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BIRTHS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
On the 7th April, at Government: Hill, Singapura, Das wife of L. 1. P. Woven STAN, of a Sou.
At Campbellpro, on the fird blorch, the Wife of Captain W. A. W. Swettenbant, R. G. A., of a San.
At Mo-chi-shu, Yentai District, Man- charia, on the 6th April, the wife of AL BERT ÜL WILSON, of a Taughter.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Notes by the Way..
Letters from correspondents will b found on Page 2.
Enquirer's letter will be dealt with. to-morrow.
Governinout has ordered another
gear The pulleation of this isstic commenced | túrbínu destroyer, at 3.40 .ra.
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HONGKONG, TEGSAY, APt. 15, 1902.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
International Chess.
The sanual chess match between Eng and an America was won by the American ten by D games to 43.
Typhoid at Colombo.
Two deaths fimo yphoid fever have pemurred in the IL. A. black in Colombo.. Twelve more
were down with the discase on the 1st jost.
Governorship of Ceylon.
It is regata poured thai Lon Lam- ington (late Govan os of Queensland, will sumu vad. Sir Josaph West Ridgeway in the Governmeship of Boston, a post bull by the
Itter since 1700,
Alice Memorial Hospital.
The How Treasurer of the Aliza Memorial and Nebersole. Hospitals begs te 30..--Grand Variety Concert at Se, | Bukasowledge with thanks the following donatious to the funds of the Hospitals -- Rev. H. R. WE
$15
Patrick's Club,
General Memoranda.
Tensay, April 17 -
9p.m. -Auction of Rigp, de, at Mr
te, P. Lamoortia Sales Rooms, Bunda per King undelivered after
4 pm on this date faried.
FRY, April 18 :--
Guoda per Auvaamalei not cleared at 4
pan. on this date subject to rent.
SATURDAY, April 19 :--
Selling Russian Army Plans.
Aldonel Arten the Rassian General what detected selling plans of t
Russian fortresses and army robilisation
Me C. Thorne, Editor of the Bangkok Times, is on his way home to England. -
The new ile for the British Army is twenty-four ounces lighter than the prozcht
one.
Birs Noel Trotter, who was laid up with typhoid fover at Singapore, iz now
convalescent.
Inpan has raised the import duty on eggs from 10 to 25 per cent. No iten breakfast inble for Japan!
The Fronch Chambers have adjournad after passing the Budget. 'fic Parliamen meets on latune.
now
Mr John Bedrick has refused the Visconte Viliciná-Marcul permission to South Afrim with the Ambulance,
Pre-bient Juligt arrives at Cromstalt. on May 20 and haves on May 23. spendu one day at St. Petersburg.
Following upon the reduction of call rates to India and Crylon, enter is exten- ding his service of exblograms to these places.
·LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Accident on the "Terrible."
The Admiralty Duck at Hunglom is at present occupied by H.M.S. Tervible. Yesterday morning a Chinese workinan was removing the grating of the inlet valve when it fell on top of him ad paused insitamate-ne «I», 13.
Chili Battleships.
TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1902
TELEGRAMS
LCCAL AND GENERAL.
Killed at Polo.
Captain A.G.. Greene, R.G.A., was aceblentally killed as pelo at Roorkee on det Aprit Captain: Greene only recently played in the scream of the Hong kong F.C.
freuten's service.]
SOUTH AFRICA
The Peace Negotiations.
The Chess Tournament.
LONDON, 13th April, 10 The International Chess Tournament Commandants Botha, Delarey and Do
Messioura Schalk-Burger and Mr.
The Chipian Government is ordered at Morze Carlo has been won by Maracay and ex-President Steyn, have arzirat ten battleship of 12 0 0 tons euch, placing with Fillsbury second. The scores of the Proteris in. two the cetimes feat ong with Messrs. Arm-endors eru:-Maroczy (Poland), 11 Klerksdorp. special treins
stendig, med be the meter with Messrs points, Pillsbury (America), 341 points. Vickers, Puns, mini-Main. The vessel Janowsky (France), 14 points, Teichmann will cost zii duly over £1,004,na yach, and (Germany), 13 points. are to be delivered within eighteen months. Hongkong Rank Staff Changos. Naval Notes:
Mr.J. R. M. Smith, who succeede Sir Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, arrived Thomas Jackson as Chief Manager of the from Hume by the Command". Mir V. A. Car Hawking, who, as Sir Thomas Jack-
The battle-ship Bazfier is at Devon port Dockyard to be forthwith refitted for further service, at a cost of £80,000. The work will coups quite twelve mouths. Orders have been given for his Majesty's right hand man in Hongkong has second-class gun-reasel Linnet, attached to
woy much popularity among the Bank's the E Division of the Modway Jockyard and MrWade Gardner takes charge of the clients, suecoods Mr Smith as Inspector :: Resetre, to is surveyed amt reported on as to her fitness for service as n
Bank's offico in New York. Mr H. PI. hospital ship.
