THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1895.
The Colonial Secretary. like the last speaker,
trusted that the official members would not
the Government
that
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*PHILADELPHIA, September 22nd. An entirely different explanation of the staklog of the Spanish cruiser Barcastigul and the loss of forty- x lives in the harbor of Havana on last Wednesday night is made la letters received in
telegraphed from Havana the day after the this city to-day by a diailnguished member of the revolutionary party. According to the news catastrophe, It was due to a colitaion between the cruiser and a merchant steamer,
It is now stated as an absolute fact that the crudeer wa
sunk by a floating torpedo launched by adventurous
of Cubans. Thà
THE PEARY. EXPEDITION.
RITURN OF THE EXPLORER,
---- -- ----·ST. JOHNS,-N.F., September ask
this afternoon, bringing Pears, I and Hanson The Peay relief steamer Alla siived here safe home. The Feary expedition party endured much hardship last winter, bat undaunted, stated northward again in April in an attempt to make a new record,
Bay, where they camp. They were unable, They succeded in reaching Independence
owing to the weakness of the pay, th Lee to make any pronounced advance nothward and Hanson being exhaus el. The work of the expedition is beileved to have been onlaputant. The Rite reached Peary's headquaters August 3rd and started to retorn on September at. They spent the Interveniar time exploring in the lnterest of the Greenland Scientife Expedition
Members of the party are way reliceat, but generally conceded that in the main the expedition was practically a fallure, Lect winter was passed uneventfully at Anniversary Lodge cap, which let Anniversary Lodge April 1st. All three, Peary, Lee and Hanson, took past, having fivo sledges, and forty-nine dogs, besides supporting party of natives during the first stages of the journey.
· Sald Pacha, who has replaced Turkhan Pacha as Foreign Minister, was formerly Foreign Minister.
October 8th, Baron Henry de Worms has been raised to the Feerage,
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Rour, October 8th, Advices from Massowah state that King Mepelek is marching against the Italians, that Mangatele has been reinforced. General Bartlett, with a force of nine the avand men, mostly native troops, left Adigrat yesterday, and troops under Mangascia, before his junction with is marching southwards in order to disperse the
colonial militia have been mobilized to cover the forces of King Meselek at Makangen. The General Baratieri's rear. The Italian Gorem. ment are sending reinforcements to the scene of action Immediately.
THE "CATTERTHUN" DISASTER.
The British steamship Changchew left. Penang on the 10th lestant, and Slogapore on the 14th, and had fine weather with Hghi north- east winds throughout.
The British steamship Formosa leht Tammol on the 18th instant, Amor on the zob, and
From Tamsul to Očlenen · Swatow at the 2216, and light westerly winds and smooth ves; thence to Amoy had moderate and light north-east winds and overcast weather. From Amoy had mode until arrival in Swatow, From Swalow rate north-east winds and sea with fire weather
steamships Aascotia Cromarty, Invertay port had light wind from east-north-east, and
Amay, Frejr, and Store Nordiske." To Swatow the German man-of-war Anco×#, and the steam- ships Viking, Taiwan, Chowfa, Keongsang, and Yung ching.
to
"Imooth sea with fine weather. In Amoy tha
HONGKONG PUBLIC LIBRARY.
came for the purpose of listening 'and not to speak; but no fils Excellency kad asked him to In accordance with a notice published isst make a few remarks he had very much pleasure week, that a meeting of those interested in the doleg so. Mr. Cobbold had Just informed Hongkong Pabile Library would be held at the them that this library had proved its need and City Hall yesterday afternoon at 5.15 p.m., bis Excellency had stated he hoped that both that public-spirited men ought to support it. As which His Excellency the Governor would pre- side, some thirty gentlemen gathered together, official wed unofficial members would yote a among bom were, in additon to His Excellency Large som towards subsidising the library, and he Hoa. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Hon. T. H. Wale show any opposition to the vole when it came head, the Rev. R. F. Cabbold, Rev. G. T before the Council. If entrusted with the duty he Williams, Messrs. R. Shewan, T. Jackson, would havs very great pleasure in moving it, and Granville Sharp, H. E. Pollock, H. Sharp, and so doubt that the hon. member on his lift G. C. Cox, J. C. Thomson, A. J. David, A Woolley, G. Piercy, A. J.
