newly appointed Ministry, proceeded to Osborne House to-day for the purpose of kissing the hands of the Queen in accordance with the cus tom which obtains upon taking office.
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there. The Frenchmen in a body attacked the dwellings occupied by the Belgians and emished the windows, and when the officers'nt empted to quell the disturbance the rioters showed such an ugly disposition that troops had to be in- voked." The Belgian miners have been advised to leave France to avoid further trouble.
New York, August 26th, The storm
about yo . The number of people drowned is The Hankow team not being accustomed to not so great, as they were able to run to the Bisley rules, which were the rules of the misich, The wind also was mountains, but the houses destroyed are lowers at a disadvantage. numerable. Seven-tenths of the buildings of all rather shifty and the light unfavourable.
The Hankow Cricket Club is being reorganised descriptions have been demolished," whose owners are consequently without shelter. Had and also the Fire Brigade. St. John's wAK TU not the officials sent them relief, those people opened last Sunday. The number of residents would have starved. The district magistrate present to addition to the gun-boat men was ten. drowned, had not some soldiers carried him up statement in connection with this matter was an the mountain. It is to be hoped that the high under-estimate for which I may be taken to task, The weather is gradually getting cooler and sathorities and the benevolent inatiations will unile in their efforts to send relief to the suffering people.
cholera and 104 deaths from the disenso in of searching day interfered with the wark W. Sibley, the Ro-hester, N. Y millionaire, "would have shared the fate of his wife, who was | I give the exact figures because I fear my las!
many
for the treasure which went down with the British ship Hussar 113 years ago, Captain Symonds managed to do some work. however, and the "Little Giant" dredge brought up a quantity of dias. Glittering among them were two bits of yellow metal which, an belag cleaned up, proved to be a watch key and in rld-fashioned seat. The articles are gold and the seal contains a stone which Captain Symonds thinks is a topas. Neither stone nor sexl bore any initials or engraving.
LIVERPOOL, ASgust 28th.. All the boarding-houses here are subjected dally to rigorous inspection. Officials see that they are kept clean, and all sanitary regulations are complied with a prevent the introduction of cholera.
SAGINAW (Mich.), August 26th. The steam yacht Wapita, owned by Hiram went on the rocks in Georgian bay last night and all but two of those on board were lost There droward were H. W. Sibles, the million alte seedsman of Rochester, bis wife, son and daughter, also two young ladies, Miss M. B. Pond and Miss F. M. Durban of Rochester, N.Y., the crew consisting of-James Eldridges, captain, Walter Henry engineer, and Jerome Hare, a deck-hand: Those who escaped death were the fireman, name unknown, and the cook, George Sherman, who shipped at Mackinaw.
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tired. I lost all spirit and energy. Kroything was a troubio to me, and I became work and low. At first I had a bad taste in the mouth, no appetite for food, and what I sta gare mo pain in the chick and back. I also had a dull bowry pain and weight at my right side and in the hips and legs, and a sense of tightnes or constriction, as if I was hold de bound,
wher
Tarious
and..
Affara time my arms puffed-up, and the sinews and muscles of the calves of my logs corded with pain. I could not sloop at night, mid for weeks and wosku I got ittle or no rest. I would dote for a short time and then wake with pain. Things went on like this month after month. "I got worker and bad to give up work and engage a min to 100
mall business. I took medicines of (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
obtained little or na
or no relief. T I then saw tho September sath, doctor, gars me
medicines and applications, bai Since my last news to you of the trouble uphile. After being under this doctor off and on for I found no ease from anything except for little river. I have had the pleasure of an interview
four year I gave up going to him and went to see a with Father. Anphelo at the Italian Convent';
doctor at Bungay, and was uncior his treatment, for who bas kindly placed the following facts at my three months. He gave me medialnes and embroca disposal :-
tions, and I was rubbed before the fire, for hours together by my wife, but nothing cased me.
