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The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG. MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1904.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

SADANJI, the greatest living Japanese actor, is seriously ill.

CAPTAIN Bohr, formerly of the Chinese Telegraph service, died at Copenhagen on the 14th ult.

FOR the week ended-Saturday last five fatal plague cases were notified. No cases have been reported since.

BAILIFFS are in possession of the Eastern Hongwanji, and the great place of worship of the Shin sect is in imminent peril.

It is stated that the old Monocacy, while carrying a cargo of coal from Japan to Chemulpo in February last, struck a rock and

sank.

THE C. E. R. S. Sungari, sunk by the Russians

at Chemulpo, was refloated on the 28th ult,

but sank again owing to the strong tide. She will be promptly pumped out again.

THERE was a large number of cases of illicit possession of excess opium before the ma gistrates to day, but the amounts found being small, the fines only aggregated $500.

THE War Office authorities at Tokio arraign the Russian conduct on the field on 11 counts, alleging abuse of the white flag, firing at the field hospital, mutilating the dead, and violat. ing women. TOKIO's principal journal says that Britain is. bound to prevent Turkey from assisting Russia by allowing her volunteer fleet to pass through

the Dardanelles as merchantmen, and to then become cruisers.

MAJOR-GENERAL the Earl of Dundonald's departure from Canada has been made the occasion of a great popular farewell demonstra tion at Toronto.

G. C. ST. Clair, the American pugilist, who was recently charged with cheating Mr. H. Abrams, at Singapore, was discharged."

The Raub Company having their electric power now largely extended are selling their stcamp boilers, engines, pumps and hoists,

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OWING to the interruption of the Great North- THE Tzar has assured a “amara merchant, where Co.'s cable to Amoy, the whole of the cable gave 1,000,co/roubles towards the fund on beaffic with the Nonh has to be transmitted by the Eastern Extension Cols line, and delay half of the wounded, that Russia cannot be

therefore may be exaccted. beaten by the Japanese.

ALTHOUGH the advent of an heir to the Rus-

A GREAT heat wave was experienced in Engsian throne may not produce all the eflect it land last month and over portions of the would certainly have produced a while ago, it Continent. The thermometer registered poeg. will, undoubtedly, most materially improve the in the sun in London, and 85deg, in the shade.. situation throughout the Empire.

THE Berliner Tageblatt states that the Grand LLOYDS sut veyor, Mr. Newman Mumford, left Duke Boris his been banished to Archangeln the ss. Hailong to-day for Namking island for slashing General Kuropatkin in the face and the Paracels where he will examine the with his sword, when ordered to expel from ss Agincourt and the ss. Baron Gordon camp a number of women who wyre in his

suite.

THE pleasant ride out to the Metropole during the cnof of the evení sử and the enjoyable con. cert in the theatre adjoining the hotel is a great attraction to many residents each Saturday The entertainment given the day before yester day was another great success and speaks well for the management,

In the matter of the action, in which the local firm of Kam Tak Tai sought to recover from Mr. A. M. Essabboy the sum of $7,352.58, balance due for rice sold and delivered, down for hearing in the Supreme Court this atording, we hear that a settlement was effected just as Sir William Meigh Goodman, Chief Justice, was coming into Court. The terms of the settlement were not made public and Messrs. Dennys and Bowley had been retained for the plaintiffs and Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon for the d-fence.

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TO-DAY is the first day of the year 1274 of the Yezdezird or Persian era as observed by the || Kadenis, the smaller of the two sects in which the Parsees of India of the present day are nominally divided. The Shensai, who form

TELEGRAMS.

THE WAR.

CAPTURING A DESTROYER.

NO SURRENDER. Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, has kindly forwarded to us the following telegrams:-

TOKIO, 14th August, 8, 10 pm. Following is a resumé of several reports so far received concerning the capture of a Russian destroyer at Chefoo:--

'cuc ny was' so exhausted that he fet us withdw all our guns and trains without

aking any attempt to hinder. The Japanese abandoned their dead and wounded on the field. Our incdical staff attended the enemy's wounded, On the 30th July, as an over- whelming force of the enemy, preparing & new attack on 'our Wolf's Mountains position, had

been ascertained; the fourth division, receivad orders to retire partly under cover of the forti- fications and partly on advanced positions at'n distance of three versts outside of the line of fortifications. The retreat of our troops was fulfilled in perfect order under cover of our artillery which by accurate firing from that losses were quite small, those of the enemy distance stopped the enemy's advance. Our very great. The troops are in excellent spirits

(Signed) Major-General FLOUG,

Quartermaster-General,

A DEAL THROUGH THE COMPRADORE.

