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Ir is officially reported that the population of Santiago, Cape Verde Islands, are rapidly dying of hunger, a terrible famine existing

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The strikes at Armeatic es, in France, are gaining in importance, and several of the mills at Lille and Tourcasing have stopped work.. Serious rints have taken place and property has been destroyed.

to conveno the Chambers for the "zơth of October. The Conseil has decided to form two companies of mounted infantry for the protection of the South Oranese against the incursions of pillagers,

IT is understood that the rails and accessories of the Hanjin Electrle Railway Company, the contract for which has been made with the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, will be supplied by the Carnegie Stue Company of Piusburg, The price of the raids is soul to be Y54 per lon, and the total value of the contract ¥227.969.

In his article on the Japanese Navy in the Nineteenth Century bly. J. H. Longford tells us that in the year 1866 a party of 14 Japanese ANTTIVE was charged at the Magistracy this students were for the first time sent to England morg with stealing one pair of silk panta-by the Shogun's Government. They returned loons, value $1, the property of an insurance to Japan two years later, just as Enomoto was agent at 45, Robinson Road. Though he. on the point of sailing from Shinagawa-after gave the usual excuse, stating that he had Yedo had fallen. One of them joined him, picked them up on the road, Mr. Sercombe and was entered as a cadet on board one of the Smith sentenced him to fourteen days' hard ships. He fought throughout the whole of the subsequent struggle, on board ship while a ship remained, and afterwards on land. When the struggle was over the officers were im Prisoned in Halendate for a year and a half The prisons were mere cages, with no protec tion against heat in summer or the long con- tinued. bitter cold of Northern Japan in winter. The young ex-student who shared the whole of the imprisonment is now Viscount Hayashi, the Japanese representative at His Majesty's Court.

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Tub Hochi Shimbun reports that the Military Arsenals in Tokio and Osaka are very busy now manufacturing shot and cartridges. In various departments the men are working in double shifts. The Herald says this is rather surprising, intelligence, as they were assured only a few days ago that the Arsenal at Osaka was not at all busy.

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Lam I, a coolie, who was identified by Mrs.. Sheffield from among a gang of other men al the Magistracy on the 9th inst. as one of the men who had robbed her and her son Victor on the 24th January last, was again brought up in custody before Mr. J. H. Kamp this after noon. Mr. O, D. Thomson appeared for the defendant, who was charged with four others, of the Tjilaljap and Timaki built for the company which will now run a regular four not in custody, with assaulting and placing in bodily fear of their lives, Mrs. Sheffield and

service from Batavia to Samarang, weekly Victor Sheffield, and robbing them of a gold Surabaya, Macassar, Hongkong, Shanghai, watch and chain, value S: 20 and a silver watch Kobe and Yokohama returning by way of and chain, value Sto

Kobe, Amoy, Swatow, Hongkong, and Singa Mrs. Sheffield gave evidence in the effect that pore. The 7 panas brought up a full general she resided at Priory Lodge, Bonham Road. cargo from Java and presents quite a trim On the 24th January last, út 12.50, she was

appearance in her coat of black with the com- cycling along Kennedy Road with her son, pany's red, white and blus house-flag painted Victor, riding ahead and they stopped to rest on the füsnel and the Dutch flag floating out bedeath the shade of trees, where her buy over her stern. She is a steel screw steamer, proceeded to play in the bushes. They heard of the spardeck type, built to the order of the voices of coolies near by, but took no the film, whose headquarters are notice and afterwards made a start for home.sterdam, and is classed Too Aint Lloyds Thehode for some distance, Victor being in spar-deck rule, with poops, bridge and front, and when hearing a torn in the road her forecastic. The vessel has a total length boy rang his bell. As soon as they turned, the between perpendiculars of 349 feet, an extreme corner five coolies sprang out at once across the bread h of 45 11 and a depth of ag road and stopped them. Two rushed at Victor, has a dead weight capacity of about 5,885 tons. and two othersattacked witness. The defendant The main and spar decks are of Bicel, sheathed seemed to take the lead. Witness jumped off her with teak, while the poop, bride and forecastle machine, threw it aside and faced the scamps, decks are tenk. Accommodation for the endeavouring to remove her watch and passengers, captain and officers is fitted up throw it aside, so that the men in searching for midship, but provision is also made for steerage u, might forget her. Defendant approached asses. The vessel is also fitted with a complete her, got her by the back of the neck and threw installation of electric lighting, water ballast her down on her face on the road. She saw him in double bottom, divided Finto; eight com- nise him. As far as she could remember for water ballast, seven water-tight bulkheads, utmost to get off her bangles, while prisoner with steam caps an on poop deck, and all the two or three men were on her and tried their eight powerful steam winches, large windlass held her by the left hand and searched for her latest appliances for the rapid loading nod watch with his right. She pressed her right unloading of cargo. Triple compound engines hand to her belt to stop him from taking it; two have been fitted and are capable of driving the others used her roughly in endeavouring to get ship at tea knots. Messrs. Folz, s'Jacob & Co. the bangles off her wrist. As they could not are the local, agents, and notify us that the get them she said man-man, and they let go. steamer leaves for the North on Tuesday at She was still lying on the ground with her face daylight." downwards while the men were kneeling by, her side. After crying ma-Iman, she thought she would throw away the bangles and thus escape. While she was trying to remove them the defendant endeavoured to snatch her watch. to form a cricket league for Hoogkong was held A meeting of those interested in the proposal Some signs followed, and one of the men at the Craigangower cricket pavilion last even thrust his right hand down her collar-fronting, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. E. Asger, and tried to strangle her so she was unable to who presided in the absence of Mr. W. D. cry for assistance. She then grew dizzy and Braidwood. Representatives from the Clubs said "Alright, can do. The rascals then Medical Corps, Reyal Engineers, Royal Artil faint and finally turned her head aside and of the Army Ordnance Corps, An Army

