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FUN IN THE POLICE COURT.

THE NARV. THE NENCII,

The Bar and the Bench had quite a time of it together at the Magistracy yesterday. It was thus way. A week ago two Chinese launches were racing from Shanklwan to Hongkong and when one of them, and extreme pressure of steam, forged ahead of the other the lowdah of the leading vessel shook the tall end of a more at the oppostion crowd and offered to give them stow, which compliment was politely refused in the customary

Chinese fashion. Arrived at the wharf the besten launch's crew boarded the victorious craft and started to knock spots out of her crew, but it ended in the former getting the worst of the encounter and rushing off to institute a prosecution for assault and robbery,

In due course the case came before Mr. Wodehouse, who, failing to gst to the bottom of the affair in one sitting, adjourned the hearing le the hope that the belligerents would arrive at some modus vivendi and thereby save them selves and the Court any further trouble. But they couldn't bit it at all and yesterday the CREG WAS called en in due course, Mr. G, J. Philippo, barrister-at-law, again appearar for the prosecution while Mr. H. L. Dennys defended. As soon as the "Coort" was in its scat Mr. Phillippo siddressed the Magistrate to the effect that his Worship could not reopen a case that had been practically closed. If his Worship did so, an appeal would assuredly be made. Turning to Mr. Dennys Mr. Wodehouse said he was willing to hear whatever he might have to say in defence and, in fact, anything that would assist him to unravel what appeared as

·Inextricable tangle.

This brought forth another vigorous pretest from

Mr. Pilllppa,which, however, his Worship declined to note, and finally the defendants were bound over in a surety of $50 to keep the peace for six months. ·

MORE « LEXIN” OUTRAGES' IN

KWANG TUNG.

We learn from a Canion correspondent that some fresh troubles have arisen in connection, with some merchandise cent into the interior of

Kwang-tung ander trroatt paar by Messrs J. Andrew & Co. of Canton. Particulars of the proceedings have not yet reached us, but we understand that Mr. Andrew Intenda to leave Canton for Lien-chow to-morrow to personally protect his interests, as the Acting Britlah Conant-Gentral appears to be quite powerless

to render any assistance.

FIRE ON BOARD THE STEAM-

SHIP " SATSUMA MARU"

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1892.

May 18th,

ing the Protestants Monk Ribot has made representations to Lord Salisbury on the subject, The death of Rear-Admiral Mayne is announced.

e question of the election of a new President collapsed. More than eighteen months ago, on France threaten a reduction of the Peter's pence Grand Cordon of the Medjidieh on Mr. Juilica

quorum was secured la Congress to-day and the transaction of busi sesal once commenced.. The President's message deals mainly with the recent uprising in the State of Matto Grosso, and the was left untharged, Although the President asks for currency reforms he offers no suggestions to the desired end. The message is generally regarded as unsatisfactory,

The majority of the members of Congress at a preliminary metting decided to approve the acts of the Government without proceeding to the election of a President of the republic.

The situation in the State of Matto Grosso is completely tranquil,

VIENNA, May 13th. The Countess Johanna, mother of the Governor of Salzburg, bas just met her death in a singolar manner. While approaching a shop window to examige lis contents she stumbled and fell forward against the glass. The pane was shattered, and the lady's neck coming in contact with the sharp edges of the glass, was so badly cut that she bled to death before medical ald could be summoned.

LONDON, May 14th.

The Darett-Harris oll warehouses at Bristol, containing 2,000 barrels of oil, caught fire to-day and were soon destroyed. The blazing oll ran into the water and the harbor was soon a veri- table sea of fire. Five vessels succumbed to the burning fluid and the hulls and rigging of all were badly damaged. Three barges and a

bottom of the harbor,

lighter were almost consumed and sank to the The flames were communicated to several warehouses and the bulldings and their contents were seriously damaged by fire and water. The flames also spread to a distillery on the opposite side of the river and this building was destroyed. Gladstone has written a letter to the Mid- lothian election agents stating that he will be in 1 position to ask the clectors for a vote of con- fidence at the polls at the end of June,

The Home Secretary will shortly introduce a bill dealing with allen Immigration.

