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PARIN

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]

May 4th.

MAY DAY DISTURBANCES. Parisiaus oro emaily frightened. No one with

say experience or fatalliar with the character

of the French in general expootod for ons moment that anything like a revolution would

yes of this world. Peaceful and orderly | progress in what all the best elements of Freuch society desire, and what all the friends of Franca throughout the world hope they any attain and preserve for many years to come.

LABOUR MURMURINUS,

The trade unions in France continuo to utter vague threats, and it is reported that 100.000 labour, have determined to strike for an eight- men, mainly belonging to the ranka of unskilled

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 4ru, 1906.

THE N.D.L. S.S. "ROON."

CAPTAIN'S ACCOUNT OF THE ACCIDENT.

Accidents are so rare to N.D... ships that unusual intereet is taken in the case of the Boon. The Nagasaki agents of the Norddenta the local paper Captain Meiner's report of the ober Lloyd, Moss Ahrens & Co., have sent to accidext to the Roon, as follows:

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break out on the first of May. That the grit hour day, though the results of the eight hour! She left Nagasaki on May 16th at 9 alm.

strike movement would end in a completo failure was a foregone conclusion. Had not the mili

tury authorities talum the precautions they did, perhaps something more serious might have laken place. The fact that Paris was guarded as it was not only by extra police and detectives but an armed force of 20, 40 soldiers of all arins und to be considered. M. Lepine, the Préfent; of Police; knows better than anybody ulse Low to frighton his countrymen when inclined to

create a disturbance. Bioters passed at the

sight of ec formidable a fores; while the fiaretu ment made it clearly known that it would stand no nonsense, and weuki uot hesitate if anamsary to shoot the people down. This is the reason why May Day presed off manh better in Paris that was expected. The disorderly elements were as usual operawat, and beyond some noisy rioting, numerous arvesta, and a few charges of cavalry, in which several were sujurul more or Tess anvurely, nothing untoward occurred The total number of arrests made on the art of May was 3,000; out of that total, only 700 wore detained, for identification, and of these only 80 mem brought before themagistratos and charged, The latter included in strangers, who wi; by expelled from the country, and some 30 woll-

known criminals. The talal notuber of wounded treated by the Ambulance Corps was 14, to this

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THE FUTURE OF DALNY.

Mr. Nomura, an engineer in the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, who recompanied Marquis Saionji in his recent tour in Manchuria has been expressing some interesting

views to the prospects of Tairon (Dalny) as a com mercial contre. As to the present condition at summary in the Japan Mail, says that nearly that city, Mr. Nomura, as we learn from all the buildings have been restored and that several new ones have been constructed. The

there established themselves with the idea of has now all the appearance of pr sperity. place but a majority

jority of the Japanese doing business cater will probably olcue thuit shops catering for the needs of the army, and now that the troops have departed these people of eramuutention, and the various eppliances ra orcallent, but if Tairon is to become a commercial port, warehousen will hara to be built. As to the general arrangements, the placo is in no sense inferior to Iokao.

Yingkow.)

The means

tauro serious undertaking than such incendiary The rumor medo public in curtain quekness, the forts are just as they were when Stoassol

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after having left the harbour fog set day in France so far are not very satisfactory.intervals and made us slow down everal times in which kept ou aufil the afternoon with short It has, it will be remembered, basu introduced as well as anchor twice. The ki channel ander into the French dockyards, with the consequence the cute wotword of lki. Towards

too dangero that the output has fallen markedly, while the set our course wostward cast of work has markedly increased,

avening the weather cleared and at 8.15 pm between a muro demand for shorter hours of Later we had, however, again on account of we were abreast of the northern end of Ikisins. work and a deliberate and organised attack tog, to slow down. At 10.43 p.m. the sound of

tho upon capital and anoisty which are under steam whistle raised a striking seba. Im. modern conditions interchangeable terns in spit of which the ship struck ground a few

mediately the

engines were ent. full spend stern, there is a great gulf. The Rocialist papers in this country unceasingly preach such an attack,

minutes after and did not float again. All boata were cleared to take in passengers. The but their leaders wisely realise that it is a far latter are aroused and supplied with life bolts,

All

happened in perfect

quiet aut

tain papers that The passengers were agitated is not true,

According to seuudinga takes immediately after the stranding, only the fore peak and hold No. 1 were making water. There was therefore no immediate danger for the passuc gers, Towards 2 am, on the 17th wa kaardi the fog signals of an approaching steamer which was stroring the very same course which the Rom had takon. With rockets informed of our position, whereupon she stopped and blowing of the stemmpipes this steamer war and kept close to us. In the early dawn a boat atoomer could take var passengers. The steamer was sent by the explain to ask whether the proved to be the late British ss. Stanley Dollar, bound for Moji. The Captain of the steamer at once consented to take our passengers aboard willingly so because we, as the Captain himself aud

to send us all posible aid, the more

from stranding, which would surely hays taken place bad he continueds ou bia course a very little while longer.

