The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-19
ORIENTAL NEWS.
Siamese Twins in Hong Chow-Cot'
IAN MILL In China

ton willis in China.
VANCOUVER, R. c., Jan. 10, 1S94.-The
steamer Empress of Japan brings the fol-
lowing Oriental adyices:-
A second edition of the Siamese Twins
now being exhihited at Hong Chow are
nice looking boys about six years old, bound
together by q ligament of flesh near the
middle of their sides. They are mucn ailke
in appearance and as near equal IN Size as ~
is possible to be.
The North China Daily Neacs makes the
| following important announcement
"We understand that nc more obstacles
| are to be put in the way of Chinese desiring
to establish cotton mills at treaty ports on
condition that they pay a royalty OF one uaei
| per bale of warn produced, to a fund Tor the
| re-establishment of the Shanghai Cotton
mill, until the fund amounts to S2,0Oo;ooo
| taels. This ROYALTY to be subject to a reduc-
ton if the yarn falls below a certain point.
We may now expect to see Shanghai rap
| idly becoming a centre OF cotton manuIac-
ture, rivalling Bombay.
the Governor of Hupeh will start next month
for Zechuan on a secret mission OF lmpor-
| lance, by command of the throne. LIZ Is re-
| ported that he goes to investigate the ms
sionary outrages of that province. He You
| King, the expectant Tactai, who conduct
| ed the Wasuch affair and the Sung fu
! negotiations, will accompany the Governor,
being one of the suite of eighty officials.
Commenting on the Sung-Pu massacre,
Hong Kong Daily Press says that though a
couple of heads are to be struck off and a
certain sum of money is to be paid, practl-
! cally nothing is to be done in the way OF pun
ishing the officials who are really responsible
for the foul murder of the two Swedish mis-
~sionaries.
A violent shock of earthquake was felt at
Yamagata on the 24th ult. at ten minutes
after eleven A. NJ. 1t lasted five minutes.
Much damage was done to houses, some
having their walls shaken down. The
frames of the dormitory of the Yamagata
Prefectural Ordinary Middle School, lately
erected, were completely overthrown. A
weaker shock was felt at half-past twelve
P. M. the following day. On New Years
Day the Korean Legation at Yokohama was
completely destroyed by fire. A defective
fue was the cause. The archives and furni-
ture were saved.
The Japanese Parliament has been form
ally dissolved by the Emperor and already
preparations are being made for coming
elections. The rumor is current in the
capital to the effect that the Government
have offered to grant one million yen toward
the election expense of the Liberal party,
though that is scarcely credited. h
Emperor has Just received. as a present from
In TNdloC1 III wv t1NAAJ & HCAoo ~
$4,000.
The Government has come to the concll-
sion that the anti-foreign society known as
Dai Nippon Kyokai, or Great Japan Society
is dangerous to the peace of the Empire, and
an order has been put III force to dissolve the
society in accordance with Act 30 OF the
regulations for political associations.
Mr.. Y~amanouch, the constructor in the
Naval Department, has received orders to
leave for England to oversee the construction
of some men-of-war to be built in that coun-
try for the japanese Government.
Smallpox is on the increase in the Mega
saki Prefecture.
Latest advices from Koran state that the
edict prohibiting the expectation of rice has
been put into operation, all efforts to pre-
vent it proving Intellectual. Protests and
complaints nave been made by many Japan
csc merchants. and it is thought the edict
will be revoked.
A ripple of excitement was caused a few
weeks ago when an attempt was made to
explode a bomb under the room of the Min
lister of Finance. A like attempt was made
on Tai Won Kun a year ago, but 1t was also
unsuccessful.
Because of numerous cases of thieving and
a spirit of lawlessness, a law ~forbidding men
to go on the streets after curfew or the
closing of the city gates has been revived
and enforced with vigor.
The Koreans in the employ of foreigners
are not exempted, but the Foreign Office has
issued passes to foreign residents, by which
servants are enabled to go ON errands for
their masters after dark.
The boycott on Messrs. Samuel. Samuel &
Co, at Kobe, continues. The Kobe curio
dealers committee will ask the President
of the Chamber of Commerce and local
government to render their services in per-
suading the Hyogo Rice Exporting Company
and the Oaake Russian Oil Company to sus-
pend dealings with the said firm. The Kobe
Kerosene Oil Dealers Guild, the Kobe Ship
ping and Forwarding Agents Union, the
makers of wooden cases for packing export
goods and seven coolies guilds were all to be
solicited for support.