The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-02
The PERRY
MONUMENT 7
Japan Honoring Mem
ory of Commodore.
SITE HAS BEEN CHOSEN
Standard Oil Company Finds a.Big
Threatened Rising
in Corea.

YOKOHAMA, Dec. 15.-A steam
launch of the n. Y. K. left Yokohama
on Monday, having on board Admiral
and Mrs. Beardslee, Mr.. Otani Kahei,
Mr. scidmore, United States dep
uty consul general, Mr.. Ito. man
ager of the N. Y. K. 70
branch, and eight japanese
gentlemen from Tokyo, who were to
proceed to Kurihama to select the site
of the proposed Perry monument. The
party reached their destination about
noon and were cordially welcomed by
the local people. The visitors were en-
tertained at tiffin at Mr. Osumi's.
Three old men, who have been living
in the district since the arrival of Com
modore Perry, were present. One of
them is named Hirai Sukeshichi, and he
is aged SO. The local fishermen gave a
fishing exhibition for the visitors
Afterwards = the party
chose a site for the proposed monu
ment and erected post to mark the
spot where Commodore Perry landed.
Admiral and Mrs. Beardslee planted a
young pine tree to commemorate the
occasion. An address was delivered by
Mr.. Suzuki NJ. P, representing Uraga
district The Admiral and Mr.. Otani
replied. After the party had been pho
tographed they paid a visit of inspec-
ton to the Uraga dock yard. In the
club house belonging to the yard COL
81, tlI- off
p. m. the party returned to Yokohama
by launch.
BIG PETROLEUM SCHEME.
um i9e propnee propnssa ip psrfS riSa
ry with he Sta1dard OH Company, we
Learnt Vfrdn tHNer6fislar press that
Tokyo Kisen -Kaisha, whose connection
with Messrs. Samuel Samuel Il Co. is
well known, is making efforts to bring
about the consummation of the scheme.
Negotiations are proceeding to amalga-
mate the Nippon, the Zoo and the
Takarada Petroleum Companies. which
are the most influential of the existing
concerns, and to establish a new COM
pany with a capital of ten million ven
pany. There is no doubt that Mr. Asa
no is hacked UP by Messrs. Samuel
Samuel & Co. in his enterprise. If the
new scheme succeeds the kerosonee in
dustry in the Hokuyetsu province will
practically be competed for by the two
foreign concerns referred to.
In this connection it may be men
toned that the Standard Oil Company
according to Japanese papers, is also
devoting it's attention to the promising
nature of the kerosene industry in
Hokkaido. Recently it despatched ar
engineer, Mr.. Nudge, to Iburi province
to make a survey of the mines there
AS the expert has reported favorably
negotiations have now been opened
with the owners of the mines for theil
purchase. In case of the property
changing ownership. mining will be
commenced next year as soon as the
thaw sets in.
THREATENED RISING IN COREA
About three hundred Japanese resi-.
dents in Chinnampo, Corea, have sent
q deputation to Tokyo and applied tc
the Foreign Office for the despatch ot
troops, within the limits prescribed by
the Russo-Japanese convention, to the
Corean port for the protection of the
Japanese residents, as there are signs
of trouble brewing among the natives
: ARREST A REVENUE OFFICIAL
a report having reached the Yorod
zuyobashi Revenue Office that Kate
Shumezo, rich sake brewer at Ogawa
machi, Kanda, had brewed a quantity
of sake without obtaining official Ii
cense, an official named Owada wa.
sent to the brewers on Thursday aft
ernoon. AS the result of the examin
alton he found several hundred kokl
of sake supposed to have been illegally
brewed, and he proceeded to put a sea
on the watts containing the contrabanC
! liquor. At this stage of the proceed
ings the inmates became suspicion.
that he was bogus officer and sent OF
a fraud. He was forcibly carried int
, one of the inner godowns by member.
| of the establishment, where he wa!
/ locked up. Meanwhile. a report hav
ing been made to the police they ar
rived upon the scene and in the ex
animation that followed it was proved
beyond all doubt that the prisoner wa,
a genuine revenue official sent to dis
charge his duties. Seals were at one,
put on the c)ntraband goods and a
the same time the men who confnec
the official were arrested charged witt
obstructing an official in the perform
anec of his duties.
RESIGNATION OF KATsURA
The resignation of yiscount Genera
Katsura, Minister of War, wrTcr va
tendered some time ago on the plea 0
ill-health, is to be accepted after al
The resignation has long rer7e:7ed Il