Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-23
TELEGRAPHIC,
TEE JAPS In CHINA.
lHIlliVl Dollars Worth Of Guns and
Ammunition Taken.
SOLDIERS WELL CARED FOR.
Preparations For ar Expedition Prob
ably Against Wei llai Wci-Pcaco
Negotiations SLOW.
SOLDIERS WELL CARED FOR

TOXIC, Jan. S.--por steamer Peru
San Francisco, Cal, jan. 22.-lhu
only change in the dipiomatchtuatlou
since las, advice, Is the announce.
ment that Chang Wing Hwnu, Chins'8
accredited agent, IL actually ON bis
way to Japan, accompanied by o sub.
ordinate representative named shao
Xu Lien. The senior messenger IL be-.
lieved to DO we'll chosen, ON account
OF his experience with western uaiions,
which has undoubtedly relieved him
Of onmo Of the overwouuiug c0nccIl in
which thu majority Of housekeeping
Chinese are STEPPED.
The capture OF Wei Hal We,uow 90.
rarded 40 o. iorCgOnc conclusion, may,
however, again alter the ASPECT %, Of
fairs. Chinese dignitaTlUs m0ycgiowly
iu their own country, anu 10 ia sutic.-
patod that japan Will have occupied
the naval station near Che Zoo before
the sutton Tor peace are ready 90 leave
their own country, The present iutUn.
ton isthni the conferences shall be- held
Ht Hironhim1.
An official B,1tomant Of the valuable
HD1ilH thus lar token from tho Chinese
has boon puDIIghoi by tho Japanese
government, From this u appears that
GlT large guns hAva changed owner.
chip. Tho estimated value uf these DO
two million yen. Tho number Of email
arms u seven thousand four hundred,
worth thirty thousand yen, Ammuui.
ton for large gunf, two million ok
hundred thuuEnud I0unIB, worth three
million yen, Ammunition Tor small
arms, Beventy.sovou million rounds.
Three SHIPS VI war, one mUliHm and
two small, are rated nj one million yUu,
Most important VI all aTu tho aIsunhls,
i0uudrles uud machinery OF cvUry de-.
tcripiiou secured at Port Arthur aud
fallen. What the value u these viii be-
10 their new pIasul89ts cannot set be-
calculated.
From a recent report Of the Jsuaut,c
Surgeon duuoral lshigaroi tine amount
anu quality OF % aud Cl1thius auu.
pliuu 10 tho army mcsrisiuud. Tue
usual winter clothing consists Of tho
regulation Jacket trousers, CAP, shoes
and overcast, with cotton flannel uu.
der shirt and drawers, wooden socks
and breast cloth and one blanket. The
additions f0r tho present service etc q
-
coat with double liueu neck piece, uu
extra flannel uuduuhirt, extra wooden
moFiuu drawers anu long s,ocEiugs, nu
extra blanket, gloves made Of Tuck
blankuting, "a stock Of papor under.
wear, anu d large fur skin, which may
be- used on certain duties vs. well as for
covering NJ night.
For I've coolies no provision Of cloth.
Ing was originally made, their pay
being ten times ~ much as tho col.
diep, aud considered tunlcIOut 10
cover all necessities; but In View
Of the increasing cold, they
have been allowed each q flannel
lined coat and trOusefP, n cot
ton padded ovoTcont, u thlcg flannel
headcover, cotton flannel urdershift
and dTawtrH, thick socks and q blanket.
That the coolies suffer more than the
tfOUpa 10 largely due 10 their improve
dent nabits. They often gamble away
their clothes, and not being subject ~
tue same rigid discipline as tho army,
cannot be made 10 regulate theit food
aud uTink properly.
the supply Of fool Tor the soldiers 10
very simple, rice being the baHiu. The
quantity, however, Is amplC-a quart
uud a half OF cleaned Rico pOr day 81
each man. Oue.thitd u a p0uul OF
vegetables N uGIed, with condiments
iu the form Of BAltcd plume, ltr.
On rapid aud prolonged marches,
when rice cannot BE- prepared IN the Hc'
cuslomed way, the tgoOpl are perfectly
C0nlented 10 live on Cruel mauu Of rice
and Indian cora. Tue commiB'Grlat
10 greatly improved alter every victory
over this Chinese, for large stores VI
beef nnd PORK arc invariably oapluron
The surgeon general has observed thai
when ON tbs march AMI cXpectsnt O
battle the armies are easily Batitiel
With anything that will sustain he
IL Ia only whom kept Inactive Tor long
tmo that their appetites are more OK
acting.
The directors Of hospitals In the iiel,
state that the wOuucuI almost iuvlti