... I| S NEW B]itflOE STREET, LONDON, Ainavoxm. JouuNr.z& OrPIcn, MONDAY. 1 MOFNING, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) BOER REPLY TO MR CL-IAM B ILAIN. THlE REASON FOR TEIE DELAY. A CONDITIONAL -iCCUEPTASCE. (DAILY TA1TL TrLEOUAM.) Jollaiiiie'Aburg, Sunday. It is officially stai ed that the Transvaal 0oN-0runwi' A reply to \lr Chamoberlaini's propDs'l of 'a joinr conferelice will be sent ear'ly next tieeL. ...

... DR WALFORD BODIE IN ABERDEEN TRA)DES HALL. j Last night Dr Walford Bodie, who has during the past fortnight been appearing with his com- pany before large audiences in the People's PFlaco Theatre, gave one of his popular entertainments in the Trades Ball, his servichs being generously granted ia aid of the hall fund, there being at present a considerable debt. Shortly after the commencement of ...

... our! iONPON LETTER. I BY jOURNL SPFIGAL WIRE. OiOf,1hl.uWN CORE EESPONDENT.) 5TS :wIi cII 'o iz I v I ,, I i~t II ulhh (Ottlll to-Illohilt betor~e the Li- ajItI -c111d T1i-,- iirt Suib- jjI(1Lli l.it ilb-i-O- . wodicustiooed bv ~tI ti iH Itol-c of Lnvuk It'' .1 '1. NoW their 1(1 ~lwhl weve ) i 1 t'Ur11LtI 1110 121121 1 'ikcII by It' .,.~~ e- 10 I TI0mI hit tijereloi - '1 ~ ~ o ill. L rd Io ...

... |THE FAR EAST,i ITALY AND CHINA. (DAiLY NEWS TELraERAM.) Romue, Suxlday night. The semi-officinl journal Tribona, answering those who believe that the Rug- imentation of the Italian Squadron in China is due to the action of the Marquis Salvago Raqgi, the new Italian Minister at Pekin, says that the Government bhas no intention to hasten a solution now, and that applica- tions, which will be ...

... TJ THE GLEN TANA IRRIGATION SCHEME. Sir, - Two years ago I spent a yholiday onl Deeside, and had occasion to visit lovely U-len Tana, where a aclever system of lrrigation, the idea of Sir Win. Cuniliffe Brooks, is in use. In concrete channels at the sides of fields the w*ater f.ront a burn rues alon-, and at intervals theo water is turned on, Ito the fields, with marked results. The fresh e ...

... BIRTHS. CARDNO.-At Belimont, Fraserburgh, on tbe 21st iust., the wile of Alexander Cardno, of a daughter. CORN WALL-At Howburn Cottage, 145 Holoburn Street, Aberdeen, ol the 2air ilst., the wife of George A. Cornwall, of a daughter. FERGtUSON.-At ifill Vilia, Clifton Road, Aberdeen, on the 22ad inst., the wife of J. C. Ferguson, dyer, of a daughter. MASON.-At 49 Union Grove, Aberdeen, on tile ...

... PECULIAR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOt CASE. I I -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.. In Aberdeen Police Court on Saturday, Chief Constable Wyness presented a petition to Baillie Taylor to have Margaret Macrae, a child of eleven years, reiiding in Park Street, dealt with under the Industrial Schools Act, in respect that she had beenjound wandering W priguazhdran. ship. QI X- o When the- case was oal~ed,-sevral ...

... ITHE .TRANSVAAL. SIR A. MILNER ON THE CRISIS HOPEFUL OF A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. (PRESS ASSOCIATION FOREIGN SPECIAL.) Cape Town, Wednesday. Sir Alfred Milner, in a reply which he has sent to a petition received from the Dutch Ch-urch on July 8th, says he does not despair of a peaceful solution of the crisis. He is strtisfied that a potent cause of unrest is the political inequality and the ...

... Thermometer and Barometer. 1UCADINQS AT Z A.M. TO-DAY. THERMO' METER. 1be3 A g''S F4 - sSul MOON. ,4* AM 0.53 P.M. .. 8B16 i t.M 640 A.H. Water ut Abef* J11422 A.Mr. In,.,. ,,,,.I)11E46 Pa.M barometer liha risen ly, and the weather is Ele, though not Eo settled souse s(ays past. TO-DAY. (August 3, 1i98.) xO.4VAY. - FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. The following forecasts of weather for to-day ...

... OPENING BY SIR THOM AS BURNETT. Yesterday afternool a bazaar in aid of the building lunld ol rutnmoak Friso ChlarI -lanse was opened in a, marqciee at Park RailWay Station by Sir ''lhomas lBurnett, Bart., of Loys aud Crathios, The weatlior wvas tine, and there wvas a good attendacec of visitos. Aimonig those present were Lady Buriett and party from Cratihes Caatlo; Rev. V. M1. Grant, Vt-re ...

... SEC.OND EDITIONI 6 Naw BRIDSF. STREET, LOiNDON, ADEEDEEN JOURNAL OFFICE, FRIDAY MORNING, 5.35, (BY SPECLAL WIRE.) THE TRANSVAAL DYNA- MITE QUJTSTION. ATTITUDE OF CHAMBER OF Mi.:. 3S. kDAILY MAIL TELIIGRA1.) Johannesburg, Thursday. A deputation of the Uitlander Council has waited upon Mr Rouliot, President of the Chainber of Mines, regarding the statement emanating from Pretoria to the effect ...

... THE DUKE OF ARGYLI ON I THE CHURCH ISSUES. The ' Times publishes a letter from the Duke, of Argyll, who says -Lord llalifax is perpeitually remilning u3 that there ire worso things than dies tablisthment I quite agree with ihim And osie of lteose things-inftilitely worse-would be ainy aclkinowledgnietit by the State that the divine right of self-govcrnmeilt which belongs to the Church tnf ...