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Telegrams.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"

SERVICE

CHINESE BAILWAYS.;

DIRECTORS IN CONFERENCE.

courtesy of the "Shrung Fo."]

Shanghai, 30th September..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY OCTOBER 1908.

SALE OF THE POCAHONTAS

·PURCHASED BY CHINESE FÖR: EMIGRATION

TRADE

We learnt from a reliable shipping curce this morning of the sale of, the steamship Pocahontas to a certain Chinese firm÷ja the Colony. The i ow's Was confirmed on inquiries

LAD

"SUED FOR WORK DONEI

In the Supreme Court, to-day, Musers. Ullmann and Company, jewellers, sued Miss Mebel Heard, who resides or did reside at the King Edward Hotel, for St5o for work labour done and materials supplied.

mian on the Lee Kee wharf, claim against R. Nakagams and C. Hirata, of 9, Albany Street, Wapchal, Cover the sum of $132, being the amount due

Mr. Grist (for the plaintiff); said that" the des promissory note dated 1st December, 1995, - Mr. E:] Grist, of Messrs. Wilkinson and fondant went to the plaintiff firm and reqäest.

Grit, appeared for the plaintiff, while Mr. P. edhe manager to take two diamonds, which W Goldring, of Masms, Goldring, Barlow and kad bean set an ear rings out of their settings, Morrell, acted for the defendants. mated, she would purchase. The plaints bad the diamonds re-set, and although the de- take up the birgain, it fondant expressed her approval, she refused to

A conference was held in Shanghai which the vessel changed" bands. The sale, and to put them into a ring, which, she lathe K-Mr. Goldring produced a receipt received

yesterday of representatives of rail way companies throughout the Empire.

-Being made at the offices of her agents, Mesura, Dodwell and Company, Ld, to-day, but no other particulars could be chained, such as the name of hot, purchasers, and the sum at however, we learn, was completed early this week. Hongkong and Whampoa Duck Co. ander The Pocahontas is now in the hands of the

going repairs. It will be remembered by qur

The manager of the pla

which was alleged to have boss signed by the original plaintiff, and he denied knowing. Her sam Singh.

Officials, representing twelve difreaders that, among the vessels which were diamonds äi $5,000 and firm valued the Mr. Justice Gomperis adjourned the case

washed ashore on the beach at Stonecutter'

ferent railroads, were in meeting land during the typhoon of alth July was the Pocahout. Her position for a time was one together.

that caused some anxiety. A thorough exam,. ination revealed lojuries to her bottom plats had after these had been temporazily: paiched, she was refloated and taken to dock. In a few | days' time the vessel will leave dick, and, it is believed, her new owners will put her into be emigrating trade.

FRENCH WARSHIPS.

·UNFOUNDED CHINESE SUSPICION.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]

Peking, 30th September. Some French-warships have enter ed the waters of Kiangsi Province with no ostensible reason whatever.

The Waiwapu has applied to the French Minister in Poking for an explanation.

M, Babat's reply was to the effect that the warships' visit was for the protection of French subjects.

TIBET

"PRINCE SU TO ASSUME ADMINISTRATION,

"[By courtesy of the "Shoung Pa.”]

The Pecahont in, like her sister ship the Pou katam, is a vessel of 4,362 tous, built in 1900, by Furness, Withy and Co., Ld, W. Hamle pool and was formerly owned-by-the- Chesa-- peake and Ohio S S. Co., Ld:

HEALTH OF BASTERN GABRI

SONS.

"The following are extracts from the Army Medical Department Report for the year 1997

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. ·

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unil to morrow to prove the signature on the recip

The defendant was not represented, and judgment, was entered for the plaintiffs with KUROPAIRING MEMOIRS, coils.

WEDDING OF CHICAGO MIL-

LIONAIRES5.

· MRS, MARSHALL FIELD IS MARRIED.'"

It may dalely be said that ealdom, if ever, has the fashionable bead registry office of the St. George Hanover sq, district, in Backing- ham Palace-rd., held within its four wal's the representatives of so much wealth as it did yesterday (Sept. 3) at noon..'....

