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The Chinese Engineering and Mining Co. has declared a dividend of 5 per cant.
Four Norwegian steamers, loaded with English coal, arrived at Port Arthur on the 27th ult.
The death is recorded in hospital at Tientsin, on the 28th ult., of Mr. Arthur Ash, one of the pion er brokers of Tientsin.
Mr. S. Y. Hills, an assistant inspector under the Philippines Forestry Burean, was seized and killed by alligators while swimming in the estuary of the Rio Grande, Mindanao.
An Imperial decree of the 6th ins'. appoints L. Fu-hsing Commander-in-chief of the laud forces of Kwangtung 'oice Chen Yun-ho, cashiered, while his post of Major-treneral of Chnachou circuit, Kvangtang, is given to Pe Chin-su.
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In the action brought by Messrs. Sassoon & Co., of Kobe, against Cho Ju-ki, a Chinese, formerly the compralore of the plaintiff firm, for the recovery of 59,114.89 yen, judgment has been given for the sun claimed in full, with costs. An American, by name H. B. Campbell, and some Chinese printers have been arrested at Yokohama for being concerned in the circulation of an nymous "expresses of a scurrilous char- acter in the former Settlement in Yokohama.
The N.-C. Daily News states that Wen Chang-yao, Expectant Taotai, who for the past year or so has been acting as Interpreter and Translator for the Chinese Treaty Com- missioners in their negotiations with the Powers, and who was recently transferred to Canton at the special desire of Viceroy Shum, has been appointed by H.E. Head of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs or the whole of Kwang- {ung.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. The rumour has again been current in Tientsin that Ynan Shi-kai is going to be transfe. red elsewhere.
A rumour is current at Tientsin to the effect that the Russian Government is buying up in the London market the shares of the Shanhai- kwan railway.
The Foreign Ministers at Peking met at the Russian Legation on the morning of the 3rd just. to discuss the Audience regulations at Peking and the Supao case,
The highest hid for the U.S.S. Monocacy at auction at Taku was $25,000 Mex. from Capt. W. Blanchard, Taku; the lowest $9,000 gold from Messrs. Cornahé, Eckford & Co.
The U.S. ships Wilmington and Don Juan de Austria left Shanghai at daylight on Tuesday to render the necessary assistance to the Robert Sewall, wrecked on the South Formosa corst, and rescue the crew.
chwang, reports the Chefoo correspo dont of There are no sigus of evacuation at New-
the N.C. Daily News. Two Russian s⚫ntries having died of plague, Chin-se, guards have been stationed at the gates,
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The French Government has decided to terminate the mission of M. François in Yunnau.
Madame Blanche Arral, who was to have ung at the last Volunteer Promenade Concert here, but did not do so, gave last week a very successful concert at Shanghai.
River, which, in conjunction with the previous A third catting is being made in the Peiho
onttings, will shorten the distance between Tientsin and Taku by 84 miles
Commander E. M. Hughes, U. 8. oruiser Annapolis, died last week at the U. S. Naval Hospital on the Bluff, Yokohama.
Pope wrote recently announcing his election Among the sovereigns to whom the new
was the King of Siam. The Bangkok Times understands this is the first occasion on which the formal communication has been made to the sovereign of Siam.
of the 30th alt. there was a big conflagration Arrivals from Amoy report that on the night
oil-shop and spread rapidly natil between 30 in Amoy native city. The fire started in an
and 10 houses and shop; were destroyed. In Captain S. R. Fremantle has been appointed spite of the good work of the Fire Brigade, the to the Albion as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-fire was not got under mach before morning. Admiral the Hon. A. G. Curzon-Howe, C.V.O., C.B, to date Sept mber 20. Lieutenant J. A. Gregory, R.N., has beeu appointed to the Tamar, for the Hart, in command.
The new Russian torpedo boat destroyers inspection by Admiral Makaroff, left Kronstadt Blestiashehi, Beaupreehni, and Bistri, after on the 1st ult. for the Far East. Ten more are expected at Kiel shortly on their way out East. Most of them are of the latest type.
The Echo de Chine learns that a fisherman at Woo-ung recovered from the water a brass 'statue of Buddba, three feet in height and
The statue has been
placed at Woosung, and one pious man is pro ceeding to raise a small pagoda ia its honour.
The European Pres, says & Berlin telegram of the 9th October t the Ostariatische Lloyd is now rather perplexed by daily reports, accord-weighing 100 pounds. ing to which war between Russia and Japan will break out within the very next days. In well informed quarters here, however, con- fidence is prevailing that should there be really any danger which threatens the maintenance of peace, it will be removed by the negotiations now carried on in Tokyɔ.
The
N-C. Daily News says that the following story has been confirmed News having been received by Viceroy Shura that a certain General Chao Huau-siang, a native of Husan province, and commanding the Sheng regiment of Hunan troops, had been defeated by rebels on the 20th ult, ear Ch'angauchen. Linchou prefecture, resulting in General Chao and his men abandoning the town to the rebels, the Viceroy at one 'determined to make an example of the officer, and accordingly ordered a court-martial to he held over General Chao, H.E. himself presiding over the court, assisted by the prefect of Loboafn and the district magistrate of Mapinghsien. Cowardice on the part of General Chad having been prove, the Viceroy gave sentence of summary decapitation without delay, and the doomed officer was forthwith executed in the presence of some teo thousand men belonging to the Viceroy's own special force.
