anctl death of Lord Nelson was obaerved in 1- LORD NELSON. Londbn on Thursday by the Navy League, under the auspices of which the monument in Trafal- gar-square has been again effectively decorated, I though not on the same extensive scale as last year. Girding the column at the height of 120 I LADY HAMILTON, < (From a painting by Romney.) feet is a large naval crowns, weighing about 81 cwt., and from .this depends four garlands of laurel which entwine the shift to the top of the plinth, and then stretch over to the Landseer lions and on to the ground. Supporting the BURNHAM THORPE CHURCH. column are four buge laurel wreaths. The front- ing towards WliitelWl was decorated, by a

FREEDOM OF COLCHEST FE. FOR THE f LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. The Lord Mayor of London on Wednesday re- t ceived tho freedem of Colchester at a special I meeting of the town council in recognition of his services in alleviating the distress in Essex. The Lady Mayor and sheriffs were present in state. A copy of the resolution in a silver casket was presented to the Lord Mayor, who afterwards attended the Oyster Feast.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL WESTMAOOTT, I C.B. I I General Wegtmwott is one of the man, oSicers I who are being prominently b]'ou?ht foiward in the Indian frontier trouble, and has distin- guished himself by the part he took in the forcino, I of the Bedmanai Pass. During that engage- ) went, he was himself in the fighting lie-, and directed the operations throughout, although the sharpshooters of the enemy soon singled him out with his staff. Hit. term of service lxas extended to nearly forty vaut, re having been present at the storming and capture cf Beyt. in 1858. Other wars in which he took ptrt were 1 the Afghan War of 1879-80, "d the Soudan Campaign-, painting in oils of el son' s coat of arms clnd oore I the inscription, "For God and my country." Housvs in Wtransea in which. Nelson Stayed. I Two other wreaths bOl"e the inscription "Eng- land expects that every man this day will do his duty." The Lint ho monument was also festooned "with evergreens, and! at an early hour THE VICTORY. I admirers of Nelson deposited floral tributes to I his memory. The decorations will remain until I Friday nsxt. THE DEATH OF NELSON. I x Major Roteiy. In accordance with custom, the Victory, in | Portsmouth harbour, was on Thursday i decked with laurels and evergreens in honour of Trafalgu. On every m?t-ho?d was a ga.rl&Mt j and at every Jsrdurm a tuft of evergreen. The ) place on the quarter-deck where Nelson fell was covered with a large wreath, and a still larger ¡' wreath encircled the place in the cockpit where he died.

Alit. PULLMAN DEAD. I BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. I A painful sensation was caused m-t Chiloago II on Tuesday when it became known that Mr. George M. Pullman, president and founder of the Pullman Palace Car Company, had dropped down cead from heart disease. Mr. Pullman I had been in good health, and nothing fore- shadowed his sudden death. He was born in New York Stats in March, 1831, and was consequently in his 67th year. It is estimated that Mr. PuEnna-n's fortune amounted to £ 10,000,000. Mr. Pullman was a man of re- flective mind, of native imgenuity, and of great persistence. The inconvenience of a jour- ney on the cars before the Pullmans were in- vented turned his attention to the possibility of making the sleeper as comfortable in the cars as in a hotel, amd the Pullman car was the result. When Mr. Pullman saw that, his oars were a success, he decided to centi -a-lise the building of them, and fixed upon Chicago. The Pnllirian Company was incorpe-rated vrith a capital of 30_,000,000dols., the quotations for which in the market io-daj 4 twice 'Ehat amount

THE REGENT'S CANAL MYSTERY. I » IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES AT THE INQUEST. THE YOUNG WOMAN OUTRAGED. MUST HAVE BEEN INSENSIBLE WHEN SHE ENTERED THE WATER An inquest was held at Paddington on Friday on the body of Bertha Wingate, a dressmaker, who was found drowned in the Regent s Canal. She left home after breakfast on the 28th uit., and would not say where she was going. She was discovered, some time after, standing straight up in the water. The gold watch pinned on the breast had stopped at five minutes past one. Deceased had no hat on, and si one had been found. The police doctor said there were no external marks of violence, but there were signs that deceased had been outraged. Death was diie to drowning, and she had been dead a fortnight. Whem deceased entered the water she must have been insensible, as no water had been breathed into the lungs. The inquiry was adjourned for further inquiries to be made.

