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ON THE REEF :
m DAYLIGHT
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Bark Dunreggan May Be-
A Wreck.
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t'Cr - ' " " ' DRIVES ON THE BEACH OFF DIAMOND
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Jrlaycd by.Captatn Honeyman of the Dun-ir-rsanfor
when the tug Eleu and the
'rtafnerMokolll made their approach he
taa aprarntly not over-anxious for help.
When Eleu went. as near to the Dun-
r gang's she dared and threw a line '
al-arthe ffaHora of the bark commerc-
ed haultOB away on the. line but ' were '
tcrpeJjran order from Captain Honey- ;
Iran. Vnbthen Informed Captain HUbuM j
of th'Efeu' that he wished to make!
term -lt .th tugboat.. Hilbus replied i
tl rt i?xmlnt very well make terms
Just ten,tut that he would do every
thing his power to save the Dunrftr-
Ifran. (vtaln Iloneyman was not Inclin
e'i to ktokin the matter In that light, and
Informed Captain Hilbus. whereupon i
Klitt's men hauled In the line and the '
put ack to port. ' i
Then.tbe little steamer Mokolil. com-,
r.mndl by. Captain Napela, approached )
jj'triijr nw ii uif Druisn uarK ana oi-i
)fii-d nelp, hut Honeyman declined
(ii1stafioe. All thti time the Dunregrgan
was making water slowly, to be sure,
'l.ut It was Impossible to ascertain the
Jan-ount "of, damage done td her bottom,
an as she was rolling a lHHe, 1t was not
lat all Improbable that the motion of the
Ivetwl on the reef might. Increase- . any
dtmage toher plates already Inflicted by
the Toi-kJ ' ' '
THE WftLLS
OF
A
Wau,
Well
Impregnable If
. Defended.
PIERCED M tllNE GATES
The
Allied Troops Will Face the
Most Trying Season of
The Year., .
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Several
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rlHAri AIMI1 Tl III S All rrWlS, WMWtne Eleu and Mokolil were offer
,,uw is sa-r s wir i ibu s Jntf their jissistance to-the stranded bark.
Ith.- Hawaiian Fertilizer Works
i crl ere. .the agents' for the
re wmking-arrangements
Kf arte to fo out,
a 'place' whln fkx oVfeapcW Jater-
est at the present moment In consequence
qf Its having been the spot where the last
stand was made by the Chinese army prl- . .
or" to Jhe entry of thralUl troops Into .,
the capital in I860. l ' 'Sv'
, The old, jor.der, much t the- disgust of :
the more conservative native, has latter
ly given way td-the new. The vigorous '
railway, policy. Inaugurated by U Hung
Chang, and carried out In the face of un
told difficulties by Mr. C. Kinder,, haa ren
dered the Journey now one of compara
tive ease. From Tang-ku, a vlllafee situ- t
ated about a mile from the forts, which
were destroyed recently, a single-track
line run td Tien-Tsln, with two stations
on the way. ; From there to (he. capital. It
IS a double Une. The: stations t and dte-:
tai.ces are a ' follrvu-a- . ' '.. V
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Name of Station ,
ITien-T8iA.
Tang-tsun .
Tcfah jt.
uangrang .
Anting . ..
Huang-tsun
Fengtal . .
Ma-kia-pu .
The most important piece of engineer
ing work on the line is the bridge which
crosses the Peiho at Yang-Tsun, and this
station Is one of great importance) as ' the
Distance from .
Tien-Tsln Miles.
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........... 17.88
.....5..... 81.09
40.40
63.64
..64.47
74.88
80.00.
in Vain To Pull Her To
Is Now Being Jettisoned
By Fifty Men.
