... ISECOND EDITIONj1I In 5 NEw BR1DGE STREET, LONDON, G ABERDFEN JOURNAL Orren, a F B3WEDNUEDAY :ORNlNG, 5.30. _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ se (BY SPECIAL WRE.) A fc T.lt FIGHITING IN NATAL m 01 HEAVY FIRING ON THE ti I +, 'rTTGEL. A BOERS CONTESTING OUR PASSAGE. (DAkLY MATaI COPYRIGHT TELEGRARS.j . Pietermaritzburg, Tues-Tay, 4.30 p.m. There was very heavv fring to the north I vesserdatv. I believe thel ...

... ?$ASSJNATiO? oF THE OF ITALY. iljT-1ROUG(iH THE I ggs OF ASSALIANT. (jEiTflB S TEI.EGRAM.) RoDIe, Ssm43ay. e Hnmbrnt' was sshot last evening at a man~ nlamed Angelo Bressi, of udc dieljd in a few minutes. (I{EOTEE T .LEORAM.) Mlonza, Sunlday. w ftvas ais's sinated here this nill aiter ntten ding a pablic function. ir~6t hd ist cateredl his carriage with his Ie, ila amid thle cheers of the ...

... CULTS FREE OHURCH, A pleasant gathering took place *n a s h of Cut3 Free Church on Thursday nii'.b ciDi all the ladies and gentLemeri eaa cc -i. vattous departments of c'husuah work S d- School teachers, members of the choir, &izzn:'p iion Fund collectors, and members of tiw YO-e; Women's Guild-were inletted to ^a br liortosa' court. The haall, w.-oIUsely deccrs o' wi;:.h evergreen;s'and ...

... al POLICE AND IMPROVEUEENT r ~~~BILL. REPORT TO HOUSH' OF OOMMOXS Lord Edmonl Fitzmaurice has rcuob tsh C. ' H~ouce of Commnsa from trhe Select Cona ruie I on Police and 'Saniitary Reguoaten, Bhla rh in the eacso of the Aberdeen, Police and lree ment Bill they had agreed to the folirc porLt- Tehar the bill ia some resecs inive5 POwers relating so police aud seannaxy teguias e aexcss or, or ...

... THE ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN HALDANE, OF TEE, GORDONS. . _ - Captain Aylmer Haldane, of the Gordon High. landers, continues hie narrative in Blaeckwood for September of how he and his two fellow- prisoners escaped from Pretoria from the Boer jailers. It will be remembered that the narra- tave last month described how they lived in. a scooped-out apartment below one of the rooms vplbbeeds with his ...

... I Zbe Z~17 Court. TeQ eo Winchor Ca,;tlia. Thnredoy. TpQendrove, our, yosctr;-rdy af'wrncorn, fiendepd by Vcciz-ini cce Downe anti lice lIoan. E'rtha~ Lamfoirt. 'b ThFle DLIft'.' of Connaugaht, attend B I olne E.'oo, arr1,rid ait teG~t Tlriv Misc Henry of Bhzit-enlaerg, atttenAPled> Iivniutel anmd Major the i-on. F. Col-, Kansas ~ ~ ~ ~ 1,1iirn. went to' London yo-s'.erdal, and p1er-f ...

... ABERDEE NT . OSPITAL SA'1'URDAY, IXTERESTING PROCESSION. SPOIRTS A-ND COMPETITIONS. On Saturday the fifth annual demnonstration and sports organisepd by the friendly societies of Aber- d1 ean inl aid of the local hoquitals toolk place.' Unfortunately, the weather was, not so propitious on 'this cerasion a,3 in former years, BOnd the general condition. of the eurroundirng-T ,was n.ot so ...

... WORKEMS'S OOMPENSATIGN CASE THE OULTER PAPELR MILLS ACCIDBN'T Sheriff Robertson, in Aberdeen Sheriff Caln yesterday, closed the record in an action at thei stance of Wiliiiam rouhart. vaeoman. Schoolbr, Port-Elphinstone, against the Cnlser Paper Mlh Company Limited, for £100 atc common lomr or a~teernarively. £144 6s under the Employes' Liability Act, 18a), as reparation for the dean o' his ...

... I , T THEE MAUEDONIA REVOLUT1INARY COMMITITEE. A `OR.USAIE OrF ASSASSLNATfOi (AoasrNX PosT TEEasniL) Vienna, Wednesday. The Macedonian Revolutionary Com- mittee was formed in December last, the leaders being two men called Triranoff and Sarafeof, and one'of tshe first results was the murder of Professor hihaeleano, the pro- prietor of tale weekly journal Peninsula .Balcaniea., who was a ...

... | I~~~~ INCREAiSE DN DRUNKENNESS AND J}U iNUXI OFMFNCBS. At yesterday's. meeting of the Aberdeen Towen Council, the annual criminal and statistical re- turns fo.' 1E5'9, compiled by Chief Constable Wyness, were laid on the -table, and, when printed, will be circulated among the members. As usual, the statement is on, a very elaborate scale, and the work entailed in collecting thel facts amust ...

... THJ, TR.AGIO FATYAITY ON ABERJUN I - - I . LINKS. - i UELITARY IUNQURY,! Yesterday a military inquiry was held in' the officers' mess at Casflehill Barracks, in a!- cordance with regimental orders issued. by Colonel Mlfathigls, A.D.C., orntnanc'.- ing the 75th Regimental District, to in.- .qwrue whether proper precautiois were taken a. 'tle issue of blank ammunition and the carrsing; out of ...

... I HOW ANi ABERDEEN-SlIRE GIRL CGAVE UTP HEPER PLAE. Domestic servants, who form such a larze ar.4 important section in our modern economy, a-c often taunted by their mistresses with lszin I. Perhaps the mistresses may have good reasor' to complain in a number ci case-s, but it often happens that there are considerations oi great importance which are not mken into accoun.z and the girl may be ...