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Apart from plague thero was only ono caso of communicable disease in the Colony last week, vis, a case of enterio fever.
We are requested to state that Mrs. Gas colgad's Thursday afternoon receptions will be discontinued till farther notice..
There were no plugs cases or deaths reported during the 48 hours preceding noon yesterday. The figures for last wook were 26 fresh curry, and 2 deaths.
The P. & O. hirsl hospital aluúp Curihuge left
Bingapore on Saturday morning, and may be
expected to arrivo at Hongkong, it daylight on Thursday, 23rd August.
Tho visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last week included 400 non-Chinese and 100 Chinese to the former institution, 104 no. Chinese and 2006 Chinese to the latter.
The Warren Shoonity Shisha rito match ended at Singapore on the 11tle inst. in favoar of the Malay States Guides, the R. E Team being second:
Ir is reported that several offers in the Selangor Civil forviod will shortly take leave, and that there will be difficulty in filling the noting appointments.
We have received from Manila the book of Regulations of the new Liceo de Manila, tegeiler with the Inaugural Address delivered on the 20th June by Senhor D. L. M. Guerrero.
The Pinang Gazette hears that the next supply of Government five-dollar notes expected from England will be suller in sise than theas in circulation at present. The ten-dollar and the five-dollar notes will, therefore, be dis- inguishable at once from their size.
A further rise is reported at the beginning of the prosent month in the numbers under Yosterday Sergeant Garrod found two mere nien delivering letters which had been brought famine relief in British India, the Central into the calory without going through the Post-Provinces returning an increase of 79,000, Office. He took them to the Central Police Borbay of 81,000, and Berar of 24,000. The Station and they were each fined $100, or three incenso is all under the load of gratuitons re- lief, the numbers on Government works show- montis,
ing a great reduction. This is due to the large scale on which free meals are being supplied in villages to enable famine labourers to leave Government works and resume agricultural
We call attention to the advertisement which Appears elsewhere announcing that the auction sale of property at. Yanmati which was to love come off yesterday has been postponed until 3pm on Thursday, owing to yesterday's inclement weather.
pursuits.
A telegram, dated Allahabad, 2nd August, sigs:--"Orders regarding the raising of the The forthcoming Indian Consns is to be made three new regiments of native infantry recently as simple as possible. A resolution in the sanctioned will probably issue within the Gazelle issued on the 4th inst. prescribes a winext few days. It is believed recruits, can forma system of tables for the purpose and draws readily he obtained in the Punjab once it attention to the undesirability of unduly multi-is note that enlistment is opened. plying statistics It adds that the Government of India es no reason why the Provincial re ports should not be completed by April, 1902.
One of the gentlemen whose name was called as a juror at the Supreme Court yester- day was Mr. David Marue. He claimed
of control, and often bursting their banks und carrying away bridges or any other olatacle that may stand in the way of their impetuous floods. Ages ago the Chinese embanked these wayward streams, and the long lines of dykes crossing one another in every direction are a monument of patient toil, and industry. Like most things connected with the Chinese, while monuments of industry, they have been put up in total ignorance of any but the most rudimentary hydraulic laws, and it is difficult to say whether the plain of Tientsin suffers more from the vagaries of the rivers, or from the ill-planned and ill-constructed dykes of the Chinese, which everywhere keep up the escaping waters till the greater Per Case of part of the district consists of little imore than a series of shallow lakes, preventing all cultivation, and yielding no better harrest But than a few poorly conditioned fish. the ignorance of the Chinese has had a worse effect: naturally tortuous as are the rivers, the Chinese by their emlankments hare, exaggerated this tendency, with the object of diminishing the speed of the enr reuts. The consequence is that the rivers in flood-time beavily laden with silt, are forced to deposit if on their beds, with the result that the channels are raised over the adjacent country, and the entire drainage of an ares of over 15,000 square miles is detri-exemption on the ground that he was over 70 mentally affected; and what might, and years of age, adding that he was also deaf and unable to hear the withesses. He was excused, ought to be a fertile country is now but the Chief Justice informed him that ho nothing better than a pestilential-swamps must take steps to use that his name was taken inhabited by a miserable peasantry, and in off the jury list. Port after removal should be reated for a | spite of abundant supplies of water always liable to famine when a lesser rainfall thu
The ganvas which grow in Mr. K. w. mouth before use. Wine required for
usual occurs. Such is the country which Mounsey's garden of Bonham Road seen drinking at once should be ordered to be the associated troops have had to pass to prove a great attraction to the coolies of that
through on their road, to Peking. As longgghhourhood. One of thin was caught up derautod at the Dispensary before being
ns the rivers are full of water it only needs the fruit. At the Magistracy yesterday he wes tree on Saturday afternoon helping hûasólf to sent out. These Wines are too favourably the cutting of a bank to flood the entire sentenced to one month's hard labour. another country between the adjacent dykes, and coolie being sentenced to three weeks hard known to need comment.
