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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Throughout the world to THE LATE day, there will be the PRESIDINT profoundest sympathy with MCKINLEY the American people, who lament the death of their President. For the third time in her; history, the North American Repaldic has lost te First Citizen ut the-inds of the assassin. In Mr McKinley, the HONEST LIQUORS United States had a wise, judicious, far: seeing President, a man of high national
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MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW. Miscellaneous.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Notes by the Way
Quarantine on arrivals from Hongkong is now removed at Woilisiwei.
It is notified in the friette that Bon R. Réau is now in charge of the French Consulate at Hongkong.
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The appointment Is' notifiul in the Geralte of De W. W. Pearse a Assistant Media Officer of Benith.
·LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Extermination of Bats.
A report by Dr Clarke, Medical Officer of Health, on a series of experiments with the Virus Contagieux of Professy Dangsa is published in the Gazelle. The gist of the these report has already appeared in
columas.
The Foochow Fire.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1901.
TELEGRAMS.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A.,D. 0. Performance.
The Hongkong Amateur Domantic Club is not to give a regular theatrical per. formauec derio the fortheng cricket week, but to give instead of Varisty per formance. This will, we believe, bo similar to the entertainment given at the Theatre Royal to H.M.S. Terrihte when she prived in Hongkong last year.
Stamp Revenue.
CHINA MAIL
SPECIAL SERVICE.]
THE SINGAPORE BANK:
ROBBERY.
Prolongation of Trial. [From Our Dieu. Correspondit,)
SIVO PONE, Sept. 16.
The trint of the men and women impli
The return of string yorenuo duringested in the rubbery of bank-nates from
The Foochow Echo of the 7th ist. says:-The dismal appearance of tho street rurning though the scene.-of the-Lato fre The Colonial Anxiliary Forces Long remains unchanged, the prequictors of the the months of August, 1900 and 1901, shows the Hongkong and Shanghai Hank pre Service Medal has be awarded to Second property, with the exception of Messrs. a depresso for the. Intter months of raines horo was resumed to-day. This in: Gilman & Co., not having as yet commenced $8,603.56. Under the heading of Probate, rebuilding.
Lieutenant 7. V. McC, Pritchard, Singn- pore Volunteer Rifles,
The annual match betwen the Gua Clubs of Fooching and Shanghai has re sulted in a win for Foochow by 5 points. The scores were--Foockeow, 72; Shanghai,
67.
an old woman was severely injured yesterday by the falling of a quantity of bricks during the demolition of old pro perty in Queen's Road West. She was consered to Hospita!.
Plague at Macao.
or Lettory of Administration, alone the the fourth day's proceedings, there having decrease in $0,874.00, white Conveyance or been no sitting on Friday owing to the Assignment shows a drop of 83,409,00. | sickness of a jurymoon. The case for the
procestion is still proceeding.
The local authorities have received The insin increases are in Transfer information from the Portuguero Govern- | Shares, $1,398.90 ; Charter Party, $502.70; aient that the plague at Macno is considered and Fill of Caling, $527,60, over and that the normal canitary condi- tions of the city being totally, restored, all The Robbery at Po-tol especial measures taken at Macao against the plague hare now been suspended.
School for 'Europeans.
The police have made a splendid case of the Po-toi iskind robhory which was reported on Saturday. As already stated nine men were captured on a junk, and the Intest news is that three more. arrests have
(REUTERS SERVICE]
THE WOUNDED PRÉSIDENT.
Condition Crition).
LONDON, 13th Septembor, 1901.
All the physicians were at the bedsido of“ the wounded President at three this morn
LATER.
buen made. One un was arrested by the ing, and an authorized announcement was The British Empire is the grustest
sillngers themselves. He had been left made that the patient was critically ill. aspirations and ideals. He had the good object-lesson ever given to the world to mitted the petition, praying for the estabbehind by the robbers. He offered as much.
shoe that & State can enlarge its borders without living under tyranny and without universal military service,
or bad fortune topreside over the destinies
*
of a great country at a time when its national policy was beginning to follow its natural devinent, when American policy began to chrow off its insularity It is notified in the file that H. E und to broaden its interest in the larger the Governor has been pleased to accept Goods per lodnorshire undelivered after affairs of the world. According to the the resignation of Lieut. G. L. Duncan, Hongkong Volunteer Corps Licat. Dun- views of the partisan, President McKinley was praised or blamed for can is now permanently resident in Eng- his attitude towards this development.
this date subject to rent.