During the forezoon the passougens wete transferi fa the Stanley Dollar by the ship's bonta. Sufficient provisions for 14 days, includ ing several as of fruit and large quantities of tea and milk, were sent aboard the steamer for the passengers and the Captain ordered the at officer and stewards to proceed to Moji by the steamer to attend to them, rimenr

writers sapp064. That the present genersh aneasiness in France will affect the elections Roos without saying, and is accepted sa certainty by almost everyone. For one thing it will lead voters to demand a strong Gomera 23211 There are many people who look upon the rocoul defected reactionary plot as nothing more or less than a countermovi on the part of the Republican party, whose sin Dy well be to have sent up such a haiton desszi with the object of regaining the popularity which it has lost by its handling of the strikes in the north and elsewhere. The wholesale codes of the law-abiding population from Paris last week is harily craditable to French

which in the early days of the Revolution did (so much to place the situation in the buds of

Port Arthur has no futuro errupt as a parul port. The old Chinese town, bas recovered nuch of its activity, but the great buildings in the now Russian town remain unrepaired and surrendered.

'Thore is. generel air of dextros- tion and desolution Inkuo is still the great emporium of trade in southern Manchuria. It has ver, partaps, recover quite the degree of prosperity it en jord

priat

to the war, but the difference in scarcely presptible.

Concerning the apprehension that Tairon-

absorb the commarea of 1083

of Inkan, Mr. Nomura's opinion is that the latter will alway remmin the depot for Mucherin westward of Liao trade. Tairen certainty line anscked the Lao, while the former will attract the past advantage it respect of sea communicatius and recommendations. Japs ess subjects are now the railway, but inko too is not without rapidly spreading throughout Thers are six thousand in Tairen and four Mauchuris. thousand in Mukden, while many are said to by repairing to Tibbling.

A Japanese Minister has declared, however, that Manchurias produc's will bo dwa, to owing to the convenienes of waterway offared by the Liae, is nufounded. For not only has Dalay more facilities of communications with foreiga countries than Yingkow but the latter port is not accessible to any vessel drawing more than 1t feat and its harbour mouth is BATKOW So Yingkow is no match for Dalay.

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HAVE BEEN REVISED At the annual manting of the Bombay Millowner's Association on May 9th Sir Sassoon thranghonton basis of prevalling high exchange. J. David, Chairman, said the outlook as a Wo supply naly

number int he zidul some 20 manifestanta mon: it was rather reminiscent of that fight declared, had prevented the Stoney Dollar that the approhenstockow and not Dalov, bright une as regards the present year atki Į

who were injured, bat took grant osve pot to be

akon by the authorities.

HHOPA CLOSED.

their

lawless mon sul rob the Siste of the moral

support which it has a right to expect in times of stress and trouble. Probably M. Clemenceau's position in the Cabinet was largely responsible for the lack of cozidoves displayed last Tuesday. As Minister of the Interior, bo, is charged with the maintenance of law and order. aul is records is not of the best in that roupeot. However, he has certainty risen to the height of his rasponsibilities, and there is no reason to complain of him.

in coriais papers that the passengers suffered from burger cannot turefore be given

any

credence. It must be admitted thai the Santy Doller is not a passenger boat and was therefore, only provided with what was absolutely necessary. We did all in our power to make the short stay of our passengers on the Stanley Pollar as confortable as possible auder the circumstances.

thought there was a great future before the wadeshi movement, if properly conducted, an there was a preference shown in the country for locally-rade cloth and he believed the Govora.

GODE meat of India were most sincere in their desire best intustrios and manufactures, the thirteen hours rat in the Bombay mind, hu regretted that some mills had the decision of the Association. broken through THE NEWSPAPER PRESS IN CHINA. He was convinced that long hours were harmful

AMERICAN CONSUL'S THEORIES.

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The Franch capital hast Tussing presented the remarkable spectacle or picture of a great oily compelled to take a boliday in spite of itself The vast majority of shops, the banks, and all offices, factories and public buildinga wen closed for enfety.