Lord Randolph Churchill latends to make a tour to Texas and Mexico this year which will last three months.

According

to a statement emanating from the Foreign Office Bolgaria threatens to depose Prince Ferdinand unless he consents to an immediate marriage in due form so as to per petuate the dynasty.

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Emperor William of Germany is said to be exchanging very friendly letters with M. Carnot, President of France. The Katser offers Carnot royal honors if he will make a state visit to Berlin. It is said to be the object of William to receive similar hopors if he visits Paris.

VIENNA, May 14th, 'The currency reform bill introduced in the Reichsrath establiskes the gold standard: The Minister of Finance in introducing the bill said It was the duty of the Auerlan Government to A telegram was received in Shanghai from

exercise ita influence against the free coinage of Chefen on the evening of the oth lost, stating silver, and that in adopting the gold standard that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha's steamer Austria could not stop half way. The resumption Satsuma Maru had taken fire walist on a of specie payments must be fully attained, voyage from Cheloo to Tientsin. Fortunately

CAIRO, May 14th. when serieus danger was most eminent, the

News of a bloody rald by dervishes was China Merchants or steamer Harling, Capt.received to-day from Upper

Exypt. A Patrimon, is routs from Chefoe to Shanghal band of fierce fanatica recently made a descent met the hurting vessel and at once proceeded

upon Serra, twenty miles north of Wady Halfa, to her assistance. After some little trouble the

and massacred thirty-four natives who fell into fire was extinguished, and the Hasting took the

their bands, Japanese steamer's passengers on board and returned to Chefor.

After repairing damage as far as possible the Satsuma Moru returned to Chefoc, where it wis found that, although her hall had austained but slight injury, the, cargo was considerably damaged.

Later intelligence is to effect that, after landing her damaged cargo at Chefoo, the Satruma Marn left for Nagasaki direct on the morning of the sath inst,

PASSENGERS BOOKED FOR CHINA.

Per F. & O. steamer (7ceana, from London, May 13th.--To Hongkong: Mr. W. W. Roach: Per P. & O. esmer Valitta, from London, May 27th.To Hongkong: Mr. W. Sparrow and Lient, W. A. Payne.

NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.

The Pacific Mall Co.'s steamship City of Peking, Capt R. R. Searle, which left San Francisco with the American mails of May'atst, arrived in harbour this morning. For the sub joined telegrams we are indebted to par San Francisco exchanges :---

BRUSSELS, May 11th- Belgium's sixty-one-year-old Constitution is now doomed. After a fortnight's debate the House of Representa lees has agreed upon the revision of Clause 47, the corner-stone of the Constitution, limiting the franchise to 120,000 clufsens. The House afterward voted, 95 to 34 for the revision preposition. The Senate agreed, by 160 to ra, to revise the clause, which describes the limits of Belgium. This clause will be revised in such s

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way as to cuable Belgium to acquire the Congo

HAVANA, May 11th.

A Committee composed of representatives of all the economia corporations of the island, wired the Spanish Cortes a message petitioning that the duties on mugar and alcohol in Cuba be the same as those in force in Spain.

WARSAW, May 11th. In consequence of the Socialistic labor slots at subcritics have expelled 300 foreign Lodz, the workmen. Fony ofthe leading rioters, including a number of Socialist agliators, have been sentenced to long terms in prison.

NEW YORK, May 12th, The funeral of William Astar was conducted with great simplicity at Trinity Church to-day, and the remains were buried in the Astor tomb In Trinity Cemelery,

LONDON, May 13th This was the first day of the Kempton Park meeting. The Royal two-year-old plate, five furlongs straight, was won by Mr. Abington's colt Milford, Maple's Minting Queen second, Colonel North's colt Royal Harry third.

PARIS, May 13th. Political dispatches from Berlin announce a now crids. An explanation is to be found in the recent foolish speech of the Emperor to Soldier Lucke, who shot two citizens. That is why the sovereign a going to sojourn for a fortnight at the Prussian chateau with Count von Dohna, The visit of the Czar is fixed for May 25th, which is still acther new dale.

