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Telegrams,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”

SERVICE.

BRITISH MERCHANTS IN HANKOW

COMPLAIN OF TRADE

DEPRESSION. -

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Pa.”]

Peking, 1st September. The British merchants in Han- kow, in view of the present de- pression of trade, have applied for a reduction in 'Customs dues on all merchandise imported into the Pro- vince.

The Waiwapu has no intention of considering the application favour ably!

-SUPERINTENDENT OF RAILWAYS.

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CHẲNG CHU-TUNG'S SUGGESTION.

[By courtesy of the “Sheung Fo:"|

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1908.

JAPAN.

THE NEXT, BUDGET.

Tokio, August 38;;; The Cabinet met 10-day and sstiled the out- lines of the sext budget without difficulty: The aortication fonds are to be increased Fam Y27,000,000 to Ÿçã,000,000,

The postponement of Govermont · enter- priset, joc uding questions of the army and the navy, amounts altogether to Y100,000,000.

THE EXHIBITION.

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The United States, which is the most inter ested among the Powers in the Tokio Exhibi. |tion, haïassured Japan that she bas no objection

to the postponement of the Exhibition, "

EMFORATION QUESTIONS,

The reported refusal of Japan to negotiate new immigration treaty with the United States is without foundation. The existing arrange, menis ara working satisfactorily: p

SAVING OF Y. 200,950,000..

Later

With reference to my earlier telegram, the curtailment, postponement and cassation of military and other enterprises amount alta gather to a sum of Y200, 00,000. Th's includes a-saving of about 185,000 on public bonds, which were a part of the policy for the main tenance of the Government enterprises; but are now-sbandoned except-for-railway-works, which are to be put on a separate account, Even the railway boods will not be issued for three or four years.

The Tokio Exhibition has been postponed for five years, that is until the jubilee of the Emperor's accession when it will be held on a grander scale.-N. C. D. Neon,

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CHINA'S REVENUE AND FINANGE.

HOW TO REPLACE THE OPIUM, REVENUE,

ASAD WEDDING.

BRIDE ÚÉCSMES WIDOW WITHIN

·TOURİ DAYS.

The death of Mr. Max P. von Jaminet at the General Eqapital in Shanghai last The day was the closing scene in a drama of real life- as sad and as tragic as any that has ever been delineated on a stage, says the China Gasells of 25th`ultimo,

GERMAN AIRSHIP. DESTROYED.

ZEPPELIN IN ́TEARS.

The Morning Leadır of 6th ult. says-Count Zeppelin's airship is destroyed, and with it the hopes of its constructor-for the time being. Yesterday a thunderstorm struck the balloon while at its moorings, a motor explodak, and gaverat parts of the alrship borst into flame, The blazing mass was caught up by the wind, and when it deseñoded it was a hopeless, shapeless rain.

When the official notice was issued from the German Consulate about three weeks ago that The count sobbed and broke down entiraly Mr. Jaminet, a resident of Hankow, native of when told of the destruction of bile airship. It Prassin, born at Ferlin, was to be married to will be some sort of satisfaction to him, double Miss Mario St1 mid', 3 years of age, also bornes, that the German Government has decided in Berlin-Bulo was it expected that the marri-to give him the 500,000 marks which he de age would take place under the sad circummanded for his dirigible, though it only comes stances that eventually surrounded the cere in the bature of a solatium. moDY.-

About a month ago, M. you Jaminet, who was employed by the Ping Hajang Coal Min. ing Co. at Hankow, became, ill, and it was decided that he should take a trip to Japan for bis bealth. His condition at that time, while not alarming, was still of such a nature that be considered it better that his marriage should be postponed, and he therefore sent a telegram to Germany with the intention of advising his fiancée who was just about that time to come to the East to be married, that she had better postpone her trip. Uniontasately, however, the 3.5. Derflinger, of which the young lady was to come out, had already left port when the telegram arrived and consequently never reached her.

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The bitter irony of the occurrence is that it happened to the very moment of the triumph of the airship and its constructor. On Tuesday Cut Zeppalin had accomplished with ease a twelve hours trip from Friedricshafen via Bale, Simsburg, and Manoheim, and was making for Mayence when some defeci la the moler caused a descent to be made at Oppenheim. The airship was on in return trip to Constance yesterday when it was destroyed.