Bevis comains at Samughni. Chinese Treaty Reforms.
A Pilot Drowned.
An informal meeting of Cabinet Minis was held into cus Saturday night b Chamberlain's house, and it is ration that this was in consegnence of the rece of an important coinniaricatiin froni Ed Kitchener.
THE
(TIMES-MERIDAY SERVICE.} FOOTBALL MATCH ACOL DENT AT GLASGOW.
Lasson, April
At the International Footlandt March at Glagoon there was an chorizos ered.] One terraced stand composed of ninety- six tiers of wooden planks, supported by Mr F. C. Couper, enn of the most
- Joint Partnerships between Foreign-There in the excitement of the game began steel girders, contained 33,00 people. Popular pilots on the Hoogly, while going ors and Chincée, as one of the clauses of up the river on the 1st March on Land the New Commercial Treaty is termed, his, the R. 1. 3. S. Gaide, feil overboard and seconding in local mandarive reports, bear Was dorsi in spite of all sorts to save agreed to by the Chinese Commissioners, em. It appears Mr Cooper, whe had been who have als agreed that Chinese shares ou a sa trip on account of his health, in foreign companies shall henceforth be was sented on the auil, and overbalanced made legally amenable to the rules and by himseit.
lawa of the companies whose shaen they
The Rt. Hon. Richard Seddon, the New Zealand Prensier, leaves Wellington in a treepship for the Chu nhout this date,
na ronde to the Coronation.
to foreign Powers, bus bes sentenced to be Festetics is going to Fagland from Austrin imeared for bis in an underground dus-for the monation, end is giving £400 for house for a fortnight, 1960 for the first
gron in the fortress of Sekursselburg.
Fire at Penang,
Spring Grove, Penang, the Residence
hold, and that the Chiness officials, before The Kamsang on Blenhem Shoal,
hom a fractory shareholder may he The Singapore Free Press of this 8th brought, sill uphold said rules and bylaws, inst. repents:-The as. Kam Sang, whichter words to that effect. Other Causes agreed was expected here from Calenttu vis Penang upon by the Chinese Commissioners are two days ago, entered port yesterday. The said to be those regarding transit passes in cause of her delay was due to the vessel Chiukiang, hitherto in the lisada of the running store on the Blenheins Shoal after Customs Total of that port. These passes, leaving Posug on Thursday afternoon. it in stated. are in the fature to be ander
According to the milker, Cimetre. She remained on the Shoal for two and a the direction of the Commissioner of Cure-
half days, but eventually floated off uni fored by the aid of her own engines. The age was not without incident otherwise, for on the 6th inst., a duck passenger dius from lead poisoning and was buried at san, In addition to her officers and eres, the The Kole Cheral Sonicky Las in pre-Hum Sazy had on board 322 duck pas paration Handel's Elijah." A strong
week and £150) for the second.
23 p.m. Auction of Jewellez, at Mr of Me 01. Sickkes, of Messrs Behu, Maper archasira has been got together. Kobesengers. It is a master for congratulation.
Gel, P. Lammert's Sales Ronies.
Mosia v. April 21:
Noun. Menting of Shareholders of the China Stenship. Co of Canton and Hongkong at the Company's "ffice. Tuesday, April 29-
&C has been entirely gutted by a fire, which recurred on the 8th jast The damn
age is muthuated at $39,000. The property was fully insured.
2.40 pMeeting of G. M.'s Justices; The Lost Bloop Condor."
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Wednesday next, friem 5 p.tv, to 6.30
March. Baugs
like Shangbai and Sing pure, is evidently therefore, that what might otherwise luvve a long way ahead of Hongkong in musical been's serious accident was averted. matters Hongkong's level just now is a
Shanghai Ice. sunulang couvert or a vaudeville.
Sir J. Mackay's Tariff Proposals.
valorem, until further notice.
Cholera in Canton.
At the
appearaanent the ice question. Mschino mado iss must be certainly worth the extra een or less if by its use in preference to native ice, terrible diseases are escaped.
sway about and the movoinent discovered " a weak place in the erection which collapsed, precipitating a large number of the
pants forty fem to the ground. Panic ensued, using a fearful scene.. twenty have since died. It is ostinated Three persons were immediately killed, and that over 300 were more, or long seriously injured,
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TRAVELLING IN KWANGSI.