General Memoranda,
TaresDay, Augus: 19 :--
. subject to rent.
MONDAY, September 23-
were
land,
Goods per Faber not cleared at 4 of policy. But it must be agreeable to
A telegram has been received by the the American people to reflect that Hongkong Government from the Secretary President Mckinley's personal aims to the Government of India, Home Depart
never nesailed wintever wight have been thought of tat policy be favoured. He was a thorinagh patriot an upright, fearless tnhh of proved capacity for governing, and the con fidence of the people in him
It is satisfactory to learn that H.E. the Goretnor has written to the Bishop of Victoria to inform him that ho has trans- lishment of a school for Europeans only, to 49 830 to be allowed to go, but the villagers The change in the President's condition the Secretary of Stats, and has recommend remained fire, and he was batided over to was quite sudden. The bulletin dated 2,60- en the proposals it contaion. We hope His Sergeant Lamont at Aberdeen. Sargeant this morning says the patient's condition Fenton captured another two mon atocessions the gravest apprehension." The Excellency's recommendation will influence' the Secretary of State in favour of the Shaukiwan. In all three cases proceeds of prayer of the petition, and that the school the robbery were recovered. fer European children will be establisbod
without undue loss of time.
Loport Duties.
ment, Shuda, stating that 171 cases and 137 | we. deathe from plague were reported at Broach Port, Bombay Presidency, between the 13th August and 12th September last,
Volunteers and the Wax.
dowels which yesterday evening stopped,
have sines moved, but the heart does not respond to the stimulation of strychnige, digitalis, and other powerful druge.
The President is conscious and calm.
LATER:
markets are demoralized.
A parliamentary paper gives particulars of the strength of Yolunteer Service com- The following talegram is published in panies and drafts embarked for South Africa
The wounded President is just holding the Gazelle-Govenor, Hongkong. Fol in 1900. The total number of offers at his own with the aid of drugs administered lowing tologram received from the Secretary out was 247, and the total non-commie- to sustain the heart. The hope of recovery of State for the Colonies to be repeated by loned officers and gen 8,249. Eight
is sml. The staldeness of the relapse. Protocol signed 7th September. officers and 358 non-commissioned officers has caused gonoral consternation, and a Powers have consented to Chinese import and men were killed or diod of wounde or duties being placed on treaty basis of effec- diecase in South Africa, while ar oficors tive & per cent on Maritime imports includ- and 1,282 ton-commissioned officers and ing articles hitherto free, with exception of men wore invalided, making a total wastage It is reported from Foochor that the rice, corests, and flour of foreign origin. due to war of 35 officers and 1,035 non-
JU.S. As is a poor man, but he says he when they re-sisted him to the honour-The wreck is below water, but the salvors mice only in ease of murchandise en rente nor-commissioned officers and excl. TUSH Westlafor, of Loogootee, Ind., never inure completely evidenced, then chasers of the Sobreon are till busily New tariff will come into force two toonths commissioned officers and inen, the total engaged in renumerative salvage work. after 7th September and exception has been decrease thus being 87 officers and 2,546 would not be without Chamberlain's Pained position of President with an augare not relaxing their efforts, and before (for) ton days at latest after 7th September. Balm if it east five dollars & bottle, for it ared immm being cripplo. No ox-
p-Special Sale of Clothing at Italian Convent. Mosnay, September 30 :-
12.15 pm-Meeting of Shareholders of the Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., at the Chice of the Company, No. 14, Des Verox Rond.
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for stiff and swollen joints, extracted made at the present tune to President its severity it is expected that much more conversion specific duties. Swettenham. muscles, stiff werk, sprains and rheumatic McKinley's hostility Great Britain, and muscular pains. It has also ented
tonerous cases of partial paralysis. It's our opinion, too much has been For sale by All Dealers. WATKINS, Ltd. assumed on this point. We prefer to General Agents.
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think of the late President not as anti-
British but as pro-American. There can be no doubt that his policy was ever dictated by high principle, and, as a patriotic American, the interests of | his own country were his first consider
ation. He has stamped the impress of his personality on the political life of his country, so far as it is possible for an Auerien President to the so, and leaves behind him a record of goed Twonde-ccomplished Theunstiated sympathy of the British prople gras ent to the sorrowing untion, but especially to her whi was the sharer of his domes tie is and is political triumphs,
A 'Cood' Servent Falla.
of the wreck will be brought ashore.
