THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. XLX.
CONTENTS.
AN
Epitome of the Week, 4o. ..........................
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 7т¤ OCTOBER, 1899.
289
Leading Articles:-
Financial Reform in China
.290
How to Improve the Sanitary Condition
of Hongkong
Landlords and Sanitation
.200
Are British Commercial Methods in Asia out
of Date
The Junk Trade and Steam Competition Landlords and their Responsibility for Disorderly
Houses
.291
.202
At Taintau, (Kiacchow) on the 26th September, Rev. L. FABER, Dr. Theol., aged 60 year.
At Shanghai, on the 27th September, 1899, Mrs, YEN, widow of the late Rev. Y. K. YEN.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The American mail of the 2nd September arrived, per O. & O. steamer Doric, on the 30th September (28 days); and the Canadian mail of 292 the 12th September arrived, per C. P. R. steamer „293 | Empress of China, on the 4th October (22 days),
202
.205
The Impending War in the Transvaal.
Hongkong Legislative Council
Supreme Court
Affairs in the Philippines
296
Removal of the Chinese Customs Stations
297
Reconstruction of the Sanitary Board
.297
Gsol-Breaking at Canton
.297
The U. 8. Minister at Canton
.297
New Public Works..
.297
Lifts and the Rating Ordinance
.208
Expenditure on the New Territory
Kwang Yi's Proposal to abolish Lekin..
Disastrous Fire at ('anton.......
08 .298 .208
Serious Charge against a Chinese Detective
The Douglas Steamship Co, Limited
..298
Canton Ii surance Office, Limited........
.299
Olivera Freehold Mines Limited
800
The Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co.,
- Limited
Reub
The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
Correspondence
Hongkong Rifle Association
The Shantung Railway
Russian and French Designs in Siam
298
300 300
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
No. 15.
It is reported in a Northern contemporary that Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co, for Messrs. Chas. Cammell & Co. have secured the contract for 6,086 tons of rails and fastenings to be delivered at Tangku next April. Their tender was £49,726 19s. 9d., Messrs. Maudl for Krupp & Co being the highest, £55,545 17s. 6d.
A meeting of the principals of the German firms established in Yokohama, with the object of forming an association, took place on the 21st September, at the German Club, at which twenty- five of the German mercantile community at- tended. Five gentlemen were chosen to act as a Committee to draw up the requisite rules and to transact the business of the Association. The members of the Committee are Messrs. H. 1.
Sir Robert Hart returned to Peking from Holm, M. Pors, F. Dankwerts, E. Wikmer, and Peitaiho on the 20th September.
Mr Bax-Ironside left Tientsin for Weihai- wei in H.M.S. Plover on the 22nd September.
A memorial dealing with the position and needs of British interests in China has been drawn up under the auspices of the Shanghai Branch of the China Association and is now in course of signature.
Mr. Henry B. Bristow, formerly of H.M.'s Consular Service in China, left England on 31 Thursday, the 21st September, via America, to take up the post of representative here of the Peking Syndicate.-N. C. Daily News.
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Launch of a New Yangtare Steamer at Shanghai ...303 The Plague in the North and Shanghai Transhipment
Trade
...
..304
....304
Japan's Demands for the Amoy Riot The Emperor Kwang Su Again to the Front...........304 The Recent Chinese Mission to Japan...... Outrage on an Englishman in Szechuou....
Opening of the First Korean Railway.
The Seoul Electric Railwy
The Argyll Floated
Japanese Buddhist Missio, a fo the Straits
Progress in Siam
Cruelty to Frogs.....
.804 .304 .305 .3.5
305 306
.805
Mr. James Creelman on the Anglo-American Alliance305 ............................................. ....................................06
Destructive Fire in Kobe Hongkong and Port News Commercial.
Shipping
KIRTHS.
...307 30
.311
On the 29th September, at Beryl, Garden Road, Kowloon, the wife of T. G. HUGHES, Public Works Department, of a daughter.
On the 29th Sept mber, 1899, at Greencroft, Kow- Icon, the wife of JOHN THOMAS MARTIN WHEELEY,
of a son,
At No. 2, Gough Hill, the Peak, cn Sunday, the 1st October, Mrs., A. TOMES, of a son.
At the Peak, Hongkong, on the 3rd October, the wife of ANDREW DONALD, Engineer of Works, Green Island, Macao, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
On September 18th, l~99, at All Saints' Church, Tientsin, by the Rev. G. D. Iliff, EVAN MATHEWS of Tongshan to Louisa ↑ LLIOTT, of Tientsin.
