The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
Rebellions, Riots, Floods and Other
CalamitieS In China.
WARRIORS FOR COOLIES
CONGO OFFERS THIS KIND OF A
TRADE.
Proposes to Offer China 10000 Sol
diers In Exchange For an Equal
Number of Laborers-Treaty For
Construction of a Railroad By a
Belgian Syndicate.

Tacoma, Wash, July 31.-The steamer
Tacoma, just in from Chinese. ports
brings the following advices:
The American mission school, in the
Haiphong district, Kwangtung prov,
ince, has been burned by the natives.
The United States consul at Cantor
has appealed to the vicerey to quell the
rioting there.
4 riot has broken out in Kiang-Se
ard is very serious.
Min Yong-Ki has been transferred Il
the Seoul minstership Of finance,
while Sun-Tak has been appointed
minister of war.
Runor is being actively circulated
that the cause of the present arrests
IN Korea are attributed to the design
to dethrone the emperor and to install
the crown prince in his stead.
The treaty for the Luh-Han railway,
the construction of which is TO be I'M
dertaken by the Belgian syndicate, was
signed July /. According to it's terms,
the road is to be managed by foreigners
and the right of sole management to be
placed in the hands of the representa-
tive OF the country by whose subjects
the largest proportion of capital shall
have been invested in the work The
signature of the present treaty is due
in a large measure TO efforts of Russia
and France.
CONGO WARRIORS.
a mission from the Congo Free
State, under the auspices of King Leo
pOld of Belgium is now at Pekin,
- pushing for the esta blishment of a
treaty with China, the object being to
provide China with the nucleus of an
army consisting of 10000 wariike Congo
natives, differed by Belgians. in eX-
change for coolies to work in the Congo
state.
The Russian minister has publicly
objected TO the borrowing OF funds
from England for the construction of
the railway connecting -Hai-Kwan
and New Chang.
Information is published by the ma
tive papers of a serious state of affairs
at the city of Lienchow, due to the
scarcity of rice Open rebellion is
threatened and 800 soldiers. have been
sent from Canton, and further troops
from Chow Chow Flu. Chow Chow Flu
is an important city near Swallow. and
Lien Chow is a town in the neighbor-
hood.
The rebels in Kwangsi have captured
incoming and Tienpak and are now sur
rounding Wuchuensien, in Kwang
Tung. Many Likin officials have been
killed. The situation at WI Chow is
considered so critical that there is an
Captain Thulmann of the steamer
Dosing, shot his compradore dead at
WI Chow. He was arrested and, claim
ing American citizenship, was taken
down the river, and will be tried at
Canton.
Japanese papers say that the govern
ment railway between Sorachi and
Fuetosahi- Kawa is now completed.
DAMAGE BY FLOODS.
Since the .night of July 7, heavy rains
have descended. The embankment of
Asuba river has burst and the whole
city is flooded. In Toyama prefecture,
the rivers Sho, Koyabe, Shintshu, XII
robe, GwanjOji, Shakuhaya, Katakai,
and others, oyerf1owed, and banks
were broken and the public roads near
by flooded. Many bridges were destroy
ed and 374 houses We're submerged.
Much damage was done to houses and
rice feds.
The Nippon bank purchased govern
ment loan bonds amounting to 7000 600
yen. The price was Sc yen per 100 yen,
face value.
The German consul at Seoul has
requested the Korean cabinet to grant
mining rights in the Kinchon noun
tains. The authorities have rejected the
demand on the ground that the noun /
tains belong TO the crown.
The silver ven is to be circulated at
Tajpeh at market rates, from the LIST of
August, and the circulation of stamped !
silver will be suspended.
Two cases of cholera appeared in |
Tokyo on the 10th inst.