The usual train was absent from the streets, and the city, ander coutinant and dronebing shower-of rain, wore a zout ourful and deedale leik. As the afternos adranend, then stronts assumed a more animeted appearance, and crowds of people in Sunday clothes walked about the Boulevards THE CHILDREN OF SAN FRANCISCO. as though it had been an ordinary public holiday. The only sinister tonch was that a Rad Cross Bag foated from every ouuibus station, while ambulances were stationed at, frojuent intervals in the aido stresis In the East End of Paris, notably Belleville, the Place de la Espublique, close to which the Labour Exchange is situated, things were serious; revolvers were fired at the troops and police, stones being alen fineled at them, and necessitating charging tho mob with but mamma carried on and I looked out of the artmonts is the stern with water, we tried to are a large blished by the mission authoriti Industry in matters conorening the industrial!

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draw words, and infantry with bayonots. No one on eithai side, however, was killed, Fighting W 1956

confined to OBC quarter. that the mickle class faurs of 'a revolution, accompanied by wholesala bico lshed, proved

bo appily groundless. panic on warranted. Thomaj rity of frighted Farisiaus and vinitus dad to London the safest place after all. Cousi lerable brutality was re sorted to by ho police; the men wore sexcited and

to

sud

@xseperated that they even best M. Lepine, the

The Coblenemu bas published' a letter from a San Francisco child written to relatives u Manila, which is decidedly interesting.

San Francisco, "Apr. 95. Dear Ansties -It took au earthquake to maka mo write a letter, and I will tell Fou about the earthquake and fire which have des trayed the greater part of Sea Francison. Ou ths might of the 17th we were awakened by o terribly shake. I would not hava twon frightened,

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window and overylady was out in the street in After it was over we all their nightgowns, dressed and went out. It was then fire o'clock in the morning sad we laid out in the street or in a lot all day and reports were coming about the fire and that the city would be burnt.

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martial law was placed over the city and Anyone was caught stealing the least littls thing they were killed. Wagon lands of people came during the day and told of the suffering they had seen. Audio and Ed nome out in an exprons wagon. Their house was dynamited. They say that from Van Ness is all raius All

Market is gone, the western

Bouth

The status of the newspaper business in Chins at the present time is interesting, both from a business and a sociological standpoint. As might be expected from the radical diference betwem the Chinese sud foreign languages, there are two kinds of newspaper and publishing business, one foreign (generally Endlich) and in view of the comparatively amali population in China, how many publications there ure in foreign languages, Shanghai hes are daily newspapers, three morning and two evening papers, one

attempt was made with tow ropes to refloat the the otuer Chineas, It is rather ear to and approved of by be gorerament

After the passengers had been transferred, an Roo, but without avail. As the Stanley Dollar wanted to load our poengers us quickly as possible, so further effort was made by her to Low the Roon off the rock sad at p., she started I on the voyage to Moji.

On the Roon everything posible was done to Fave the ship. By suifting cargo from the fore part to the after part and sling several com-

clear with our engines and the dropping of an fift the rigod's bow. Several attempts to get

sucher to he to bave her off were of no avail. by day and night without cessation. The shifting of cargo was continued by the grow

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TYPEWRITERS

Prefect of Police, in vas of their ruches, being | addition, Chinatown and a part of this while, hold No. & was Alled with water by to publications designed to fill varismus aute in they could not account for a Bombay mau CLEANED, REPAIRED,OVERHAULEG

a dentist's bill for five dullary from the Wiu- theater Hotel. Uno day the salarm was given that they were going to blow up Telegraph Hill, and some fainted and it was awful. You can't buy anything and everybody takes a pillow case and they give you all you eau carry. Inngine olives, brown sugar, dates, beaS, fruits, fish, and crackers all in together.

to aze ited to recognise their chief. The rioters Heights is gone. For two days and niguta wero severely dealt with and riton down city. Richmond was the only safe place is we camped in the lot and the fire lit up the the dragons. The strikers in the provinces

thin city. The days weren't a lad, lint the had also to be charged in consequence of their nights were terrible. The fire asemed every sbooting at the sundiors dud polico, cutting whare. One day it rained oindere We found telephone and telegraph wires, and attempting pieces of paper from Chinatowa.. to erect barricados. By midnight everyone including the "revolutionists "bad gone do busd, and soldiers and police were able to enjoy a well-ear eil regi It did not fake Paris long to recover from its pusfe: the next meru lng the capital presented quite its customery aspect and only at the Labour Exchange way there any display of force, although ban ilitery precautions had really in no wise been relaxed While thousands of Parisisus went to spend May Day in London, thousands of Londoners simultaniously hurried over to Paris purposely to See the fuo. English travellers have always been more adventurous in any case.

