Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-06
THE ORIENT.


The Latest News Brought by the City of
New York.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer City
of New York arrived from China and Japan
on Monday evening. She brought ex-
changes from Hong kong to February Glib,
and from Yokohama to February 18th,
which give the following summaries:
CHINA.
The breach of the Yellow river is said to
have at last been closed. 1t will be a long
time yet, however, before the country is
cleared of water.
The Taiwo Hall in the Imperial Palace
caught fire or the 9TH instant but the fire
was extinguished before the flames spread
beyond the gate.
Relief is now coming in from all sides
for the distress in North China, but. never
theess. il is feared that many thousands
will perish 10 the cold of the winter
There is rumor to the effect that the
Throne has, after all, ordered the work
connected with the railway from Tientsin
to Tungchow TO be stopped.
HoNGKoNG.
The Legislative Council has voted SlO,-
900 for the rslief of the distress in North
China.
A company has been formed with a cap
ital of 100000 for supplying electric light
to Hong kong.
new building ordinance, regulating in
its minutest details the house building
trade, has been published IN the Gazette
The general scope OF it seems to be TO pro-
vide for the sanitary condition of buildings
and for their safety from fire.
The Government intends to form a vol
unteer naval corps TO man guard boats for
the protection of the shores OF the colony,
and are negotiating with the new steam
launch company to have the boats of the
company constructed so that they might be
fitted out for war service in case OF an
emergency.
A rumor is current to the effect that The
Government railways will be sold for So
100000 yen.
Several residents of Osaka have estab-
lished an acsdemy for higher education,
for which two English teachers and four
graduates of Toxic University have been
engaged.
The use OF cows milk appears to be on
the increase, according to the returns of the
Kyoto Dairy Company. The number of
customers Supplied in 1886 was 1000; in
1887, 3 700, and last year 5000
The Japanese papers contain full ac-
counts OF the ceremonies observed on Feb
ruary 11th when the new Constitution was
promulgated by the Emperor.
There are about 1000 prisoners in the
various jails throughout Japan who were
affected by the amnesty declared on the
day of the PRONUNCIATION OF the 'Consttu-
ton.
The returns of the government of the
city OF Toxic state that during last year a
French lady and an American lady each
took unto themselves japanese husband,
while an American gentleman united him
self to native lady for better or for worse.
fire broke out in the Merchants
School, Hakodate, on February 4th, and
three students los; their lives.
Several of the Toxic merchants have
"cornered" the lantern market successfully.
Anticipating the demand there would be
Tor lanterns on the llth, they bought no
the stock in the.capital and at the place OF
manufacture Mino. The price soon com
menced to advance. From 81 so it first in
creased to 81. then to SO 50, and afterward
suddenly jumped to 81 80.
The Japan Gazette of February 18th gives
the following account of the assassination
of Viscount Mort Minister of Education.
at Toxic: AS the Minister of State for Edu-
cation, Viscount Mori, was Just about to
pass from the vestibale of his house to his
carriage on Monday morning at O'Clock,
in order to proceed to the palace for the
purpose of beiEg present at the ceremony
of the PRONUNCIATION of the Constitution. a
man sprang forward and Selling his Excel
lency round the body with his left ann,
stabbed him with kitchen knife in the
lower part of the abdomen on the right
side. One of the Minister'S guards i'm
medistely drew bis sword and killed the
assassin with single stroke. Visosunt
Mort was carried in and medical aid sum-
moned- The Minister'S assaient appears
ITO have been lunatic On bis person
papers were found charging the Viscount
with having entered one of the shrines at
Use with boots on some years ago, and say
ing that the writer had devoted himself to
ylnish this act of sacrilege