THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1800.
Notes-by-the-Way-
H. E. Sir Houry A. Blake and party left Peking on 12th May."
Tho'zturu of plague case up to noob on the 17th May showed that twenty-four fresh ass and twenty deaths becurred dering the preceding 24 hours.
tine anchorage this Thorning, a CASO DE
Chinese Borvants:
TELEGRAMS,
REUZEE'S SERVICE,
LONDON, 18th May,
fored on the Vanl does not exceed 2,000 **** The health of the British troops and Lieutenant R. P. Holgan, of the US, Navy, having completed the work of sapur-horse is excellant and fore) arul, water fro vising the reconstruction of the watered plentiful. Spanish cruisers at Hongkong, left yester day for Mattila by tho Teinan.
·LATER
THE CHINA MAIL.
AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES. CHINESE MINISTER ON AMERICAN
THE NEW COMMISION. The following views regarding affairs American are contained in a privato letter dated San Francisco, April 4
the
DRESS.
DENOUNOES THE COSTUMER OF BOTH
MEN AND WOMEN. Wa Ting Fang, the wily Chiueso Minis tor, as expressed himself on the American national dress. Ila says: Your national America costume is ridiculous and absurd, it does not compare with the Chinese for
BETTISH AND BOER MILITARY
NYSTEMS...
extent, again, the English Army praavead Hence them is litle reason fut surprisa a system of taclick of its own in the days of that 50,000 Boers should have required am, Waterloo. But the Butuh Army of 10-day cry of nearly 200,000 overcome their ATM Do system of tactics of its own; the resistance. But tho akit e only relative,
only tactica possessed by the Brish It is a a bold statement, but probably a true uldler consist in the Torformance of certain one that an army of 20,(00); mounted slow cumbrous evolutions, all of tho tantry higly organized whole, and wholly and entirely useless in motion in which each individual unit was a trained They were useless already in 1870, but new expert in fighting, accompanied by a dos libs was given to theth by the German proportion of artillery, woull have over victories victories due not to drill, but to ao me the resistance of the Boom in less superiority in organization, superior than the resiste
(PRON TIMES UPECIAL CODEESPONDENT
OLPE TOWN.) Riding out from Tendeborg Camp on the afternoon of Majuba Day -I nist the long procession of Bour prisoners marching on their way to Modder River Station. It was truly striking picture they presented
Anon who for a month hold their own against
strategy, superior transport, and, not least
oboy his own
THE FALSE EUNUCH.
A HEMARKABLE SCOUNDARI
Downgur —
The new Philippine Commission leaves for Manils to-tay. They have been given TEE VARRORS CONCENTRAT-
ING ON THE VAALAN Kuter's correspondent at Kroonstadt, rather more power than anything going to The U. 9. reconstructed cruiser Don 14th inst., saya that it is imported the whole or dependency as yet; not exactly
[of the Boer forces are concentrating on the plenary power but something closely appro.beauty, health, convenience or its suitabi Hóre were the men that had checked the of all, to ampqrice numbers, The average Juan de Austria was placed in the quaral River learing thu Biggarsborg-and theo/ching a full authority. One member inity for different climates. Your dress guard at Modder River and shot down the British officer know how to teach his mon Investor cheat exposed that is the Highland Brigado at Magersfontein, the to perforia these useless ovalutions to exact superiors, but that, sa culo, exhausts his pingas having dovoloped on quo of the Southern and, Western frontions. It ja anti-expansion the other ones are more of men's dress, and the woman-ttoir kirts our superior forces, who, oven, when in obedience from them snd!
computed that the Free States xhi Pless expansjonista. Esch individual has an arù tou kong, Just look for a moment flight and hunted down into the ditch at ajutorente; ho han no tretieni knowledge J. The native correspondent of the N-
they go by on the strost. The bottom of Paardeberg, bad repulsed Lord Kitchen or insight either. Fistamil or acquired by idea in his own mind regarding what should their dresses are dirty,lthy. And what frost onslaught with such Unavy loss and forataly. In generalship, at least, we ourne Daky Nazca this refers to the death of Lie
is the woman to do with her hands. Thy be done in the Philippines,
The Presidential canves in on not there always have hell of their druss. Is that ting days after had stuck with impot-like to have been able to slow decided superior Lien-gin, the favourits of the Express tenacity to their belos in the fiver lank, in
les . is a goneral waking up of States for they do not hold if ap high enough. They fergulo atench of hundreds of dead horses
the style to hold it up a little? But to spite of shipnel and lydoite and the intqty over comanders who had never
more than a thousand men ht a fiuie, bat Much joy luas been of late manifested in
is not easy to prove that such as beso campaign. We have many candidatos in ought to ent those skirts shorter of and oxen. Only the slow and sure the case throughout. The truth is that the Capital at the news of the sudden reath
Your boots are so tight they make corne pushing up of our lines along the river the field, with Mr McKinley in Ba the favourite in the running. Still Not ons in a hundred Chinese has a car the Canadians, had led them to surrenderita promotion by seniority and not by murit of the Empress Dowager, which occurred on your feet. With us come are very rare. Pad, andier in the Opal gallant rush of our system, with its presupposition of un of Lion-yin, alios the Man with tho - reasoning unintelligent querience, with False Smile, the favourite (sham) eunuch our politics are always full of surprizes and on his foot. Of course, I suppose you can General Boller occupied Dudes' on the [po one knows what extreme sentimentar faster with your tight lives than we Here they were, thens tertilto fellowes militates against the development of on the sth ultimo, after only a couple of
can witli our loude one bab pure sartainly placidly Jogging along the high road,
generalship. How is a man who has And then the with chair, few personal belongings wrapp boon trained to lists may do in the hands of politicians are more comfortable.
