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In Yokohama a fiddle-faced freak from Chienge of mixed German and Jewish descent his struck out a new and original game. He goes on board every American, English and German man-of-war and introduces himself as The particular friend of the Admical of the aqui dron, or of the captain and ward-room officers of the preceding frigate. Long before the plous fraud is discovered, he has eaten and drunken the poor - officers out of hease and home, When the Admiral comes to part, he makes no calls. As this occurs but twice a year and lests hot fortnight, the ingenious bondlum has fifty weeks in which sobiety is a small figure,

A fantastic globe-trotter, well-known in the tenderloin district of New York, is building a -junk at Naganski, in which he proposes to return in the metropolis. As the cruise will last two years, the road prople of Gotham will have a lang rear before he arrives,

In Hongkong . San Francleco drammer became thed of the monotony of getting drunk once or twice per diem. To save time and trouble he engaged a furnished cottage, with servants, and purchased a barrel of whiskey. He never let the place until he had finished the last drop of the fiery fluid. His stay lasted four months and be drelares it to have been the finest time he ever had, though somewhat marred the last two weeks by earthquake shocks and other strange phenomena,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1893.

the fall of every minister. The withdrawal drew the princely offer of the club to-night. The quarter slums as soon as the frost goes, but ne-In parstiance with these prayers two gunbata, of the Bil, which has been rechinmended announcement astounded not only the fightershing more. repeatedly by the business Interests; which are

na well as some way Junks wera sent out to cruise and their backers, but the entire sporting The celebration in honor of Pasteur this week aftering pirates, with the result that a great mans to be taxed to raise the additional $8,000,000 fraternity of New York as well. Judge Newton marks anouslly, Dr: Delbroeck says, would be gave as his reason that he did not belleve Merived frous Patis in the capital of the depart-ni e pirates were caught by are of the gunboats has an unpleasant sequel. Last evening theis e prures hav been made. In one case fny an irreparable blow to the Emperor, who, after Auliffe and Burge would ever come to an agice. long deliberation, bad placed the whole weight ment. The constant quibbling over the minor

ment of G'ionile six young Prugurar, accom-red-handed, while pliaging a junk a few miler of his personality behind it. The Munich

pinies by theli parents, who told a terrible inle, from, Wenchow. The war junks also were Allemaine Zeitung (Bismarckian) continues its

terms of the agreement had forced this ac:jon The children had been undergoing treatment successful in cap'aring a gredir number, having upon him, and as the largest purse ever offered in the Pasteur institution where ibey where inn- allured the pirates into taking them for merchan unremiulog attacks upon the Bull. In a leader yesterday morning it stated that five-sixths of the been for the lightweight champlarship of the

for a fight has vanished. The fight was to have, cola'ed with mothydrophoble vaccine. They jacks and thus grappling with the piratica officers, from the rank of major upwards, were warld. Burge was the light-weight champion of the child en, aged to, who was asleep in his

et out for home and while on the train one of crafts before they were well aware of having | opposed to the measure.

made a metake. Ta all one hundred and thirty "The Freisinnige | England and McAuliffe of the new world. mother's lap uddenly starte d'up, his eyes glaring pickles have been captured within the last twở Zeitung (Radical organ) prophesies that the McAulife to-night is nad and offers to fight and his mouth framing. He uttered Cries like a months Army Bill will be rejected on the second reading Burge for nothing. Phil Dwyer says he will mad animal. in about four weeks.

back McAuliffe for $10,000 side, There Is a itrong belief here that the Crescent City Club will not offer more than $10,000, they having no competition. By declaring off the contest Newton bas won the admiration of all interested sporting men in New York. They declare that his action was proper, and that it was time the Club and not the pingillets should dierate terms,

PARIS, January 6th.

ST. PETRASBURG, December 27th, Kieff of persons ausprited of nihilism. Nise Numerous arrests conti-ure to be made al officers are among those imprisoned. They wie either under ea-picion or dicct charges connected with a conspiracy against the Cast

have unearthed a widespread plot in which a The Russian authorities believe that they

number of officials of bigh rank are involved, and several officers having positions of trust and confidence near the perion of the Czar have been put under surveillance. The extent of the plot is not yet known. There seems to be no doubt this time of its character.

There is much discontent la the army with

His mother and the adulta with. ber had the atmest, difficulty in preventing the bey from bitirg everybody who touched him. In order to get the child ont of the e rriage he had to be. enveloped in thirk enverings and bound tightly with straps. It was in this condition that he was carried to the St. Andrè Hospital, where he was placed in a lunatic cell for the night. He suffered horribly, bar when daylight came fell to live.

into a comatose condition. He is not expected

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Fire invaded the Jesuit College of St. Francis Xavier on West Sixteenth street to-day. Rev. Thoms Gomley, S. J.. overcome by smoke and died within a few minutes after he was rescued.

