The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-02
.OO|NGS OF
The ORIENT
Yokohama Puz-
zIed Over the
Korea.
TOKYO INVADED
BY butterflies
Firemen and Coolies Fight a Tidal
Wave-Dividends Declared
Oft for Is Years.

YOKOHAMA, Sept. 19.-The delay in
the arrival of the Korea has made
things warm for Tom Mckay, the
steamship rustler, who predicted great
things for her His state of mind is
metrically described in the following
bright parody which appeared in a
Yokohama paper:
And still he yearned towards the Light
ship dreary,
.'She cometh not!' he said;
weary
1 would that l were dead!
THE newest. fastest, biggest of the
liners
How is her mission sped!
Her time might well have startled all
repiners-
She cometh mott" he said.
MY souvenirs, my 'hzz, my brass
band tony
All desolately spread!
I'd barter all my jewels to be Marconi-
She cometh not!' he said.
''In vain within mine Inn change my
table,
In vain shun No. 4,
In vain shake my head all am able
They poster me the more.
How can / tell? How do / know her
scatheless?
One thing I hold he said
MY pride my pet-my latest pets
faithless-
think I'll go to bed!'
The Gazette says:
The monster new liner, which we
described in Tuesdays issue, left Sar
Francisco on the Goth ult., which makes
her voyage twenty days AS she car
do a 20-knot gait on forced draught, il
was expected that she would appear or
the 18th inst at least, even allowing
for stoppage at honolulu. The reason
of her slower passage will now bt
known. Various wild rumors have beer
started to the effect that warships hat
gone out from Yokohama to look for the
belated vessel, but these were proved
groundless and not given circulation
by the local press
At 5:15 we We're notified that the yes
sci had passed Kannonsaki at 4:30 p m
There will naturally be much interes
in viewing this latest ocean grey.
hound but it is not known yet how
long she will remain in port here. Al
additional interest attaches to the latter
question. as the Korea brings the Neill
Frawley Company and its vast amount
of scenery ETC., and big bookings fol
Secret Service" have already beer
made in Yokohama. If possible, n,
doubt, the vessel will remain here a
least until Sunday, allowing the much
anticipated performance to take place
1t is possible that her belated appear
ance is due to some failure of her new
machinery, in which case she would
certainly remain here long enough tt
have the necessary repairs effected. II
any case the local officials may be reliet
upon to do all in their power to accom-
modate the Yokohama public, consist
emily with their uuty to the company
FOREIGN PRISONERS IN JAPAN
There are at present eight foreign
prisoner in the Kobe prison, and of tina
number enc is an American namet
Charles Clifford, prisoner under tria
on a charge of fraud; six Chinese ant
one Italian, this last undergoing fiv
months for theft.
Since the new treaty came into fore
in July, 1899, 172 foreigners have bee
sent to the prison in question, of whom
IS were Cinnamon and the rest Western
ers. 1t would appear that the prison
authorities are considerably embarrass
ed with those foreign prisoners in re
gard to their treatment. they bein,
very awkward at undertaking any jol
in the prison, while they are expensive
especially the Westerners, to maintain
to say nothing of their propensity t
disregard the discipline.
| The rations now given to the Western
| prisoners are said to be as follows:
| Breakfast-bread 30 momme, butter
momme, barley tea 2 go.
! Dlnner-bread 40, butter .. beef sc
potato so barley tea 3
| Supper-bread 10, butter ?. bean o
/ onion 80, barley tea Japan Times.
DIVIDENDS OFF FOR Is YEARS.
! According to the Osaka Asahi. it wa
recently reported that the directors o
! Messrs. Mural Brothers the controllini
| interest of which is in the hands of tn
American Tobacco Company. had de
eided to suspend the payment of divi
dends for fifteen years, decision whicl
has caused great dissatisfaction to tn
original owners of the property, VIII
hold a minority of shares. How tru
this statement is we (kobe Chronicle
cannot say. but the report appears t
have created panic among the share
holders of the Hanjin Electric Railwa
! Company organized to construct lin