"A Missionary Wrecked. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
Wecaow, 11th April, 1902.
A telegram has been received from the
toms of Chinking. Also the risuse regard Rev. Louis Byrde, of the Church Mission. ing Drawbacks. The new system is to try Society, dated Chiaping, 11th April. at ones inaugurated by the Shanghai to the following affect: Wrecked, ru Tautai, while the Tastais of Souchow and turn, lost much." Hangchow have also been instructed by Commissioner L Haihuan to follow suit.
A New Prima Donna.
Mr. Byrd, with his wife and infant daughter, loft Wuchow on the Ist inst. in a comparatively now best to return to his station, Kwellto, on the Na River, Owing A correspondent writes to us from to long-continued drought, the river has London, under dato 1th March, as - been unusually low, noci many mora rocks lows:-'A lady formerly well-known in have appeared above water among the Hongkong by reason of bee charitag powers nimemus rapide. Whilst sympathising of vocalisation, and whose identity is only with them, we rejoice that no lives were thinly disguised under the professional lost. name of "Mrs Vyvyun," made her firet appearance as a public singer at the Bech- stein Hall on Saturday last, The occasioni was the fourth of a sorios el Chamber Can-
An
The following paragraph appears in A London telegram says:-Sir Charles
the NC. Daily Mines of the 4th inst, Ommeren, after enquiries at Requroute. It is reported (says the N.- Day
The report by De Stanley, the Municipal declares that H.MS. Cader was made News of the 12th inr.1 that in the desire tour of health, issued to the Shanghai officeren, under manied and unstable. Sirabolish for wer the Likin tax, the British the danger there exists in native ice, and tho public in circular form, emphatically proves
THE TROUBLE AT NINGPO. Charles Cameron vay formerly editer ofthe Comissioner has sugested that the duty practical freedom of machinevale lou from corts given by Miss Ethel Barns and Mir N. B. Belle 3fo? (Churgos). His con was on Imports shall be fifteen pur cent. germs. The report points out that while Chaides Phillips, and the beautiful hall was correspondent of the N... Daily News ze- Writing on the 9th insz., the Ningpo de of the olliwogs of the Cdor.
ad valorem for a period of ton yuara ; that the foretu ies analysed yiekted only 215 crowded, quite a large proportion of the ports-Excitement has been storioal in in the eleventh year the duty shall be four bacteria per cubic continetre, a rather audience being made up of "old China our city and suburbs, and there is evidence tean per cent thirteen per cent in the smaller number than the Shanghai Waterheads" who had gathered together to Texitlst it is spreading into country places. Programome of music to be played by twelfth year, and so on, reducing the Tur works water contains, the nativo ies gielded encouragement to the fair debutant. In For more than a month, daily ramOLTI the Band of the tril Royas Wotch Fusiliersport daly by one per cent each succeeding 11,000 pur enbic centimetro, an amount of spite of a little natural nervousness at first, have been aloid that the eyes of children a the Garsim Recreation Ground, on
port duty shall benne ten per cent ad likes, to cause ameh diseases as typhoid her audience from the beginning being About wreak agu, threy men wore near your until the fiscuta year, when the Im-bacterial contamination which would be very ra Vyryan sang splendidly and captured ware being gouged for "medicinal purposes. Arr: Meir negotiations on Thursday the question of of dinices. Readers of our paper will carored at the conclusion of her singing in they were there for foul purposes.
fever,' cholem, dyazotory, and other forms recalled after her first two places and loudly
some child. The cry was raised that. I Westore.. · Rosamunda F. Schulert Seleutual is Excellency Oninind Carring adequate protection to missionariesmember the recent correspondence which the scoord mart of the program. After excited crowd, strand zogether, they Valse Whisper and 1 shall hear Clothilde and converts was discussed. Piceno Solo...Variations on Welsh Song.
the concert, an informal gathering took carght the three men and ruled on 89 Jenny Jones Fred Godfrey
place at the house of Dr and Mrs Cantlis, seriously that he sateurbed to the treat- Selection Litale Christopher Columbor
where many old friends foregathered and ment. The other two men were dragged to Ivan Cheyll
We learn from estive Bonroes that the 43ale Pleine Carrigro ....Bohinj American Conkal at Chotou has addressed
must plonsent haur saa spent in reviving the yamon and thousands of sxeited men. GOD SAVE THE KING.
ths memories of tiraes past and gone.' a letter to the Viceves as to the best scann
declarat they would not go home until The Magic Melody.'