Mesus. McCarthy and Buell were burned about the face and head, but escaped without serious injury, The fire was extinguished after the fheatre and the rooms shove it were gutted. The damage is estimated at $30,000:best Insured.

BERLIN, January 11t The attempts of several newspapers to smother acceeded. The detalis viven in the Vorwaer is article concerning the distilbutien of the money are too minute to be dismissed as more fabrica-

At Tokyo an Indianapolis lawyer on the Occasion of a great almal festival crawled under the dressing tent of the Mikado and wes caught and promptly kicked out. Nothing daunted, he sneaked into the dining-tent where

A great anil-Semille meeting was held at the Tivoll Vauxhall this evening. The Hall was were gathered 350 dis luguished guests, packed and the first two speaktis were received appropriated a seat Red was about to secure apparently with enthusiastic approval. The free feed when he was recognized and again principal speaker of the evening was the Mar- borted, beaten and thrown into the street, Ho quis de Mores. He began his address with a bided bis time, agalo crawled under the test general onslaught on the Jews, as the corrupters from another spot and succeeded in 'stealing a of French honesty, and the haters of French hundred table decorations. Funniest of all, he honor; A tremendous uproar greeted these related the episode of his disgrace the next day assertions, and about 50 men started forward to to alparty of English-speaking people, and dispute with the Marquis on the platform At gloried in it is an illustia ton of American wit, the steps the platform they met wi h some je enterprise and intellecta

partisine of Libre Parole group, who showed fight. Polloimmissary Vernon annouced that unless the prder ceased he mast dissolve the meeting, ana short tall followed, The Marquis de Mores xpounded at some length his ideas on seclall and strikes, and then suddenly returned to the subject cfthe Jws with the declaration that we it not fr them and ober capitalists like them, the social question the prolonged period of peace. Many officers had brought about the state of affairs which was would be solved easily. The Jews, be said think that the Czar la tos pacific in dispezion, le ridicule the Guelph-fund scandal bave not culminating in the Panama acandal. They The murmuring among army officers ambitious rificed in such ruin of Fretch reputans for glory and disappointed in their hopes of pro- About 300 persons rose, groaning and hissing, motion is correspondingly great. For these and as the Marquis reached this climax. The rest other reasons the authorities are. greatly appre-tions. of the audience cheered or shouted for order so hensive as to the extent of the conspiracy, and that the speaker might proceed The Marquis, much excitement prevails, both in official circles whose voice had been partially inaudible for In Shanghai a business man has lived economi- several minutes before the outbreak, could not

and among the public cally several years in order to raise the money

The persecution of the Jews by Grand Doke be heard by those almost within arm's length, Sergius, brother of the Czar, still contlongs. wherewith to buy pretty Chinese maidens from although be continued talking and gesticulating. The Jewish population of Moscow, where Serglos their parents. They cast from $300 to $3,000 Eventually the Libre Parola crowd made als Governor, has been reduced from 80,000 10, each according to their beauty and accomplish-rush for the principal disturbers, upsetting and 30,000.

smarbing seats and trampling down all anta- When tired of a parchase, he presents her to agonists in their way. Commissary Vernon then.

DUBLIN, December 17th. friend or dismisses her with her liberty and a called in two bodies of policemen, each a hundredthe theory that the recent explosion was the The Goverment is apparently acting upon round sum of money,

strong, and cleared the hall, He is said to have secured seventy girls la

result of a conspiracy and the palice are making this commercial manner.

active inquiries as to the recent course of the physical force" faction, to whose operations but little, attention has been paid. The antl Parellites are throwing suspicion on the| Parnellites and the latter assert that no more LONDON, January 7th. reason exists for suspecting them than for charg- The Paris correspondent of the Morning Posting the crime as their antagonists. attended the meeting called by the Libre Parole at the Tivoll Vauxhall last night. He describer It thus: 'A Bghted elgar was thrown from the gallery while the Marquis de Mores was speaking. It was mistaken for a bomb and produced a made to storra the platform, packed with partial panic. Then a determined effort was reporters, whose position became exceedingly critical. Irow chairs and tables were thrown about the Marquis de Mores, and his little band of adherents was obliged to stand their ground, as there was no rear exit, and there wa terrible struggle. Many nasty wounds were inflicted. De Mores and his party fought their way to the floor, whero a pliched battle was fought by the police and the factions of the audience. Many were removed unconscious from the hall, and various arrests were made, Serious developments were averted only by the moderation of the police.

