Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-01
FROM THE ORIENT.
THE STEAMER BELGIC BRINGS
NEWS FROM JAPAN.
The Mikado Protecting His Seal Preserves.
Cholera Raging at Nagasaki-The Rice
Famine Causes Serious Riots.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.--The steam
ship Belgic arrived this morning twenty
three days from Hongkong and fourteen
from Yokohama. Japanese advices
state that seal and other hunting about
the Hokkaido, Hemuro and Soghalien
islands is again engaging the attention
OF the authorities, and the native papers
state that the provisions of the act of
1884 regulating such hunting by foreign
ers, will be enforced to the extent of
sending men-of-war to the islands.
Heavy rains in the Chikhuzen and
Cuzen districts, July 4th to the
9Th washed away the bridges
across all the streams, considerably
delaying railway traffic. A number of
houses were washed away, and one per-
son was killed.
On the 18th inst. the total number of
cholera cases was increased to 239, with
la deaths. Forty-seven fresh cases
and fifteen deaths were reported that
day, and on the 18th inst. thirty fresh
cases and twenty-seven deaths were re-
ported from Nagasaki. The emperor
has sanctioned the expenditure of
$43, 1875 from the government reserve
lui1.A lOI OlSlll1CCUlOll puIpOScS.
The latest reports of disorder on ac-
from Aikawa, Sado island. Two thou
sand poor people, aided by miners, began
riot on the 1st inst, and, the police
being powerless, the governor ordered
troops from the neighboring garrison.
Telegraphic news on the 4th inst. stated
that the riotors were becoming more pow
erful and were destroying the residences
and property of the rice merchants.
A company of infantry was dispatched
from Shihata to the scene, and Coun-
cilor Kuroda, of the home department,
also fastened to Aikawa The latter is
one OF the most prosperous towns OF
Sado island, and has a population of
thirteen thousand.
The native papers, commenting on the
recent elections for the rank of counts,
says all the great statesmen seem to
have been forgotten. OF fifteen counts
elected but four-Counts Ito, Matsukata,
Katsu and Nanagiwara-have any claim
to craftsmanship. 1t is generally be-
lieved that the emperor will nominate
Counts Okuma, Inone, Goto, Itagaki
and Terashima to be members of the
house of peers, and it is stated that
noticeable feature is that only those
counts accredited with conservative ten
dencies have been chosen, and that
owing to their number they will be a
weak party in the house, as will also the
baronial section. The viscounts, how
ever, number seventy. Returns from
all but one district have been received,
and the Japan Gazette estimates that Of
about 435,O00 people entitled to vote,
nearly twenty per cent. refrained from
so doing. The strength of the parties is
estimated as follows Radicals, 101 !;
Kaishinto Liberals, 5S; Conservatives,
26; Kiushiu Liberals, 10; Independent,
80; Jill, Is; unknown, Is.
On the 9th instant the first wooden
mill in Japan supplied with an English
made plant, was formally opened by the
Toxic Woolen Manufacturing Company,
a Japanese company with capital of
$3.50, 900.
On July 10th the emperor prefaced the
finale of Japan's third annual exhibition
by attending the exposition at Ueno,
and distributing by proxy the awards
made to exhibitors.
The North China Daily News states
that United States Minister DENLY, on
recent visit to Canton, succeeded in hay
ing settled all American claims for COM
pensation, some of which were in con-
nection with the destruction OF mission
ary property in the Canton province
eight years ago.