... 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 SIR CHARLES DILKE ON IMPE IIAL DEFENCE. Sir Charles Dulke. who was supported by AMr Rus~sell Rea, the recently-clcted. Liberal candi- date for Gloucester, and leading lcc-l Lbcerals, presided on Saturday evening at a ?? knlig eon- i cert ?? the Gloucester Li:berial Club, lin the 1 course of his speech, Sir Charles Dlilkee staid hle had been asked to speak on Imperial defence, on the ground ...

... THE VOLUINTEER YMU I -RETUIRNS. s SOUTHERN DISTRICT. In the Southern District there are I ?? toirpt in the three counties represeted.l'~ but these 1 thacoalwa.)ys maintained a goo1d psto iu-n tee Olutekt M ro eo.intty- Tire mno in this dititwere armedc with thle Lec-Mettfolra a vest, and pe-rformed their elasssdrialf with the 'SOW weliptin. and they dlid this'i sach a -way that thei 2d 'Wilts ...

... (. SATURDAY, 7 ,. j i itc Foeignr, 0icre last ni]l$t issued a Parlia- mentary paper containing corrmpepondence writb the. Frenrich Government relative to obstacles! placed in the way of British trade in Mladi6- gascaL . In various commniiicietions to Sir R Mo'rsen Lordl Salisbury reuests hiun to protest j to tle F'ront:li Government raginst the increase of the duties iorposed on forei-n Cotton ...

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... ,f DISCUSSION ON THE ELECTRIC TRACTION. QUESTJON. |The monthly meeting of the Corporation of !Glasgow was held yesterday. Sir David Rich- mond, the Lord Provost, who was received on entering with loud applause, presided. VISIT OF = fl-CtAIRSmAN Oil LOMDON COUOlY COUNCIL. The Lord Provost said that be had taken the liberty of introducing to the Council Hall a gen- tleman whom he was sure the ...

... BRICLAYER BLOWN- OFF A BUILDING AT PAISLEY. Shortly after ten o'cloclk yesterday morning p Ian apprentice bricklayer, named John Gregory, was blown off a. wall on wvhich he wvas standing at a building in course of erection at Glen Lane, Paisley. He fell into the basen.7nt, a distance of about 20 feet, his head coming in contact with I a ouantity of debris. Dr Richmond vras immeli-I! ately in ...

... THE HUNGdR N -MINISTRY; NWOUTIATIS4ONS U) A O'VW-2,IME., (sECroAt TzLrtrOO. 'TO STANDARD Or Tr-DAY.) Vienna, Thxursday Night. Trhe Nieue Freie Pro.sc published this morn- ing information received from a special ?? tos the effect that ini the best informed ?? j political circlee a sohition of thie cress, by the c resi rnatiof of B -aro anffy and the for -at on of a Liaocral Cabinet under ...

... I INTEREST!NC OPERATIONS AT SASESO DOCKYARD. (PROM Ore sTrI'TAL CoaRESPONDENT.) Tokdo, November 20, 1893. The Japanese Naval Station. and> Arsenal of ,Sasebo lies about 50 miles by sea north fron. the great port of Nga.s..ki, at the head of an inlet of the Gulf of Omura, the only entrance to whioh is by the Seto Straits. As these straitT are only 90 feet wide, it will be seen that Sascby lies ...

... SALORS' ORPHAN SOCIE TY OF SCOTLAND. 2.Park Circus. ulasgow, December 31, 1593. Srl.-i 'nave pleaqure in acknowledgis'g that 5neSil' Novemiber I hare received fromt many 5~5l- hoghout shle country £6L15 lbs 4d,- IsI'svlualhbe gifts of clothing, provisions, toys. ?? Erid, ofI the -work bng- carrie on1 esnu'ng tlse 07' or-phan. chlildrenr. Where thle name and -ic V-crc gne est a e ben, duly soot ...

... glao, fa-wpkmlb?- THURSDAY, JAI, ARY a. | The Presbytery of Glasgow yesterday con- i sidered the appointment of Mr Roger S. Kirk- patrick to the church and parish of Govan, in succession to the late Dr John Macleod. Docu- ments relative to the appointment laid on the table showed that Mr Kirkpatrick had been elected by 6.32 votes to 532, that the call was sined by 535 persons, and that Mr ...