bo stupid all his life hours of illness passed in extreme agony. ed up foto bundles with bright colored long soddenly going to show ability and has led the supposition of poison at There is my amount of sentimentalistu, women's hate, of mg, groat hig things, with handkerchiefs, looking for all the world like initiative as a general at, 50 Jar an any ho hd very many, and this is somonline anti-wories, anti-imperialism aftent on the dead birds and animula on thom; is that English rustics going haymaking Many where the system lives hi cach
humanity 7
of them carried umbrellas to protect their political tide roady to be swayed hither and
ouch, man is capable of being a general confred by the fact of his borial within, The ladies evening dross? Oh, no,
weather-beaten complexions from the son."
dest unusual circumstance, for even thither in the hands of a few of the gr at must not say a word about that. That A fan of the older non ero allow to In our Army there are very low men indred seventy-two hours of his death. - - This is political mangers Sentimentalism never would got the ladies down sa mé tud I do ride on ponies to save them the fatigns of hourvive the spatom und romals GE Congst; thu' ordinarily well-to-doj; tho.
not want to do that, you know.
such anwonted exercise as marching. They generals.
respect duo to the dead requires that one' Generally spealing the most striking hundred days, at last, should tapas be has any hand or brains It has no sense That Me Ng Chey, alte H.E. Wu Ting were of every age, from uexy boys to gry difference between the Boer araly and ours sore burial, horter that the duo number instance, in the nuns of
concerning him, we are slow to believe, ed, but most of them were in good spirits, army has a great general, ice officers and said before the body is placed beneath the Ha is what the Americans callagniart glad that, for them at least the war was
mug are untramed, nevertheless there in a col. Doubtless thero wore good reasons posing annexation and
than. The above does not show his over, and without anxiety as to their future great deal of pretical military Reuse and smartness or his Variod knowledge treatment. The question inevitably sug- Alleyno ng consented to justpona her them on Saturday night. The Boers lost ry upon the army in the field and the Anglo-American life. When the pasted itself, how was it that an army eum alertness of mind; distributed through the for the dead rumuch's family adopting Mis Lounamercial element in the ostion. And all representative of a bodding civilisation posed of men like these could have fought whole mass, Oit the other hand; our army good time. The eunuch loft an estate.
The Bangla Times of the 7th instant annobuces the death on the previous day of a ton-year old son of the King of Siam and also the death from cholers of Mr Cheeseman, wander in a British juil.
The Garden Fete.
The Fats and Recoption for Captain Torey 6cuit, R.N., C.B., and the ferrs
BRITISH OCCUPATION OF DUNDEE.
lath, inst. after viperations heating four days. Two thousand and five hundret of the enemy fave left for Glencoe Collieries. Dundoo wrooked.
MAFERING.
The Boora fariously bombarded Mufpë
no-1
DIRA,
the buds of man's onemies, of which
of H.M.8.Terri's will be held on the king on the 12th inst., destroying and coherence or ergnaization. In the prosent Fang, ever said what is here reported boards. A few looked sullen and deptosis the difference of intelligence. The Boog of Buddhist and Taoist proyers should to
Cricket Ground on Saturday, 11 May,
afterwards occupying the miva quarter.
frum 30 to 11.30 p.ta. Miss Muriel
The British attacked and surrounded
benefit concert on Saturday.
The Poking-Klatka Railway.
The special sorrespondent of the Chinn Guzete telegraphs that the Chinese auth ritics deny the report that they have given, er rather sold, Russin the right to build the Kistka-Peking tailway- in nominal The Editor co-oporation with China, notes-They will also deny what is not admitted even by the British Government, .namely, that Manchuria has practically boen annexed by Ratsala and coastal to be a Chinese pussession.
"
Landslip.
A Chinnunn was engaged yesterday, cookiny rice in a conkhouse attached to a matshed on the hill above Union Church. The couthouse was situated on the edge of
killed and 17 wounded.
