AMSTERDAM, November 14th. A powder full at Mulden blew up today. Two bodies have already beef recovered. Several persons are missing.
NEW YORK, November 15th. The articles of the Corbett-Mitchell fight were signed to-night by Brady for Corbett, Mitchell has not yet signed. The battle ta to take place at the Duval Athletic Club, Jacksonville, Fla., for a purse of $10,000 and a sila bet of $10,000, the winner to take all. The smallest laves allowed by law and Marquis of Queensberry
MUNICH, November 15th. The marriage of Archduke Joseph Augustin of Austria and Pilacess Augusta of Bavaria, grand-daughter of the Emperor Francis Joseph, was solemnized here to-day with all possible splendour of court ceremony,
rules will be used.
LONDON, November 16th, A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at St. Petersburg says that summational rumours are in cliqulation in that city. One isthal Greece is will. ing in the foland of Nils or theisiand of Paras to Russia, and that Greece is also willing to join the Rasso-French alliance. Another rumner is that Russia hopes to detach thaly from the tople alliance, and another rumior is that, in fear that Italy might take much
step Germany and Austria might be induced to jala Ramia in coalition against England on the policy Inaugurated by B'smack. There is a further sumer that Count Kalnory's visit lo Haly is con- nected with these changes.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1893.
not gone two miles off the course, owing to the fer th the Kearsarge, which was acting as the mark, diifted the same distance to leeward. The trial was then declared off.
It is now sited that the maximum speed of
Hartlepool considerable anxiety is expressed for the safety of the crews of seo fishing boats, which were last seen being driven northward by the force of the gale.
severly of the gale. Fully handiel Gabing
From all parts of Ireland come reports of the bats are missing and numerous wrecks are reported to addidon. Much loss has been caused to live-stock and considerable damage done to houses and produce.
instant, with a small suite and bodyguard of about seventy men, for Ch'üeschow, (Amoy and vicinity) for his yearly inspection of the fortifica. 1oss aud coast defences of the province of by the Provincial and Naval Commanders-in- Fukien. His Excellency will be met half-way Chief General Hunag nad Admiral Yang, and a careful inspecion is intended to be made of the
76 tons of sperm oil-worth about £53 per ton. Waterwitch would be about £1,000. It is time The cost of filting ont such a vessel na the Sydney revived its whaling-trade.
It seems Impossible to persuade Judge Holroyd Melbourne should be taken out of the late that the liquidation of the Federal Bank in
Masonic.
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the initial trial published yesterday was incorrect, and that the Columbia then made an average of (94) koos, instead of | 23:37.
whole coast lie and port defences of the pro-manager's hands. Obviously the appointment A Preceptory will be held on FRIDAY, the FELGRADE, November 16th. An acute political crists prevails here. The
lace, the Throne having ordered that sugg of Mr. Priestly was a local job, rushed through zzed instant, at 5.30 for 6 pm, precisely. Radical party declines to give further support to The steamer Hampshire was driven ashore latius be m. de iramediately as to extra defences, without the approval of English creditors, who Visiting Brethren are condially invited to attend. the Government, on the ground that its policy St. Ives and twenty-one of the crow drowned, etc, if necessary. The tour will last about is being directed by ex-King Milan The Rad-only one man managing to reach shore alive. month or SİK WOLKE. cats want M. Rasics, the new Mialiter to St. The guardsmen at St. Ives have already rescued Petersburg, as Premier. The King opposes this forty seamen and officers by means of the rocket
CAIRO, November
16th.
apparatus. left Dorkers yesterday and stacked Marat Osman Azrikla, at the head of 400 dervishes, wells. The Araba had outposts at the wells A desperate encounter between the two forces end of which time the dervishes were repulsed followed and lasted for some hours, at the with the loss of twenty-nine killed, and retreated Bey, Khalife Bey and fifteen others killed. The towards Arabaket. The Egyptian loss was Salen death of Salen Bey is greatly regretted; he held the Eastern desert for nine years.
LONDON, November 17th. Nothing of importance has developed in the Bank of England matter. It is generally thought A local paper hints at a connection between the there will be no resignations among the directors. Retirement of Cashier May and the resignation part that any connection existed between them
said to be unfounded.
