Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-17
TROUBLES OF
THE FAR EAST.
BubOnic Plague Holds Ocean
Steamers al Nagasaki.
RlOTlNG NEAR KAlO CHOU.
Damage by Floods -Connngratton ut
onomachc Kiiied by M ENplo-
,ion- Miners Sunocatcd.

Tacoma. Wash. July 10. - The
steamship olympia ~ the Northern
Pacific line arrived today from china
and japan with 5000 toms OF now crop
VI tea. shc began dischirring lmme-
diately and viii hasten back with
cargo Of tobacco which
freight importers ate attempting 90
rush into Japan before the now duties
become effective. Several cars Of TO-
bacco await shipment here.
The officers Of the olympia bring
word that the city of pcNn ls quart
antiucd Ut NaEasnN and the Ameri-
can Mnru nt Yokohama. both of San
Ffancisco oriental lines. with cases OF
the bubonlc plague aboard There have
been two deaths aboard tho American
Matu The olympia brings the FOL.
lowing mail adviceai
Serious riots occurred near Kniu
Chou June goth Thousands Of armed
peasants rose by prpcnncprtod signal
ana attacked the railway employees
now actively pushing work In the VIZ
entity The rioters offered determined
resistance o. the German infantry and
nine were Killed Il IL expected the
military VIII be able Ia restore order
without further bloodshrd.
Two Russian engineers and ten Cos
sacks have been killed by brIgands near
kirln.
Much damage was done By the re-.
cent flood In the Kobe prefecture. The
losses are roughly estimated at over
10000 yen.
The Italian squadron " mnncuycrlnr
~ me yellow sea, ana the Chinese uu-
thoriles express anxiety as 90 lts I'M
teutlonH The REPRESENTATIVES, of the
powers do not, however, believe Italy
Will uko decisive action against china.
The recent IRE at Onomnchp. In tho
province uf Echizen. destroyed ga
houses, hfty-siN godowns. three Bud.
dhlst temples police office. "a post
ana telegraph office, etc. Fuor persons
were burned 20 death, hyc severely
wounded and ATTY slightly injured, The
place was the scene " % Counngtatlon
twelve years ago, when 1851 houses and
~ guuuWnH were DESTROYED
The British and American residents
Of kinning district have been advised
by their consults 10 leave Foo chow
In order 10 escape possible further at
tack.
one case OF cholera has appeared at
Nagasak.
June iith d great quantity OF gun
powder exploded in goduWn OF the
military division OF Shlukci-Yei. Japan.
and over 300 houses surrounding the
place were destroyed and thirty lives
lost.
a coal mine In Takawn.Gorl becam,
illled with poisonous gases. and about
1870 miners were sunocnted.
The American. Russian aud German
ministers are engaged Ia negotiations
regarding the construction N the Seoul.
Wousni railway.
June 18th at Seoul. explosives were
thrown at the residence OF Sin l.-,i
Son tprcmlcrl. pak-ChonF Wang and
Pnk-HWl-Nun wounding one person
severely, The court was thrown into "a
great panic The emperor has removed
20 the nuwly-huilt library between the
Russian and the American Legations
and IN closely guarded. Some thirty
persns were arrested They are sus-
nected OF being connected with con-
splratorH In Japan.
The Chinese minister nt Berlin hna
been instructed 60 contract with the
vulcan works at Stettin, Germany, for
the construction of two urmor-clads.
OF about 5000 tons, and six protected
fast cruisers % $500 tons. 10 be- rom-
pleted within thirty months. for ten
million turls, An order for nfty quick
firing Held guns Will also be- placed ln
Germany.
A telegram from Chemulpo. June
18Th, says two captains IN the Korean
army and two other persons have been
apprphrnded on q charge ~ plotting
to deihrone the present emperor