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THE WAR IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE CAMPAIGN TO BE MARKED BY RAPID MANŒUVRES.
GENERAL LAWTON WITH 2,500 MEN ADVANCING EAST OF THE
RAILROAD.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Manila, 21st April. To-day an army of 2,500 men has been con- centrating at La Loma Church, on the north side of Manila. All the afternoon the streets have been filled with soldiers, and hundreds of carts loaded with provisions and baggage on their way to the outskirts of the town. It is barely possible that a move will be made to-night pro viding the troops arrive promptly, but the big advance will be made in the morning in the direction of Novaliches. This same Novaliches was the objective point of a former expedition under General McArthur, but owing to un. foreseen difficulties it was not reached. Several miles of the surrounding country to be fought over have already been taken, but when the Americans withdrew the natives came back and occupied the old positions.
Major-General Lawton is in command of the present expedition, and, as his campaign on the lake shore amply demonstrated, he is a most energetic and skilful commander, and con- siderable territory may be expected to be covered in a short space of time. The men have been rationed with the lightest possible
equipment so as to facilitate rapid manoeuvring 6,000 troops in the vicinity of Malolos, will in all probability begin an advance on Calumpit as soon as General Lawton bas attained the desired position. Those who know the plan of compaign are past masters in secrecy, and nothing absolutely definite can be stated at this time.
General McArthur, who is located with some
SPANISH GUNBOATS FOR MANILA.
Yesterday morning thirteen small Spanish gunboats, convoyed up from Mindanao by the Concord and Petrel, arrived in the harbour. They were bought by a private individual, presumably under arrangement with, the Am. erican Government. While in southern waters the Filipinos boarded all the boats and looted everything in the shape of machine guns, cannons, and small arms thus making a valuable addition to their limited supply. The C. M. Co.'s steamer Butuan was held up and looted in the same manner while anchored near the gunboats.
FINAL EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF
THE SPANISH PRISONERS. THE TALE OF A COLONEL.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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NEWS FROM CEBU,
Cebu, 11th April. Everything very quiet. Native policemen very courteous to Americans, and the expected trouble of last week has blown over, but the soldiers are still closely confined to quarters. A drunken soldier created a little excitement last night by firing a shot which went between the legs of Mr. Sidebottom, the English Consul here and manager for Smith, Bell & Co. No damage was done. The insurgent band serenaded Col. Hamer at Headquarters Sunday evening. Mail arrived from Manila and the States Satur- day and to-day. The U. S. S. Petrel sailed for Manila Saturday. The Concord arrived here the same day, but left for Iloilo again Sunday morning. No telegraphic connection with Iloilo has as yet been established.-Manila Times.
THE "GLENOGLE” IN COLLISION
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THE CITY OF KINGSTON BUNK.
Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Limited, General Agents of the Northern Pacific Steamship Co., inform us that they have received the following
cable from Tacoma :-
instant. She has been in collision with the The steamer Glenogle sailed on the 23rd
steamer City of Kingston. The City of Kingston likely to be delayed." foundered. The Glenogle is damaged and is
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board was held on the 27th April. The President (Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer) occupied the chair, and there were also present the Vice-President (the Hon. F. H. May, Captain Superintendent of Police), the Hon. R. D. Ormshy (Director of Public Works), Mr. A. W. Brewin (Acting Registrar General), Mr. E. Osborne, Dr. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), and Mr. C. W. Daggan (Secretary). Mr. C. V. Ladds (Colonial Veterinary Surgeon) was also present.
THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES.
In consequence of the delay in the appoint ment of Chief Inspector of Nuisances, a telegram of enquiry was sent home, and the following reply was received. "Have offered appointment to candidate who if medically fit will sail early.
THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.
A return from Bombay city showed that on the 27th March 201 cases of bubonic plague were reported and 177 deaths.
Her Majesty's Consul at Taiwan, Formosa, reported that from March 28th to April 3rd, both dates included. 256 cases of plague were reported in the prefecture, there being 180 deaths and 21 recoveries. From Jan. 7th to April 3rd there were 973 cases, there being 645 deaths and 73 recoveries.
Her Majesty's Consul at Tamsui reported that since the outbreak last year there had been 39 cases of plague in the port, three being Japanese and 36 natives. Of these 30 had died, three had recovered, and six were still (April 11th) under treatment.
LIME-WASHING.
Mr. OSBORNE proposed that proceedings be taken against the owners of teuements in the Central District who had not whitewashed their premises on the first of May.