The occasion was-the wedding of Mrs. Mar- shall Field, widow of the only son of the great Marshall Field, the, Chicago multi-millioanite, to Mr. Maldwin Drummond, of Cadland, South- thampton, a member of the wealthy and, histo-ji tic banking family, and a cousin of the spor mously rich Duke of Westminster. It was a marriage of millions" such as romanticists often write of, but which real life seldom has; the opportunity of witness og,

THE CAUSES OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

The first of an important series of articles covating General, Kuropatkin's Military and Political Memoirs appears in the September Bunt of McClure's : Mogains, General Korotkin is these memoirs, which were sup preps by the Russian Government, show tha Stuile Japanese war to have been a war more baric and medieval in its origio than could

con imagined. It was not, primarily, Cational, antagonism; it was a sonal greed. A million." men- wounded or disabled; hundreds of money, were lost to protect the of bigbly placed personages in a pady in Korea

ruber concessions had a con... part to opening of hostilitles be

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For Freight or Passage, apply to

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For Freight and Passage, apply to the

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Ageats.

1884 Hongkong, 1st October, 1908, AMERICAN & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP.CO..

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

FROM NEW YORK.

HE Steamship

"WRAY CASTLE,"

bla and Japan has been known; but Captain McDowell, having arrived from the ices working through this company above port, Consigopes of Cargo are bereby Unen seen. In 1828 a Russian pro-informed that their Goods are being landed at amed Briner Recured timber rights of their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong value from the Korean Government; and Kowloon Whari and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Consignees The bride's late father-in-law left an estate in these camo into the hands of Alexander risk and expense. worth over £30,000,000 in January, 1956, to be | Mihailovichy Bezobrazoff, a speculator and divided mainly among his widowed daughter. || pri Sien chih high connection in St. Petera-

A HUGE-FORTUNE,

-law's two young sons, Marshall and Henry, b Young Marshall, who is now 14, is known at the richest boy on carib," and the presence of him and his young-brather at yesterday's wed- ding contributed to the gili-edged character of (2 the brief, romantic ceremony,

"The health of the troops at Singapore' showed distinct improvement as compared with last year and an even greater improve ment when a period of five years is taken. The total inefficiency from sickness in 19007 his bien little more than ball that which it was in 1953 and the number of deaths,shows au equst reduction, though compared with last year this ratio has increased. The reduction in total inefficiency is due, as pointed out in last year's report, to a reduction in the amount of malaria Thus the admissions from this, caule have been in the year just past only one

The secret of the wedding was well kept. ter th of what they were in 1933, and less than

Exep the registrar, Mr. Hamilton, only the two-thirds of what they were in 190ß; This re-.

contracting parties and their witnesses, num. duction is attributed in part to the discantins bering six in all, were present. But among the of treating cases suffering from malarial fever in come as no great surprise, for the couple have ance of the practice followed up to July, 1906, friends of both, puties the happy" event will

barracks. This latter practice naturally permit-known each other for nine years, the bride. It is proposed by the Imperial ted of the infection of healthy mea from thoanal groom baving been a close friend of the bride's the spring of 1933, three Russian Minis

ready suffering from the disease. To addition to | fate husb.nd.. Government to despatch Prince Su the isalvian of these patients, which their admis- to Tibet with the Puddhist Pontiffion to hospital facilitated,quinine was adminis.

: Peking, 30th September. The Dalai Llama will have an audience with their Majesties on the 6th inst., instead of as "previously arranged..!

vested with the powers of assuming the administration of civil affairs.

[Reuter's.]

The Fakumen Railway.

tered on two evenings wzekly to all patients for one or two months after their discharge

from hospital

A considerable extent af jungle has been cut down or uprooted, several poots of water, dikused weils, and some small, swampå have been filled with earth, and some mosquito proat water-cisterns have been provided. As last year, there has been a certain amount of “dysentery,bot-this-bas-b:ed-fat-more-preva- The London Times, in a special article on lent amongst the Indian troops at Alexandra the Fakumen railway question, says that a 'feeling exists that claims arising out of the Japanese position along the Manchurian

LONDON, a9th September..