MAY
C. Platt,
(Hoo, T. Whitehead) would have great pleasure Hastings,
in sccondlag it. H. L.
(Applause). He thought Dennys, W. C. Barlow, W. Stanton, J. Duggan, and a few others.
do something in the His Excellency, is opebing the proceedings, way of giving a grant of land for the erection of the library building, which Hongkong should sald :-Gentlemen-I am iony I cannot say
possess. It was a matter which requlsed much Indies and gentlemen-I can assure you that I
consideration, and he hoped it would receive the accepted the invitation to take the chair this evening with a great deal of pleasure, because tention it deserved, and he further hood I consider that this is a very important meeting, would receive the attention of the community
generally. notwithstanding the very scant attendance
Dr. Cantlle was to be greally Indeed, I may say it is the most important meeting the library, and be bad been well seconded thanked for his exertions in connection with - from a recreative and educational point of
that I bave had the pleasura of laking the chair in his efforts by Mr. Cobbeld and others device, so constructed that it could be launched in preparing for the great exp:dition over the ice | F. Hixion, R.N.) to-day delivered the Boards Yuen Sang
who had spared pelther time nor pains at slace I came to the colony, I wish that some one more qualified than I had been asked to show those who had tried to throw water on the movement that it was productive of immense but if there is any deficiency in my remačka li will be filled up by Mr. Cobbold, the Colonial good is the colony.
Mr Grenville Sharp sald”in his travels in Secretary, and Mr. Grauville Sharp, who have Australia seme years ago he was very much: promised to address 1ko milos, not the i štrack in noticing that in both large and small announce to you the Inauguration, of a public library in HongKopf: | was a church, there was a school, there was a ƒ was gone Captain Enrique gave orders to stexts could not find the cache, which had bridently Second, by the default of Alfred William Lanfear.
towar there were always four institutions. There (Applause.) You will probably mak, where Is that public Hbrary So far I can nee echo
Town Hall, and there was a Free Library. There answers Where ?" But Mr. Cobbold will fore be thought that Hongkong was altogether very likely tell you. You may also ask, where had not the privilege and honour of belonging to are the books which form that library? Well the Ciob; and so this was a question between the gentlemen, bere la the catalogue of nearly 3,000 books which will form the nucleus of a library,
'bares" and the" have-not t! and unfortunately and an additional goc books are now on the way the "haves were very much disposed to take very from England to be addet to the store. One of his very much of the support given to the poor limited views of the “have-sols.” This reminded the deficiencies to this colo 7 is a public library.
by two fashionable ladies who were dinning in
I have to
behind hand. A great many of the inhabitants
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handles who received the letter said: The Spanish Government knows fall well want saak their best cruiser and sent to their deaths Admiral Delgado Perejo, in command of the Spanish navy to Coban waters, seven officers and thirty-four men, We know here that before the dispatch relating to the accident was sent it was carefully edited by the press censoŁ
Advices received say that on Monday night a party of ten Cabang, under the command of Captain Carlos Enrique, left Guantanamo in a staam launch which was the recent invention of an American. The torpedo was an Ingenious some distance away from the object aimed to be destroyet, and then, by a piece of clockwork, explode la, about Efteen minutes after it was sent out. The little parly on the launch had received these torpedoes only a week before.
Captain Enrique selected a point about 200 yards from the whar! from which to launch the torpedo. It was sipped cut, and as soon as it away as rapidly as possible,
than anticipated. Not five minutes elapsed The work of the forpsde was even more speedy
several miles away. before it exploded with a report that was heard
From what those on the boat say it must have and struck her in the starboard side. It is true gone off about fifty feet away from the craiser
We all know there is a disconnected library: front of a fashionable confectioner's shop in damage, but it was not serious by any means,
and we call to some extent under obligations to the Club library. But the Club library is quits inadequate. Whenever I send down a list
one or
of fifteen or twenty book I get pether they
Bond Street. One said, “My dear, we do hear
so much about the distress, and yet they can get these beautiful buns for twopence ba'penny hey each. There was a goed dent of this sort of thing in Hongkong. There was no doubt that the want for Public Library existed. There was a large and growing class of
people who wanted reading and did not belong to the Club.
