The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-31
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/ and was to be seen only by a direct
/ front-window glance. A couple of
| thousand soldiers accompanied them
/ and the Picking garrison on parade
marched back to their barracks. IT
l was all over by ten o'clock three miles
out of the city-the bedragoned mob
like a colony OF ants scrambling on to-
ward Tung-chow. leaving us TO come
SAME IN HONOLULU.
back wrapped in thought.
Il HoNGKoNG. May 1.-The laundry
/ question has drawn out the following
interesting letter from a housewife:
i Sir: In view OF the statement made by
/ DR.. Clark in his report on the health OF
the Colony TO the effect that respiratory
diseases are answerable for 1887 or 1913
/ per cent OF the total Chinese deaths and
that se5. or 81 per cent of the total deaths
are due TO phthisis alone. is IL not time
| the law stepped in to prevent the insan-
itary and repulsive method in vogue
amongst the Chinese washermen of
damping articles OF clothing preparatory
TO ironing by spraying from the mouth?
4 have been told by those who have lived
/ there that the authorities put a stop to
I this disgusting practice some years ago
In Singapore In Shanghai every laundry
Is supervised: also the same supervision Is
employed In Japan Why then should
Hongkons be subjected to this benighted
and heathenish practice? Why. simply
because 10 Is 'olo custom" should the
dirty insanitary habits OF the Chinese be
pandered to- Imagine ones handkerchiefs
and serviettes damped In this manner and
arriving from the wash with stains OF
curry. etc. upon them IL is useless TO
appeal TO a Chinese washerman on this
subject even when shown that folding
and rolling clothes tightly when slight
ly damp. as In the case in all laundries in
England. would be an immense saving of
labor TO him. as then they would be in n
ne state for ironing. I know this to be a
fact as tried IL with my own washer
man whom I keep on the premises. offer
ing him extra wages IL he would adopt
my plan. The reply was mo can. b'long
olo custom: sposee you no likee. more
better you catchee mother washerrnan
chop-chop. and had to climb Gown and
allow him to proceed as before. knowing
that ~ I dismissed him his successor
would do the same thing. 1t is plainly
evident then that force must be employed.
that the laundries here must be licensed
and supervised as In other places and
the sooner the better for all OF us. Cam
not Professor Simpson help us In this
matter7
TO OVERTHROW DYNASTY.
Chinese advices received here give the |
following rs the propaganda of the REQ
els:
First-The overthrowing of the present |
rynasty.
Second-The founding OF new dynas-
~. with n Chinese emperor on the throne. /
Third-The helping OF the oppressed and /
needy.
Fourth-The Introduction Of reform
Fifth-The protection of trade.
Sixth-The establishment Of Quang-Se.
QuangTung and Quei-Chow as the three
seats OF the government. with Canton as
Chow sesh province of 9D'ns-se and eisi.
IN Conclusion. be- IL known that the
Western people are not To be interfered
with: their lives TO be protsctei and
their trade not TO be meddled with. Let
them go In peace. We are the enemies
only OF the Manchu dynasty. We haze !,
spoken.
WANTED A FORTUNE.
YOKOHAMA. May IA startling in |
cident occurred yesterday In Tokyo as |
the Empress was returning TO the Pal |
ace from the Peeress' School in Ma |
gata-cho. Kojimachi-ku. Tokyo. where |
she had been listening to a selection OF |
songs sung by the pupils. When the
Imperial carriage was approaching the
official residence OF the Minister az III
nance ut $50 p. m. an old man suddenly
stepped forward among the by-standers
at the road side and attempted TO present
to the Empress letter which he had
fastened TO one end of n long bamboo
mediately arrested the man. and the EN-
press passed on without the incident hav-
Ing caused any alarm. The old man was
taken TO the KoJimachiku Police Sta,.on.
where on examination. he was ascertain
ed TO be a peasant namd Sugahara Ku-
mRnsuke. 81 years old living In Kami- |
date. Karuyokc mura. Kuneyegori. in the
prefecture OF Iwate-kn. He was dressed
In ordinary japanese clothes. and wore
the old-fashioned top-knot on his head.
Il a..
ing his home on the 25th ult. AS the re-
suit Of the police examination Ia would
appear that the mar II suffering from
some mental arrangement. His object ,
in endeavoring to present the letter to the
Empress was TO get loan Of Y2O.O10 from
Her Majesty for the purpose OF making !
his fortune In duplicate letter. how |
ever. the amount he wanted was put at
N9o. lie was examined by n doctor In ]
the Metropolitan Police Board yesterday /
evening. Inquiries will be made Of MS /
relatives and the old man placed IN their I
charge
MISCELLANEOUS.
Scarlet fever. hi,nsrto prevalent /
amongst the natives In Picking. has now /
appeared In the European quarters. an
italian soldier having been attacked in .
burracks by the disease.
The hearing Of the appeal case OF In !
Sotaro. who assassinate0 Mr. Hoshi Toru. !
came OF tn the Tokyo Court 81 Appeal on /
an. 18th ult. \ sentence OF penal ser
vitude for life was again passed.
Admiral AicXicn. Russian Governor /
General Of Port Arthur. has left there 4
and 4 crossing siberia on his way home. /
having bs.n ordered To- present hitnscii i
bcfor. the 81 Petersburg Government.
u is reported from Lisbon that Pnrtu-
Gal g. seeking from China RECOGNITION
% her sry.TclEuty over the islands in the
% Macao and also the ys-
{ ufii-hmeut - neutral zone.