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THE LATEST FROM THE PHILIT,
The Sapors yes Frase hears privately SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. that Sonerario, the Edorstary-General of the Dictatorial Governmout of Emila Again, has proceded an apostal mission to Washing ton to contor with President McKinley on the question of the possible future relations by teen the Philippias Government and the Tited States.
PINES.
MANILA NOT TAKEN ON MONDAY, The Eddie, which arripod from Malta lant night, reports that when she left on Maniay the American troops had not began their að-
THE WATER SUPPLY! The Hon, R. D. Ornsby, Water Authority;: favoues us with the following return.
sanitary and moral grounds, l, it is aid, to remain Chinese. There must surely be some mistake. Such an arrange ment as that deseribed would be equivalent to setting up a Chinees colony in British territory and it, would inevitably lead to mishnderstanding and friction. By what
As the result of representations for the force would the authority of the mandaria British authorition the German polies have bo maintained i ease of disorder? Would strosted a woman named Graetters on a charge he be allowed to bring Chinese bravas over- Hongkong Gel Shanghai Tank. On a euch rain which bad forded to country for about 18 lund or through the waters of the colony being made of her rooms. thographic plates miles and rendered the roads impassable. Onam
were found chowing tracings of the ornamenta gandag this troops as well as all the ships in the Would he be allowed to continuo the ne
tina on the forged notes. Frun Grusttore, wha of torture in his criminal court, or to inflict is a widow, is the mother in lus of a man wat larbone wero busy preparing for the colǝbration capital punishcaout? Would he be allowed Gross, who, with another man Daxed Sebulizn of the "Glorious Fourth," with which, how. to draw a revenue from gambling houses? was convicted at Singapore of falso ordaing, over, the flooding of the country serionsly
and sentenced to eight quars' imprisonment, his ictorfored S. WATSON & CO., It is impossible to believe so. Whatever noecumplien being at the same time condemned arrangemente may have been made on paper to imprisonment for ten years-Straits Times. the administration of Kowloon city must in i In the House of Commons en the 9th Jane, fust come under British influenco and con; | Mr. Curzon, replying: to a question, said --I tral, and the power of the mandarin, if nederstand that a concession for a sailsay mandarin is to be ronintained there, evuld from Pakhoi to Nanning has beun grunted there was seient water in the city to last for
E complicity in the forgery of notes if the. vuco on the city. There had heóв very heavy panding datos last year. Storage reported that the chief reasons for British yo
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The natires were still having daily skirmishes with the Spaniards, who almost invariably come of second best.
The insurgente have cut off the water supply from Manila, but owing to the recent downpour
a for days
THE SPANISH FLEET FOR THE
PHILIPPINES.
ARRIVAL AT ŠUBZ. List night Crisul-feiral Wildman received the following telegram from Mr. Watts, Acting U. S. Congal-Gloveral at Cairo
Torpedo boats Anda, Prospering, and Asabo started rotura Spain Balanon Best arrived guez."
Pokfulain full.
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THE JAPANEEN TV FORMOSA, GO.M. at stoles, The responsibility of eaptaincy, we must suppose, prevent others I have just heard of, a very interesting dogu- than Magers, W. G. Grass, Wonds, Muson and meat-prepared by an offleial of the Japanese Dison taking a teen with the ball cocasionally. On 1st July, 1898, the water in Tyto ress Government who was despatched same time We cannot expect Dir: A. N. Huruby to try his voir was 19 oct 4 inches below the overflow, since to Indie, Barmal, Coylon, and other hand for Lancashico whils Mold, Custol, Briggs, representing i storage of 241 million gallons, British possasions in the East staly and and Hallam are available, nor do we expect Mr. while the water iz Pokfului reservoir was report on the exams of the ences of British A. J. Webbe, who is rapidly qualifying from
The in veteran's roll, "pitch up a few for Middles 4 foot 2 inches below the overflow, representing administration amongal alien races.
storage of 64 million gallone The tollalructions wore then to visit Formosa and re I do not remember havia 2005 Mr. W. L storage was thus 365 million gallons,
port why Japan in po nabiloulty and ill-Murdoch's name amouget the list of zustear The following are the figures on the corre aocess thure. This gentleman carried sat his bowlers, so that Busser fores no better than the instructions, and at the end of his long journey majority. Lord Hawke has too many capable Lovel
mor around bim always to bave sond to devota 1ft sin, abors overflow $10,000,000 in calorising and administering were the actantion to this branch of the game; Mr. 60,000,000 following-Great care il salooting officials for H. O. Gaen has Mears. Kortright and Bali, the colonies, cantion in touching the old oratoms with Mead and Plokott to let Captain Total 178,000,000 and religious observou of rases enb jest to her, E. d. Wynyard certainly captured eight The total sonatmption for all purposes daring the gift of local government to her subjectes, wickets for Hampshire fast season, which Jana was 80 million gallous, giving with an thus interesting them in the adminization; is more than 3. I. W. Baisbridge cali estimated popalation of 177,450 en average care and slowness in changing laws, regulations, say for Warwickshire, the four overs bo bowled daily consumption of 17 gallons per head. and established vile and practices; the striot being productive of 14 cups without a wicket. For the corraspanding period last year the guardianship of the finances, and sifonnons Mr. B. H. Evershed anco attempted to separate total consumption 30 million gallons, or on offorts to make revenue and expenditure balance; the batemen without waveess, but neitha Mr. K. J. Key aor Mr. C. E. de Trafford assisted average daily orisumption of 19-gallons por and, lastly, the adoption of all possible means hend for the population.
of securing preopority and security amongst their side with the ball. Uf the font captains The Government Analyst reports that the the people and of winning their respect and who mot with encsess in both departments of water is of excellent quality.
confidence. Heren, he says, British colonlel the game Mason comes out top with 44 wis suecass, bas, nothing in the nature of change keta (average cost 22.14).
