The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-13
YAMAGUCHI IN PORT.
NIPPON STEAMER ARRIVES WITH
NEW CROP TEA.
Fair Weather Across the Pacific
Grist of Oriental News-Emi-
grants Leave Japan for Brazil
Cost of Living Advances Rapidly
The steamer Tatboku Lost On
Her Maiden voyaxe-The Yama-
Eachi Makes Record Between
Hongkong and Kobe.

Steamer Yamaguchi Maru. of the Nip
pom Yusen ka:sha. arrived yesterday al
noon direct from Yokohama and other
Oriental ports. The Yamaguchi Maru is
commanded by Capt A. +. Moses. and
brought 1850 tons of freight, principally
tea.
The steamer left Yokohama July - at
noon and encountered fair weather all the
way. with the exception of the last day
when, on approaching Cape Flattery, she
ran into q fog bank She was delayed
nearly twelve hours in entering the
Straits Of Fuca.
There were no cabin passengers aboard
tho lamaguchi Maru. On her passenger
list were one seeond-ciass and fourteen
steerage, of whlch six were Chinese. three
Japanese and five Europeans.
tn Yamaguchi Maru made a quick
passage up from Hongkong TO Kobe.
taking exactly four and one-haf days.
The passage would have been made some
hours quicker II Il had not been for a
thunderstorm encountered IN the Xii chan
mel on the previous night. when the rain
came down simply sheets OF water, So
that IL was impossible 10 see few yards
ahead. and the engines had 20 be put dead
SLOW Capt. Moses describes the lightning
as the most vivid he ever experienced. The
storm lasted for some time and delayed the
vessel considerably but the passage made
from Hcngkong Is nevertheless one OK The
the Namaguchi Naru arrived at Hong
kong by tho +. & q steamer Thames. hav-
Ing been dispatched from London or June
n. and thus. owing 10 the quick passa ga
~ the Yamasuchi Kobe WAS n receipt Of
y mail xia Suez I'm Just over i've weeks
The work of dIscharglng the steamers
cargo was begun Immediately. and viii
probably be- finished tomorrow All save
lfo tons of hcr cargo Is new crop tea.
The YamsGuch! brings news that
party Of 151o Japanese e4,igrants left
knee July Is for Brazil on the Tosa Msru.
: They Will be employed on coffee planta-
| tlous ~ Use South American republic.
TIE ratiacatuns ~ the new treaty with
the Netherlands have been exchanged a;
the foreign office.
His majesty the emperor has presented
So ven towards the funds q the osaka
| branch - the Japan Fiae Art Society
TIE Nre = railway between Toyohashi
and Toyokawa vas formally opered To-
dsy bat VII not ~ open for traffic TIL
tre 18th Inst
r. = reported that ncxt years budget will
show a de5lclt ~ 2 ~ 'ss0 ven. even though
the fullest economy + observed TIE de-
ntl IS chiefly due 10 ere extra ordinary ex-
re0tituve sanctioned by she 45et
The sea quotations sre maintained Ry
an English Steamer 2G ssa caftIeS were
shipped in eHe day. Arrivals az Kobe an
the }ssh INST amounted 20 sal chests. ana
sales 81 foreign nru,s 70 8 =" catt'cs
The tTS aeSe govern a2s;,t has decided -
- represented az a marine prodgce eSh!-
N3f3en 50 hc hr}3 II Norway fu May vext
Tbs eNA-hlts wIL p se}Erte1 frcEn anaerz
those sooyvn az he Marine Produce exhfhs-
si.r - - held sc Er}ea t7 S.rtesu},sr
\ consular IMPORT datei iie 81 snst STATS
| thai quotations ~ stis cocoons IN China
/ have ai}yaHtet in ~o-s. rusrce e< c~r7sqssrt-
tt'n 90 buyers ESfes are ahout rs tat9s
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