THE BOER DELEGATES. The Bour delegates have arrived in Now York
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE JUBILEE MEMORIALS.
To the Editor of the 'CHINA MAIL May 17, 1990.
เ
humanity. It is working untold
of
make
course which will gradually leak out in is a huge complex of organized stupidity:
veluod this because the greatest combing, cave one, budding, we mesu in overything that is as these men had done? Want was there not at our officers are all fuois, but which is hard, uh, drained through at 58 million tools, one-third of of modern times, the Sagar Trust, is anti-usoful-hegins to tell us how to dress and is there to counterinlance the elaborate that the syston supposes thein to be bras and presenty from Princes of the
Some how high our ladies ought to hold op their training of European army 1
calculator to suoh, and is annexative. This predatory institution is pattioita, it is time to call an Interes months ago, just before the butbreak of them such With superior intelligence Imperial Elvas desirous of place and power, opposed to the entry of Philippine sugars tional Conference, with the Dowager Em the WAT, I had the good fortune to spend a
redistrict magistrato who wants his nama had no tmining in physical recorded in the Grand Council books for because of this immense expenditure it pross as Honorary President!-ED. Q. ] week, in the Boer camp at Sandspruit, bear goes superior moral courage. The Boore down the oficial of the 7th tank or
Janga Nek; bad sea, something of thoir ave would entail in buying up Philippino Sugar
organization and discussed with them their courage, such as is given in a regular army immediate substantive preferment. No- mia hoda of fighting. But nothing saw they are peasants who value their lives thing was tuo snill or indignitoant for Lå GERMAN SHIPPING.
there quite propared me for the succes and are not inclined to rựn groat | Lien-yin, Ali wasab for his net As
event for great ends. But if a matter of fact, the man's annual increme ANNUAL REPORT OF YORDOSUTSCHER LLOXD-Those methods were destined to achieve
mozal coursgo during this campaign. have hitherte had o
interests.
Sugar is now landed it to refineries at San Francisco for $23 net and it mails for
.
The Norddeistacher Jacyd at Bremen has for there can be no doubt that the Brare be denied that the Boura bave allown rent from these sources is said to have been 1890, než a ton. This is a neat little pret published its roport for 1809, according to cers, even when soat measure of suc-Their-generals have attempted tasks that something incredible in figures, for onco'
made possible by our duties and by the system of contrat olavory maintained in, Hawaii.
which the profit gonzed from the
Transatlantic
1809, ... 1899.
traffic. 11,170,800 m.7,806,380 Imperial post
3,727,180 steamers...
664,429 European tradis Interests...
1,138,436
913,961
stoamers...
3:104,242 629,490 720,978
161,192
tion at
s deduction, is made
The moment.
Another ad-
any person was honcured by being. no British general would have undertaken allowed to send him a gift, it became the for the fact that they have been main with similar forces. In action they have duty of the ons to end the outch some DEAR MR EDITOR, Some three year
17 acting on the defensive. They have thinned their lines to an oxstant we should thing at the end of each year in order not by ao menos always been on the defun never dream of doing, in order to preserek be forgotten. These 12 million or so when passing through Dongkong, I heard a good deal of the proposed Jubiles
sire, The eories of operations ending in
They Blemorial Fund, which I believe was to be
We have had po staternen in the States
the investment of General White at Lady. their front against larger foroes utilised for the construction of n tovi roul
amath and the incursion into Natal as far have held on to position after position as taals a deposited in gold shops, banks, pawnbrikking institutions, wholesale drug the Teland and the erection of a Hospital. for half-a-century, and thoso new questions
south as Mooi Rivers can hardly be called long is posible, nevar yielding further shops, etc. and can be withdrawn at any then was ablutely necessary for the time. His landed estates are spread over Also,
if my memory serves me right, the may develop a few personalities that will ang and Whanges Dock Company tamer abwin slap-trap of sentiriout or, the
purely defousire muvements... Dar fores at liensbarg was weakened by moment. No troops could have shown the thres provingos of Chibli, Shanet And greator skill in rearguard tighting that offend to gild the status of Her Majesty, cheap palios of the salce. I prelict. For sale
Honan, namely, maarly 200,000 mow in the withdrawal of troops for the concentr Coonjoy showed in the notion at Chilli, 180,000 mow in Honu and 500,000 On returning now, I am told in a skanne-
-After paying all expenses and after ap tablesangs River the Boers turned the Drienuts on Fobruary - 162–
in Shansiall coltivated lands. Whela upon it and drove it back проп
streets of houses in Paking and Taiyuanfu faced way by my host that there is some with full faith in the adaptability and rosi- sort of mudate, the Committee not being a nullah. Surilenly the ground gavo say able to agree as to the route of the rastlines of the American niad, a brilliant plying m. 7,869,207 for writing-off purpose Arundel. That they have throughout fail-vantage, though perhaps n duub:ful one,
È precious stones and and cockhouse, Chinaman and rics were he cathot tell me if the Hospital has been future for the Philippines, and in the vory (5,255,350), the shareholders are getting ed in their attacks on intranched positions posed by the four buy in its home (expital of Shansi) stand in the Li family's gainst 7 per cent. for the previous year. less forth to ourselves. It is by no hesus changeable. There is no difference of jadestone and branze autiquities received
cavalry precipitatud into the mullah. The China.td-in fact, ho, good man, seems rather car future test catirely a hours rulou.6,000,000). as a dividoud of 7 per cent.. is true, but the same applies with bardly genety, All the parts are freely inter name, whilst the value of p
or infantry of officer or shidier. lisgusted over the whole business.
