October 29, 1898.1
bring news that the whole of the southern pro- vinces of Luzon the principal hemp districts
-were in the hands of the insurgents.
"Oh," said Captain Roope, "I had almost forgotten to mention an amusing little incident. On our way to Legaspi to succour the women and children there we met a small steamer, to which we signalled that we wished to communi- cate and instead of answering our signal she showed us a clean pair of heels. We then chased her for half an hour with all the vigour of a privateer of yore, but seeing that there was nothing to be gained we gave the chase up and proceeded on our way. On arriving at Cebu our passengers, those whom we have saved from certain and cruel deaths, showed us the depths of their gratitude by refusing to pay their pas- Bage money, some alleging as a reason that they had not been fed at all! With so many refugees on board fresh provisions may possibly have ran short, but there was no end of canned goods on board and we had actually been feeding them with all the delicacies of Crosse and Blackwell's factory.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT
NEWOHWANG.
10th October,
pleasure, but I may repeat that the Russians There is not much to say since I last had this are going on with their Railway, and have prognosticated that it will be completed to Monkden before the winter. It does not seem possible, for we may have severe frost in a fortnight, and work will be very difficult when the ground gets hard. A large crane was towed to what has lately been called the Russian Settlement, on the 8th inst, and several more steamers have discharged sleepers, coal, etc., but the heavier material has not arrived yet. I suppose the crane, which it it said can lift a weight of eighty tous, will be placed in position. Meanwhile the owners of land at the said
Russian Settlement are treated quite à la hausse; and if they decline to sell at a certain price, or demand anything higher than the would-be buyer may consider reasonable, the land is simply taken nolens volens. This may be allowable. with Chinese owners, but cannot surely be sub mitted to by Foreigners. What are the latter to do, however, for the Russians have a number of Cossacks, and a collision would be in favour of the strongest force, legality or equity not- withstanding.
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17th October} British warships are constantly comit ed after being out for gun-practice for going. On the 15th inst, the Victorious days. That same afternoon the Hermione left for Port Hamilton and Nagasaki. The Cen- turion, Victorious, and Narcissus, with three destroyers, are still here.
Admiral Seymour met with an accident lately when out horse-back-riding. It could not have been very serious for it is reported that in a few? days he will be quite well again. It is expected that the Centurion will soon go South. The contingent of marines has arrived and are set-i tled down. Half of them are located on Lin. kungtao and the others on the mainland.
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Mr. Bigelow, the American author and special correspondent now in the East, has lately spent two days here as the guest of the Admiral. By many he was supposed to be the author of the little extra attention and lionising on that so- famous Biglow Papers, and probably received a count. But even among Americans there is no i second Russell Lowell. Was it not another American who said that when God had made a great man He broke the mould ? But the similarity of the names was probably the cause of the mistake: "English Men of Action" aro There is an idea that there will be trouble of
evidently not well acquainted with American. some kind or other during the winter, and that a:|:
***Men of Letters" and their works gun-boat will be necessary to keep the peace. was here for a few hours on his
A few days since Lord Charles Beresford N. C. Daily News correspondent.
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north. He is reported to have expressed himself as well pleased with the new British possession, especially with the harbour. It is expected that he will spend a little longer time in the place later on.
CHUNGKING.
"It should be said that the refusal to pay the passage money came mostly from the Spanish officials who were accustomed to prey upon the ignorant natives and getting everything free. As misfortunes never come singly, we had to contend with another trouble for the Governor of Cebu peremptorily refused to allow us to land the refugees, fearing that it might stir up the natives if they came to know that Spaniards were flying from the southern provinces in face of the rebel advance. Eventually a small-Spanish steamer came alongside and relieved us of our passengers, taking them on to Iloilo. We were afterwards informed that on reaching Iloilo the Governor there likewise refused to allow the refugees to land. Driven from pillar to post the refugees at length suc- ceeded in reaching Manila, where American protection W85 extended to them. On our return to Ceba we found H. M. gunboat Rattler there, having been sent for by the British Consul as the rebels were threatening the town and the Britishers there were rather anxious for some protection from stray bullets! It seems that the presence of the gunboat has quieted things down a bit. During my stay there from Sept. 23 to 30, the Spanish officials seemed very uneasy and were preparing to send their families away owing to a telegram having been received from the Governor of Iloilo to within measurable distance of the city gates at the taking over of Weihaiwei, has taken
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On the 16th October a representative of the
A Sailors' Institute has been opened on N. C. Daily News saw the Rev. Mr. Laughton, Liukungtao. It has a cheerful and inviting. who had only just arrived in Shanghai from the look about it and seems to be well appreciated scene of the trouble with Yu Man-ize. The by many of the men. Mr. and Mrs. Mudditt, reverend gentlemen left Chungking in company formerly working as missionaries among the with other foreigners on the 28th September
Chinese at Shihtao, are in charge of it. Such at the request of the British Consul, and since work among "Jack ashore" from many stand-\- then has only heard rumours as to the threaten-points is a very necessary and important under- ing aspect there. He stated that a sum of Tls. taking. Those running the place seem well 25,000 (though others allege that it was Tls suited for the work and will likely make it a 15,000) was offered for the release of the unfor success. They deserve the good will and tunate French priest who fell into the hands of gratitude of all who have the best interests of the rebels. The proffered ransom was accepted the men at heart. From the first Capt. King by Ya Man-tze, who escorted M. Fleury until Hall, of the Narcissus, Senior Commissioner lively interest in the Institute, and is seen there among the men at times.-N. C. Daily News correspondent.
