... U THE GORDONS' ROUTE MARCH. ENTHUSIASTIC RECITTLON AT INVERU11fi.1of WTELOOMEIi BY LORD) KINTC>IUIA. 'Tle Ist Battalion Gordon Hlighiaruders left l _ I iliIlULk \ ot ordto tutoritt . alter llavtug el-'o tilIipedtlu111c onl battllo) a1ttd S uttaN? . n f IiitlJd t' 115Ot~IP 11110tilt' wlake .1Itlt I is irlte ti, clinjtu B do 11110e't roi0101iti dIattt'% stoy.i On 01 Ill ,.t alwd ;II1iittat(? ...

... IABERDEEN CCLESIOLOGICALJ ISOoITtrsI I If EXiCURSION TO' STIRLING. I The annual excursion of the Aberdeen Ecelesic- It logical Society was held yesterday to Stirling. N Most of the members went by the train which v left Aberdeen at 6.45 a.m. Owing to the heavy: f holiday traffic, however, the members were late I inarriving at their destination, and it was after eleven o'clock before they were ...

... ENZIE FREE CHURCH BAZAAR AT BUCKlE. PROFESSOR ROBDRTSON ON TIHIE FREE CHURCH AND UNION. Yesterday a two days' bazaar was opened in the Fishermen's Hall, Backie, on behalf of Enzie l Free Church congregation, to raise funds for the building of a hall at Portgordon for evening services, etc,, and to form the nucleus of a fund for heating the church. Rev. Alex. Miller, Free Church, Buckie, ...

... I1 UNEASINESS AT CAPE. ATTITUDE OF FREE STATE RUMOURS AS TO ITS DECISION. LATEST BRITISH ACTION. 2ND GORiIONS SAL FOR CAPE. (DAILY CHRONICLE SECOND EDITION. TELEGRAM.) Cape Town, Friday evening I have the best authority for stating that the Free State Rand isas unanimously re- solved to assist the 'fransvaal against British aggression. (PRESS ASSOCIATIoN FOREI1GN SPECIAL.) Cape Town, Sunday. ...

... THE FAIE OF ANDREE. Carl Siewers write; as follows - s It is to be feared that the views expressed by I the ex-c&,'tain ol the Virgo, now at Bostoa I (Lines.), as to Andrea and his companions being still alive, are too tsinguine; and no doubt le was not awire that -the East coast of Greenland, Spitzbergen, Franz Josef Land, and Novaya Zenmbla had been searched in vain for any trace y of the ...

... i CONSEMCIATION OF TflJ, LIGHTFOOT I !MSLE, ST IMARGARETS, DDAEAIAR. ! Yesterday being St Matthew's Day, the Bishop of Aberdeen consecrated the aisle of the new F Church of St Margaret's, Braemar, erected in memory of the late Bisihop of Durham, Dr Ligic- foot. The service, which was at 8 a.m., began in the temporary wooden church with the read- l ing of a petition for the consecration of the ...

... I I ABERDEEN BORDER LEICESTER CLUB. ANNtUAL SHOW. Yesterday the annual show of sheep in connec- tion with the Aberdeen Border Leicester Club took plane in the Belmont Auction Mart, and was in every way successful. In the hands of Mr Alex. C. Hunter, secretary, the arrangements were carried out in a manner which gave the greatest satisfaction. Although the number of sheep forward was somewhat ...

... AIFFtRAY IN A WEgT-ENUD MANSION. I A DUKE WOUNDED. An extraordinary affair is reported at 47 Cadogan Gardens, Sloane Square London. the palatial residence of the Due de Atacpoole. On Saturday a passing eabman was sud- denly covered by a sltower of glass splinters issuing from the windows of the dining-room, while at the same time lie heard what he took to be a report of a pistol. Immediately ...

... : COMMERCIAL NE IWS. ABERDOEEN STOCK EXCHANGE. Anianngas, Tuesday. On the Stack Exchange the follo~wing business was marked, viz:-Alexander Pinie and Sans; Preference shares at E11 l~s 9d; Texas Land .and Mortgage shares at £li2 l~s (halls done dftar hours) ; Great North of Scotland RailWay 4 par Cent. Lien stack at £136; Northi British and Mercantile insurance shares at £239 Is Gd; Sickness ...

... [AMERICAN COMMERCIAL I PRICES. NEW YORKr ottCK MARKEr, Stocks were inclined to heaviness at the open. ing, some specialties sustaining sharp declines, but strong .wailway traffic returns and the an. nouncement of the engagement of a millinc dollars in gold in London for shipment here im. parted a better tone shortly after midday. The rally, however, did not last very long, being off. set by ...

... TO-DAY IN FASHIONS 'MIDST. I U a A a PRATT AND KEITH'S 0 a . BUYERS AUTUMN SHOW a a * HAVE RETURNED FROM THE C E N T R E S OF FASHION WITH ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES FOR THE AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASON, 1899. 6 I a m I 2 DAYS AT PRATT ,AND KEITH'S SHOW DAYS$ . TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY. 19TH, 20TH, 21ST, AND 22ND SEPTEMBER; . AND A SECOND SHOW ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, & FRIDAY OF THE ...

... 'i SIR A, MILNER AND ORANGE FREE STATE. IMPORTANT LETTER FR.OM P1RESIDENT STEYN. A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT. (REUTE1's TELEORAM.) Cape Town, Thursday. Sir Alired Mimler telegraphed to the Presiident. of the Orange Free State on Septei sber ]Pthi informing him that it. had beenl deelleod advisable by the Imperial military authorities to send a detachment of troops, ordinarily stationed at Cape ...