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PUBLIC AUCTION, Under Writ of Executi » Snit No. 396 of 1900, The Goods and Chattels of the KwONG YING CHENG, No. 7, SHIP STARET.
TO-MORROW.
the Path June, 1905, ..
at 2.30 M.,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, JUNE IT, TOO
Eutimations. EYE-SIGHT.
NOTICE.
I am continuing my Sight Testing Rooms in Hongkong (W, BREWER & CO.) at which during my ABSENCE' will be IN CHARGE of Mr. McIVER, Member Ph. Sy. A Register of all. Glasses supplied my constituents in the Far East 1 kpl here, and any kind of Ordinary or Special Lenses can be obtained.
REPAIRS A SPECIALITY,
Hongkong, goth May, 1900,
ON PEKING.. FOUR THOUSAND RUSSIANS LANDED.
FLIGHT OF THE EMPRESS DOWACER.
ablo
CHINA
THE CHINA SQUADRON. 11.M.S. Goliath has sailed for Gibraltar and China.
THE CHINA QUESTION.
where hundreds are joining them daily and make no secret of it. The Manchus, without exception, are members of the society and openly flaunt the distinguishing badge of the organisation-a red girdle. The situation is hourly growing, more critical and unless the Empress Dowager backs up Jung Lu, there can be no pence in the country. If the country- sido rise up, the couple of thousand foreigners and their guarda here will be but a mouthful to the 200,000 Boxers on the spot, without count. ing the Grand Army of the North-N. C. D. News.
bined Powers will be inclined to give her the TROOPS MARCHING | Boer position at Laings Nek unten. In the meantime the Bakers seem to be every chance of again flouting the lot of them once their joint action has resulted in the restora tion of order. The only question is, will the Powers be able to agree sufficiently long amongst themselves to bring matters to a satisfactory conclusion ? Each claims for itself a certain sphere of influence, each is' anxiously on the lookout to seize the first opportunity of getting ahead of its neigh
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) bours with regard to China, and we see in
SHANGHAI, June 11th. this joint action a large field of possibile
A Tientsin telegram, dated 10th danger owing to international jealousies heing aroused,
Rusin, at the present moment is pre-instant, reports that seventeen -
put more jilen into dominant, for Russia has of the rest of the dred marines from the various for [6746 Powers put together. The Engress waeign warships now at Taku left that
ger is said to have taken refuge in the Ru
Further re sian Legation, and while there her whal day for i eking by rail leanings must of necessity be towards Russia.inforcements continue to arrive at Will it not then be only too probable that, | Tientsin, It is reported that four when some degree of order has been restored,
N. LAZARUS.
PACKING, COPPER WIRES, RUBBER A. Ŝ. WATSON & Co., Run will be the Power to come in for all thousand Russians have been landed
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Hongkong, th June, 1990.
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the plums and that this may set the other Powers by the cars? We should feel con siderably less apprehension had the forces of the Powers been more equally divided than at present, but as matters now stand we
can only hope that Russia will not put for ward her claim to the lion's share, a hope which, we must admit, seems somewhat vain. Russia has never been pasticularly renowned for magnanimity and we shall watch develop- ments with peculiar interest.
Mobilization of Troops for the North.
We understand that the Military Authori
at Pei-tai-ho and are marching on the Capital. News comes from Pok- ing to the effect that the Empress Dowager has left the Palace and fled to the Russian Legation.
Received 11.50 a.m. Published 5.30 p.m.
A JOINT DEMAND. A despatch from Washington says that the diplomatists at Peking have decided to jointly demand the impress to suppress the Boxers, otherwise the Powers will act.
JAPANESE EMIGRANTS TO BRITISH COLUMBIA. MAY INFLUENCE CHINESE
AFFAIRS.
Sir W. Laurier in the Dominion Coinmons deprecated the adoption of the British Columbian law to prevent | the influx of Japanese emigrants. Ho referred to possible complications with China, and said it would be un- CHRISTIANS MASSACRED AT wise to do anything to jeopardize
the British friendship with Japan.
THE WAR.
PEKING.
