, 1908-02-19

tbe frontier connecting with the Austrian
concession at Larissa. The Austrian Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, Baron Won Achrinthals
negoti ,tiops with Turkey are both vigorous
ly praised and blamed as the cause OF the
upheaval.
The Rev. Thomas Spurge'n has resigned
the pastorate of the Metropolitan tabernacle.
The Queen, writing to Mr.. Pierpont Nor
gan thanking him for 8 gift of u volume
of miniature productions asked permission to
inspect the original at MIR. Morgan's resi-
deuce at Princes Gate, and she will proba-
bly, go there in March with the Dowager EN-
pre- s of Russia, when Mr.. Morgan will be
residing there.
A despatch from fredericksburg reports
an explosion in II colliery at Glencoe by
which forty-fve persons were buried, and q
later explosion buried thirty of the rescuers,
including the Government Inspector eight
natives have been saved but it IS believed
all the whites are dead.
The will of the widow Of the late John
Rylands bequeaths 275, 900 pounds to chart
ties, including 200, 600 to the Manchester
Library, which has already been the recipient
Ct 100000
A telegram from Vancouver, British Col
umbia, says it is announced that the Natal
act will be disallowed; the government law
yers have been instructed to procure the
admission of all the detained japanese, and
the Mikado has been informed that their
rights are to be fully protected. Inspection
fees are no longer to be collected ani tl.s9
last taken are II be refunded. No cXp}anl-
ton is given; denominations aga p8t oliea-
tails are anticipated if the provincial govern
ment fails to exclude them.
A Valparaiso telegram states that the
United States fleet, when passing, manmuvred
opOuD1 tho how and WAS reVjpWaI bv Pre-
sideut Montt and his cabinet; much enthusi-
asm wasodiaplayed by thousands who had
been brought in by special trains and ex-
cursion steamers, and after saluting, the feet
proceeded for Callao.
H.M.S. Brilliant arrived at Port-au-Prince
on thirteenth.
st. Lucia, 15th.-H. M. S. Scylla arrived
six a. m. and leaves for st. Vincent at one
pm.
London, Feb 17th-In tie int .t.iversity
football match Oxford secured tour goals
against one for Cambridge.
Oxford and Cambria ge have declined the
chnllen ge of the Intercollegiate Association
of amateur athletes of America, it being I'M
practicable to select representatives. from
all British Universities, III consequence of
the congestion of athletic meetings at the
time proposed, although the proposal is at
t|ractive and sportsmanIike.
Oxford and Cambridge are considering
meeting Harvard and Yale in London in
July to contest similar games.
1t is announced that Bruce, PEBBLES and
Company of Edinburgh will hquidate, their
capital being inadequate for their immense
undertakings, among them being the Shang-
hal dock. the Moscow tramways, estimated
to cost two millions, and Others.
The Manchester unemployed, not having
received an answer to their petition to the
King for an llotment of fifty acres Of
Windsor Park, their leader Gray has de-
ferred his starvation, and before dying he
anticipates securing a Music Hall engage
ment.
The proposed Historical Pageant in Lon
don has been postponed for a year, as there
will be too many rival shows next July.
There are thousands of cases of influenza
in Loudon; Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman,
Mr., Birrell and the Marquis Of Ripon are
III bed, and several of the law courts are
closed.It is worst among the fashionable soci-
ETY. of the West End.
Mrs. Panknurst says, "Of course the suf-
f~ragettes make themselves ridiculous, but
the only way to compel public attention is to
ba nit hor ci1lv n ~ criminal tho lo4for =, H.