two, and all the others are out. are lost or not I cannot say, but suck a state of things aught ret to exist in a rich colony like Hongkong. There was a memorandum issued by
ventel at the time, and that she too suffered that the merchant steamer Mortera was near the
and if the men on board of her had kept their
those on board the cruicer;
of
thoseer moght have saved, some of the lives
When they arrived at a pilot 135 miles from beadquarters, where be bad cached provisions on the failure of the expedition in 1895 Peary been snowed over and barled. Consequently Bay, hoping to augment als limited stock he decided to continue on toward Independence of provisions by shooting game. He expected to reach the bay and do some coast exploration, which two hopes we realized, although at the had to be hauled for several days til the bay cost of dreadiul hardships. Ise gave out and was reached, where they contrived to shoot several maak ozan.
Owlog to the smallness of the party and the fatal defect of a scarcity of feed, Peary could not make his way northward. He did some coast explor. tion himself, while Les recuperated, after which they begen beir return journey to camp, Th dege became emaciated from want of foed and then developed contagious disenter that only one remained when headquarters were During the return Lee gain collapsed and bad to take to the sledge, which Feary and Hanson, with the remaining dog, drew over frozen snow unill he recovered.
THE MARINE BOARD'S FINDING.
SYDNEY, September 25th. The president of the Marine Board (Captain finding in connection with the wreck of the steamer Cartrtkun off Seal Rocks on August 8th. The finding wat as follows:-
The wreck was cansed-First, by the default of Nell navigating too close to the land on a stormy night 1 'Shannon, the deceased master, owing to and ordering a course which carried the ship close
to the well-known dangers' about Seal Rocks. in altering the course of the vessel without founderc authority,whereby she struck and eventually
Mr. Lanfear is ordered to appear before the Board on Sept. 30th to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or suspended,
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FIRE ON BOARD THE "WIELAND."
SINGAPORE, October 16th.
A fire that has already done considerable damage, and that does not promise a speedy extinction, is in progress on board the German steamer Wieland (Messrs. Behn Meyer & Com agants), lying at Tanjong Pagar what. The fire was discovered yesterday, and the feat steps that the hatches and openings of any kind in were taken were the closing up of all
and the fitting of a steam
road. He was accompanied by Mr. Fitzsim. Ultimately the ste ck of dogs became so reduced the Seal Decks lighthouse was special/ Bich progress. Hoza have now been applied to a
NEW YORK, September sand. Bob Flisshamons left this afternoon on special train of three cars over the Pennsylvania mont, Martin Jullan, his manager; Mrs. Julian, Charles Walie, the pugilat's i wrestler.
the trustees of this library in which It was stated On-Sunday-he bad found thea-City-Half-Library Roeber, the Grimai er, and Emil | reached on the retum jare
that Hongkong way worse off than most of the small towns in Australia Mr. Sherp will enlighten us on that patet, so doubt. I had eighteen years' experience in the West Indies, My first Government was tread colony, with the Bahamas. That is a very old colony, with a Legislative Assembly which they have enjoyed lor 150 years. There is a public library there which is publicly managed and is opened from ten o'clock to the morning until nine o'clock at night. In the Barbadoes, where there has been a
extract that our
clored. This was not as it should be. books in that Library had been exceedingly well preserved, but as new ones had been added for over 20 years except books published in the
colony. That was not the kind of Library wanted. They wanted one up to date. The library occupied a room worth $150 a month, and yet the whole library if put up at auction would not fetch twelve months' rent and expense.
"Nero," the Sghting lion, was one of the puly ako, together with four crates of chickens, which will constitute Fitzsimmons will go to Corpus Christi, Tex., where he will chief article of feed on the journey. Filssimagns train until he goes to Dallas to fight. The first stop will be made at Lynchburg, Va., where Fitzsimmons will give an exhibition. From there the party will go to Corpus Christi, making rented a 'cottage at Corpus Christi, near the race track, where cally exhibitions will be gives during the season be will train there.
|a short stay at San Antonio, Fitzsimmons bas
Speaking of the referee to be selected for the fight with Corbett, Filzilmmons said :--"The difficulty to relation to the referee has bean Amicably settled. Six men will be named by each side, and these six men, will select one from their number, who will be the referee,"
Fizsimmons would have nothing to say as to what he thought would be the outcome of the fight, except "I shall do my best."
