WI learn from Peking that the Chinese Govern- ment now intend to make start in the forma Han ́at a new navy, and the consequence is that Peking is full of agents of shipbuilding fras who are bully.ergaged in submitting plans And mod is of ery description of was ablp. Tientsin Timis.
THE Japanese Minister of Home Affairs issued a notification on the 20th ultimo to the effect that medical inspection will be enforced at Nagasaki, Kutchlaotza, Shimonosek!, Mejl, Kobe, and Yo'tohame for all abips coming from Formosa and the Pescadores, to prevent the Impostation of the black plague, which lately broke out at Anping.
Tik following is recommended by the Calcutta Arion at a "sling" for the present hot weather: -Into a lang tumbler pat two or three sprigs of fresh mint and a third of a tombler of crushed icc, add our wine glass of Roseh lime juice cordial and half a wine glass Old Tom of whisky, fill with soda water and drink through straws; anyhow drisk."
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE
NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.
KOYAMA ROKUROSUKE, the would-be murderer of Viceroy Li,, is under, oing his sentence at the to the gaol he was in a state of menial depression, Kathiro Prison, Hokkaido, When first taken but he has since changed remarkably, and ing, Capt. 1. T. Simlib, from San Francisco, The Pacific Mail S. 5. Co's steamer City of doing his work with great,dlligence.
via Yokohama and Nagasaki, with malls up to 5th May, arrived in port yesterday morning. From our San Francisco exchanges we take the following telegrams >—
LONDON, April 5th. will $5,000,000,
Barna Hirich left to the Prince of Wales by
THE Russian Government is rapidly completing the construction of a large naval station at Lib, in Couiland, an ice-free harbour on the froniter. When completed, Liban will be Baltic, only a few miles from the German espable of couteloing zo Ironclads and a cerre- spanding number of cruisers and torpede-boats. In another column we (P, and T. Times) publish son, of Shanghal, Teated ten wins, with only one & full account of the Peking Races. Mr. Samp second and one third. Mr. "Chancery heads the list among the owners, and we are only sorry the "crack" Transfer did not ran here and compete against the Tongshan pony Advance.
BARON von Hammerstelo, the former Conserva tive leader and ex-Editor of the Kreuz Zeitung, imprisonment and a fine of 2,500 marks, after who was sentenced an April 22nd to three years having been convicted of forgery, said, alter his conviction:-"I am sorry now that I did not accept an invitation to go to America which I received through a friend soon after my flight from Berlin last summer. A New York edlior offered me fise editorial position, but owing to Ignorance of the English language I refused
It."
"As we have already received numerous orders for coples of the Mall Itsue of the Hongkong Telegraph, which will be published at 6 s.m, on Thursday, the 4th instant (containing a complete report of the unvelling of the Queen's Statue), iubscribers destrona of having extra cuples received a document from Turkey on the 1st THE National Armenian Relief Committes mailed to friends at home should, to avoldaltims showing the feeling of many of the disappointment, sand in their ordera. not later | antvivors on the Armenian massacres. It says :---- than 2 p.m. on Wednesday, addressed to "It is now more than five months that sword, fire, famine, and cold bave been doing their fear. ful work among us. Not less than 200,000 of our people, largely men from inficentfal and productive classes, bave fallen victims to the far of our persecutors, More than 50 coo have, under threats of slant death, professed Islam. Thousands of our sisters and daughters bave been violently carried off to the harems of the Tarks and Kurds."
THE MANAGER, "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH " OFFICE,
No. 6, Pedder's Hill.
JUDGMENT was piven is H.B.M. Supreme Court for China, at Shanghal, on the 26th May, is the sult brought by the owners of the Norweglas steamer Normandie against the owners of the Britlab steamer Pekín, arising out of a collision in front of the Public Gardens, Shanghai, on the morning of the 3d Ail last. The Court found that the Piwis nearly at a standstill at the time of the califsion and had done everything she should have done, while the Normandla" bad Improperly neglected jo, keep her, sieht side of the channel, to take measures to avoid a colil. slon, to slacken speed, and stop and reverse in good ilme, and was therefore lible for all the damages sustained by the Pekin.