Ernest Reyer's new opera "Salammbo" was produced, at the Grand Oper last night with great eclat

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Warsaw, May 14th.

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The German Anti-Slavery Committee, through its Chairman, has admitted in an interview that the Wissmann steamer project has virtually a flying trip home, Wissmann declared to the Emperor and the Colonial Office that it was absolutely necessary for the German interest in Afica that the Government should have a steamer on Lake Victoria Nyanza before the English steamer got there. He spoke and wrote on the subject until he had insplied all the colonial enthasians in the empire, but thele enthusiasm was dimped when the estimated cost of the steamer was found to be 40,000 marks Yet Wirtmann's urgent representations won eventually and the steamer was built, although no provision was made in the meantime, for defraying the expense of transportation. The steamer prored to be a fallure, ber draught being seven feet aft. The machinery and steering apparatus were cumbersome and the process of taking it to pieces and putting it together agala was found to be almost as laborious as the build. ing of a new boat

CITY OF MEXICO, May 16th. Ching Wan and Kong Fos, the former a wealthy China man of San Francisco, and the latter of St. Louis, have been here for the part ten days and have had two audiences with President Diaz. The object of their valt here is to secure a colonization concession in the State of Tamaulipas for the purpose of removing almost the entire population of their countrymen who now reside in the United States. They clalt to represent a society of Chinese in the United States numbering several thousand, all of whom are pledged to leave that country on account of the Exclusion Act, and seek new homes in Mexico. The Mexican Government favors and encourages the immigration of Chinese, and there is little doubt of the desired concession being secured. The land upon which the great colony proposes to settle is admirably adapted to the cultivation of sugar-cane, fruft au produce.

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LONDON, May 17th.

Miss Hannah Cordock, a young woman of good family, way assaulted today by Albert Windle in a compartment train on the Manches- ter, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. When th train arrived at East Retford Station, the guard found the young woman so dared that he was obliged to ask her three times what was the matter, "She then told him that she had been assaulted by a tall man, with a heavy moustache and wearing a light check suit. The man bad jumped from the train, she said, as it was slowing up for Est Retford. The police found the min two hours afterward, walking through West Retford, and took bim to the station where Miss Cordock Identified him.

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Gentral George Kapks, Minister of War under Louis Kassuth, is dend

NEW YORK, May ryth A match for $5,000 will be played at Berlin betweenthe ret owned chess experts, Dr. Tarrasch and M. Tachigerin.

VICTORIA, B. C., May 17th.

P. D. Higge, editor of the Charlottetown, P. E. 1, Guardian has just returned from Honolulu. He says that in less than one year from now, the stars and stripes will float over that King dom. Everything political is that way.

tanding VIENNA, May 17th.

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ROME, May 19th. The Vatican has learned that the Comte de Paris will issue a manifesto la reply to the Pope's snfl royalist allude, and that the Royalists of The Vatican,

however, is contributions.

the Increasing receipts from satisfied that America and Australia will amply compensate for any falling off in France.

NEW YORK, May 19th, John Lawrence Sullivan, the premier pogilist, successful actor and distinguished. American citizen, has just completed a book of 300 pages. The book is as autobiography in which are related remarkable tales of adventure, told in language not leas remarkable.

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VIENNA, May 19th. The counting of the silver currency of Austro- Hungary shows that the entire stork is of the value of £15.000,000 sterling, which is much less than was generally believed. It is probable that, fasterd of any being sold, aliver will have to be bought to meet the demand for small coin.

LONDON, May 20th. The sensation of the week is Lord Salisbury's protective speech, which provoked the greatest consternation among his own followers and organs. In Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow and other business centers the Premier is severely denounced. The proposed transfer of the Inman line of steamers to American regisny continues to be discussed. It is hinted that the Admiralty will raise a question which will prevent the company's complying with the American law. They argue that if the vessels become the property of an American company the Admiralty must have the option of pre-emp tion, for which they have been paying since the ships were bullt. Meanwhile English shipping circles are anxious about the coming American competlilon.

