NADIES are reusinded that the cool
POWELL'S
HAVE JUST (TEAØKEÐ TVEIR
NEW
PIANOS
ON HIRE
COATS $10
AUTUMN
COSTUMES
and ULSTERS.
hir Iatter day critics to be anything but the man that his admirers think him. An opportunist, a crafty time-server, ar ill educated man, they say, the recent de gradation hins brought to light his trus character, sad expose all his weak- nesaca and sanamality to the light of day. We cannot say that wo agree with these sweeping remarks. In the warm und drang of Chinese official life it requires something more than the possession of average com PER MONTH. monsense and mediers abilities to rise to the great diguity of a seat in the Grand Council; while even granting that a large proportion of supple-backed rogues are to be found high up in the Chinese civil service, the man who would
AT
THE CHINA MAIL.
→NEWS OF THE DATA The Gazette pablishes sons of from payable to the Sanitary Department for the removal of a private, patient in an wabulance at Kowlood,
In 1907-08 the amount of pensions Hongkong Civil servants which oessed through donth was 88,09040. In 1908-09 the amount reached $1,390 83.
There is a movement among the Get man-Americans throughout the United Staton to organize to combat the prohibition movement that is gaining ground in many
statom.
The true receipts of the Singapory Government Raliway for the eight months ended Aug. Sist amount to 132,250," an increase over the corresponding period of last year of $10,642-
i
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Hongkong now paring away $107,000. per annum, în pensions to retired civil
evanta.
Mr Lindasy, who has boen lant by the Southern India Railway to organize the traffic of the Kowloon railway, in to recoita salary of £2,000. The appointment is only for a short period.
GER
ANYS 8WOLLEN
DEFICIT
NATIONAL DEBT GROWING. «(Router's Larvice, ja, the China Mast.)
LANTON, October
The German Supplementary Bet mates for 1900 total £25,000,000 sterling, instead of £14,000,000, which was the official estimats of the deficit
The deficit will be covered by a made in August.
The rational debt is now a starting.
THE IRISH LAND BİLL.
Mr Butler Wright's trial will come on in Centop at 10 o'clock on Wednesday next. The Assistans Judge of the British Supreme Court, and Mr H. P. Wilkinson, Crown Prosecutor, are traveling down from Shant Loan. hai to Hongkong by the homeward French Mail.
Many changes may soon be expected
work drawing to a conclusion. Mr. Even, a the Kowloon railway staff, owing to the Mr Logan and others are shortly retiring. while other members of the staff only
PRINCE ITO TO VISIT MA URIA
Independent Nerea Agency 4" Service.
to the China Masky:
as Torro, October 91
Prince Ite will shortly start on a toux of inspection through Manchuria.
JAPANESE SHIPPING
ENTERPRISE.
50,000,000 |("Independent News Agency's" Surric
to the China Mail),
Toxro, October 9
LORDS REJECT IMPORTANT ULAUSE.
EARLY CUSTOMERS WILL Taning and Regularise above the common welter must be His Excellency the Governor has been gure on the new estimates for another six (Renter's Servios to the Chiney Mail.)
HAVE THE BEST SELECTION.
10
POWELL'S
-ALEXANDRA.
BUILDINGS.
A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.
PTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
TOBACCONISTS & CIGAR
MERCHANTS.
Smokers'
Requisites.
We have just received a large and entirely new assortment of mokers requisites, from the
B BB
celebrated Factory; includ
ing briar, meerschaum and
calabash pipes, with and without cases. Qualities ranging from the cheaper kinds to the most luxurious. Also meershaum and amber, and all amber Cigar and Cigarette Holders, etc., etc.
We specially recommend the new 'Clebo pipe which em- bodies the latest contrivances calculated to afford a cool and
dry smoke.
CIGARS
LOLITAS
de Luxe
Highly recommended
The Getle contaion a notification that
piomand, with the approval of the Secretary endowed with some of the higher virtues of State for the Celonies, to sppoint. Mr
months
2
Apian contemplating a new steamship line between North Korea and perta along the northern coast of Japan is being formulated. The money required" will be appropriated in next year'ı
LONDON, October 8. The House of Lords has rejected the budget.
Land Bill
It is proposed to commemorate the sar of "alcutta by a portrait in oils to be hung to alip and founder in the treacherous the Sanitary Board.
the Committee mom of the Bengal places through which he must pass on he
Attorney-General Wickersham has ren Chamber of Commerce along with those of way to high authority. There must be
Attention Inclusive. and the more solid abilities if he is not F. W. Bowen-Rowlands Secretary offries of Mr à. a. Apcar to the commerse compulsory purchase clause of the Irish
S. MOUTRIE & Co., considerably more in YUAN SM-KA! than
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BUSINESS NOTICE.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
(Payable in advance). CHINA MA (daily) $1.00 per month
including postage, $3.50 per month.
per year.
