1911-01-24 — Page 1

The Hongkong Telegraph.

NEW SERIES No. 8447

Telegrams.

TERRIBLE RAILWAY.

· COLLISION.

ELEVEN KHLED,

-INCLUDING, THREE LABOUR LEADERS.

(THE "TELEGRAVE" CORRESPONDENT.]

- London, Jan. 23, 8:46 p.. Another zorious railway colli don is

teporlo 1.

It appoirs that agastanger, train cul-

颜四月二十年二囊

¡DE PLAGUE,

TERRIBLE MORTALITY IN

THE NORTH:

DORRANK APREADING, KAPIRPLY,

[TUETELEGRAFD CORRESPON

DENT.]

Tientsin, Jan. 28,

80 more Russians,

(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1911.

Paking, Jan... In connoti

二興機

CHEгOO'S: HOSPITAL.

Our Cheloo contemporary says

Mukden line yielded a total of 185,with the plague outbreak phottor usaili Changghum 268, Dalby 11; whilst from that disease is reported from Tion-We have boon suthoritatively informed scattered over Sonthern Chilli Qora tsin- and of death has cocourred at

havo beon GO donths reported.

Pekings

Four deaths have occurred at Tien- tein anıl oight at Poking.

I

Dr. Mo-ny, the first_pnodical man who

volusjveréd to fight the dinuutse,

Snedtubed at Harbin, but his desti

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The greatest atarn has been cau eso much regretted-dous not dater many through. Manchuris and the north by other medical men fore entering the the carionnoss of the wutbreak of fold to arrest the ravages of;the dread

!pague,

It has spread with alarming rapidity

dison'.

NUMBER OF DEATHS

INCREASING,

Tho dique is of the most deadly

lided with another in the neighbour-and the mortality is terrible.

hood of Pontypridd, the gioit contro of the Rhondda coalitield, South Wale

The result was disastrou‹.

Crowds rushed to the assistance of the distroov l, and hundreds of willing hands wore wou at work removing the

debris and ro cuing the injural.

W

Eleven people were killed outright,

and a number injurol

""Among the "dead" are thre) Labour lealers who have taken a prominent

-part in the organisation of, the miners'

sociction.

Tientsin, Jan. 23, 4.40 p.m..

THE PLAGUE IN THE NORTH.

DAIREN NOTES.

The folloning notes, are from the

Chefoo Morning Post bike 14th inst:---

DAIDEN UNDER MERICAL PATHOL.

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FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL GUULER.

INTRESSIVE OKREMONY AT ST. JOHN's CATHEDRAL,

The funeral service for the late fear- Admiral Guhler was held this afternoon. at St. John's Cathedral, in the prosoncu of a large congregation comprising load-

that the Fronah Sist under Dr. 0. Gulowson's supervision aro to hayo charge of the quarantine hospital which has been made reddy in order to at once be able to deal with many pláguo sueing members of the community, "the pects. H.E. tho Tuotai is supplying file, and asval officers from the war-ships officers of the garrison, 1,662 mak and

the necessary outlay for the protection in barbour. The sight was a most im- of the good heald af the town and has pressiva.opo. wind to Shanghai for a supply of

SHANGHAI TRADE

A

AFFECTED.

Mosers. Nool, Murray & Co.'s Re- port on the Shanghai Piece Goods Trade says:-The sinister nows that fing 'resohed us during the interral of the outbreak of a'most virulent type of

535 PER AUNTÍM, SINGLE COPY 10 VERIS

The Weather Forecast

CHANGE

SORAIN

FAIR

STORMY

DRY

Thi

The lying in state at the German Consulats came to an end si 2.30 p.m.

On the 24th at 11.55 when the cortego started for the Cathodanometer las risen considerably in E ral. The route was lined by the men, Japan, and fallen olowhere, particularly of the garrison, 1,602 strong, under over China, command of Major-General . A. Au derson, 0.1., and made up as follow:

18th Rajputs

depresion is probably developing over the Yangtze valley. Frossure is Bank & flow also over the S. part of the Chins

Bas

highest pressaro

shown over

800

105th M. L. I......... 300 H.K.S.B., R.G.A. 800 K.O. Y. LL R.E

600

120

the Military Band. All to decorations of the Late Admiral had been placed on black velvet cushion, and were carried by the Flag, Lieutenant.