have seen for myself that the statue government for that, now distracted, poo-The Beet now represents a value of certain that, supposing for a moment the Detachments can be sent if separately of a present, or banght by the unnuh in a career of ton years favouritism, aliaost m.92,535,000 (m.79,802,000 for the pre-res inverted, 20,000 British troops would has not yet been enlightened with gild ng.
vious year.) Alt expectations emceraing a have been able to capture 10,000 Beers in any magnitude, from five mon to severe incalculable. Being a caniment in anti-
thousandaard composed of any men that may
quities, Ti not only eagerly accepted such Now, Mr Editor, can you toll me the
satisfactory developmost of the subsidised Ladysmith while at the ning time resizingbo available, quito irrespective of the con-
*presents but paid enormona sutras for euch why and wherefore of this stoppie?
East-Aciatio lina have been fulfilled, so that the advance of another 50,000 Bours from mandus from which they may be drawn things is the Eraues escrificial utensils of had an impression that the Hongkong pea
the aumber of cabin passengers always has the south.cess of the Boer-after all In the absence of drill and all the com: the Sang (E.C. 1766-1104) and Chon dynas bren a full one, while the cargues Tomained. The success ple, although only Crown Colonists, were level-handed sensible lot; but over this
inardicient. The fortnightly service, which allowunco has toon made for the extreme plicated evalutions invented by drill a tias (B. 1122-205). For instance, hear- matter they seem to have gene to sleep
Who is the Comuniter and what is the
was commenced on Ost, 4 by the despatch dibeulty of the task imposed upon us by geanta in times of peace to keep the soldier mattor with them? Why don't they do
of the newly built Koenig Albert, Las been the natural conditions of warfare in beath from mischief, the Buer pusssats another a Chokjang family posed a bountiful sunsething with the $100,000 or whatever
completely successful. The branch fine Affies, the enormous area of operations, great advantage. The Boss in camp never Hongkong-Yokohama milis becususpended, the lack of provisions, and the searity of dinous parades, inspections, and fatiguos, they have in hand? They might call
the present largo steamers are continu-water bus been the success of their military which keep the British Boldier copied
vid Shanghai to Japanese systems against "outh, The Boers have
man when rescued from, the debris was found to be bruised and burned but not seriously. Doubtles the laudslip, which was fortunately not of an extensive nature, was due to the slackoning of the earth by
the recent rains.
The New Law Courts
It will be seen that the ground on the Now Pruga beside the Queen's Statue ha
a
plo.
in
TAILWAY ENTERPRISES IN SIAM Concerning the railway facilities of Siam. which "American manufacturers have been urgent by various consular officers to interest themselver, United States Consul General Hamilton King, at Bangkok, sends a recent raport as follows:- Nostly all of a meeting of the subscribers, if they cannot what enn properly be termed public works
it is
bien charge, and operations are in progress agrise &mog hiemselves; or esl in that oxist today in Siam have beet con- ing their Fuyas Panang a-now trafo Eas undoubtedly, a mutary systems of their from morning to night.
Court buildings. There are necessarily a good deal of preliminaries to be arranged bafaza the commencent of the erection of a building of such proportions. The plans of the building were received so time ago from tho designers, Messrs Eaton,
kok,
In i treating of the Boar milltary system
I
purpose. Nevertheless, the essence of the
brunza sacrificial utonail of the Gret-named
feet high, Li Lien-pin sent in 1893, two dynasty, a beautifully-east uen, nearly five special agents to buy the thing. The owners being in no wise pour refused to part with truasured heirloom that had belonged te the family for over 700 years; but presure
bash created to with have purposely left out of account their was par upon them by aid of the then which ore paid to scative all cantankerous to that tien, only a few canals, a very sad from Singapore n traffic has been creat
law
British troops and with natives, a system in tempers and check all nervous and trombling streets, and limited extent -ef telegraph ad to Bangkok and North Bornee. From naiy ways admirably adapted to the peculiar ardilery: The Boer artillery has reprise Governor of the province, and it was finally sonsations.