On the Oth September, 1999, at Newchwang, by the Rev. Jns. Carson, B.4, and the Rev. Wm. Hunter, B.A., the Rev. JOHN KEERS, B.A to SARAH B. MCMORDIE, M.D. (Brux.) both of the Irish Presbyterian Mission Chinchow, Manchuria.
DEATHS.
At the Shanghai General Hospital, on the 25th September, 1899, WILLIAM LLEWELLYN, younger an of the late John and Annie RICHARDS, of Ponty- pool, Wales, and Brixton Hill, London; aged 26
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News has been received from Peking by the local mandarins that, owing to the delay of the Taungli Yamen in settling the demands of Italy, the Italian Minister has of late used very threatening language to the Yamen, and an ultimatum is anticipated shortly from the Ita. lian Government.-N. C. Daily News.
Richard Boyes.-Japan Herald.
A sailing ship called the Tsaac Bell laden with coal from England for the P. & O. Company was wrecked some time in the winter of 1858.9
native divers are busy recovering what is left in the vicinity of the Kintoan Beacon. To-day of her cargo, which is as fresh and in as good a condition as when taken from the mines. Some twenty years ago divers were working at the remains of the vessel and brought payable. quantities of coal to the surface, but the silt suspended operations, and from then until quite recently the alluvial deposit had covered the wreck.-N. C. Daily News.
The Peking correspondent of the N. C. Daily Newa writes-An army officer of the United States from the Philippines visited Li Hung. chang recently and asked his opinion apon the occupation of those isles. The old ex-Viceroy blamed the States severely for leaving the tra ditional policy, assuring the officer that had Grant lived the country would never have en- tered upon a policy that he (Li) prophesied
The Wabu correspondent of the China Gazette, writing on the 25th September, says :—
would be disastrous to the States. When asked This dull town has suddenly sprung into life if China would object to America enlisting and animation in the past two days. Last year several regiments of Chinese mercenaries to a prohibition was put on rice and none was fight the Filipinos, Li replied China would not allowed to be shipped away, but two days ago object if they were enlisted in the Philippines this was taken off and we have now seven ships and with the knowledge and consent of the in port and fifteen more to come in a week.
Chinese Consul there. But, he said in conclu- The announcement of the Rev. Dr. Faber's sion: "You had much better sell them (the isles) death, which appears amongst the obituary not-to Japan for the sum you paid Spain for them, ices, will be read with regret by all who have and then clear off home and attend to your own enjoyed the pleasure of the deceased gentle- business." He suggested if that course wa men's acquaintance or have known him through not pursued, the next best plan was to buy his literary work. An earnest missionary, he also Aguinaldo out. devoted much attention to Chinese literature and to scientific pursuits, botany being one of his favourite studies.
The Hongkong correspondent of the Courrier d'Haiphong mentions the piracy prevailing in the Canton delta, and goes on to say that the English, who never miss a good opportunity, have made this state-of affairs a pretext for sanding a gunboat up the West River. The English wish to police Kwangtung and Kwang. al for their exclusive profit, as they have done in Egypt. It behores our Clovernment to take all necessary measures in order that they may not operate alone. It is reported at Hongkong that the French Consuls there and at Canton have urgently requested the despatch of a gun. boat from Saigon. This request, which under the circumstances should have been complied with without delay, has so far produced no effect. It will be seen that in this instance as always it will be too late when we think of taking so. tion otherwise than by diplomatic notes.”
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It is notorious that the Chinese as a fiation
take little stock of their female offspring, but fow would credit the barbarity of a father na related at the Mixed Court this morning, says the China Gazette of the 29th September. Mr. A. W. George, meter inspector in the employ of the Waterworks Company, was employed near the new Mixed Court when he saw s Chinaman attempting to drown a little girl'in a filthy pond near by. He called the attention of an Indian constable to the matter, with the result that prisoner was arrested before his dastardly purpose was effected. He was taken straight to the Mixed Court and quite a sense- tion was caused by the nature of the charge and the appearance of the unfortunate child, prob. ably from six to seven years of age." Mr. George and the Sikh spoke to seeing the brate dump the mite and hold her head downwards in the shallow water. The case was remanded till Monday, when the charge will appear on the West Hongkow sheet,