On the night of the roth instant, while cruising in search of ships of the dispersed Russian squadron, our destroyers Asashiwo and Kasumi sighted one, apparently a Rus-and in perfect health, sian destroyer, steaming at full speed west- ward and immediately pursued; but the latter disappeared in the darkness.

Continuing the search till the next morn- which were recently wrecked in that neigh. ing, they found that the enemy's destroyer had filed to Chefoo. They remained outside THE captain of a mail steamer says that on the territorial water till niglit vainly expect- recent voyage to the East a lady passenger, aing her coming out, then entered Chefoo, words "The Lord is my Shepherd." Directly was the Restelinue, and there was no sign missionary, had painted on her Jarge trunk the where they found that the enemy's destroyer underneath this was the label Not Wanted of her being dismantled.

Accordingly, Lieutenant Terashima was on the Voyage.”

sent to offer the Russian commander the alternative either of leaving port before dawn or surrender.

bourhood.

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THE draft of a joint letter on the currency ques ion from the Shanghal, Tientsin and Hongkong Chambers of Commerce addressed to the Diplomatic Body, Peking, having begu The latter accepted neither and while the received by the local Chamber from the Shangdiscussion was proceeding, he ordered his hai Chamber it has been decided to agree to

men to destroy the machinery and to fire. its terins.

Then, suddenly, Taking Terashima in his Russian also jumped into the sea with a Comps, he jumped overboard, and another

Japanese interpreter, '-

AT a meeting of the Chambe

merce, the Chairman drew the attention of the Committee to the strong terms in which the Chief Justice had recently re-

Other Russians then commenced an at- ferred to the necessity of registering partners in Chinese firms during the course of the Po tack; meanwhile, a magazine of the Resite- Fung Bank case. It was agreed to further dis.linue exploded causing casualities among cuss the matter at a later meeting.

our men. Thereupon the lesitelinue was captured and towed out.

Our casualties were one killed and 14 wounded.

THE DECISION,

Mr. T. Sercambe Smith, l'uisne Judge, the At the Supreme Court this morning, before.

adjourned case of Lau Kam Tsing versus Tsang A Keng, came on for hearing.

Mr. H. Hursthouse (Messrs. Dennys and Bowley) was for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. J. Grist for the defence,

The claim was one to recover the sum of

$165.50. It was alleged, at the first hearing on to the firm of Dang Chee & Co., introduced August 11th, thai the plaintiff, as compradure the defendant in the matter of the purchase of that one half of one percent. was, in Hongkong, a large quantity of cement. Plaintiff alleged

the commission paid to the compradore in such cases.

The case was adjourned for the admission of the evidence of Mr. Wright, pn engineer now in hospital, which was now brought forward in. the shape of an affidavit.

Counsel for the plaintiff argued in the first instance that immemorial custom must prevail. At the same period Counsel for the defence sought to set up that whatever might be the

Ar the Police Court this morning Lea Cheng was charged with seriously assaulting Li Chan Sam, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. When Inspector Dymond placed the man RUSSIAN DESTROYERS STRANDED. custom in Hongkong, as between Chinese

the bulk of the community, on the other band, before Mr. Gompertz the prosecutor stated that

put back their New Year a month later, that is in the middle of September. This slight diver- ence of opinion carries with it no disability as to the social and religious intercourse of the two sections of the community who enjoy and celebrate the holidays in common and is a recurrent of, the old worn out days of bigotry and intolerance. We wish the Kadenis Parsecs a Happy New Year.