SHANGHAI, June 11th.
ties have been instructel to have a certain THE DOWAGER TO BE DEPOSED. munber al troops in readiness to proceed to the North, to co operáte in quelling the disturbances there, in consequence of which three companies of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Officer, and 26 Rank and File of the Royal Engineers with a small contingent of the native S.M.R.E. sap pers and a company of the Asiatic Battalion | R. A. were medically inspected on Saturday morning. A number of mcht from the Hongkong Regiment are also being held in readiness.
·
Port after removal should be rested for a month before use. Wine, re- As from enquiries we learn that further BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, quired for drinking at once should he action will be the result of instructions of
Agents.
[f29b ordered to be decanted at the bis. strictly confidential mature the time of de- pensary before being sent outture cannot be known, but we believe that one of the warships now here will in all These Wines are too favourably probability convey all the troops drawn from the Garrison should their services be required. known to need.comment.
Overhead Wires.
Hongkong, th June, iyon,
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND
CALCUTTA
HE Steamship
THE
"CATHERINE, APCAR,”
Captain J. G. Olife, will be despatched for the
at Noon.
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wholesale rates.
At Peking on the ninth instant twenty of the American Mission con- verts were massacred by the Boxers. The Marine Guard is expected to arrive at Peking to-night, Tele graphic communication with the Capital is interrupted. It is reported that the Powers intend to depose the Empress Dowager when the combined forces reach Peking,
SHANGHAI MISSIONARIES APPREHENSIVE.
-
THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.
Missionary Murders Confirmed.
PRKING, June 5th, 6.18 p.us.. The murder of the Rev. C. Robinson of the Church of England Mission at Yung Cheng, ?
ty miles south of Peking, is officially con firmed, as also that of the Rev. H. Y. Norinan.
The Magistrate las fled here."
Further Confirmation.
ANTING STATION "BURNED,
LANGFANG SURROUNDED.
PEKING TRAIN SERVICE INTERRUPTED.
MARINES LANDING
RUMOURS OF WAR
REPORTED ROW IN PALACE.
TIENTSIN, 5th June, 6.40 p.m. v. Norman and C. Robinson is confirmed and The report.of the murders of the Revs. H. it is stated the latter was disembowelled. The Lang Fang is surrounded by the " Boxers." No railway station at Anting has been burned and
trains are running from and to Peking, as the drivers refuse to proceed without a foreign guard. The Japanese, Americans, British, French and Resins are landing mannes. There are rumours of impending war, and it is reported that there is a row in the Palace at Peking-fercury.
WEATHER REPORT.:
TELEGRAPH GUT. General Kelly-Kenny telegraphs from Bloemfontein that the telegraphi The Observatory report says:—
On the toth at 11.55 a.m. the barometer has Hine has been cut at Roodeval, to the
fallen slightly on the China coast. The depres- north of Kroonstadt, by the Boers,sion lying in the North yesterday, seems to whose force is estimated at 2,000 base moved Eastwards towards the Sea of Japan. Pressure is highest over the Pacific to strong with six guns. Kelly-Kenny the S. of Japan. Gradients slight for S.E. winds is sending strong ro-inforcements,
THE SITUATION IN CHINA.
RUSSIA DECIDED. Renter's correspondent at St. Pe- The Protestant Mission compounds tersburg wires that Russia has decided During the last three or four years the Sample bottles and smaller quanti-number of overhead telephone, telegraph here were abandoned on the eighth
on immediate military action to re- above Parts, T-MORROW, the 12th instant, tins will be supplied at proportionate and electric light wires to lie sening and there are now congregated in the
press the anti-foreign movement in kong has increased enormously, in fact, to an alarming extent. Take the old baya, for American Methodist Mission com-China, but without dissociating hef instance, and look at the network of wires pound, with a small guard, over self from the joint action of the now traversing it as compared with three or
Now, overhead wires are seventy foreigners and a number of Powers. yuiversally admitted to be a nuisance and a converts. All has been quiet up to dager. They are brought down by wind, snow, lightning and by other causes now and the present, however. again, and are frequently the cause of loss of life.
