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LATE NATIVE NEWS, With the cutting off of telegraphic commu- nication betwoon Poking and Tisminiz, says the N-C. Daily News, a number of Viceroys and Governors, sonth of the Yellow River, went con- #dontial depution to Shanghai, Chinaniu, capital of Shantang, and other cities, in fact wherever speedy communication could be obtained from Teking, to keep in touch with their alle puties in the capital so as to get reliable news of what was being done in Peking. The following news, dated Poking, 7th July, was received on the 11th inst. by two confidential deputies of the Viceroy Hsu at Foochow
NIEH AT PEKING.
IN THE LEGATIONE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, JULY 19TH, 1900E
| HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
At the Monthly Meeting of the General Committee of the Hongsong General Chamber of Commerce, held on Monday, 16th July, at 11 s.m.-Present: Hon; R. M. Gray (Chairman), Mesara, H. M. Bevis, A. Haupt, A. M. Mur hall, B. L. Richardson, C. S. Sharp, N. A Siebs, Hon. J. Thurburn, ex officio, and E. C. Wilcox (Secretary),
MINUTES,"
The Minutes of the last monthly meating, (held 21st June) were read and confirmed.
THE LIVERPOOL 'CHAMBER OF COMMERÇE İ
PUBLIC COMPANIES
FRID
LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.
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NOTICE is hereby given that at a Meeting of the Board of Directors of the above Company, Queen's Food Central, Victoria, Company, held at the Registored Office of the Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the Twenty-seventh day of March, 1900, the following Resolutions were passed
President. The four other Japanese genflemon for their protection, to seek safety at Tientsin, staying at a Singapore hotel are the intimats the matter bad perforce to be given up. The friends of the arrested men, and one is the chief only sparse the Government could do was there. Editor of an influential Japanese paper, the fare sestringent orders to the troops HONGKONG Nippon, which is published in Tokyo, Another parting the mail Legations to be all the more is the younger brother of Ozaki Yukio, the ex on the look out, to keep strict watch over their Minister for the Department of Education infety and prevent sudden attack on them. Japan,
At this crisis
were suddenly surprised to ing our forts at Taku, had been personally ad hear that General Lo Tang kuang, sommand dressed on the 16th June by the Foreign officers in that vicinity who demantled the handing over not done by 2 o'clock the next day, would he of the said Forts to the Foreign fleets which, if forcibly taken possession of Naturally, Lo furg kang refused to do this the qued tien of this time the Foreign fleets began to open fire at our forts and á battle ensued for the whole day, natil
last our troops, unable to do, more, abandoned the forta. to the Foreign troops. A war had than boon commenced which was not of our beginning or choosing. For you will perceive that, even if Ching should, regardless of her own power and strength, rush into war, was it likely reason- able that she would of her own accord elect to fight all the Powers at ones? Was if probable that granting such recklessness she would have relied on a rebel populace to commence against all the Powers?
draft
havo telegraphed to my Government and I am In conclusion the Japanese Coneal mid-I afraid that this mat ill injure the good feel ing of Japan towards Great Britain, as these and are related to the political parties of Japan men are influential newspaper correspondents From another source, we learn that in the boxes of the two men arrested were founa
t for 827,000, $250 in cash, and two Japan ese swords.
Later, we learn that the Japanese Conan was informed, yesterday afternoon, that the two Japanese subjects were to be banished from the Colony for five years. This morning they were placed on beard the Japanese steamer Sade too late to allow of the transmittal of the rear, which railed at two o'clock to-day for
Hongkong. solutions to the representatives of this Chamber.
THE PROJECTED CHANGES IN THE FRENCH-
·CUSTOMS 'TARIFF.
It is stated that one of the four Japanes who have recently arrived in Singapore has been de tained by the police on suspicion. The Japan ese Consai, we understand, intends to lodges protest in the matter,›
IMPERIAL DECREE.
