Hong Kong Telegraph 1896-05-04

Hong Kong Telegraph 1896-05-04

Year: 1896

ASSASSINATION OF THE SHAH OF PERSIA. LI HUNG-CHANG AT ST. PTERSBURG. THE CHARTERED COMPANY AND THE JAMESON RAID. RESULT OF THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. THE RUSSO-CHINESE BANK. RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF HIROSHIMA. THE COMPACT BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSSIA. THE ADMINISTRATION OF FORMOSA. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY TO MOSCOW. THE SEOUL-FUSAN TELEGRAPH LINE. RECALCITRANT STUDENTS. A CUSTOMS-HOUSE APPOINTMENT. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. ANOTHER DEFEAT OF KOREAN INSURGENTS. APPOINTMENT OF A NEW MINISTER TO THE U.S. FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD. THE REFRACTORY STUDENTS AT MATSUE. A FRENCH MINISTER TO SEOUL. INTERFERING WITH A JAPANESE JOURNAL. JAPAN AND RUSSIA IN KOREA. GREAT FIRE AT TOKIO. A JAPANESE APPOINTMENT IN KOREA. THE PROPOSED NEW LINES TO EUROPE AND AMERICA. DEPARTURE OF THE U.S. MINISTER. MR. KURINO. THE CIVIL CODE. COUNT ITAGAKI ON IMPRISONMENT. SHANGHAI SPRING RACES. NORTH BORNEO NOTES. ARMED BURGLERS RESIST CAPTURE. ONE KILLS A DISTRICT WATCHMAN. PLUCKY ARREST BY P.C. HOGGARTH. IMPORTATION OF CATTLE STOPPED AT SAIGON. REDUCTION OF TELEGRAPHIC RATES. LEKIN OF RAW COTTON. THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. THE POWER OF THE BLACK.