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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 1ør, 1910.

mised. China has established her sover- TELEGRAMS. "The Times" Sofia correspondent ALLEGED COLOWAN PIRATES. Ides of Dovering up his tracks. That the police states that Bulgaria is providing for every eventuality. If diplomacy fails she will mobilise her army.

eignty over Tibet. Will she assert such a claim over Nepal, which has been sc- customed to send a quinquennial mission to Peking? It is doubtful, but whatever her policy way be in this region it is evident that she is no longer quiescent. New 8. WATSON & CO., relations are being established, and that

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the nature of things that they would avail themselves of whatever opportunities they are afforded of showing that resontment. Some of them have asked to be placed under British protection like their neighbours of Bhutan and Sikkim, but as Great Britain bas undertaken not to interfire in the CONDITION is next to internal administration of the country QUALITY, the most essential re-such a request cannot be entertained. quisite of a Cigar. Our Warehouse Reports received at Darjeeling three

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FROM THE "CHUNG NGOL SAN FO."] CHINESE NAVAL ORDER FOR GERMANY.

PEKING, July 31st,

The Naval Department has placed an order in Germany for the construe tion of two cruisers and two torpedo

boats.

WU TING FANG.

PEKING, July 31st, The Waiwupu proposes to appoint Wu Ting Fang to act as its adviser.

CHINESE STUDENTS FOR AMERICA.

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et against China wis growing stronger.

PEKING, July 31st. Numbers of Chinese were at Lhassa The Grand Council has consented and in the Chumbi Valley, and a section of to send fifty students to the United lamas was advising the DALAI LAMA to leave. Stutes to go through a course of Darjeeling and return to Tibot to share the studies. The list of those who have troubles of his countrymen. With such

| been selected will be published to-day, feelings expressed by people whom she regards as her subjects, the Chinese cannot NATIVE COLLEGES. be expected to have much sympathy, and if the result is to call down upon them military aggression the Tibetans have really only themselves to blame. But if this military activity threaten the interests of Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan, as suggested by the foot that S: EDWARD GREY bad recently to warn China of the

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vicinity of these countries, then Britain may be called upon to interfere. What has happened to bring matters to the present state of high tension is not disclosed by RUTES, but, whatever the cause, it may be doubted if Chine will risk an incursion of British troops into Tibet at a time when it will most damage her prestige in that part of her Empire.

To-day is August Bank Holiday.

The German Mail of the 30th Jane was deliv. ered in London on the 29th inst.

Another suspected Colowan pirate was arrest- ed in the city on Saturday.

The Hongkong Ice Co., Ltd., bus declared an

interim dividend of two dollam per share for the half-year ended 30th June, 1910.

Colonel Sir Frederick Lagard, Governor of

Hongkong, was received in audience by the King at Marlborough House on July 6th.

At the Magistracy on Saturday a native who was convicted of selling opium wappings with. out a licence was ordered to pay a fine of 1,000,

On Saturday afternoon Mrs. J. M. Atkinson

Competition.

PEKING, July 31st. It is the intention of the Grand Council to establish native colleges in Shantung, Chekiang, Kwangtung and Fukien.

(REUTER'S BERVICE TO THE "HONGKONG. DAILY FLESS."]

TROUBLE IN TIBET,

LONDON, July 29th. Reuter's correspondent at Simla stated that two Indian regiments and a mountain battery have been ordered to get in readiness to proceed to Tibet owing to turmoil there in consequence of the movements of Chinese troops.

Meanwhile large supplies have been collected at Goatong in preparation for an advance to protect British trading agencies at Gyangtse, Yatung and Tibet if these places be attacked or endangered.

The troops will be strictly neutral if the Chinese fight the Tibetans.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE.

LONDON, July 29th.

presented the Y.M.C.A. tennis team with the In the House of Commons to-day shield and medals which they won in the Mr. Asquith announced that the Constitutional Conference had held

Mr. B. L. Batliwara, Hon. Secretary Zo-morrow correspondence will be inbmitted relative

At the meeting of the Sanitary Board to twelve meetings and had made such roastrian Charity Funds, died last evening to warning the public against encouraging the progress that, although an agreement Funeral at 8 30 tlás morning, 1st instant.

had not been reached, all things con BONGKONG Ordren: 104, Des Vœur Road C LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STazer. EC approve the appointment of the Honourable off at present.

