*August 26, 1899.)
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
water, about half of the old Bettlement "under water to some extent, and not a kidents had to wade knee deep on leaving offioes Kobe Herald.
THE LUNGCHOW RAILWAY.
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diorated, and with it the song but the few survivors were helpless and in a sad plight, hav- g been without food or water for two days, and in the boat they had neither oar nor sail. Their enly hope lay in the passing of a steamer, which, about noon, was their good fortune. The H.A.L. str. Aleria, Capt. Knuth, bad, owing to stress
The Universal Gasette publishes the follow- of weather, put into Amoy and, the typhoon ingThe French Minister has recently been being past, had left that morning for Shanghai. Yamen the necessity of constructing the Chen- most importunate in forcing upon the Tanngli About noon, some sixty miles NE of the port. the officer of the watch sighted the boat with ankuan Lungehow Railway (Kuangsi-Annam seven men, including the boatswain, sitting up French Minister the reply was given that the service inward and
borders), but to all the importunities of the to their necks in water, and within a cable. length three more men were seen clinging to Treasury is empty." Compelled at last to give some pieces of wreckage. All were promptly
■ definite reply, the Toungli Yamen finally said got on board and Capt. Knuth, thinking there that, if France would advance the money, the might be other survivors in the vicinity, cruise railway could be built at once. Naturally round and made a thorough search but without the French Minister was only too glad to con- success. The men were brought on to Shang-went to loan the money, and the result is that hai and are lond in their praise of the treatment France lends China Tls, 5.000,00. at 7 per cent they received on board. The mate went down interest to construct the abovenamed railway
line.-N.-C. Daily News. in the ship, refusing to leave his cabin. The Kitty was an iron barque of 803 tous built in Amsterdam in 1856, and has been many years on the coast of China.-N. C. Daily News.
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HAIPHONG AS A MANUFACTURING | the imine
CENTRE.
STARTING OF. A GEMENT FACTORY.
We translate the the following from the Courrier d'Haiphong:-
Good news for our town, which tends-more and more to be come an industrial centre of the arst order! We learn that a cement factory is shortly to be established at Haiphong. A Com pany has been formed for this purpose and is to be called "Société des Ciments Portland artif ciels de l'Indo-Chine." It is a Publio Company with a capital of 1,500,000 francs divided into 300 sharos (P 3,000) of 500 francs each. Its head offoe, like that of the Société Cottonière de Indo-Chine, is at Paris. 65, Rue de la Vistoire. The objects of the Company are the manufac- ture and sale of time, cement, and allied pro- dusts, the carrying out of works constructed with sement, the building and purchase of factories and the working of quarries, etc. We wish the new company much success, pe
PLAGUE AT NEWCHWANG,
We (Shanghai Mercury) are indebted to the courtesy of J. Goodnow Esq., the U. S. Con sul-General, for the following telegram, Weceived from the U.S. Vice-Consul at New
chwang, on Sunday, 13th inst. :---
"Medical officer reports sporadic cases of plague."
The
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probably be better worth mine.—N. C. Daily News
CANTON NOTES.
FROM THE CHUNG NGÓI SAN It is reported that the brigands in kong have been joined by the robbers in chan and that they have appointed instant to raise the flag of rebellion.
A big fight broke out sometime ago the olan of Kwan in the village of Sheng and the clan of L in the village of Le the cause being that the people of build a temple in a place owned by Kwan without the consent of the K On the 12th Instant Colonel Kwan Lai sent by the Canton authorities to aght with a number of soldiers, Whe soldiers arrived on the scene, the thinking that they were not real
them. Twenty soldiers were kil wounded and all the rest were hemmed sides by the people of Lo in a very dan position. Colonel Cheng Yua-tsoi, hearin at once marched with a good number of soldiers to the rescue. The people of Lo, seeing the ar re-rival of another body of troops, know that they were mistaken and made good their escape The case was immediately reported to the Vice- roy, who was very angry and on the 14th just. sent General Liu Yang-fu with sa ordar to sa- ecuta every pers of the Lo clan and destroy. the whole village of Lokakwai, When, the General got there he arrested and execnted people of Lo, one of whom was 8 WOD sprang forward and tried to eat free band, who was one of those about to be The village of Lokakwai has been com deserted. The General burnt all numbering over a hundred.