PARIS, August 5th. The Sanitary Chlef if the War Office declares that the cholera in Paris, Havre and Ronen is #bating and wil.com disappear. Thus far lo August there baye been recorded 365 cases of Havre. The medical authorities declare that the disease there is nor the Asiatic type, although
we are able to breathe a little more freely. victima 'dled immediately after solzura. The French steamer Saint Andre, from Havre, which has beed quarantined at Paulling, has four cases of cholera aboard and one desib from cholera has accurred. The heavy rains of the past three days lowered the temperature. Twenty-eight cases of cholera and several deaths 1 in Havre yesterday, reported Jewish commis loners here slate that within one month 1000 Jewish refugees from Russia bare passed through Parls, most of them on their way to the United States. Those recently arriving have been in a most filthy condition, and should the cholera break out among them it will God
were
fertile field. New York, August 25th.
Medical men in this city are greatly interested In a new treatment of cholers discovered at the Pasteur Insthute In Paris, and in-case the epidemic continues to spread the efficacy of the treatment will be promptly and thoroughly tested by New York experts. Of this treatment, which analogous to that employed by Jenner In smalinrx and by, Pasteur in hydrophobia, Dr. Haffkin, who has been studying at the Pasteur Institute for years, claims to be the discovered He is confident that the inoculatory method will do for cholera what it has already done for smallpox and bydrophobia. He has used cholerate warcine upon sèveral animals, with the result that none of them died, while of those animals subjected to the poisonous virus and -not fasculated..äll have.dled..
The Herald correspondent at Panama cables as follows: The British barkentine Arina, 240 tons, was wrecked at Settana, near San Andreas. Her crew was saved and arrived at Colop on August 23rd and will be sent home.
ST. PIP SAUNG, August 2sch -Doring the recent siling at the Hughes Steel Works the mob resisted the Corsacks, one-| officer being severely injured. The Cossacks attacked the people. Two hundred rioters and twenty soldiers were disabled. The crowd then sacked the hospital pharmacy. Later is the evening the mob, excited by drink, tried to set fire to the vilinge
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Rioting was resumed the next morning, when mob of 10,000 terrorized the village, killing several Jews. They buried a village inhabited pose being spared. They then invaded the people employed in the. Hughes works, not a houso factories, destroying everything. The damage amounts to several million roubles, Order was not restored, until the third day, when two regiments and a battery of artillery arrived on the scene. The agitation continues and is spread- ing to the mining distalcts. Further trouble is feared.
The official report on the Russian crops *** that winter crops in all the provinces except condition of the summer crops is unsatisfactory in nineteen provinces.
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NOTES from chinese pAPERS,
News has been received to the effect that the Governor of Cheklang left the capital on the 20th-inst."
སཏྟཱཎཱཡ། ཏི
SWATOW.
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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
¡gth September, 189a. Typhoons have been hovering about the southern coasts for some time nast, and to-day
While as yet na greát slot has occurred op- there is one tagleg. In the Formosa Chanel. It le probably owing to the continuance of severe country, all intense excitement has taken place
The doctor ran up a bill of same dira pounds, but weather that we have had very few arrivals of with regard to the reported rumours that the
at the end of three months I was worse than ever, and steamers during the past werk. As the barome Feselgners have paid the converts to poison the
so weak that I had not strength aron to go and apo" ter steadily fell all day yesterday, and the sky Wells The wells and guarded night and day the doctor. Then I gave up doctoring-la-despalty- Repeated-deridedly-threatening we-fally-ex-end many a poor stranger coming to drink the for had lost all faith in phyle, and and to my wife, pected a fierce blow during the night, and water has been murdered, es great is the populati is wo was doctoring any more, nothing can be done accordingly set about making things song in dignation against the converts,In some in for me. I will let things take their chance. PA
the way of window shutters and typhoon- stances small mission chapels have been burnt
"Now better, now wored, I I continued in this utató bars. The steamers Heiloong and Kungful and, the newly finished cape from Loto until March, 1890, when a small book was left at my dropped down the river took up secure
kow, the newly chapel, as well as the house, telling of medicine called Mother Bolger' berth under the leg of Double Toland, where old convent, have been burnt."
and I read of like mine haring been they had plenty of sea-room to dodge about.
red by it. So I procured a betile from Mr. Edgerley's Stores and began taking it. In three weeks I felt battery my pains loft me, my appetite returned, my strength. By the time I had taken the third bottle
food sareed with:
and I gradually gained
Wang, the new Admiral of the Yangtze, left the other day by the Chinese transport Ting Yin Chow for Peking.
An epidemic is raging in Wahu and vicinity, that fa carrying off many people. Fersons affected by the epidemic are said to die in a few hours.
