The record-union., 1894-01-19
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18.-The steamer
China arrived at $50 this morning from
Hongkong and Yokohama. The China
brings the following advices:
Anonymous and infammatory placards
have recently been posted ih the town of
Yilin, China, which state that China has
everything she needs, and that the mis-
sionaries are teaching no new doctrines
to the people. The missionaries are,
therefore, not wanted, and an appeal IS
made calling upon patriots to collect on a
designated day TO "kill and Destroy"
A good deal of trouble is now being
caused in the Fohkien province by the
bandits, and the authorities are making
strenuous efforts to suppress them, The
bandits are said to be now in possession
of a whole district in the northern part of
the province, and the Niceroy has started
on an expedition against them with
great force Of troops.
The United States cruiser Concord is at
Shanghai, and the Baltimore. the lag
ship of the China station, is at Singapore.
W. Hunt, the new United States Con-
sui to Hongkong, arrived at that port on
December 18th.
Smallpox is becoming terribly de-
structive in Cebu, in ithe Philippines. In
one month there were no less than 636
deaths, or over twenty per day. There
have been nearly 1900 deaths since the
epidemic started.
1t is learned that notwithstanding the
recent additions To the war junks cruising
after pirates along the coast, pirates OF
Fukion and Taichow are still as numer-
Gus and as savage as ever. Some Junks
laden with rice were recently boarded by
pirates near Wenchow and left with
twenty five killed and seriously wounded.
A Chinese boat having a crew of four
men and cargo of opium and valuable
packages on its way from ChangchoW to
Soochow, was attacked by pirates and
about s., 900 worth of property carried OF.
a week before this another port boat pro-
ceeding from Hangchow TO Kashlng was
also stopped by pirates and its contents
stolen.
Singapore advices give graphic ac-
count of the wreck Of the steamer Nor
manly in the China Sea on December
9th, and the escape of Harold NJ. Sewall
of Maine, formerly United States Con-
sul-General at Samoa, and his wife, who
were the only passengers on the steamer.
Sewall was married in San francisco
about six months ago and started on a
trip around the world with his wife.
They went to Manila and on November
18th took passage there for Singapore on
the Normandy, a cargo boat which had
limited passenger accommodations. a
week later, while crossing the China Sea,
the steamer ran aground at night. The
sea was breaking all around her, and it
was found necessary to abandon her.
The Captain, with his wife and child and
a number OF the crew, took one boat and
loaded it with several trunks containing
their personal effects. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sewall went in the mates boat, leaving
all OF their baggage behind them.
The mates boat drifted about all
night in the rough sea, and at
daybreak the party found themselves
five miles from an island. Sewal and
the two engineers did most of the rowing
and pulled for the island. Rain had been
falling nearly all the time, and the occu-
pants of the boat suffered greatly. After
several dangerous attempts to land
through the breakers they finally reached
shore. Sewall and his wife were without
shoes and all the party had to walk a
long distance before they found any signs
of habitation. They finally came to q
few native huts, where they were given
shelter, food and clothing. Here they
also found the occupants of the Captains
IT,,
who had lost their lives. The boat had
capsized while endeavoring to land. The
Captain had been killed by striking his
head against one of the heavy trunks and
the boy had been drowned. The others
had washed ashore in safety. One of the
party then went in a small boat to the
Dutch settlement of RHO. The Con-
troller of RHO, in response to requests
from Sewall and mate, sent the Govern
fn took
the party to Singapore.
From Manila comes news OF great
fire which occurred at Santa Cruz de La
Guna, in which $50 houses were burned.
No lives were lost.
Thirteen fishermen were drowned by
the capsizing of boat off Higashi, Japan,
ON December 18th.
Yokohama advices state that an at
tempt made by the opposition in the
House of Representative to compel the
Government to enforce Japan's treaties
with foreign powers, led to suspension
OF the House by the Emperor for ten
DAYS. In the imperial rescript the En-
peror stated in unequivocal terms that
the foreign policy of his reign was liberal
and progressive, and that anything tend
ing to interrupt the continuation of that
policy would be opposed to the imperial
wishes.
on December 29th the House re-assem-
bled During the session, which was
quite stormy, one OF the members was
forcibly elected. The Minister of Foreign
Affairs, in a speech, exposed the nature
OF the motion on the treaty enforcement,
and said that a motion of such nature
would destroy the whole fabric of the
foreign policy, cherished for over twenty
years. 1t was against the principle of the
country, and ne deeply regretted that
such motion should ever appear in the
order of the House. The treaties, unSatis-
factory as they were, had never been dis
regarded: to such motion as the one in
question the Government could never
agree, and would not concede an inch III
opposing 1t.
As one of the members of the opposi-
ton was about to speak i'll reply, an I'M
perial message was received ordering an
other suspension of the House for four
teen days.
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.
VICTORIA (B. c., Jan. 1S.-Advices
from China per the Empress of Japan,
which arrived here to-day, say: Accord
ing to recent memorial which reached
Hongkong from Liu Ping Chang, Vice
roy OF SZechuan, an earthquake OF great
magnitude, devastating an area of 5000
square miles, occurred in the Tibetan dis
trict of kada, a bordering province, on
the 29th OF August last. Delai Laamas,
the grand monastery of Hueiyuan, and
seven small laamaseris were buried IN
the ruins. Eight hundred and four houses
belonging to native and 1ihetan soldiers
and their families met the same fate.
Seventy-four Laama priests and 137 Chi
nese and Tibetans were killed, while the
number of wounded was large.
The monastery OF Hueiyuan was built
by command of Emperor Yueg Chung in
the beginning of the eighteenth century.
and made the seat of Delai LENA or the
Buddhist Pope for twelve years, when he