The explosion of a lamp in the engine room of the Summerlic-Kirkwood mine at Airdrie, Scots Jand, set fire to two thais. Fifty-two men were entombed in the pit and are in danger of being suffocated, as the ventilating fana bave stopped. The fire was extinguished and the miners
rescued.
LATER
The Bank of England officials continue to maintain silence regarding the rumours of bad financiering upon their part. It is stated on good authority, however, that the bank's connection with the bad financiering is practically limited to its transaction in the South American and Mexican Company, which has been ventilated In the courts, and the fact developed that there have been irregularlies, but they were confined to silowing favoured customers to substitute less desirable securities for those upon which money originally was lent.
The Daily Telegraph in Its financial article this morning says: It is stated that the total loss of the Bank of England through Chief Cashier May's advances on assoond securities will not exceed $rco,coo. There is no reason to expect that there will be any important reduction of the next dividend.
The Timeria Its Goanesi columns emphasises yesterday's dental and says that the character of the rumours is now well understood and that the "bears" have undoubtedly been repurchasing. "We still think, however, that the bank would he well advised to break its customary reticence and make known how small is the basis of fact on which the rumors rest.
A fearful gale has swept the English coast and
wrecks are reported. commanded the British Reet that recently visited Admiral Sir Michael Calme Seymour, who Taranto, Italy, has been appointed a K. C. B.
Liverpool, was unable to land her passengers The steamship Lucania, from New York to until today. Nine vessels are reported stranded between Grimsby and Cleethorpes, and two of sea that a lifeboat was unable to leavethe harbour, these were dashed to pieces. So fearful was the Saveral steamera and a number of selling vessels are reported in distress off Spora Head." Yarmouth sad fire of the crew. dety of the large The schooner Wiclasses was wrecked near siderable anxiety is felt for the safety of the large Yarmouth berilog fleet, as well as for the safety of a number of Scotch firbing boats which had just started for home. Twe tourist steamers on Lake Windermere foundered during the gale bot no lives were lost.
The stretts of Seatbox smacks have not se Scarborough are filled with turned and the greatest anxiety is felt for them. The steamer Rose of Aberdien went ashore Best Spreetos cliff. The coastguardamen had hardly got the men through the belling sul when the Norwegian three masted vessel Armis was driven ashore and the crew washed over board, only the mate being saved. PARIS, November 17th. The fishing-beat Viss, with a crew of eight General Dodds bas telegraphed to the Governmen, capsized off Scarborough, and thousands flight and of the re-submission of a number of after being completely exhausted. ment confirming the report of King Behaszin's of people saw the crew struggle terribly and sink Dahomeyans.
NEW YORK, November 17th. the Cuban Independent party in the United General Don Jose Marti, tas representative of States, has received a dispatch stating that the Caban rebellion is at an end and that the insurgents have surrendered.
He says the rebellion was undertaken without the approval of the revolutionary party and instigated by the Cuban Government in order without hopes of success. In fact, that it was to demonstrate to Spain, for selfish purposes, the necessity of being prepared for uprisings,
LIVERPOOL, November 17b.
the crew of the Cardiff steamer Colleau, which A vessel has arrived at Swasser with four of
and sixteen to twenty members of the crew were was wrecked near Lundy island. The captain drowned.
BOSTON, November 17th,
Boston and Yarmouth Steamship Company has The steamship Yarmouth belonging to the been sold to Flint & Co. of New York, agents of President Peixotojai Brazil. The sum pald was $310,000.
MARSEILLES, November 17th.
The Holybead coastguardsmen succeeded in rescuing twenty-seven men from five vessels wards floated, but the others are expected to be which were stranded there to-day. Two afici- complete wrecks. In addition, there were six vessels seen abowing signals of distress, and two of the latter have already foundered. The trawler Dauntless was wrecked at Downseay, and seven of her crew of eight were drowned. Several other trawlers were driven ashore and are expected to become total wrecks.
Innomerable vessels besides those already mentioned are ashore at various points, and extensive damage of a minor nature is reported
from all sides.
