| Show NEWS PROM FROM THE ORIENT vancouver B C nov 17 advises advices ad vices by the steamship empress bf china tell of a ter terrible TIble disaster in sh an inland sea oni on october 25 when the steamer maru delaru came arft collision with the steamer maru off takami the lefter latter in three minutes mi cutes it is is reported that persons weri were saved but that seventy were drowned so strong was the impact that the captain who was om dm the bradge wa thrown into the see sea the captain and all the crew were saved it is stated that great britain has suggested that the railway between shanghai kwan and tien tsin already working and the mines in the of the railway should stand as an security for the loan under negotiation tor for the construction of railway between new chwang end and shanghai kwam RUS RUSSIA has assented to this and discussion discus gion on the details of the agreement is progressing A large body of men from carbott Can bott and macaba carrying with them several thousand stands of 0 arms and quantity of extra are reported to have joined the xuang kuang ting insurgents who are now in strong force in lian chou prefecture these new auxiliary are stated ato be well dressed affeid moire mawe refined in manner maimer than older rebels and the chief motto on their flag is clear out the traitors who surround the throne west china Js ds still in a very disturbed state the band chief yuh man tol toi has amiss emissaries ries throughout the province of Sze chuen and in many of the cities his proclamation is posted calling on thep the people mple to expel foreigners who are enemies of the people and seel seeking C ng the of the empire yuh man tol toi promises greater deliverance and even undertakes to have the japan war indemnity repaid A large number of rebels are now taking refuge in the of the mount mountains alne of Ngam sham where a good many gunsmiths gun smiths and blacksmiths are making arms they intended to raise another re belldon kom muk the rebel chief was recently executed yung un uin a magistrate pretended to be his friend and prepared a trap door in an opium divan with concealed soldiers in the cellar underneath eathL whilst these two were smoking opium together at a given glenal from the mandarin kom muk ws preci preel into the cellar and dispatched 7 by swords of the sold soldiers lers according to previous accounts kom muk has been represented aa the of yung un just belfore bei fiore the mall mail left a disturb embe aaice broke out at canton the rioters attacked the settlement and inflicted injury on the members of the french consul consulate consulia ete te immediately on receipt of the news the german addressed vigorous to the faung li 11 yamen A fire at destroyed houses one hundred and fifty houses were burned it at shanghai Sc of the american pacific cable is enlisting sympathy in japan for his plan manilla manila law courts have resumed business with spanish judges to hear all civil cases and american judges to hear all crI criminal mAnal cases in addition to the great amount of at mal malarial axial aad typhoid fever prevailing malignant small pox has appeared the deaths in the hospital will average a bout about soldiers a month through the neglect of the spanish officials nearly lepers have escaped from confinement por for a time this war waar un unknown knowin to the amerlean american and the outcasts were allo allowed weld to wander at large orders have been issued to the effect that all lepers will be arrested and sent to a small wand island on the southeast of luzon lugen on this island the americal Amer icam government m eta will establish quarters for mr the lepers of the philippines philippine 9 they will bei be fed and oared for tat at the expense of the government As far as can be amer ascertained about 60 lepers are adaill at large on the thae streets and in the suburbs of manila mandla |