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Shao, the Governor of Formosa, bas applied to the Throne to extend bis leave from active duly for two more months, The Governor has somewhat improved in health, but his physician pronounces him as being still too weak to resome work.
The Ningpo officials are having much of their time taken up in going about to different temples to offer up prayers for rain. Os the 5th fast. nearly ten thousand people were at the various the drought continues for another ten days, it is hard to tell what the people will do,
The former steamer had already sent down ber top-gallant yard,. But the typhoon did not visil us. It passed Swatow and struck Amoy and Foochów, doing evident good in its orbit so far clearing and cooling the atmosphere are, concerned."
The mean thermometer here to-day registerats 61. The Heiloong and Kungpai have both already taken their departure for Amoy, the sites on her way up to Shanghal. The sang arrived from Hongkong this afternoon.
An incipient rush is perceivable to-day, following uron the arrival this morning of the The Woosung has a fail cargo of beancake and sundries from Chefoo and Newchwang,
The steamer Esang left for Shanghai this 'afternoon at 5 p.m.—Ñ. C. Daily News.
A letter received on the roth states that the Catholic Mira'anaries are again in den er, owing to the city being plecarded, calling on the opener, the Missionssaling dates the Foreigner; writing that he believes the secret societies to be wholly responsible for the present state of affairs.
those crncerned that the Freark Consul is at I am informed 'alsp on good authority from
present communicating with Peking with regard to the fresh outbreak against the Catholic missions.
weil man, and never felt better in my life. From that day to this I have never allod anything, and can do a day's, work with any man. Tr.I feel any sluggishness of the liver. I take a few doses of the Syrup and know nothing of
pai After my recovery many
of my
y neighbours askod what had wrought the cure, and I told them Sigel's The Est on her way up to Ichang passed interup had oured me after all the doctors and medicine
bad
Tailed the Tungting Lake same fiflesa miles.
I owe my life to the timely tan of it. You The Total at the city which she then was
are at Iberty to publish t
à this statement if you think It may benefit others. I will answer Inquiries, and I and orged on him the impossibility of propading" the same to be tras, by virtue of the provisions of the any further on account of the shallowness of the Statutory Dealerstian Act, 1805 (William IV. c. 69). "Declared at Bantay, in the County of Balbik,
"This tenth day of July, 1851
virus of cholera and noted that the resultant | sixteen aro funtisfactory condition. The temples In the city praying for a downpour. If steamer Woosung, Whampoa, and Namyong; \ abreast of had an interview with the commander make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing
After his experiments with rabbits, guinea pigs and pigeons had proved successful Dr. Haffking injected lato himself some attenuated symptoms were alight elevation of the tem perature, pains, dryness in the mouth and swell ing of the skin and ganglia at the spot where the Inoculation to k place. There was scarcely any Intestinal derangement and the normal condition was restored within twenty-four hours.
He next experimented upon himself with the viros with the same results, and he con- cluded that incculations of this kind could be made upon human beings with perfect safety and with the assurance that six days after vaccion tlon the patients would be proof against all attacks of cholera. The process of injection is simple. The vaccine is injected into each antinal twice, after which it is pronounced cholera proof
scive
BERLIN, August arth.
An incident has just occurred which ⚫ffords another illustration of the cordial feeling that exists between France and Russia. The French delegates to the International Railway Congress which is to be held bere, are making a visit to Warsaw. To-day they were driven in carriages to the various points of interest about the city, and among other places they visited was the milltary camp at Molokoff. As they passed through the camp the visitors shouted "Vive la Rosse, and the soldiers responded with enthu slastic cheers for France. The General com manding the troops gave a barquet last evening to the delegates. The Frenchmen offered toasts to the Czar of Russia, while the Russians toasted
Alliance, which was greeted with cheers and followed, including one to "The Franco-Russian shoots by the banqueters.
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To protect the late crop of rice from getting Injured by the locusts, the Nanking Viceroy has ordered bis soldiers to catch and destroy them. Their winged enemies, however, are not easily captured. The only hope of eliminating the. pest in in a copious fall of rain, and if this is not forthcoming, we cannot predict what will become of the harvest this year.
On the roth inst, three prisoners, who have for some time been inmates of the Kiangtu Helenit prison, were put to death. One of them, a bricklayer, was said in possess great powers, and
him once to escape from prison, but when wonderfully agile manner. This feat bad enabled engaged in another robbery he was captured, (bls fast tline to meet ble doom.