Bankers and beggars stand in line for pro-

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PROTEST BY THE CHAMBER OF MINES,

THE CHANGES IN JAPAN'S COINAGE,

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Hongkong, 25th October, 1905,

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both to owners and operators. If the members of the Association disregarded the resolution passed in December last, the speaker noggested Government should be approached to legislato somewhat on the following basis: (1) That in view of the conditions prevailing in Lodis local factories should be allowed to work up to thirkeer hours per day (2) but logislative MANUFACTURERS onsetment should provide that reaclations affooting the interests of the industry in general passed by the Association and submitti India buld be legal and binding on all Indian factori a as part and parcel of the Indian Factories Act. He fn: ther urged that Govern- ment should be

to gies the Association It has six foreign weeklies, quo in German.

members on the Bombay It has also four Chinese dailies and a large Legislative Coupall and the Humbay Corpora uraber of Chinens weeldis. In addition there tion, and expressed the satisfaction evinced by number of religious papers, mostly the nes Department of Commerce and in Chinese, for the several missions, to be used in

development of the country. tion with their work in various parts of the Mr. Sharpurji B. Barocha, Chairman of the Empire. Some of these mission pablications

delivered a Association. Os the 18th inst, lighters arrived from Moji important factor in the regeneration of the

are a large circulation, and are forming sa Associationtin Bara and Stone Brokars their annual meeting ou the same day, in which, and the mails and passengers' personal effects educational and social system of the nation. In he dealt with elaborate comparisons of cures were taken to Meji by them. At 7 pm. the the south, according to the reports of American relating to the prosperity of India 11 argued 3.M.S. Hu appeared and ber commander Consals, Hongkong dominat, the publication that the

Country

'saseds and combated miniately wet hands on board the Born to business, and as it is a British onlos, English the country at my hardly sufficient for BRANCHES assist in the shifting of ourgo. Cu the morning. publications might reasonably be expected to that Indin'e payments to England calitated of the 19th just. tow ropes were taken to the lead but on the face of the record, the Chinese a drain on the rescurces of the country. Hanan and to attempts made to re at the predominate. There are four English dailies. Dealing with the

Barisal inci tout, им Hoon, but the ropes broks each time. Mean-There are six Clausse dailies, and sa in the said tha Honibay stalwaria

Wern being the case of Shanghai, there are a large number of trailed behind the Babu trawlers, otherwise salvage steamer Jura-moru which had arrived

anon 4 Japanese cruiser arrived and offered nearly every port of importance in China thero braggaderio did net sit well on Bombay men the scene. Sme cargo from the fore hold South China, & Portuguese weakly and the jetting in the apotheosis of Banerji. They and a quantity of coal were jettisoned. Towards Government Gazette being among them. In klow the gautis Eabu's ways bat e tone ofYPEWRITING to help. At 6 pm. the Roon suddenly refloated is an English publication of some Bori. and so long as they adopted it they would be a got clear without aid and steamed to outsin has good newspapers, considering their suspected or disloyalty. He said the coatinent Nagasaki, accompanied by the 8.M.B. Hanea, support; Amoy and other ports aro A mon found

ale of India was not in a slate for self-government arriving bore safely on the 20th inst. at 11 provided with periodical publications. The and until there was unity streen Hindus and 3, Queen's Road Central (Second Floor).

publishing houses, as a rule, both newspaper Mahomadana and the lower classes bad risen in that the stranding is directly traceable to a ing

It may be stated, adds the Nagasaki Prass, concerns

and

concerns for general print- education, India wanted an arbitrator to ses аге only.

fairly well equipped that one slams did not supplant another and quite unusand strong turn of the current to the for their work, some of them attempt work argued that the English ustion was the North.

in the line of high class magazine and strongeal and bash arbitmator, si no race had book-publishing, and while it is Let always su put much conscience, justice, honesty or unmixed success fr»M |

techtical typographical self-control into the government of subject standpoint it demonstrates that the Chinese races as the English workmen, who do most of the work under foreign visions, and one is no better than the other:

saporis, will in time acquire considerable nowadays. We gave away armicads of old clothing to puer people that didn't have any.

