THE QUARANTINE FLAG-Captain S Wilde, master of the ks. Hang Sang, was fine
by Mr. Kemp this morning for not flying the quarantine flag on the ship's amval from. Shanghai, which has been declared an infected
A PRIZE OF £4.000 has been offered by Mr.
C. A Fearson to M: Santos Dumont if he will make a fight in his airship from London to Birmingham. In compliance with the wish of the aeronaut, however, the prize has been thrown open
SWORDS CONFISCATED —Maloita Avara. and Tamego Makabaya, Japanese hawkers, living at 35 Ship Street, were each fined $5 for possessing eight swords, without a valid certi ficate from the Captain Superintendant of } Palice on the reth inst. The swords were con- fiscated,
FOURTEEN VESSELS of the Russian Vladivostock and Port Arthur Squadron will hold manoeuvres in the early spring in the vicinity of Yang-do Island, Korea, in the course of which they will test a new method of dis charging torpedoes. On their conclusion the squadrons will cruise along the Korean and Chinese consts, and visit Japan."
A CANTON STEAMER QUARANTINED: The C. N. Co's stermer. Ningge, which arrived at Woosung the other day from Canton has been detained at the Quarantine Station by the Health officer in consequence of the discovery on board of the body of a native passenger who died on the voyage up, supposedly from cholera. The friends of the deceased concealed the death from the ship's officers and sealed up. the body in a cask, where it was discovered on the arrival of the vessel at Woosung.
THE KWANG-81 REBELLION.
THE CANTON VICEROY ALARMED.
DEFEAT OF IMPERIALISTS,
CANTON, 15th April. Owing to the lack of news from Marshals Su and Ma, and the various commanders of the troops despatched to Kwangsi to suppress the rebellion, Viceroy Tno Mu is alarmed, and has telegraphed to the Throne for, instructions and reinforcements. There is a strong feeling here (and a common topic of the day,) that it is vefy probable that the Imperial troops are in a tight corner, or perhaps the rebels have completely surrounded them or most likely that they have stopped all communications from reaching the authorities at Canton.
Later. The arrival of a courier, this aftemoon' tells its own fale. It appears that whilst crossing a narrow defile, the Imperial troops were lead into an ambuscade and com- pletely surrounded. With the exception of the rear guard, the main portion has been entirely annihilated or captured. The troops, which were detached from the army of Marshal Su, were commanded by one Wong,, a Brigadier General.
There is considerable excitement here. It has now transpired that the troops lead by Wong consisted of over two thousand men. They were on their way to dislodge the rebels, who were reported to be in considerable num bers at a small village,
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In the Theatre Royal last night, the above company scored a decided success, and consi- dering that the entertainers were accustomed to the ring, their performance on the stage was indeed d very creditable. The absence of ladies was conspicuous whereas the male element was well represented, the stalls being crowded, but the dress circle was sparse Vandrailles possibly do not commend themselves to the fair sex, but, we can however testify that the programme presented last night was more in the nature of a Variety Entertain ment. The curtain rose with a Gipsy Ballet, which showed the careful training the perfor- mers must have had. The Family Antonis. received quite an avation for their musical talent, while the preformances of M. Rosti on the Horizontal Bar, feats of strength by Mr and Mrs. Graen, the double trapere act of Misses Nassva and Irena, athletic feats of the Brothers More, and the wire walking of Miss Nellie Jordan, were one and all greatly admired. The twin Brothers Carr (real coons) delighted the audience with their dongs and cake-walka, Clements Belling's Jugglery was perhaps the best item on the pro gramme. The entertainment terminated with laughable sketch and very laughable it was entitled An Artists Bureau. A complete change of programme is announced for to day
We would recommend the musical director of the company's orchestra to devote some time In training his men to learn our National Hymn -the "God save the King played last night made one think it was a rendering of a Chinese
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1902.
HUGH WHALE AT SAMUN ISLANDS
DAMAGE TO A STEAMER..
