The morning call., 1892-10-01
u 4 PAN,
One Case of Cholera, but Thousands of
Victims of Dysentery.

One Case of Cholera, but Thousands of
Victims of Dysentery.
A case Of cholera was reported in Yoko-
hama on the 1st of September, the patient
being one Seinosuke Tamamura, gold
laeouerer in Ashibikicho. This is said to
be the first case this year.
Notwithstanding the above item from the
Japan Gazette, it cannot be denied that an
epidemic of a character somewhat similar
to cholera prevails in Japan.
The following returns of dysentery, made
| by various local authorities. are taken from
| the Nlchi Nichi: NagasakikeD, 625 fresh
| patients. from April 13 to July 19, out OF
| which 145 ended fatally. and SOC recovered.
| Osaka-fu, 21S patients and "A deaths during
| the week ending August Is. Olta-ken, lou
| patients and A deaths on August 81, max
! ing total of 1903 patients from the conf
patients and 13 deaths dtn'S on saaga1Kean' aHsa.a ~ 14
| the total number of cases since the dis
| ease first appeared being 14S7, of which
| 251 ended fatally and 693 recovered. Aichi-
! ken, 195 fresh cases and 5 deaths during
| the week ending August %. Miyagi-ken,
| 81 fresh eases and IA deaths on August %,
| the total from the commencement being
| 1912, OF which $50 ended fatally and All re-.
| covered Fukuuka-ken. $50 fresh cases DUR
| ing the week ending August 26. Kuma-
| mOtto-ken, $50 fresh cases and 11S deaths
|
| from the commencement OF which 759 died
| and 2724 recovered. Wakayama-ken, 299
! cases and 56 deaths up to August q, since
! the disease first appeared.
| 1t will be noticed that the number of
| fresh cases and the death rate in Saga, Oita
| and MIyag kens on the 29th and 31st Of
| September was terribly high.
| Jiro Shudo, an employe of.a firm in Kyo-
| bashi-ku, had addressed to him postal
card from Honjo by an acquaintance in
| April last. In order to save the cost OF the
| / sen reply postcard he pasted a slip on
| the card, on the underside of which he
| wrote his reply. writing on the outer side
that "Shudo is not at home and the card
should be returned to the deliyerer." The
| deception was discovered and a charge was
| laid against the man in the Tokyo District
| Court sentence being delivered on the 31st
ult. The penalty imposed was two months
| imprisonment with hard labor, a fine of 81
! and six months police supervision, and the
| offender was further ordered TO pay sen
| claimed by the Post0ftice-aDd all this on
| account of a cent!
| Another of those decisions. which may
| well cause foreigners TO view with appre-
| hension their coming under japanese 1uFls-
! dictlOn, is recorded In the kokumIn In
| March last woman residing IN kanda,
| Toxic. tied up her 11-year-old son and ad-
| ministered such severe punishment because
| he had stolen 30 cents from a friend TO buy
| some cakes that the child died. The woman
| was tried. and on CO0FlctlOn WAS S6uteuScu
! TO two years Imprisonment. The sentence
! strikes us as not whit too heavy for the
| offence committed, but the Tokyo Court OF
| Appeal thinks differently. The woman ap-
| nealed TO that court against hei sentence,
pand Judgment has been given. Instead oil
| Incarceration she is now fined $50. the
| court deciding that there was no Intent to
| kill. and that the crime was only one Oh
| manslaughter.
A pitiiul story comes from Goka, in
1
| situated In the hills, the population num-
| bering 1900 and the houses 1850. Prior to
| the termination of the clan system they are
| said to have earned comfortable livell-
hood by collecting saltpeter and manulac-
| turing paper, but the decline in the price Oh
saltpeter and foreign competition In the
naper manufacturing have brought the
majority TO the lowest verge OF poverty;
| They are subsisting on grasses, bran anu
| the like. and il is said that unless they are
speedily assisted by the Government the'
will have TO starye to deatn' o9as
Tine Kongo, a composite corvette OF azso
| toms. now at Shinagawa, VIII leaso I n;.b
iengthy cruise ON September 10. takins VA, WIN
her number of cadets who .ni1, ai1 ~ nrocea5
practical navigation; ons oretprn yovaee he
direct to Vancouver, her iu.u,n ua,; oo-
inc via San Francisco anu ua"n" .;,.
ihg ;,sn sla N;nnon Gfnko's deposits OF silver
~ ino u,ith the imperial mint OF Osaka
Saua accnmaated to such an extent tbat u
will be impoosioio "
"1The The quantity of coal produced In Japan
has annually increased until the present
output exceeds 3, 600, 900 tons. Fresh schemes
are now under consideration to extend the
coal mining industry.
From the 1st of July to the 9th OF @ the
| same month. lightning killed fortyIhsM pol =,
| sons and injured twenty-eighI
| Japan. o,s wa;oh. 10
hounds. Its parents propose TO MAKE
| ,rrasflnr of IL.