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BIRTHS.
On 10th October, 1901, at No. 48, Range Road, Shanghai, the wife of J. ). JUDAH, of a daughter.
On 12th October, at No. 3, Yates Road, Shanghai, the wife of ALEXANDER DUER, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On 8th Oct. at Christ Church, Galle Face, Colombo, by the A. E. Dibben, EUMUND SCOTT RUSSELL, son of the late Walfer Scott- Russell and Margaret Scott-Russel, Richmond Surrey, to EMILY Kare Ritey, daughter of the late Richard and Elizabeth Riley, of Liver- pont and Singapore.
On 8th October, at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, by the Rev. E. Griffith Evans, Con- STANCE ETHEL, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Robertson, to GILLES ́||ENNUS, Netherlands Trading Society, third son of the late Lieut. General H. P. J. Hennus, Dutch Army.
DEATH.
On 10th October, at Ninepo, EDWARD PELBIN, of the Imperial Maritime Customs, aged 61.
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was again lying seriously ill. This time the malady proved fatal; for, according to a Reuter's wire, His Majesty has just passed away. Thus, his short reign over this im- portant Kingdom of Germany was terminated in his seventy-third year. He was border ing on the three-score years and ten when he succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Albert, in June of 1902, and, sad to relate, it was but six months later that life's troubles came upon the old
THE river gunboat Rebin is duo here as wo|| are going to press.
ELEVEN miners were drowned in the Ching Ching coal mine in Chilli on the 30th ult, by an inrush of water.
MR. Assimpfandi, of leking, died of hydropho- bla on the 4th. He had no recollection of hay ing ever been bitten by a dog,
A RUMOUR is again in circulation to the effect that Viceroy Alexieff will succeed M. Lams- dorff as Russian Foreign Minister.
THE SIN" BARON GORDON,"
FINALLY ABANDONED,
THE PIBAT
We understand that as soon as possible after. the arrival of the Glory and Cressy on the 21st innt, the latter will go into dry-deck and then coal. The storeship Zumaður is expected hers shortly and from the fact that she returns North with stores it would seem that the departure of the remainder of the Fleet for these waters has been postponed for thes
TELEGRAMS
THE WAR.
PRINCE KANIN'S COLUMN
ENGAGED AT TATSEHO RIVER.
Mr. M. Noma, Japanese Consul, forwards us the following official telegrams TEEN Tokio, 15th Oct; 4.5 p.m.;
EXCITING OPERATIONS.
Much excitement was created this morning in shipping circles when it was learned that the ss, Hailong, the salvage steamer chartered by Sir Paul Chater's syndicate for the purpose of salving the Baron Gordon, which was tranded on Bon.bay Shoal, was coming into the harbour. When she was said to have been THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS. Marshal Oyama's report regarding the sighted speculation became rife as to whether
engagements of Friday last is as follows: the much-talked-of Baion Gorden was at last To-day finishes the Long Vacation in the The colunin under Prince Kanin has now being brought into the safe waters of this Courts, and to-morrow the Criminal Bessions been fighting at the left bank of the Tatseho THE only case of communicable disease noti-port But investigations and inquiries proved lake place. The Chief Justice (Sir Henry S. at a point seven miles east of Fenbsiho. fied as baving occurred in the Colony last week that the "Baron" was not in tow, and an Berkeley) has only two charges to determine, Our attacks and advance have been pro was one of soteric fever, imported from Manila.
interview with Mr. Jameson, by à representa- but both from their nature are of serious im-gressing satisfactorily throughout the whole tive of this journal, proved that the doom of the port. In the first place on Indian puliceman front. Tuk Jap mese have reopened the sailway line vessel it no fxed, and that she is fast break-will be indicted for the alleged commitial of a Our left army captured ten more guns, between Dalny, Newchwang, and Liaoyang, ing up. Mr. Jameson stated that, on arriving at certain crime; and in the second instance, a
ENEMY'S PLAN OF ATTACK, VESTROVED, and some tea trains a day ure now running the scene of the wreck of the Baron Gorden last European, named Hlynes, recently employed as
Tokio, 15th Oct., 8.25 p.m.-* between these points.