The Plague.
There was only one case of plague re- ported during the past 48 hours. The case was that of a little boy, cleven years of age, the son of Inspector Ford, No. 8 Police Station. The little fellow succumbed to the maidy yesterday. The numbers of casos noom to be going up-gradually this past mouth. During last week thero wore eleven fatal cases.
The Gol of Penang.
The Late President.
Mr F. Kiene received a telegram on Saturday evening innourcing the death of President McKinley, and out of respect to the late President the offices of this Equitable Assurance Society of USA were closed to-day. The service in St.,
John's Cathedral yesterday morning opened with the Dead March in Saul as a trikan of respect to the late President. Flags were
According to a Peterborough corres- pondent, the Great Northern Railway Com- any are the owners of an express engine which is believed to own the world's record for the number of miles run. This is No. 1, stationed at Peterborough, and employed
borgh and London, or Peterborough and daily on express trains botwoon Peter-
Doncaster. The engine, which belongs to
the single driving wheel type, was built at Doncaster in 1870, being the frst to be
LATER.
President McKinlay is dying..
DEATH OF PRESIDENT ·
MCKINLEY.
LONDON, 14th September, 1962 President McKinley is dend,
GERMANY AND RUSSIA.
LONDON, Lath September, 1901. The Gorisa Exuperor had a long inter-
ter of Foreign Affairs, yesterday.
iw with Count Lanstors, Russian Minis-
ACT.
THE CANADIAN EXCLUSIÓN
The Dominion Government, at the in stance of the Imperial Government, has
disallowed the Columbian Acts establishing the education test with a view to the ex-
hoisted at balf-mast at the American and fitted with outside cylinders. From carorul clusion of Chinese and Japanese, and for other Consulates yesterday, and on the calculations made, the engine has just mading their employment on certain worke various places of business as soon as news recently completed ita 4,000,000 mile.
The match for the Golf Championship af the President's death becue generally The engine still one of its original wheels, of Penang was concluded on the Stu ult..kwn. The men-of-war und merchant and is capable of holding its own against when Mr D. A. M. Brown defeated his vessels in Harbour also half-masted their the newest constructed. In its loor life No. 1 had not met with an accident of any ranger brother. Mr J. R. Brown, in very ansions. A Special Meeting of the
serioas tutture. decisive style, and for the seventh con- Legislative Council is nonrenal for thres xecutive time becomes holder of the Cep. p.01, 1-morrow, in order to pass a resolu- al title for the yeat. The paine was tion of condolence is connection with the very one sided one from start to finish, assassination of President McKinley. the chupion lid from the isginning, and. easily holding his own throughout, wor the
At the Magistrues today, Yong Mitch at the twelfth hole by substantid
majority of seven apud six to play... Taing, servant, and Lei Yan Kan, cook. were charged with the theft of a scarf Ling value $, the property of J. Geosaman, assistant manager, Melchers and Co. The
Japanese teamship Competition.
The Kole Chamicie of the 30th ult,
Famine at Canton.
Germany's Prodominance in Chemistry
The growth of the Germs chemical industries has, says, Engineering, advanced land in hand with the progress and dis
day
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE HABEAS CORPUS CASE, To the Editor of the CHINA MALL.
Ingkong, 16th September, ' 1001" Sir,-Inution that in your issue of Satur
evening you refer to the discussion as Costs in Chambers re The recent Hebean Corpits Caso as conducted by Mr. E. II. Sharp and The Hon. H. E. Pollock, KC.