WRECKED BY A STORM.

To-day's Advertisements.

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the above Society will be held in the CITY HALL on FRIDAY, the arth instant, at 5:30 PM, for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st August; of electing office bearers for the ensuing year, &c.

DAVID WOOD, Acting Honorary Secretary.

[89 Hongkons, and September, 1908,

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB

THE FOURTH MEETING of the Seaton TH

"will be held at Happy Valiny, on SATURDAY, 5th September, 1908, com mencing at 4 P...

The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for others than Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club or Gymkhana Club,

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half-price. The Committee invite the Ladio of Hong

kong to be present

Post antries will be accepted for event No. 5

REGINALD FỤC MASTER, ***Bon. Sec. and Treasurer: Hongkong, and September, 1908,

FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND

Berlin, August 5. While all the country is following the doings. of Count Zeppelin's airship with breathless ex- pectation, and the utmost sympathy is felt with the cound in the two mishaps which occurred during yesterday's voyage, comes the news of THE Steamship

the destruction of the balloon-news which in regarded almost in the light of a national calaniity.

A telegram to the Lokalauseiger-the only paper which received the bad tidings in time for publication this evening-from Stuttgart

says':

At three o'clock a violent storm' arose, tear- ing the balloon from its anchors and driving it in a south-west direction. About fifty yards from the landing place the rear end of the balloon sloped downwards, while white clouds emerged

In the meantime, Mr. von Jaminet webl to Japan, and whatever the reason may be, his condition there lastead of getting better became worse; he therefore took passage for Shanghai Peking, 1st September.

where be entered the General Hospital. By It is rumoured that H.E. Chang

this time he was in a very serious condition, the disease with which he was suffering-dysentery Chih-ting has applied for the

having advanced to an acute stage. Dr. Krieg was in attendance, and in spite of his transfer of the office of Superin

Under orders from the Empreu-Dowager, best efforts, Mr. von Jaminet's health continued tendent of Railways, now vested in the Grand Councillors of State and the Ire

to become worse-he, when he arrived at him, to the Viceroys and Governorssident of the Ministry of Finance held a meet Shanghai, having reached such a stage that

ing in the office for the discussion of Gavern- there was little hope for his recovery.

from the front. Suddenly, with a terrible deton the respective Provinces within meat affairs on the 12th ult. for talking over

Dusing this time, the a.s. Derflinger continuation, a colume of fire broke out, a cloud of which railways are constructed..

ways and means to raise fands to replace the edits voyage, Miss Schmidt being altogether smoke followed, and the balloon was lost to

sight. It is totally lost. unacquainted with the unfortunate condition of

--The-catastrophe-occurred during-the-second- The Imperial Government appears.

ber fiance, while be on, his part, was unaware landing, which the count was compelled to that she was on her way out, ...‚' to view the suggestion with favour.

mike at. Echterdingen, near Stuttgart. The The questions discussed were the increase

The steamer arrived in Shanghai on Sunday voyage of yesterday was to be considered of the import tax as Foreign and Chinese morning about half past ten. Os being apprimerely a trial trip for the count's satisfaction, tobacco, cigarettes and clears, the stamp tased of the state of affairs, arrangements bad and was not the crucial test demanded by the PEKINGESE JUBILANT,

and the increase of 4 cash {2/3 of a one for ten been made by the friends of both parties for Government. cash copper cent) on the price of salt per the mariage ceremony to proceed at once COMMEMORATING THE CONSTI.

catty, throughout Chisa

and the wedding jook place at the General TUTIONAL GOVERNMENT --`

Hospital, before the German Consul, about eleven o'clock. As mentioned above, and as understood by both parties to the marriage, bo conditing of Mr. Von Jaminat was, hopeless. His death occurred four days later.

D'CREE.

[By courtesy of the " Sheung Pu."]"

opium revenue, which will be entirely lost to China when the sale of and trade in opium is Abolished in this Empire.

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As the first concerns Foreign merchants, the proposed tax cannot be increased without the recognition of the Forniga Ministers in Peking; the second is still opposed by the Chinese

merchants in North China, on account of the

dept ssed condition of trade, so that, though a stamo tax office was established at Paolipg

and Testain in June ut by Viceroy Yang of Chili, under the control ut Taoral Hung Chun, yet so tax has so far been collected."