His Majesty the King has been pleased to sidered, it would be wrong to break Mr. Henry Keswick to be an unofficial member

Grenson, resigned.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, Avauer 197, 1910. APPARENTLY We have not heard the last word on Tibet. The quiet and peacefulness which were reported to prevail in that inhospitable country may have represented a certain degree of truth, but, in view of later events, it is exceedingly probable that such reports were made to discount state

breeding of mosquitoes,

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ROYAL VISIT TO LONDON.

ISLAND.

are koon on his capture goes without saying, and SEVEN CAPTURED AT DUMB BELL if the dreaded Leung is still in the Colony, his chance of eluding the local detectivos is not s bright one. La fant, unless he has already left these shores, it may be expected with some degree of condence that he will be run to, earth by the local sleuth hounds, for the whole machinery of the Detective Office la in motion, and its success in more dificult

the Colony. It was known that certain members

POLICE ACTIVITY IN HONGKONG, Binco the reported escape of a number of the Colowan pirsten the Hongkong Police, especially LONDON, July 26th.

those stationed on the outskirts of British The King and Queen made their territory, have kept a sharp lockout for any of

their accession. They visited London of the police had "sealed orders," and that they first progress through London since the band who might seek a haven of refuge in

Hospital and the East End. No were paying mysterious visits to certain parta troops or police lined the streets, and of the Now Territory, but exactly what their their Majesties received a great and object was could not be gleaned, although it was generally connected with the hunting of pirates, Even now, some of the fores are supposed to be on the track of escapees from Coleman, and any day may bring news of the arrest of suspected pirstes.

constant ovation.

THE CLIMATE OF OBAMA AND UNZEN.

operations than the hunting down of a pimte chief should inspire the public with confidence,

COMPANY MEETING.

WILLIAM POWELL, LIMITED.

The ninth ordinary meeting of shareholders in Messrs. William Powell, Ltd., was held at the Company's offices at noon on Saturday. Mr. G. C. Moron presided, and there were also prosont: Mosers. H. J. Gedge, H, Percy Smith, E. Mauricio, J. M. Wong and H. Eyre (manger),

The Manager read the notice calling the meeting.

The CHAIRMAN said :—Gentlemen-The

On Friday night a gang of seren men were We liave received a copy of the report on the captured by Bergeant Gordon at Cheung Chan, olimate of Obama and Unsen, summer resorts near and they are now in Victoris Gaol awaiting Nagamki, from which we take the following

Mount

UDEAU

is situated in the contre trial. It appears that the Sergeant and his of Bhimabara Peninsula, Minami-takaki-gun, brother-in-law from Formosa, who is enjoying a Nagasaki-ken, in Lat. 32 degren N, and holiday at the island Police Station, were balance shoot for the year onding 20th June last Long, 130 degrees F. Its height is 1,300 strolling along the beach on the night in has been some time in your hands. I will, with metres (4,265.2 feet) above sea leral. The mountain is a well-known volcano and has several question talking stent pirates in general and your permission, adopt the usual custom and Tatake, Takaite Colovan affair in particular. They had not take it as read. The balance of proat at credit peak,

been conversing long on this topic, which at of working account is $4,656.67 ngalust

наука,

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History records that rumbling g noiser isened from Tugonza on the 18th day of the rat month of the fourth year of Kwansei (1792) and several landslides taking place in the interval. On the last-mentioned date there was a terrible sruption. dan dition a great landslip a stream flowed down to the wes and teunoms (maremote) or tidal waves followed. Msay villages in the district of Shimabara were the

continued until the first day of the fourth month,

Province being more or less affected by

northern half of the cast of Higo

disaster.

Hot springs are found on the slopes of the mountain and also at Obama, on the shore of the Ses of Chijiwe (the Gulf of Obama). Obama springs are on the bench and the supply of water from them is continuous, There are thres principal sources. Funtoya, Motoyn, and Melji Ja are their names. The water is clear and that from Funtogu ranges in temperature from 98 to 101 degrees (centigrade).

Obama is a good

for soa-bathing

the air pure and rich in ozone and makes it an ox. cellent site for a sanitarium.

is

their

Pleas

The other hot springs are situated on the western slope of the mountain, at a height of about six hundred metres above the sea level, numerous springs found in this locality the raite being well known as Unzen. Of the

are Jaken-jigoku, Motoyu, Yearekin, and Kojigoks, from all of which the clear water springs. In addition there is a very sotive spring near Faraya, mach hotter than any of the others, its temperature being 90 degrees.

NEW AMERICAN AIRSHIP.

ERMARKARLS INVENTION.

