Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-13


Yokohoma Dates TO January Esd.
By the arrival at San Francisco of the
Occidental and Oriental steamer Belgic
news is received from Hongkong to Janu-
airy 18th and from Yokohama to January
23d.
CHINA.
Robberies are rife throughout Canton
A gang of armed robbers, whilst on an ex-
petition, a few days ago, were hunted to-
ward the Tartar Generals yamen, the court
of which they entered by the western gate
just as the General was entering the other
The gate-keeper shut the gate, whereupon
the robbers bolted into the yamen and
mounted the roofs. The General, seeing a
gang of armed men entering the place, or
dered his guard to follow and capture
them. The order was obeyed, but the
guard was armed with useless swords, and
the robbers. finding themselves pursued.
fired their reyolvers and wounded, if they
did not kill, several of the guard, who,
however, gamely continued the pursuit I'M
til several of the robbers were captured.
These unlucky ones are not being very ten
DERBY dealt with, all kinds of tortures being
practiced on them.
Shanghai has a French daily paper.
Much dissatisfaction has been expressed
of late with some of the work done in
Germany. Many of the gunboats are said
to be very crochety and patched-up tubs.
A form OF hysterical disease or mama
among adult males at Changchow is OBJ
served. The patient acquires the impress
sion that his abdomen is inhabited by some
animal, often rat, whose excursions cause
violent local pain. Unheard-of efforts are
| made to expel the intruder, and often the
nf bn1 70 for
wasted on BONES, sorcerers, doctors and
other quacks in hope OF obtaining relief for
the sufferer. 1t is reported that in many
cases death occurs from suffocation in the
course of violent convulsiye paroxysm.
The patient leads double life, marked by
the use of two voices of different timbres.
As a rule his disposition alters il CORE
spondence with the change of voice. Nor
ally and mentally he is different being in
the two states. Whatever occurs during
the period betokened by the unnatural
voice is totally forgotten during the normal
period.
On the 31st of December between go and
300 houses were destroyed at Shanghai, in
the French quarter
On the morning of the Sth OF January
the China Shippers Mutual S. n. Co. S
steamer Ching-wo, in entering the harbor,
fouled the United States corvette Omaha.
The damage was about 81 GOO.
The Chinese are still investigating the
charges of cowardice which were brought
against the Admiral of the Chinese feet at
the memorable engagement with Admiral
Courbet in the Min river in August, 1884.
The Chinkiang correspondent of the
Mercury says: On the 30th of December,
between 3 and 4 o'clock in the evening, a
body Of natives (Ningpo mem, numbering
my r1 of f..rtu acsar,1h 1ai or tho Luz
erected houses of the Revs. J. Langden and
G. Woodal, of the American Methodist
Mission, and forced their way in. They
tied both of the reverend gentlemen hands
behind their backs and led them through
the public streets to the Magistrates yamen
in the city, who, after hearing the COM
plant of the mob against them. had the
missionaries conducted back to their houses
by an armed escort. Owing to the dispute,
the British man-of-war Wanderer and the
American vessel Marion were ordered to
Chinkiang on the 14th of January. An
amicable settlement of the difficulty was
made.
Experiments were made with subma
rine boat, newly completed at Yokosuka,
on the 18th inst. The boat is said to be
capable of running at a speed of 100 yards a
! minute under water at depth of four feet
from the surface.
Miss Kato Kim daughter of Kato Klyoto.
a shizoku of Toxic, Flu, has been ordered
by the Department of Education to visit
the United States, TO study the routine OF
normal schools and nursery establish
| ments. She is to stay there for three ysas.
The Naval Department is engaged in
drawing the designs of two second-class
| men-of-war and two third-class men-of-
| war, which are to be built at Yokosuka
and 0nohama, respectively, this year.
coREA.
Foreigners are dissatisfied with the
naughty tone assumed by the authorities.
Messrs. Meyer & Co. who have branch
of their business at Chemulpo, have nego-
| tiated loan for the CQrean Government.
Tie amount is not positively known, but
is rumored to be million dollars as Sc
curity for which the customs revenue and
the right of working coal mine have been
hypothecated.