Barracks than amongst the Europeans. The same remarks that have been made when speaking of the native troops at Hoogkong are applicable here. Debility and disease of the

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ARKIVED BY MOTOR ÇAR.

Everything went off very simply. Mrs Field, who has for some time' past óccupied a house in Berkeley. besides keeping rooms at the Ritz Hotel, motored up with her two sons and her maid jast before none, the bride simply attired in a dark travelling dress, and were quickly sallowed by the bridegroom, and the Duke of Westminster, who walked from the latter's bouse in Brookest, They had both come down from Scotland, bere Mr. Drummond had been The duke's quest for the shooting

Later there arrived Mr. Craig W. Wads worth, the second secretary of the American Embassy, who bad previously arranged the

details of the ceremony.

At 12 o'clock the ceremony, which was by

motor-car russide, and in a quarter of an hour the procèngs Were over.

railway ought to be defined within their pre-digestive system, dietetic in origin, and pro-aryl'cease, began the maid waiting in the cise local limits, and ought not to be extend--bably connected with a deficiency of greep ed west of the Liao River.

Japan by formally recognizing this, and acting thereon in reference to the Fakumen railway, might avert a discussion on some large general' questions which it can hardly serve her interests to raise,

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The Casablanca' Incident. M. Pichon, French Minister of Foreign Affair, has discussed the Casablanca in

cident with the German Chargé d'Affaires in the most conciliatory manger.

General d'Amadé, in his official report, says that he is in possession of the original order given by the German consul to his Becretary to secure the embarkation of six deserters, three of whom where non-Germans, and that a Consular employé struck the fin blow, the secretary himself following it up.

Later.

A Munifont Bequest. The millionaire banker Samson has be queathed a million and a half sterling to the Berlin Academy of Science.

vegetables are very prevalent,

As regards European troops, the only other important cause of inefficiency besides malaria! fevert has been venereal diseases which were responsible for one-quarter of the total admiss sions to hospital:

HONGKONG

Native Indian troops seem to stand the cli- mate worse than British troops, and suffer from a cichoetic condition that prespite features Inking it on the one hand, with pernicious anemia, and on the other hand with scurvy." The Saciiary Officer considers that the origin of this dyserasis is dietetic in its nature, and connected with a deficiency of fresh vegetables and fresh milk. The latter, owing to the fact that the Chinese themselves never sariak it: Joking on t'as an excrement and not a secré- tion, is very expansive.”-

THE WEATHER,

The following report-is from Mr. F. G. Figg, Director of the Hongkong Observatory :--

On the 35th at 745 p.-No. 1 night signal- boisted.

The depression in the China Sea to the NW. of Leon seems likely to become deeper. It is probably moving Westwards.

On the 1st at 6, o a-Red South Cope boisted.

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SIGVITO THE REGISTER. Then came, the signing of the register. The bridegroom tere described himself as:

Meldwis Drummond, aged 35 years, bacho: lor, of independent means, residing at 4. Downst, Piccadilly, son of Edgar Albeling Drummond (deceased), who was also of: ip- dependent meaUI,

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facredible scheme of Bezobraceff3 another," says Kuropatkin ; and in Tamer of 1903 there was submitted to me foister, of War) a project of his which prided for the immediate concentration in Sibero Manchuria of 70,000 mien. Among the requests he made were to send in the Korean territory 600 soldiers in civilian drese: to urganize for use in the same territory a force bandits)" of 3,000: Khunkhusus (mounted Manchuriau

THE TSAR'S ATTITUDE.

Timot in a special council to see what could Bone to check the enterprises of this timber mpany, cow become a national danger. trija, Minister of Finance, Lamsdorff, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Kuropatkin, then Minister of War, protested unamimously to the Tear that Bexobrazoff's company must stop, its Aggressions or there would be danger of war with Japan.