·INSTRUCTIONS TO CHINESE "MINISTERS ABROAD.
war
(1) "General Nieh nad 9,000 men have suc-
AND THE CONGRESS OF CHAMBERS, ceeded in cutting their way through at last to The Secretary reported that latter in Poking. He had to make a north-easterly detour acknowledgment of the receipt of the Liverpool in order to avoid the numberless rebel Boxers Chamber's circular letter of the 3rd May on and Prince Tuan's troops between Tientsin and closing copy of the resolutions to he proposed Peking, going by way of Puoti, south of Twin by the representative of that Chamber at the hnafu, and approached Peking on the north Ongress held in London in June was despatch east. Some 120 list of Tungehou Generaled on the 25th nit. The letter was received Nich's corps met Prince Tuan's troops, who had come by forced marches to prevent his me couring Prince Ching and Jang La, who were besieged by the rebels. Fortunately Prince
The Chairman said a reply had been address. Tasa a forces, though superior in numbers, were thoroughly defeated by the accurate fire ofed to the Acting Colonial Secretary, admow- General Nich's troops, who succeeded at last in lodging receipt of the circular derpstel from
We sincerely trust that the Governments of resening Prince Ching, with a loss of over 2,000 the Colonial Office, covering correspondence
the various Powers when approached by Your mon. General Noil will now attack those be- relating to projected changes in the French
Excellencies will take the above under their expression of opinion sleging Jung La, who is in a critical con- Customs and inviting
sertons consideration and make allowances there- dition."
thereon, and stating that the Chamber did not
The following decree, for the transistion of serious dilemmas in which this Government for, and that the aid. Governmenta informed think the changes would much affect articles of
tions to offer with regard to the proposed al was sent to Viceroy Lai Kung-yi and by him standing, with the exception of the Germonterations in the taríft.
forwarded to Ya Tastai at Banghai. The by forces utterly beyond our bontrol. Your Minister who met lule death, riding to the The letter was read.
decree is dated the 20th June and runs as folin detail to the various Foreign Governments Excellencies are commanded to explain all these Trunk Yamên, no other Foreign Minister THE CANADIAN FACIFIC BAILWAY CO's lows: appears to have been hurt. They are all still in
The fighting which has begun between Chian to which you are accredited. Note: The char. these two legations, and will be rescued by
acters “Wal-pu" are here used to signify "For and foreign nations has been caused by a sno. General Nicht, who will combine with the
cession of unlooked for circumstances and ad- eiga Governments," but the charsoter "pu" has followers of Princo Ching and Jung Los toter of the 24th April, enclosing resolution iu sup-verse incidents everywhere, all of which were "tribes, and is often used in connection alas the meaning of small states" or drive off those besieging the legations. The port of the renewal by the Imperial Government bayand the anticipation of the Government. influence of the rebel Boxers has lately declined of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co's contract Our Ministers in foreign countries being separ with the Mongol and other indigenous and some 40 per cent, and their activity against the for carrying the mails from Hongkong tia theated from their country by a succession of wide tributary tribes, which abound on the Northern, legations has lessened to a considerable degree. Pacific and Vancouver, if possible with an ac oceans naturally are unable to give reliable North-western, Western, South-western and
Southern frontiers of China Prince Tuan's men have already had two fighta celerated and fortnightly service, that HE the versions of what has occurred in China to the
Proper-Trais with certain Boxer bands from Western Chihli Governor had received a reply from the Secre Governments to which they are severally store.ator.] You are to explain the true intentions of and Sheni, at the head of whom is Li Tanitary of State for the Colonies to the effect that died, and consequently cannot speak with the Government in this matter, and that we tanng, a Shoasi nun, the most notorions and the question was now under consideration. authority on the crisis nor on the real policy of have given stringent orders to our commanders desperata of all the Boxers in Chihli and, a
the Government. It is our intention therefore of troops to protect as usual the various Lega special ligutenant of General Tang Fu-kadang, Tung himself and his troops still held the
Government will take upon itself the responsi- country between Peking and Tientsin.
A
(2) "Although only two lagitions wrs loff stoport hare and they had therefore no sugges which we are indebted to the N. C. Daily News been placed, and that we were surrounded
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DOWAGER V. DOXERA,
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MAIL CONTRACT.