Woods And SE INDO-ONINA STEAM NAVIGATION about it. An to Tormos, he advises that Japau (average 27.19). Grace 37 (averago 23.8), and
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should follow the same course de Great Britain; Dizou U (average 36.41.. Thien on the whole, that apecial qualifications should be poured in then, it will be seen that with the excerption. The seventeenth ordinary genend mcoting of the allole and a regular training bo given to perhaps, of Mason, who was certainly one of the the Indo-China Stun Navigation Co., Limited, them, including the study of the languages, cricketers of 1897, none of the other skippers did wis held at the effets of the company, 29.customs, and jawa, that the pay what he grind a deal with the bail, although it must novor bo Cornhill, on 9th June. The Chairman of the and the pensione generous; that they abould be forgotten that Dr. Grace's splendid age deprives board of dirouters (Mr. J. 1aoAndrew) pre obliged to remain in their offices for a curtain him of a portion at least of his former elasticity.
mumber of years, unless physically unit, thot Ice not knew that there is any particular masos” sided,
The Chairman said in moving the adoption the number of Jaymuoso oftmals there should fordepleting the general backwardness of our cup- of the report te was very pleased to be elde to be largely diminished. It is stabod that most
tains in taking the ball from the professionals shiv tho shareholders better results for the of these recommendations will be adopted. It mul trying themselves to get wickets, but here year 1897, during which the earnings of the is not a matter for surprise that the eclectic may be something today in what the Hou. E. steamers bad considerably exceeded their antici Japanses should acudy the British colonis! Leitelton wrote in 1800-Thers in, pochap pations, and they were able to propose a dividend system in order to introduce it in their solitary which, although not equal to the beat they had clony Correspondent Manchester Guardian. paid, was, at all events, s very fair return, en the compar g's capital. The improvement might he attributed chiefly to the diminished com- petition for carrying the local enfile and also to the movements of rice China; by which means the deficiency in one province was made good. by the surplus in another. There Lind but trade with neighbouring cntntries, suob Ar Siam Toukin, and Japan, ..... WAS decidedly on the inerense. The internal trade of China had not exhibited may very great tom dancy to expand, but this was not surprising in view of the political diffenties with which that car
THE ENGLISH MAIL
fuct which cannon a truly patriotic oriaketer so much dismay as the prospect which
opening before us, of a long vista of professional victories over the gouttemon. any other things in modern cricket, ag, the length of the innings, capire come saxisty as to the Satir but if the professionals are to barp it all thoir own way, we can hardly expect to seep the game claur of the terrible dangers which already beset
the French. I cannot make any statement et not be suuch more extensive than those of present as to the measures which are la coarse of tipao. When Hongkong was established it adoption in Southern Chine by Her Majesty'a
Government. The railway to the Bus was at first intended to ranke use of the tipuo frontier is being pushed on, but the question of system, that is, the government of the Chiucas the direction which its extansion should take on popalation through elders or head men, and Posching the Chiuose border is a very diflealt although that system has long beardians, and until this has been decided it is clearly impossible to apply for any concussion from the carded it may possibly be deemed desirable Chinese Government. There a been no cor- to revert to it for the administration of the respondence with the French Government on the subject. The correspondeuse with the new territory about to be incorporated with Chinese Government is still proseling, bad the colouy. The tipnos, however, should this aut be given at presezt. system be lopted, would be subject solely
For many years past the licit importation of to Betish authority, and we fail to see alcohol into Japan has been going on and intely how an exception could on made in the it has been much on the incresen-According
to the Tokyo Aashi, wo learn that there se a case of Kosloon. The gambling question present is the Yokohama Settlement upwards alone could render the continued main of ten firme which act as agents for such im- teoguce of Chinese authority there imported alcohol, and there are at least 30 100,000 cases of spirit in store thore of a volné possible. One of the argumente weed in of 1,200,00€ pen, taking the cat per box ns 12 favour of the nequisition of the now yen The two Germina steatzers which arrived a Yokohama only a few days ago, brought territory was at it, would ceable the 20,540 cm, which wore delivered to castain Government to do nwny with the gambling firms in the settlement. The Asahi saya tid some Japanese in conspiracy with foreign mer- houses in Kowloon city, which are largely old are forwarding the alcohol into the 14.40 frequented by residents of Vistoria, both futerior packed in kerosene cases und in this The profita soming European and Chinese. From time to time way they escape duty.
from this illicit trade must starsly be very these houses have been closed, upon re
| considerabla-Japan Times, presentations made by the Hongkong. Government, but have been respond uitur a brief poriod, and if the place is 14,596 ions, with a declared raise of. 1,434,618. ] the treatment their own women and children current your showed an undiatinished movement it, at Santiago, gortifies that. the bodies of belief that bettor all round delding has not· remain under Chinese juristiction the GLENORCHY are high class Soga | oris of the Hongkong Goverunient in the the returns for the preceding month, and an receive at the hands of Spaniards is so draadiale in cargo, and they might therefore expect & reaged, the woods saoribed to matilation being of o cantury, and that period is quite extensive
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The coal trade to Japan for May lost was very prosperous, the total quantity esported bring yon. This shows an increase of 47,151 tous ever, increase of 13,188 tons over the Egures for the corresponding month of last year. The great increase in oxports during May is chiefly due to the fact that coal acarrelated during April is Maji and other cual-producing distrists, owing to hocest of the steamers engaged in the rdal trade having been chartered for the con voyance of rica to this country. The quantity exported during May makes a total of 803,706 toas, vahid at 8,191,866 van, since January last,
THE GERMAN FLEET AT MANILA, The Fuenagay, which arrived in the harbour from Manila of Away on Wednesday evening, brought a mail, bit as sin init a couple of hours after the American troops had made their ap paxance, and before thes Zatru sef ont for Jongkong, very little of the news she brought wan Dey.
