Show THAT GREAT TYPHOON Further Accounts of the Calamity in the Philippines ALL ABOUT LITTLE MEN AND WHAT THEY ABE DOOTG IN THE ORIENT Russia Steadly Gaining Ground In the Affairs of Gor aNew Japanese Japan-ese CabinetChina Negotiating a Loan ExI inister Dun Goes Into Business Seattle Wash Dec 5Steamer Ka goskima Maru arrived here today 16 days from Yokohama bringing oriental orien-tal advices up to Nov 19 The following additional particulars have been received of the terrible typhoon ty-phoon which swept over the Philippine Philip-pine Islands Oct 6 devastating the province of Leyte Manila and causing the death of several hundred persons About 250 Europeans are reported to have perished and the number of victims vic-tims is put at from 400 to 500 The typhoon ty-phoon seems to have done its worst damage at Tacloban the capital of Leyte where the whole town was converted con-verted into a mass of ruins The bodies bod-ies of 120 Europeans were recovered The government houses treasury barracks bar-racks etc were destroyed The ccast is strewn with the wreckage of vessels that were torn to pieces by the hurricane hurri-cane It was reported that the town of He i moni 6000 inhabitants has disappeared disap-peared RUSSIA GAINS GROUND According to the oriental papers Russia i Rus-sia is steadily gaining ground in the affairs of Korea Her latest achievement achieve-ment was to order Korea to dismiss Mr Brown her English superintendent superintend-ent general of finance and customs and to install in his place Mr Kuril Alexieff The Korean government demurred de-murred at first stating that its contract con-tract with Mr Brown had several years to run The Russian ambassador I brusquely replied that Koreas contracts con-tracts with the citizens of other nations na-tions was no concern of his and fol lowed up his demand with an ultimatum ulti-matum Korea yielded and placed Alexieff in charge of the financial and customs system for an indefinite period I The minister of foreign affairs is reported I re-ported to have proposed the dismissal of all foreign employees in the Korean service save those of Russian nativity JAPANESE CABINET I The new Japanese cabinet consists of Count Matsukata premier and minister minis-ter of finance Baron Nishi minister for foreign affairs Count Kabayama minister for home affairs Viscount Tokashima minister for war affairs Marquis Salgo minister for naval affairs af-fairs Viscount Nomura minister of I communications Mr Hamao minister of education Mr Kyoura minister of the law department Baron Yamoda minister for agriculture and commerce ORIENTAL NUGGETS ExUnited States Minister Dun has decided to go into business in Japan The queen regent of Spain has forwarded I for-warded the highest Spiish decoration I I for presentation to the crown rince of Japan The Korean government has decided to repay onehalf of the balance of the Japanese loan which now stands at 2000000 yen A telegram has been received from Pekin stating definitely that the negotiations nego-tiations for the loan of 16000090 sterling ster-ling have been concluded with the I JamesonHooley syndicate and that the contract has been signed It is reported by the native press I that Captain Gunji fired at the American Ameri-can sealer St Lawrence some time last I month on account of some disorderly conduct of her crew at Shimushir Official sanction has been given for I the disbursement of 270000 yen for restoring re-storing the damage done by the recent Hoods in Niigata prefecture The pre fectural government at Sendai is to raise a loan of 150000 yen in order to buy foreign rice which is to be sold at a reduced price to the populace |