THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LII.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER, 1900.
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Yu Hsion, the reported suicide, is now said to have recovered and to be " waiting Imperial ...345 orders."
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Yang Lu is stated to hesitate to join the 367 Imperial Court at Hsianfu, fearing Boxer
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vengeance.
The Empress Dowager is supposed to be 369 meditating a further flight to Chongtu, through
dread of a foreign invasion of Shonsi.
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Trade between Shanghai and Tientsin is 373 reviving, and business communications between the two ports are practically re-established.
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Leading Articles :--
Affairs in the North-
The China Squadron
The World and the Empire
Russia, China, and Manchuria
The Trade of Corea
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The Crisis: Telegrams
Hongkong Legislative Council
Hongkong Sanitary Poard
The Crisis in China
Return of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Piracy Case near Shekmoon
The Case of Lance-Corporal Giles, n.w.F.
An Impressive Naval Funeral
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A Curious Story from Kiukiang
The Demands of the Powers
Canton
Supreme Court
Police Court
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Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals
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Football
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Cricket
The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
The Hongkong Rifle Association
Shanghai Autumn Meeting.
Hongkong and Port News Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
This weak a war junk at Tulu with a British 374
guard on board was exploded, the cause being 374
unknown. The guard and 50 Chinese were 374 374 killed.
The U. S. Naval Programme for 1901 in- cludes 32 vessels of a tonnage of 151,600, inclu- 379 | ding 22 gunboats for service in China and the 380 Philippines.
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la the London Gazette Gon. Gasalee in his official despatches highly commends the 332 gallantry of the Japanese troops at Peitsang
on the 5th August.
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On Saturday, the 27th October, 1900, at No. 9, Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai, the wife of the Rev. J. M. BLAIX, of a daughter.
On the 30th October, at No. 57, Szechuen Road, Shanghai, the wife of R. HEINSEN, of a son.
At the Peak Hospital, on the 3rd inst., the wife of G. MACKENZIE, of a daughter.
On the 5th November, at No. 4, Blue Buildings, the wife of C. T. ROBINSON, of a son.
On the 6th inst., at Dunford, Peak, the wife of HERBERT W. BELL, of a 30:1.
MARRIAGES,
On the 29th October, 1900, at the British Con- sulate-General, Shanghai, and afterwards at the Catheral, by the Rev. G. W. Coultas, W. J. B. CARTER, eldest son of the late William CARTER of Lancaster, to MABEL, daughter of William BLACKBURN, of May House, Blundellsands, Liver.
pool.
At No. 18. Nanking Road, Shanghai, on the 31st October, at 8.30 p.m., in the presence of the U. S. Vice-Consul, Dr. J. R. Hykes, by Rev. J. L. Stewart, assisted by Dr. Henry M. Woods, Rev. LACY L. LITTLE to Miss ELLA C. Davidson.
DEATH.
On the 29th October, 1900, at 25, Seward Road, Shanghai, WALTER WILSON, assistant examiner 1. M. Customs, aged 51 years.
The Weekly Press
The stens taken by the American authorities lepers to be found in the islands of that archipel in the Philippines to segregate the numerous
ago have been universally commended there.
Dr. Morrison telegraphed to the Times this week that the Russian Governor-General Alexieff had invited China, through Li Hung chang, to resume the Government of Manchuria under Russian protection.
Twenty-two students of the Senior Class fo the Nagasaki Commercial School loft Nagasaki on the 29th ult. in charge of the Director and three teachers, on a tour through Shanghai and the southern ports of China.
The Ostasiatische Lloyd announced on Wed. nesday that the Allies at Paotingfa have shot Ting Yang, Acting Viceroy of Chibli, the Military Governor, and a Chinese Colonel for the murder of missionaries.
heavy fighting on the Shansi frontier, an A London telegram of the 3rd inst. reports
Anglo-German force having stormed the Tschingking Pass after the Benal Lancers had turned the Chinese flanks.