Eigh een lakhs of the new Straits Settlements dollars were brought to the Colony by the P. & O. steamship Malta, which arrived at Singapore on the 3rd inst. Of these, six lakhs were lan led at Penhug for circulation there, and twelve lakhs were carried to Singapore The new coinage will be immediately put into circulation, gradually taking the place of the present currency. The Treasury and the Banks Bre the media used for circulating the dollars, but it is not anticipated that there will be anything like a preponderating quantity of the Straits Settlements dolla s in circulation for many months to come Every succeeding vessel of the P. & Oline arriving at Singapore from Colombo will bring some eight or nine lakhs of dollars until the full number necessary to meet the requirements of the Colony is landed. By an Order in Council under the Coin Import and Export Crdinanc, the Governor prohibi s the exportation from the Colony of the Straits Settlements dollar from and after the 3rd inst. The importation into the Colony of the British trade dollar and the Mexican dollar are also pr hibited from and after the same date.These Orders do not apply to the Federated Malay States or to Johore.
The Tung Wen Hu Pao, concinding an articls on robbertes in Chia, says: -There is now a big robber flying down from the Trans- Siberian railway train. He robs a man of his possessions and the victim, too weak to defend himself, excites the compassion of his neighbour- who tries to help him. There is another robber who wants to take Shantung; another, the two Kwangs, Yaunan, ani Kweichan, and another, all along the Yangisz Valley.
The Tokyo correspondent of the N-C. Daily News tel-graphed on the 6 & inst. There are ramours that seem to be authentic that the Russians are erecting forts acd measting gnus at Yo-ampho, although the Co,eau Gov.rn- ment persists in i's refusal to grant them a lease." The Mainichi stated several days before that arms and provisions were landed from a Norwegiau s.eamer, which arrived at Yong-upho recently. No mau is allowed to So wear the hill, adds the Mainichi; the report about the construction of a fort on the bit is believed to be accurate.
A Seoul telegram of the 1st insi. describes a serious riot in the Coreah capital. On the previous evening a Corean child was accidentally run over by the electric tram, inside the West Gate. An American engineer in the service of the company was on the tram at the time and Corean mob assembled to assault him. A Japanese telegraph clerk happened to come ou the scene on a bicycle, and the American snatched the bicycle and rode away. The mob supposed that the Japanese purposely let the American have the vehicle, and they began to assault him. He took refuge in a tailor's shop owned by a Japanese, named As da. The mob followed him and destroyed the shop, No Japanese were injured; but the mob carried away goods in large quantities, causing damage amounting to Yeu 10,000 in all. The mob were mostly Corean soldiers, who were instigated by some officers. The officers owed some money to the shop, the owner of which has been demanding payment of late. A gang visited the Electric Tramway Co. at the same time and injured three Europeus. The doors were smashed, and some Coréans in the employ of the company were brutally assaulted. Mr. Hayashi called on the Corean Foreign Department on the 1st inst. and insisted on a prompt and adequate
settlement of the matter.
It transpires, says the Kobe Chronicle, that when the M.M. liner Australien struck the rocks on Sunday morning (27th ult.) near Imabaru, as soon as possible Commander Varron dispatched a message to be telegraphed to due at Moji, of the a.oident, and asking Mji informing the Annam, which was then for the assistance of the company's vessel. The Annam, however, had pssed Moji on the voyage to Kobe before the telegram arrived, awaited her in the narrow strait through which and was quite surprised at the spectacle which
she was to pass. The Annant stood by the Australien for orer twelve hours The position of the Australien is such that her safety depends upon good weather. It seems to be the general opinion that she will rno serious risk of breaking up if the wind should freshen.
The Tokyo correspondent of the N.-C. Daily Necs writes:-I am informed by a Japanese authority that the Tokyo Government has decided to make the tobacco manufacture, besides the tobacco monopoly, a Government business, of course subject to consent of the Diet. About Y2,000,000 for the purpose and proceeds thereof now impossible to check the American invasion are both comprised in the next Budget. It is
last determined to andert ke the manufacture, by private concerns, and the Government has at
besides the monopoly, to keep up its revenue
resources.
At any rate, the proposed Minis- terial tobacco industry is of far-reaching nature and will considerably affect existing Japanese and foreign tobacco-dealers. Hut it is by no meaus improbable that those foreign merchants concerned will be allowed to export their ciga et es manufactured in Japan to Chias sad other Far Eastern ports. The Tokyo Govern- ment is also said to have drawn up a plan 50 85 to increase the revenu› from the sake duty, by way of revising the taxation system.
The Japan Mail of the 25th ult. thus describes the latest phasy of the Yong-ampho affair. Lin, or some other leader of freebooters, having t ken up his headquarters at Yong- ampho, whence be threatened the property of the Lumber Company, M. Pavloff applied to the Corean Government to protect his nationals. The Corean Government replied that as no agreement had ben concluded sanctioning the presence of Russian subjects at Yong- ampho, they could not recogni e any respon- sibility for the protection of the latter, since any one settling in Corea on side treaty limits must do so at his own risk. M. Pavloff's retort was obviou He adduced the timber-felling con- cession as binding the Corean Government to protect Russian subjects engaged in that enter- prise and he pointed out that if such protection were withheld, it must be on the assumption that Russia would take steps to provide it herself by sending troops to the threatened district. Of course if Russia adopt any such measure the situation will be very much com- plicated, the Mail says, for assuredly Japan will not look on quietly while the initial steps are taken for a Russian military occupation of the Yalu Valley.