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DEATH.
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Artha Bellevue Ilotel. Simpogueras, om 15th April, Aurinn Paroenus SATER, of San Francisco, Cal.; aged 63 yoara,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Notes by the Way.
The Duke of Manchester has settled ****** with his creditors by the paytour of 1276 gar The poldtrusion uf- this faune commanoid | in the £.
The China 3ftail
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Ecclesiastical Appointment.
The Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak uns appointed the Hav, W. II. C. Dunker Jay, Colonial Champlin, to be Foolesinstieni Registrar of the Archdencomy of Singa Over 200 head of cattle were shipped pure, which includes the Straits Settle at Moji for Manila during the week ended | ments und the Federated Malay States, 19:h in-t.
Queen Alexandra's beautiful wreath
Departure of Rev. G. J. Williams.
The Rev G. J. Williams, of the Union
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1902,
LOCAL "AND GENERAL.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Another Bussian Official Assassinated. Ammunition used in South Africa.
M. Stinoff, -Sceretury to the Minsk The War Oftico records show that since Government, has been assassinated. Musk the outbreak of the irar over two hundred is one of the departinta of Russia proper. | and forty million rounds of stall atron
Ammunition have been forwarded to South Africa for the use of the British troopa,
Colonial Appointments.
Sir Henry Moore Jackson, K.C.M.G., Governor of Leeward Islands, has heen, Britain's War Expenses. apphinted Governor of Fiji,, in plazo of Sir C. T. M. O'Brien, whilst Sir George
HONGKONG, WERKESDAY, APRIL 8, 1902 | vernpied the place of honour on Mr Cecil Church, and M- Williams left for England Strickland becomes Governor of the Lee
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Accident on the Mars.
The explosion of the 12-in. gus nu the battleship Mamm was due to the fact that the erdite hang fire and to the premature (opening of the breech.
Plague in Kobe,
As soon as the case of plague was: detected in Kohe on the 22vil ivet.. the nuthorings isolated 97 bouses in the Incali ty, and medied inspection of the residents was enforced. The isolation aren was after- wards reduced to 28 house.
The New Shipping Trust.
A London telegram in Japan temporaries, dated 20ta tust, states Eigin of the principal Atlantic steamship; companies are combined order to reduce working expenses. The Canard | Company is unt in the ing Me Pierpong
Morgan is
To aange the solute. The Manchester Chamber of unmezer is dis cussing metasks o combatting the ring.
Acheen.
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Rholes's coffin.
The comic operetta Magic Melody is to be played at St. Patrick's Club on Satunday evening.
Rain has fallen plentifully at Nagasaki, and the reservoirs are now full, for the first time since October of inst year.
Another large American steel trust Leen formed by Frick, the well known inilliensire, with a capital of forty million sterling.
News from Tokio is to the effect thut the Empress Dowager of Italy intends to make a trip to Japan for the benefit of her health.
Lord Mount Stephens has given the £300 is an endowment for the bent of necessitons residents of the power parishes throughout Festkud.
Mr Kate, the Japanese Minister biely aereditair the Belgin Court, the almes rouvered from his dress, mud will leave Fokolena for his post on May in
It luck been deciried that the Austral
Disease in Formosa.
by the German mail steamer Kong Albert; ward Islands. to-day, Copsidiably over 5 pursens mustly members of the Church, went on beard the steamer to s3 God-bye to Mr and Mrs Williams, who carry with thom the beartit goal wields of all who knew then.
The Peace Negotiations.
The Fortosan Government haspablish- statistics of the health of the island. From those it appears that during January, February, and March, 614 euses of bubenic plague occurred thero, 390 of which were
fatal
Naval Demonstrations.
Hicks-Bench stated that the total cost of In his budget speech, Sir Michael
the Boer and China wars up to the and of March amounted to the enormous sum of £165,000,800 (one hundred and sixty-fire inilions sterling).
The Admiralty Suit.
To-day, His Honour W. Moigh Good- man, Chief Jnalice, delivered judgment in thosuit raised by Yau-Ng Hop against the Phn Chom, Klao. Both parties were held. to be in blame, and judgment was given A report is published by a native now. for half damages in favour of the junk, botli paper at Nagasaki that the Russian Floot partis paying their own costs. Judgment in the Far East is to engage in extéusive | will be published in full to-morrow, manturres very shortly. About this time ww
assemble at Wellmiwei. There is, however. the British and Japanese squadron will Sir Thomas Jackson.
no official foundation for this statement as
We learn from Australian exchange that King Edward wont up to London from Cowes whenever the peace negotiations were initiated, and in ono telogram it is stated that the King attendoc hurriedly summoned racering, of the Lubiner. According to a Londoni relegium, Kruger has informed a deputation of Gorming weak.
| men that he is convinced that an arrange yet. fineat wil ever be concluded whereby the
Boers will lose thoir independence, al- Beckless Gambling. towels it is possible they may be willing.