Neither of those gentleuten was present, The discussion was conducted entirely by
and myself,- Yours faithfully,
We hear that, for a day or two Incoretiés made in chemical science, and the My Bowley, Crown Solic
KW. MOUNSEY.
increased facilities for chemical instruction. wack, a famine of fresh meat existed in the The annals of industrial progress show few Shameen owing to the pirating of a Junk examples of such an intimate rakticnship Military Swimming. evrying supplies from the West River dis between pure and applied science. The The new syston for embling troops to says hier. Owing to the presence of several war chemical industries in Germany, in common en su rivers has been tried with success by
18.92 scesad prisoner tras about to pasir the ring Kato, Vie-President, and foute ether vessala un the vicinity of Canton, the coll-gith other industries, were sewer in their afantry detachmunte on the Burgandy
I when he was questioned by policeum and / othcinis of the Nippon Yusen Kaista, who sumption of fresh meat has gone up cu dovolopment during the first half of the Casal, near, Dijun. The system has boe LARRIVET 18.6 19.20 said he got it from has iniend, the first the Fisher-ware or Thursday, did not leave an establish a slaughter house under foie the United Kingdoun mid the United States, Dragoon, stationed at Dijon, and it has
CHATEAU
MOUTON
and forgotten abent. The first defendur
were to have been present at the launch of
siderably, and it has been found necessary ineteenth century compared with France, invented by Capt. Muger, of the 20th ramed. Mr Goosmann said the ring and
Nagasaki with Viscount Yoshikawa's party control on the Shanean and to adopt to recovered the lost ground with great teen already successfully tested by light been in his possession for twenty years, rund, by the Saio-more for Kobe as aged, measures for keeping up a good regolar DARMAHLHACQ ...... 21,64 22.20| being out of fashion, had been laid süle but decided to gyi to Moji, from which port supply. On this vession, a jank was com.rapidity during the latter half of the century and heavy cavalry soldiers on the river they are expected to sail for Chefo on the ing down the river with 18 head of cattle The progress made at first was very slow, hono. Capt. Mayer superintended the had hoen his lyfor many years, and tyre ai Takasiya-Dar, After inspecting the steam- on board when a large body of the Viceroys the competition of the British acide Buda.Infantry operations, which were carried out goon character. The first defunt ship transportation business in North China, disbanded troops bourded her, sized all and other chemical works so keenly felt before all the generals and officers of the his old father was very ill, and, loving noble Kato's party will pass through Nagasaki the catae, put the crad ishore, and after Aided by the availability of cheap raw Dijon gatrison. The apparatus used cont money to pay for a ductie, he pawned the the end of meat month, on their way towards sunk the junk. After being on short materiali, 'coal, and cheup esaditions of } „ats of a floating bag, which sets as a hung,
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the ring, arcoding to redeem and return it.
and been used to pawn the ring for 3 by Party is expected to return to Tokyo Canton were able to replenish their lardons chemical profiacts on their own skets, nato sat on the bac, to which they wore
the rst defendant, and was in the act oỶ sa
doing when he was caught, Sentepee of Fourteen days' imprisonment was pressed on each.
Interport Cricket.
November EN.
Flour on the Chinese Free List.
and we understand that, from the inform tion given to the Viceroy the foreign con- suls having been vory active in the mattor it in likely the men will be arrested and duly punished.
The second defunciant's story was that he South China on similar business. The commons for some time, the foreigners in transport, the United Kingdom was for a I was filled with full end squipment long time gnabled to underwel Gernian cartridges) and food for three or four men, the meantime new developments in pure strapped, and were then pulled across the These CLARETS are laught
chemistry lind taken place through the canal be a soldier on the other sido, who The San Paucivo Hulletin says direct from the leading French
searches of British, French, and German had a rope, which was fastened to the Special Commissioner flockhill reports.
cheists, and they were sully taken advan- «futtenc. or buoy. This latter article wr growers. The lowest priced are
from Peking that the final draft of the Chi
tagu ut in Germany. For the last twenty of course, made of impermeablo stuf, so Bese tarif has been greed upon, and that
five yests German chemical industries bare that the war munitions and the provender of exceptional value and guaran-
With reference to the invitation of the will include Boir any ericies on the Dispute over Bombay Cotton
advanced irresistibly, in spite of unoy grays inside are kept quite dry during the passago Committee of the Singapore 4. C to Hong-free list. This will open a largo marker for The Kobe Herald of the 3rd inst. inner crises, until they kisve attuned at the o; a river. The soldier with the rage, who teed to be the gemine product of kong and Ceylon to send cricket reaus the leading product of the Pacific Caist.my-The Kungfuchi Cotton Mill Co., present day the foremost place in the world, had traversed the canal by swimming, was the Straits during the Chinese New Your The statement that the greater pa t of lesro, recently contracted with the The work of expansion and completion still easily able to drag: 23 of his comrules the juice of the grape.
