Show SHORT STORIES In Sydney N S W the number of bu bonic pluKUO cases officially reported has reached thirtyMix There have been thir teen doalliM 1 from the disease l Eight thou sand persons havo beetS Inoculated Bluhop Anror of Shan Tung arrived In Berlin yesterday from Rome where he bad reported fully to tho Popo regarding the Chinese missions and their prospects Ho was received by i Count von IJuclow and Prince Hohenlohe The Kmpresn Dowager and those who support her policies have been anxious to make China understand that Kuans JIsu has not been deposed but tlwil ho huts simply provided himself with an official I heir m case of Illness Tho British second class cruiser Her mlono has been ordered to proceed Im inedlatelv l to Taku Tho country around Tien Tsln Is greatly disturbed and according ac-cording to reports the powers are making arrangements for concerted action Tilt Empress Dowager has ordered the Chinese cruisers Hal Tien and Hal I Shou lo proceed to tho Straits Settle me nl there to act In conjunction with tilt men detailed to capture or assassinate Kang Yu WH 1 and Iho other reformer I It I Is leained III London that Portugal Is quite prepared to meet tho Delagoa buy award without borrowing money Current Cur-rent reports thai Great Rrltnln Intend Icndlitg 1 the I Portuguese tiororim into iiuHiey In oxclmngo for privileges at Ucla boa buy and Helm i are declared to bo Incorrect In-correct Capt Charles D Slgsbee chief of Iho naval I Inlelllgcnce bureau and during time war with Spain In command of the aux iliary cruiser lOSt Paul1 has accepted an Invitation from the elty of St Paul Minn to visit It early In April President McKlnly will approv1 this Wflle Ihe application for retirement inado I by RoarAdmiral J F Hay president of Iho retiring board and thut officer will retire with the rauk < Senior RearAd i mimi In i accordance with the naval ieuiiu lloiiH Admiral Watson convened n court I of Inquiry at Manila to llx the reBpotiB I blllty of tho IOHH of tho cruiser Charlos lon The report In n complete vindication vindi-cation of iho offlccro and men on the Charleston ArrangeinoulM have lK > en compliled for Hie departure of the transport Summr from New York next Thursday afternoon Hlie will fairya large body nf I officers and aiiit 1100 rccrull to 1111 vacancies In ConI Oilss forcen The fast maII on the Atlanta tec t Point ruihvn whloh left Atlanta for Mnni omary and Now Orleans at fi 1 oclock yesteiday morning ttns Veeked between WIMI Iolnl and Oniika Ala Ixpresd Mexfsonger Oshlil ttlI K IcIlluO and Bucgase niaaicr V li Blunt badly Injured |