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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1909

A. S. WATSON & CO., ed on all sides, and, it was known, was iso-eventful day had perished, there would

Ble Goorge White, of Ladysmith fame, and at present Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, will, it is stated, be promoted to the full rank of Genend in Octobe next

Rumours are current on the Continent that Queen Wilhelmina is betrothed, and that sho has giron her hand to Frederick Franola, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, who Is eighteen years of age.

Apart from plague cases, there were reported two cases of communicable disease in the colony.

TELEGRAMS.

DAILY PRESS? SERVICE,

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT:]

SHANGHAI, 4th September, 8.8 pan.,

THE IMPERIALISTS,

dollars Sometimes the telegraph clerk did roundings he would at once have seen must A despatch from Washington states that false Whence cars this circumstantial General MacArthur will continue to set us possibly find a clue to what was passing fal

occurred? Governor of the Philippine Islands until such through his finger tips; more frequently tak account of an event that never ing what be knew, and what he surmised, Part of the story seeria to have been at time as Judge Taft, the President of the Cen mission now sitting at Masil, reports to the he made an attempt to join the two. At tually telegraphed from Shanghai, for before presioat of the United States that the Islands last came the great coup. Not one word its appearance in the London Press, certain

aro in a fit condition to be wholly entrusted had come from the Tegations Admiral of the supposed incidents had been confi- with civil government SEYMOUR had gone with an insufficient dentially circulated; but the details were force to make a dash for Peking, and had not published till the story lind arrived in

Ten Shanghai fremen appered before Mr. been closed in on all sides and not a word London, and as, according to the tale, every Hazeland yesterday charged with absenting escaped as to what had become of him and one concerned who was likely to tell themselves from the EA. Calyan without leave. his small band. Tientsin was being attack what had really happened on the Mr. William Bulge, the chief engineer, add

the men left the ship at five o'clock that last week, one of enteric fever on the French lated from the ships at Taku and had a have been no means of coming at the truth. morning without asking leave. The ship was gunbout Argus in the Harbour, and one of difficulty in holding out. The French Set- Dead men tell no tales, and the ingenious to leave in the afternoon. It was not fine porporal forer in the City of Victor arrived in Shansi, at the Governor's Tamen tlement had been well nigh destroyed, and inventor thought he might as well have the that the man left because he ill-treated, them.deatles were reported beyond the four from

They left because they did not wish to accom plague y big guns were being brought to bear on the credit of being the historian. But who was pany the ship to Jepan. His Worship made rast, while but a narrow river separated the the inventor, who thus, lightly for the sake an order that the defendants bo forcibly put ou foreign quarter from the opposite bank, of a guinea or two, was content to plnuge a board the ship by the police. which was crowded with Chinese troops. thousand families in mourning, and perhaps It was an anxious time, and rumours were seriously compromise the nation? It is of flying in the air. It required but a slight course unlikely it will be ever known, for stretch of imagination to picture the destruc every means will have been taken to extin- tion of the beleaguered Legations, which were guish the traces, One little affair, however, known not to be too well supplied with am, that attained some prominence five years B ST. EXTERRE, Red Capsule ...5 6.90 $ 7.50munition. It was not above the ordinary ago may throw some light on the subject, military circles at Fermosa and a paymaster service announces the death, at Neumburg, of

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The correspondent of a large nows agency a had telegraphed some particulare about the operations then being conducted by the Japanese against the Chinese fleet blockaded within Weihaiwei harbour; the telegram contained nothing sensational. It so hap- Red that somebody going by had heard gus firing, and in telegraphing mentioned the circumstance. The recipient was equal to the occasion. He concluded that the two messages referred to the same occasion, and made out an exciting detail of a naval battle, as having been received from their Shanghai correspondent. This precious concoction was sent out as news to their clients, qud inserted in good faith. The Times, however, the courage to bring the affair into the Law Courts, and obtain the production of the original telegrams, which turned out to have no reference to the supposed engage

it had been flashed across the wires. When first the pretended news given out at Shanghai, that the officials and received a telegram announcing the capture of the Legations and the death of every European in the city, the first feeling was one of stepör. So many circum- stairs tended to show that such an event

or added to the telegrams sent, but it is well

to most of the larger papers whose business it is to uplify the telegrams received from correspondents, themselves occasionally un- skilled in condensing messages

For the most part these men discharge their task carefully, but even when carefully done the task of amplifying is a dangerous one, even

Stories of official corruption at Formuna con- tinue to appear in the Japanese native papers from time to time. According to a Taipeh telegram, under date August Pud, in the Osaka Auld. a serious acandal has been discovered in and secretary belonging to the Sad Infantry battalion baro been subjected to Court martial Twe of the employs in the Formosa branch of Messrs. Okura and Co., Tokyo, have also been arrested, while a paymaster formerly belonging to the 3rd battalion and a manager in the em. ploy of the firm are reported to have been arrested at Tokyo and taken to Taipeh. The mount connected with this latest scandal is

said to be Y30,000.