them take the watch. They tried many times Craigengewerwepresentand, after discussion, released their hold on her throat and she let lery (Sergeants), Civil Service, Parsecs, and

methods of dealing with the Seeds mav.E. VICEROY Yuan Shib-k'ai has kindly An attempt has been made on the life of JUST before the rail left home considerable before he caught.her and so was able to recogpartments, the fore and aft peaks albo arranged

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It is reported that the Russians surveying around Urga have had a brush with robbers and been driven back,

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Professor Yokoyama as he was returning home excitement was caused in cricketing circles in from the University of Tokyo. According to the North by Mr. A. C. MacLaron refusing to the Kobe Chronicle the assailant was the allow Barnes, whom Mr. C. B. Fry considers Professor's divorced wife. She attempted to to be "in his day the best bowler in England, stab the professor, and wounded him in the to take part in the Lancashire and Notts match shoulder, but not fatally. Later she was arrest- at Old Trafford. The Manchester Athletic ed on the charge of attempted murder.—Er.. News, which may be regarded as the official organ of Lancashire County C. C, refers to the The marriage of Mr. H, E. Green, manager incident thus: "In, the customary manner of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co.'s Kobe branch

Barnes was asked to sign the usual agreement to Miss B. M. Abell, only daughter of the late with Lancashire for next season. But he point Mr. J. C. Abell, of that port, has taken place-blank declined to attach his signature to any first at the British Consulate before the Con document. Last year he was requested to do sul-General, Mr. J. C. Hall, and afterwards at so in September, but this year the paper was All Saints' Church by the Rev. G. H. Davies, lendered him in August. Bammes deemed it MA. The wedding, in view of a recent family early, and on being pressed still declined to bereavement, was a very quiet one.

bind himself in any way. It was pointed out to him that unless he did so he would not be allowed to play against Notts: Yet he appeared the result that MacLaren, on the terrace of the in his flannels and offered his services, with

field, sent him back to the dressing-room and pavilion, when the players were taking the forbade him to play.

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FOR stealing five cutties of cabbages and as- saulting the vegetable dealer, a native youth was charged at the Magistracy this morning before Mr. T. Sercombe Smith. His Worship

sentenced, the prisoner to receive 12 strokes with the birch.

Two fishing boats, which have been fitted ou by the Okayama Marine Produce Society with a prefectural subsidy, for the exploitation of fishery on the Philippine coast, bave left Hirose- mura for Manila. The crew of each vessel is

only four in number,

TWENTY-FIVE dollars or fourteen days hard labour was the sentence imposed by Mr. Ser. combe Smith, at the Magistracy this morning, on the head of the Ming Wo Company for fail ing to exhibit a green light at the end of his pier at Wing Lok Street.

A FISHERMAN Was charged at the Magistracy this morning, with being in unlawful possession of ten packages of dynamite, one package of detonators, and a coil of fuse, of the total value of $40, Mr. Sercombe Smith imposed a fine of $50, of an alternative of two months' gaol.

THE Asahi reports that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamers Hitachi Maru, Kasuga Maru, Talegami Maru and Suminoye Maru, will shortly be chartered by the Government for the conveyance of troops during the military ma- nœuvres to be held in Banshu district.

