... THE LEEDS MERCURY. MONDAY, APRIL 10TIr, 1899. N m 5 S S U MI A, A R Y. R2euter's \gcn~y itrd-rstandq that the negotiations Which are hjinc_ siucersfullyv carried on berween the lT'r iish ard Lu'esian iotverrtncnts at the present time i-vie nTIt. stor'! short at questions relating to China. hi' that the diplniatiri celnetnssion1 hive embraced a w6ider field, extnrdin To other parts of the world ...

... IC O IRRE EP ONIDENCE. arW Letters to the Sditor rnn-t in every eame be aecenyspnied by the name and address of the writer-not necessariy for pabli- a. cation. but in pledqe of good farth. At the same time. 7re :1 Strongly recormrmnend ourr correspondentts to sign their letters e with their snw names. er mNe ainst s-k al] our corneopondenta to be as brief esseible. a We an 39sures them that ...

... SANITARY MATTEIR AT WVAKE FIELD, | W S F, OF THEl Ii()T-ilD':) OF DISEASE. I'T nciir lIv ninrsti:, , pF rho XWakedield fCt - 'iuni il it is~ 'in( id LL-t lligilL. at tfhe~ To%%:n Hz f~I ,AId Rh olyftrzi (itle Alevyor1 prin jie. In tle f orse Or thf (ltiirilt',r WXa! er- lcuir-hoe-. the (II ,otli lina iii I cn-! l-- . '¾. rl- sXlinii - 05g i di't; re c:in Md ro li trezr cr f call._ AI r. ...

... IC 0 liPt E S, P OND ) EI NC ' EI ZT ttfta'e 'o ya te nITot it evprt cate it atrtiei by fio'a, all- OTI' of t wot~-f letaa'aalr ft pthbl.- t~i- fait.Gt A- -'r eio t . toe Wenmat,- op li'Oa to gr~t thea lotbP~ CA lt.! :5-jo tlct ti' 0o!,' mnwo 'ha fra'k tim' to wat., a Icr;i-t-. a ~bmthie - Pe aY. t.n thouttaetd tiII reo-I oDt thot a. Ei ot nr I t he point. aattaitod I .an Tat~ aTei-I'Ed a ...

... GEPRCATS EN CHINA. FRESH AFFRONTS BY THE CIINESE., GERMAN PATROL FIRED ON. STRONG DETACHIMENT LAN-DED. (PRESS ASSOCIATION SPEC'IAL.l Pekin, Friday. The state of the province of Shantung has, during it e whole winter, been Causirg -;erious assxiet3. and the criers has nowN culnuinated in the imprisonment of a Garyxan priest a. the town of Thinmo. which is actually within hie Hund-Li sphTre of ...

... HTALIFAtX AND SKIRCOAT. I,-XTENSIUS OF THEl- IsOROURtl. I'it roimm Odc-r lidding Sk~iroar ccIIa r I tt;r ugit ii is c-, i red frn ro i L- c-c I nverrifi~i 12 ,aid dii i Tk-eu tlck uf flzi~t Na-t. it~1re (101.0 tclie0 i tthn C -hoie.v- edr I cio- vices rta:ii rc:in ierrro ljper-a-rn1 ,1 9 itL ne'-c. 1ii c) twie- ari6d none, of Ilir(-6 cci-iri Boreug and apply thrittgliour l- _unir-go--d hbiroui ...

... I LATEST TELEGRAMS. (BY OUR PRIVATE WR.) r 5 o'ldok Edition. THE IRISH ELECTIONS. The ' Chronicle savs- j Tile res:ults of the Irish elections are ceamtining to e corrc in aol we know enough to f tiecese ho genor4 constituduon of the new leosal authoritiesv with pract:, al s certcty. Nationali ni has triumpheod all along the L line. sno th,. I wlnlords are noqwicere. Tee Irish peopla e have ...

... |LEEDs, Monday, April 3rd. Although no positive statement has been made to that effect. there is a growing belief that the Powers concerned in the pacification of Samoa are not taling so heated a view of the situation as their representa- tives on the island. Concerted action would, soon put an end to the present embarrassing situation, by show- ing the Mataafans that they possess no longer ...

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... I IPEJliL ARti ANT. 1HOUTSE OF COMMAONS. WEDNESDAY. Apt-il 12th. Tite Spetnitor coot cIt s-i-si at wn'eic o'eloc-L. (r '~ Bedfo~rdj. C.~ noosed. iie -econidrtlainqio tite Fire Itri-to-ides Bill, fth usj-mye-s it, )vhis-h. Jl' St-itl sia s-hoittle tire hrigad-s thlrcsughlitot tlts uou~ntC_ d` ...

... Et I I, !', a ) *-Ad -,A iT U1P RlE1U EST 1,? F T. 11I I 'V4 effojrts to, 01:Ain 77L7 ILace ha-ti c'OWIilXI '.4' ? mg 3et' i and7.'?1.' 2aer _N, v 'F ~1- I .1 eis do r.)t ape'-a ¾ i; 'The (- 'zu ';I ltlat . np- '3'7-. n' on'J ad: ;I-P'; - A Tote-r ('-apr1 wi-I T',.:'-at.' -1v -- .a'ngf I.-pca' if-.- alta' tz'' a, x' Cl' ' mi: u xu Z (th, -'unrae Ci-io1r1>m ...

... .-'I GICULTURAL REVIE-WV OF TIE AWEEK. j Tvo tr ihree -harp) frosi.-. hve ,lir s t vewk occlurred in thpe Aidlands, though ntone 'a rtli tielttioning in the Isoull ite mereurv on lrh st:reen. five Feet from the ground, Ihaving gone down cnily jost to ito ireeziigti point on two oetasions within the last seven days in the neighbourhood (if London, exo ept in some laW sitiations, wsbere it fell ...