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.,
Agenta.
Hongkong, th June, toon,
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FOR MANILA.
HE Company's Steamship
THE
YUENSANG,"
Captain 11. Rolfe, will be duspuched as above TO-MORROW, the 13th instant, at 4P.M., insteaded as previously advertiseil
This Steamer has Supenor Accommodation for First class Passengers, and is fitted through out with Electric Light and curries a Doctor, &c.
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HE Company's Steamship
THE
SHANTUNG,"
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The Hongkong
four years age,
But Hongkong" has more to fear than other places from overhead wires. Here we have typhoons which now and again sweep down and do great damage to all overhead wires. We have had no typhoon visit the Colony since the 29th July,
elegraph and the great majority of these wires
HasGRONG, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1990.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Trouble in the North. The special telegrams which we publish to-day, taken in conjunction with mail news from Shanghai and Tientsin, show that the Captain Quail, wit be despatched as above Boser trouble has increased to alarming proportions and that the situation in the on FRIDAY, (he is instant.
north is more grave and threatening than has been the case for years past. To all accounts the Bosers are masters of the situation. Their members are in a majority thoughout the whole the northern pro-
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Hongkong, rith June, 1909,
8h
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"TRIESTE,"
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747b
Hongkong, th June, 1900,
THE OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUL
HE Company's Steamship
THE
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CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
`FOR MANILA:
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"SUNGKIANG,"
[45
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The attention of Passengers is directed to the Superior Accommodation offered by this Steamer. The Vessel is fitted throughout with
Electric Light,
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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, 1ith June, 1900
vinces and they are receiving the most if not the actual support of the Empress Dowager and her followers. We are told, in fact, that the Manchus are one and all Boxers and thus it will be seen that the Authorities must be with and for the Society.
As usual, matters have been allowed to drift too long, with the the result that valu-
inkin
able foreign lives have been sacrificed before active steps have been by the Powers. The Foreign Ministers at Peking, we have been told, now and again of late, have addressed a note to the Tsungli Virgen demanding the suppres sion of this notoriously anti-foreign society. The result of these notes has not been apparent. True, the Empress Dowager has in each instance issued an edict, but it has been couched in such terms as to be nothing more than an encouragement to the Boxers and a veiled insult to the Powers. The Chinese Authorities could have put down
have been erected since that date. On that occasion telephone, telegraph and electric light wires were down all over the Colony. What the state of affairs will be when the nest blow comes it is indeed difficult to
imagine, the wires have increased to such an extent along some of the principal streets that fatalities are almost sure to occur shouk! they be blown down. Of course it will be argued that underground wires are more expensive than overlicad ones, but we believe that the damage done by a few heavy blows, and it must not be forgotten that we have been four years without one, would almost equal the cost of putting the wires under ground. At least his might be done in new streets.
.
TELEGRAM S. Special to the Hanghang Telegraph." SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. THE TROUBLE IN
THE NORTH. THE EMPRESS FAVOURS THE BOXERS.
DEFIES THE POWERS. ACTION IMMINENT. MISSIONARIES MURDERED. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
SHANGHAI, June 9th." Another Edict has been issued,
the Boxers had they chosen, but it did not evidently as a result of foreign suit their book to do so. If the Boxers were pressure, but it is defiant in tone. able to drive the foreigners into the sea, they argued, it would be well and good. If the The representatives of the Towers Boxers failed in this laudable object then it have accordingly sent an ultimatum would be easy to propitiate the Powers by an apology, a few thousand taels indemnity, to the Tsungli Yamen in connection the crection of some churches here and with it. The railway mail service. there and the execution, of a few "coolies. Thus it was to the interest of the Authorities between here and Peking is still dis- to allow the Boxers full scope to do as they located. From the large increase pleased; with regard to foreigners. The
to themselves up tumed out to
be, and if they
Received at 4.35
p.m. Published at 3.30 p.m.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. GENERAL.
THE JAPANESE PRINCES IN EUROPE.
iti
The Trouble in the North.
in S. China. FORECAST -Moderate S.E. winds; squally, thunder showers.
