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SERVICE,
DEATH OF A. G. WARD
RAM AT SHANGH
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
è hanghai,' 9th July,
11:46 am. Mr. A. G. Ward, the organist of Holy Trinity Cathedral; died here on Saturday, from typhoid fever, and will be buried to-day."
S ccial services wore held at the. Cathedral for the deceased, who was very popular in Shanghai.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, JULY 10, 1905.
TELEGRAMS.
[Reuter's.].
Prince Arisugawa in England.
LONDON, 7th July.
"PRINSESSE MARIE”.
HOW SHE WAS BUNK DY THE RUSSIANB,
SCENES ON THE "TEREK,”. ·
however, was mouldy but as it was the same as the Russians themselves had to eat, little com- plaint could be made after all, One of the Hussian officers had a Union Jack as well as a Danish flag taken from the Prinsesse N
he Russian Navy the day was eventually carried by a young Sub-Lieutenant who was the most vociferous of all the Court for the des truction of the vessel. Not only was he em phaile in his arguments, beating the cabin iable with his clenched fists and usingʻall, bli The ship's company of the winken steamer the minds of the waverers on the side of cau- Chinese, 3 passenger and the rest officers. oratorical powers to carry home conviction to number 47 all told-ig European crew and 4 tion but according to our informant he actual. They got their meals served in the first-class Capelliy want to the length of shaking his fist un-smoking saloon. Three quarters of the pro-
der the Russian commander's nose, demanding menade deck was given up to their use. or otherwise he would report the commander to that the ship should be sank-and that at once St. Petersburg, for dereliction of duty."Better to sink her," he cried, "and pay compensation afterwards than allow such a valuable cargo to reach the Japanese."
The following interesting account of the sink- The Japaneso Naval Attaché, Captain Ka-ing of the ss, Prinzesse faris is from the buraki, has entertained Prince and Princess Straits Times, of 3rd jost:— Arisugawa at a picutresque dinner at the Savoy, the courtyard of which was transform ed into a miniature Japanese landscape. The guests, who numbered sixty, were chiefly naval, and included Sir John Fisher.
Later.
As we reported a few days ago, the Danish steamer Prixseris Marie was sunk by the Rus sian cruiser Terek five days after clearing from Singapore for Japan ports. The Captain, crew and passenger of the Prinsesse Marie ware taken on board the Terek and finally landed at Batavia whence Captain Ingemann of the The Prince and Princess Arisugawa atunken steamer telegraphed the first news of tended a State Ball at Buckingham Palace the catastrophe to Singapore to the East Asia yesterday evening; a guard of honour of the ic Company, Ltd, who are local agents of the Foot Guards was posted in the quadrangle.
The Mutineers of the "Kniaz
Potemkin!
It is rumoured in Odessa that the Kafas Potemkin has been blown up at Theodosia.
Later.
8th July,
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Yesterday morning the ship's company of the Prinsesse Marie arrived in Singapore from Hatavia by the Messageries Maritimes steamer | La Signs which mada fast at Borneo Wharf at ten o'clock. They immediately transhipped to the steamer Siam, which belongs to the same owner an the Printesse Marie, and sailed in the afternoon for Europe.
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY.
about the young Lieutenant for his counsel bere must have been something masterful prevailed. Very likely his word carried added weight because of some connection or other that he enjoyed with high Royal circles in Russia, but it is questionable whether Sir John Fisher would have listened to the Heir Ap parent himself under similar circumstances which the Lord deliver us from!
SINKING THE SHIP.
of the Straits Times of 16th June containing When Mr. Falbe showed the Russians a copy news of Rojdestvensky's defeat and the de- straction of his ficet they roared with delight and shouted "Hurrah" till the whole ship's company, were boarse. So much for Russian patriotism!
The Trek was in a very filthy condition on the bottom and made poor speed. She took
seven days to reach Batavia and before that
port was entered the last shovelful of coal bad had to be straped of the corners of har bunkers. The Prinsenta Marie had been ex actly two months out from Copenhagen on the day she was sunk. It is a peculiar circum. stance that on her last homeward run she car. ried Russian refugees to Europe. The East ate taking care of the passengers and showing them every attention.