Lloyds' Agent at Mnuils visited the wreck of the Japanese steamer Petani Maru on Satur day in the Compania Maritima's .a. Churruca formally abandoned, the vessel, and brought away the romainder of the crew who had been staging by her.

The Ostanzatinske Lloyd's special telegraphic

The Emperor and Empress-Downger have

at Taiyuaufu, on the 30th ult

A FARCICAL APPOINTMENT. Yung Lu has been appointed plenury pencemaker with Li Hung-chang. This is absolutely farcieal, as Yung Lu is the au- thor of the scheme to employ the" Boxers

to destroy, the foreigners.

MISSIONARY ESCAPES:

Four Christian mission componnas have

the celebrated German philosopher Friedrich Nietzscho, whose influer.ce on the continent has been outraged at Chian Klangse on the Ist been so great. Even in England his work is instant. The missionaries have been rescued becoming well-known. During the last steven by the officials and escorted into safety. years his binin has been affected, owing to excessive hard work as a young man He was by extraction a Pole, the original name of the family being Nistzsky.

General French's soleme, as propounded in a letter to the Times, that Australis should forni & war reserve of 10,000 men, is heartily approved

Mr. Hazeland gave his decision in the cubicl cuse yesterday. It will be remembered that of by military anthorities throaghent the several summonses were issued by the Sanitary Colonies, and it is not unlikely that the Com Board in respect of certain premisos in High monest will adopt the scheme with semo amendments us to the details. The suggestion Street and Third Street. Esidence was given by Sunitary Inspector L. C. Brett to the effect the 7,000 men now in South Africa should that on his visiting the premises in question on the night of the 23rd July by found from four to six persons sleeping in cubicles on the ground door. Mr. Hayes, for the defence, contended in the first case that these premises were not do

Ordinance, but stores, and that there were no more persons sleeping on the ground floors than were allowed by the Ordinance as caretakers, which was two. He further contended that

were not cubicles within the meaning of the Ordinanes. His Worship reserved his decision until he had visited the premises. He now said he had visited the premises, and he was of opinion

cubicles were certainly calicles within the de- that the summonses must be dismissed. Tho

finition of eaction 4 of the Ordinance, but some thing more was required. He must be satisfied

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form the nucleus has met with special favour.

Prince Tunn's opposition to European Ideas is of the bitterest character, thinks the Dagblad, journal published in Stockhoin, and his only

dozen canaries which he has imported and trace of Western civilisation consists of a for placed in his well-kept gardens. He is a di plomat of the first rank, and it was through

his intriguing that in the war with the Jopo

action, resaiting in its total defeat, and thus confirming Tucu's usertions to the pos Dowager that European inventions were worth less.

To those of our readers who speculate in

stocks and shares, the news of the Burma Ruby Mines Company declaring a dividend, will come

THE PEKING REFUGEES. Many of the Peking besieged garrisen have arrived in Shanghai:

LONDON, 3rd September, 8.45 p..

THE RUSSIAN PROPOSALS.

stated that England, Germany, Italy, and France have not replied to Mr. Hay's note re the Russian proposals. English and

German opinion is unfavourable to evacua- tion until punishment and compensation are secured.

BUSSIA IN MANCHURIA The text of the Russian noto published announces that Russia will withdraw her troops from Manchuria when Insting order

is established.

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

LONDON, 3rd September, 8.45 p.m.

THE TRANSVAAL ANNEXED. Lord Roberts has proclaimed the numera«

guaranteed to be the genuine product of the

was within the bounds of possibility, that ent; the telegrams bad in fact been fak.mestic buildings within the meaning of the juice of the grape.

for a short time the community felt bounded" in London. We do not desire to accuse CHATEAU

TOUR CARNET, to believe it, but still as no one knew de- the London Press of having wilfully distorted CHATEAU RAUZAN, and CHATEAU finitely whence the talo'proceeded, and no

light was being thrown upon it, a feeling of known that there is a class of men attached what the Inspector had described as cubiclas negs the Chinese floot was brought so late into LAFITTE are commended to the notice of disbelief commenced to grow. It might be Connoisseurs as high-class after dinner true, all argued, but there was no reason to believe, Init much to the contrary, that any Wines of a rich and rare character.

