Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-04
SLOW Proceedings Against Those
entity Of Riots IN the
"Celcsiial" Empire.
PROMINENT cHiEtsE BANKERS
FAIL.
By telegraph to the News
NEWS IRON ASIA.
FiunnrisI Distress In ChIna.--nioi~ Ia
Japan. ite.

Ban FRANCisCU, Sept. 9. 80 Tho
steamship "Gaciicv arrived today from
Kong Kong aud Yokohama. a WI
chang correspondent says the patience
Of tho foreign population Is nearly OK.
haustel at the tntdiues1 shown hy tho
Chinese officials la pushing the per-
peiratOfs Of the Wusuch outrnges. A
few have been executed and some
others sentenced 20 imprisonment for
life.
a new deputy project has been ap.
pointed who IL known ~ Oc friendly
10 the forcigncfs, and the arrest Of
nnluinctOra Is looked Tor. The CORES.
pondent says one OF the prominent
officials Of Shanghai was implicated In
the ISSUE Of the incondlary plncardH
which caused tho uprislng at the timu
Of the murder OF Customs officer
Grrcs ami the missionary agent June
5ih. 10 send u single man 10 qucll the
riot. After the arrest and execution
OF two u the mufdcr.rs the sub-
ordinate officials ptOiessod 10 con.
slider the case closed, except ns fOr
money rcparatiOn; but after strenuous
representations by the Foreigners, tho
higher officials consented " reopen
tho ease. Fiity.fOur days after the rlota.
notice was posted for the fret time
offering rewards for Information con.
ccfning the rlOtcrs. The lucendinry
plRcAris had frequently been brought
10 the attention Of the authorities.
prior ~ the riOting, but at no time has
any one been punishcl for Issuing
them.
several prominent Chinese bankers
at Annoy have failed ainCr the rIs.
pension VI Yah ! lang Ching recently.
The liabilities OF the money changers
affected are between two aud three
hundred thousand tacls, but there IL no
| estimate OF the amount for which the
broken banks are liable.
Outside tbs south gate OF Nanking
the locusis arr piled three 10 four Inches
deep. The officials have offered prayers
IN the temple for the success OF the
crop, aud steps are being taken to ex-
terminate the insects.
Reports concerning the typhoon Of
| July 18th are coming In slowly, but II
! II known that great damage was done
/ 10 property. The loss Of life, 30 far ~
| known, does not exceed four ur I've.
! The beach ut Yaumatl IN strewn with
the wrecks Of over fifty junks destroyed.
The British gunbOst Tweed" was
blown from her anchorage, smashed
against tho wall OF the naval yard and
partially sunk, one sailor being
drowned.
Japanese sdvices state that In conre.
quence OF the heavy rains early la
August thp rivers overlooked aud n
numbered towns were badly flooded.
The japanese native papers still
comment severely on the fact that the
salaries N the cabinet ministers have
not been reduced In the same manner
Nv the othor officials, aud II now up.
pears that the ministers have also had
an allowance Of about sl0J. 900 per year
from the Emperor's privy purse.
Riots on small scale have taken
place ut Akoo, caused by the iislatis.
faction Of the natives with the proceed
ings OF tho municipal assembly Ia the
matter Of tANvs, Eleven native per-
sons were suspended by the govern
ment during July for publications
menaclng the peace uf the country.
The Japanese consul ut shanghai re-.
poris that cholera has broken out ut
500 ChOt, aud ono case Is reported at
Yokohama.