A MEETIn the FREEMASONS
now ask for a new liquidator. But inasmuch as Ma Priestly didn't appoint himself, and may have sten so harm to "wilting off" large sums Notwithstanding the recent additions to the from the bad debts of ble old employ, the VICTORIA sud Taichower sill as numerons and as savage recently stated that all people who criticise legal war junks cruising after pirates along the Min-directors, Jadge Holroyd can't see why the.. Che sea coast, it seems that the pirates of Fakien gentleman should be removed. And als Honor Ningpa to Foochow laden with rice and sundries "fools-mere fools, as ever. A jurk and its consort bound from lings from a common-sense point of view are were recently atticked near Weschow by ing naacked everything of value belonging to the couple of nirafes, who went on board and bay-
by the Gevrinor General, T'an, for the capture merchants, left them with twenty-five killed and seriously wounded. Strict orders have been issued of the pirates and quite a large fleet of war junks aplaian that the q'est will be unsuccessful. is cow cat, but it seems to be the universal
at Chang Chib-tong's new cotton mills,
In cons. quence of the immense demand for Iecal consumption in Haped for cetton yarn spun Hanyang, and these mills being unable to satisfy the orders, the Government has commenced building, with forced labour, anew cotton spinning mill outside the Weich ang gateof Wachang city. There is a rumour corrent in this port that a syad cate is being formed amonger Chloose merchants for the purpose of buying the property lying between Foorbow and Swatow Reads, facing the Race Course on the west and Yoonan Road on the cast, for the site of some new apin ring mills. This is irrespective of the Gavera- ment efforts made in the direction of the lately destroyed Cotton Cloth Mills.
werd
about a hundred and twenty boys ranging from By one of the last steamers from the North, the age of eight to fourteen, orphans from the brought down by the Reilef Commissioners famine whicken districts in Shansi,
They were at once taken to the Shanghai sent by the local charitable institutions. be placed temporarily in the Ancestral hall be kept watii benevolent tradesmen come and of the Lu fmily in the cly, where they will
HONGKONG, No. 1016. REGULAR MEETING of the above
Brethren are cordially invited. HALL, Zetland Street, on FRIDAY, the 2nd instant, at 8.30 for gp.m. precisely. Visiting
Hongkong, 16th December, 1893.
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Government and the Bank of Victoria, which. There is a difficulty between the Victorian
Equity. The along with some other Institutions, holds 30,0:0
amou's is a Government deposit, and should tra money deposited by the Master in
Cabinet claims that this have priority over other deposits the back replies that it is an ordinary depoult recar structable with the rest. State-Treasurer dispute--lu one capacity Ee destands that Carter is also a director of the Bank of Victoria, so he represents both sides of the the money ball be paid; la the other he will see himself, in his first capacity, darned" before he will part. He has bad several exceed ingly unpleasant interviews with himself on the subject, and on one occasion nearly offered himself personal violence, but nothing satis- factory resulted. Now he is proceedings against himself for the recovery of the amount, and be is reported o be so incensed going to take legal
against himself on account of this arbitrary cou duct that he has been compelled to warn the messengers at the Treasury not to let him in he calls, fest be should rush into his own officeOWING to the GYMKHANA there will be and attack himself in a way that is calculated to provoke a scandal-Sydney Bulletin.
SOUTH CHINA, will be held in the MASONIC HALL, Zetland Street, on FRIDAY, the agth GRAND LODGE OF HONGKONG "AND December, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Hongkong, 27th November, 1893-
Intimations,
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HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION,
43rd December.
บ
COMPETITION on SATURDAY,
ED. ROBINSON,
Hon. Secretary, Hengkong, 18th December, 1893.
NOTICE./.
Taoial, who gave orders that they should throat and lungs. It is very palatable; children Undersigned having been appointed
Foon for Consumptives.-Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites of Lime And Soda is a meat wonderful food for the increases the flesh, but heals the Initation of the Consumptive. It not only gives strength and take it like milk, and in all wasting diseases, food and medicine. Any Chemist can apply both for adults and childres, It is a marvellous
Hongkong and China-Advt.
Agents for the KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART
MAATSCHAPPIJ,
At midnight reports make the total number of take them away on apprentices or they are it.-A. S. Watson & Co. (Limited), sgents in Ports of Java, Sumatra (East and West Coast)
crews of vessels which were seen to founder off deaths as 134, and this without reckoning the the coast, and the total fatalities, irrespective of the numerous crews of missing fishing fleets, estimates. cannot be less than 200, according to the closest
The latest reports are that the gale now shows some signs of abating.