OR LEA Matt (weekly) $15.00 per year; including postage, 817.00 Free delivery to all addresses accessible by messtuger, including all Feak, Kowloon and Quarry Bay residences.
Single copies, Daily, ten cents; Weekly, thirty cants; for cash. Telozraphic Addrama, 'M, Hongkong, Code, A. B. C., Afth edition.
TELEFRON3 No. 94. CHINA MAIL, LIMITED.
MIMOS FOK TO-MORROW. Amnsements.
Ciroga at Kennedy Town.
his detractors are willing to admit, else why all the considemtion now being paid him by the Court officials of Peking?
dored an opinion in the much mooted cuir J. J. Magkinlay, Mr J. N. Ballon and troversy over the right of surgocus to Sir James Machay.
command hospital resols in the American nary. The attorney general's decision is in favour of the surgeons.
The draft estimates for the coming year | Contain many items af personal interest. Thos we find that Mr Justice Wine is to draw a pension of £828. 13 44., which at the exchange rate of 39 8d., works out at 54,509 10. Mr Dyer Ball's pension is nat down at 82,448,
THE MANCHURIAN AGREEMENT.
AMERICA CONTEMPLATES
** OBJECTION. (Reuter's Serties to the China Mail)
THE ANHUI CONOES- SIONS
(Wah Tr Fat Po's Service.)
FEXING, October 8. In his death-bed memorial to the Throns the late Chang: Chih-tung sug- gested with regard to the copper mine LONDON, October 9
concessions in Anhai, concerning which The Tinica New York correspondent negotiations are now proceeding with saya it appears that the State DepartGreat Britain, that a loan should be ment seriously contemplates objecting raised by the Chinese Government- The warriage arranged between Jamies Herbert Sanders. M.D., J.P. (medics to the Chino-Japanese agreement in wherewith to redeem the mines. United States. It will be remembered that superintendent) of the Matilda Hospital, reference to Manchurian affairs, which
A QUESTION OF IM- PORTANCE. Hongkchg, sldcst son of James Sanders is regarded as violating both the Esq. J.P.. of South Molton, Devonshire, open door" policy and the, Portsmouth
Trenty. and Mary Beatrice, fourth daughter of
The Arctic Club, after hearing the story of Commander Peary, has approvod, Chipa is sadly in need of a strong the charges the explorer has made against man in Peking at the present moment his rival, De Frederick Cook. Since the aotion of the club Dr Cook has consented The PRICE-REGENT, well-meaning and to submit his data to the consideration of disposed to advance all manner of re-the society and the scientifle world of the forms, is not yet sufficiently experienced De Cook & few days ago refused to submit to rule the State, he is too vacillating, the proofs of his claims to the American beside being unversed in most of scientists nutil the Danish macants had the foreign questions now demand- Prince Cms has ing" attention;
are
for
Anished their examination of them.
*
W. H. allen, Esq., of Bromham Houso, Bedfordshire, and Dean's-yards: Font- minster Abbey, was arranged to take place at St. Owen's Church, Bromham, Bedford shire, on October 6.
ITEMS AT THE COURTS. For returning from banishment two natives were, at the Magistracy to-day, sentenced to prison for six months each
For being in unlawful possession of a quantity of chestnuts two District Watch
The Morning Posts Washington cer- respondent says there is little doubt that the recall of Mr Crane the newly- appointed Minister to Peking, arites cut of the attitude of the Government in regard to the Chino-Japanese agreement, objection being mised to Articles 3 and 4 regarding mines.
CHINESE PORK.
GOVERNMENT SATISFIED. (Kanter's Service to the Ching Hail.)
Lastcy, October 9.
