Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-05-01
FROM ASIA BY STEAMER.
Particulars Abol, the Occupation o.
The P5sCiiOT Islands
Cholera Among tho Jnuuucsc Hoi-
dtgra-Auuihor vns-
aurFr.

viCroRIA, b. c., May 1.-The Em.
press Of China arrived Lass evening
from Yokohama with udvlUos " tue
1871.
Tho capture Of the principal stations
on the pescador islands was easily el-
iecied 10y the japanese during the last
week Of March, the process being Stint
lar 10 tho seizure Of tho northern
stronghold. Admiral Ito, in the dag.
ship hlatBushima, conducted tho naval
operations Iva which xix " HE ilUrt
were engaged, pang Hu ami several
smaller islands OF thH group were 0ygu.
pied after merely nominal rBsiB.anuu,
uuI The troops would have proceeded
20 FOrm0sn before this but Tor an out.
break Oi cholera which completely
iuunpaCiintud tho japanese force aud
created great 1lHfm. The entire num-
buf OF trU#Hs sent tDuihWHTd was 1u.y
about J,HOU, and OF tUu o. 500 had ditd
ai last huvlHr8, while 1000 were Boa tHr
hospital. This excessive mortality b.
attributed 90 the unhealthy climate NJ
tho pCauE1uIgs, 10 the bad quality 70.
tho water ami 10 the Fudduu change
from Tue cold weather or japan tU the
temperature vi upNuIlH of DO degrees.
In MnuChuria ghJlHu huB also az.
yunrui, but not iu 800 Threatening q
form, nuu tIu latest REPORTS are Tgnssur-
ing, Strenuous efforts arc being made
DO prevent tho Iischtu from gUTuadluF.
The town OF UJIun, near Hiroshima,
has been ISOLATED und most "a lid quar-.
Hntiur regulations arc every where cue
forced. There hgs also boon uu cpl.
dumiC OF smallpox iu SamAnushl
Prefecture, the number o. cgaCa boiug
5000.
A correspondent Of tho North ChMd
Aciat, writing from New ChNuug, A.
surtr, and quoted Europeans ~ bu.
thOTlUcs, that the JapaurtU tflJl
when they entered DruHuodni muf.
dcfci aud wounded prisoners ui w.F
and many VI the peace population a..
serted that m hour after tho battle
ended not prisoner or wounded man
was to be- sbon but there were many
bodies with bayouet, In addition 10
gunshot wounds. There were over
! 900 dead aud many bJuius were mu.
tlatCt.
AsAn indication that the japanese
NANNN re- 20 AAHNN - NHNh NNAN NN ANANNNH
it ~ announced that iron works ON a
large scale arc % be- nt once established
there by tho Nufeu steamship com.
pany, which 10 uutur government con.
tool,
American capitalists continue 10 IN.
vest in war hOndB.
by imperial orders tbe Elk captured
Chinese mcn.0fwhT Tai Nuou, Chen
Tung, Chen ~, Chen Han, Chen Poi,
Chen Chung and Chen Pl0n nave
UeUn added 20 the Jnpnn5se navy.
The British minister 10 Japan 10
about 10 return home. lie suffers if0m
a muLt,l Disorder which o.. believed to
DO inCurhblr.
Toward the end Of March the Jap.
anoso warship routlu captured Chl-
uofe vessel near Wei Hat Wei, whiun
proved 10 be the liWaug chi with tue
body Of Admiral Ting slill on board.
She was on her way from Chs FJs 20
Shanghai, at which latter place the
family OF the late commander wa said
~ DO awaiting tho TumRins. Foreign
diplomats In Pekin n5sert that tho chi.
nose emperor h not even YET Convinced
that Admiral Ting committed suicide,
ana h1s ordered the governor 8i shan
Tuug 60 report the circumstances OF
his DEATH