August 29, 1903.]
Some French troops which were sent to the Toukia-Yunnan frontier at Laokay, owing to the unsettled state of Yunnan have returned to Hanoi.
The railway line between Taiping and Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S., has been opened for passenger traffic, and the capitals of Perak and Selangor are now joined by rail.
The aborigines on the Szechuan border of Sheusi are reported to have joine with local bandits to resist the Imperial troops, and Viceroy Sung Fan has applied for help.
A Manila paper states that the schoon r Perla, oming from Hongkong, entered San Fernando de Union, P.I, recently, and was promptly seized by the Customs officials, San Fern indo not being a port of entry. The Perta proceeded to Manila in charge of th. Customs officer, and wheu'she arrived her cass was to be adjusted by Collector Shuster.
The Foochow Echo of the 15th inst, says: - We are without information as to where the typhoon of last week actually struck the coast, but from the general tenor of the letters received from Amoy we may assum. in the absence of definite news about it, that it was about midway between that port and ours Of this week's typhoon we have only to note our experience of a closeness in the atmosphere, some rain, and the fall in the barometer on Thursday hight to 29.59, from which it recovered very slowly yesterday mor ning. The shooting match between Foochow and Amoy has been postponed until October.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
An officer of the Santo Muru, which arrived at Shanghai last work from Nowchwang, stated that the manager of the Mitsui Bassan Kaisha at Newchwing has received instructions from Tokyo to be ready to close the office at a minute's notic It is therefore believed at Neweiwang that the relations between Russia an Japan are fast growing critical.
On the 13th iust. Sir Ernast Satow met the Committee of the China Association at Shanghai and received from them a long address dealing with the commercial and politic 1, situation, to which His Excelloncy replied at length in terms that gave gront satisfaction to the Committee. Proceedings were private. On the same day Sir Ernest Batow handed! to some 300 past and present minbera of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps the China medal which they were awarded for being ready to defend the Settlements in 1900.
Mr. A. Holz, Harbour Master of the Swatow district, issues a notic to mariners that the Chinese cruiser Wong Tai, which sank after colliding with th Empress of India on the night of the 17th inst., lies in 16 fathoms at low water, her inast leing visible at that state of the tide, and that Breaker Poiut light tower hes S. 82 E. Magnetic, distant 15 nau'ic l miles. S'ep are being taken for the spaedy removal of the wreck. The Onsing which arrived on Sunday, reports that one of the masts of the Wing Tai is broken off to about three or four feet from the water, the other ong
mauing intact.
The killing of Shen Yu Ch'i, or Shen (hin
Peking correspondent, áca aid more excite uent and furors than the late Russiau Japanese war. is app al to the native and foreign journalists to publish his wrongs in all the continents wa not in vain. The Western newspapers must be full of his martyrdom if we may judge by the interest manifested by the correspondents, his
lleagues. The Iegatious here -imost of them naturally lined to the side of the Chinese Government, being pledged by the theory of
In the Police Court at Manila last week, Judge Liddell referred to alleged malpractice cilled himself bera, writa; the Mercury's of the police in discriminating against violators of the law, his comments bing made during the trial of a saloon-keeper named Williams, whose place is in Malate. The ovidence showed that liquors were sold after midnight without furnishing the prescribed bona-fide mal. The accused was found guilty, and fined fifty dollars The waiters fouud in the resurt were each fined tea dollars. Judg. Liddell said he did not presume to condone wrong-doing by the poor or rich, but he was surprised to note how many large establishments were openly and reportedly violating the law without any interference où the part of the police. He mentioned a leading hotel as a notorious offender. Lucidentally, his Honour referred to the practices,of the police in trumping-up charges against inoffen- sive Chinese, several cases having disclosed deceit and perjury.
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present relations to do so, whatever occurs.
They are up against it rather pitibly in such cases, and 3 rennously welded to the ide of promoting their own plans to the exclusion of other peoples' affairs, be they ever so pressing.
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According to a Seoul despatch to the Osaka Mainichi, a rumour is current in Seoul to the effect that M. de Planey, French Minister in Seoul, has received notice of transfer and is leaving Cores in October next.
of
the 14th inst that the question of the dis- It was reportel in Shanghai on the morning
position of the Supao prisoners had again been referred by the Diplomatic Body at Poking to the Consular Body in Shanghai. Further, it was said that the Consular Body would. not meet or co no to any decision on the matter until after the return of the Senior Consul from Japan. He was expected on Sunday last.