Little Interest is taken in the debate on the Irish local government bill. The Unionist press is gloatlog over the Freeman's Yournal meeting which was held up as an instructive example of what to expect if the Irish get their own Parlia- ment. The Gladstonians are not pleased at the edifying exhibition, which, on the eve of dis solution, they think not likely to set the pro- spects of home rate. Today's meeting was quieter, owing chiefly to the withdrawal of many shareholders. Accord with Healy is now estab lished and the Freeman's Journal will hence forth be the official organ of the Irish Pailia mentary party.

An action in the Scotch courts has again brought the Marquis of Ailesbnry into unenvi- ahle public notice. The proprietor of Savernake Forest Hotel sued a Scotchman tamed Kem bridge

for £5000, owing to his dishonoring a check given the Margals. In payment of a gambling debt. Kembridge does not remember rigning the check.

PERING.

21st. It is nearly a year and a half since he died and the interval has been employed in preparing his tomb. The young native medical man from Tientsin who attended him had medical charge of one arm only.

The Khedive has conferred the order of the

The 24th of May was celebrated in fitting style at the British Legation. The courts were Scott.

Letters have been received at Berlin from Dr. brilliantly Hghted with Japanese and Chinese Siphimano, Emin Pasha's Lieutenant, in which | Interns; almost the entire foreign community bad, he states that he left Emin on the 10th of accepted Sir John and Lady Walsham's hoop!. December,, and that, owing to disease and tality. Sir Robert Hart's brass band was in: famine, he conveyed the beatthy partion of the attendance, dancing was kept up with spirit, the Caravan to the Western shore of the Victoria halls and corridors were beautifully and taste. Nyany, arriving at Bukoba in the middle of fully draped with rich Chinese embroideries, and February, since which, be has heard nothing of a sumptuous supper was provided. The French. Emlu.

Minister proposed the toast of the health of the Queen, Her Majesty's Minister made graceful reply, prapased the health of the Ministers' sovereigns and thanked the entire community for their kindness in gracing the occasion. Two events occurred which fent a special interest and excitement to the meeting; one was the congratulation on a certain matrimonial engagement, the other A report that the United States Legation had caught fire. The latter event was kept as private as possible till the glad news was forthcoming that the fire had been got under. A party of the guests volunteered and with their help a serious conflagration was prevented. The Deyes of the Corps Diplomatique was prevented by alight indisposition from being present and Cal. Denby's absence at the fire prevented him, as

bealth. next in seniority, from proposing the Queen's

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

June 1st, 1892. The Peiho is at present fall of rice junks conveying the grain to Tongchow whence it is transported to the grannies outside the Fast Wall of Feking and distributed as required with in the city among the bannennen. There are 2,500 boats engaged in the trade which make three runs in the season, the voyage up stream, a distance of 120 miles, occupying seven or eight days and each employing six hauds, exclusive of the wife and children or mother who usually steers as well as cooks and washes. The fleet walls in squadrons of twenty or thirty and at meal times and at night draws up in line close to the banks. Each boat carries 200 fan or picals in bags, the fax averaging 120 cattles, for the conveyance of which the boatmen receive 73,000 Tientsin cash besides two picals of rice, the whole amounting to about Tie. 25. This is subjected to further charges for conveyance through the five locks on the capal leading to Peking. If the river is ever successfally the future rallway, the to compete with numerous bends must be straightened and the distance enormously curtailed. These windings are often an great that what is only one or two by land is fifteen by water.

