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Up to noon of the arst instant $4,916 had been collected at Shanghat for the relief of the anfferers by the great seismic wave that wrought

· such terrible havoc in the north-western provinces of Japan.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1896.

A. Widawn' and Orphans' Fund has been started in the Federated Stater. the Slam Electric Light Works.

A Danish electrical enginess is to superlatend There are now four Generals in command of the forces of occupation in Indo-Cblux !

Rangoon is discussing a proposal in light her Hex Majesty's cruiser Edgar, Captain WH.streets by electricity. Rather late in the day!

The Federated Native States Force will bencaforth be styled the Malay Slates Galder

Henderson, sailed for England this morning,

and H.M.S. Grofton, Captain E. P. Jones, will sail to-morrow for Japan to join Admiral Buller's squadron.

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By, an Order-In-Council published in the last Gazette all water drawn from the waterworks for any vessel or supplied to any wharf shall bo charged for at the rate of 15 cents per 1,000 gallons, commencing with the beginning of 1897.

ADMIRAL Sir Leopold Heath has been elected Chairman of the Eastern Ex'ension Australasia

and Chlu Telegraph Company vice Sir John Poder, deceased. The Marquis of Tweeddale has been elected Chairman of the Eastern Telegraph Company and Mr. Denison Pender, the Managing Director, is now Vice- Chairman of the Company.

A NOTIFICATION Was pablished in the "Japanese Official Gonette by the Department of Commani- cations on the 20th Instant announcing that the `now postage stampe with the portraits of the late Princes Arisugama and Kiteshirakawa will be fsaned on the 1st August next-five million two cent, slumps of each design printed red, and two million five-cent. stamps of each design printed in violet ink.

NEWS IN BRIEF

JAPAN AND KOREA. We call the following from Ales of our Japanese and Korean exchangei :~-

A railway is to be made in Awaj Island. A public park in the latest scheme mooted at Send),

Korea is about to borrow $1,000,000 from Russia.

Thehlaese in Korea are now under Engllah protection.

The Yokohama Specie Bank has opened a branch in Calcutis,

2.891,084 cattles of camphor were exported from Kobe during 1895.

The Korean palies are again raising top-knots and discarding uniforms,

The Government forests In the Saariku dis trict are to be offered for sale.

A charter for the Kobe Electric Tramway Company has been applied for.

The fotul deaths by the seismic wave la Northern Japan numbered 26,981.

The Kobe Flectric Light Company will pay ☐Ja per cent dividend for the past year.

The Japanese Educational Department again sending students to forelga countries.

289 British verse's, of 609,733 tons register, entered Kobe during the first half of this year.

A brouz axide of Prince Arlingawa is to be erected in front of the Imperial Palace, Tokio.

The Kobe palice have at last undertaken to step the ricksha coolles annoying foreign sailors. The Japan Bicycle Company, with a capital of yen 200,000, has been incorporated in Yokohama.

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An Osaka weaving company has just pald 30 per cent. per annum dividend, and an. Osaka ́bank 10 per cent.

Mr Lafcadlo Hearn is to fill the chair of English Literature in the Imperial Japanese University. He is a naturalised Japanese.

SHANGHAI AND NORTH CHINA.

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We are indebted to our northern exchange for the following Rods -

A malce is to be made around the city of Socchow.

Two hundred new "rice junka" are to be built at Tertain.

The Fourth of July was celebrated with great delal al Tientaln.

The Japanese are buylog land outside of the concession at Soockow.

There are now six native newspapers in Shanghal.

An attack by river piraten is reported from a place just below Chungking.

Liu Kangyl gives each soldier disbanded by him a gratulty of a months' pay.

The Japanese are already agitating for, the enlarging of the concession at Souchow.

Great activity is reported at the Hanyang Iron Works, which are turning out railway masterial,

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Steam launches running on the interior waters of Klanguan province bave to be provided with Customs par $0.

Two new lighters are being ballt In Shanghat to assist in raising the siesmer Birkhall, sunk at Woo105g.

A report has been called for by the Peklog Commander-in-Chief on "useless arms," Will this include old Tower muskaim 2

The loss of 100 rolls of Imperial silk from the storehouses of the Palace at Peking is causing great trouble in Palace circles.