THE COUP D'ETAT AT SEOUL.
meal a day. They ate their last ounce of food For over two weeks all three live on one twenty miles from camp, and passed many hours whbout fed before they succeeded in teaching home. They got back July 25. Just a week before they beard news of the relief expedition, July 11, bat could not penetrate No thember The Kife reached the month of Inglefield Gulf laud Sannd owing to ice. Being forced south by the ice pack, the tried Murchison Soned, but falled, and eventually entered McCormack Bay
August 2
an
erected
The Board added the following rider to its decision:-"This is one of the most lamentable cases that the Marine Board have the deck, ever investigated. Here is a valuable ship, pipe through the fron bulkhead into the hold exceptionally well manned and found, which In which the fire existed. These mekaaren has been successfully navigated for years past
Were among the Barrier Reels and other intricacies of
continued yesterday and daring the Chios roule sacrificed, with a large portion in subduing the flames as it was discovered the night, but the team did not prove effective of her passengers and crew, on a near there to-day that the outbreak bad made some danger on the coast of New South Wales, to point out. It is not clear to the Board what
sides of the conflagration-which is in the atre of the vessel—and a conilogous stream of took pisce after the Catterthun-sua.k. The water is being played on. Meantime the cargo,- boats were, however, swang out and got ready consisting mainly of hemp and sugar, la belog while the ship continued to go on without speed rapidly discharged. The Walend in one of the being reduced. She is said to have been pointed old Atlantic boats of the Eagle Line, built in 1874, the position in which the wreck was found. Had and Hamburg, and bad called at Singapore is towards the land with the shelter, but this is hard to realise in view of She is on a voyage from Manila to Liverpool the objec. of iccking and in her day was one of the finest ships afloat.
the vessel been taken lato Seal Rocks Bay coal-Straits Times, smooth seas ant shallow water would have been found. Some criticisms had been made as to lady passengers not having been warned and
CHINESE FIREMEN IN LONDON.
no doubt attended to la proper time. But there was that neither Captain Shannon nor his officers inches on the ground, applied to Mr. Dickinson, Two Chinese in native costume, one of them In the minds of the Board | wearing a luxurlant p'gtall which tralled several realised that the ship was in such imminent on 17th aliima, at the Thames police-court, dasgeraniil within a little time of her foundering, through an interpreter, for advice as to what level with the water. The effect of the heavy to which they were placed. They handed up Shortly before the vessel sank she became almost course they were to pursue la the circumstances
the boats successfully. The redeeming feature characters upon rice paper, setting forth their seas then sendered it quite impossible to lower a document, beautifully written in Chinese
fn this melancholy disaster is the fact that
to the usually flowery and hyperbole the last.
walmus crufen. She proceeded thirty miles north discipline is said to have been maintained to plaint. This, the interpreter stated, was
The relief expediton started and walked thirty-five miles to Bedouin Bay, where they found the gallant trio. The parties returned to the ship Auguti 4. She then started on a of Littleton Island, on the east side, and then crossed to Cape Sabine, on the west coast, whence she cruised south, entering Janes Sound and proceeding fifty miles up it, until stopped by ice.
Next she followed the coast and crossed Melville Bay to Cape York, where she explored shipped, ons weighing ball a ton and the ether for meteorites and contrived to gel two safely three lons, hat a stone commonly known as Sir iron, weighing about forty tons,
It was found impossible to move and they were compelled to abandon it. They drillad several holes in it,
talled. hoping to force off a plece, but
Da September 7th the Kile was caught in a Back off Disko and remained there four days. The Rule has on board the most valuable collec. Ste, barely escaped being nipped and sinking. tion over brought eat of the Arctic regions. All the members of the combined expedition agree tion under American auspices for many years to come. Peary feels his failure keenly and much sympathy is expressed for him here.