'Rtmot. unfriended, melancholy, slow, i
s the region between Taku (at the mouth
people. .of the sinuous Pel-ho) and the far-famed line's workshops, second only in size to
Dunreggan. cepital of the Celestial Kmplre. For the '.these at Tangshan, on the Shan-hal-quan
for the tugflrat twenty-seven miles It is particularly line, are situated there. ..There can . be ,
idepressing, constituting, as it. does, from very mtie aoubt that potn the bridge and.
i f WAflTRIIOT!4r..-m'' an
a. tis m. tiaar Alapal: die
iaUi mi 1 I aa4 7 t 1 1
7 W.loa M whit.
lrmiNAnT iunaEONS.
lAfHAl Var1ary Burfaoa
rMiia; affl Klaa Ht. Btablaa);
m. a. a ant irantDUr
all Daolaillm OStatrica aM
jaiCty! Shortly, after 10 o'clock the famous San ith- coast to Tien-Tsln, one vast mud-flat,
I Fi anclseo tuj Fearless, Captain Gilbert I unrelieved by tree or hillock. From the
.Krckaw fn Command, arrived off Diamond 'sat treaty port of the north of-Chlna
plead rtdy to show tVe' strong stuff - of '.to Peking Itself,' a ' distance of eighty
whkh aae.is maue. as sne steamea at fimiea, we iauu is jainy. hbu uiii4ira.
fu'.l speed - towards the threatened bark ibut the only obJ?cts on the landscape be
sli., me i tlje Eleu and Mokolil returning Uwten the various villages ire the kral
wlth th report that Captain Honeyman 'shaped tomb of the Chinese, who bury
had declined assistance. 'The terms which4 .their dead in meadow or garden quite re-
T.nt.lf. Tf inAVv.r n a n t n,. .Via n n ,1 '0nrf11 nf lrwlHv - . -
. ...at. . n u.cu 1.1c V. . .i'. n . .
lATn?n;il.-On1r. Club Uta-
1 war) I SV to I f m J TeU 477,
l.-n-r full sail. In broad daylight, th
ttrttlah bark Dunreggan, a large steel
from London, went ashom yes
terday morning off Diamond Head while
rounding that point of land and approach
ing ths harbor. ,
'Diamond lfal Charlie," the lookout
signal station. The Dunreggan Is heavily
loaded with cement, firebricks and fertili
ser. Her cargo la consigned to the Ha
waiian Fertiliser Company.
The news of the accident was Immedi
ately telephoned to town by "Diamond
the workshpps are destroyed. From tbis
pcint 'the railway takes a .northwesterly
and not a northerly direction, as. most of .
the nfafff recently published have shown I
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THE PRINCIPAL GATE TO PEKING.
The' term'fnus of the line, Mla-kia-pu, is '
near h; southern and principal entrance
to Peking known as the Tung-tlng-men
gate'. A huge pagoda surmounts the wall '
at. this point, the. embrasures of . wbjch ;
are filled in with panels painted to repre-
ment warn to b-- made should the at- second by cart, and the third on horse- MvfAt..M -j. i . '
uauauy me iini pan 01 me juur- hrri,1(1,alv rllat v,itn. t-th
Mokolil to agree to were that the matter! In the pre-rall way .., days,, thejre were
be submitted to arbitration in the event three methods of traveling from the
of the vessel "being saved and that no pay- Jcctst to the capital the first by" oat, the
save, the Dunreggan prove
a .DSCK.
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failure., ney, as far as Tien-Tsln, could be
WTien'the news of tne accident reached formed by water, provided the
ithe city, the tttg- Fearless was practical
per-.
In' the hands
would.be al-
DKNTISTS.
jiiPSHVIAJf. DDI-Alaka
)M, nlAr hour I
ale T.mpla, Ho
rn, to 4 p. m.
at tha lighthouse, was watching her dan- a'.cng the waterfront
g.roua sailing with anxious Interest. He and sail-boats were hastily put In readi-
wa. conalderably surprtd at seeing a " "..-T:
venture so Close to shore, but wouH fh- lumhea to convev Interested
lliavt been more surprised had she esrap- parties to the scene anu the sail-boats to
the curious who were anxious to
hcpelessly rusty condition.
nf Tnfuiarn AAna tf.A
W tBBfri 1 . , . M.. . .. ...