The Chefoo Express has suspended publics. tion, as the editor ands he is contiusally giving offence to residents of " the Brighton of China,

A Shanghal womas recently gave birth to telplets-ond boy with three eyes and three arms, and two girls joined together by a band, The parents killed them as monstrosities.

It is reported that the Imperial troops in Kansu have begun the massacre of all Mahommedans. This it is feared wil raanit in the declaration of a Holy War by the Mabom medanr, in which case their co-religionista in Russian Tartary and Central Asia are expected to jolu against the Chinese,

The authorities of Klangai province are much exercised over a well armed and organised body of robbers which is devastating the country about Hruchow. These are said to be mostly old soldiers who deserted during the Japanese war, carrying away their arms and ammunition, They are being augmented by the, disaffected and the secret society people, and fears are felt that in a short time the movement will amount to a reballian.

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STRAITS AND SLAM.

We call the following Items from Singapore

· and Bangkok exchanges 1--

Kedah has been released from quarantine, Stalte Municipalities may now tux bicycles. A large maible quarry is being developed at Perak

The Smuggling of Chinese letters is severely punished at Penang.

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Two sub-commissionms are buylor teak in Bangkok for the French Colonial Government.

AMERICAN MAIL NOTES,

The U.S. Naval Department .farmally took over the battleship Oregon on June 24th.

Lorillard Kip, the well-known clubman and sportsman, died at New York on June 24th.

The National Derby ($10,000) was won at St. Louis at Jane soth by the Missouri three- years old Prince Lif.

The price.al coffee has fallen from $43 to $14 farthering presumably fax the purpose cf additional fall of about 200 feet, making Francisty on Juné aand.

at Singa wa within one monik, and a further decitan is feared.

The exection of a lanatic asylum for the Federated Maisy States is advised by the Resident of Selangor.

The Anchises, which went ashore off the Siitang River during a heavy gale, has been given up as a total loss,

The steamers Niera and Poh Hin Guan collided in the Perak River on the sand inst., the latter sinking. No lives were lost.

The new Financial Adviser of Stain has asked for reports on the financial condition of the country. They are slow in coming in, however.

A dhoble, strike is gatsing great discomfoti and annoyance to the Colombo public. The cause is resistance of the law requiring registra tion.

THE HONGKONG LEGISLATURE. |

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But what came of it? Coming to the avaliable water supply at Raub, thing within reason

proicat Nothing. Not a single sign of it has been Mr. Bibby said that during the visible to the naked eye since the loaugural exceptionally dry season the gaugings on the

It was meeting in 1893 or ibereabouts.

Simpam river had never been less than 900,000 then agreed to leave an eminent legal gentleman cubic feat an hour, and during eight months of to draw up in due form certain proposals, the year the quantity would, be five times as Than, aglo, the power could be and this is the gentleman who has been cred- much. ted with lasphing the most fiery allerances of duplicated almost lodedolely by going further Mr. Whitehead, and the same legal gentleman up or down the river and making a longer pips line. If they were to go = mile further went to the trouble of acquiring an interest in

up or down the siver they could get an the most violent radical revolutionary newspaper in the Colony,

50 feet in all In his opinion there was no good cause of reform; but as mitter of fact the thing is dead; stoneidend, question as to the practicability or the advis. That shows what the Hongkong people are, and ability of such an installation for Raub. When it serves them right-any community bas apwelling to the Pelton Wheel Company and the proximately the Government it deserves," and General Electric Company of America recently it the Hongkong Government is unspeakable it he ventured to express doubts as to the is because the people are to a parlons state. The rellability of their power, and both companies ridiculed the idea, guaranteeing that it was more truth of the matter is, that the Government is after all not so hyd, and the shrieks against it rellable than steam or even any other hydraulic are not genuine expressions of public oplaton, for power, and certainly more readily adaptible to a greater variety of purposer. In the event of If they were something woull have been done

such an installation being erected at Raub, the larg nga. As it be; nothing will most likely be done, in spite of all the clamour. Parturlunt electro-motors could be made use of for working montes, nascitur ridiculus mus.

the battery and for hauling, pumping, and light- Ing, and in fact for every purpose where power was wanted. Eventually, doubtless, they would work the railway by thía menon.-Free Press.