Another correspondent, referring to the they had seen the other two men xecated. tu be taken to stamp out cholz, He Honouring Missionaries
Offenbach's entertaining operetta in samo event, writes I was present at the It is mid the two men were summarily erges a thorough cleansing of the streets, The Peking correspondent of the N.-C.
two parts entitled The Magic Melody debut of Mrs Veryan (Dent) as a soprattried, aud that one confessed in the for and, in connection with this, that the Chi Daily News wrote on the 7th ult :-The
was performed by the Catholic Union ut soloist in the Bechstein Hall on the 8th deal that he had violated graves. nese should keep their houses an well at their hall, on Saturday evening and heat inst. Isund you a programme of the por-executions were carried out, when tho ez-t Meuvoird of Vicy Yan Shih-k'ai, re- eunmending contain of the officials, the
their clothes and buliem clean. Greater night, before large and appreciative audi-formance. Phillips is the husband of theleited crowd separate, but under the con": gentry, and autores for decoration, food, Unipe fruit might not to be sold, given by the Union, and each as it comes thought by many to be the best, singor in this barbarion and that they were in some mre should b cxercised in the matter of ences. This is the ewolfth entertainment Barns (a celebrated violinist and is xiction ther these men had been gailty of has received the Imperial Rescript. 35 and gone with does should be punished. long stems to be better than its pre London. He certainly sang splendidly inway agents of the forsiguer. | previously foretold. Bishop Furier, is pro-
me from 2nd to it button and rank. As provenire, nothing is better than decessor. This piece, as suggested by its Hawatha and the other, pieces set down Bishop Jatin, wh rousins with his 2rding five drops of sulphurie neid twice a name, is melodicus, and is admimbly suited for him. But about Mrs Vyvyne. She is buttons, gets a peorkes father. The day in foiling water. Sauli bottles contain for annteur attistes. The ladies and the wife of Dest of the Custeios, a music-Proclamations, but love not repudiated the Bishaps at Chengríngfu and Hsianhsien are
ing this medicine eun easily bu shtried at gentlemen entrusted with the various loving fellow, who is well known in Ifong complicity of the foreigner in these grue- the Gurten Dospital. The fish Consul roles, many of whom made their first kong and Canton and also up North. She sono deeds, "The two things have been put also honoured. The only Protestant is the Rev. Frank L. Norris, of the Anglica the Commissioner of Customs have also appearance on ine stage, acted well was tharried frora Cantlie's turuse in Hong together by the people. The execution Mission. Other Protestant missionaties set der;atches to the Viceroy on the mat and sang well, and touch credit is kong some nine or ten years ago, and the should bare been recognised, but soveraller of the health of the city. Ths Viceroy due to Me W, Farmer for the satisfae-lives now with the Cantlies in Devonshirepediation of the forsiguers of baving any the men for eye-gouging, and the non- had forestalled such action by insisting that has written to the Na Hoi and Pun Utofy outonnia of his careful training and to Street, whicher we adjourned to s big re- they wanted no buttons, feariera, or badges.
magistrates, requesting them to take the the performers for the manner in which caption and met all the artistes. It is of
part in it from proclamations. matter ap. In doing this, he adds his view they followed it up when left to their own course, a bit of an event--the fist prat-
He thinks it wrong to deposit resisteos. E. Danenberg was in chars, ance of a soprano (prima dena)—and when had been woll nigh done to death decluse Newscame in yesterday that a Christian- rubbish in the streets, luge that of the musical part, and Mies J. Danen- that lady is, as you might say, an ex-China ho belonged tin quet which gouged banan the streets mold bu krept every mouth!
berg fulfilled, in a finished manner, the part resident, the interest is great mongst thesevis. It is to be hoped that we shall have of accompanist. The scenery, etc., was Far Easterners who heard therrol, We
Dapenberg, under the superintendenco of Mr M J. and YAS very effective. Absolutely Pure, who kicked off and took the ball to thee from the what to donat as to what Tho admirable playing of the orchestra was home quarters, whers the rosh was stop food to cat and what food to leave alone,
a feature of the entertainment. The fol ped by Murry. Even play was witnessed thura suems as yet to be no abatement 10 lowing was the cast-
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Our ERATED WATERS are thus
Germans at Football.
of the case.
The other day, & football match (Ass. ocintinol was played at Chluking between teams representing the Imperial Maritime Castors and the German orainar Seedler. Plague and Cholera.
Notwithstanding the advertised warn- The spin of the coin favoured the visitors.