With reference to the recent accident to the ss Pelure, which returned to Hongkong with hele in her bostem, Messrs. Arnald, Karberg & Co. bave kindly forwarded us a copy of the following letter received by the Captain, which speaks for itself —
"Customis Station,
Samun Islands,"
15th April, 1942. Dear Sir, This morning I was informed by a native that a large fish was lying on the sand beach at the North side of this Island and which is about 8 miles West of the Middle Rocks. I was also informed that the whale (for such it is) was run into and killed by a Kerosine Oll steamer near Middle Rocks. The whale was afterwards towed in by a junk and hauled up on the beach at high water. I proceeded to the place indicated and found to my surprise a monster whale of immense proportions. He is about 60 feet in length and weighs I should think, about 100 tons. Hearing that you had an accident under doubtful circumstances I take pleasure in communicating this intelli gence for your information.
Yours sincerely,
(Sd.) L. C. ARLINGTON,
Officer in charge of Station
SANITARY BOARD,
A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be held to-morrow at 4.15 p.m.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
1. The Second Report for 1902 of the Quar terly Inspection Committee.
2. Annual Sanitary Reports for the year 1901.
AGENDA
1. Result of the analysis of a sample of water from No. 85, Wellington Street.
2. Result of the examinations made under "The Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance, 1895" for the quarter ended 31st March, 1902, ...3. Limewashing Retum for the fortnight ending March 29th, 1902,
4. Reports of the analyses of the public water supplies for March, 1902.
5. Report of the work done by the cleansing gangs.
6 Plan showing the construction of two houses on H.H.I.L. 195 and 196
CORRESPONDENCE,
(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondente in this column.)
FOR FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong Telegraru." SIR,—Could you or any of the subscribers to your paper laform me which was the greatest number of people that ever attended a football match in the United Kingdom (Either Rugby or Association),
Yours, &c.,
Hongkong, 16th April, 1907.
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CANTON NOTES.
(From Our Own Correspondent).
· CANTON, April 15th. THE PREFECT OF KWONG CHAU.
|
PIRACY ON THE CANTON RIVER.
CAPTAIN KILLED.
On the 14th jostant, whilst the Shuntak
Canton paddle boat was on its way to Canton, laden with a considerable amount of money and valuables, a band of pirates encamped on
small bill alongside the banks of the river suddenly opened fire and after killing the captain, boarded her. As in all cases, guards are stationed on avery boat from the interior, but as soon as they saw how matters stood, they promptly took off their uniforms and mingled with the passengers. To the credit of the pirates it must be said that with the exception of the shooting of the captain, none. of the crew and passengers were molested. After getting everything that was of value to them, the pirates quietly went away, but not before they had unshipped the rudder, and darnaged the stern wheels and sail. It is reported that no less than 40,000 taels were
taken by the pirates,
TIENTSIN DAY BY DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
TIENTSIN, April 4th.
By latest accounts 'Russia appears to have climbed down somewhat. Her latest compro mise suggests a superficial, compromise; suffi- cient to effect her purpose no doubt. The principle articles are stated now, io stand as follows:-
1. That the Chinese Government will pay one million six hundred thousand taels to cover the expenses of Russia's military occupation of Manchuria.
draw is troops from Manchuria within 18
2. That the Russian Government will with-
months in three detachments.
*
3. Chinese Government is at liberty to enrol and drill her own troops for the due protection
of the country.
4. Though Chinese and foreigners may allow foreigners and Chinese to open mines in
Manchuria care must be taken that the interests of Russia's nines and railways are in no way injured.