He then, with the suavity of his race wished him a peaceful journey and returned to his stronghold, but only a very short time after his departure M. Fleury was recap. tured by Yang, Yn's factotum, and borne back again to captivity. Remarkable complications ensued and the autiforeign feeling assumed such serious proportions that the British Consul was compelled to adopt stringent measures and ad- vise the foreigners to leave the city for their own safety. In this out-of-the-way and dismal location, the foreigners are almost entirely as- sociated, or identified, with the various missions, for whom the rebels have a particular hatred. Mr. Laughton thinks the Chungking disturb
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send thence all the force Cebu could spare as 3,000 insurgents had landed on the coast with the object of taking Iloilo. It is needless to say that the Governor of Cebu, with the con sideration of his own safety in mind, never com- plied with the order. We believe that the Rattler proceeded afterwards to Iloilo to protect British interests there. Before proceeding to attack the southern provinces, the insurgents cut all telegraphic communications with Manila so that nothing is known there of what is going on in the south. You are already aware that when the insurrection broke out in Cebu in the early part of the year, the Spaniards bombarded the port: The town is still in rains and nothing has so far been done in the way of repairs. A ances are but the initiation of a general rising shan, Tse Sam-mui, Tai Ta, and Wongis m number of broken open safes lying in the streets afford unmistakeable proof that the place was Spaniards accuse the natives of it
against Westerners and predicts grave trouble in Szechuan, which may or happily may not prove contagious. He describes Yuasa most illiterate
[FROM THE CHUNG NGỌI BÁN PO. An Imperial edict was issued on the 22nd Wang, and General Sou have separately wired inst. setting out that Viceroy Tan, Governor to the Throne to the effect that the rebels in the various districts belonging to the prefecture of been quite subdued, Governor Wang ibaving. Wuchow and the sub-prefecture of Watlam have gone in person to suppress the rising and suc ceeded in capturing the rebel leaders Chin Ta- The decree further orders the said officials to effect the capture of the rebel leaders Li Lope
Backed. The firm that the Spanish soldiers individual but Yung is a well educated man, and ting and Fung Stuk-kwong without delay.
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themselves looted the town. No U.S. man-of- war has as yet appeared either in Cebu or Iloilo and the natives say that on the first appearance of the Americans they will make short work of all the Spaniards. These fully realise their serious position and appear to think that they would not be able to hold out much longer. When the Pechili was in Cebu several Spanish steamers. now under the American flag, arrived and their skippers were ordered by the Governor to haul down the flag while in port. Thousands of natives flocked to the seaside to have a sight of and Stripes. Leaving Legaspi on our way to Cebu we met a small steamer and stopped to communicate with her. She was crowded with soldiers and refugees and reported that she came from the Island of Dleat where there was hard fighting with the rebels who ultimately defeated the Spaniards and they had to abandon the place. In parting with her the passengers on both steamers gave three Viva Spana. This is all I have to tell you about southern Luzon," Mercury,
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it has been rumoured that they are in communi cation with the Kwangsi malcontents. Be this as it may the Kolao Hui is in strong force and even soldiers ostensibly sent for the protection of the foreigners have been known to belong to this revolutionary organisation. The officials moving in their own mysterious way would appear to be anxious to repress the rebellion, as the torturing to death, without the city gates, of six of Yu's followers whom they secured amply but sadly illustrates. Chungking is well protected and he does not think the rebels can take it, but their presence and undisguised designs form a hideous stumbling-block to the promotion of peace, goodwill, and reform in Western China.
The Daily News also publishes the following telegram dated Chungking, 14th October For the last few days the city of Chungking has been dying out. The French father, however, is very quiet and rumours gradually still held as a hostage by the rebels, under Yu
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only be exchanged for some nine hundred and
Copper coins are very dear, so that a dollar can...... thirty cash, while in former times a dollar used to be exchanged for one thousand one hundred u cash. The coins issued by then minta cam****
scarcely meet the demands of the people. It ins said that the scarcity is due to the illegal export of the coins by merchants to foreign
countries.
the 21st inst. in Kinkiang market place,
A disastrous fire broke out on the night of: Namhoi district. The fire originated ins paper shop named Tung Hop, and the flames L spread in an incredibly short time, for the goods in the shop were of an inflamable character, and as there was a strong wind blowing at the same time the adjoining property became involved, over one hundred houses being were asleep in their houses were burnt to death. burnt to the ground. Several persons who
appointing Hu Ying-kwei, ex-President of the An Imperial decree has been wired to Canton
Board of Rites, and a native of Pana to be Viceroy of Fukien and Chekiang pros
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