Mukden hag all the external signs of prosperity. Building operations sre proceeding with feverish activity. Land is being filled in and new roads cre being made, all of go to prove that there is no little degree of confidence felt in the future of Machuria. A noteworthy' feature is the opening of a branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Rank in Mukden lest week under temporarily of 3tr. W. exceed $150,000 and a Chinese woman is said to have perished in the, flames.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.