Closer inspection of the above leads one to feel that a great deal may find its way through the meshes of this net. One is prompted to enquire why China should have the honour of paying for the occupation which succeeded the wholesale massacre of her people, And as to what sort of luck is likely to attend the Chinese troops engaged in "maintaining order," when the Russian hand still retains the whip of veto, as testified by the last clause. Under such
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chunng line by the Russians, it is presumable that that line will previously be restored to the Chinese. As for the evacuation, that is matter altogether, but we may he pretty well assured that if Russia has not moved in 18 months Japan will lose no time in taking her to task for breach of contract. If it is true that the railway is to be given back, we shall probably find several of our officers on the Board of
Directorship and along the line at deeper
stages. Anything many happen at any moment however, to entirely alter projects and many a
There is considerable talk about the Viceroy's latest appointment. For some time there have
been rumours abroad that the Viceroy's con-slip many yet occur between the drafting of fidential adviser and interpreter was about to be appointed prefect of Kwang Chau. His age and inexperience, it was said, would prevent bis receiving this appointment. However the appointment has been made and last Sunday
this man took over the duties of this office. The Nam Hoi and the Pun U are very much dis- pleased because so young a man about 30 years and a man without a record has been given an office above themselves. It is said that the new prefect will continue to act as adviser to the Viceroy and that the duties of the new office will be attended to by others. There is no doubt however that Kung Sam Cham the new prefect will attend faithfully to the emoluments of this new appointment...
THE KWANGSI REBELLION.
conditions of restoration and their acceptance. In regard to the city, it is thought in some quarters that the restoration will be delayed until the forts at Shan-hai-kwan have all been destroyed. There was some idea of this at the outset I believe, but whether it will be acted up to or not is another matter. One important feature of the situation is that whereas the Generals are unanimous, almost to a man the Ministers in Peking are one of them agreed on any point, and the Chinese officials take very good care that they shall not by any accident have time to harmonize. If for in- stance the British Minister goes to the Board of Foreign Affairs or to Prince Ching and urges that pressure be brought upon the Rus. sian Minister to evacuate Newchwang, Ching siezes the earliest opportunity to remark to the Russian Minister that "the British "Minister
chwang "11 The Russian Minister naturally retorts, "Why do you not ask him to hand over Tientsin ?" In this way cause of offences multiply and China does nothing but feed the fire of international complication trusting that by this means her own shortcomings may be overlooked.
It is difficult to tell what is going on in Kwangsi. The Canton officials report the re bellion crushed The Governor of Kwangsinsks me to demand that you hand over New. wants to be cashiered because he cannot put it down. The generals in charge report the rebela as flying before the imperial soldiers. Mission ary letters to hand yes erday confirm the report that the rebellion is spreading. The rebels have gained force and have driven back the troops. And the funny thing about it all is that every man who speaks about the rebellion has the latest official and perfectly reliable news, However the officials here take the matter calmly as if there was not much to be feared.
CHOLERA..
The number of deaths reported are decreas- ing The coffin shops report fewer sales, However there are still enough deaths reported. to make it prudent to use great care with water and vegetables. Fatahan has had a great number of deaths and the disease has more nearly approached epidemic form there than in any other place.
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News from the South through Chinese sources indicates that the trouble in Kwangal is spreading and creeping northwards via the border lands of Yunnan and Szechuan Pro vinces, keeping in true Chinese fashion alter- nately out of touch with each Governor in turn, and the officials are only too eager to waive all responsibility for them. So great is the dis satisfaction from different causes throughout the country that thousands will probably flock to the rebel ranks, each with their own object in view. From one cause or another there is great adrest throughout the country. Secret dia patches are arriving almost daily for the Grand Council from Shengi and Kansuh'and it is be
CLAN FIGHTS. The Tung Kun district seems to have an lieved that they are from Yuan and Tung Fu epidemic of clan fights at the present time.shang. The latter is supposed to have shaved bodies of the three men who lost their Half a dozen are raging now. Small cannon his head and entered a monastry. Quite pes lives by the
asare used and all day long this innocent (?) sibly he did, in order to save it, but I cannot dinghy on
amusement is kept up. Very few lives are lost believe he is in any danger of remaining in but to an onlooker it appears very serious in such innocent reclusion for long. ere deed in one neighborhood over one hundred The fruit trees were cut down by one village in their order to be revenged upon another. At another took place two
two villages quarrelled about a small fish pond valued at about Sroo. Before the "row was over two men had been killed and each side had, spont over $1,000. These things occur yearly and seem now, to be regarded as
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We have had three small steamers, at the Bund which is piled high with incoming cargo; but the export cargo is still where it was,
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