20 OCTOBER 1900, page 2

There Is Nothing Special To Chronicle From South Africa...

a certain number of small actions in which we in- variably got the better of the enemy, and captured in all a very considerable number of prisoners. Otherwise things have been......

The Court-martial Held Upon Lieutenant A Beckett At Dover...

last Saturday, as was generally expected, in his honourable acquittal,—a result which has given universal satisfaction. Mr. a Beckett, a young Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison......

Dr. Morrison Praisethighly The Cool Courage Of The British,

the Americans (one of whom, the Rev. Mr. Gamewell, a mis- sionary, was the Vauban of the defence), the Germans, and the Japanese, and rather specially the French, with the......

The Transvaal Concessions Commission, Which Is Now...

has elicited some very striking facts as to the part played by the Netherlands Railway Company during the war. The diary of Mr. Van Kretschmar, the managing director, which fell......

An Outbreak Of " Hooliganism "—that Is, Ruffianism By Boys

between fourteen and eighteen—is alarming the lower quarters of London. The boys, it seems, form gangs, arm themselves with loaded belts, or even revolvers, and attack innocent......

The Marriage Of The Young Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland, Queen

Prettyface as the French call her, which has been a preoccupation with many Courts, is at length settled, her Majesty having announced on Tuesday her betrothal to Duke Henry,......

One Of The Most Important Events Of The Week Has

been the resignation by Prince Hohenlohe of the office of Chancellor of the German Empire, and the appointment of Count von Billow to the vacant post. It is said that Prince......

Demos Is Always Silent Till The Clock Strikes, But The

most recent accounts from America are highly favourable to Mr. McKinley's chances. It is said that the freeholders every- where, though divided upon "Imperialism," which means......