The Governor General's wife and. okien. who were prisoners in Pampanga, have been given up through the mediation of the English Consul, who had them brought down in a large ativo hoat or “banca” A correspondent writes, "Great credit must be given to the rebale for their humanity to looking after and giving up these Spaniel women and children ankurned, for although these rebela ser humano
it is only wonderful they do not retaliate."
Last work wounded men were coming in very fast from the vat-pusts and the hospitals were being taxail to their utmost. It is to be feared that the patients were not able to got very first
class treatment..
boon to bintariat increase in the loanl trade,
piry had teen cutesting and if the user sainty which had thus bees engendered. If, however, half of the railway schemes which bad been talked about tree bronglit into operatibu, trade, although it would be a work of consider they culd not fail to give a great stimulas to alle be; of course. The first months of the
sonable retara on their shares. The balance. sheet exhibited a material relation in the amount of trianding loads and bills pay. The balance of the underwriting shiu. at amounted to 1109,283-ample ro vision, he thought for any disaster which they night reasonably apprehend. As regarded the profit and he zoosant, the depreciation of steamers was somewhat larger owing to the therly vessels The only unsatisfactors feature aditions to the foot, which now numbered
The P. & steamer Coromandel, with the English mail of the 10th June, arrived yesterday The folowing telegrams are from the Fimes of Ceylon
MB CLEVELAND DECLARES AGAINST ANNEXATION.
London, 22nd Jane. the Taiversity, strongly condemnal the idea Ex-President Cleveland, in a speech at Prince- of American annozetion of territory through
NO MUTILATION. OF, BODIES EXCEPT BY BULLETS,
London, 22nd Jane:
A surgson, attached to Admiral Sampson's the American 'dead have not bean ma'tilated, dus to the Masser ballats. THE ALBION DISASTER CAUSED BY THE
· PEQTLE - REFUSING TO OBEY ORDERS.
London, 22nd Jugs.
Whiskies, of greater age than most brands in the market.
ABELOUR-GREXLIVE is a very old Peat Whisky, (smoky) and could not now be replaced in stock at the price. D is well known for its fine flavour. E is of superb quality and pro- nounced by leuding local connoisseurs certainly not do to have two opposite policias This shows an inorenzo of 40.07 tons in the" We are all watching the movements of the of the accounts say the loss on exchargé, but by the piležala in obarge. Chen JM to be the best brand in the llongkong
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direction of suppressing gambling would be rendered to a great extent nugalery. We inve not much faith in the efficacy of the measures taken against gambling, which scoms to flourish under suppression like a vine ander pruning, but whatavor opinions may be entertained on that point it would Fraud on the shine side of the boundary
line.
qusutity and an'inerorsa of 382,818 yeu in its
deolared valno-Nagasaki Press.
With regard to the attitude of the Germans, writing on June 27th a concapondent says German feet hero. They sro always on the inové, and keep going away sad returning They are evidently ap to no good. We put down the delay of the American troope arriving here to the fact that they must be taking pos session of the Carolies and Murioane Islands before coming tors, and no tako the wind on of the esils of the Germans who are very anxious to have the former,"
The mystery will respect to Mr. Chabor lain's statemont in the House of Common HMS. Powerful best Yokohama for Weihab about Hongkong and the Contagious Diseases wel on the 25th Juue.
Ordinance is now solved. It was all duo to, mistake of Renter. What Mr. Chambertin The delivery of the English mail was begun said was that it had been decided not to sanction at 9.32 a.m. yesterday.
the zo-introduction of the Ordinances. The importout word "not" was omitted from the There were no cases of plagao yesterday, and Hongkong telegrain, which appears in the
Last week provisious were getting sourcer Times of Ceylon as follows: Mr. Cham Fortuin in House of Commons mounted and scarenr, aut of course prices were rising du that it bad been decided not) ts
Do-deaths from the disease,
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the Straits Chinees has fallen though.
-CARE,
London, d June, The Cape Parliament bas passed the second reading of tha Redistribution of Seats Bill, which is a tetory for the Rhodus party over the Datele Afrikusters
KODES'S GOVERNMENT DEFEATED. Tandon, Eled Jave.
The Unko of York has wired his sympathy to the reintfren of the victims of the disaster at the launching of the battleship Albion, who were mustly the wives and daughter of the doskyned the ceremony, notwithstanding the prohibition Imps, and who forted to the staging to witness
this was satirely beyond the directors' control | MR. CHODES'S PARTY SUCCESSFUL AT THE and the less would probably be larger in the current year, owing to the lower rate of dr change which had prevalled since January. In spite, however, of this loss the balance of profit amounted for the past year to £26,164, which enabled them to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. And to carry forward but the same amount as they brought forward-61,370. The now vess which was proposed to put on the Calcutta trade would take the place of another boat, which was too small for the service. They had given onreful attention to the requirements of fonnage for the inland waters of China, whlok tween the British and Chiuers Governments especially in the region of the Yangtese river, acú proper steps would be taken when necessary. It was, however, likely to be slow work, some of the Mandarins and other obses in China not lecking with mail faveur on the opening of the inland waters. He thought the only Inttar he led to allude to forthes was that of the Shing. He could only say that it was fil tinder the copsideration of the Chinese nie. Did the Wiitto Conservatire member, was
opposed.