| language of the Orient. In effect it onld | " That Mr. Thompson (Mestre. Richardson and their bumble and Insignificant and much-to-be- Thompson), who appeared for Mrs. Shannon, despised persons approached the venerable and asked the Board to deal with Captain Shannon's highly-respected magistrate, whose ancestors certificate, although Captals Shennon wis dead! To clear Captain Shannon it would be neCOSIRIY
were ever to be be blessed." They shipped Bremen on a steamer from Hongkong, for him to produce the evidence taken at the bal all through the voyage they had been so Jaques, and once
that evidence was put before brutally ill-treated by the engineers that they navigated too closely to the land. To get the reached Loades on a Saturday, and the vess the Board they would see that the ship was never
were afraid to go back in the same ship. They
thould be issued to him to call the witnesses. to do? If they did not return they would be The Fresident sald the Board never dealt with charged with desertion and punished at this any certificate unil! the holder of the certificate court. Mr. Dickinson: This is becoming quite appeared before them and had every opportunity the standard story with these Chinese samen. of defending himself. In this lamentable case-The laterpreter, who said that he had been such a course was impossibl
many years a missionary in Chins, had reason to alleve that a number of these I was told a very different tale the other day. were only too well-founded.-Mix,
Mr. Jackson was glad that a library had be Legislative Assembly for 200 years, there deals established. He thought the City Hall library a magnificent public Hbrary of between 60,000 and 70,000 volumes, run by the Government. might be made the Docleas of a really good The librarian is Rev. T. H. Walcut, whose brary: Would it not be practicable to get a salary is £250 a year. There is also a reading good room for the library? If the meeting War room where the intest newspapers and periodicals to be of any use something practicable should can be perused, and books borrowed on payment
be done. Was any resolution to be proposed ? of a billog quarter. This morning I
Rev, R. F. Cobbold replied to the negative, received paper from North Borneo-I do not want to The Rev. G. J. Williams thought that now was shock you, but I should say it is disgraceful for the opportunity to press the matice to a final Hongkong not to have a public library--but la conclusion and to ask als Excellency, even the paper I got this morning there is this informally, to take the office of nurse of the am very glad to be able to tell you Excellency would have the support of the
Lociety
and to expense Its cause. He was sure our Book Club In
In dourishing and not have we goodly number of books, but in January
not only unofficial members. (Applause). next we shall make our balf yearly remittance
Hos. T. H. Whitehead-I think it is to be to Madie, which will be for about two hundred deeply regretted that Hongkong has hitherto not dollars
is a very great instead of one hundred ́as hitherto,"
bada Public Library, cressing class in this That is the position I wish in to take regard coarce, and there is an
community who cannot get books from the Club to the community in Hongkong. A colony like Library. 1 thluk therefore it is absolutely this, with its 200,000 inhabitants, the hub of the "cessary that there should ban Pablle Library eggregious family the Mings, the great abstacle John Rori?, an immense block of almost pars evidenco it would be necessary that subpoenas størtëd again to a few days. What were they East, should not be in the position it is in regard to recreation and education so fax na pablic libraries are concerned. An attempt was made some months ago to form a library and a bli was drafted by Mr. Leach for the purpose of Incorporation, but safortunately the unofficial members, I am sorry to say, did not see thele bento, Te for 1. I do not know why, but I am glad to see I have 1 VERY powerful man on my right (Hon. T. H Whitehead) who will be able to convince thems that they were niterly in the wrong. Even if they were not in the wrong I must say, so lara I am concerned, the Government-the oficial phalanx was perfectly justified in running s measure of this sort through the Council. (Applause). I am glad to see that Mr. Wale head abares that statement. Even it we do set run a bill I think you ought to assist the official members in voting $3,000 or $4,000 a year for the support of this institution, which cannot fall to be of great pabilo use to the residents of Hongkong. I am very sorry that the father of this institution, Dr. Cantlle, is absent, but its nurie, Mr. Cobbold, in here. I will now ask (Laughter and
D
the nurse top bold said he believed that
The Rev. R. F.
the
in Hongkong and I shall be happy to give it every suppost I possibly can." (Applause). »-
I Mr. · Shewan proposed a volc of thanks
to the Governor f for presiding.
