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TELEGRAMS

[Renter's]

The War in Manchuria,

LONDON, 2nd August.

General Linevitch, in the conclusion of his message to the Tsar, said that the morale of the troops may inspire complete confidence in our armies, which are ready for any tasks.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY AUGUST 4, 1905,

THE CRUISER » SULLY,"

"THE" GUARDIAN “ÜH VESOVIUS,

BV W, G. FITZ-GERALD.

Refering to the persistent rumours that have lately been current to the effect thatthe French cruiser Sully has broken her back, and all hope

"It is by no means generally known that the of talving her has been given up, we are in a far-famed volcano, so familiar to every visitor auch is not the case, a gentleman, who has re-specially appointed by the Italian Government, position to state, upon the best authority, that to the Bay of Naples, has a guardian," cently arrived here from Haiphong, and who is the person of Professor Luigi Mateucci, is well versed in all matters relating to ships That this well-known scientist's services are of and shipping, was permitted to make a thorough vital importance will be realised on reflecting inspection of the stranded cruiser, and he states how uncomfortable it is, to say the least, 10 The Prospects of Peace emphatically that not only has the Sully not have a four-thousand-foot burning mountain in "broken her back," but she lies firm and steady the very centre of a teeming population and a In reply to another address, the Tsar has as ever, with never a rivet star.ed, her posi rich and fertile province. telegraphed his hearty approval of the re-tian being now exactly what it has been commendation to continue the war until the alt along, save that she is 'Kept prac enemy is crushed, and not to entertain any tically clear of water, and moreover, far cession of territory or payment of an in- from there being any idea of giving up the demnity.

hope of salving her, everything points sa pre sent to a distinct probability of getting her off in the next spring tides. Every possible pre-from the dread deptba paration is being made to that end, the work

RUSSIAN BICKERINGS.

Later.

There is a growing conviction in St. Peters burg that peace cannot be concluded by the present Russian Government, because it feels that it is not sufficiently supported by the nation to agree to the cession of territory or the payment of an indemnity, while it is re- alised that Japan canitot terminate the strug- gle without one or the other, or both,

It is further recognised that Saghalien is lost for ever, thus placing the whole of the Amur district under Japanese influence; the Government, however, refuses to admit the logic of events,

going on siendly, without cessation, and, given fair weather, qui non, there is no other reason wlithe efforts of the salvage party should not be crowned with the success tiey deserve.

SHIPPING JETSAM.

MORE BLACK SMOKE.

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Very few of the ordinary tourists who ascend to the Crater of Vesuvius by the Funicular Railway meet the Professor. He lives in the Observatory, all among the deep ashes and cinders, about a thousand feet below the place where the reeking sulphur clouds sweep up

WUCHOW NOTES:

{From Our Correspondent.]

Wuchow, 3181 July,

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THE AMERICAN BOYCOTT. At a meeting of the Chinese Chamber of

ing an appeal to the people of this district, Commerce at this port it was decided on make America-Bank T..............45 while the up country merchants will chase im porting any goods made in America. The town is already posted with circulars, and the merchants have agreed to give their support to the movement. Goods already ordered from Hongkong will be held, but no more orders Till be sent for American goods.

comet oil (kerosine oil), and cigarettes.

The chief imports to suffer will be flour and;

Standard Cil Company that they should be It is to be regrated by well-wishers of the starting to import oil into Wuchow on their own account under such conditions. On Satur day their steam tag Comet towed into port a

already appointed an agent (Chinese) to push lighter containing 6,000 cases; and they have

their business.

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FOREIGNER ARRESTED.

evidence, owing to the new international move

Professor Mateucci is just now very much in

which expen archeologists say will yield much ment for the digging out of Herculaneum,

richer "finds" than Pompeii in the way of

A foreigner, alleged to be German, has just bronzes, statuary, mosaics, implements, etc.

been brought into the port under arrest by the "Herculaneum," Professor Mateucci pointed Chinese. He was employed on the Yunnan our to the present writer, "was buried mech Railway, and is accused of having killed six deeper than Pompeii by the efflux of ashes and Minese, after which he took to the bush, scorice from the volcano; and I am certain the where he was taken by the Chinese, and now. city will be found is amazingly perfect pre-proceeds to Canton in charge of a weiyun

for trial. servation. You must remember, too, that flerculaneum was a much more popular resort with the Roman aristocracy than her sister