On the 11th at 11.55 a.m. barometric changes. are slight: The depression is moving Enst-i wards in the Sea of Japan. Pressure is also relatively low over the S.E. coast of China. Gradients moderate for N.E. winds on the E. coast of China, slight for S.W. winds on the S.. coastie
FORECAST:-Moderate S.W. winds;
thunder showers.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE heavy falls of rain which took place yester day and to-day must have gone far towards filling the reservoirs,
IT is stated that "Boxing"has spread to such an extent in the North that even the eunuchs in the Imperial Palace are studying it.
A WHITER in a Russian joursal estimates that to reach the level of other European countries, Russia would have to construct 53,000 additional miles of railroads, not including Siberia, in order to have the length of its railways com mensurate with the population,
CHINA'S DESPERATION. THE BOXERS AGAIN ON THE WAR PATH. DESTRUCTION OF THE PEKING- TIENTSIN RAILWAY,
PEKING, June 4th, 6.50 p.m. The Boxer movement is growing in intensity and savagery. The numbers of the malcontents and their sympathisers here are greater than ever. It is felt that the climax is at hand; the arrival of the small bodies of foreign troops has THE Union Pacific Railway Company is pro seemingly exercised a most exciting effect uponviding its offices in large cities with a mutos- the populace. Large bodies of the so-called
Boxers--the emissaries of the high mandarins cope for displaying some of the interesting LONDON, June 8th.
have proceeded down the Peking-Tientsin points along the Overland route. Six sets of Prince Kohito has arrived at radway, destroying the line. They have burnt views have been provided, one of them being
railway bridge, thus cutting off communication mile a minute, men je Vienna. He was met by the Arch-the station at Hoantsung and destroyed the the Overland Limited going at a speed of a duke Franz Ferdinand and escorted by rail between us and the sca to Holfburg, where he was received and banqueted by the Emperor.
"
THE WAR. ONLY NOW BEGUN."
The Daily Express correspondent
Chinese Attack the Cossacks.
RUSSIA AND CHINA COME TO BLOWS. FIFTEEN CHINESE AND TWO RUSSIANS KILLED AND WOUNDED. ALL THE ENGINEERS SAFE:
THE N. C. D. Neros understands that the China Association at Shanghai has sent a telegram to the British Government, pointing out the gravity of the situation in the North, and urging' that Great Britain should use her own forces for the protection of her people, and not rely on those of any European Power, THREE Prussian officers have made a quick trip from Berlin to Prague in a balloon. They to endeavour to find any other members of the left at 2 o'clock in the afterncob, and came Lu-Han Railway construction corps and bring them back to Peking. The Chinese in large down at 5 o'clock the same afternoon, having risen to an altitude of 10,000 feet during a part numbers made a deterinined attack upon the
of the journey. The distance between the two Cossacks and were not driven off until fifteen of their number were, seen to fall before the cities is covered by an express train in seven. Russian bullets. It is not known how many of hours, those shot were killed outright
(From Our Special Correspondent.) -
PEKING, June 5th, to am The Boxers" attempted to intercept the at Machadadorp, states that Pre-Cossack force sent out by the Russian Minister sident Kruger at an interview said the burghers would never surrender as long us.500 armed men remained in the country. The government was still effective and he would not leave the country. The real struggle had only now begun.
OPERATIONS IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY. Col. Plumer has occupied Zeerust unopposed. Major General Baden Powel is administering Malinani and the Zecrust districts.
THE YEOMANRY DISASTER. The casualties of the 13th Yeo. manry on the 1st inst. were, Capt. Keith, Sir John Power and 16 troop
ers killed. Eari Lonford, three of ficers and twenty five troopora wounded.
The Cossacks had two of their number wounded.
Two English Missionaries Killed,
PERINO, June 5th, to a.m.. The Boxers. have massacred two English Missionaries named Norman and Robinson near this city.
!
THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ended roth June ale-
Non-Chinese Chinese .....
