Show NOTES FROM THE ORIENT Incidents of Interest In Japan and ChIna Haiphong and Hanoi IClIJtrs gIve details of the ransom of Mtbsrs Victor and Henry Roque BaptUte Costa and their Auoauiito servant from lie Touquln pirates M Brif sod French llesldcutand Father llouery cccompanlcU by nn escort of ten French marines left Dong tricu with the ransom agreed on on March 7th oarly In the morning and arrived about 9 nm within a short dbtancu of the brigands cu cnmpmnt lalt WAS called about 203 meters fiom the camp at a place where a liambo loot hid been erected on which was Inscribed certain words the translation of which is The trench soldiers mu t stop here Mr Brifiaud entered into commu mcatlou wilii thy brigand chief Iuu ky and endeavored to per > uade him to permit the exchange of the captives and the ransom to take place near tile post where the escort was Luuky bouctcr knowing that he was maker of tile situation would not listen to this proposal He insisted that the exchange be made near lie foot of tIe mountain at a spot half wsy between his camp aud the lost M BrilTaud had to yield Lear log the soldiers he nud Father Iliucr advanced quite unprotected to meet a lieutenant and tho men belected by LuuJy to examine the I ransom along with whom was Henry Iltque Till lieutenant I whose name Is given as > ing or Ken was scrupulously minute in examination The ransom con slated of five cheats containing 50 000 fcllvcr dollars and lOOpieteaof tiik and twelve watches Iho contents con-tents of some of the chests had to be counted two or three times before King was satisfied lie took exception excep-tion to the silk declaring that It was I not flue enough I Being assured that lie silk was the best that u 1to be obtained at Haiphong at short notice he finally alter giving a good deal of trouble accepted the ransom ran-som The other captives Victor Roque Costa and the Annamlte boy were then brought forward and alog with Henri Roque were formally handed over to M Briflaud The Europeans returned to their escort ndro left DSafl once fur Done trleu which was reached about 330 pm Luu ky and hi men made for the mountains with the ransom and doubtless were not long in gaining the frontier While the pourparlers for the ran1 IIIIIJEj com were going on the French Resident Res-ident and the missionary who accompanied ac-companied him were entirely lit the mercy of tIe brigands They were out of sight of their escort and round about them were Lou kys men about 400 In number kneeling with their rifles at their thflt feet ready to fire at the least signet sig-net The brigand chief who Is said to bo a young man not over a O years old and hiS lieutenant who appeared somewhat older mal talned I throughout a haughty and insolent manner dictating terms asa as-a conqueror to tIe conquered Messrs Roqne and party arrive at Haiphong in the email steam Jjne about 0 oclock the sam evening They did not appear to be much the worse for the long w ecks of paipful anxlcly aud lough treatment although their hands still retained the marks of tile manacles During their captIvIty they were prevented for a whole mouth from using their arms being fed like children by their boy c The fate of the Chinese compra dore Wing Fat Cheong remains In doubt Government buildings seem to be 1 parUcuIarly aimed at by Singapore burglars fccmo time ago the ChIn moo Protectorate olllces were broke into then recently we had a butg lary in the Jail attended with the lots of money and other valuables to the amount of S300 and now we hear says the ECrcntt lImes of tl lie I 6th r hut last night thievesg i Intothc police olllces bunt open au I almelrah aud carried ciT a cash box containing about 32 in cash and some valuable papers The box belonged be-longed to the Coroners clerk and It Is thought from the general elm cumstanccs surrounding the case that the robbery bad been committed commit-ted by some person or lnoDS well acquainted with the routine of tue oflice The number otlarge flnlnIaptn during the lat few months have ben remarkable Tho Japan Ga stile in referring to the matter say On March 5th we reported the burning of nearly 300 houses at Aomort and now we have to cron ole Jcstrutloii of over 500 dell ing houses a tax collectors oflice and a hospital at Noshiromach Varna motogun Akltaken and of ovcrSSQ dweliheghouaes one Inure d lj detachment oflice a town hall and l tcftlcent MIniuro Arava raura KakatakI muraaudHIgashlAraya mum KantiNilkawagun In Toyama Toy-ama ken In the latter case tint coutligriUon lasted for six hours The American ship Glendon went ashore ouMarchSllh nearCapebai imi and was a total loss alUious nrtofber cago of oil 1 from New York was saved The Omaha scout o her assistance but returned on Ending that iliht be don to get the vessel off The Glen Jo was last reported with her hack broken and mainmast gone Uircug her bottom Three torpedo boats will be let to l-et Japanese navy One says IhuJiji Slumpo has 1 already bee ordered from France and the other two are to bo ordered from Germany Ger-many The Jj i remarks that thIs will lie tile first time Japan has ordered anything In this line front Germany From native paper we learn tint tin-t lots at last been definitely decided to establish lie proposed telephone exchange for Toklo and Yokohama 3nt Ont It Is I to be opened not later than May 1st Afterward it Ii contemplated con-templated extending the service to Kyoto Osaka and Kobe |