. - - -, - - - - , hum impregnate. ine waus, wmcn nave
'drew no more than eleven feet of water. V"
Htad Charlie," and lively scenes ensued iy lid off. h was not. Intended by her But even vessels of small tonnage, under 1,' eli V1 ' V .JV
Tugs and lauocnes owu.ra 10 pm ner in caramunion uniu to- n wi ijuuhsc, wuuiu gci iiwciBiiaijr
" - t . . . . . r auu, buuui lony reel nigu, j.uey are aa--
ijiug i me ; , . v --B renaetr by massive buttresses at intervals
r nracbrnery dlscon-1 would then ride to Tien-Tsln. purchasing of varda flT11 tWo Tn.nta4 nt.n
iney, ana soe was
wrarr, wixn -ait ner nraenmery iscon-; uiu men nue u xien-xsm. purcouing of m yards and there are'niaa jPatewaya
Infftpd and Bo tlrunun. . Th erm vn a stralKht-necked. badlv .broken-in Donv ; a..T a. , m
w r-- - - - - w --- - w aii hti fir in 1 m m i-wa iuuiiti w mi f a riaL mmmrwr
iTnT-Mutt-nUh bid..
j It a i ora--a hours t
if
to
fort
t
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end
Mannie T.mpU; TL 111
if. WAU. trn. O. B. WALL.
Mtra a. m. to a. a. ) Iova
rwi it: tu
1 Mfmc P;hooL Will remain
fkiriPS lha eoiln vacation. Pu-
avail th.ailva of this to
) tt tiros lost durtng I'uiraa-
INJUtlANCK.
vrtvhu urn tNSL'RANCi: to.
)f NKW tOUK.
I 9. rtoglC, Agent. Ifonolubt.
'I Klng on the reef after coming so rarry
.l. to tha land. The Dunreggan was
UM.d early In the morning and was
hearing down as Is tha custom of other
.fwla which com from the direction of
Stakapuu Tolnt. As she staned to round
fimonJ Head she was sailing along In
fine styls wTth all sails set and a fresh
t rr.ia. Whet slut. swMenly stopped dead,
her sails straining at the yards. It was
t'nmadtately svldrnt lo 'IMamond Head
Charlie" that the big vessel bad struck
tha reef and had gone ashore In almost
tartly the same spot where the Gains
borough, now the Diamond Head, struck
get a sight of the Dunreggan lying help-
some time ago. The Galnslorough was
less on the reef, a magnificent vessel, car
Tjlng a valuable cargo, which was evi
dently to meet serious disaster after a
long and tedious voyage from far away
1 London.
How such a strange thing -could pos
,KltIy happen Is something beyond the
pontrs of explanation of the saltiest of
salts on the waterfront. The charts and
mips aboard the Dunreggan must surelv
heve shown her captain his dangrou
rtttrnesa to the reef upon which he struck
1 t.g before the accident occurred. When
'th bark struck there was a stiff breeze
off shore and the sky was overcast. There
jwas a strong current shorewards.
I The tug Kleti was the first boat on the
engaged
cleaning
ccrdltlon, the Fearless got Teady for act-fen route would send down flat-bottomed er Btand9 opposite to the gate tower
Its service In a wondt-rfully short space 'craft to relieve the vessel of her cargo tctal cjrcumference of Peking Is al
a giving me reariess a general, in me rfei village, auu iiavmg run p,i, .... t,.. tv. . ...
.. a X iq una uii UIH UUlClun a BU UcTaA W. erii
up. butr notwithstanding her Ithf gauntlet .of curious eyes In the towns Pointtr ,n -,hifh - anmnh .m,iw
The
and", bo enable her to float again. ). nd thA .ko,, twentv-flve
TIEN-TSIN TO PEKING. sauare miles. -. .. . ' ,
In the old days a fairly reliable service' 'The climate Is very similar to that of
of sprlngless carts could be obtained be- New Tork. which lies almost In the same
fwcen Tien-Tsln and Peking,Tut noftrav- degree 'of latitude. From 'the Tniuale of
ieie: with any regard for his bones would November to the beginning 'of March it
,YV;th -every revolution 'of th6 wheels theiy-lng In December, January andFebtuairy
of time. 'W'hen she started for the Dun
rtggan she had aboard George R. Carter,
rrf-tesentlng the consignees, and VV M.
