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HONGKONG. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1904,
THE ESCAPE FROM
PORT ARTHUR.
According to Reuter's Chefoo agent six Russian battleships, four cruisers, and half the torpedoers escaped from Port Arthur on Wednesday, and were chased by the Japan ese fleet. The Consular cables, received from Mr. M. Noma, furnishes the additional fact that the Russian squadron had got only about twenty-five miles out when the Japan
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cruiser Adamastar.
IT is notified in the Gisette thu the. Governi ment is prepared in sell the right to erect and
shore, on certain sits abutting on that part of maintain a number of piers, over Grown fore
Connaught Road lying between Queen Victoría Street and Whilly Street.
|MB. Edward F. O'Brien, editor of the Manila Stody Sun, was taken in Bilibid yesterday,
says the Cablenews of the roth inst,, to serve a sentence of six months for libel. He was as- signed to work as a clerk in one of the various departments of the pinitentiary.
An American telegram of the gih inst, stres - There are now aver too sick and wounded of the garrison at Port Arthur, and a hospital ship has been demanded. It is stated that the garrison hospitals have been found inadequate and are ako frequently damaged by Japanese shells many of the patients being killed.
THE Coolis who
was found in No. 74 Station Street, by Sergeant Appleton, and who gave the latter such a run before capture, as reported by us on Thursday, was charged with entering the premises with intent to commit a felony, and Mr. Gomperiz sent him to two
months' hard labour and two hours in the stocks,
ese fleet made an attack and evident- ly compelled the enemy's ships to retire and subsequently divide. Four of the battle. ships came south and the rest are thought A YOUNG Chinaman was riding bicycle on to have returned to Port Arthur. This sortie Thursday evening along Praya East, when heat- was certainly one of the most audaciousing a tram car approaching from behind, he dashes in a long series of daring leats, and apparently lost his nerve, and fell off, when was probably rendered necessary by the the car pissed over one of the wheels of the fallen bike, and smashed it. Luckily the mas desperate situation at the Russian strong fell in the opposite direction and so escaped hold. It is true that many sorties have been with a scarce. made from the harbour with a view, no doubt, of ascertaining whether the entrance was clear in case fight became unavoidable, and also perhaps, to put the Japanese off their guard when the final moment for exit came. This last dash, however, must be taken as an indication of the proximity of the fall of the citadel, as there is reason for trelieving that the attacking fleet has a most accurate knowledge of the day that the final rush will be made. Realising this, the Russians evidently determined not 10 wait until the last moment, and decided on risk-
AN Indian Constable placed a Chinese kerosine oil dealer before Mr. Campertz on the charge of storing kerosine oil without a permit, and of offering the constable $150 not to proceed against him. He was fined $2 on the first charge, and sent to gael for one month without the option of a fine for the attempt to bribe, this Worship remarking that if the constable had accepted the bribe he would assuredly have gone to gaol, and so his templer must do st.
THE following item was sent from San Fran.
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CHARGE OF FALSE IMPRI SONMENT.
DAMAGES $500.
At the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, Augustus Mason | brought a action against A. C. Davis, to re- cover dan ages for wrongful imprisonment and una icious pro ccution.
Nr. 11. K. Holmes appeared in support of the claim and Mr. H. G. C. Bailey (Messrs. Johnson. Stokes and Master) defended,
Mr. Holmes, in opening the case, snid the plaintiff claimed a thousand dollars dainages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecu- tion. On the 26th July, about seven o'clock in the evening, near the Hongkong Hotel, de- fendant gave the plaintiff into custody stating that he had stolen his watch and chain. Plain- tiff was taken to the Police Station and de.
tained till the following morning, when the Magistrate heard the case and dismissed it. Counsel thereupon put in the depositions of the lagistrale.
Plaintiff was then called, and said that he was the representative of the Manila and Philip pines Directory, and-was-also-connected-with the advertising business. He first met the de fendant about a week or ten days before the 18th july and had been to his room about twice. They were not particularly friendly, On the 20th altino, they were having a drink together in the public bar of the Hongkong Hotel, when suddenly Davis remarked that he could not leave the hotel as he bad all the doors guarded. Witness laughed at the
joke, whereupon Davis in a loud voice said
answered that he did not care for jokes of
that he had his watch and chain. Witness
this kind and told him to stop it. Davis was intoxicated so witness lelt the hotel in disgust. He walked out into Qeen's Road and whilst passing the Clock Tower, he was stopped by a Soh police constable. He was then taken to the Central Police Station, charged, and divested of all he bed in his possession and locked up in a cell. Alterwards he was off.red bail in $2,050 cash, but at such an hour be could not obtain it. As the result of his appearance in the Court he had suffered in his business as an advertisement canvasser,
Mr. Bailey, for the defence, said he was in a very awkward positior as lus client was away. in Shanghai. He was a commercial traveller
ing the danger from mines and warships cisco on the 9th 1st, and is printed in the and could not wait.
