The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-11
THE MONEY QUESTION.
Jarsn Harwses Geld CetnsGc NM
siSnaE Committee fe Draft
Monetary Reform BILL

Mon~saFy Reform BILL
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug Ia-Advtces ny
sss. sgs@r.spr Pssra zas-h arrived This morn
!nx sruxn Yokohama va Huaskoag safe
th4s th@re ts 30 Gonns whatever tssaf sFssfo
Csga0assr rsxt JApar will have 3 gold ear
Ssrscy. 4 Ca~rasar Issued % the rfsrsss
bank arnouneas ssAr sr9En THAI dzse x
vsslI pav gold fgr Bark % Japan notes
TIE Dsa Ii HnsaE Is VERY busy srafnsing aew
gcts cofsgs TIE project - 20 mint la.sss.-
SO yea worth Of subsidiary ccsDs Within
the yssr lE order 70 expedite the lssas-
ance Of cotns sn. usual summer vacation
of oftesags has been dispensed with
Piracy Near Canton
Piracy il pagaIyEsag business IN the
Carton delta in tire neIgabcrfscod of Sai-
Tsia. towE ahssat t5rfy rnilss westward
frasn Cauton Eobhertes are perpetraied
every right. ard the wretched fnhahi-
tAnts OF thss unhappy region are now in
state of panic
TwoaAIe With the Coolies.
Kobe is earning an unenviahle notorlety
fr she manner of collisions with coolies.
The latest case 10 be given publicity y
tnat Of Ensign Eserhart. of the L. 8 ).
Yorktown who vas charged with ASSAULT
ing a ricksha cooife named Gengo oka-
lroso xharrl he had engaged at the Amer
lean tzsoba 20 take him 20 the Nak2-Nc-
Tnmixa. The cooise was slow, xnereap9n
EvsEhart obtained sn ato-2siii and on
paying them Of gave them 10 sen each.
which WAS more than the legal fare The
ato-oShi welt away quite satisfied. but
sser4zo oEariofa followed ard pushed
AGAINST Eyerhart ard a crowd collected.
Thereupor Eyerhart struck the ccoi.e and
produced a reyoiSer-the ccolie said
knife. but this was dsnied--and subse-
euently ffed into the house of Mr.. W. =.
Turrier TIE court found that the lieu
ar rad sssssy " eTA ts-tfR
dismissed the case. Several eases have
occurred OF late of coolies becoming very
abusive.
Great Engineering scheme.
A Tokyo journal Is responsible for the
following. NIadlyostok being the Ies-
minis Of TIE Siuerian railways. is a most
important part OF Russia. Notwitn-
standing this fact, over four months during
the cold season the port is blocked up
with ice. and shipping traffic Is entirely
impossible, and therefore the railway loses
much Of .ts advantages. The Russian aa-
lhoritses nave sndeavored for many years
10 conquer nature. and some years ago
breaking ships were introduced 10
break open tie ice, but il has bsea found
tha. the operation is practically useless
a certain engineer has mir upon the rather
wonderful ldeA Of rcciaiInins the narrow
ext part Of TartaFy strait. Between sag
haIien and the Russian mainland. He -
OF tie opinion illai If this l. done the cold
current thar enters the japanese sea
from the Arctic via Bsring straits VIII be
checked and the passage OF the warmer
tide. coming from the soath through
Tsuhirna straits. viii make the water On
the coasts of Japan, as well as at siad-
ivossok. warmer. and the latter Will be
warmer al the year round This scheme
was presented 20 the Russian government
Tor approval, and IL Is nov engaged ia its
in ions i@ IA
this piece of smart engineering oesns ell
tered upon after the completion OF the
Siberian railway.
The trial ia the supreme court Of . mum
Der OF persons arrested ON the charge OF
conspiracy resulted On July l6 Ia three
Dains sentenced TO be hanged. two others
10 exile and ole to penal seyv!t4de.
Having Offended the king by opposing
the engagement OF Russian lniAtary in
stracSors. foreign minister Ii recently
rendered his resignation, but on the I'D
instant Cho Douscnick vas appointed for
esgn minister. The new holder OF the
portfolio Is said TO have already attempt
ed resignation, but without success.
Droath prevails all over the kingdom
and farmers are anxious for rainfall.
The current price of rice is said TO have
been Raised accordingly.
An extraordinary general meeting of
shareholders of the Japanese Railway
Company was to have been held on Au-
gust TO consider the increase OF the cap
!tal By 2s.oooolo yen.
Fighting In Formoxa.
Latest news from Formosa is OF very
disquieting nature. The natives are coll
iecting in different parts OF the island
awaiting an opportunity Of rising. The
japanese troops ara busiiy occupied in
guerrilla warfare but are apparently un-
able 20 eXterminste them.
Notice has been issued by the minister
OF communications 10 the effect that on
and after July IL the transmission OF tele-
grams 10 and from FoTmosa will be open
only TO those messages marked Urgent
Foreign kilograms through Formosa will
not be received.
Reports OF floods continue TO arrive from
Fakui. Toyana, Niigata and nelghboring
procedures.