TELEGRAM.
"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"
SERVICE.
'S.S. "SIBERIA" QUARAN-
HINED,
SUSPECTED PLAGUE ABOARD.
[From Our Own Correspondent.\”
THE HONGKÔNG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY MAY 30 1906.
CANTONMANKOW RAILWAY.
GLOWING APPREHENSIONS.
TIME-LIMIT OF CONCESSION,
[From Our Correspondent }·
Canton, 291h May. The question of the construction and man agement of the much-talked of Canton-Hankow Railway stills occupies the minds of the think- ing Chinese, but instead of the wonderful en thusiasm displayed so freely sme months age -the subject now most discussed is bow long They will have to wait for a return on capital invested. Not a few of the wealthier have put as much as $25,000 in the concern and that was six months ago, and as yet not a sod The Pacific, Mail S, S. Cos 8.8.
has been turned," while the equipment and iron Siberia has been detained at Yoko-work left by the Americans is fast and un- bama.
Shanghai, 30th May, 12.30p.m.
The cause of the liner's detention is put down to a suspected case of plague on board the Siberiu,;
“DECORATION DAY"
AMERICANS HONOUR THEIR DEAD.
Among the people's national customs ngac, perhaps, dies more credit to a nation at large as the general donnal bohouring of the dead who have fallen for their country, whether at sea or on land. He all Christian countries All Souls Day, the and November, is generally ob- || served as a day for visiting the graves of one's own personal beloved dead, when the graves are decorated with loving hands with choutest blons, but it has remained for our AcTICAD cousins to set apart yet another day with this object, having for us purpose the decorating of the graves of and honouring the naval and military heroes of their nation who have fallen while on service away from the home country. Thus to. day, May gash, is Decoration Day, and the cente series at Happy Valley, of all denominations, have once again donned their annud garments of choicest exotic blossoms in honour of those whose last rest is being taken beneath the sod ontheslopes of that the most picturesque burial ground, as it is generally believed, in the whole world. From saly morning watıl nearly noon there was ane.continuous run on the flower
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deniably deteriorating. Unless something is done very soon all this, will be beyond repair. The bone of contention now appears to he as to who shall be at the helm, who should handle the landr, who should be the pur chasing agent, in fact every position where it will be possible for the shrewd Chinaman to lay na pile on the side. There is anlunited divergence of ipinion and numerous applicants for the position.
THE PROJECTED KAWASAKI DOCKYARD AT SHANGHAI, ·
In explanation of the decision of the Kawasaki Docky.rd Company to establish a branch dockyard at Shanghai, it is pointed out that a rapid development of Japan. ese shipping on the Chinese Coast and the Yantsre is in pregress. The Japanese Guard in be taken into ship Squadron has also consideration, while there is a prospect that
Kawasaki Company, which has already successfully built a number of naval vessels for the Chinese authorities,, will receive a good many such orders in the future.-Kobe Herald.
THE STRANDING OF THE-- ROON,"
following interesting account of the accident and the events following it:
A DUCKING BEAT.
AT KOWLOON.
PROFBRIT SALB.
At his auction ronais, Duddell Street, this afternoon, under inktructions from Mr. S. W. I'se, salicitors for the vendors, Mr. Geo. P. Lammert, auctioneer, put up for sale by public auction the valuable leasehold property situated At Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, namely, it that piece or parcel of ground registered in the Land Office as Inland Lot No. 795;. tret a vo square feet or thereal ws: termi 199 yrats; ansinal Crown rent 5,24-together with all the messages thereon known as Nos. 200, 201, 204, 206, 208, 210, 202, 214, 216, 218, 120, 222, 224 and 226, Thi'd Street.
