Show CHINA AND JAPAN j The Chinese Rioters Being Slowly Brought to Justice FOREIGNERS ARE IMPATIENT Testing the New Billed Mortars at Sandy Hook The Projectiles Would Pierce tho Deck of Any Warship Afloat S SAX FRANCISCO Sept 3The steamship Gaelic arrived today from Hong Kong and Yokohama The Wuchang correspon S dent says the patience of the foreign popu lation is nearly exhausted at the tardiness shown by the Chinese officials in punishing the perpetrators of the Wusuch outrages A few have been executed and some others sentenced to imprisonment for life The new deputy prefect who has been appointed ap-pointed is known to be friendly to foreigners foreign-ers and the arrest of the malefactors is looked for The correspondent says ono prominent official of Shanghai was implicated impli-cated in the issue of the incendiary placards pla-cards which caused the uprising at the time of the murder of the customs officer Green and the missionary agent June 5 The head mandarin rnfncaH rn onnrl single man to quell the riot After the arrest and execution of two murderers subordinate subordin-ate officials professed to consider the case closed except as money reparation but after strenuous representations by foreigners for-eigners the high officials consented to reopen re-open the case Fiftyfour days after the riots notice was posted for the first time offering rewards for Information < concern ing the riots The incendiary placards had frequently boon brought to the attention atten-tion of the authorities prior to the rioting bat at no time hud any ono been punished for issuing them Several prominent Chinese bankers at Amey have failed since the suspension of YiahYiang Ching recently The liabilities liabili-ties of money changers affected are between be-tween two and three thousand taels but there is no estimate of the amount for which the broken banks are liable Outside the south gate of NanKinff locusts are piled three to four inches deep The officials have offered prayers in the temple for succor for the crops and steps are being taken for the extermination of the pests Reports concerning the typhoon of July IS are coming in slowly but it is known great damage was done to property The loss of life so far as known Goes not exceed ex-ceed four or five The beach at Yaumati ia strewn with the wreckage of over fifty junks destroyed The British gunboat Tweed was blown from Its anchorage SJ smashed against the wall of the naval yard I anff partially sunk one sailor being r drowned Japanese advices state in consequence of heavy rains early in August tae rivers overflowed and a number of towns were badly flooded Japanese native paners still comment S severely on the fact that the salaries of the cabinet ministers have not been reduced re-duced in the same manner as other of dais and it now appears the ministers have also had an allowance of about 100 000 per year from the Emperors privy purse Riots on a small scale have taken place at Alcoa caused by dissatisfaction of the natives with the proceedings of the municipal muni-cipal assembly in the matter of taxes Eleven native papers were suspended by the government during July for publications publica-tions menacing the peace of the country The Japanese consul at Shanghai reports cholera has broken out at Soochot and one case is reported in Yokohama |