The packet boal" Killarney, from Milford, arrived at Cork to-day and reports that on National Line steamer Helvetia, showing signals Friday morning the sighted the disabled of distress. The Killarney was anable, owing to the tremendous sea, to take her in tow, and was obliged to leave her to her fate.
The following is the statement of the Bank of England: Reserve, increase £277,000; ctrenla tion, decrease $377,000; other securities, decrease arrested in this city on a charge of being Implic. A clairvoyant, Marie Saint Remy, has been 41,255,000; Government securities, decreaseated in a plot to blow up the Theatre des £400,000; ballice, decrease £69,463.
Nations. A document was found in her lodg. ROME, November 16th.
Inga in which the use of dynamite la urged and the director of the thestre warned that his build- Dispatches from Calala say twenty-two sabing ing will be destroyed by the use of the explosive. boats have already been difven ashore and that
BRLIN, November thirteen fishermen have been drowned. Reports:
ryzh. Prince Bismarck, replying to an address of received here from all parts of the north of West Prussians, bas written a letter, in which he says! My recovery, though slew, is pro-along the coast and there bare been wrecks France say that most severe weather prevailed ceeding so steadily that, with God's help, I hope GOAT HAVIC, Cherbourg and Fecamp. the winter, and it will then give me great interrupted. to regain my former health during the course of graphic communication throughout England is pleasure to welcome here those of my political and personal friends wishing to honour me with
visit."
The Pepe received 40co Lombardess and Viernese pilgrims to-day. The Pope officiated at mass, aller which the leader of the pilgrims presented an address. In his reply the Pope protested against the charge that he was in enemy to Italy, and described the accusation as an Impudent calumny,
BERLIN, November 16th, Emperor William fartially opened the Reichs. tag to-day. In his opening address he thanked that bodr. for complying with his demand by assembling in July for the passage of the bills for the trerease of the army's effectiveness, and declaring the evidences of the warm sympathy he had That lately received to various parts of the empire RAVC evidence of the great satisfaction of the nation that the army had obtained an organiz-resolution prohibiting the immigration of all tion which guarantees the protection of the Jews who are not German subjects. Fatherland and the preservation of peace.
He said it would be his chief duty to present the army's needs, and it was for the Reichstag to provide the lacressed menos made necessary by the increase of the army, and to fix definitely the proportions of revenue to be contributed by the varicus States of the empire. Bills to this ead would be submitted. Also bills relative to the taxation of tobacco and wine and the levying of imperfil stamps.
He said that commercial treaties have been concluded with Spain, Roumania and Servia,
It had been found necessary to raise Russian import duties to an unusual degree, but it was hoped that the pending negotiations with Russia would lead to the abrogation of these measures. He said there had been no change in the relations with foreign governments, and closed with the hope that the blessings of peace would continue to hide with the nation. The speech was warmly cheered.
The oath of allegiance to the recruits of Berlin, Spardi, Charlottenburg and Lichterfeldt front of the altar which was erected in the garrisons was administered this afternoon In
Pleasure Garden.
In his address the Emperor said: "You have sworn allegiance to me in the presence of God. You thus, at the same mement, become my soldiers and my comrades. You have the bono of belonging to my guard and of being stationed in and sound my zealdence at the capital. You will be called upon to protect mas agafest foreign and Internal fors. Be faithful and don't forget that your honor is mine,"
WASRINGTON, November 16th, Secretary Herbert
is quoted as authority for the statement that there will be no immediate change to the command of the naval forces at Rlo, which devolved on Captain Pickering of the Charleston when Admiral Stanton was recalled.
MARSEILLES, November 16th,
At midnight an attempt was made to blow up the official residence of General Mathelis, com- mander of the Fifteenth Army Corps The house is surrounded by a high wall into which niches for sentry boxes are ballt, though, owing to the late qafer condition of affairs, no sentries have occupied them. Cases of dynamite were placed in these riches; also one in the ballway of the house and one it the orderly's roote adjoining the apartments occupied by the general
The Reichstag to-day re-elected its former president, and adjourned until Thursday, when the treaties of commerce with Spain and other countries will be read for the first time.