'NG HING was charged before Mr. J. H. Kemp at the Magistracy this morning with stealing on different dates, ranging between the 21st PHOTOGRAPHIC September and 7th October, twenty-seven arti cles of jewelry, value about $160, the property DEPARTMENT. of the She Shiu Man. His Worship sentenced

him to three months' hard labour.

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WE (China Gazette) learn that the Russo-Chi- nese Bank is contemplating the establishment of several branches in the interior. The proposed and all the principal trade routes; but this may be mere accident. This decision is remarkable because there no clauses in existing treaties which allow of foreign banks establish- ing agencies in the interior of Chica.

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The further hearing ofthe case in which Chow THE main fleet of the Japanese Standing Wah Toh was charged and remanded at the Magis mcy, yesterday afternoon, for attacking Squadron returned to Sasebo from Chinbai

a shopkeeper and robbing him, with others not Bay, Korea, on 5th inst. when six first-class in custody, of his load of $100 in silver at battleship entered Sasebo while the second-Tang Kuen district was inued before class cruisers went into fmari Bay and the

Mr. J. H. Kemp at the Magistracy this morn destroyers into Tamanoura, Imari and Sasebo.

to get the bagles, but, according to witness, they were too nervous and could not hold her hand tight enough. They left her for a time and walked up and down the road to see if anyone was coming, and then returned. Directly the man got the watch he held it high above his head to show his accomplices.. When they saw she was nearly fainting they left her; and she sprang up and chased them, think.

ing that, somer assistance, might not, be but the man quickly threw him aside far, off. Her little boy, caught one of them

bolted down the bill-side for Wanchal, while different direction, but forgot about the bicycles, witness shouted thief. She followed them in a

The twelve Russian war vessels which left tag. Evidence was submitted to the effect and returned later to where the attack occurred"

PROPOSED CRICKET LEAGUE

it was unanimously resolved to form a league, and invite, subscriptions for a challenge shield. to be competed for. The arranging of details. was postponed for consideration at a meeting to be beld next Thursday when Clubs interested are invited to send representatives,

INTERPORT CRICKET.

Mr. E. W. Mitchell, President of the Hong-

received the following wire from Mr. kangeClicker Clab, kindly informs us that he Hancock, Captain of the Hongkong Eleven at.

Shanghai..." All well. Returning by the Cora

mandel HANCOCK

The Hongkong cricket team arrived, here' the 1.5. Tarlar, which was ex- pecled to. meid here on Saturday, reports

Vladivostock on the 23rd ulto. for Port Arthur entered the latter port on the 3rd inst., but the harbour, not being sufficiently wide to hold them all comfortably a portion went to Dalny was going to deposit a certain sum in a bank Mady's handkerchief, which did not, belong to her, the China Gazelle The delay in the vessel's

Bay.

His Excellency Vice-Admiral Geissler, chief in command of the German cruiser squadron, intends to start very shortly on a cruise up the Yangtse. Among other ports, the Admiral will call at Nanking and Hankow and Fay visits to the governors general in Nanking and Wuchow. The "Ostasiatische Lloyd" under stands that His Excellency will leave Tsingian on 14th inst., on board S.M.S. Thetis, and after a brief stay at Woosung will proceed direct to Nanking and thence on board S.M.S. Sucks to Hankow.

and found her chain lying in pieces on the ground She picked it up with h

her necktie which was in Tags. Witness also found.a

and which was very dirty, and then proceeded

that the prisoner asked the shroff, Wong Yung" Tak, for a loan of money which was refused, so awaiting his chance, and knowing that the shroff

waylaidand attacked him. The prisonerdeclared that there was no proof that he stole the money. ship, stated, that he could neither read ner The shroff, on being questioned by His Wor-to No. 3 Police Station, at Wanchai, but find ing no Europeans there sent Victor home and write, and that he was employed to collect accompanied by an Englishman, proceeded to:

he could not sign receipts, when he went col- the men given. She left for the Central Station money from shops in different villages. Though No. 2 Police Station, on the Praya East, where The matter was reported and 2 description of fecting money, he carried his firm's books, and with a police officer. She next saw defendant the shop owner would pay and chop his books. for him. His Worship suggested that this was

on the 9th instant, in the court-room amongst

the firms paying never had a receipt for their the matter to the Inspector. As far as she can a very unsafe mode of transacting business as other prisoners in the dock, when charging her house-boy for disobeying orders, and mentioned money. The celestial replied that good business remember ke is the man, but he looked some men never cheated. The prisoner was sen. tenced to fourteen days in gaol, and to await

what thinner now. No property was recovered, orders from the Governor.

