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MANILA DAY BY DAY.-

We have received Informatios from our Special Correspondent with the American Fleet that there has been very serious sickness among the men of the Boston which in believed to have been caused by the Spaniards polussing the fi Anti-British demontrailens In Manila are LatensHylog, the Queen's portraits balog grossly insulted, and the foreigners are preparing to take refuge in Cavite,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPOSDENT-] May 20th-It is rumoured that trouble is Im- *minest between England and Russia. The Pique das been sent down to Italia A Spanish torpedo boat is sild to have damaged three American craisers and escaped. It is reported that gooo men from America araon the way here. Including 7,500 Texas Rangers and cowboys, The American Shoot-or-sight Johanlaw." Admiral wald that thres 45-ton Kropp guns with # range of 15 miles, could bave sunk his whole flot. The Spaniards had them at Cieza but the breeches were so rusted that they could not be opened. One shell from them, Admiral Dewar anys, would have disabled and put say ship he had out of metion. The guns on Luneta, aru

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22nd. No news. A paper cheần in the mor- ning at the 6 o'clock. The Spaniards are put sing sand-bags on top of the wall of the fort and are making other addidons, contrary to their agreement. If the Yankees are keeping their eyes open and see this it may bring abou! a bombardment. At 4 pm, a shot was fired, said to have been at fort Malato, just ass gentle || reminder in the Spaniards that the Yanke bed their eye on them. The shot le said to have gone over the fort and no more were fired,

2318.—Swift arrived at 11 a.is, with 114 big di malls.. The Consul was on bourd all the afternoon. The letters will be delivered ta- morrow morning. The cable is 'cut between Manila and Hollo. News hos Tasched the Americans somehow that wites bad come here vis Labuan to the effect that four Spralsh fran. clads had left for here on the sath accompanied by cruisers and torpedo basis and the yam bere Is that the American squadron is hard on for ammunition sad that If the Spaniards were to get in time there might be another Manilla Bay fight-bat "moock_fyn [ther www, TË

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think the master over I thik with me that they are · tik.... the strongest alde, whichever prun Ailaties do and have done ro in histe),

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The whole question now seems to b this-bow many American troops are and how soon they will be here and win, when they do comë tha untíven will be for th

for the Spaniards ? 1 Bellera myself ther

and then all the natives will go own in that viđa be half and half until one side gets ike advantag

the other te completely smashed and than the winning aldo will bara * drvit of a Ilme with their sative Ailies who will I believe be Imrgilent of all restraint, will consider that, they have fought for and gained their liberty end to the mass of them liberty mens flcance Fexrfal scenes will be enseted her: befare vary long I am qalte sare if the Americans bombard and land men.

HONGKONG'S NEUTRALITY,

U.S. Consal Wildmen and a party of felends were out for a launch trập in Kowisan Bey on Sunday evening and despite fiele protestations that they had nothing contraband aboard, their vessel was boarded by police who rearched ber fare and oft. On Saturday evening, a lighter and i couple of jaoks belonging

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¿GRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1638.

to noon, 28th May, aths from plague west falsinco vat January (148 048 darthy.

Jours up to soon, 29th May, 3d sy deaths from plague were g the total since 1st January 48 cases and 1,065 deaths. he 24 hours up la noon, zulk May, cases and 7 deaths from plague were reported, making the total lace at January (150 days) 1,216 cases and 1,074 deaths.

The returns for the week ended 28th May, ara 63 cases and 61 deaths, as against 21a cases and roy deathe the previous week.

DO POD BLame rees?

(BY ROUNSIVELLE WILDMAN, MA) People In Malaya must have distraction. Coco la so often fan feel as though you must get up and do something or go somewhers. Nina ilmer out of ten you will not go any farther than Raffle' Light House or Bukit Timah, but you feel the better for it. At least your friends Fell you so. This monotonous, ever hot equato- rist climate wears insensibly on the best of people. To say wears on me. who could never sit uncouplsisingly to an offl 'e chale dar ing a week of hot weather on the forty-fifth parallel, means little. But when I tell you that it wears on Rees you will wonder. That is If you ever met Rees,

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THE N. P. 3. 5. Cab, steamer Tacoma salled from Tacoma for Japan and Rongkong na tha 17th inst

THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Hector, from Liverpaal, lett Singapore for Hongkong this momlog, and may be expected here on or

bont Sunday, the 5th Jane

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We are informed by the Agent of the Messageries Maritimes Co. that the steamer Caledonian, with the next French mall, left Singapore for this port at it sm to-day, the 31st for", via Salgan.