Itti Interesting to date stonebreaking going on briskly on the banks of the river between Tieninin and Yangtsun and to meet boats coming down the river with granite stones, brought from the Western hills to Tengchow for shipment down the river. The macadamising of the whole road from Tientsin to Peking is only a matter The bimetallats are absorbed in a discussion of a few years. The road runs along the embark of the location of the international silver con-ments for the most part, along which are alto ference. The unanimous feeling in England is placed the telegraph poles. With good broad that the conference ought to be held in London. even zards vehicular traffic would prove The provincial chambers of commerce are al powerful competitor with the boat trade. With ready meparing to memorialize Goschen. Stress the roads as they are now, the journey to the will be laid on the fact that the Americans are capital of eighty miles is ondertaken in two days while by water three days must usually undivided in farer of London,

be calculated upon. One pasics on the river several large boatloads of camels' wool and ox and sheep hides. The great civiliser, in North China at least, is road-making is the juricksha Its advent necessitated better roads-its comfort, cheapness and rapidly of movement have been appreciated by the Chinese. We hope that the same result will follow In Peking, where the worst streets in the world are to be found. In the dry and dusty, spring, the streets of the capital are extremely miserable-the roads are full of deep ruts and the wind blows columes of dust which permeates everywhere. The expense by a fixed monthly charge of go cents levied upon each jintickibs, which frees them in the In the settlements, and in and around the city. If some pablle spirited individual would move in Peking, and the sanction of the Government could be obtained, a cheaptramway could be made from the Western Hills and plenty of stones from quarries there for making a better could be had for the transporting and the harder metal could be had from the granite quarries also in the same

On Herne Hill Grounds, A. A. Zimmerman of the New York Athletic Club lowered the quarter-mile cycling record, making the distance fa 32 3-3 reconds,

It is stated that at a Cabinet Council to-day

on June 20th.

Among the departures from our midst is to be noted that of M. and Madame Vapereau, who propose to return to France vid Vladivostock, the Amoor, and Siberis. Several of our residents who went down to the Tientsin races have re turved bringing some honeurs with them. M. Lemaire, who visited Tientsin to welcome the new French Consul, M. Raffray, "has also returned. M. and Madame Scherzer, fram Shanghal, have become residents here during the farlough of the French Professor Vapereau, We note too that Dr. Dudgeon has returned. from furlough. Mr. Detring of Tientsin is on a visit and was present at the ffe on the Queen's birthday, Mrs. Jordan, the wife of the Chinese Secretary of Legation, has gone home. There have been several new arrivals at the Customs. lately, among whom we notice Mears, WAN Aalst and Bowring who were formerly bere.

With the approach of Summer, arrangements are made for avoiding the heat and offensivesexD of Peking by migrating to the Western Hills. We note with regret that the "Fragrant Boue- dary Temple," occupied for so long by successire British Ministers, has this year been refaced, on the ground that being an Imperial Temple, it must not be rented to foreigners by whom money- has been spent upon it from time to time and it la rather hard to be turned adrift in this fashion, The nesmess of the Imperial summer resort must render continued residence at these monasteries somewhat precarious. The cupidity of the Abbots is the only guarantee we have of being able to rent them. Such is the demand for them that the missionaries have rented ground and bullt summer houses for themselves. The situations howover are not always what could be desired, either with respect to exposure or the presence "af trees and water. With the Chinese these three conditions, especially the latter, are all important. Trees be planted and grow and a grateful shade may in compensate for the want of water. The mis slonaries have hitherto not been very successfal with these balldings the heavy rains and winds having from year to year wrought considerable havoc. The priests, it is needless to say, bave witnessed these disasters-the fuldiment of their prophecies-with considerable zest-N. «C. Daily News.

doubt that General Giesser, the Police Prefect the Ministers decided to dissolve Parlament of repairing these roads round. Tlentria is borne sime be obtained, but nothing will ever

A St. Petersburg special says: There is no

vletion of St. Petersburg, was the

of a plot, of which Gatcholsky is Innocent, and that the plotters tampered with the "vitaline" with which General Gresser was treated. Two plans were formed to remove him within the past six se months.

His treatment of criminals and suspects was barbarous, He addressed sathers and journalists like common laborers, and often banished them without a trial. He introduced a system of torture of non-political

There is a sensation on account of the mysterious murder in her own apartments of Josephine Gerisch, a beautiful ballet girl, which has been traced to a lady in high social posities Damed Crexicks, who, when arrested, confessed baying committed the crime in revenge, because the ballet girl robbed her of her lover. She willed the girl with a hammer, which was found In her possession. She also robbed the girl's roum of jewellery and money. It is believed the murderess will be sent to Siberis..