Read letter from the Government, dated 10th July, stating with regard to the Chambore lot
correspondence,
1-That in pursuance of the provisions of
the Special Resolation passed at an Er traordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 7th and confirmed on the 27th March and since duly registered, · the sum of $1,250,000 be withdrawn from the Reserve Fund and be carried as of the 2nd July next to the Credit of Capital Account, oach Share being credited with a sum of 825 in paid. up thereon in addition to the sum of $50 now standing to the credit of each Sharo. 2-That the balance of $25 per Share of the
Varaid Capital of the Company be called up, and that a Call be and is hereby
• made of $25 per Share upon all Shares of the Company, and that thị Shareholders be requested to pay the same to the Company's Bank, the
and Shanghai Banking Cor- Et their premises, Queen's Road Central, on or before the 2nd day of July, A.D. 1900. Shareholders are hereby requested to
to pay
accordingly.
with Article 4 of the Company's Articles of And Notice is also given that, in accordance Association, interest will be charged as from the said 2nd day of July, 1000, at the rate of $12 per centum er annum, upon all Calls remaining the actual dates of payment of the same, unpaid after the 9th day of Juy, 1000, up to
By Order of the Board.
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BUSINESS NOTICE.S
房樂館芝廣
KHONG CHỈ TOÀN
DISPENSARY.
街欄槳城省東區
CHEONG LAN STREET, CANTON
子甲大烧年姿間清大 創開年四拾陸百捌仟登英大
ESTABLISHED 1864.
為雞吉意如
Brade Mark KWONG CHI KOON
DISPENSARY.
CHEONG LAN STREET, CANTON. ESTABLISHED 1894.
【916 油意如
A SHELTON HOOPER,
Becretary. Hongkong, 28th March, 1900/
OLIVERS FREEHOLD MINES, LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that a FINAL
After consideration of certain miscellaneous to speak now in detail on the question for the tions to the best of their ability, and that this CALL of 80,50 per Bhare has been mindo The Chairman said that was all the basines Facial information of the said Ministers abroad.ility of suppressing and punishing these unar in respect of the B Shares in the above. before the mosting. It was the smallest agezidavinces of Chilli and Shantung a number of ancista and robel popalace.
(3) A secret decree, dated 5th July, smuggled he could remember, and showed how the present ont from the Lake Palace, written by the m.tirring events in North China were suspending press Dowager's hand, commands Jung Luastantion from current questions as well as to try his best to ombine General Nieh troopa restricting business. with General Sung Ch'ing's and then lead them against Princo Taan and his Boxer allies, frst
rescuing the legations,
(4) "Anarchy in Peking is loss since 4th July Boxers and rebel troops zoom to be declining."
SANITARY BOARD..
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
A meeting of the Shaftory Board will be held today, Thursday, 10th July, at 4.15 p.m.
1-Minutos by the Honourable the Colonisl Secretary and the Medical Officer of Health relative to the powers of the Board in dealing with insanitary property.
2-Reply relative to a proposed Sewage Farm for the Poak.
3.The Medical Oficer of Health, pursuant
to notice, will niɔve---
That the hnitary Board bag recom- mond the Government to publish in the Govern mont Gazette in English and Chinese, in a cordance with Ordinance No. 8 of 1897, the following sites upon which it is intended to erect Public Latrinen
(1) On the North side of a portion of Crown Land tautod at the corner of Western Street and Second Street latrine of 40 seats. On a portion of Crown Land situated at the East End of Hing Wan Street Jatrino
of 20 seats.
(3.) On a portion of Crown Land in the village of Tai Hang at the corner of Cooper Street and Shepherd Street-a latrine of 10
kest.
(4) On a portion of Crown Land ahatting on Kennedy Street, Taomati, and lying to the North of Kowloon Inland Lot 1095 latrine
of 40 seats.
II. That, with a view to enabling the Sani- fary Board to deal more effectively with out- breaks of infectious disease, the Board beg to recommend, the Government
(1.) To assist the College of Medicine for Chinese by endowment or otherwise, and
(2) To sanction a scheme for the training, during non-idemie times, of a certain name her of Police Ofoera, in such sanitary work as the disinfection of infected premises and the recognition of cases of Small-por. Bubonio Plague, &o, with a view to their utilization during periods of opidemic.
G. A. WooncoCK, Acting Secretary. Agenda-1. Results of the examination made under "The Sule of Food and Drugs Ordinance of 1896," for the quarter ended 50th June, 1900.
"
2-Application for exemption from comers ting the ground surfaces of No. 12, Arbuthnot Road,
-Fortnightly lime-washing return.
