Oceanic Departures From San Francisco May 23
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company lists passengers sailing for Yokohama Hong Kong and Shanghai aboard the Oceanic on May 23. Names include Captains N Aoki and N Fukuhara plus numerous passengers and clergy such as Rev H W Swartz Rev D B Spencer Mrs Spencer and Bishop Foster. Also listed are Mrs Janet Ward T K Tsao M D and others bound for Shanghai.
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Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company
Oceanic
San Francico
Yokohama
N. Aoki
N. Fukuhara
Lj.a
H. W. Swartz
Swartz
Seymour C. Swartz
Ruth Swartz
Hong Kong
Janet Ward
Shanghai
T. K. Tsao
M.D
Shanghai Reports on Far East Railway Links and Korea Trade
The dispatch notes a possible Straits of Shimonoseki bridge linking Kiushin and mainland rail systems, a 180 foot wide, 300 foot high structure. It also details Sanyo Railway extension to Hiroshima, a Kobe banquet for Alf Woolley, Korean trade concerns voiced by Sugimura, and Korean political ferment with notes on Yuan Shihkai’s appointment and missionary tensions.
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America
Shanghai
Kobe
Yokohama
Straits of
Shimonoseki
Kiushin
Miyajima
Hiroshima
Alf. Woolley
Kobé
Oriental Hotel
Tsiungli Yamen Hesitates on Hart Leave Amid Russia Talks
Peking reports say the T'sungli Yamen blocks Sir Robert Hart's leave to aid negotiations with Russia over the Pamirs. Rumor claims the Emperor may deploy Liu Ming-ch'uan and Liu Chin-t'ang to command in eastern provinces and Chinese Turkestan if a Russian crisis occurs. The note also mentions the death of Mrs. W A P Martin and a new Anglo-Chinese Delimitation Commission chief appointment for the Yunnan frontier. Gold price relations show 1 to 24 for silver, with India drawing large exports. samshu distillers report big profits.
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Peking
T'sungli Yamén
Robert Hart
Russia
Pamirs
Liu Ming-ch‘uan
Formosa
Shingking
Lower
Manchuria
Kirin
Tsitsihar
Amoor
Liu Chin-t‘ang
Chinese Turkestan
W. A. P. Martin
Martin
Z’ung-wen-kuan
Grand Council
Wang Wénshao
Yunnan
Kueichow
Ch‘én-chi
Shanghai
India
Samshu
Tientsin Fire Devastates Hopeh Suburb and Rail Posts
The April 21 blaze in Hopeh suburb destroyed 137 large business houses and 2,000 rooms with losses at least 1.5 million taels. Officials report rail leadership changes, British discussions on Victoria Park, and personnel moves among American and German representatives.
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Tientsin
Hopeh
Yamén
H.E. Yang Hung-tien
North China Railways
Shanghai
Wu T‘ing-fang
Hong Kong
Ng Choy
Yang Hung-tien
Wu T’ing-fang
Chang-I
Tong Kingsing
Tong
Kaiping
North China Herald
W. N. Pethick
China Railway Company
Imperial Railway Company
Brenan
Mr. Bristow
Baron
Baroness von Seckendorff
von Hanneken
Chicago
O’conor
Victoria Park
Board of Works
Fire at Hankow Cotton Mills Threatens Wuchang District
A blaze broke out April 25 at the new cotton mills near Wuchang, destroying a godown with raw cotton. About 1,500 workers and soldiers aided in extinguishing it within an hour, with losses estimated around Ts. 8,000. Tea districts report a better season, though last winter’s cold reduced some yields.
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Wuchang
Hunan
Hupeh
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Far East
Korea
Yuan Shihkai
Taotai
Wénchow
Tsao Shu-jao
Chékiang
Soul
St. Petersburg
China
Ton Hak
Confucius
Hankow
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