The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-13

commencing to FIRE upon them, they
took up the chase Another steam
launch, the Lee Yik, also arrived at this
time, and she TOO Joined in the pursuit.
One pirate was killed, another Jumped
into the water. snd the rest escaped.
On the 18th inst. a boat named the
Kut Chan, from Saichew to Canton,
was attacked about Wongkwakok. by
pirates who had boarded Ler as pas
sengers, and large amount of booty
was carried AVA
About the same time another boat
from Suntak to Canton was attacked in |
mid-voyage and between two and three
thousand dollars worth Of property
was stolen.
A Rare Find.
TOKYO, De-. 29.-The Times saws:
I lrOugh an expansive meadow off Sc
Kuji district. Ibaraki prefect- |
ure. runs a new water course the work
of the great local inundation Of last
August. the Teced.ng waters OF which
cut open a channel TO the depth of
twenty feet for their escape. One day
in September last. Shintaro and Tome
kichi Saruda Two brothers, who lived
in the vicinity happened to notice
some dead and blackened branches ap-
parantly of a large tree lying half
way down the chasm and across the
channel. The muddy current was then
s,.d running high and the rustics
waited for the water to subside, so that
they might dig out the tree and cut IL
IN for fuel to last them for the winter.
In the meantime. however. Mr.. HeizoI
Igarashi. a mine owner in Otamachi of
tue same district, heard of the news
and Oy payigC the discOverers liberal
ly, he secured the tree. That was about
the twentieth OF last month: and put
Ing several l9bOrers 70 work on IL al
once Mr. Jgarashi succeeded in hav-
ing the buried wood brought TO the
surface by the beginning OF this month
The tree proved to be very big one
measuring over fifty feet in length and
fifteen feet in circumference at the
base; and has evidently been buried
u7darovolr1 for centuries. In short
the lumber obtained from the tree was
Just the sort that would make the
mouths Of lovers of buried wood" fur
niture water A few days ago Mr.. Iga-
rashi sold all the wood to Mr.. Shinzo
KOvamada for 5000 yen. Mr.. Igara-
shi's was not a bad investment.
Indo-China Gable.
HONGKONG. Dec. PA Hayas
telegram states that the French Gov
ernment will shortly introduce a.
schere for the laying OF cables con-
Meeting France and her colonies. The
subject as affecting IndO-China has for
some time past been engaging ths at
tentiOn OF the local papers and repro
.sfntq ,re bodies In that colony and
Recommendation has been made for the
laying Of a cable 10 Connec- Into Chi
ma with the Great Northern cable at
Amy, avoiding Hongkong and thus
giving through communication by the
Russian and Great Northern systems
without touching British territory.
Lymph for Plague.
TOKYO, Dec. 29.-The Times says:
We are informed that a quantity of
Yersin's lymph which had lately been
sent for to France by NJ. J. Harmand,
the French Minister, arrived at the Lc-
cation a short time ago. His Excel
lenc! was kind enough to hand over a
portion of IL on Monday to Mr.. Noda,
a quarantine official of the House At
fairs department, who is, we learn,
shortly to forward the lymph to Osa-
ka and Kobe that 1t may be tested on
the pest patients.
Ine trust IN Japan.
YOKOHAMA. Dec. 29.-Tokyo papers
report that Messrs. Mural Bros, thel
vell-known tobacco manufacturers of |
Kyoto, have made arrangements for
,-.e organization of a tobacco trust in |
conjunction with the American Tubac- |
co Company. The trust will have a |
capital of ten million yen.
Japanese i, China
YOKOHAMA, Dec. 29.-The Mail |
says: At meeting of the To-a Dabun |
Eai (East-Asian Fellow-thinkers) held
in the Maple Club on the End instant, |
Prince Konoye spoke of the impress
sions produced on him by his recent |
rip to China. He was struck above all
things by the hugeness and the vast
material resources of the empire, and /
he saw many opportunities for Japan
ese industrial and commercial enter
prise-opportunities which ought TO be
since Japan can never hope
to be prosperous by means of agricul-
ture only. At the same time. he OBJ
served, with satisfaction, that there
were signs Of japanese activity in the
south OF China. Formerly such of his
as might be seen there
were OF the out-at-elbow. adventurer
class, but respectable men were now
their appearance in Canton
and elsewhere, and II was a fair pre-
that they did not go there for
nothing. With regard to the often
noted fact that .he japanese have not
made any use of the facilities obtained /
for them by the negotiators OF the Shi-
n 1noseki Treaty. and that the special
settlements allotted by the terms OF
that document are inhabited by weeds
only, Prince KOnoye found that in
each OF the towns adjacent 10 these
settlements some thirty OF forty Jap
lnesa were living. They did not at
tempt 70 take up land in the settle
Tents. however. not because they lack
ed enterprise. but because II was OBJ
vious.y impossible for such smal. COM
20 bear the expense Of Oc-
'upying new lands in a place where
considerable sums would have 20 be
spent on roads. drains. lighting and
7.ler municipal necessities. The Gov
eminent ought 20 come 20 their aid in
these matters.