To Great Britain
The last public notiGention by Siv Thomas Jackson as Chief Mausger of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Curpera- tion apposes in to night issue. It has reference to his successor MrJ. R 31. Smith, who takes up the Chief Managemhip to- morrow, the lot of Day. The Chinese
Amil by the police on promises For the wake of peace, in eticede the Rindcccupied by the Vienna Jockey Club has goldlicias-the great bene of contentis-rasulted in our startling disclosures of a Community willontertain Sir Thomas Jack- system of wild and reckless gambling. It son at a banquet in the City Hall on is shown that one well-known Polish Cat Saturday, 1014. May. lost in twenty minutes a supa of threo million crowns to an Austrian army officer. Both have been ordered to quit the country.
The Gutta Percha Trade.
The Boer Demands.
The Brussels Legation intimates that the first demand of the Boer leaders in- eludes the immediate granting of autonomy Pahang har como into Hine with the to both the Boge Republies under the ether V.M.S. Smtes by imposing an 30 salon of the British sovereignty ; a tion ceremonies shall consist of 140, picket | hai given them, expected you is carry per cent ad utorem export dry on all enem! musty as regards nil so-called
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Sir H. McCallum on Chamberlain.
The Governor of Nutul stated on a re- ecat public vecasion that no one evald pos- sibly have a better chial than Mr Chamber- 2.30 pan.-Auction of Household Furni-
Alt i quier in Asherb Propes, but tur
tain. He was a ina who knew his own ture, at the Residence of Me John otherwise is it with the outlying districts,
mind. He was mon who gave short Meier, Fairview, No. 3, Robinson Rd. speenlly in Pedir, where the enemy are in contingent to take part in the Corosuccinct instructions, and wha, when he THURSDAY, May 1-
only lying low until the rice en los Town 9.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Ferni-thered int When the Barrest is once in
ture, at the residence of Mr. T Lauts, Quru's Gardet.
the energy we expected to gather in bands and barns the Dutch troops. It is known! that the Saltor and Panghoa Polite, his principal commander, are on the look out
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The Nugasala Press of the vd inst aws :- The experiance of the S.-IL,S. Kit Albeat during the afternoon of Mon-
maunted men from all the States.
Rudyard Kipling for the oceanien, was read over the grave of the Hon. Coil
thom cut, leaving the manner of air kinds of gutta porch. The codection of rebels: a money grant to the Boers to en
A grand elegy, specially composed excation to your own initiative. He gave gusta sumlik, which is said to be closely ablo them to restock their ruined farms; you every support when you surecried allied to the perch of commerce, has boon Dutch and English lungnages to be placed and if you failed, it was the other thing.hibited, in addition to the working of on an equality. On their part the Hoers That was the sort of chief that everyone aban. Government now purelisca all ruh- are prepared to cede the Rând mines abau- liked to serve, and during the last for deber coffected throughout the State, anillutely to Great Britain. cades there trad been no statesman who hund werds consignments periodically to Singi- won so great renown at the Colonial Ofice pore for sale. As Mr Chamberlain,
Rhodes on the occasion of his interment,
There recently arrived at Yokohama a Franch mining engineer, who is to inspect the mining industry of Japan and report on the advisability of the investing of certain Frenck capital.
Plague in Hongkong.
During the twenty-four hours.ended
New Line to Macao.
The steamer Mecor, #ying the Poron to day, four fatal cases of plague (3 Chinese and 1 Portugese) were reported Fatal Accident at Kowloon City. taguesa flag, arrived in the Calong yester.
to the Sanitary anthorities. This makes Ou Sunday night, a peculiar novident day, and bertized at the Douglas Wharf.
31 cases to date. One body was found in
occurred at No 18 Belilios
ALuther gigantic Trust laas just been happened near Kowloon City wharf, resit-The anusand sight of a foreign stomer Fo Yan Street (which run from 222 Holly. day was but another proof of how danger-formed in America, which includes all the ing in the drowning of two female grass tying there caused our representative, to
the abiquitous and imresponsible junk chief hardware jabbing fras in the United enters.
wood Rond to Rutter Street), one cune Along with 28 other grass-cut-[nonko inquiries, und be learned that the may be, though the Shimonoseki Stitabout three £24,008,DEG.