Officials of the Universal Aerial Navigation Company,

that within a year they will have apparito wind, Incorporated, at 8t. Lonis, declare up to a hundred passengers in a sixty-mile and at a speed of 100 miles an hour. The ma chine is the invention of J. W. Oman, formerly of San Antonio, Texni One is under con- struction in the shops of the inventor at St. Louis.

a

present is one of paramount importance in the 38,235.56 last year, and whilst your firsators Esat, whon a lakong interrupted their conversa regret the decline they do not think that tion and informed the Sargeant that a the shareholdere need in any way despair as to the future. They are of opinion that the native craft had put into the island. Being strange reesel, the offer a defective instincts gets its fair share of-nup-husias were aroused, and the possibility of escaped going, and that the poor result of last year's Colowan pirates seeking a refuge on the island working is due to singularly dull trade und the moved Sergeant Gordon to instant notion.

enormous rent they are now compelled to pay Procuring a sampan he pushed off with some fur premises occupied. Of the net profit, of his men to the strange craft, which ho dis- $3,193.21, they propose that $432.06 be written covered to be an oyster boat. On boarding the off for bad and doubtful debts and $2.087.07 vessel he was not long in discovering that all from furniture and fixtures, and the balance was not as it should be. Of the thirteen men in of 8693.13 carried forward to next sccount, the best, some six more imprisoned in the cabin. It is considered advisable to write down These it was learned were the original arew, furallure and fixtures to a low figure, as in the whils the seven men at large had pirated the mors to new peamisen it is possible these fx. vossal and sure mid to be escapes from Colowan. tures may not be worth more than present book in the dask of the evening it seems that they value, After much nonsideration and search hoped to land unobserved at Cheung Chan, and your Board have secured premises which they to lie low there until the memory of Colewan think will prove concomical and advantageous had faded from the minds of the public and to your business in point of position, and a lesso mora particularly from the police. But the will shortly be signed for the building now oo made it impossible for anyone to land there un building is to be put into a thoroughly fit vigilance of the police on Dumb Bell Island cupied by Watson's Aeratol Water Factory, almost immediately opposite this building. This observed by night or by day, and thus the little state to suit your goods, said it is hoped will band in question ran right into the arms of the be ready for occupation next summer after

now before

law.

When he discovered the state of affairs on your present lease terminates. This will effect considerable economy, and, given nors board the Bergeant had the boat pulled alongade mal trading conditions, there seems to be the police jety and the suspecta conveyed

no reason why this Company should not to the lockng pu the island. The fishing boataguin pay fair dividends to its shareholders. was then searched and two Mauser rifles, With regard to the accounts revolvers and some 200 rounds of ammunition you, it is to be noted that the debt to the Com- were found,

AN as well

tocarostly, would probably reveal some valuable timated to be worth 36,303 to be disposes of belts and bandoliers. A letter was alsony's bankers is slightly larger than last year, but this is more the counterbalanced by the discovered which, if it was possible to interpret now stock bought. There is still old stock o

a number of

formation. In fast, it is said to read like one which it is hoped will be sold during the current of those aroh-criminal effusions in a detective, year. Every effort is made by your manager to story, and requires the ingenuity of a Sher keep up to date in every why, and to obtain for look Holmes, to naravel. Here is one passage, the Company as much business as possible, and

Get the money, meat, and return home,"

BO to meet all competition. Since our last meet-

The inventor claims that his machine can start either from sad or water, and ascend

The story of the happenings on this fishing ing Mr Hinds has resigned from the Board and straight into the air, or can be launched like an aeroplane. The деп sirship is called a gyro boat was told to the police by one of the boat Mr. H. J. Godge has been invited to take his plane, so named from the fact that it is a common who was found locked up in the cabin. He place, and his election requires your confrmation. bloation gyroscope, helicopter, and seroplane, states that he and his comrades were ́ tishing Its promoters may that it can be built any size,

create no disturbance. The crew were then told

questions that may be pat

No questions were asked, sad the Chairman proposed the adoption of the report and accounts as presented.

Mr. WONG secouded, and the motion wan carried unanimously.

from an ordinary seven-passenger touring car off 3ze Tong, which is opposite Calowaa, on the Before formally proposing the adoption of the to a monster of the air to carry 100 passengers, night of the 26th instant. Somewhere shout sport and acounts now before you. I shall be "A thirty or forty mile au hour breeze would | midnight, or shortly afterwards, a sampan glide. Pleased to answer to the best of my ability any be a help, rather than a hindrance, to our me quietly alongside their vessel, and before they? child the inventor to-day. "We maintain a to equilibrium in anything short of swore aware what had happened soven armed mon cyclone. The usual obstacles that present the sprang aboard, covered the crew with revolvers, fight of an ordinary sirship will be as nothing and warned them we they valued their lives to to this machine of oure.

