Show THE TAB FAR EAST RECORD OF MEN AND DOINGS IN ASIA the pacific mall mail steamer city of peking arrived in san francisco june bringing shanghai advices advises to may and yokohama news to june ad as follows JAPAN the loss of the Messa gerls maritimes Mari times mail steamer Me maleh proves to be one oae of the most singular on record the Menza teh left hongtong Hone Hong kong on may for kobe and after overhauling the anadye and tow ingher into shanghai immediately proceeded on her voyage to yokohama with the maus mails and passengers for japan allwelt all went well till the saddlers were passed and for about forty five miles to the northeast the passengers were sitting down quie quietly ti y to dinner and were discus discussing sing i the events of their previous voyage in the anadye when suddenly a great crash was hearland hear dand the ve vessel sel lurched and trembled violently at the same moment a seething noise proceeded from the engine broomas if great masses of water had been suddenly dashed in the fires the captain at once informed the passengers that the ship was stinking sinking orders were promptly given to lower the boats the passengers at the same time being told to save their portable valuables and papers the male passengers also lent what assistance they co could uld in getting down the boats captain blanc and the officers and engineers were busy trying to ascertain the precise nature of the damage but with the inflow of water and of steam it was an almost impossible task it was however at once oace apparent that the accident was caused by the propeller dropping off and the machinery giving way a portion going clean through the bottom of the ship before the steam could be let off the sea was rushing in with tremendous velocity through the rent in the 1 ottow ottom t and by the time the boats were lowered about ten tea or fifteen minutes or so after the crash was heard there were several feet of water in the en gine room and the vessel appeared to be settling down A high sea was running and fortunately a passing steamer the Glen shiel saw the wreck and picked up the occupants of the boats in the the H was still afloat the captain of the Glen shiel attached a hawser to her and a detail of his men manned the pumps some unfavorable comment was made on the reluctance of the crew of the Menz Menza aleh teh to go back to the vessel or to work the pumps after a da day mand and a half of towing the men za saleh suddenly sank in a smooth sea all the mails and the passengers baggage were saved on the afternoon of may the united states steamer essex bound for nagasaki when about twenty miles west southwest from iwo sima lighthouse discovered a japanese alshin fishing boat containing five men laboring in the trough of the sea andy and making aking signals of distress the Bs essex x immediately went to the assistance of the boat and took herin her in tow afresh wind was blowing and considerable sea running at the time While being towed a sea broke over the boat and capsized her the ship promptly lowered her lifeboat and rescued the five men then they hoisted the fishing boat on board and brought all to the anchorage off gegami point the fishermen stated that they belong to fukabori Fuka hori they had left the goto islands in the morning mo n in fine weather but the wind and sea had increased creased ia to such an extent that they were momentarily expecting to be swamped they had three times shipped seas which filled their boat and washed away their nets they ex pressed great gratitude to the officers of if the 8 ship ip for their rescue the crew of the essex feeling sympathy with the poor men whose whole fortune probably was invested in their boat contributed a sum of money 66 sufficient to replace the nets sail oars etc which were lost A rumor is current to the effect tha the senate will be reorganized shortly and all the senators made peers thereafter the senate will consist of members of the nobility hitherto any measure passed by the senate could be rejected by the cabinet but in the future such action will require the sanction of his majesty the emperor it has hag often been stated that foreigners er s will be permitted to laud land anywhere throughout japan after the existing treaties are revised but we now hear that this mixed residence is to be restricted strict ed at first to the vicinity of yokohama kobe and nagasaki it has been stated that count ito and other high officials contemplate in conjunction with private wealthy gentlemen clemen the establishment of a school for the higher instruction of girls the scheme has recently been decided to be carried out a curriculum for the proposed school has already been compiled the capital of the school Is to be yen halt half of which Is to be provided by the educational department and the other half is to be raised among amona the public two jwo female teachers will be employed fro from england it will not abot be long now before we see the foundation of this institution the Emper orand empress em press have notified the japan red eed cross society that they will contribute yen annually toward the expenses of the society an american firm in yokohama is contemplating the establishment of a big company for the mamu manufacture facture of leather at dinsen in corea corean skins skin