Len came to his house on Saturday night and asked for payment of go cents which Li owed him. The latter paid him so cents stating that he had no more just then, but would pay the balance in the coming week. Len was not satisfied with this arrangement, and began to quarrel over the matter, until finding he could get no more from Li, he suddenly seized a heavy opium pipe, which was lying handy, and commenced to rain a shower of blows on

the head, lace, and back of Li, who appeared in Court and showed some horrible cuts, while

THE Itahan cruiser Liguria, which is to make cruise round the world is now among the Pacific Islands, and was at last report proceeding to

his back was considerably bruised. Mr. Gom Noumea. She is in command of the Duc pertz examined the wounds and said if Li's d'Abruzzi, grandson of Victor Emmanuel 11, head had not been so thick Len would in all and nephew of the assassinated King Humbert. probability have had to answer to the graver His full title is Prince Luigi Amedo Guiseppe charge of murder. It was proved that Li was Maria Ferdinando Francesco, Duke of Abruzzi.:00 suddenly attacked to defend himse.f, and He is a son of Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, and the too seriously hurt to retaliate, being thus en- Princess Letitia Bonaparte, and was born at tirely at the mercy of Len, who was fined $15 or one month, and ordered to pay $5 compensa- tion to Li. In another case a coolie was draw- ing water from a hydrant, when a man came up and tried to force his bucket in the place of the first man's. An altercation ensued in the midst of which the second arrival-spatched up a water-scoop (a heavy wooden article) ant banged the complainant over the head and

Madrid on January 29, 1873. His father was then King of Spain. The Duke, who is

THE burglar who entered No. 249 Queen's single, holds the rank of commander in the Road

West and stole clothing and money to

Italian navy. Two years ago he led an expedi. the value of $110, was captured and placed by

tion to the North Pole, and eclipsed Nansen's record of 1900, Inspector Gauld before Mr. Gomperiz this morning, who, on proof of the charge, sent the

man to six months' hard labour, and six hours We have been advised from Brisbane that the great pianist, Herr Albert Friedenthal, was leaving there on the 8th ult. for Batavia, after

in the stocks.

face inflicting very severe cuts and bruises on both. After viewing the wounds Mr. Gompertz

NEAR WEI-HAI-WEL

Toxio, 13th August, 8.35 p.m. According to a Chefoo telegram, two Rus- sian destroyers were stranded twenty miles

east of Weihaiwei on the 11th inst.

NAVAL BATTLE FOUGHT

VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON ENGAGED.

TOKIO, 14th August, 11.45 am, The commander of the Takeshiki Naval Station reports that our fleet has communi cated to him, by wireless telegraphy, to the effect that the Vladivostok squadron was sighted at ten minute past five on the morning of 14th inst

The Takachiko subsequently reported that a naval battle was being fought.

RUSSIAN CRUISER SUNK,

FIVE HOURS' FIGHT.

TOKIO, 14th August, 14.20 p.m. Vice Admiral Kamimura reports that, after five hours' severe fighting with the three ships of the Vladivostok squadron on the morning of the 14th inst., north of Tsushima,

we sank the Rurik,

The other two ships, apparently having

The following is the return of visitors to the which he wul visit Singapore, Hongkong dealt with him in the same manner as with the suffering heavy damage, fled northwards.

City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending 14th August, 1904 :--

Non-Chinese.. Chinese

Library Museum

220 125 61 1,6:6

Total...... 290 1,731

THE M. C. D. Newus is authorised to give an unqualified contradiction to the statement that has been made that the steamer Knight Com mander took on board at Woosung a thousand

Shanghai, and Manila. He has with him his own two magnificent conceit grand pianos,

one full size and the other of smaller dimen- Sions. The complete arrangements for his concerts the East will be fixed at an early date, and his charges for admission will pro bably be a little higher than is the usual cus. tom, but in any case not more than 15 or even 12/6 per reserved seat in the currency of the port. A few recent reports from leading Australian papers tell of the great success the eminent virtuoso has achieved on his tour.

cases of rifles tor Yokohama. The Russian excuse for sinking her is that she had railway | SUNDAY excursions to Macao are becoming so material on board, nothing being said about popular, that the addition of another steamer munitions of war.

like the fast s.s. Ying King on the run between

last defendant, ie, 125 or one month, and compensation to the complainant.

THE PUNJOM MINING COM-

PANY, LIMITED.

$5

Au extraordinary general meeting of the above Company was held at No. 13, Beacons field Arcade, this afternoon, for the purpose of confirming the subjoined resolution, which was passed at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on 28th ult., namely:--

"That the company be wound up voluntarily, and that William Kerfoot Hughes and Arthur | Rylands Lowe, of Victoria, in the Colony of longkong, be, and they are hereby appointed liquidators for the purpose of such winding up,"

The resolution was carried.

LOTTERY TICKETS, ·

Large numbers of lottery tickets have

Our damages were slight.

