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SPECIAL CABLES.

. BLUEJACKETS' QUARREL.

AMERICAN FATALLY STABBED BY DUTCHMAN.

(Our Own Correspondent.j

Shanghai, November 18. In a fight between Dutch and American bluejackets here last night, an American named Willis, belonging to the U.S.S. Rainbow was fatally stabberi.

He died of his wounds mcrning.

ROBBERS ON THE. RAILWAY.

Attempt to Blow Up Bridge

near Canton.

this

to the bridge; bat sabsequently they turnel their attentions to

the permanent way, and did very

considerable mischiof.

Rails Torn Up.

noar

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1912.

OUTRAGE ON COLONEL

ROOSEVELT.:

PEN-PICTURE OF THE SHOOTING AFFAIR.

EX-PRESIDENT SHOWED UNCONCERN and GREAT PLUCK.

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The Assailant.

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When Colonel Roosevelt was For more than an hour bespoko, shot by a man named Juha Then he was driven to the emer- Schraat, of New York, on the geacy hospital. An examination evening of October 14, he most showed that the bullet hal enter prabully owed his lifo tó a manu-Fed the fleshy part of the right script in bis plaket,

breast, half way between the collar It will be remembered that boud and the lower rib. It was telegraphic advices at the time determined to send for an X- told how the ex-president was ray machins to determine to what leaving his hotel at Milankes depth it had penetrated. While he for the Coliseum, where he was waited for the machine, Colonel "Between Saturday night and to make a speech. The bullet Roosevelt sat up and talked pol- Sunday morning a daring attempt stuck the manuscript of his ition and joked with the sur- was made by a band of about speech which retarded its force.

geons. The X-ray examination,. 200 Chinese robbers to blow up

Colonel Roosevelt started for it was said, showed that the bul one of the bridges on the Chinese the Coliseum just after eight let had lodged in the chest wall section of the Canton-Kowloon o'clock. About his automobile was and did not penetrate the lungs. Railway Tho bridge is situate a crowd of several hundred per about 12 miles out of Canton and sons who gave him a cheer. The soon after midnight, saying that THE INTERPORT MATCH. ceptionally good. Added to this some two of three miles distant Colonel stood up, waving hie hat he would fulfil his engagements from Che-pi station. Though in answer to the cheers, and the at Indianapolis after remaining the gang managed to lay their assassin, who

standing a few hours in Chicago. He in-Notes and Comments by a Casual charge of explosive in the onget

quite sisted that he was "feeling fine." crowd,

of neglecting to change his bow structure and to effect a close to the car, pushed his

The assailant, John Schrank The Interport match is now a lers when the state of the score "explosion, they did. not succeedway forward, raised his gun and in doing a great deal of damage fired. '

of East 10th St., New York was thing of the past, but the glory and the trend of the play essenti With Colonel Roosevelt in the subjected to a severe examina- of Hongkong's brilliant achieve-ally demanded it. More than thie he refrained from patting car was, amongst others, Mr. Al-lion but would only answer, "I ment still remains. bort. H. Martin, one of his secre-will tell you to-morrow." It There can be no doubt what- on Anderson when there was a arise. Mr. Martin is a man, six was evident from clippings found ever that, on the general run of crying need for his services.

Bright Cricket. no the play, Hongkong thoroughly of the Hongkong batsmen, his person that So far as can be scortained, feet tall and a former football on the attempted outrage

player who knows no fear. A had studied Mr. Roosevelt proved themselves to be the better WAS prompted by a spirit of second after the bullet sped on its movements very closely with the leam, but-and there is consider-Ileacock showed to great advant revenge. Some months ago a way he was over the side of the intention of deciding upon the able significance attaching to ago. From the very first ball he big robbery occurred car and had landed equarely on place where the orime should that word in this instance-aven received it. was obvious that he this particular spot and the the would-be assassin's shoulders. take place. It was said that a on the general run of the play was thoroughly at home, and his

["timing" was dead, true. His : authorities succeeded in captur Martin bore him to the ground, short, dark man of forty had made events might very easily have sha ing a man whom they accused of lung his arm around the man's repeated attempts to enter, the pod themselves allogether differ-driving, too, was altogether excel- complicity in the affair. They neck, and swiftly dispossessed dinning room of Mr. Roosevelt's ently, so that Hongkong, instead lent, and he was keeping the ball took him to Canton and sub-in of his revolver. Then he hotel during dinner, and this re- of being credited at the close of well down, that up to the tiffin. sequently brought him back to picked up Schrank and carried port gave rise to the belief that their let innings with 417, would hour he seemed more than likely the scene of the robbery, where him forward to Colonel Roosevelt there were two culprits concerred, in actuality have found them to secure a cantory. Unfortunte he shot. It is believed that who still stood up, calmly looking for the description of the second selves the unfortunate possessors is for him, and fortunately for Saturday's affair has its origin inn.

man did not in any way apply to of a score of anything between Shanghai, the intervention of tiffin failed to improvo matters for him, Schrank. The police were unable 85 and 135 ruas. the robbers' resentment at this

It may be answered Yes and he was out to a stroke which summary treatment...

to obtain further evidence on this point, In addition

before tilfin he would in all prob to anything

happen may the cricket," as indeed I frankly ad-ability never have made. Brighter the clippings found on prisoner, was a sketch of the mit to be the case, but I am deal- cricket than that which took place not be desired even by the most Colonel's itinerary written on ing with the general run of the while he was at the wickets could note-paper obtained from the play as it occurred, and, as Bismarck Hotel at Nachville, and, fairly close observer, am satisfied fastidious. to proceed owing to a portion of ""Stop! stop!" he cried," stand with this, the following proclama-that in the early stages of Hong-

tion:

kong's firat innings it wanted but the rails being torn up.. In back! Don't hurt him!?!

