The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-07-09
ORIENTAL MOTIFS

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tain a. receive tho appointment -
Minister ~ bangkok
\ NarnsnN despatch states that az.
American soldier assaulted pnaspr by
No the street there with n sword on
the sbth ult. and tho offender was pcnt
~ the local chino saibanshn The
American was sentenced 10 imprison-
mcnt FOR q month aud n hair The
telegram adds that outrages by Am.
erican soldiers are reported from va
rious quarters I'm the town. and the
judicial officials and the police force
are thereby kept busy nj present.
a dispatch To- the Asnhi states that
an outbreak ~ bubonic plague In
TOXIC is threatened. Five dead rats
have been found In the kitchen and
goods store of the Imperial University
Hospital and these were analyticnlly
examined. Plague germs were found.
The metropolitan police issued an ur-
gent order on the 25th ult. for the en-
forcement OF general measures for
dislnfection and determination OF rats
as preventive measures against the
plague.
The recent outburst OF the Kloet vol
cano In Java was attended by great
loss of life. Torrents OF lava and hot
mud flowed amid showers of ashes and
stones. Many natives and few Eu-
ropeans persisted. on an estate called
Alas Kedarung, the manager. amid n
shower OF stones. fed from a torrent
OF lava In a carriage with his wife, two
children and nurse. The lava over
took them. The children, the nurse,
the syce. and the horses persisted. The
parents jumped into clump OF BAN
boos and saved themselves. The lava
also consumed the superintendent OF
the estate and about twenty-five cool
les. Many coffee estates in the neigh
borhood were destroyed. The country
around was strewn with corpses.
1t is reported from Seoul that two
French teachers recently engaged at
the mining school by the Corean gov
eminent have been dismissed
The British river gunboat Snipe. 1t is
reported from Shanghai, starts early
this month for an extensive journey
all around the PoyanE and Tungting
Lakes ito show the flag" to the ma
lives of those populOus and important
regions.
The Echo de Chine says it learns
that the authorities of Chekiang wish
ed to impose an extraordinary tax of
50 on each bale of silk exported, but
that. on an energetic protest of NJ. RAJ
tard, French Consul General, the tax
was Immediately abolished
1t is understood that II. Il. Sir Claude
Macdonald and Lady Macdonald are
likely to make short trip to Europe,
leaving Japan early next month. Sir
Claude has not had a leave OF absence
for several years, and it is to be hop
ed that no unlOoked-for complication
may interfere with his enjoyment of a
well-earned spell of leisure
1t is stated that Count Won Walder-
see has declined being given a special
reception by the japanese government
during his stay in this country. His
visit to Japan, he says, is merely with
the object of enjoying the beautiful
scenery for which the country is ia
nous, and to witness the progress
which the Japanese army, organized
upon the basis OF the German army,
has made, Nevertheless, there is no
doubt that Count Won Waldersee will
receive distinguished attention from
this country.-Kobe Chronicle.
The delay in the departure of the mis-
sion, which had been fixed several
times, but postponed again and again,
was principally due to Russian oppo-
sltlon. On the other hand, the idea
of the mission was favored by the Ger
man Embassy.
The King Of Siam, accompanied by
his suite, arrived at Batavia over a
fortnight ago, and was received with
every honor. After few days sight
seeing he left Batavia for Bandong
health resort in West Java. where he
arrived on the 18th ult. A shower of
Siamese orders fell on the Kings de-
parture from Batavia. the Straits
Times says. The Governor General of
Netherlands India received the Grand
Cross of the Crown Order. the decora-
tions of which also reached nine other
recipients. Ten persons received dec
orations of the White Elephant Order.
OF course, most of those thus honored
were officials.
A number of missionaries have re-
turned to Anhwei ana Kiangsu. The
Roman Catholic mission Is at Wuhoien
in the northeast of Anhwei The
Christian missions are at ChucheO
and Tsweintsiaohlen, and the c. /. NJ
at Liaangblen. At Lucheofu the
Christian Mission are at work, and In
Luancheo the c. |. NJ, have most of
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