The Hongkong Telegraph.
August 13th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 81, p.m. 86; Humidity...80, 70.
No. 8884
晚二初月七年子壬
TELEGRAMS,
(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1912 by the
WEDNESDAY,
TELEGRAMS.
NOTED COMPOSER DEAD.
WIN FOR ENGLAND.
JULES MASSENET.
THE EARTHQUAKE,
INTENSE DISTRESS.
TELEGRAMS.
TEST CRICKET.
Reutor's
[Service, to the "Telegraph."}
Londen, August '13. The eighth Test Match, bo- twoon England and South Africa. was concluded to-day at the Oval, England winning by ten wiekots The weather was again dull, and the wicket difficult. There an attendance of 5,000
Was
spectatora.
> Router's
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, August 13.
The donth is reported from Paris of the famous composer, Jules Emilie Frederick Massonet, at the age of 70 years.......
Reutor's
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, August 13.
Router's Constantinoplé corres-
AUGUST 14,
TELEGRAMS.
MEXICAN UNREST.
A TRAIN AMBUSHED:
Reuter's
[Service, in the "Telegraph."]
London, August 13.
A telegrain from Mexico city
WEATHERS FORHGANY SHOWERY.
Barometer 20.05
August 13th, 1911, Temperature a.m. 86, p.m., 80; Ilumidity...80, 80.
1912.
三拜體
魏四十月八英港香
TELEGRAMS.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
"THE TWELFTH;"
COLDEST ON RECORD.
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Reuter's [Servico to the "Telegraph."] London, August 13. Monday was the oldest 12th
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
The death is unnounced from Paris of Jalou Mussenot, the famous composer,
It is likely that the American
pondent states that the destruc-states that a train was ambushed of August on record, the ther- tion and fatalities caused by the by followers of spain in a can-momstor standing twenty degrees earthquako are inore serious than you at Chantla Morelos, and 35 below the average. Persistent cotton crop will be the second was at first believed,
soldiers and 20 passengers wore raiu fell, and in some parts of largest in the history of the States.
The distress is intense, whinle killed. families being stated to have perished either by the earthquake
Franch composar, was born in Jules Mussanct, the famous 1842 and was the twenty-first Child born to his father, who, In their second venturo, South formerly an engineer officer in for by firo. Africa could only compile 93, of the army of the First Empire, The British Seamen's Hospital which Nours mado 42.
stablished himself as a black has font stores to the Embassies Barnes, for England, took oighsmith near St. Etienne Jules and offered guardships to con wickets for 20 runs. fo bowled studied at the Paris Conservatiro voy supplies to the atrieken dis superbly, broaking bath ways under Lasreut, Robor, Savarit tricts.
and the ball, which swang without Ambrose Thomas After win- hisarm, grow particularly deadly.ing goveral prizes lie travelled With twalve runs to get, Eng in Frane and Germany, making
TERRIBLE DOÁNOS,
Later. Tolograms from Mexico report that the ambushed travellers were tortured mutilated and robbed, fually burned. They include Mr. Strauss, United States Consul for Uruguay,
land went to the wickets agam his delo in 1808, with L THE CHINESE republic.fxtapa and killed the entire and compiled 14 runs without the loss of n.
rande Thy to." ut the Opera Comique at Paris. Five year- ater he was appointed. Profe-su of Compositià ut die Cunset- | vature and wanel ered a urember
MOROCCO'S EX-SULTAN.fthe Ademie des Beaux Arts.
BIO TIENTSIN LOAN
(From Chinese Sources.)
Peking, August 13.
mong his compositions are main}- hero 5 Poeme d'Avril ",. “Suite
The condition of financo in "Fuomo de Sous fientsin is very strained and a vente", "Dom Cesar do Bazan"; loan of $10,000,000 has been Mario Madeleine" and "Le Roi aised from the Pontsole Asiatis
ABOARD BRITISH STEAMER.Oreléstro",
London, August 13 Mulai Hafid, The ex-Sultan of Marnceo, has arrived, on thei French cruiser Du-Chaýlas at Gibraltar, where he re-embarked by tho linor Melonia en route to Marsoilles. Be transhipped to a British steamer in order to avoid the appearance of being a Fronch prisoner.
The ex-Sultan's huren bas arrived at Tangior.
