The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-14
FROM THE LAND
OF THE RISING SUN
INDIGO INDUSTRY IN JAPAN
HAS A PROMISING
FUTURE.
Sir Claude Mcdonald Is Received In
Audience by the Mikado-Govern-
ment Railways Show Remarkable
Proeress-Rat Bounty Suspended.

The following items are taken from
the Japan Weekly lines:
The latest returns on the population
of Korea compiled by the Korean Gov
eminent are nearly equal to those
made two years ago. If the Corean
Governments last figures embody the
result of an investigation faithfully
carried out, then We may take them
as practically representing the real
state of affairs; but if me commission
ers have made their returns merely
by cooking the previous report, this
report is worse than useless. Be that
as it may, the latest figures put the
population at only 5.60S,151 persons,
or only about an eighth of the popula-
ton of our country.
The preliminary examination of the
Tokyo district Court of the Municipal
Scandal case was concluded yester-
day, the 21st inst. and Messrs. Goto,
Ogura, Inada. Ota. Mineo. Hasegawa,
Imai, Yokoyama, Toshimitsu, Asaku-
ra Nakajima. Fukushima. and Indo
are said to have been declared guilty
and remanded for public trial before
the same court.
The charges against eight of them
consist in having received brides,
three for perjury. one for abetting
bribery. and one for fraud. perjury,
and having received articles of an IL
legal nature.
We also hear that Messrs. Nakaji-
ma, Toshimitsu and others identified
with the Constitutional Association
have severed their connexion with the
Association in consequence of their
having been declared guilty at the
preliminary examination in the Dis
trict Court.
Mr. Ando, an epidemic inspector
who has been dispatched TO Osaka and
Wakayama for the investigation of the
plague. came back to Tokyo on Friday
evening (1S), having thoroughly fin
With reference to the epidemic in Wa
kayama prefecture, the inspector is
reported to have remarked that it
would be proper and right to say that
the pest in that locality has already |
been stamped out, for not only have |
no fresh cases been recently reported, |
but no bacilli are TO be found in rats. |
either dead or alive. The total num- |
Der of the patients there had been 81. !
of whom had been taken to the hos /
hot oil 80
fortunately recovered. In short, the !
sanitary measures adopted on the part |
of the local people were really praise
worthy, the result being the non-ap-
pearance of any fresh case He said
further that the epidemic in Osaka is |
sure to be stamped out before long, |
should the citizens follow the example
set By the inhabitants of the neighbor-
ing prefecture.
A number of gentlemen in Hiroshi- |
ma prefecture are now promoting the
establishment of Fishery Joint |
stock Company" having for its object |
the development of deep sea fishery |
in that prefecture by afording every |
possible facility 10 those engaged in |
that branch of marine industry. The
espital of the projected estab- !
lishment is given at 100000 yen. 1t
is said that although there are thou
sands Of fishermen in the prefecture |
already mentioned who go 10 the 10 /
rean waters for the pelagie fishery. |
but that the appliances used by them
are so ont of date and their scope OF |
ooerariors is SO small that they are
not 7eaping anything ike the good |
harvest which they would have been |
enjoying had their appliances been up
10 date. II is hoped that the company |
now being promoted will be able.
when established. to exert q stimuia,- |
ing influence on the fishing industry |
in general In Hiroshima-ken-
A number of business men in Kyo-
TO and Osaka have started company |
with q capital of 10000 yen for carry
ing on business Of preparing null
berry fIbres so as to produce a cot |
tonlike substance and weaving fabrics
out OF the thread spun from that ma
terfal. The process has been patent
ed BY Q certain Mr.. Kumakichi Full |