It is planned to construct machines that will maintains regular service between cities and curtly that if they did not obey orders, and take States, and even countries. The model of the their visitors where they desired to go, thay If after further ship is fitted with four huge propellers, 12ft would be shot. The fishermen had no alternis. in diameter, which may be used in turn for tive but to obey, and under instructions from

it through the sir. The airship has been inspected by Governmout engineers, and patents got under way. Islesid after island was visited, have been granted covering almost every for but the voyage was continued until Cheung ture. I is fitted with two engines, and will Chan was reached on Friday night, when the be constructed entirely of aluminium and macadamite.

beat's crew were imprisoned in the cabin and the pirates took the vessel into port.

of the Legislative Council; vie: Mr W. J./deliberations the Govern ment. found driving the machine from the ground or carry the pirates the nails were hoisted and the vessel

there was no prospect of an agreement A collapse occurred at 146, Benham Strand being reached they would close the on Saturday night, the first floor cook-house Conference. falling into the ground floor. The cooks of both foors, who happened to be at wo time, were slightly injured.

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st the

His Majesty the King has been pleased to. approve the appointment of the Honourable Mr. Harry Keswick to be an unofficial member of the Executive Conseil during the absence on leave of to Honourable Sir Catchick Paul ments of unrest and trouble which had been | Chater, Kt., C.M.G.

SPAIN AND THE VATICAN.

LONDON, July 30th.

It is reported from San Sebastian that the Premier, in referring to the dispute with the Vatican, said that Liberalism was playing its last card percolating through from Tibotan sources. H. F. the Officer Administering the Govern- and would proceed undeterred by When the Dana Laxa nude his dramatic meat has been pleased to recognise, provisionally threats. All depended upon their flight from Lanssa a few months ago, opinion seemed to be divided as to whether

enjoying the confidence of the Crown. he should be regarded as a deposed pontiff or a political refugee, but as the questions involved, though of interest to Great Britain and Russia, were restricted to Chinese political considerations, the Powers con- cerned could do nothing more than manifest a lively interest. In deposing the Data gathering of friends.

and pending the receipt of His Majesty's Ez- equator, Mr. Algar E. Carleton as Vico and Deputy Consul General of the United States of America in Hongkong.

On Saturday Mr. Olaf Nielson, the retiring Buperintendent in Hongkong of the Grant Northern Telegraph Company, left by the s Anhui, en route for Copenhagen, via Biberia. He received a hearty send-off from a large

M

The Von. Archdeacon Barnett, of Hongkong,

THE ABSCONDED BANK

CASHIER.

TONDON, July 30th. Wider, the cashier of the Russo Chinese Bank at New York, who ab- sconded with bonds and securities to

LAMA, China acted within her rights, and it was perhaps only to be expected that having was married, on the 21st July, at Keling, to the value of over a million dollars, has taken the steps which she did that she would Miss L. 8. Digby, youngest daughter of the proceed to make her suzerainty more late Mr. W. J. Digby, and of Mrs. Digby, of been arrested in that city, and con- definite than it had ever been before. Most Lodge, Co. Galway, Ireland. The pere fessed to the theft. This has been done with the consent of the mony was performed by Bishop Hanister.

two Powers most directly interested. As long as the trading agencies are protected and no hindrance is placed on the trade already established between India and Tibet, Great Britain has practically no

BULGARIA AND TURKEY.

LONDON, July 30th, Telegrams from Sofia betoken a

This St. Louis marvel is one of many similar wonders seeking to rival the dream of Jules Verne, described in the American newspapers to-day. In each case the inventors are extreme. ly sanguine,

'THE GUILLOTINE IN CHINA.

The confirmation of the appointment of Mr. Credge to the directorate, and the re-election of Mears. Goigs and Moxon, was proposed by Mr. Word, soconded by Mr. Exes, and carried.

On the motion of Mr. Genge, conded by Me." MATRICIO, Mr. H. Peroy Smith was appointed auditor.

The CHAIRMAN-That is all the basiness, gentlemen. Thank you for your attondanse,

TERRIFIC HEAT WAVE.

