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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1905,

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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST., 17, 1905.

NATIVE CHRISTIANS IN CHINA.

For some months past there have been Indications of unrest among the natives in the interior of China where the anti-Chris- tian spirit seems to have been revived. It was not many weeks back that the Viceroy of Szechuan notified the Waiwupu of the

A ROME telegram slates that the Dowager | MosquiTOES have made their appearance lu Queen Margherita of Italy is bastening the Stoke Newington, Finsbury Park, and Hollo preparations for her journey to Japan. This is way in large numbers. Pedestrians have interpreted as meaning that official news has received much unwelcome attention from them, been received in high quarters that the con- with the result that swollen faces, necks, and clusion of peace is pear. The Qunen, who is hands are very prevalent. Medical men have an expert chauffeur, intends to spend several been busy attending to cases." mouths in Japan in an automobile tour and then go to San Francisco, cross the American continent, and return 10 Rome by way of

New York and Genoa,

A STORY reaches Tokio from St. Petersburg giving particulars of the failure of a Japanese plan to destroy the great railway bridge over the Suagari. It is stated that last month a party of Chunchuses secretly assembled at A

out their scheme. One of the party, however, turned traitor at the last moment, and gave in formation to the Russians, with the result that the village was soon surrounded by (roops; and 450 Chunchuses, armed with rifles, revol vers, and carrying explosives, were captured.

In the Supreme Court this morning in sum mary jurisdiction judgment was given in the case of Yuen Hung Kim and another versus Li Shik Kang, when Sago was awarded as damages against the defendant fo, trespass on plaintiff's property, and each party to pay their own costs. This case has been fully reported in our columns,

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SHIPPING JETSAM.

The steamer Ving King is increasing the number of her trips to and from Canton, it being announced that in future she will leave here for Canton each morning (Sundays ex cepted) at 8 o'clock returning to Hongkong the same evening at five o'clock. She will make her excursion trip to Macao each Sunday a usual,

The G.N. L., Dakota, which broke her shaft. after sailing from Seattle and returned to that port in consequence, is now undergoing tem porary repairs there. She will leave the home port on the 20th last, for Yokohama, three being Do drydock available for the Dakota on the

receipt of a despatch from the French village near the bridge and prepared to carry LIN Tsei, a 'money-changer of Queen's Road. Pacific coast of the United States, she will bo authorities calling his attention to the dan gers of foreign missionaries on the Szechuan- Yunnan frontiers, while shortly after came news of a disturbance in Kiangpel where a number of converts, fearing the putcome af activity, being shown against missionaries and their converts, by members of the great swords, or Totao Hui, fed from the city of Sh'uchien and sought safety at a place called Tsingkiangpu, Riotsat Ninghai and at Tung- kuan, on the frontiers of the provinces of Honan, Shanhi, and Shensi were also report. ed, and in cach instance it is stated that the officials have been directed to take proper

West, was charged before Mr. F. Hazeland this docked on arrival at Nagasaki.

DANGER TO NAVIGATION. morning with forging the name and chop of

The steamer kaka, which has arrived from Ma Shol Ching, managing partner of the Shiu Cheong Hong, No. 466 Queen's Road West the Yangisze, reports that on the 15th inst., at with intent to defraud-Mr. Otto Kong Sing7 p.m. when 14 miles W.S.W. of Ockieu light- appeared to prosecute and applied for a re-

house the wreck of a large dismasted junk, mand, which was granted for one week, bail almost totally submerged, was seen floating. A DREADFUL crime is reported from the dis-being allowed in the sum of $1,000,

The officers state that the junk is dangerous to small vessels steaming in that vicinity. trict, of Toyotama, near Tokia. The wife of

H. Shimoda, a farmer, was arrested on August | BARON VON KRIEGLSTEIN, DON

QUIXOTA OF JOURNALISM. 5.00 a charge of having killed forty infants daring a period of years, It appears, states the Japan Mail, that she adopted, for a consider

ation, illegitimate children, whom she at once proceeded to starve to death. She was re- moved on August 6th to the Tokio District

FINE FLAVOUR steps to deal with the disturbances and to do Court. The same day, thres men and ten wo

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what is possible to safeguard the lives of the missionaries. Unfortunately, the attacks on missionaries and their native converts cannot

TILTED AT SADHALIEN WITH VISIONS OF

A DIG CARGO OF. WAR COPY.

