Show FOLD BY THE CABLE It is feared that other powers will follow Russias example In demanding a lease of territory near Masumpo Mine Melba the prlma donna will appear in concert at the Philharmonic with Dr Joseph Joachim the violinist in Berlin TIlt Qucen has ganted White lodge Richmond park Surrey the residence of the late Duke of feck lo former Empress Frederick of Germany The I Russian Government according to a dispatch to the London Times from Si Petersburg Is considering a scheme for a large Increase Inthe Russian navy oarM Pavloff Russian Minister Korea in pressing his demands at Soon I and time Japanese Minister to Korea Haya slit Gonoukoo Is discussing the subject with him The effort of Influential Russian newspapers news-papers to show that Germanys Interests Inter-ests lie with Russia and France nguiiujt England are attracting some attention In Berlin Time London Standard which Is an excellent ex-cellent source oC Government Intelligence Intelli-gence says that I the Marquis of Lon donderry vlIi be appointed Postmaster Geireral The Duke of York has accepted from n resident of Cork a thousand packets of shamrock seed which will be oown upon Ihc graves of Irish soldiers In Soulh Africa Owing to time difficulty of deciding whether the United Slates or Denmark shall bear the expense of the transfer of Danish West indies It is not Improbn J bio that the negotiations will shortly bo broken off j KwongYuPul member of Ihe Chl ncse reform party was recently abducted ab-ducted from Hongkong and taken to Canton The Governor of Hongkong and the British Consul at Canton have protested to LI Hung Chang but Kwoiiff Is Htlll detained Horlln Taws Zoliung calls for nn ap proprlatlon to make experiments In the growing of colton in Gorman East Africa I Af-rica and to make German textile Industry s In-dustry Independent of the United Slates Itclaims that suoh experiments would show a yield of 220 pounds per 1 neio as agjilusi in average ykldofyJOO I Inlho Unllcd Slaies |