line oxisted in the country. The construe Hongkong regular traffic is going to Bang-conditions introduced into moduro warfare many ways, it is handled with sold to the canach's agents for Tls. 120,000
La considerable skill and freedom, and the
how much they charged their princips! 1 believe someone in your colunas hasion of raikoads began in 1901, although kok and Swatow, while from Shanghai to by the long-range quick-firing radi. Boers have shown great resourcefulness in for it is not known-it being also promised advocated putting a part of the money to h
ahure-car line had been started in Bang King-chow, Chetoo, and Tientsin a regulars military system it
turning ovory kind of gun whother rigia- to gire à substantive Tautaiship to a mêm-- the purpose of erecting a good headquarters Yok in 1588. The first line of railway was trafic is done by the steamer of Mr M. montary: it has never been developed ally intended as a field gun, a gun of tor of the family in Shangtung and goot for the Volunteers in place of the present about aftqua
miles in length, nor Jobech The Australian line of subsidised by disipline and training. Yet, rudimen cramped uffiic. In view of the face that both Shanghai and Singapore are well pro
row gauge, and running from Bapgatcamera has shown good results, and it is try and uhorganized as it is, it has bad, no position, or a naval gun, to scine etappointments at Peking to two others B
the capital to Pak Nam, the tended to despatch a steamer every three slight surf success. What the poten
of Panishments and Revenue. All thess in the riflemen. A great deal has been promises were made good within a month Webb and Ingres Boll, of London, and 'vided in this respect, ad for many other port at the mouth of the Menaweeks, instead of every four weeks as heru- tialities might be of an aring effectively or. Bour system les not in the artillery, babing no 3rd class Secretaries in the Roarin the calculations as to the weight of the remains, this appears very worthy object. River. This cuteprice is called the Pak tofore. It is alse intended to have the ganized on Boor lines, yet remains to Ta Building huve been worked out in the offices suggest you invite the Committee to call
It not overbod for a stranger & Sam Railway Company (Limited), and pays steamers in futuro calling at the Carolines ten in any case, there can be no doubt said during this war of foreign mercenaries of Li Lécu-sip's receipt of the brunas urn,
7 per cent dividends," regularly.
The and Marisung Inlands, so that a memor is that the Boer system ountains (cubuses from serving with the Boors. The remark has amongst his collection of antiquities as a of the Public Works Department. Es meeting of the subscribers and put the second was the Government Line, from leaving Singapore, nu Now Guing to which we say well draw lessons of the uttees but all the more ghifor not large bronza rosset, standing on a tripod, the the Boers, but all the nations of Europe whole nearly seven feet high, covered with matter before them, and settle the matter Bangkok to Korat, distance of 165 miles. Sydney, while moiber steamer in leaving most valuto. The Boar military system is Unfortunately. List is not true. If the hibroglyphic characters and figures of birds carations have-been tuado to ascertain the nature of the Roli, and the ground has now Gomohaw-and not let matters alle as This line, which was boyun in 1892, and is
What is the trouble about gilding the standard gauge, is now nearly completed, from Hongkong to Sydney, calling at Now primarily a national military system. It is Boers had been led by European advise,sud saioals, alleged to have boon osat by the Quines, the island of Taman (Maziganes), ut a thing karnt in books by a few among it is not vary walikoly that our troops would Emporar Yu, the Great. (La Yu, B.C. 2205, senior officers, but something that exists have been tu Protéria by the end of last 2197) for which. La paid an enormous sunt in the mind of every single citizen of the island of Penso (Carolices),
the two Republics, ang ba said that year. There have been a goal many which, although the Empies Dowager
with
the Fler artillery and also wished to posers, ho Batly rotused to foreign experts almost every into in the ordinary Buer any foreign adventurers have joined the part with As to the money presents commando is not only a tolerably good shot, Buer conamandos, or, as in the case of the this remarkable eunuch wend in the habit of Germana, Scandinaviang, and Hellactors, receiving, the following way be taken es
been marked off for piling operations. Mr.
prusent.
John Mossop, A.RI.BA., who has arrived statuas the Comunities objected to from London to saperintend the erection that too? Yours, otc,,
of the building, has commenced his duties,
and it is hoped that in a very short timo
TRAVELLER.