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PARIS, May zoth.

The Minister of Justice submitted a Cabinet bill making extensive modifications in the press laws. The measure is directed against anarchist journals, and provides heavy penalties for incit ing to theft and disobedience of the army regul- ations.

It aathorizes the seizure of sewapapers when It is believed they intend to publish prohibited

GRENOBLE, FRANCE, May 1418. Punem in all the prisons. All attempts to matter, without waiting for the matter to appear, bills for making the surface. Our sofi is so sandy Mme, Verard, widow of the former Prefect of Persuade the Emperor to remove him had failed, and the arrest of the fournalists who they have that the'water of all the walls in Peking could SCOTT'S Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oll with

Isere, was shot dead by her coachman, who hadi been dismissed. The man then killed himself.

BRALƏN, May 14th.

At a review of the troops at Spandau yesterday the Emperor gave a sudden order to the Mayor to close the schools and let the children attend the review, Within fifteen minutes 5,poo children. were on the drill grounds.

LONDON, May 15th. Jim Hall has challenged the winner of the Pritchard O'Brien fight. If Pritchard wins he will fight Hall at once in preference to going across the Atlantic to meet Fitzsimmons. All the preliminaries in the Austin Gibbons-Stanton Abbott fight are arranged.

A steamer belonging to one of the Atlantic ilaes waok a lugger off Castletown's End Ught, county Cork, to-day. The crew of the fagger were drowned,

PISTH, May 15th.

The latest advices received here from Fuenfkirchen, where a waterspout burst on Friday, flooding the collleries, are to the effect that twenty-one miners whoare supposed to have perished were brought out of the pits alive.

BUDA PATH, May zith. The trial at Neusaiz of the three women charged with poisoning their husbands and lovers with arsenic has closed. One women was found gulity and sentenced to life servitude. The two others were acquitted.

PARIS, May 15th. The Figaro publishes statement to the effect that the London Timer is considering the advisability of publishing simultaneously with its London edition a continental edition which will appear in Paris.

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MELBOURNE, May 15th.

The will of Deeming bequeaths his goods and his blography to his, counsel, Lyle, except one- tenth of the proceeds, which goes to Mias Rousserell, to whom Deeming was engaged when arrested..

BERLIN, May 15th There are again" rumors of the reconciliation of Emperor William and Bismarck Changes In the diplomatic service and in the Foreign Office in Bella e sald to be peading, and Const Herbert Bismarck is thought to be sure of appointment, especially since the Emperor went out of his way recently to congratulate the Count upon his coming marriage to Countess Heyes,

ST. PETEREKURG, May 15th,

A syndicate composed of French and Russian bankers, having a capital of 150,000,000 soubles, have made the Government an offer to take charge of the work of construction of the trim Siberian rallway. The Government commission is now discassleg the advisability of accepting the offer.

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ATHENS, May 17th. Further returns of the elections for members ofthe Bould show the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and Minister of Justice are delested. It is impossible to describe the joy and relief of the citizens over the defest of the former Ministers. Delyannis alone is elected. Tricouple will have a majority of three-fourths of the members of the Bould

PARIS May 17th. The Chamber of Deputies reassembled to-day M. Cavallgnac, Minister of Marine, demanded supplementary credits for the navy amounting to 61,000,000 francs, These credits, he said, were dos to the necessity of increased rapidity In building and of great armaments.

ST. JOHNS (N. F.), May 17th, It is believed that the two American vessels Centennial and Vesia, bound from St. Jacques with bait for the Banks, were lost in the recent storm with all on board. Nothing has been heard of the vessels and the wreckage that is coming, ashore and that has been passed by other vessels is thought to be from them.

MONTREAL (Quebec), May 17th. The Star's London correspondent says : Át meeting of deep sea fishermen Sie George Baden-Powell assured the audience that Great Britain was at one time close upon war with the United States, but that they had now agreed to settle the matter by arbitration.

