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THEYPHOON.
TELEGRAMS OF SYMPATHY,
Hongkang where a rep
the dead bady of Cip!
"Ting "King, was made.
|-body of the Europias; fedm" whic
· fólks 'wers attemptin the robber ba that of the popolar and
VA SERGEANTS" While on the mal hich took place
EROIC DEED,
an incl feat district should
| dol ga without maution, and, we hope, without to some recognition,
E CAPT. PAGE'S BODY FOUND.
1. M. 5, WHITING RE-FLOATED
We have received the following offic correspondence from the Colonial Secretary
1 The captain's body, was taken to the morgue, for publication :--
Sikes?y (where it was identified by Detective Sergeants papildus de Terrett and Murphy as that of Captain Page, from Commodore to Governor
The ideotification was greatly facilitated by the -Commodore's Office,
Walsh and chalo,
o, which the police immediatbly, Hongkong, a9th July, 1908.
recognised
mai The funeral took place this afternoon, and Your Excellency,I have the honour to
was well attended. forward for your information a copy of a telegram which I have received from Vice-
Admin & Tate, Otoman meer or clothon, K.C.B., KC.V.O., Commander-in-Chief, Chion Station. I have etc.
(Ed.), RH. S. STOKES,
Rear Admiral.
Hi Excellency
小
pla
On the night of the typhoon, while win-
velegrams.
HONGKONG
SERV
CANTON HANKOW
* RAILWAY.
OPPSITION TO CHANG CHIE TUNG'S APPOINTMENT
[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po
Poking 81st July. The shareholders of the Canton- ankow Railway Co., Ld., hava telegraphed to the Ministry of Posta
|| Captain" Pageʼn b dy was picked up some", dows and dopis were clattering, trees being 200 yards from the seashore of the Gauls Peak | uprooted, and housas trembling on their foundations, Police Sergeant Earner, who. is attached to the Registrar-General's department as emigration officer, and who is quartered in the District Watchmen's quarters, near Blake Gardens, proceeded to invesifpate a commotion which be heard on the ground floor. Arriving there he found some forty or fifty people, all Chinese, who appeared to be scared out their wits: Nearly all complained of For Mis Page every sympathy is foll and for having been driven out of their houses by the her fatherless child, in their bereavement. I falling tools. From one man is particular the was only a monster two ngo that Mrs. Page: lift Sergeant learnt a story which impelled him to for her home in Austalia for a holiday.action. The Chizaman had deserted bis house
The quartetta of fishermen were charged best 8. Ladder Street owing to the roof having and Communications to the elect fare Mr. H. Kemp in the Police Court, this collapsed, leaving behind him a two-year-old that they will not recoguise the vali. morning, with robbing the dead body of Capt. child to, meet its fate. Wubbur another word Page. They pleaded guilty to the accusation, Sergeant Harner proceeded to the house, acdity of H. E. Chang Chil-tang.sap. Sir Frederick J, D.. Lugard, K.C.B.G. C., and each man was seotsaced to thrus nonths' companied by the man, and on reaching the pointment as superintendent of the
bard labour.P
third storey found that the rool had partly D.s.0, Governor, &c.
MBI CLERK DROWNED,
ghoe, la thé bickit.om the cres of a child Railway Co. Telegram.
The first estimates of the loss of liver attend
were heard. Wading through the debris, the le despatch prays the Ministry From Commander-in-Chief, Tainginu, to ing the foundering of the ss. Ying King in the Sergeant made bis way whence the sound S
Senior Naval Officer, Hongkong, of typhops of Tuesday morning last does not came, and found the chillying on a bed to memorialise the Throne to cancel
appear to have erced on the side of exaggeration. on its back abrolutely deserted. A par the appointment. 29th July, 1908..
If anything, the disaster has been under-rated. tion of the roof had collapsed near the Very much regret to hear of typhoon. Besides the three furopean pasaodgers who bid, but the child was uninjured. Taking the Hope no lives lost in Colony.
were drowned, it is now known for certain that child in his arm the Sergenal hurried out a member of the Japanese community of the building, just in time to escape the falling Hongkong came by bis untimely death in of the other portion of the roof. The child the wreck of the ill-fated vessel. The gentle owes its life to Sergeant Earner, and the poor man was Mr. K. Adichi, of the Hongfather was overflowing with thanks for the kong office of the Mitts Bulsao Kaisha.Sab-gio, as the Chinese call a sergeant of He beld a position as tally clerk of the mer police.