The effort to form a rohauteur corps en sanction the re-enactment in Hongkong of the proportion. Householders wore obliged to pro- were to be opened under recent agreements be of Sex's Hill
Contagious Diseases Ordinance; 126 10, was side their servants with rice, as they crald- not, conferring with the Governor of the Colony afford to buy it nat of their pay. regarding other rasures for checking venereal disease.
It is reported that. H.MS. Twee is to be sert up to Wachow, in view of the disinthed condition of Kwangai.
Had the latter part of the telegram been sent here we would have bosu able to Mr. Jus. W. Daridson, Acting United States apply the missing word by the contest, but Ali letters for pubiication should be written on one
Consul in Formosa, has, according to a state-what we were faroned with was imply the ́orile of the gaper only.
communications that havent in the American papers, been prometed bald and misleading statement that Mr. Bham- berlain said it had bey decided to sanction the to be fall Convil
saintraduction of the Ordinances
signent
No avanymwwly: already appeared the papers to hot be hour the supply denial Cinly applied for Cash Potographie Aidray Press-ATC. Cone.
P.O. Bon, 21 Teinphone No. 12.
Thá deët R reported or extenspertg "vain,
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT IN MANILA DAY.]
Manila, 20th June, Things are pretty mo the same na hoa I wrote two days ago. The insurgente koop
ant before 12 way, on day of prebiication. After that, ner, formerly of the Hongkong. Police For report of Mr. Davidson, the Mayor of Colomboat some time during the day and night they haze tho Foreign Office, and he trusted that ere long
He retired on pension in 1896, and had been living at Glasgow for some time.
Indian Enginearing after quiting from the paragraphs in which he suggests that, when away at one another periodically, when xt the peat of the Superintendent of Werks little harin is done on either side. The in and of the Sanitary Officer fall meant the surgents cannot stand the music of the abeils An old woman who was hanging out some
paintments should be filled by officers socondled clothes on the roof of a house in Fottinger From the Pablle Works. Dupariment und Akio from the Spanish fel arallory, and are pre at Brighton, BLIZA-MARIA, Of 4. Moreton Gardens, Samil Renangor, Fidow of starot gosbirday morning fell into the back-ivil Medical Deparinsub respectively, makes bably beginning to walies now that tütrenched the Lee Arthur W. GROSVENOR, Es, of Hongkong. yard, being killed instantly.
positions cannot be captured by indiscriminate
DEATH.
The Daily Press.
The following appointments have been mide the Admiralty-Sinff-Surgeon 8. W. Vasey, to the Ravens, Surgeons J. Hall, M.B, the Benein, for medical charge on voyage to China, and to the Parleur; A. T. Wysand, lo the Barfleur, for the envi
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the comment: All this lana and bosscuss over a second-rate port town of less than 360,0CD'
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS..
SUPPLIED TO THE "DALLY. PREGR"]
LONDON. 5th July. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
Me. W. Kosmick seconded the motion, which the matter would be Sally settle. was adopted
The retiring director (Dr. William L. Wat- Youngs and On) having boat rn-elected, a vote son) and the auditors (Messrs. Turquand, of thanks to the vhnormann und riend terminated the prococilings.
FRANCE AND CHINA.
that the insurgents will never break through the Spanish lizus, and if the Spanish caly bad. M. Hanctuur informed the Council of Mini- them to deal with they would undoubtedly sters on 7th June that the Chinese Govermout
bad granted to Fraze all the satisfaction de make short work of thom, in spite of their
wandel by the French Minister at Peking er retirement from Zugots. I was informed that the murder of Father Bertrollet in Kwangu the rebels barst one of the field pieces they The terma of restration wore Condemnation received from the Auxicans through imprapor of the guilty parties; penishment of the autheri handling. To show you how defective the robot ties; an indomvity of f.100.000, and the con. struction of a commemorative clupol at the firing in. I may state that Captain de Coachs'e place where the ma-der was cominitted. Far naval brigade, which was stationed at the ther, a doud whereby the Chinese Government Palvoerin for one wesk, where there were
grants to France the concession of the railway
with the Valley of the Eiklang at Nanning Fa incessant rebel attacks in fores day and is connecting Pakbei in the Gulf of Tonkin This concession, points out the alpint: intima- tion, completes the series of point of penetra. tion thoraby trails can enter Satzstern Chinx by way of Toukia and the zeighbouring region.
THE PEKING SYNDICATE.
London, 3rd June.
football, and have done so much to rais baga- ball in America. If their, superiority to day in due to the fact that they have learnt to bst af well as to bowl, the balanca must be restored by the gentlemen learning to bowl as well as admirable in their way, but eight years hase bat." The sentiments here eapressed, are alapsed, endi wa do not appear the labour in con
in amateur bowlers. Perhaps is fatiguing.
ON FIELDING. IN GENERAL. Gloomy as one may have to write of amateurs in sue department of the game, it is my firm book seen at any time daring the last quarter for me to cover, at any rate. Cetokes are missed to-day, true, but so they were in the old days, and so they will be in the next century by those who follow us. But look at the wicket.