Library, Museum. 360. 11 J24
1,812
Totals....... 484 1,983
Tuż inhabitants of Garden Road, Kowloon,
Two Thousand Cossacks Ordered are asking one another why the Water Autho
To Peking.
rity cut off their water on Sunday morning without notice and prevented them taking their baths. They wish to know if under the circum- stances the Authorities would object to their standing in the road in the rain and so getting
RUSSIA WILL RESTORE ORDER. From another source we have received the following telegram dated Peking this morning "Four Cossacks are reported to have been killed and wounded. Five Russian regiments of cavalry. (Cossacks) have been ordered up to a wash? Feking and are momentarily expected. It was with the idea of stopping, these tops arriving EACH of the American men-of-war in the har China Gagtile,
that the railway at Tientsin was destroyed.bour, says the Shanghai Mercury of 5th instant,
The Situation Serions.
TIENTSIN June 5th, 4.35 p.m. The situation continues serious, but we are fully prepared more men are landing, and everyone is armed. The trains to and from Peking are running irregularly
danger,sions
is confirmed.
the Monocacy, Carline, and Yorktown-has contributed a contingent of 17 marines and a sergeant to act as guard for the American Legation at Peking, and these embarked on the Kwangse, which left Shanghai to-day for Tientsin.
The missions at Pantingly are in great ACCORDIG to the vernacular papers Sheng Taotai left Hankow on the 2nd inst. by the str The report of the dent of the Rev. C. Robin-
Kiong fee for Shanghai, where he prosposed to tarry for sometime, but as several telegrams from the North have since reached him com son and the Rev. H. V. Ntirman of the S.P
The Empress Dowager and the manding his immediate presence there in order
Boxer
to attend to the matter of the destruction of the PEKING, June 5th. Lu Pao railroad. Sheng will proceed post baste Atasecret conclave of the Empress Dowager's to Peking principal advisers held at the Palace last nightERCE
LATER. MR. CAMPBELL BANNERMAN SPEAKS. Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, speak Authorities thought that perhaps the being made in the foreign forces at Powers were not so formidable as they set this port I am convinced that active ing at Glasgow, said that the con- be more so, then the preparations are being made for war.quered South African States must be 17486 Authorities would still have a good road out Father more than two thousand long to the Empire, and that Great of the difficulty into which they had fallen troops have been ordered to be in Britain after securing imperial power Boxers. This we believe to be the true readiness within twenty-four hours, must aim at conciliation, and grant cause of the present state of affairs, and it Missions have been looted and des: the earliest possible rights of autont could have been prevented altogether had will be despatchet for the above Port on the Powers taken juatters more seriously and troyed at Tungehow and there has omny which would content the other
been loss of life amongst the mission- The upshot of the present trouble it is difficult to foreshadow. Matteis may fizzle aries at Pao-ting-fu, who have been out and affairs resume their old course, but in considerable danger. Business we doubt it. We believe that the end of the here is at a standstill, and all the independence of China is fast approaching,
FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL.
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ETTRICKDALE,"
or about the 6th July, and the S.S. "SIKH" on or about the 13th July, They will be followed by the
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The whole Blame could be thrown on the
refused to treat China as an equal.
[s for it is hardly to be imagined that the com- forogners are under arms,
Colonies.
NA AL
LONDON, June 9th, General Buller has captured, posi- tions which thinks renders the
the dynasty and if properly armed can be.
was deciled after a long discussion not to A Housy race in Venice seems to be an absur- crush the Boxers, as they are really loyal to dily, for the only borson she possesses are the turned into valuable auxiliaries of the army in bronze ones in front of hier great Basilica of St. opposing foreign aggression, Jung Lu and the Mark's Venice js, however, to have a race Prince of Li were the only ones to oppose the meeting this year and a considerable sum has measure, bat were overruled by Prince Ching been raised. A race course is being laid out the Prince of Tuán (the Heir Apparent's father)
on the Campo di Mane, the old drill ground Kang Yi Chi Hsu, and Chao Shu-chiao Wang Wen-shao was silent, while the Empress near the railroad station. It will be the first
horse race Venice has ever sechs Dowager appeared to keer her own counsel,