fountain erected to the memory of William and AT the unveiling of the memodal drinking Dorothy Wordsworth in the public park at Cockermouth, the poet's birthplace, a letter was wrote:-"I rejoice in any and every manliesta received from Mr. Gladstone, in which he tion of honour to Wordsworth. I visited his house when a biy, and when a young man had the honest af en etsinlag bim more than once la in his klodoras, and in the grave and stately, the Albany. I revered his gealus and delighted but not sostere, dignity of his manners, Apart from all personal impression and from the debt of gratitude for having done so much for prerogatives of genius, as auch, we owe him a our literature in the capital prints of parity and C rvation." MT. Bayard, the American Ambas- worth has long been acknowledged, and, happi'y for us, his geatle influence is steadily increasing, and lo more and more a recognised moral and social force."
THE brand-new Rattle which some well-mean- ing, clever, and clatiectly, witty wilters have kindly presented to weary exlion in these faridor wrote "In Americ: our debt to Words away sunty climes, sums up the heartlessness of creation in general" in the following solemn
I
menere
If vea emember, Wasdeworth though le bard When Mary, weched girl, had shuffled off Hee mortal cali (sad vic·lit në = cook b); He thought frone, I say, that no regard' Washown thereto hy this incennate world:
It paid on herd to Mizy's selfc demine, But bore her ward, as it calmly whirled Into the depths of space, with, rocks and trees. This init ted Wordsworth at the time, And he complained, as ususi, in rayme.
11.
In my far distant salad days, to me
It seemed that Wordsworth always brought to
mind
Some at sheep tied bleating to a tree;
Bat latterly, d'you know, 've been loclined To look at matters in a similar way,
To curse this beastly callous world ibat goes Revolving on its "xivorce a day,
Regardless of my obvious needs and wnes. of bate to thlak, when all things go contrary,
This placet carce no mare for me than Mary, WHAT the San Francisco Call styles * Brillant Victory for Uncle Sm" Is reported in Frisco papers, received by the mall yesterday, as follows:-
NEW YORK, April 27tb.
In the salt of the United States against the North American Commercial Company, learees of the Pribylaff Islands, St. Paul and St. George, io Alaska, for $132,189, with interest, for rentals under the contract, and also for royal·les and taxes on 7,500 reals taken during the season ending April, 1991. Justice Wallace. In the United States Coon, today decided in four of the United States He holds, however, that the modus vivendi with Great Bilalo was a breach of contract on the part of the Unlled States with the North American Commercial Company, and therefore awards Judgment for only $94.687, and says the Commercial Company bar = claim against the Government for about $140 000 to be collected through the Court of Claims As the modus vivendi ended in 1894 the effect of the decision will be to ease the Government In other suits to collect about $200,000 from the North American Commercial Company for the years 1895 and 1896.
MAJOR-GENERAL Teruchi Selki, at present attached to the Army General Staff Department, has been endered to Earope an official business. THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Marcum for the week ended May 31st are-Enropeans, 1231 Chinese, 1,385 i total 1,503.
The Nazanaki Express heare, from what it regards as a most reliable source, that, in midis sion to the Renown and Orlando, the Aurora is She is of the
to be sent to the Chies station. same class as the Immortal!!!,
MEMORANDA.
TO-DAY, Jane. 8.30 p.m.-Meeting of Zetland Lodge.
TO-MORROW,-1od Jase,
9 am-Canadian mail due,
WEDNESDAY-3rd June.
3 p.m.-The Derby will be sun,
THURSDAY,—4th Juns. -
10.30 .m.-English Mall closes.
Noon-Afirzapora salls for London.
FRIDAY,-5th June,
ALICE MEMORIAL AND NETHERSOLE HOSPITALS.
Statistics for May, 1896.
In-Patients remaining in Hospi
tal on 1st May...... In-Patients admitted to Hospital
daring May.....
Total number treated as la.
Patients
441-1939)
A dispatch from Athens says that another conflict has occurred ie the Hagios Valcon wee kliled and thinly wounded. district of Crete. It is alleged that twenty Tusks
LISBON, April 1618. In the Chamber of Pears today the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that the Portuguese Government had given its sanction to England's transporting aims and ammunition on the rastrand from Ferris, Portuguese East Africa, to the frontier of Rhodesta.
I, 1896.