Thursday week, in attempting to get the first an overlooker at Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's
Marshal Oyama's further report of Friday's boal to that vessel, with the Captain, Chief new cocks at Quarry Bay, will stand his trial engagement throughout the entire front of Officer and Chief Engineer on board, and a for the alleged manslaughter of a Chinaman. all our armles is as follows:- crew of four Chinamen, the cmft capsized, His Lordship will take his seat on the Bench and for some time the captain, was in at ten a m. imminent peril of his life; for, while the others managed to fall clear, the skipper was caught beneath the capsized boat and i,
ascertained and a rescue made. They man- was some minutes before his position could þe
aged, however, to right the boat, and again in the heavy sea, tried to reach the vessel, but before arriving at the reef, she again capsized on two occasions, though, while the occupants were thrown into the boiling surf, they fortunately escaped with no injury than that inflicted by the buffeting of the waves. The boat, however, on the last occasion was smashed to pieces and the in- trepid mariners had to swim to the reel, along which they managed to walk, thus teaching the wreck, and at last getting
THE Chinese cruisers Kingching and Wanshen are ordered to be on duty as guardships to walch the Russian warships now detained in Shanghai-Sinsuauf uo,
MR. R. B. Cook, who had been appointed to the agency of the Hongkong Shanghai Bank. ing Corporation at Foochow, died suddenly of heart failure on zath ult.
THE British steamer Taiping, formerly the blue-funnel liner Lueries, was lowed down the river on 9th deeply laden. She has cleared for Hongkong, says the N. C. D. News.
AT the Magistracy this murning Ms. Kemp fined a Chinaman from Kowloon city $100 for illegally boiling opium, and Say for selling same without a permit from the Opium Farmer. At the Singapore Marine Court the master of
the Sabine Rickmers prosecuted twelve of his Chinese firemen for wilful disobedience to his lawful commands. They got three weeks
cach.
MESSHS. Gibb, Livingston & Co. inform us, that the s.s. Ikbal arrived at Durban on Satur day, and reports all the coolies well, and landed safely. There was no sickness during the
voyage.
THE man who was reported to have been killed instantaneously by a fall from the veran dah of his shop in Queen's Road West, on Friday fast, was alive and progressing well, at noon to-day
ACCORDING TO the Chefoo Daily News mischeivous natives are trying to sow seeds of discord among intending immigrants for South Africa. It is misdirected energy, how ever, adds the papers.
WE learn that Mrs. Matilda Moure, sometime
more
aboard the stranded Baron Gordon. The seas were running high, and the surf was washing round the already doomed vessel, so that it was impossible to despatch a second boat to her, as she would inevitably have been
dashed to pieces on the rocks in such seas as were then running. Accordingly, they waited and watched the weather and after two days, finding the sea somewhat subsiding and the surf on the rocks semewhat less perce, a relief Jameson to go to the assistance of the party on expedition was formed, in charge of Mr.
the Baron Gordon. This party, after navigal
ing around the reel for a time, on going to the north found a passage through which, to the southward of the ill-fated vessel, they were
difficulties had not ended, as they had still enabled to pass, and enter a lagoon. But their
thirteen-mile pull, in the blazing sun, before
a
arrived and gat the men aboard at 6.30 p.m. Captain Crocker's boat putting in an appear- ance about 7.30 p.m. while Mr. W. B. Waters
they could get aboard. Mr. Jameson's boat
The enemy has been driven to the right bank of Shaho, thus fundamentally destroy- ing the enemy's plan of attack, 2
The enemy's casualties were catimated at over 30,000 and their corpses buried by our men on Thursday were over 2,000,
The booty was a vast number of rifles, ammunition, cars, etc., besides guns already reported.
