Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-27
SWEPT BY A HURRICANE.
Vast Destruction Of Property, and Many Lives
Lost.
Electric Railways In Japan News OF
the Hancock e. Praise for Gen.
otis-Guns OF the PiIIPInos.

Victoria. II. c.. July 27.-The steam
ship Kinshu Maru arrived today after
record breaking trip from china.
She had few white passengers. among
them being DR.. EastIase of New York.
who Is introducing the electric troll
ley system into Japan. The ofnccrs OF
the ship report that the plague has
been almost stamped out. 80 far aa
ships are concerned.
Elaborate arrangements were being
made FOR the celebration OF the revised
treaties coming into force ON the i7th.
This will not apply TO France. Aus
trin. and Italy. with whom the treaties
do not apply until August an.
United States Minister Buck has H.
sued proclamation calling on all
United states citizens 60 loyalty OBJ
serve the new arrangement. and Dr.
hhstlalte says the general impression
u that foreigners win De- more irnicntly
treated than the natives.
terrible hurricane swept the
Japanese coast from the sth 10 the nth
OF July In IHhllmummuTa, DYE dis
triot TokuHhimn prefecture, seventy
houses were washed away. nfty per-
sons were killed and thirty are missing.
80 tNtANNHs ~ Al ~ manu- hNHNNANNs NIlF NN mo
prefecture, over forty houses We're de-
molishod and many people are missing
AZ Aiga- Mura, iitumuru district
Miyo prefecture, IA lnndalip occurred
on tho night " July 10th. owing 20 tho
heavy rain. Five houses were crushed
under the debris and twenty eight per-
sons were either killed or injured, Rail
way traffic east of Yanngii on the
sanyo railway, IL still interrupted In
consequence Of damage done to the
track.
when the Kinshu Maru LEFT Yoko-
hama, the w. :. cruiser boston had ar
rived from Manila on her way 10 san
Francisco; also the transport Han
cock She had 900 Nebraska mon on
board. The transport Relief lrft on
the same day ms tho RIO July 18Th. for
America with 800 sick aboard from Ma
Mia. mostly Knnsns men or these.
CAPT, Bradley OF the Tenth Kansas hns
a bullet In the rear N his heart and Dr.
thstlakr says he cannot recover HIS
signal man iB with him with % shat-
tered jaw, having been wounded three
times before dropping out
capt Bradley eulOgizos Cen OuHH
management OF tho campaign. but says
he &c. overwurked. The captain recon-
mendf the pouring in OF troops enough
70 suppress the rebels. tie speaks in
terms gf the wnrmCst admiration " the
American trQGlF, who. he says, have
displayed the utmost GOODNESS aud
bravery. lie brings a sensational re-
port with reference 10 the arms OF the
FlliplnOs, saying that the range Of tho
Filipino rifles and the character Of the
wounds shows that they arc not Mnus-
cra, In the same connection he gives
currency To the rumor that before the
outbreak Japanese hrm In Toxic nlled
a large order 10 the FillpluoH for the
deadly MuratA rifle, which has a much
longer range than the American wen-
pom. The sale Us alleged 90 have been
contaminated secretly ana without the
knowledge of the japanese government.
strong Indignation IN EXPRESSED In
HongkonE over the reported Withdraw
al OF Great Britain from Shamchlm. Il
Is said nm indemnity OF 500 900 was ac-
cepted by Great Britain.