Kobe, 15th August, p.m. At the time of writing, one of the worst storms experienced -here-for some years is rag- ing. The Band is two feet or more under water, Division Street and the side streets leading ap from the Bund are under water to a certain extent, and already much damage has been done to-tress, fences, eto, shout the town and Hill. The storm came on very suddenly between 3 and, o'clook, and it is only too probable caught a number of craft unawares. The glass com. mensed to fall last midnight, but it was not antil noon that it commenced to go down rapidly. Since then it has dropped steadily. It is diffoult if not impossible to make out the shipping in harbour, but at 5 o'clook it was reported that the Chinguo was ashore and that the Argyll was in % dangerous position. The latter was then said to be getting up steam. 228inos writing the above we have been able to obtain some additional particulars. In the first place the Argyll is ashore at Ouohama, broad- side on and at 6 o'olook the Chingwo though apparently still safe, was dangerously near the beach and being driven towards it. Happily just about that time there was a temporary lufl in the storm, the glass rising perceptibly. trust the change will continue, as we noticed several avessels in positions of danger. Bombay, anchored a hundred or so yards off the Piar, was being steadily carried down upon the Pier when our reporter left the structure, GREAT FIRE A1 YOKOHAMA, and the schooner Bessie E Stevens, which lately grossed the Pacific in safety, was dangerously The N. C. Daily News publishes the follow. near the Bund wall. That protective work is ing special telegram for its Kobe correspondent strawn-with- wreckage and a considerable por-dated 18th August. tion of the iron railings along the Bund has There has been a terrible fire at Yokobama. bogn:levelled with the ground by the wreckage It started in the Isozakicho in Theatre Streat washed ashore: The Pier is a wreck, and the at nine on Saturday night and lasted several Boat House presents a sorry spectacle. In con- hours. Ten thousand houses have been des nection with the latter place it may be men-troyed, five theatres and one church, one school tioned that the bathing stage is demolished and that, but for the timely and zealous work of two members of the Committen-Messrs. Kalkhof and Bethell--it is probable most of the boats would not be intact now. When the Herald man left the place at 6 o'clock the Captain (Mr. Him) with the help of several others was seeing what could l be done to protect the Club's pro- (The Argyll was driven ashore on the point where the old Naval Yard stood, shortly after 5 o'clock. She now lies broadside one. Several residents were on the spot soon after she struck, and rendered valuable assistance in various wayn. Owing to the sudden way in which the storm esme up Captain Thomson was in shore, hat at considerable risk he was hauled on board within a very few minutes of the accident, Mr. several Kobeites assisting in handling hore and of the lines. We have said that the glans commenced to go up at about 6 p.m. Itaim to be hoped the improvement will continue. Ikia a most fortunate thing for Kobe that this sem broke over this district at low water, for 1 it occurred at high water the whole place would have been several feet under water. ©cks tate ofɑthe tide being, almost low
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one police station, and one branch post office. There was a southwest wind blowing and the Waterworks were shut off at eight, but the water was obtained at ten. The Settlement was not touched.
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import duty, but port charges, taxes on con- sumption of naval stores and provisions in the | voyage, two per cent for unloading cargo, and a surtax of six per cent; the old Spanish duties not recognized under the American tarir. aggregating over $8,00› Mexican, which sum was collected without any possible authority.
It is also argued that inasmuch as the took place under an official assurance of frendo from duty, the government should protect such assurance, and that the goods, being Amer no duty should be charged for their admisión to any port under American control. And, furthermore, that by reason of the signing of the protocol on August 12, 1898, the occupation of the city of Manila became civil and not, in a full sense, military, and that no power on the part of any official of the United States, after such data, to collect duties in Manila. || The questions raised have not heretofore
passed upon, and their determination is awaited with considerable interest.
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- On the 9th inst., the Saichin brigands theatrical performance in a place near pingen to chinchin joss on sooount of success and prosperity. Colonel Chenig lam and Colonel Wong Tann,nam, this, march ith their soldiers to brigands by 19:Wher scene the brig
rushed them. A fearful unter soldiers succeed plurip leader named - Kan tog other robbers and killing sev Two soldiers
Killed wounded. A militar
also fatal On the 7th Poteo, in Sanni very righ, for Amerios,
bbars who
robbed.
officer
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