The herald., 1897-09-30
The Biggest Crop During
the Century
ALL BUSINESS IS PARAL YzED
BY ATTEMPTS TO ABANDON THE
USE OF SILVER
Toxic and Vicinity Visited by Ty-
phoon Which Inflicts Great
Damage Upon Shipping


SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 2s.-The
steamer Doric arrived this evening from
Hongkong and Yokohama, Sept. 14th,
bringing the following advices:
Reports from all parts of Japan indi-
cate that the rice crop will exceed in
quantity any yield. during the past seven
ty years. The rice crop will be from IL
TO 40 per cent above the average.
The Jill Sh!mpo says that the days Of
the present Japanese cabinet are mum :
bered, and ascribes as the principal rea
son the alleged fact tina, ii is divided
agains. itself. To make next years
income equal to the contemplated ex-
penditures II is proposed TO rai ise IL ,000
900 yen by Increasing the erate of the sake
tax and interd!cting all brewing of sake
for domestic use, but to refrain from any
other addition to the present weight OF
taxation. Wher the new tariff is put In
force it will yield an additional revenue
Of 5000 900 yen.
Little revival Is perceptible in Yoko
hama business circles, the apathy being
ascribed to fears Of the probable effect
Of the change in the currency that comes
into force al the beginning Of October.
Only hand to hand transactions are re-
ported in the fabric markets and prices
are nominal. The tea trade has been
fair though the market Is being grad
ually denuded Of suita BILE leaf
The Japan Red Cross society has or
dere6 two steamers from England for use
as hospital ships in time of war and to
be chartered to the Nippon Yusen
in time of peace.
The Nich Nichi states that a large
number of Koreans have arrived a.
Fukuoka and Kumamato to wreak ven
geance upon the Japanese who were i'm
plicated in the Seoul disturbance last
year when the king and queen were
killed One Japanese In Fukuoka barely
escaped from the avengers with his
life.
The Japanese railway bureau has or
dered twenty locomotives from the
United States.
Mount Kirishima In Kiushiu began
rumbling and showing signs Of an erup-
tion on Sept 4th.
The Kyushu imperial university is to
be established by the educational de-
partment of Japan in the town of Kuma-
moto. Kyushu.
On the night Of Sept I'd some 1000 poor
people Of Shimo Ina and Ida districts In
the prefecture Of Nagano. attacked the
residences Of Mr. Kuroda, manager Of
the Ida branch office of the Matsumoto
Commercial bank, and that Of Mr. Kono
rice merchant. The buildings were
partially wrecked and the rice cleaning
mill of Mr.. Kono was destroyed The
gendarmes had to have recourse to their
revolvers and the police charged the
rioters with drawn swords before the
mob would disperse Several people
were killed and many wounded in the
encounter. On the following night the
Ida police station was attacked by the
mob. but 1t was repulsed by the police
force. Several people were cut down and
arrests made.
On the 5th inst. Otto Yaughman, an ap-
prentice on board the U. S. S. Olympia.
Tell through an open grating while doing
some work on the vessel, receiving in
juries from which he died shortly after
Yokohama, Toxic and neighboring
districts were visited on the morning of
Sept. 9th by severe typhoon, the first
since 1883. Much damage was done on
land and sea, and number of lives
were lost. Shipping suffered greatly, the
ship Cromartyshire andlth bark Selkirk-
shire fouling each other, doing consider
able damage. The ship Glenricht was
stranded. as she was also the Lonsdale.
The German cruiser Irene was stranded
broadside on, but it is expected 10 float
her safely. and the steamer Patroclus
narrowly escaped ths fate Of the Irene.
bringing up within few yard, of the
German cruiser. Five yachts capsized
and sank and thirty-f1ve loaded light
ers went down. Several people are re-
ported missing. During the storm the
main OF the Yokohama water works
burst, cutting more than 100000 con-
sumers off from their water supply. How
long the water famine will last is n OF
stated.