... ITHE TRANSVAALd THE BOERS' REPLY. QUALIFIED REFUSAL. (CENTRAL NEaS TEsEGRaMonas Johannesburg, Friday, 8.30 a.m. I ami enabled to confirm from undoubted sources the fact that at the secret session of the Raad it was decided to recommend the Transvaal Government to return a qualified refusal to Sir Alfred Milner's in- vitation for a Joint Commission on the ft franchise question. The reply has ...

... I I BY 'JOURNAL SPEC~IAL WIRE, (FRO-M OUR OWNT CORRESPONDENT.) Thuir-dav nigh t. Flvon the Radicat neviv,plipevs in London 1800o ionl fort-cud to adoult, that, in iipito of Inlly thiiiils wrlichl hn1oe beenl said to the eonl- :I. ii 1 l 1:It 11011 (if em'l1,elolt work l1111 be-ai - rl ' ilt eli -actorv of tHc O ppositLion whi~ii Ii !I,' OA011iil'ii'lt 184I to Q~lUOtUiil'', it- is r isto ...

... 'I HE NW SElIR.IFF OGi CAITHNESS, &c. INTRODUCTION AT WVICK. Ali- Chliistopher N, .Iohnaston presented hi3n cem- in i-, ion in WVicki Sheriff Court vealerdiy as shoriff k4f C:ithiieR. Orkilaey. iad Shetland. Ile was : LCi-)l- panicd to thlo hlench by Sher iff-Sn bstitilto MiakP he i.n, and tiLl' WVILa a full at teiidallre of thc e im eniihtur.4 *f Ice bar, tie mnagi-trates of Wick a Id ...

... THE WVEATHlER. Thermometer and Barometers B1E)ING5 AT 2 A.Ul. TO-DAY. I SUN. MOON. no .,.. 4 al& X. - _ 1149 P.M sets3. 7?56 845 A.,M. Uilgh Water ui Aber. - 415 A- . 4e b u j 4 134 P .M. :I El1 a I m I Ili II Di I li TO-IKY. (Aitgum 12, 1819.) TIJ-DAY. I ?? )?ORFCAS'iS F9OR 'TO-l)A!. The following forecasts of sweather for to-day were issued from the Meteorological Ofiice at ...

... '',t-sle All'.ert'(ken2 mo'1 rlldt~. CnlP:F OFFIoxi-BROAD S'i'IU'.ET, AfER1JEN. I'ONDON OFFIVE-5 Nt1EAl BRIDOU.'s AITIEK .C IBLE*OANIS-lAIU'RJENOURNAL, ABJ,,RDI,'l¢:N. TN:.FIX11NI:-N O. 27. ABERDEEN, SATURDAY, AUGy.. 12, 1899. NEWS 51UIlIlARY. Lord Kitchener yestedlay left London for Eg yp)t. Miis Bridge, of Brighton, has been killed on the Alps. To-day's sitting of the Dreyfus court nmartia1 ...

... APP()INTMlITT'lOTTI-E1 VACANCY~. 'Liie stitetd o~d -hg f thre Abet-dean Cit s illviei Couiieii Wais hold ini tile Citineil Clau itiIit toight-Al It o-e) r- Ch iair. Ililall plc-it. ill. It1 I VISITATION. 01' RUYAL LUNXVIC 1 T ixliS teillfliivi Ei lie Coin nitm Lea nk i In-atll-ilo that, jllti-ieldiiof :ipjoitltintg at suiCill-Pii i01(Ce to visit the tinat ite inl tihe R-hotal 1Luttiitlei A ~! ...

... 'TE MURDER O FAN MABER.DEN IAN AT CALOU'rl'A. 1MPCPTANT DBErAs. With the Indian mail which arrived il Edi. burgh on M1onday, important details are to hand regarding the murder of Mr Ueorge ltensid4 a native ot Aberdeen, which took pwe while he %vas acting us night foreman at the Raseegung, k'aper Xills, on the 12ch ult. 'lhirteeu natives were aresssted in onnuection with the murder, whlch has ...

... IEXPLJORATI-ON IN ABYSSINIA, THE LOVAT EXPEDITION. AN INTENESTING JOURNEY. BRITISH PRESTIGE AT MENELIK'S COURT, (PitESs ASSOCIATION FOI13ION SPECIAL.) London, Thursday. A representative of Reuter's Agency has had an interview with Dr Reginald Koettlits, who Ihas just returned from a remarkable journey across Abyssinit from east to west. Dir Koettlitz. who was surgeon to the Jackson-E2armsworth ...

... BY JOURNAL SPECIAL WIRE. (FROM1 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 5 Nmw BRIDGIE STREET. Tueschay ntight. A glance at the House of Commons this afternoon was sufficient to show that the prorogation is at hand. Even during 'the, question hour there were not more than 60 aelmboers in the Jouse, aud some of the most familiar ligures were missing from the Treoasury bench. Mr Balfour has already stsartedl ...

... I FISHBURERS AND FOREIGNl Or BUYERS. IMPORTANT' aM TIlLECFF AMTION, INTBRESTING DECISION BY SHIIRMI'F BURNET. Sheriff Buriet has just decided the action raised by B. M. Stephen, fisbuerer, Peterhead, against D. Borwein, a Russian herring buyer, at present residing in Peterhead, concluding for payment of £21 18s, being the difference between the contract price of 98 barreld medium full herrings ...

... I BAZAAR, AT FRASERBURGIL. I SEPEEGCH BY TR BUCHANAN, 1M.P, THE JOURNAL BAZAAR STATISTICS. A two days' bazaar, with the object of raising funds for the emotion of a manse for the Evan- ; golical Union Church of Fraserburgh, was opened | in the l)alrymple Hall there on Saturday. The talls, six in number, were aranged round the side3 of the hall, atid wero prettily decorated with flags and art ...

... g,@ yerd'etR't Mflmand. CHIEF15 OFF0I1-13ROA1 SIREnT, ABlRDZEX,. LoNDOS OIiFicu-5 NE\V BRID(.E I-R'-E, EAC. TR1ULEOus ZlUGl'UDuN JOURN2;AL,0 AB. DRN- * ~~~TENII{IonE-.No. 27. ABERDEEN, FRIDAY, AUG. 11, 1S99. . _ = = . _ _ _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWIS SUilMARYt Hariv Aiaridon beat Andrew Scott in a 36-hole golf Itcucll. :it Elie yestcrday. 'I he 1'rench lifisng b(,t 1 1tile Mler sailed C ...