will he used and after tanning will be shipped to japan for sale it is rumored that on the return ol of count minister of state for the navy a great change is expected in n the naval department as at present the department is engaged in increasing aval doctors and account accountant ast officers and the perfection of sailors instruction the present term of service of richard B hubbard the united states minister was to expire in july 1888 but the minister has recently received instructions from the home government ordering him to remain here for one year more the residents of in the province of kii a famous place for its production product ioa of cotton flannel contemplate establishing a spinning company with a capital of 64 yen of this sum yen are to be devoted to the purchase of machinery ordered from england the naval department will shortly order from france seventeen torpedo boats at a cost of francs CHINA CHIMA A private correspondent to der osta sia lloyd says say that the reb ellioff in hainan it is assuming a worse aspect every day at one moment there was the prospect that the victorious black hags would subdue the native dative tribes and they actually ay did subjugate several but JB ut as so soona the black flags took possession of the villages the most fearful earful and inhuman persecutions and oppressions oppress ions began the zon consequence sequence of which abich was that the revolt broke out again with renewed vigor an energetic leader and above all money lor for the soldiers were ware required before there could bo be any chance of restoring peace trade in consequence of the troubles was in a bad way at and there was at present no prospect of any improvement notwithstanding this ane construction of a railway between hothow and was spoken of A bankow letter of may luch says the tea market was opened on the otti by russians the crop both of ilan kow and Klu kiang teas is the worst over known knowd there beine behm absolutely no fine tea business is almost entirely coD confined fined to the ru rup aas only seventeen chops nf f bankow tea having been bought lur fur london purchases for that market bellig being confined to nigg chows and kremens Ke emens but the total business thus far is quite insignificant and add not enough to fill one ship prices paid by buyers for russia are fully 5 above the limits generally sent from london it has naturally happened that settie settlements ments have been small and taking the intrinsic quality of the leaf into account the prices are little less than those paid last season eleason arrivals are very heavy the estimated unsold stock being half chests chesis the crisis that has been so long impending in the china tea trade seems at last to have arrived and the native tea packers who have been living on upon the prestige acquired before india and ceylon had bad shown how tea should be picked and packed will at last have to succumb or be compelled to delorm their ways against the bright uniform infusions of indian teas the china teas exhibit a mixture of dark decayed leaves throughout the natives attribute this to want of rain previous to the picking time and to excessive rains after the picking had begun be this as it may tile the fact remains that worthless leaf has been fired and packed en masse upon which heavy eavy charges and duties have to be paid aid which the buyers for london at least east decline so far to make good for R russia and america whither indian teas have not yet made their way shippers ers take what they can get and in doing ng so are paying prices which judged by intrinsic quality are often positively higher than last seasons the only teas with any flavor at all are the kee mens and these have been taken to some extent for london at 2 to 3 pence per pound over present values in that market acknowledge that the first crop will be 10 per cent larger than last years but assert that they are now ont catering ering into a binding combination to pack ack no second crop tea they also talt talk of storing their present stock under advance and withholding 11 it from the market until tho the proposed combination has had bad its effect it remains to be seen how far the will be influenced by the report of these crucial measures thus far london buyers are practically holding aloof it being the unanimous opinion that a further decline here of at least ad per pound must be patiently awaited the shen pao says that a new telegraph line is bein being constructed froni from buchow on the borders of kwang tung and Kwa Kw ngsi angal to kwei lin fu ts capital of Kwa ngsi also that the tha shanghai tao tai tal has ordered a number of mud boats with a view to dredging operations the first step will be to dredge the beuka pang and the heh kin pang creeks the pao says that are estimated to be the pr probable bable expense pu use of certain palace improvements th three ree steam launches are being constructed strutted ted at peking and apparently for use in the palace lake and acres are being set apart lor for what seems to bean be an arsenal somewhere inside of peking it is stated that naval tactics in the kun klun ming lake had bad already been instituted years ago by the emperor kier lung and the lake is now being cleared of weeds and garbage with a view to practice with more modern machines