ENORMOUS LOSSES.
IMPORTANT LAND SALES.
This afternoon Mr. George P. Lammen, acting, under orders of the mortgagee, (Mr. F. X. d'Almada e Castro, solicitor for the vendor) sold by public auction, the leasehold property known as No. 5, Bosham Strand. The sale took place on the premises, and the property
Tokio, October 16th, 10.15 am. was knocked down to Chinese, for $43,100,- Marshai Oyama's reports, of the 15th inst., The property is registered in the Land Office state that 4,500 Russians were found dead a section "A" of Marine Lot No. : "A," and on the field in front of our right army, be the premises are held for the residue of the sides many more yet unaccounted for. term of 999 years, granted by an Indenture of Crown Lease dated August 1874, subject to an anqual Crown Rent of $18.00, being a proportion of the rent, and to the convenants and condi.
tions contained in the lease.
At the offices of the Public Works Depart ment, was offered for sale this afternoon che to of Crown Land, adjoining Inland loi No. 1,699 on lease for a term of 75 years, commencing on the 4th February, 1901, with the option of renewal at a Crown rent to be herealter fixed for a further period of 75 years. The land in question is registered as Lot No. 1,736, situated in Peak Road, containing in all 2,400 square feet, and subject to an annual Crown rent of $16. The upset price was $600, and the property was acquired by the Humphreys Estate and Finance Company, Limited, in the absence of competition, for
$620.
ROWING.
THE V.R.C. Scratch race.
the V.R.C., on Saturday afternoon, was by The scratch four-oar race in connection with
go means exciting, but as a precursor of
A hundred more prisoners were taken. It was estimated that the total Russian loss was, at this quarter alone, over 20,000. The Russian losses in front of the central and the left armies are being investigated.
THOUSANDS OF CORPSES,
Tokio, 16th Oct., 2.10 p.m. The number of the Russian corpses buried by us up to Thursday, previously reported as amounting to 2,000, refers to the quarter of our left army alone.
Marshal Oyama's further reports state that the estimates of the Russian corpses left on the field in front of the central army were 2,500.
The total Russian corpses, so far ascer tained, reach 8,550.
The above were not included in the result
of the fierce engagement with our left army on Friday and Saturday, and many more are yet undiscovered at all quarters.
FROM RUSSIAN SOURCES.
Major-General Dessino, the Russian Military
at the disposal of the Shanghai Press:-
From Russian Headquarters,,
9th October, In consequence of our movements round the
Agent in China, placed the following telegrams
proprietress nf Pelham House boarding esta. / pulled up at 9 p.m. The crews of these three rowing activity in the Colony, we can only hills on the enemy's right flank on the 8th
last, have been married in fortsmouth, to Mr. Harry Wilkins, late of the Kowloon Docks.
A San Francisco telegram of 12th inst. says, a change is announced in United Stares diplo matic circles. Edwin H. Conger, minister to Rockhill, director of the bureau of American republics.
protracted labours, during which they took
no food or water, so that when all were
accord praise. In the first place five entered, but R. Witchell was compelled to scratch, as his confreres had to throw up the sponge through sickness. Four boats came
Caldwell), whilst Mr. R. H. B. Mitchell officiated as judge. The crews were:—
F. P. Musso (stroke), R. W. Pearson, A.
which he occupied near the village of Peaiapu tse, about forty versts southeast of Mukden, first withdrawing his advanced posts and later in the evening his main forces. The Japanese forces occupied their positions. Small skir mishes are taking place in the direction towards | Liaoyang between the Japanets and our advan-
outh of Makden. At Ta
A general advance of our troops on the whole line has been assured since the 5th of October.