Such conduct on the part of Sergeant Earner chandise godowns of the 4.11. K. Deceased was only twenty-four years of age. He had pro
deserves 'great credit. ceeded 13 Canton on the firm's business and was op his return juraey to the Colony whan. he was augulfed on the Ying king going to the bottom of the sea that fateful morning. As soon ́as it was leárat at the Herëbang mitte that Mr.
From the Consul for France to the Colonial Secretary. Hongkong, le 30 Juillet, 1908. Monsieur le Secrétaire Colonial,—Par un'
DRY GINGER ALE fracking a gold ear-pick from a Chinese télégramme parti hier soir de Hanoi, M. le
in Splite:
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Stx weeks' hard labour and to feceive twenty, four-strokes of birch, was the sentence passed 1 a coolie, at the Police Court, this, moroing..
Gouverneur Général p. i. de l'lado-Chine, woman in the Central district, yesterday.
à qui j'avais communiqué des renseign- INSPECTORS W. Cameron and W. Murisonments détaillés au sujet des résultats
·Fries $1,20 per dozen.
have been appointed sanitary inspectors for désastreux du typhant de la nuit de lundi Credit given of 65 cents per dozen for Shaukiwan and Kowloon City, respectively a mardi dernier, m'a prié de trans- bottles returned in good condition.
Bergeants W., Kendall and P Brazil hold like
mettre au Gouvernement de Hongkong dahi bad taken passage i uron by the appointments for Shamshuipo, and Stanley.
l'expression des sincèrej condoleances
Ying King grave 'auxiety was fel'. for the young de l'Indo-Chine française, pour les dom gentleman's safety. Mr. M.Kobayashi, manager mages subis par la Colonte anglaise de of the firm's Hongkong branch, loss go time in Hongkong. Je me permets d'y joindre mes despatching two launches in the boptol fading regrets personnels. Je ne doute d'ailleurs Mr. Adachi alive in soma hamlet on iba pas que le Gouvernement français, à qui j'ai mainland, or if the worst bad happened of try également fait part de cet événement inating to rec ver his dead body if possible. The tendu, ne sera douloureusement čau'a la firm's steam-faunches the Famching and the nouvelle de ce désastre qui a suivi de si près filke-wera detailed to prosecute the search
throughout Thursday.. Hailing in their mission | celui du 18 Septembre, 1906.
the search was renewed ye Friday one of the yesterday. At three launches came across the body floating in
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WHY HONGKONG'S INVITATION WAS NOT
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The following correspondence, relative to the inability of the American fleet to visit Hongkong on their tour round the world, was received for publication from the Colonial Secretary this afternoon :-
Department of State,
Je vous serais particulièrement reconnais sant de vouloir bien donner connaissanco
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CANTON DAY BY DAY.
THE TYPHOON,.. [From Our Own Correspondent]
Canton, 3iet August. The Central Relief Commitise- and 'other,
decree dated july 15 appointed the Grand Secretary Chang Chin-tung, Director General of the fusi-Hin (Croton-Hankow) Ralway in ad litten to his other dalies. He is to act for the best interests of the line in conjunction. with the Ministries of Agriculture, Works and Commerce, and Pusis, and Communications, and with the Viceroys and Governors of the three provinces through which the line will
run, 10, Kwarglung; Honan and Hupah,—“Ed.,
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[By courtesy of the Sheung Po."]
Peking, 81st July
charitable organisations have been busily engaged for the last two days, making a cruise The Ministry of War hay issued of the harbour and the neigt bouring waters for the purpose of recovering daid bodies and an-
instructions to all the Viceroys and certaining the umber of salive craft wrecked Governors of the various provinces by the typhoon. Up to this morning nearly to take early stops for the establish- fifty corpses have been recovered and have t been buried in a place below the eastern secment of naval colleges. tion of the new bun!” The number of boata
these soliools should, bo able
It is desired that the
to provide means for the training of Naval cadets.
