... j9E UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF ELECTPIICITY. (yROl OTR SXIC±tn COBRESONfl'Th) The action of the Glwasgow Corpora-tion in de- ?? yesterday on the adoption of t'he over- bead system of electric traction for all the tram- a in Glasgow is most important. No less important is thestatemcntof MrYounglaid the d'tsr day be-ore the 1Tram-wayc Committee, of :.ne fiancial results d9ovn almost to date of he ...

... THIl RD EDITION. IAIDo OnrC, 5.15 A.M. I DREYFUS INQUIRY. I MAJOR ESTERRAZY CITED. I ?? FURTHER ISCLOSURIES. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TEE: STANDAR.D or ! ?? ) | I Paris January 5, Night. It is stated to-day that the inquiry wlich is being made by the Court of Cassation concerning i the Dreyfus affair will be concluded before the end of the month. In the meantime the Court was again to-day occupied ...

... I --ra.1 A WEDNESDAY, MA1WII 1. The House of Lords sat for only ten minutes yeterday, and occupied the time in advancing twvo private bills. Some considerable time at the opening of the sittting of the House of Commons was spent in discuising the Lonclon Improvement Bill, pro- moted by the London County Council, the second, reading of which was opposed by Sir Henry Fowler with a yiew of ...

... THE QUEEN IN THE ME OF WIGHT. I -rnoll THE COVRT aru u.a| Oshorne, Tuesday. | The Queen ?? Royal Highness Princess Henry of Battenberg drove out yesterday alter- noon. attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. The Earl of Hopetoun (Lord Chamberlain) had the honour of dining with Her Majesty and the Royal Family last evening. The Queen went out this morning, accompanied by Her Royal Highness ...

... |LORD CURZON ON BflITISH| I CAPITAL IN INDI. ay a, ItarTxa S'atrx2oteait.3 .. Calcutta. January 31. b In theo course of his reply to th e address pre- sented bv the Calcutta Trades' Association, Lord I Curzon said:- t | ;I am^ certainly of opinion that Enclish ?? aholld be attraeted to India. The Government I should do what lies in its power to encourage I such a movement. The opposits theory ...

... THE NEW TURKISH DIIFFICULTIES. TROUBLES WITH ALBANIA-S AND MACEDONIANS. THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA, I C, S p1 C~ Reuter's Constantinople correspondent, writing under the date of the 27th imst., 6ays:-Althougls no immediate trouble in M-acedonia is aiticilitt-d owing to -the severe winter prevailing, spe-n1ia- tion is rife as to the developments the sprinig will bring in its train. Tlhe question is ...

... FLASH POINT OF BURNING I OIL. SPEECH BY MR ALEXANDER UBE, M.P. b Last nigght M~r Ure, Q.C., MYP., addressed his T B3roxhurn constituents, when be deal t exolu- 13 jively with the question of the dlash point it nI oils. The- hall was packed. M%.r Free- ;4 lend occupied the chair, and beside lhim ii on the platform were representatives from the I' 'VI Liberal Associations of Batbgate, Bo'ness, ...

... OIC ?? ABOUT TIRE ST*OM. l TWO MIEN LOST FrROMf A SCHOONER t Lloyd's CardiLf correspondent states that the- schooner Acorn. from Dungarven, has put into the WVest Dock with bulwarks gene, decks swept, and loss of two men. ACCIDENT TO A GLASGOWl V7ESSEL. I A telegram from Boachy. Head states that the steamer Wesx'rland, Now York to AntwerP, pass- ing east, signalled - The Blairgowrie. of Glas- ...

... THE QUEEN AT WPi3SOR CASTLE. (221OI TEI COOURT CtttUTtAl-) Windsor Casrtle, Wednesday. The Queen drove ont yesterday afternoon, nttended by tho Dowevger-Lady Amptlill and the Eon. Evelyn ;Moore. The Dowager-Lady Churchill and thme Countass of Strafford hbd the honour of dining with Her M2`easty. 7dajor-Gencral Slatin Pasha, ?? C.B.1 - ?? arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of being ...

... L THE ALLEGED ROYALIST in PLOT. (SPECIAtT TULEGRAN TO STANDAiRD F TO-DAY.) il ?? '-iarcla 1, 'Niggat. ?? ?? o£' 3r. Dnpuy's siglnificant ?? t in the Senate yesterday, to the effect that he j had not yet done ?? the tongues, and I Ithat they were not likely to ftorgt bim. PT has not been long in corirg 8about. l- -bre. SC the W-amming Magictrate who hoas been appr)irted to go through the ...

... IMPERIRAL PARLILAMENT -I HOU-SE OF LORD S TH31URSDAY, February 23. The Lord-hancaellor took his seat on the a O W7 oolees at a quarter-past four o'clock. a ,SSAC-E FROMj 'flE Q7EEN. j Thb Earl of Roperoun (the Lord-Chamberlain), j wearing the Windscr uniform, and carrying the I! white wand of his office, read the following! nrncasage 'rom the Queen: - It is -with the greatest satisfaction I ...

... SCOTTISH MINERS' WAGES AGITATION. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD TO-DAY. -Mr Robert Brown. the ScotLish 'MNiners' secre- tarv. has received a letter from the Mifid and East lothian Associated Coalo-wners in an swer to tile demand made in the Lothians as elsewhere lately. The letter declines the advance. Mr Brown has issued notices for a conference of the Scottish Mliners' Federation to take place in ...