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some in idle curiosity, others searching for missing relatives or friends. In a very short space of time sweet-meat and tofu sellers took their stalls to the spot, and toward midnight quite a little fair was in progress. The bodies thus far recovered are those of women.—Japán Mail.
THE CHEFOO FORESHORE QUESTION.
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The British gunboat Rattler came over Hongkong for the King's Birthday. She chored six or eight miles away from the shore.
As a result of this inspection the Tartar General has decided to engage another corps of French naval shipwrights, mechanics, and arti- sans, etc., as was done thirty years ago, with
The birthday of the King three superintendents at their head drawing monthly salaries of $1,500 each.. In addition
celebrated in a very dull and quiet wa and not at all in the manner of former to the above, seven professors or tutors with|
There was no official reception by the salaries at $320 per mensem, are also to be en-
Governor in honour of the occasion, gaged for the naval, engineering, and scientific
Fort did not salute, nor did the troops schools-the first two schools to be taught
Garrison fire the usual feu de joie after the will by Englishmen. The salaries alone
church service. The demonstrations were amount to about $100,000 per annum. This has been telegraphed to Peking_by Sir Robert Hart, on behalf of the Tsungli shorn of their usual importance. This the Tartar General for sanction. The Yamen, has fully admitted Messrs. Fergusson account of the illness of the wife of the French Commander is also alleged to have & Co.'s right to the foreshore at Chefoo appro- Secretary and her husband being. said to the Tartar-General during the in-priated by the Chinese and sold to a Russian that she should not be disturbeds spection that "all Europe was anxious to see firm, thus fully acknowledging the justice of noise of firing. His orders in the matter China a powerful State and prosperous country Sir Claude MacDonald's demand for compen-been very adversely criticised, and it is gener and that if she would only bend herself sation. Sir Robert has offered Mesars. Fergus- ally considered that he simply made an to exhibit his own importance. On earnestly to the task in hand of reorganisation son & Co. Tls. 1,000 per mow, with fifteen he was sure that in the space of five years per cent. compensation for disturbance, and last the Band did not play in the Public Gar China would be able to stand on terms of as the latter consider this an inadequate déns, for the same reason, and the public wasi equality with any Power in Europe." When price, it has been agreed to refer the question thus deprived of its usual entertainment. Thi this speech become known amongst the Foo- of the amount to be paid to the decision of is the more remarkable: inasmuch as a noisyi chowites, remarks our correspondent, the two arbitrators, Mr. George Jamieson, British demonstration was permitted in the fam hearts of all who heard it were filled with Consul, for the British claimants, and M. L.,house of a wealthy Chinaman, close under the a joyful enthusiasm and every one earnestly Rocher, Commissioner of Customs, for the windows of the Colonial Secretary's rooms and hoped that the Imperial Government would Chinese. This is a very satisfactory solution, at 12.50 a.m.; take heed to this wholesome advice." On and we congratulate all those who have been the 14th and 15th inst. H.E. presided over instrumental in arriving at it. It completely the nautical examinations at the naval school, confirms the view we have always taken as to
The other day the owner of the well known when eighteen cadets were reported to have the right of the riparian owner to all ac- graduated from their theoretical course and orations; it settles a question which really gardens at Chinsan gave a very good lesson to a pionic party that went there to enjoy them- were now ready to enter the training ship for threatened at one time to become serious; and their lessons in practical navigation. The it gives a welcome indication that the Tsungli selves. The party took with them a Chinaman examinations over, the Tartar General and his Yamên still realises the value of Sir Robert whose usual occupation is that of a fruit hawker, French adviser made an inspection of the Hart's advice, and is still willing to make use of but on this occasion he changed his occupation Changmen or White forts guarding the Min- his common-sense and practical impartiality..to that of a gambler and took with him his
Under the circumstances it is, we can conceive, colu-colu table (three dice game). After ngan Pass. These were the forts which were shelled by the latter's compatriots under the fortunate that the Commissioner of Customs short rest on arrival the Chinaman ✨ was late Admiral Courbet in August, 1884. It will for the time being should happen to be a French anxions to begin the day's work for which he had been invited by the picnic party: “The be remembered that immediately after the citizen, while being an official in whom all na- signing of the peace with Japan in May tionalities have implicit confidence is one to be gambling began, but as soon as the owner of last year an edict was issued authorising Chinese thoroughly commended; and great praise for it the garden heard the noise of the dice he sent merchants and capitalists to buy over the is due to the British Minister and the Consal word to say that he could not allow any gam** Foochow arsenal and work it like the English General and Consul at Shanghai, the China bling upon his property and requested that it shipbuilding yards and foundries. But this Association, and the Inspector-General of Cus- might be stopped. And who did the party com
sist of ? It included some of the pr toms.-N. C. Daily News. has fallen through, owing to the fear of the
authorities of Macao. Strange that persons in mandaring that "such a thing would tempt the
such a position should not know better how to people to rebel, who having the means to arm
preserve their personal dignity and that of their themselves could easily have the Government
offices than to take a Chinese professional gam- at their mercy." The Mahommedan rebellion
On Monday evening, the 14th of September bler with them on a picnic to private gardens and the numerous petty insurrections through-between six and seven, the Tientsin Settlement kindly thrown open to the public. The China- out the Empire, during and after the late war,
was visited by a tornado of considerable vio- man now boasts that he took with him $400 as have probably not lessened the fear expressed lence. wall of cloud to the west was visible his capital and he expresses regret that the above.-N. C. Daily News.
