Maritime collision details and ship sale reveal changes
Aboard the Alert a collision avoided after starboard turn and finger's helm movement. Ardantiene, a 750 ton 90 hp steamer, sold to Fushiki company, to operate Niigata and Fushiki routes with foreign captain retained. Hochi Shimbun reports a 3 million yen steamship firm to be formed, with Kojiro Iwasaki resigning to lead as president.
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John Middleton
Fushiki Fuhansen-Kwaisha
Niigata
Fushiki
Hochi Shimbun
Iwasaki Kojiro
Vladivostock Port News Reports Dim Winter Mortality and New Developments
A North China Herald correspondent details a harsh winter for Vladivostock with high child mortality and busy social events. The piece notes planned weekly newspaper, new editor Sollagub, ice-free harbour by April 10, new arrivals including Waverley and Jongous, and government plans for troops, emigration to Saghalien, stricter entry rules, and a fortresslike port outlook.
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North China Herald
Naval Staff
de Vries
Lenny
Lieut. Molchansky
Vostock
Russell
Sollagub
Spe
Imperial Russian Telegraph
Odessa
Waverley
Diomed Bay
Jongous
S.s. Europe
Gornostat
Siberia
San Francisco
Bremer
Friederich
Cronstadt
Kobé
Gensan
Fusan
Nagasaki
Shimonosaki
Vladivostock
Korea Split Factions Hamper Hochi Shimbun Governed Moves
The Hochi Shimbun reports two political camps in Korea allied with China and Japan drive policy disputes. China-leaning Progressionists push machinery purchases from China while Japan-motivated factions seek Japan as a model. Reports of unrest at Fusan and mass executions of anti-foreign members are noted. A Ninsen port opening and Kondo appointment as Japanese consul are anticipated.
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Hochi Shimbun
China
Japan
Japan Mail
Fusan
Ninsen
Kondo
Lucrative empire woes and palace security reforms in China
The report notes Li Hung Chang's retirement plan and the Dowager Lady Li's death affecting politics. It details tighter palace access, censors targeting nepotism, forbidding officials from other provinces, and patrols, with guards at gates and new admission boards. It also covers graft cases, pension fraud, and calls for renewed clean governance amid corruption and theft schemes.
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Worth
China Daily News
Li Hung Chang
Chihli
Chang Shu-sheng
Dr. Howard
Shanghai
Chang Ta-jen
Li T‘ai Fu-jen
Tso Tsung-t‘ang
Nanking
Liang Kiang
Hanlin
Forbidden City
Board of Revenue
Board of Civil Office
Board of Punishments
Szechnen
Kuangsi
Tso
China
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