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All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the godowns, where they will be examined on WEDNESDAY, 7th instal

P.M.. All Claims must be presented within fifteen days of the steamer's arrival bere, after which, date they cannot be recognized.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 7th instant will be subject to rent,

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO

General Agents,

188 Hongkong, 1st October, 1908.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamer

DELTA"

THE

FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND

STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns st Kowloos, where each. consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as sOOD AT

"It pleased his Imperia! Majesty to say, writes Kuropatkin, "after he had listened to these expressions of opinion, that war was "extremely undesirable. The company formed--the-Goods are lan led. for the purpose of exploiting the timber on the River Yalu must be a strictly commercial organization, must admit foreigners who de sired to purchase it, and must exclude all ranks of the army.”

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This vessel brings on Cargo

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From London, &c., ex S.S, Mongolia. From Australia, ex S.S, Mooltan. From Calcutta, er S.S. Sumio, From Persian Gulf, ex B.1.S.N. and B, &

P. 9. N. Co. Šteamari. · Optional Goods will be landed bere unless instructions are given to the contrary before

6 hours.

Goods not cleared by the 7th proximo, at 4′′ P.M., will be subject to roa!,

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me is any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representative atao appointed hour,

Meanwhile Bezobraznff and his timber com.. pay pursued their way. The opposition of Kuropatkin and the other Ministers was not sufficient. Suddenly, during the summer of 1903. Admiral Alexeieff, who had been used by Bezobratoff to his owe advantage, was made Viceroy of the Far East by the Tsar, Kuropatkin resigned, as Minister of War, and was given a long leave of absence by the Tsar. Witte was put out of the Ministry of Finance by being promoted. The whole govern. ment of the Far East was turned over in (he sympathisers with 'Bezobrazoff. The or Albertine Louise Field, otherwise Alberganizulion headed straight for war. Japan pro Goe Louise" Marshall' 'Field, aged 33 years, tested angrily against their policy; Viceroy widow, of as, Berkeley-1q., Mayfair, daughter "Alexaieff-replied stify."References were rf Louis, Huck (deceased), of independent made," says Kuropatkin, "that" offended Japanese pride, and the whole correspondence became strained and difficult as the result of the Admiral's unfamiliarity with diplomatic A SUBMARINE TRANSPORTER, procedure and his lack of competent staff Assistants." On February 6, 1974, matters ended with the beginning of the war,

The bride's name was entered in the following

In

means.

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The Duke of Westminster; Mr. Wadsworth; the richest boy in the world," young Marshall Field; and his brother Henry, signed as wit

Nesses.

OFF TO PARIS.

The whole party then drove to the Ritz for luncheon, and by the 2,20 p.m, train the couple left London for Paris, where they, start a motor.. log tour on the Continent.

COMMERCIAL.

"The tichant boy in the world” and his, brother are, it is understood, to be sp to London Eton before the year is out, and wif, it is. Da farther understood, be naturalised as English

subjects.

MARSHALL FIELD'S HUGE BUSINESS -----ENTERPRISE IN CHICAGO,

'TO-DAY'S' EXCHANGE, "Selling:

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

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godawal."

F. J. ABBOTT, "

Acting Superintendent, Hongkong, 30th September, 1008

The two new submarines which are being completed for the Japanese Government by the Vickers Comptoy at Barrow will be trans-

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ferred to the East, as we have already noted, SATURDAY at 8 PM.

in a novel way. A steamer, suitably named the Transparter, has hoen specially constructed by the company to hold the subitarines. The Bank T.T. ................1 9 3/16 vessel has just arrived in the Mersey. The deraand...........1/9} | submarines are of the latest type, and are 1990 || similar in most respects to the British advanced

Do. -4 months' sigbt France-Bank TÍT. America-- Stark, T/T..... Germany-Bank,T.Toimiiii

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C class. It was next to an impossibility to tow -42} |or sail these vessels out to Japan, in the makers 180 hit upon the idea of carrying them out, is" a

621337 | steamer big enough to carry the submarines, 75% but the question of getting them into bold of the worked as clerk in a dry goods business at Sagapore--Bank T.T. par H.K. $100,751 vessel had to be decided-hence their journey Pittsburg, and at the age of so was senior Japan-Bank T.T. HA parinet in the firm of Marshall Field and Co.

Java-Back T.T..

