... Zbe zslsa- court, I - I WUinUlero Cast le, 'Satirday. The Queenls dinner party last, evening in- cluded the Prince LLnd Princess of Wales, _ *tlhe Dur eiJ Dnachess of York, Princes-s; Louise (Duc'cs oF Fife), Princess; Victoriaos of Wale i, and th. Duke of Fife. The Marcbmoueee of Lansdowune hai the honoul r at bei ng received 'by 'Fer Majesty this acternoee. !Thle Dowa~ger Marehiotiess of ...

... IPLOT -7TO. AMRD;EJ -CZAR I I ..- . - I l..,- MINE LAID UNDER A RAIL WAY CONSPIXATORS .ARRS&ETD. e The Sebastopol correspondent of the i' Daily Telegraph sends a sensational story of a plot against the life of the Czar shortly before His Majesty and the Czarina pro- ceeded to the Crime a amonth ago. On the railway from Losova to Sebastopol ever which their Imperial Majesties would a have to ...

... H1OW RICH I'S aI KRUGER ?: THr SUBSTANTIAL FORTUTNE OOM, PAIJ1 . . WIl RETIRE ON. Those who are in the habit of thinking of Mr Kruger as a mnere farmer may be surprised to hear that he is a millionaire at leat ones. -IHow many times over that nice round sua has ac6umulated in hi-3 savings it is impossible to say. To begin with, lhe has the handsoine salary as president of seven thousand a year ...

... I A~I T D NORTIERN poar 0~uruoshhave appoint~4j 1, Scn'1 tllen Bart-. of Leys, chairman. -.7, u hrr -eld has been unasal- . r ienrn Firk f the Free Church at 5:lo 3v. ppJr1 , RirkcaldY, has been| -Rev5 _ initer of Tiarlanid Free e .Gle, reserve of oflicsrq, has 7 Royal hcottisli Reserve 'imanding the 1st Aber- L'', s, been granted an lrrte C U-nmLand for four years. ernde (Militia). at ...

... DE ATH OF REV. aIR GPAle, ELGIN. Rev. W. A. Gray, minister of South Free Church. Blgin, died early on Saturday nornitig at tle manse. Hav Street. For some years he had been in ill health. and received assistance in the work of his congregation. Inr hopes that a change of climate would improve his health, he was last winter given the charge of the Pres- byterian Church at Bieri'ltz. and during ...

... EERAL -Al,.ASEMB12IES& 0gt'RCH OF SCOTLAND, B ty~o THEr Qll a, NSLiEflT HOME \1{SSTON WOR.K. TheGeerl tecoirblv of the Church ofco Tb.4 ~ ter yete a ele'ttioroe lZ, -5 yomoMaclend, modeorator. The Ealrl of jeve Nrand Pllcl ok his i-Cat 0n the, throne onptiv ac, the' hour Of Ineetllill-a (till 14oose. .0' Im 1alour ot ludi;tlibentee o,,4Ai,eTh~ andi wits grceeted with hIntl xe-eira. yrcairl' ...

... i It is often said that our prison system has m1-ore to do with creating hardened criminals than anything else. said a detective, but there is another aide to the question, says a writer in Cassells' Saturday Joornal. 1 I kn)w s ,. ...

... THE ATTACK ON THE I PRINCE OF WALES. DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR. tti RDPOR.T FROM BRIT-is; MNISTER. ti afit (OFFICIAL TELEGRAM.) t We learn officially that the followMingt tele- tj grain from Sir F. Plankett, British Minister at Brussels, reached the Foreign Office TY shortly before midnight on Wednesday:- m Brussels, April 4th, 1900. gi I deeply regret to announce that a A dastardly attempt was ...

... EXTRAORMiARY P2OBBEPY Di LONDON. rt jMRS PATRICK CAMPBEL'S MONM et STOLE. to j REMARABLE STORY. r .Who srtole Mrs Patria- Campbas`rMre, s.d Fd i'l WVs- the theft done? Thtese ot sac to ihc Daily Express. are puzzling blih Mn is Cacmpbell aol Scotland Yard. On i;er alter. noon a cer'-, Mr Le Butte. was seat Parr's -w Bank to coasi a cheque for 'I. recaiv the money and TUt it in a lcatser kg, ...

... INTERESTING DECISION TO FRIENDLY SOCIATLs. A question of interest to friendly societies has retently formed the-subject of protracted arbitra- tion proceedings, and has now been settled. S3everal years ago thle British Order of Free Gar- deners, at their annual movable delegation, re- sOlved that the raLeNs of contribution payable by members should be increased from lest January, 1898. ander ...

... . SETENCE ON ACCUSED. Charles Kennedy, boilermaker, was cearged at the sitting of the High.Court of Justoisiy at Dundee yesterday - the Lord Justice Clerk on the bench-with having on 16th or 17th December, 1899, in his boupe in Hospital Wynd, 1 Dundee, assauled Jessie Cowan Stevenson or - Kennedy. his wife, with a pdker. and murdered ber. Accused tendered a plea of guilty of eut- pable ...

... SCEN.E N THE COURT OF SESMON. 1 1~ ~ , - In Fthe Bl-li Cha nber oi the Court of Session yeIserda B iLrd Pearson had oefore him a note oi eusponsitn at the instance of Miss Matilda' Hunter, 73 Oxford Drive, Keivxinside, Glasgow, of a charge to pay £Li00, foiiowaing on a verdict obtained tb M4rs Kate Ntsbet or Snodgrass. wife of and residing with James &Snudgraes, 15 tahandon Plce, Edrnburgia, ...