THE FUTURE OF RAUB.

MINING MANAGER DIBBY INTERVIEWED,

SINGAPORE, July and.

In view of the recent discussion by the Bris. bana Board of Directors of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. of the proposed electric power installation at Raub, and the doubts which were expressed or rather hinted at as to the pract! cability of a now well established branch of mladog industry, a representative of the Fres Press this morning sought an interview with Mr. Bibby, the able Manseer of the Raub Mines, who left by the Malacca this afternoon for Rand, alter a short visit to Singapore.

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Questioned as to the feasibility of such an Installation at Raub, Mr. Bibby stated that It was proposed to derive their water supply between Latta Tinban (The Falls of the Mist and Latin Chindram, the first of which is 120 Iet high, and the second about 60 feet, which would give an effective fall of about 320 feet, the Intervening distance between there two falls being occupied by a series of small rapids. To convey the water from the river to the power station would necesiliate 1,860 feet of "Gaming. the conduite or troughs having a sectional area feet. The water would then of 9 square

a small reservoir in steel be taken from pipes 26 inches in diameter for 2,500 feet, and there would be spalled at the end of this water "lead" to the Pelton generators, which are the most effective water motore known. From these the power would be transfered by copper cable from the generating station over rough, hilly and uninhabited country, same 1,000 or 3,000 feet high, to the centre of the mining operations or wherever power was wanted, the vallage of the supply being about 10,000 volts, sufficient in fact to kill any living thing unwarily coming into contact with the cable. On reaching Rach the voltage would be reduced to more moderste tension by means of a "step-down transformer,"last before entering the distributing station, where it will be applied to every purpose la connection with the mine for which power is wanted

{Kebe Chronicle, 21st July.) Very voluminous discussions of the Hongkong Legislative Council question are to hand by the mail. The decuments, dispatcher, leader, speeches, etc. all something like 375 calemes in their anabridged hideousness. The Colony has long soffered under a despotic borcauciser

At the outset Mt. Bibby stated that the schema which, however well meaning, kas seldom man.

for the present was not in be undertaken. It aged to meet the wishes of the people, and has

had practically been arranged that during the frequently given more or less festlication for the accusation of not wishing to do so. Popular ensuing year operations were to be confined discontent went so far that a petition was signed merely to developing the mines, and that at the by alarge number of Colonists praying for reform, end of that time the whole question was to be raised again should the prospects be found to and the final answer to their prayer has now

be such as to warrant the propored expenditure. been published. What they wanted, of course, was some scheme by which the wishes of the And in view of the Directors deciding not to ratepayers would obtain some tangible weight erect such an installation further enlargements in the management of the Colony's affairs but old probably be made to the battery power, they expressed themselves in a way which left the Watch new instalments would in all probability Bureaucrats chance to shut their eyes either be transferred towards Bukit Koman, to somas to the real desideratum or to the ene practical mare central site as regards the present and method of satisfying the requirements. For, of prospective operailons of the mlacs. By going course, there meki have been some way in whichio Bakit Keman they would be within easy it could be done; zothicg within reason is really distance of a plentiful water supply, and even Impossible. The men who govern Hongkong if they could not get sufficient water from the are all nominated by salaried servants, of the Sungei Koman locally, they would be able to State, and are themselves in the same category. draw supplies from the Simpan river; whilst the battery would be in such a position as to A few gentlemen not belonging to that clams are

render falare extensions practicable were it permitted to leave the ranks of commerce and take seats at the Council table to give advice, decided eventually to erect an electric power which is consistently ignorra, but they continue last Hation, to innocently come and waste their time. At times they are faulted, but they go on just the same. When a pelstarines which does not matter, or on which there can be no two opinions, the officials mike as much show as possible of consulting the unofficials; and when there is something nasty which must be done and can. not be gvälded, the anus is thrown on the go. officials, who blindly and Invocently accept it lavour. But when there is something which the officials and their ruler, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, would like and which has no other recommendation on earth, the unoff claire, it were, masseered in cold blood. It is the same in all the Crown Colonies of the British Empire, whh the exception that in some other places the officials do occasionally explain the actual facts honestly and impartially to the Secretary of State, whereas in Hongkong they do not take the trouble; they ste paid to do i ↑ they are told, and they do it. Now there is in gentleman who has been Hongkong * appointed to the post of usofficial 'member of the Council, and who sees that the present system is the merest waste of time as far as the unofficials are concerned; and lestend of exflously throwing up the empty honour or in the first Instance declining it, as others have giten does, he accepted it in the hope of being able to effect reform, and has been working hard at II for fire years. This is Mr. Whitehead, manager of the Chartered Back. He organised the movement,

