The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-09


tehind time. She was delayed by heavy
weather off the Japan Coast, but met with
no damage. The following summary is
taken from Hopg-kong papers as late as
November 18th and from japan files OF
November ed.
China.
The Chungking correspondent of the
Shanghai Mercury writes on the 25th
August:
The latest and apparently most reliable
account of the trouble at Ia Chu Hsien is
that it arose out of a celebration held at a
village called Loong Tuy Tsin, distant some
twenty Ii from Ia Chu, on the sixteenth of
the sixth moon, in honor of TIE Lin Kuan
joss, who is apparently the patron deity Of
the Ko Lao Huy, which is wel-kn0wn in
teTdicted secret society. After the cere-
monies, which lasted several days, were
over, and the seniors were duly elected, it
was proposed TO inquire of the oracle con-
nected with this joss if it would be safe to
plumber the Christians; the answer was IN
the Affirmative So on the nineteenth, that
is on the nineteenth of the sixth moon, the
brotherhood, which is composed of the bad
characters from several of the neghb0ring
districts, made raid on number OF we'll
to-do Christian families and plundered
them, carrying off everything that they
could lay hands on.
This attack appears to have been entirely
unplovoked ana unlocked for. The Chris
tians were taken so unawareS that they had
but little opportunity TO secrete anything.
The crowd remained i'll the village feasting
on their plumber until the 18th, during which
time the oracle was again consulted, the
answer being again favorable; so on that
date they made fresh attack on the Chris
tianS and butchered in cold blood over
twenty persons; nineteen were counted in
the streets, and several are known to have
been cut In pieces and thrown into the river
The mission buildings and many others were
burned, and the cOrpses thrown into the
flames. The day following they went to
another village or market-town also about
twenty Ii away called Mar-baO-chang, and
there they went through similar perform
ance. The Christians fled, and they only
captured one, who seems 10 have been a
cripple, and whom they Immediately dis
patched Some of the head men of the vii
lage tried TO restrain the rioters but were
themselves assaulted and had to run for
their lives. There seems to have been quite
Il number of well-to-do Christians in this
village, many of whose houses were de-
Stroyed, while everything movable of any
value was carried off This affair is about
on a par with the Indian raids in the far
western Territories of America.
COSmo lines Burton, Professor of Sci
ence in the Chinese Poly technic Institute at
hanghai, died suddenly, on October 30th,
Of smallpox. He was recently appointed to
that office.
Captain Yankowsky, an old-tme naviga-
tor IN Chinese water, died at HankOw on
October 2Sth He was a skiilful entomolo-
gist, numismatist aud botsnist, and for years
had oeen actively engaged III collecting for
his private museum.
The crops in the North of China are on
the whole well reported Of In the Foo
chow District, however, the tobacco crop is
said to be in a bad condition owing to con-
tinued drought. Tobacco will likely have to
be imported.
About ten miles from Wuhu Govern
ment powder-mill exploded, destroying 1000
houses and killing 800 people.
An Influential native paper in the North
has strong article on Corea, calling on
China TO strengthen her position on the
Russian frontier.
Several shipping accidents of a minor
nature and a collision between the blue
funnel steamer Menelaus and pilot
schooner, by which the latter was sunk, are
reported from Shanghai.
The idea of farming out the native taxes
IN the hWangtung province has been aban-
cOned. The imperial customs and the
native customs will collect the tax.
Every Governor, Vice-Governor and Tar
lar General throughout tile whole empire
has been ordee ed by the Board Of Works to
make an accurate survey Of the land within
his Jurisdiction for the purpose of enabling
OF the Chinese Empire. In accordance with
those instructions all such persons have
issued the necessary orders to their own
subordinates, the District Magistrates and
TipaOs, each of whom will measure the land
under his control and make plan of 1t. All
those plans, after due examination and com
pairing. will be sent by the District Magis-
trates TO their respective Governors, at whose
hands also they will undergo thorough in
spection after which they Will be sent up to
haT hax no final tad l.,r
the Board OF Works, and when all the sepa-
rate plans have been examined and COM
pared-a stupendous labor-a map of the
Whole empire will he drawn up from them.
At present there are eighteen provinces in
China, not counting Kirin Sinki G. Ming
goo-tah, Mongolia or KasEgaria. which are
all 10 be put in the new map acquisitions
have been forwarded to Tientsin, Shanghai
and Foochow by the Pekiug authorities for a
number OF talented studeats and clever
draughtsmen TO make the new map and COM
pute accurately the present area of the
Chinese EmD.re