He did not agree with he remarks respectlog the assistance from the Government. If they could go by themselves it would be much better than always running after
ihe Government. The assistance would come from the Government all right if they moved for themselves Erst.
His Excellency thank you very much for
the way in which you have received Mr.struggle in disgust, and were giving up the that thin Is the death-blow to any Arctic expedi
Shewan's remarks. With the strong support of Mr. Whitehead and Mr. Williams I can assure you I will do all I can, privately, publicly, and personally, to insure the saccess of this library, Applause). Perhaps we can put an incorporative bill though the Cennell, and as on that occa tion I shall be able to announce a very large torplus I think we might try to subsidise the brary, I shall be glad to do all I can. (Applans.)
The proceedings then terminated,
BERLIN, September aand.
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Captain Shannon's act when he was not before Mr Thompson said the Board had dealt with the Board, and yet the Board would not go far ther and allow him to produce this evidence.
The President said the Board had merely made a report as to the cause, in their opinion, of the loss of the Callerthus according to the evidence adduced.
Mr. Thompson-Further gvidence has been practically relused,
The President-No evidence whatever his been refused.
Mr. Thompson-It has been refused practi- cally because I cannot get the subpoenas.
Mr. Gaden (Messrs. Norton, Smith sad. Co.), who appeared for the E and A. Company, said he did not think the Board had jarlsdiction to do what Mr. Thompson suggested,
on, and the matter would not affect Mr. Gaden's
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THE BOARD OOKS FOR* LANFEAR,
SYDNEY, Octobor ist. The Marine Board has decided to suspend the certificate of Mr. Lanfear, the second mate of the steamer Cotterikun, for six altering the course of the restal without the authority of the commander.—Evening News,
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,
MAILS DUE: Indian (Lightning) 24th fäst. American (Gasife) 28th fast. Americau (City of Peking) 5th prox... Canadian (Empren of India) 5th prox.
[North China Dolly Neus] The Queen, who shares with her father the ableit statesman in Korea, is, with her in-law the Talwoskun the reputation of being
to progress and reform in the country, and It is evidently against ber and her famally that the most recent revolution, te directed, The King has been a tool in her baads but the King's father, the Taiwonkan, though some seventy-five years old, is a man of energy and decision, and he is, be kingdom. tine, the most popular leader in the kingdom The Queen has been restoring her,own relations to the Cabinet, and their power was returning to the Minges
the Japanese
it appeared that the equntry must inevitably fall lots the grasp of Russia. Count Inouye bad failed entirely to `carry` bis reforms, Li.-General Mitra was sent to unravel the threads which Count Inouye had left in a hopeless tangle. Whatever his lastruc tions were, he refused to disclose them, or his VICW] of what should be done.
LONDON, September 23rd. Apparently, be has aces the value of co King Leopold of Belgium has paid a visit to operating with the ablest Korean statesman, | M. Faure, the President of the French Republle, the Taiwanken, for it would appear from the|| It is believed that his vide was made for the news published this morning that the twa wers purpose of entering into negotiations for the acting together to the recent coup. As the Tal-transfer el the Congo Free State to Francs. 11 wonkon was entering the us about his charge NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL General Miura came up at the head of a spa- the event of any perilon of the country being
palace with his force,
ce, la reported that Great Britain demands that, la - Mr. Thompson said the Board (bad-jarfadic» neseforce, and the two entered the palace simost caled to France, the teritory in which the ellent. The next grand state function will be tha simultaneously. The Queen disappeared; ons British trader Stokes wis murdered shall be purses were generally gifted with fally tongues, and are at any rate able to babble with Gavelling of the monument to the memory of report even bints that she has been killed; but handed over to her.
