Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-27
COAST NEWS.
SuperstitiOus Insurrection
In COrea.
LATEST CHINESE ADyICES.
Sharp Rifle Practice at the Presidio.
Slight Decline i'm the Price
of Sugar.


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
SAN FRANCINco, July 26.-The steam
ship City of Peking, which arrived to-
day from Hong Kong, brought 962 Chi
nese, and brings advices of a serious
emeute in Seoul, the capital OF Corea. 1t
is stated that some Chinese resident in
that capital circulated a story among the
ignorant populace to the effect that some
American missionaries in the country
had purchased number of Corean chill
dren, and after killing them had boiled
them down for medicines. This aroused
popular feeling, and caused the authori-
ties to take steps to preserve the lives of
the missionaries, who we're all called in
from the country and placed in safety.
The people next seized nine Corean Of
ficials, who were said to have been par
ties to the sale Of children to mission
arires, and put them to death by decapi-
tation in the public streets. In the mean
time the foreign residents at Seoul tele-
graphed to Chemulpo to the command
ers Of the American, French, Russian,
japanese and Chinese men. f-war for as.
sistance. On the night of June
10Th, the United States war-ship
Essex, the French ship Arpic and the
Russian vessel sent thirty men each, to
Seoul to protect the foreigners In the
meantime the Corean authorities had
sent small bodies of troops to protect the
foreign consulates. The outcome of the
trouble is not yet known. The American
man of war, Juniata, which left
Chemulpo for the scene of the trouble,
went aground on group of Islands and
is stuck in the mud and cannot be re-
leased before the spring tides set in.
The North China Daily News is the
authority for the statement that the
United States steamer Juniata, which
went ashore near Cough Island, while on
its way to Chemulpo, Corea, to protect
the African Consulate from Corean mobs,
got safely off the mudbank with the tide,
on the night of June 22d, and proceeded
again to sea.
Recent numbers OF the Penang Gazette
contained accounts of serious disturb
place in Kedan. Disturbances arose
/
Chew and leo Chew societies. A
few of the former attacked one of
the latter, upon which a number of
the Teo Chews made an attack on the
Hui Chews, but were driven back and
two killed and a number wounded. Next
day the Hui Chews renewed the attack.
The Teo Chews tried to defend them
selves behind earth works, but were
driven back and twenty or thirty killed.
At Winchow on June 9th a man was
carrying two buckets of gunpowder,
when the bottom of one of the buckets
fell out, the contents falling on the street.
Afraid of the patrol discovering his fault
the man passed hurriedly on without
stopping to collect the powder. Later a
man brought torch close to it see what
it was and it exploded, killing seven peo
pie and injuring many others.
The Hong Kong Mail says in fight
between Chinese police and band OF
robbers at Macao, four robbers were
killed.
FINE SHOOTING.
The five days contest for positions in.
the team of fourteen, which will repre-
sent the Department of California, United
States Army, at the Division shooting, to
take place at Vancouver, began at the
Presidio this morning. The practice was
at the distance of 200, 800, 500 and 600
yards. Out of a possible 200 points, Lieut..
D. f. Holly, First Infantry, made
17S, the highest ever made at an army
contest. Corporal Long also made a
record, as at 500 yards he hit the bulls
eye ten times in his ten shots, making a
possible so, the best shooting ever done
at that distance. Private McCann scored
40 at 500 yards.
| COMMON POINTS.
By the proposed changes in the trans-
continental freight tariff, large number
of towns in California will obtain an
advantage they have long sought, for it
will result in their securing the privileges
OF towns known as common points. But
they are made common points solely
with reference to through business, the
rates from each to, say Chicago, being
common or the same.
SUGAR FALLING.
| The California Sugar Refinery reduced
the price of sugar hree-eighths of a cent
on all grades, making cube cents, and
granulated IA cents. This is due to the
fact that few jobbers, who purchased
largely when prices were low, were
underselling the refneries. The Ameri-
can refinery reduced prices one quarter
of cent yesterday, and is now one
eighth of cent higher than the Cali
fornia.
Mining Shares.