news of the alleged crime had been received; Sample bottles and staller quantities will nor did it strike any one that already the most bloodeurdling details had already been be supplied at proportionate wholesale rutes. invented, and sent to Europe. The story

We guarantee our Wines and Spirits to however took so definite a shape that the when the artist is well acquainted with that they were domestic buiklings. The Ordinas not only a surprise but a wonder that over Consuls felt themselves called upon to de. the details of the particular locality. It once defined a domestic building as follows the company appeared again on the market. he genuine only when bought direct from us mand of SHENG Tautai, the Director of a by no means safe process to at-The expression domestic building mears any Now that has risen phoenix like from its own tion of the Transvaal Republic,

Telegraphs, how such an important pieces of tempt, anless aided by personal knowledge human habitation or building where persons ashes, and declared a dividend of 121 per cent news had been received without their being of the object portrayed, to attempt to pass the night, but shall not include any human (even after playing the Buran Government informed of it. Shera indignantly denied heighten the lights and shadows of a photo-habitation or building whore caretakers not ex- nearly £10,000) the shareholders may take

graphie landscape, where the enhancement coding two in number pass the night. He their scrip after a shelved existence of 124 years. in the most direct language that such a

more than two persons passed the night in any struments; telegram had been received by anyone; and is apt to overpower the really more protat e Fatisfied before he could convict that and put it among their other negotiable A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. the Consuls at once took steps to circulate minent features of the sceno. In the pho- of these buildings. He was quite satisfed that his denial. Although personally the com-tograph there is, however, something to go there was accommodation for more than two in munity had but little confidence in SHENG; the rays have made their mark on any of them. That being so, he was of opinion the plate; though momentarily invisible, that they did not come within the definition his statement was ao explicit, and tallied so At 8, Quinsan Road, Shanghai, on the 20th August, the wife of C. C. BUMISEN, of a daughter.well with the conclusions already arrived at they may be brought out by further deve-domestic buildings and would therefore dis

DEATHS.

by the better informed, that in a short time lopment. In the telegramu, beyond the

A summons taken out by Inspector Duncan At Shanghai, on the 20th August, at 443 p. the excitement that had been caused ceased; words actually sent, there is absolutely JOSIE QUINN, wife of Jous COOPER, aged 80 years

in the Colony or from our authorised Agents

at the Coast Ports,

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miss the cases.

A cable has been received at Sydasy from

Mr. Chamberlain, stating that the new Com monwealth of Australia will begin its existence

be inaugurated at Sydney. The New South on the opening day of the next century, and will

Wales Government propose to celebrate this occasion at Sydney with a rational demonstra

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 2nd September.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

The from Peking, the moral effect of which would be deplorable and would in timo inevitably lead

that the occupation should continue, even if some of the Powers withdraw. The German Fres to the restoration of the old régime. They urge

wise exquiesce in the withdrawal.

18 amused and believes that Germany will in wo

At Shanghai, on Wedgradny, the 20th August, and most people thought no more about it. nothing to guide the enhancer, and the reaguinst Bir. J. W. Belles, of the Standard Oltion. It is thought that all the colonies will A Russian notification to the United States CLARA ANNE, wife of 5. A. ROBEETS, Chinese In this free of mind people in China were ult is too frequently an entire misrepre Company, was heard at the Magistracy yester} agres in making Mr. Barton, the New South

a few days after surprised at the receipt of a sentation of the meaning which the sender day, the defendant being charged that he "un Wales delegata, the first Premier of Federated her action In Manchuria is solely defensive am

Customs Service, aged 37 years.

The Daily Press.

difficulty the Telegraph companies have

intended to convey.

Reuter to the effect that the service, intend- ed to be held in St. Paul's in memory of those slaughtered at Peking, had been post-day, poned on account of the uncertainty attach- one death.

During the 24 hours preceding noon rester

there were repartett one fresh case of plague

was $2.700.