The great liner was passing States, The Trust represents a capital offers, they were returning for the day's Macet, which was built in Hongkong incurred at 8 Tik Lung Lane (Crusen's Inbours at Saiwan in a bont heavily loaded 1896 and is Chinese owned, is the first of tack of the Gas Works at West Point; the Rond East) and another in a house at the
with gress and manned by three of a crew. †what is intaviled to be a regular line of
Portuguese case The two women are reported to have seen a seaall sterners plying with passengers and
Terrace. peculiar fish in the water, and one of them general carge between Hongkong, Kwong- in trying to catch it overbalanced and pull chauran and Masan. A wookly service is | ed the woman sitting next to heraloun with to be begun at present, and, as the business increases so will the proposed float. The Marun is in command of Captain M. Sunès, and Melthers and Co, nen the local agents. The use of the Douglas Wharf has been accured meanwhile..
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'clock on Monday afternoon, when one of these small resels attempted to cross her To avoid the collision, which would lve meant absolute destruction in the jank, and probable douth to the majority if those on board her, the Kunig Albert
A 'cpital of fifteen millions has just bean provided to bees pended in electriclight installation throughout the whole of Lon dow and caburbs, aut in providing a com- plete system of under-ground tramways and
had to reverse her engines. Thus the least nul ways. Stevinge way, and shortly afterwards touched botton at a point to the east of.
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her into the water. The people on the host all went to the side to save them with the reant that all were thrown into the Altogether wingy officers attnehod to
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Japanese Naval News.
Casselle' April Publications.
Fuan Shi-kai.
A spocial despatch received by the Cealis dahi from Peking says chat Viceroy Yuan Shib-kai will, as soon as Tientsin has boen restored to China. Icase for dapat on a tour of inspiretion of the politied, econo mical, financial, educational, military n other systems of that country. The Viceroy will also make personal enquiry to the The April publications of Cassell and master of the secret representation recently Company, Limitul, are to hund.
Work, a forwarded to the l'eking Government by The Megasek! Press of the 19th her journal for amateur upcchanics and others the Chinese students now in Japan. Alter Coronation Illuminations,
says: The Japaness Standing Squadion, is especially interesting. The number is staying at Tokyo for some twenty days, the Tis afternoon, the Finance Committee which has been undergoing special spec.companied by a double-page lithographel Viceroy is to proceed to the United States, wet, when the recommendation of His Ex-tion by Admiral Ito at Kalm, left there on plate, illustrating the method of procedure should circumstances permit. The despatch fine of the gredech problems which is sellency the Officer Administering the Go. Monday morning, and arrived at Sugabe in the construction of a corner wardrobe. adiba that Yuan, will bring with him to Japan I facing us at the present day is the housing Vernment to vote a sum of 63,000 to meet on Thursday morning, using Anther good article deals with the camera semo fifteen officials of high strading
of the workers. Nothing holda out greater the estimated cost to be incured for sonte. The squadron is expected to stay
for pin-bole photography. W. Paull, in passiviltis for avevourning the difficulty of illuminating certain public buildings in at Sosebo, a day or evra, and then to pre another, brief article, tells how one can Four Thousand Godfathers. carrying the worker away from his work in connection with the forthcoming curomation ceod to the Korem Channel for farther make his own table-tennis requisites. The A contemporary 303: Princes Irunc, the evening. to sleep and to live in celebrations in the Colony was agreed to.
waves there. This will bring the Quiver opens this month with a beautiful the wie of Prince Heury of Prussia, enjoys, heathy atmosphere, and to bring him back Jubilee Memoriais.