The Hongkong Agency of the OP.R entered on his second childhood; the has received a further wireless message from the Empress of India (rupoated from Presidents of the various Boards are Tokohama) dated 7:30 p.m. 8th October, none of them men of a great ability at a range of 1200 miles, reporting con. and certainly possessed of little ortinus of the fine weather previously no initiative: while: TANG Sao-xperienced. The Captain further reports all well on board. The creat success of and other foreign trained officials the Marconi wireless apparatus installed the present being kept in the Empresses is to be particularly notel, the ship being still in communication 3.16 p.m.-Performance of Harmston's entirely in the back-ground. Un-with the Japanese coast at a distance of
der the circumstances if YuAs San-xs 1200 miles." can only take advantage of the op- portunities presented he has now the possibility within bie grasp of writing
The Chinese bostswain and a seaman of his name large in the history of his while ago M. Loubet pathetically told a the s. Kinshan, as well as an ex-bost country. Will he rise to the level of friend, to whom he was showing signed strain, were charged at the Magistracy to his opportunity, or are we to see another portraits and souvenirs of most of the day with stealing a case of silk goods from crowned hoads of Europe,They have all the ship on the 28th Sept. The value of disheartening disappointment added to
forgatten me. To them I am the past the goods was 2000, and part of the prohibit further importations. Transfer Books of Dairy Farm Co., Ld., the huge crop which Peking has pro-Only one of them still calls himself my perty has been recovered in the Colony and
siose from this data to 19th inst.,duced of late?
the remainder from a shop in Mico. The
inclusive.
case was remanded until Friday next.
---MUMOS-FOR. MONDAY,
Auction.
3 p.m.--Auction of Crown Land at the Public Works Department's Offices...
Meeting. 6.15 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong Corin
·
thian Yacht Club at Club House.
General Memoranda,
THESDAY, October 12:-
WEDNESDAY, October 13.-
9 p.m.-Auction of Leasehold Properties at Messrs Hughes & Hough's Sales Rooms
Thuzar, October 14-
7.30 p.m.-Anction of Chinese & Japa bese Carion at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's Sales Roots.
TUESDAY, October 19:-
Ld. at Co.'s Town Office. FRIDAY, Uctober 22-
NEWS OF THE DAY.
It is notified in the Guests that the Hon. Mr F. H. May as resumed his duties as Colonial Secretary,
In regard to his friends, King Edward does not carry out the maxing of leor est mort, vive le rol." He never forgets
tom. According to the Byr ander, & little
friend, and never fails to come and visit me every time he is in Paris" and ho pointed to big signed portrait of King Edward. King Edward always remembeix, too, to visit M. Delcassé.
The next Papal consistory, which has been announced for the middle of Novem- ber, will bare numerous candidates for the
mer wore sent to prison for 14 days each. Aaked to account for being in possession of the chestnuts they each accused the other
of theft.
Mr J. R. Wood at the Magistracy fined Arya, alias Yala, of Messrs Sassoon and Co., the maximum pensity of $100. in the ease in which defendant was charged with not being a bailiff, or acting under the
(Wal The Fat Po's Service.)
PERING, October. 8. The Prince Regent has directed Viceroy Tunn Fang to come up to Peking at once as he requires to commit him on important business;
THE MACAO QUESTION.
CANTONESE MELTING IN
SHANGHAL
-{ah' Tu Yut Pos Service.)
SHANGHAI, October 8.
Mr John Burns, President of the The Cantonese in Shanghai have Local Government Board, replying to Cecided to hold a meeting on the 10dr Mr A. Fell, Conservative Member for at their Association hall to discuss the Yarmouth, said the Government were subject of the Macao Delimitation Com quite satisfied with the recently-import- mission.
Chinese pork. He declined to pro-
CUSTOMS INSPECTION IN NEW YORK.
The Nation, of New York, has been stirred to the depths. Raad the following paragraph, which stends first on its opening page for September 8-"We are glad to so rigidly enforced that decent. America know that the personal-baggage law is now citizens of both sexes are being treated on thieres, and smugglers, this is what the
AN OFTUM CASE.
The Po Shun Lung firm sued Fu Chan Kai, trading under the firm name of Tesn Shing, to recover 8000 damages for branch of a contract whereby defendants undertook? to accept and pay for five cases of oprema..
Mr Eader Harris appeared for the plaintiff and 31r La Almada Capito defend
Mr Harris and that the `chainf; was for breach of contract. It was agreed the
At the Sanitary Board meeting on Cardinalste. It is gonerally understood Distress for Rent Ordinance of 1883, ho aur docks as if they were pickpocket delivery of the Opium should take place on.
12:30 p.r.-Meeting of Dairy Farm Co., Tuesday afternoon amongst the orders of that the Vatican is now carefully going utiswcolly did attempt to levy a distress
the day, are:--Letter from Government over the various candidates and inquiring for arrears of rent. relative to the clearing of Erashwood in inte their qualifications. The likeliest Draft candidates are Archirishops Farley, of New the vicinity of dwelling boussa. notice relative to the warning to house York; Dellachiess, of Bologna: Amette, holders not to throw rubbish into the of Tarik; Cabrierts, of Maksoilles; Bourne, street, de
il a..Meeting of Canton Insurance - Office. Ld. at Messen Jardine, Matbe
nou & Ub.'s Uff.com.
