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At the Peak Hospital, on the 29th August, GEORGE MANINGTON, of the Hongkong Tele grupa. Aged 35 years.
The Burial will take place at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Happy Valley, at 9 a.m. to-morrow, the 30th inst.
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THE Brunswick Landesreitung hears from a most trustworthy source that the German Crown Prince will start on a voyage round the world at the beginning of the autumn. The voyage is to be made on board the training ship Chlotte, which is at present, undergoing repairs in the shipbuilding yard at Kiel. The Crown Prince, it is stated, will have the same suite of cabins as was used by the late Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg. His Royal Highness will not do duty as a naval officer during the voyage, but will devote his time to studying and gathering information...
DEATH OF HONGKONG JOURNALIST.
THE DIANA" AT SAIGON:
SAND KWINGCHOWWAN.
-INTERVIEW WITH HER COMMANDER,-
We translate from the Courier #lafphong of the aird inst, an interview obtained by one of its correspondents, with, the com- mander of the second class cruiser Diana, of the Vladivostock aquadrap, which escaped from near Port Arthur after the recent engage ment.
in Along Bay. This was not the first visit of the Prince de Liévin to Haiphong, as he was there two years ago to meet the Princess, his wife, who remained there some days in the cause of her voyage before proceeding, to Port Arthur.
mander Joulio, who, since then, was on the ynor, heady at any time to complete-his- and relum to Haiphong, when the Dia "arrived at Kwongchowwan, under the kon- ditions that we will now relate. It useless, 1 think, 10 insist upon the welcome, which was reserved alike by the Naval Commander at Tonkin, by the officers and men of the Pascal, and by the little garrison at Kwongchow wan to the valiant men arriving there. But it is important, as depicting the sentiments of each
An able colleague and the most genuine of friends was taken from us to-day in the person of Mr. George Maningten who died at the Peak Hospital shortly before one o'clock thit afternoon. He first became associated with the press many years ago, when as a medical student, in Paris, he was appointed to the corresponding staff of The Times. His was a roving disposition and ter being in the
that no time must be lost because the danger of French capital for some the idea entered The journal slates that great astonish- a pursuit on the part of the Japanese had always his head that he should for the army. So he ment wis created among the residents and to be considered, and it was necessary that enlisted in the Foreign Legion and fifteen frequenters of the Hotel de Commerce at Hal they conform strictly to all the laws which years ago came out to the Orient, after being phong, at mid-day, on Sunday, the 21st inst,absolute neutrality imposes. The Diana te- stationed in Algeria for some time. In Indo at seeing two Russian naval officers in uniform quested the placing at her disposition of coal, China he became a non-commissioned officer, enter the place. These were the Prince de about eighty tons, sufficient to take her to the saw plenty of active service and received decor. Lidvin, commander of the Diand, a cruiser of nearest, port-Haiphong, as it happened, in ation's fa di torious conduct from the French the squadron at Fort Arthur, which escaped the Along Bay--which was done in conformi. Government. When the fighting was over, ten days previously from the Japanese fleet, ty with international conventions. But an- Mr. Manington settled down at Haiphong and the Baron Ugera Stormberg, commissary "other sinew of war, was wanted by the Diana, where he quickly built up a profitable busi-of the cruiser, which had anchored in the night of which she had great need-money. They ness and shortly afterwards was a regular
had, certainly, a very large amount of roubles, Contributor to our columns. The many
but that money was not legal tender in the long years in the tropics were gradually
country to which she wished to go, so it was beginning to tell on his constitution, which
important for her to change it to current coin Jack Burke the American pugilist has just though naturally robust could not withstand
of the realm. The Fastal leaving, in the emerged from Hospital in good fettle. It will the inroads resulting from the trying climatic
meanwhile, for Tonkin, took on board the be remembered that after making an arrange conditions prevailing in the swampy jungles of
Commissary of the Diana, who was charged to ment with James Christie for a fair sein, le Teakin. The close of 1902 found him so uns
make at that place arrangements to change the was through illness unable to carry out his well that he was obliged to come over to flong
money, and negotiate a draft for one hundred agreement. He now informs us that prior to kong and go into hospital. After a severe ill.
million francs. The Piscal moved into the leaving for America, he is open to meet any
ness he was ordered home and in February
Along Bay on Friday evening, and on Satur middle weight in the Colony, for a stake rang-last year fogle steaner for England. While
day, during the day, in one of her long bo
boals, ing from $250 to $1,000 aside, the winner to
Commander Joulio, and the Commissary of the have also the gale receipts. On the latter
Diana arrived at Haiphong. In the meantime, poist, however, he is willing to agree that anly
the Diana, moving at the slowest possible 75 per cent the turnstile results shall go to the
speed, arrived in her tro at Along Bay, on THE French mail of the 26th July was deliver-winner, and the balance to the loser.