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At any rate the Court decided that the Princess Mavis was carrying contraband and Asiatic Company and the Danish Consul hers HIGHEST CLASS that she must be sunk. Captain'Ingemann, as may will be supposed, heard the news with dismay, But he was treated with every possible courtesy and showa to a cabin where he could put up till next day for of course by this time
Times on his arrival bere, Captain logemann the Russian cruiser's boats were sent on board
When seen by a representative of the Straits darkness had set in.
On the morning of the 22nd June, following gave a graphic account of his ship's adventures the Printers and her crew, all Daues by the and her tragic and unexpected end. The way, and passengers were transferred to the Prinsesse Marie, he said, was as fins a ship of Tere. Meanwhile the Russians ransacked the her class as any man ever commanded. As a priniesse and removed all the provisions they matter of fact she was launched no later than could find into their boats. These included all has been in the Far Eastern trade for the com- two years and
HE few months ago at Kiel, and kinds of tinned stuff, besides sugar, bottled. Undersigned have received instructions itparatively short period that has since elapsed.
beer and wine, the two latter being seized with a miscellaneous cargo. for Far Easiera poris carrying away had been transferred from the She came out from Europe on this trip with When everything that they thought worth
a particular and thirsty avidity.
Part of this she discharged at Singapore and donated vessel to the Russian cruiser, gunners she cleared for the North on the 17th of June, set to and placed two mines on board-one leaving at to am. There was still remaining under the boilers and another in the holds. on board certain cargo consigned to Kobe and Profiting by their recent exhibitions of inept- Yokohama, which cargo had been shipped from tude in the sinking of merchant steamers, the Antwerp and Copenhagen.
Russians were more successful on this occasion. position that when exploded it would blow aut The mine in the hold was placed in such a the side of the ship and not be impeded in its destructive career by the watertight bulkhead as in the case of the B. 1. khena.
This sad news became generally known by en announcement made by the Rev. Mr. Jen kins at the conclusion of his sermon at St. The report of the blowing up of the Kniás John's Cathedral yesterday, and was heard with Potemkin is without foundation. The officials profound sorrow and regret by a full congrega lan, to the majority of whom Mr. Ward had of Theodosia went on board and found been personally acquainted during the many committee of seven in command of a crew years he was organist of the Cathedral, and throughout the time that he was the soul and numbering 160. The latest report is that centre of all musical matters in Hongkong, the ship has put to sea in chase of a British The news was received by Mr. Jenkins, at pre-collier. scot acting chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, just before the commencement of matins, and priangements för a semi-memorial service were at once made, le place of the usual anthem the hymn, "For all they saints who from their labores fest, was sung to the decessed argaoist's own setting, while after, the final Benediction, choir. ad congregational kozeling, the hymnow the labourer's task is eer" was impressively song. This over the "Dead March in "Saul" was played. It was a somewhat melancholy coincidence that on the first occas os of his assumption of duty, the new organist of St. John's Cathedral, Mr. D. Fuller, who has just arrived from home, should have been called upon to preside at the organ and play the "requiem" of his predeca sor. From Northern papers we learn that deceated was tended at the Nursing Home, and that Mr. A. J. H. Woule was tem porarily acting as organist of Holy Trinity Cathedrat.-E, IKT)
ARDOVA" e. S. "DUNDONALD."-
£750, AWARDED
FOR SALVAGĖ
[From Our Own Correspondent.}
Shanghai, 10th July,
2.46 p.m. The owners, captain and crew of the s.r. Ardora have been awarded
'The Black Sea squadron has been manned and has arrived at Novarossuk; is proceeding south with orders to capture or destroy the Anja Potemkin, which ship is now probably making for Batoum, where the revolutionary movement is strong.
́One hundred and fifty of the crew of the Prent, who mulinied on the 5th instant, have been imprisoned in the fortress of Sevasto pol.
SHIPPING JETSAM.
tins, iron plates and rails and iron in scrap, This consisted principally of provisions in There was never any thought in the minds of Captain logemann or his officers or crow that any of the bulk they carried was of a contra- hand nature. In fact they felt that there was no possibility of the ship meeting with a similar fate to that which had befallen certain of her sisters of the Mercantile. Alarine in Eastern waters at the hands of the wolfish Baltickers for not only did they carry a clear conscience The H.A.L. transport Silvia, which is ex running, but also the ship's captain was pro as regards any risky attempt at blockade pected here from Germany on the 15th inst., isvided with certificates from the Japanese bringing out reliefs for the German brigade at Cansal and no less high an authority than the Tientsin.