{Renter't}
flower-boals as d private house boats not being wrecked has already reached the total of 488;
Included in the total. A Washington, Jane zjad, 1908,
Hir,-I have to agkapwledge the receipt of your unnumbered demps ch of: May sath, 1908, transmiting newspaper clippings which indi cate that the people of Hongkong anticipate
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The Department regrets that the report has been circulated that the United State accepted the invitation of the Hongkong Government to [33 the Battleship Fleet.. This invitation in ques" tion, extended through the British Ambassador here, was declined for the reason that, in carry. ing out the then already determined itinerary of the fleet, which contemplated the fiets arrival in home waters in time to hold the annual record target practice in Cubao-waters during the month of March next, it was found iimpracticable for the feet to visit Hongkong.— I am ele,
(5d.) W. . CARR, AMOS P. WILDER, Esquire,
Chief Clerk, for the Secretary of State.
American Consul-General,
Hongkong.
Hongkong, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1908,"
NEW TERRITORY.
POSSIBILITIES.
American Consular Service; Hongkong, July æð, ígɔ8, Sir- have the honour to enclose you here. with copy of a despatch recaived by me from the Department of State at Washington rela tive to the United States Battleship Fleet.
which make it impossible for the Fleet to,
Regretting the combination of circumstances
visi: Hongkong, and with assurances of highest esteem, have etc,
It is gratifying to, observe that the „potėptialities_of_the_Kowloon hinterland 18-
field for agricultural and other industrial "purauita are receiving the consistent attention of the various departments of Government. Cotton seeds have not proved a success in the soil of the New Territories. Mr. S. T. "Dunn, the superintendent of the Botanica! and Forestry Department, reports that after three years' trials under various conditions and with seeds from different countries, it has to be admitted that cotton in this climate is a failure, and he hopes that itfwill be the last time that his department is called upon to try to introduce crops of this kind, among the Chinese. The ground capable of grow. ing crops in very scarce in the New Territor ies and is already almost completely occupied with food crops necessary for the villages. It is probably now generally un.. derstood that only crops suitable to very poor Sir-The enclosed correspondence is for soil or crops of exceptionally high value arewarded in yous for favour of publication: worthexperimenthere with a view to introduc-
(5d.) AMOS P. WILDER, American Consul-Gensral,
The Honnurable
The Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.
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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Houckoog, 31st July, 1958.
Your obedient servant,
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de la présente communication & Son Ex-Castle Peak Bay, Mr. Adachi's face could no
AT SAINAM ANd samshul cellence le Gouverneur,
bs recognised but in one of the pockets of the' The typhoon also visited Shinsm and Sup coat were found the young gentlemto's watch that. It is reported that over two hundred and his desk key by means of which the body native crafts were sunk and great destruction
Veuillez agréer, Monsieur la Secrétaire Colonial, les assurances de ma haute con-
sideration.
(Sd.), G‹stɔn LIEB ́RT,
Telegram.
From the Governor, Macao, to the Governor,
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was identified as that of Mr. Adichi. In trying ||was also dose to house properties there. The to remove the watch chain from the button „Central Felief Committee his sent a special hole it accidentally dropped into the sea and officer in these places with tice and provisions ❤as lost.
to relieve the sufferers.
MR. FING SIN TING, the director of the Canton Hankow Railway. Hongkong, of 30th July, 1908. Co, was also droward, as reported by us on The Colony of Macao deeply regrets the Wednesday. His body has since been picked disasters and damages, suffered by: Hong-op. Deceased was known to have been wear. kong. I present Your Excellency my sincere
sympathy,
Japanese Consulare, Hongkong, 31st July, 1908, Sir1 have the honour to inform you that I have just received a telegram from Viscount Terauchi, Minister for State of Foreign' Affairs, instructing me to convey to -flis-Excellency the Governor the expression of his profound sympathy at the terrible
ing a valuable jade-stone baggie when he boarded the Ying Kin: at Cantor, When the bidy was fund, it was minus the forearm, which had all-the-appearance of having been. mutilated for the sake of the precious ornament by the puiahs of the deep.
WOMEN'S DODY ROBBID, The ghoulish work of the sea robbers was pot confined to the dead bodies of males only They had no respect for the women either wote bodies when recovered-bore-uamis takable evidence of their bangles, ringe
CRAFTS ADRIFT. During the typhoon some of the timber, rafts lylog close to the fronta,e of Wongsha had their fashing ropes parted and the limber poles were sent adrift in the harbour causing so. damage to the sales vessels with which they collided. The loss of these rafts is said to amount to a large sum of money, but it is hoped that the timber is recoverable,
LA GALE.