Once again the Messageries Maritimes Com pany was arraigned before Mr. F. A. Buzeland, at the instance of Inspector Lamble, for main taining a nuisance, by allowing binck smoke The New York Nippon Club has given a

in be emitted from the funnel of the s.o. Paul | city." Beau while at her moorings at the Canton and dinner to the Japanese plenipotentiaries at

It can hardly be said that Professor Mateucci Macao wharves on the 28th ulto. It will be leads the "Simple Life." Considering the which M. Komura said, he hoped for a better remembered that on the last occasion the emis-muddle in the midst of which he works, at pre- understanding between Japan and America.sion of smoke continued for nine consecutive sent, one can forgive his inattention to letters, The Mikado and President Roosevelt were minutes, but on this occasion it was actually and that apparent heedlessness and lack of allowed to do so for 18 consecutive minutes! business. instinct so characteristic of all The captain of the l'aul Beau said he did not Neapolitans. see how it was to be avoided; they were chang- ing their coal; he could pay no more. The inspector said the nuisance "was caused by bad stoking and bad coal, but the boilers were very hard to stake.”—A fior of $50 was imposed:

toasted.

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AMERICAN RÜBBEN IMPORTS.

THE NEW, TZADE IN ÖLD RUBBER,

More than $5,003,000 pounds of India rubber, valued at over $30,000,000, gold, were imported into the United States last year. This shows n steady increase for every year since 1862, the earliest date at which it was separately shown in the imports statements, when the amount was 3,125,561 pounds. This very rapid growth the importation of crude India rub bor is of course due to the great increase in ite

use in manufacturing, as over $100,000,coo wortli of manufactures from India rubber are now turned out from the factories of the coun try every year, about half of this total' being in the form of boots and shoes. So great has the demand for India rubber become that the forests of the East Indies are now, annually

MANNERS AT SEA.

Not long since Lord Charles Beresford com- plained that there are ships of the merchant servire which make no response to a man-of- war when she politely drops the white ensign in passing. The Merchant Service Guild write to the Board of Trade, and say there are men of war that cut you dead in the same rude way, But neither the Buard of Trade nor the Ad- miralty can be fairly expected to say who be gan it, and the dispute seems rather an occasion for a friendly dinner between the heads of the | Service and the Department, followed by the issue of a memorandum on good manners from each side respectively. Merchant caplains

One morning, ignoring the little Funicular Railway, I walked up Vesuvius, and was very

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graciously received by its “Guardian," "just now," the Professor said, "the Observatory in a very dilapidated state. The Government has only granted twenty thousand francs for repairs, and even this sum has not yet been paid, so my masons and carpenters are practi« cally at a standstill."”

The rooms were indeed terribly disarranged and confused. There were no cabinets or shelves to hold the volcanic specimens that make up Professor Mateucci's Museum, and so these, on the occasion of my visit, wrapped in paper, littered the chairs and tables. Evident ly it would be a long time before things were got straight,

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partition made in one corner of the Observa I notice that the Professor has had a wonden

RIVER RISING. Heavy rains have occurred in the country during the past few days, and the river bas once more begun to rise. There is an epidemic of dysentery and fever prevailing at and around Wuchow at present. Dysentery is peculiar to the port whenever the river begins to fall after

⚫a rise.

REMEDY FOR HYDROPHOBIA.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 1905.

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called upon for seven million pounds of a new should remember that naval commanders ng Lory's biggest room, and this has to serve him of danger, I have saved many lives by Cold Steak and Kidney Pie and Plain Salad.

as a bed-chamber.

substitute for guita-perchs, known as "gutta- longer filch the carrying trade, as they did in

"Being a bachelor," he told me smilingly, joolatong," while at the same time all countries the time of Pepys, and naval commanders that are ransacked for cast-off rubber, manufactures they have nai now the same occasion of un-of course I can put up with almost anything from which the rubber is "reclaimed and re-paid salaries for jealousy of the merchant ser- in the way of primitive conditions and uncom used in conjunction with the new rubber. from vice. In those old days, no doubt, some ships fortable surroundings. I must say, however, the forests of Brazil, Africa, and the East Indies never spoke as they passed by unless, indeed, my work is a little. hindered by all this From 10,030,0.0 to 20,000,010 pounds per an-

the Dutch were about, or the ship of war car muddle." And therewith, the Professor pro-

· nụm of "old and scrap rubber, fit only for re- ried a press warrant. But it is time old grudges duced from a corner the albums in which he

· manufacture" are thus imported.

keep the very striking photographs he takes recording the various eruptions.

