The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-28

NEWS FROM JAPAN.
Osssa Rsshass Feriious rrsp-ssarvatisn
~ fokohaas-A sLhertan Tear.
Toxic. Japan. June a-fvia San Fran
cisco. Juns E.i-The Turkish training fris-
ate which for the last sir months has been
on ifs say 10 Yokohama with Osman Pasha.
grandson OF b great 0snsan. in command
as ~reaf-admiral and Mehmed Reched Bey
as nag lieutenant, bearing q decoration
for the Miksdo from the sultan. hal ar
rived In port The ship Is the Ertoagral.
She met with many misiaaps ON the way.
and for . time it was reported that she
would have 20 put back C Constantsnopie.
went into the dry dock In India. and
has worked around slowly 70 the japanese
islands.
starvation seems TO be drawing nearer
and nearer 10 the pooE people OF the
capital, and every DAY briggs more harrow
ing tales Of suffering thar is predecessor.
The price of rice has not come down. and
there are no more promising prospects
for . fusl crop tins year.
Miss Anne Brewster, . society girl OF
New York. who came out to visit her
brother-iniav. Flag Secretary L. l. Reamy,
mas gone on Q pleasure trip to Siberia. go
ing nom Nagasak 10 V~ladivostock. IL Is
the frst case known of q young American
lady going to the Siberian frontier, except
Tor missionary work.
Since the students Of the Imperial Tni-
versity. who attacked Rev. W. Imbrie. of
New Jersey. and stabbed him in the face,
went personally to his house and apollo
gized TO him Tor the outrage, nothing fur
ther has been heard OF the matter. The
foreign press of Japan are hearty in their
condemnation of the affair and are cIamor-
ing for the expulsion Of the students inn
piicated. The missionary Is shielding them
- much rs he can. and it is TO his inlu-
snce that their continuation in school 10
still due. No other foreigner has been mo-
Tested and the trouble Is practically at an
end The murderers Of Rev. N. Sarge are
still unapprehended.
The third national exhibition Of Japan
has proved so prosperous and UGH q draw
ing card to the capital that it will not close
until July l. It was to have closed on the
lst Of June.
The Fourth Of July win Be celebrated At
the american legation by . dinner given to
the imperial princes and other officials by
United States Minister swift. Fifty covers
will be laid.
A photograph. made by Edison ex-
pressiy for the mikado. and presented 10
him last week by Edison's representative.
has been set up in tLe mikado's palace. and
the monarch 10 delighted with its exhibi-
ton.
The steamer Pao Ching. Captain Place.
which left Shanghai for Hankow, was
burned near the forked tree on the Yang
Use river on May Is, and Captain Place
drowned. Engineer Wilson and some
twenty natives are missing and supposed
TO have persisted. A number of Chinese
vessels did good service in picking up the
survivors. of whom First Officer Christian
len, the second officer and sixty-two ma
tives were found. The vessel was loaded
with . general cargo, including several
cases OF matches. She was fully insured.
A mutiny occurred on board the Chinese
steel cruiser Nand Sheug, one of the
N~anequang squadron lying 1t Voc Sung,
on the 9th ultimo. Captain Chu Ming Flu
refused to allow the native sailors more
than half pay. IS the vessel VA at anchor
. detachment Of soldiers from the fort
iiCoA Oys ia Ol uQoI4 8iiA RIOttCQcu ~
dole out the sailors half pay. Tue latter,
however, fell on The soldiers and drove
them from he vessel. stabbing three Of
them. The sailors then locked up the CON-
modore and captain and proceeded to have
= festive time. They subsequently released
the officers and the commodore caused ff-
teen of the ringieaders to be sent ashore
and suInmarily dealt with.
The Hong Kong ~dispensary. on Stanly
street, Mr.. Talbot manager. was burned on
May q. The building was \ large one,
four stories high. and contained a valuable
assortment OF drugs and chemicals. The
loss is estimated 1t 10000 TO $l25. 600.
fully insured.
II. NJ. 8. Egeria. which left Sydney on q
surveying cruise, returned to that port on
June Z, and reported twenty-three men
under arrest for creating q disturbance, the
ri~ngieaders being in irons. After leaving
Auckland, where the men spent some time
ashore. they refused to do duty on Good
Friday, and continued below. Needless Of
the officers orders, singing and keeping up
. noise. A court-martial viii be held.
The dowager queen Of Cores died June
1, aged s3 years.
The Pekin Gasene of May 20 reports
serious trouble between the Chinese and
Coreans of China Tookon, on the John
river, concerning b rights Of Coreans to
cut timber there. Several lives were lost.
The Chinese Times. describing the cruise
Of the Chinese squadron which visited
Hong Kong aud Singapore, states that q
long time was occupied At Hong Kong in
docking and repairing the two ironclads OF
49, .-ua~nr arJ 1~avk&sn~ sAn ~~,,m.~
uwang CHA. Leaving Hong Kong on
March 4. the squadron. numbering ST
vessels. proceeded under steam TO Cape
James. where one vessel. with Admiral
Flng. proceeded up the river to Saigon.
On March 81 the squadron. after coaiing.
left for Singapore, which was made in
three days. Here the vessels were visited
by people from the shore and several pub
lie dinners were given to the admiral and
officers Leaving Singapore on April Is.
Manila was reached in eight days. The
Isl Yuen DELAYED the squadron on this run
by FIRST stopping for repairs. then no, being
able to keep steam mp. and thus reduced
the speed OF the squadron TO seven knots
an hour for some time. At Manila
IL was stated that 10000 bad
been raised To entertain the officers
and men Of the feet. The admiral would
o permit the outlay of such . sum. bat
live stock. vegetables and cigars were
literally distributed on board the vessels
BY the Chinese residents. The squadron
returned TO Hong Kong on April =. max
ing q three days run from Manila. Good
weather Vas experienced during the whole
cruise.
There were two deaths during the cruise