THE OTETAN AFFAIR. Candia, October 2. Unless the Porte complies with the demands of the Powers regarding Crete, the Turkish garrison will be starved out of the island. SPAIN AND AMERICA. Washington, October 8. It is reported that McKinley is ap prehensive of the effect of the army mismanagement upon the election, and is anxious to rush settlements over the late war. Madrid, October 3. Spain insists upon retention of the Philippines. THE TRANSVAAL. Pretoria, October 4. President Kruger is enrolling 50,000 burghers to operate against Nipeff. British residents in the Transvaal refuse to be commanded. FAR EAST. Shanghai, October 4. The anti-foreign feeling is spreading in Pekin. The fleets of the various Powers are assembling at Tientsen. The American gunboat Petrel ac companies the Baltimore to China. Servants of the Dowager Empress arrested the Emperor when trying to escape from the palace. He was ill and helpless at the time. It is reported that he had since committed suicide. Later. Pekin is quiet. The Chinese who insulted Euro peans have been punished, and the Tsung-li-Yamen apologised for the in dignities. A force of German marines has pro ceeded to Pekin. The mission of the Marquis Ito of Japan to the Emperor having proved a failure, he has returned here,

Sporting.