Saturday evening, and whilst she took in ed in London on the 25th inst.
some hundreds of tons of coal, limited by our laws of neutrality, her commander, sent for from Haiphong by the Director of the Banque de l'Indo-Ching, to negotiate about the money mentioned, arrived there on Sunday morning. In the meantime the Commander of the Navy had goat up to Hanoi, on Saturday, to make his report to the Governor-General of all that had happened, and to send to the Government and ask for instructions as to his procedure in the circumstances, although Commander
HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1904.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The third cutting of the leiho river is now BLEND open to navigation.
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H.M.S. Espiègle was to leave Chinwangtao on the 19th for Weihaiwei.
THREE Russian prisoners escaped from the Shinya temple at Takamatsu on the roth, but were recaptured within an hour.
THE Russians are building a great wall, 18 feet high, 36 feet broad at the bottom and 8 feet at the top, to protect Harbin.
there be continued to correspond for this paper at the same time as his contributions on Indo-China found ready acceptance by the numerous prominent journals in the old coun- try. During his spare moments, and they were but few, his literary activity was evinced in the compilation of a. volume recording his experiences "With the Foreign Legion." The MS. has since been put in the hands of the publishers at home. Fate has, however, robbed our friend al die re ward which would undoubtedly be his upon the publication of a work pronounced by com- petent critics to be the first original book upon the French Colonial possessions in the East on which the deceased gentleman possessed es.
The correspondent continues, that for three years past he has had the rare good fortune to ace all the superb vessels of the Rus sian squadron, buil at Port Arthur and at Vladivostok, and enjoyed the hospitality of many of them. On the previous day he had the honour of being received by the Prince de Liévin and the Baron Crgera Storm berg, and remained in conversation with them for some hours, during which they spoke of their movements, the present situation, and the con sequences and results of the war in progress.
It must not be thought, declared the Prince, that his sortie on the loth inst, was at all a foolish or unreasonable act, or a desparato step, nor with a view of getting away from the neighbourhood of Port Arthur, It was, on the contrary, an act maturely thought out, the consequences of which had been well consider ed for a long time before. The ficel, blucked at Port Arthur, represented idle millions; the ships unable to conceal or defend themselves,
AT the Supreme Court this morning, before the THERE was only one case of plague notified Acting Chief Justice, (Sir H. S. Berkeley), M during the week ended 27th inst.
H. E. Pollock K.C,, (instructed by Mr. G. K. H. Brutton) mentioned the action Yu Shing Shan Hing Chung, Counsel for the plaintiff said that it would be noted that on 19th July last the plaintiff brought an action for the de: livery by the defendant of a certain document, having on the 1st July obtained leave to pro- ceed ex parte. The defendant handed over this instrument, and therefore the only matter subspecial qualifications to write. For Mr. Manor move in the port, and unnecessarily exposed, Joulio, in the name of the Governor-General A VOLUNTEER Fleet is to be constructed in Stautially before His Lordship was uponington's knowledge of the French language were in daily danger from the Japanese offered the Prince de Liévin to allow him to Japan by public subscription, to consist of the question of costs. The defendant had) and the people of the Republic as well as his bombardment; in remain in was to condemn disembark his wounded to the number, af: not paid the costs though he had been insight into French Colonial administration is themselves to a useless death and destruc- twenty, which would be taken care of at Ton-
from the plaintiff's excelled only by his exceptional ability in the tion. It was, therefore, better and braver,
kin in the French hospitals, but the comman THE captain and over 200 of the crew of the solicitor that if he did not pay he would language in which he graduated in the early to risk the sortie, and make the attemptyder of the Diana refused to separate himself even should it fail, as it were preferable from his men though thanking him for the be procceded against. No defence was forth. 90's at one of our universities. While in Ton- Rurik were killed or drowned. The prisoners, coming, and His Lordship made an order that kin tie became acquainted with Dr. Morrison, to sail to a glorious death, which would cost gracious offer that was made to him.
defendant at once pay the costs of the suit, the famous Times's correspondent in the East, the enemy dear, than to end miserably, at an..
