The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-22
ENGINES FOR JAPAN.
Typheoas. Riots. Earthquakes ans
Scandals in Jsp.a-Rfee Crop IL
sDiendfa--ksreans want Senge-

vANcoCyER. 2. g. Sept C--s.sa.r-r
Empress = Tnasa arrived -Ats evening" fr0-z
he orssxk- Bringing he following az-xacess
Serious rsots hawe occurred IN NsEzIo
prefecture IN ccnxszn@nce % ire 5lscon-e1-
felt over tie higa price % rice MOI OF
ICES p<~@s1x attacked TIRE rest6E1ss %
bank manager end also ta2x Of the RAE
eger & 4 rtcszsu. ard ne police n56 %
cAxrze then with drawn swords before
they were dispersed Several pec2ls were
killed and wounded and numerous arrests
made
Rice Crop q. Exceptionally Good
Reports from al parts q Japan indicate
thai ne rice crop this year VII 5e sxcep-
tt0naliy coed. In fact Il u predicted that
4 VII exceed anything sseE cE-sns The
past t~r years
A japanese paper. the Nlchi Nicht. pub
lisaes 4 strange story 20 the effect that
quite a number OF KOREANS have come 20
Fuk1kz ard knrn2moso with the in-e2ik0n
% SrsAlzirg veuEe4nce Upon me Jsps wzo
were implicated Ia the murder % tAe ko-
raan queen at Scout One Jap a. F'ukoEa
Is reported 70 have barely escaped wt-- his
life.
The japanese government has taken Up
1s.89a cut - TIE remaining 90 s1.4rss
Of tire Formosan railway and has psTsu7o-
ed FoTEnasans 20 take up the baiancs- Lo-
cornottves ard cars are expected shorty
from An1sriea- TIE wgrk viii oe procseaec
with Immediately.
Several japanese officials have been ar
rested far fraudulent acts In connection
with distribution Of government aid %
sufferers BY the recent foods.
A severe earthquake was felt al iva
itrra On SeptsEnbsr T. On the sane day
heavy rafnstorn cansea foods az Taxa
yaua. ard the river Gayagawa oyerfioSsd
rs hanks
Nine Cinnamon Break Jail at Msto-
A Desperate break far liberty was made
by nine Chinese corvicts 70 escape IRON
prison At Nabo. They managed TO exeA-
vate a hote through which they got aaf and
surprised the guard. though not oefore ne
gave tbs alarm. -Four coE1icts were NOR
tally shos ard the rest captured.
" " McTvur late consul general Of the
United States AZ Yokohama. left fer San
Franc!zno on the Picking on September 4.
The Nschl Meal Saimbun clatrns, oE the
authority Of Marquis Ito, thai Re dc not
grant n single interview IN America. and
that al hose published are simply f@oF1-
cations.
KOREA has Joined tia International tels-
graphic convention
Several Japanese papers claim thai the
days Of the present cabinet are limited
Their mistakes In the financial policy and
also as regards Fnruozz are said % have
caused their downfall
a Terrible TyPhoen at Yokohama
A severe typhoon visited Yokohama on
September s, ard ssveTai people were kill
ed BIZ falling chfnneys. Great cannags was
dors 70 buildings on shore and 20 shipping
II chs harbor TIE typhoon was preceded
ey an earthquake. which also id much
eamaxe. Ths vflisg. of Kanagawa was
almost entirely destroyed ~ the typhoon-
Hoy VIII ne Sliced for Mafrfcfde-
Ira snsxa-ahle inaiscrfmsnscrg law cs
Cnfna. whfch conde-nusa Hsatrics6e 20 death
by tha slIrfng process. whether he - The
rernstrssor Of a wfiifuf crime OF he victim
OF ar accident IS terribly Illustrated BY a
case now vexing the people a. Shanghai
A boy OF u years was swim ging SOME arti-
Gle about his head n play. when 4 hap
ren@s % strike RS mother. who died from
The effects Of IRE blew Re was condemned
20 be sliced 70 deash. and though Efforts
have been made 20 save him from this ter
rshla ending, 90 far they have not been
successful.
American LOGON offves I'm Demand.
u anpsars that naue Of ths material Of
TIRE Shanghai Wee sung railway = % be
cs.ainea sron England. America VIII sup
ply IRE aleepsrs and locomotives
Some silver mines IN the Fingwa district
OF Ming pe are % be Immediately opened
Barren Suyesratsu. in the course q an tn
tervfew rewarairx Marquis Iio's hasty r.
turn, explains that K was not caCxed ~
anv imperial salcf or t1s request q any
-oNtscal colleagues. He specially points
rhaf during his visit 20 AUertca TIE ma
r9ifs evervwhere showed the absence of
any Aggressive spirit On ne part OF Japan.
The s1uup 81 silver ard The rise n sx-
change has paraIyzsd business II Hong
kong
srse nslf-a gambling scandal & the ser.
s4tFo~ - the Gay N Hargkone. Inspector
o,ffnrv aus several clerks = the registrar
.-r~s~eFs -Ts-e have been dismissed fsr BE-
s~x frnnfge.ttea ~ tte fgaui~. Inspector Ba-
Es~ s-a = number q cher officials have
oee- aIso dismissed
-e-s rebellion u the PIN pplnes sta cor
,insrs royal decree has Just hear -
xsfaa al Manila Authorizing uew ir1rcss
a. & per eeas al va]orern % a. national
"a foreign merchandise entering ths is,-