Further letter from H. M's Condat Nagasaki relative to Bubonic Plague.
5-Statement showing Plague cases and deaths in the Presidency of Bombay for the week ended 8th June. 1900, -. -
6. Return showing Bubonic Plague cases in Formosa from 15th to 21st June.
·
Te Telegram relative to Bubonic Plagas at Rangoon
8-Mortality Returns from Macao for the weeks ended 24th June and 1st July, 1900.
9-Mortality Statistics for this Colony for the weeks apled 30th June and 5th July, 19090.
10-Four applications for licences to keep
swine.
- CANTON.,
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT:]
Canton, 17th July. THE VICEROY 8 DÉPARTURE. H.E. Viceroy Li Hang-chang leaves by ds. Amping to-day at 5 p.m. and taken with him altogether 281 persons; his suit and luggage goes by ne Fushun which leaves at 2 p.m. It is believed that His Excellency will not return to Canton again, as last night he received a tele grata appointing him Viceroy of Chilli. The employes of the I. M. C. accompany han today Commissioner Mr. Paul King and two native
CONSEQUENCES IN CANTON.
AND SHAMEEN.
The Shanten defence corps will patrol the Settlement regularly after His Excellency's departure Four gunboats are now in port, lying opposite the Bund, for the defence of Shameen, Fiz one English, one American and two French. It is said that probably one of the French gunboats will leave shortly..
THE ATTEMPT ON KANG YU-WEI
In the first place there sprang up in the pro-
archists and rebels who settled down in the coun try villages and began to teach the people boxing and quarterstaff exercises, mixing with these certain devilish incantations auit invocations The local authorities concerned failed to awake to the seriousness of this movement or suppress it in its infancy, hence the people began to be excited and restless, numbers joined, and within a tenth almost the whole countryside was filled spread up even to the very walls and precincts of Peking itself.
Your Excellancias are to continue as before your datios in respect to our international rela- ions with the various Powers, and you are warned not to keep aloof and stand by as specta tors in the present difficulties of this Govern- to the various Ministers concerned. ment]. Let these instructions be telegraphed
with the followers [of these anarchists who W. BREWER &
These anarchist with their devilish charms as imbued with supernatural powers, the number and incantations were looked upon by the masses of believers accumulating daily. Then some of them began to turn their thoughts or chaos and rebellion, and started the cry against mis
ionaries and their converts,
In the middle of June matters suddenly same attacked, burned, and destroyed, converts were to a head; churches and mission premises were ruthlessly mastered, the entire populace of Poking wora incited to rise, forming a fierce All the Chinese shops with English sign-istless avalanche, which it was utterly bourde and The Eqitable Life Assurance Agency impossible to keep back. Previous to this we in the city have had their boards taken down, for had received despatelies from the Ministers of fear of riot after the departure of the Viceroy, the various Powers in Feking asking to be with the exception of those in the Sap Fat Pa allowed to bring into the Capital Foreign troops street..
to protect the Legations. The Goverment, whe had by that time seem that matters were getting serious, willingly went beyond the limit of in- ternational law and gladly gave the required permission. The result was that some 500 for poss. This is a clear proof of the solici eign troops entered Feking for that por tude with which the Government regard the Representatives of friendly countries. In ordinary times there had been no entity te tween the members of the Legations and the general masses in Feking, but when the foreign troops came to the capital, instead of attending to the duties for which they had come, viz., guarding the Legations, they wandered shout, sometimes mounting the city walls and firing their rifles, and at other times patrolling the streets so that people were repeatedly hit by the bullets tired by, these Legation Guards. More than this; these soldiers were wont to ramble about beyond bounds and at times even tried to enter the Tanghua-gate of the For bidden City," almost by force. Had these foreign soldiers not been prevented by the Pa lacb guards they would have succeeded in get ting within the Sacred Precincts," In con sequence of all this, anger was loudly expressed by both our soldiery and the masses, there was a union of dissatisfaction et the agndnot of the Foreign Ingation Guards which evil-mizlerl men and outlawe immediately took advantage of and the worst passions of the masses, being aroused, a series of massacres and pillaging of Christians followed in defiance of all laws. The varions Fowers then called for alditional troops into Paking who, however, were opposed mif. way by the anarchiste and their followers. Fighting fellowed and the additional troups were compelled to retire,
AT. SINGAPORE,
In connection with the telegram from Singa- pore which appeared in our issue of Saturday inet, the following are the details of the affair as given by the Straits Times of the 12th inst.
