12 DECEMBER 1896, page 2

On Monday Colonel Trotter Read Before The Geographical...

most interesting paper on the sources of the Niger. Colonel Trotter, who was the principal officer in the Anglo- French Delimitation Commission of 1895, pointed oat that......

President Cleveland's Last Message, Delivered On Decem-...

not so sensational as it was expected to be. He scarcely alludes to Venezuela, saying only that the provisions of the Treaty are so just that the assent of Venezuela may be......

The Plague, The Real Plague Of Cairo, Is Becoming Serious

in Bombay. On December 9th Reuter reported a total of 1,120• cases and 804 deaths, 75 per cent. of all cases proving fatal, while on the previous day there had been 55 cases and......

The North. China Daily News Publishes The Text Of The

Treaty between China and Russia which Count Cassini carried with him to St. Petersburg, and which now only awaits the signatures of the two Emperors. The authenticity of this......

Reuter's Correspondent At Constantinople Has Forwarded A...

the latest massacre of Armenians at Eghin, a prosperous town about one hundred and twenty-five miles south of Trebizond. Early in September the chief Turkish official went away,......

Sir Walter Besant Lectured In The Queen's Hall On Monday

on the history and greatness of London, and after the delivery of the lecture Lord Rosebery spoke, and spoke brilliantly, on the subject, disagreeing with Sir Walter Besant's......