Je Lachire," su addition to's largesche Bok: The Tientsin and songber of på tea, for plansforie Pakow Railway is offered as and orchestra.]
scurity
PERU ATROCITIES.
A CATHOLIC MISSION.
The French newspapers say
Landan, Augu 4. 13. that the abdication will take the Tho British Chargo d'Affaires form of a letter to President at Washington has called the Fallieres, and that the ox-Sultan attention of the State Department will receive .an annuity of to the proposed despatch of a £15,000.
THE EGYPTIAN PLOTS.
EXEMPLARY SENTENCES.
London, August 13. Noutor's correspondent at Cuiro states that the plottora ag inst the Khadive, Lord Kitchenor and the Promior have boon sen- tenced..
One man received 15 years' hard labour and two othors 15 years' simple imprisonment.
Catholic Mission to Putumayo, and has apposled to Cardinal Gibbons to co-operate. He says that the cruelties in the rubber district continuo.
COLLISION WITH ICEBERG.
A LINER'S EXPERIENCE.
ENTIRE GARRISON KILLED. The Zapatists have captured
garrison. A hundred rural poo- ple and a hundred townspeople are now advancing towards Taluca.
ELECTROCUTION,
A NEW YORK RECORD.
London, August 13.
England thoro wore four degrees of frost, and furs wore fashionable woar.
HOME RULE.
RESISTANCE
VOCATED.
London, August 13. Domonstrations were hold in Londonderry and. Dungannon to celebrate the Rolief of London derry, 20,000 people being pre- sent. The speeches delivered advocated vigorous resistance to Homo Rule.
RECORD CROPS.
AN APPOINTMENT. Prosiden'. Your le decided to York wires that one negro and
Reuter's correspondent at Now 000D NEWS FOR THE WORLD. appoint hiu, Chun-lin as Vice-six Italians were electrocuted at Minister of Fire.
Sing Sing Prison yesterday. This is the largest number in one day up till now.
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EXCESSIVE HEAT. Exenedingly hot weather is prevailing in Shin-tung Pro- vince, the temperature being over 100 degrees. Many poople Herve died from the hoat, and plague has also broken out as a |coneuquenez --- "Shat Po."
CONFUCIANISM.
Shanghai, August 13.
The students in the Northern provinces have met to consider the advisability of perpetuating the worshipping of Confucius,
CANADA'S NAVY,
A TORONTO COMMENT.
London, Aug. 13.-
The Times" correspondent at Toronto wires that the Liberal FOREIGN MINISTER. Globo" insists upon Canadians Premier Lu Ching-elong in-settling their own naval defence, tends to appoint Ngau Wai-hing and says that a demonstration of Minister of Foreign Affairs battleships in Canada and a President Yuan is, also in favour speech-making campaign by Mr. of the appointmont. The matter Churchill would show the In- is being considered by the State periul Government the prospect of Council.
anitod Canadian action,
NO ESTATE TAX, Tho motion for lovying a tax London, August 13.
an estates, put forward by n Reuter's correspondent Montreal telegraphs that the cap-sented to the State Council for amomber, was rejected when pro- tain of the liner Corsican, with consideration, 200 passengers on board, has sont-
a wireless mesango roporting that
EDITORS RELEASED.
the vessel #truck an iceberg Vico-Prozilent Li has consented
A GERMAN EXPLOSION. She was going slow at the time. to release the editor of the "Tai
22 PEOPLE BURIED.
London, August 13. Reuter's correspondent at Dort- mund says that a slug heap at the Nocsol Works exploded, engul fing 22 workers. Only four have been rescued alivo.
SCULLING.
route.
Lator.
PANAMA CANAL.
MODERNISING PEKING.
Pa."
CONFERENCE DELEGATE
SIR PATRICK MANSON'S RETIREMENT:-
A Former Dean of Hongkong Medical College.
London, August 13. The report of the United States Secretary for Agriculture predicts record-breaking crops. Ho esti- mates that the total valuo will be £1,800,000,000, resulting in a reduction of the cost of living throughout the world.
THE COTTON CROP.'
Private reports of the cotton orop estimate that it will be the
second largest in the history of the United States.
FAR EAST IN PARLIAMENT.
The Chinese Loan.
(July 15.) Mr. Nowman asked the Foreign Secrotary whether he
'A' negro and six Italiana wore electrocuted in ono day in Bing Sing prison, New York,
The Toronto Globe" insists on Canadians Bottling, their own naval defońcu.