At the time of writing the above, adds the and as friends many hours were pleasantly chor and receive their coupa de grace in a posi-Courier, the Diana has left the harbour more spent together by the tumous journalist and Mr. tion from which it was impossible to retaliate than twenty-four hours, all lights extinguished, that the S. C. C. cannot send an eleven to 3.5. " YING KING" IN COLLISION. Manington during the former's sojourn in the And so the order was given. It was done under the guidance of Pilot Ricardont from the A. S. WATSON & Co., Tientsin this autumn as a team is being sent to
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The danger of navigation in the harbour of Macao is once more demonstrated in the strait on which the Norwegian str. Unison was accident, resulting in the collision of the s.s. wrecked on the 12th inst. is given in a notice Yingking with a large fishing junk, which back ago he wrote some of the best articles ceived from the Admiral a sealed letter, with between Queensland and New Guinea, in a to mariners. * The aquatic sports of the Victoria Recreation Club will be held on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 17th prox. Further particulars will be found in our advertisement columos."
SIA Robert Hart has purchased, Mr. James Brazier's property at P'eitaiho and is proposing to build a sanitariom for members of the Cus- toms service requiring sea air.
It will be seen from our advertisement columns that the Volunteer concert will be held on Friday next, weather permitting. The programme remains unchanged.
THE text is given in Japan papers of the very sympathetic telegram dispatched by the Ger- nan Emperor with reference to the death of General Viscount Yamaguchi, and the Japanese
Emperor's graceful reply.
REFERRING to Port Arthur, the & Times says that it the Japanese "cau only keep the game going long enough, all these formidable forts will grow silent one by one from the in evitable exhaustion of ammunition."
occurred in the inner harbour at Macao yester day. The river boat was on her usual Sunday excursion trip from this port and accordingly carried quite a large number of European as well as Chinese deck passengers. At 11.30 in the forenoon the first blast of the whistle announced the approach of the Yingking at Praya Grande. According to the ordinary rules of precaution it might reasonably be expected that the fairway in the inner par bour would have been clear of all junk
traffic to allow of the steamboat entering the port with the least obstruction in an anchorage
that have ever appeared in these columns, He followed the progress of the Russo-Japan- ese war with an intelligent interest equalled to that of an expert critic, and his observations on the naval battles in the early stages of the war which have appeared in this publication were read with much avidity in Japan, whose leading vernacular papers translated most of the articles with a just meed of praise to the writer.
Mr. Manington's friends were numerous in Longkong. During his recent illness, which has had so, sad a termination, inquiries daily reached us from almost very where masters of steamers are beset with more than the ordinary difficulties in the way of river section of this cosmopolitan community. We navigation. But Chinese disregard of all" rules had hoped that his fine constitution would of the road" is a. notorious shortcoming on have withstood the malady which unhappily the part of Chinese masters of junks as has had too firm a hold on his system. In spite but too often been shown in a number of cases of the unremitting care of Drs. Muller and that have been brought to the notice of the Jusff, by whom he was treated from the first, Government in our own harbour. The failure he never really rallied until, when all hopes of by the junk master to observe the regulation to his recovery had been given up, the announce keep clear of the channel on the arrival of the ment was broken to his friends whose evident river steamer directly contributed to the colli regret and sorrow at the prospect of the loss of sion which occurred in the Portuguese porta brave colleague were testified by the almost yesterday.
Just as the s.s. Ving King was nego. tiating the most difficult, bar by des- THE Peking & Tientsin Timer says that Mr. cribing the large circle round the Barra Charies Absolon, the veteran Middlesex County Fort, a large fishing junk was observed cricketer, celebrated his eighty-seventh birth- a couple hundred yards or so away mak day the other day. Seventy years ago be playing direct across the only channel for the WHITE TURKISH TOWELS. ed in his first match, retiring in 1896. His record includes 24,650 runs and 8,015 wickets. THERE is to be a inoonlight excursion on the lender Samson to-morrow evening. This is an apnouncement in a recent issue of the NV. C.D. News, which brings back happy memories, and makes one think how backward we all are in PHOTOGRAPHIC Hongkong in not organising something of a
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daily visits, made to the patient at the Peak Hospital, who was in a fast sinking condition.