this opportunity repeats itself at every labour for attempting to commit a larceny, fr. advance. For some years back neglect, Monnsey's guava trees being the temptation. at possibly mixed with worse motives, has been
acting detrimentally on the channel of the Of the seven cises in the calender for
cases of Peiho, which, till some three or four years Criminal Bessions are are ago, was navigable for the ordinary steaners robbery. Throw have already been dealt with
heavy punishment having been inflicted. For up to the bund at Tientsin. What between committing an armed robbery in Kowloon neglecting to remove obstacles, and en-Road on the 11th July two men hare en deavouring to carry on the water impounded sentenced to seven years and a Blogging, similar by cutting the dykes whenever a pressure punishment has been inflicted upon four meu greater than usual occurred, the body of the found guilty of committing an armed robbery water carried down by the rivers has been at Kan Tau; and three men found guilty of diverted from the main chaunels, with the committing an armed robbery at Sam Shui Po result that the bed deprived of its usual on the 18th July have been sentenced one to scour has risen so high as to render theight years and the other two to seven years
hard labour, with a fogging in addition. channel useless for purposes of navigation. This slight description of the natural difficul-
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TELEGRAMS.
DAILY PRESS SERVICE.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
[FCOM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
SHANGHAI, 20th August, 9.43 p..
AFFAIRS IN PEKING-MORE CHINESE MINISTERS
MURDERED.
Three more Tsungli Yamen Ministers- Hou Yung Yi, Lien Yuan, and Li Shan have been murdered at Peking, and Yung Li has been imprisoned.
LONDON, 19th August, 8.10 p.m.
RUSSIAN VICTORY IN THE
FAR NORTH.
A Russian official despatch states that
the Chingan pass was carried after a bloody The Chinese suffered beavily and battle.
lost several guns.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
LONDON, 19th August, 8.10 p.m.,
CURIOUS STORY ABOUT BADEN-POWELL.
It is reported that Commandant Do Wet at Commando Nel demanded the sur- render of General Baden-Powell, and that
the latter asked for terus,
[The explanation of the affair described in this telegram is wanting. It is evident that the Press Leneer has been at work, for no news of Gen. Baden-Powoll being in danger has reached us except this]."
REUTERS SERVICE.
LONDON, 18th August
RELIEF OF THE LEGATIONS. The Allies have entered Paking and the Legations are relieved.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,]
Swatow, 15th Augast. THE STATE OF AFFAIES. -- Daring the week things hore not improved by any means, and now a certain amount of anxiety is felt by all the Foreigners here. Treable is still in progress at the outlying districts, and only a few days ago the roughe retired to the Ungking Mission Chapel--the starting point of the lecting affair--and fading
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. nothing more to demolish, uprooted all the trees
Commandant De Wet, taking advantage of that were there. It appears that the official
nder whose charge the Ungking district lies his knowledge of the country by which he was happened to be at a birthday party in Chow enabled to make night marshes, has eluded chowfoo at the time of the ontkereak of looting General Kitchenor in spite of a strenuous pur- at Ungking. On being informed of the occursnit. Commandant De Wet released all pri medence, he answered that he would proceed thither, sera except ofcers.
but in the meantime he didn't show the least
On Saturday P. C. Bowls and Excise Offer
sign of willingness to go. When he actually arrived the following day, he took not the slightest trouble to capture the perpetrators of the disturbance. This is a striking illustration
of Chinese officialdom.
COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWB
BEFORE.
It is now the general gossip among the Chinese that on the 23th day of this Chinese on all the Foreigners here will be extermin
isted
one side of the paper on communicaisons that have ties in the way of the Relief Column will No. 57 went on board the junk No, 5,132 for of all Foroiguora, but not finding that day
No anonymously signed: already appeared in other papers will be inserted,
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Casi
BIRTH.
On the 12th August, at "Biarritz, Singapore,
save to show what a task has been perform ed. Matters of course might have been much worse. The N.-C. Daily Newm special correspondent inleed wrote from Hosiwu: **Our march here has really been an easy "one, for there has been no organised effort on the part of the Chiness to stop us in "the field. They were about to divert the At Balik Pulau, Punang, on the 12th August, "giver when the troops reached Hosiwu, and beloved wife of E. L. M. nz Souza, aged 4 years.it was extremely fortunate we were able "to stop them." A widespread flooding of the country would have caused a further delay by the destruction of fodder and provisions, so that the whole foree locked
the wife of W, PATCHITT, of a son.
