... . SENSATIONAL SUICDE. A Lady Artist's Unrequited Love. Remarkable Revelations. The inquest on the body of Miss Catherine Devine, artist, who shot herself; tinder sensational eireunmstances on Thursday at the entrance to the residenne of Dr Craig, In Bagnall street, Hanley, was held at Hanley yesterday. The deceased was identified as the daughter of Mr Peter Devine, artist, of Edinburgh, and ...

... COMING E VENTS. IlI~ji -'oc, y~lo! --'uii Tlte, tinunal jintlc'(harwa! of Li 'ililpits allicigs 51 11 r'io, (;lnrches Ivill he trio110rluw 1151-l evening. doci BMI~l Sil iWEl I'uCI'IAPF -The Royv S. roald will proneli In eoo( Ilin uruirting, and Iin the cvelsi..~g the Rev L, AshInvorl,1 suet lv'iU o'cilipy thie pulp it. lash C. e)ON\ (ONG1IE4A1'l~N'Af.i 011 Ii Res' J. AN. il I Platt praclicsef ...

... Claruenill ,nder who 1 in a t S. . - -- _ be .. If any render who 1I in . his garden will write direct' : i,. tops beneath, his questioj, wil l V )ok, detail, free of cbargeud, L ..r'-. t! j the Some correspondent , ree, merely end with niio obviously imnupo.bi t,; . 110 - t to TIlE FIOEIj]*P tile Aelintirs. - i I in hit sh1allow pan1s oii 1' jI a 'peat, in n worm ops' Ileat. 'I l lisill; ...

... Vottict R M54 BATH. tOe Dr Thomas Cole, who died on Sunday at his resi- Is dence in the Circus, was burled yesterday at St. s id cichael's Cemetery. The mourners were :-Mr I Thomas E. S. Cole and Mr E. L. D. Cole (sons of the i le deceased); Mr Albert Cole (Clifton) and Mr John r lo Cole (brothers), Mr E. Skeate and Mr J.H.Trevithick C le (unclesi; the Rev H. J. Heard, rector of St. Michael's ...

... THE FUTURE OF CUBA ANNEXATION OR VON-ANNEXATION? The Globe correspondent at New York writos:-One of the most interesting personalities, it has been may good fortune to meet for a very long time, is Ur George Reno, who has recentlybeen actingas the special envoy between t Bartolome Maso, President of the ProvlSonal Government is of Cuba, and WliUlam McKinley, President of the United ti ...

... . . . - I s, - - The annual meeting of Liberals of the Easton Ward was held last night at Greenbauk Congre- gational Schoolroom, Hinton road, Mr A. G. Verrier presiding. The election of otricers resulted as follows:-Chairman, Mr A. G. Verrier; vice chair- man, Mr J. C. Bevan; treasurer, Mr W. S. Hek; lon. secretary, Mr C. Portch. Nineteen members were elected on the Executive Committee, and a ...

... .JDAL213L:S 'rLEE&M8.J LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. A firm tendency has been maintained In the mining market to-day, although bualuess has not been of a very satisfactory character. ,In the South African market prices have been inclined to move upwards, but there has been no feature of import- ance. Nourse lDeep have advanced 1, Princess Estate 3-16, Woibuter j, and advances of 1-16 are shown in ...

... i'DevistoI ftlacurp WEDNESDAY, JANUARY .1, 1899. The BRISTOL IMERUCIRY was established Mareh 1, 1790 Thle BRISTOL DAILY POSS was issued in conjunction with the MERcUnRY Januuary 24,1860, and incorporated with it January 26,1878. TELERP1oNE No. 149. IN about a muontlh's timle hee t 'Majesty's faithful Commons will be meeting for the dispatch of public business, and we shall be compelled to IL ...

... . .PAis, TuBFDAY EvrNING. The market was dull nearly all day, partly in con- sequence of the monetary tension observed yesterday and partly owing to the attitude of the London press in regard to France. The depression extended to Spanish Exterior, in which a considerable number of transactions were reported. French Rentes and Italians were rather-flat, but Turka remained com- paratively steady ...

... vy The ' Brewing Trade Review publishes a special es Lt article by Professor J. M. H. Munro and Mr E. S. c10 Beaven, who in the course of it state that without of as greatly disturbing existing customary rotations, barley might be grown more frequently in several rs ways which suggest themselves for discussion, ts and have indeed been occasionally carried out by in individual growers here ...

... Tuil second number of War against ' War is as interesting as the fiLst one-perhaps more so, for it pos- sesses the greater charm of familiarity. Not the familiarity leading to contempt, but the familiarity -which removes any impression that the project is merely an experiment by mis- guided enthusiasts, and makes people regard the paper less as a tract than as a welcomed addition to the ...

... I Ibat The following are declared by the Civil Service Cht Commissioners to be the successful candidates at ws the competitive examination held in November and ialDecember, 1898, for admission to the Royal Military vast Academy, Woolwich, but their admission is the Iconditional on their passing a medical examination rms, which vvill be held in London in the course of a few and days : that Name ...