TAMSU.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT.)
*water.
It is seld (but I cannot vouch for i) that the gallart Commander's, reply was "If it were necessary for the Es to proceed means would be found to make water 1"
At Shazl, the station for river steamers some miles abate the entrance to the lake, a telegram awaited the Erk, intimating that she was not to enter the Tungting Lake (rather a mistake on someone's pert)
Last Sunday, September 11th, the famous Poyang went on a wild goose chase, having got under weigh an Saturday night to go to the assistance of the same Co.'s steamer Shatt
"Before 2nd,
(Signed) "SAMHL BANHAM,”
(Signed) #HERBERT J. HARTOUR, A Commissioner to administer Oaths in ika Supreme Court of Judicature in England.” Mr. Banham's complaint was severe and chronic liver disease, caused by, indigestion and dyspopala, contracted during his long and arduous military
rise in India. He is a man of and
of coollont
character and is at present employed as gardener. He mentioned In conversation that after his recovery he met a lady. who is housekeeper at a gentleman's realdenes, wha The Poyank returned on the alternoon of marvellous improvement in you?" He told har and (she having got off and proceeded.) -- Sanday, being been unable to find the Sharias she suffered from rheumatism and weekness, she took Beigel's Byrup, and found wonderfat bunalt.— The Ewo steamer Changwo arived on Monst day and reported, having passed the Shard "all well,"
In consequence of the facilities for the trans- President Carnol and France, Other, toasts | was able to go about on the roofs of houses innery slowly, and took..ample time to do all the reported-ashore-some-too-miles-ar-so-up-river wald to him. The Banham, what has worked 10
that service between Hamburg and Berlin bas mission of cholera by means of sleeping. cars, been suspended. A passenger who anived here to-day from Hamburg soowed symptoms of the disease when be reached the city. He was at once conveyed. to the hospital,"where he was Isolated. The wife of a merchant of this city died last night. It is believed her death was due to Asimile cholera. The wealthier residents of the city are beginning to grow uneasy, and it would not be surprising il an exodus should commence.
The carriages of all trains arriving at Berlin and Cologne from Hamburg were locked until the passengers had been examined by physicians
Prefessor Koch is reported to have said that the number of esses of cholera in Hamburg was not great in proportion to the population, but the wirulent character of the disease give, ground for the greatest possible anxiety.
VIENNA, August 15th. A strict watch is kept at the Amician frontier on all prasergers arriving from Hamburg,
CÁCERA, Avgust, 25th.....
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The cholera returns for yesterday show another upward jump in a number of new case. There were yesterday 6322 new cases, an increase of you over the previous day. The deaths were 2977, an increase of 230 In St. Petersburg slane there were 703 few cases and twenty-four
BERLIN, August 16th,
deaths.
Orders have been issued to stop sailway traffle with Russle at every point on the frontier of East Pruusla except Eydkuben and Frostken, The federal states have appointed delegates to meet in Berlin to concert measures for fighting the cholera,
A most welcome thunder-storm has paused over the city. The air has cleared and the weather is much cooler. Despite every effort to check it the cholers is increasing at Humburg. Over 800 cases bave been recorded, with 300 Oficials deny that Asiatic cholera is in the
deaths.
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Lung Sung-aten, a Kolao Hut leader, was captured some time ago by the soldiers of the Chinese gunhoats at Hokout, and taken to Nganking for tril By means of torture the wartby chief
Rave
evidence that the two
prisoners named Chang and Hall were both Important members of his arciety. After the report of the case reached the Governor, an order was forthwith ferued condemning the three prisoners to death. Hence early on the morning of the 8 b fnat, they were despatched, and their heads are now being exposed.
A merchant interested in the tin mites In Halanshan Helen, Kuangtung, recently applied for permission frem the authorities to ship dynamite for Blasting purposes in the mines, On the ground that dynamite is a dangerous article and the use of it often attended with grave given. The offict 1 to whom the application
The meamship Xinling left with a fair general cargo for Shanghai last week, but at what rates I cannot say.
5th September, 1892.
