Tokyo, Apr. 29.
Dr. John Bachelor, who has. spent 64 out of the 85 years of his. life with the,-Aing, Japan's _vanishing race," will to-morrow morning. be decarted with the Order of the British Empire, at the hands of Sir Robert Clive, British Ambassador in Tokyo—Domei.
Sapporo, Hokkaido, May 1.
Two disastrous fires to-day reduced more than 1,000 buildings to ashes in the small towns of Iwamlzawa, the Hokkaido, and Toyohara, South Saghalien. "In both towns, the entire business sections were entirely wiped out by the flames, fanned by a strong wind, Tu Twamizawa, two thirds of a population of 5,547 households was left Homeless by the fire which destroyed 000 buildings. Maokamach!, a small fishing town on the west coast of Saghalien, was practically wiped out ina Bu-hour fire. With w poor herring season behind them, the inhabitants were reported in acute need of immediate assistance—Domel. tween the two countries, but that 50 far no specific conversations have begun—Reuter.
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