Practic experience shows that the mangovt. ink quals of U.S. battleships' are not ex-- celled by any other type of war vesuet of large tonnage. Illustrative of this, says the Army and Nowy Journal, the Wisconsin in a fine example, under the following circumstances of docking for cleaning and painting the under- water body at the Kowloon Admir-ity Dock, Hongkong. Lying at auctor in the barbour of
"The sale was advertised for 3 pm, but it was Kangkang, about three-fourths of a mile EN, announced that the parties were negotiating, E, of the entrance to the drydock, on Feb. 25, and grace of time was given to the mangagor, with a flood fide of three knots running in Lyc.who, when the bidding was about to coas
mence, came forward and prid up the amount Inson Pass, the Wisconsin got underway head-ue on the mortgage, and thus just saved the ing E.N.E, and swung to starboard into the sale. correat, setting in making a circle round by S. W.
to N.N.W., which was the entrance to and centre PASSENGER'S NARRATIVE,
line of the dock. A strong wind was also blowing The Japan Chronicle, of zoth May, has been from E.N.E., which,, with the tide sweeping favoured by one of the passengers on the Room,aciuss the entrance to the dock, made it still Mr. Herben G. Ponting, F.R.G.S., with the -more difficult to keep the ship from being swept to leeward of the entrance, where the Empress of Indin, one of the Canadian Pacific mail steamers, was lying with her stern within fifty feet of the dock. Notwithstanding these conditions, the Wisconsin was sicamed into the dock five, sixths of her length; with her engines, and beld in line without drifting to leeward or coming in contact with any portion of the deck. During the entire evolution from getting underway, the wheel was not used, nor was the ruddermoved, showing the, high state
"1 was a passenger by the N.D., steamer Roon, which felt Nagasaki at 995 a.. on Wednesday. Shortly after ten o'clock we ran inta fog which at times became so dense as to necessitate our stopping. Soundings were taken by the deep sea apparatus at the stern, and on two occasions when bottom was found at a,practical depth we anchored. Early in the afternoon we went ahead again at full speed, as
Alugher question has nowarisen as to the time The Government will grant to the Company before the whole concern reverts in the Government. The Peking authorities have named 30 years as
the weather had cleared sufficiently to reveal the tinglimit, but the company have strenuous, abjections to what they consider this short period our whereabouts. I do not remember that and maintain that in such a time, the profits we slowed down again until about to pm would not have amounted to cost of construc-
when the fag once more became exceedingly tion, which is perhaps true when you have in dense. The Captain seemed to have taken the mind that it will probably be ten years before utmost precautions during the 'day, but know- trains are running through to lankow or bettering the dangerous nature of this coast I was somewhat surprised that we did not stop, see- say twenty years at the present rate of progress. No wonder thit many people are now anxious ing that it was night and very thick weather, to dispose of shares that they struggled to obtain some six months ago.
CORRESPONDENCE.
¿We da not hecessunify enthese the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this dobuma.]
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MUSIC HATH CHARMS”
Tu and Marine i zn: "Homoses, "Personarit " Stx-I read in your issue on Monday a letter from a correspondent who signed biraself sellers plying their trade at the foot of Wyndham Melancholia" Now, I have nothing to quar Street, and an impense business was d me, forrel with a ius nom de plume, bay when he by noon scarcely ʼn flower was to be had, while ways, above that signature, that the sounds that the busy wreath and cross-makers were hard nightly--pocturn,lly is, 1 think, his expres- put to it to all the orders of their impatient | sion,-issue fraw any known musical instru, Customers, while continuous Etreants of Ameri- | ment, and organ or harmonium as he says, can blue-jackers and marines kept roling up then I must at once take isyne with him, to make their purchases and then wend their Several friends with myself have "nocturnalty" way to "God's aere, "there, in the time-honoured listened to the weird and melancholy, sounds custom of flower-offering to do hoyour to their issuing from the locality denoted, and we have countrymen who had laid dawn their lives so unanimously, arrived at the conclusion that no kat from their homes. Ta those who remember | "mélancholy musician" is there. No it is a not the date and the day, the long lines of ngelancholy tabby, ishurning on the files for rickshas all wending the way eastward, with her faithless Tom, and we are now preparing each a Bower-laden blgijacket or marine, the to take steps accordingly. We have land in impression might easily have, and probably baskets of eggs laid long age, and when the did, get abroad that some very prominent widowed, Tabby sets up her invaraful dirgs in American naval officer had died in our midst the disa dark hours of the night, we propase, and was about to be laid is his last resting with a sudden fusillarke, to disbudge the dis- place, with all the list honors the living an enrsalate grass widow from her perch-so offer to the lead. But it was not so ; it was no
peace may reign again. We have had our fits individual dead that was thus abnet to be
of melanchola ton, tur they have got to step hondured; it was a nation honnning a nativa's dendi-a custom which must excite the sym- pathy of all whn have stood by an open grave while the'r dear ones are being laid for ever out of sight therein. Requitsent m patei
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POPULAR POLICEMAN RATĪRAS,
some time.--Yams, etc,,
ANTITABBIES.