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In Amoy a New York missionary keeps native and European on the qui vfus of excitement by madly galloping everywhere on a big bicycle. He is not an expert rider and usually collides. with man and beast on the least provocallon." The Mongolians have dubbed him the Circus Joss Man.

NEWS BY THE CANADIAN MAIL.

The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s steamer Empress of India, Capt. O. P. Marshall, arrived in harbour yesterday from Vancouver, via Japan and Shanghal. For the subjoined tele- grams we are indebted to our exchanges :--

LISBON, January and. King Carlos to-day opened in person the session of the Cortes. The speech from the throne promised that the Government would ubmit Bille providing for an electoral reform measure to remedy the deficit in the country' Eroductions of cereals and to increase her export trade in wine, and measures for reforms in the public services, The Royal specob announced stat negotiations were pending to reduce the Iterest on the floating debt and to strengthen Portugal's national credit, but, as these measures alone would, not suifice to restore the economic and financial lie of the country to a solid basis, the Goverment would also submit a proposal for the final solu ion of the external debt question, and would provide means for an increase of :revenue.

LONDON, January 4th.

Je is extremely cold on the Continent. In Frace many people have been frozen. to death. The town of Dijon is snow.bound. In Italy the weather is very severe, snow having fallen for many hours in Rome. Several children were fri zen to death on the ice off Cronstadt, Russia, on Saturday. At Olmsk the thermometer has fallen to 56 degrees below zero, the lowest yet recorded.

Communication with Mahlengerge, Austria, is completely cut off. The Inflabitats find it Impossible to get out of their houses on account of the new blickade. Hundreds of other villages are in a similar condition. Few telegraph lees Are working; and the postal service is suspended everywhere. All kinds of domestic and wild Animals are parishing wholesale. Hundreds of deer seek the houses for shelter and food.

ST. PETERSBURG, January 4th. A dispatch from Reichilza, on the Daleper, mays that filleen men were killed by a mine explosion here yesterday.

VIENNA, January 5th,

A passenger train from this city came into collision at Kanaista to-day with a pass.nger ttain from Stuhlwessenburg. Eight persons were killed fastantly and five sustained injuries from which they will probably die. Ten were

Injured sarionsly but not mertally,

PARIS January 4th.

**GENEVA, January 6lb,

The left wing of the main building of the Italian-American exhibition was destroyed by fire to-day. It is believed that the fire was of lacendiary origin. The loss is heavy.

The Paris correspondent of the Standard says that a cartridge, 5 Inches long and 2 inches In diameter, with a lighted fuse attached to it, was thrown into the audience at the anti-Semitic meeting last night. The cartridge was carried out by a policeman, and the police are trying to give the impression that the cartridge was only

clear,

The Speaker discusses in ita Intest issue five points of the proposed Irish Home Rule Bill. It says that with regard to the land question the Bill will reserve to Parlament for a certain term the solo sight of legislation. Regarding the question of the retention of Irish taembers at Westminster, it is not unlikely that the Govern, ment will meet the question by adopting Mr. Parnell's suggestion not to touch it until the question has been settled of the veto that might be placed on the Lord Lieutenant, Appointed Judges will be retained by the Government for be fixed term of five years, which term will be also fixed for the complete iransformation of the police into a civil body. It is hoped that England will deal liberally with the Irish and thus contribute to the Irish Revenue, as Ireland will have no power to impose protective duties. The Spanker's article is believed to have been lospired by a member of the Government or by soine, one near to Mr. Glad stone,

A dispatch to the Times sips that, a laundry

CITY OF MEXICO, December aytb. A fight between soldiers and bandits occurred Dear Tangulstedgo, in the State of Mexico, After a severe struggle six bandits were killed and two others, who had been wounded, were captured.

LAREDO (Tex.); December 17th. took place between 300 Mexican troops and ago Near Las Animas, Mexico, yesterday, a fight

revolutionists, resulting in the defeat of Diar soldiers. Thirteen soldiers were killed and many were wounded, Several revolutionists were also killed and wounded.

The revolutionists are commanded by General Estrada, who is recognised as one of the bravest and best of fighters on the barder. The Mexican troops are led by General Garcia. It is said that the town of Guerrero is now threatened. Feople on the Mexican side of the ilver are flock ing to the standard of General Estrada, and his forces are dally becoming stronger. The pertinacity of the bandits makes it appear that they will cause more annoyance than war expected.

