The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-10
ORIENTAL
HAPPENINGS
MissionaryTroub
OF German
Church.
GERMANS LAND
MEN NEAR PAKHOI
The Plague Making Havoc Chi
nese Get Back Part of
Palace.


and turned it into chapel, On the
24th of May the natives destroyed this
chapel whether by fire or by pulling it
down is not stated. AS the result, the
German cruiser Jaguar arrived in the
harbor on June I'd for the purpose of
pected that the Limchowfu would ar
rive on the Sd at Pakhoi to meet the
commander of the cruiser. Besides full
satisfaction, the Germans demand Il
few thousand dollars indemnity and
$3.50 per day for the cruiser during her
stay there. If the Limchowfu did not
come to Pakhoi, the German comman
der was to proceed to Limchow. es
cOrted by his men, for the purpose of
making a demonstration.
On. the afternoon of the Sd instant
the Limchowfu and Hop Ho Yuen
Cprefect and sub-prefecD arrived at
Pakhoi.
OTHER POWERS WATCHING.
On the morning of the 4th instant
the Kersaint arrived in harbor, sup
posedly to watch the movements of the
Germans. A British gunboat is eX-
pected TO arrive at any moment.
Later
While [ write these lines the Ger
mans have, just landed fifty marines
and officers. This was on the 4th inst.
The men marched on to the Yamen OF
the Chi Cheong Sci civil magistrate).
The plague is making severe havoc
among the inhabitants; the heat is in
toIerable.
NORTHERN NOTES
The following items are from the T.
& T. Times of the 1st inst:
1t is reported that three papers ara
! likely to be started in Picking by Chi
nese.
a rumor has it that the heir apparent
! has already reached Honan, but it is
not authenticated.
! The section of Peking formerly Oc-
| cupied by the United STATES troops has
| been added to the British section
| Bad characters are collecting around
! Tien-tsin waiting for the Chinese to
! resume control.
| General Ma Yu-kuan, who was of the
| leaders in the attack on Tien-tsin last
year, is waiting on the Chilli border
/ for the foreign troops to go.
/ a Russian company has been formed
/ to exploit the natural resources of
Mongolia, and an investigating eXpe-
dition VIII shortly be sent to prospect.
| The portion of the palace which was
under the protection of the Americans
! and Japanese has been handed back to
/ the Chinese, and it is estimated that
| the necessary repairs Will take about
two months.
! 1t has been found that several men
/ have been engaged in manufacturing
Irifies at the village of Yangchiachuaug.
! on the Taku road. and it was the test
1 ing of these rifles which drew upon the
! village the foreign detachment who be-
/ lieved it to be preconcerted signal
| that their assistance was requested for
| the suppression of brigands.
! An arrangement was recently made
! by the troops stationed near Tiachaku
that the villagers around were to fire
as a signal if they were attacked by
1 brigands. so that the foreign troops
might hasten to their assistance The
other day shot was fired by accident
and the guard turned out The vii
! lagers thought the foreign soldiers
We're brieands and fired on them, and
shots were exchanged on both sides
With one or two casualties The vii
| lage was afterwards searched. and
about thirty rifles found which were
/ confiscated, and five villagers were ar
rested
J a correspondent writes to our con-
/ temporary: There has lately been d
1 great deal of discussion as to the ad-
visibility Of the Chinese city here re-
naming under the provisional govern
ment. There are people who say that
/ Chinese TaotaiS would govern the city
/ better than the present rulers. Those
/ who say so are mostly people who have
come here after the war Tian-tsin
/ city should. in my individual opinion.
remain under foreign government for
! several years A big city on the lines
/ of communication between the capital
and the sea would form q source of
great danger if under Chinese author
/ ity, as it would become the rendezvous
/ of evil doors of any shade and color.
( 1t was only the day before yesterday
I that an armed band of robbers broke
/ into foreign firms compound in the
! city, tortured some of the people there.
and stole 1000 taels. Again, it was
/ from the walls of the Tien-tsfn city
/ that we We're bombarded; it was the
/ very nest Of Boxers and other rascaIs.
/ and ii is stated by all seaside Chinese
/ that II the provisional government
/ WithdraWS, affairs viii soon again be-
come tumultuous. AS it is Tien-tsin
/ is now kept under strict control. and
/ important works are being carried out
(which in the course of time will make
/ it model city if allowed to go on
! The following Peking notes from the
native papers are translated in the
] oLidHSlldI TitFcuFy. 1 he proposed rail-
way from the Tung Pien Gate to Tung-
chow has been stopped by the govern
lment.-The gentry and officials are in
a funk over the threatening aspect Of
affairs, following the evacuation by the
allies, and have urged Ii Hung Chang
to hurry up Yuan Shin kais men to
the rescue.-The Germans. fearing that
the prisons Of the board Of punish
ments were in filthy condition which
mi ,fr i
and consulted with the warden as to
the best means of cleansing-Since the
reopening of the railway many OF the
officials. taking advantage of the fact
that the treaty has not yet concluded
and. no date assigned for the return OF
the court, secretly left the city. Hence
the various Yamens became gradually
short of men. SO that the suspicious of
the heads of departments were arous-