Dutch Stadt itself that the Prinsesse carried no
It was rumoured in Singapore the other day that the Wee Bin steamer Hong Bee had been wrecked off Hongkong !.
The reason given by the Yokosuka Prize Court for the confiscation of the Norwegian steamer Henry Balcow is that the vessel was on her way from Shanghai to Saghalien with a cargo of 18,190 bags of American four when seized by the Kumano-maru, The flour, it is
alleged, was destined for the use of the Russian
army.
The Rohilla-maru and the Rosetta mare
contraband of war,
N. and Long. 113:13 E-large. steamer was Fou: days out from Singapore-in Lat. 13.57 sighted. That was half past four o'clock on the list of June. As the big craft bore dowo upon the Prinsesse, it was seen by those on board the latter that the approaching vessel was a warship. Then as the warship opened board the Dane that from the colours she was up to view it became apparent to those on
flying she was a Russian,
As an additional surely that the ship would infallibly sink all the seacocks and valves were opened and by the time the last Russian left the vessel there were already some two feet of water in the engine room.
of
a
The Russian.boats rowed away to a distance the mines were fired. When that did happen about 300 yards from the Prinsesse before there was very little outward signs of the des- truction which the mines had effected. Only slight puff of smoke rose from the ship. The dynamite charges of course struck downwards, sel, it is said, when the explosion took place. But there was a perceptible quiver of the ves That, again, might only have been the nervous shudder which the captain and his officers and the muffled report which foretold the approach. crew themselves experienced when they heard ing disappearance of their gallant ship and ship herself, which they sympathetically attributed to the
However that may be she settled down quickly and sank by the head in 18 minutes.
£750 for the salvage of the suiling which were purchased, by the Toyo Kisen preached to within about a mile, but very litti And no more was seen to the Prinsesse Marie,
vessul Dundonald.
Kaisha fromthe Peninsular and Criental Steam Navigation Company, have now been resold to the Ozien Kisen Kaisha. The vessels are at present in the service of the Japan Red Cross Society. Another report says they are sold to the Blijo S.5. Co., Owari province,
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The Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific company's tux Robert K, arrived at Manila on 6th inst, seven days from Shanghai. She brought the crews of the Reina Cristina and Mindasão
[The amount claimed by plaintiffs was £4,500 being costs, expenses and dansuge stated to have been incurred by them in towing the defendant vertel to Ehanghai Mr, R. N. Macleod, of Messrs. Stokes, Plait and Teesdale, appeared for the plainuffs and Mr. J. C. Hanson, of Messrs. Dowdall, Hanson and McNeill, for the defence. At the last hearing of the case on the gih inst., Counsel for the plaintiffs stated that with reference to the distribution of the Award, the owners of the Ardova did not claim more than three-quarters of the amount. Of which she had taken to Shanghai. In the the balance the greater portion should yo to the traits of Pescadores the vessel met pith a captain, on whom alone was the responsibility of risking his own ship. The first officer had a typhoon, lasting four days. - On June 5 she was certain amount_of_extra_work.and.there.were..stopped by a Japancio destroyer-just outside of four men who accompanied him in arranging Shanghai, which, after the signal to show her the tow, but they were no longer on the Ardova's colours had been complied with, allowed her crew and their names were not known. In conclusion, Counsel seld that, having consented to proceed. 10 admit the Dundonald's value a £7,500 he
had to reduce his claim to £3,500-E,
JL.K.T]
THE PEACE CONFERENCE,
BARON KOMURA'S DEPARTURE
FROM SHANGHAI.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shanghai, 10th July,
2.45 pm. Baron Komuru, one of the Japanese Plonipotentiaries in the forthcoming Pence Conference, left Shanghai for Washington on Saturday,
There was a great public demon- stration upon his departure.
[The Universal, Gurile says that Japan has appointed Baron Kamura, Minister of Foreign. Affairs, a peace plenipotentiary as he bas a good knowledge of things Chinese and the pre- ient war has been originated on the Chinese problems and consequently there will be many clauses relating to China in the peace protocol. The Russian Government knowing this has decided to detach M. Pokotilal to the Russian Peace Plenipotentiaries to proceed to the United States so as to meet the requirements. M. Pokotiloff is a former manager of the Russo-Chinese Bank in Peking.-EĎ, {L.K.T.}
Godfrey Hits, chief officer of the 1.5.