Peking, 1st September. The people in Feking are jubilant over the Imperial Decree issued on the first day of the 8th moon (27th It is stated that the Foreign merchants at August) appointing the date for the Tiects n have also petitioned their respective -Consuls asking for a postponement of the stamp. institution of Constitutional Govern-tax until the foreign and native trade is in a ́ment in nine years' time!

The citizens propose to call a mans meeting to consider ways and means for commemorating the issuance of the popular Decree.

better condition, while the Viceroys and the Governors of the Liangkwang and other. Pro- vinces have wired to the king Government, some opposing the increase of price on salt entirely, and others proposing to increase only a cash per catty, on the ground that sall is one of the daily requisites of the people.

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It is estimated that about Tis, 20,000,000 can 1-37th August, 1998. * be obtained from these sources every year, Their Majesties the Empicas Diwager and which will be quite sufficient to replace the lost Emperor Kwang Hiu issued an edict approvoplum revenue, if they are properly imposed ing the memorial from the Prince Pu Lus and and collected by bonest officials; but owing to the other members of the Legislative Council, various reasons and opposition, nothing has with regard to the constitution faws, parliaz been decided up to the present. ments and voler, and other necessary pie. Now Duke Trai Tiê, President of the Minis. parations should be completed before the open-try of Finance, intends to impose an additional ing of the Parliament, and that their propositax sa wine, sugar and native smoking jeres tigas are clear and wholesome. The Council of Parliamentary representation and the Legis lative Council were ordered to distribute their propositions, after having breñ endorsed with the Imperial stamp, together with this edict, to. all yamens in the Capital, Viceroy, Governors and their respective-underlings, that all officials shall execute these propositions according to the time granted, and the results are to be repoited

to their Majesties every s x months. The Metropolitan officials, Viceroys and Govenors are also advised to take steps with out delay to encourage education and self

government among their peoples.

The young bride, ao suddenly made a widow, in a fand half way round the earth, from her Bative land, has received expressions of sincere sympathy from all who have been'acquainted" || with the circumstances.

Dr and Mrs. Krieg, whose kindness and generosity on almost innumerable occasione have endeared them not only to the recipients of their kind acts but to that much greater number who, while not in need of help or sympathy, having heard of their kinds esses, accord to them the fu'l measure of honour and praise which their actions desérve-on this occasion also took matters in hand and every thing was done by them for the young, widow's comfort.

Mr. von jamine will return to Germany on Saturday, the 5th September, on the same boat on which she came di East Jo the menu. time she is living with Dr. and Mr. Kridg......

THE KANÉGAFUCHI SPINNING COMPANY'S FRENCH LOAN.

EXTENSION OF WORKS..

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RETURNING TO CONSTANCE, The motor defect at Oppenheim proved.so slight that the airship was able to reach May egce. Towards midnight, the majority of the people, tired of waiting, went home. The air- ship manicovred successfully over the town, then passed Worms and Mannheim homeward bound, where thousands of enthusiastic persons bad assembled to cheer.

Notwithstanding the darkness of night, Stait. gart'was reached by balf-past six, and everyone in the city was up to shout "Burrah!" Hère the last postcards were dropped from the air. ship. They bore these words, signed by the count "Returning home alter an eventful voyage.",

A few minutes lator occurred the second

mishap-another motor delect and Count Zeppelin, who had gone some, distance work ing with one motor, was forced to descend in consequeses of the strong wind. The descent was made quite easily at. Echterdingen.

The balloon had lost a good deal of gas, noď a supply was sent on from Friedrichshafen. The disappointment of the crowds there at the dalhyed return was very great. The King of Würtemberg waited vaibly with the Countess Zeppelin, and only left the spot when he was atsured that the airship could not possibly, ar rive for some hours.

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NO ONE IN THE AIRSHIP. Fortunately the airship was unoccupied at the time of the catastrophe, Two machinists -alempted" to spring into the car as the storm arose, and were severely injured.

CALCUTTA

"LIGHTNING,"

180°

Captain A. E. Gentles, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SATURDAY,' the 5th September, at Noon, instead of as previously advertised.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DAVID SASSOON & Că. LIMITED,

Agents.

Hongkong, 20d September, 1908.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

HE P. & O. S, N. Co. Sterm THE P. &

"DEVANHA,"

*FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND

STRAITS.

