The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-19
Oriental Notes.

Vile and malicious anti-foreign pam
phlets are being circulated In the
North, one of them being actually
printed in Tien-tsin, under the noses
of the provisional government.
The repairs at the palace at Hsian
are still going on, the troops there are
increasing In numbers, ana officials
who had gone to Picking on family
matters, have been ordered TO return
to Hsian.
The indemnity to be paid by China
has been fixed at 700, 000. 900 taels, the
equivalent of G100,000000 sterling,
which is to be paid in fifty annual in
stalments of 100000 taels, or e.
100000 sterling, each.
According to a Picking dispatch to
the Paris Herald Monsignor Favler Is
charged with having looted the house
of the former Chinese Minister of For
egn Affairs of money ana valuables
amounting to G15O,OOO.
The Russian admiralty has decided
on an important reinforcement of the
Russian warships on the Pacific sta
ton. The two new vessels which have
just been built in the Finland dock
yards are to be sent to Port Arthur.
One of the officers on board an Am
erican warship in NagaSak was at
tackled by smallpox on the I'D instant,
and was conveyed to the local infec-
tious disease hospital. The ship is I'M
dergoing quarantine outside the har-
Dor.
Four mich cows in a dairy at Nina
mi Enokicho, Ushigome-ku, Tokyo,
We're recently attacked by rinderpest.
A further spread of the disease being
indicated, the keeper of the dairy de-
cded to destroy the infected ANIMALS
with the remaining twenty cows. on
Monday night all the animals were
and cremated on Wednes-
day.
The Hsin Wen Pao relates that north
of Chang Sha, the capital of Human,
a sudden end came to a certain family
of farmers. One of them had gone to
the mountains to gather fuel, and see
ing a lot of toadstoos mistook them
for mushrooms. Basketsful We're TAX
en- home, and some cooked. over TWEEN
ty persons died from the effects.
Not daunted by the experiences of
the great makigari at the foot of Full
last year, members of the Yamanashl
Sporting Club have organized hunt
ing party on large scale and carried
out hunt at the eastern foot of Ka-
negatake and Chigatake in Yamanashi
prefecture. The hunt commenced at
daybreak on the 18th instant more
than two hundred sportsmen taking
part in the affair. The prize consisted
Of couple of full grown deer The
oattue was continued the following |
lay, but no big game was bagged, al |
though three deer made their appear
ince. Some twenty of the more enthu-
siastic of the party gave chase to the |
missing animals, but the result is not
yet known.
Despite the strong agitation carried
IN by the judicial officials with refer
ence to an increase of their emolu-
nents, the Diet has at last disapprov-
ID the proposal and expunged the item
rom the budget. large number Of
Judges and public procurators have in
already Sent in their res
gnations. On Sunday morning the
ixtyfive judges and public procura-
ors of the Tokyo Chino Ku Saibansho
endered their designations en- masse
'he number comprises all the judicial
tficials Of the Tokyo courts with the
Exception of two judges and one pro-
orator. The example will probably be
ollowed by the judicial officials in 9TH
r parts of the country where the agi-
lttion has been going on.