News from down the river says that United States troops under the command of Lieutenant Heddiken and a posse of deputy marabals under the direction of an experienced trailer are on the track of the evolutionary party which captured United States Deputy Marshals Guerrera and Benavides, and will not stop until they are rescued. "It is sot the first time that feigned patriotism has been made the cloak of free-booters," said an officer. "Uncle Sam is doing right in rush, lag United States troops to this section, not only to protect our neutrality laws, but that they may protect interests on the border from straggling bands who will commit many depredations, if the called, revolution, which seem to rage mostly in Texas, continues,"

ST PETERSBURG, December 29th The Novea Vremya has caused a sensation by publishing an arcle, apparently inspired by high authority, in which the French alliance is disparaged.

DUBLIN, December zgth. Considerable excitement is caused in home rule circles by the news that the Imperial authorities have directed the employment of the countcted with the face out the gulity parties

Although withholding for obvious reasons the names of the recipients of bribes the Vorwaarts indientes occupations and politics with exactness, Ten men who were beneficiaries of the fund were, it says, officials of the empire, eight were generals, three were judges, eleven were journa lists and twenty-five were members of the Kelchsing. The deputies in question were. mostly Nations Liberals and Conservatives,

$2700 each. Three of the principi beneficiaries and they received sums varying from $1500 to of the fund are believed to bare been intimate friends of King Ludwig of Bavaria.

done In 1886. The information supplied to the The heaviest bribing, says the Vorwaerts, was Vorwarts is believed to have been gained for the Social Democrats by August Bebely if he ins disingenuous as he usually is the investigation will be exceedlogly perilous. The whole matter will probably lle over and the Reichstag reassembles, when the Social Democrats wili bring it up by means of a resolution or inter pellation,

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PARIS, January and. Archbishop of Rennes, is dying.

Charles Philip Place, Cardinal, priest and

DUBLIN. January 2nd. Clase, celebrating the new year last night, started A party of Parnellists at Kíliruab, County

cut in are the town, and as there were no palice, rinted through the streets most of the night, stoning the houses of anti-l'arnellites, breaking windows and coing other damage, frightening the inmates of residences and threatening them with all sosts of violence. Among the houses attacked were the Workingmen's Club, the Temperance Hall and the residences of the Town Commissioners and ethers who have been active opponents of the Parnellites. A number of rio eis were arrested to-day.

CAIRO, January 2nd.

kundradina. --Tampersikre in the shade in dagrion, Feb. feldt (maldity la percentage of saturation, the bidity of air sabarwind with motste betty 100. Direction of the wlod to two poleta. Forge of the wind according 14 Baxutort scale, 6-State of the wrenche, & Bina sky, & Detached donde, & Delteilng rala, Fog, Hooray, Hall, Lightning » Overcast, ♬ Paning showers," Squally, Rain, Snow! Thunder, Viability, Daw ww], 9- Raby in lachof, tasha and hundredths,

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attacked the village of Gemai, near Wady Halfa, On Saturday large party of dervishes but were repulsed after a fierce fight, in which several were killed. On Sunday a second attack Hongkong Observatory, and February, 1893. was made, but the raiders were again driven off after a number of them had been killed,

VIENNA, January 2nd,

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Ernest Roederer, a pretended fournalist, who is accused of swindling John Simon Bergheim, an American mine-owner, gut.of $rocosa

LOND N, January 31

The Berlin correspondent of the Time says two fresh cases of cholera were reported in Hamburg to-day and one in Wandsbeck, There were two deaths from cholers in Altona to-day. A dispatch to the Standard from Warsaw says that the Polish painter Weirzinski, while out riding, was atacked by wolves near Bielo-

The prevalling opinion is that M. Floofrightful denunciations of bis wife and her lover. I obtain a further extension of its concessions, | years of age. It ́in feared the children aso |

ac-clection as President of the Chamber is .certain.

The application of the Factory Laws, reducing the hours of labor in inciories, mines, e'c., has caused a reduction of wages throughout Frar co. Many strikes have reguled, notably in the Department of the Nord.

man named Hierlis, who was heartbirken on account of his wife's unfal hfisiness, killed hi four children and himself in Pacis last night, He closed all the windows, locked the doom, pul his children to bed, and then burned hall bushel of charcos! in the open stove so as to fill the room with prisonous fumes. While waiting for death Hicrets wrote on the flour with cha k

dives in session at Manchester has refused 10 The commletea of the locked-cut cotton opera

accept clerical mediation.