Monday was the coldest 12th of August on record; there were four degrees of frost in some parts of England..
The destruction and fatalities caused by the earthquake are more serious than was at first believed, and distross is intense.
Darnau hins challenged Barry to row for the world's, soul- ling championship on the Thames in the autumn.
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As the result of 'n slag leap at exploding, 22 men were engulfod the Noesch Works, in Dortmund, and only four rescued alivo,
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The three mon who plotted saint the lives of the Khedive, Lord Kitchener and the Egyptian Premier have onch boen sentence] to 15 years' imprisonment.
At demonstrations in connec
tion with the celebration of the Relief of Londonderry, speeches were delivered advocating vigor ous resistance to Home Rule..
The U.S. Secretary of Agrical-
SAG-PAL ANKOM
SINGLE Coer 10. Cisza. :
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED."
Mr. Billinghurst he son of an English merchant, thas been olooted President of Peru.
Prinoo Arthur of Connaught and Princo Ilonry of Prussia, who will travel vis Siberia, are to attend the Mikado's funeral,
Contrary to expectations, the House of Representatives is ex- pected to concur in the Senate's coastwiso amendmonts, to tho Panama Canal.
England won the eighth Test Match by ten wickets, the feature of the match being the superb bowling of Barnes, who took eight wickols for 29 rụng.
The ex-Sultan of Morocco arriv- ed at. Gibraltar on a Frenoh oruiser and re-embarked on the British steamer Macedonia en route for Marseilles. It is stated that he is to receive an annuity of £15,000.
LOCAL
laries occurring in Kowloon lately, Owing to the number of burg extra policemen have had to be puton there.
Two actions over loans by fish inerchants to fishormon were with drawn in the Summary Court this morning.
Three men were fined $5 each, at the Polico Court to-day, for allowing mosquitoes to, bread on the promises.
A Chinese who stole a fow Kowloon school got three months things from the boys' quarters of a hard labour this morning.
Four now steamers which are to be built for the Pacifio Mail s.s. Company will run between New York and the Far East vin the Panama Canal,
A batch of mon were fined vɛ- rious sums, from $5 to 30, at the Police Court to-day for cats- ing obstruction. For the most part they were shopkoopers.
Thadenth took place, this after- noon at the Government Civil Hospital of Police Sergeant Stuart, who was admitted a week ago suffering from dysentery.
A roman was granted to-day
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A man and a woman werd charged, at the Police Court to day, with detaining a woman for
remandel, bail of $500 osob unlawful purposes. The caHO WAS being allowed.
plaintiff won.
could give any information as ture predicts recarl-broaking in the case of a Chinese steward on regards the break-town in the loan negotiations between the grops valued at 1,800 million one of the China Merchant vessels Chinese Republic and the six-sterling, which will result in a who was charged with obtaining
reduction of the cost of living all money by false protences. Her stem is damaged, but sheKiang Po," and has allowed the
Power group; and whether, in
over the world. the event of the Ropublic resum- is not making water. She in con-paper to rosuma publication as
Sir Patrick Manson, M.D., ing negotiation on a fresh basis, tinuing on her way to Liverpool, usual. Vice-President Li has alen
[The Corsican in a liner of granted a free pardon to Ho Hoi-RS, will retire from the post the fact that more than 50 per of Medical Adviser to the Co-cent. of her export and import 11,419 tons displacement, ownoding-
lonial Ollico on Aug. 15, and the trade was conducted with the followers of Zapata, in Maxion, A train has been ambushed by hy the Allan Lino S,S. (o]
King has been pleased to give Empire would constitute an ad- and 35 soldiers and 20 passengers ABNORMAL CONDITIONS The Ministry of Internal Affairs directions for his appointment to equate reason for preferential killed
has directed Leung, U-ho and be G.C.M G. in recognition of his terms being asked for on behalf they were burned. The number in a Summary Court case this
After being mutilated The ico in the Atlantic is ab- Ting Wai-chung to invite sub services in the investigation of of British financial firms.
