15 AUGUST 1903, page 2

A Ghastly Accident, One Of The Worst, If Not The

worst, of our time, occurred in Paris on Monday. A train on the Metro- politan Underground Electric Railway caught fire near the station of Couronnes, but the conductor drove on......

The Artisan Movement In Russia Is Increasing In Strength. It

stretches over the whole South, being perhaps the most decided in Odessa and Kieff, and evidently perplexes as well as alarms the local Governments and the Ministry of the......

The Trial Of Madame Therese Humbert And Her Presumed...

began last Saturday, and will, it is believed, end next Wednesday. She defends herself with great vigour, but not as yet with much skill, the audience in Court being chiefly......

Count Khuen Hedervary Has Resigned The Premiership Of...

it impossible to resist the impression created by the bribery scandal, though he is acknowledged to have proved his personal innocence. The two factions of the Opposition......

The Position Is Doubtless Grave, But It Is Necessary Not

to exaggerate the political effect of these outbreaks. Their number increases their apparent importance; but Russia is very large, and even if, as is now stated, five hundred......

The Debate In The Commons On Wednesday Night On The

Atlantic Shipping Agreements between his Majesty's Government and the Cunard Company and the Inter- national Mercantile Marine Company shows that the arrangement, which has......

Strong Measures Will, It Is Stated, Be At Once Adopted

to secure future safety, especially by building the trains of some incombustible substance, and lighting the tunnels by indepen- dent agency ; but the real lesson of the......

Mr. Roosevelt Has Addressed A Most Important Letter To Mr.

Durbin, the Governor of Indiana, congratulating him on his efforts to put down lynching. The President has been shocked, and even alarmed, by the increase of the practice,......