The Mineral argus., 1883-10-18
From the old World.


From the Old World.
A correspondent at Hong Kong cables the
following: l have just returned from Can
ton. 4 fairs there are in a very critical con-
dition. The populace is greatly excited
over the result of the Logan trial. Com
municaiions between the English quarter is
entirely cut off. Incendiary placards are
posted on the walls of the vlceroy's palace
daily, and are torn down by the police
They proclaim that should the French
fleet threaten an attack the mob first of all,
will kill all foreigners and destroy their
property. The mob is ripe for rebellion
Mandarins Of the highest rank are insulted
and spit upon while going through the city.
Troops arc being drawn from outlying
posts TO guard the palace OF the viceroy.
The foreign quarter is safe. being under the
cover Of six gunboats, Including the United
States steamer Palos. Even in Hong Kong
precautions have been adopted. Arms for
volunteers have been deposited in two
banks aud the night patrols have been in
creased.
No fewer than 2, zoe trains leave the sta
tons of London every twenty.fo hours
Every hour between ten in the morning
and IL at night, 800 trains stsrt for the va
rious railway termini in London-that
is, at the rate of 100 and more every hour,
or two minute, all day long, not includ-
ing the trains on the Metropolitan aud
Metropolitan District. OF the 2, 200 trains
dispatched daily, ], $50 serve on the suburbs
and a suburban region of thirty miles
around the city. Fifteen leave for Scot
land andiIreland and sixteen for the conti-
nent.
Excitement prevailed at Montreal, re-
a.. L
that Thomas Craig, president and general
manager of the suspended Exchange bank.
made himself advances to large amount
The definite sum hot being positively
known outside of official circles, hut esti-
mated from $l5O,0OO to $25O,OOO. He as
serts his liabilities are covered by security,
but the money was appropriated 10 his
own use without the knowledge of some of
the directors ifnot all.
Col. King Harmon, NJ. P. for County
Dublin, and Lord Arthur Hill, MP. for
County Down, laid the foundation stone of
a new Orange hall at Belfast Ireland. re-
GENTLY. A number of Orangemen assem-
bled to witness the ceremonies. 1t was the
largest congregation for twenty years. Du-
ring the proceedings the stand COLLAPSED
and several persons were seriously injured |
Advices from Madagascar state that Ma |
kobo, commander of the Havas forces, has
offered rewards for the slaughter of the CAD |
tain of any French man-ocwar which shall |
wreck and burn any vessel. The same ad- |
vices report the French garrisons at
Tamative and Msjunga virtually block |
AIDED
A reward of flO0 is offered for the arrest |
o Gen. Warden, secretary Of the London & !
River Plate bank. who absoonded. The |
bank loses from ESQ, 900 to flOO, 900 by his |
defalcations, but its surplus is supposed TO |
cover all losses. Warden was also manager |
OF the bank.
Bradlaugh has addressed letter TO Sir |
Stafford Northcote, in which he declares he |
will again demand his seat in the house of /
on the reassem bling Of parliament |
ana charges NorthcOte with causing all the |
mischief that has grown ut of the contin. |
ued violation OF his (Bradlaugh's) rights.
The Journal de st. Petersburg denies the |
report published that several Russian Of. |
ticers had been arrested for completely in a |
nihilist plot, and that a large depot had |
been discovered containing arms, gunpOw- |
der. dynamite booms and printing apparatus. |
Value oiexports for the Ottawa district to
the United States for the quarter ended |
Sept. 30 is 81, ,041, ,713 an increase Of $4,000 |
over the corresponding period last year.
Sawed lGmber alone reached 1896, $50.
The Parnell fund committee has received |
the draft for 81 $50 from Dennis O'Connor |
Of Chicago. The fun 4 will close at the end |
of December. tits expected it will reach /
$40, 900.
The Austrian and Hungarian delegations /
are convoked for the 23d inst. The iuris-
dictiOn OF the delegation is limited to for
eign affairs and war.
Sue & Sibeth, East Indian and West
Indian merchants, London, have failed. Ii
abilities, $3.50, 900.
The German government has prohibited
the importation OF swine from Russia into
Germany.
A dispatch ssys negotiations between
France and China art virtually suspended.
Personal Gossip.
Judge F. s. ellison, Of Fond du Lac, Wis,
was gone to Washington to,argue before the
supreme court of the United States case