[The Rurik was a powerfully-armed cruiser, which was built at St. Petersburg in 1895. Her displacement was 10,923 tons, and her length was 396 feet; beam, 97 feet; draught, 26 feet; I.H.P. 11,250. The armament of the vessel was:-guns, four Bin., sixteen 6in, six 4.7. eighteen small quick firers and machine guns. Torpedo tubes, five. She had a trial speed of 18.7 knots. Complement, 768]

FIGHTING AT PORT ARTHUR,

RUSSIAN VERSION.

Major-General Dessino, the Russian Military Agent in China, placed the following telegram at the disposal of the Shanghai Press:

From Headquarters,

Mukden, 8th August.

General Stoessel reports as follows: On the 26th and 27th July the Japanese attacked unsuccessfully our advanced positions outside Port Arthur. Our losses were about 1,500. The losses of the enemy according to

this and Macao on Suadays is greatly ap A TELEGRAM received at Shanghai, on 8th preciated. It means, however, more competi- inst. by a Chinese firm from its correspondents tion amongst the three steamboat companies at Chefoo, says that on the 6th inst, the Japan as represented by the 5.3. leungskan, Wing- ese succeeded in capturing a position called chat, and Ying King. That all and it profit- Chuchialien, less than a mile west of the old able to be engaged in this passenger traffic is town of Port Arthur, The Russians made a borne out by the fact that the Yok On S.5. Co., desperate but unsuccessful defence, knowing Ld., the owners of the new steamer, have just recently been sold throughout the colony, and information from Japanese prisoners amount to that the loss of Chichiation meant the ultimate established an agency in the Portuguese colony. a few days ago the police learned that a man 10,000. On the next day, in consequence of it capture of Port Arthur. In this fight the japan-At first the question of bertbage for the Ying was visiting the ships in harbour, and selling having been ascertained that the enemy around King was a serious difficulty in the way of con- or endeavouring to sell them to the officers and these positions was in overwhelming numbers crew on board. A strict watch was kept and our troops retreated in full order, with songs finally they had the satisfaction of catching a and the band playing, to the Wolf's Mountains. travelling agent, on board one of the Canton The enemy being apparently exhausted by the steamers, which was just about to sail. The two days' fight did not pursue and abandoned lottery tickets for sale to the crew. He was were attended by our surgeons. On the 28th man was taken in the act of offering some his wounded on the field of battle where they

ese lost 1,400 men.

THE order issued to the police force to have every excise officer searched before allowing him to enter any house with a warrant to search for opium has been cancelled. It has transpired that the order caused considerable annoyance to the Opium Farmer as its opera. tion gave the inhabitasts of the houses about

tinuing the vessel's weekly visit to the northern

colony. We are informed that this has now been met, by the Yuk On Co. renting the use of a wharf pending the construction of a new pier in a suitable site for which the Co.'s agent

meal.

the enemy renewed his advance. Our troops

at Macao is in negotiation with the Govern-arrested and removed to the station, and on

being searched, a large quantity of lottery did not engage is battle and retired to the to be searched time to smuggle away any A CORRESPONDENT writes regarding his ex-tickets of the Shu Fuk Tong lottery was found forts. The garrison is in excellent spirits... excess opiùm they might have in their posses-perience with the electric trams, to the effect in his possession. When placed before Mr. sion while the searcher was himself being that on Saturday afternoon he waited nearly a Kemp at the Police Court, he calmly admitted searched, which had to be done on the pre-quarter of an hour opposite the City Hall for a that the tickets had been printed to his own mises. A strong protest was made by the car to go out towards Shaukiwan, but seeing order. For the illegal sale of lottery tickets he Farmer, against this order, with the result that nu yellow car come roiling up he got tired of was fined $35, and for having the same printed it has now been cancelled as unworkable. waiting and took a tickiha. On the way he $75, or Sroo in all, with the alternative of three

met six cars coming west all in a string, but months' gaol. The fines were paid, sh not one going east; and be further states that

THE WEATHER. he bad been in the Metropole. Hotel-fully ten

THE Chefoo Daily News has the following:- From an independent source it is learned that