Herr Manteuffel and other submitted a
BRUSSELS November 17h. Dispatches from the Conga Free State have, brought the details of the victories of Captain Dhanies over the Arabs at Nyangive and Kasongo, some months ago. The Arabs had Intrenched themselves along the Congo, and out- numbered the Belgians by 2 to 1. Nevertheless, after a bloody fight the Beiglass carried the Arb positions. Many Arabs were killed and wounded and 8,000 were taken prisoners. The fagliive Arabs tried to cross the Lusleben river some distance southeast of Nyangive. Hundreds were drawned and the rest retreated in all directions,
Letters found upon prisoners showed that the Arabs bad planned to expel the Europeans from the whole Congo region. Captain Pouthier, after capturing Kibondo, half way between Stanley Fails and Ribariba, drove the Araba across the country, The Europeans made thousands of prisoners and selved 1,200 rifles.
Among the prisoners were twenty-five Arab | chiefs, one at them Abibo Ben, who killed Emin of the Congo Free State. The murderer was Paths in October, 1891, In the north-eastern part court-martialled soon after having been identified The story of Imin's death, as reported last September, is confirmed by the dispatches received. The only survivors were the Zanzi- barlis, his mistress, and their child, Monsonos The Arabs spared the boy in the expectation that if endowed with his father's brains and energy he might be trained to be a great leader. All of Emin's latest papers were received to-day and were delivered to King Leopold. The leaders of the Belgians in the Congo Free State say that nearly all the children of the Arabs chieftaina in the Congo region have been captured,
HANOVER, November 17ih. The gambling trial ended here with the follow ing sentences: Hirsch and Hallmann, described agents, two and one-half years' imprisonment and fines of 1,000 marks each; the women, Guthi and Schweltic; and Herr Krain, acquited.
BOSTON (MA), November 18th. The Calumbia to-day fairly won the title of Queen of the Ocean. Faster than ever sped a warship or merchant vessel the stexmed over the coast from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise on here to how the Polted mates Bead of Inspection on board. Her average speed for seven and three-quarter knots of the run at a rata sighty-eight knots was 22.81, but she steamed that averaged 25.03 knots an hour,
Take-
The Standard By: It is reported that hundreds of lives were lost during the storm in the northern part of France.
The Daily News believes the real mission of Conrad L. Jordan, Assistant Treasurer, at New York, la connected with the McKinley tariff law.
ment to their charges. Each will be provided adopted by childless people in the vicinity. Shops will be required to guarantee good treat. with an outfit, if required, and according to gulid rules, sums of money will be given by the charitable institutions fa question to pay for the boys.-N. C. Daily News. five years bourd and lodging of the articled
CHUNGKING.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
1st December, 193, templated at this inland port. I is no less than An enterprise of no listie magnitude la con the establishment on a large scale of mills for the manufacture of yam. The capital stock is ut at Ts 510,000. Viceroy Liu will put in Tie. 250,00 Total LI 10 050, and the Chian Merchants' Company Tis. 50,000. The balance
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of the stock will be offered a 500 shares of Tis 500 share. The project has been set afoot by affect before coming bese. He says he knows the Tactal L, who had made some study of the & foreigner who would be just the man to establish the mills, but he is not certain wh ther he can get him. Three small officials have been at away to examine into the whole subject and return icdepea en reports. It is proposed is a success, to manufacture cloth also. The divostock... to manufacture o-ly yarn at first, and ii this out-project also embraces the manufacture of cloth
Naguald at Chéngle from yara manufactured bere. Of Bags been course, it would take several years to bring mil
ARUT MIR this about. Whether I would not be better to manufacture cation yarn at Hankow and ship it Szechuan, than to ship the cotton in bulk to be made into yarn and cloth up here, may be queion. At any rate it seems it is proper to make the experiment of manufacturing at this commercial centre of the West.
Lord Ebury is dead. He was born on April 24, 1801.
"A dispatch received hero announces an break at Valparaíso,
No details have secured,
NOTES from Chinese PAPERS.
Mr. Tung, a deputy of the Yunnan Governor, bas arrived in Shanghai via Yangtzo ports, in charge of about 3,000 piculs of Younan copper for Peking. The copper has been stored for the winter in the China Merchants' godowas, preparatory to being sent up nerth with the opening of the Tientsin river.
They are going to have an Important person. age in Shanghai to take charge of the likin bureau for the city and Sungklang, in the person of Chu Tsu-shib, lately acting Provincial Judge at Socchow, who has been appointed by the high authorities of Nanking to his new post vice Tsïen Tastal called to Seochow.
reported from Wachsag that H. E. Chang Chih- According to a paragraph in the Shinpan it is tang has refused the Tls. 54.000 Indemnity demanded by Mr. Bock, Consul-General for Sweden and Norway, and Consul for Denmark; but that an arms merchant now in Hankow has been using his influence with the Viceroy and Chinese officials in the case, to bring about settlement satisfactory to bath sides.