You see men in the Peninsula are not apt to chaff, a fellow long when he objects, Rowaraz, letters were coming pretty thick from Perak, and one day Miss Pot gol a cable from Penang, saying that Comption was coming down with tas Retident for a night only and wanted to see her alone - The Head and his diughters had en Invitation to dian that night at the Colonial Secretary' but Pet excused herself an the plan of a touch of fever, and was all resdy at o'clock when the boy brought in Rens card. Pet made a face, so her Ayak says, bat had to son him as he was too good a party to At aro Compton came. Reen was soub pleared to death to see him, and Pet had to aik them to go out on the veranda and have *ingah and one of papa's manitas. Rees of cours did all the talking. He went to the plans and sing That good young man who led, and The Moon, and a dozen others, Then he played as many instrumentals. Comp- Ion was uneasy. He knew be had to leave for HonoRONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURMY,

at Kowloon that camed outpost, where there was no mut- | Holstati immin lan, or beef, or fee the year around, by day-light. | SIsidoro Pont........................ The very thought of his volitary dinners on fami with a lake-warm whiskey and vođa međe his soul sick. And as Rees did his great money trick, borrowing the Mexicans of Comptoo, Compton was picturing to himself a bungalow on a certain bili in town with Pet la 1), and a′′ soft snap to the Head's Department. He even forgot to ask Rees for the Mexicans. What Pet was thinking at I never learned. Not the Crimean war I will wentare.

THE China Mutual Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Moyune, from Glasgow and Liverpool, Ieli Singapore for this part yesterday afternoon, the 30th inst, and may be expected here on or about the 5th prox

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A SUBZ AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named ressel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed of their rish in the Hongkong and Kowloon Whari and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloom, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo --

From Italy, ex S S. Smilej, From Madras, ex S.S. Zalboera:

Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before 4 F.M.-TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by the 31st insti, at 4 PM will be subject to rent,

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All damaged Packages canst be left in the Godowns and a certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown. Company wiikin tes days after the Vessel's arrival here, aber which to Claims will be recognised, 帅

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from Agenit. May 57 Chwuukan Hongkong...B. & Co.

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At 11-36 the Head, Mrs. Head and the Mlaves Hend returned and chatted a half hour before retiring. As they got up to go Pot polled the great Head's dress cont and whispered, 'Don't go. Make that man leave! She thought the I bave often head Rees make his brag that he had estd enough. Now the Head is noted for would never again livetin a climate that called his icy manarr, even in Indis, and when he set for glass windows, and as for a grate fire, well, about to hers? you out, why you forgot for the he hoped that his time hadn't coms, and would-nance that you were on the equator. The Head n't for many a long day. Naturally we knew thought he understand the alluation and smiled what 'grate fire Rees referred to and wished simly and took his rest next to Compton le him no harm.

spite of the imploring lock to Pet's eyes. The longer he triked the colder the puɔr cadet got. In the meatime Reed did, his celebrated cork trick for Pet, wholly unconscious of his fair | May anditer's pre-ocespiel manner.

