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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY OCTOBER 3 1905.

falls a victim.What would happen if a floating

Che Houghong Felegraph British warship fell victim to

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3.1905.

THE DANGERS OF NORTHERN

NAVIGATION.

Once again the value of official utterances on questions of immediate commercial in terest have been proved to be incorrect. When the Baltic Fleet was finally destroyed and Russia was left without a squadron of the slightest power in the Far East, the merchant shipping community awoke to the danger which existed to vessels from, the innumberable Boating and sunken mines which had been set at large in the northern seas. Naturally it was considered the duty of the British Fleet in the China Sea to take part in the work of destroying these matine death-dealing traps. Every vessel which re- turned from Nowchwang or Cheloo reported the presence of thickly-strewn minefields which added enormously to the ordinary dificulties of navigation, besides importing

new features into the already sufficiently in tricate considerations of marine insurance: But the British feet refused to stir, and it

mine, owing to the neglect of the naval authorities to sweep and clear the seas of these terrible perils? And who would be blameworthy? As it is, navigation for the merchant service navy is attended by nearly as many dangers in northern waters as it was when the Russians were in Kamranh Bay, It is not a very complimentary thing to say, but the fact appears to be that whatever the British bull dog may prove to be in war, he is an obstinate and callous dog in peace and even his friends sometimes hardly to cognise his great and glorious and generous qualities.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

DMIRAL, Togo has arrived at Sascho from

Tokio and has hoisted his flag on the battle

ship Shikishima,

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in connection with the cricket match on Satur, day next, Mr. T. E. Pearce will also play for the First Eleven...

THE Lodge Naval and Military, 848 5. C. ore

giving a smoking concert on Friday in honour of an official visit of the District Grand 1 ödge.

The Manila Sunday Sun aska :-İfa Chinese, chair coolie is fined five dollars for refusing to carry Miss Roosevelt who weighs but 142 pounds, what would it cost him had he re fused Bill Taft at 433?

SHANGHAI'S FORTUNE.

RUSSIA'S INTERNED, SHIPS DOCKED BY FARNHAM, BOYD. EIGHTY JAPANESE BOATS TO BE DOCKED.

With peace proclaimed between Russia and Japan, and the claim to the interned: Russian warships and transporte shandoned by the Japanese, the question arose in the minds of those who are interested in the Hongkong or the Shanghai docks where these vessels-some of which trays been lying for months in the river at Shanghai would be docked. It was believed, with considerable reason, that several of the vessels would be sent to. Hongkong to be overhauled-the Shanghai docks being, it was thought, unable to deal with the large num- ber of interned Russians lying there. The ques

tion, of course, is of the greatest significance to the port, and to those interested in the shares of the Dock Companies at Hongkong and

Shanghai; but up to the present time it has been difficult, if not impossible, to obtain any inkling of what would be done by the Russian authorities. A local' gentleman' returned to Hongkong from Shanghai yesterday, how ever, and related some facts to a representative of the Hongkong Telegraph which clears the air on this point.

BISHOP POZZONI AT THE ITALIAN CONVENT.

ADDRESSES OF WALCONE BY THE PUPILS...

The Italian Convent was an file to-day, in honour of the first vialf of Bishop Pozzoni to the seminary since his bordship's consecration,

had been intended that the Bishop should inspect the Convent and faceive an address of yesterday, but circumstances arose, which, ne- welcome and congratulation from the children cessitated the postponement of the function until to-day. Perhaps this was fortunate, in a way, for it enabled the worthy Sisters and the pupils attending the Convent to give that finish ing touch to the preparations which ensured success.