Twenty-one steamers sank outside Port Arthur have been sold by tender to five different Japanese, who accepted some three vessels each, their bids ranging from 5,000 yen to 10,000 yen. All the arms on board the ves That long, low, rakish craft the Cacilit, jollysels refloated, among which are the Japanese rover of the journalistic seas and loup garou blockading ship, are to be returned to the naval authorities with the exception of those conced of belligerent waters, has run her race. Broken-backed on the rocks of Cape Kataoka ed by the authorities. she lies, her master, the Baron von Krieglstein, is somewhere in the Primorsk, madly 'racing

and officers are in Yokohama. No more will this will-o-the-wisp that changes flags in a minute and paints herself gray in a night baunt the good people of China's pons and cause nervous newspaper scriveners to reel out reams of "copy" on her secret adventures. No longer will Baron von Krieglstein, the dauntless Don Quixote of the correspondents' field, plough the waves in search of phantom fleets and set Shanghai agog with wild rumors of conspiracy. One of the picturesque bye-products of the war is no more.

TELEGRAMS.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”

SERVICE.

PEACE TERMS.

JAPAN AND KOREA,

SUZERAINTY AGREED,

[From Our Oton Correspondent.]

hanghai, 17th August, 2.85 p.m.

The Russian plenipotentiaries have agreed to Japan's term for establish. ing her suzerainty over Korea.

AMERICAN BOYCOTT.

PLACARDS PROHIBITED IN SHANGHAI

- POLICE ATTENDING MELTINGS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 17th August, 2.35 p..

Tastai Taong Shao-ch'ing, the Chairman of the Committee on the American boycott, at Shanghai, has prohibited the posting of all bills, and

MELLOWNESS be considered as exceptional or isolated, ond Korean Cabinet has resigned with the single for the scene of war at Harbin and her captain that the numbers and classification of the the circulating of expresses in connec

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until the problem of how best to live down and overcome the prejudice which has been created in the minds of the lower classes has been solved, trouble is always to be feared in the more remote districts of the Empire. Any distinction between Christian Chinese and other Chinese, whether in conduct, custom or influence will be certain to cause jealousy and suspicion, and when one recalls the numerous occasions upon which the Chi nese officials have complained of the cos- verts being under foreigners, who, they state, exempt them from certain exactions and favour them in other ways, it is not surpris ing to find the unrestrained coolie rushing in and taking up cudgels against his brother. A. S. WATSON & Co., We must take it as granted that amongst the

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men residing in the same district were arrested on a charge of having assisted the woman.. It is reported from Seoul, that the whole

exception of Ye Yong-ik. An explanation is given by the Forodsu, namely, that Ye has steadily been acquiring power of late and that his colleagues' assent to Japan's coast-wise trade proposal furnished him with a pretext for denouncing them as traitors to their country. The chief of police is alleged to be of Ye's party and to be consequently preparing some important exercise of his power. Thus these interminable faction fights continue to impe de all progress in Korea.

It is said that the medical profession has been caught in the breeze of Imperial consolidation and a movement is on foot for standardising medical education and qualifications to a com- mon level throughout the Empire. Leading representatives of the profession in Australia have been in London, actively interesting themselves in the work, which is also being supported from Canada, The great object is to

prevent the Colonies from being flooded with imperfectly-qualified men turned out from immature Colonial scholars. To this end the Ceylon. Independent says it is urged that the Medical Council of Great Britain should be able to apply the home regulations to all the Colonies.

