... TORCHLIGHT PFROCESSION. THRDATENED TOWN v. GOWN CON.FLICT. THE STUDENTS PRA19E THEI POLICE. Irn the evening the students eignalised the elec- tion of Lord Strathcona by holding a fancy dress torchlight procession, wrhich wvas wvitnesed yi? mense crowds of citizens. H3owever sied bye figh- may be in the case of a contested election, the students always join heartily in arranging what to the ...

... 1ST V.B. GORDON HIGHILAN'DERS. BATTALION ORDERS. Colonel Douglass Duncan, V.D., commanding 1st Volunteer Battalion ordon Highlanders, has issued battalion orders, dated 10th inst, The following is a statemeent of efficientei and non- efficients Of the various companies: - * 1895. ---189J6. -.:-139?.---1f8 1899. Eflicients 612 76S io9 834 831 qon.Edi.. 57 36o -2. 11:-.--r, *25 Tl.str'th 669 804 ...

... SCOTTISH CONSTABULARY I I REPORT. I SUGGESTIONS FOR GREATER EFFEE CTIVENESS. The annual report of Captain Mfonro, Her Ma- jesty's Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, for the year ended 31st December, 1898, was issued last night as a Parliamentary blue book. ,Captain Mouro states that die changes authorised during the year have resulted in an increase of 29 in county and of 32 in city and ...

... ABERDEEN CHILDREN'S DAY INj THE COUNTRY. LONDOUN. .e Abeld'JI'I tllh( t(l bel'ictit mIatori ail I . 1;,10tilo VX % uR'll hI:) d I II' I , thel tralld thelrV 1~~ i aI 1,o jor theL wI >-aIi'll bN the aI iO ll t O lj-IL IIIId ' 1,0 101 t I ILiIIIII' ar ''ikv I ~iii 0' 'i ':1-' k ~Ie liaII 1on' II ul 'I LiI~~~~~~ IL' I I h1LI'I'1V II' IA i C 0~ I ~~~ 'III 'I ~ ~ ~ ~ il h(Il;` I.llL, iou.IL '''' ...

... iL0N CONDUCTED BY CHRISTOPHER KIG.s. THE EDITORIAL CHAIR. Bina Gregor's story, Miss Disgrace, ought to prove a special favourite with the girls who read the Corner. June 3, let' us again remind our readers, is the lest day for sending In stories and essays for our summer competition. Don't forget now- June 3. One of our Afford correspondents sends us an amisusing and entertaining ...

... | I I~ ~~ . . . I TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. Dover, Tuesday night. tf All the sections met again at ten-o'clock this b morning, asd a fu.1 day's work was done. h TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. St The Geographical Section was well attended to &a' hear Captain Wellby give some account of his cl recent travels in Southern Abyasinia. He was S warmly welcomed on rising, and orefaaid his re- marks with a ...

... AFFTAIRS IN ThANiSVAAL. TI:E NEW FRANCHISE PROPOSAL. A FRIENDLY MISSION TO S1IR ALYRED MIILN ElR. (SrT.AD.It'i) TmexreArM.) Jnltannlelbnrlg. Sattirdat' nighlt. Nvgotiationns of a sremi-oliicial or official clarlateor are boing aetively carried eil by the Ailrikander Biond and the more progre-,aive Teuaisvial politicians ill the hope of inducing oue or both of the prinIcipals in the Bloenm- ...

... COMMENTM OF THE ARm. THE CZA3 AND FRANCFR The Times says:-We doubt whether aP pulse will beat the qiicker for the information that M. Delcasse, the French minister of Foreign Affaira, left Paris yesterday for St Petersburg. Ostensibly he goes to make arrangements for the visit of the Czar to the Paris Exhibition next year, and it is quite possible that the explanation will be generally ...

... I ABERDEEN JOURNAL AND EVENING EXPRESS.'' COMPIL'IMENTARY DINNER TO Id R J. A. C. COUTTS, Ad function of an exceedingly happy and socess. J ful claracter took place in the Douglas Hotel, 'eAberdeen. on Saturday evening. when Mr James 1 A. C. Coutts, who has for a number of years dis- 1- charged with conspicuous success eind euficiency g the duties of cashier in the office of the Alx-:deen ...

... I ABERDECEN. In exceedingly disagreeable weather the New Year was ushered in with much less of the bolis- terous hilarity than usually marks the event in Aberdeen. Throughout Saturday afternoon and evening the wind blew in fitful gusts of consider- able force, acoomparnied 'by drenching showers of l rain, with the result, as midnight approached, that l there were far fewer people on the ...

... OUR IJONDON LEM!-4.u'. I BY ' JOURNAL SPECIAL WIRE RO; OUA R OWN CORRSPONDENT.) 5 NEW BrucEs STREET, Thursday uight. At question time to-day Sir John Mlaclure, i.-?lo has become impatient of tho d'lay in- solved bv tbe debate oil the Address, rose au(j askrnl the First Lord of the Treasury if 1. Would consider the advisability of moving I41 st-adilig order by which no amueUdiuut .could be ...

... I T HELE PROPOSED MACDrJtF-FRASER-| BUtliG-H RAILWAY. The monthly meeting of Macduff Town Council ,was held yesterday-Provost Bisset presiding. JBaillie James Duncan spoke to a motion given notice of by him that the council at once put themselves in communication with the other pub- lie bodies-the County Council, Parish Council, Town Council of Banff and Town Counoil of! Fraserbargit-wiith a ...