fleet bas, so far, been concentrating prac
of the enemy at the entrance to the harbour and steaming out to sea. Five of their best vessels, which have been repaired at Port Arthur, since the memorable tight on the 9th February, have apparently managed to emerge from the ordeal in a more or less damaged condition, and should they emulate the tactics recently adopted by the Viadivo stok squadron another serious phase will certainly be brought into the wat. Japan's FURNITURE tically all its alleation on Port Arthur, and now that the Russian vessels have escaped it will be necessary for them to watch the movement of those warships in case they may become a "erious menace to merchant- men having trade with Japan. But the important question for the Russian ships in such an event is that of coal, and as the Japan Weekly Chronich pointed out some months since their warships might cruise along the coast of China with the object of stopping and searching merchant vessels voyaging to Japan, and yet they would have the right to enter either Singapore or Hongkong at any time and take sufficien cual to carry them back to Port Arthur as the nearest Russian port. Then, having ob tained the coal required, the vessels could go out on a cruise to look for ships bound for Japan, and come in again when the coal was exhausted. Our Kobe contemporary pointed out that Japanese warships would PHOTOGRAPHIC have only the right to take sufficient coal at
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Cablenews. -A Russian officer of high rank whe was captured by the Japanese last Satur day in an assault on one of the minor los at Port Arthur discloses a desperate state of affairs with n the fortress. He states that Heutenant General Stoessel, the commander at Port Arthur, harassed by the enfeebled con- dition of his body and desparring of successful-
prolonging the defense, committed suicide The officer also reports that the garrison generally expects the city to fall into the hands of the Japanese, but not without considerable loss of life and a desperate struggle. A report from another source states that the gati.son is reduced to great straits for want of provisions and that such dainties as eggs and chicken are feubing fabulous prices,
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His Lordship:-Did he leave alter the set- vice of the writ?
Mr. Bailey: Yes, my Lord,
His Lordship He nught to bare stayed. M. Bailey for the defence submitted that the pla nuff had not proved matice as he was
bound to in a
case of false imprisonment. Defendant charged the plainuff because he
honestly believed him to have stolen the watch and chain.
He was not actuated by any tion and had had no quarrel with the plaintiff. malice and had nothing to gain by the prosecu. He proceeded to refer to various legal opinions
argued that the plaintif had failed to show on the question of false imprisonment and malice.
Mr. Holmes briefly replied, and urged that Davis had acted most recklessly.
His Lordship, in giving judgment, said there was no doubt that the plaintiff, as the result of the defendant's action, had suffered in his person and in his reputation, but there was nothing to show that he had suffered in his pocket. He could not doubt that the defendant took no care to inform himself of the true state of the case, and he would add that in his opinion he did not think the defendant honestly believed the case he placed before the Magistrate. He had come to the conclusion that plaintiff had reasonably proved that the defendant had acted without reason. able or probable cause and shown that he had other motives for giving plaintiff in charge than the mere fact of bringing him to justice. There would be a verdict for the plaintiff, with Soo damages.
BURGLARIES IN HONGKONG.
the 12th November the work has been carried forward at a rapid rate, and when we visited the site some four weeks after the ceremony, the. foundations and outlines of the walls could be
readily traced. A host of misons and brick layers was secured by Mr. Chan, A Tong, the contractor, and no delay being occasioned the
THE WAR.
THE DASH FROM PORT ARTHUR.
NAVAL BATTLE.
RUSSIAN FLIGHT SOUTHWARD,
Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, has kindly forwarded to us the fo
lowing telegrams :-
Toxto, 12th August," 0.10 p.m.
erection of the new building was pushed for- ward with all possible speed. As the weeks elapsed the law cours grew; scaffolding was erected, and huge blocks of unchipped granite. Admiral Togo reports that the were brought over from the quarries at Russian squadron proceeding south- Char No Leung, and deposited ready for the mason's chisel. Here they are daily being ward after the sortie from Port Arthur moulded into ornamental bases, copings, and on the 10th inst, our combined column. The piers to support the arches above the colonnade, which will practically
fleet attacked the enemy 25 miles surround the whole building, have been laid south-east of Port Arthur, then pur- In fact, internally the walls are now built to a sued towards the cast. height of some 18 feet, while the exterior of the building rises about 15 feet from the foundations. The window and door frames on the ground floor are fixed and the work in every department is well in band. A visit to the building gives one a good idea of what this floor will be like so far as accommodation is concerned, and th; most striking improve: ment at present discernable will be with regard to the holding of the Criminal Sessions. The
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commodious room for receiving prisoners ad joins two cells and is in direct communication, by two stone staircases, with the docks in the large and small court on the floor above. Given fine weather, the bricklayers will soon. be making a start with these and the library, and rooms to be set apart for the use of counsel, solicitors and others. All the material- employed is of the best and wlien, at length, the lofty dome rises above the other buildings in the vicinity, the Hongkong Law Courts will be a striking addition to a cluster of atchi- tectural adornments.
