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caused the sinking of the hospital shin
Olivette, but it is reported that neglect
OF the crew was responsible for 1t.
| The Isle de Panay, Spanish trans
port, has arrived at Corunna, Spain,
from Santiago with troops. Seventeen
deaths occurred during the voyage.
london cablegram says Blanche
Roosevelt, the American authoress. is
seriously i'll in that city, suffering from
a complication of disorders, including
brain trouble.
A dispatch from Gen. Rios. acting
governor-general of the Spanish ter
ritory, in the Philippines, says that he
has acceded to Admiral Dewey's re-
quest to open Philippine ports subject
to ratification at Madrid.
A Paris special says: 1t is charged
that the government asked Col Henry
point blank to commit suicide to avoid
the terrible scandal which would fol-
low his confession and which would
tarnish the honor of the French army.
! It is the intention of Russia, accord
| ing to reliable information obtained by
the correspondent of the Associated
Press at Berlin, to convene a peace
conference month after the adjourn
ment of the Spanish-American confer
ence.
Miss Clara Barton has received a
dispatch from President Mckinley ad-
vising her to act in concert with the
! Spanish authorities, and to allow them
as far as possible, to distribute Red
Cross supplies, assisting them in the
work.
Gen. Gomez has ordered three Cuban
leaders to place themselves under the
command of Gen. Lawton, the COM
mander of the department at Santiago
It is believed that this is preliminary
step to the disbanding of the Cuban
| forces.
| Hongkong dispatches say that the
transport China has arrived at Hong
kong with Gen. Merritt, who is on his
way to Paris to attend the delibera-
tions of the peace commission, and
with Gen. Greene, who is on his way
to Washington.
A dispatch from Peking, dated Au-
gust 27, says the French, Italian and
Dutch Ministers have formally de-
manded a share for their respective
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at the new university, of which an
American, Prof. Martin, is president.
1t is reported that the ministry at
Rome will accept the initiative of the
czar in the matter of discussing the
question of the universal disarmament
and that Italy will be represented in
the conference by Sig. Pansa, the
Italian ambassador at Constantinople.
The annexation fever spread to Ja-
pan, which recently has raised the flag
of the Rising Sun over small island
south of Japan. The island is said to
have been discovered by an American
captain and marked on the chart as
Marcus Island. A small colony has
been sent to cultivate the island.
The Pail Mall Gazette says the agree
ment embracing an offensive and de-
fensive alliance between Germany and
Great Britain will be signed in certain
eventualities. 1t is believed the agree
ment concerns Delagoa Bay and that
Germany has withdrawn her objections
to Great Britain holding that harbor.
The American ship BARN Brothers,
from New York burned in the harbor
at Kobe, China, August 10. About 5000
tons of mating was also destroyed.
It is intimated that the origin of the
fire was incendiary. When the vessel
of her crew were in irons. Four were
afterwards liberated.
The most important news connected
with the Dreyfus incident is that pre-
parations are already being made to
bring the expatriated captain, Dreyfus,
back to France from his cell on Barren
Devils Island and thus do scant justice
to him for the terrible wrongs he has
been forced to endure through the
Vaccinations of his enemies.
While public opinion at Paris is for
the revision of the Dreyfus case, there
is anxiety over the exposures it might
entail. Dreyfus may in the end be
pardoned or some other short cut to
justice may be taken that the scandals
may be avoided. 1t is believed that the
resignation of Gen. S. Boisdeffre and
Gonse will result in the retirement Of
Cavaignac from the ministry.
The United States Consul at Shang- r
hal is inquiring into the most recent A
anti-foreign outrage. Messrs. Chaplin
and Alexander of the International Al
lance Mission, while on their way up
the Yeun river, with their houseboat
were stoned at Hong-Kiang, HUMAN.
The bow of their boat was smashed in
and then the boat was burned by the
mob. The two travellers barely escaped
with their lives on Chinese gunboat.
The officials did nothing to protect
them.
The Corean government has estah-
lished a land survey Office, with view
of surveying the land in the empire.
and examining the position of the
roads, bridges and fortifcations. A
contract has been signed between the
United States minister and Corean gov
ernment to engage an American en-
gineer for carrying out the work. 1t Is
stated that the Corean government will
grant to Japan a railway charter, be-
tween Seoul and Fusan, If the Japanese
will surrender a number