On Friday evening Dr. S. Surate, Superintendent of the Sanitary Dopart ment, the Kyantung Govornicent, called together this medical practition-photimonio plague in Manchuria ban

business circles. Its effect on this trade Apon a gun carriage. Then followed caused the greatest concern liere in lifted from the catafalque and placed At about 2.80 p.m. the coflin was

is scarcely realised so far, but the grave and far reaching possibilities attendant

inception of moro modem facilities of upon it cannot be over-looked. The

communication between different parts of this rast Empire has undoubtedly opened up

the way to the widespread introduction of terrible discases that formerly were only known in isolated corners of the country, and the rapidity with which this dread scourage is now making headway calls. for the most stringent procautions in all parts of the country to which it can be so easily transmitted.

variety, osmoly poumonie, pligne. It (THE "TELEGRAPH CORRERPONDENT? or of Dairen and the leading police was brought to Harbin by the marmot

officer to the Civil Administration hunters of the north, and almost in-

Office to hold a synfarònco with regard mediately spread over the antire region,

to the institution of an efficient systeur

· The outbraak' first sprand- to Muks don and later, to Southern, Chili and wherover it has appeared tho mortality

Is been a hundred per cent.

After the nthrok had becomů. opidemia the Wai-wu-pu ougaged a

larga member of foreign destors and f

+

Inrgu staff of hours. It abu granted;

The fatality - ha cast in gloom over an appropriation of one landrod and

the whole of South Wales..

LUNATIC ENTERS BANK

[THO

OL ENGLAND,

fifty-thotsand dollars," and fully co-

operated with the-foreign treasures of

reliof.

By its oniers second, class, passenger

traffic was stopped on the Imporial Rail- way of North China, worth of Shan- TELEGRAPI!!! CORREsror-baik, while, in addition, tho first

DENT:]

Loubou, Jan 28, 5,45-ptụ -

An extraordinary scene was

witusi the Bank of England when a lunatic obtained entrance to the build- ing and was the cause of consilemble

commation.

Fortunately he was- securel before

any damage was done.

CRICKET.

SOUTH AFRICANS' TOUR.

A DRAW WITH TAḤMÀNIA,

[THE TELEGRAFII" CORRESTON-

DENT]

London, Jau. 23, 5.46. panty --- Tho Sɔh Africans are till ein favoured with lack in-their tour of

Australia.

Their latest match with tho Tus-

manjana has romultal in a draw.

"

class passungurs were quarantined for five days at the Dotoution Hospital at Shanhaiku un, whióro also (as mails were disinfected

The virulenco of the outbreak, how evor, is too grest, and every alleinpt

The mumber of duths surring daily, is inorossing. The following given as authoritative:

Harlin

Mukdon &

Southern Chihli

Tientsin (to date)

Choloo

,200.

35

20

8

12

PRECAUTIONS ON THE

RAILWAY.

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A Dairen do-patch gives the follow-

ing details of the quarantino regulations and organisation adeptot by the South Manchuria Railway in riow of the opidemic of plague

Savon barracks, each capable of no- commodating five hundred persons, fro

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to be erected at Changchung and third- class passengers, bound southward, shall

bo isolated in them for seven days! Such passengers shall be isolated for further period of ten days at Nanshan,"

has proved ineffectual to prevent the in-wagtung, in the military barraoka festion spraiding inside the Grost Wall.there, accommodation being reserved The number of duithe is increasing for four thousand persons. The isola- daily, and the disease is spreading tion quarters at Tashichao and Mukden. steadily southward Stringent regula are to be improved and the quarantine: tious are in force in Peking to isolata regulations in force on the main line of the Logation quartors, into which no the Railway shall be extended to the Chinese are now allowed,

Aatung-Mukden line. Every train Reports from Dalns ar to the effect will be boardol liy quaranilao-officials that the Japanese authorities are deal-physicians, and požicę,

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ing in the most effective manner with

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the outbreak,, and, aro, cuccoeding in

stamping it out.

Urgont mesenges have beun bent from

Harbin to St. Petersburg requesting

of mioidal patrol for Dairea with its

Chinese Quarter,

PRONOUNCED & TRUE CASE. The first suspicions care of the plague

in Dairen, reporter] proriosisly, receiv- ́ed the verdick of a true caso on Satur-

day evening.