THRILLING TALE OF THE SEA.
THE "RIPUBLIC" ABANDONED).
"
THE KIANGYIN OUTRAGE.
We believe that, according to present arrango-
Shanghal on 27th May, taking the Rers. Hayden and Little, who will be reinstated at their station naar Klangyin.
been forced to admit that the trouble was soldly Mr. Jernigan and the US Consul al Chinking, The mandarlos have, thanks to the energy of
the fault of the people, headed by the Chinese fertiga medical missionaries in treating certain doctor, who was jealous of the interference of the patients, and which angry Chinesa disciple of Esculapus caused the stat in question--Gazette.
Willam to-day. His Majesty was accompanied by the Empress. President Kenneman, address-
come of a desire to celebrate the twenty-fifth THE CREW RESCUED IN THE NICK OF TIME. ments, the U. S. cruiser Boston was to leave ing the Emperor, said the exhiblilan was the anniversary of free and united Germany. The Minister of Commerce, Baron voa Berlepsch, on
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27th, beball of the Emperor, then declared the exhibi-
With cargo afire, fore and aft, decks too hot tion open. The Emperor and Empress subsetare volcanoes, the British ship Republic from to walk upon, and batches belching like minia- drave through the town, which was profusely the trough of the sea on April 16th with signals quently made four of the exhibition and later Newcastle, N. S. W., for San Francisco lay in decoisted with flags for the eccsalon.
of distress flylag. The sea was tough, a gate ROME, May 1st. Milan Journals publish pilvate letters from part of San Francisca was only 300 miles to the was blowing steadily from the south-wea. The soldiers with the forces in Abyssiola stating that cast, in a direct line, but the dirty men of the starvallen teiges in the camp. Men are obliged Republe would probably have never reached to do duty without nourishment. The Newva bere had not the British ship 'Hollinwood hove Sardiena announces that some inhabitants of to sight and answered the Repudite's frantic Aumara died bom starvation and that others appeal for help. The opportune arrival of the so hard pressed by hunger that there was Hollinwood was almost a miracle. Had she pat danger of violence and pinadering,
come when she did another ship would have BOSTON, May 1st. Warren Flaber, who came into prominence in
been added to the list of the missing, and a mid- 1876 through his connection with the Investiga
sea tragedy would have remained untold. The Cabinet yesterday decided against reopening is dead at his home in Roxbury,
A Rome dispatch to the Chronicis sayson of the charges directed at James G. Blaine, alternoon behind the Spreckela' tag Fearles
The Hollinssead towed into port Friday
the ground that such a course would be disastrous. the campaign to Abysalels in the atoms, on
and anchored off Alcatre On board the vessel to Italy.
BERLIN, May 1st. Emperor Willam will receive the new Unlted abandoned at sea on April 16th when only
were the thirty men of the Republic, which was States Ambassador, Edward F. Uhl, on Sunday -law hundred miles from harbour. Cardlit coul rext, on which occasion Mr. Ubl is expected to Jack on will cane to be the United States Charge the ravages of fire and water. The survivors formally present his credentials and John B. masted vessels afloat had to be given over to did the mischief, and one of the finest faur
Afairs, resuming his ordinary rank of First of the dicaster resched the Holliwood in boats, Secretary of the Embassy.
and willingly tell the story of their sensational Holliwosa's cargo also heated and that vanzel voyage. It is a strange colocidence that the
and discharge the greater part of it. It was a was obliged to put back to Lyttleton, N.S.W narrow escape all around.
LONDON, Apill 27th.
April 18th.
Dervishes along the Nile are unusually inactive, The news from Egypt shows that the It was thought that they would have already attacked the lines, but apparently they are awaling for the Khalifa's order or preparing combined attack upon the Anglo-Egyptian forces.
There is no let up in the work of forwarding ammentiton and supplies to the front and the most untling activity is witnessed on all sider. A special fleet of light-draught steamers will soon be placed upon the Tpper Nile,
NEW YORK, April 18th. has been published that the two De Forest boys The World's London cubic sys-A report adopted by the late Baron Hirsch, who will inherit, it is expected, a considerable part of his disproves the statement. They are the sons of vall fortune, are of American birth. An inquiry the English governers the Baron's own son, who died in 1887, aged 70, and at whose death fune of $10.000 950 he had determined to the Baron re-fed to devote to charity the
make over to histon, when the latter should re ch bis majority. One of the adapted sons is st Eton preparing for Oxford. A considerable part of the Baron's wealth is domiciled in England, ard ice be lef na direct heirs it will pay the maximum death dules of 8 per cent. on the entire amount located here. This, it is believed, will enrich the national treasury to the extent of abou£1,000,000.