King in an unfortunate domestic event which China, resigns and will be succeeded by W. W. lime juice, of which alone there was a plentiful Loureiro, R. Chunnett, F. M, Roza Pereim ced posts, which are now about thirty versts
(cox),
Gually aboard, the first titing they had to do was to seck and prepare food, of which there under the orders of the starter, Mr. G. A retreated towards the south, whereupon our was bat a scanty supply. The water was brackish, and the men had to fall back upon
supply. Having made such a meal as they could muster
up they stowed themselves away for a good night's rest, and early MANY papers have reported that the Waiwupu next morning steam was got up in the donkey has settled with Sir Ernest Satow for the return boiler of the Buron Gordon to test and try of Weihaiwei but the report has proved to be the tanks. I was found, however, that they unfounded and the Waiwupu is waiting until were all in easy communication with the sea, Port Arthur has actually fallen.-Universal | through their own bulkheads and the ves- Gazette.
sel's bottom, and were simply full of holes. At low water that morning the party as- certained that the steamer lay high and dry
L. E. Lammert (stroke), H. C. Austen, J. D. M. Cameron, J. P. Jordan, E. Humphreys (cox).
J. Witchell (stroke), G. B. Macdonald, E. da Silva, J. Cruickshank, E. Herbst (cox).
F. Rapp (stoke), E. F. Aucott, J. W. Bains, H. M. Bain, "Peter" (cox).
Once under way misfortune befel Rapp's crew, as Aucott's car soapping, they had to fall out. Lammen's boat was the popular fancy,
THE WEATHER,
The following report in from Mr. J. I. Plam- mer, Chief Assistant, of the Hongkong Ouser-
vatory
On the 17th at 11.30am. The barometer bas risen rapidly in N. Japan, and fallen slightly in China.
Gradients are moderating upon the China
■ | involved some of the highest royalty in
Europe. We refer
10 the severance of the Crown Princes and Princess of Saxony in whom King George had centred all his hopes for the future. Facts are too fresh in our memories to need any lengthy recapitulation. I'rincess Louise Antoinette, a daughter of Ferdinand, formerly Grand Duke of Tuscany and now It is notified that H. E. the Governor has an Archduke of Austria, married the Crown given directions for the rescission of the Proclamation No. 4 of 1904, declaring Tainan- Prince Frederick of Saxony, some thirteenu and Anping in Formosa to be ports or years ago, but early in 1993 became en- amoured of her music tutor with whom she subsequently fled, the marriage with the Crown Prince consequently being dissolved in February of that year. It was an event which was so extraordinary of the kind that the memory can be searched in vain to find its parallel. If such a thing happened in of October and closes on the 7th of November. such a dangerous position, with the imminent India versus Chinese cruiser wantal, has been unable to hear of or to find anything suffi
WHITE TURKISH TOWELS.
COUNTERPANES,
COOKING RANGES,
KITCHEN UTENSILS, and
an ordinary family, the matter would be kept secret, and the true state of affairs would be concealed as long as possible. But with the wife of a King's son, who was then heir to the throne, it was entirely differ ent and the Press went into the matter with
ur both sides on the reef with immense boul- 1 but Musso stroked his tub as to the manner Coast, and moderate to fresh misGOD will ders of rock sticking right through her hull into Nos. 2 and 3 holds. As the beavy N. born, and got the better of an indifferent tussle northern part of the China Reality wingman disease prevails, and that the same is rescinded places at which an infectious or contagious monsoon seas struck her unceasingly, these by half a length from Lammert.
Tur third issue of Japanese exchequer bonds, to the extent of eighty million yea, was an nounced on 12th inst. They bear 5 per cent interest. The sbscription opens on the 31st
The loan is for seven years, and the issue price
is 92 per 100 yen.