· A very severe typhoon passed the north end of Formosa on the 6'6 and 7th instant. According what we could make out, it came up on the east side of the island crossed over north of towards the mainland, the centre passing perhaps some 30 to 40 miles off. It travelled mischief on its way it could. In Kelung the the centre passed there at 9.30 pm on the water rese some 5 feet over high-water mark 6th with the barometer registering 28.57. Not so very much damage was done the steamer Smith, the sailing ships Kristina Nilason, Clare Babuyan, and a Chinese, gunboat, got through, without other loss than that the two sailing ships each lost an anchor, which broke adrift, and landed on a ledge of rock at the loss of a bower anchor, and another small afterwards recovered. The dredger Sho bad several accidents this time ; one wai at the place where a wharf most likely will be mishap was occasioned by a Chinaman visiting inade-when-Formoss-wekes-up-in-a-future-the steamer, and nintentionally letting go her spare anchor and chain, neatly getting killed generation; a mail steamisonch attached to dredge diappeared. A lot of small mis- himself for his pains,, heps occurred, but hardly any loss of life except up in the gold fields, where the sudden swelling of the little stream drowned nearly 200, according to what is reported. The centre passed north of Tement about midnight 6-7th with a baro-Chinese. was done bere, and the rise of the water was meter reading of 28.70. Much more damage considerably more. The river also rose, and as the holding ground in Tamsul la exceedingly the
pi
the
burd, a lot of junks, were, wrecked, and many of
The French expedition that is marching supposed yesterday died of cholera was a victim disasters, the permission sought for was not them are high and dry up' in the fields now.
against Abomey, the epital of Dahomey, con sists of 160officers and men of the naval artillery
city. It is said that a merchant who it was of cholilee. Several suspicious cases were
The Changes is undoubtedly the favourite of Messrs. Greaves & Company's steamers and her present fast passages with only some 5 hours in port have made her very popular with the
tant are making quite a long stay here, and as Professor Anderson and his charming maxia. they are giving performances every evening, including Sundays, it is to be hoped the mexi cans are rapidly flowing in.
With regard to the inhabitants of the hotel at the back of H.B.M.'s Consulate I am glad to be able to tell you that at present there are none.
The Paird left early on Saturday morning for
́end of this month.
....with.... six...guniz,... 135 marines, 750 Senegalese removed to the bosglial to-day: Physicians | was made further informed the merchant that Kelong and Taipeh Fu is the collapse of a large and none are expected again this year. troups and 360 native alles. The force has slate that the disease is only diarrhoeacombe intends petitioning the Provincial Authorities and asking them to stop the issue of certificates -occupied a strategic psition on the roid to paled by vomiting,
granting people permission to ship dynamic, Abomey. The Foreign Legion, consisting of 1,000 European infantry and 100 cavalry, are expected abarily to join the force,
LONDON, August 26th," There is no doubt the chofera has at last entered England. The disease was brought here by the steamer Gamma, which arrived at Gravesend yesterday Hom Hamburg. It was reparted that the
Was Infected but the whorities, after examining the passengers, allowed them to land. A fore hours afterward two silleria who Litived on the Gamma were taken sick. They were at once removed to the bospital at Gravesend, where the doctors pronounced their malady cholera. In spite of medical aid they both fled shortly after being admitted. This ban caused considerable anxiety, and a close Inspection of all incoming vessels has been ordered. The two deaths at Gravesend from cholers have produced great excitement.
This morning a woman became suddenly ili in an omnibus and was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced to be suffering from Asiatic cholera. The Moabk Hospital has been
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HONGKONG TemperaturE.
Ca's Register)
[From Modern, Geo. Talcoor
Tacky.
To-day's Advertisements.
DOUGLAS STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW, THE THE Company's Steamship
"HAITAN,"
On the railway line the worst damage between Many people are said to be drowned,
wooden bridge, spanning the Kelung diver at Bathou, where the foundation was washed away, Besides that, a couple of small bridge Dar port, and the Monorary is ́expected at the Captain Goddard, will be despatched for the
discharging over 1,000 loss of coal for the Noon
The German steamer Río, having anived, la above Ports, on FRIDAY, the aged instant, at Russian hongs,
For Freight or Passage, apply to The Linnet is reported to be leaving here
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. about the end of the month for Shanghai, after
General Managers. -- Hongkong, 11st September. 180a [930 being relieved by the Swift.
