The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-26
ONLY AFLESH WOUND
Ii Hung Chang Is Almost Ger
tain 10 Recover.
An Understanding With japan That
VIII Give q Bett.r Terminus for
the siberian Pacific Raflro@d-

Iarion, March zs.-Tns Times has this
fiapa Ica from KOBE. which viii De pub
iisssd tomorrow. II Hung Chang a
making good progress toward recovery
from the effects Of The bullet wound IN
his face inflicted yesterday BY A0yarn4
Kokanosukt. The wound Eas dsss3ostea
no dangerous symptoms TIE woald-t~s
ASSASSIN Is reported 10 De \ iun4tse- lie
has q criminal record and has served q
term % Imprisonment
a Hongkoag dispatch 10 TIE TINES sSss
thai precautions against japanese attacks
have been taken AT FoOchoS. Annoy aDd
asafog The hareor OF Annoy Ass seen
planted with torpesiOes. ami q IS thought
probable that the japanese wiA make al
attempt 10 capture that place
The Chinese steamers are unable 70 en-
ter the harfs0r 81 TaEns83. II Northern
ForTnosa, owing TO TIE tSfpe'ioeS P'"ASS1
thsrs-
Ths coolies employed on the wHarves In
Uongkong aavs gone on strike a mum
Der OF soldiers and convicts ara employed
sn IOadsHg vessels.
yokohsTna. March Z-Surgeons sato
and Ishimuro are attending Ii huaS
Hung Chang. b imperial command -
Hung Chang objects To the extraction OF
the bullet, which lies csutfmetF. under
his ieft eye. The wound Is three cent?
metres deep. The empress OF, Japan has
sent two nurses 20 attend aim. and let
ters aud kilograms expressing regret and
sympathy are pouring IN from all diFsc-
tons.
y Assgington CITY. March E.--iHfornIa-
ton coming to he Chinese legation Is 20
the effect that Ii Hung shaags vonad
IL not dangerous. except as complications
may develop. IL Il IN the neshy part OF
fsse face. bat fortunately no part Of tie
skull mas been fractured or any vital or
gaus touched. Prince Lac advanced age
ana several constitutional disorders.
which make him almost an Invalid, may
aggFavate a noWise harmful wound TN
his arrival al 5ifronoseki he was too
sick 10 leave the ship which brought him.
lie had 20 De carried about. this being a
necessity in hiA case az sell a. AZ honor
due his rank onolals Of the japanese
legation say the offender will be Charged
with treason. 40 the assault is not only
against the person OF Ii Hung Chang.
but against the Chinese government IL
H. probable. also that the trial VIII he
by oourt-snartlai. and conyic:ion by
cogTt~msrtial would mean that the cf-
fender wouid be shot. Diplomats here
are inclined 20 believe that the entire
peace negotiations may be broken off BY
the assault. by sffording "A pTetsxt for
European intervention. Ii himself will
prevent such failure. however. IL IL be
possible.
Officials here regard IL as settled that
derstandiHg by which the former Will ex-
tend her territory from Nladivostock so
as 10 acquire harbor open the year
around. This has been an acquisition
Russia has long sought. A. Il gives an
eastern outlet 10 the great Siberian rail-
road.
Yokohama. March 1s.-Resolutions have
been submitted to the japanese diet re-
GREETING the attack upon yiceroy Ii Hung
Chang. who was shot and wounded in the
face yesterday al Simoneseki. The bull
let has not yet been extracted from the
face OF Ii Hung Chang. but his condl-
ton IL favorable. lie has no fever. and
IL suffering little pain. Ills assaiIant IL
described as Political bravo. lie rushed
from a crowd yesterday when the vice
roy's palanqgin was passing and fred at
the Chinese statesman. the bullet enter
ing the left cheek. The affair caused the
greatest Indignation here.