There is a great work in the scholastic lize

and in the regeneration of Chinese orphans being unesteblatiously carried out at the Ita- lish Convent. On rare occasions it is brought. to the attention of the public, but as a rule it passes, if not unbeeded, at least without re mark. At present there are 156 pupils receiv ing an elomentary education as far as the seventh standard at the Convent and the bright, happy-looking faces which lined up in the corridors awaiting the arrival of Bishop Por zool spoke volumes for the sympathetic.and kindly tuition given by the Sisters. T

TELEGRAM.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SERVIOL

MILITARY BUILDINGS

DESTROYED

AT HIROSHIMA:

ENORMOUR DAMAGE.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 3rd October. 12.10 p.m.

Twenty military buildings have, been destroyed at Hiroshima, on the Inland Sen.

The damage is estimated at Yen 5,000,000.

(During the China-Japanese war, Hiroshimas was the military head-quarters of Japan-Ed.,

...)

CHIN CHIN JOSS IN A TYPHOON,

EXPERIENCE OF THE CHARTERHOUSE,"¦ The entire building 'was beautifully, embel- lished with festoons of flowers worked into Charterhouse in port this morning the captain Upon the arrival of the British steamer Pretty patterns on a background of greenery reported that intam, on the 28th alt, while in the Here and there at the entrance to the chief com Gulf of Tonkin he encountered a very beavy" dors and halls art muslin was requisitioned to enhance the effect, and the scheme of decoration at 6 pm. At first the wind was blowing from typhoon,the contro of which passed over the ship an a whole proved extremely happy and NNW. and afterwards from SSW. with moun picturesque. It was all done by the elder tainous seas. All the movable deck fittings were the Sisters, and reflected the utmost credit on pupils under the tasteful superintendence of washed overboard the steam pipes were wrouch

was left to the ordinary merchantman to endeavour by the best means in his power to rid the ocean of these modern terrors of the sen. Qficers of merchant vessels, whether on or off duty, ranged the decks will riflesA DISTINCT earth shock was felt at Adelaide instead of telescopes under their arms, ready fast month. Telegrams from central and lower a water boat. Six are at Tsingtao-the battle 'all who took part in what was quite clearly ad off the decks, and the tarpaulins repeatedly

to shoot at any obstruction in the shape of a floating mine that appeared in sight. They had plenty of practice, and to the manifold abilities which officers in the merchant navy acquire in the course of their hazardous lives, that of accuracy of shooting at moving targets was added to the number. But what did this signify? It meant that the lives of the passengers and crew of every vessel trad ing to the north were continually in peril; it meant that valuable cargoes and costly hulls were at the mercy of unknown en- emies; it meant that captains and officers. found themselves living in a state of mental terror, knowing their liability to fall victims to foes from whom escape was practically impossible. Merchants

shippers,

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north districts and other localities indicate that the tremor was unusually severe. Houses were shaken and people awakened. DURING the typhoon at Manila the comman der of the Fussian cruiser Oleg plunged into the sea and rescued three Filipinos, and the next morning started a subscription aboard his ship and handed the natives $2a gold spiece. Touch, our reader's error in the list of mails dae we had the English, Gennan and Ameri can mails as expected to arrive on the 5th, 8th and oth prox.. The dates are obviously an error for the gth, 8th and soth inst., respective-

ly.

THE following telegrani has been received by the Colonial Secretary from the Secretary to the Government of India, dated to-day-Your telegrams, dated 1pth and 16th September last, alike con plague regulations withdrawn at all Indian cerned. Hongkong and Shanghai pleaded| Ports. that vessels of the China squadron might be

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THE INTERNED RUSSIANO, In the first place it should be understood were twelve Russian vessels, in- there termed at Shanghai and sixteen at other ports. The vessels at Shanghai are the Cruiser Askold, gunboat 'Mondjur, destroyers, Grosovoy and Bodry, auxiliary cruiseis two others, the torpedo stareship Svir, and Vladimir, Varoney, Voroslay, Korea and

ship Tsarevitch, destroyers Bestralskny, Br zurpretshny, Berkumny, Smely, and Baiko Three at Manilathe cruisers Aurora, Oleg [and· Zemichig. Four at Chefoo-the des There are also the cruiser Diana at Saigon troyers Serdity, Vlastny, Skory, and Stainy

the armed cruiser Lesa at San Francisco, and the armed cruiser Terck at Batavia,

The Hongkong merchant who was inter: viewed on the subject desired that his name should not be published in connection with this question, a request to which we, of course, neceded. He was asked whether there was any evidence of the intention of the Russian Authorities at Shanghai to dock the ex-intern- ed vessels at the borthern part, or to send them 10 Hongkong?

labour of love...