Lawfully did solder kerosine tins contrary to the conditions of your licome to store kerosine," and further that he playfully did store damaged kerosine cases contrary to the condi- tions of your license to store heroaice." Mr.

disavows any design of territorial aequisition;

the troops in Newchwang will be withdrawn As

Australia, and that Mr. Deakin, the Victoris

soon as order is restored, unless the action of delegate, will be included in his Cabinet.

other Powers should be an obstacla What seems to be like a complete infringe. It is officially stated that Russia bas ordered

her Minister and expedition to withdrus to

integrity of China and restoring a legal Cer- Tientsiu, and that the aims at maintaining to tral Government

Two hundred artillerymen Jeave London for China on the 15ta inst

LONDON, 2nd September:

RUSSIA AND THE CHINA CRISIS,

A Russian circular to the Powers, dated 25th August, notifies Enssia's withdrawal from Pe- king and promises to withdraw from the whoe A St. Petersburg correspondent, writing on of Manchuris as soon as order is restored aut

the protection of the Trans-Siberian railway assured. The circular adds that foreign inter- ests at Newchwang and in the railways repair

by Russian troops remain inviolate

The medical officers who had been previously

waited for cerce in Chiundare ben mont ed that hete bevices are not required at

Prosent

HONGKONG, September 5th, 100

ing to the affair, and this seems to have An Indian constable was yesterday filed 310 Looker, who appeared for the defence, pleaded ment of the rules recently promulgated by the Or all languages Chinese lends itself with been the first intimation of extraordinary

to the second. Inspector Dancas end that Busels, which appeared a few days ago in the greatest difficulty to the elected tele-depth to which people's feelings had been for assaulting a rickshaw coolle at Kowloou get to the rat charge and hot guilty Gust for the guidance of newspaper editors in at one ani, on the 1st inst. he visits the there columns, appears in a recent issue of Czar, graph system as at present in use. The harrowed by the false information wired. City. His Worship raid there had been far too

Standard Oil Company's godown at Kennedy published at Cracow, That journal says We reason is simple; there is no settled system But the most extraordinary part of the ex-many of these cases Intely...

As the Telegraph Companies inform us that tours and saw a large number of kerosing from trustworthy sources that the late of phonetic writing, but each man trauslitraordinary tale remains to be told, and as terates according to his own ideas, and bis the whole story is at last clearly known we communication with Chofor is restored, it is thus stored in the open-In reply to Mr. Looker Count Monruvieff committed suicide in presenos own dialect and the times-in many respects fell it in full. The Daily Mail boasts itself to be hoped that the amount of news from the the Inspector said the kerosine tins were of de Witte, in consequence of an extremely stored in the space between two sheds. The violent dispute with the Emperor Nichols the most important indication-cannot be as one of the best informed papers in the North will shortly be increased.

tins were leaking: He did not know whether about China. Before dying. Count Mourariel At the Offices of the Public Works Depart- they had been soldered. The godown was swim wrote to the Czar, conjuring his Majesty to represented in the present codes. The writ world, and has its correspondents in all

follow his policy in China. ten language again does not address itself to quertere of the globe. On the 18th Julyment yesterday Mr. G. J. W. King offered forming in oil. There were two sheds. The two the car, but bas to be mentally translated it published what purported to be a telegram competition one lot of Crown Land, viz. Kow sheds were full up. He did not, so the oil into the colloquial with the assistance of the received from its correspondent at Shanghai, leon Inland Lot No. 1,109, situate ut Ma-Tau- oozing out of the tins-At this point Mr. eye, and, as a sound is frequently represented giving the most minute and harrowing Kok, which was old ter 82,720, to Messrs. Looker withdrew his plea of gulity to the first the importation of Chineses tea to Rogain, states by a dozen or two of characters, there is no details of the last stand made by the Punchard, Lowther and Co. The upset price charge.-Mr. Winberg, manager of the Stan that the trade is "seriously endangered" swing dard Oil Company's godowns at West Point, to the troubles in China, Nows received from Daily certainty as to the meaning of the sentence Europeans at the British Legation.

Au secilent occurred in the harbour on Mon- suid there were sunken spaces there for solder Moscow, one of the principal markets in the if merely the sounds of the language us sorties it said were made by the besieged, written be transmitted. To get over the and had the effect of disheartening the day, on board the steamor Calgan, whereby ingting. There were two sunken spaces with a tes, trade," the correspondent goes on to eay, Chinese, till Prince Tow himself and to en- three coelies were injured somewhat and another wals two fapt deep and cae foot above the godiscloses the fact that the ten merchants are devised a list of some six thousand churac courage them in person. Prince Caiu and seriously hurt. They were working in the bold down. Damaged casos were taken to the sanken it great anxiety as to their Chinese purchase, ters in most common use, and to each at General WANG came to the rescue of the when rope which was being dragged along spaces. They wore soldered there. The tio which probably will never reach them. It is tached a number. Hence every Chinese legation, and a pitched battle ensued, in caught a section of the latch, which fell into was placed on the wale and the solderer stood very significant that the insurance companies THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

the hold. Fortunately it rebounded from one inside the pit. After a tin had been soldered it refused to give Russian to dealers facilities for message sent over the lines is of necessity which they were defeated. "Prince CHING of the cross-bimas, and in consequence the was put in the open space. It was then no insuring their consiguente from China; so translated into a numeral code, and has to fell, it was supposed at the time he was damage done was not to serious as it otherwise langer leaking. The tins were then stored in that they see no other way but to address the be written back on arrival. This system killed WANG WENOSE &o, although would have been. One coolie was struck be. Die godown. Some 200 or 1,000 tins were sol. Minister of Finance with a request to safeguard naturally lends itself to cryptic code mesa gray-haired old nen 70 years old, valiant bind the left ear, another on the arm, another dosed per day. When they were brought from their interests.“.