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Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vassol are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed of their risk in the Hongkong and Kowlons Wharf and Godowo Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo

From London, &c.j er S.S. Victoria, Fróm Australia, ex SS, Himalaya, ga From Calcutta, ex S.S. Borsico, From Persian Gulf, "ex D.1.S.N. and R., 8′′

P. S. N. Ca.'s Steamers.... Optional Goods will be landed here unle instructions are given to the contrary belu 6 hours, ***

Goods not cleared by the 8th instant, " 4 P.M., will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any care whatever.

-Damaged-Packages-must-be-left-in-ile- Godowns for examination by the Consigne-s and the Company's & representative - at appointed hour."

All Claims must be presented within te days of the steamer's arrival here after whic date they cannot be recognised.

No Claims will be admitted after the Good. have left the Godowns.

F. J. ABBOTT,

Acting Superintendent ·

Hongkong, 2nd September, roof,

PLAGUE PROBLems and a

SUGGESTION,

The plague carrying rai is still in India, in Hongkong, in Mauritius, in the Straits,, and though fierce war has been waged against him we' are as far as ever, it would seem, from There has come into stamping him out.

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and other smakes for Chinese water piņės pro-.j duced in fzechuan, Kwangiung, Fukien and some other Provinces in order to raise funds.

At the French Consulate yesterday (Aug, 25), The native opium revenus ie Kiangsu and Mr. Bato, representing the Kanegafuchi Spio-

The force of the benzino explosion was so Yoncan will be finished next year, for sing Company, signed the documents neces great that the balloon was literally torn to rags,existence lately an incorporated "ociety for the Viceroys Tuin Fang and Hsi Liang sary to complete the loan advanced by French The count was at dinner at the time, and a re- the Destruction of Vermin, which is, the out have prohibited, the cultivation of native capitalists,

the presence of the French Vice-presentative of the Lokalanzeiger was the first come of the work of such men as Sir Patrick to convey the distressing news to him. On Manson, Major Rose, Dr. Andrew Balfour, and opium within. their respective jurisdictions Consul and M. Gysin, fie afterwards pros from the later part of 1908, under severe pen-ceeded to Osake, to be present at a meeting of bearing it Count Zeppelia broke down and alties, e, in addition to the cooliscation of the Associated Spinning Companies held there. sobbed. He has returned to Friedrichshafen, their fields to the. Chinese Government, the It is believed that Mr. Bato will bally accom-where telegrams of the deepest sympathy are offenders will be most severely punished if they pany Mr. Gysin to Paris on business hf the Com constantly arriving from all parts of the coun- are caught growing the dangerous plant after pany, Asformerly reported in these columns they The German Aerobauis' Association has the fixed.dare; that is, after the end of October, Amcat advanced to the Japanese Company by promptly started a compensation fund, and this year, as proclaimed by Viceroys Toan Parisian bankers was ¥2,000,050, beating in large sums have already been contributed.

The destruction of the airship occurred Fang and Hist Liang some time ago, with terest at 7.5 per cent, including commission view to putting the anti-opium Edicts into and sundry charges, and is guaranteed by the before the eyes of a crowd estimated at from Mitavi and Mitru Bishi Banks. It la now stated 10,000 to 50,000 people, adds Reuter. A sud- that the mosey, will be left with the London des violent thunderstorm breaking over Echter branch of the Mitsui Basaan Kaisha and will, dingen strack the balloon at its moghing and be used to pay for new schinary purchased blew one of the cafe into the air. It fell back, by the Company. The Company has this striking the ground, and a motor exploded, year commenced large-extensions of us setting fire to the adjoining parts of the air works (At the head factory at Tokio 33,712

ship. new spindles are being introduced;" at "the principal silk yarn factory at Kioto, 15,200 Several soldiers who were helping to hold new spiedles for silk and 3,360 for " Laumugi dowo the airship, and wore dragged into the air. yare are being put in; at the Kioto factory,ith the ascending car, were severely injured by formerly known as the Ken-men Boseki, Srce the explosion. Nothing could now be done, ples, and adopted as symbols of medicine on TO-NIGHT and EVERY NIGHT spiedies for silk and 1,260 for silk and 1,169 and the blazing simhip, was caught by the twined about the magic Escolapian rod. forumugi, at the Sumplo branch, 20,800. storm and driven up into the air, where it was. However this may be, it has been abundantly

proved that is the East the rat as a dissemina spindles for cation and 300 weaving machites; completely assibilated. and at the Takaiago Forello, factory 22,400.