At 6 am. Bishop Poxtoni.celebrated mass in the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows at the Con vent. The day-scholars were accommodated the naye, while the Sisters occupied the sear with seats in the gallery, the boarders sat in

beaches in the body of the Chapel. Here also the floral decorations were very beautiful. The service was short and impressive. The chapel, which is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, was thrown open for the occasion and provided a wonderfully chaste picture, the decorations enhancing the bright scene.

At ten o'clock in the forenoon, the scholars were marshalled, a battalion of little boys who paraded in the quadrangle looking as brave and gay as could be desired. The girls also, from the smallest upwards, were arrayed in festive attire, ready to smile amiably and decorously to all-comers. One of the features of the assemblage was the attendance of several of

washed off hatches, large quantities of water being shipped. During the progress of the ty phoon all the passengers, who were battened under hatches, subscribed one dollar per, head for "Chin Chin Joss in the hope of saving their lives,

HARBOUR TRAGEDY,

PLUCKY POLICEMAN

BADLY BEATEN,

In the early, hours of yesterday morning while Chinese constable Lai Kum Fuk was: patrolling, the harbour in a police pinnace he noticed some small boats with bags of coal aboard creeping along and evidently anxious to vold attracting attention. He made for the nearest boat, which immediately hastened away, but after a long sterp chase the plansce drew alongside and the constable sprang on

"There is not the slightest doubt." he plied, "that it is the intention of the Russians to deck the transports and warships at Shang- hai. Before I left Hongkong the belief was freely expressed that some, at any rate, of the Bishop Pozzoni's young friends from the main. board. He was promptly reined and thrown Russian vessels would be sent down to Hong-land, There were two or three Chinese girls into the water, and as the boat people com- detached to look for floating mines and to Maru, and a number of late telegrams would be adapted. I said so to some people who had been catechists under the Bishoo/menced to strike him with bamboos and bost destroy them when found. It was not until an are printed on the third page, and on page connected with the docks here. And I have (before his consecration) while he laboured in books the coanable dived, and on coming to

**A REPORT of the wreck, of the Anto

Naming of the Treaty," "Business men and pence," and "The seturning armies; problems

for the Government"

especially bad case occurred, when a mar-seven will be found articles entitled "The chant vessel was blown up and balf of those (32 on board drowned, that the pressure of pub. lic opinion prevailed with the Admiralty, and orders were sent out that certain vessels.WE-liave-Hongkong. Beat,__Our budge for of the British Far Bastorn Fleet should

the year, amounts to 15,728,405 Hongkong scout for mines. Before this, it should not is P11,124 behind us. The comparison re- be forgotten, vessels of the British fleet had minds us of the story of the children boasting

■ had the audacity to enter port and calmly of

of the wealth of their respective families. "Our house," says one, has a gable on it." announce that they had passed mines in

That's nothing, replied the other. "Our house such-and-such a locality.. When it was sug

has a mortgage on it.”—Manila Sunday Sun. 34, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, gested they might have fired a twelve-poun-

der at the mine, they coolly answered that Tik many friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. such was no part of a man-of-war's duty Woodcock are glad to welcome back to the Colony the populi: secretary of the Sanitary

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kong. I was sceptical then that such a course

proved to be right."

RUSSIAN. VESSELS ALREADY DOCKED.. -

"Were the Russian vessels, being docked, then, before you lef Shanghai ?..!.............. fore I left Shanghai, and other iwo were wait. ing their turn outside the docks.”