So far as vo can understand, nothing can
Rebellion in China.
and will cost the Government nearly 858,000 guid per mile. All the materials for this line have been manufactured in England, Germany, and Belgings A fine from Ban Mayee to Chiengraci, à distance
of about 400 miles, has been started;
SECOND GYMKHANA MEETING."
the
The second Gymkhana nesting of the but has an cellent eye for out hill farned comaudos of their own, organized an insauce. It will be remembered thos
and the fire division of about 50 miles esason will be held on Saturday, June 2 is under construction." The line will
the contractor will bo put to work to drive the piles. It is estimated that the piling operations will uconpy froin vive mouths to a year, and daring that time the work- en will be graded cutting and dressing the stone in the quarries, so that intindi. ately the jiting is completed the croction of the building will bo begun. It is hoped that the Law Courts may be contplated withia three or four years from now. Strange Disappearance of two Children,
pour widow residing at B ̈Chang W, Lut_full details are expected to arrive in a Thisses through a high-rica canus
{few days from the officials of the disturbed Lane has been nearly deroented owing to provinces in question. Frem Shantung the disappearance, on the 18th April, of her and Chipreting is onger and a fusion two children aboyaged 4 and a girl agad to be getting stronger and stronger
-N-0 Daily News.
ever; he is able to realizo whether a
The
an
be arranged by the Committed, or at least nothing has been notified to the sub Keri Kirs. It seems to us the subscribers
OF a fold in the ground is defensible or not, on the Boer model. But the Boere have the Espress Dowager's ez-secret omissary. will have to take up the subject de novo. also be standard gunge. No mart-first saddling bill at 1.15 p.m. The fellow whether it offers facilities for rotreat or much too good an option of their own to Japan; the notorious Lim. Exis-heun, There is such a thing as failing a carryfactured materials to speak of have yet ing programme has been aged
attack. There have been no instances auditory skill over to allow a foreigner: lo was under a ban in 1898 bong sentenced out a trust,-Eu. U.ặt.]
been purchased for this line. A line of
Vitros Tan of Canton to matre gauge (30.37) will possibly be 11.30 p.m.-Five furlongs Race-For this willest of detachments of Turriterfere actively with the direction of by the then
sunnary decapitation for irregularities in started next year, rutting to Rational in ponies. Weight for inches blundering into tmpo in the way British their operations.
with 2 lbs. added. Ben de polo ponies forces have so repeatedly done. (45 miles) and Petchabures (73 miles),
The advantages pussessed by the Boces the Waining lottery, of which Lin then tad. and subscription griffins this season, nearest approach to such a bluuder res The local podurios have received from Bangkok towards the Burmese
allowed 5 lbs. Winners of any rice this homerunions advance of the Jobarnesburg are, however, combined with great defects, the money in Kuangtung provine frontion. The survey only is com-
sonson poualized 12 lbs. for 3 wins, 10 commando with its motley crowd o The Box arms is practically untraired the Lia managed to get introduced to the pleted and us materials for construc dispatches from the South reporting the ox
-lis, for * wins the for 1 win First towns folk and foreigners, which-led cohesion given by the commando system is unack shortly after the coup d'état of
En prize presented; 2nd příze, 894. istenco of a widespread rebellion in the tion have yet hoon ordered. The IE
to the defeat at Elandslagte, Banos buticioni e serve me a fost sabarinute Septé bar 1618, by as payment of s Grupeo $3, provinces of Kangtung, Kuang, Kuei-has just granted a franchise to Prince
thesofware not the real Boers they would for training, and without discipline no army present of s. 400,000 cab, and obtained chou and Human. So far it is only known to one too of the N2-460 p.m.-Hurdle Race-Down the never have advanced into so dangerous a can ever be really effective. The Boor further commendation from the sunach by
way, from Menim River to the
straight, 10 flights of humiles. Fur all position for so little purpose. How oppos generals have rarely been able to persuade offering to search the work over, at his that the rebels are under ono leadership Kawn Nayoko River, with several branches.
Chino penis. Cath weights over 11ed the whale performance was to the finers their men to overonyos their natural ins own expense, and arrest Kaug Yu-woi, thu stone. Previous winners of a Steeplo iden of soldiering can be seen from the roanot for keeping over and to cross wide Reformer Lig'a visit to Japau was in chaso penalized lbs. Two prizes from ferences teade to it by General Joubert in one of dangereus ground in order to de- this connection and also to try to persuade. Gymkhan Fand. Entrance $2
bis despatches; not a word of praise for liver su attack, or socuro an important the Japanese to refuse protection and Lus of lines cast and west, agregating more ladies Nomination-Gon the bravery with which they maintained position. They have never been able to pitality to the Rotoruer and his friends. than 500 miles of additional railways; bat
tlemen will start from One Mile Post on an unequal fight, simply qualified blame execute & rapid counterstroke when our Liu Lud a companion named Ching the rarenus of the country is not sufficient to carry out all the works at one time.
