The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-10-03
OO|NCS or
THE ORIENT
Yokohama Puz.
Zled Over the
Korea.


things for her His state Of mind is
metrlcally described in the following
bright parody which appeared in a
Yokohama paper:
And still he yearned towards the Light
ship dreary.
she cometh mott" he said
How can | face the fire Of questions
weary
I would that | were dead,
The newest. fastest. biggest Of the
liners
How Is her mission sped
Her time might well have startled all
repiners-
She cometh not" he said.
MY souvenirs. my 'fzz, my brass
band tony
All desolately spread!
Ia barter all my jewels to be Maroon
She cometh not!' he said.
In vain within mine Inn l change my
table,
In vain shun No. T.
In vain shake my head all am able
They poster me the more!
How can / tell? How do l know her
scatheless?
one thing / hold" he said
My pride my pet-my latest pets
faithless-
l think I'll go to bedn'
The Gazette says
The monster new liner. which we
described i'm Tuesdays issue. left san
he MI
her voyage twenty days. AS she can
do a 2O-knot gait on forced draught, 1t
was expected that she would appear on
the 18th inst at least. even allowing
for stoppage at honolulu. The reason
Of her slower passage Will now be
known. Various wild rumors have been
started to the effect that warshps had
gone out from Yokohama to look for the
belated vessel, but these were proved
sroundless and not given circulation
BY the local press.
At Sis we were notified that the yes
sci had passed Kannonsaki at 4:30 y. m
There will naturally be much interest
In viewing this latest ocean grey
hound" but 1t is not known yet how
long she will remain in port here. An
additional interest attaches to the latter
question, as the Korea brings the Neill-
OF scenery etc, and big bookings for
Secret Service have already been
made in Yokohama. If possible, no
doubt. the vessel will remain here at
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 to
have the necessary repairs effected. In
any case the local officials may be relied
upon to do all in their power to accom-
modate the Yokohama public. consist
entity with their duty to the company.
FOREIGN PRISONERS IN JAPAN.
There are at present eight foreign
prisoner in the Kobe prison, and Of that
number one is an American named
Charles Clifford, a prisoner under trial
ON a charge of fraud: six Chinese and
one Italian, this last undergoing five
months for theft.
Since the new treaty came into force
In July, 1899, 172 foreigners have been
sent to the prison in question, of whom
Ok 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 being
very awkward at undertaking any job
in the prison. while they are expensive,
especially the Westerners. to maintain,
to say nothing of their propensity to
disregard the discipline
The rations now given to the Western
prisoners are said to be as follows:
Breakfast-bread 40 momme, butter 2
mOmme, barley tea go.
Dinner-bread 40. butter g beef 30,
potato 80, barley tea 2.
Supper-bread 40. butter 2. bean or
onion so. barley tea Japan Times
DIVIDENDS OFF FOR 10 YEARS.
According to the Osaka Asahi, it was
recently reported that the directors of
Nessrs. Mural Brothers. the controlling
interest of which is in the hands of the
American Tobacco Company had de-
cided to suspend the payment of divi-
dends for fifteen years. a decision which
has caused great dissatisfaction to the
original owners OF the property, who
hold minority of shares. How true
this statement Is we (Kobe Chronicle)
cannot say, but the report appears to
have created a panic among the share
holders of the Hanjn Electric Railway
Company organized to construct line
between Kobe and osaka, which Is in
negotiation with Mr.. Brady. of New
York. to introduce American capital.
The rumor relating to Mural Brothers
has so Influenced the shareholders in
the Hanjin Company that 1t Is expect
ed. says the Asani, that the negotia-
tons with Mr.. Brady will be abandon
ed.
INVASION OF BUTTERFLIES.
According to vernacular papers. quite
a remarkable spectacle was witnessed
ia the neighborhood OF Ushigome. To-
kyo, on Sunday night in the appear
ance OF multitudes OF small butterflies.
At first the army of butterflies collected
round the street electric light lamp In
front OF a green-grocers shop at Bahia
shita Their united hutterng made. II