Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-19
WHOLE NO. 1882.

that city have determined, It is stated to
| institute an Architectural School.
| a permanent medical inspection office is
! 10 be established at Nagasaki, SO that med
lcai inspection of vessels arriving at the
poTs may be made on discovering the first
| symptoms of the prevalence of epidemics
The customs authorities at Kobe have
been Informed that a line of German
steamship service will he opened shortly
between Hongkong and Yokohama through
Nagasaki and Kobe
The authorities are enforcing compulsory
vaccination IN various paris of the country.
no less than 5000 persons having recently
peen operated upon in Kobe
HoNeKoNG.
A telegram has been received here from
can francisco warning the Chinese not to
emigrate to the United States. as anti-Cbi
nese riots are of frequent occurrence: over
SJVO,O00 worth of property has been de-
stroyed; merchants business is seriously
injured, and the laboring classes are suffer-
ing severely.
The community are now asked by the
Government 10 vote further sum os eco
375 towards defraylDg the cost of the de-
tense works, the additional outlay being
caused By the war authorities having de-
cided on a different scheme of defense from
N--Nt 'NN- - PiOttbCNtA--tllt tnlTu Cn1nge
ei this nature which has been made during
the last few years. There is likely TO be
strong opposition offered to the proposal,
and the Community is greatly disgusted
with the action of the authorities.
An interesting trial of the Decauyille
Iramway Company took place on Messrs
Jardlnes' wharf on February 18th. A half
Inlle OF rails, twenty inches gauge. was laid
down by Chinese coolies, under European
supervision, III eight minutes, and in a
minute more trucks were running from
ships side with cargo into adjoining 90
downs.
CHINA.
Chang Chi Tung, the Viceroy of Canton
as the result of the representations of y
censor and The Tartar General, who COM
plained that he was usurping powers other
than those which rightfully BELONGED tn
him, has been cashiered He has ALWAYS
been unfriendly TO foreigners. and his re-
moval will not be regretted either by the
consular body or the foreign community of
Canton. He will be succeeded by a Manchu
Tartar named Rang.
The steamer w. Cores de Vries had re-
Gently the misfortune to run on shore on
the 1angtzse, but the accident has been at
tended with most fortunate results. the
soundlngs taken at the time having led TO
the discovery of a new channel
The canton correspondent Of the n. G.
u. NeWs asserts that no Chinese soldier in
Tonquin during the last war lost an onnor-
tunity to eat the flesh of a fallen French
foe; believing that human flesh. especially
that OF foreign warrior, is the best possible
stlmuiant for mans courage. The Black
Flags are also believed to be cannibals.
CoREA
The excitement created by the rurnors of
a conspiracy having been arranged to over
throw the King of Corea and his gracious
Queen has now cooled down. and everyr-
thing seems to be going on in the usual
gr owe again. 1t seems that the Corean
Mint is to become an fat acconpE This
small country has now two kinds of coin
which are inconvertible and not negotiable
in any other State in the world-the LARGO
and small cash; and now it is rumcrel the
Mlntis TO turn out nickel coin, ofa nominal
value of 12l, % and 100 cents.
The rumored German loan for 81. .OOo 600
turns out to be for 100000 at 8 per cent.
per annum, the same being negotiated 10
meet the Japanese 1885 indemnity and the
balance of the cost of the Mint, which came
from Germany
The nominal strength of the Corean
army is 9S9,376 men, cavalry and infantry.
Out OF this number only about 10000 are
armed with European weapons-chiefiy
the Remington rife
The navy nominally consists of % line
of-battle ships, 132 gunbuats. 10 armored
ships and 259 coast guard boats. OF conrse
most, if not all, of these boats exist ONLY
on paper, but it is probable that the Corean
Government possessed such vessels about
go years ago, when they were in constant
danger OF invasion by the japanese.