, 1898-10-12

among the naVFlrS anu others IN that cry, and
that the positiOa has been discussed at length
by the President Of the Cabinet and the
Minister Of Foreign Affairs with the Project
OF Police. Tie number If strikers increases
daily, and at an important meeting at the
Labour Exchange the lockmakers decided to
continue the strike.
The Figaro" states that NJ. Dclcasse.
Foreign Minister, and Sir f. Monsoon, the
British Ambassador, r. cOgnize hat il is use
I"Ss 10 continue the discussion regarding
Fa,hoda unit the receipt Of the official
reports from Sir II. II. Kitchener and Capt.
Alarchand.
A telegr m from Savannah. Georgia, says
that problbIy one hundred lives have been
lost in a recent storm along the coast. On
Campbell Island, of forty persons who lived
there all but three are reported drowned.
Washington news states that al encounter
has taken place hetv een the Indians in
Minnesota and the Federal troops and that
Major Wilkinson and 1fteen soldiers uf ths
latter were killed.
The Adiutnnt General on receipt Of the
news authorized a call to arms of The volun.
teers to reinforce the military troops.
Supplementary Bulletin, London, October
Zth.-The subscriptions to the Mansion
House relief fund mp to Thursday night
amounted to twenty five thousand five hun.
dred pounds.
New York, Oct. 8th.-Alvicos from Cairo
announce the arrival there Of Sir H.. II.
Kitchener in "A hours from Omdurman. a
record journey, and that he received quite
All ovation.
London news reports that first battallions
of GIenadiers nnl others totaIing 979 men
have arrived from Omdurman aud were
marched to he Wellington barracks through
large aud cheering crowds. The streets en-
route were decorated with fl tgs etc.
Advices from the East state that the Tsung
III YameN beAought the Diplomats TO rescind
their orders to increase the guards at tho
various legations. The Vioeroy refused to
permit either British, Russian. or German
1einforcemOnts to pass beyond Tientsin, but
the Diplomats demanded the withdrawal of
such Constructions and requested special
trains to be sent for them and other bodies.
The Tsung LII Yamen reluctantly acquiesced.
The Times publishes Il telegram from
Pekin atating that the Empress Dowager is
Sca'el beside the Emperor daily and receives
the members of the Cabinet openly and not
behind - sen cen.
1t also states that the Manchus lave in
orensed in provincial posts. but that the
balance is unaltered between the Chinese and
Manchus in the Central Government. The
Tsung Ii Yamen, it says. contains no NOM
bor o'gnizant Of Foreign Affairs. The Rus
sian patty regard the changes favourably.
A despatch from Hankow reports that
one square mile of that city has been burned,
including q temple aud the Government
buildings. Over q thousand deaths are re-
ported.
Continental news states that the ultimatum
to the Porte requires answering within u
week, and that France, Italy, and Russia
have nlrea ly sent reinforcements to Crete.
All tho Admirals are taking preliminary
measures.
A Copenhagen despatch states that gene
raj mourning for The late Queen Louise
ended on the fifth instant, and hat all
theatres have b.en reopenei.
SPECIAL.
London. Oct. 8rh.-The subscriptions to
the Mansion Housc Relief Fund up to Fri
day night am runted to twenty eight thou.
sand six hund' ed pounds, including the
muni6cent location of two thousand five
hundred pounds from HE LENDERS Of the
London Stock Exchange.
London October Sth-Copenhagen news
announces that the Blu lget WAS presented
to the FoIkstIinG yesterday. The estimated
revenue for The ensuing year is sixty eight