Show HAPPENINGS IN I THE ORIENT I The pliigue Is reported to be gaining much headway in Manila I The plague 1 > is still raging at Hong I kong During JS09 there were MSG cases there and 112S deaths A terrible accident is reported from the Wuhu river A junk was caught In a snow squall and turned turtle all on board numbering twenty in all being be-ing drowned The Flour de LIs as the Junk being sent from Hongl orS to the Paris exposition Is called has started on her adventurous trip from the Chinese seas to the French capital Fire broke out January 23rd in a large spinning mil at Koryo Mum In the Owarl prefecture Japan Two buildings were destroyed and thirty one factory girls burned to death Six others were Injured badly A great conflagration occurred at Kiuang December 29th In all 300 buildings were destroyed The cause of the fire Is not leon The damiigo will exceed 1000000 Most of the buildings destroyed were big shops The Dowager Empress of China It Is asserted appears to be determined to elapse Into the ancient conservatism Yesterday she Issued an edict commanding com-manding return to the old manner of study according to the teachings of Confucius Prince Henry of Prussia ViceAd miral of the German squadron In Chinese Chi-nese waters was recently held up and robbed by bandits In Slam where he had gone to visit the King The robbers rob-bers secured about 1000 in cash and two bicycles At Saigon an Innlmitc woman has given birth to twins joined together after the manner of the famous Siamese twins The Infants wore placed their on exhibition Immediately after birth and it Is Intended to send them to the Paris exposition The Korean Government acting on the suggestion of Russia has dls patched 100 soldiers to Gensan to prevent pre-vent the commencement of mining operations op-erations there by Pritchard Morgan an American who had obtained a concession conces-sion rom the Government |