Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-17
CHINA AND JAPAN.
latest Advices fronl Hongkong and Woke.
hama.


by Telegraph from San Francisco
SAN Francisco, October 16Sh.-The fol-
lowing news was brought by the City Of
Toxic, which arrived to-day:
HoNGKoNG, September l4sh.-The con.
struction of telegraph line from Shanghai to
Tientsin is progressing satisfactorily. The
presence Of Government officials and the f+ev-
eminent stamp ON the property checked what
ever feelings of hostility the-natiyes may have
felt for such an innovation. The line is ex-
pected to be open for business at the end of
the year.
The China Merchants Steam Navigation
Company have invited subscriptions for a
special purpose presumed to be the compile
ton of the tramway system that is to carry
coal from the Ksiping mines to Peiho river.
The sum asked, 1000, 900 taels, was raised in
one day. The Kaiping collieries are the first
that have been ordered to be worked in that
locality. They are capable of supplying suf-
fcient coal of good quality to meet the re-
quirements of the ports of China from
1ientsin to Canton.
An imperial edict has been published or
dering Lin Kun Yih, Viceroy of the Wang
Kiang to proceed to the capital at once.
Pong Yu Lien, Superintendent of the
change is regarded with great satisfaction, as
likely to tend to the development of railways
and other progress.
News from Pekin states that the health of
the Western Empress has been speedily and
miracuiously restored by the skill of ma
tive doctor, who has been rewarded with
red button and a patent of nobility.
Disasters to life and property by the ty-
phoons inland 7were very great. A village
named she Toa Sha, in Kow district has
been completely swept away by floods, and
L., ,loI a., -, j ,@11
was dispatched to the locality, and upward CT
200 bodies recovered.
A typhoon passed over Foo Chow, doing
great damage to the foreign town and native
shipping. The German bark Caroline Bshu
is complete wreck.
The British steamer CASTILLO, from Shan
ghai to Yokohama, put back with her cargo
on fire.
YOKOHAMA, September 2Sbh.-The forrna.
ton of Silk Guild by the Japanese created
considerable hostile criticism among foreign
buyers, who have held meetings condemning
the action of the Association, and passed
resolutions TO the effect that it is not safe to
purchase silk from the Guild under the rules
and conditions imposed, which are character
lied as improper and arbitrary Thirty.
three European firms have bound themselves
not to buy until thu terms of sale are modi-
fed. The Guild insists that all silk sold
shall be inspected and paid for on its prem
ises.
A typhoon occurred on the 18th and 14th
Although little injury happened to either
shipping or buildings here, considerable dam
age was done IN the interior and along the
coast. Hundreds of houses were blown
down, bridges carried away and many lives
lost. The Japanese bark Tahei Maru was
driven ashore near Kobe and wrecked. Two
lives were lost. The British bark Yelling
ton, from New South Wales, went ashore
few miles from Yokohama, and went to
pieces n a few minutes. All hands were
saved.
The Government has issued a notification
changing the date when the regulations for
TIE control of kerosene oil shall come into
force to September, 1SS2-an extension of
eight months from the date previously fixed.
A notice signed by the First Minister of
State reads: Kerosene oil is classified IN
der two grades, viz, one an oil that will not
burn at temperature below 115' Fshren-
heit, and the other an Gil that burns at
temperature below 115' Fahrenheit"
The news of Garfeld's death caused feel
ing of sincere regret among men of all nation
alities. Flags were half.masted among the
shipping and throughout the settlement, and
half-hour guns fired by the United States
Monocacy and the French corvette
Champlain.
The British China squadron, consisting Of
eleven ships of war, arrived on the oath.
The flying squadron, with the English
Princes on board, viii not reach here until
the end of October.