Singapore update on new Exchange Rooms and mission house
From Singapore we learn that the scheme for the new Exchange Rooms Chamber of Commerce and Club buildings is making progress. The foundation stone of a new Mission house in connection with St Andrew's Mission has been laid by the Acting Governor. A Chinese newspaper in the Colony is contemplated. A solemn requiem Mass for General Nino Bixio awaits transmission to Italy.
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Singapore
Chamber of Commerce
St. Andrew’s Mission
Nino Bixio
Italy
Japan Amid Censorship and Quiet Revolt Report
From Yokohama Yokoyama April 28 details Japan's censorship driven press flow. Kumamoto castle relief and insurgent repositioning mark a major modern revolt. The Mikado remains in Kyoto, with trade and open policy debated amid tepid optimism for future foreign capital and internal reforms.
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Japan
Yokoyama
Kumamoto
Kioto
Osaka
Tokio
Uedo
Yokohama
England
America
Peking News Notes on Turko Russian Moves and Weather
A Peking letter dated April 26 discusses Turkish defiance and potential Russian troop movements, noting possible European powers’ influence on China. The writer warns readers about visiting Peking, mentions unpredictable weather, and observes heavy spring showers with good wheat prospects for a strong harvest.
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Peking
Daily News
Turkey
China
Constantinople
Tail-cutting mania prompts festival abandonment in Tientsin
Shanghai Courier reports on April 21 that several cases of tail cutting have appeared in Tientsin but no official proclamation. An Imperial Festival honoring the Goddess Mother was ordered abandoned due to a bad year and poverty. Drought in Shansi coincides with destitution and plummeting prices for children.
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Tientsin
Shanghai Courier
Hong Kong
Che Fa
Chihli
Shansi
Shantung Relief Fund Balance Report and famine accounts
The balance sheet up to April 19 shows receipts of 22 245 taels with 16 871 expended or remitted and 5 374 taels in hand. Distress reports from Chihli describe starvation deaths in a prosperous district and subsistence by tree bark and weeds.
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Chefoo
Shantung Relief Fund
Messrs
Chihli
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Parison
Shanghai
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company
C.S.N. Co
C.M.S.N. Co
London
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