22 OCTOBER 1898, page 3

To Those Who Can Remember The Oxford Of Fifty Years

ago the unveiling of a statue to Dr. Martineau, which took place at Manchester New College on Tuesday, must seem a remarkable sign of the times. Such an honour to such a teacher......

There Is Evidently A Serious Hitch In The...

It arises in this way. The Spanish statesmen are well aware that they must lose their colonies, and are not unconscious of relief in losing them; but they are desperately afraid......

The Second Grave Accident Occurred At Wrawby Junction, On...

Great Central Railway. An express from Clee- thorpes was passing the junction at 5.25 p.m. on Monday when three trucks overloaded with timber, which were being shunted, toppled......

The Death From Bubonic Plague Of An Assistant In The

Pathological Institute attached to the Central Hospital of Vienna furnishes an unpleasant commentary upon Sir J. Crichton Browne's recent utterance on the responsibilities of......

The Week Has Been Full Of Tragedies. At 7 P.m.

on Friday, the 14th inst., the ‘Mohegan,' a splendid steamer of 7,000 tons, belonging to the Atlantic Transport Company, was approach- ing the Lizard en route from London for......

Sir Michael Hicks-beach Made Three Speeches At North...

Wednesday, which taken together are of much interest. The public has fastened upon a blunt expression, "England has put her foot down," in the Fashoda affair ; but his statement......

Sir William Harcourt In An Immensely Long Letter Pub- Lished

in the Times of Friday makes his position a little Clearer. After a long but unimportant criticism of the Primate's recent charge, he asserts that Dr. Temple acts Illegally in......

Society Has Been Interested This Week In Another Great Jewel

robbery. The Dowager - Duchess of Sutherland re- cently made some large purchases of jewels, chiefly pearls and diamonds, in Paris. The gems, worth, it is said, 220,000, were on......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

New Consols (2,1) were on Friday, 10S1.......