Another man as crificed his life for the reserved for cholera patients. All trade in good of the public. A certain instructor on board the Chines mas-of-war Yurskot was second-hand clothing has been stopped. A
much moved by the parched condition of the workman on a trału on the Hamburg-Berlin Railway was selsed with Asiatic cholera to-day fields and the withering vegetation, and resolved to save the country by induclog a down-pour at Wittenburg and died in a few hours. Twenty. So the other day, after taking a good deal of eight cases of cholers and twelve deaths are pains in finishing his tallet, he act out for the reported in Altans since yesterday noon. Ал
outside of Chiabal and threw himself into artean died of Asiatic cholers in Pinse the water. Din the following day his body was and a child belonging to family that fied from recovered, and dragged ashore. It was found Hamburg died of the same disease in Kiel
At the meeting of the Municipal Sanitary that a large number of brass books were banging
on the body. The books had a ring attached | Commission this evening Her Schrjoler, the chairman, declared that up to 2 o'clock not a
to them in which were inserted sticks of sandal Foochow wood. single case of cholera had occurred in the capital, the only fatal casen of a diarrheal nature belog cases of ¿ysentery,
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THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, LIMITED.
She will remain some six weeks in Shanghal to do her quarterly firing and give her ship's company general leaves she is then expected to restine her station at Hankow. Whether or not the above programme will be carried out fo detail is more than I can say, but there is goodTHE Company's Steamshly
reason to suppose it will
FOR MANILA, VIA AMOY,
are damaged. They will, however, soon be in working order, and the fatention is to run trains from both ends to the river and cross in ferry boats until the bridge is potop again. The line to the south of Taipeh Fa has not been much damaged, and the long wooden bridge across the broad river by Twafalls stood the test well. The telegraph lines are down all over, and we have no connection as yet from one place to another. Mr. Hansen went out in the steamship ashes with the Chinese captain and assistants to repair the cable (if they ban), which has been interrupted for some weeks between Foochew and Tamsul ; we hope they have found shelter at
The rallway, I am glad to say, is being pushed slong to the south of Talpek Fa at a great rate. Since the fourth station TaoTra Yuan (native Tox Kang) was opened, about 15 miles from Talpeb least were lost. The two Janks which sank off for Passengers and is fitted with the Electrice more station, respectively 22, 161, and 30 miles not been raised, as they broke up bodily, and from here it is at present said to be the intens 40 tons of coal, as well at 2800 piculs of salt are on oLH, E, the Governor to limit the extension at the bottom of the river on the way down to of the line to Bin Chu, (native Tank
Chan), about Kinklang. Training for the sea began today, Sept. 1zib, and the result is expected to be wary promising for Hankow-Shanghat Mercury.
The water-mark to-day, is 37 feet 3 in, and falling slowly.
News has been received from Ichang that some too bodies have been recovered from the recent fire. It is ́entimated that 1:0 lives at
"ESMERALDA,"
Captain G, Tayler, will be despatched for the above Port, on FRIDAY, the 23rd lostant," at 5
.36.
This Steamer has Superior Accommodation
The commission decided to prepare doc beds To-day the steamer Laura, pişlog betu in the Moubli Hospital for cholera patients and crowds at spectators packed the streets, and Fo, passenger trains ara zów running to three the China Merchants' halles some time ago hare | light.
accommodations in other hospitals, if necessary, Orders were given for the more efficient cleansing
Hamburg and Lynn, arrived at Lynn. The health officers found two cholars suspects on board. The vessel was immediately ordered to put back to sem. The officers and passengers protested against such spmmary treatment, but the health officers were obdurate and refused to
a single person land from the seamen, Sixty passengers on board the Hamburg American steamer Columbia from New York, Southampton yesterday, changed their minds about proceeding. to Ham burg when they learned the cholers was epidemie there, They left the Columbia when they found
which arrived at
the company had ordered that she proceed no farther, and took passage for Fishing in the Netherlands,
of the streets.
Hamboro, August 15th.
The funeral of Lady Li took place at Tientalo on the 13th Insta with great pomp. Immense temporary shrines were put up along the route, where people offered up their last tribute of bonour to the deceased lady, as her remains passed by. Of the vast number of dedicatory The police have trued orders forbidding umbrellas in the train of the funeral cortigs, it Inhabitants from drinking water from the Elbs is worthy of mention that two were presented unless it is previously boffed. Bathing places by the widows and the poorest class of citizens, along the river as closed.