pony with an envelope given him by the for the reshings which brought them into troops have made an attack and hean Kuss, 11 ex-scribe of the Boat at For this purpose it is not unlikely that the
Judges containing the name of some woll a difficult position. The art of digging repulsed, and they liare often had great Rovenue, for whose arrest reward had known popular air, ride to his Nusantor trenches and erecting shunts or breast dificulty even in getting the zusjority of hoon effered by that Board, when he Gaverhnient inay negotiato a loan in the
patrum near future. A privata syndicate in 1887
opposite the winning post and Whistla works of stone, aud, putting them in the their forces to advance into the firing line. went up to Peking to parchase the thu tane to her. The lady will write the position where by are most effectually Want of discipline, too, manes that a Boer favour of the eunuch. Lin got his obtained accession for street railway
11anie of the tuffo on a piece of paper, concealed from ny advancing force, seen army, whaa nnce throughly rated, rapid to cancel the sentence of arrest against lines in Bangkok. These were built for
cuckoo it in an envelope, hand it to also to ze natural to the ordinary ly tends to become a rabbile, and to dwind Ch'ing Kuan, for which the latter paid horse cam in 1889, and changed to an electric bulley systent in 1882. This line
Gentleman, who will ride to judest with bonther. There is no reason to suppote le away by damlion. Of the 4,000 priso- the santch T. 250,000, and was then ap it. First phat Judges with correct answer that the Beers have learnt anything in thinners taken with Cronje, only, about 1,000 pointed to assist Liu in catching Kang Yu- is crowds with passengers all day long,
very much wel Ching Eunn's deficiencies in the Jarger number who bal and pers 18 per cent, on the investment.
Another fasturo of the Boer army is ite
8. The matber of the children, in order to ́cku out a livelihood, went out every day to American Interests in the Far East
carry earth, leaving the children in the A Washington despatch dated April house, but on returning for the midday, roads: The Navy Department officials meal, on the (dato in qacation, she miseed realise that, for the purpose for which the theu... She strongly suspected a fellow Navy is now employed in the Philippines, worker nasted Yong Sing I, and a district small fight-laft ganbusts are more valuable waichuan Daned Li Pon of kidnapping the than big bottle-ships or monitors with thar
where is a large population. The
has also a railway programine; consisting
The rolling stuck, machinery, and wire for
to win. Two prizes from Gymkhanaratter from foreign instnictope were Free Statere out of Horaccotit uf, the Board of Beyenisu, being at.
children, and she asks them where her humorou crows. Still conditions in the this road hate sit been bought in America, 145.30 p.m. Pylo Searty. Fresnestratue mobility. The whole forze on the fight from Magerafone that time a Treasury foribe, amounted to
children were. Yong SingI, who had occs. East are so unsettled as to make o with the rails in Europe. It is probable that sionally taken the children out and given drawal of any portion of the largo United this line will be extended in the near future. States foros doubtful at this time, in view and a nobler similar system will be
them cakes, told the distracted mother not.
to grieve but to offer a reward and the children would be sure to be forthequing The watchman on being taken to task said the children were all right. He knew, two young loafers and saw them leading boy and girl past him on that day. He
alse suggested to the widow to offer a good roward and she would got hor Lack. The poor widow, aneble
of the possiblity of wholesale demands for
built,
protection of American interests from posts Pirates et Woosung
the mainland of Asia. It has been so arranged that an American war ship will be 1 -
Twenty-odd Hymanesc pirates, a dozen
at band for soas time to come at no less of their women and sovorel children, out of
then three properly distributed points on an alleged company of nearly 80 mon, the musiniand which, will serve as stations
of tofngo in case they are needed. Thus
some time in dry dock..
women and children belonging to throe
Caused him in 1897 to flow to Shanghai Mile Post in Catch Weights over 11 monted the Roets have been thus able in answer frequently made to those newly is. 600,0X), the discovery of which stone. Bina fide polo ponies, that have starslly to throw their strength to any who would urge the advisability of study here he not Lin Huid-dysun and became beou played regularly up to date, (wosther given point, leaving other vital positions ng hot methods is dust those inathuds
aggregating The 040,000 were considered pornitting) and not trained on the Course.lmost undefended for the moment. They are inseparable from the defects just mon is close companion. Those two bribos Two Prises from Gymkhana Fund. have hardly anywhere uit us in equal tione, Pt individual initiative is in by the eunuch to be only onlinary case, Entrance $2.
