THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLVIII.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 8TH OCTOBER, 1898.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
281
Leading Articles:-
The Chinese Authorities and the Kowloon
Concession
The Public Works Estimates for 1890
282 .282
Tramways for Hongkong
282
Mr. Little on the Open Door and Spheres of
Influence
283
The Crisis at Peking
.283
Kang Yu Wei in Hongkong..
.284
Rebellion in Szechuan
.284
Hongkong Legislative Council...
...284
Extension of the Colony
284
The Position at Manila .............
285
Lord Charles Beresford in Hongkong
286
Lord Charles Beresford in Singapore
287
Street Railways for Hongkong
288
Piracy on the West River...
290
Fatal Collision on the West River
.290
Hongkong Sanitary Board
290
The Charges against Letter-Carriers
291
Special Licensing Session
A Sham Pawnbroker Severely Dealt With.
292
Hongkong Jockey Club..
292
The Interport Cricket Match at Shanghai.
.293
Polo
.295
The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
.295
Hongkong Rifle Association
..296
The Hongkong Hotel Co., Limited
Canton Insurance Office, Limited
.296 .296
Great Eastern and Ca'clonian Gold Mining Co.,
Limited
Raub
The Yarn Market
.297 .,297 297
Correspondence
...2.8
The Viceroy Jung Lu's Journey to Peking
The Port of Woosung....
Hongkong and Port News
Commercial.
Shipping
BIRTH.
292
298 .298 ,299 ..299 ..302
At Government Civil Hospital, on the 5th inst., the wife of A. WATSON, assistant Inspector of Markets, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
2nd October (29 days); and the Cauadian mail of the 13th September arrived, per C P. R steamer Empress of China, on the 5th October (22 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
A naturalized American named Flanagan bas been arrested at Chemulpo in connection with the murder of Mr. Lake.
Major-General D. J. Subotich, late Military Governor of Ussuri Territory, Vladivostock. has been appointed Governor of Port Arthur.- N. C. Daily News.
The Esmeralda, which arrived at Hongkong from Manila on the 4th October, had a very full passenger list. Admiral Montojo and family are amongst those who arrived by her.
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The Marquis of Tweeddale, the Chairman of the Eastern Extension Australasian and China Telegraph Co. and of the " Eastern and the other Associated Companies, has been made a Kaight of the Thistle.
The ceremony of proclaiming the "Philippine Independent Republic" took place at Malolos on the 29th September. The natives did theit best to give eclat to the occasion and the utmosr enthusiasm prevailed.
The N. C. Daily News is pleased to be able to contradict on the best possible authority the statement that the French Minister at Peking was opposing the increase of the pay of the staff of the Imperial Maritime Customs.
Some time ago a Chinese syndicate presented a petition to H.E. the Viceroy for permission to reclaim the water frontage at Canton. The petition was referred to the geutry and com- mitte of the Yau Chai Hospital for investiga- tion and report. From reliable sources we learn that as a result permission has been refuse I as the people of Canton are opposed to the scheme.
On the 26th September, at H.B.M.'s Consulate for Hyogo and Osaka, by A. E. Wileman, Esq., H.B.M.'s Acting Consul, and afterwards at All Saints' Church, Kobe, by the Rev. H. J. Fox, M.A, assisted by A telegram, dated the 26th September, has Rev. G. H. Davies and Rev. W. R. Gray, Rose reached the Straits Times, announcing the ar- MARQU RITE ADELINE MANCINI, step-daughter of rival of Mr. Arnot Reid and his companions at A. DREWELL, Esq., to WILLIAM KERR, fourth son Irkutsk. They left Pekin. as already an of JAMES KERR, Esq., of Hollywood, ɖounty Down,nounced, on August 23rd, to take up their Ireland.
At Shanghai, on the 29th September, at St. Joseph's Church, by the Reverend P. C. Frių, S. J. PAUL JEAN, second son of Charles Auguste DE HEES, of Brussels, to ANNA HARRIETTE, only daughter of Arthur Edward Ksto Ts, of Shang wi-
DEATHS
At the Shanghai General Hospital, on the 24th September, 1893, JULIA, the beloved wife of E.
HAMILTON, aged 38 years, deeply regretted by all who knew her.