DARING ESCAPE OF I CONVICTS. FIGHT WITH THE MILITARY. I The Braila ccirespondctit of the London "Mail' savs A daring esca pe was recently made by some *'lifers" at th penal salt mines at Telega. They made their way through a small tunnel by which the moisture from the suit mines is run off, -vitli the salt brine nearly up to their necks. Ota reaching the out.side a sen- try perceived than and tired, but witnout hit- ting any of the convicts, who in turn attacked and overpowered him. aid then made off. The sound of the sentry's tiring had. however, given the alarm, and a squad of military gave pur- suit. Ten mad e pood thair escape, and two were wounded an' re-captured. Subsequently the military managed to surround four of the convicts, who simply refused to surrender, and fought most determinedly, and were only over- powered when two had been killed and the others wounded. The resnajioder, at tlie time 1 of wiring were still at airge.

THE FKENCH "JACK THE • lilP PER-" CONFESSION TO ANOTHER CRIME. I A LETTER TO THE PUBLIC. I Vacfcer, the French Jack the Ripper, has confessed to another murder. His tenth or eleventh victim was a girl d nineteen, whom he met on the roa tin jar Baurepaai-e, in the department of the Isexe, in the year 1894, a month after his discharge from the Asylum of Saint Robert. He struck her on the head with the heel of one oi his boots and then strangled her. This statement has been verified by the judicial authorities at Vienne, in the Isere. The murderer has now given the examining magis- trate. a letter for insertion in the Paris news- papers. He addresses the strange document to the people of France, saying that it will be so much the worse for them if they regard him as responsible for his actions. Vacher adds. in exculpation of his bloodthirsty crimce, that he was bitten by a mad dog at the age of seven, and that later on he used to run amok through the holds and along the roads of France acting like a maniac. Hie man has further stated that he dispatched his victims either with a knife or a razor. These articles, both keen-eogjd, were found in his tramp's wallet, wiiich also contained an accordion. He played on this instrument in villages in order to raise a little money when begging failed. The doc- tors at the Saint Robert Asylum five this ex- traoardinary criminal a gocd character. They state that he was discharged as perfectly sane, and that while he was under their observation he was obedient, respectful, and gentle. The examining magistrate at Belley. in the Ain department, a M. Mourquet, has conducted the investigation of the crimes committed by Vacher in a most efficient manner, and it is thanks to his energy and perseverance in cross- questioning the man that innocent persons have been liberated from prison or freed from sus- t picio-n.

ALARMING ACCIDENT AT SWANSEA, TRAP COLLIDES IN HENRIETTA STREET. ONE PERSON KILLED AND TWO OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURED. An .accident of a most alaa-mimr character, which resulted in the death of one person, and two others receiving serious injuries ccu: rred at Swansea on Wednesday afternoon. Betw een one and two o'clock, a ti ap, driven by a boy, Has proceeding up Henrietta-etreet, when it collided with a gig belonging Mr. 3forgan Thorn: VI, of Ivor Villa. The latter was driven by an elclerly man named Beynon, who acts as coachcstaai to Mr. Thomas, and contained, in ad- dition, the latter's housekeeper, Miss Jane Griffiths. It is stated that the boy was driving on the wrong side of the road, but as to whether this is so or not we are unable to say. What is certain is that the two vehicles collided, and that the, wheels became temporarily locked, Miss Griffith* being- thrown out on to the road, her head wining 'violently in contact with the pave- ment. The pony then bolted, and though Beynon made a gallant effort to seize the reins, he WW unsuccessful in bringing the animal to a standstill. Near the bottom of the street the pony ran into a lamp, tearing down the post and smashing the lantern to smitbpreons. 'Llae driver here suffered the same fate as his companion. Then, before it could be seized, the animal had made off again, and continuing its mul course down Richardson- street, knocksd down .the two-year-old daughter of Mrs. Par chard, who was playing on the corner ci Spring-terrace. At the circus its further progress was arrested. The animal was there seized by Air. T. Roach. cool merchant, and takun back to Hexuiietta-street. Miss Griffiths and the coachman had meanwhile been picked up taken into Ivor Vilk, 6nu medical aid was speedily summoned. Dr. Ra.w- lings was almost immediately upon tlie .-pot, and upon examining Miss Griffiths he found that siie had sustained an indentation cf the head, a-- d was suffering fr.)m concussion of the brain, her condition being so serkras that her recovery waait regarded as utterly hopeless. THE INQUEST. On Thnsday afternoon the Coroner, Mr. I Edward Strick, conducted an inquest dot the PantYivwdr Hotel, Oxford-street, concerning the death oi Miss Jane Griffiths. The jhiry eventually returned a verdict of dea.th frtvm mis. -w. venturo.,

