Show t NEws FEOI THE ORIENT k i Towns Threatened With Destruction By a Volcano Ii t 0 Victoria B C Aug IThe steamer F r 1 Olympia arrived this morning with OrIental advice to July 17 The Japanese government contemplates the total abolition of export duties from the I beginning of next year A petition Is about to be presented to the privy council for leave to appeal against the decision in the Carew case The Corean ports of Chemulpo and Mekpo will be open to trade on Oct 1 Fresh cases of bubonic plague are reported I re-ported in Taipe making a total of 59o from the outbreak of the pestilence having demurred Li Hung Chang demurre t the sale of He Shengs big mill to an English syndicate for 2600000 taels has fallen through but a small mill has falen been sold to the English syndicate for j 530000 taels I Mayor volcano situated in the ex t tremp south of the island of Luzon in tem province of Albay 2734 metres above the sea level ha been In i violent eruption since June 26 t The town of Abacy and Algota are threatened with destruction Fiftysix bodies have been recovered but the bodiei I fate is unknown of the people lying on the sides and the foot of the mountain I which was surrounded by the finest Island It is hemp plantations on the islad I probable that heavy mortality will be I recorded A lively brush occurred at Wingpo I between pirates and Chinese The fisht lasted several hours the pirates taking to thehills after the junks had I been sunk Eighty of the pirates were captured and a number killed Blue jackets from the United States ships Yorktown and Boston have been several times attacked by coolies in Kobe even tmes policemen taking part against theAmerlcans James Mullen a blue jacket from the Boston was tied by the legs and dragged around tie pier and was then arrested by Japanese policemen On another occasion a party of American blue jackets were stoned A movement is on foot to bring about amalgamation of small bands in an amalgamaton smal I Tokio The British garrison at Singapore I will be strengthened soon by an additional i ad-ditional company of royal artillery to Ten new Maxim guns are soon rt be sent to Singapore at the expense of f the imperial government t The Japanese Advertiser says Evidence I Evi-dence accumulates to prove that the I rebellion crushed In the Phillipines is far from I I |