Musso appeared for the defence, Mr. E. W Godfrey for the complainant, and Mr. C. G. Kirk fo: the Police in the second case.—Mr.
Musso asked for a remand and the release of the defendant on security, and also applied for a special day to be fixed for the hearing—The defendant was released on bail equal to the amount of the alleged embezzlement.
A Moxro report quoted by the! "Seoul Press" says that salvage work from the British cruiser Bedford, wrecked off Quelpart Island the your before Jast, is going on steadily and much material is daily being raised. Copper, lead, and "brass constitute the greater pert of the material raised. On the 25th ultimo the steamer Yamatogawa Maru took to Osaka these metals to the amount of more than ¥30,000 in value, It is stated that the Japanese contractor, who undertook the work Inst year, handed over the right to Messrs. Yamaguchi and Suzuki after socketing profit of Y20,000. Messrs. Yamaguchi and Suzuki have already succeeded in raising enough material to cover the expenses paid for obtaining the right and for continuing the work, so that what they may be able to save hereafter will all be net profit.
We regret to learn, through Japanese exchanges, of the death of Captain Johan Wilhelm Ekstrand, at the age of seventy-nine, at Yokohama, on the 19th instant. He was born in Sweden, and after short residence in Holland, came to Japan in the middle sixties as mate of a Dutch man-of-war which had been sold to the Japanese Government, and settled in the country. For several years he commanded vessels belonging to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. On his retiring some four or five years ago the Company presented him with a large bonus and a medal in appreciation of faithful services for period of some thirty years. The Into Captain was also decorated by the King of Sweden and received several Orders from the late Emperor of Japan, Wesides medals for transport service in the China-
Japan and Russo-Japanese wars. Captain Ekstrand leaves three daughters to mourn his loss.
A cometere and well arranged handbook of the Chosen (Korean) Railway has been issued by the Railway Bureau of the Governor-General of Chosen. About 800 miles of standard gauge lines are now being worked, the main line starting at Fusan and terminating at Antung, beyond the river Yalu which forms the natural dividing line between Chosen and China. By thus shortening the overland route between Japan and Europe it comes into im-Portance as a trunk line. Through express trains, with first class sleeping and dining cars only, are run brice weekly between Fusan and Changchun, and two expresses are run daily between Fusan and Keijo and Antung. The details of the service given, show that it is up to the best foreign standard and the many illustrations to the guide suggest well the picturesque and attractive country through which the line passes, The usefulness of the pamphlet is much increas-by the inclusion of an excellent map anda scale of fares and distances arranged for ready reference.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.