Hongkong, May 30th, 19 6.
KOBE YOUNG LADIES ARRAST A NOTORIOUS BURGLAR.
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"I decided to stay on deck as late as I could keep awake, About to 30 p.ài, soun fings were again taken at the stern, and before bolton was found almost the whole of the wire was.1up off the reel. I do not remember what the reading of the tube was, but the depth was evidently very great. We were going half speed at that
time.
"Shortly before eleven notend a strong smell of seaweed, the unmistakeable sell of sea-washed rocks. As a slight head wind was blowing 1 concluded there must be fand close ahead. The smell was very strong, and I momentarily expected i feel the shaking of the engines being reversed. I was the only passenger on deck at that time and I remember saring aloud to myself, Why don't they stop, we must be going dead into the land."
"Immediately after this thou occurred to me, the steamer's whistle blew, and was instant- ly echoed with such remarkable distinctness, that I stood still, endeavouring to see through the fog the land which had echoed the spund.
was amazed that the engines were not reversed; for it was apparent to anyone that we were in the greatest danger. As I was stand- could make no possible mistake about the ing at this time near the stern of the ship I
engines not stopping, for I should immediately have fell the effect of any change in the ship's running. I must have waited perhaps twenty seconds with every faculty alert, when we struck Wih sufficient force as alúnst to throw me off my feet. The ship staggered and creaked, then seemed to see over the obstruction and struck again. This time we held hard and fast.
speed, but with no effect. Then they were The engines, were at once reversed full
reversed again and went slow ahead for some considerable, me, until it was found exactly where we were. Immunediately went up to the bow and saw that we were hard op against a large island. One could drop from the bow on to the shore. On both sides of us immense racks appeared through the fog. It was ap parent at once that there was little to be alarm ed about, as the injured bow was supported by the rocks and the rest of the ship uninjured, i hould estimate that the rock we first struck is about 60 feet, or so from the bow, and raising the fare part of the skip a couple of feel above her no mal water line at that time,
of efficiency in manoeuvring qualities possessed
by vessels of hier type under the control of engines alone. "The dockmaster remarked that this was the first time he had ever seen a large vessel manivuvred by her engines 'only, where such limited space existed, as in the case of ducking.
THE LATE MK, TUOMAS COWEN.
from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.
To-day's Advertisements.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAL BANK-
ING CORPORATION. -
URING the Temporary Absence of Mr. DR. SMITH from Hongkong, Mr. H. E. R. HUNTER has been appointed ACTING Manager.
A. HAUPT,
Chairman, Board of Directors, Hangling, 29th May, 1906, ...
THE CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
ξύος
he undersigned, Mr. H. W. MAIT URING the absence from the Colony of
LAND has been appointed Acting SECRETARY of the abrve Company,
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By Order of the Board of Directors,
JAMES, WHITTALL, Secretary. Hongkong, toth May, 19.6
BANK HOLIDAY.
EXCHANGE BANKS will be
TCLOSED for the Transaction of Public
Business on MONDAY, the 4th June, "WHIT MONDAY."
Hongkang, 30th May, 1906.
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THE ORIENTAL PACIFIC LINE. FOR SAN FRANCISCO VIA PORTS.
We (Japan Chronicle, May 13) are in receipt of a telegram from our Yokohama correspond. ent announcing the death of Mr. Thomas Cowen, which took place on Monday evening puring Monday Mr. Cowen, who was being THE Steamship treated in the Akasaka Hospital in Tokyo, by Dr. Whitney, for tumour pu the brain, became unconscious, and died at 9.30 in the evening.