DEATH.
1900, Elizabeth JANE MARY (Botay), the dearly
The Daily Press.
THE ONLY BAFETİ.
That the situation here looks serious is no use denying. All the Missionaries, excepting
As I informed you some time ago, the 8th day of the 8th moon was fixed for the killing
the purpose of searching for opium. They been postponed to the 28th-that is in 7 days.
snitable, the execution of the great dead has found a man named Leung Kit smoking opiume. in bed: As soon as he caught sight of them he, no doubt feeling annoyed that he should be dis; turbed when having a quiet smoke, nimed hin pipe and another implement at the Excise Offest and strack hint on the head. The man was brought up at the Magistracy yesterday, and for being in possession of prepared opíám without a permit he was fined $50, or three mouths, and for assaulting the Excise Offices he was fined $15, or six months, sentences to run consecutively.
A man naried Harrison, alias Pearson, went
lowed a diamond valued at $10,000. The gam
the French, have core down to Svator for
safety.
General Buller has joined hands with Gen. emis French and Hunter and advancing north has outflanked Commandant Olivos
THE COST OF VICTORY. -
The whole of the troops suffered terribly from the host, and the shell-fire, which was very responsible for most of the casualties, heavy, was which were:British, 10 killed, 10 wounded, Americans, 12 killed, 50 wounded; they fought well. The Russiaus occupied Yungtaun itself. the British and Americans remaining in the captured positions, which if hold with disciplined troops would have been well nigh impregnable. The French did not arrive in sufficient time to take part. The Naval Brigade did not take part either, as their guns are in the junks. The troops, boing eary unch fatigned, will not move for two days; yet we hope to be in Peking by the 19th if all goes well,
ON THE WAY.
The siege train bullocks, numbering over 1,000, will be conveyed to Chino by this trans- ports Mohawk, St. Andrew, Mombusso, unul
Nairung.
Arrangements are being made, says the Indian Daily News, for the supply of aerated water wachiuos for the China fores.
The balloon section which has been ordered for the Chini force, has been horsed from India, with forty-four drught und ten riding horses. They are now on their way from Calent tu..
For the Maharaja of Semdhia's magnanimous
bable that a new special transport ship, Sobioau, offer of a hospital ship for Chien, it la pro- will be taken up. The cost of chartering will be about £7,000 a month.
Already the fronbles in China have had the effect of closing down seren cotton mille in Bombay, says the L. N. News, and the stoppage of others is expected to follow. Shares have fallen in value, and are for the most part. unsaloable. Shares of one mill, generally re- garded as first class and difficult to obtain at Rs. 2,000 a share, are now below Rs. 1,500.
INDIAN MILITARY ARRANGE-
MENTS.
NEWS VIA RANGOON. The following Sitalo telegrams refer to the Indian troops for China.
The Simla, 2nd August. It Is boun decided to send another Native Infantry brigade to China immediately. The Corps selected are the 4th, 6th and 20th Punjab Infantry and a Hyderated Contingent regiment. The three former sail from Calcutta and the last from Madras, the whole probably getting off by the 20th instant
I understand Brigadier-General Curamins will command the Infantry Brigade to-day ordered to China.
Simla, 3rd August. The 6th Bengal Infantry, not the 6th Punjab Infantry, goes to China. The 16th Bengal In- funtry frozi Fyzabad relieves the 6th Bengal Infantry at Doranda snl the base of the 8th Bombay Infantry from Ahmednagar and In- dora relieves the 20th Punjnd Infantay at Delhi. Two Companies, of the 25th Bombay Infantry, move from Nasirabad to Indore.
The Infantry Brigade ordered yesterday to China will be staffed as follows: Commandant,
Brigadier General Cummins, DAA‚Œ, Cap.^ tuin Nicholls, 2nd Pajab Infantry: D. 4. Q. M. G. Captain Hudson, Staff Corps Sig
Bimla, 4th August, "Three and a half Field and two General
A Court martial for attempting to kidnappalling Officer, Captain Cruddas, 39th Dogras, Lord Roberts Ins-commenced at Pretoris. Lieut. Cordun, late of the State Artillery, who was tried ürst, pleaded guilty.
AMERICAN REINFORCEMENTS FOR CHINA.