Li Hung-chang ins ordered all the military officers in Chihli to return to their posts and to behead all officers implicated in the Boxer movements, The village headmen are also ordered to raiso a militia for the suppression of Boxers and bandits.
Since the establishment of constitutional Go-
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD CL. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREKT, E.C.vernment in Japan the Imperial Diet has
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
always been convened in November. This year's session of the Diet, it is stated, will not be opened until the end of December owing to the vast amount of work to be dealt with by the
now Ministry.
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Liu Yung-fa, the Black Flag General from Kwangtung province, is stated to have arrived at- Changsha in Hunan. He there received orders from the Manchu Governor of Kwangtung to receiving the arrears of pay due for his troops return to Canton, but rofused to do so without
as well as three months' pay in advance.
and there are
The water of the Yangtze is still very low, no hopes of there being any great rise this season. Vory little rain has as yet fallen in the interior, consequently the canals, streams and even the wells are almost dry. There is very little water in the Han, and it is feared that the water-borne portion of coal from the interior will be very small. A big rise in price is predicted.
The Asahi states that the request lodged with the Government by Mr. Hayashi, Japanese Minister, for the erection of lighthouses along
the Corean coast, has led the Corean Govern- mont to decide to carry out the work themselves. The work has been entrusted to Mr. McLeary Brown, who will start to construct light-houses at Chemulpo next spring. It is reported that tao Russian Minister to Seoul also lodged a request with the Corean Court for the erection cf lighthouses.
to Rosetta from Mr. Asano, President of The Nippon Yasen Kaisha has chartered
the T.K.K., who was also the purchaser of the Rohilla. The Rosettu replaces the Futami- maru ou the Australian line. Twenty-throo vessels belonging to the N.Y.K. were originally chartered by the Government for the convey- ance of troops and stores to North China. Several have been already roleased, and it is now reported that ten more of the Company's russels are about to resume their original service.
Of the new Russian warships which are com. ing out to the Far East, the Poltava and Sevas- topol are both turret-ships of 10,960 displaon- ment, the former of 11,255, the latter of 13,600 h.p. Both were built at St. Petersburg, the Poltava in 1894, the Sevastopol in 1895. Their armour is 153 in., belt; 10 in. H.S., gun posi- tion; 3 in., deck. Armament-four 12-in., twelve 5.9-in. Q.F., 34 smaller guns, and six torpedo tabos. The Poltar's speed is 16.2 knots and the Sevastopol's 175 knots. The ar- moured cruiser Gramôboï's chief figures are :— I.S., belt and gun position, 3-in., deck; armament displacement 12,336; i.h.p. 14,500; armour-6-in.
3 in. thirty six smaller quick-firors and maxims -four 8-in Q.F., sixteon 6-in., six 4.7-in., twenty
with five torpedo-tubes (four submarine); spood 20 knots.
As a result of the experience gained in the present campaign some changes are,, says the Yokohama correspondent of the Daily Mail, likely to be made in the equipment of the Japanese troops. Rice as an article of food will give way to ordinary European provisions to a large extent. Khaki will also probably displace the present white tunics as a fighting Latest despatches from Seoul, dated October dress. Japanese reports of the capture of 28th, state that the French and Russian | Poking, while written in a spirit af scrupulous syndicate formed to construct the Seoul-Wiji | fairness, show how marvellously the troops were Railway are negotiating with the Russo-Chinese | equipped and how ingeniously they fought. Bank to obtain the capital necessary for the The officers were actually supplied with hand undertaking. According to the Nichi Nichi electric lights. During the night attack which they are credited with a scheme to obtain con- preceded the capture of the Tae-hwa Gate, the trol of the Corean Government financially by, men who led the forlorn hope with the gun- The Asiatic Artillery returned to Hongkong sinking a large amount of capital in railway cotton to blow up the masonry stripped off all
their clothing to escape the enemy's notice.
The French mail of the 5th October arrived, per M. M. steamer Aunam, on the 5th Novem- ber (31 days); and the American mail of the 10th October arrived, per O. & O. steamer Coptic, on the 7th November (28 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
from the north on the 7th instant,
construction.
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