Strange allegations were made normal, and shipowners have scriptions for the enterprise of tropical disease. It has been
included the U.S. Consul toj Mr. Aoland, who replied. Uruguay. dooided to maintain the southernlighting Peking with electricity, found necessary, says the "L. and said-I am not aware that the
morning. It was said the plain- tiff was not the man he claimed The tender for the installation of C. Express," to divide the duties loan negotiations have broken
to be, that the debt was on ao- the electric works will be given hitherto discharged by Sir Pat-down, but, should they for any to a German merchent.-"Bhatrick Manson, and the Secretary cause be temporarily suspended,
count of opium smuggling; and The British Charge d'Affaires that an attempt had been made of the Colonies has appointed Sir I have no reason to suppose that, at Washington has appealed to to intimidate the defendunt. The J Ross Bradford, M.)., F.R.S.,ng far as the mutual relations of Cardinal Gibbons to co-operate in Shanghai, August 13.
to be Senior Medical Adviser, the groups are concerned, they the proposed despaton of a and Mr. O. W. Daniela. M.B., would not be resumed on much Catholio Mission to Putumayo, The police report an armed Chun Kum-to left Peking for M.R.O.P., to be Junior Medioni the same basis as before. Pre-saying that the oruelties in the robbery at Pingalan. It appears America on the 10th inst,, to Adviser to the Colonial Office in forential terms for one nation as rubber district continuo,
that five armed men entered a tend the Commerce and Labour London. Sir Patriok Manson, against the others in the mattor An Oltiwa talogr um st-te. that
Tandon August 13.
Louse adjoining a temple where | Conferents-" Sai Kai Kung who was born in 1844, was former- of loans based on the ground The Road Mail Time has pled{Y} Po'
a man, known to possess -$174, Duruen ine ah dengut. Barry to. row on the The new in the Autumn Cots for four f150-feet liners, UNREASONABLE DEMANDS. eine at the College of Medicine practicable,
ly Dean and Lecturer on Medi-euggested, would be quite im-
Contracts for four 650-feetliners, | and two fokis resided, · The rob- for the world's cham¡len«hip.
specially for the Paum Orgel
to be built especially for the bors were armed with daggers traffic.
Pking, August 13. for Chinese at Hongkong, and be
Pansinia Canal traffic, have been and, having bound and gagged A boom in shipbuilding in Outer Mongolia to withdraw the Diseases at St. George's and Char
Russia has offered to advise has been Lecturer on Tropical Reported Massacre of Envoys placed by the Royal Mail 8. 9. the inmates, get away with anticipated, arising out of Anglo- declaration of independence, but ing Cross Hospital Medical Under-Secretary for India whether is expected arising out of Anglo-
(10th) Sir J. D. Reen asked the Co. A hoom" in shipbuilding the money, Gorman rivalry to secure the tuas asked Chine to opncede thres Schools and the London School tho. Secretary of State had any Panama Chual traffic.
Gorman rivalry, to socure The At the Police Court this morn iemande in return(1). No of Tropical Medicine. Mr. C. W. information as to the massacre of Canal traffic.
!
ing two coolias were charged, at Chinese troops to be stationed in Daniels, who received his profen the Dalai Lama's envoya to Lhassa
the instance of Inspector Dymond, Later, Mongolia; (2), No colonization to sional education at Cambridge and of the Dalai Lama's return to A conforen o of the Sonato aud be instituted by the Chinesa and the London Hospital, has India.
The Allan line steamer Cor with carelessly driving a truck the House of Representatives is Government in Mongolia: (3), had special experience in tropical Mr Montagu: The Secretary of
sican struck an iceberg while and colliding with a boy, almost nsidering the Panama Canal No Chinese offiuinlan disent diseases. Ex ans formerly Direc-State lane rooived no information crossing no porious damage remanded. A sboond olss of the Atlantio, but taking his heel off. The onse was Bill, and, contrary to expostations, Mongolia. son of an English merchant, and the House of Representatives is Yuan na strongly opposed these Resanreh at Kanla Lumpur and by the hob, member. The Dalai mal at present, and shipowners was charged, and it was stated However, Prasidont tor of the Institute of Medical qonfirming the rumour referred to the ice in the Ocean is abnor the kind was also heard. A coolis a non-party man, lias beon elected foxpected in canon in the Senate demande. Sai Kai Kang Yik Director of the London Bahool of Lams is still proceeding towards have decided to maintain the that he ran over, and seriously President of Perund
posting amendments,
U.Tropical Medicine,"
BARRY CHALLENGED.
London, Anguer 13
PERU PRESIDENCY.,
ENŐLISHMAN ELECTED.
Landon, August 13,
8 nor William Billinghurst.
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