Bucs in this direction. Frastically all the T A in bed with a bad cold. We

establishments are equipped for more or lea In view of the announcement that notices printing in the Chinese language, and some but Uncle Seth two days after the earthquake,

are to be prated in the mines selting forth the of the newspapera devole s portion of their It was reported some months ago that it was haven't seen him since. The fire swept most of the mission, but his honse is still standing, so · I

intention of the Imperial Government to maiat space to a short review of the news of the day intended to rednge the weight of the silver coina guess he is there. Did you ever think that I

Chinen desirous of being repatriated, a undering in

in Chinone. This work, of course, requires and make certain other changes. The Official would have to get out and sell papers? Wall, the of the Chamber of Min-c was held to consider a * special staff, but it also brings ata special Gasette has now announced that on and after Jung head man of the Examiner lives a couple of doors resolution protesting against this step as A returns, and is probably an advantage rather at the coinage will be revised, the obrerees of Was the situation before last Tues-theaway sud all us girls hought pattant There was a full attend400. Br. de Jong, alo

for ono riolation of the rights of private contract. than & drag in the busines. Some of the of the 50, 20 and 10 sen piecos boing changed. dollar and varued some money.

concerns have the latest modern machinery. and

and the firal of May exaggerated? Fur Slink we

presided, pointed out that when the Chinese The newspapers, as a rule, lean to British revised of the coins reduced, The I earned in my fa the first money

of the sen pieces is 9 be in The senational report that Price Louis

Isbour udiuance As it in hard work writing in bed I will

was being framed, the Imperial machinery wherever possible. The c-realation diameter (1 b.19 inch) and the weight 27 With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES Bonaparte was in Paris for "uo good," save to have to ulcer,

Goverumost was fully mourulted and was of the newspapers ju Chiness ports does unt | moume (19.125 grammos) at s a ratio of 80 peri cognisaut of Your Loving Niece.

its provisions. The proposals justify large sad high speed printing machinery.

are. cent.

silver so 20 per cent. copper: the attempt to wreck the Third Republir, was

pat forward by the Imperiant Government All vror the Empire, rative Lawspapers are size of 20 sex pieces 1.08 mome

momine (4.05 Krommeni but toe well founded, as papers and doog-

were embodied in the ordinance, and be being started in the collequicl dialects, and are at a ratio of 50 per cetil.

silver and per ments found at the residences of many of

argued that provisions were acts of more or less local in character. The result la cent. copper, and the size of 10 son places is 5.8 the Conservativo Government They could that many irresponmble publications are issued, hu in diameter and the weight 17788 emme Į the arcastel havs proved. The Government is

not пор 4 pernicious doctrina ful: and the means used by their projectors keep (2.6955 grammes) at a ratio of 80 per cent. continuing its researches, and expressed itself |

if danger to the Empirs. The enactments well titled with what it bas already

worn nots of the Crown as much as they were chloroase have a striking similarity to tacsa silver and 20 soppor.--Kahe Herald.

employed by irresponsible parties at various discurred. That a dastardly plot existed cannot

of the Traceval Legislature. A times and in many places, particulely in the be doubted the enemies of the Pepublic were

The Manila Cahlensen of June 1st saya: memorandum had been prepared, which would United States Newspapers are established There was no, little excitement among the resel Londyn GN Saturday

ruo Dot. The

a sbort course and then drop out of taken auaware, and imprisoned, that

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bauch of Chinese the Hubi brought over from Livateusat-Governor had asked that the decision existence. Blackmail and other evils afflict A Vladivostock niessage deteil May 6th reports their chaters of success were nil. There is Hongkong on her last trip, just before the of the Imperial Government regarding the many communition Much of the anti-foreign that Yi Yang ik (Corena uz Minister of War) no longer suy need to take the so-called Celestials were landed at the customs house dock repatriation notices might be delayed notil the agitation which has expel tot ble in has murived by land from St. Petersburg, and Royalist plot seriously while ou the other The Inning of Chinese is a matter that is arrival of this weakaudum, bat this appeal China in this past few years is to be traced to entered the house of the Chief of the Corean

invariably looked after by, a strong force of the had bez disregarded. He was informed on such palicntions. In time some of these papers, Settlemen!. Care is, it is said, taker CHILDREN hand it wonku bu ETTOREVIN do conglua custom honse ampings in order that none of Friday that the Imperial Government insisted like some of their prototypes in other lands, Rus-ian authorities to keep his arrival secret. bat all danger vanished entirely with the excluded class might slip in. The usual en the posting up of the actices, on the ground develop into paying properties and reputable and Yi is avoiding, 38 far possible, to receive the jassing of May Day. A great strike is bevy of sort sorsica men were on hand when of humanity. They vislied to none, Mr. de publications. It is unfortunato in Borne callers, It is rumoured that he, while at St. still theatered, and these industrial upheavals the Kuba one in on Tuesday and they watched Jong added, in humanity towards their servants. respects that tho publication of new-pipers in Petersburg, was assaulted by a member of his By CHAS. J. HALCOMBE