Electric motor-power, continued Mr. Bibby, drafted the petition, and went home and used

had long passed the experimental stage. A well all the influence he could in its favour. And all that has come of it is that one more unofficial kauwn Braza Company, ponibly one of the fdfot is to be permitted to come to the Council1ergeat mining organisations in the world, the Real del Monte Company, were erecting an table and be ignored, and two of the unofficials are to be admitted to the private deliberations of installation of 2,000 borst-power, the power being the Executive Council and there iso be ignored. transmitted a distance of ay miles. Again, the The gentlemen selected a distinguished for Telluride Company, In Colorado, five years ago put up an experimental plant of 30 horsepower, lamb-like dispositions, the active Mr. Whitehead

and so well were they satisfied with it that they belog carefully left out in the cold, as being ant (o make himself a aussuce to officialdom, It were now constructing a 1,500 horsepower inst-Ilation to work and light the mines-is serves the Hongkong people right; they are

fact to do everything about the mines. But there growling like a whole menageile "of bears with

was no need to go further abroad than the other sore heads, but they do not deserve the least

ide of the Pahang bills to find successful sympathy, for they have so many remedies ready

instances of the working of electro-rantors. to their bands, and the mere fact of their nat

At Rawang very successful Installation doing anything is fair presumptive evidence that

Home time now they do not really want anything done, and all had been at work for their growling is tostacers or is just the pumping the water cut of four or five mines and exercialng of that truly British privilege, the lighting the workings, dolog the work of three or four steam engines and thus saving the right to be miserable. For Hongkong i z emiserable place, with a miserable Government expense of running them, the proprietors, Lok and miserable people. In other Colonies there Yew and Tambassy Pillay, finding that they is much less talk and much more action. It fa can do the work at one-third the cost of steam. action that telly, and the Hongkong people Indeed, so well pleased are they with the soccess have indulged their passion for empty talk so of their scheme that they have under considers long and so thoroughly that apparently they tion the erection of a ga horse-power installs have lost the power of action. In other Colonies, tion, to be supplied with water taken from falls big enough, when the need arises there is far up the Selangor river. This power is to be pisin and forcible demand for self-government conveyed to Koala Kubo, Serendab, and Rawang, enforced without ceremony, but Hongkong can distance of 14 miles, Mr. Foster, the Rawang electrical engineer, being up there at the present not adopt that method.. Is smaller Colonies

In connection with the work, The there have been occasions when all unofficial time posts ander the Government have been resigned installation is intended for pumping and lighting en masse, and this is usually bound to tell. But principally, but will also be useful ma farnishing

for any emali motors about the mlase. in Hongkong they are a wretchedly backbone. Prae first successful installation, perhaps, was