Cecasionally keeping and ground-fielding, the picking up and the shying to the wicket.
man tony have a bad day, but the blemishes of one, as a rale, are more than counterbalanced
early. I am aware, to speak of this season's doings to go back, Lowever, ne farther than last your, we saw some grand work in the field, the brilliancy of his cuandos. It is full
from ho giant Thanieliffe down to the diminative. Willis Quaife. If one wore askerl io namo a couple of the smartet mon in the held it might ho difinalt to substitate another zame for either of these, but this way be personal fancy, and I ention them in juxta Praition more by reason of their disparity in etature than anything also George Lonmuan has brought off mingaißcantly crisp catches at 4 vots of waut of confidence in the Gotoru sip, nod so, too, has The Gurn the mont bas teen carried in the Caps House of stalwart Yorkshiroman my champion, and Assembly by forty-one against thirty-six. The had 1 charge of a toata I would never ask for a defeat of tuo Rhodes party is a great surprise batter. I remember seeing a very clevorskoleh after tas rodent division on the Eo-distribution of Tronicliffe some few years ago, in which he I depicted as a kind of haman windmill, or THE FAST HERTFORDSTU BYE ELECTION. freak of nulare, with come score er more of...
arme, shooting vat at ull points of the compass, The oleotion of a Member of Parliment for Very seldom indeed does a ball escape bin if it the East Division of Hertfordshire has resulted goes within reach and aneh a reach it is, too.". is the return of the Hon. Bralyn Cell, the Last sumon he is said to have cauda ne foret unter valise Canstidate, by a ninjority of 268 than 17 catches at slip, which is equal to dis votes over Mr. Spencer the Liberal Candidate, missing more than four complete shler--a won the voting being NG S
Rorful performance! Haring mentioned little Evelyn Cecil
Quaife, perhaps I ought to add that to-day Spuncan
there is sot a faer cover-point to the country. un- dwarf compared to Tunnicliffe he is as agile as aat, has a remarkably safe pair of hands, ie a sura stop and pick-up, and returns to the wicket with deadly secursor. Standing fairly deep, 6 hit towards him invariably appears to be a safe The Indias. Loan Bill has passed through ran, bal too late ous or other of the in-side and -Cotemittee in the House of Commons. During it impossible to regain the crease, sud bleader- the discussion in the Bill, Lord cluergo Hamil. ing on so the ball arme de tave got to be made. bon said the excellent services rendered by Cisi-wioket when several yarta bave yet lians, Medicos, Military, and Non-Officials in He, at any rate, is a worthy follower of Johnny combatting the plague would not be forgotten. Prigga and Alpe. Banueraian A EUROPEAN CHAY?ED INTO OGMMITTING
" SUICIDE.
14,118 3,850
THE INDIAN LOAN BILL AND THE HOUSE
OP COMMONS.
London, Ert Juzo,
SPORT AND ANECDOTE,
BY AN OLD FOGET.
A BOWLER'S SUMMER.
WICKET-KELFING.
Augeng lose who arrived by the English inhabitants!" Whereupon the Times of Ceylon Folloy-firing from a dialana Ogathipis obriens mail yesterday woroa number of Royal Engi waxos engry and earcastic as follows" And neers, who are ez, route for Weiknivoi, where thus is how a workly Caletta paper talks of
Players whe cau keep wicket and got mus they go for surveying purposes.
Lolombo! If it be i sedent-rate port town. it
Calcutta, Séra Juno, ace indeed precious, but England, borrily, ia Honssone, July 8th, 1898.
A European named Lucus, un Assistant Salt very fortunato in this respect I suppose I We are informed by the Colonial Secretary's the town al nut the port which is second rato At all events we do some huge batter
Juspector, blew out bis brains yesterday, while should offend the tender susceptibilities of some Offee that quarantine has been removed at thon day in in the so-called City of Palaces.
travelling necoss the Bafdan in a gharry of the old school if I left myself free to poufess YESTERDAY'S Mail bringsfurther particulars saigon as regards arrivals from Hongkong, we de fush our drains after the manner
Papers found on the deconsed state the full that we hook very little indeed of the Pooler, regarding the Kowloon concession, in the but vessels will be subject to medical inspection. adopted by the early Egyptians by native
cause of suicide. It is believed he was a stunted Finder, and Pilling period, two. ut least of 911 shape of a telegram from the Peking corre
bhistis carrying round goutekins lled with For assaulting the foreman of the Electric water. Die hotele are habitable, sur strends are
to take this desperate course bring asble to present-day wicket-keepers being first-class with hear the cautional merciless chaffs of his friends the gloves, and capable batamen in vltition. spondent of the Times dated 9th June, Light Works throw coolies wore yesterday food farly clean, aud we have a harbour which is ag
regarding the part he played in the recent Filling's momery will always be cherished ar which reads as follows: Sir CLAUDE MAC-$15 each, and thres witnesses who they called preachable by the largest steamers in the world
Barucuore cuts,
long as the game in played, and while perhaps 32 each for tolling lies. Mr. Melbourne appeared at all hours of the day and night, and we shall DONALD signed to-day with the Tsungli for the prosecution.
neither Lilley nor Storor possess the easy grace shortly have a dry dock, bigger and more comm-
of bis lightning movements, I think we indst Yarên a Convention leasing to Great
admit that either would be a more useful mun "Britain certain territories around Hong Royal Artillery have been ordered from Porthe Hoogals. whiles Lao total tonnage of might, valy sustaineť a loss of saven killed, and
It is asserted that the 34th Company of the dous than any dock in that muddy stream
in the team. Storer's temperament may be a stesmors antering and leating our port ig wounded, How the insurgenta monged to
little against him in some respects, but to doubt "Long. Or May & the Tsungli Yamen month to Trinquedos, to relieve a company larger than that which the capital of Bengal capture so many prisors is somewhat of a
bis earnestness, his pluck, or his keen regard "forraaily acceded to the friendly reproof garrison artillery, which is proceeding to can boast of by a long way.
