Harbin, Aug. 12.
One of your correspondents a few days ago endeavoured to instil into Shanghai residents hope for cooler weather by pointing out that the "Beginning of Autumn" was due on August 8, according to the Chinese Calendar. In bin we needed no such reminder, as almost to the exact day weather of a distinctly autumnal nature was forthcoming here. The temperature, which a week cartier was hovering around 91°, or higher, in the shade, dropped to the low seventies and the nights are distinctly chilly for the time of year. Quite a fair amount of rain, also, has fallen lately, but not exactly wanted now, when sunshine is rather more the necessary element needed to put the proper finish on the present excellent crop conditions throughout these regions. held on Friday, stant, but again nothing of any importance was brought before the Court,—the witness, Rombach, appeared to give evi fence as a private and not a rai way witness and the sitting was mainly taken up as to his standing and whether the Chinese Eastern Railway should produce an official witness to put forward their official evidence. The impression more and more rid thatthe "prosecution only:
sh to prolong and set prolong the investigation as they' find their case getting weaker und weaker. So far not one tom of vidence "has been brought forward to incriminate MIN any coun. try where a reasonable nome justice obtained the cave. must have, long ere. this, been dismiss-for lack of evidence against the prisoner.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.