The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-30
BUDGET OF JAPANESE NEWS.
The Cabinet Divided-WOrIk of a Mob
-Shfna Wrecked by a TYnhOOn.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29.-The steamer
Doric arrived this morning from Hong
Kong and Yokohama, Sept. IA, bringing the
following advices:
Reports from all parts of Japan indicate
that the rice crop will exceed in quantity
any yield during the past seventy years.
The rice crop will be from Is to 40 per cent.
above the average.
The Ji-Ji Shimpouj saws that the days Of
the present Japanese Cabinet are numbered
and ascribes the principal reason the al
legged fact that it is divided against itself.
To make next years income equal to the
contemplated expenditures. it is proposed to
raise IL 100000 yen by increasing the rate
Of the sake tax and interdicting all brew
ing of sake for domestic use, but to re-
frain from any other addition to the pres
ent weight of taxation. When the new tar
if is put in force it will yield an additional
revenue of 6OO0.00O yen.
Little revival is perceptible in Yokohama
business circles, the apathy being ascribed
to fears Of the probable effect of the change
in the currency that comes into force at
the beginning of October Only hand to
hand transactions are reported in the fab
ric markets and prices are nominal The
tea trade has been fair, although the mar
ket has been gradually denuded of suitable
leaf
two steamers from England for use as hos
pital ships in time of war and to be char
tered to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha in time
The Nichi-Nichi states that large
numbers of Coreans have arrived at
Fukoka and Kumanoto to wreak vengeance
upon the Japanese who were implicated in
the Seoul disturbances last year, when the
Corean Queen was killed. One Japanese in
Fukoka barely escaped from the avengers
with his life
The Japanese railroad bureau has ordered
twenty locomotives from the United States
Mount Kirishma, in kuishiu, began rum
bling and showing signs of eruption on
Sept. 4.
The Kyushu Imperial University is to be
established by the Education Department of
Japan in the town of kumutato
On 'tne nlght OF sept. some TWO thou
in the prefecture of hague, attacked the
residence of Mir. Kurokda, manager of the
Ida branch office Of the Matsumot Com
mercial Bank, and that of Mr.. Kono a
rich merchant. The buildings We're partly
wrecked, and the rice-cleaning mills of Mr.
kono were destroyed. The gendarmeS had
recourse to their revOlverS, and the police
charged the rioters with drawn swords be-
fore the mob would dispense. Several peo-
pie were killed and many wounded in the
encounter. On the following night the Ida
police station was attacked by the mob
but it was repuised by the police force
Several people were cut down and arrests
were made.
On the 9TH inst. Otto Yaughman, an ap-
prentice on board the United States cruiser
Olympia. fell through an open grating
while doing some work on the vessel re-
ceiving injuries from which ne died.
Yokohama, Toxic and neighboring dis
tricts were visited on the morning of Sept
8 by a severe typhoon. the first since 1888
Much damage was done on land and sea
and number of lives We're lost. Shipping
suffered greatly, the ship Cromartyshire
and the bark Selhirkshire fouling each 9TH
er, doing considerable damage. The ship
Gelnocht was stranded, as was also the
LonSdale. The German cruiser Irene was
stranded broadside on, but 1t is expected to
float her safely and the steamer Patrocus
narrowly escaped the fate of the Irene,
bringing up within few yards of the Ger
man cruiser. Five yachts capsized and
sank and thirty-five loaded lighters went
down Several people are reported miss
ing During the storm the main of the
Yokohama water works burst. cutting more
than one hundred thousand consumers off
from their water supply.