Weihaiwci.
mystory antess the besiged Spaniards were
last i would seem as if the long suffering for the game would be to do a brilliant pricketer "sentations of the British Minister withi
starred into sebrjasioni.
bowlere wore to have a taen in nor incomparable us injustice. It is hie wholehearteinase, his "regard to an extension of territory for the
summer game, a few of the performances in the desperate striving for his side, that accasionally General Monet, who was reported to bavo “better protection of the colony and agreed
been shot in #vo places and thus inet with London financial paper says for some days opening matches being exceptionslir fine, nopea bi to forgot himself on the spur of the |past dealings bho bean reported in the shares more so, perhaps, than that of young Mr. Mason, moment, but these little fallings can easily be to a kose of the territory on the mainland
a soldier's death fighting hard for his entry, of the Poking Syndicate, sal quotatious bave who signalised his first appearance as captain of forgot and forgiveu in our'e adriration for a behind Kowloon up to a line joining Mirs
the Kentish elaven by acoring 39 and 80, and downright good cricketer. Storer may not astonished every one by turning up of Manila advanced from & to £7. It is, of course, not followed this gved intting by taking are wickets pussess the lexibility of "Ranjy," when but "Bay and Deep Bay, as well as of the
on Tuesday last. It appeared that he had left know who the sellers are; but in view of
certain information which has reached us, wofer eight rans only. This is what all saptains ting, but he has cultivated an ancommonly are "neighbouring island of Lano. The
Messrs. Christic. Manson, and Woods on the/ THE RUCENT NAVAL ENGAGEMENT his force of 700 cazadores (dviosted it, we would think it rank to well for purchasers to sutisfy would be proud to do, no loabt, but we have few. fal knack of getting the fall. Ence of his bal
On Sunday morning Admiral Curveras call it in Anglo-Saxon) and had brought down "Convention signed to-day embodies that 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Jane sold the collecting
on, M. J. Woods, And, I. P. Mason being a bad ball as well as here and there shuther "agreement with some important additions. Ootal objects of art formed by the Inte Sir harbour: of Santiago de Cuba, and tried to escape Pampanga river. In a smeli slaus Isupuh seat is this nomiusi head. The relations bike regularity for some, a sus fold, but the is Lilloy, who, two seasons ago. kept wisstralia. of Chinese and Japanese procelain and other squadron made as stterapt to dish out of the the Captain-General's wife and family, and theives as to the particular shares which captains who bowl, Dr. W. G. Crues. J. A. Dir. against dangerous deliveries and can." poste" Last season he caught twenty-two batsmen and several Spanish ladies Recouped from the they are to ractive. The Peking Syndicate is
an Angia Italias sombination, of which Signer the only quartett who trundle with anything stumped a compla. No less successful a player "China retaine the north shores of Mirs Rutherford Alcock during his many years' Westward. Admiral Sumpson's squadron in and steamed down.. Bring the Genera
between Siguo uzatti's Itallán associates
all three of the test games against "Bay and Deep Bay, but lenses to Great residence in China and Japan. Good priviu
stantly gave chase. The Spaniards fought cross, tally oxpecting se bo captured by the and the English members of the eyndeste have rainy May appears to have brought down the Being obere medium weight he stoops when be "Britain the waters of both "baye,
bravely, bnt the turrents of shell drove at their Americans, to whom he was fally propared to
batting averages, and to have given the ball a Burrender himself. The America look-out lately been somewhat, strained, in conae.
the distri somewhat fairer share of the homoire up to the mind the wicket, that offering a marked contrast "reserving only the right to use them for Mr. Day, the Secretary of State, and other ships ou shute, where the creme burned them.
was deficient, for he steaned into the month quonso of a disputene to
jurosent "There have been some good scores to the style adoptet by Groger McGregor. "her own ship: whether belligerent or oficials of the State department, deny that Three hudred and fifty Spaniards were killed of the river and bowed up at the Captain of Sution of the profits. So far, late \ moda, it is true; Arthur, Shrewsbury and Wit.. Lilley bez a fair variety of strokes, and es
there is any truth in the report that the United
tempts to arrange torms between the dispat "neutral. The total aren leased, amount States have been negotiating fra a coaling or drowned, one hundred and sixty wounded and the Port's affins, without the eliguisse inter nuts have fait, und ligation is not anukely liga Gunu lave both hit the Susser howling to genal rule he gets his is quickly, one of his best and most telling i being a pall in "ing to about 200 square miles, will be in ta the rection of long vu, the ball
starving and wore surrounded by thousands of wish to uny Peking Syndicate shares of £l of as they have so often done before, but they are ander British jurisdiction, except within hero been prado insa interview with Me Con-Admiral Cerveras. The Americans lost three rebels. Also that there are eighteen pista 67, or therealionter will be well to ascertain ex. Phonoménal stickers in the Sussex match if ones bonadary at a time pace. His work behind
gar, the newly-appointed United States Minister non.
with the soldiere, whom the insurgents have a "the native city of Kowloon. The lease is at Poking, who is reported to have said that he
General Shafter haa now demanded the sur- premium on, and there is also on the Pampanga otly how the land lies, and not to axolnde al for 99 years, and becoines operative on was charged to negotiate with China for the July 1. The boundary mentioned in cast us a'cealing station.