At one ofl.ck this morning a strong gust of wind with a shower of rain blew over the city of Can'os, sud it looked as if another typhoon threatened. Fortunately the wind, abated after a short time and no diage is reported to have bren-dang
DAN KAPLOD? 'RELIPPIN
Amer oan Railways,
LONDON, goth July -New York nowspapere state that, owing to ` new regulations of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, all the great railways, including the Canadian. Pacific, having steamship ser vices on the Pacific, have notified shippen that they are abandoning the export trade in the Orient and Australasia, and also practi cally abandoning the import trade, i
he newspapers anticipate that the steam, ship linct concerned will be sold,
The British Navy
A memorial, signed by 144 members of the House of Commons, has been presented to Mr. Asquith demanding a reduction expenditure on armaments.
Qa-the other hand, a non-political navy
disaster which has befallen this · port.—I | and other valuabler ; having “been fo c.bly H.E. Viceroy Chang bas authorised other committee forming to the House of Com
have clo,
(Sd.), T. FUNATSU,
Hon. F. H. May, CMO
Colonial Secretary, Hongkong,
wrenched off
10 of 100,001 tatls to be appropria ed mong advocates a strong navy. H. M. S. "WHITING" RE-FLOATED. from the Government Treasury towards
Later Vice-Consul for Japan. All along, our daily reports since thatyphoon the flood relief funds, as a loan to be
Old Age Pensions, da rounded when the contributions from different. | The House of Lords has passed the third provinces have been received.
reading of the Old Age Pensions Bill..
The Sievler Case. The Slevier Care, which has excited the greatest interest, has ended in the acquittal of the accused.
Telegram. Convey to Governor of Hongkong sion of my profound sympathy at terrible
SILK CROP DESTROYED..
on the progress, of the salving operations on H. MS. Whiting stranded pair Lycemon Pass hve held out the highest anticipa nons of complete success of those operations, After the food the prices of mulberry leaves expres-conducted, as they have been, by a competent rose abnormally high; it was formerly sold at and efficient staff of cockyard hands under the tatliga picul but it is now quoted at taels directions of Chief Constractor W. T. Hocks15apicul. The at crop of this season has day, M. fast. N. A. Forpasiely for the salvage been totally destrayed pany the peculiar conditipos of the weather to-day favoured their operations. To the fore. poon there was sigh tide, ample enough to Fustify the last supreme effo bring made before the fide goes out this afternoon. The big tug David Gillies (Capt. Majer)" was imprest jold' service. The Naval tug. Cherub
disaster which has befallen that port.
WRECK OF THE "YING KING,"
RECOVERY OF CAPT. PAGE'S BODY.
The Tong Wa launches are doing excellent wark in searching for and recovering the dead. Up to last night one hundred and fifteen bodisi altogether were accounted for. The cruise by the Awang Sing sad the Tung Ox yes
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A sensation was caused throughout England
wasyramanded to, priso
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"Turkey?
It is reported that H.E. Tang Shan-yi bas by the arrest last moth of Robert Siever, applied for fifices days' leave of absence; be editor of Winking vil sad one. wùi pay a home visit to Canton before proceed-spotismes in the old country,
charge of attempting to blackmail ing to the United States ne a special envoy,)"}
hephew of the late Barney Baroi Through the transfer and promotion, & down track during the feinope seclug and
'mond king ***Siever was arranted:
It would appear from the latter of the Deterday was productiva of good results. The applied steam to the pumps on board { of the ́ ́members of the Bureau of ForeiRbrought to Bow strast, iak sion into the agriculture of the New Territor.parment of State that the US Government former, vessel returned rather early in the day. the destroyer which were kept going Affairs attached to the King og Viceroy-re, he was
I did not accept the invitation of this Govern- | 'Tho 'Tung' On did not get back 'until 9 o'clock the Dashi Gi'fica began the last and suc-alty, such fantai: Wen Tsunk Yao, Tasiaturged with having threslebed | les. It seems strange that the Chinese fail to meat to the American Fleet to visit Hongkong; last night. The Keoug Sing picked up 15 Ressfat pull. The torpedo bear dog was standi Pas, and Total Kung Sum-san, the defamatory article about Joel unla recognise the advantage of improving the ant it would appear that a mistake was made bodies-1z man, 4 women, The Thing On had ing by and miking hersall generally use staff of this Bureau has been considerably paid him $5000. Siever, WAY sugar crops when it is remembered that the in the cablegram from Logdes to this Govern 45 10.ber credit--19 men, women ful. Thanks to the skill which was brought weakened. Viceroy Chand has accordingly of the famous Sceptre, which neighbouring district of Swatow used-to mett on the subject.—I am, Sir,
It was while cruising the bay and scanning to bear on the whole scheme of sleage opera-wired to the North to apply for the services of
ly: $200,000 (gold) in sinkus and furolab a prolific field for the sugar-cace.
