Show CHINA AND JAPAN Foreign Residents in Shanghai Hold a Public Meeting HetherliiEton Not Tried Yet Tho Japanese Elections Better American War Ships Wanted In Eastern Waters SAN FRANCISCO April IThe steamer Gaelic arrived this evening from Hong Kong and Yokohama The foreign residents resi-dents at Shanghai at D public meeting adopted resolutions to petition tho governments govern-ments of the United States and Great Britain to bring pressure to bear on the Chinese authorities for the suppression of the vile antiforeign literature published and circulated in Hunan The movements of members of the Japanese cabinet are watched with much interest Count Ito has not yet withdrawn his resignation as president of the privy council Viscount Shinogaw has resigned the port folio of home affairs and been ap pointed privy councillor being succeeded at the home oftice by Count Sayljamu Tan comi vicepresident of the privy council It is stated Mr Mutsu minister of stato for agriculture and commerce has also resigned re-signed The Gaelic arrived wilh several cases of smallpox on board and the passengers will be placed in quarantine il Up to March 9 Lieutenant Hetherington Hetherington had not been trIed for killing George G Robinson and the Yokohama papers aro complaining at the d lay There has been considerable nonspaper discussion of the action of the coroners jury in chareint etnermgion wIth wniui murder as it is claimed the evidence did not show he killed Robinson kied The smallpox epidemic in Japan is decreasing de-creasing in severity The total number of cases is 740J some 1500 being fatal There is a general desire to have tho United States represented in these waters by better warships When Admiral Harmony Har-mony came to Yokohama to relieve Admiral Ad-miral Belknap ho was forced to come on the mail steamer as his flag ship mal fa was unable un-able to steam against the monsoon A man and his wife have been arrested at Tokio for a series of murders They had adopted six children at various times for the sake of obtaining the money given tlmes with each child They murdered all tho children and were about to kill the seventh when arrested Shanghai advices state Viceoy Li Hung bungs seventieth s birthday as cele brated all over the Chinese empire There have been very largo shipments of silk from Yokohama this year one firm alone shipping 10000 bales trm The native uprising in the Straits of Ma lacca is at an end The United States steamer Alliance Alance which ran aground February 20 at Yoko home was not damaged much and after be dayAs Ing towed off proceeded on her cruise next As I tark of the excitement with which the late electoral campaign has been carried car-ried on it is noted the Japanese govern ment suspended forty papers during the I first two months of this year The elec ton districts aro gradually becoming quieter but of reports quieter disturbances aro I still coming in The trouble at Yokumo I still continues and fifteen more gen darmes I have proceed there In Kochi party feeling ran hgih The local secretary sec-retary of Hata district was mur dered his body being hacked to niecEs during a fight between rival fac tions Political parties have resorted to boycotting each other The bOjcotinf following aro official returns of the killed and wounded I during the election troubles Killed 22 soverely wounded 45 slightly wounded 173 173Tho The Japanese government proposes ex hibiting at the Chicagu Worlds fair a i model of the celebrated golden palaco temple tem-ple at Kioto The model will be mado a permanent structure 9 Tho sailing vessel Willie Roed which sailed September 3 from naied Philadelphia with a cargo of kerosene for Hyogo is reported rcportel wrecked near Kobe |