| Show MONGOLIAN MOVEMENTS CHINESE malcontents LOST MAR INERS FORMOSAN GOLD ETC by the arrival or odthe the ste steamer amer gity city of ef rhode bio de janeiro at san francisco Francil cowe we have dates from hong kong aff w april 10 letb and from yokohama to april la in china a german firm arm has secured a contract for laying a railway between banca and keeling Kee lung in formosa extensive gold fields are reported to have been discovered in the southwest ern part of formosa A frenchman is said to have obtained the contract to construct a railway from taku to thence to peking news has been brought to canton by letter carriers from the north of the province that a serious apri uprising ing against the government has occurred at axom chau chan in the kiang S 81 or kong sal provinces piratical junks have recommenced their depredations near hongtong Hone Hong kong IN JAPAN A women s benevolent bene ve leat society has been established at osaka the president vice president and trustees appointed are the wives of off officers of the osaka garrison A new hotel for the accommodation of foreigners is now being built at tokio the adoption of foreign costume by japanese ladies has stimulated the establishment of works work p tor for the manufacture of textile fabrics of foreign styles two or three are already ida under i wa way ta two 16 cases of illness resembling cholera were reported in tee capital the alth alt one ended fatally the steamers fair and benton collided in the straits off batu about 1 am march T the he former escaped with slight injury the latter sank in a few minutes she had bad on board about passengers of whom 50 were picked up by vessels in I 1 the vicinity tv the rest on board were all lost ln including luding battain captain miles mileo chief engineer cooper an and a few white passengers the remainder being Da natives tives |
