New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
THE PASSING THRONC


Three japanese officials have Jus, conn,.,..
investigation OF the courts Of the United a.
They are X. Kosaka Chic, Do
EM1SSARIES rator Of the local court :,
FROM JAPAN. hama: T. NakashloN o."
Procurator Of the cour, a,
peals at Toxic and Counsellor OF the psn...Af ~
OF Justice. and G. Baba Judge OF the co,,r, =, ~
sation. which corresponds TO the Supreme c,..'1 ="
the United States. All three OF the enissaris.
at the Hotel Imperial yesterday. They will ,ags'
England to-day. Mr.. Kosaka told TrIhr."
porter last evening that they had paid par,..
attention TO the courts IL Washington and mi, .a
and that they had obtained many valuable ~
We want to have our courts up to the s,snTa y,T.a
treaty revision which goes into effect thIs N
has had good deal TO do with Fastening ms,nn ".nn
on April IL. Three OF US were assigned - sayr +
country and England. three to France and "a,
ana three to Germany and Austria. Thus we M.I
10 Gull the best things from the courts OF the sr
world notice that there Is good deal Of dses.
can state. however. that the foreigners need fssi
anxiety on this account. II Is only a matter !,
time-at most a few years-until the land own.N
clause will be done away with The more advanf
people OF Japan are already strongly in favor !,
doing away with IT, Only the most conservs,aN
are opposed TO H. When you consider ths, isu. gisu
was very conservative nation thirty or forty yss
ago. II is not remarkable that som OF her nsosn
stu cling 70 the Oh customs and laws" ''''
Mr.. kosaka said that the Japanese Governm.,.
now & has ,s more ,han ~ two nunared emissares SCAT
globe who are gathering up informa ton and snsssas
out the most improved methods for conducti,,
every branch OF the Government.
Although her name Ia Shamrock Irishrs, ..
not anxious that Sir Thomas Liptons yacht .s.,
win the cup" said F. Trou,on .,l
IRISHMEN Dublin at the Hotel Manba,,,.
OBJECT TO yesterday. when a con,e,, ).
sHAMROCK's tween England and America IA a,
NAME. the sympathies OF the avs,,.
Irishman are with the latter oops
try. The disaffected part Of the people are mu..
ncensed that an Irish yacht should try 10 wiz Il
victory for England In yachting circles and amo,.
Sir Thomas's friends there IL. Of course great ~
thusiasm but aside from these few interested ps,.
sons there Is a remarkable Indifference exhlbie8 II
believe that the Columbia will win the race ana
am sure that there will be no weeping in Iress
II she does"
1t is not only in the East that the population
gradually centring IN the great cities. II the d.
formation furnished a Tribune ?,
POPULATION porter yesterday by ]. W. shel,r
OF Is correct Mr. Shelton is vlrr.
WESTERN ian, who has spent large part =
CITIES. his life in the Far West n
Western cities which are MAXI,
the greatest progress now" he said ARE g.
Francisco, Los Angeles. Portland and Seatt.
Their futures bright because their situaiic,,
are such that their growth is natural Many OF u.
smaller towns Whlcn Sprang up during the boon
are going gradually backward. That is becsus
their prosperity was fictitious. their resources a,
exhausted, and there is nothing left 10 induce Al.
promote healthy growth. Take for instanc
Virginia City. in Nevada. When the Comstocs
lode was discovered Virginia City sprang up ls. !.
mushroom Fifteen or twenty years ago II hsi
fifteen thousand inha bitants Now It has about ",
thousand. One of the prettiest houses in Los Al.
gees is frame structure which was built in VI.
glnia City by a wealthy mine owner When th,|
depression came he tore down the house. moved
1t TO Los Angeles and rebuilt II there
F. NJ. Whitaker, of Cincinnati. freight tran.
manager Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad al
at the Holland House. IF ID.
LARGE Chesapeake and Ohio is or.
FREIGHT terion" said MI. Whitaker. "frelgh,
TRAFFIC business in this country was neys,
BUSINESS. better than 1t is to-day. shouE
say that are handling IL ps,|
cent more freight than have ever done betor.
We have recently developed our foreign traffic By
an arrangement with the Hoand-America Line
to take freight between Newport News. Rott.r.
dam and Amsterdam. This gives us service to Lon.
don, Liverpool Hamburg. Dublin. Belfast, 0ls&
Cow. Bristol and Antwerp"