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converts there are "bad as well as good people, but still they are all equally Chinese subjects, amenable to the jurisdiction of their own authorities. There is no reason why the people and the converts should not live together in peace and harmony. Vet mischief-makers, sometimes the officials themselves, are continually fabricating base-. less stories which they industriously ACCORDING to a special wire to the Mainichi propagate among the lower classes, who the new Naval Station building at Portsmouth believing anything, however absurd and in which the peace negotiations are taking vile, arouse the suspicions of the peo: place is a three-storied red brick edifice, and pic, and then lawless villians seize the the conference room is at its southern side. Four long tables have been placed in the opportunity to create trouble, often with middle of this apartment, with a number of no other view than obtaining plunder. chairs on each side, and the room is beautiful Such trouble as that reported by our corres-ly decorated. On the right of the conference pondent at Shanghai some few days since chamber, a suite of three apartments has been in regard to the thirty-thousand rioters in placed at the disposal of the Japanese Plenipo Honan, must have a very disturbing effect tentiaries, while a similar suite on the left will lives. Both suites are equipped in similar fresh outbreaks should take place and re- fashion, and are provided with telegraph and main unchecked, it inay one day lead to a telephone instrumenta. general rebellion against the missionaries and their converts. We sincerely hope that the Government will be able to see its way to set matters right before it is too late.

GREGOR & CO., no other wow that reported by our corner

last cruise.

THE JAPANESE MERCANTILE MARINE. Official returns published in the Hocki show

steamers now forming the Japanese mercantile marine are as follows:-

vessels.

From 20 tons to go lons.......376 . · From to tons to Too tons.......10. From 100 tons to 30 tons....250 From 30 tons to 500 tons B6 From 500 tons to 1,000 tons.103 From 1,020 tons to 7,000 tons 154 From 2,000 tons to 3,coo tons ... 90 From 3,000 tons to 4,000 ton!...... 37 From 4,000 tons to 5,000 tonsận H From 5,000 tons to 6,oco lon9 ...... 5- From 6,000 tons to 7,000 tons...... 28 Over 7,000 tops -........................... The total number of ships is 1,309, and their aggregate tonnage is 882,093 tons.

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Inspector Gourlay this morning placed Alex- ander Thomas before Mr. F. A. Hazeland and charged him with being a vagrant, without any visible means of subsistence. It appears that Thomas was cook on board the s.a. Erdale, and in the course of his duties sustained se vere bruises on his arms, which so incapacit ated him from work that he asked the captain, for his discharge in order that he might go into hospital for treatment. Permission being with held, defendant left the ship and placed himself under the care of Dr. Bell, Meantime bis vessel left, and he was reported a deserter. Having no money and no means of subsistence he yesterday gave himself up to the police, acknowledging himself to be a vagrant. Mr. F. A. Hazeland passed the usual order remand.

Captain Paul Reimers of the Cacilis, First fficer Seiler, Second Officer Anderson and Chief Engineer Schnittfiske arrived in Yoko hama lale Wednesday night and quartered themselves at a hotel pending their return to Shanghai, whence they shipped on the Wa chang, Tonamed Cacille, last May for adventures second only to those of the "Thousand and One Nights" To an Advertiser man Captain Reimer recounted the tale of the Callie's After they fought the battle of the Japan Sea without us," said the Captain with a shrug of his shoulder, "we sailed up to Kamschatka. Why? Oh, we needed a little recreation; went many bears and foxes in Kamschalko. up there to shoot bears and foxes. There are "Well, we stayed a week in Kamschatka, shooting bears and foxes as I said, and on June 19 we left the part of Petropavlovski on the south-eastern coast of the peninsula. The Baron wanted to go to Nikolaievsk, on the east coast of the Maritime Province, you know Passing Cape Queen Elizabeth we encountered a field of pack ice which forced us to return, looking for a harbour in which to take refuge until the ice fee should be carried away. We discovered that harbours marked on the chari were so shallow that no passage into them could be had. After steaming about for a can- siderable time and being greatly in need of water for the ship, we shaped our course south a suitable place to take in water. along the west coast of Saghalien, hunting for "The morning of June 27, the fags which we ed around the Cacilie, we struck a rock.

