BIO PIRE AT SHANGĦAL
A. LARGE GODOWN ABLAKE,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY
PROPER EXERCISE.
NOTHING LIKE - WALKING, In the early hours of yesterday morning, ro- Some years ago, says the Changkak 3 rcury, ports the N. C. D. News if aird inst¡ a disas- Dr. Cantlis of Bongkeng lectured on this sub trens fire broke out on the outskins of the ject, and having had a good deal of expert Settlemens, In North Soochow Road. The experience was able to give zor a Hills good altım was given about 12.25 am, the news advice. Die agrord with many other doctors being brought by a constable to the West and experts that for gatting "fit" and keeping Hongkow Police Station about the same time, so there is nothing like walking, dons at the that tau blase was noticed by the Central Bell-tight time and in the right way. And the right tower man The Victorias, the first Company time is not the early morning before breakfast to reach the icons, found the Sino-Belgian when of all times the body is least tuned up Bank's Godown burning furiously, though the when muscles are slack, and vitally not at its rest of the brigade turned out promptly, and but. The time for walklog in Hittle time was lost in getting the Fire King and two other steamers to work, pumping from the Soochow Creek, the flames had established to strong a hold to be easily mastered.
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JAPAN'S LATEST DREADNOUGHT.
LAUNCH OF THE XAWACHI AT VJHORUKA.
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Theis is always soma kiog peculiarly im- prassive in the spectacle of a war-vessel fury- ing ber cradle on land--where human hands with licite toil and patience have built up her on strength to dog herself into ber native elemeal, whare Fate and the Future alone know what of war or pesca awaits ber, Pro- bably for this reason, that she is an saglas of destruction that the issues of life and deată are is bar keeping, the passing of a mighty Ironclad down the inclined ways to "do bail
mese in the great wafers," makes a stronger appeal to the Imagination than the floating of It moralog exercise is to be taken at all, let it the quitadelled ship of peace. Nor can the wildest vagaries of wind and weather rob.the be riding. But the altercoon walk in the thing spectacle of one jot of its impress vozess, for How much is to be dons depends naturally on the object in view. If a man is to take part in does it not accord with the nature of things the International Walking Competition, his that the ship of war should go down to the ass préparation must be of a more complets and in storm rather than is sunshine? Such, at all exacting kind, than if he merely wishes to dis-vents, was the cate with the grant Kawachi, Under loaden skios, and in rain driving almost pore of adipose tissue for the purpsies of a football or hockey match. Indeed the heavier horizotally across the surface of a troublad the call to be made, the more complete, and sea, the third of Japan's Dreadnoughts swept, the longer in duration, should the preparation at nous the less majestically, into her entire be. But care should be taken not in
OVARCO TRAINING,
The firs was first noticed, in the South. Eastern corner of the first storey. It spread rapidly backwards quill the whole of the front portion of the godown was slight. The fron sbatters of the windows soon became red-hot, and the flours and roof collapsed in succession, musil only the outer walls of the building and faw charred timbers remained. As the fires * spread backwards they 'ware' checked. by a fireproof wall, saparating the godowa into two parts. From the roof of an adjalaing native to That spells staloness, listlessum ad lack of godowo, acce.sto which was gaised by mance pleasure, a sura sign that test in limparative, of the Victoria's turctable escape, and iram the and for a time an entire changs, the one great surrounding alleyways, turrents of water were maxim being ever remembered that it is only poured as to the flames and though the main when exercise is enjoyable that the falist portion of the godown way gutted the brigade possible good in balng got out of it.
accended in saving the sear pirtion, and in pre- The organs which demand most attention wanting the fire from spreading in any other during training are the bear; and lungs. Es- direction. As the scene of the fire was beyond preially in running and rowing are these liable Seitlement limits only two hydrania wein avail-to be tried more than may be for them, and in able, but the proximity of the Soochow Greek gave the firemen an unlimited supply of water. During the fire it was ludicrous to see the Prostao fire brigado, with its toy apparatus, pamping a diminutiva stream in the direction of the flames.
The Fire Brigado was in charge'of the Senior Faremuo, Mr. Macphill, of the Delogs Com. pany, the Chief Engineer being dotaloed at his residence by his motorcar taking fire. The Mik-ho-loosg and the Daluge worked from the roof of the tas gedown on the West sides, while the Victorias ware stationed along the creek front, and the Hoogkews with an- other detachment of the Mih-ba-longs oper, ated on the Western side
of the go. down. It was not until 3.30 am. that the fire could be mid to be under control, and many of the firemen did not leave the scope of the outbreak until nearly 5 am, all day yes terday two hydrant streams were kept playing on the rains by members of the coolie corps, In the afternoon the raine presented a sorry spectacle. Only the more shall of the front pation of the godown remained. The Iron window shutters wars crumpled and best fulo fantastic shopus: Corrogated iron from the roof, bent and twisted by
the intense heat, was strown all round the building and only charied beams marked the posi- tion of the "flora. The ground inside the godown was covered with piles of bart or charred cacosas, and the water guiling out from the entrance carried with it cigare and cinders from the pains.