holes were rendered larger, in such manner as
ber, and that she must soon go to pieces, to show that nothing could be done to save
probably breaking in balf below her engines, and then, being thus divided, slip off the reef, and sink in the deeper waters around. In
probability of her going any minute, with the possibility of accompanying her the officers enough to salve at least the compasses, (bir made strenuous efforts to get the boats near
Wm. Thomson's) by lowering them down the side. All such attempts were futile, and had to be abandoned, while the intrepid party
THE CASE OF “ EMPRESS OF INDIA" versus CRUISER "HWANTAI"
Mr. White Cooper, the Counsel for the Chi- nese government in the case of Empress of received a letter from his agent in London Mr.name in Chinese (?) to the effect hands and the case will be heard at the Appeal that the petition of appeal has reached his
Court Privy Council (?) instead of the Admiralty Court and Mr.(?), and Mr. — (?), both leading lawyers, have been engaged for the
particularity. The blow to the Saxon peo|ber of years, and has been lying up at Sheer. barely managed to save their own lives, by Chinese government and the preliminary ex
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nounced his rights as a member of the Im- perial family, while Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, was stunned by the proceedings of his young relatives. To the aged sover eign the news came almost as a death blow, and contributed much to the serious illness
which laid hin low early last year. But during his lengthy service in the army he had seen much of the stern realities of life, and was thus enabled to meet the misfortune with: fortitude. In 1866 he was a comman der of the Saxonian Infantry Division fight- ing on the side of the Austrians in the war with Prussia, while four years later he again saw active service in the Franco-German war. There were six children of his marriage with a daughter of the late King Ferdinand of Portugal, the eldest son Prince Frederick August, who is now in his fortieth year, succeeding his father as King of Saxon.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
ADMIRAL' Noel, R.N., arrived at Tientsin on the 6th and went on to Peking on the 7th..
It is stated that the missing Captain von Gilgenheimb and Lieut. Caverville did not [581 |❘ return to Port Arthur,
The old gunboat Linnet has arrived in Troon from Liverpool, after a passage of 27 hours, which was fairly good work, as there was a strong head wind blowing all the time. The Linnet was stationed at Hongkong for a num
ass for the last three years. She has been purchased by the Liverpool Salvage Associa tion, and will be thoroughly overhauled and fitted out as an up-to-date salvage boat. A sister ship to the Linnet has been fitted out for salvage purpose by a Belfast shipbuilding company for the same owners.
scrambling over the rocks and reefs to where the lifeboats lay. in endeavouring to launch this, it was deemed impossible to live in such a sea, and a return was made to the Baron Gordon, by some of the
crew, and oil was obtained to throw on the tur- bulent waves. After over thirty tons had been so expended, the boats finally got away in ANOTHER performance of the five-act drama safety, and returned to the Hailoong. They wasted there for the night, and the roar of the "St. Louis in Chains, was given by the Catholic Union on Saturday night. It was a
scas on the reef, and against the vessel's side pity a little more attention was not paid to could be distinctly heard, while the hideous punctuality as twenty minutes to ten o'clock grinding, crunching, and creaking, told of the p.m. is somewhat late for the curtain to rise on
slow but sure doom of the ill-fated Baron a play extending over five acts, the more so,
Gordon, whose bottom was simply ripped opens when it is to be followed by a farce, to make across its length and breadth. preparations for which a long interval is neces sacy. Mr. F. H. Barnes again filled the role of the King of France, and was very successful in his impersonation of that monarch, while Mr. E. D. Roza was quite at home as the "Dauphin". Mr. J. Lopes did creditable work as "The Commander of the Mamelukes," with the exception of his somewhat hasty deliver ance of his utterances, which made them at times quite indéstinct. The other performers were up to their usual form, and all worked with a will. The drama was followed by the laughable farce "Blue Bells," which was very well staged. We understand that the Catholic Union has in hand the preparation of the pan tomime "Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves, which they expect to stage about Christmas week,
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penses will be between L250 and £300 and each time they appear in Court 675 will be charged by each counsel and that Mr() had already paid Kaso on account and that the C.P.R. Company had retained Mr. name in Chinese, a lawyer, as their adviser.— Sinwanpoo.
S.S. CHENAN'S”. NARROW ESCAPE.
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Forecast:-Moderate to fresh, NE, winds, cloudy, fire..