JOHANNESBURO. Abill 28th,
miner, which has been going on in Pretoria, has The outcome of the tiful of the R-farm Com- been swaited in Johenreiburg with an interest that was almost a arpense. The sentences have been a great shock here, and the news spread almost in an Instant through the whole place.
The theatres and other places of smurement here and mart of the stores were closed to-day, bot to discuss the startling intelligence from and no one frand time or inclination for anything Pretorts, No diorbances have occurred herc since the news was received, as the police have nattempted to interfere in sny way with the gatherings.
PARIS, April 28th, The announcement was made to-night that M. Maline had succeeded in forming his Cabinet
{~llows:-
M-line, Premier and Minister of Agriculturs, Bothon, Minister of Foreign Afairs.
A.M.H.
N.H.
16
21
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43
36
Lhon, Minister of Colonias.
General B, Maliter of War.
Darian, Minister of fugitte.
Of these there were :- Discharged cured ................................ 13 Discharged relieved......... Discharged on other grounds Died to Hospital
4
I 20
1 13
In-Patiests remaining in Hospi tal on 1st 'Just ..........................................
Out-Patients, new cases... 494 Out-Patients, return visits 444
9181
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Total number of Out-Paticat
visits...
JOHN C. THOMSON, M.D., M.A.
Superintendent
BRIBING A SANITARY INSPECTOR.
RESULTS IN LISASTER.
23
35
Cochery. Minister of Finance.
Beacher. Mix star of Commerce.
Admiral Beard, Ministwaf Marine, Jacombe, fluister of "ublic Instruction. Tarrel. Afinister of Public Works.
BERLIN, April 18th. The Reichstag committee by a vote of twelve to nlae to-day passed the sugar tax bill.
Henry Gotthard von Tieltschke, the historian, I dead. He wa1 barn In 1846.
NEW YOʻR, Amril 29th. The first practical appication of the bicycle in war is to he made by the Cuban Insurgents. Oa the steamship rda-ku, clearing from New York, was a supply of wheels. They were cons aloned to Nuevas, and are to be used by the officers of the insurgent army.
TACOMA (Wash.), April 1gih, The Northers Pacific Sicam hip. Company bay chartered the British steamer Bratmar to At the Police Court this afternoon Leung Wa
mike trips between Hongkong, Yokohama, and chuan, the mistress of a brothel at Yau-mat, trip Jane sih, Yokohama June 16th, and will Tacoma. She will leave Hongkong on her first was charged by Inspector of Nuisances Jarrive here July 1st. She is a new ship and Rennie, with having attempted the hilpe him not demollik certala portfons la her house.
will bring over the new crop of tex. The following evidence was given :-
John Reanie, I spector of Nuisancer, said: I am in charge of the Kowloon District. At4to p.m. on the goth altimo, I found the defendant in my house, and my housekeeper told me, while acting as interpreter, that the defendant wanted to know!! I was going to pull down the rooms to her house. I told her they would be pulled down and burned, as they were rotten and dirty, Walle I was stuing down writing the defend aut again came and, through my housekeeper, asked me not to pull the rooms down, at the whiskey" as she said. I sent for the police aud same time putting $17 in my hand to buy had her arrested.
to
LONDON, April 30th. As explosion by which too persons are believed to have perished has occurred at Micklefield in Yorkshire. The explosion took place in a colliery. Twenty fojared persons have been rescued from the shaft,
May Tut.
here against the German Emperor is very much The underground excitement and resentment like the feeling which existed la Franco in 1870 against Bismarck. The London prese-not the people, who is these matters are little better than sheep-ls litle different from that of Paris in 1870 Making due allowance for the differ asca of national temperament, the insults one hearr dally horled at the German Emperor
Leung Ngan stated I am housekeeper to Last Saturday the last, wiiness and speak a little English. BUJOLSS tanfold anything read in print.
