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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LIV.]
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China Overland Trade Report.
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Epitome of the Week, &c. Leading Articles :-
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, 15TH JULY, 1901.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
H.M.S. Albion left Sheerness last week to
relieva H.M.S. Barfleur, H.M.S. Hermione Hongkong's Petition to the Secretary of State 42 has been ordered home, to refit at the cost of
£14,000.
The Russian Renunciation Story
Shipping at Hongkong
The Quarry Bay Plague Hosital
The Increase of Medical Staff
Plague on the Laos
The Crisis: Telegrams
The Plague
The Affray at Tientsin
Canton
Foochow
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The St. Petersburg Viedomoste describes as 44 idle talk the rumours of a Russian protectorate over Tibet, which, it says, must remain a no- man's land.
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A St. Petersburg telegram reports a hostile 47 reception in France of Russia's latest proposals about Manchuria. This presumably refers to
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Hongkong Sanitary Board
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
Prize-Firing on the China Station
The Harbour Department in 1900
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The Sanitation of Hongkong....
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Filipinos and the New Government
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Northern Notes
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Peking
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Correspondence
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Hongkong Electric Company, Limited
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Indo-China Steam Navigation Company.
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8. C. Farnham, Boyd & Co., Ld.
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Volunteer Promenade Concert
Hongkong Rifle Association
Royal Hongkong Golf Club
New British Alarms
Singapore and the Morning Post
The Chinese Question from an European Point of
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Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
the renunciation scheme.
It is reported that China has made a belated claim from the United States for an indemnity of $500,000 for the alleged outrageous treatment of Chinese at Butte City, Montana, in 1886.
The plague figures at Hongkong to date are: -Cases 1,558 (1,479 Chinese, 51 others Asiatics, 28 Europeans), deaths 1,482 (1,439 Chinese, 34 other Asiatics, 9 Europeans). The epidemic 55 seems thoroughly at an end.
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On the 27th June, at No. 56, Kitanocho, 4-chome, Kobe, the wife of HUNTER SHARP, U.S. Vice and Deputy-Consul for Osaka and Hiogo (Kobe), of a daughter.
On the 27th June, at Police Bahru, Straits
Settlements, the wife of W. NEAL, of a son.
On the 2nd July, 1901, at No. 28, Seward Road, Shanghai, the wife of DAVID TILBURN, of a son.
On the 4th July, at No. 13, Albany Road, the wife of Monsieur A. PIERRE Marty, of a daughter
- Carmen Yvonne Rafaélle.
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On the 4th July, at Shameen, Canton, the wife of EMIL HUG, of a daughter.
On the 6th July, at 3, Seymour Terrace, the wife of G. A. WOODCOCK, of a son, stillborn.
On the 9th July, at Macao, the wife of A. A.
Da Boza, of a son.
MARRIAGE.
On the 24th June, at Christ Church, Yokohama,
by the Rev. A. L. Sharpe, SAMUEL ROBINSON, second son of Capt. Henry ROBINSON, of Hull, England, to JESSIE NICHOLS REEVES, daughter of the late Capt. P. B. NICHOLS, of Searsport, Maine,
U.S.A. No cards.
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DEATH.
On the 30th June, at the General Hospital, Singapore, OLIVE H. Ć. STACY, aged 30 years.
The D'Entrecasteaux, Admiral Bayle's flag- ship. has left Toulon for China. General Sarillon has been appointed Brigadier-General in command of the French troops. Generals Voyron and Baillond are returning to France.
Liu, Imperial Chinese Commisioner, attached to the person of the Viceroy of Yunnan, has been on a visit to Hanoi on his way to Yunnan- fu, whether he has now gone. His mission has some connection with the French scheme for the Laokai-Yunnanfu Railway.
The Russian journal Novoe Vremya has been publishing a remarkable series of articles, in the course of which the writer says that the Japanese army is everywhere attracting at tention. If it is not the best army in the world, it might still prove far the most dang. erous to Russia.
The United States Consulate in Chungking was closed at the end of last month, Mr. Heory B. Miller, the Consul, having been transferred to Newchwang. This is attributed to the small amount of business done by Americans in Chungking, most of the residents there being
missionaries.