Alen ware vela:d, together with the' steam (vench towing them cut to the Bay. The total valua of the stores se'sed amosate to shout. $5 000. Before the Zujira left Manils, the officers of "be U S. cruisers commissioned me or two of their number to bring off some of the luxe-les of which they bara been depilved in Philipsing the America officers. It is sald that the seizure watera. There'nin merely personal effects of Bikely to cum much instion, so much so that the base of suppites of this mature will pro- bably be transfered from Hongkong to Amay or come other coast port, The U.S. squadron bas pent over one and s-half millions of doller in Hongkong; and, if nothing contraband is being smuggled on hoord the despatch veUSAİK, I live directly scross the streat from Rees, and It will be a ply, if this big trade'ia lost to us. know all his songs and piano instrumentals by On Sunday afternoon the police #pol, and

heart. Good tunes all of them, but a bit tire | detained in the basin at Trimshatsil, three Home when a fellow is downwith ndissy lealing carga bosts with provisions, the property of the to the back of his head. However, I have never Man Loong fiam; a launch, relonging to the had the face to tell Rees about the enjoys his Chłog On fi m. No. 7 Jables Street, and a car.

plano so much, and then it seems so sidiculous to ga bost, of the Fok ke firm, Na 9. Ponirger think of him before a plano that when I try to got Street. The master of a bunch containfor mvd, 1 langh. You see Reen weight fourteen coolles, who were engaged to transfer thecosl

stone, eight, if he weighs an ounce, and is alz feat from a lighter alongside the Za to the ship.

two so height, with a hand the size of an octave, was arrested, and at the Magimixer yesterday | And strong 1 You should have seen him at the was Sped $15 for a breach of the barbror Gymkhana. He inds a spotted Gharry pony in regulations, to having left the waters of the the Cigar Race. You see he had to masout his colony without permission. Y stesday H. E. M-jr-General Black (the Ac'ing Governer), Pony, ride three hundred yards to a table, dis Mr. I. S'ecombe Smtb (the Acting Colorlaint, unsaidle, drink a s'ffweak light a cigar and ride bareback arened the courie." Rees did Secretary), and Capisin Superintendent May; the fret met all right and got a good s'ari, held a conspitallɔn, mud the result was that

When be wis wiibiu s hundred yards of the the cargo bosts and the launch in the inning post the brute fell down and waulda't basin, st Talmahatcal warn scienzed. Coo-get up. No one wandered. Fourteen slose 24th-Letters and newspapers fenay Steffi dan Wams left yet'erday sitemoon, by the right is too much for a Ghary post the size of livered at 8 am, Marsled men's meeting again | Zofre for manila.

e parish dog. His Excellency was in the grand this morning. The`German Contul says the

Hand and Relish did not relish being beaten under the eyes of Her Majesty's reprosentziire, Zafiro leaves to-morrow. Malle close to-night,

So he reached down, picked up the half dead It is confirmed thai the Talla cable has been ent, Her mail matter was.badly wanted. The

rast, put bim scross his shoulder and strode Into the winning post two feet ahead of his Pique comes up leam Iloilo to-morrow 25

second... Spanleb porboat Leyte, about same size as the - Callas, which was captured the other day tried to sneak out of the Fampanga river with despatches for folte und was nabbed by the Yankees at about 5 am. There are rumours of ships and men being on

the way here from Spals, with four belted cruisers some smaller ships and transports with 30,000 men and also coal ships. The Spuulards are busy making sand bag defences all along the|ceive It whenever called for. The Astac pursued shore, tosproving forts, mounting guns, &c. but I shouldn't think they, wata, much good as they would be amaubed up in a few minutes by the American big guns, rainutes without doing any harm, It looks like * play pidgin " to go on with that sort of thing, but it is sad, too, in a way. A steamer is said to have come in early this morsing, left des patches with the Immortaliti and gone off at once. War with Russia is reported to be im- minent.

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ARREST OF GUNPOWDER AT YOKOHĄMA.

The Japan Adorifier states that the P.M. tered Takahams under the Hallen ig on the Steamship Company's stzemar Avire, which en-

fith, had twenty-odo caeme of guntowder to be smit to th-gun-boat Petrel, me of the United. States Eastern Squadron. Official application for landing them was made by the United States Naval Hospital to the Colom. After a cose ference between the Customs, the Kenche, and Yokosuka Naval Station, the goods were ordered to be sent to the Nakamura gunpowder mars- side under police care. It is the usual castola for the warships of Great Britain and America to fand their ammunition at Yokohama and re-

the usual course and bed no intention of evading the law. It is avið that shioʻla she first arrest of contraband of war at Yokohama.