long
A dreadful railway seeldent' has happened in Infants in arms; but he must say he came to-day Emperor Frederick III at Worth. The pro- she has been killed before la revolutions at Seoni, gramme of the ceremonies has been enlarged
bar, quité
duprepared to
no doubt, been quietly waiting in Saxony. A train conveying a number of soldiers that the father of hak, because he thought
far beyond the original ideas, the Kalier her accustomed refuge for the next turn of the public library wou'd I be
has come into collision with azother, with fatal able to be here to say everything in the favour.seemingly being desirous of making the occasion wheel. The Qacea has perhaps been able consequences. Thirteen of the soldiers were His Excellency had lold upon him the light burden almost as important as the Sedan-day Bes rally ber adherents, and there is very killed outsight, and sixty of the others were more Whether such is the intention or not, the cole-likely fighting at the capital; bet those of stating where the Hoogkong Public Library is
or less seriously injured. It is situated on the same floor as Dr. Castle's bration of this event may be made much mors who have the interest of the progress "A-striking demons'ration of pro-Ruselan and independence of Korea at beart will fervantly feeling took place at the French marceuvres, office. The Ides of a library started in the Cd invitating to France bag the Sedan feles were. Volumes Society's rooms. It very soon became German Princes, the Kings of Saxony
Ia response ́to 'special Invitations all of the hope that the outcome of this present revolution At the clate of the review the populace, on and will be the effectual curbing of the power of the learning of the identity of the Russian Ganeral at any rate it gave promise of becoming, tos Wartemberg and the Grand Dakes of Badan, Queen and her family. Undoubtedly the man Dragomiroff and Prince Labanoff, tried to large fo its developments and so the commitles of the Odd Volumes Society handed over the Ludwig will represent
Нети and Oldenburg will be present. Prince Who WAT
unharness, thele horses and to drag their carriage, most successful in keeping order in library to three trustees and naked the existing
sent Bavarls, and a prominent Korea was the late Chinese resident Yuan, and The escort of the General and ale companion, it is quite possible that even the Japanese are however, prevented them from carrying their sub-committee of the library to continue the place during the ceremony of the unvelling will Executive work of it. The library consists of Frederick. The exact number of troops that
be accorded to the Kaiser's mother, ex-Empress now regretting that they ever made up their intention into effect,
September 24th. nearly 2,000 books, which will shortly be
minds to displace blin. mitted by
News has been received In Paris. that the THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Varang left Consignment from home
i occupy the old battlefeld at Woerth is not
Successor Pope Leo XII will be selected at Singapore for this port at noon to-day,
of was now needed was public support. The library known, but it is understood that there will be a had shewn during the last few months that it
The origin of the disturbance it is hard at this Arignon, the capital of the Department of was able to support itself, and if arrears were
stage to ascertain, but we surmise it had to do: Vaucluse, fa' France, situated abrut-403 miles the library could be
with the discontent of underpaid or non-pald | from Pails sad. welf-supporting
miles from Marselles. Teis WE as Informed by the Agents (Messrs. 53
rely hoped, a grant from the
the follow letter from Dr. Cantile "Dear Mr. Cobbold-I am sorry I am not well is to cost 2,500,000 marks. The Realdens reference to the Queen mysterious, and to
མད barrack and enough to attend the meeting of the Hongkong Theatre has scored a bit by the production of
Beerns to indicate that she knew more about the 1, which is now VILŐ EN
prison, so that it once more because the
MAY the comedy Des Rabenwater." Sonzogne of Public Library supporters this afternoon,
matter, than is at present disclosed. Korean permanent saldance of the Pope. understand you are to make reference of the the Milan Operahouse opened a season of
revolts are as l'equent and
It is reported that Mr.. Vanderbilt, the Ameri so complex is indebtedness (pecs facily) of the library to me. but the venture was not successful, and the interesting to foreigners, that we might well daughter on her marriage with the Duke of Pring Heinrich steamer, from Europe.
Italian opera in the Linden Theatre last week, their approximate causes and, withal, so un- can millionaire, has agreed to settle upon bla Please inform the meeting that I have no inten
whatever of asking the library to refund the son will be prematurely closed Thursday. "be excused if we abou'd treat the latest ebullition Marlborough a sum of ten million dollars, and | Progrits .... money. As near as I can ascertain I spent about Cathedral to day in the latest of test col que lo Seoul with scant weight had it not been for upon the Duke a further sum of six million .................