A partiVl solution of the mystery surround-1 ing the BethnaJ-?Teen murder is suggested by! a letter atfdressed to the coroner for the dis- fcriot. The coroner's correspondent is a clair- voyant, wlxu writes that he has seen the mur- der commits *L He says "The murdered was a ymmg manl of short stature, and of fair com- plexion. FOl. some days previous to the mur-! doer he had hu tlg aroomd Peel-grove, making him, aelf acquaintoi with Miss Marshall and her habits. On tJ ke night of the murder he watched the house for pome time, and. as near as I cam see, at 10.5 ho knocked at the door, his knock being answered by an old lady, whom he told tluit he had be. rn sent by the landlord), and in- stantly sprang upon her. With his left hand he seized her Uy the throat, then, taking a shortr-handiled tvy hammer from his right- hand coat pocket, he struck her a violent blow in the face, feliir^ her to the ground. The old lady gave one pieraftig shriek, whereupon, drawing a knife from his right-band: trousers I pocsket, he stabbed her again and again, and I then rushed from the .house. His object was robbery, but the ghastly sight of his victim struck terror fu his soul, sind he hurried from the I rpot, taking a southerly direction." The coroner intends handing the letter over to the police. A letter from an English gentleman resident in Cuba describes the horrible condition of things in that island. and the refusal of the | Cubans to aooopt gnything short of indepea- u, p

A TERRIBLE SCOURGE. ♦- I MALARIA IN RUSSIA. I FOUR HUNDRED CASES DAILY. I A communication from St. Petersburg on Thursday says: —Malaria, which has caused such ravages m Central Asia during the past four years, penetrated this summer as far as the Caucasus, and is stil .spreading owing to the prevailing rains. Mny deaths have occurred from the epidemic, and in many places .where the daily average number of cases admitted into the hospital exceeds 4CO the medical staff are quite unable to cope with the work. The epidemic i": especially fat-al in districts where there are no hospitals, or where they are a, long distance away, as the population is absolutely defenceless against this terrible disease.

MAJOR NORTHCOTT. I We ail hope that the negotiations iust being entered into between the British ana; French t- hi-itish an cl. commissioners, to define the limitations of the spheres of influence of the respective countries :Î!!1 the Hinterland of the Gold Coast, will resuk- in an amicable and reasonable settlement. In the meantime, both countries are taking ptwiu- Lions, acd among the otiicers the oliioers sent out on s p a service by our own Government, or IS erthcott is the seaicr. He is expected to take command: of the forces in the Hinter- land, Sir Francis Scott remaining at Aocra. The Major served in the l-t Aslumti Expeditiooi to Cocsmassie, aad in the Sherbro Expedition of 1883.

ALLEGED FORGERY OF A MILLIONAIRE'S WILL HEARING OF A REMARKABE CASE IN I NEW YORK. The hearing of an extraordinary will suit was opened in New York on Friday. It in- volves the estate of the late Mr. Richard Tighe, who left a fortune of £ 1.750,000dols. The charge in the present case is that some cf the provisions in his will are forgeries. There are in all 69 contestants in the suit, meiuding a number of English and Irish cousins of the testator. Evidence was given bv a number of handwriting experts, who testified that, in their opinion, osrtain insertions in the will were in several handwritings. According to the will as it stands the fortune was left by j Mr. Tighe to his wife's relations.

GALISHWE. I Galishwe is the BedmMl3.h cfoief who has been giving us ro much trouble during the last few months in connection with the revolt of the Bechmnas. The revolt, which will cost the Cape Colony afoorut a quarter of a million sterl- Ung, originated in the disaffection of the tribe of Ratlapins. of whom Gallsli-A-c is chief, and arose through the necessary slaughter of cattle to stop the rinderpest. The chief says that lie did his best to alilav the excitement, and would have suoceded but for a Boer named: Bosman, who told the c.atives the killing cf the cattle was merely a pretext for starving the people out. After a great dleal of desnltorv fightiicg, Galishwe and others were captured ajiJ sent down for trial at Kimberley.