Rees was over at dinner one night. Several members of the civil service were present, the Colonel of the R. A. and a consul or two. Rees went to the plans to sing "That good young man who died. He struck the key-board with that hand of bis just once!! But then, of course the plane was old! It is a funny thing about planos out here. The intense dampness and the intense dryness loosens the trosies on the kors, rasts the strings and tunes the plano Five years is about the life of the best of them. I don't know how old ming is. Don't even know. Its pedigree. 1 bought it at an auction of end of the P, W. Dis. He bought it at the auction of the inspector of Police. The Police inspector bought it of a Chiosman who got closed out by the chittics. The Chinaman-but never mind. I never blamed Rees, although it cost twenty- avo Mexicans to get it pot in shape again,

No one ever blätsed Rees for sayiblog. That fa, no and, with the exception of some low people. In fact, ond family,—well, one person in particular blames him. I will tell you about that later.

why he is such a favorite. There are other reasons which I will not mentionat present, At any reto ho knows a string of joy songs. Of course the rest of us know them too, we hara beard Rees sing them so often. But I think we liked them all the better for that. Then he has a couple of cork tricks and several good money kicks. No one but a passing stranger ever lent Rees the four Mexicans to do the trick with, so he generally haw to do it with his own money, which naturally detracts from the interest he takes in li, oft-times even refusing:

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At 12-30 Compton was just able to gasp*good night and start for the dear. As he reached the veranda and got into his trap be turned and bestowed a lack of crusbed saproach en Pet that she never forgot. It remained as vivid to ber dying day as did herrecollections of the Crimean war,

Rees was sorry that Compton bad to go so❘ IN early and stayed to drink another s'fingah with the Head, and the Head felt am pleased with himself that be want out to call Reas Syes him

27 Chanskan unÄroyum. & Co. 18 Loosok Bangkok...B. & S.

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Consignees of Cargo by the above-named ressel are bereby lnformed that thely Goods are being landed and placed at their virk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kawloon, where anch 28 Fad.........J. M. & Consignment will be sorted out mark by mark 28 Hatirong... Hongkong. M. & Co. and delivery can be obtained as soon as the 29 Lerysen

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30 Raffing... Shanghai...B. & S. 30 Nanyang....Hongkong...] M. & Co. 30 Wingsang....Hongtor...1. M. & Co. go Thai coding ope], M. & Co PORT-Tamisi, Taicheong.

PASKED THE CANAL.

O. AT Undaunted, Ap li ra; Brecom- self. As Rees left he remarkeds Nice little shire. Cyprus, Agamemnon, 1: Dak Branch, chan, that Compion. Too good to live alone, | 211 Vindobona, Labuan, 26; Priam, 29: ought in merry some nice giti and settle down," | Della. Fortuna, Woolwich Mar 31 Ric An Eurasian, but take my word and saver | tor. Mo une Teinkat, Sikh, 6; Radnorsǎire. believe an Eurasian, who is married to Pal's Caves, Senda : Caledonien, Adima. Glenecky, Ayak, told Mrs. Somebody's Punkahwallah. || 111 Darmstadi, Trane, Shanghat Aggh, Asta- who lives next dear, who told Mrs. Somebody's sta, 17] Benluriz, Panladi. Ixton, Oceanien, Ayah, who told Mr. Somebody, that he, the Pakling. Tantalus Kendal, Kwang Ping, 20-33 j Eurasian of the first instance, heard high wordu Girard C. Tobry, Glangyla. Diomed, 14. - alter Rees left in the Head's household," and that

HOUTWARD-Copach, M37 6; Elm Branch he was sure he heard one of the Head's 91 Gerda, Dardanser, Sunda 131 Bemaldav, 17 1

Prins Heinrich, 74, daughters call the sugust Head an 'ass."

However, when a certain story got around, certain people, as I have before mentioned, blamed Rees. And Rees today wonders, I might add that he is the only one in Singapore who does wonder, why the Head eats him at the club-Eckert.