You can get an idea how deep the feeling is the house ingstring for the Inspector of position of Ministers of State contandy harp
the defendant came Nuisance, and waited unill be returned,
when you note bow even men in the responsible on the string that they will tolerata no foreign when I told the Inspector in English, "Inspector, taterrence at any cost. It is France and the thai woman asks that you will not pull down. Candidature of the Hohensellera Prince in Spain der room." He said he must look at the rooms, and then went to his desk and sat down. Then regard to the real state of affairs,
ever again and I fear the sms blindness with the defendant went over to him and said, in Chinese, "Inspector, don't you pull down my room and I will give you this money to buy wine to drink. I know and you know. Don't let any one else know." She then gave the Inspector the money in Court ($15.00). The Iospector kept the money and sent a savant for a constable.
The defendant reserved her defence, where apon his Worship committed her for trial at the next Criminal Sevelops.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
(Government Gazette, 80th May.) NOTIFICATION KO, 291;
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It is hereby notified that, in the absence of farther rainfall, on and aler Monday, the st Noon-Braimor leaves for Victoria, B.C., and fosant, the supply of water will only Be
Tacoma, vís usual parts of call.
turned on in the public, mains, daring the following hours 1-mm.
SATURDAY.-6th June. Noon-Auction of propeller and shafts, belong. ing to the steamiabip Activ, by Mr. G. P. Lammert, at the Dock, Kawlous. 4.30 p.m.-Gymkhana meeting at the Race.
courte.
Is the City of Victoria below Caino Road, from 6 am to 10 a 10.
Road, and south side of Upper Richmond Road, In Seymour Road, south side of Roblesen from 6 to 8 s..
5.30 p.-By kind permisalon of Major Retallick and Officers, the Band of the Hongkong Regiment will play in the Public Gardens. SUNDAY, JULE, - Daylight-Cily of Paking leaves for, dán Gardens, frote to 1,01.
Francisco, via vandă pörts of oni,.
In north side of Robfason Road, north side of Road, from 6 as, to 8 .. Upper Richmond Road, and in Lower Richmond
In Queen's Gardena, from 6 am, to 7 aẩm...“ In Park Road above Queen's Gardens, from 7:08 am, and in the Peak Road below Quian's
FRANCIN A. COOPER, Water Authority:
Yesterday a permanent secretary of an Ambassador told me that the English will achieve clliation of France and Germany, and this at what has been deemed impossible, the recon their own expense. One day it is the treachery of Resela, next the Intrigues of Germany. then the machination of the Boers, and, lastly, Mr. Chamberlain, who, in the same sentence the wickedness of the Turks; and amid all this admits that in internal matters the Boers are their own masters, yet proceeds to say that their Government is corrupt, etc., whereas by the law of nailons the Boer Government le na more concern of his than that of Dakota
The relations between the German Emperor and the royal family here are very bad. Place teh his card on the Palace of Wales when he was Henry of Prussis was here the other day and out. This very accurately describes the situation,
PARIS, MAY IM.
The protocols of the Copyright Congress will Volted States will shortly Join the International be signed on Monday. It is expected that the Copyright Uslop.
TEHERAN, May 1st. Wille the Shah was entering the fomer court of the shrine of Shah Abdel Azim, six miles south of the city, this afternoon, he was shot and badly wounded.
dead. An assassin fired point blank at bis It is officially announced that the Shah is heart at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
carried to his carriage and conveyed to the Immediately after the Shah was shot he was palace in the city. The iso, who was promptly arrested, is said to be A. Sayyid, from is belleved the murderer has accomplle. Corgan or from the province of that name. It
BIRLIN, May Isl. According to a dispatch received here from Teheran the Shah of Persia was shot and killed this afternoon while entering the shrine of Shab Abdul Azim. It is added that the physician attached to the German Legation saw the Shah's body
Jangary and with 3,770 tons of cas!, cona'gned The Republic salled from Newcastle on to Masers, Spreckela Bros. She was in command of Captain Hughes, an old and tried navigator, and
vessel from the start, and this #ccounts for to other ships. The weather was against the one who has frequently visited San Francisco
day before yesterday. She was two days over- the marine brokers-paid 15 per cent, on her the the long voyage of the craft, and explains why
due, but it would seem that the fire was not accountable for the delay, for the cargo did not beat wall the ship was within a two-days' sail of her destination.