daring the afternoon, with the glass falling owner of the garden would not allow the game. rapidly. The clouds rose towards six o'clock in to proceed. concentric layers alternately silver grey and dark slate colour. The storm broke with a violent wind and clouds of dust, stripping off leaves and branches from the trees. The forked lightning was very vivid, followed afterwards by a heavý fall of rain and hail.
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SAD FATALITY AT YOKOHAMA. Yokohama, 26th September. A deplorable accident attended by sad loss of life occurred in Yokohama about 5.45 o'clock on Friday evening. A new iron bridge is being built across the creek connecting Horikawa- machi with Yoshihama-cho; and for the accom- modation of foot passengers and jinrikisha while the bridge is building a temporary structure has been thrown over the water a little to the north of it. On Friday evening a new junk was being yuloed up the creek with all the ceremonies usual to the occasion, and a number of people naturally gathered to see the fun, principally tea-firing women, with babies on their backs, who were just then knocking off work for the day. To obtain a better view of the diversions of the junk-men, the crowd collected on the temporary Yoshihama bridge, and more particularly in the centre of the structure. The bridge, never intended to carry suoli a weight, stood the strain for a few minutes, and then, almost without warning, collapsed. Over fifty persons were precipitated into the water, among them Mr. Vladimar Blad, who happened to be crossing in his jinrikisha. Mr. Blad escaped with a ducking, and the polic who
appeared promptly upon the scene, managed to rescue 48 women and children alive. But some score persons were carried down by the stream and sank. Dragging operations were at once started, and by this morning nine bodies had been recovered. The scene on the banks of the creek in the near vicinity of the accident pre- sented a strange spectacle last night. Huge fires were lighted on the roadway, several elec- tric lights were rigged up to assist the searchers, while hundreds of people bearing chochin (Japanese lanterns) wandered up and down,
TORNADO AŤ TIENTSIN,
Considerable damage was done, a part of the wall of the Club Concordia, now in course of construction in the Victoria Road, was blown in, taking with it several window frames and some twenty-five by twelve feet of brickwork. The open railing on the west side of the Пnited States Consulate was blown down for some thirty feet, some of the brick piers being twisted round like corkscrews. The corrugated iron roof over a room at the Belgium Consulate was lifted like the lid of a box. The same thing occurred at Mr. Tenney's house on the Race Course Road. The tower-roof of Messrs. Blow & Co. was carried into the compound of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., "breaking down a ricksha-house and damaging the ricksha; we understand the roof has since been returned! The chimney of Mr. E. B. Lee's wool press was bent and the roof ridging torn off a portion of the godown. Mat sheds were flying about in all directions: that of the Taotai Wang Fa-nung was thrown into the middle of the Victoria Park, breaking down three trees. The matshed of Messrs. Mandl & Co. was deposited in the Meadows Road, nearly blocking up the full width. In the native quarters many houses were unroofed and blown down. A flag-staff in the Taotais yumên was broken in three pieces. A native boat was upset in the river and twenty persons drowned Two natives were struck by lightning and killed
The storm was the severest experienced in Tientsin for many years.-Peking and Tientsin Times
From the published accounts of the Portu guese colonies it appears that only two, namely, the Island of S. Thomé e Princepe and Macao. have a balance in their favour, the others having a total deficit amongst them of over a million dollars. It is very regrettable- to see how things are going. All these colonies
planting have fertile soils adapted for and there are also minerals to be exploited, but everything is wasted by carelessness. There is no real attempt made to colonise the possessions nor to induce the natives to work. There are men in Portugal who would be willing to devote themselves to enterprise in the colonies, but they require some encourage ment, whereas it has always been the case when a new enterprise started that Government has imposed heavy taxation upon But it and destroyed all hopes of success. it is better late than never, and even now by proper measures the Portuguese colonies might be made flourishing and pro We have now a good Minister should send out well selected officials
who thin out his policy, not men gambling and enjoying themselves.
It is reported that the gunboat Bengo left Timor for Hongkong on the 18th Sep From this it is to be inferred that the of Tinor is tired of constant war is now going to devote himself to t tion of the palace, forts, and iro always finds means of spending.
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