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To au always interesting occasion additional delat was given by the fact that the faunch of this great batleship was to be performed la the august pretence of His Majesty the Em- petor of Japan. Not a few of the thousands of people who poured into the Portsmouth Japan daring the twenty-four hours preceding the launch were actuated by the desire to sccord
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consequence those exercises are found to pro-graphically intricate, bay. vids, perhaps, a greater perceninge of break- downs than any others. A spart in an eight or a four when crews are on a’leval takes
MOKE VITAL ENERGY
ost of the human frame within a given number of seconds thus perhaps anything else can do. We have seen the effects again and again at the finish of such races as the University eights, when, in spite of the munt, painstaking, the most protracted, and the most scientific urajo, ing possible the craws are practically exbausted for the time belag
Dr. Canilie says that no animal can compato with man for power of endurance ander severe mescolar exertion if the man is really fit. What horse, he asked, was ever koowo to keep up a kundred miles a day fɔr six or moan daya in succession? Yet that has been
DONE BY MRN,
Only the fit should attempt it, however, and then only under medical supervision. One of the pleasantest matho is of keeping in good form is dancing provided of couran it be dojoy
af in wall-ventilated rooms..
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Modera iriners are wiser in their generation than their predecessors, who thought that the presence of pleasure in training was a more sign that things we o not as they should be. Not food that the appetita craved for, but food which the trainer, no physiological expert himself, thought most muscle-giving was provided.
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The ceremony had been fixed to take place at two o'clock; bat long before that hour, the stands alongside the launching ways we crowded with. invited guests, while the points of vastage opan to the general public forther down the bay were fully taken up, the dark masser of homan beings dotted with the round white spots of enxerans ambɛelias rained to ward off the panatrating showers. Shortly after. ena d'clock the big N.Y.K. Hoer, Targe Main, which the premier steamship company had
EMPIRE," pisced at the di posal of a select number of Osptalo Helms, will be despatched as abore guests, principally from Tokio, forged alo wly
on SATURDAY, the sath November, at Noon. out of the mist into the harbour, and cast anchor
This well-known Steamer is especially fitad mot far from the spot which the liberatedber which ensures the supply of Fresh Provi for Passengers, and bara Refrigerating Cham battleship was expected to reach.
́sions, Ice, &c, throughout the voyage.
A few minul bstore two o'clock, the. Em... peror, accompanied by an Imperial party of Princes and Princesses, took up his position on the fastching platfärm. Wana'all was ready, the fact was communicated by the Admiral in charge of the Dockyard (Rear Admiral-Zaki moto) to the Minister for the Navy (Baton Sailu), who, topacifully approaching His. Imperia] Majesty, tendered the information that the migh-y vassoi b:for them had been begun on April 18, 1959, that it was proposed to name it
Kawacki, and that it was now ready to ooler the water. This massage having been ge- ciously iccsived, the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Station gave the order to Admiral Sakamoto to carry out the launching. Tho workman on the waya at onca bagan to knock away the few remaining sapports. The aver At the time of the outbreak the front porifon
ing of the cord which caused the falling of tho > of the godowa contained 8,977 balas of cocoons,
A big reduction has been made in the passen. | last supporte-the "dog shores"up they are call- 7 bales of flature hith, 45 cases of sights, and gern rates to and from the Orient by the Nippon ed in an English dockyard—way dons by the Ad- Njoo kogs of nails." The total Insurance is be Yasna Kalsha. The saloon passanger rate miral himself, at 7 minutes past twɔ. It was im- Teved to amount to Fl1, 765,000, of which Tis. between Victoria and Seattle and Yokohama mediately followed by aslight, almost impercep 205,000 covsis the ban ʼn own cargo and the has been cut from $175 to Sinj, and similarly tible, movement of the grant battleship. The building. The origin of the fire is obscured in large redactions have been made in the rates Kawachi at fast was free. Nothing bound her. mystery. The godown was locked up as usual to other paxta in the Far East, in bɔik dni aad nów to the uncongeniál land; nothing was.be- the preceding evening, and a Chinese watch second class fares, while no change his bin tween her and the vasty deep. Slowly at Srát, man remained on duty outside the premises,made in the steerage rates. No annanacament but with gathering spa d, and stenamara flying, It can, therefore, only be supposed that the has been made by the Canadian Pacific Rail- she glided down the slippery ways. A roar of conflagration was started by spontaneous com.
way Company or piker lines in the transpacific | cheering broke from, the onlooking multitudes bustion among the cocoons,
trade, of any change in their passenger raki; | ashore and afloat ; while scores of walting Lugs but it is anticipated that a gineral redaction | and launches blow baisterausfy on their sirens. will be made. It is not kodwa whether the cut Heedingthem not the huge red mass of steel will mean a rate war. It is not anticipated by strack the water bravely, storá first. A mighty shipping man that it will..
wavu was raised about her as sho, swept into The new rate made by the Japanese steam the sea with increasing momsplom-the spied splint shows a big reduction in aff lines, at is greatest is officially given as anot
but the impetus of ber dasceat was SOON-OVAL-. come, and, at a distance of a qa.ner of a mile from her cradio, the Kawachi lay motionless upon the tide. A dozen black dock-yard tugs
RICE MILLS BORNI,
BIG FIRE IN BANGKOK.