What about the ordinary merchant ship. ping?"

Two Russiaus went into dock the day be

A sailing vessel-never, mind the name went into one of the docks at Shanghai on the 24th or 25th of September-I wouldn't swear to the date. It was anderstood that she would be in dock for thirteen days. Two or was a sudden upbeaval. The dock staff was three days after she had been under repair there

vessel must be out of dock in three days at the work. The agents were told that the sailing outside, What's the matter? they asked.

heads."

:

dressed in the interior, and they were somewhat peculiar Chinzie costante, wearing a curious crown twined with flowers on their

Bishop Pozzoni was accompanied by the Right Rev. John Menacetti, gishop of Tami the Right Rev. Dr. Clemente, Bishop of Angila; and the Right Rev. Dr. Merel, Bishop of Oicisto, and a number of priests. His Lordship was enthusiastically received by all present. The Chinese children sang hymns of welcome and the elder scholars recited Italian poems, which recalled the virtues of the late Bishop Piazzoli and honoured his successor, programme of music and recitations was bot Bishop Pazzoni on his consecration, The

was presented with an illuminated scroll coz and remarkably well done. Bishop Pozzon! taining a manuscript welcome in Italian verso.

scroll had been most aristically performed. Needless to say, the-work of illuminating the.

However, the Admiralty at last yielded to Board and his wife, who, for the past eighteen. changed. A new man was put in charge of the very long, but it was exceedingly characteristic

the heavy arguments of underwriters and monitis, have been in the home country enjoy shipowners and sent yessels of the Fleet toing a well-deserved holiday. During his ab- look for mines. It might have been thought sence in England, Mr. Woodcock found time that practice in accurate firing at moving in which to eat the necessary number of The Russians are coming into dock at once,

the surface, drew his revolver and fired to frighten the assailants. He managed to get on

the boatmen in the abdomen, while another' board and then he found he had'shat one of boatman was hiding in the stern. The wound- ed man was removed to the Government Clyll Hospital, but succumbed last night. The other boatman has been charged with attemp!--- ad murder of the constable, and was placed before Mr. F. A. Hazeland this morning. He pleaded not guilty, and the case was remanded till Friday next.

LAZY SEAMEN

· SENT TO GAOL,

The British steamer Nithsdale came la yesterday from Rangoon with a cargo of rice, and

·later in the day Capt. R. J. Fairley had two of ths, crew. Patterson and J. Montague-be- fore the harbour master charged with continually tha the high sex, since the 6th September man deniad the allegation, but the, captain's and wilfully neglecting their duty on board, on

worst that has come before the Court for some time. Notwithstanding medical evidence to the contrary they feigned illness, and afterwards. used threats and impertinent language, and neglected their work, while Patterson de- faced the chart.

objects. would have been welcomed by the dinners and qualify for the Bar to which he they were told. Extra men, a big gang His Lordship expressed his thanks to the Sisters evidence showed the case to be one of the

was called at Gray's Inn, on July 5th." PROFESSOR Elwell of Stanford University, Mexica, who has been studying conditions of the crater of the volcano Popocatapeti, says that the removal of sulphur accumulated there will, after two years, probably bring on an eruption, on account of the water collected in the crater being brought into 'contact with a stratum of burning sulphur. The final result would be that the volcano would became active, as was the case under similar conditions with Mount Etna.

The inquiry into the circumstances regarding the fire at No. 29 Des Verux Road on the ph ult. was resumed before Mr.. F. A. Hazeland this afternoon. Mr. R. A, Harding appeared for the owner of the establishment, and Mr. H. W. Looker, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon, watched the proceedings on behalf of

men, were put on the work The ship was being coppered, and you can't copper a ship's bottom out of dock, so the work had to be completed. Night and day they worked their hardest and the vessel was out of dock in a little over two days. Then one of the Rus sians came up and was docked. I don't know her name."

