The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-12
RATS AND THE PLAGUE.
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raised such a disturbance that the
captain had to order his release. The
Togo Kisen Kaisha, it is understood.
has dismissed, or at least removed, the
four original ringleaders.
American Soldiers Arrested.
KOBE, Jan. 25.-Inaga Inosuke,
ccolie, while walking at Chitosecho,
Yokohama, on the evening of the 14th,
says the Japan Herald was struck
with blunt instrument, it is alleged,
by number of the volunteers from
the Grant. Four of them, named Hill,
Roberts, Cotton and Yecler, who were
on the spot, were arrested and taken
to the Kotobukicho police station, but
they all denied the attack and were
subsequently released The coolie
claims to be incapacitated for week.
The assailant is unknown. Complaints
have also BEN made that some of the
men are addicted to petty thefts from
japanese stores.
Ii Hung Chang.
HONGKONG, Jan. 16.-H. E. Ii
Hung Chang, who is on his way to
Canton to take up the appointment of
Viceroy of the Two Kwang. arrived at
Hongkong from the north on the 14th
inst. by the NJ. NJ. steamer Ernest ST.
mons. His Excellency called on the
Governor on the 18th, after which re-
embarked on the China Merchants
steamer Hsin Yu for Canton. A large
number of officials came down from
Canton to meet him. The 18th instant
has been fixed as the date for his TAX
ing over the seals. His Excellency is
attended by Lord Ii and a numerous
retinue
At Lii Hung Chang's farewell audi
ence few days ago the Empress is
said to have earnestly impressed upon
him the necessity to secure Kang
Yu Wei and any members of his party.
The War From Affair.
HONGKONG, Jan. 16.-The Mouk-
den correspondent of the North China
Daily News writes: Even among the
Chinese in this remote corner the war
in Africa has stirred up a great
amount of interest. Said an intelli-
| gent and scholarly man the other day:
This African business must be COM
| pleted in a businesslike fashion or
more serious results will follow"
| From Peking and Tientsin news came
! here at an early date of the serious re-
verses to the English troops at the
| outset of the war when the Hussars
and the Gloucesters fell into the hands
of the Beers. Other wars in other
places have been notified with all the
| assurances begotten of Geographic dis
patches. The last curious one was to
the effect that the Russian railway is
not completed to this city because the
japanese, who are at war with Russia,
intercepted the rails at sea!
Gold in Philippines.
HONGKONG, jan 16.-Mr ].
O'Brien, an Englishman from London
and a professional prospector, who
was taken at Malolos on January 81
1899, whilst seeking a permit from
Aguinaldo to go through the lines tC
prospect the interior, and who recent
~ returned with the rescued Gilmore
party, makes interesting statements
says the Manila Times, about the
mountainous regions of Cagayan Prov
ince, the mineral resources of int
rior LuZon. Mr.. O'Brien says that he
thinks Northern Luzon, from what hi
J has seen of it. is a good gold-bearins
country, and that he has also observed
good copper indications and signs O
coal. The gold is not to be found il
quartz formation to any extent. al
, though there may be plenty of it, bu
there seems to be rich alluvial deposits
He thinks that it will be mainly place.
mining if ever the country is opened
up for mineral development, as thu
streams abound in free gold, especial.
in the north. Not long ago some o
the United States army scouts returned
} to Manila from the northern countr.
bringing some excellent samples o
: free gold, mostly in small nuggets
which they claimed they found a ma
tive picking from the sand in the sid
of a bluff, and others who have com
from the interior brought samples o
| the yellow metal. Mr.. O'Brien say
that the Igorrote tribe is very friendl,
toward the Americans and bitterly an
tagonistic to the Tagalos.
Asiatic English.
A native Indian barrister of Benga
ICCShIiy the IOllOWlUS du
: dress in court: MY learned friend
l with mere wind from a teapot; think
/. to browbeat me from my legs; but thi
: as a guerilla warfare. l stand unde
Q the shoes of my client, and only see
: to place my bone of contention clearl
= in Your Honor's eye. My learne
t friend merely, and vainly, runs amuc
e upon the sheet anchors of my case. NJ
client is a widow, Your Honor; poo
chap, with one postmortem son;
widow, not able to eat more than on
meal day, or to look after a man; s
my poor client has not such physiqu
t or mind as TO be able to assault tn
g lusty complainant. Yet she has bee
n deprived of some of her more valuabl
leather. i. e.. the leather of her nost
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