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We told in our last letter of the two women ing them or pulting them to death. Now another who were detected in stealing children and sell- atory of kidnapping comes from Lechon, a city over 200 miles above here. A man la a country place stele a child and took him away &-COL- siderable distance and bld
him after, on being discovered, he declared that SODA be had been employed by the foreigners at Luchou to steal the boy and make a y with him. To the people this was a corroboration of the many rumours of foreigners taking out the eyes and hearts of children. So, suddenly the missionary found a friendly city hansformed into
dally, though shunned of all. In the meanwalle so be bravely faced the danger, walking the street hortie one. Fortunately his family was away,
the air grew heavy with therats and a storm seemed ready to best any moment. Then, as suddenly as it had arisen, it all subsided. kidnapper had been brought before the Luchou magistrale and the falsity of his charge against the friguer made clear. This all shows an what a slender thread hangs the safety of the foreigner in a far inland elly.-N. C. Dally
The Tartar-General of Hellungchiang (Amur | News) district) has sent to Peking the annual con. tribution of the province under bim, consisting of twenty cases of the finest sables procurable in the Amur district and from Ruesia. The value
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of the skins is placed at Tis. 50,000 dilex business men in Melbourne jest now-rogues Broadly speaking, there are but twa clauses of ordinary year; but in time of scarcity some of the Taitar Generals have been known to spend and "cranks!. The person who is not actively as much as Tis. 100,000 in order to get the disbones, or in passive sympathy with dishon- recessary number of skins for the annual use of | esty, muat beja)"crank-as they say. the Imperial Family,
John Newton, who, perhaps, lost more money White Rock, than any other man, died the other in N.3.W. “wild cati," including Last Call and day of bous disease. His heart, a big one, must have been broken. Poor Newton last tens of thousands by misplaced confidence.
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Kang Chao-yaan in the Treasurership of Wang Yo-tsao, successor to his Excellency Szechuan province, anived in Shanghai the other day from the North as routs to his new post, His Excellency was accompanied by his younger brother, an expectant prefect of Klangal, Another younger brother, also a prefect, the new 18 per cent. (436,000), and cantes 63,500 to the two are now staying in the French Concession.
Tooth's Brewery Co. (Sydney) pays a dividend Shanghal, has also arrived from Soochow in order at £42,500. This looks a chretleg result for the manager of the native products Hikin office in to be with his brothers a few days before taking owners of the tanglefoot enterprise, only what reserve fund, which is now understood to stand over charge of his new post in the native city. does the reserve fond consist of Is it £42,500 cash or bends, or simply 643,500 worth more Owing to the drought on the Yangtze, the beer, or is it more or less saleable beer-shops or THE district magistrate of Tanin (Chinklang) has chleby casks and book-debis, ar what? The been attending the temples daily for the past reserva fond, as a rule, looks so like a bit fortnight, praying for rata on behalf of the people knocked off the end of the capital that it is difi. been attended to by the gods, his Worship has of his district. As his prayers have so far not colt to tell one thing from the other. bedered the prohibition of animal-killing in the whole magistracy, sa it far thought that the gods are angry at the great rate at which the people of Tarta have been butchering their cattle and live stock. By the prohibition of animal slaughter, it is expected that the district will soon be visited by rain wat
At midnight a bomb exploded with fearful force, shattering the walls, breaking every pane of glass in the house and adjoining houses, and It was a magnificent display of speed. By badly damaging the building occupied by the her little four-hour spin she won for the builders, girls' school and food-tax building, opposite the William Cramp & Sons, the neat bones of general's residence. The force of the explosion 8350,500% was so great that it was felt a mile away.-
LONDON, November 19th, The suppostilon is
that the dynamiters Up to Sunday at least eighty lives are known expected the first concussion to set off all the to have been lost during the gals which has swept other cases. Had this occurred there would over the British coast for forty-eight hours have been great destruction of property and past, and in addition the crews of several boats heavy loss of life. As it was nobody was bust.