SATURDAY, October 23:-
12.15 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong Jocksy Club on the ground floor of Hongkong Club Annexe, Chater Road.
-THE GYMKHANA.
thanked, not abused, for so enforcing delivered. The defendants had put them calls for and tollector Loeb is to be certain day and they had not yet been it Every American is a suspect in the off from time to time, and on Angost: 3 oyea of
of his government on his return notice was given to them that the spinin from abroad, without regard to color,, would be sold at the market price that day, creed, or previous edition of servitule. A loss of $300 was austained.
Evidence was then taken, and the case Privacy no one seed mak; respect for The Gymkham, which was to have taken modesty or deconry is particularly for was adjourned. of London, and Mistrangel, of Florence; place this afternoon, has been postponed bidden by the law Inspectors are the Monsignor Falconio; apostolic delegato to
coctents of a hip pocket and kick the THE RAINFALL OF HONGKONG! We understand the lining of a woman's skirt. There is no Rufes made by the Governor-in Council Washington: Bisleti, superintendent of the owing to the wet wanthes till next Satur-right to open one's pocketbook, feel the 9.15 p.m.-Open Air Coneert en Volan make it fawful for a magistrate to issue Vatica: Gnistini, secretary of the Con- day. 16th instant.
not order, if they see fit; it is only rainfall at the Observatory to the end of warrants empowering police oficuca to enter gregational Council and Domentel, first mame programme and conditions as have disrobing performance which they can The following table gires the monthly
kindness on their part that ther permit say building or vessel in the New Ter-judge of the tribuns of the Inquisition: already beau published will stand. ritories in respect of which information is The Archbishops of Barcelma and Lisbon" laid to the effect that illicit "distillation or also have been mentioned. rectification or illegal sala of intoxicating liquor is carried on therein. Power of
teer Faiale Ground.
The China Mail.
BOSHKONG, SATURDAY, GOTOSZE 9, 1909, cizre is also given the police officer, who may also arrest any persons who may appear to have been concerned.
RETURN OF YUAN SHIH-KAI..
return to power of YEAN SIE-EN. The telegrams which we printed last evening actually say that a delegation
in boxes of 25...$11 per 100 bas been sent from Peking to his retreat
in Chih-li to escort him back to the GRAND ROYAL-EL TAMARINDO capital Yet only eight months ago he
J
BANK NOTES AND SPECIE.
..
Mia.
ladies to be examined in seclusion. September with the means and extremes
Amorica in 1909; some few for 25 years — This is
́RANTALL AT HUNDKONG ORAERVATORY. years after civilization was supposed to
1209
1884-1208. have been established in. this country.
··Mean....... Max. The following are the returns of the We hope sincerely that Collector Locb's Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has made a
1.40 82 0.00 means of annoying travellers. The letter February 1.06 1.76 2.06 0.02 suggestion with which many cricketers will average amount of bank notes in circulation authorized ruhane will invent still other January..... 1.48 sympathise. The left-handed babanan is and of specie, in reserve in Hongkong had their chance during the "revision down March 2.34 9.36 11.49 0.17 April-2.16 5.88 14.89 1.270 undoubtedly a nuisance to the field and during the month of September, as certi-ward," but the personal baggage abomi
6.70 19.29 48.84 115 also to the spectators of a match, who want fed by the managers of the respective banks; nation remained unchanged. Nothing will May
satisfy as, except suck rigorous bumiliation June 1.38 18.38 34.37 9.34 12.85 19.77 23,24 4.37 The report of the Canton Insurance Nfice. Lukšio grant to the f to see a brisk gaine, and the author of Chartered Bank-botes, #3,782, 83; } of overy American crimins) enough to spend ni
Mistrerived rotare 4430,000 Hongkong and Shang money abroad as to make him wear range. August 8.34 14.20 47.87 3.17 Accocuts for the your 118: The amount
The rear's rainfall to the end of the standing to the credit of this account is crickets, would abolish him altogether. hat Banknotes, $12,777.040); specie ance on the political party responsible for September 8.51 3.64 30.60 0.85
Perhape certain local Legislator had suffered similarly, hence his recent all-morah amounts to 5168 babes, the 25 $294,300.59 out of which it is proposed to Sir Arthur would, however, respect oxisting $13,000,000. National Bank of China- great an outrage."
sion, during a famous and damic debate, year meas for the same period being tion upon the ubject should set effect
to "bram hatted men on the wharf.”
