Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-31
ADDITIONAL TelecaAp.xie MEMS.
A.a,itr uxseaaixepe~.

ton TO COrez.
A telegraph route between Canton ana
British Kov-loon has been surveyed, ann
work will begin soon 80 sks DEGREES are
issued fcrbiddiag :aoies,at!on by chi
nsse under severe penalties.
Yunz Wing. Of New Haven. has been
received bs Ii Hung Ca1n2. who lis
tened attsntively - his appeals Tor the
return Of Chinese students 10 schools IN
Connecticut. Tnna Wing il now en-
route 10 Pekino, where he will pursue
hi. application. He expresses the hope
that 20 or 20 may be allowed TO return
end resume studies.
Chen Lam Pen, late envoy 10 WASH
inaton, has been appointed associass
minister in the foreign department..
A recent even: will seriously affect the
position and power OF Ii Hung Chung.
His brother, Ii Hung Chang, Viceroy OF
LANG Hu. has been degraded through
the efforts of enemies Of the more
prominent Ii. against whom the blow
was first aimed. Ii Hung Chang was
considered secure until the sudden death
of his mother April 18th. BY traditional
custom the son Is required TO mourn III
seclusion upwards Of two years, and this
can lie shortened to ona hundred days.
Lis adversaries. however, arc intriguing
TO have him kept IN retirement Tor the
full time. IL this il accomplished his
, ascendency il destroyed forever. 1t isa
question whether he would submit to
overthrow by his rivals. Great conse-
auences may depend OH his actions dur
ing tho three months jus. commencing.
The French expedition against Hanoi,
capital of Tonquin, reached point OF
attack about April I'D, and captured the
citadel April 18th. Few authentic par
t,culars aYs received. French cores
vond-n.s report Hanoi defended by
ZOO Anauniz and Chinese troops, with
strong Notifications. abundant artillery,
nitrai.!eu ,es. etc. The French, said to
nnm,er only few hundreds. carried
the place after three hours lombard
n,.nt, meeting with desperate hand 10
h md resistance in the final assault, not
withstauding French losses are declared
on.y a few men wounded, while fright
full carnaee ia reported among the ma
iives.
! YoxonaMa. May l5.-itsgaki, Radical
ie.der wounded by an assassin last
month, has almost completely recovered
Isolated cases Of cholera are reported
In Yokohama no epidemic il sppre
hended.
An order has been isaued bv the Min
ister If State requiring material reduc
ton in the expense departments. If the
proposed re:renchments are carried out
the total outlay Of the government Will
DO loss than 20,OOo, 900 pranns.
Rail lines are gradually extending ii
the central provinces. Horse railways
are to be established In Toxic the pres
ent summer.
Many rumore of changes in the minis
try. which are inharmonious. are aiioat'
FCsAN, (Corsa) May "A party OF
japanese Oh = shooting excursion. some
miles from the open port of Gensanshin
were mobbsd and stoned by COrsans
One WAS killed and 2 seriously injured
The minista, has dispatched TO sxac,
rvpurxsivu.
The arrival Of Commodore Shufssld.
in Corea is awaited with intense feeling
Ii il generally understood that Lii Hung
Chins's recent letter to tbs Core IN lead
srs couneelled submission to all moderate
demands from the American. Move.
msnts Of Corean authorities betray di.
vided opinions, some favorine foreign
alliances, Others strongly opposing.
| The sx-reRent's letter to Ii Hung
Chang il circulated as m anti-fo.eien
manifesto. The e1-regsnt's party Yields
great power, but the King thus fai
stands firm in his determination not ia
invite destruction by opposition to
everything reported. The Roman
Catholic missionaries will be permitted
iagress in Corsa in the course Of this
year.
Fierce Exypsians.
LONDON, May 30.-A Cairo dispatch
says tho military party are incsnsed
at the terms Of the khedive's communi.
que rsinstation Of Arab .Pacha as Min
ister Of War. They consider them
selves insulted by the passage stating
that Arab Pacha was only reinstated to
preserve peace, which the military would
otherwise have broken. A dsputation
Of officers visited Arab Pacha. and de-
manded a. rsparation of the insult the
instant deposition Of the Khedive. They
stated that they had their men we'll in
hand. and would rally at \ moments
notice TO march on the Khedive's palace.
Arabi Pasha succeeded in cooling
them. Further, he and the Khedivs
dcfiaitely agreed to leave the settlement
Of all pending questions TO the decision
Of the Sultan.
Freight Arrangement
OxAHA, May 9.-I'nion Pacific on
cials on being asked about the so-callsd
advance Of freight on agricultural i'm
plsmsnts, wagons, wagon material and
hardware. sa,l the change vas agreed
to by all lincs concerned, Che Central
Pacific, Southern Pacific. Union Pacific,
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fs. st.
Louis and Iron Mountain. and Southern
and Missouri Pacific. The change VIE
made for the purpose Of protecting deal
ers on the Pacific coast. who Also have
yearly contracts to ship exclusively by
rail az against water ronses. Il is not
an, advance, hut \ discrimination
against dealers Who ship partly by water.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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