Hospitals are being mobilisert in connectioni with the Infantry Brigado for China, forty-five- Medical officers accompanying. Tho Field
A negro cavalry regiment has sailed from Hospitals are to be drawn from the respective San Francisco for China.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA,
LOCAL MOVEMENTS. Yesterday morning the transport Upady arrived in the harbour, having left Calentta on the ith She brought a squadron of the 3rd Bombay Cavalry (2. British and 4 native officers, 119 N.C.O's and men, and 83 followers,
with horses and mules), 1 British officer, 5 men,
and 55 followers of the 57th Native Field Hoe pital, and details. The British officers on board were Capt. C. S. Stack and 2nd Lieut. E. M. Mayao, of the Bombay Cavalry, and Lieut. Thomson, I.M.S.
The three Italian transports, Ginea, Marco. Minghetti, and Singapore, arrived under convoy
Commands and the General Hospitals frem Calcutta, where also the Base Hospital is being formad to receive the sick and wounded hereaf ter. In India the 16th Infantry relieve the 6th, while a Bombay Regiment, probably the 8th. Bombay Infantry, replaces the 20th at Delhi,
General Gasdes lus provisionally appointed Major Jeffreys. R.E., of the Hongkong Gar rinon, sa Field Engineer with the Expeditionary Force.
The fire miles of light railway under despatch
to China ars being supplied by Messrs. Jessop and Company of Celestia
In reply to an application from one of that
body the Government of India say they have o present Intention of employing Officers of
the Indian Army Reserve in China.
It is proposed to despatch Bre Royal Garrison
General Gasolee has recommended khaki
Artillery officers to China as soon as they can of the cruiser Stromboli. We gave the details be replaced in India from Home. about the transports in Saturday's issue. The Stromboli is a 2ul clans cruiser of 3475 tons serge clothing for all the troops seat from displacement and 7,904 ibp. Her armour is India. 5 in, gun position, and 1.5 in. deck: her gune,
WITH THE RELIEF COLUMN,
[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT]
THE YANGTSUN AFFAIR:
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The hospital ship Maine arrives at Colombo
on the 9th instant and Singapors on the 15th on her way to China.
The Maharajch of Scindia's hespital ship is also being got ready. It will probably be the Sobraon,
Officers on leave, bolonging to regiments proceeding to China, have been ordered to rejoin: THE CLOTHING OF THE TROOPS The revised scales of field service clothing for native troops and followers, which have just been published, are framed on liberal lines, it is agreed by Indian papers. When last campaign has to be in summer, the
This shows that trouble is anticipated, and we have had enough warning in what has already taken place for the lust two weeks. It behoves, therefore, the Foreign Consuls here to take a warning note from the occurrences round hore, The events of Tientsin are still fresh in one minds and if precautions were taken in time, much that happened would not have up in this swampy and impossible district into the establishment of Messrs. Cooke and taken place. The same words, I hope, will HONGKONG, August 21st, 1900
would have been entirely dependent on outer Kelroy, in Old Court House Street, Calcatta, not have to be applied to Bwatow. Our only CONSIDERING the number and variety of sources for its supplies from day to day. the other day, and while examining some dia-safety lies in the presence of a foreign man the troops engaged, the late advance on The Relief Force was further lucky in meet ond rings, with the object, he said, of parchas-of-war here. One of her Consals expressed two 9.5 in. (Armstrong), six 6.9 in., one 2.9 in., Peking may well be considered an unique ing apparently with no difficulties on its gone, and taking advantage of the assistants his opinion, that as long as a man-of-war left 22 in Q.F., eight 1.4 in, and two maxima phenomenon in military history. It certainly arrival at Peking itself. The defences of the attention to a lady customer, deliberately swain barbour nothing need be feared, but as She has four torpedo tabes, her speed is speaks well for the temper of the troops Capital ure of the old-world type, and can being shortly afterwards missed Harrison was soon as the ms-of-war departs then there is knots, and her complement 315 men, that within ten days from the date of the offer no serious difficulty to a force armed arrested, and the prison authorities enbjected Mohawk is still hore, and I earnestly trust that no foretelling what may take place. H.M.8. Peitsang fight the Allies actually passed with modern artillery but they present him to an examination by the "X" or Röntgen she will stay. The Apierican Missionaries through the gates of the Capital. Indepen- difficulties of their own, which are not to be rays, which disclosed that he had something are made an urgent request for an US. dently of the difficulty in uniting together underrated. In the first place the space about the region of the throat, which might be so many differing nationalities, each drilled included within the walls is some eighteen abone or some other hard substanca. The wan-of-war, and Consul General Wildman has replied that he has requested that one to separate tactics and obeying different squaro miles in area; and the circumference prisoner was then to be medically examined to as.
