The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-04
CHINA And JAPAN
The Chinese Rioters Being
Slowly Brought to Justice.
FOREIGNERS ARE IMPATIENT
Testing the New Rified Mortars at SANDY
Hook-The Projectiles Would Pierce the
Deck Of Any Warship AHoat.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 3.-The steamship
Gaelic arrived to-day from Hong Kong
and Yokohama. The Wuchang correspon-
dent says the patience Of the foreign popu-
latlon 10 nearly exhausted at the hardness
shown by the Chinese officials in Furnishing
the perpetrators of the Wusuch outrapes.
a few have been executed and some others
sentenced to Imprisonment for life. The
new deputy project who has been ap-
pointed is known to be friendly to foreign
ers, and the arrest of the malefactors ia
looked for. The correspondent saws one
prominent official of Shanghai was impli-
Gated In the issue of the incendiary MA
cards which caused the uprising at the
time OF the murder Of the customs officer
Green and the missionary agent June 3
Inc head mandarin refused TO send
single man to quell the riot. After the arrest
and execution Of two murderers subordin-
ate officials protested to consider the case
closed, except as money reparation, but
AFTER strenuous representations by for
elgners, the high officials consented to re-
open the case. Fifty four days after the
riots notice was posted for the first time
Offering rewards for information concern
ing the riots. The incendiary placards
had frequently been brought to the stten-
! ton OF the auth critics prior to the rioting,
SAAAAO Ao0 any OAO bCCu puulbu6Q
for Issuing them.
| Several prominent Chinese bankers at
Amey have failed since the suspension OF
Yah Wang Ching recently. The liabili-
ties OF money, changers affected are be-
tween two and three thousand taels, but
there is no estimate Of the amount for
which the broken banks are liable
Outside the south gate OF Marking
locusts are piled three to four inches deep
The officials have offered prayers in the
temple for succor for the crops and steps
are being taken for the determination OF
| the pests.
Reports concerning the typhoon Of July
Is are coming in slowly, but it is known
great damage was done to property The
loss OF life so far as known Goes not ex-
coed four or five. The beach at Yaumati is
strewn with the wreckage of over fifty
junks destroyed. The British gunboat
Tweed was blown from its anchorage,
smashed against the wall of the naval yard
and partially sunk, one sailor being
drowned.
Japanese advices state in consequence of
heavy rains early in August, the rivers
overlooked and number of towns were
badly flooded.
japanese native papers still comment
severely on the fact that the salaries of
| the cabinet ministers have not been re-
duced in the same manner as other Of
Gals. and it now appears the ministers
have also had an allowance of about $780,
900 per year from the Emperor's privy
purse.
Riots on q small scale have taken place
at Akos, caused by dissatisfaction Of the
natives with the proceedings of the NUM-
cipal assembly in the matter Of taxes.
Eleven native papers were suspended by
the government during July, for publica-
tions menacing the peace Of the country.
The Japanese consul at Shanghai reports
cholera has broken out at Soochot, and
one case is reported in Yokohama.