Mat, and" Mrs. J. back "li Ship Manchuria on Wednesday.
Mr-R-El Toxo's Zambesi was scratched out of: all his' engagements' at: the forthcoming rtco'meoting, at 6.30 p: im. on Tussday.
Tae Russian flog was rehoisted.on. the Askold andothor Russ here on: Tuesday. pnegax wedding took place at Holy 'Trinity; Cathedral' on. Wednesday, after-. noon, when. Miss Mabel' 'Nazer, only daughter of the late, Jolin Stewart Nazer, was married to Mr. John, C. Shengle, I Agid fatligdral' was beautifully decorated cit flow ore apd. bambos foliage, and the service was fully "choral. - The: ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. J. Walker, a.4.,-assisted-by the Rev. Fleming James, PH. Cly Mas -in. the presence of Mr. James L. Rodgers, U. 8. Consul-General. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr. A. Sampson, and was attended by Miss Goodfellow and the Misses Middleton as" bridesmaids, Mr. ©, A. Engelbracht acting as best men. Afier the ceremony a reception was held at the house of. the bride's mother, 31, North Sogckow Road, where numerous friends assembled to offer their congratulations to. the happy couple, whose" health was' proposed by Mr. James L- Rodgers' and heartily toasted.
Just after 8 p.m, on Saturday the brigade was called out to fire in Rue de French, Concession.. The fire started in some large, native hongs, four or five Of which were destroyed before the blaze" was got under. S al OF the but it was not until considerably after tea that the leat truck left the scene: test on record. Sh the 20th of September, hama on the morning of the dth i but was obliged to wait outside until the Minnesota Jeff on the evening of the 6th, there being only, room in the harbour of Yokohama for one of. these hi time. The Dakota! on the 17th inst, arriving outside Nagasuki some hours before daylight on the 19th} and leaving at 6 p.u. the same day, after taking about 2,000 tons of coal. She arrived at t way Bell Buoy a little after 1 a.m. og the 2ist, having encountered a strong yerth-westerly breeze and heavy sea the whole of the 20th, which, 'however, hardly affected er at all. As she was drawing 26 feet 3 inches aft, it] A. was feared that she would be unable to get. up on the.morning tide, but the attempt was successfully made, and she anchored at' Woosung at 5 on Saturday the Qist, having about 7,000 tons, chiefly piece-goods, to discharge for Shanghai.
Ir will pleasurably interest his friends learn that Mr. Ludwig Soyka, head of the' Shanghai firm of L. Soyka, who went home two years ago to open his own branch office and supervise his agencies, has been received in audience by H. M. the Emperor of Austria, who conferred on him the order of Francis Joseph. European potentates nowadays are fully alive to the value to their countries of the extension of foreign trade, and such a gibe as Napoleon's characterization of theEnglish as "a nation of shopkeepers" has become a compliment; and the honour conferred by his Emperor on Mr. Soyka was gained by his successful energy in promoting the consumption of Austrian products in the Far East.
Jusr before leaving Japan for America, Mr. E, H. Harriman, President of the Pacific Mail $$. Ca. and head of the Southern, Central and affiliated rai systems of the United States, ful the following. interesting. statement for publication "We have been treated with the utmost courtesy and consideration by all classes} of the Japanese people, and we bel this was largely influenced' because wel ere Americans. Wo had no disagreeable experiences' at Tokio. Dr. Lyle wee accidentally hit witha stone-at a time when he was not with the: party,- and it} was not known who he was.
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