the same paper says two chain or suspension bridges have arrived from france and it would seem that they are to be put up across the river there as soon gs as the piers gre are ready the viceroy acey and governor govern dr at canton have been reprimanded by the emperor tor for their officiousness in raisins raising once more the question of salaries for poor peking officials the appropriation on this ibis account was stopped during daring the french imbroglio and is now accumulating in the coffers of the board the silk crop of Che klang kiang promised to be one of the best known but fluctuations in temperature just at the time when the insects were being placed in the trays caused considerable damage notwithstanding this mishap the average crop for hu chou choa fu is estimated at 89 per cent of a full one and the hang chow market will open in ten davs the north china daily news is informed that the agents of the american ship governor hobie bobie ot 1627 tons register re bound from new york to shanghai with a cargo of cases of kerosene oil have received a telegram saying that she has been on shore in gaspar caspar straits she jettisoned jetti some cases and discharged about cases there the vessel has now reached singapore where she is discharging cargo so as to effect repairs the north china daily chefko letter lath says it has just i been reported that part of the pei yang fleet has occupied port hamilton bould this be the case though it does not adorn a tale it points a moral it will afford another lesson how orientals Orient als observe treaties and will show how china and japan mutually understand the clause of the ito treaty with li hung chang that neither of these two empires was to militarily occupy any part of corea it may perhaps be a matter of in differ ence to china C na and japan how they break faith with each other but there are other powers who cannot witness such changes of dominion without it occurring to them whether they do not alter the statu quo on which certain contingencies depend the suzerainty of china over curea corea is not such a lucid political verity as to be beyond discussion cus sion so that china can afford to brave public opinion by insisting on it in spite of the dangerous precedent and spirit it lets loose and it is to be hoped that the rumor is not founded oil off fact the questions lately asked by lord sidmouth Sid mouth about port fort hamilton and whether the government has taken steps to procure some other foothold in IB the north chinese waters as a substitute for the tha port which has been abandoned without thorough satisfaction on the part of the british public are evidences of a necessity of carefully watching the proceedings of the chinese government in those waters any change of the actual situation carried out with a high hand by china may render it needful that other powers should act similarly and it woud be well to remember a time honored maxim the straits times says the on OB arriving at Mai mbong the fooloo found the place utterly de Bt st royed is Rel either delther ther spaniards nor chi nese were visible and a few disconsolate natives wandering among the ruins ruing odthe of the town formed the population of this once busy port the spanish attack jack was completely successful although the moros succeed edin inflicting heavy losses both in officers and men on the spanish troops the entire success of the governor of Sool attack was due to his superiority over the fooloo chiefs in operations he sent six men ol of war and gunboats gun boats to stimulate an attack by sea the moros fell into the trap and immediately prepared to oppose a vigorous resistance to the landing of troops from froin the fleet in the mean time the governor of fooloo was marchini marching S overland from tiang at the head of 1800 troops and took the fooloo forces tin the rear the sultans men evident ig sly made the best of a bad job but y they eyvere were outmaneuvered their po foit f lotions ions were carried and all their ar tillery a and any quan city of small arms and ammunition fell I 1 into the hands of the spaniards the sal tan of fooloo escaped to the hills f with the remainder of his forces but nothing is known as to what has become of his bis splendid collection of pearls the sultan may have succeed succeed d ed in carrying them off with him but it is just possible that they were looted 11 the spaniards after totally destroying the town marched back to ciangi the north borneo herald says lar large n number ua aber of chinese refugees amm Vain bong have arrived at sanda kan they have lost little beyond their bouses uses COREA 0 REA A seoul letter to the nagasaki express of may alth says on may ath the th chinese gunboat bisou kiang arrived rat d at and was followed byte byrhe che yang nd wei yuen tuen on OB the three more chinese men of war are expected tomorrow Bi orrow much speculation is rite rife as to their particular object in coming out blit the fact probably Is ia that some diplomatic 2 finessing is going on between thil the chinese minister inester and the corean a authorities aties and the fleet are vo here to produce an effect favorable ora to the chinese choai the e interior of the country come continued complaints of chinese who arnel about 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