From Echterdingen Count Zeppelin pro-tor of plagan was very early recognised. It additional spindies, Part of the new machinery seeded by motor-car to Stuttgart, and left by to be noted that plague, long after it ceased to

As to the question of the opening of the Par li ment, their Majesties gave a period of nine years for this accomplishment of all the necessary preparations. The constitutional actual force. laws, which are to be made by his Majesty ide The Peking Government has issued orders Emperor, will then be publiked, and an Im-to the various Viceroys and Governors to the perial decres for summoning the parliamentary effect that they and their subordinate officials zopreséntatives will be also issued by that time will be rewarded with official ranks or money if they can stamp out the growth of native opium within their respective jurisdictions during the course of the next oon or two years, or as soon as they possibly cas, without waiting for the period fixed, rizi—ten years. ·

TANG SHAQ YI. TO INQUIRE INTO REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.

By courtesy of the "Sheung, Po!"]

Peking, 1st September. H.E. Tang Shao-yi, being about to proceed on his special mission to Amorica, has had an audience with Their Majesties the Emperor and -Empress Dowager.

In consequence of the recent degradation of Wes Bai and Taxi Chang for posing them selves as non-opium smokers, while in reality they have been in the babit of smoking the dangerous drug for many years, the prohibition of opium smoking among the official classer in Peking is in full swing at the present moment,

China Critic

SEVERAL evenings ago x collision occurred at Woosabg between U.S.8. Callao and the tow boat Shun Puen. Both vessels received slight damage, the Callar about the bows and the Their Majesties directed the Spe-Shun Yuan- on the side. The tow boat has

Exłace bpen stocked and repaired.. cial Commissioner to make a special study of the forin Republican Governme obtaining in the United States during, his sojourn in

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BLAZING AIRSHIP CARRIED AWAY."

is already in operation and it is expected ibat.lke six o'clock express for Friedrichshaton, all will be as by June or July next year.-Robe- Herald, ⠀

THE King has been plossed to give and grant onto Edgar Bruce Hatt, Esq, Commissioner of the Imperial Chinese/Maritime Customs, A His Minjesty's Royal licence and authority to accept and wear the Insigala of the First Class of the Third Division of the Imperial Chinese Order of the Double Dragon, conferred "upow bim by his Imperial

A TOKIO message states that the training ship Matinihima, whose name was removed from the active list of the Navy on July 31, ie dow being related te sections. It will be remem

bered that the vessel, was saak by an exp all Formoss, heavy loss of life:

WITH reference to a proposal for amalgamate log the Whale Fishing Companjes, it is stated that, whereas ten years ago there were only two balers in Japanese seas, and their catch for the year aggregated only so whales, valued at V35,000, last year the number of whalers, was thirty, and they took 7,000 whales walood at V1,400,000. There are said to be now over twenty compacias,and the competition between

Boxing in pomidor. Janty the Emperor of "dolog their best

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Dr. Kech. Under the auspices of this steely. SATURDAY with Bir Patrick Manson in the chair, Dr. Louis Sambon, lecturer to the London School of Tropical Medicine, has just read a paper on "Vermin as a Disease Carrier" at the Royal Society of Medicine. The burden of Dr. Sam boa's argument was that we must, jo mafiers of medical scio ce, take a very wide view at to what constitutes vermin. As for the cat and his connection with the spread of plague, Dr. Sambon showed that this prst was dreaded by the wise men of the East thousands of years ago, and by the Romans in classic times. In deed, if we may accept the lecturer's views, the worship of serpents, and more especially of the "deadly cobra, was due to the "fact that these reptiles were regarded as servants of preventive medicine, the slayers of disease-carrying rats. As the effective destroyers of rats, the serponis were fostered and venerated in Eastern tem-

be epidemic in the United Kingdom, persisted in a sporadic form, and disappeared about the same time as the extfection of the Black rat, From this we would deduct two things-fing, the necessity of a vigorous and sustained cam paign against rats in tropical and sub-tropical countries, coinciding with, or, preferably, even commencing prior to an-organised war- fara against them at home; secondly, the

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