The Bulgarian. Question

Oo the 1st at $1.45 a-Signal lowered. ·

„The original Marshall Field, founder of the fadla T.T. ..................................................... ..........................1924 | specially built steamer. It was easy to build a Frince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who is visit The binmeter has risen moderately over fa tuses of the mammoth Chicago store, wah Do. demand.............................. ing Vienna-summoned-the-Bulgarian-Pre-Chios, and a slight rite has taken place also in-brought-up-on-farm in Massachusetts Heangbal-Bank-T-Tamarin mier and the Minister of Commerce to in the S. Philippines. audience, after which they returned to Sofia. The depression probably exists as a trough stretching from the Paracels to the Eastwards of the Balingtang Channel, the lowest pressure being shown in the neighbourhood of N. Luzon

Pressure is high over Central Obias it remains over the N. part of the Ses of Japan.

Strang N.E, winds to gales may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China Sea.

Morocco.

The Austrian and Italian replies to Franco- Spanish Note on Moroccan questions sub atantially concur therein.

INTERPORT SHOOTING.

THE HONGKONG TEAM.

The Japanese retores are not yet to hand. Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 2.09 inches.

FORECAST. 1.-Hoogkong, and Neighbourhood, NE. winds, strong; fair, go

The annual Interport Rifle Competition bas tween Hongkong, Shanghai, Singapore and Pentag takes place betweenthe loth and 14th | ingtant, and pa far as can be seen at present, a Formosa Channel, NE. winds, strong to

the local team will probably copils alamin

Makori A. Jenkins, T. C. Gow. J. Hi Pidgeon, mmett, J. P. MacGill- reray, and Sorgensis Wright, Mures, Sayer and

Mülleres Régimest,

Mja

a gale.

Bouth coast of Chins between Hongkong and Lamocks, same as Na f

4-South coast of China betwess Hongkong, Zaid Ham nude as No

His first wife died about 1898, and he married again at St. Margaret's,, Westminster, in 1905, when he was 70 years old, to a wife aged 57, lle died early in the following year,"

861 to the Memoy. Traxsporter, after having her ..CG hatchways and part of her deck removed, will:

ba dry-docked in Birkenhead. The sub month night L/C.../9 9/16 marines will enter the same dry dock, Cenain 6 months' sight L/C,................../9 11/16 | manholes in, the steamer will be opened, and

* Buying,

10 days! sight San Francisco & New York.43f she will be submerged. When in this state His death occurred only two months after months rightY do.

441 the two submarines will be floated over her, that of his son (the husband of the bride of to days' sight Sydney & Melbourne..1.9 13/16 the gates of the dock will be closed, and then yesterday), which escorted through a revolver months sight Francesina.......2.37 the water will be pumped out of the dock, with accident. The old man muda over the bulk of 5 months' sight, tu

249 the result that these two ships will gradually his estate to bis favourite grand children, Marmonike sight Germany ......................................1,841 drop into the hold of the steamer on specially” sball and Honty-sons of yesterday's bride-in | Jax Stiva order 10 perpétuate ble name. MEN,

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Bank of England rate pa...

The huge sum of 93,000,000 dolą, was to re- ||Sovereign mala intact for jo years, and, the 'greater part of the income was to be re-forested,

At compound interest, therefore, it is reckon ed that young Marshall Field, by the time he do so, will have full contro) of 100,000,000 dola. while Henry, if he liver, will own 150,000,000

331 built cradles -The Transporter will then be 21% made water-tight, will be flested, and will ip. $11.17 turn to Bafrow, where everything will be put in order before she enters on her voyage to the East

Two Indian policemen had a squabble in the street the other day, and one-Gandy Khan

SPECIAL MENU.

STRING BAND

IN 'ATTENDANCE;"

DANCING

9.30 P.M.

The submarines which she is to carry are C. CHAYTOR, was accused of striking the other on the face each 100 ft, in length, by 13 ft, ju diameter, Gandy was charged in the Polica Court; yes- terday, and ordered to pay a fine of $25, or to reck 20 14 peol for a monit

have, however, to be

Special batchways made:

Mana

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