Japanese Envoy Visits Gensan Port Site and Leases Allocated
Latest Korea dispatches report Japanese Envoy Hanabusa Consul Mayeda and officials visiting Gensan where ground leases were granted to fourteen Japanese merchants each for 300 tsubo with building due by May 1880 when port opens. Gensan lies fifty miles from the capital linked by two highways. two thousand houses exist and large trade is expected.
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Japan Mail
Korea
Hanabusa
Mayeda
Gensan
Kinkishin
Hayashi
Tokio
Nobiru
Yanagiwara
Senate
Vittor Pisani
Duke of Genoa
Hakodadi
Railway line from Shinatsu to Tsuruga planned by government
The Government decides to proceed at once with the Shinatsu to Tsuruga railway project. Mr Ida and Mr Inouye will inspect and supervise the work, promising major benefits for Kobe and expanded silk trade routes to Yokohama and Europe via Hong Kong. The Growler's Dramatic Corps performs in Kobe for sailors’ library funds.
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Hiogo
Shinatsu
Lake Biwa
Tsuruga
Sea of Japan
Ida
Public Works Department
Inouye
Kobe
Echizen
Yokohama
Biwa
Europe
Hong Kong
Mitsu-Bishi
Dramatic Corps
H.M
Growler
Sailors
European inspector Doel serves Nagasaki Settlement police
Nagasaki native police authorities appointed Mr Doel a European police inspector for the foreign Settlement. He previously held a similar post under the Osaka Municipal Council for several years.
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Doel
Osaka
Palace Wardrobe Costs Highlight Waste in Peking Gazette
A memorial in the Peking Gazette notes vast sums spent on palace finery while funds are scarce. Silks and satins often end up in pawnshops, likely from palace eunuchs and others. Empresses and palace women possess costly pieces, including dresses adorned with seed pearls. Upon a woman’s death, her wardrobe is burned. Chen Chao-joo, the current Customs Taoutai of Tientsin, previously managed the Shanghai Arsenal.
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Peking
Tientsin
Peking Gazette
Chen Chao-joo
Taoutai
Shanghai Arsenal
Consuls, floods, and Li's slowed reforms in Tientsin area
From Tizntsin correspondent October reports heavy rains flood plains and a rising Grand Canal. Consul Forrest plans winter departure. Bristow may act as consul. Li Hongzhang’s leadership is questioned as projects like waterway deepening and telegraph extension stall. Hague coal mining trip fails. Hague to depart for the United States. Betts at Torpedo College tests weapons as torpedo boat arrives.
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Tizntsin
Forrest
India
Bristow
Pan-ting-fu
H.E. Li
Taku
Tientsin
Tong-King-Sing
America
Consul Denny
Hague
Denny
Shansi
Peking
Great Wall
Europe
England
United States
A. W. Crookston
Hart
Yangtsze
Betts
Torpedo College
Foochow
Nanking
Rumors of War Rise Amid Chinese Administrative Shakeup
A Taoutai appointment in Kiangsi signals high provincial changes as governors are ordered to report to Peking. Speculation grows over imminent Sino Japanese war. The German Legation mourns trainee M. Grees who died of typhoid with Herr von Brandt leading the funeral procession. Early snow hints at coming winter.
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Taoutai
Kiangsi
Peking
North China Daily News
China
Japan
M. Grees
Herr von Brandt
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