There was a special service
interest of restoring the expenses. Will you
Lydırkarna $500 on Intilal
the fact that it was to the Japanese Legation | dollars, please sak the meeting to kindly accept this unconditionally? meeting of Catholics was also held, at which it
Pope to temporal power, An Immensa maas- that the King arpoaled in the time of trouble
PARIS, October 6th, The library is now an established
And
from tabellious subjects. This fact is significant The funeral of M, Pasteur took place to-day, Danda............ırıcıḍrian the snofficial members of the Legislative Council was resolved to renew the general protests in at the present juncture as showing that it is and was a most imposing ceremony. A datach. Formeta mum must feel that they were not expressing the true favor of the Vatican. Under instructions upon Japan that the ruler of the most distressful rest of troops formed an escort to Notre Dame, Sulfa........... feellner of the community when they opposed emanates from the Bishoye council at Faida, country of the Orlent relies to aid him against President Watre and the members of the Corps Taking
Canton the scheme on the ground that there are churches in furtherance of the Vatican's claims
solema maen will be oslebrated in all Catholic such laternal movements. The gestral question Diplomatique were present.
Victorys mu
Canton. readers outside the Hongkong Club to fast temporal authority.
the
disposal of Korea looms large upon
October 7th,
Aggregating, 16,076 tons register, library. I may say that this statement was taken
disturbance
M.-Pavia, the French Minister at Stam,
DEPARTURES, valy badly by the British population outside the the way
The Emperor
to may be an indication of the arrived at Marseilles to-day, 30 Club; but it was really
communicating with his ministers
-Four, October 7th.
Esmeralda.........................teamer, for Amoy, etc. that are swaying the tide of events means of the
ing Calm. But being started, for smarting under mach a vemark / and others while abeant, from Berila. While in the troubled "Land of Moralosti soiation | the threatenlus attitude of a chief named Man. Namon pasterizs,
Advices from Abyniola state that, owing to Sugami Maru no community (four-fifths of whore do not belong is in Rominios he is followed wherever he four information is correct the to the Club) took matters into their own hands goes by telephone car, by the use of which he of the antise
anabled
from any part of the chase ofthese question is likely to be accomplished acis, who is collecting forces to the south at Sifhan speak
few weeks, and next
and Amanly, Gandrat Haraliese was formed a camp Sabine Rickmers on with the result we know. The library has sub with the foresters, gameseepers, sice, and also Russia will find a modus vivendi, Kh: he of observation at Adigrat. It is reported skated........... scribers enough to render self self-supporting, kasy up closs communication with the acquiescence of the other
other powers but we want the public-spirited and the Covern.
for disposing
an attempt to expel the Italians from. Hattar in Bentowers comm ment if possible to subscribe towards buying new and Amewhere. The Imperm will return be pallikes, in a manner that will affectually prevent
Ministers and other Stats authorities in Berlin of the long-standing bugbear
Eastern, probablay w
Loancar, October 7th
Chiara G books and equipping the library so as to make it. Berlin in the early part of October, when the the recurrence of the tiresome outbreaks of the worthy of Hongkong-Yours faithfully, Javes of musenov of all the Chie Mihin standing factions which was soosi sa piton Kawalang kasihtam) Secretary LeBike Gusen,
Sir Julian Guidemid, KL.P., and Biz Tibetwiod:| Cantie
fbas tiesa te fitos,
karo been appointed Privy Cömvalltar),
void ap
RE WAS
in mumber to make an imposing spectacle. After the ceremony the Emperory and Princes
I partake of a banquet in Strasburg.
[China Gonitte.]
|
The foundation stone of a new theatre in the troops, who found a leader in Ming, relative also reported that sum of £180,000 will be Carlowits & Co.) that the steamship Zetimbre by subscriptions kom randers and ant. TVilhelm Theatre, has been laid. The building | Affairs, who has recently been superseded. The Popes, near the Cathedral of Notre Dame Der may be expected here on er about the 29th inst. weal and of Berlin, to be called the Kalier of the Queen and the former Minister for Home sapended in restoring the former palace of the Left Singapore this morning for thle port, and
tion
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the
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Me taken a pow departure in Just relented, Sorizon and the
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It is difficult to know which to believe. The matter ought certainly to be inquired into, but I have not the power to order an investigation. You had better lay the men's complaint before the Board of Trade,—The parties then left the court,
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