The lot. The members of Council, all except Mr. Whitehead, oppose reform, prelazing the in New Zealand, on the mines of the Plancer peaceful system of empty honour and disdainful Company to Otago province, where the battery despotism. Faults there were, of course, it has been driven by an electro-motor since 1884. Mr. Whitehead's scheme, but instead of remedy- The Company were sceptical at first about the Ing. the faults and perfecting a scheme on which merits of the new system of poway, but they all could agree, the unofficials complacently were compelled, owing to the scarcity of fire condemned it. One of them, indeed, is best wood, either to erect an electric power lastalls- salted by the present system, for he is one of lion or to close the mine, and have appareatly the largest land speculators in the Colony and had no cause to regret the decision then taken, hur by virtue of his position sant on the Everyone was aware of the successful installation Public Works Commites of the Council, which at Niagara, which was si first scouted as an utter gives him a special hold on the land deals of impossibility. They were now working at Niagara the Colany. To him, reform would mean loss with a 28,000 burst-power plant, which was being of exclusiva opportqaliles. The strange thing used for aresy conceivable purpose, the Cem- Is that all Hongkong knows this, yet he is pany transmitting power to the city of Buffalo, miles away, and hiring, ant power to all regularly re-appointed to the Conselh "It shows what the Hongkong people are Other unoffi- camere at the rate of $36 per horse-power per clats are appolated for reasons not accessarily annum. On the opposite side of the Niagara associated with merit, and these know that if the diver, the Canadian Electric Company had alto aracces la altered to as to payide for election maugurated a 20,000 horse-power installation, on me it they would have less chanca or none which was used for lighting purposes, and for at all, so of course they appass reform. In during pater mills, saw mills, and tramways, Singapore not long ago all the unofficial Justices &c. In British Columbia, again, a 13,000 horie: of the Peace resigned, so as to force the hand of power plant was in operation, transmitting the Secretary of State, bar in Hongkong, in spite power to Portland, a distance of in miles, which of all the talk of indignation, there is no sign of was applied in a variety of ways. any such practical, demonstration, though the Even Japan was more go ahead than Australia, Journalists who are most profase in the outcry her numerous modalala water courses affording are on the Rosier. A Ratepayers Association a splendid field for the Installation af electric, was formed in Hongkong two or three years ago, power. At Yokokains a 5,000 horse-power plant amid a great fourish of trumpets, and was going was in existence, which was used not only for to do great things; it could easily form à close lighting purposes but for working tramways and guild like those of even coolles in Japan, and by for driving cotton mills; and so railsfled were

A twenty-callo bleycle race is the latest develop ment in Singapore.?

Peter Jackson," the boxing Kangaroo, is on `exhibition at Pepang.

30,000 Annam pine trees as to be planted to the vicinity of Touranne.

The pablle band is to play occasionally at the Singapore General Hospital.

Destruction of garegivered dogs commenced At Bingapore on the doth last-

| declaring as Krike to which all would adhere they is Takonams that they were propening to | Sutor the Haute Gieraramsaní“ so latam, ta, nay='l dayliosis the plant at an daily datar:

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PUGILISTICA.

THE CORBETT-IHARKEY BRITLE. The match which, had been arranged to take lace in San Francisco on June 24th, between "Tim Corbett, the ex-champion of the world, who knocked out Sallivan in New Orleans couple of years ago, and Tons Sharkey, an ex blue-jacket of the US Navy, is the leading sporting feature of the American papers to hand by the mal yesterday. The sticles stated that Corbett should "knock-out" his opponent in four rounds or be declared the loser. Many thousands of dollars were bet on the match, which drew crowded house to the Mechanics Partion. After preilminary matches between local celebrities, which served to warm the audience up, the two principals catered the ring at 10.15 p.m.

THE FIGHT.

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The following is the description of the fight published in the Chronicle :-

There was nothing in Corbett's approxance to alarm his most ardent adulters. His face was wreathed in smiles, and confidence was written in every feature. Sharkey looked solemn and determined. He realized that there was serious work ahead of him.

The fightself was a good deal of a disappoint. ment. There was more clinching than punching, The gallery called it a "wrestling match "in derisios.

Corbett opened matters by endeavouring to force Sharkey to show his hand. The sailor was shy and shifty. He danced, about the stage fetaling and ducking, but he kept clear of the champion's right, which was paired as if on a swivel waiting to book him under the chin.

The crowd hold its breath until the men came together, Tired of waiting for the champion to lead, the wallor undertook to reach Corbett's nose. He missed his target and got a punch to the face that almost closed one of his eyes, Corbett's face wore a smile throughout the first round. He hit the sailce almost at will, and when the gong sounded the sailor's chances of staying in the ring seemed decidedly

uncertain.

The second round opened with a hugging bee, in which Corbett managed in get in several short arm puncher, Sharkey was being hit at will, but the punishment seemed to have so effect on him. It was in the middle of this round shat the first surprise occurred. The sailor, crowded to the wall by his opponent, turned much after the manner of a cornered rat and began to fight.

Corbett had crowded blus to the ropes and Sharkey retallated by actually punching the champion in the face. A wild cheer went up from the crowd.. Shiskey led again and landed. Then he hit the champion on the neck, and the smile on Corbett's face faded into a scowl.