On Saturday morning Sergeant Gerdon brought his captiver into Hongkong, and they were placed before the Magistrate on charges of

New York and the East generally is suffering carrying arms and ammunition without a per under a terrifio heat-wave, with the thermome mit, and of being in possession of a fishing boat ter standing at over 90. What makes it more stolen outside the waters of the Colony. All unendurable is the humidity of the atmosphere. Yesterday (July 3rd) people want about the The first ruillotine to be employed in Chins has the defe dants were formally remanded. The streets with thair coats off and fans in their arrived at Peking from France. It will be set supposed leader of this band, from whom the hands. Everyone sought the shady side of the inside the now prison, as, socording to recent police conld gain no information, had in his streets, and blessed the sky-sorapors for the regulations, executions will no longer be pablic.possession & considerable sum of money, and a

dense shadows they made.

Eleven deaths are reported in New York Penalty of death, as laid down in the old code, quantity of jewellery which in helloved to have alone from the heat, and in twelve of the had six degreee :-

been stolen. Another of the captives is alleged largest cities in the country there kare been Death by torture.

to have admitted coming from Colowan, but 171 deaths from the samo cause during the said that he had joined the pirates under past three days. perenation.

up

Immediate decapitation and exhibition of the

head. Immediate decapitation without exhibition of

the head

Decapitation after some months,

Immediate banging, and

On the night of this capture Sergeant Gorden received information that two other strange craft put into Choang Chau, According to the new code the death penalty and that one of them landed six men. is in four degrees

·Hanging after some months,

Immediate decapitation, Deferred decapitation, Immediate hanging, and Deferred hanging,

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

2

The C. & M. str. Zafiro left Hands on the 30th ultimo, and is dus here to-day at 3 p.m."

The P. & 0. 8. N. Co.'s str. Devanha left Singapore for this port on the 29th alt, st 4.30 with the cutward English Maiks, and is due on the 3rd inst. at about 6 am. The Дремк

While the police wore busy making investige tions in connection with the boat seized, the air men whe landed on

the island boarded a village fshing juak, got the crow ashore, and before anyone realised what had taken place hoisted the sails and sailed away in, the direction of Aberdoon. When he learned of this, Sergeant Gerdon set off in pursuit, but was able to night the missing vessel, auther could he, on his return, discover the other strange boat which had entered the harbour.

Thousands have escaped from the heated city to the seaside resorts, all of which up and down the const are crowded, while the mountain hamate are similarly filled.

The worst sufferers, as usual, are the poor in the tenements on the east side of the city, and a large majority of those people last night skapt out of doors in the public parks, on recreation piers, thrown open for the purpose, and on their own doorsteps and on balconies.

. MILLION DOLLAR TERMINUS

AT VANCOUVER.

The ratepayers of Vancouver have voted to give 61 acres of land at False Creek to the. Great Northern Railway Company (a Unite There was a large attendance at the adjourned.

States concura) for passenger and goods ter minals. The company will erect station build-

to the value of a million dollars. anumal meeting of the Hongkong Philharmonis Society, which was held at the City Hall on

It would appear that the story of the ringlead. The Canadian Northern Railway have begun Friday evening, and presided over by Comman

er of the Calowar pirates being in the Colony the constraction work on their lines which are der Basil Taylor. The Chairman announced that it was proposed to start practising in Octo

str. Gregory Apear left Moji on is not withont foundation, for the reports being built through the Province from Yellow- bor, and Mr. Chaprasa, had kindly consented to growing bitterness owing to the alleg. the 30th ultime morning, and may be expected which came from Macso as to his whereabouts plated, will give British Columbia a third trans head Pass to the sen. This system, when com not as conductor in the absence of Mr. Denman ed maltreatment of Bulgarian Mace-sorbents left Bingapore for this port nen now supplemented by local reports. Lait continental route to the East, and to Great country, but when the operations of Chinese Committee Mr. Barlow was elected hou. con- donians in connection with the

the 29th ult, and may be expected hers on work he was said to have boon in hiding Britain. It will also open up much valuable or about the 6th inn have a disquieting effect on the neighboring was passed in the committee, who were invested disarmament of the population carried her on the 27th fit, at & am, has arrived at quarter after a few days. Apparently his objecting of 30 miles of the Kettle River Valley

The LG.M. ste, Prins Ludwig, which left on Dumb Bell Island, but to have left that mining and agricultural country.

The contract has been awarded for the built- countries which look to Great Britain for with full powers in the matter of a selection for out by the Turks.

Shanghai on the 29th ultimo, at 3 p.m. protection then other considerations are the fortbooming concert.

is to keep moving from place to place with the Railway.

other concern in the affairs of the

Fuller, The plecs to be selected was left to the

dastor of the Slomsty, and a vote of confidence

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