the areungements to be on the same lines China's inuers of wheat and fine bare Naigui Waic Kwaisan to buy 200 bales of contiunes, and all the inteet discoveries are atruss.. The biz hưny, benidas heing as in 1891, the Fram of Ceylon learne that been shipped from Atlantic porte round † Bombay Cotton. When the goods arrived fully utilised. The importance of the Ger- waterprst, is also remarkubly toughi. CHATEAU LA TOUR CAR-
the Colombo C. C. have received a letter Cape Horn certainly indicates a lack of abip the buyers declined to take delivery orging man chemical industrinu at the wresent day During the experiments even men did NET, CHATEAU RAUZAN but it is doubtful if a team can be get ping theilties from Paritic pots Freight that the goals contained quantity of is best shown by the fact that 1897 their best in drive it in or but it while
gether, In sy ease, a reply had not yet from any Eastern port for the Western water. This the vendors denied, though the total annual production amounted to they were cressing the canal, but their. and CHATEAU LAFITE are been sent. The tallowing, recugdling to the static ports would have three times the dis. they are understood to admit that the goods £47,501,132. The uns expended by the efforts to sange the lotene were conucnded to the notice of "Handbook to Ceylon Cricket,' formed the tance to cover chat shipments from a Paci- may have got wet in transit. To settle the German States upon chemical, instraction unavailing
Ceylon team that visited the Straits inte port would be subject to. In China in dispute, the matter was. rekered to the have been imply repaid by the creation Connoisseurs as high-class after-1891-Mesars . Marks, G. Vaaderspar, all kinds of breadstuff the dermed exceeds Boecki Rengo Kami, who appointed Mirani rapid growth of most important client
W. Courterns, F. Stepheus. P. G. Spence, the supply. The incense population and Taniguchi Yoshizo, of this Quo Buscki al fudustries and the uditiva of large The nervous systems of the human body dinner Wines.
G. Alston, Corpl. Gilliam, T. Moorhouse, the primitive methods of cultivating the Kish, and Mr David Moses, of the Japan ufus to the botat of national werlihy, 1 very complicated and ite tissuevery delicate. The fanction of each organ is G. E. Johnstone, and E. Christofer and soil constantly expose the people to the Cotton Merchants' Union, as arbitratura.
performed ander stimulus conveyed by fo We guarantee our Wines and T. Kebam. of the Colts. The following danger of famine. Ara price which the Chi Generally speaking, China cotton contains
special nerves Continued straje in the A COMMUNICATION.
nervous system is debilitating since it was the result of the tour-Ceylon es. nese can afford there would be njïalmost un certain percentage of water, hut Bombay Spirits to be genuine only when
VIN Native States, drawu; Straits, best Horruited unid for Americm wheat and cotton does not, and there is a suspicion Fuzz-Allow to to speak a few reduces the most of nerve tissue, Nerpo: words in favor of Chamberlain tine is omposed of cells like other tissue, bought direct from us in the long by 166 runs. Ceylon beat Hongkon tour. Ut is probable that Eastern shippers think water was sprinkled on the cotton in Cough Remedy. I suffered for three youre and is dependent upon the ritu
Lights. I tried several doctors and am 17a Queen's Road Colony or on our authorised by ten withets; fitzats beat Ceylon by an have made low freight intes on flour as the contigrally when it was packed. The with the bronchitis and could not slop a the blood and nutritivirju genoml for the innings and 18 runs. Ceylon and Hong vessels wero onnyzed in the Chinese tracte buyers have nothing to say if the water spacent mentines, bat child get nullang to harve sedative or stimulant It 19 long the Stasis drawn. Marks handed aud a low outgoing freight would be better the result of the entitions suggested bottle of the be dician, which has neve, builder. It wakes arrang thenting averages for Ceylon and E. His sailing in ballast: but as San Francisco the ventow. The chief object of this completely lived me. Brocou bealthy verses, and I unsurpised nå a Christofels the bowling Kelaart, though is now taking a hand in Chinese trade, aur pate is to rectify what is alleged to be a Bageell, Mo AJ This remedy is pure or er du mess. At all Chemists and beslag with an jajared hand, took the shippers could take adrentage of the same bad custom of adopting tricky wenaires at for als by Al Denters Ware, Lid, Wholesale frẻo, A. Watson &C., Ltd...
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