I'mske | wblie-another-was-the-gift-of-the "rickubah The pallor will house to house inspection to insure their being coolles, who took this opportunity of manifesting clean and inforce sanitary measures wherever their gratitude to the Viceroy, who on one occa they are required, Special corps have been sion was instrumental in getting their license-fee organised to disinfect houses, infected with reduced.
cholers.
one
77 miles from her. Besides several small bridge there will be one long one over the Fung Shan Ch'i river, at about 8 miles from here; it o steel span of 300 feet, three or four smaller steel spans, and several wooden ones. Two other streams, wlik considera bie flood-beds with timber bridges. Go the whole out able are to be crossed partly with gleel and partly
engineer, Mr. Mathesop, who is the only Zur- open connected with the railway at present, has bis hands full-N. C. Daily News.
HANKOW..
"Oficial statistics show that on Westnesday On the 8th Instant two Kolas Hul members there were 188 new cases of the disease reported, fell into the bands of the soldiery at Nganking. while the deaths numbered thirty-two. Up to The captives were brought before the colonel, |poon Thursday there were ninety new clies and who immediately gave orders to have them The Liverpool, health authorities haya bean forty-one deaths. There were eight deaths from transported to the magistrate's jamin, where discussing procautionary measures against the the disease at Altona yesterday. Most of the they were tried. The examination lasted many cholera. "The Lyan authorities are taking deaths occurred among laboress employed about hours, beginning in the afternoon and not finish- vigorous, measures to prevent the arrival of the decks, boatmes, ele.
ing until late at night, after which the two pole emigrants from Hamburg. Prince Esterbary,
EDINBURGH, August 6th. soners were conveyed to two different prisons an attacks of the Russian Legation, has been
The crim
of enthroning and conferring for safe keeping. Nothing has come to light suffering from an attack of cholerine, but is the pallium upon the most fler. Augus Mac- regarding the proceedings of the tits, but it was recovering,
donia, Catholic Archbishop of St. Andrewy and visible on the faces of the prisoners when they Edinburgh, took place yesterday in the Roman came out of the yawls that they had been sub-s1 Liaobokow and Fancheng is dying down. For Catholle Cathedral here. It was the fut cerejected to a terrible strain, and it is quite possible mony of the kind in Scotland since the days of that they had been undergoing tortere, Cardinal Beaton, who became Archbishop of St. Andrews in 1853, and who was assassinated la his own castle on May 9 1814
A fearful maine explosion has occurred at the Park Slip coal pit, near Bridge End, Wales. One hundred and fifty men are entombed, and It is feared there has been great loss of life, Not Alogio man has yet made bis escape. The work of clearing the pit has begun, with many bundreds of volunteers,
came to be ssriace, with two men whom they At 6 o'clock ibis evening the rescuing party found near the bottom plt. Beth were badly burned and unconscious, with litle hope of
ceremany
CITY 07 MEXICO, August 26th, the Moniter Republicans, has been arrested and Benor Garcia Torres, proprietor and editor of thrown into prison... The charge against him is
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We noted in one of our recent Issues the popular disturbance in Wachang Halen. We
stations whe, ie conjunction with a sumber of are informed that the outbreak was due to the dology of the soldiers belonging to the fickle
NINGPO,
September 12th,
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Captain Thomas, will be despatched for the Another incident in regard to the late drought | above Port on or about the 30th Instant. has just come to hand. In the city there is For Freight or Passago, apply to a well, the deepest known for miles around,
SHEWAN & Cory'" During the dry weather two brothers, eager to
Agents. show their consideration for the people, made.
Hongkong, 1st September, Bos up their minds to re-open this well that had been closed up for a number of years, The covering of the well was taken and one of the braibers undertook to go down and act if Monstructions from the MORTGAGEES there were any possibility of obtaining water, but the accumulated gas in the shaft spparently overpowered him, and the other brother golag down to rescue him was also overcome with the noxious famen; the result was that both brothers. were suffocated before they could be brought to the surface of the well-Mercury.
BE WAS AT THE SIEGE OF
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to Sell by t PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON
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the 7th October, 1897, at 3 'o'clock FM, at the Premises, THE_FOLLOWING VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY,
No.
