The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28
LATE ORIENTAL
BUDGET OF NEWS
Anti Christian Riots Have Broken
Out in China.
WI TING FANG HAD A FRIEND
PATHETIC STORY OF THE CHoL-
ERA sCoURGE FROM MANILA.
VICTORIA, y.

VICTORIA, y. C., Aug 27.-Late
Y News from the Orient is as fol-
lows: American engineers are in
Shanghai preparing for an early start
on the construction of the Canton Han
kow railway. for which an American
syndicate has a concession.
The Universal Gazette states that the
attempt On the part of Great Britain
and America to make foreign powers
receive the Chinese indemnity on sill
yer basis has proved failure. and that,
therefore, China viii have to pay her
indemnity on a gold basis.
Little news is being received of the
rebellion in Kwang ST. as the wires
have been cut in the vicinity of Nan
Ming. 1t is said the rebels have their
headquarters at HsiIung. Hsilung is a
place near the border of Kwei Chow
provine, while Hsilung is situated not
far from the border of Yum Nan. Vice
roy Lin of Yum Nan has suggested that
a strong force, consisting of soldiery
from the three provinces, Kwang ST,
Yuean and Wwei Chow. should be sent
against the rebels without loss of time.
Anti-Christian Riots.
According to a telegram from.
Changsha, authorization disturbances
have broken out in the prefecture of
Yung Chow Flu, Hu Nan province, re-
sulting in the destruction of a chapel.
y coroner's jury, assisted by medical
evidence, have arrived at The conclu-
sion that the thirteen boys, sons of
missionaries and European merchants.
who died suddenly at the China inland
mission school, were not poisoned, but
that they had died of cholera
1t is said that the order to Wu Ting
Fang to remain at Washington was is
sued at the suggestion of Viceroy Yuan
Shin Kai. who memoralized the throne,
saying that since the appointment of
WI Ting Fang TO the ministership he
had done many things to the great
benefit of China, that, in his opinion
no other official was better qualified
for the post, and that, therefore, he
strongly recommended that WI be
given another term of ninistership.
A Pathetic Incident.
A pathetic story comes from Manila
/ Miss jeanette Williams NJ D., of Colo
RADIO university arrived there last
month to wed Rudolf Rumstein, a
/ teacher in Laguna province. Rumstein
met his bride ait I O'Clock in the morn
] ing, and as he was i'll it was decided to
/ have the wedding at O'clock instead
! of at in the afternoon, the hour orig
! inally set. They were married, but az
l o'clock Rumstein succumbed to chol-
| era.
A Singapore telegram of July 80 to
| the China Mail says:
| A collision occurred in the Straits OF
Malacca yesterday morning, between
/ the Dutch mail steamer Prins Alexan-
der and the British steamer Ban Hin
Guam. The Prins Alexander sank and
the first officer and the first engineer
and nineteen passengers and crew were
drowned Twenty passengers. includ-
ing the captain. were saved by the Bar
| Hin Guam. The Ban Hin Guam, which
! was badly dauaged, was flowed into
Singapore and Deached
Storms and floods visited China and
Japan during July and the early par
OF August. On July 13 a typhoor
| struck HOngkOng causing the Wreci
of Junks and sampans, resulting in thu
I death of a number of men Severa
| houses were also wrecked and clever
persons killed. On Aug. another
typhoon came along, and besides doin.
damage to the mosquito fleet, blew
down several houses, and in one cas-
i twelve persons were killed AT Kob
and along the southern coast of Japan
the 18th inst, considerable damage wa
done by heavy wind and rain. small
boats being wrecked and crops badl,
damaged. The greatest damage wa
done, however. by foods along tn
west rivers. Several villages were en-
tirely swept away, many lost thei
lives and thousands were rendere
homeless The water in many place
reached the roofs of the houses.