Our Weihaiwei correspondent writes that H.M.S. Terrible has gone to Yokohama for three weeks, returning to Weihaiwei, it is Admiral Sir expected, about the 24th inst. Cyprian Bridge has assumed charge of the China Squadron, and was still at Weihaiwei when our correspondent wrote.
Hongkong Weekly Dress despatch of the 2nd inst. The survey of the
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES Vœux Road Cl. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.Č.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
Some time ago the Japanese Government forwarded a demand to the Corean Government for a concession in Masampo, says a Tokyo despatch of the 2nd inst. The survey of the district was recently concluded. The Corean Government eventually replied favourably to the Japanese Government, and the ratification of a Treaty with referenes to the concession is expected to take place shortly.
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On the 10th inst. H.E. the Viceroy Tao Mu, The American mail of the 6th June arrived the Tartar General at Canton, and the Provin- per P. M. steamer City of Peking, on the 6th cial Governor of Kwangtung, despatched civil July (30 days); the Canadian mail of the 18th and military officials from Canton for this port June arrived, per C. P. R. steamer Empress of to meet Prince Chun, the Emperor's uncle, who Japan, on the 9th July (21 days); the German is charged with the special mission of apology mail of the 10th June arrived, per N. D. L to Germany for the murder of Baron von steamer Stuttgart, on the 9th July (29 days);¦ Ketteler. According to northern advices, as and the American mail of the 14th June arrived, we have already stated, the Mission is expected per 0.0. steamer Gaélic, on the 13th July | here by the German_mail steamer Bayern, (29 days).
Prince Chun, leaving Peking on the 13th inst.
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From Corea, the Nagasaki Press learns that the recent negotiations between the Corean Government and the British Minister with regard to the McLeavy Brown incident have resulted in a complete victory for the British representative. By this it is meant that Mr. McLeavy Brown will retain his position as Commissioner of Corean Customs.
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A certain steamer sailing under the French flag was recently seized by the Imperial Chinese Customs authorities, for having 30,000 taels' worth of opium aboard, which had been smug. gled in, it was claimed. The French Consul at Canton protested against the seizure, and as the Customs Authorities failed to take any notice of his protest, he petitioned the French Minister at Peking to intervene. The result is looked forward to with great interest, especially as to all appearances the French authorities are quite in the wrong in this case.
News has been received from Tsingkiangp'u, on the Grand Canal, says the N.-(". Daily News, to the effect that the "Great Sword" Society -the parent of the Boxer movement-is get- ting more and more powerful and is daily gaining recruits and adherents from not only the "Rescue Armies" of the various Central and Southern provinces passing through Tsing- kiangp'u on their way home to be disbanded, but also from the inhabitants of North Kiangsu, who are suffering from drought and, famine. Tsingkiangp'a is said to be one of the "* centres of the Society, whilst principal returning soldiers." from the war are eagerly welcomed by the Society chiefs on account of the modern arme and ammunition they carry.
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The steamer Putiala (transport No. 14) arrived in the harbour on the 10th inst. from Taku. She had on board Major General Sir Norman Stewart (commanding First Brigade, China Field Force) and staff, and the officers and men of the 24th Punjaub Infantry. This regiment took part in the operations for the relief of the besieged Legations, and participat- ed in the historic march to Peking. The regiment was subjected to a heavy shell and rifle are just before entering the Capital city, but behaved magnificently. Enquiry on board the Putiala showed that the aspect of affairs up North is much the same as we already know it. Comparative calm is succeeding the turmoil of the past twelve months, and districts policed by the troops of the Allies are now being handed over to the care of Chinese soldiers. At Lang Fang, situated in the district where the Boxer rising most seriously asserted itself, and where Admiral Seymour's expedition met with a severo check, the Germans are build. ing a small fort, capable of holding about four hundred men, for the protection of the railway there. Although the back of the late rebellion has been broken, our informant was not at all sanguine of a continuation of internal peace and quietude in Chins. As long as Boxors exist, he said, and as long as they have unscrupulous men to lead them, so long will civil strife in China continue. He did not anticipate any immediate trouble, but felt confident that the events of the past year or laten Too would be repeated sooner many of the Boxer leaders escaped. Had more of them been killed the chances of pesos would have been greater and more hopeful. The Putiala, which has on board several pom-poms captured from the Boxers, mailed for Caloutts on the 12th inst.
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