MAD DOG RUNS AMOK. <j> I- KF,?N-T. THREE PEOPLE BITTEN IX KENT. A serious outbreak of rabies has occurred in Kent. Two ,.r three days ago an apparently mad dog appeared at the village ol Hiiden- borough, and ran a.t large about the treets for some time. Before it couid be shot it had at- tacked two men and a little girl, each of whom was bitten. When the body of the dog was subjected to a post-mortem examination, un- doubted traces of rabies w-cre found. Consider- ing it desirable to have a further veterinary opinion, the police dispatched the head of the animal to the Board of Agriculture, whose in- spector, Air. Townsend Wilson, confirmed this opinion. The Local Infectious Diseases (Ani- i ma-Is) Committee met to consider what at-elys should be taken in the matter, and an order wa.s issued directing the police to at once destroy all suspected and stray dogs. They also re- commended that the expenses connected with sending the two men end the girl bitten by the dog to Paris for treatment at the Pasteur In- stitute should be defrayed out of the oounty rates.

-> MR. IDNRY GEORGE. The "Star" says: Mr. Henry George has de- clared his programme in the event of his being elected Mayor of New York. Vacant or unim- proved urban realty will be taxed at its full vahle. The excise law to be administered in a limiting sense uctil its abolition is feasible. Vice to be regelated in a spirit of compassion. Charities and correction to be conducted in a similar spirit of regard for the liberty of tho individual and redress far the wrongs of the system. Public works to be undertaken upon a generous system es.

A workman named Topp has met with a ter- rible death at Boltor. He was engaged assist- ing to remove a travelling crane from the Soho Ironworks when the upper portion of t-e erec- tion gave way. and a weignt of four tons fell LUpon him. iio mm onlj 27 years, of -.? 1.???-

