The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-01
CHOLERA IL JAPAN's ARMY.
One-Tenth of the Men sent 10 the Pes
cador Islands Dead.

China arrived this afternoon, eleven days
from Yokohama with adysces 10 April
I9 The capture of the principal stations
on the Pescador islands was easily ef-
fected by the japanese during the last
week of March. the process being similar
TO the seizure of the northern strongholds.
Admiral Ito, in the flagship MatsuShi-
ma, conducted the naval operations. in
which six OF his feet were enga aged Parsg-
hu and several smaller islants of the
group We're occupied after merely noTnin-
al resistance. and the troops would have
proceeded 10 FormoSa before this but Tor
an outbreak of cholera. which has COM
pIeeely incapacitated the Japanese force
and created great alarm. The entire
number of troops sent southwark was
only 5000 and OF these. so had died al
last advises. while Loo were in the nos
rital This excessive mortality Is attTIo-
u!ef 10 the unhealthy climate % the Pes
catiores 10 the bad quality Of water. ana
10 the sudden change from the cool
weather OF Japan to a temperature OF
more than % degrees. In Manchurla cEpl-
era has also appeared, but not IN :"
threatening form, and the latest r.
y,orfs are re-asSaIring. In Japan tae oiiy
Sos racorlesi have been IN Hiroshima,
J7t3na and in the neighooThood OF Bakah-
streuuous efforts are being masie 10 pre-
vesnt the disease from spreading. Inc
town of Ufina, near hiroshima. mas heeh
isolated. and most rigid quarantine reSa-
iatIO,s are everywhere enforced Ihefe
i,as ,Iso heen an epidemic Of smallpox in
ysnnanasf,t prefecture. the number OF
-ss~s being 1900 Reports from Hong
Kong as 10 the plague are more redSS ut-
ing. >-.A china
News. writing from Newc'n wang, asst = =
and quotes Europeans as a'A'I'i -. a-t
me Iananeae troops when they sl'1etfu
r1snSbfsaas murdered wounde<a prisoners
80 u,ar and many Of the peace IsoPu4a-
tion asserted that an hour aftef ne @ pa
tie ended not a prisoner or ~o4i14S1 80, .
,,.as 20 be seen, but there were may
brs4ies with bayonet. IN adAl~'o.' ~ g..
s,ot wounds There were over lV'' Hsa@'
- ,,,srv bcsties were mutlated
prince Komatsu, appointed comhlaha-
o-ta-chiaf of the japanese armies IN
- 1eft Hiroshima April Is Tor MS
seaI1nar,ers on the Leaotong Isi'ifsusi4,
Ar the head of a powerful sqoNlfoh' Gu %
followed BY many transports con- = -
fresh troops 70 the continent As -,
tAro,,sh Sblronoseki straits apout noon.
- Te@s saltited from the residences OF
,ha UaDansse peace commissioners al
~, The Chinese ENJOYS watched Nhe
naval procession in silence ana attst =
- nassed dispatched series OF long
talegrams 10 Peking'
,rhs british merchant steamer NlsEahs
has hean seized of Taku by the Japahess
g. a.ter1ptfnE TO smuggie a cargo ot
.1,.rahanj cartridges into China, and
bas been carried TO Saseho. near NasaS-
aki. for trial by prize court
r~ha bo5v OF thirty marines Whtcn mas
-,,.-sss rhs United states legation al
Sso,l since last autumn was wiinifa an
Nfa-rh Is Mr. Hoshi Totu formerly
~reaker OF the japanese house OF repre-
sertattvcs has been appointed legal al
L A
,r,,7i~atto, that the Japa nese propose 70
r,eLe n long stay az Talien.' II Is an
,-,,,-ad that iron works on iarse scale
-. ., Do A. once established there ~
,ha yuzon steamship Company. "hlch
a. r,Far government control American
[~.nitslis,s continue TO invest n ~aF
bonds ~, ~.,-.--- -.
-, ..,r se.nnea to Imprisonment Tor iife,
sr5 MS imprisoned IN the Niya Ga pris-
-, irnperlal orders the SIX captured
y-,.tr.ss r,er-9f-war. Tai Nuen. chen
-r,-0r chen 81 Chen Nan. Ch@n ~.
chen chung ii s'Een Iien nave oesi' Ao-
de8 % the JapaHtse navy
re- N.or,n t~atnA Daily News says that
eorr steamers with materials of war
havs reached China. tg7o arriving al
ssns-ghs{ and two az Chink.anS. one
.,ss1,rfnx her name. more effectively -
.ft.-5r detection. All four came 0at -
uay of Anjer.
T,-ars mas been considerable trounie he-
,ssaaB me japanese military authorities
ard rhe British officials and residents a.
Naw-hwang. hus notaiD9 serious. beyond
t~eassuR ore another unp4eszssat4E on AAR
,a--zst7nv The British minister "a Japan
Is 4 bout 70 return houle he suffers lFoEn
a mental disorder waAca - believed - Dc
lu-uFa5.e-
The fourth national Industrial expos4-
-tau. vas opened a. kioto on April : Elth
aporsprtats ceFs ulsE.sss. uNtug - a. az
Ter lack of practical direction. cosnpara-
,f,-e.x few of ths srtlcles contributed Tere
raafx for exhi1.sIon- TIE attsu lance was
snail sat 81 iz expected 20 Increase As
or,sef takes the uizcs of coafaszon- Jap
noess fairs viii never be thoroughly Sc
es-s~,ni anti foreigE methods ef admin
iStratsen are adopted
Toward the en1 Il Aareh the japanese
vrzrsh!a Teuf-a captured Chinese ses-
ssl near WsshAiweL Nhseh proved 10 Re
.As Kwznk ChL with ire body & Al
--sraI TING ss3li On board she w-as On
ne- way run Cas;oe - Shanghai. al