The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-24
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3, me IN the city, and 10 Iudns from ali
atItsfantta they nftm 70 be afanted =
NsFt quantity OF leave. Htiutss we're ilfsh
on an, hofinE ara fstufnsd W the auns
Of "a. N y. CcfbetuH.
REAcTIoNIsT Lf.PBHo.IiENo.
~ seems that the no orious rcactionlst,
III ling-heng. ls not 40 anxious to die
for the Empress Dowager after all. az II
Ia stated from reliable sources that when
tis mistress received his memorial 10 un-
d,rtakc TO hght foreigners In the north
and at once sent for Tim to come up TO
Pei Ing to b. made Niceroy OF Chill and
In periai High Commiss. .oncr OF the Pei
yang. Ii Ping-heng sent up two memo
rlals. one after the other. giving the usu-
al excuse OF illness and asking for time
to settle up his affairs at Nanking before
Btt rting for Peking. In reply TO the two
memorials, according to Making dis
patch. the Empress Dowager has tele-
srt phed twice to Ii Ping-henR command
I'M him TO start Immediately for the
Ncrih In view OF the urgent crisis pend
ing In comparison with which all other
matters are as nothing.
DYSENTERY vIRULENT.
F.fty-ore fresh cases of dysentery
were reported, on July 3Oth, to the au-
thorities from various districts In Kama
gawa Prefecture, making-,66 rtses since
the outbreak this year. The disease is
especially virulert in the Upper and Low
e. Ashlgara districts.
SAILORS TROUBLESOME.
Z he frequent troubles reported with the
sc.oiers ard sailors of the U. s. wursh p
Newark at Nagasaki has ooca5ioned the
l.. S. Consul AT that port to apply to the
NeEasaki police stat.on foi four police
men to be detailed for special service dur
ins tie stay of the vessel.
RUSSIA AND CoREA.
Tokyo dispatch to the Osaka Asahi
states that on the 9th inst. Marquis va
maGata waited ON the Emperor and re-
ported on TIE result of the Cabinet Cuun-
Gil recently held, which, IL is stated, was
convened to consider proposal made by
Russia in regard to Korea.
SIEGE ORDNANCE.
In addition to the ordnance already or
c, red for the Cfina expedition, four siege
guns have been prepared for shipment at
the military arsenal, Manila. and will be
taken with the expedition. These guns
CT INSIST of two Finch riled mortars and
two 6-inch howitZers and an adequate
amount Of ammunition.
These guns have not had any detach-
nent assigned 10 them but 1t is thought
they are being taken as a provision In
case of need, as undoubtedly some siege
work Is expe cted, in which event the light
artillery we are sending would hardly be
of sufficient service, whereas these pieces
of artillery are very efficient against for
t.lica tions, etc.-Manila Times.
SMALL NOTES.
A thousand wagons, made to the order
of the British military authorities in
North China, were shipped from Kobe
for ong-ku on the Sd inst.
1t is reported that about 500 ounces of
gold bullion have been imported by the
Kumagaye Company from Gensan, ko-
rea, per the Yamashiro-maru.
number of policemen ana coolies, who
hac been searching foi the bodies Of per-
sens killed by the eruption of lwozan on
Nc unit Azuma, have been WITHDRAWN, as
the mountain shows SigES of again erupt-
ing
a mountain lily, about seven inches
high and bearing 252 buds. was recently
discovered on mountain near Sendai.
and is now in the possession of Kisuke
Sato, flower dealer in Omachi in that
city.
The Grand Order of Merit, bestowed up
On the Crown Prince of Japan by the
emperor of Corea. has been delivered to
the Corean Charge d'Anaires in Tokyo.
The decoration will he presented to the
Prince Imperial in the month Of Septem-
ber when he returns from Nikko.
We In Yokohama have not been alone in
our experiences of very great heat. dur
ing the past week. The thermometer Is
said to have registered 80 degrees AT Osa-
ka, for the first time this summer. on
the 25th Inst. In Kobe the thermometer
reached 91.4 degrees on Thursday and 92.3
o. Friday.
Formerly the price paid for rats by the
Kobe City Office was at the rate of sen
eech. The municipal finances, however
would not allow this high price 90 to be
maintained. and, since the 9th alt. 1t has
been reduced to sen each. Already, 1t is
said. there is decrease in the number of
rats taken to ,.e police since the reduc-
tion In price.