To the Rev. Father Spada, M.A., of the Roman Catholic Mission, our sincere thanks are here recorded for his solicitations to Mr. Manington to whom he dispensed all the religious min strations of the creed to which our colleague steamer's course. Those on board of her ab- belonged. The reverend gentleman was with served the unseamanlike manner by which the him throughout last week, and at a late hour junk was steered, and Capt. Page in ample yesterday when he found that the stream of life time blew a succession of blasts to warn the was fast ebbing away, he pronounced the dying junk off her course. Instead, however, of port-absolution, and our friend received it with all ing the helm and se give a clear course for the the solemnity of his last moment. The hour Ying King to steer, the master of the junk of his death was like unto the brave life that lie deliberately attempted to cross the bow of led; for to his oldest friend in this Colony he the incoming steamer.. She was then go expressed not the fear of death, but the wish ing dead slow but had sufficient way to for a long rest; and may be rest in peace! make a collision at this point almost inevitable. The bow of the steamer came in direct contact with the high stern of the native craft which she damaged; and the impact was sufficient to cause a portion of the bow of the Ying King to be siove in. The cost of the repairs ne- cessitated by the damage is estimated at about
THE arrival of M. Cito as successor to Mr. Willis E. Gray as the head of the American China Development Co. (the Canton-Haukow Railway) has been followed by the cancelling [45 of Mr. Kingsford's appointment as chief ac- countant, that gentleman receiving his full sa- lary up to the end of his agreement, and the | $sco. appointment of Mr. C. C. Baldwin as agent of the Company in China.-N. C. 'D, News,
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finmediately on observing the accident from the Portuguese gunboat Diy in the vicinity, the officers ordered a gig to the launched. Only one sailor from the junk was thrown into the water when she collided with the steater. He was promptly rescued, and felt none the worse for the "ducking.”
THE WEATHER,
The following report is from Mr. 3. 1. Plum mor, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser
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On the 29th at 1020a.m..? The barometer has risen slightly in 5. China and fallen at all other stations, but is stationary in the Philip pines.
CAPTAIN Robertson, of the ketch Jura trading letter to T. Pratt, of the London Missionary they were Society, relates a remarkable experience. The sinctly to ketch was in a dead calm, when a waterspout themselves approached, and appeared likely to overwheim the vessel. There were 16 passengers on board, and most of them had guns, Captain Robert- son ordered them to fire a volley, and this was done when the water spout was a short distance off. The firing had the effect of breaking the spiral form of the waterspout, and it most likely was the means of saving the vessel and those.
orders not to open it, during for the action without a signal being conform themselves at all their orders, without concerning about what the others were doing.
You know the results of our attempt, he said. was not in the least of the character of a dis- aster, as the Japanese sought to make out. If we have suffered losses the enemy has also suffered, and has proved guilty of cruelties, Several of our ships have managed to escape,
a: nucleus
ready, hereafter, for further combat and will be valuable auxiliaries to our Baltic Fleet, to meet which they are ready; and if any bave sought refuge in neutral ports, they will disarm in con- formity with international conventions, but none the less will they be united, once the war is over, and serve as for the formation of our new fleet. The fight has been, as it should be, very smart and I wish to say, our adversaries' asser tions to the contrary notwithstanding which would make the world believe that they are invulnerable that one vessel alone, namely, the Tsarevitch, has done more damage to the line of the enemies squadron than all the enemy's boats could do. We are con- vinced that the Japanese fire badly; parti- cularly with their torpedoes; they launched no less than seven at the Diasa, and not one touched her. Those were the numbers known at the moment, bus probably it would be loand later there were more. However, one bomb reached us penetrating the hold, causing a jet of water, which, in a few minutes, filled two of our compartmenis. We had forty killed on board including one officer.
on board,
Chinchow, 11th August.—During the night of
THE following is from the China Times
the 5th instant two battalions numbering over 3,000 men of the mounted bandits attacked the Russian Commissariatat Tieħling from two
roads. At the time the Russian soldiers, who were asleep, thought it was the Japanese who were attacking them and fled in great con- fusion. The Russians had over 6oo killed and wounded, and the bandits took the provisions:
and arms of the Russians. Those which they were unable to carry away were burnt.. This is the boldest attack of the mounted bandits the Russians have ever experienced."