cension of an important seaporten the Chinese reader of Santiago de Cuba, otherriss he will river a small Spanish gnaboat, the Leyte, om together frem their calolation of values the mander by Lont. Paral. The Indian troopa Prozent diepste among the promoters and its pre muticed against the general, and joinot the ble negrendez the above is not quite the same as that
In reply to this the secretary of the syndicate shown on the map prepared by the The Band of the King's Own Boyingt-will
Admiral Sampson fe now allo to enter the insurgents. Yesterday it was reported that be instructed to state that there is no dispute bowlers gat Shrawsbury at one and and Gun Clarlie" Smith to have mentioned Storer
had left in a stonca lenght to return to his post, whatever kutresa Sarcor Luzzatti's Italian as- Navy League and which was declared peas, Diurray Barracks, this evening, commenz.
play the following programme at the Offica
but I am unable to verify this
Coronation Day mas Sttingly observed by ociates and the English webere of the synali. anto, and the statement to the contrary is absor by that body to bo absolutely caential ing at Solock-
Captals Chichester bolling no At Home on Overture...... Euchantresso". Harle
the Immortaliti, to which all British subjects lately untrue, were invited. The mother was the boisterons to admit of many accepting his hearty invita tion.
were realised
to the safety of the port. On the Navy Selection Fille Du Regimento"... Lizetti
Valse "Landiche Bilder" League's map the line was draws from a
Scena B. Dnetti “Trovatore'
-point a little to the north of Starling Inlet,
in Mira Ray, to a point in Tyshnu Bay, north of Deep Bay. According to the
Selection...... "Brocaccio"
Yale "The Colonel"
› God save the Queen.
Cibulkin Verli
..... Suppo
Ducaleisi
bombeat the city.
harbour.
7
CORRESP, NDENCE.-
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correondents.)
THE DELIVERY OF THE FRENCH MAIL.
Thac correspondout China retaine the A torrible accidvat took place in one of the TO THE EDITOR OF INS "DAILY PRESS,”
orthern shores of Mirs Bay and Deep Day. foris st Haiphong on the 30th June. Five
DMAX St-Adverting to your paragraph in It would appear, therefore, that the bound-art orgen were engaged in coming this day's paper re delivery of Frouck mail, n on a grill waggon running au Daonaville raila,
much more glaring case of delay has been my
SUPREME COURT:..
7th July.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE MR. JUFTICK WISE (POISNE Juner).
ว
few now
they settle down, and the ordinary canora of the the wicket laat season scarcely came up to his norkara. It used to to the wail of bowfere that smart porformances. Altogether, he sings 32 game cannot soargely be applied to such wonder best, but for all that he did several exceptionally when Shrewsbury was in there was only orsend to and stumped four in the bampionship matches. bowlat, but I should imagine that whom the Sussex It is certainly no disparagement to either Hunter the other, they become the sport of destiny at and Lilly before coming to the stumpers of ace, and can only hope for an scoideus to put Yorkshire and Lancashire reepoctively. In the an end to ther distress. More than ones lore whole of the County Palatino's games Smith now I have seen these same batame playing and the extraordinary record of 47 caught and for a drawKghting the look, as 1 bas been 21 amped-an achievement well-nigh unique farmad-end if anything in the world of cricket modern cricket. Darid Hanter, who was BRITON OR UHINAMAN.
is likely to break a bowler's heart it is the unable to play in all the matchuss for Yorkshire, Some time ago, we (dirais Times) called combination of circumstangos st bringe the caught at at the wicket and stumped 10; whilst attention to the case of one O. Khun Yivng Nottingham baisaien tegolaer with an boar,or Hurry Wood anght for Surrey and stamped who alleged that the Chinese Government had to defend the stumps Scarcely less a thres Butt's performance for Sumer-stumpe!! unjustly death with him, and that the British markable was the partnership of Abel and, caught sight-stande ont prominently, and authorities in China would not proours redress young Jepson in the Surrey encounter against und Haish, Pike, Itusaell, and Robern for him netvidstanding his British nationality Glanceglershire, 5011 for four wickets being al did good service Hampaline was indeed Ho petitioned the Straits Government on the something unique Still, bowlora, in other fortunate in having four playout capable of taking the gloves, Mours. Robson, Benrott, subject. The Government Gazette hus published quarters have done well, Cunliffe (the Ozonian) Steele, and Captain Wynyard all rendering aid the reply of Government signed by Mr. C. W. 8. Baigh and hotlen (Yorkshire), Mead (Essex), Kyanstulay to the potition, The reply states J. T Hesre (Middlesex), Suntall (Warwick in tale departsueof.
A FEW NOTABILITIES THE FIELD; that inquiry has shown that the petitiover shire, all doing very well sleed. Billiard navar Akaarted his British nationality in tablo wickets have given the batman sit the Having exhausted so much of my spas in China, but traded theru a China sab advantages of the past few sensors, end it wil) dealing with topics connected with the suzmer OLAIM FOR SURSORPTIONS AND OXITS.
ject, also it was fornt out that ho alebo ne more nor less than postio justice for the game, and haring one or two other things to George Williams, as Secretary of the United stained from registoring himself and his Sorters to get a turn. With bird line wickets, gossip about, it seems to my Utting to anke thin LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, -
Service Club, sought to recover from W. ME, family as British subjects until a judgment as O B. Fry recently described sticky pitohea, a cricket letter entirely. Now that Dr. E. M. Thompson, described as of Happy Valley, $7433, bad been obtained against him in Chha, when we shall find Ball, Rhodes, and very likely that Ge lite practically retired from county The N. P. steamer Byanmar artisad ut Port-boisy w umount due from him to the United be abcooled, and, after concealing the above lisely little lump of misollef, Johnny Briggerinct, it seems to me that have lost Boufping the positions held by Richardson, ane of the best man at point I ever remom- land. Or., from Japan and Hongkong on the Service Club for subscriptions and refresh facts, applied in Hingapore for, and obtained, a attached in some quarters on, account of its
Tritish Passport The enquiry thus showed eszne, Mold, und company.
