The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-10
THE AMOR NO LONGER
UNDER MARTIAL LAE
oRlENTALs LkBoRING UNDER
SUPERSTITION. ABSTAIN
FROM OPIUM.
Japan Kersoue Put on the Market
Quantities Of Rice Change. Hands
Tokyo Lsborers Take Holiday
Storm az 5sku.

The following news items con
corning affairs. OF minor i'm
portance in the Orient are taken from
the files OF late japanese papers re
ceived By the steamer Coptic:
According to a telegram from the
Governor General OF the AmOor Dis
trlct. Siberia Martial Law in that dis
trict was suspended on the 18th inst
Il Is further understood that the
operation Of Martial Law in the
Trans -Baikal Province was stopped
on the 18th OF October.
The refined kerosene oil produced
by the International oil Company in
Echigo prOs nee was put on the mar
ket for sale on the 18th inst. and is
now sold at the price OF 2-05 yen
per can.
The Keihin Electric Railway has
obtained the official grant for con
struCting its railway between Kaba-
T. and Haneda-
Another fishing competition viii be
held near Shinagawa and some other
places on the 23rd inst under the
auspices Of some amateur and pro-
fessional fishermen.
The association called Kohitsukai
was established in Formosa some
time ago. Owing 10 a peculiar super
stitlon prevailing in the island all the
members OF the association abstain
from opium. and the influence Of the
superstition Is so strong that the
Opium Monopoly Office in Formosa
has incurred a heavy loss caused by
this admirable abstinence.
Lieut. Col Ichinosuke Okla, Of the
Japan infantry. and Lieut.. Col Kent
chi Ohshima. OF the Artillery. have
been ordered 70 China with the Japa-
nese troops stationed there.
The Narukawa Godown in the rice
market OF Kandagawa. where $4,000.
600 yen worth Of rice Is dealt with in
a year was opened for business on
the 10th inst
Every month BARRIERS in Tokyo take
a holiday on the 18th when the ma
jority OF them indulge in different
kinds OF pleasure that catch their
fancy
Ia memory OF those who shared the
fate OF the Chishima Kan that sank
of lyO INA 1892 in consequence of her
collision with a British steamer. a
religious service viii be held in the
compound of the 1okosuka Admiralty
on the 5Oth inst.
Fifteen teachers OF the Merlin Pri-
mary school in Hagi Yamaguchi-ken
sent In their designations on the 18th
inst as their application TO the local
authorities for permission TO let Mr.
Usui director OF the school. who for
some reason or other had bound a
student with a rope. retain his post.
had been rejected.
There was a violent storm at Ba-
kan on Che 18th inst On the after
noon the chains fastening the Sauyo
Railway piers 70 the shore were brok-
en-. all communication between Balkan
and. Moji stopped Is lighters wreck
ed. and one person drowned
The Waseda University fund has
reached the total OF 1860 yen.
A report has been received from
Southern China 10 the effect that a
French warship arrived in Chung
king on the 18th inst
The Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Yard
at Nagasaki has decided 10 construct
a dock great enough TO accommodate
vessels OF 10000 tons and upwards.
The work Of construction has already
been started al a place called Shi.
chikenya and is to be completed by
August OF 1904
The aborigines OF Formosa. num-
bering about City. attacked los en-
ploSes OF the Taikakwan camphor Of
nee while the latter were carrying
some provisions az a place called Ju-
ROkutsu, on the 4th inst
A French warship was seen for the
first time at Chungking on the 18th.
The expectation as 10 the probable
Smaliness OF the sugar consumption
tax Was born out by the fact that the
Yokohama tax collection Office reeeiv-
ed that tax only 10 the amount OF t56
yen Tor last month. and TO that OF
about - yen for this month till few
DAYS ago.
In addition TO the two torpedo boats
ordered hy the Naval Department at
the kawasaki shipbuilding yard az
Kobe they have. IL Is said. received
an order from the same department
10 forward an estimate for two other
torpedo boats.
The city Of Msyebashi is going 10
construct park in Shimogawara. the
place where II. NJ the Emperor was
TO review the army. at & cost OF 1880
yen of which 500 ven has been pre-
scented 60 the city by the court.
Baron Ksnichiro Taku. chamberlain
70 the Crown Prince. died on Sunday
night.
The British warship Glory that had
been az anchor al Yokohama cleared
there Tor Hoagkong on Monday after
noon. The Orlando entered that har-
Dor from China on the same day.
TAX IAPAN,s DOGS.