the coast-line with his glasses from the tions, the Waiting managed to gain her els some able English speaking oficial to the R. W. Bass for $135, 55, (gold) During the last five years the forestry de
deck of the Kroong Sing that Mr. Chee Bheement against 31.30am, she was then to rd southern expital to fill ike, vacancies in the having lost a fortune by the muce, partment has imported and cultivated several
Yee observed four men fishing to a small to Kowloon to be drydocked for survey by a kinds of improved varieties of sugar cane
sampan attempting to rip open the pocket Naval Board preparatory to repair being HONGKONG WATER Polo shield and has distributed them to the farmers in
of a Europeas corpse. Casting off her effected. The destroyer Whiting is apparently
COMPETITION: the New Territories. Although they have
tow-the jugk which receives the recovered badly damaged. proved in the few cases of which details could be obtained to yield much superior "crops-to-those-usually grown, there har A~sirango affair-happened in Wing-Lok been a curious fallure, on the part of the Street this morning, A Chinese work- Chinese to understand the advantage of has belonging to the Chins and Japan substituting them, or perhaps a lack of Telephone Company was engaged in attend energy to grasp the opportunity offered,ng to the, telephone wires,," which had to the fiunch. Que of these scoundrels had in ricklish little job, though not beyond the brea or four of the former's team being order. So far as Mr. Duan is aware all the stocknen destroyed by the typhoon In order to save himself the trouble of reaching another set issued by his
by his department be been allow of wires, the man, from hisposition, reached oditi, die with the exception of over and grabbed a live wire of the Hongkong that grown on t the Castle Peak Farm Electric Light Company, with the result, that wherpuine young fruit trees Imported and he was thrown 拉皮: hid own at various times since the com- electrocated.
of the farm's business are doing In view of the commercial
the cattle trade is to the Colony
of the maintenance of
the community
((Sd), FH. MAY,
Colonial Secretary. The Editor, "Hongkong Telegraph"
CHINAMAN BLECIROCOTED.
STRANGE SCENE IN WING LOK STREET,
bstween the'wi
before the fin
&bout half un-hyuk
voyed
to the pabila moONLY
bodies-the Kwong Sing steamed full,"speed" (N: CAPAAB SA" POCAHONTASU ahead in the direction of the liulp: Hosting | The divers, and salvagers are still at work parish. ⠀ Within a few minutes the launch was on the Focahontas, "They have been at the brought-alongside the sampan and ibe men job sgain throughout to-day, pa daju questioned on their ghoulish action, Failing to renders satisfactory account of themselves all the four men were arrested and transferred
GP, AND O. 8, L., “IKANETTE' The actio, P. and O. stam launch, is still in the hands of the salvage people. Here, is a his possession a gold watch and shoiber a gold powers of the Dock staff to tackle and with ring,.... The man with the watch allembled to success. wribe Mr. Chen by the offer of gift of the watch to secure his release.
of the Tang Wa directo
was
and the four
4TH ROUND
Sir Gerald Lowther, British Ambassad to Turkey, has arrived at Constantinople |'. He was met at the station by a Only one match in the above Shield Comberal Turks who escorted, his carriage, petitie took place yesterday afternoon, be- (ween the 83rd Co., Royal Garrison Artillery and the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club, The other between the Tomar and 88th Co, RGA was postponed until today.
yon account of
Agregarbage, fed bus to the Whiting, EUROPEAN VISITOR MISSING report has beca lod At headquarters.
of European
been missing
The Yacht Club huả có situen In the first spell and with little three goals to their opponen
The wecord-ball, pro
the Artillery
Morward ise, by
houding long live England, Liberty, and the Constitution.
His Excellency the Gori to appoint, prot Majesty's plas Gleason to Executiva
of he