On the 23rd and 24th of July two successive attacks of the eneiny have been repulsed. Our losses are insignificant notwithstanding the furious fire of the enemy. On the 26th July' bombardment lasted the whole day; several assaults have been made by the enemy along the whole line of the front and were every- where repulsed with great losses to the enemy, on our side 6 officers and soo soldiers wund-

the Russian Government has purchased minutes before a cas arrived from the west, The following report is from Mr. J 1. Flumed. On the 27th July a new furious assault through the house of Messrs. Ginsburg & Co. and then he found that it was going no further, mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser has been repulsed with enormous losses to the two cruisers from the Argentine Republic, of a although supposed to go on to Shaukiwan. 'vatory: midi similar type to the Nisshin and Kasuga. Luckily, as it happened, for himself, although On the 15th at 10.38 am. The barometer has enemy. We had 7 officers killed and 10 wound- These cruisers bave already arnved at Vladi. be had paid off and discharged his ricksha, risen in the Philippines, and in the N. Japaned about 700 soldiers killed and wounded. vostok and are now forming part of the with the intention of taking the car oo, the and fallen throughout China and Formosa... Vladivostok fleet under Admiral Skrydloff coolie was sitting outside, resting before return For the successful issue of this transaction, Mr. ing to Hongkong and so he was enabled to re- M. Cinsburg, who is now in St. Petersburg, has engage bim to his destination. He has our been decorated and has beco made a civil sympathy. Why not complain to the general

manager? general.

merchants, the question for the Court to con- sider was whether the plaintiff was entitled to recover under English law.

box, and recalled the transaction in question, Defendant was this morning, placed in the

the date being July 1901, In consequence of his inability to settle with the Green Island Cement Company, for the amount of cement he required, at a price convenient to himself, be consulted Mr. Wright, and as a result en- tered into a specific contract with Dang Chee and Co. He did not make any arrangement with the plaintiff whatever.

After Counsel on either side had replied, His Lordship gave judgment for the defen dang, with costs,

ÅLLEGED ATTEMPTED

BRIBERY

- Two Chinamen were charged at the instance of Inspector Langley with offering a bribe to a Chinese constable.

Mr. G. R. Hall Brutton appeared for the defence.

The constable seid he saw the defendants on

the Praya conveying coal, and when they saw him they ran into 57 Reclamation Street. The him money to drink tea if he would let them go, second one returned and, said he would give

Witness then arrested the him for suspicious possessionofthecoal, and took him to the station. When near the Naval Yard on the way to the Station, the other defendant came up and said if he let the men go he would give witness $15. He there took out of his purse two bank notes, one for $10 and one for $5, and handed the satue to witness. Witness took the banknotes and held them in his hand. The defendant then said "You have taken my money, you must let us go." Witnesa refused to let them go, and then each of them caught hold of witness by a hand. Then they tried to strike witness, who called out for assistance, when an Indian Police Constable came up and assisted witness to take the men to the station.

Witness took the banknotes to the Station and handed them to the inspector telling him what had happened.

Police Force for five years. He had now join- By Mr. Bruttoa: Witness bad been in the ed the detective service. It was not a practice of his to arrest people and then release them on payment of money. He did not arrest, the

defendants with a view to getting money from them them go. Just before the constable came up there was no one else but himself and the defendants, near the coal shed. Other evi dence was given, and the case for the defence. had started when our report left the Court.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE. German (Gneisenau) 16th inst. Canadian (Empress of India) 1,6th inst. American (Gaelic) 17th inst.

The C. P. R. Coss. Empress of China teft Yokohama for Vaucouver os Friday p.m., the 12th inst

The O. & O, S, S. Co.'s sa. Gazife with mails, &c, left Shanghai for this port on Sunday mid- night, dua Hongkong on 17th'inst

The C. P. R. Cola sa.. Tartar. arrived, at Nagasaki from Shanghai at noon to-day, and proceeds for Vancouver same day, via Kobe and Yokohama.

On the 28th our troops left the advanced The typhoon is now in the neighbourhood of positions and retired in perfect order to the the Miaco Sima Group and moving towards Wolf's Mountains. The hole of our losses The C. P. R. Ca's 5. Empress of India the north R

Fresh N.W.winds may be expected in the during the battles from the 36th to the 28th arrived at Shanghai at sam, on 13th inst, and Formosa Channel and moderate W. to S. W. July are 40 officers and about 1,500 soldiers left again at 10 p.m. Same day, for Hongkong According to statements of Japanese pri- where she is due to arrive at 8 am, on 16th soners their losses amount 10 10,000. The inst.

winds in the northern part of the China Sea." :: Forecast-Moderato W, winds, fine, hot,

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