The sailor was the aggressor in the third round. He sailed into the ring and fought Corbett agafart the ropes. Then he clinched to #vold punishment, and from that time on the fight was a wrestling match. There were cries of "Foul !" from both sides. The men struggled all over the ring.

Sharkey was fighting for his ille. The cham plon was beating him on the face and neck and la return the sailor wax again driving at Corbett's face. In a clinch that followed Sharkey threw his man to the foot. The crowd began to change its mind. There were cries of Sharkey "Sharkey and the din grew deafening.

It was in the fourth round that Starkey showed his strength. He shot to the centre like a cannon ball and Corbett "was at once on the defensive..

Sharkey was like a maddened bull, He pawed his opponent's neck and back, leaving wide red streaks on the bare firsh, Again and again Corbett strove to recover his lost ground. Ho mashed the sailor on the nose and jaw and neck, and uppercat him viciously, but still Sharkey fought in. The champlon's manner changed. In the confusion he sought to get his arms about the usilor's neck, but when he would break away the salier was si him again.

Again Sharkey struck him fo the cheek, and again the champion vainly endeavoured to land his knock-out sight, but the blow LoveY WAL delivered. Shather threw himenit span the champion and andeavoured to throw him. Around the ring they wrestled and Corbett began to tremble with his exertion. There

hundred cries of Youl"

The Were referes attempted to separate the men. He got behind the sailor with the intention of forcing him to unlock his arms from Corbet's nose, and in a moment the referee and Corbett were spinnine across the ring and went down in" a heap Scarcely had Corbent regained his fact when the enraged sallow was on him again,

Boeing that all efforts to separate the man' were assless, the enduren called for the aid of the police and Corbett seconded the motion, Cape tain Wittman and four officers were in the ring in an instant and under their combined efforts the bulldog sailor was forced to his concer. A moment of great suspense ensued. Sharkey al- most escaped from the police in his efforts to get at Corbett again, who was standing in the other corner of the ring holding on to the ropes for support. The ware crice of "Foal! "Foul!" at them fight feom all parts of the building. In the midst of the confusion the relees announced that the fight was a draw and that the bats were off.

The surprising featury of last night's doings was not so much that Corbett falled to win as the narrownest with which he escaped defeat, For, viewed from whatever side one may look at it, Corbett had the advantage. In stature he was taller than his opponent. His superior reach enabled him to land with effect,

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A Cornell crew beat crews representing Harvard, Pennsylvania and Columbia at Fough- keepal N.Y., June 16th,

Benjamin H. Bristow, Secretary of the Trea- sary during President Grant's second term, died at his home in New York on June 22nd of peritonitis

It is not with any desire to diminish auch credit as attaches to the dockyard authorities fa connection with the mobilitation of the Parti- calar Service Squadron that we recall these facts. It was a good bit of work and, what is perhaps more to the palat, it served its purpose, But what we deplove is the existents of a bollet entside professional circles and yet among man of talcence that the commissioning of the Several persons were killed and many Injured' "Flying" squadron of six ships and six des. by the collapse of a Fifth-street building in Santroyers has demonstrated ene ability to do tome thing which France could not do, some thing which is evidence of our superiorly In regard to readiness for war. It has done nothing of the kind. In its way a smart bit of business, it has deceived no one ma less It is our own countrymen. The Fleet Re- serve is still a long way off perfection; its ships, as' recently shown by two at least, are not ai ready for use as their inclaston in the "A" cate gory implies, and the system of skeleton crew and cadres for mobilisation is at the most hap- hazard character. Much more remalas to be done if we are not to deceive ontzelves, before we can feel that our systers is as good as, for example, that of the Germans. We have bigger battalions, it is true, as we ought to have, or we are standing on the edge of a precipice, bat our organisation in still very imperfect, and it is most dangerous to blind ourselves to this faci-Navy Laïque Journal. .