'G ffard and Fred. Whitney of Wm. O. Ir
win & Co. The two latter gentlemen were
rot going to be left behind n this the
first commission of their new tug In Ha
waiian waters. She did' splendidly, al
thergh she had a very.-choppy sea an
w jr--teaming against a strong breeze.
ARC1IITKCTS.
r.t h f AOrt. Arrhttacts and
nw -iffl.-a KMtne t-4. Arlington
M. Hnnolnln, M. .j afeatch.a and
aximaoe furnlaha.t at snort bo
th, . V, O. has T.H.
Tit AIM. Arcnlterta.8'j!ta
nlnpB, Tort Ru
c
scne. and the steamer Mokolil, which
waa vnrklnv on wrerkaa-e. lft on the
tha Uat vassal to g"t aground In that vl- ppot whre the William Carson was. for
clnlty. th. Wilder steamship Company, . started
When the Dunreggan stuck hard and ' the Dunreggan as soon as It was evi-
lA4 9i lhal art was IS a 9 A an1 fast (nk
f(.st In the sand she was almost half a rrff Frr,m wheM the Mokolil lay the
mile from the shore. Phe rolled slightly masts of the bark Dunreggan could be
first and then swung quickly around sen over the lower point of Diamond
. . . , ..,, j,-....- Head and those aboard the little steamer
r ner bow pointing directly out to sa. ...... ,
" . csme to the conclusion that she must be
Tha point at which she struck Is Just ..tore
rrklway between the lighthouse and the I Very little anxiety seemed to be dls-
iiiniriru iu uib.ui.ih5 rrnj uwire m tuc as low as . nve aegrees ai euueji. -1 u. ne
ltinr npatun V.tf ft urn vilt1.. Dial.' r Q ft a . n ta v..' . n .
.-. ... J J " V ....... , . . . . " .TfS'VI. 1-3 , IBllCU " J L.CUCUb BlVl Ul., U1Q
ti u.-.inirrou. um lor mr rranmi rer.cnea I'fKing tn two days. Alter pass- sand and dust of the plain rise m
19 approacn ine uunreggan. on account Yang-Tsun, which Is sixty 11. or about
of her nearness to the shore Captain twtnty miles, from Tlen-Tsin, the road
I'ttVaw backed very slowly towards the'ani the present railway part company,
vsiwl, taking ioundirigs every tew yards, 'the former trending to the east of Nan-
Six fathoms were noted, then five, four Hm.nsv. the Emoeror's arreat huntlnsr
and thre and a half. By this time the
ti'g's stern was close to the bark's bow.
The wind off shore was strong and
steady and the sea was unusually rough
fot that vicinity. The steadiness of the
Punreggan's rolling and the absence of
any pitching on her part plamly Indicated
that she was settled down hard and fast
o-. the reef. The bark was still pointing
her bow out to sea and was gt-ntly roll-
gicund, and the railway to the west. The
oi.ly towns In which the traveler by road
cruld hope to obtain refreshment for man
ant beast were Yang-Tsun, Ho-hsl-wu
(fcrty niles from Tien-Tsin), and Maton
(al-cut fifty-three miles from Tieh-Tsin).
Frcm the latter village to Peking Is a dis
tance of twenty-seven miles, the direct
road running through the village of Hsln
ho. an almost Impassable route in some
lng with a heavy swell. B:g waves broke 'sr-teons owing to heavy Inundations,
u sgalnst her sides, showering the wind- These occur In the autumn, and then It
great
elends, and It Is extremely trying .to trav
elers. Communication bv sea la Inter
rupted for three months, from December
1 1 March. Spring opens suddenly, and In
May the thermometer rises to 95 degrees
Fahrenheit. June is cooler, and la July
the rainy season sets in, and lasts until
the beginning of September. The rain
falls are of different duration and force,
but the. heat, in Bpite of them, is very
lnttnse, iind frequently exceeds 100 de
grees Fahrenheit
It will be.jrathered therefore that the
allied troops will be confronted . by the
mcst trying period of the year, and taking
irto consideration the fact, that the coun
try contains no food supplies fit for con-
(Continued on Page S.)
Ms recessary to take a more circuitous svrcption by Europeans, the campaign is
route through the village of Chang-chia- likely to be a very arduous one.
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