MESSAGERIES CANTONNAISES
IN LIQUIDATION.
The two steaners Paul Beau, and Charles Burdawin, have now stopped ranning for the preseus, the company having gone into liquida.
owing to financial difficulties brought about by the competition with which it was found impossible to cope. The above steamers were only bush about six months ago, and notwithstanding that they re.eived a postal subsidy have now proved, as far as the Canton- Bungkong run is concerned, a financial fanure. A meeting of the creditors of the proprietors, Messrs. J. Trevoux and Co. is to be held in Canton on the asth inst,, after which it will be decided what is to be done with the steamers,
AUSTRIAN RULER AND CHINA,
In an audience with the Chinese Amabssador
Qutaichang, the Emperor Franz Josel is re ported by the Neue Free Presse to have expressed a desire for a greater development of the commercial relations between Austria-
Lungaty and China, and that the latter, in the
event of its needing new warships or arms and Hungarian industry, with its highly-developed ammunition, should bear in mind the Austro- echnical resources. China might rest assured that any orders to Austro-Hungarian factories would be executed in the most finished mannca This departure from the Austrian Kaiser's studied reserve in such matters is an eloquent tribute to the all-compelling influence of the commercial element in modern international relations.
THE WEATHER,
The following report is from Mr. J. I. Plum- mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser- vatory:-
On the 13th at 10.58 a.m. The barometer has fallen at all stations.
The depression announced on the 11th inst., has developed into a tpphoon situated to the castward of the Palingtang Channel and mov- ing slowly towards the north west.
Gradients are moderate at present on the China Coast and mod rate but increasing, N.K. winds may be expected in the Formosa Chan nel and light variable winds in the northern part of the China Sea.
Forecast:-Light v .riable winds, cloudy, fint
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUK. Indian (Wamsang) 15th inst. Australian (Changsha) 15th inst. Canadian (Empress of India) 15th inst. German (Preussen) 15th inst. German (Gneisenau) 16th inst. American (Gaelic) 18th inst.
The C. N. Co.'s 5.3. Changsha from Aus- tralian Ports, left Manila pa 12th inst., and is
The C. & M. Co.'s sa. Rubi left Manila on
Quite an epidemic of burglary appears to have broken out recently in Hongkong, and several arrests have been made ia connection therewith. Sometime on the night of the 9th inst. No. 15 Lower Lascar Road was THE other day we reported the case in which the broken into, and 16 pieces of clothing and some master of the launch Kong Soo was fined $350 silk, of the value of $200, stolen. The case was for carrying excess passengers in the harbour. repurted to the police, and the next day Wong, As a sequel to this case inspector Langley Fiu was arrested by a Chinese constable, who of the nict the man in Queen's Road wearing some applied for warrants against seven defendants' witnesses for perjury. Last night, of the stolen property. The constable was just as the whole party was about to coin- taken to No. 68, McDonnel Road, Vaumati, mence their evening meal, the inspector where Sgi worth of the booty was found, and due here on 15th. appeared, and arrested the gang, without Li Wing, the occupies, a shopkeeper, was any trouble. This morning they were placed arrested for receiving the same well-knowing Saturday, at to a.m., and is due here on Mon- before Mr. Gompertz, when Mr. Grist (Messes. it to be stolen. They will explain matieis Wilkinson and Grist), who appeared for the to Mr. Gompertz sexi Wednesday. On the day, at 12.30 p.m. defendants, applied for a remand of the case, same night No. 48 Caine Road was
The Imperial German mail 5.5. Preussen to permit him to prepare the defence. Mr. tered, and silk clothing, valued at $100, left Shanghai on Saturday, at I am, and may THE s.s. Malarea has passed through the Suez Gompertz told him that as he had fully made the property of Li Chau Lam, the well-known be expected here on Monday, at 4 p.m.
up his mind already about the matter, he thought Mr. Grist should make his application some of the property in his possession, and he in the other court (Mr. Kemp's court) to which will be heard in his defence sext Friday, to the case would be transferred, Mr. Grist ac which date the case was remanded by Mr. cordingly applied to Mr. Kemp for the remand, Gompertz! Last night another coolie entered The Imperial German mail sis, Gneisenau which was granted, bail being allowed in the a house at West Point, and stole 530 in money sum of $1,500 for the first defendant, and $750 and $25 worth of clothing, part of the latter for each of the six others, the case being set being recorted, and the case against the down for bearing on Tuesday next,
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The C. P. R. Co.'s s... Tarlar arrived at Amoy at 4 pata, on 11th inst, and left again at 8 pm, same day, for Shanghai where she is due to arrive at 1 p.m., on 13th inst
carrying the German mails with dates from Ber- in of the 19th ult, left Singapore to-day, at & a.in, and may be expected here on 16th inst, at 1 pm
Sharp fighting continued from 1 p.m. till sunset; the enemy appar- ently suffered heavy damage and later his fire greatly slackened, while his battle formation was completely deranged.