"Numbers 1 and 2 holds immediately filled and we knew that if we got floated the steamer would sink. There was nothing to do but give up the ship. So we took everything-movable to shore, a blesk, uninhabited place of rocks and forests, and there built three shelters of held? logs where we could store our goods. Then we determined to go by open boat around Cape Patience into Patience Bay, where according to our charts an ocean telegraph was situated at a town called Tichmenpeu. With these two boats manned by our Chinese crew and com course the Baron-we made 187 miles in thres

ing him to the House of Detention. It is understood that the Harbour Master is in com. munication with the agents of the steamer with a view to getting the man shipped home.

THE "TRAVANCORE." Thomas Mardon, a seaman on the sailing ship Travancore, was charged before Mr. F. A.

the ship since the 24th of July without the leave of the master or officers.

tion with the boycott movement.

The police have been instructed to attend and record the minutes of pro- ceedings of all meetings of the Chi- nese in the settlement.

CHINESE COMMISSION.

VISIT POSTPONED.

[From Our Own Correspondent:]

Shanghai, 10th August, 3.50 p.m.

The departure of the Chinese Com- mission to Europe and America for the purpose of studying legislation and administration has been post... poned until September.

[The above telegram did not reach this offic until after we had gone to press fast evening. Ed, 4.8.7.]

SHIP-OWNERS AND MASIERS.

The Merchant Service Guild have lately

84, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. į "pon the foreigner and Chinese alike and if/ be at the service of the Russian Represents had encountered frequently again having clos. Hazeland this morning with being absent from the Captain's account, declining also to pay

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H.M.S. Iphigenia is to leave Weihaiwel on Saturday next for Hongkong aud England. THE salaries of the Russian Peace Plenipoten tiaries have been fixed at $200 (G) per day be sides $7,500 for expenses.-Pacific Commercial Advertiser.

THERE is some capital reading matter in the August number of the Victoria Recreation Club Magazine. The publication is full of interest

from start to fioish,

AN extraordinary accident occurred last Thurs day at Tientsin, where the ricksha cookie seems to be just as wild and uncontrolled a creature as his confrere in Shanghai. A coolie was sitting in his vehicle on the Buad in the northern port, just as coolies slumber in their 'riekshas on our own Bund here, when the

an important point of principle affecting Cap been interesting themselves in a case involving tains of Merchant Ships in recovering moneys due to them from their owners. A member of the Guild was requested by a partner of his firm to relinquish the command of his vessel then lying at Los Angeles. Though so far removed from home, the owner refused to settle

him anything on account. He was therefore forced to borrow money to return to England. On his return be applied to the owners for his pay, but this was refused until they

the vessel which was then on a voyaga lo could communicate with the new Captain of Captain Chrystal-That is so, Your Worship. Sydney, Thereupon the Captain issued a writ And you are, the Captain 7-1 am the new on his owners who made an interlocatory ap captain, just come out from home to take complication before Mr. Justice Bargrave: Deane that the case should be remitted to an Arbitra-. mand of the vessel.

Cannot this case be settled between you? tor of Merchants. Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane

His Worship-The Travancois-that is the vessel, is it not, that is always baving trouble, and on which a Court of Inquiry was recently

steamer Anping was drawing up alongsidemanded by myself, the second officer-and of Will you take the man back on board?-Cer- | refused their application, ordered it, to be

her berth. The noise of the vessel's whistle aroused the sleeping man, who, sprang to his feet, seized the shafts of the nicksha, and, still in the manner of the Shanghai coolie, charged wildly across the Bund. He never paused to think of where he was, but intent only an securing a fare from somewhere or other, dashed to the water's edge and right over, 'ricksba and all, into the River Peino. He seems to have sunk at once and been drowned, for though, we are told that the accident was witnessed by a great many people, including those on board the Anping, no mention is made of the unfortunate man having been rescued from the River.—China Gaselle.

days, arriving at Tichmenntu without incident.

treated as the trial of the action, and gavé judg». tainly, I will.