General Rios and his commissioners are making strenuous efforts to obtain the release of the Spanish prisoners. General Otis has offered aid of the most material kind in sanctioning the exchange of the Tagalogs taken by the Americans for the Spaniards held by the Tagalogs. Colonels Romeo and Rosales were to have passed through the lines to-day to open negotiations with the Filipinos, but intimations were received through Filipino sources that ones Colonel Rosales had passed through the Ameri- can lines his life would not be worth a song. This somewhat staggered the gallant Colonel, and he promotly resigned from the commission. The story goes that Rosales was once the pre- sident of a military court before which one An- 'tonio Luna was brought for trial. Luna was seu- tenced to death and later the sentence was com- muted to twenty years' imprisonment, By the rinderpest had taken place among Mr. Ken- caprice of circumstances this same Luna is now nedy's cattle. Forty-four of his animals were a General in the Insurgent army, and hence housed in a shed at Kowloon, about 150 yards his unfriendly attitude toward Rosales. Major from Mr. Chater's bungalow. Of these four Lasheras has been appointed in the place of showed symptons of the disease. He recom- Rosales, and it is expected that the commission-mended the slaughter and burial of the whole ers will begin their negotiations before the number. fighting comes too close to Calumpit.
An action for damages for trespass has been filed in H.B.M. Consular Court at Nagasaki, wherein Kate Birff is plaintiff and James Stuart Clark is defendant. The amount sought to be recovered is 2.000 yen. The case has not yet been set for trial, but it is understood it will probably come up for hearing within a short period-Nagaski Press.
The Hon. R. D. ORMSBY seconded, and the
motion was carried.
MORE CASES OF RINDERPEST, The SECRETARY read a report from Mr. Ladds to the effect that another outbreak of
On the motion of Dr. CLARK, seconded by the PRESIDENT, the shed in question was declared infected with rinderpest.
On the motion of the VICE-PRESIDENT, seconded by Mr. OSBORNE, it was decided to slaughter the four diseased cattle forthwith. and to authorise the Colonial Veterinary Sur- geon to slaughter any of the remainder which showed signs of the disease.
This was all the business.
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[April 24-1899, .
A ROW AT THE SAILOR'S HOME.
There was a battle royal at the Sailors' Home on Tuesday night, the result being that five seamen, named Thomas O'Toole, John Brown, Charles Blatchford, Peter McIntyre, and Henry Gillman, were brought before Mr. T. Sercombe Smith on Wednesday morning charged with as- saulting a miner. named Frank Star. All the parties were staying at the Sailors' Home.
Complainant said that between six and seven. o'clock on Tuesday night, after supper, he was sitting on a bench outside the Sailors' Home, inside the compound. There was a little coloured boy sitting alongside him. McIntyre walked. up to the bench and said, "I am going to kill that black and made a drive at the coloured boy with his fist. He missed the boy. Complainant got up from his seat and pushed the man away, saying "Don't lick the little boy." Therenpou first defendant jumped at him and hit him above the left eye with his fist. Complainant tried to return the blow, and he had no sooner made the motion to do so than he was struck by Brown and Gillman. He turned round and tried to fight these two men. He threw one of them to the ground.
he got hold of him so that he could not The other followed up with his fists, but
strike him.
At the same time he was hit
by second and fourth defendants. Then O'Toole came up with a stool or something like one and struck him over the face with it twice in suc- cession. The squabble continued until O'Toole ran at him with a big knife, saying "I just came out of gaol the other day, and I'll go there caught hold of ()'Toole's hand and prevented again; I'll kill you." Some outsider, however,
him from striking complainant. After this complainant went upstairs, and after he had laid down for a time he reported the matter to No. 7 Police Station. He then went into the hospital and remained there until morning.
with the stool and not on the head.
O'Toole said he hit complainant on the back
The others denied striking complainant. The case was adjourned until Thursday,
to
when Thomas O'Toole was sentenced six months imprisonment; John Brown was discharged; Blatchford was sentenced to 14 days' hard labour; and McIntyre and Gillman
were each sentenced to one month with hard' labour.
THE MANILA OBSERVATORY.
The Rev. José Algué, 8.J., Director of the Manila Observatory, forwards us a copy of the communication received from the American Government covering a letter from the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, both of which have already been published. Father Algué writes:
-The Manila Observatory very gratefully acknowledges the justice done to this Institu tion by the Chamber of Commerce and the Press, and many conspicuous residents of Hongkong. The generons action taken by the Colony on this occasion will be remembered with gratitude, and in the impossibility of writing separately to all those who have favoured us with their testimonials, we wish to convey to every one of them, through your valuable paper, our warmest thanks. We don't like to extol our own abilities, nor do we pretend to magnify our own work; but notwithstanding this, we trust that the Manila Observatory will prove itself to be in the future as useful and beneficial to the colony of Hongkong as it has been up to the present.
AUDITING.
Messrs. Bisset & Co., of Shanghai, in their share report of 24th April tay :-" Cottou Mills. The Chairman of the International Co. issued a circular to shareholders – informing them of certain serious omissions in the state- ment of account passed on the 22nd November, and promising a new account.” Th✩ N. C. Daily News, in reproducing an article from the Times on auditing, says a recent occurrence in Shanghai lends special interest to the article. We are not aware whether the International Cotton Mill affair is the occurrence referred to by our contemporary. The Times' article discussos the question whether the duties of auditors are concerned only with the matter of bookkeep- ping, irrespective of whether the books submitted