The steamier Dom has arrived at Sitka with a quarter of a million dollars' worth of gold [rom Aiaska. A land steward named Mariin on the Ctiatle Bellingham estate, county Louth was en Sun- day found quite dead hanging from a tree in Sir Henry lieliinghvim's demesne. Three fresh cases of plague have occurred in Madras, one of them, terminating fatwdly. Steps hr.ve been taktn to prevent the sprold of Lite disease. Dr. Nansen, the explorer, was amongst the passengers on the train which ran off the line between Helsingfors and Copenhagen the other day. The funeral of Mr. Edward took place on Tuesday afternoon at Chester General Cemetery. The ceremony was very auiet. Airs. Langtry sent a beautiful wreath. tied with a la.rge silk ribbon in her sportintr colours, and bearing the words :—"In remembrance.—Lily Lan,.(try. The new warsliip Canopus is so aimed that in five minutes' consecutive fire she is able to pour forth nine tons' weight of projectiles cdioad or astcm. without exposing her broad- side. But the great feature of the vessel is her ram bow, which is placed much higher then in any ether ship. being only 7ft. or 8ft. below the surfajoe of the water. It is sheathed with aof nickel-steel armour over the ordinary ironclad skin. Prince Victor Napol-M has met. with a nasty carriage accident in Brussels. He was driving a dog-cart, when a heavy vehicle, the horse m which had run away, dashed into the Prince's cart, and overthrew it. The Prince was thrown into the road and sustained a few rather painful bruises, but he was able to walk home. A workman named Top? was literally emsbod to pieces at Bolton on Fnday morning. He was engaged assisting to remove a travelling c"ne from the Soho IT-on Works, when the upper part of the erection gave way, and a weight of four tons fell upon bun. of COUl. killing him iu- stantly. He was only 27 years of age. The Judge of the Civil Court at Heineen, in Algeria, who was spending his furlough, was returning to his rooms at one o'clock on Tues- day morning when he was set upou, robbed, and assaulted by a gang of six men. When found, the judge was removed to his lodgings, but expired as he was being carried over the threshold. On the Hungwford night mail from London caching SwindoD early on Wednesday morning, a man was found riding on the butters between the first and second coaches. The man, who i. a foreigner, was carrying a portmanteau. He was detained by the railway officials. It is marvellous how he could have occomplished the journey ic safety. At Wolverhampton on Wednesdfly a max mamed James Evans Tift, whilst be fore the Stipendiary magistrate on a charge (f stafchmg Lis wife, suddenly twisted his cearf round his neck and tried* to strangle himself. Four policemen rushed into the dock, and for ten minutes (j, terrible setOne was witnessed before the scarf couid be untied. The rrisoner vw ultimately overpowered, and taken below. Andrew Hare, awaiting trial in Limerick Prison, on charges of housebreaking, made good his escape during Sunday night. Having impro- vised ropes of his bedding, he then made a pass- sa,ge through the ceiling- of his cell, and gaining the roof, dropped into the court yard. and by means of tho ropes climbed over the outer walls. He is still at large. At the Sheriff's Court. Kilmarnock, oa Wednesday, Me^rs. James Bmwn and Co.. brewers and bottlers, of Kilmarnock, were charged with having on several occasions old bottles of beer bearing Bass and Co.'s well- known triangular label, which beer was not of their manufacture. Tlie defendants pleaded guilty, and the sheriff imposed a fine of £ 20, with an alternative of sixty days' imprisonment. A hsstv blow in a fit of temper by a Birming- ham routb, Andrew Lilja. has resulted very seriously for the lad. Lilia was brought up at Binnin"sihaxn Sessions on Wednesday last, when, it was reported that a young man whom be stabbed in the neck on the 17th Sept.. had had a relapse, and the Recorder sent the case over to the Assizes. The injured youth succumbed on Fridav to hi? wound's, so that the gravest chanre hangs over th? hasty youth. It is announced: that Mr. Geo. V hiteley. M P. for Stockport, and Mr. Herbert Whiteley, M.P. for \sht-ou -under-Lvne, have sold the Albion Mill Blackburn, and are relinquishing the cotton trade. The mill. which has been bought bv a local firm at a price, not stated, does busi- ness vrdx the India ac,d China markets and contains about 34.000 spinles and 600 loom*. The news has created considerable sensation. Ethel Brooks, a cook, emploved at Tiverton, died eariv on Mondav mnminsr under shocking cArcumstanoes. On Saturday evening deceased was stirrir.g a pudding over toe fire when her dress became igrtitai. She drop]>eJ down sense- lees and the flames were only extinguished wini much difficulty. She then presented a horrible si-ht. her hair being burnt of and in many I ibices portions of flesh burnt awa\ exposing the bones. The deceased could not be moved from where she had fallen. Two member's of the Peculiar Peopio coot have been committed for trial at West Ham on charges of caiising the deaths of their children, a"(I respectively four years and eleven months and three mo-nths. by failing to liave them medicallv treated when ill. Hx-tors were called to prove that if they had been summoned they could have given medicine which would, in all probability, have saved the lives of the children. All that the parents did was to allow an "elder" of their church, who is a labourer by trade. to lay his hands upon them. A remarliable scene occurred at a meeting of the Christian Missionary Alliance held at the American Theatre in New York, when Mr. Herry Varlev, of London, and other popular evangelists, pleaded for funds to oid the mis- sionaries in Africa. India and China. Bforeri bv their appeals, the entire audience, tnet., women, and chil-dren, emptied their potiets, giving up monev, cheques, watches and jewellery. Many contributed over a thousand dollars, and one man gave his valuable New Jersey form. The total collections at the morning and affeep- noon meetings exceeded 70,000 dollars. A Havana dispatch reports the deafh in Cuba .e.?4cri b ct ?, as t b ,,? wt i ,t of Mr. Hughes, who is described as the artist and correspondent of "Blael- and White." of London. He wts found dead in the Prado during Thurs^fxy nigtvt last. Mr. Hughes visited rocently Pinar del Rio. where the Spanish guerillas assaulted him and robbed him of every- thing except his clothes. The outrage took place in daylight, with Spanish officers looking on. mititary commander laughed when Mr. Hughes demanded that his property should be given back to lum. He returned to Havsna on foot, ragged and starring. Owing to the robbery of his passports, be was unAole to identify himself or to cable f( assistance. His application for temporary aid was refused by the officials, and hf lay in the street for hours before death gave him relief from lJiJi suffer- 1 ing. The body wa? allowed to lie in tbo cmtt? i?.Low bona bdam?is wunu?c??