Mr Thomas Cowen was one of the best-
"APPALACHEE"
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For Freight and further particulars, apply to
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Hekong, 30th May, 19o6.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"ARCADIA,"
known journalists in the Far East, an Irishman possessing high literary ability and a wide experience gained in many fields in this part of the world. He was a familiar friend to men in Noth and South China, Korea, the Philip-THE P.&O.S. N. Co.'s Steamer pines, and Japan; the very characteristics which made it impossible for him to settle down in the rut of any one place were those which were the most attractive to his friends, who will hear of his death at a very early age with the sincerest regret. He was the founder of several papers, the Manila Tines and China Times at Tientsin; edited several others for short periods, including the Chronicle during the absence some years ago of Mr. Young in England; an; as a war correspondent made city, perhaps most suited to his nature, he was a name twelve years ago. In this latter capa.
considered brilliant, und during the China-Japan' war as correspondent of the Ting his work was admittedly the best that was sent to the London Press. His forte lay in descriptive
correspondent, and concluded his work in this writing. Dunng the late war he was again a
direction by publishing one of the many books that have been whites on the Russo-Japanese
FROM DOMBAY, COLOMBO AND
STRAITS, vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are Consignées of Cargo by the above-named being landed and placed at their virk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon where each consignment will be sorted out Mark.by Mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed. This vessel brings on Cargo :-
war.
A year or more aga Mr. Cowen returned to japan, which he liked better than any other country, a wreck of his former self-his lace disfigured by terrible sufferings from neuralgia, Juring seasons of respije from suffering, how- ever, he joked as much as ever, and enjoyed what could be got out of life, travelling a latle and writing a incie, occasionally for this journal "The passengers. Came rumping up on deck, and frequently over the initials of "F. A. ( and I was able to reassure many of them, as I in this department, when at his best, Cowen had satisfied myself we were is no immediate had few rivals. Fristly his condtion com danger the sea being qute calm and the bowelled him to seek rest, which he did, nuly, to wedge hard on the rocks.
be, seized by more serious illness and did in early middle life.
"There was no panic whatever All the pas- sengers seemed to be remarkably self-possessed, the women certainty behaved with the greatest calmness.
"The order was at once given to man the boats. They were all got out very rapidly, but unfortunately as a boat on the port side was being towered, the jackle at one end carried
dies-the Misses Botella-were returning home át about o o'clock, when they noticed, from a short distance, a japanese entering the Kate of their house, No. 36, Nakayamate-dor 1-chome. The elder of the three, Miss Nin Boiello, entered the gate, followed by her sisters, and, found the stranger in the were in her were thrown into the water. One yard. Questioned as to his purpose, the of them was drowned and his body was not re-
mal
away with the result that two of the crew whe
covered.
The passengers settled down to make the Lest of it, same sleeping on deck and some re orning below. I remained on deck and awake all night.
About 2.jo we heard a steamèr's whistle tam. we threw up a rocket and burnt colour. blowing, she gradually approached nearer, and
ed lights, and the whistle was constantly blown. We continued to throw up rockets until the steamer let us know she had seen them.. Then she came close enough for us to bail her, and we expected a boat would come to us, but none came, and at daylight we sent one of our own boats to her. She turned out to be the M. S. Dollar or Tappi-meru,
PLUCKY CAPTURE BY THE MISTĖS NUTELNO. INSPECTOR GAULD GORS HOME
The annual begira from our local Police
Repatents an the Hall will be glad to learn Force has begun, and the fist to take bath, thanks to the cutrageors coniluci at three pension uns year and retire to spend the rest of foreign young ladies, amorous burglar whom the Police had been in search of for his days in his home country on a well-deserved
some lone huis' been caught. Fast Thursday and well-carned pension, is Inspector Jobą Gauld, who has now completed fifteen years' night, the Kabe fierulf of May 32 says, when service in the Hongkong Pulice Force, Ins-it was somewhat dark and misty, thece lule pector Gauld, who is a native of Duff-tows, Bantiince, Scotland, first came out to dlong. kung in 1888, one of a draft of 19 hom, the Glasgow Pulice Fotre to join our local force, arriving in Hongkong in December of that yea': and being stationed as constable at the Central Station, whence he wasärafted, nji promotion, to