ber. To the rotoran Giancantershire player At the London Bankruptcy Court an applics. 4th instant. connection with the food supplice of the tion for on order of discharge was made ou
nothing me too hard, too straight, or too low The C. P. R. steamer Express of Tadia ar Mr. Grist appeared for plaintiff.
the incorrectness of many of the statements THE PROFISSIONAIS BULWARK, Dofondant, in reply to bis Lordship, said ho is the petition. Mr. Kynnceslay thus closes hie For womb ofzeilorable fixe now the bulwark for him, and if by noy chanela autok bould be 3th June by Sidney William Coxon, Cerauerly arived at Kobs at 8 pm on Wednesday, the 6th colony, will be left on the Chinesa side of stockbroker at Hongkong, but rosenfly a continet, and left again at 6.30 6. yesterday for admitted the chits; int he wished to say that reply
of the profesional cricketers hus on their mule by a sudden leap into the air tha "Dz." pay director and manager, Cromwell-road, Weet Yokohama, where she is torpected to arrive xthe beard nothing about them for three months, Her Majesty'e fovernment cannot allow bowling, for so long as our amateurs prefer to would be pretty safe to get it, and ones to hand The most remarkable Tenture in the Kousington. The bankrupt failed in March, tians, to-day.
There was no account out to him, and he did pores of Chinese, ruse born in tis solony to slog away at the hats, with sixpenco or a skille batch was as safe en though the hall was a Walter Read, too, was a to enjoy the boughts of a doubis nationality, ling on the wicket so long will the probe roll of worsted. with liabilities of 28,791 and naneta, CA - Hé telegram, however, and one which wo think receibes his insolvency to's loss of £8,736.ts: Line) left Singapore for the port on 6th insh
The NYK steamer Tors Aaru (urope not know how he stood.
The Paique Judge-That is your own look that is to say, it not permit then after topable of hobling his orü at the game. It storting point, without any of the showman must be due to a misunderstanding, is the tained through the full in vains of 500 shorus and is expected to arrive born on the 19th lust, out
ing as the petitioner las dous as if they were has long been a sory point with mo that too business about his play Epen on vocasion statement that the gative city of Kowloon in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, which The OS. BU's steamer Fromether.(from Defendant ie, my lor. But my wages subjects of the Easporer of China by siding for of our gentlemen pay hood to bowling the only had a fault to find with his form at he purchased in 1801, as a sparniation. The Liverpool, left Singapore yesterday morning are very smalt, and I have been put to consider and owing property in the interior forbibion to proportion of goed batsmen to good howiere in pout. It my memory serves me it was in a In-to comsia under Chinese jurisdiction, only fat co reported by Mr. E. L. Rough and may be expected bare on or about Tubsday, able expense in cortesence of sickness, but I British objects afterwards to deny Chinese Ho- the statear ranke being almost deplorable in match between Burier and Kent, in the late All the rest of the territory leased is to be (Senior Official Ranaiver) was that the serents | 12th izieb,
hope 1 shall be allowed to pay the honey off by tionality and obtain as British subjects that fall its decisiveness. We huve úvery few good sighlige, kuid Br. Ioal was thus wens of get-- wro not an loient-in value to pay 10s, in the £ The C. P. R. staminer Empresa of Japan instalments. under British jurisdiction, but that one
protection unl.countenance which can do 23. pricketers who-dan bata hit and bowl, but we ting the old Oxonian, W. H. Patterson, ran out to the proditora, add on that ground Mr. Ragia arrived at Nagasaki at 6 am yesterday and left Judgment for plaintiff, defendant boing recorded only to those who have consistently from seem to have lost the connecting Link between in a singular manner. The latter had played i trar Giffard imposed the minimum suspension at 6 pm. of the same day for Shanghai, where commended to arrange with plaintiff as to pay their birth connoted themeslte and bean re. F. Gmoe, A. G. Steel, C. T. Bradd, sh, the ball to point, and made to attempt to ran. of twa yeuru.--ffråorel entered sacordingly, sho is due to arrive at å s‚æ. TO-KOFTOW.
gistered as Britial subjbate,"
only one to whom we pan now look being the Stepping over his cranio to pat the furf, under
H. L. DALRYMPLE. Hongkong, 7th July, 1898.
ary line will probably start from the cast when one of the shells rolled from thu waggon experience. A registered Loudon laster did not at or about the point shown on the Navy and striking the rails, exploded. When thereseb me until noon Festurday, Wednesday, League's up, but instand of running alusta. Ous of the men and his head completely.
swirke pleure! away u dreadful spectacle was Yours faithfully, due "west to Trehun Bay will follow a more blown away and evethor had lost sa arm and a th-westerly direction to strike the coastlog. Of the theoo others two ware wconded, about the zuiddic of Deep Ray. If that be that he was behind the waggon and partly the third no doubt awing his escape to the fact
corrept the town of Sam Chuen, to the sheltered. An Anuanite working in a roigh", possession of which importance. has been bouring field had his face braised.
the boundary line.
.
vilo little spot, Kowloon oily, which is a constant danger to the colony both on
ments.
ment.