The Askold, Novik, Tzurevitch, Pallada, and some destroyers fled southward and the rest probably flod to Port Arthur after an attack by our destroyer and torpedo-boat flotillas at night.
Our fleet sustained no serious damage, and our total casualties are estimated at about 170.
THE DAMAGE TO RUSSIAN SHIPS.
TOKIO, 13th August,
12.80 p.m.
Adiniral Togo reports that of six Russian battleships engaged in the battle of the 10th instant, five are believed to have sustained serious damage.
The Pobjedu had both musts broken and her big guns ceased their working.
The Retvizan apparently suffered most owing to our concentrated shells at the distance of 3,500 metres.
The damage to the enciny's cruisers was probably less serious.
The Bayan did not emerge from Port Arthur.
Our damages are already tem- porarily repaired.
The Askold is a first-class cruiser built in
1901. She is 6,100 tons, 426 feet in length, and has a speed of 23.8 knots. Ifer complement is Sco. She originalty carried 12-6", 12—3′′, and 12 sinalis guns. She was bably damaged at Port Arthur on Feb. 9th,
The Novik is a second-class cruiser, built in 1901. Her tonnage is 3,000, length 347 feet, and she has speed of 25 knots per hour. She carried a complement of 340, and her armament consisted of 6-4", and 13 smaller guns. She was also badly damaged on Feb. 9th, at Port Arthur,
The Tsarevitch, the flagship of the Russian feel, was laid down on July 8, 1899, at La ̧· Seyne and her principal dimensions are as | follows:-Length 118m. 300. Breadth 33m. 10. Depth rm, doc. Draught 8m, coc. Displace. ment 13,111 tons. She is clad in armour of the total weight of 3,560 tons, and her estimated speed is 18 knots Her principal artillery originally "comprised: four guns of 335min. installed in two revolving towers, and twelve guns of 150mm. in pairs in six turrets placed along the sides, perfectly protected, and having a very wide range. The forward and stern chasers consisted of two guns of 305mm. and eight guns of 150mm. For firing on the beam there were on each side, four pieces of 305mm. and six of Icomm. The supplementary artillery comprised twenty guns of 7 mm, twenty of 47mm, ten Maxims and guns of 37mm. The torpedo tubes were four in number, two sub- marine and two surface tubes, sheltered by thin plates, placed fore and aft. She has com plete arrangements for receiving 40 admiral and his staff and a crew of 780 men. She was badly damaged at Port Arthur, on Feb. gib.
The steel cruiser Pallada was launched from the Gaterny yard, Petersburg, in 18.9 She is 6,630 tons, 413 ft long, 55 beam and 21 draught, Her engines have an indicated horse power of 11,610 with Belleville boilers, and drive three propellers giving a speed of zo knots. Her deck armour is 21 in thick and she carried 6 6 in ql 20 3 in aod 8 1.4 in guns and four torpedo tubes. The vessel was also among those damaged at Port Arthur the same day.
The Retvizan is a first-class battleship- of the Russian fleet, having been launch. ed in goo, and is of Philadelphian build. She displaces 12,700 tons has 16,000 in dicated horse-power, and a speed of eigh teen knots with forced draught, and can carry as much as 2,000 tons of coal, though the She has water tube boilers of the Niclausse normal quantity is only ab.ut half that amount.
hype. Her main dimensions are: Length 374 ; beam 72 ft. 2 in.; draught, 25 ft. She has a belt of nine inches of Krupp steel, with turrets fore and aft of ten inches of armour of same character, and her deck is z in to 4 in. thick. Her crew numbers.750. The armament of the Retaisas included four 12 in, breech- loaders, we've 6 in. quick firers, twenty, 3 in. "quick firers, twenty 3-pounders, six 1-pounders ; total sixty-two guns. She had been damaged before.
The Pobieda is a battleship of 12,674 tons. kunis, carrying a complement of 733. She was
isplacement. Her length, 403 feet, speed 180- built a fEgt and carries 4-10, 11-6, 20-4, 2nd 26 smaller guas