numbers, but they have almost invariably compatible with discipline, or that it para- 5.--5,45 p.m.-Ladies' Numination. Desech superior to us at the actual point of lyser an army's power of attseb is who were of mostly everyday cecur
patch Race. Gentleman will start rotisst in battlo, atill more important statement that need hardly be taken ce
by dinci from Winning Post, rups" on foot about feature in the Burr system is the individual seriously. It is tale enough
mush
INFORETIES IN THE BADO We bara socz
100 yards to Gentleman B B. will ridegative allowed to each burgher, and the line is meant merely automatic obedience Stearns Wine of God Liver Oil on pony, round course to 1 Mile Post, knowledge each burgler, secenes of what to words of coriand bellowed cut in offands noither paisty or stomach, aud.cn. that accounfalane modunplishes quickly more dismount and get on a bicycle ride to is going on. As far as possible the plan stentoriau tones. But that is not the caly aliout 100 yards of Winning Post, of an atonded battle emaiounicated set of discipline possible. There is at Hongkong there are nu Lwo vessels, go junks were captured by Chinese gun boat mon at Woosung on May 10 It in
und despatch to Nominator, who will to the whole Bone army toforoband; each higher discipline, the lisipline of the non good work than any other preparation. and these are from time to time relieved by others noeding repairs. At Foo Chow peared test the pirates had been robbing..
be wheeled in past Winning Post zanan koows the goueral plan, and each who endeavours faitifully and unquestion Sold by a Chemists. Wholesale and Retail opposite Formosa and about half way up in broad daylight, spine villages inland, s
Gymkhans Fund Competitors to provide right thing to do in the ordinary emerge the risk, to the best of his ability and by fer any rovard, get into such a state the coast of Chins, the Portions will sud dozen or so miles froin Woceaug, cocaping rickshaw by Three prizes from man also bus in Hintself a bar ides of the ably to carry out instructions whatever from A. & Watsan & Co., Ltd., Hongkong.
themselves with richcha wa. with impunity until they got to a village The Coding is up
cica hich arise in the separate parts of the use of all his powers, plys bbl and that the police were informed of the occurring repairs, farther north at Shanghait two uules from Woung which they 66.10 p.m. Uno Mile Handicap-Taf scatter battlefield. In the British Army mental, Buch discipline can result only loss of bathra: from people, who bave tennived
ay usul robbed The villagers there, how- reuce and the suspected couple arrested and the wheeling is lying in the mouth of
2nd prize, (21 Eeftants 83,
ise of what is intended to happen, teach than the dielphine of the State I call he be highly retina fad, for far more valuable, 3 doensen and cleare the blond from all Ims They were brought before Me H-E. J the river at Taku as sentinels for the For, gure eluso, keeping up a running a Chinn Poutes. First Prize presental, vary few topt the generale Lave from careful training is even user to rest bareilf, from the use of Clarke's Blood
fight all the way, until the pirate hats got Matrica slow at 6 pm on Fusaday, May 15ything doos omation of the ground wherever the latter has coms to be The good feelfioria) Arte (
at any partien automated, but ler polot, if the oppformation Gompertz, at the Magistracy, this afternoon, Aorthern provine, k
diders from what the intelligenss officers almost useless be importance of mobilityFaily Boater, hloh gies on father to ma spd after honring evidence, the case was re- Stearns Wine of Dot Liver Oil; Their way hoseter was stopped by the
has been led, tu beliere, if the enemy are sit of intrenching on the Seid are anong It to the test on pariter fuit scléron fæd prided till the 2d inst. All offers on to be Laten durog the with season with guobeats mored at the mouth of the creek,
not found at the spot indiested, but end-the chief lessons taught by this war, hat kill have brought to light, and we can with the the part of the police to ascertain bezat, as the muusasting effect of Cod Laver and the pirates seeing that all was lost,
The following notion is issued from the denly appese somewhere else, individual the most important of all is the value of condenso resumeel it too sh
soldiers and officers, as a rule, do not know individual skill, energy, and initiativo es here and the pahile gunerally For Scorule the whereabouts of the children have or its Elsie is done away with doped in the water to escape individugi serve
Sold by all Cheira Wholesale and Retally. More than half were howevot captured
On the
11,65 a Barizotris what to do to meet the morgency Thest numbers. Oby man who can shoot Berry, Encent Bad Skin and Bond worth 20 who Disses, Pimples and Baros of all, hindu, its hitherto proved fruitless. It is to be hope from AS. Watson & Co., Ltd., Hongkong wall as the three junks, whose holde
alects are mermelons Thousands of wonderf fact is such tactics -79 posessed bra 1 thangos!
ortant. The depression
ight spót là i una fies been elected or la ~ Cha that the full vigour of the law will be stolen contained large quantities of loot taken
History is sold bears where! it WI A out to the heartless kloppers, whoever THEY SAY he is very areál, conscientious farm the autid villages. The emptored is still lying to be N.W part of the sofas Boer army s possessed aty, each
"husband. *ifs 1 Whenever be in grafig men women and children were eventually Japan Gaudienta gentle with eliberar individu, soldier. Such a nations, ovalam b they may be, and that the babes will be to be home to dinner he wore lets his learned over by the jumboat affects to the table leda Ur 8. Chips Forests of tactics the English posessed
district man letrats of Pacshary for tra restored to their grief stricken mother.
to the mouth of the Woosung creek, trist ing to scape by that way to do Yngw
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