Captain Harber brought his resvel through himself on his good luck when fortune look the storm in good shape and was congratulating another torn against him. On April 11th one of bis officers reported to him that ameks was Issuing from the forehatch. The ship was then in laude 31 degrees 41 minutes north, 142 degrees wet. All hands were ordered on deck great volume of smoke excaped from the gpenlog, and no time was lost in potting back the hatch and balten. fag it down well. All ventilators and openings into the hold were closed.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. and the batch removed.
SUPREME COURT.
SUMMARY JURISDICTION, (Before His Honour Mr. Sercombe Smith, Acting Puline Fudge.)
June 1st.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL AND ITS, EMPLOYES.
A.Tensberg sted Messrs. A. Parfit, E. Osborne, and R. C. Wilcox. Directors of the Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited, for $385 for wrongful dismissal without notice.
and Mr. J. Hastings (of Mr. V. H. Deacon's office) Mr. E. McBirney appeared for the plaintiff, for the defendants.
Mr. McBirney asked leave to smond the writ of summons so as to include the Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited, Mr. Hastings agreed, as the parties wished the matter threshed out.
Mr. McBeds and would show a great hard. In opening, said he thought the facts an ship. The plaintiff was engaged as dining- room sleward on December 16th last, sta salary of $50 a month, being told that if he salted he would be kept on, but if not he would be liable to dismissal at a moment's notice. Six weeks later bir salary was raised to $75, and, although no complalat was ralted, be was dismissed on May seth, with pay to the end of the month. He then called the plaisif. N. Jensburg, the plaintiff, said I came here from the Astor House, Shanghal, in December last. I had been there six months. I applied to the director of the Hongkong Hotel for the position of steward. Mr. Parfitt told me the Company made no contracts, but he would take me on. It suited I would be kept on, Six weeks alter my first employment, I was increased to $75 a month, with suffable clothes, board, sad lodging. I was not given any contract. On the,, 20th May I was called before a meeting of the Board and told that the Company could not and they must cut down expenses. I asked keep me, as the guests were getting fewer if there was any reason why I was discharged and was told no, except to cut down expenses, I asked to remain in my room a few days, but Mr. Parfit told me to get out the next day. I was only paid $75 days after, the shroff asked me to sign for the $75 I then received. When I was leaving I was the end of May. A few
not allowed to take my clothes away, as the
about December 16th fart. It will be very hard Company had a claims against me for the drinks I hed
to get a mallar position in Hongkong, as all darlag April and May. I joined the staff
the posts are filled up now. There was a fire to the pantry one night and I saw it first and put it out, spoiling a suit of clothes. No thanks were given me and I was not paid for the damaged clothes. Had I not put if out the Hotel would have been burnt out. There was a large num ber of persons present, none of whom could extinguish it.
jot, settled with Mr. Osborne the terms on By Mr. Hastings-When I applied for the hich I was engaged-850 a month, board and lodging. Mr. Osborne told me he had had trouble with the amployds in the past, but did not tell me I should be dismissed at any time, He said if I was suitable I would be retained, but I was not I was liable to instant dismissal. I was not told that all employds were liable to The Board raised my salary at my request, dismissal at a day's notice on either side. On the 20th May 1 was paid my salary 'to the end of May. This was 3⁄4ço salary and a gratulty of $15. Although I was ordered to leave the they would not give me my clothes. I owe the Hotel on the 2181 Lave lived there since, becauss Hotel $13.74 for chils.