THE following are stated to be the instruction s telegraphed to Kinochon by the Foreign Office at Berlin Warships of either belligerent entering the harbour of Klucchou may be sup. plied with coal and provisions sufficient to take them to the nearest port belonging to the re- pective Powers, but they must leave port in twenty-four hours. In case they are unable to clear in twenty-four hours, their departure may be postponed another twenty-four hours. -Any warship declining to leave within the It was at that moment that the signal was period mentioned above should be disarmed hoisted on the Admiral's ship. The order and kept ander the surveillance of the local was given us to avoid a battle, and to do authorities: 4-A warship that has once enter- the impossible to reach Kwangchowwan At
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ORDERED TO KWANGCHOWWAN
second time.
SHIPPING AND MAILS,
the same moment, scattered in all directions ed harbour shall not be permitted to enter. it a were the other ships of our fleet, to the great surprise of the Japanese, who were in the posi tion of a chaser who finds its quarry so placed that he did not know where to fire. And to make the situation the more difficult for them, they were given to understand that they had never engaged a superior force. It was impossible for them to follow us all without resounc ing the blockade of Port Arthur-and it is that that explains how several of our ships
MAILS DUE. German (Bayern) 30th inst. American (Mongolia) 30th inst, American (China) gist inst. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 6th prox:” Australian (Chingiuj 7th prox.
The greatest pressure is now found in the southern Philippines, and the least in the Pacific, eastward of the Loochoose managed to escape Navigation circle of tod
that surrounded us. Navigation was slow and | ~ P. & O. S. N. Co's u.s. Japan lest Singapore. The typhoon, last referred to on Aug. 261h terribly dificult, on account of the water which for this port on 27th inst., &t 8 ami as a depression moving slowly to the N.E. had got in to our ship. We succeeded, how The P. & O. S. N. Co.'s.. Nankin left overland, would appear to have made its way
ever, in reaching the goal to which we were Singapore for this port on 27th inst, at 5.a.m. into the Formosa Channel, entering it between
The N, G, I, Co.'s S., Ischia left Sings AT KWANGCHOWWAN pore for this port to-day, and may be expected. "Here" wrote the interviewer, I put in a here an 3rd prox parenthesis, interrupting the recital of the
Amay and Swatow
Fresh variable winds will be met with in the Formosa Channel and fresh S.W. winds in the northern part of the China Sea.
Forecast Moderate W. to S.W. winds, fine.
The Ying King resumed the journey to Hongkong at the advertised time, her damaged bow being temporarily patched up by a sheet of canvas, in which condition she could be seen at her Hongkong wharf to-day, The Chinese THE C. N. S. Taiwan, which arrived at Shang-junk is nachored in the streams in her damaged hai on 21st last from Hongkong, reported: condition at Macao, pending the result of the At 5.30 am. on the 21st instant, passed three inquiry which will be held in that Colony. Japanese men-of-war, two miles north of Elliott The congested state of this part of the har- Island, cruising about very slowly. At 6.40 beur of Macao has been the subject of repre- ACCORDING to Berlin advices, the sum of eight am passed two Japanese torpedo-boat-sentation to the Portuguese Government, and million roubles is missing from the central destroyers about five miles south of the Fairway it is to be trusted that the harbour oficiale of treasury of the Russian National Red Cross Buoy, proceeding slowly south in the direction the Portuguese colóny
ny will do what lies in their Fund, practically sweeping away all the casb of the cruisers. The Taiwan brought to power to minimize the dangers attending the available for the needs of Kuropaikin's army. Shanghai 41,857 Copper ingots and 102 cases safe, navigation of the river steamers daily. The Tear is said to insist on the paqishment of [s81 of opium.
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Prince de Liévin, to call to mind that the navy, renouncing the project of Mons, Doumer in what concerns Kwangchowwan in preparing to
evacuate the port, where he dreamed for moment of creating a point of defence. To proceed to this evacuation, and in the absence of the Arpic, away on a mission to Siam, after wards returning to Cochin China for the Foule Condor affair, the Purral, of the feet in China,
was put for some time at the disposal of Coms
The Java China Japan Lija sa Tamas
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·inst."