Hutchinson gazette., 1899-10-12
FUNSTON AFAVORITE
His Modest Bearing Attracts Much
Attention In Yokohama.
VIS MEN MAKE A GOOD EXPRESSION.
mutiny OH Board the Newport Eis-
charged Soldiers carry Thlngs
Win ~ High Hand -Tho
l6In@ leaders Arrested.

Yokohama, Sept. G5, via san Fran
Disco, oc;, 9.-'lhe Twentieth Kansas
regiment has come and gone, add ng
materially to llhe very favorable In
preston made Iby adj the American
troops who have passed Through here
on their homewalI way,
The one man who has been the CEN
ter OF attraction has, OF course, been
General Funston. His modest bearing
and strong personality have made him
as great "a favorlte among the citizens
as he manifestly Is among the men
OF his old regiment
The Newport on hts homewNrd voy'
age had on board q large contingent
OF discharged soldiers, These men,
finding lha,t they outnumGered the
rest OF the passengers, and filed with
an Overwhelming sense Of their re-
acquired citizenship, carried things
with high hand. Dissatisfied with
their accummoda ions they practI.
Sally took possession OF the ship, and,
driving the officers from their quar-
ters, installed themselves therein, On
arriving at Nagasalsi, Consul Harris,
being apprised of the affair, went on
board with four Japanese policemen
and presently arrested the ringleader
of THE mutneers.
Work has been begun ON the trans
port Morgan City, which was wrecked
In the inland sea. The whole of the
mail sunk, 1000 bags in all, has been
forwarded to Manila. An examination
OF the vessel shows large hole on
the bow about fifteen feet in length,
high up, near the water line. AS she
lies In a sheltered spot the prospect
of raising her Us deemed very favor
able.
The Japanese government intends
to Introduce in the next session OF the
diet law freeing foreigners from
all restrictions to the mining business
In Japan. The existing law prohibits
them from becoming shareholders or
partners In amy mining company. BY
The new law, such provision will be
entirely done away with.
A fire at HokadAte on The 18th inst.
resulted In the destruction Of nearly
5000 houses. AS 1t is q town OF 10000
Inhabitants, this means the wiping
out OF about one!fourth OF them.
Within q little more than q month,
three great fires in Yokohama, Toy
anna and Hokadate have destroyed up
wards Of 11,000 houses, Va fact which
has led to serious discussion in the
native press as to whether the time
had not come for the adoption of an
entirely different style of urban ar
ohitecture, in order to prevent so fire.
quenIt recurrence Of these disastrous
confagrations
Shanghai is excited over the ghast-
ly news from New Chang, where a
government doctor SENT to make an
investigation discovered four depots
containing 1000 fresh coffins Of
plague victims waiting to be sent to
their native provinces.
The doyen OF the diplomatic corps
at Peking has wired to Tsung Lamen
TO put "a stop ito the export Of coffins
from New Chwang.
A rumor is rife that the emperor Of
China has succeeded In sending an ap.
peal to the emperor Of Japan to res
Que the writer from his imminent
danger of deposition and death at the
hands olf assassins. 1t Is also said
THAT powerful Influences have been
brought 10 bear upon the empress
dcwager inducing her to hesitate in
her design to place new incumbent
upon the throne.