This closed the ease for the prosecution. been treated according to his agreement. As Mr. Hastings contended that the plaintiff had
plafatif was dismissed with pay to date and a the Hotel no longer required bis services, the retiring bonus of $25.
that on employing the plaintiff it was distinctly He then called Mr. E. Osborne, who stated understood that he was able to instant dismis sal. There was no understanding when his wages were raised that he was to be permanently employed: Plaintiff gave, salfaction the dining-room, but he had not given sutis-
Interfere. dining-room with whom he had no business to faction in other ways. He strucks boy in the
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POTSDAM, May tit. Emperor William' arrived bers yesterday and received Dr. Lucanias, chief of his Civil Cabinet, the Imperial Chanceller, Prince Hohenlohe,
Baton Marschal von Breberstein, the Minister Military Cabinet. Later Prince Hohenlohe, and General Van Hakhe, chief of the Imperial
Colonial Office, had a special audience wth the conditions under which all employés were of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Kayser, chiel of the Mr. W. Parfit gave similar evidence as to the Emperor, it is stated that the consultations engaged. He knew nothing against the work of were la reference to the defeat of a large body the plaintiff. He thought that if the Interesin of of Hottentot rebels in Damaraland in April, the shareholders demanded it, even injustice to when forty-six of the patires were killed and diss employes was festifiable, Germans lost fifty-six men klied
Benz, May zet,
Mr. Mooney sim gave 'evideos as to the tarma upon which the employds were engaged.
Judgmani was given for the defendants, with
The Industrial Exhibliion in the Municipal Pack M Treptow was spined by Kangoont l'orite!
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Pumps were worked, but the water did not seem to check the fire. The deck close to the forchold was almost too hot to stand on, and buckets full of water were continually dashed on It to keep the woodwork from catching on fire. For four days the men worked day and night, but In spite of their efforts the fire gradually. crept aft, until smoke was istuing from under all the hatch comblogs. A very heavy sea was running, and it was with great difficulty that the seamen could give attention to both stoms and fire.
AN OVERDUE OIL SHIP.
Shanghal Gaselle, regarding the safety of the Great anzlety was rarently felt here, says the
American ship Standard, which left New Yak for Shanghef on November 16th ixat with a cargo of kerosene all for the Standard Of Com. pany hero. The Dutch steamer Zweena, which arrived have on Saturday from Palo Sembilan, reports_hawlog"nighted a full-rlæged ship off the Paracel Islands, and it is helloved that thila ba the vessel in question:
SHIPPING CASUALTIES.
MANILA,
Merry Warner, Blodgett & Co., In their Weekly Circular dated Manila, 25th May, raport us follows:-
The British steamer Tonnyson. 1,375 tons with a general cargo, pot in here an roth Inst. reza, en route from Hamburg to Wladivostock
xtgulshed, and the vessel proceeded the same with firm in the No. hold. Aftance was seat off by the Herbaar Master, the fire was soon day on her voyage.
The American bio Berlín, 1.548 tons reg.. cargo al fex, ont into this part on art Inst, en route from Amoy to New York with a full Captain Whitemare having heen Injured by a ses shipped during a typhoon encountered by the vertel on 15th and 17th inst, to such an extent as to be inexpaetated for active service. proceed as soon as a new master can be engaged. Ship and cargo escaped damage. The vernal w!?!
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JARAN.
Nagasaki, Mar 27k, The gale which swept un the coast last week atrocers to have let Nazanski off lightly. From all parts of the county come starles of damage done. At Hyoga the British ship Dunder went *shore, several varsels baya had hosts swept away, and, secording to the Rode Chronicle, no less than forty-three vessels were wrecked in the we barbours of Hyogo and Kohemibity-eight In the former barbour, which was exposed to the fall force of the gate, and five in the latter, A Junk, en psized in Kabe harbour and one of the men on board was drowned —Express.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,
MAILS DUE: Canadian (Empress of China) to-morrow. German (Prins Heinrich) to-mROTCOW, American (Dorie) 7th Instant, American (China) 13th instant. Tacoma (Tacoma) 13th instant.
Bombay for this port on the afternoon" of the THE P. & O. S. N. Co. steamer ·Rokfila lett
30lb vita.
On April 15th the crisis seemed to have been reached. Explosions" occurred in the hold which shook the ship to its keel and rattled the masts In their steps. The ocean still bawled it big billows about, and it was easy for eveD A Jubber to note that had the boats been launched It was a serious question what might have been their fate. All the forward deck was as hot as stove, and the gallant tera bad to abandon their quarters in the forward house and seek shelter fo the after cabios. Men ran and there, lashing down the hatch-coverings mails, etc., left Yokohama for San Francisco on about the decks like mad, dashing water here The O, & O, S. S. Ca's steamer Copile, with
rapidly as fastened to the ring holds. Food was which were lifted by "pent volcanic fires" as the goth alto. partaken of as the men worked and slaved for sweet Hle-ileep was out of the question. And there was never a sell in sight.