This industry of importing and reclaiming India-rubber is a comparatively new one, al Though_worn-out rubber boots and other-articles- from the scrap heaps of the United States have, of course, been treated in this manner for many years. Gutta-joolatong is also a comparatively new material, utilized as a substitute for, or in conjunction with, India rubber. It is a product of the East Indies, chiefly the Island of Borneo, and is mostly used as a filler in manufactures of India-rubber gum and gully-peicha, · [The real name is Jolutong]

A very large portion of the India-rubber im ported into the United States is produced in Brazil. Over one-half of the total is imported direct from Brazil, while considerable quantities come from the United Kingdom, presumably the products of her colonies, and from Belgium, chiefly the product of the Congo Free State which is under control of the Belgian Crown. Recent reports received by the Division of Consular Reports of the Bureau of Statistics indicate the entire practicability of producing the best Para rubber in territory immediately adjacent to the Philippines from trees trans- planted from South America, and suggesting the possibility that the Phil ppine Islands may in time supply at least a part of the growing rubber consumption of the United States,

CANION AND SANITATION,

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were forgotten.

PORTY MILE BATTLELINE.

The following item is printed in the Manila Times :--

San Francisco, July 28.-Japan is pushing her advance on Vladivostok with the utmost expedition. It is believed that her intention is to complete the investment of the stronghold before the winter sets in,

Two gigantic movements are en font for the investment of the Russian city. One army is preparing in descend from the north while another is approaching from the south,

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The first army is under command General Hasegaws. It has effected a landing at Alexandrovski, about 800 miles north of Vladi vostok, the operations being participated in by several destroyers and other light vessels under the command of Admiral Kutunka,

Some resistance was encountered but the Russians were not in force and were compelled to retire with slight losses. They burned part of the town before retreating,

Su denly I picked out one that impressed ne-a bright and sharp silver print, showing Mateucci leaning against a mountainous mass of rock. "That," said this wonderful man, was thrown nearly a thousand feet from a temporary crater one morning and fell within seven feet of me."

"How much does it weigh?" I asked aghast,

"About thirty-seven tons," was the quiet reply,

No, it cannot be cheerful to "live on a vol- can." You remember this is a metaphorical expression, but in the case of Professor Mateucci, it is literally accurate. One of his principal duties is to give warning of dangerous eruptions to the many towns and villages round about, not to mention the proprietors of vine- yards and arms. He also reports by wire direct to Rome, and also has a special service for the Societa degli Albergatori, of Association of Italian Halal Keepers, a body recently formed of which Signor Fibrani, of the Hotel Londries in Genoa, is the secretary.

This body is charged with looking after the interest of tourists throughout Italy from Tus- cany to Sicily, the softening down of the man-

This army, it is anticipated, plans to ascend the Amur river, going up as far as Khabarovsk, about 400 miles north of Vladivostok, where the Amur is joined by the "Ussuri and a shortners of frontier custo a houses, the lowering of distance nearer its source by the Sungari.

The army on the south, under the command of Generals Oku and Kawamura, is advancing north on and parallel with the river Tumen, its | front extending for a distance of forty miles.

rail'way excursion rate, etc.!

This society is always interested in a big eruption of Vesuvius, particularly if it is likely to be long-continued.

In such an event, which Professor Mateucci's

its left wing is in touch with the main army long and varied experience of the mountain near Kirim, which is holding Linevich effect ally in check.

The war experts are crediting the Japanese with a d'splay of superb strategy. They pre- diet that owing to the different avenues of possible attack Linevitch will be compelled to fall back on Harbin leaving Vladivostok to its fate.

ABRONAUT'S PERRIBLE

EXPERIENCE.

At Vogera (Italy) on the 13th ult., Signor Nacchi, an aeronaut, made a balloon ascent on

easily enables him to determine, travellers flock in to Italy from all parts, especially well. to-do Americans, who will even come posthaste on South-hound trains from as far as the Italian Lakes, Switzerland, the Rivers, and even London. The professor has another service of news- telephonic, this time-for the Major of Naples, who felt himself more or less responsible for the personal safely of visitors to that wonderful city. Here it may be said that while a number of per- sons may commit suicide by hurling themselves into the crater through that same fascination which Niagara Fall seems to exercise, the number of fatalities due to incautious guides is reduced to the minimum on Veruvius, thanks

