| Show itom THE ORIENT the plague ilan keen ileen C heeded heck rl san francasco francl may 12 1 lie steamer china arrived today from yokohama Yoko homa and hong kong and i as permitted to dock immediately by the quarantine officers oriental advice state that the plague has apparently been checked no unusual number of fatalities be being ingre re ported A number of the koreans korean are still in revolt the rebels have formed themselves into four bands each several hundred strong they have had several engagements with the government troops although the number of killed Is reported to be small the rebels seem to have had the worst of the encounters rs front from seoul comes the statement that the korean government Is 1 about abou I 1 t to make a contract with an american syndicate for the construction of a railroad from dinsen to seoul the american builders are to operate the road for if teen years at the end of which period the goi go eminent may take the line vi ii on payment of the cost of construction japernese Japp nese political influence in korea Is said bald to have passed to russia and americans and chinese to have captured all the korean commerce |
