The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-16
HAPPENINGS N THE ORIENT.
China - Charge EnglanA with
Enecttng There Its Course In
Representatives woosunE.

VANCOUVER. B. c.. Nov. is.-Ths
steamship Empress OF China arrived in
port today from Hoagkong and Yokohama,
bringing the following Oriental advices:
Just before the steamer sailed series
OF murders were reported TO have been
committed In Shantung. China. the victims
being number of Chinese officials, the
majority Of them occupying subordinate
POSITIONS. The principal victim was She
ofigad1er general of Tsaoehow. who, while
out late al night conducting secret inves-
ugaIion OF the army case, was assaulted.
fffs body was found with many dagger
wounds. and two members of his stan. who
accompanied him. were also murdered at
Vengs Tor alleged high-handed treatment
OF Chinese peasants by army officers.
serious rioting by Chinese Is reported
| pied by missionaries were stoned ana aft
erward fred. while the station there was
oestreyea Although all missionaries were
kueichi and Iyang. which were reported
as being undisturbed. but where foreigners
wers sosse what apprenensise OF attack, no
iarther details OF these outrages were at
nAnu WneG TIE steamer sailed
French Are Jealous.
Stories are current respecting the display
OF French jealousy In South China. and
| the Hongkong correspondent Of the Cour-
rier Haiphonx mentions piracy prevail
| ING In Canton delta. and goes on to say
! that the English. who never miss good
opportunity. have made this state Of az
/ fairs pretext for sending a gunboa, UP
/ the West river" The same paper says
| that the English wish to police Kwang-
tung and kwansi for their exclusive profit,
az was done In Egypt, and advises the
french government 10 take all necessary
measures In order that they may not oper-
ate alone. II Is reported at Hongkcng that
hAr 0~4A At .ax-
urgently requested the dispatch OF a gun
boat from Saigon
On n Mission of Murder.
] The Asahi states that Li-Ji-Shpku and
/ four other Koreans, who have recently
arrived at Nagasaki. are said to have come
TO japan for the purpose OF assassinating
14i-Shoku~Ye Vei-Ju and Yu-Eitsu- Shun
Korean refugees IN Japan, by command Of
the newly appointed director of the police
department In Seoul
The Kobe Chronicle refers to the scheme
OF the RUSSIAN government 20 form an
eastern Asiatic steamship company. with a
view 10 opef. communication between Port
Arthur, Manchurian railway Vladivostok,
and various other ports in the far east.
The service. IL Is stated. viii shortly be
open between Vladivostok and Port Arthur.
The same paper quotes the manager who
mas been TO Chenuipo TO take charge Of the
branch TO be opened there, stating that the
new steamship company is very closely con-
| nected with the East China railway propo-
Germ: The new steamship company had
purchased the right Of government sub
continue their steamship business after this
year. Ten steamers II is said. will be at
first put on the line
New Enterprises Begun.
Efforts are being made to reconstruct
the barber OF woosung The necessary
funds are being raised by public subscrip-
ton. The Chinese government has agreed
TO grant a subsidy toward the undertaking
and the Chambers OF Commerce al Shang-
had and Osaka win also make contributions.
subscriptions are to be returned from tom
mage dues charged on vessels visiting Woo
chung harbor.
The imperial railway line from Loukow-
CHA TO Pachiingfu, eighty miles in length.
has been accepted by the Belgian syndicate
and is now being operated
The Japan Times understands that the
Japanese government has practically de-
, cfded to give a guarantee 10 the F'usan-
Seoul railway undertaking and that an item
of this account Will probably be inserted In
the budget for the coming year. The limit
/ OF guarantee will be s par cent.
Religious Bigotry.
Shanghai is excited over charges Of re-
ligious bigotry In it's municipal council. II
| appears that the city Of Shanghai main
tains a crematorium TO which is attached
a chapel. japanese rate payer applied
10 have the corpse OF japanese lady ere
mated there. and 10 he allowed to hold
religious service in the chapel Actual Gre
"a,
manager OF the Yokohama specie bank,
was told that he must have the general ser
vice outside the chapel. in the open air, as,
while the crematorium was for the general
use of rate payers. the chapel was ied-
Gated a. a Protestant church, by clergy
man Il the English established church. and
no other than Protestant service could be
allowed at the chapel although Il was
built and is maintained as a municipal in
stituiion-
The personal unpopularity of Marquis Ito.
la n 50. ~ a EalnE evidenced
by many iudignifies. AT kanazawa. re-
Gently. some person threw stone at the
train In which Marquis Ito was a psssen-
ger Fortunately. however, the marquis
WAS uninjured. although the stone broke
tha window beside which he was seated.
The train was again stoned At F'uku0ka and
missiles struck the MARQUIS carriage, but
did not damage the occupants.
Mails and Wireless Telegraph.
A plan IA being advocated for The dis
pafch az British mails 10 India, China and
Australia by q new route Instead OF the
overland Journey to BrindiSi and shipping
tina mails there. II Is proposed To establish
an overland route 20 Salouica. where the
/ mails could he put on board steamer for
Port Said. Mails will be transported by
rail and steamboat 20 osts.nG and thence
conveyed by Orient express directly through
10 Salonica- A new fast line o. steamers Is
10 be founded for service between Saionica
ana Port said ard the trip will be shorten
ed aboI, seysnty-iwo hours.
An elaborate series Of experiments
been condncted Sy the japanese sev-
eminent Various tests Of most
/ thorough character have been made. under
direction - the communications depart
Y,,eDf Highly successful results have in
yariah,y been obtained from experiments
.ns the communications department ~
about 70 put me system Of wireless felsg-
raphy into permanent operation between
/ f!xn pctn. and Nlsant island distance be-
tween these two pisces being about nine
miles This liue viii ~ TT operation before
- q month
Russia and Japan at odds
= i~ evident from ire sone az japan ara
China newspapers that the relations hss-
tween Russia ana Japan are fse fTCul am.
frs Ale asf9c3af statements t. tho contrary
Notwithstanding An 'Hdtcatt0a is ine
positive statement @EsaGating from sSGanx-
hA5 thai shs Russian government has pro
tested IL the Chinese government against