The morning call., 1890-10-11

Japan.
The JoyetSu Railway Company has APP
piled TO the Cabinet for permission to con-
struct railway between Takasaki and
Niigata.
The line of the Sanyo Railway Company,
between Kasaoka and KanagasakI, which is
now in course of construction, will be COM
pleted in July, 1891.
The line OF the kyushu Railway Com
pany, between Onga and Hakata twenty
seven niles, having been completed, will be
opened for traffic in September.
The Sobu Railway Company will be
amagamated with the HOkuso Railway
Company shortly, and Mr.. Narahara Shi-
geru, President of the Japan Railway Com
pany. will become Pres dent of the amalga-
mated company.
MI Arishma is rapidly recovering from
his recent attack OF cholera, and viii soon be
able to resume his duties at the Custom
house.
Maior-Grneral Imai, Commander of the
Seventh Brigade of the Osaka military divi-
sion, was seized BY cholera ON the afternoon
OF the 18th OF September at Kobe, and died
few hours after.
A report by the Sanitary Bureau of the
Home Department shows that the number
of persons attacked by cholera throughout
the empire from the commencement of the
epidemic 20 the 18th of September was
q, 7G9, OF whom -, 663 died.
According to report made by the Sanitary
Bureau Of the Home Department the num-
Der OF persons seized by cholera throughout
the empire from the commencement of the
epidemic to the 18th of September was
10, 726, OF whom II, 235 died.
Dysentery is now prevailing in Kyushu
extensively, and the number of persons at
tackled in Fuku, ka Prefecture up to the 10th
of September was Il, 1914, of whom 1863 died
S162 recovered and the rest were still under
treatment.
According to investigations made by the
Nishi District Office, Osaka, the total
amount Of damage caused by the recent con-
flagration was yen GA, 1l3 70.
An outbreak of fire took place early IL
the morning of the 10th of September in q
house at Bakuroch0, Akita, Akita Pre-.
lecture, and thirty-five dwellings and two
telegraph posts were entirely destroyed be-
fore the flames could be got under control.
Fire broke out on the afternoon Of the
10th Of September in a house at Mimamura,
Imadate-gun, Fukui Prefecture, and twenty
houses and four gOdoWBS were entirely de.
stroyed, five HOUSES being partially burned
before the flames could be subdued.
Fire broke out on the night of the 18th OF
September in q house at Omonaicho, Iwana
Shlribeshi, HokkaidO, and about 600 houses
including the Law Court POstoffice ana the
branch office of the Mitsui Bank, were en-
tirely destroyed. On the evening of the 18th
of September forty-One houses ere burned
to the ground at Yamagicho, Noshiro, Yama-
gaia Prefecture.
In consequence of the recent heavy rains
the Injo and Ainogo rivers in Tosa over.
flowed on the 18th of September. Embark
meut5 were damaged in several places, the
village of Nishimachi, Susaki, was flooded
and thrty-six houses carried away, fifteen
persons bling drowned.
Mr.. komiLsubara, Governor of Saitama-
ken, who recently appeared in the capital
states that the flood damages in his ken
were more serious than reported in tie
newspapers. He estimates the damage tt
the rice crops at more than $500, 000, and al
about 5000, 600 for embankinent and roads
Fukuoka-ken suffered Immensely from the
recent rains. AS many as 335 towns and
villages are said to have sustained damage
IS persons were either killed OF wounded
houses. roads, entertainments and bridges
were flooded and damaged to the number OF
II, 1873; 473l landSlips occurred and rs, 53I
cho Sc is bu OF cultivated land we've
flooded.
1t is stated that Count Yanngiwara will
be nominated by the Emperor as President
of the House of Peers.
Mr.. kato Masanosuke, editor of the Hochi