Two Japanese gentlemen, reported to be of means and education, urrived in Singapore from Japan vis Hongkong, over a week ago, so to are informed, and sought an interview with Kang Yu-wei, the Chinese Reformer, who is still resid- ing in seclusion in Singapore. The interview was not granted, but instead, acting on informa tion received," the police are alleged to have arrested the two Japanese, who were sail to have been armed, and who were lodged in the Civil prison. As a result of representations made by the Japanese Consul here, the mat ter has been investigated by the Acting Gaver nor and other prominent Government officials; and the Japanese Conant has cabled to his Government for instructions, V
CO.
named Company, and that such CALL is PAY. ABLE to the General Managers on the 17th day of JULY, at the Offices of the Company, 39 and 40. Queen's Road Central.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Madagers. Hongkong, 18th May, 1900.”
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT:
UNRIVALLED UI YAU or AS YOU WISH OIL."
Prices at 81.00 per bottle. 0.50 per bottle. 0.25 per bottle. TUNG KWAN SAN, or" Army Medical Powder, 50 cents per bottle.
TX TIT TA SAN or Falling and
Bruising Medical Powder." Price at
50 centa por bottle. Made from the best selected medicine to be used for the above. Off and Powder.
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"MOUNTINGS OF THE
NAVAL GUNS
and their subsequent use with the
LADYSMITH RELIEF
COLUMN,"
Being a Lecture by CAPTAIN PERCY SCOTT,
R.N, C.D., and
CAPTAIN A. H. LÌMPUS, B.N.
(of H.M.S. Terrible).
PRICES:-
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With Illustrations
$1. Bound in Cloth (to order)... $1.50 Hongkong, 13th July, 1900.
(1750
PUBLIC COMPANY,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th to the 31st instant, both days inclusive,
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By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary, Hongkong, 13th July, 1900.
1970
THE WEST POINT BUILDING COM- PANY LIMITED. NINTERIN DIVIDEND of One Dollar A and Fifty Cents per Share for Six months ending 30th June, 1900, will be Payable on the 31st inst, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Con pany's Office.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th to the 31st instant, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary to the Hongkong Land Investment & Agency Co., Ld. General Agents West Point Build-
ing Company, L. Hongkong, 13th July, 1900.
THE PUNJOM MINING COMPANY, LIMITED
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Native Draw shops in Canton, employing
about 300 men. The Proprietor, Mr. U Yar Ting is a man of great energy and business capacity, and is also very bonevolent, giving away thousands of dollars worth of medicine in charity, usually with an eye to the main off. chance. He has many testimonials as to the efficiency of his medicines from officials, scholars and buningas men. Like the Chinese generally he has great faith in medicine and is desirous of extending his business to foreign countries, giving people of western lands, the bonent of his medicines.
He has submitted to me the formulas of some of This
preparations for examination, giving full Bs to the medical qualition of the explanation ingredient. I have found the Tung Kwan San or Army Medical Powder and the Tit Ta San or Falling and Bruising Medical Fowder com- posed of Musk, Baror Calaphor, Rhubarb, two kinds of gum, with a oxide of mercury and yellow sulphide of art, animni and vegetable. charcoal, which are known in western pharnisty. Besides this it contains gold leaf, tigers. sed dra- gons bones, shavings of antelope and rhinoceros science proves to be inert, he proposes to omit horns, which I have shown him that chemical from the medicine prepared for foreign uso.
The medicine is to be chiefly used as a ster mutatory, as is put up in small metal bottles by which is can be injected into the nostrils.
The small amount of oxide of mercury and sulphide, of arsenic will not be dangerous used in this way.
(Signed) J..G. KERR,
Canton,
Directions are given according to the Chinese method of using the medicines,
The nature of the oil is very mild, but its netien is exceedingly good, possessing won- defully curative effects in both internal and cine it should be kept on hand ready for use by all persons, whether at home or abroad.
