The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-26
APPALLING SPREAD OF THE
PLAGUE IN ORIENTAL PORTS

WASHINGTON, July S.-Consul Gen
eral Johnson, at Annoy, China, reports
the appearance of the plague at that
year. His statement is dated May IA.
He says he has refused to permit Chi
nese steerage passengers to depart for
Manila and the United States.
The spread Of the plague during the
past ten days has been rapid and the
fatalities most appalling. cit is my opin-
ion, based on the most reliable data
from various sources, that during the
week just closed there were as many as
100 deaths per days in Annoy and suburbs,
The same condition of affairs exists in
surrounding cities within thirty miles of
Annoy
The representative of the marine hos
pital service at Hongkong also reports
the earlier appearance of the disease In
that city, and a more rapid spread than
usual. He says several Europeans have
been attacked.
AS VIEWED FROM MANILA.
The Manila Times has the following:
The shadow of an epidemic of bubonic
plague still hangs over the neighboring
port of Hongkong. Already the total
number of cases is in excess of that of
1900 and the plague reports indicate a
gradual spread among the white popula-
ton.
The figures according to the reports of
the Sanitary Board, show slight in
crease all around. The returns for June
1st, 1894, when the big epidemic ragged
showed the total deaths to date to be 500,
while for the present year UP till June
Can almost equal period). the deaths
have been 800. The number of cases re-
ported up to the 9Th of June, this year,
were: Chinese, 1905; other Asiatics, 28;
Europeans, IA; total .1,04S. The number
of deaths reported were: Chinese, 965;
other Asiatics. 90 Europeans, 5; total,
800.
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trees were exhibited at the recent Tenn
pie show when the silver gilt Banksian
Medal was awarded to their owner by
the Royal Horticultural Society. One of
the ferns had been trained in the shape
of a ball; another fern was in the form
of a ring; another was like a miniature
monkey. Some of the miniature cedar
trees were beautiful specimens; one of
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A specimen of the golden variety, $50
years OIL, and 2 fit. a in. high, sold for
II guineas. A maple on stills was one
of the most remarkable of the many
curiosities. The plant was sold for 10
guineas. Some larches, grown in the
shape Of a Chinese junk, fetched ga;
others trained to represent a stork were
sold for e.; and two other dwarf cedar
trees were knocked down at II guineas
apiece
SEVERE CRITICISM OF JAPAN.
: Boyd's Commercial Guide ((ShanghaD
for May has a severe condemnation OF
japanese trade methods, and declares
that mo sooner is one fraud discovered
than another is invented and practiced.''
Foreigners this journal continues
find the opportunities for successful
legitimate business gradually growing
for markets less unsavoury. Japan will
wake up before long and find she will
have to offer sufficient inducement to
prompt foreigners to extend business re
lations with her.
LEGATION CITY OF PEKING
The Legation City at Picking, writes a
correspondent of the NC. Daily News
is building fast. The protecting wall
while not near as high as the city wall
nor a tenth as thick, Is still built heavily
enough to afford resistance to any but