There has been a good deal of discussion among the Chinese here intely, writes the Can- ton correspondent of the N. C.). News, anent the necessity of forming a sanitary board. Of the necessity of such a board, either of the necessity of a new system of sanitation, there can never be two opinions. Of the possibility of anything substantial being effected, many of those who know. Canton best, are more than doubtful. The thousand sewers, which run under all the Canlon streets, over which loose granite slabs are thrown, are choked up, and filled with rotting filth of every; description. In the gutters and holes, at the sides of the streets, except a few of the best, reeking puddles lie and breed' every kind of pestilential abomination, The canals, which once, without doubt, were the a trapere. A gust of wind drive the balloon in the rules and regulations formulated by the means of admitting fresh water by every tide against the smokestack of a factory. It Professor, through the streets of the city, are high and became entangled, but the aeronaut clung to It is not too much to say that Mateucci is the dry at low water, and even at half-lide, and the bar of the trapeze at the height of 150 fest physician of this dangerous giant. He can black mud and decomposing garbage fill the from the ground and shouted for help. Fire-diagnose every rumble and symptom of his air with pollution and destruction. It would men arrived, but their ladders were too short. patien), and knows exactly what warning to seem impossible to do anything unless the rs-An array engineer at Paria was summoned by send out if the volcano bids fair to become formers in this matter are prepared to do every telegraph and arrived three hours later. violent. His seismographic, or earthquake, in- thing. They must pull down the city, and ra Meanwhile the aeronaut, still calling forstruments are almost incredibly sensitive, and build it, if they seek anything like a good sani-help, was losing strength, while the balloon he spends whole hours on the very brink of the tary condition of things. Something more

was gradually losing gas. Soldiers finally than a sanitary board on paper is accessary, succeded in hoisting a rope to the top of the and wo very much doubt whether anything chimney and the seronaut was lowered to the very substantial will be effected, things being ground in such a feeble condition that he had as they are. We shall son,

to be taken to a hospital,

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various craters, listening and watching for signs. He foresees which way the lava streams will flow, and whether there is likely to be any con- siderable emission of rock masses,, some of which are hurled a mile high !-♫r,

Sir,-No stone should be left unturned in fighting both hydrophobia and plague in India. I was, therefore, sorry to find that the remedy proposed in the Rev. H. Lorbeer's letter, whịch read yesterday at the meeting of the East fodia Association, should have provoked de- risive hier. The following is an extract from the reverend gentleman's letter, which appeared in the Allababad Pioneer, is the year 1892 - I wish to give to the public the benefit of my experience during the last 15 years. As soon as possible after the bite, wash the wound well with English vinegar (malt vinegar) or with caustic. Give to the person bitten, internally, by the mouth, two times

for two weeks, and the patient will be aut daily, malt vinegar to drink (i ounce vinegar to ounce water), continue to do so daily

this simpla treatment; but have not tried it in cases where symptoms of hydrophobia were already visible; but in such cares also, the Pasteur system seems to fail. Among the patients cured by vinegar were four persons bitten in the sight by a mad jackal; all recovered!. One boy was fearfully bitten by a mad dog. After 15 days treatment with THE FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION vinegar he was cured. All the other people bitten by the same mad dog, and not treated with vinegar, died of hydrophobia within 15 days," Mr. Lorbeer is a well-known German missionary at Ghazipur: and it would be interesting to know if he still pins his faith on the vinegar cure for hydrophobia. Vinegar is a dilele form of acetic acid ; and I believe that strong acetic acid would prove to be a valuable agent in fighting the campaign against hydro- phobia and plague in India. Now, in the

destructive distillation of seaweed and of pear, acetate of lime is produced as one of the by- products, from which acetic acid could be made for use in India.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

DONALD NORMAN REID, 15. St. Mary's-square, Paddington, W, June 9.

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HAVING. destroyed 50 lives in thirty-six hours, Japan's claim to a place in the front rank of civilization can no longer be disputed. ~The Chicago News.

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THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. F. G, Figg, First Assistant ofthe Hongkong Observatory:- On the 4th at 11.55 am. The barometer has fallen slightly in the North and risen a little in the South.

Pressure is highest exceeding the normal by two-tenths of an incl, over the S. coast of China, and lowest over the Sea of Japan..

Grad ents are slight over S. China, and light W. winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel, and light E, and variable winds ever the N part of the China Sea.

Forecast.--light variable winds and calm showery to fair. "

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