DIRECTIONS.
external diseases. As it is an invaluable medi-
N consequence of the necessity for heaty repairs to the Mill, and the temporary, absence of Water power ofused by the carrying sway of the embankment of the Beservoir, very little rushing of ore has been done this year and as the winnings of gold have not been sufl- rient to
pay
current expenses, salaries, cost of repairs, cost of new Reservoir, and prospecting, the Directors find it necessary to ranke the final call of One Dollar per share; and accordingly abdomen or wherever the pain or soreness je
in
Forexternal use rub the oil on the temples forebead, between the eyebrows, back of the ears and neck, on the chest and back, on the.
cented. It must be rubbed on for 5 minutes. For toothacle put a little in the tooth on cotton
Notise is hereby given that at MEETING of the Board of Directors of the pany, held at the Company's Office, No. 9. Raya Central, and rub on the gums. The oil has beneficial Victoria Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 26th offorts in headache, fainting, colds, sore throat, Fame, 1900, the following Resolution
wisstomach ache, colio pains, rheumatism, mumb passed
That the final CALL of ONE DOLLAR per least swelling and inflammations, influenza, ness of the limbs, pain in the back, cramp, SHARE upon ull the Holders of Ordin- diarrhoen, teethache, pains in the head and con ary Sharon in the abasy Company vulsions after childbirth, prickly heat, boils, respect of all the Shares hell by them and mosquito bites. in the above Company be and the same is hereby male. Snch Calls to be paid to the Company at their Bankers, the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING ternally. CORPORATION, at their Premises, Queen's
The proprietor of the Kwong Chi con Hond
Victoria, Hongkong, Drug Store of Canton has placed in my hands Central, on or before the 6th day of August, 1900. for examination a number of his preparations And Notice is also given that in accordance
Internally the cae is Eve drops lu a little water, and it is to be repeated every two or three hours, at the same time using it ex
with Article 24 of the Company's Articles of with the receipe for each.
Association, Interest will be charged as from
His UI YAU"As you wish Oil" has a
the said 6th day of August, 1960, at the rate of wide cirrulation and is very much neet. It is X10 per cantam per annum, upon all Calls recomposed of aromatic and stimolant herbs and barks, most of which are well known in our maining unpaid after the said 6th day of August, pharmacopoeis, together with pingpin (a costly -1900, up to the actual dates of payment of the kind of camphor) bishops wort, orria root, with two or three other less known articles, but none Shareholders are particularly requested let the objectionable substances which enter note that upon presentation at the Office of the into. many Chinese medicines. It is one of Company of the Banker' receipt for payment the combinations which has real merits and of the Call together with the Certificate of the it is not strange that it has attained so wide Shares in respect of which the Call has been,
With these partionlars before him, & repre- sentative of the Straits Times called on the Japanese Consul in Singapore shortly after noon yesterday and had a lengthy interview
At this crisis the anarchists and rebel pop. The book is printed on art paper, within with him. The Japanese Consul informed our lace of the two provinces of Chilli and Shan- representative that two educated and well-known tung had already spread chaos throughout the covers, and is ILLUSTRATED with Japanes gentleman named Miyazaki Toraz whole territory, forming one united body, which and Kiofazi Kohichiro arrived in Singapore made it impossible for the Government to treat SIX COLOURED MAPS and NINE about two weeks ago from Japan wa Bong with them. It must be, however, noted that SKETCHES made from song. The former wrote to Kwang-Hu-Wel, the Government was never unwilling to sand through Mr. Khoo Siok Wan, saking for an commands to the troops to gigorously suppress supplied by Captain Scott. order to obtain his (Kang Yu-wei'e) opinion these anarchists and rebel populace, but owing regarding the crisis in China. Kung Yu-wei to their near proximity, as it were under per when in Japan had always accompanied Miyazakivery elbows, it followed that, if severe repressive Toraze and had sometimes lived in his house, measures were ordered, we would not be able to On Friday evening last, the two Japanese patect the Legations with signad a great ca were arrested in a certain Japanese hotel in
amity would af once ensue. There were also Singapore, by, it is said, the Chief Police Offcer, fears that the rebel populace of hot Chili and his assistant, and four police inspectors, and a Shantung would rise together at this crisis and posse of men, under the Banishment Ordinance, unite in masssoring all missionaries and con- on suspicion, the Japanese Consul States, of verts within those provinces and ledve none desiring to do injury to Kang Yn-wei, On alive. We war therefore forced to hesitate Monday morning, had again on Tuesday morn and consider the situation, the one course feasi LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTSing, enquiries were held, at which Sir Alexan ble at the time being to request the Ministers
paid, an endorsement to that effect will be made a reputation for the relief of maladies for which
it is recommended. doz Swettenham, the Acting Governor, Mr.at the various Legations to abandon Peking
apon the certificate.