- BERLIN, January 7th, A miner who tried to return to work near Neunkirchen, yesterday afternoon, was a mal treated by miners that he died two hours later, Hundreds of miners are anxious to resume work, but lear to do so, as they are threatened with death by the leaders of the strike in case they lighted fuses attachbed, have been found in the hauson of several blacklegs. Many powder er dynamite bombs have been exploded to-day in the halls or under the steps of houses where the blacklegs lodge. Nobody has been killed, but a considerable amount of darsage has been done, and the gravest apprehensions have beco excited throughout the Saar district and in this ety.

with the Dublin explosion.

stock and both he and bis horse were devoured. PANAMA, December 29'k. A dispatch from Constantinople says the chicl The Colombian Congress has given authority Rabbi él, Jerusalem is dead, to Dr. Nunes, President of Colombia, jo do what

PARIS, January 3rd, is necessary (o protect the best interests of all Four fresh cases of cholera are reported at concerned in fathmus transit. The general Dunklike opinion is that, owing to the antagonistic siti ude of the railroad to American steamikip

VIENNA, January 3rd. Many parents have reported to the police the interests, the Panama Canal Company cannot last four days their loss of daughters 8 and 12

will go to the seat of Govenment at Bogota to Important officials from the State of Panima victims of a criminal conspiracy. ⠀

strengthen this view of the situaifan.

LONDON, January 1st, The British rope-m-kers are in a condi-ion verging upon terror at the prospect of vigomus American competition. They have long ban ware that the Manila rope which they make cannot compare in quality with that manufactured. in the United States, but they have made no

LEEDS, January 3rd. The Millars! Assoglation has advanced the prite of our abililing per sighteen stone, owing". to the small, stock.

NOTES- FROM CHINesh papers.

chwang amongst the natives, and business in "A gjort deal of influenza is reported at New-

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Valeria, the Spanish Envoy recently appolated; do so. Boxes of powder and petroleum, with efforts to improve their goods, bing confident all branches of trade has been decidedly do about 3 months.

ROME, January 5th. The Pope has declined to receive Senor on the ground that he has written immoral novels.

VIENNA, January 5th, Anton Schmerling, who is neted as one of the founders of the Austrian Constitution, is dying

January 6th, Great excitement was caured in Neunkirchen, a town of Lower Austria, to-day, by a successful attempt to blow up the house of the editor of Conservative paper pubilihed there. The ex plosive used was gunpowder, and the house was bimost completely demolished.

A conversion syndicate has been formed for the Cipallon of the currency reforca, la constate of cipation of the currency reforms, In consists of the Rothschild firms of Vienna and Frankfort, the Austrian Credit Foncler, the Hungaria Great bank, Herr Bleichroeder, of Berlin, and the Darmstadt Discontgesellisvali, Tha operation will not begin before next fall, and wi}} Fast three years. Austria is negotiating with the same syndicate for the same purpose,

BERLIN, January 6th.

that low prices would comlous to keep out the prested ever since the closing of navigation. Americans,

It is now said, apparently upon good authority,

that the National Cordage Company of Americs,The effice for the collection of tribute rice for encru.aged by the reports of confidential agents this year, was opened on the 24th instant in the sent over here, bare resolved to invade tho | pative cly of Shangbai, and already country. British market without delay.

men'may be seen'carrying bags of rice into the city for the purpose of delivering them to the collect

The Standard's correspondent says Up to The Cologne Gasalia, in an article supporting this evening 38,000'Sase miners have struck and the Army Bil, pablishes comparative statistics many grave excesses are reported. The Riot Act showing that Germany ecruples the lowest post is posted everywhere and the magistracy and tion as regard taxation and the most favorable the police officials are acting in concent la adopt position as regards public debt, of all the counteg measures of precaution. tries of Europe. It is a mistake, says the

The Timer dispatch from St. Petersburg says

Gazelle, to assume that Germany has spached twenty Astrakhan cholera rioters were sealences the limit of tax-bearing capacity. If the Reich to be banged and twenty two to hard labor, stag refuses the demand of the Government, Ninety were acquitted, Germany will risk the milliards she has expend

for the ualled defences,

ST. PETERSBURG, January 7th A frightful sccident is reported from Elschis ghent, in the Frovince of Wilan. The boller of the public baths at that piste exploded, and six persons were instantly killed and fifteen mortally

PARIS, January 1st,

Taung-li Yemen and Presidents of the various On the 3rd January, the. Ministers of the Boards at Peking, called upon the Ministers of

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