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Show J.VPAA. The Assassin oi" HnrberThe treat Typhoou The t-'or- lllOMIIl Qlll'SdOU. San Francisco, 2. The u.seo de Gariia has arrived. She brings Yoko-hiuna Yoko-hiuna dates to September 11th. The asi$in of Harber, the acting' German Ger-man consul at Hokodate, has been sentenced to denth. The iM ikado h;s expressed to Von Brandt, the German minister, his personal regret at the occurrence. 'ihe minister notified the government that while he does not press any money consideration, con-sideration, he demands an imperial notilication lot-bidding the people wearing swords within a certain distance dis-tance of the foreign settlements. Tho typhoon which visited the southern' part of Japan, August 20th, was one of the most severe ever expe: rienced by foreigners. The steamer rinrj on Guoloo and the German lark lla 'mbin'n were driven on the rocks at Nasasaka. . The ironclad r.im Stone-icali Stone-icali w:is sunk. Hundreds of Japanese Japan-ese juuks were wrecked and fully 2u0 lives lost at Nagasaka alone. Scores of houses wevo overthrown. The governor's new houses are a heap of ruins. Kobe also suffered. Not less than one thousand junks were wrecked. wreck-ed. Sagakeu came in for a share of the typhoon. Six thousand houses were destroyed and 100 lives lost, and 1,0(30 cattle en the plantations killed. Ten thousand Chinese troop? had reached Singnpore e route to For-1 For-1 mosa. When the Vaseo left Yokohama there were still prevalent conflicting reports about Formosa. The opinion seemed to be prevalent that war must ensue. . |