DANTZIO, May 17th, The Provincial Diet of. West Pravok Inst evening gave a banquet in honor of Emperor William His Majesty, le the course of a speech, said: "May the sons of this country accept patiently whatever Providence has in store for them, and awalt with confidence the results which the Emperor will achieve in the course of his tellsome future,"

LONDON, May 18th

A rather severe earthquake was felt early this morning in Cornwall. Houses rocked, crockery was broken and chimneys were overturned. The movement lasted several seconds.

WASHINGTON, May 18th.. John M. Lackey, private secretary of General Rosencrana, Register of the Treasury, committed suicide to-day by shooting himself through the head while laboring under a temporary aberration of the mind,

DUBLIN, May 18th. Another stormy meeting of the shareholders of the Frieman's Journal and the National Press was held to-day for the purpose of deciding upon the reorganization of the board of directors,

It was soon

reason to suspect are engaged in writing articles inciting others to unlawful deeda.

MADRID, May 30th. The papers report an explosion at a dynamite factory at Galdames, near Bilbao, by which eight persons were killed, ten injured and the factory destroyed. Warrants were issued for the arrest of some workmen who were recently discharged, and who it is supposed caused the explosion.

Two workmen were discharged from the factory yesterday for Insubordination. They threatened revenge, and last night the factory was 'guarded, as it was feared they would try then to execute their threat.

This morning at 10 o'clock they applied for reinstatement, but this was refuted. They went away and sat down by the roadside within sight of the factory, They were stil there when the superintendent went out for coffee a hall hour later.

returned he saw them superintendent running away from the back of the smaller of the two buildings, in which a large quantity of nitro-glycerine was stored. A few seconds later there was a terrific report.

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REGISTER.

13th June, 1892/~At 4 pm

STATION.

not on for the carts and double rows of avenues in the care of Consumption, Bronchitis and dust, but a central macadamised Hypophosphites, is more reliable as an agent of trees on each side in all the great thoroughfares General Dability, than any other remedy known would transform the capital into a passable city to medical science. Read the following T and make life even among the Chinese fairly have prescribed Scott's Emulsion and baya tolerable. If the Foreign Legations and the also taken it myself, and can fully endorse the Imperial Customs could have made a beginning, opinion that it is both palatable and efficient,

and can be tolerated by almost any one-p the Chinese, seeing the great advantage, might have taken it up themselves. As it is, they are cially where Cod Liver. Of itself cannot be

borne--MARTIN MILES, M.D., &c, Stanton content to stop all traffic, barricade a plece of road, water is and scatter a little yellow earth bury, Bucks Any Chemalt can supply it. A. S. upon it for the chair of Majesty to pass over Watson & Co. (Limited), gants in Hongkong and so long as it is thus shut up, the road and China Advi remains good for pedestrians, but the passage of carte soon reduces it to its original condition.

On May 17th, the birthday of the King of China coast meTEOROLOGICAL

Spanish Spain, a grand fits was given at the Legation by the Charge Afaires to which all Peking invited. On this occasion, a telegram was received from the South reporting the out break of bostilities in Fukien against foreigners. No details, however, were vouchsafed. Impression in well-informed official foreign circles here is that further outbreaks are likely to and the telegram to hand on this occasion certainly strangly corroborated this Impression Medic which had been previously voiced. The rumoured destruction of 3.000 telegraph poles at Pingyang Te lo Shaust, now current among the Chinese, because of drought, and the fall of main on the following day, have not much advanced po telegraphy or foreign progress in that regios. The anti-foreign riots of last year have done MORAD China much harm in the estimation of the west. Forelga governments have listened to one set of phrases in the western capitals and the cor mentary of action has strangely belled these Cape Bt. Jo statements to the Far East. The British Blue Book on the subject is instructive, but it le remarkable more for what it has omitted than for what it has included. One thing is certain's

F the the telegrams of divided counsels and all of || the fóreign: Ministers are alive to the situation

and that sort of thing calat only in the minds of mendacious special correspondents. The two Ministers, one of whom was in the Paris Figare reported some time ago in Europe to have been received in solemn audience by the Emperor of China is the Palace proper, are still awaiting thefe audience and apparently will have some time still to walt

Both balldings were lifted about forty feet into the air and then went down in splinters. All people in the immediate neighbourhood were stunned by the shock. In Bilbao, five miles away, the ground trembled as if shaken by an earthquake, and people ran into the street in pralc,

BERLIN, May 20th. Herr Kielet Relisow, a member of the Reich stag, died today.