· sergeant to various stations in the Colony, in- cluding Vaumati, and the Water Polico at Tsim-
was unable to give any satisfactory explanation, so the young lady immediate. isa-tsui, In 1898 Sergeant Gauhl, is hetken was, -went on luilough, for nine months, which he
ly made for the gate and pluckily stood spent in his salive town, returning in 1899. against, it, so that the man could not make Very shortly alter his return to the Colony his escape, while the younger girls went
tato the house to cal, for assistance. Fourat Sergeant Gauld was promoted to Inspector, and placed in charge of Yaumati Station, sub. gentlemen who were in the house at the time sequent to which he held similar positions in practising music immediately went out and nearly all the stations of the Colony, his last found the man trying to push Miss Botelho being at No. 2 Police Station, Wanchai, where away from the gate. They caught hold at him, he did some good work in keeping down gam- and, considering him a more than suspicious 'bling and crinie generally, giving his district a character, marched him off to a police box. On fairly clean record. Having completed 15 the way, the man struggled, but could not suc years of service Inspector Gauki now retires on ceed in luustuing the hold of the gentlemen, a first class inspector's pension, and takes Finding, thus, that escape was hopeless, he with hum che medal for merit, which he may changed his tactics and endeavoured to get rid proudly wear in his old country, and taking of various incriminating articles which were in with him the good wishes of a very large his possession, throwing away no less than circle of friends both in and out of the nine keys, all of which were picked up by his Police Force, amongst whom, in his quiet, captors and handed over to the police. He baoblensive, almost retiring way, he has ren- also cast away, an instrument of some kind, dered himself extremely popular, and by whom believed to have been a chisel or a knife, but he will be very much missed. Ever ready this could not be recovered. At the police box with a word of advice-good, sound, common. the gentlemen had the satisfaction of dis cense advice—always well worth listening to covering that they had temporarily stopped the faspector Gauld was always the friend of those carcer of one of the most notorious burglars in who bad foolishly got into some peccadillões | this vicinity, a man upon whom the police bad which might, but for his kindly advice, led the culprit into trouble. Inspector Gauld proved himself a friend in nerd, as many of the younger generation in the Colony can testify, bis urbano and genial presence will long be❘ 'missed.' But all will join in wishing him dan voyage, and a long and comfortable lifeal home, after the "fitful fever" of his aireduous life in the Far East.
long had their eyes. He is believed to have heen responsible for many recent robberies, including the burglary at the residence of Mr. Kuhn. Next morning the man was escorted by four police officers 10 Me. R. Botelho's re- sidence, where the police made some inquiries as to the circumstances of the capture. They then thanked the young ladies for their pluck le effecting the burglar's arrest.
"A16 a.m. the passengers were ordered to get ready to leave the ship, and we were all taken on board the Tappi-maru,
"Daylight had revealed that we had struck in a very fortunate place, as bad we been zo yards further to the left we should have hit a steep cliff with deep blue water under it. Soundings near the stern of the Aoom by the Tappimu showed that there were 14 fathoms at that end of the ship.
'The Tappi-maru endeavoured to tow the Room off at 9.30, but without avail, and at to a'clock she ran dangerously near to the rocks herself, as one of the towing cables got foul of her propeller, and she drifted close to the shore. Fortunately the cable was cut loose before anything further happened.
"Another attempt was made, also without We learned from a few fishermen who live the island that it is named Okinoshima. The Captain of the Tuppl-maru, however, in- formed me that he looked for the island upon the chart and found that it was Kotsushima, off the Chikozen coast,
success.
on
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THEY say that love is the answer to life. Be THE above steamer having arrived, Con- signees of Cargo'are bereby requested to that, as it may. Love, as it is understood by the pacts, is non eri. We have grown so selfish-send in their Bills of Lading for Countersigna- or is it so wise that we fight shy of anything ture, and take immediate delivery from along. at all likely to bring pain in its wake. To care side.
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thorns.---Nellis Makany la Madame,
All taro, chaffed or otherwise damaged Cargo will be examined at this Company's Godown at 10 A., Saturday, June 2nd. No Fire Insurance will be effected,
S. SILVERSTONE,
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