AN OTHER RUBFIčious disk.

No signs of infection so far appeared

among the bo Ghings found on the

promises where the first case broke out

who wore isolated forthwith for medical "sirveillance, until A Chinese stopping

at another ins in the isolated district

and at the back of the first ona ubora the.

plague originated developed suspicious kulptoms yosterday aftamoon and died

in the avering

FURTHER PREVAUTION,.

HOW SHANGHAI VIEWS

THE OUTBREAK.

The news of the spread of the plague in North China is very nortons. The number of deaths is enormous and the dread discase acoms to be mpidly spread ing. It is not ordinary bubonic plague but a pneumonk kind. The bacillus sometimes develops in a few hours, and is soerns to thrive in cold weather. As bonding to accounts received here tho gente wan carried eastward by the trans-Asian railway, but we believe that

Pastor Mullor, who conducted the Goremony at the Cathedral, walked in front of the coffin.

The gun carriage was drawn by sailors of II.ALS. Monmouth.

Among the mourners wäre His. Ex- collency Bir Frodorick Lugard, accom panted by the Commanders of 8.11.8. mouth of H.M.8. Merlin, representing Luchs and Tsingtay, and Capt. Lear- the Commander-in-Chief closely followed by the representativos of all nations. presonted, quid proceeding towards the The commercial body was also well r

cathedral Capt. . E. Powef, of ILM.S. Monmouth, had charge of the marching ordons.

Tlie Legion of Honour was repro- sentod by sailors of 8.M.S. Luchs. Next to these à division of B. M. 6. Laohs and Tsingtan followed, carrying camo sailors from S. M. 8. Franz the numerous floral tributes. Then

Joseph, II M. S. Argus, H. M. S. Tsushima, H. M. S. Monmouth, H. with their respective officers MS. Newcastle, H. M. S. Waterwitch

funomi March, "Song of death.

The military band playel Sommer's Boothoven's and Chopin's fauoral Marcbce.

and

At the Cathedral the Bishop of Victoria and elergs ropival the pro- cession, the coffa haing carried by sailors of S.M.S. Luchis, and was placed

on the catafalqua in the cathedmi,

Pastor Muller spoke a few words of the railway aathorities are taking pro-sympathy in Gorman, and mentioned cautions to prevent the spread of the deceased had done for his earthly King, the good and faithful work the disease. There had, boon talk of sus- pending the travel of Chinese coolies The vacant house standing next to by mail, but oventually, it was decided that if this was done they would walk I the first Chingu inn hd teen-subject--from plads to place and so propagate the ed to a thorough cloqulog operation on disease still more. It is for Stanga Saturday afternoon.

BANITARY STATION,

A sanitary station was opened porazily in a Yagazak, building close to

to take strict precautions, as we are now

close to the Chinese New Year, when thousands are returning to their homes from Manduria and other parts of North China where the plaguig maging We are glad to notice by lato telegrazas thatelaborate procalips are being taken the infooted district under Isolation, in at Tientsin and Peking. That may be mange the ciée, says; the Shanghai Mercury, order to hold the plaça under its direct but there are other ways for. the native: and strict control

to return to Shanghai, and vessels from

·Chefeo and Tairen have need to be vers carefully watched, and if not actually quarantined thay ni their belongings ought to be disinfested before they are allowed to proud up the river to Shanghai

THE POLINE ON THE ALEMI,

All the police force available in Dai- ren has been called up får duty and fine

'further been re-enforced by a squad of

15 men from Port Arthur.

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[From "N.-C. DAILY, NEWS."')"

A REPORT FROM CHÈROO,

"PURCHASE OF PATH.

Chalop, Jan. 20.-The port has been

Rats, living?

("will.bo bought

Trym tlue date at the rate of 5 son

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the famidiate dispatch of five hundred declared infected with plane. The medical students, if such a number disease is spreading at Chiefoo od so could be found willing to valuitor for

"servics in this affected area.

far there have boom, twenty, drathepard I presented to the police Arrangements are being, made for the authorities at their central off in the At Harbin the number of deaths to establishment of a quametin

có or any of

dato in ottimate1 at 2,000, and of there the Bluff.

Olri

tations

the town.

BIRDMEN ARRIVE.

