Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-26
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LONDON special: The Times ed.
itorially says: "By degrees the world
has learned the true significance Of
the Cabinet meeting hastily sum-
moncd recently. 1t does not appear
that the Government found u single
power willing to cooperate in an at
tempt to stop the wal between China
and japan. The Government in
Cured q needlessly humiliating defeat
which cannot but impair Great Brit
aims capacity to intervene with effect
should IL fitting occasion arise. They
Numbered incredibly, ignored the
most obvious elementary %considera-
tions applicable to the case, and
courted IL rebuff which ought to have
been recognized at once as inevitable.
lures for peace as based on some
sounding of the Chinese Government
10y the British Government"
MONTREAL. special. Judge Vallee
has returned to Quebec, after a five
months visit to Canadian Labrador,
the Island of Anticostic and other
places. He reports that fishing along
the Labrador coast has been bad and
that unless Government assistance Is
sent many deaths from starvation
must occur before the next winter is
over. Tho distress is already great
and the outlook is rendered dis
%couraging by the probability that none
of the timber limits there were
worked this year. AS for coast In
dians. their condition is even worse
than that of the fishing colonies.
PARIS special: The Estafette SAYS
the ultimatum conveyed to Tananarivo
by the French special commissioner to
madagascar stipulates that France
shall exercise an exclusive protector
ate over that country, and that there
be IL permanent French garrison sta
toned at Tananarivo. light days are
allowed Madagascar in which to make
u reply to these demands.
HAMBURG special: \ sensation has
been caused by the mysterious disap-
pealance of u leather merchant named
Rothgardt, wife, four children and
brothcr-in-law named kurtZ. The
body of the youngest child was found
in the Elb River. 1t is believed it
| will turn out IL ease of wholesale IL
der and suicide.
HAvRE special: Seventy packages
purporting to be furniture were land
ed here recently from Southampton.
Upon examination of them the police
found they contained II pocket arsenal
OF anarchist weapons, including var
ious bombs. explosives, old arms and
ammunition, skeleton keys and burg
lars tools.
WI Ju. Corea, special: The Japan-
csc and Chinese armies are facing
each other on the banks of the Yalu
River. Both are perfecting arrange
ments for u battle. Not a shot has
been fired. 1t is reported that the
Chinese army is 225,n 900 strong.
VICTORIA. B. e., special: Before the
.Arawa left Honolulu Il rumor was cir-
culated that Queen I.iiiuokalani had
gone crazy. The report is not cred
tied. although %forseveral days she had
not left the house She is occupying.
LONDON special: AT IL meeting of
the security holders of the Central
Pacific Il committee was appointed to
go to the United States to take neces-
s;ry steps 10 protect .thc interests of
the foreign share holders.
SHANGHAI special: The rumor is
current that China has begun nego-
Italians with Japan for peace. 1t is
said China offers to acknowledge the
independence of Corea. and will pay
indemnity to Japan.
LONDON special: The British Consul
at Lourezo Marquee cabled the foreign
Office that the kat1irs had entered the
outskirts of that port and burned sew
eral houses and murdered seventeen
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