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I don't think I mentioned that Rees in widower. Had a swej Ille wife. So they say, Frall litio thing. Died over a year ago. Cralda's stand the beat. So they said. Anyway | 1431-Joan of Arc Burol, she went back to England and faded away. Skut | 1841-Andexation of Natal, Rees up badly for a time, and his friends at the 1951-Hottentat rebellion in Kaffearia, club missed his genial face. But when he did 1859-The Austrians repeland by the French at negant Buliding now * CON. show up he astonished the fellows with a new song. 11 am sick of the same old moon, and 1875-Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss

(his temporary lapso was forgiven,

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and boat's crew drowned off Hainan Hasd.

TO-MORROW

Wednesday, yet Juan, 1898,

A TALE OF THE WAR. The following is an extract from a letter sent by one of the blarjickets on board the U.S. fligablo Olympia tok friend and is a gophic description of the famous action on the ret Inst. On the 30th of April wo arrived within | about 40 miles of the entrance of Manila Har

bour when the Admiral called all the captains Rees always makes it a point to entertain the 26tb-The rumour of despatches for the of the firet on board his ship and held a consulentire company at dinner,—that is the reason morfallid is contradicted. The stranger is sald fallon as to the best method of entering Manila to have been a steamer with 6 000 rides for the harbour. The decision was' to re the gauntlet Insurgents. Aguinaldo te reported to be in of the forts at the hour of midnight. The flest Cavite and to have promised 27.000 men to the then welghed anchot sud all lights were Americans. The Insurgeats told Dewey that extlogalahad except battle-lanterns the ran the Spanlarda are bemmed in and dare not crews, balf of which might take a sleep and the gat outside Manlin, but that in all rot, $75 000 ather half were told to stand by, were ordered is offered by the Spanish Government for to be ready to launch death at a moment's Aguinaldo dead or alive. A proclamatlen by the notice. The strictest silence was maintained, Governor-General is published in the Gazette,we could even hear our shipmates breathe, and cailleg upon loyal Filipinos to support Spate, thus we steamed along, the flagship leading and He says that the loyalty already shown the rest of the fleet following in our wake miking by the natives in raising forces and offering ↑ aɛd casting a shadow under the light of's work same to the Government indoren bir at this moor, which made the ships 1-ok like some old Juncture, having been confirmed in his post by and fabled monsters of the deep. At last the the new Cableet, and therefore knowing he has word was passed to the man that we were slowly power to do so, to give them an Ar-ambira nesting the farts and then followed a perfed of Consuliina, with right to be heard and consulted anxious suspense, for it had been rumoured that on all points most directly affecting them and the passage between the forts was literally their fatereits He promises to them most honey-combed with submarine mines, bet sad Penerous reforms which

to include denly the word was passed that we were opposite representation in the public administration the forts, and it was with difficulty that we re- and generally such a fren and enlightened sod strained ourselves frons laughing out boisterously paternal government ar na nation has ever yet and were all congratulating each other on the Mind I don't expect it as a gossip. I hope given to its colonies. Ha says he -walta tran. smurt Yanken trick we had played on the Dons, may never become a gossip. There are people quilly for the attack knowing that he can depend when hang west one of the runs from the forts le Stagspare who gossip, I am told, and 1 the on the loyalty of the grateful nailvas, He is which was answered with a wow by the Boston, know as much about Rean business as I do, sure the Yankees will be driven off and that the We were discovered and the forts were firing | might say nasty things, However, one of the Spaniards and Filipinos will live happily eve upon us, but luckily the feet had passed Reads of Department, there are five Heads, not mithrwards!