Defendant said he was away from the shipment for the Captain for the full amount claim. There we spent six days, it taking all that. time to send five telegrams to Shanghai and for seven days, and when he returned on boarded with costs. The owners asked the Judge to receive answers. We telegraphed for assis. the old captain told him he no longer belong review bis decision, which he refused to do, and tance, of course, and it seemed that the Gered to the ship as he was a deserter, so he went dismissed their second application. The Mer man Minister at Tokio, apprised of our plight, ashore again, and yesterday he was arrested, chant Shipping Act provides that a seaman in asked the Japanese Department of the Navy

a similar position must be paid wages up A to come to our rescue. On July 19 the Japa-

to the date of final settlement, but a nese converted cruiser commanded by Admiral arrived at the mouth of the river.

master has been held to be not a sea- A heavy storm prevailed for three days. We

man within the meaning of the Act. There tried twice to reach the cruiser by our is

for the Guild soliciters, in justice to the were nearly capsized by the heavy seas. On

shipmaster, decided to include in the bill of the third day the warship left. We were in

costs a daily subsistence allowance up to the BALT. JUNK CAUSES TROUBLE. despair until on July 23, when the weather

time of settlement to enable the Captain to ap-asi cleared, the Japanese craiser returned and we

Before Mr. Taylor, Harbour Master, this were taken on board. We were politely re- ceived and courteously treated.

moining, Captain J. W. Martin, Master of the pear as a witness on his own behalf. In case "We earnesly requested the captain of the 3.5. Courtfield, charged thirty-three members this was not granted, the Guild determined for ship to put back to the place where we had of his crew with unlawfully disobeying his the benefit of the profession they represented

If the captain takes you back will you return on board at once?-Yes, sir, I will indeed,

His Worship Very well, now, you go back immediately to your ship and do your work properly. The charge is withdrawn and you are discharged.

MESSES: Watkins, Ltd., have sent us a col lection of useful articles, advertising James Watson's "Dundee " whisky. It includes four glasses, two samples of the whisky (which we are handing over to our connoisseur to report upon), a couple of bells, two packs of playing were so successful, Fitzgerald's Circus troupe stranded, but the Japanese captain feared orders on board on the 16th June last at Nagato carry the case to the High Court Tha

cards, trays and six paper weights.

AMERICAN papers publish a statement to the effect that the committee named by Mayor McClellan of New York to consider plans for submission to the next Mayor for the centen- ary celebration in 1907 of the first use of steam and water navigation has decided to send an invitation to Admiral Togo to attend on his flagship.

THE value of newly-minted currency exported to Korea by the Osaka branch of the First Bank up to the end of last month, to be used

FOLLOWING the previous performances which

scored a third success last night. The tent was again packed in every part, a very large number of Europeans, being present, while the Chinese were literally in hordes, and a most appreciative audience they formed. The various items on the programme having been previously described and criticised, suffice it here to say that every act was perfectly performed, without a single hitch. Henderson's horsemanship was most successful, and at each attempt in his jockey act he landed fair and square on the horse's flanks standing upright while the animal galloped round the ring. The elephant riding a tricycle, with the lion on his back, quite

Registrar of the Admiralty Court in Liverpool considered it reasonable charge, and the sun, amounting to thirty-three pounds, was allowed, The owners have now paid the amount plus fall wages and costs.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE German (Prins Heinrich) 18th inst. Australian (Changsha) 19th inst. Indian (Lightning) arst inst French (Ernest Simons) 22nd inst Indian (Luisang) 18:h inst Canadian (Tartar) 30th inst

that the coast being very poorly charted saki. he would be endangering his ship. He con

Captain Martin said that on the reth Jane owners objected to payment of the item men, sented, however, to laud us on the south be told the steward that as the ship was tioned, but, after an adjourned bearing, the coast of Cape Patience, whence we travelled likely to remain in Nagasaki another over land to the place where the Cacilie was month, having been there already one month, stranded; we were accompanied by men and he was to give the men fiesh meat one day officers from the warship. After removing all and salt meat the next. On the 16th, when the our baggage and ship's instruments, which we steward offered the men salt meat, they refus: had stored in the lemporary shelter on shore, ed to take it, and also refused to work. He had we left the Carille to her fate there on the them all aft and explained to them what they jagged rocks and returned to the Japanese were doing, and said some of them might come warship, which brought us to Otaru on July 26. on shore with him to see the British Consul. There the Governor paid us a visit of sympathy Three went with him to the Consul who was and after thanking the officers of the Japanese very patient and listened to all they had to say, Their only complaint was that they would not warship, we left that place for Yokohama."