Comprising
(FROM N.C. Dally NY CORRESPONDENT)... September anth, 1893, --- It is reported that aur Viceroy has sent in strections to the Slangyang Fe acthorities to have two men, caught posting placards and spreading amour, executed. The excitement a time there was quite a panic amongst the natives there, and many thousands fled to the country in all directions, but they have now got over their scare.
Profesor Anderson is here, and is meeting with a fair amount of patronage. It is a ply,
from "Ten nights in a bar room. The high however, that he should have stuck up by way of posters a number of most sensational scones striving to incite a revolution by incendiary from the people. The dead on discovering with battles, and of women weltering in blood the town roughs, have been extorting money coloured representations of foreign dells fighting Shortly after this a fire suddenly burst forth
investigate the matter, and on with chairs, TORONTO (Ont.), August|26th, from the mouth of the pit. This cut off all hope ↑ Hon, McKensie Bowell, Minister of Mills, is ich party had been the cause of the outbreak, please our natives hugely ; but it is hardly the keep the English drambost following the sun around ment of the CROWN RENT payable-in respeck
those who fisst esc ped death. They have here, an route to the Pacific coast, on a tour of fimmediately discared the soldiers, appreiblag one likes to see set before them after the work. Here is a short story from an old soldiers thereof and the performance of the Crown Cora little about the Indian Mutiny, more about another nants to be performed in respect thereof and mutiny
Papa aubject also to the exlating Lettings and Tenan¬
ciel thereof. We sold in One Lot " "Fulllors," and that year, went out to China: Three
The Property will be „For further papileglars and Conditions of Sala
WOTTON & DEACON, Solicitors for the Vendors peed or to that mak J. M. ARMSTRONG,
- Auctioneer,
RECOVERY.
for
speeches.
certainly been suffocated and will be brised to Inspection of Canada's defencer. death,
hended their accomplices and ordered them to course of Chon Han.
each
wire, but, jackily, few in number,
The British Infantry are the best in the world, Bo salda Fretch marshal in reply to a question by
Napoleon. How in number may be, but mong to
$10
Havelock, and
Bonham Strand, Victoria, Hongkong, _and_being_all_that_ PIECE or: PARCEL di registered in the Land Office as Secilan A of GROUND having an area of 838 square feet
INLAND LOT No. 1201 as the same Premises are held for the realdue of a term of gog years from the 26th June, 1843, subject to the pay-
be lashed. In order to further reconcile the rifle competition came off this morning.. 26th Lyons, August A large number of resoners are working in 1. A shock of earthquake was felt here today to to slong the succis and ficcff fie crackers, sporer IG FOLLOWS HANKOW. years later, 1667, I want to Bengal, India lateral unders and people, some soldiers were instructed Hanko varus the Liangt, ive a side. The says in 1966 X collated in the 6th Regimos the pl. Many have been hoisted up estand also generally throughout Finnce, Seven miners found dead have not yet been
The people were thus mollified and hozan open; Lasson, Angust sốth,
MGM.S. Liung, The Beggby present at the age of Imcksów, under Gascal brought to the surface. As the workings extend
Lieut. Ballard The Porta nese Royal Mail Steamship Coming their stores, to do business ngala. 1700 feet, it is hoped some of the miners will be
1 was wounded there was then seat apply to pany has falled.
WO. Kennedy za Mr. A. R. Greaves to: Campore, during the fourful massacro as that rescued alive.
Holen, disirenamong the people Charger A. B. di Hanley Mr. W. Fisher its place as exposed to damp, our clothes being
The the of Chang-ish Gun, Giles Mr. M. Niclasen risc dense to art, dothen calamitous downpour and the consequent mouse, A. B, C. Sellick ..., 53. Mr. A. M. Relth ...37 | to feel the bad ambets of the climate. In 1875. I
in torrents, is most severe.""The area of the
isturned home to my nativa village and settled downi con try-ibat bag been swamped is estimated ef Total116
|: PARIS, August 26 ba
ugust 26 Seres show HAVRE, August 30tbare "A dispatch from" Lievin, a mining town near were eighteen new cries of cholera, and nine Calais, states there has been serious trouble be- l'deaths from the disease heto." Yesterday there tween French and Belgian miners" employed were mise new chist and twenty-one dekiksi
Hongkong, 413) Septataber, 1198.
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