The N.-C. Daily News writes:-Yong-ampho, or, as it is locally called, Yoompao, comands the southern entrances to the Yalu, and here the Russians, as we have already announced, The laws of licensing masters and pilots as are proceeding with the construction of a they exist in the Philippines, and the Chinese fortified harbour. They bought the necessary Exclusion Act, were responsible for the captain lan for a Settlement from the Corean owners. and the crew of the Chinese steamer Took On The Japaness Minister at Seoul objected, and being detained by the emigration officers and
Mr. Pavloff persuad d the Core in Government returned to Hongkong. The Took On arrived to resume the land and le it to Russia, the in tanila from Hongkong in charge of a Cuin-nom ual lessse bing the Ru sian Timber ess skipper named Loo Moon and a Mongolian Felling Company, whose origin concoss on crew. Act 780 of the Customs regulations for was extorted from the Emperor of Cores at shipping makes it prohibitory for foreigners, the tim in 1996 when he was a refugee in without American licenses, to navigate ve sels the Russian Legation at Seoul. The agree in the waters of the archipelago. When the ment, it is stated, was signed on the 23rd of Custom House officers, therefore, boardel the July between Cho Sek-yo, the Corea offical Took On, they could not allow her captain to dispatched to Yong-aapho for the purp se come ashore and they were compelled to ret un
and the representative of the Russian Company. his crew likewise, their landing bing against From the N.-C. Daily News we gather s mə the emigration laws. The steamer was to re- defails about the racsut outbreak on Mossrs main at Mauila, for she was to un sold to a lved Butterfield and Swira's steamar Poyang. There firm, but her crew, skipper and alt, will have to were no further deaths or cases of illness go back whence they came, says a faila paper. beyond those which we have already aunounced,
An enquiry was held by the French Consul
The Poyang left Kiukiang for Hankow on the at Koba on the 14th inst. into the outbeak of morning of the 19th iust. The third officer has re- fire ou the Tonkin. Mr. Frauklia was called in covered and has rejoined the ship, and the third to give an opinions to the nature of chlorats engineer is getting batter., Relief officers have of potash and the result of the investigation been sent from Shanghai. Captain R. Phillips was come to without opposition. The fiuding was very well-known and popular in the C. N. was that the fire originated through friction Co.'s se rice and with all who had travelled with caused by the passage of one of the slangs hi o. He con nandad th↑ Tung show abona timy. over a portion of the keelsou on which some and was for some time in command of the Pekin of the chemical had been allowed to collect on the Ningpo line. His wife was at home, unobserved owing to the breakage or leakage of with a baby whom he had never soeu, and he one or more of the keg. Furthermore this had been granted loave to make a trip home friction was in all probability rendered more dangerous owing to it having taken place between the rusty irou hoops with which the kegs were bound sad the loose potash which is known to be very insceptible to the action of rust. Lastly, it was found that there is no blame attaching itself to either the captaiu, officers or any other person, but the unfortunate occurrence was entirely one that no reasonable care or forethought could have averted.
himself later on in the year. Hi chief engineer, Mr. H. Campbell, was one of the best-known and in st popular of the members of the mer- cantile marine on the coast. He was a staunch member of the S. Andrew's Society, and a keen footballer and golfer, and his death is most deeply regretted by hundreds of friends. It seems now decided that the victims died of cholera, though the ptomaino-poisoning theory was strongly advocated.
In reply to a letter arging the desirability of culverting the Yangkingpang at Shanghai, Mr. J. O. P. Bland, Secretary of the Municipal Council, writes adducing arguments that the proposed culverting is not calculated to be of bonefit either to the public health or to the general interests of the community. He also says:-Looked at from a general administrative standpoint the proposed improvement, while undoubtedly calculated to benefit in a marked degree the interests of owners of property situate in the rear of the French Settlement would not serve as a means of egress or as a feeder to the outlying roads of the Settlement. The proposed Boulevard, as a public thorough. fare, would attract traffo from the Bund and Central District to the French extension area, and to put facts concisely, would develop that locality to the detriment of landowners and others in the British Settlement.
News has been received at Shanghai that on the 15th inst., about noon, a number of stone- lalon boats ran against the old bridge of boats at Ningpo owing to the laodahs losing control in a strong ebb tide. . The anchor-chains of five of the pontoons part d. letting these adrift. It is reported that about 100 peop'e were drowned, and certainly a large number perished, as at that har traffic is always heavy and the accident was sudden An official investigation is proceeding. One of the pontoons was beached near the scene, but the other four went down until brought up by the lorohas opposite the Custom Honse, fortunately doing no great damage. This calls to memory * similar accident seven or eight years ago, says the Mercury, when about the same number were drowned. The traffic across the river is now all in, the hands of the sampзn-men, who are reaping a good harvest.
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
The total export of tea from Japan to America during the season. 1902-3 amounted to 39,405,252
lbs.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1902-3
1901-2
lbs. 18,124,266 13,988,220
Yokohama Hiogo
lbs.
18, 24,266 12,988,226
SILK.
CANTON, 27th Aug.-Exports.-Silk-Re-reels No settlements to report in this clas. Country prices continue to rule very firm and, at present Exchange rates, show a laying down cost which Amrican buyers are unable to appoach. Fila- ture. The improved enquiry for Europe alluded · to in our last was maintained during the earlier tart of the fortnight, but latterly business has peen almost completely bloc ed by the daily bdvancing Exchange. In spite of this fact aealers not only maintain a very firm front, bat du view of the excessively high cost of 4th crop icocoons, even incline towards higher prices. Last prices paid are $935 for Tnug Wo Hing 10/12, $93) for King Seng 13/15, $910 for Yu King Lun 11/13, $86 860 for Kwong He 11/13, 13/15. taken no recent transactions have place. Buyers offer $950/960 for silk like Kwong Yan On, Wing Wo Lun, 9/11, held for $40 per pical higher. Purchases of "Native" illatures have been unimportant. Local prices are firms” but somewhat irregular. Yuen Eing 11/18, 18/15 - sold this week at $815 average, and a day later obtained $825. Other equivalent marks® could," however, probably be had at the former price." 14/18 has been done at $770 and -10/12 at $880," Short-reels. A marked improvement has been
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