inspection to a elese. The vessels under coloured and get frontispiece of Their is old. the unique distinction of loving inspection are the battleships Hats, Angel of the Resurrection, after F An-about 4,000 godfathers. Born daring the There scans to be a widespread inadechi, Puri, Shit, and Fastingelion, which is worth framing of the war of 1806, her fiber, Prinen Leuis of beggining te be recognised (rays Triction pression that nothing.is being done is the cruisers Tezway, Jente. Estiu a fuseur or more of items in the number. Hesse, requesterl the officer's and men of jand Transmisin) that it is extremely complete the Victoria Jubilee Memorials.kisen, Chitom, derma, Yoshin, Kuan During Goald's story, Neln the Niler, the Hessian regiments under his command I desirable for the w-being of the com- As a matter of fact, foth the Womon and Sna, Akashi, and CHiyadu, the desquatch / which now reuchem [te twenty-ninth cliapter, to stand sponsors to his baby girl. At the stone away with, that the worker should be for us as the latter is to be carried out ten destroyers, and sisteen torpedo-boats render. Rev. W. H. Bliss contributes a hostilities, deputations of officers. nou. tunity as a whole that the slums should be children's Ifospital and the Jubilco Road bunts Ynyezza, Móda, and Talade, /cvonenses first attention from the regular christening, which took place after tho
have a bractical effect upon him botare considerably more than hilf finished, It is reported that the British warship with the renowned Handel and the spirit- { reginient, were present in order to expiress.
nest morning, than electric traction. 1 is
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physically and morally. The hunding of Conille together in the more unhealthy parts of the boroughs undoubtedly has very bad influence upon their physical and moral nature. The mero Inwering of vitality physically as a fund effect morally, and the Tesult 26 that, as the system is lowered, ro recourse is had to stimulants. The m
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highly interesting illustrated article dooling commissioned officers, and then from each
the end of the current gene and both are likely to be completed before try and three ther vessels luft Ilong
kong on Tuesday morning for the Koreanal teaching of his Messiah, Yen. Arch in the naine of their respective cops, the Chaduel, by way of Weihaise, to witness deacun Madden, of Liverpial, presents a readiness of the latter to assume the cas
capital photo-illustrated article dealing with tomary spiritual, ond A vote of 1400, in nil of the vote of
and material 30000 for the installation of electric light
Manx fishermen and their ways. An April obligations towards their godsbild. The nuatas wonki, of course, not be complete 1e of Irens, which can» peace,' was at the Government Civil Hospital was, Japanese Mills and Factories.
without an Easter carol, and a very pretty given to the little princess, whose christen- the recommendation of H. E. the Oflicer The monthly returns prepared by the one is written by Sir Frederick Bridge,ing coincided with the end of the war. Administering the Government, agreed to Japan Cotton Spinners' Union show that Mus. D. The three complete stories aro
by the Finsure Committee at its meeting during March last there wore altogether 60ance to find many readers. A lady mission- The Cost of Plague Services today. This will now cumble the Flospital
to be lighted throughont by electricity.
Kowloon British School.
Kwamm of raw sulten.
The Finance Committee had before
It
$0.99 living in a healthy atmosphere is not nearly so likely to yield to drink us the man whose
mills in operation, representing 1,262.006 ary in Fakien contributes a short descrip- system buing lowered, feels houself fagged, wodd mtardly turns to something that wil
spindles. These mills gave employment tion, illustrated by a photograph, of the them to-day the following Financial 0.90 shoulate his energias. Electric truction
to 15.328 mile and 56,962 fetale opera petliar Chinese method of Inir-dressing, Minute, viz.-Tho Ofbeer Administering. offers atvat facilities for overcoming this |
tives, who earned sen 30.74 and 10.90 te-Poems, notes, etc., help to swell the pages the Government remmends the Council To-day, at the mesting of the Finance spectively per day. The vatpur of these of this intensely interesting magazine. to vote a sum of $250,000, in aid of the difficulty. it furnishes menos chat no other
Comioitro, a recommendation by the Oflicer mills for the Sam period aggregated. Little Folks still holds its own as chief vore of $10,000 for Plaque Expanses" arched of traction offers. It is one of Administering the Government to votes 3478,929 Kunne of yarn from 4,903), 654 among periodicals for children. The plate under the Leading Miscellaneous Services. the recognised principies of electric traction that, puce the trunk is down the number of asm of $550 to meet the estimated cost to
The total cor entitled Two Sisters is a work of art The recommendation was agreed to. 1 incurred for personal emolu nants and sumption of coal was 78,533,318 ponude certain to find a place on the nursery wall. was explained in the course of disenssion cars put on to it does not waterally lucres other charges in connection with the There were also 9 weaving factories in the Among the various items of an exception that for the first three months of the year British Cain containing altogether 1.790 loonally amusing, and at the same time instrue the total plaque expenditure was 864,921. Roush's Clock, illustrated by the late months the Suitory Board would require 50.13 yards per foom per stay. These Kate Greenaway. Caserlin' &durday: Jom $39,000 per month and for the romaining fucturies consuuoi 4,678,123 pounds of nol is as entertaining as it has always for month $10.000 a month, bringing cost. The number of oporatives employed been.
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