The degree of D.C.L. was cpafered by Oxford University on June 25th upon Mr. Thos. F. Bayard (United States Embassador to Eng- land), Mr, Joseph Chamberlalu, and others,

The British ship Blairmore, which capsleed In San Francisco harbour, some months ago. was raised on June 23rd and moved 1,000 yards towards the short, It was then confidently expected that she would be fealed in a day

or two,

Two filibustering steamers bound for Ceba, the City of Key West and the Three Friends, have been captured by an Amedese revenus cutter. Their crews will be tried for fillbustering and the cargo and vessels confiscated by Govern- meet.

Mr. Harrison, who la Crown Surveyor of Br!- Hish Galana, was, it appears, on the left bank of the Caycal river when he was arrested with his party of nineteen. His release was effected through the landly intervention of the United States.

The Canadian elections have resulted in the return of Laurier (Liberal) and the defeat of the Tupper party. The French and Roman Catholic element is now in power, and it is expected Laurie, first step will be to treat with Washing: ton for reciprocity of trade between Canada and the Calted States.

Conval-General Fitzhugh Lee has sent in bis report on Cuban affairs to the U. S. Govern- ment. He anreservedle condemns the tactics of the Spanish commanders, whom he secures of the greatest atrocities, but at the same time he blames the Insurgents for many of their actions, which he characteris as "highly apprfacipled."

The sentence of three years' Imprisonment with hard labor, forfeiture of civil rights for five years, and a fine of 1,200 marks, passed upon Baron Hammerstein, formerly leader of the Conserva- tives in the Reichstag and editor-in-chief of the Kriss Zeltung, who was convicted of fargery, bas been confirmed on appeal by the Supreme Court of the German Empire.

On the 26th June three men were executed at the Colorado Siste Prison for the murder of a Policeman at Trinidad in November laat. The remarkable point of the execution was, howOYCT, that by means of machine the detalls of which are kept strictly secrat, the condemned man, after being bound and having the Boca fixed about their necks, are their own executioners, their own weight on the scaffold starting a flow of water walch in a very short time relaxses the trap and draps them into eternity. In Colorado none but the prison officials and the sheriff are present at these executions.

Politically, when the mall left, the country was divided on the probable action of the Democratic National Convention regarding the currency. It was confidently predicted that the sliveries would control the convention, and as confidently expected that the adoption of a silver plank la the platform would lead to the disruption of the Democratic party. The Populists, the third party, were pledged to free, silver, and it was feared that the presence in the field of two free silver candidates for the Presidency meant defeat for both, and a triumphal victory for the gold party and the Republicans. As we know through Rester, the convention nominated Bryan. an extreme siiverite, for the Presidency, so that the fears expressed by the press will now have a chance of being proved.

The sensation of San Francisco when the last mail left was the claims of Mrs. Nettle R. Craven to be the contract-widow" of the late mil lionaire James G. Fair. The deceased million. aire telt several wills, many of which have been the subject of dispute in the Courts, and in the course of seltlement of the ostale Mre. Craven put in the titles for several blocks of very vala. able property which the claimed hid been deeded to her by the deceased at various times, During the trial of her suits for passession she propounded bolograph wills written in penell leaving her substantial legacies, and upon being pressed in court for a reason for these otherwise strange demises, she stated that she had married Fair by contract on May 23rd, 1801. The natural heirs ridicule these claims. The impor. tance of the sult becomes evident, however, when It is known that Fair loft an estate valued at Over $20,000,000.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,

MAILS DUE: Australian (Taiyuan) to-morrow. American (Gate) goth Inst. Frch (→) 3rd proxime. Canadian (Empress of China) 3rd prox.

· American (City of Peking) 8th prox. Tacoma (Braimar) 11th prox.

THE P. M. S. S. Ca's steamer 'China, with mails, etc., which left Hongkong on Juve asth for San Francisco, vis Nagasaki, Kobe, Inland Sea, Yokohama and Honolula, arrived at her · destination on the roth last.

THE O. & 0. 5. S. Co,'a-nteamer"Gaskie, with malls, etc., from San Francisco to the and last., via Honelalu. has arrived at Yokobama, and left for this port on the morning of the 24th instant, vis Nagasaki.

SHIPPING RETURNS.

From 8 pm. Saturday to 6 fim, to-day- ARKIVALS. China ........ ................steamer, from Bangkok. Prin Sachsen Tailed ..............

