... Omnea for the Confermuce. THE settlement of the Newchwang railway dispute is of happy augury for the Peace Conference, the date . I . - I of which is now fixed. It does not remuove any of the intrinsic difficulties with which the Con- ference will be confronted, but at any rate it removes an extraneous obstacle in tne way of a friendly understanding between Great Britain and Russia. As fqr the ...

... CHINA AND TRE POWERS. THE EMPEROR'S GOATS AND MONKEY.S 1HOW ITE IS KEPT FROM THE T THRONE V t91TNILIQ UUnrZW's AGENCY.) PEKING, Marc's 11. s s Lnst night Signor Martinao, the Italian MiniK- e r ter, addresed a note to -the Tsung-li-Yamen s requesting it to take back his note containing PI r the deniand for the lease of Saumun Bay, and fe intimating that i., case of acceptance, le will It I ...

... VIOPERN PICTURES AT CHRISTIE'S. 3Wlssn. Christie's sal ot Saturday was by far theC most interesting one of its kind which they have held during this sewaon, aind extremelgyood prices were realised for pictures. almost exc ively works of modern artists, Englibh or foreign. The moro gmnoflant seeton of the day's sale comprised t'i coliketion of the late Sir John Keik, and his sixt'- five ...

... TIlE NEWCHUWANG RAILWAY. I I_ TO THE~ EDIOMP OF TfE? DAILY XeIWS.ha Sir,-X'Vhdle 114ttisly rejoiviflg at the latest and churaoteristic illustratiol wthivh the Rusasian Oovcrn - wouet hai attordetl u5 El its anxious dwiro to maintain 5.1101 pesee and to cultivate good relations with Great C~11 liritain. I think it zuay I,& worth while to examine of B sorne of the results whi~ch wav naturally ...

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... [ 0 t I I c .9 1 t 9 f I I i II i I I i f I i i I I I I i I! i I I 4 i I I i WIHAT IT WILL DO, AND HOW IT WILL VORK. THE POWERS AND THEIR REPRE- SENTATIVES. At the present moment the Russian alepre- sentatives abroad are negotiating With the Govaurnments to which they are accredited the preliminary conditions for the Peace Con- ference which is to open at the Hague in May. In the mucantinie ...

... THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY SOUTII. SCENES EN ROUTE. ?? ENTHUSIASM AT FO1JKESTONE. etl -sta ROYAL COMPLIMENTS TO- THE of TORPEDO FLOTILLA. P W( Tho Qneen, .who travels as thlo Cotitce of pr Balluoral, left Windsor Castle bn Saturday 10o morning for the Riviera. Iler ?? was fo, ,accompanied by PrincsSs Ueury of Battenbeog, At the Duchess of York, Priucess, Victoria of tia Sehlesu-ig-Holstoin, and ...

... FIGHTING TE DEPADRTME't NEW SCHOOLS AT BURTON IS LATM The Hon. B. Lyalph Stanley on Satgr y 4a noon formally opened the undeno3t 5 schools at Burton Latimer, rear Kette&mg. siderable interest has been aurosed in 0 I with the establishmext of these Sehools, as tF - the outcome of the opposition of the g Departn'ent to the School Board bein& a's t mpet a deficiency and ignoring the faha majority ...

... The F9lh Point. IT is desirable to clear tip the mystery of the flash-point. It is easier to do this than to explain o_ -41, _ , . A .. Mr. Jesse -Collings's attitude towards it. The Bash-point of petroleum is the lowest de- gree of temperature at wbich the oil gives off inflammable vapour; and the legal flash-point at present is 73 degrees Fahrenheit. Any petroleum that gives off an ...

... GOMEZ IMPEACHED. CTIMOUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.) NEW YORK, MarcIh 12. A telegram from Havana announces that . the Cuban Military Assembly, by 26 votes to 4, has impeached Maximo Gomez, and removed him from the post of General-in-Chief, on a chargo of failure in his military duties and disobedience to the Assembly. Much passion was displaved in the speeches made. Gomez was charged wvith having ...

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... ITHE DEATH OF MuRS. KEELEYj | S!ETCII GO i' I CAREERl. Mrs. I celey, the actress wlhi detigted our grand atliers and great- graid athersa, (i who commenced her E ig ittd hiihant dt atnatie cateet iii tile lrciyt o (Gcu ge Ill., uied _est; iiy moning ut her rezl ?? ill Ilhaill-Chirccelt. A\ v I:l ago shte wvas attac!k fd by influciz/a. ti i iu ?? y pst'l li' Sli tced. 00 tile ?? dily the dctors ...