The Bangkok Duity Mall, of 10th fust, says:-Yesterday evening about half past six o'clock, fire broke out in one of the mills of Yong Hong Chan at Bokaloh and rapidly spread to an adjoining mill of the same owner, burn Jog beib to the ground.
The chase of the fire is not known. The mill which first caught was an old one and bad been closed for over a month for repairs and the osec.
There is a cui of,550 in the fates-to sąd-from Yokohama and in the return rates a reduction of from $78 in the tickets for four months' time and $5 for a year is given. The second class
fate is cut from Sico so. $85 batwann Victoris, Seattle and Yokohama. The new rates, come
swarmed about her like herringt about a fevin than of the deep, and in a few minutes the first
tion of a new plant, and started work yastarda pared with the old tarif, on the Nippos Yusrn of Japan's super-Dreadnougḥis was moored, a.)
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seemlagly live thing, in the tooth of the wind, to a buoy as red as herself—Japan Mali,
THE FORTUGUESE
REVOLUTIONA
at the celebrations in commemoration of the Centenary of the Battle of Bausaco, giva little Indication of the upheaval which was to follow
few days later sold
me ning for half a day for the first time. The
Tɔ Yokohama, 51, 5, old rate $175; Kobe, mills were closed, the doors ware locked and $127.50, old raie 5.80; Meji, $130, Did rate St85 the night watchman was on duty st the time. Shanghai, 5140, old rate $195 ; Hongkong, Sisa, The flames were first seen in the fourth storey old rate S100. The four months, retora ratos of the mill and the employees worked hard to
compare as follow: Yokohami, 5187-51] Kabé - extinguish them, and on socleg this fatility of Sigs 301 Muji, Sigs: Shanghai, $; Hoog The following picture of King Manuel's ap this, they telephoned for the fire departments. The Navy Dept's fire brigade and a Chinese tog.115. The former rate for this ticket pearance at Basexco agrrounded by his soldiers fire brigade were soon on the scene, but by Yokobama, $155) Kobe, Sayaj Majt, that time it was impossible to do more than tole: Shanghai, Sigs Hongkong, 5300. keep the fre within bounds. Large numbers The old rates for Yokohama to Hongkong of police also ware present to help. The mill second class ranged from Son for the Kwang Rup Seng (Kim Maty) adjoinlog had sugle fare to Yokohama and $150 for the a narrow escape, as it was separated from the mand trip, retaining within four masth, to Mass on the summit of the Sema it is impossi burning building by only a brick wall and a Hongkong $182 for the return trip. The new ble to speak too highly. A high Mier dressed mtas range from $85 for the single farn to ¦ with the magnificent silver ware of the Calbadrat very narrow lansim nga
Yokohama and 3127,jo for the round trip within of Olmbra, stood on the loftiest point. In front four months to Sing for the single fam to of it the venerable Lishop of Coimbra, 83, bui Hongkong and $137.50 for the round up. apright and vigorous, stood out, a splendid
The steerage rates are unchangad, remaining 513.50 This is the rate agreed upon some lime ago by the Bureau for the North Pacific
anspacific ses. Some time ago the Wairer of Fortugal, which King: Mannel, seated on Hans sought to obtain permission from the his brown horse in front of his staff, bore for
The two burned milis belonged to Khan Ying Boon, the widow of Phys Chodak Raja Safes, whose firm name is Yong Heng Chan.
The old mill which was burnad had just bien overhauled and a lot of new machinery install ed at great cost, The Bangkok Dock Co. were to arect some new machinas in it today, if
(MOf the speciacular effect of the military
gardia scarlet brocade, haranguing his So evralgo and the Army in a lang patriotic address, and blessing the blas and white ban
Lad not borned. A large amount of paddy and Bureau to make a Lot of ten de llars in thase the bisk part an an hour. The breeze was
white rice which was ready to be shipped was
fair, but the application was rafeind
also destroyed,. The owner cannot value the „The Canadian Pacific Railway and Hill Ifsky.
total loss now but estimates it at batween six und seven hundred thousand ticals,
Luckily it was well insured, the new mill
bulug insured for Ten, 259, and plant for,To6:141
and
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total
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fares ata in excess of those previously charged by the Japanese ting. The fare to Yokohama by the Empress steamers from Victoria and Vancouver is Sano; and (o Hong.
RETURN of visitors to the City Hall |
strong, and the biense fosted from, showing all Its heraldry and fascription. It was fically pros sented to that fan old regiment, the 3rd Co- cadens-Cranford's old companions,
basquet in the afternoon when the young King aloquently to sadiance
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