On the 25th September, at Yokohama, Dayın GORDON, a native of Montrose, Scotland, and officer in the N.Y.K., aged 48 years.
At Old Ningpo Wharf, Shanghai, jou the 27th September, 1893, the infaut son of GUY and MINNIE BIDWELL
On the 1st October, at the Peak, EDGAR HAROLD, the beloved infant son of HAROLD and HILDA MAUDE BAXTER, aged 11 months and 18 days.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The American mail of the 3rd September arrived, per O. & O. steamer Belgic, on the
line of march of the Great Wall of China, and
thence to follow the most direct practicable route traversing the Gobi desert. Of the con- ditions of their journeyings we are, of course, as yet uninformed; but the time taken over the distance is evidence that there have been no
material delays. From Irkutsk the conditions of travelling are nowadays easy enough, all the
way through to the journey's end.
The N. C. Daily News of the 4th October Some very alarming reports were says: - current about the settlement yesterday as to disturbances at Peking, for which there was no foundation. It is true that a telegram was re- ceived here from Peking on Sunday afternoon that mentioned some foreigners having been assaulted, but nothing serious could have happened for a telegram received yesterday from the same source made no mention at all of the fracas of the previous day. As regards the political situation we can state emphatically on the highest authority that no alarming or im- portant news has been received, but on the contrary only assurances of a peaceful state of affairs.
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No. 15.
Mr. Rounsevelle Wildman, Cousul-General for the United States, informs us that he is in
receipt of a cablegram from General Whittier, Collector of Customs at Manila, to the effect that the operation of the new tariff has been postponed until November.
Captain Wingate, of the 14th Bengal Lancers a cousin of the famous head of the Egyptian Intelligence Department, has come down to Shanghai from "Peking, where he has been studying Chinese. After a visit to Ichang and the Gorges, he is about to make an overland journey from Haukow to Burma, taking the route through Hunan followed by Mr. A. R. Margary, a very interesting, but at the same time somewhat perilous journey.-N. C. Daily News.
Mr. Quincey, lately an Inspector in the Hongkong Police Force, was some time ago offered the appointment of Superintendent of Police at Changsha, and accepted it, but on a condition being subsequently imposed that he should wear Chinese dress he withdrew his acceptance. He has now been appointed by Taotai Tsai, of Shanghai, to be Superintendent of a Force being formed for the policing of Shanghai outside the Foreign Settlements. Mr. Quincey is to take charge of sixty Chinese constables and to engage twelve Sikhs and a Sikh instructor to go with him to Shang- We hear also that Mr. Stanton has been hai. offered the post of Superintendent of Police in the new Settlement at Woosung.
In connection with the recent coup d'etat at Poking reference has been made to an alleged posthumous son of Tung Chih, who it is alleged the Empress Dowager wishes to place on the throne. Concerning this mythical personage the China Gazette says:-This posthumous child was born of Tung Chib's widow two years after the death of that Emperor, his father, curiously enough, being one of those denizens of the palace who are supposed to be incapable of car- rying on such intrigues. Anyway the so-called eunuch Pih, whose name was popularly asso- ciated twenty-five years ago with that of Tung Chib's imperial widow, was afterwards caught and exocuted by Chao Yang, the famous Go- vernor of Shantung, and the cause was never very clearly explained, though it was supposed to be because Pih had been guilty of indulging in indiscreet reminiscences of his imperial in- trigue.
A correspondent of the N. C. Daily News, Writing from Weihsies, Shantung, says: During the past few days three different corps of prospectors from Tsingtao have passed through this city en route for the several coal fields, west and southwest. Among these were Herr Hildebrand, who has figured prominently in Chins for some years, and forming a distinct corps are Captain Castendyck of Berlin and Dr. Bruchrucker of Karlrube, who have just made a tour of the province in the interest of a German coal syndicate, and incidentally to ascertain the whereabouts and probable area and quality of any aineral deposits that may be of commercial interest. We hope that they may not be dis- appointed in the quality of coal in the sovoral districts, for without good fuel the projected railway, as well as the port at Tsingtao. would fare ill indeed. A prominent German firm of Shanghai has already purchased a tract of bitu- minous coal lands within 10 miles of here.
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