PERIA ST. PETERIsʊro May zoth, The Government has decided to expend 4.500,000 roubles for the construction of a strategic railway alongside the Narew river, Bear the Prussian frontier. The Car yesterday attended the ceremony of launching two new gunboats, after which he witnessed the laying of the keels of four ironclads.com

VIENNA, May 20th

An enormous meeting of workmen at Rathbaus protested against currency reforms. There were 167 members of Parliament and all the municipal authorities on the platform. The Introduction of a gold standard was strongly denounced."

News from Rio Grande do Sul announces that

A RIO JANEIRO, May 20th. another revolution has been begun there by old party of Republicans, led by Carles Bardues and Colonel Avanese

LATE TELEGRAMS.

The Emperor and Empress have been at Wanshowshan. The Empress and her Court are still there and in the course of the next three. weeks, the Western Buddis, as the Empress, is called, purposes paying a visit to the temples on the Western Hills, occupied. by foreigners, who have in consequence been asked by the priests to postpone their departure for the Hills The Empress, it is aald, will spend a night at the Imperial Temple of Hsiang-chick-ss. Such large, and rowdy cerfige usually accompanies Her Majesty that it is not desirable for foreigners to be there during such aɛvisitation, The Em peror has as yet no family and rumoure born to bim. Extensive repairs have for long been carried out at these summer quarters, and no doubt in time the destruction caused in the late war will all be restored. In war, as in other matters, the Chinese pursue a policy with dogged perseverance. Speaking of repairs it may be noticed that the police stations in Peking se steing rebuilt and the city wall his op

+has been

Chairman Gray aled Tim Healy.to with. draw from the directors' table, whereupon Healy

PARIR, MAY 27th requested Gray not to make an ass of himself. and, after an This precipitated an

The death is announced of the Rev. Fells exchange of sarcastic expressions, the matter Martin, the pointed exploser of the

Indian Huron country, and serve Woda renewed, however, on the reading

Lownow, May 29th. General elections were held to-day. The of a letter from Archbishop Walsh, inslating upon The following is the latest Darby betting Triconpls party secured a large majority. A the voting of 8,000 It is stated on authority that, Secretary Elaine serious election riot occurred in this city. Re-In Healy'n favor proxies, which he had sent, i taken at midnight last night & bags of the clances were that no family would'

Healy charged Dilon with wolves were freely used and two persons were attempting to destroy the National Pra wounded, one fatally. No disarder has been property and of being desirous of robbing the De Mar dan bigger shareholder, Dillon shouted that this was a reported elsewhere.

BERLIN, May 16th, deliberate lile. The trouble was kept up until

of the meetings to

Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court and Hen, John Morgan, United States Senator from Alabama, are selected by the Pre sident as arbitrators on the part of the United States in the Behring sea arbitration.", England. will now appoint two arbitrators and, there are three others to be appointed, que by the King of Sweden, one by the President of the republic of France and one by the king of Italy, making Gaischina palice the mines extending for that the Pope's policy toward Fration has been

The National Zellung pablishes dispatch the end of the Lomow, May 19th. from St. Petersburg saying that the Russian

The Paris correspondent of the Chronicis police, acting on a warning from the police of Paris, bare discovered a number of mines under says: In well-informed circles: It is believed

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father at Peladed in the Western Hills took United States Minister to England, has besa The Russian Government tried to hush up the Including Bonghi and Jules Simon, who are

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NF ranch" by the Emperor, who:left; cily on the 27th RIO JANEIRO, May 13 h. rerni explosions at Nicolai bridge and the death. Sen. It is stated that the Pope sought the advice the Kid an After eine days' fellure to secure teas of Geural Greter are connected with this plot blahop beland, onthelations of plants ach mua has the folder

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