Captain Ingemann kept the Prinsesse Marle on her course until the two ships had a
farer's curiosity was bestowed upon the war- attention except that which belongs to a sen vessel by the people of the merchantman.
Suddenly, however, a thing happened which put every soul on board the Danish steameron the qui vive. A curling cloud of stroke ap- peated on the warship's side, then the menac ing boom of a big gun came rumbling across across the bows of the Prinsesse Muris while the intervening waters and a round shot hurtled simultaneously a flag signal appeared on the Russian ordering the frinsesse to heave-lo.
There was nothing left for Captain Inge- mann but to obey the behest which had come Accordingly the engines were stopped and the in such a material and imperious fashion.
steamer was hove-to,
-THE-BOARDING.
By this time those on board the Prinsesiz had recognised their challenger as the Russian cruiser Terek. The Terek also came to a stop, A boat was lowered away and it pulled straight for the Prinsesse. As may be imagined there Wenshow, has been charged at Shanghai with was little tribulation on the Princetra as to the manslaughter, by causing the death of one Fu the ship's company were assured that no con
nitimate issue for from the Captain downwards. | Chi-sing, quartermaster of the vessel. After a traband of war was carried on their vessel prolonged deliberation, the jury found the and the visit of the Russians was really prisoner" not guilty" on the charge of man. being anticipated as a kind of unex, pected break in the monotony of a long shughter, but convicting him on the alternative
voyage. It was a bit of fun-and that was charge of wauading the quartermaster, without all. The Russians would have their trouble intent to do him' grievous bodily harm. His for nothing and the respective members of the Lordship, on this finding, sentenced the prition is being boarded by an armed Russian Prinieste Marie would have had a mild tensa-
soner to three months' hard labour.
TUR following is the return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 9th July, igos.
Non-Chinese..... Chinese
Library Museum
81 1,797
149
1,850
Total...... 355
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
NAILS DUE. French (Tonkin) 11th insi. American (Mongolia) irih inst., daylight. Australian (Chinglu) 13th inst. English (Coromandel) 13th last., 6 á.m. Canadian (Athenian) 18th inst. German (Prine Fieinrich] 18th inst. American (China) ígth last. Canadian (Emprèss of China) 24th inst. The Imperial German Mail s.s. Pring Walde mar left Kobe on Sunday at 6 p.m., via Moji. The ss. Rubi left Manila où 8.b inst., at noon, and is dua here to-day at 5 pm. * "So long as no excessively severe typhoon' The Imperial German Mail .a. Scharnhorit visits the scene of the strended cruiser Sully," which left here on Wednesday at noon, arrived said a prominent member of the salvage party at Shanghai on Saturday at 3.m. to a representative of the Hongkong Telegraph The H. A. L. s., Silvia from Germany, left to day, "there is no reason to doubt that our Colombo for this port on 4th inst. p.m., and efforts will be ultimately successful in salving may be expected here on 15th inst.
The Boston Tow Boat Co.'s se. Pleiades left
THE "SULLY”
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the cruiser." Mr. E' G. Wilks remains at the Manila on Saturday afternoon, and may be ex- scene where operations are still in progress,pected here to-morrow at daylight. and in a few days some very powerful salvage The P. & O. S. N. Co.'s 5. Coromanded gear will be shipped to him, by Mr. W. C. Jack, left Singapore for this port on 8th inst,, at 11 including among other things some pumps which will enable them to clear out 7,oto tons, with the outward English Mails, and is per hour, and some powerful air-compressors due here on 13th inst, at 6 am.
beat on the Chips Sea. It would be another romantic reminiscence with which to embellish their quay-side yarns when dear old Copenha- geo once again welcomed them home.
But little they recked of the tragic finale. As the Russian boat approached there was nothing in its aspect to suggest a boliday picnic. Twa grim officers sat in the stern and a' brawny set of scowling Russian sailors bent their broad backs to the bars as they shot the boat along.
side.
Then the officers came on deck. They were extremely courteous to Captain Ingemann who advanced to receive them. To him they related the purpose for which their commandes had sent them to board the Prinsatte. They de- manded an inspection of the ship's papers and went down and examined the holds of the steamer with a view no doubt to ascertaining whether the papers tallied with the cargo carried. Then, when their inspection had been
ON THR "TEREK.".