But where is the Baron?" was asked of eat salt meat in barbour. The consul told them that witness could give them salt meat Captain Reimers,

Ach, the Baron; we must not forget him, all the time, and advised them to return to replied the Captain with a smile. The Baron work, Witness went on board and again had the von Kriegelstein believes that you cannot see crew aft, told them what the consul had said, by z0 and 50-sen silver pieces and Y1,000,000 should be a fine animal when full-grown, much war by sea. We were away down by and warded them of the consequence of pet The En Radnorshire left Singapore'on rgth ̧

Hongkong when the battle of the Japan Sea sisting in their refusal. After asking each mau 76 GOLD MEDALS by 5-en nickels. More will be exported as while the black horses appear to be simply was fought. The Baron left us after the individually, they again refused and did not inst., and is due here on 21st inat,

peerless. Altogether, as fine, if not fixer, a third day at Tichmenneu and made his way to work that day. The next morning they turned show as has ever visited Hongkong is that put Alexand-rovski on the mainland. Thence he to again. The food as ordered by witness was at San Francisco, her destination, on 14th inst. THE following startling advertisement appears up nightly at Causeway Bay, by Fitzgerald hoped to get to Nikelaisvok and thence over continued. The C, P. R. Co.'s s.. Empress of Japan in the Lucknow Telegraph':-Will any gentle Brothers, and one, which will well repay the land to Harbin, He will probably get there One of the defendants, deputed by the man, educated, European, mazry (immediately) slight trouble of travelling out to that location in The Baron usually gels where he remainder as spokesman, said that on the 16th the usual Ports of Call, te weten

Did the Baron lease the Cacille or buy it? ull 8.30 a.m. at which time the steward offered kinons left Singapore yesterday, at daylight, a young lady, to save ha from a bateful mar after dinner. Yesterday afternoon the intants to June they started work at 7 am and worked The O, S. S., Co. & C., M. S. N. Co. Lt riage? Apply, No. 563, c/o Manager. The and very successful, matined was given before was asked of Captain Reimers by the inter them some sall meat. When they signed and in due here on 25th inst

ed in Shanghai.

Mandala Jevery day in barbour. In consequence of being. European or what she considers young. But no nationalities in the Colony. The matinee willBaron von Krieglatéin bought the Casille offered this salt meat, they refused to work doubt there will be scores of educated Euro-be repeated, with variations, pa each Wednes outright to be used as a despatch boat for the The defendants were convicted and sentenced peans ready and willing to sacrifice themselves day and Saturday of the season, children being: Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, which paper he repre to seven days' hard labour, and to forfeit twoich left Foochow to-day, at 11 sam, and may

sents," replied Captain Relmers,

|·days' pay each in a case of this kind,.

admitted at merely nominal rates.

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DIPLOMAS

VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS,

Hongkong, 18th July, 1905.

in exchange for Korean nickels, amounted to enthused the audience, especially the Chinese Y1,500,000, of which Y5c0,000 was represented portion. The circus tiger is a little beauty, and

they are minted,

The P. M. S. S. Co's sa. Mengolia arrived

left, Vancouver on 14th Test, for Hongkong via

• The C. N: Có,'s 1.3. Changika from Aus...

lady omits to say whether she is educated, and a crowded audience of youngsters, of al viewer, whorecalled the mooted questions rais-articles the steward promised them fresh tralian ports left Manila yesterday noon, and is-,

dus hers on 19th lust, daylight,

The Imperial German Mail an. Prins Hein

be expected here to-morrow" "af ? p.is.