TH O. & O. §. S. Co.'s steamer Doric, with
mails, etc.. from San Francisca to the rath inst., the crew of the burning ship. They were afraid left for this port, via Nagasaki, this morning.
The night of April 15th was one of horror for via Honolulu, has arrived at Yokohama, and to launch their bosis, yet fearful that an explosion would occur which would blow the decks up and spread the inferno-like held to the fury of the THE silke er steamship Empress of India gate. However, they loaded two lifeboats with scived at Now York on the 29th ulto. provisions, placed therein a good supply of water, and decided that if the worst was realized bey would take chances with the ses rather than the fire fiend.
licking up the woodwork of the hatches, and with it no promise of relief, The flames werd The morning of April 16th-dawned, bringing
smoke rolled out of the apertures. The ther mometer stood 120 degrees between decks kit, Hatches and sad two were blown of and fames
shook, and they added to the danger of the crew and cinders were thrown as high as the lower
by threatening to go by the bosid. The wind yards. The main and foremasts trembled and
bowled stolt as if to glee, and the ses role
in the hissing waters. Suddenly nose the cry. until the hot sides of the shio dipped to the
"Sall ahead" boisterous swell, as if to cool their tron surface
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THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s steamer Empress of Fatan left Yokohama for Van cover on Saturday memlag, the 30thfulto,
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s steamship Empress of Chien arrival at Shanghal at 4 p.m. on Saturday, and left agafo at midnight the ame day for Hongkong, where she is expected to anire at g am, to-morrow,
Cily of Peking steamer, from America,
SHIPPING RETURNS, From 6pm. Saturday to & p.m. to-day, ARRIVALS.
broers and barely visible at the tops above the It was the Hollinwood, bowling before the
Yuentong horizon; nearer and nearer she came, and with Chingping a graceful swing backed yards, hove in and ran
Taftdug -uན་སྐར་ up the signal, "Shall we stand by you?"
Kwanghts Kwongiang....... Captala Hughes raised the signal "Yes, wo may need your assistance... We are on fire,
Satıma Maru The draw hated to give up the ship. The PolyphemEHEI
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rode out the blow on the night of April 16h. worse, and with help near at hand the Republie
squalle. The heat in the hold fecreased. Expla The 17th dame with a rush of rain and severe sion alter explosion followed. Sheets of fame burst through the ventilators, but the byword was "Don't give up the fight; port is but 200 miles east."
brave sailors atrack to their post. The Hollin wood was close at hand with boste ready to All day long on the 18th and all'night the
lower, Toward the morning of the 19th the heat on the Republic was terrific, and at accepted the inevitable and prepared to abandon 9.30 o'clock at night on that date the crew the ship.
At this hour the fire was in complete control. smell of gas was overpowering. The sea wa The fames burst out of the hatches, and the quite rough, but the boats were safely lowered and in a few minutes Captain Hughes and bis crew were an board the rescue ship.
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night was dark, but the Are lighted up the occas The flames ran slot with the Republic. The for miles. Livid flashes of light leapt out of the Framist; imam burning hull and lifamined the pallid sails of the Talchow ..................... Hollinweed. The rescued and the rescuer Katrang inspiring sight, and before the derelict passed | Aliingia uum? stood spellbound watching the swial and yet beyond the horizon they observed the tall main Bengo and forements totter and fall into the sea,
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steward, sailmaker, dankey-engine tander, two- John Balisity camis the Hollinwood were himself, two officers, cook,
Captain Hughes says that the men rescued by Wandering Yewanne, 19 cabin boys. osa apprentice and eighteen sailors. The Republic was • vessal of 2,347 tone mOE, ball at Sunderland, England, in 1891, and owned third vessel of the Cardiff coal fleet that has by the Republic Ship Company, She is the come to grief. The Alexandra and Brablock strived in port a few days ago with shola dargoon
able state j indeed navigation is more difficult on The Pelho river contlauen in the same déplog-
of no moes sccidants this week, and ws cheerva account of the number of junks. We have heard that no time was lost in the raising of the Away as she was repaired and ni works again barly in
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