Show The Japanese MlfcTrade SAN FUANCISCO Feb 3 Advices from Japan by the steamship Gaelic tonight say the silk trade is in a very bad way Last years losses to merchants was over 25 000000 and according to the present appearances ap-pearances the losses will continue some time jet There is a serious state of affairs in Siam owing t the failure of the rice crop The MercantIle Gazette of Yokohama says unless efficient measures aro taken to meet the emergency rebellion and riot by staring unemployed followed by epidemics will surely bo the order of the day There was a serious earthquake in Java December 12 the town of Joana being terribly ter-ribly damaged Twelve persons were killed and seventeen injured |