THE VESSELS IN DOCK. It may be stated that, according to the latest Shanghai paper received in Hongkong, the

C. D. News, we read, under date 29th September-"The Russian tug Soir was docked at the Old Dock yesterday." And another paragraph states. The sir. Yaroslav docked at the Cosmopolitan Dock

was

yesterday,

Outside these two docks," our informant continued, "there were other two Russian ships, and we were told that the remalades of the bussians were waiting the chance to get into dock,"

So that there is no likelihood of any

vessels coming to Hongkong "

and the children for their kind reception, and trusted that he would have occasion to meet them frequently in the future..

The proceedings were in every way enjoy able, none being more pleased with themselves than the little ones who had helped to make

the function'a success,

CITY HALL MÜSLÜM AND LIBRARY.

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Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, secretary of the City Hall, bas kindly forwarded to us the following information which should be of interest to many reader

1

The Hon. Mr. Basil Taylor sentenced them each to four weeki', imprisonment with hard labour.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR IN THE HARBOUR,"

At a am to-day J. Everling, a seaman on board the s... Nitkidal, went to the Central Police Station and reported that half an hour- previously he was sitting on the Praya Wall, Central, with a comrade named Charles Brot- The muscum, which has been closed for to- - ten; of the same ship, and while waiting for a pairs since July, was re-opened on Monday. simpan to take them off to their vessel, Brotten A new calling has been constructed, designed suddenly jumped up, and without saying any. thing, sprang into the sea, and was ypparently to withstand the vibration of the floor of the drowned, for Everling did not ses him.rise Ball Room above it, and the whole of the || again. The police took the matter; `up and ́ars interior of the museum his bean cleaned and investigating it, but no report has been mo discovery of any European body in the harbour,

the insurance companies interested. Eyidence | No Russians from Shanghai are likely to be colour-washed. Some weeks must elapse before celved up to a late hour this afternoon of the

was led along the lines of that adduced by the owner, and the inquiry was adjourned natil Thursday next.

all the specimens, which were removed during repairs, can be replaced; in the meantime they are being overhauled and re-catalogued.

navy authorities, especially when the targets cost nothing, and they could congratulate themselves that they were doing a real ser vice to hemanity. Not so. These excur sions in search of phantom mines interfered with summer sports 'in the north. At all events, a few mines were blown up by the gunboat or cruiser detactied for special duty, and after a time we were told that not a mine remained above water-they had all been swept away by the fire of the naval guns. Or else they were in hiding and could not be found. Yet the Japanese warships were still exploding mines' galore, and mer chant vessels still continued to discover as occasional mine. One shipping firm in Hongkong which had ordered their vessels to anchor at nightfall and only to steam aliead during daylight, did not rescind that order, notwithstanding the optimistic state. ment of the authorities. The unfortunate part of the matter was that vessels were still We much regret to hear that Captain Martin, being blown up by mines. In several cases late of the .. Tatung, who can count over fifty they were submerged mines; in other cases years in this part of the world, is still seriously they were not-they were spiked mines, ill in the hospital, paralysis being the trouble. On the river, Captain Martin has ever been one Now, on the last day of September another of the most popular skippers and those who Then be said:" vessel has been blown up and sunk by a have had the pleasure of travelling with him mine and two European engineers have and have made his acquaintance, will pass a been drowned besides a dozen other mem-kindly thought towards him and hope that his bers of the crew. Surely it is time that the recovery may be speedy. Inquiries at the bes-

pital state that he is slightly better and bly. The Russians are to be docked first; then from 9 am to 9 pm. Besides the reading { ravision during the season, even British naval authorities in the Far East recognised those who were attending him.— gave a passing thought to this subject. No Shanghai Times. one has any objection to the Fleet gallivant-