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A REGRETTABLE feature about the large pas- senger list by, the outgoing steamer Eastern, says a Port Darwin exchange of recent date is the number of namés of men who arrived
quite recently from other States for purposes of prospecting, etc, but who apparently, have ciently attractive to induce them to remain in the country. One reason for this migration,
in the shape of successful prospecting; whilst at this time of year is a serious bar to anything. probably, is that the scarcity of surface waters
another is doubtless the fact that so large an area of workable ground can be locked up by first comers under the too liberal provisions of our mining laws The fact that so large an area can be held under ordinary miner's right. sa feature in the new N.T. Gold Mining Act which does not seem calculated to encourage the settlement of a working white mining population:
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUE.
Canadian (Tariar) 18th inst. American (Korea) 18th inst. Indian (Kumsang) 20th inst. English (Simla) 21st inst. Ee Canadian (Empress of India) zith inst. German (Zietrii) 25th, inst.: American (Gaelic) 19th inst. American (Siberia) 4th prax. 2: American (Mongolia) roih prox
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day, at 8 pm
The 5.2. Saction arrived at Singapore yester
The 8,8. Prinusi Alice arrived at Shanghal yesterday, at 4 p.m. pinda
The s.s. Zirien left Kobe 10-day, a.m., and may be expected here on 15th inst
The C. N. sir. Chenas arrived here to-day from Tientsin, Chefoo and Tsingtau after an exciting voyage from the Northam ports, says Shanghai Mercury, of 11th inst. Captain Hun ter reports that at 7-p.m. the 5th inst, when the ship was 86 miles SE of the Taku Bar a searchlight began playing on the ship at intervals; she was then about two-miles ahead of some ships showing lights, At 7:40 pm the searchlight was constantly playing on the ship, suddenly a projectile landed about forty feet off The s.o. Achilles left Shanghai-p.mgth the port bean, half a minute later another pro-inst, and is expected here on 28th just vi twenty feet distant, raising a column of water jectile landed right astern of the ship about bigh in the air. A1 7.55 pm. the ship was boarded by a Japanese naval officer who pro- ceeded to examine the ship's papers. [le, said that his ship had fired two blank shots at the ship to which no attention was paid, when he The CP. B. C039. Athenian arrived at was told that the so-called blank shots had Shanghai at 6 pm, on 13th inst, and felt again neither been seen or heard, he smiled, and at midnight same day, for Nagasaki where she when he was informed how close the sold shots is due to arrive at 5 p.p., on rib inst, Finding that all attempts to save the doomed had come to the ship be chuckled with satis- The Imperial German Mail: 16 Prine party, after long consultation, among their manber and said that the name of his ship was with dates from Berlin of the 27th ult, left vessel "most" "prove" absolutely bopeless, the | faction. The officer acted in a very polite | Re, ent Luitpold carrying the German Maile selves, Gnally decided that the ship must be the Suma. The search was concluded and the Colomba on Saturday PmL, and may be ex left to the mercy of wind and ways,
Chrñas proceeded on her voyage at 8.45 pm. pected here on 26th inst th
The ship has been already described in these columns, and it will be remem- bered by our readers that she was only launched last April, from the ship-building yard of Messrs. William Connel and Co., of Glasgow, her engines being supplied by city. She was fitter up with all possible latest essrs. Dunsville and Jackson, of the same up-to-date comforts, and, as Mr. Jameson said, was one of the finest boals inside and out, that she had ever seen built for the tramp trade, and in many respects compared most favourably with some of the best liners of the day, appearing in many ways to be quite fit to take her place as a liner, and cater for a passenger trade.
yesterday, and is expected here on 21st inst
The sa. Agamemnon Jeft Singapore daylight
The P. &;0;;S N. Co.'s 3.1 Simia, left Singapore for this port on 16th inst, at noon, with the Outward English Mails, and is due here on 31st inst, at 4 pm, th