Cross-examined by Mr. Thomson-She was afraid and flurried when she saw the coolles attack her boy. She could not recognise the other men, except one who was pilted with small-pox.

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arrival spoilt the reception which would other-

wise have met our sportive vinilon. Only a few friends happened to be in the neighbour hood of the jetty when the tender came up unexpectedly, Mr. F. A. de Croix, one of

whose captain lost no time in getting his team Shanghai's veteran cricketers, however, was on the spot and welcomed the Hongkong men

up to the Cricket Ground where practice was

indulged in at the nets all day. The showed very good, form and

A strong stand at the wich night they were ente AP Wood, cricketers, who o been compelled

forsake the green

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a Cricket Club will entertain smaking concert in the Lyceum the great event begins."

Chan Shing, foreman coolie, deposed that he knew defendant very well. He saw him last in the coolie house ready. to carrySAZH! a bundle to the Caston steamer, and he

THE C.M. sir. Kwangtah from Hongkong, which arrived at Shanghai on Saturday, re- ported:-Left Hongkong evening of October 3rd had light to moderate N.E. to East winds with fine clear weather. October 5th morning, passed Dodd Island get strong N.E. gale with heavy sca and rapidly falling barometer; turned back, and put in to Amoy for shelter; during the night wind bauled round to S.E. THE GERMAN MAIL S.S. KIAUTSCHOU. (prisoner) said that he was going into the through East, with heavy squalls and showers. October 6th, weather more moderate with rising barometer. 7am., weighed and pro ceeded, then had light winds from 5.E. to NE. with fine clear weather. October 7th, 8 p.m., passed Hishans; commenced with strong breeze from North with heavy rain squalls. October 8th, morning, passed Steep Island, from there to Port strong northerly wind with overcast

WE learn that interesting experiments, in sond-weather. ing messages by means of carrier-pigeons, have been made of late by the French military au (728d thorities in Tonkin. Birds, whose roost was in Hanoi, were shipped on board of one of Mr. A. ANDR.Marty's steamers, the Hue, and some of them were released when the vessel was at sea, off the ports of Pakhoi, Hollow and Kwanchouwan In each case eight out of ten of these winged messengers reached home with their dispatches,

By kind permission of Major Radcliffe and Officers, the Band of the 33rd Burma Infantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel, to-morrow (Saturday) evening from 8 to 9.30 p.m.

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telegram from our Head Office in Bremen in forming us that the Imperial German Mail 5.5. Kfautichou has not been sold to the Japanese, and in order to contradict the rumour recently spread about here, which has also been can- firmed by your goodselves we would request you to have same published in the paper. We are, Dear Sir,-Yours faithfully,

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Shortly before 3am. to-day the two Chineso culled from exchanges, and on Satur owned ferry launches, Las Wang, day last we printed the following According from Shaukiwan to Hồng to the S. Chronicle Mr. WH Avery from Hongkong to Shauki in San Francisco, stated upon his relum from the Steamboat Co's general agent of the Toyo Kisen Kaishu the Orient that one of the objects of his Inp was side her wharf. to examine the Hainburg American steamships so great t Kisen Kaisha contemplated purchasing for the Hamburg and Kiautschou, which the Toyo

against the line connecting the Pacific coast port with the Orient. He looked over the vessels in the damaged Orient, and, while finding them palatial and in many respects faultless, they were found to be to their high superstructure. So the Japanese unsulted to the Pacific trade, principally owing stockholders, who had depended to a great de | extent upon Mr. Avery's opinion, have decided

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IT is reported from Saseho that the Japanese squadron, consisting of the Asahi, Fuji, Mikasa, and other war ships, which a few days ago an chored in the harbour of Masampo, returned to Japan on the 12th inst, some of the vessels entering the port of Imafuku, and others on choring at Sascho. On looking at the map it will be observed that Masampo is but a hun dred miles or so north of Saseho, across the Korean Straits, so that the Japanese fleet is within easy reach of the port. The Russian fleet is at Port Arthur, having arrived there, op the roth Imafuku, the port at which a portion of the Japanese fleet has anchored, is nearer to Masampo than Sasebo. At the present moment Atochton nearly the whole force of the Japanese, fect is mobilised at ports on the Japan Sea coast from Maizuru south to Sasche, and several vessels apparently still remain at Mas Chronicle

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