The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-05
England Sends a Force to
Protect Aliens Against
Chinese.
KOWLOON OUTRACES
British Surveyors Sheds Burned
and the Lives Of the Men
Threatened.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HONGKONG. April An conse-
quence of attacks by Chinese on Brit
ish survey parties Of the Hongkong
Government on leased territory at
Kowloon yesterday, it having been
reported that Captain Superintendent
May and a small force of police were
being confined in a hut, one hundred
men of the Welsh Regiment left early
this morning on the torpedo destroyer
Whiting for Mrs Bay.
The Viceroy of Canton has sent three
hundred soldiers to Kowloon to pre-
serve order.
Captain Francis Henry May, how
ever. arrived here unmolested to-day.
The Government does not apprehend
any trouble in taking over the Kow-
loon Hinterland, although placards
have been posted melting the people to
stop the British from surveying there,
and the British officials have returned
10 Hongkong, owing to the threatening
attitude of the Chinese.
Captain May reports that a number of
surveyors sheds have been burned, and
that the villagers We're so aggressive
he was forced into cOncealment at
night and had to return to Hongkong
in daylight.
Troops are being held in readiness for
an emergency.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitney Warren. Miss Evelyn Burden,
Mrs. Harry McVickar, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carolan, cousins of the bride; Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. ChiIds. Mrs. George Crocker
and Mrs. NJ. H. deYoung.
It was really informal and jolly dur
ing the breakfast, all joining in the
popular tunes that the orchestra play
ed. There was a general demand for a
speech from Mr.. Herman Oelrichs, and
he finally was prevailed upon to speak
and made a few happy remarks. Mr..
Oelrichs said:
have been father, mother, brother. sis
ter, aunt, and uncle to this young bride,
and when I saw all these presents pouring
in l thought perhaps at least there would
be some left for me; but no, she takes
them all away with her and leaves US
alone. VIII you all drink to the health
and happiness of this young couple and
TO those they are leaving behind?
Soon after these few remarks the
bride left the wedding feast to don her
going away gown, which was of black
Italian cloth, trimmed with revers Of
cream colored canvas. The hat. of vel
low straw, was trimmed with garden
las and purple yiolets. 1t was shortly
after 2 o'clock when young Vanderbilt
and his bride entered their brougham.
They were fairly pelted with rice and
old shoes The maid Of honor. Miss
Tolfree, threw her white satin slipper
and it landed on the top of the brough-
am. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt were driv-
en- at once to East Thirty fourth street
ferry, where a special ferry boat
awaited them. a special train took
them from Long Island City directly
to the lodge of W. K. Vanderbilt's
country place, Idle Hour" at Oak
dale, L. I. The bridal couple were I'M
accompanied, and had the parlor car
to themselves. The only other persons
aboard the train were the train crew.
two officials of the railroad and Mr..
Vanderbilt's valet. In the baggage car
was a photograph, a ladys bicycle and
a golfng outfit.
The train stopped about half mile
west of Oakdale station, and Mr. Van
derbilt and his bride alighted and took
seats in the carriage that was await
ing them and were whIsked into the
grounds through one of the side drive
ways.
Idle Hour, where they will spend the
first part of their honeymoon, is a spa
cious Queen Anne cottage built of brick
and terra Gotta. 1t is located on high
ground, overlooking Great River, and
is about three-quarters of a mile from
'Oakdale station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt will, in all
probability, go to Europe for a few
weeks, but the date of their sailing has