The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-15
NE WIS OF THE ORIENT
A Native III Years Old,
Who Was in Prison
FiftY-eight Years.
CONVERTS REMAIN CHINESE SUBJECTS
Railway in Operation From ITEM
tsin to Shanghai Kwan-Ad-
vices From Japan.

Canadian Pacific Railroad Company's steam
ship Empress of India, which arrived from
the Orient yesterday, brings the following
Chinese advices:-
On the 7th ult. one Of the Oldest and most
familiar foreign buildings in Hankow was
destroyed by fire. This building was the old
Consulate, which stood ON the river sid adj
jacent to the present English Consulate. For
some time it had been occupied by a native
firm engaged iu the manufacture of bamboo
baskets. During the celebration of the
Chinese New Year a lamp was upset and the
fire soon spread over the entire building. The
English Consulate had a narrow escape from
being burned.
The Di1rio de Manila of the 18th ult., has
the following extraordinary paragraph
Mariana Santa Ana, a native of Albay, who
was born in the year TIT, and is consequently
III years of age, was dismissed from the hos
pital of San Juan de Dios yesterday. Santa
| Ana also completed yesterday his long term
of imprisonment of ffty-eight years which
| had accumulated by sentences for his three
escapes from prison. The unfortunate man
before being sent away from the hospital
requested that he should be permitted to re-
main in the place, claiming that it was inn
possible for him to earn his living owing to
his very advanced age.
Mrs. Orr-Ewing of the China Inland Mis-
sion at Kiu-Kiang, is dead.
REMAIN CHINESE SUBJECTS.
A recent proclamation issued by the
Governor of the province of Kiang-Si re-
minds native converts to Christianity that
they are still Chinese subjects; and, on the
other hand, non-convertS are eXhorted to
consider the former still as brethren, and to
put aside further doubt and suspicion In re-
| gard to them. Converts are warned, how
ovor craipcf ralvipn hnoafssa IF their an
trance into a foreign faith, too much OF
foreign protection, for ip that case they will
be punished with the utmost rigor.
The United States wa1ship Monocacy re-
turned to Woo-Sung from Chin-Kiang on
the 18th ult. with several cases of smallpox
on board. Six of the crew were at once
taken to the general hospital at Shanghai
A military mandarin, wearing the third
grade order, or light blue button, was de-
! capitated at Soo-C Chow on January 81. He
was convicted of having robbed a silk boat
| at To-ing-Pu of 10000 last summer, while
the vessel was proceeding from Shanghai to
the silk districts of 500 Chow. Two other
persons were also beheaded at the same time
One a man and the other a woman-the lat
ter suffering also the slicing or 'slingchlhl"
process. They were paramours and had
| compassed the death of the woman's hus-
band.
On the night of the 18th ult. the steamer
Hong Chow collided with an unknown yes
sci supposed to be the steamer st. Asaph, off
Breaker Point, Hong Kong. The unknown
vessel sank Immediately, while the Hong
| Chow was much damaged. The st. Asaph
was engaged in the coal trade, and was en-
route from Moi to Hong Kong. She had
only seven Europeans on board, the balance
of the crew being Chinese. She was COM
manded by Captain Wood. A naval court
of inquiry into the disaster was held on the
10Th ult., at which the captain of the Hong
Chow was exonerated from all blame. H.
MS. Pigmy was ordered to sea to search for
! the st. Asaph, but failed to find any trace of
her.
L Ut IN OPERATION.
The railway from Tientsin to Shanghai
Kwan is now an accomplished fact, and the
new route is being patronized by immens
numbers of passengers and carries a large
quantity of heavy goods which formerly had
to be conveyed with immense labor in
springless carts and IN packed animals.
The railway is everywhere hailed as a bless
ing and there Is no opposition from any
quarter. Steps are well advanced for its
Immediate extension eastward from the foot
of the Great Wall to failing River, which
flows through ''The Barrier" end enters the
sea some sixty miles on this side of New
Chang. The road from Shanghai-kwan to
failing River, a distance of some $50 miles,
has been levelled, and it is already
expected that the coming spring will
see the work of laying SleeperS and
rails begun. The road is one or two
places is difficult. Considerable blasting will
be necessary to carry it through some nigh
hills, spurs of Chan Peh Shan, OF Long
White Mountains, I" and a massive bridge has
already been planned TO carry the line across
the failing River, which is very wide and
deed at the point where it is to be crossed.
This will probably be the most difficult part
of the work; From failing River to the
mountains, which is to be the present ter
minus Of the railway, the work is compare
tiv ely easy.
ADvIcEs FROM JAPAN.
japanese advices are as follows:-
On January II ex-Lord Abbott Of the
Otani sect died at his residence in Kyoto.
He was the head Of the Buddhist priests in
Japan. Since last fall he had been suffering
from influenza, which finally wore out his
| strength. The deceased prelate was born in
March, 1917. At the early age of
eleven, he became Abbott of Daidoji, in
Omi, and in 1846 he succeeded to
the headship of Hong Wanji. The services
rendered by him to the Imperial Court were
numerous. Thus, in 1862, when the Sove-
reign was expected to take the field In person
against foreigners, he presented to the court
| ten thousand rlyo, and a similar sum in 1897,
together with 10000 bags OF rice on the occa-
sion of the restoration, Thenceforth the
duties connected with the finances of the
court were intrusted to the officers of the
temple and the manner OF their discharge
| In connection with the Northern expedition
| against the last adherents of Shotgun as we'll
as with the opening of Hok-Kaido won the
Emperor's emphatic approval. In 1872 the
deceased prelate received a patent of nobility
and pension, and in 1889 he surrendered his
high office to his son. Shortly before his
death he was raised to the first class of the
| second grade Of official rank.
An unsuccessful attempt was made recent
ly to import some ~thirty-four Japanese girls
| into Singapore for immoral purposes. In
| consequence of information received by the
Chinese Protectorate, Mr.. Wrap, accom-
panied by Inspector Black, boarded the
| steamship Macduff on her arrival from
| Japan, and the whole party, together with
six Japanese men, were taken charge of.
The women will be sent back to Japan, and
| the men will be called upon to answer a
charge of kidnapping.
silver
Great preparations were being made, when
| the steamer Empress of India left for the cele
| bration, on the 9th inst, of the silver we'd
| ding of the Emperor and Empress of Japan.
| The Japan Mall says that henceforth silver
| weddings will become a feature of Japanese
| national customs and thus another link will
| be added to the chain by which Japan is
rapidly being bound to the Occident.
The japanese Gazette says there appears
to be a great future for lily cultivation in
| Japan. In 1891, 26, 1000 yen's worth were sold,
while in the following year the export rose
to 100, 600 yen.
The docks at Basheho Naval Station, which
were constructed by a Japanese engineer
ing company. at a cost of CSC, 600 ven. are