A Remarkable Politician Passed Away On February 17th, In Mr.
Joseph Cowen, editor of the Newcastle Chronicle, and, for many years, Member for that city. He was one of the earliest of the Imperialist Radicals, resisted Boer claims in......
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Speaking In The Canadian House Of...
on Wednesday, made fitting reference to the heavy losses suffered by the Canadian contingent in Lord Roberts's advance. The news, he said, at once cheered and saddened their......
The German Chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, Made A Speech On...
in the Reichstag which will not facilitate alliance between Germany and France. There is a clause in the constitution of Alsace-Lorraine which enables the Stadt- holder in......
An Effort Will Be Made, We Believe, To Obtain A
vote of the House of Commons in favour of adding" religion" to the rest of the descriptive facts demanded of the householder by census- takers. It will fail, we fancy, the......
Mr. H. D. Traill, Who Died Suddenly On Wednesday, In
his fifty- eighth year, was one of the brilliant band of writers associated with Mr. Greenwood's editorship of the Pall Mall Gazette. Later on he joined the staff of the Daily......
The Emperor Of Austria Is Said To Have Observed To
a diplomatist at Vienna : "Why, all the rag tag and bobtail (Strolehe) of Europe seem to be banded against England !" A correspondent, writing from Vienna, calls our attention......
The Heavy Drain Upon The Purses Of The Liberal For
the pur- poses of the war undoubtedly checks the growth of funds like that for the relief of the Indian famine, but we believe there is another check also. The disaster seems......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.
New Consols (21) were on Friday 104.......