The outrage is supposed to be the work of records farther fatalides and detalls of great are sill mining. News aniving every hour street-car strikers, whose strike was defeated by damage done, th aid of the soldiers, A rigid investigation into To Laugh Foyle the A. C. Brake lost her the affair is in progress. The palice have captals and seven, of her crew. Three vessels arrested forty snatchists, including ten foreigners were wrecked near Lekh, causing a less, how BOSTON, November 16therer, of only one life. Two railroad engines The U.S. cruiser Columbia started on her were blown of the track near Inveraces, block trial trip early this morning in a heavy, and las ing sil traffic. Thrée yachts and two coasting creasing wind, She slained a speed of twenty- vessels are reported ashore near Greenock. Only two and three-quarter konis, and might have in« four of the twelve members of the crew of the treased it despite the unfavorable wind had ske i Chaứn, whocked near St. Ives, wospode At West, vinces," started, from '. Feschew on the and ! sound the Taspianian'const; and brought. Weak
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Tan Chung-lin, Viceroy of the Min-Chá pro
To-day's Advertisements.
CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, LIMITED,
FOR MANILA, VIA AMOY. *HE Company's Steamship' \!-
ZAFIRO,"
to the Sydney press to prove that there are no Captain A. W, R. Cobban, will be despatche "A few weeks ago one Moser wrote long letters more whales about the Australian and Marliand the Love Ports TO-MORROW, e costs; and that the revival of the whaing at SA fadustry, would only result in lows to those This Steamer has Sapering making the venture. The other day the old fez Passengers Tasmanian whaler, Waerimich, returned · in port's fall ship. She is but a small vessel, was
For Freight or Passage, apply ( absent fast five months, raised exclusively
THEWAN & Cali
General ManarSTI "Hongling, 19th December, 1993.
are prepared to grant through Bills of Lading to Celebes, Timor, Sunda Islands, Datch New Cargo from these Ports to be presented to the Gaines, &, & Bills of Lading for through Undersigned for countersignature,
LAUTS, WEGENER & Co. Hongkong, 25th November, 1893.
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CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co., WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, LONDON AND GLASGOW.
13, Queen's Road, Hongkong, 24th August, 1891.
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EAST POINT DAIRY AND FARMING COMPANY, LIMITED,
FROM the 16th justant and until further
Botice the PRICES for the COMPANY'S PRODUCE will be as follows
FRESH MILK..
FRESH MILK.empo
Imperial Pint Bottle,
6 Cents.
Ordinary Plat Bottle,
8 Cents. FRESH BUTTER..............Per Pai, 25 Cents,
SPECIAL TERMS for yearly, or half-yearly Contracts.
A. RUMJAHN, Secretary & Manager.
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11, Queen's Road, Hongkong, 12th December, 1893.
NGAI SHANG,
12, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST,
RATTAN FURNITURE
of Every Description. CHAIRS, COUCHES, TABLES, BASKETS, CHILDREN'S COTS, &c., &c. Latest Patterns, Best Workmanship. Also Rattan Core, Split Rattan, Canton Reed and Sundries of all kinds. Hongkong, 28th November, 1893,
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J. W. KEW & CO'S STEAM WATER BOATS.
PURE FRESH WATER. ·''
THE attention of SHIPOWN IRS, AUKITE RAD CAPTAINS is called to the Superior Quality of TYTAM FILTERED WATER offered by J. W. KEW & Co., also to the advantages derived from their being able to Supply their Water in one-fourth the time occupied by the old fashioned and obsolete band pumps."
No impeding the loading or discharging of Cargo
Quickest despatch with lowest possible rates,
1. W. KEW & Co
Hongkong, 7th June, 1893
NOTICE.
NOW READY!..
THE "BOKHARA” DISASTER
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A FULL DESCRIPTIVE REPORT of the
"BOKHARA" DISASTER
With all Particulars, Reports of Interviews with SURVIVORS, the Craise of the Thales, official reports of the Chief Officer, the Anconay and the Porpoise, the MARDE COURT OF INQUIRY and its FINDING, experiences of other disaster, &c. &c. Steamers in the same Typhoon, the Normans
(All carefully Revised and Edlied), NOW READY.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPLETE
REPORT OF: THE DISASTER. PRICE OR FIFTY CENTS. Orders should be sent to to
THE MANAGER kong Telegraph Office
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