The Foochow Daily Echo of the 25th alt con- sages, and it requires but u slight change in «ly led his troops in person. He was killed on the thigh, and the fourth on the head; the the ship they were placed in the pit. There the code book in ordinary use to render a

Tovarvis sunrise it was evi-inst med had his skull fractured and was was just sufficient room in the pit for the sol

derers to do their work. There was, set general trins the following two items — The prolonged mie, no oil in the bottom of the pit. In this case drenght, which for some time past has been message unintelligible to any but the sender "dent that the unition of the Allies taken to the hospital.

A rush was and receiver. During the time then of the "was running out.

The four-car scratch race of the Boat Club the tips were piled up in the pit, and in cons causing anxiety amongst farmers, is now begit imprisonment of the Ministers at Peking. "determined on. Thus standing together, was rowed last night, 3-mile on Regatta consequence the pit was flooded almost n to the levening to be regarded a seriens mutter by all hundreds of messages must have passed be "as the sun rose fully, the little remaining for spoons, with the result that E. P. Herbst's There was no room in the pit to solder, and if classes. The first crop of rice was poor enough (Bombay Line) left Kobe vis. Moj for this tween the higher officials; but of these, ex hand, all Europeans, met death stubbornly row won, J. Hanee's being second, and G. M. there had bean room the men would have had to through the floods at the end of June, and now port on the 4th inst, and is expected to arrive The CFR steamer tresar cept that here and there an opentor may "&" Now anyone acquainted with Chi-Young's third. Hance got away with the lend stand in two feet of cil, which they refused to do that the second crop is threatened from what here on the 11th instea have made a wide guess as to the meaning, nese ways of thought will at once perceive after a good start, but stearing a somewhat The soldering was done in the open space. There of rain and the sweet potato rop in sadering arrived at Yokohama at 7:30 am, on Monday, nothing was known of the contents. Many that this story could not have been concoct. erratic course quickly took second place to were tins piled up in the open space, but they from the same cause, the prospects for food the 3rd inst, and left again at 4 p.m. same day. of the pretended messages from the Capital ed by a Chinaman, and that the culprit must Herbst, the boats maintaining these positions were good tins. The whole of the open space supply are viewed as extremely gloomy for Kobe. There she was due to arrive at 3 p.m. to the end, the distance separating the arst and was swimming with oil-On being cross reply to our enquiries about the tigers at The C. P. B. steamer Empress of India which throw such discredits on the corres have been an European. However he may and boats being three lengths. The follow examined witness said the cases arrived by the Kuliang a correspondent writes, "no change arrived at Nagasaki at Dam. Monday, the to Arrive at pm, pondants of the papers at home seem have been deceived by the first pretended wore the winning crew E. P. Herbst, Sarawak, now over at Stonecutters, They The visits of the striped monsters to farm- 3rd inst, and left again at 5 p.m. same dar for to have originated in this way. News from telegram, which speaks badly for his acuto J. Wilson, J. Danby, 8. Stovens, F. W. had never had a case of such excessive leakage houses in the neighbourhood of the foreign Hobs where she was due to the capital was at a premium, and no Chi- men, be certainly owed to no native source White, Got A mile race for tabs will be before-Mr. Locker having addressed the court bungalows are of nightly occurrence. Owing to The Imperial German Bail stoomer Prins nese officer, where there is a possibility of these jumbled details, which had he any held on the 17th Sept, and a scratch race for for the defence. His Worship said he would frequent loss, the natives are now locking up Heinrich left Foochow on Monday, the 3rd inst

their dogs at night time."

at 5pm, and may be expected here to-day. leakage, is proof against the temptation of acquaintance with the men and their sur four son ist Got

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reserve his decision.

The Burghers at Pretoria unanimously pre- diet an early and to the war, as the British with the control of the Delage railway will deve the Boors into the unhealthy and follow back

** General Baller has advanced It des along the Lydenburg road,

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The NY K. steamer Haroshima Halu

on the 4th inst