The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
CHINA WILL AID
RUSS|A'S ROADS
Celestials Now Show Their
Gratitude to the
Gar.
All Distractions to the Great
Trans.Siberian Railroad
Are Removed.
Death of Captain w. G. Pearns of the
Steamship Gaelic at Hongkong
en- the 4ta Inst

TOXIC, JAPAN, Nov. Tt is conf
IDENTIFY alleged that Immediately before
the departure of the Russian representa-
tive. Count Cassini, from Peking on Sep
tember 80, he succeeded in concluding
with the Chinese Government a conven-
ton of great importance. The document
sets out by declaring that the concessions
made in it are by way of evincing China's
gratitude for the aid accorded by Russia
at the close of the war between the former
power and japan. 1t gives Russia the
right to carry her Trans-Siberian Railway
to kirin from two points-namely, west
ward from some station in Siberia and
eastward from VladivoStok. II provides
that the Chinese system CT railways is to
be brought into connection with the Rus
sian, to which end, should China fno it
inconvenient TO construct her contem-
plated lines from KirIn TO Shanhaikuan
and Port Arthur, she may delegate the
task to Russia.
1t commissions Russia to provide for the
security of any lines bull. by her in CHI
nese territory, by stationing troops along
their route. 1t provides that lines form
ing part of the Russian system but run
ming through Chinese territory shall be
purchasable by China after a period of
thirty years, and that lines forming part
of the Chinese system, but built by Rus
sia at China's request, shall be purchase
bic by China after a period OF ten years.
1t comedies to Russians the privilege of
working mines in Manchuria. 1t states
that Russian off GERS shall be employed to
drill China's Manchurian levies. 1t leases
to Russia the port of Kiauchou, and prom
ises that, on emergency, she shall have
the use of Port Arthur and Talien. and it
engages that every facil ity shall be given
to Russian trade and travel.
The bubo mic plague has made its ap-
pearance in virulent form at Taipeh in
formosa. Forty-eight cases were re-
ported between October % and Novem Der
/ and it has been deemed necessary TO put
the medical inspection regulations into
force against ships coming from the ISL
and. Among the forty-eight sufferers
thirty-six were japanese. AS yet the
plague has not spread beyond Taipeh and
vigorous measures are being taken to con-
fine it 10 that city.
The new Governor General received at
Kobe, while en- route for Formosa, tele-
gram from the Minister of the Coloniza-
tion Department, advising him of the ex-
istence of the plague in the town where
his headquarters are situated and recon.
mended that he should defer his de-
parture. The Governor General declined
to act on the recommendation, put tried
to induce his wife and mother 10 remain
behind in Japan. They, however, in
sisted on accompanying him.
Cholera continues to attack citizens of
TOXIC with a degree of vigor unintelligible
IN view of the cold weather and the ap-
sence of any apparent center of contagion.
There have been over hundred cases in
the space of three weeks.
The foreign community of Yokohama
has been thrown into a state of consider
able excitement by two shocking events
that occurred in quick succession. The
first was the suicide of ]. T. Boag, genial
Scotchman and prominent member of So
ciety. Mr.. Boag was a bill-broker. He
possessed magnificent physique and had
always been conspicuous in athletic sports.
But the evil custom of the East, dram
drinking, took holo of him several years
ago, and though he visited America for
the purpose OF undergoing the gold cure
the relief thus obtained did not prove per.
manent. Despairing of recovery from q
vice that revolted his self-respect and had
destroyed his chance of winning the hand
OF a lady he loved he shot himself through
the head.
Two days later-October 22-W. R. H.