The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-20
DlEDRICH THREATENS DEWEY.
GERMAN QUOTED As SAVING HE'LL
NOT PERMIT BOMBABDMENT.

Spanish Captain Reported MortaIIy
wounded in a Duel With Aeui-
naIdo-ToIu Straits settlement
Fears Invasion by Americans.
Tventy-Eight Lives Lost or a Chi
neSe Junk-Chincse WOrIsmen
StarVe to Denth.
Victoria B. c.. July 19.-The steamer
Empress of India. which arrived from
Hons Kong to-day had among her pas
sensers Capt d. Eodssdon. who com
manded the revenue cutter McCuloeh dur
ing the battle of Manila. Capt Hodgson
is on his way TO san Francisco.
According to the 6ong Kong papers Adj
miral Diedrich Of the German fleet al Ma
Mia is credited with the statement that he
will prevent Admiral Dewey from bonn
harding Manila or any port.
on June %, a Chinese junk with its car
go of liquor, was burned at Takau. Twen-
ty-eight persons were burned aud
drowned.
a horrible tale comes from Chnipri
Island, off the coast Of Nokkaidia. A Chi
nese contractor engaged number of men
10 work a silver mine on the island. He
kept up no communication with them, and
when a steamer called there for a load. il
was found that the whole colony had died
from starvation.
1t is reported at Hong Kong that a Span
ish regiment near Manila met a force led
by Aguinaldo and the Spanish captain
challenged Aguinaldo to mortal combat
before the battle began. The offer was
accepted and the duel resulted in the fatal
wounding of the Spanish officer.
The Spanish governor of Tou Straits
settlement fears an American invasion.
He sleeps on a small guuboat and is ready
for a hurried flight The colony is making
preparations TO resist attack by organizing
volunteer forces The government diff
culties are increased by a threatened re-
bellion.
Hnlyer & Co.'S tea gardens at Kobe
We're damaged by fire recently to the OK
tent of $4,000. It is reported from Snang
hal that Beigians have made an offer to
take a large number of coolies to work
under contract in the Congo, supplying in
exchange an equal number of negroes to
be trained into an armed force.
The black flag rebellion in the Queong
provinces Of China is increasing. The
standard of revolt has been raised at four
points and danger is feared at the various
missionary stations.
The United States consul at Canton has
formulated a heavy claim of indemnify
damages for the wanton destruction OF the
missionary school at Hoi Ping. He de-
mands that the school be rebuilt and dam
ages of $1,000 in Mexican money.
The German minister al Seoul requested
the Korean minister of foreign affairs to
wait upon HIM at the legation. Upon the
latter's arrival, the German minister adj
ministered to him a severe thrashing on ac-
count of his refusal to grant certain min
Ing privileges to German subjects in the
district of Kiojogu. The Korean govern
ment is greatly incenscd.
The japanese papers are still discussing
the desra bility of forming an Anglo
japanese alliance in view of the fears en-
tertained of Russian aggression in China.
The tone of the Chinese-Japanes pa
per in indicative of the growing belief
of the possibility of hostilities between
Great Britain and Russia. At Pel1in the
Russians are making strenuous objections
TO contracts or concessions to Great Brit
ain
The Germans are DESTROYS OF obtaining
a contract for the construction of a rail-
road from Ten-Tsin and Chang King
Every effort is being made in this direc-
ton. with a view of keeping British in
terests out