Peking, Sept, 14.
The Chinese press continues to give many interesting details about Iwhat has happened to General Chang [Chung-chang's family in Pekin ince his recent, assassination. It is said that before General Chang started on his illfared trip to Tsinan, the locked the iron safe in which valuables and title-deeds to real proerty were deposited, and took' the key with him to Shantung.
As soon as she heard of the astas. sination of her husband, the No. I wife, so the Chinese press says, re-Jmoved the safe to her room and summoned a black-smith to open it, opening it, the smith broke a air of jade bracelets reported to be valued at $30,000 belonging to the fourth concubine, Canton, Sept. 15.
'The steady revival of Canton's. silk trade is indicated ina report of the Provincial Department of Com= merce and' Industry.
'Orders placed in' the latter part of July last bya well-known Amer~ tean firm and an Italian frm and others for Canton silk' valued at $18,000,000, have, it sis "revealed, absorbed a' large' part of the ac= cumulated stock of the various features in' the city and in. the /Shunteh district, one of the leading Chinese silk producing areas, The reviving export market has made it necessary for the big filatures. to gmpley additional factory hands to smaller flatters that! Rave. been lo the new crop, while the closed down for some time owing ithe slump are making preparations to resume operations, As the silk export market imjumping. price of cocoon:
roves. prices of the cocoons are quoted at Yungkai, one of the silk production centres, is now $0.80" compared with $4.60 prevailing last month Silk of the 20'and 22 grades is sold at $500 instead of $450 quoted last month and that of the 14 and 16 grade, at $615 instead of $500. Local silk dealers confider Janticipate a further rise in prices—Reuter.
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