The Tarch sood by till the stricken steamer course which from observation of the stars disappeared and then she held away on a Captain Togemann was able to tell was south- erly. The Prinsesse men were all well treated but the food, which they shared with the men. o'warsmen, was not good. Captain Ingemann tion in a seagoing point of view. She is cover. states that the Trek is in a very by condi ed with barnacles and all kinds of parasitic growths. Inboard there is a great lack of dis cipline. There are plenty of mea but they do not strike one as being men-owaremen. are not by any means efficient. They are slack and untrained and the officers
On the voyage down to Batavia where the Teri took the crew to, the wines and beer purloined from the Prinsessa obviously were Ircely indulged in by the officers. On one occasion two of these worthy gentlemen came to blows on deck and had to be separated by the men. Before leaving the Russian cruiser, Captain lagemann received from the comman der a certificate relating the circumstances under which his ship had been sunk,
Naturally the feeling among the men of the Prinsesse is one of deep resentment and in dignation at what they consider the Terck' high-handed action in sinking their fine new ship and the hope is freely expressed that Russia will be made to pay through the nose, for this act of unjustifiable piracy on the high when they heard on their arrival here that the seas. Their feelings were somewhat mollified
Terek had been interned at Batavia since their departure thence-that the wicked had beca forced to cease from troubling.
Al Batavia the Prinsense. Marie's ship's company met with every kindness from the Dutch authorities and were enabled to leave by the La Seyne connecting at Singapore yes terday with the 5.5. Siam en route for Europe.
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Forms of Tender can be obtained on applica LATEST FASHION board the Prinsesse Marie, gives a graphiction to the Naval Store Officer, H.M. Dock- account of the sinking of the ship and the yard, and should be returned not later than the events that led up to li away from the steamer the passenger chan will be required when applying for Tender
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that he would be aboard next morning. The captain was towed off at 6 o'clock in the morn ing accompanied by a boat's crew and officers. He told everybody on board to pack up in readiness to go on the Tarek as the Prinsess When the Terek was reached, the two off was going to be sunk. They were not hurried cers who had been in charge of the boarding in any way. The Russians gave them plenty party reported to the commander the result of of time to get their things together, and mean- iheir investigations of the Prinsesse Maris, and, while they mosacked the ship and "pinched? is consequence of what they bad to tell, the everything they could conveniently carry away. commander summoned a council or commis. They took all the food they found, including sion of the ship's officers decide as to whe two pigs, one sheep, and many ducks and hens. her the Danish vessel was seizable as a con. The passengers and crew of the Marfs had. traband carrier. Captain Ingemann of course to take what was left. Then they went into was present during the inquiry. All the the Russian boat and were pulled off to the language with which Captain Ingemand is to leave the ship. They took down their own proceedings were conducted in Russian, Terte. Captain Ingemann was the last manONTRER #LAISANG ""-
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The Russians put a pyroxilige bomb in the It appears that the case for the sinking or hold forward with a time fose attached and a
215 it exploded. There was hardly any smoke visible Twenty minutes later the Prinsesse sank head first. Poms of the Russians took photographs of the vessel as she disappeared.
On board the Terek, which was found to carry four 47 Armstrong, Whitworth, and some smaller guns, the passengers and officers were accommodated in first-class cabins and were well treated. The bread they got Hangkang, toth July, 190g.
for boring the rock under the cruiser, prepara The C. P. R. Co. a. Tartar arrived at the release of the steamer was argued at great tory to the blasting operations. It is onder Shanghai at 8.30 a.m., on 9th inst, and left length by the various officers constituting the stood that a soon as this gear has arrived, and again at a p.m...same day for Nagasaki where Court Some were strongly of the opinion that bean fisted in position, Mr. Jack will return to she is due to arrive at 7 ant, on 11th instthere was no ground for the seizure of the lag scene to resume control of the funker The Imperial German Mail s.s. Prine Hein- vessel. Others again held exactly the opposite operations. All things considered, there is rich carrying the German Mail with dates view. hope that we may yet see this long stranded from Berlin of the zoth ult, left Colombo on cruiser enter the harbour and go into the Friday, pm, and may be expected here on Kowloon Docks,
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