Peking, August 2.
Fire broke out to-night in the canteen of the German barracks, in consequence of which a powder magazine exploded. Ten German and French soldiers, amongst them a sergeant-major, have been killed, while about twenty men are wounded. "The number of casualties cannot yet be ascertained with absolute accuracy. The cause of the outbreak ire is unknown; great excitement P Assistance was rendered by all the foreign troops. Especially large was the namber of (hinese soldiers, who arrived at puce. Bat their efforts were in vain. The damage done is very large, bat cannot yet be ascertained.
Auguat 3.
8 fire probably originated in the Chinese kitchen of the canteen. The now buildings of the barracks near it have been completely destroyed, but. table of the the powder mea bee The lose of life is smaller than originally reported. Sergeant-major Bauer and Corporal Petri are dead, Sergeant-Major Proschmann, Corporal Scheiter and one French soldier are most seriously wounded. Twenty-four grenades nnd forty-eight shrapnells exploded. Lieutenant Hiinisch and about ten soldiers are slightly wounded, The condition of the Deutsch-Asintische Bank, which is situated opposite the German barracks, gives an idea of the force of last night's explosion. Its windows, doors and ceilings are damaged. None of its personnel is, however, hurt, and to valuables have been destroyed.
The Waiwapu has recommended to the Throne to send a congratulatory telegram to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of his accession to the throne.
August 4.
In consequence of last Suoday's catastrophe two more men have lost their lives. The German Corporal Scheider and the French Sergeant Camdan died last night. The faneral of the three German victims of the explosion took place this afternoon; the Frenchman will be interred to-morrow morning.
Sheog-Kung-pao has started company with s capital of $20,000,000 which is to combine the Hanyang Iron and Steel Works, the Tayi Iron Mines and the Pinghsiang Coal Mines under joint management. He intends to enlarge all the works, so that they can
of rament as far as arms, rails sopply within a few years all the needs machinery are concerned. So farl. one third of the capital has been subscribed.
Riots have broken out in the town of Tengchou, not far from Nanyang, in south-western Honan. The cause is the interference of students, returned from Japan, in the jurisdiction of the Magistrate. The Inter had the students arrested, whereupon their friends succeeded a days ago in'inducing certain secret societies to have recourse to outrages. In the meantime troops have been dispatched from Kaifengfa to Teogehon to restore ord
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