He had ascertained that the instruction to post the sorera! local dialects has developed co suite, but escaped with his life, though wounded (Formerly of the Imperial Chinese Custos house carefully,

Service, Author of The Mystic Government, but the dicoot act of the Imperial means of educating the people of the Empire in was given in his bonur by his host. Theux-

Flowery Laud," ste.j able elements of society. This' explains why

Government,

sus directions, they also furnish the nonne for Minister is apparently edroncing an sutrigue THE VOLUME which consists of 451 Mr. Lion Phillips, in proposing the rassin-depening the gulfs dividing the several

Sketch Plen of the authorities ons keeping so watchful an eye

and there are no indications of his early Pago, and includes which differ in dialects, pou sitirs in general The general electivas every mou should be sourched. When thūs tied, said that if the prepossi 'induced centies to provi

Each departure. He is, the messge adde. in constant historical interest showing the disposition uí bassme known to the men that were waiting to break their contracts it was a gross indefensible

centre, if it performs communication with the Resslan authorities and the Forsas at the bettle of Railin, is dedicated he passed to the dock and through the gates and illegal interferonce with private rights natural mission, will develop its own langage na telegraphically invited his partisar's to come to Sir Ronggy Ham, G.U.M.G, and Dr. A. there was a commoilon that almost reached the Why, be asked, did the Imperial Goversident in

Beld to the refusion of to Vladivostock.—Japan Times," proportions of a panie. The Chizzon on the parsistently refuse to desi with foots? They language which might in times become common

Its description of Chinese Secial Customs boat rushed to the sido and were soon to toss

and Superstitious, combial with the insight it swall bundles and packages into the river Pasig, off the mines which could work at full speed and Audorzon of Shanghai, to criticise newspapers knew that if the supply of unskilled labour fell for all Chin. It is eney sough, saye Consul

In Utopia there is generally too wach poetry gives into political conditions in China makes One or two of the packages were hauled out bring in the greatest benefit to the shareholders anywhere and in any lind, but it is not always by the custome house men and were found to would confiane, while the others would a cse easy to improve sues nowspapers, when their tr the practical man, and too much prose for CHILDREN OF FAR CATHAY an excelent

Women are apt tó fud võluma for premutation to friends at Homr. contain

he postiely minded. that for a period of a most twenty-four hours

opium and ginseng root. It is said lowa.

saport, their origiu, and their particular old here much that is fortious, and

motions.

Well bound in Yellow Cloth with Chinese The Comte de Forreita protested against the are considered. There is a widespread impres that are intolerably toasonline.

T In a women's Emblem in Gold. Is surface of the water was corezed with the action of the Imperial Government on behalf of zion that most of the foreign publications in ideal oily there will never bo anyone to propos

$3.50 remains of the goods which, it is alleged, the the French shareholders, who were sleping Chiun are making money to a very satisfactory

To be obtained from Mesece. KELLY & WA acmaruuity of nurseries; the town clerk way, hinamon were trying to smuggle into the city partners in these concerns.

degres. The proprietors secure an extraordin- perbags order the quiversal dinner, the medical LTD., Meters, W. BREWER & Co., or from the Their game was ripped so early, however, that it Mr. Brukham protested on behalf of other ary, one might almost say an extortionate, price o much to build up the fabric of the is not believed any of the dutiable drugs came continental interrets, and the resolution was for their paperz, and secure good rates for their floor may conceivably design the statutory Printers and Publishers, the "HUNGSOON

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take place next Sunday, the 6th May, and thero me political strings to to pulled. The real baitis to be fought out in France next Sunday is between Church and State, and though the present Government has done mush to efface the bad impressions left Lobind bs their predecessors, bitter memories still rankle, and there is much lest ground to be made good. All the well-wishers of France desire the con- finance of the present régime, which has done

It was no feed that saveral of the men who were leading the file of passengtes had very well-filled pockets and cries were issued that

ation and reader its position secure in the through."

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