The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
BRITAIN GETS READY TO FIGHT.
Heavy Puvrhas~s of Coal ut nm Ad-
vance ia Price Made for Enshsh
warship.-It Hans tbsng's Afft~
tud~ Toward England Causes
Considerable Commemorative kag-
oshiasa Mara brings Tea and silks


faes iid 70: deter him from bringing the
spieadid 1agaDeae liner kazoshima Aaru
through the Straits % f'uea ard up The
Sound un,n her ZIG black hall bumped
up against the Arlington dock yesterday
norniug.
csgsldessnE ali the circumstances. this
fac, IA worthy al more than passing note.
for /. illustrates that the gratis and Pai-
get sound form an open highway from
the sea 10 aaatsia. The kagoohlnna MaFn
sailed from Yokohama with I.sD9 tons az
cargo February g making tha trip in
tito quick time OF fourteen DAYS
The kagosl.tnaa Mar. bFot. CAT the latest
Oriental adsIcss. having Eai;ed from foko-
hama three days LATER thar TIE steamer
China. reported In Sundays Associates.
PrsSg as having arrived at San Franclsco
on that da{. The Russian Brliish-ti@rnaa
imbgogllo is still! a subject Of exhaustive
comment on the part Of tae Oriental pa
pers snd evidences are not wanting thar
the situation y stlll as much a Chinese
puzzle as ever. Briefly. the status %
Oriental affair. az reflected ia the Englsa
the hair-trigger order. ani the opinion APP
parently prevails Ia the East that the d.
ssiopments Of "a day may result ia open
hestsatles Considerable interest attaches
u the present attitude of IL Hung Chang.
whose course has been enS OF opposition
10 Great Britain. Queen Sietoria's bat
s.esnips haye purchased heavily OF coal at
s.s4tfr Fssz~ .~s4.
items for All emergency that is now long
overdue IN the Orient.
The steamer brought two dfat~elass. ona
second-eiass and nin@ steeTase passengers.
Her cargo includes 3..s0 cases OF tea, 40
bales of slid and quantity Of rice. mat
ting aud other Oriental merchandise.
How Capt EAs,rsnd missed bis pilot at
che Straits WAS explained when capt.
Gilmore. ire y Y. n, pilot. nes the skip
or Of the ksgoshlrna on the burys..Be deck
of the steamer yesterday afternoon. T.
appears that Capt. Gilmore. after taking
the Tenzhin Naru 60 the straits. was pat
Oft At ror, Angeles 80 await the coming
o. The Kagosf3lrna MaFu. which was ex-
pected Monday morning. Sunday morn
ins capt, t.iignofe wRs "A. Fort Angeles,
A. ths, Teushin Matu steamed by cape
flattprv she passed tns kagoshinaa bound
I'm Tha sas early sunday morning.
Cant Eksirsnd headed tnr Pert Angeles.
or the lighthouse he heard three bells.
which indicated 10 him that there WAS 10
.s,ot sn waiting farming about. Capt
EhMrsusi headed up Sound. and was an
ehored SUNDAY Night AZ Pert Townsend.
proceeding thence yesterday inornin" ard
reaching Seattle yesterday AT a 'n-
The kagoshimA's Two first lass pas~en~
ger we're William liamann and Henry
Met'arty. Tae eeraUd cabin passenger
was tisorev Natheson
HpgaFty "a Sad S0 ne an Amtycan civil
engineer who ha@ been employed los the
Hues.an government lo tso canstfugtioa
a. the tyans~S{eser!au railway NathFso0
IL mining maj from Australia and -
ctr his way Ia Rossland
capt Ekstraad reports that Gully pleas
ant weather was encountered Oh the way
across the raeiGe y fun saFso awaits
the steamer hers.
The KaeoEalFaa Mara hkGuEat An inter
<attag bulge or Oriental uee@ Nsav of
the Oriental esr egs ave printing great
deal az matter pertaining - tse lattrCa-
tionAi conarjsgR&3ons IN the f8r East fhc
fs,'awtnc concerning enc aged chinese
siatenHan Is tFurg Cha9E l. copied fFNa
thc shauEha' Mercury;
'@ghp attilaae ~ - Hung FAa@E has
been sanawhas - = nezsir fn.f@. ent eSeftt=
Its influence haa inV3y}a73y a0t ursr-
soun atiy tssen tAfn~n sk4tnst t4rv9t YiTts-
ar. y nee tfsnepltr1 taat he Ahe ast~E
sgetvefe' rs. IT. fgs - 'i,<.' ~ me A..
sh> cesslau - Fnsaaess - fha J29sre~f
When eedlng tss ta'ana - fRf>1n. IL
ItueE CheaE ve1seA er t9Trat E:FA7r'@ f9-
tavvertton FL tae raIfh tr' a naY e.aa1is~
- thas ~ t4e continental r@Atr@ ia apo
natsA Bat JaFaa @s4 urf rs % reffai ~
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