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*PASSED THE CANAL. OUTWARD 19th Jane-Palamed, 13rd June– Helin. 24th June-Courtfield. 26th Jane--- Malacca, Tenkat 30th June-Patrockery Strathda, Pallurus, City of Dublin. 3rd July--Frigga, Cowris, Tosa Maru. yihijuly- Oopach, Flintshire, Elisabeth Rickmers: 10th Jaly—Skangkat. "14th July-Aglata, Glenavon, Ghaste, Saghallen, výth July-Oolong, Sydney; Teuser, Dardanus, Leander. 21st July Kriemhild, Agapanthus. 24th July-Canton,

HOMEWARD 3181 Joly-Mantia, Cerez, Dolka Rickmers, 24th Joly-Caledonian, Hyson,

NOTICE TO MARINERS RE YANGTZE RIVER— CHINKIANG DISTRICT.

North Tra Beacım Light. Notice is given that the North Tree Bascom ght hax bees shifted 378 yards S. 86 deg. E. from its last position, in consequence of the washing away of the river bank.

'A: M. BISHKE,

Coast Inspector,

Shanghal, stat July, 1896.

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In the mufferers from Consumption, Scrofola and General Debility will try Scott's Emulsion of THE FLYING SQUADRON,

Pure Cod Liver Oll with Hypophosphites, they The announcement that the Admiralty had will find immediate relief and a permanent determined on .commissiontog a "Flying" benefit. The Medical Profession in the various squadron was made in the Times of January countries of the world universally declare it ■ Bib and the 'aime evening the appointments of semedy of the greatest vaine, and as it is very. the officers were lasued, dated January 14th. The palatable It can be readily taken by the most vessels selected for the parpore had all of them sensitive stomach, and will never fail to girn been for some time on the mobilisation list, and relief and comfort to the sufferer. Any Chemist it has been announced by The Army and can supply itSole Agents for Hongkong and Navy Garefis some three weeks previously the Empire of China-Watkins & Co, Hong- that these ships were to be commissioned in ong.~[Advi.. January, four of them for service in the Mediter ranean and two in the Channel. There was no difficulty about men as, including the sis torpedo- bast destroyer, the aggregate complements do not exceed 4,000, while at that time there were between 4,000 and 5,000 seaman and staker ratings in the Reserve at Portsmouth, similar number at Chathams, and 2,000 at Devonport. Owing to the institution of the supplemental Hist of antenants the strain for officers had been rellevad. En every way, therefore, the moment was proplišans, for the dockyard people had had plenty of nice that the ships would be wanted, while the business of drahing was reduced to a matter of arranging the requisite number of malings for the thi

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Nevertheless. ! was deemed necmmary or expedient to give everybody concerned another wank'e notice, or from the 8th to the 14th. On the Tuesday, therefore, the Admiral hoisted his flag and the respectiva captains their pennants ; the two battleships and one first-class cruiser

first and THE ware commissioned at Portsmouth, second-class czulier at Chatham, and a second. class cruiser at Devonport, while of the six q dastroyers attached to the squadron, four came from the western port and one each from these to the eastward. The Hermione left Devonport on Thursday, somewhat over forty-eight hour after bristing the pennant; the Rrugs, Rosa! Oak, and Gibraltar went out to Spithead no the Friday twenty-fours later, and it was not until Sunday morning that the squadron conki ba said to have assembled in "readiness for con- certed action, and eres then one desmayer, iks Racket, was absent. On Monday morolog, January 20th, twelve days after the first intima

loss of what was intended, the Particular Service Squadron put to sea. Compared with anything| of the kind that could have been accomplished ten years previously the advance is enormone, but after this statement of facts we krust no more nonsense will be writion such as we have rand thin weal' about is a dying squadron: Afted out in twenty-four kosini,

A CHALLENGE, Imensdiately after the fight Sharkey challenged Corbett to a fight to finish for $5,000 or $10,000, and added that the challenge calended not only to Corbett but to Fiirsimmons or any other man in the world. Corbett at once accepted the challenge and arrangements were in progress when the mail left for a finish fight, to be brought of in December, which threatens to dislodge the alleged "World's Champión" fross his proud gition in layout #1 new was on the pugliesit' HEMERANIENT,

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