AT the Happy Valley on Saturday afternoon a ing in Japan, but it would be quite possible cricket match was played between the 1st to send a representative squadron to the eleven of the Police Recreation Club, and the ports of our ally, and at the same time to next 22, resulting in a win for the latter by 143 keep certain vessels on the look-out for to 43. After the match Mrs. F. J. Badeley, mines, It might not be exciting work, but wife of the Captain Superintendent of Police, it is not exciting work for gunboats on the very kindly presented the prizes to the success Fast coast of the United Kingdom to look fal competitors in the recent tennis, bowls, and for trawler fishing within the three-mile cricket matches. Mr. J. Hanson, on behalf of the Club, afterwards thanked her for her VIENNA 1908. limit. It has been said that no public attendance and kindly consenting to present danger ever affects the authorities until the prizes, at the same time handing her a very (35-4a dignitary of the Church or the State handsome bonquet.

AWARDS: GOLD MEDALS AT

PARIS,1900,

HANDI 1902,

BORDEAUX 1895,

DIJON 1901,

LILLE 1902,

AMSTERDAM 18957

ROVEN 1896,

Hɔngkong, 4th July, 19051.

docked here. I think I may say it would be absurd to expect them now." He added, "But that is not all. Eighty Japanese boats are to be docked at Shanghai,"

"Is that an absolute certainty?' EIGHTY JAPANESE BOATS FOR SHANGHAL

The gentleman who made the statement said nothing, but turned to a stead of paper and produced a letter, which he read to him. "A reliable correspondent, who knows what he is talking about, writes to me to say that there is the greatest stir in the docks at Shang. hai at present: He adds: Eighty Japanes beats are coming here to be docked immediate the Japanese-or words to that effect."

The museum is open every week day from to. to 1 and from 2 to 4; the mornings are reserved for Chinese, who visit the building in very large numbers; the afternoons for Europeans, Saturday morning is specially reserved for Chinese womce and children, and large family parties may be seen there on these occasions.

The library, which has also been cleaned and colour-washed, is now open every week-day

room, containing all the local and a selection "" Is it the Japanese Government or the of the home papers, there are several reference Nippon Vosen Kaisha that are sending the collections including many valuable and Bo boats to be docked at Shanghal 20:

"Nothing is said about that. It may be the curious booke, and a free lending library." To Nippon Yusen Kaisha or it may be the japan the last named considerable additions have ese Government. That is not the question. been made of carefully selected standard The fact remains that Bo Japanese boats-or, if you like, Bo boats from Japkamare to be English works. The collection is divided into five groups comprising fiction, travels, politics docked at Shanghai."

Were there any rumours at all in Shanghai, and history, biography, poetry and the drama about any Russian or Japanese boats being fand miscellaneous works, " sent to Hongkong?". Box

Bouks are only issued to ticket holders, and I don't remember bearing any. In fact, applicants for tickets must procure a guamose I'm certain ibere was none."

Asked regarding conditions in Shanghai, at from a resident ratepayer. Forms of application brisk and Everybody was up to the eyes in books must be called for by the borrower in present, our loformant remarked that trade was can be obtained in the library. Tickets and work, Hongkong seemed to be dull in com person, as the library, assistants cannot under parison to the Northern Settlement,:

take to send either out,"

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB. The list of members ineligible to play in the league "A" Trama season 1905-1905 is as follows: Lieut. Col. Aitken, R. E. O, Bird, CM. G. Burnie, Harry Hancock, R.H. Ha cock, Major Lewis, Laf. Lumsden, G. E. Mor sell W. C. D. Tamer, TE. Pearce, Major Tedlay, C. H. Mackay, Capt. H. W. Smith, Hon. Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, Major Chichen ter, H. R. Phallps, Major Williamson, Cape Joslin, and F. Maitland. This list is subject to Kriekenbeck W Daniel; W Dixon, Capt

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The Imperial German Mailan left here on 27th ult, at 3 p.m. Arti hal on Saturday, at p.m.)

The Imponal German Mail left here on Wednesday, ar Singapore on Sunday nito paní