and we were' lande. the harbour of Manila, Counting His Excellency, here, so it is no use in Thors were a great many lights burzing as trying to locate this particular ones,—bas several shore but they were es, extinguished when daughters. Notice again I don't say how many, our presence became known. Tats was about Six months after Rees' wife died he commenced ram, en the rit of May and coffee hay paying attention to the Hund's daughters, in the ing been served, we were told to stand by for plural. It was no business of miss, yet avile the battle which we alt knew must either decide minded people will talk. The eldes! one of this the fate of Old Glory or wipe out the haughty Head's daughters weld she was twenty-five. Yet Dens of old Casilla in revenge for the desiru her knowledge of the Crimean war warso Inti- tien al the Afafer, the loss of our shipmates in mate that people got into the habit of smiling Havana harbour, and the continued insults that and saying that Pat way on earth for the second have been poured on Uncle Sam by the Spanish | Hime. One tims, to talking of the charge of the Government. With down the forts commenced Light Brigade, Fat said 'I— Bot as I calặp I to åre on us and ́esch fur waited coolly and I am no gessis, patienily for the order to return the firm. It was One person bellevnd bar at any rate, and ons | about 5.20 8.0, when we commenced popping, of times is better than a thousand.

ad from thắt time up ta ébout y.za. «.0. }} was Young Compton was a cadet in the civil simply a storm of shot, shell, shrapnell, eight-inch service, fresh oat from home, with a pink com projectiles and all kinds of explosives that the plexion and a good school record. The Head human brain has bem able to invent. We were knew his people 41 home and treated Compton engaged with both the Spanish Beet and the season. Compton did not object and took briteries on shore when the word was passed | Miss Pet to a dance at Tanglia. The next day | that the Spanish Flagship and torpedo best he was detailed oprio Parak in the Land Office. were coming for us bow-on, Wa reserved our Of course fresh cadet could not expect to tie | tgt-Anti-foreign riots at Tanyang near Chip- fire wall they were well within range and taking up la Slugapore a long as the WEEKS Openin good target for the broadsides of our fleet in the Native States, Sill a few ssonths of 11s They tried to lace the music but it was impose in an entstation with no company but a Chinese to take Manila and really if it is much under sible for them to stand the hillstar of shot compradors and a buil gap, which app Compton that figure I don't see what they can do. With poured on them by our sipid fire guns. At last had to shoot according to Ordinance 7, of Act 5000 they may land but nothing marenniers the she wavered and turned for the beach which she. XIII, made him long for something he had never miniven help them mod, strange as it may seem had left so proudly a few abert minutes before, thought of before. So he commenced a corre after what I have bolora written to you, I am ba: the was caught with an eight-inch shell spondence with Miss Pat, People noticed that pat quite sure now that more than half of them from our turret guns which caused an explosion bout this thing Miss Fet wore a self-asilyfied air, splosion as they began to gorsige. Reas board will... Spanlarda - have spoken to to-day st and set her on fire, Shortly afterwards the wor tiin, who ought to know and who take a passia - down and to-day she lies in about four-and-ai dothing of it, and was no nitentive as ever to the mistic view of thing'e, seems to really think the half fathoms of water, a miserable speciaals of Head's daughter. Of course the daughter did madre troops will be loyal and if they man right) what anau waw Spala's proud Flugubin în ike | soi, tako inception to this, and society had then 15,000 at least will be wanted to make moy Fallippians. The moond engagement.com nothing to say as long as Rear did not make his Impression" (except bad one) hard. The man ond at about as a mi, with the. A sanal and natives are like #fayans sise, simply walling to fons and 180y, surrnnönend at about s prude Aloe sou what will happen fasl noserdingly and if ywe } many day, ;

The report has come in that the Americans had natives working for the past few days foni- fying the Arsenal at Cavite. Some of the Kat pain Society men who bid declared for the Spanish fold them to stop bat they were getting Bi a day and would not. Five of them were shot yesterday and now the Americaon capset get native labour. A cricket match takes place on Saturday between teams from the affices and FM.S. Immortalis. There will perhaps, be another paper chase and then the fearful game of war,

FURTHER, MAMELA, MEWS.

Our realdent comespondent, wilting on May 24th ways : The general quicry here is that the Fetters by the Swift brought an no news at all.

The Swifi in not going back but the Zafro Es and this will go by her to-morrow morning I expect. There is really absolutely nothing new to tall. I am sick of writing rumours of things which I don't bellevo have any foundation, 1 don't send what I have collected during my morning's sweat,

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