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GENERAL - NEWS.

'Harvard Professor's Death.

Cambridge, Mass., February 13.-Dr. Horatio Bevens White, professor emeritus of the dëpart- ment of German at Elar ward university, was found dead in his chair here yesterday, having passed away as a result of a hears -attack. D. White was born in 1852 and entered the fscnity of Cornell University in 1878. Bo has been a member of the Harvard faculty since 19.2.

Milliary Enthusiasm in Lisbon,

Lisbon, Jan 3-At to-day's opening of Congress there was a great display of troops and much. enthusiasm. Sɔldiers lined the route from the palace of the Parliamentary Building, and there was a parade, attended by enorm.us numbers of spectators. [ Soers from all the branches of the Army and Navy attended the reception held by the President. The President's drive to the House of Parliament #20 made the occasion of a great demonstration ia his favour.—Central News.

Savings in Lieu of Service.

A Bomerret farm labourer re cently oslled at the house of Mr. Thomas Penny, president of the Taunton IM.C.A., and left fifty 41 noter, with the request that Mr. Penny would forward them to the proper quarter, mys the Central News. The giver is 8 single man medically rejected, and the £50 represented the balk of his earings. He told Mr. Penny he felt he must make this sacrifice

on behalf of the men who are fighting for our country, and in" recognition of the work of the T.M.O.A. at the front,

The School of Oriental Studies.

London January 10.-The pre- liminary announcement respect. ing the opening of the School for Oriental Studies shows tha" work ie to commence on 18.b inst. À portion of the teaching staff. has already been appointed, and we note that for Chinese (Mandarin) the appointments are the Bev, 8. B Drake and Dr. Weichen G. C. Cu'en, Pa.D. The appoint- ments for Cantonese are not yet made.. For Japanese Mr. H. Bar, C.MG., and Mr. N. Kato are appointed, and for Malay Mr. C.O. Blagdon, M.A., of the Stesita! S-ulementaCivil Service(retired). The Siamese appointment has not Jet been made.

Diplomatic Agent at Salonica.

The newly-appointed Diploms- tic Agent to the Provisiona] Government at Salonica has held the position he now vacatea daring the past three years. Lord Granville entered the diplomatic service some foar and twenty years ago, and bas gained hie **Lerianos at Berlin, Cairo, Vienne, The Hague, and Bra sels. Before going to Paris he was Cancilor of Embassy in Barlin. Lord Granville's' father, ercond Birl, will be recalled se one of the pillars of the Gladstone Governments in the 'evention and 'eighties. He was thres times Foreign Secretary, and one of the most accomplished Freook scholars in Europe. Globe.

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Beath of a well-known American Literary Man, Bamilton Wright Mabie, for thirty-seven years a member of the editorial stef of Thé Outlook und for thirty-two yours Assocista Editor, died at his residence in Sammit, New Jersey, early on the morning of Sunday, the last day. of the old year. During the entire preceding year Mr. Mebie had becs either seriously ill or (in the Latter bill) very slowly gaining ground, so that his friends and, mes.ciales did not despair of his return to strength and a messors of a tivity. La fact, he had been i able of late to go out, with caution, and even to return on several The Plague Committee of Austrians are compelling pri Coca-ions for a few hoursat a time Colombo has decreed that others soners of war to perform work of to his desk at the office. The then ships officers and passengers a military character, and to fall immediate cause of his death was will not be allowed to go on board treas immediately behind the the-&pt of an attack of asthma, ships in the barbour without a line of fre. This constitutes a incurred about two weeks before, permit, this patting an end to flagrant violation of international- on a system already weakened by the practice of seeing off one's law, and the more so sinos the the earlier sttacks. It may be friends.

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