The
'UNEATTÁPACTORY PROCLAMATIONS, The pattes authorities have put out
PERSECUTION.
no incre deeds of this kind perpetrated were not surprised to seo Mr and Mes and the Misses Coughtzie, Mr and Ms G. Bbo trusted to do is part in a vigorous way. amongst the people. H. M. Consul may
And consumers of them may feel thou. Inutil live minutes from the intervai, when the number of cholera casca. Fortunately, Arnoid (& scrivener's į MrM. J. Danenhers and others. Hur voice is sweet, clear and
If the native authorities maka blunders in
́THỂ LÀUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
Dodwell and their daughters, and several other ladies and gentlemen congratulatio dealing with the excited people it may get the new singer. Mrs Dent has had an ex-difficult to control when wider spread. collent uusical educatism from her father- We have fitted out an
the visiting Forward came away with a
however, the disease continues in a spora÷
eterk)....}. Establishment for the elven quite secure against commeting rush and scored amidst great exchement.
die form, and there is no indictio of its Durich (Au old scrivenor) Mr L. Silva-Netto fresh, style perfect, or nearly so. She is
So far we hwo not heard of any ade .......... Miss Silva-Netto Splendid passing was witnessed by Camp becoming epidemic; yet it is well that the Gruce (his ward)
Taby (An office boy)...Mr Emil Danenberg
se in her owo language; but I prefer tar necessarily cat of employment. Largs bare been putny disbanded soldiers, who Isabelle and
A. Gutierrez, C. and H: Lopes ravishingly sweet, and for crispness and starvation, and the price of rice is still go- Mesars F. Eu da neatly-eau notes and phrasing reminded nie clerke) A. Alves, 6. Y.
Osmund
Sole purpose of execut- } cholera by liquid agency, which it is enm- bell. Rollo and Els when the whistle blow precautions advised should be carefu. Belty (A kitchen wench) Miss Elsie Kruger cuite at home in Borid Italian and French quato cause for this phenomenon. There fur half-time. After the interval the home attended to. As regards plague, it is fear- Louisa, Susan, }{Grace's (Misses L. Alves, things I know, and her "Spring" wonumbers of people are on the verge of
ing work for Amateurs.
Kate
friends
paratively cusy to do by drinking importuam had the best of the play, the naval ed ilst there is to be another outbreak this
goal being-fregaertly in danger. From a son, Last year, up to date, there were Till, Ralphs (Dorick's J Sulva, C. Reza, A. of Patti when she was young. Mrs Vyvyug up. There is the taxation for inder- splendid piece of passing on the part of considerably over 100 cases in the Colony, Marry, Rollo, Campbell and Ellis, it ended
had a mugaificent reception, and when you attributed to the foreigner, Firm handl- ity lossl and imperial, su this is, of course,
wilter.
while this year the amber does not exceed
Ned and Bast
A. S. WATSON & CO..in the latter scoring an equulising goalten. Cases are now, however, occurring Ah Fook (a Chinese servant) 3x F. Ribeiro remember that a crowded Bechstein House in would tide na over this very unusual
aruidst loud applause. Soon after the whistle blew for time, the game onling ina draw,
A GOOD COUGH MEDICINE.
means something in musical circles bar
ery day, and, with the break in the weather, the ·roturas DOW showing [From the Gazette, Toowoomba, Australia.]| 1 large proportion of the TATS T-
excellent medicine. I have been suffer popular. ing from a severe cough for the last two wants, and it has effected a cure.
I have great pleasure in recommending it.-W. C. WOCKNER. This is the opinion of one of
debut was certainly a very pronounced succonduct on the part of our Ningpo people.
I hope som to have the pleasure of inform
find Charaherlain's Cough Remedy is no feess. Socially, blão, sda appears to be verying you that we hare passed the crisis aud
trapped and found dead to be infected with
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I have recommended a Mr. H. to that the disease will cause a considerable write to you for a battle of Stearns Wino mortality in the Colony before the season of Cod Liver Oil, and also a Miss R., for
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got back to normix] conditioua,
in dealing with what may be only a slight. my experience of the effect of it #strants, 13 past. Householders and others are out oldest and most respectat residents, and cough will often nyert sons wore sazious Per saw an elephant for the first time in a
has been voluntarily given in good faithiness.
if not necessitates, us sugestion to per- strongly advised not to touch any such that others ray try the remedy and be sons who have the down ar show phystererein found dead or in traps, but to benefited, es was Mr. Wockner. This reis just the thing for this, as it is always
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monsgerie, and began stroking it." The
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