September 15, 1912. 1.30 very little indeed, for what I have vestigations were made and it was For a little the crowd was not in a dream I saw President foreshadowed as a possibility to found that in the addition to disposed to heed his words,, but

Three Women In Custody. trying to blow the bridge up, the at length it fell back and the as-McKinley sit up in a monk's have taken place in stern reality.

Sayer's Forcing Tactics,

Three women alleged to be con- robbers had endeavoured to burn sailaut was carried into the hotel, attire, in whom I recognised

Theodore Roosevelt. The dead It may be remembered that at some of the sleopers and bad Are you hurt, colonel"? a

Prezident said, 'This is my mur- the outset of the match Quayle, nected with the Cheung Chau pulled up some of the rails hundred voices called out. And thrown them into the river. | "No, no," he responded, smiderer; avenge my death. While the Shanghai fant howler, was piracy, have been handed over to

Luthorities. A man is also ia THE CONNOISSEUR'S CHOICE Eventually the engine from lingly "Missed me that time. I'm writing a poem, someone topped sending down balls of precisely theffingkong Police by the Macao the express train was loached not hurt a bit." Then, to the me on the shoulder and said, Let the character which are most and sent back to Canton to fetch other members of his party, "I not a murderer take the Prasi-likely to lend to a collapse, and custody at Macao, in connection dential chair. Azenge my death. with the luck on his side, instead with the women, but he was too a gang of workers, who, on thoir thing we'd bettor be going on, or could plainly soo Mr. McKinley's of (as it was) against them, such ill to be sent down this week-end

with the women. arrival on the scene, effected the we'll be late."

fontares. necossary repairs, which allowed

Before the Almighty a collapse was the highest Ip to this point, no one enter- the train to resume running aftor ained the slightest notion that God, I swear this above writing is degree probablo, and to my mind it was only forted by the some two hours' delay. There Clonof Roosevelt had been shot. nothing but the truth." Another note read:-

fine forcing tactics of Bayor were many European passengers The car drove off and lad pro-|

"So long as Japan could gamely aided by the stone- on the train, including a detachecoded a little way when Mr. John

raise to the greatest power wall strategy of Elborough, ment of the Shanicen Defence McGrath, the other secretary of the world, despite her surviv- who batted with the skill and a Corpa who were on the way to c'aiined. Bimchan for rifle practice.

"Look Colonel, there is a hole ing. tradition more than 2,000 sarance of a veteran. But all years old, as General Nagi so Elborough's fine defence would Seen by a reposentative of the in your overcont.'

nobly demonstrated, it is the duty in my estimation have proved an- of the United States of America availing without the vigorous at celebrated a special mass at ten Colonel Roosevelt looked down, to uphold the third term tradition. Lack upon the bowling, which o'clock for the soldiers. The to, said:"We left Canton asaw the hole in the breast, unbot- Lot every third; termer be regard-was made so effectually by Sayor, sight of the men on the march events turned out, it was fortunate and underneath. it. When he cause. Tet it be the right and never bean my lot to witness and was witnessed by many for us that we had on board one with drew it, bis fingers were duty of every citizen to forcibly True, Sayer, took risks-that he Kowloon residents.

remove a third-termer. Never let was bound to do. True he had, Fuipino Students in Chicage, proceeded about twelve miles on hit," said Colonel Roosevelt, "but in the official ballot. I am willing thoroughly deserved--but he have organized a club for recrea "It looks as though I had been a third-term party emblem appear the fuck with him that he Filipino students in Chicago our run when we discovered that I don't think it is anything to die for my country. God has more than justified the grand tion and social intercourse. The someone had been tampering serious."

called, me to be his instrument so old molto (which applies with organization was perfected in the with the line. The train wHB He declined to return to the help me God.

equal force to cricket as to other halls of the Y. M. C. A. building stopped and it was found that hotel and was driven to the (Signed) Innocent Guilty."

matters) that to attack is to of that city. a gang of robbers numbering auditoriam. There three doctors! about 200 had made an attempt made a hurried examination and to-morrow's "Telegraph.)".

(The story will be continued in defend," and, so far as the risk was concerned, the "end" fully to blow up one of the bridges urged him to go to a hospital.

warranted the "means." Thore by means of powder which they "I will deliver this speech or had placed in one of the weep-dis, ono or the other," was Colonel

is no denying the fact that Sayer at the oritical moment hit the holes, or pipes used for draining Roosevelt's reply,

bowlers-Quayla especially the water off.

"Here he is, Colonel said Martin, "look at him." The outrage was first discovor- Just for a little, we read, it ed shortly after 8 o'clock on soended as though Schrank would Saturday morning when the bs torn to pieces by the infuriated express train from Canton arrived crowd, but Colonel Roosevelt atiliospot and found it impossible himself intervened..

"Telegraph" to-day, one of the

passengers by the frain referred

"

Blood on his Fingers.

of the Assistant Engineers of the railway, Mr. Garibaldi. We had stained with blood,

14

WASTED WATER.

8

With reference to the article lean off their length, and when He went on to the stage and under the above beading which to this was added, in the first

(Contanated on page 8)

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"It's Nothing'

in this way, the wood being so form to quieten the crowd. He hard. Then they appear to have raised his band, and instantly TYPHOON WARNING. taken up a rail or two and thrown there was silence. them into the river.

need he expressed at the grand total of the Hongkong innings.

NAMSANG" Fatal Mistakes.

having arrived from the above Ports Granted that the Shanghai Consignaos of cargo by her are hereby fieldsmen dropped, chance after informed that their goods will be de

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