(Signed) Docron J. G. KERK, Egerton the Acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. temporarily for Tientsin.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
Canton, China. The Imperial German Mail steamer Stuttgart Collyer, the Attorney-General, and the Japanese
W. H. GASKELL, loft Kobo via Nagasaki, Shanghai and Foochow Consili were present. The two men were diged cussed
Whild this proposition was-being dis-
* NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
Any order please apply to : between us there suddenly came
Secretary. MESSRS, DAWLY & Co., on Sunday, 15th inst.. and may be expected herein the Civil Prison. Four other Japanese the news that the Minister for Germany,
Hongkong, 6th July, 1900.
No. 19, Queen's Road Central, on or about Wednesday the 25th inst
arrived by the French mail to join the two K't. Te-lia (Baron You Ketteler) had that
THE SIXTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY
Hongkong The P. & 0. hired Transport Ballarat left already named, but hearing of the arrest, they morning, while proceding to the Tungli SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be HALF-YEARLY MEETING of
WING CHEQNG. Singapore on Tuesday afternoon and may be have put ap at & Singapore hotel. The Yamen. been murdered by the anarchist enomies hald at the Office of the Company, No. 18, BANE expected here at 8 a.m. on Sunday, 22nd inst. Consal states that these four Japanese, whs of the Christians. It appeared that the CeraitDINGS, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, OR JEWELRY
Dolors in PEARLS. DIAMONDS, The N. P. steamer Glenogle has arrived at have recently arrived, can prove that the man Minister bad the day before ESDAY, the 7th August, at 12 o'cLOGE CURIOS, JADESTONEWARE CARVED Yokohama and exiled for Tapons on the 17th two arrested Japanese are not the aspects letter the Tangli Yamin that haprayoos, for the purpose of receiving a Report of IVORYWARE, BILKS, and
they are supposed to be. The Japanese Consel there the next day, but that owing to sonstant the Directors, together with a statement of does not know reason the police had for disturbances carting on that route the tin counts, declaring s Dividend, and electing arresting tro. Joanese subjects, and he ways tees of the said Yamen refused to conton Directors and Auditors. that he told the Acting Governor and the Act meeting with the said German, later on ing Colonial Secretary at the inquiry that, the that day. With the murder German will be CLOSED from 25th July to 7th August The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company men were not bad characters. Miyazaki Terazo Minister, the rebels found themselves carght in inclusive. Ir I BRYTER TO KEEP WELL than to hare is reported to, the correspondent of several a dilemma from which there was no alternative. the quickest possible recovery from illness. That influential Japanese newspapers, and Kiofuzisara to go on in their reckless course, and as it
By Order of the Board of Directors, is why there is such a universal demand for Kobichird is a member of the East Asiatic appeared to the Government at the time that. articles Hke LIEBIG Company's Extract, aby Bama Character Society of Japan (To a do bun în view of this, it would be unwise to send the elled LEMCO.
[1414kwai) of which Prince Konoye of Japan is the various Ministers, although with strong escurta
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The N. P. stenar Olympia led fema Tacoma far Japan and Hongkey on the 14th
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THE HONGKONG. CANTON: AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COM. PANY, LIMITED.
TARNOLD,
Secretary
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Hongkong, 17th July, 1900,
CLOTHS.
AND.
GENERAL EXPORTERS.
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We beg to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of this Colony that we commenced Business on the 11th April, 1900, and we solicit their kind patronage.
No. 1 && D'ÁGUILAR STREET.
Behind Hongkong Dispensary. Hongkong, 5th April, 1900.
Who are appointed Sole Agents for the sale. of our Gooils.
KWONG CHI KOON. Hongkong, 5th May, 1900.
THE
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