inches carry $194,30052, to the credit of Under interests. He puniors that any leginla notes, 803,285; specio, mi2, -
SEPTEMBER WEATHER witing Suspense Account. which will then existing left-handed batsmen, and also that stand at $302,795.71, and to pay a dividend margin of three or four years should be
of $10.00 per share absorbing 8100.000, giver in order to provont the disqualifies An extract of meteorological observations Since the last meeting, Mr.G. O, Mozon tion of left-handed players who are coining mede at the Hongkong Observatory during resigned his seat on the Consulting Comon. Bot at the expiration of this period be in boxes of 30...$8 per 100. was fleeing from the palace 'not know mittee and Mr D; W. Araddock was invited would rigidly exact list no new player be the month of September furnishes rome
to fill the vacancy.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS AND KOWLOON DISPENSARY.
namitted as a left-handed batsman inte interesting details. For the whole month the average.mm temperstars was 822, as first-class cricket.
against an average of 80.4 for the month of Feptember during the 25-years from 1884
Dr McKenzie's
Invalid Stout. .
SPECIALLY BREWED FOR THE EAST.
ing whether sunset would see bis head removed from his shoulders. The
The British steamer Yuensang has a dam John WATSON & 00s of Chins are full of these
been fined P200 for bringing into is great Oallinen diamond, which was LIMITED
dramatic ups and downs among the Manila 45 packages of morphine, which wore found in the Premier Mine in the Trans to 1908 inclusive. The highest temperature ranke of her higher officials, the life discovered aboard her by secret service and sad presented to King Edward, was recorded during the months on the men when she arrived on the seventeenth supposed to be the largest and most valu. 8th when 90.7 was reached, while, the of: LI FURG-CHANG, perhaps, affording of September. The Yuensang was ralaweed nble precious stone ever seen or discovered. lowest was 76.2, recorded on the 29th. 10 Western eyes the most prominent in order to proceed an her run to the Chins But ibe Transvaal Later, responsible altogether there were 207.9 hours of const and the tin was imposed on her laat journs gives currency to a story to the sunshine during the month, the most for examples in modern timer.
arrival in Manila. In a letter to Collectat effect that the Collimate was only a por one day being ou the 2nd, when exactly 12 tion of a great diamond and that the hours were recorded, while there were two VICTORIA GINEMATOGRAPH. Rightly or wrongly lore ga observers
McCoy, Captain, Rolfe, of the Yuensang, have come to look upoa Yuir Sun-stated that his oficers have baken every larger part is in the bands of the occasions when only sta minuten werd
caution to prevent the bringing aboard mining company. According to the unregistered on the 16th and again on the debility and waste. of contraband goods at Hongkol. It was alive this second portion wiginally 26th. The only day on which no sumabine bausted nature. found that the officers of the cart and found by native worker of the mine and made stroll felt was on the ?mt
There were 8.505 inches of rain during so intention of attempting to defraud the hidden by them in remoto spot in the
Zoutpansberg. Some Dutchie bowever, the month, the beaviest fall for a single got wind of the fair and negotiations day being on the 21st (2.485-inches), while were opened for the recovery of the stone, on ng lest tsp 13. Cays there was no rain
whour Le fall whatarer. The total of 8.805.for the
month compares with mesh avengo offe 9.64 for Beptembers during the last s
PREMIER HALL OF HONGKONG, De Faux ROAD CINEBAL
N=T70HT I
TO-NIGHT.
Colebrated Athlete and Wrestler
YRWANKA“ UKAMER.
MISSES GALARDI & LEE BONON AT DATUR.
na essentially a strong man. Certainly during the time that he tried as Chiness Resident of Koren, before the war of 1814, be fawnably impro
ISVODNA.
ed the Japanese with his force of & REMEDY THAT CURES COLIC character, but more recent observersOME time back had a very bad atAs a result the native chief to
back of solid, kaya Mrs C. Plensar o dismend had been entrusted would have us believe that these inventiverot in the paper of Chamberlain
Middlebus, Cape Aplody... I sw and Testors and handed ofer to the of I consideration of the sum of £1,000 pressions are all based upon fulse pro Cali Choler and Diarrhoes Remedy-
of Lodemnity which to get from the mhemist,"
tion under the G nings, YUAN Sim, though not exactly W 0-Terpin. After I had and the Bent
ulath painted to look like iron sa Bidons Izos beter, mini, wh
Anishadila
MAROK is supposed to have once described it to any ope I in the Lever
od the late Lord SaLocal wil lychemists and storskee
FOR WHOOPING CUUGB;
rand” torekeepers..
This Stout promotes energy and is med
ASHOV
Per Dozen Quarts... Per Dozer Pints
Per Dozen Splits
MR FRANK BROWNE, Govern certifies that the results
is both good
Analyst
alysis of time Stout show that
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