WELL-KNOWN ARRONAUTS. BEAGU

Πολυκόμο,

DigoRIPTION OF TUSIMĄ PLANS.

The ceremony was brought to close with a beautiful hyrau, accompanie gentlemen were in attendane. Then od by the ongun. Many ladies "and" the procession was reformed, and started for the Naval Dock Yard. Teington the Admiral's fly was hosted As the coffin was taken on brand the

The Yellow. Soi.

Frosis or moderate monsoon may be

expected over the N. part of the China Set.

ending at:10 am. to-day, 0.00 inchips.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours

FORECAST DISTRICT.C 1-Hongkong and Neighbourhood, E. winds, fresh to modorata ; fair.

2.-Formosa Channel, N.E. and E, winds, modomte.

3-Sauth coast of Chins between Hongkong and Lamocks, satio as No,

1..

4.-South coast of China botwoon Hongkong and Hainso, satoo as No.

1...

OFFICER REPRIMANDED.”

Surroser PROTEST OF GEDMAN GOTHENMENT."

Now York, Jan. 12. The reprimand administered to Commander Sims, of tito U.S., Atlantië- squadron, by Fro sident. Taft is considered to be the result, of a protest lodged by the Govorumcat, the speech of the offledg German Government with the U.S.

being regarded as ons of diplotaatio significanco.

The spooch in question was in reply to an address of welcome by the Lord Mayor, and was reported by the-Zimon of Dosauber 5th as follows:

"Commander Sime, io röpording, expressed the men's appreciation of the hospitality and entertainment, which had been afforded than in this country. They had been received with genuina heartiness everywhere, and be attributed played to the strong blood-tie between the kindly fooling, which had boony dis

the two peoples. The men had Joon granted four days' louve of absence, but there had been numerous requests for an extension of leave in order thats grandfathers and grandmothers aáď by visited. He was sure that if the other relations in old England might

time should over come when the British

to peak and then taken to half mast while the warship in the harbour Empire was seriously menaced by, an of the Luclis fired throu, volleys while external story, its people might earn fired a salute of thirteen gans. The men K.O.Y.L.I, buglers played the Last upon every man, overy dollar, every for the 8.8. Buelow. The warships in Post. The Tsingtau then left the jetty ship, and every drop of blood of their harbour were maniad nad all flags flew kindred across the

ocean. He called at half mast.

for cftars, which wôrs steartily given, " for the King, the British-people, and the integrity of the British Empics.”

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LATEST CHINESE NEWS,

[TRANSLATED FROM NORTHERN PAPERS:]

!

A PURSER DIES,

The Grand Councillors have received instructions from the Prints Regent to

It was reported some days ago that the effect that as soon as the Provin- the ratum to Koba of the steamship should give commands to the various crew, on a European paraer and the vial Delegates have dispores they Apples from Yokohams, two of the

uns to make immediate preparations others. Chinese stokar, were found

for all kinds of constitutional; "rð-

forms, in order to prevent any com suffering from small-pox, and were re- plaints being made by the people. moved to the Wada-no-Misaki Isolation

The Ministry of Education recently Hospital.... Instructed the various provinsfal com- missioners of education that they must

++

We now regret to report the dostle'. strictly prohibit the students to farther of the European, Mr. James Isand persist in their demands for the early James by name, which occurred on The Colony has in its midst at the one who violates the, order will be at Mr. James was born in Dolgelly, catablishment of a Padinment. Any Baturday afternoon, the 14th Insti moment two well-known bird men, androsted and be coverely dealt with,

North Wales. residents very probably will be givor'an

With regard to the set of books of opportunity of kasing their unchine in history, compiled by Liu Taing-too, cx- action.

postant official of a Board with the rank of 5th Degree, which was sub- mitted for porusal by Shea, Chia-pau, and the books having been revised and approval by the Imperial College of the rank of Reader of the Graad Se Ioriptions, Liu Tsing-tao is granted

cretariat,

Tho soronauts are Messrs. Baldwin and Mars, both of the U. BA. They are staying at the Hongkong Hotel, and this morning wore caflal on by rejimentative of the “Telograph."*.-

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GERMAN FLAGSHIP,

B. M. 8. Scharnhorst was expected to-day from Bataria to take part in the funeral of the late Adulnil Gahler, but Jas not been sighted up to 0,00-thie

Afternoon,