be sent here from Manila leuders, it is well to remember that the of the outer walle amounts to, say, twenty certain what the "something "is
the ante y ffm the one of your heat lamps to native troops nobilised need-nover be country through which the forces had to miles odd, so that practically an investiture
The steamer Belgian King, a constant trader
lazge: a country blanket, a waterproof sheet, an pass is one of no ordinary difficulty. The of the city with the available fores would
at this port, lins been in collision with the for Shanghai taiday by thoas. Panting (formerly The Japanese occupied the right bank, the extra pair of bopts or shoes; and two pairs of plain from Taku as far as Josiwu at no have been out of the question. Doubtless Norwegian steainer Tellus at a spot some miles Hasting). The Taotai is still unxiously await British, Frencli, and Americans the left haak worsted socks are all that is required. But very distant period formed the north-east an army that had learnt the art in South south of Point Areas, San Francisco Ting the answer to his petition for sick leave, as It was intended for the troops on each side of when the rigours of winter have to be faced, extremity of the Gulf of Fechili, which even Africa would find the walls of Feking pre casualty happened on the night of July 12th, he wants to get out of here before any disturb the bank to move parallel with each other, but more articles are required. Tro blankets, instead of one, a jersey, a pair of mittens, u owing to the bad condition of the roads this Balaclays cap, and a pair of warm pyjamas will within historical times extended far beyond sent no more formidable obstacle than many and the force of the impact was such that ance breaks out.
could not be done. On nearing Yangtzun the be issued, together with warm costs (British its present limits. Into this inland sea of the kopjes successfully stormed by the the bowe of both vessels were stove in. Tho descend a number of rapid streams, or British troops there; but the troops which water-light bulkheads forward saved them, how LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. Americana, who were on our right, were er troops pattern) at the rate of 32 per half- tended out, taking plenty of room. The 1st squadron or company. There should be suficient wherever the field of operations is an er beyond rather torrents, of which the principal in relieved Peking were not old battalions in ever, and it was found that the Tellus saffered
The 0.8, §. steamer Ajcinous left Singapore Sikbe, 24th Punjant Infantry, and the Hong- the frontier though, as in the case of China, the mort. Immediately after the collision the the region with which we are immediately ured to this style of warfare, but compara-steamer was deserted by Captain Pedersen of the on the 19th inst, and is due in Hongkong on kong Regiment were in the centre, supported special provision may have to be runde for warm
24th inst concerned are the Paiho, the Hwenho and tively unskilled levies of differing nation Tellus and all haside, who took to the lifeboat P. B. stoumer Empress of India ar by the B.W.F. with the Artillery on our im- foot-gear. As regards followers, there will be the Hutoho. These rivers have a commonality. We have indeed every reason to be character, as all rising in the great plateau thankful that the enemy lost heart after and wore picked up by Captain Waits of the rived at Shanghai at 5 am. on Saturday, the 18th mediate luft. The Bussisos wero on the ex, every consideration shown to them. They will Belgian King. His crew returned to the vessel, last, and left again at 2 p.m. same day for treme left, extended out similarly to the Amer. always have their blankete and waterproof sheets; and in a winter campaign they will have of Mongolia, here however connecting with Fangtsur, and offered no further serious The Tellus, was then taken in tow by the Hongkong, where she is due to arrive to-dayieuns, but for some reason which I cannot ex- Jerseys, warm onts and pyjamas, they are not the highlands of Shans. This plateau opposition to the march of the allies. Other Belgian King, which took her to the nine The Imperial German Maxi steamer Weimar plain they did not come into action. The Brit supposed to need socks, mittens, or Balaclavs forms the fringe of the great rainless district wise we shoull have had to mourn the loss fathom buoy, about five miles outside San Fran- left Foochow on the 20th inst, and may he exish advanced without a chock in extended order caps, und, indeed, they would not wear them if of Central Asia, and according to the season of many more brave lives, and the relievers cisco harbour. At that point the hawser wag pected here this afternoon for as left Foochow and rasked the Railway embankment the then not sorred out to loterie tury to its hydrography varies greatly. In the might even have been too late for that rescue parted, and both steamers came into port ander for Shanghai, where she was due to arrive on enemy's first position-the Americans keeping well clothed in future, wherever operations may
neck and neck with us on our right. winter months this great continental area, which they have so happily effected.
full steam.
DEPARTURE OF THE TAOTAI'S FAMILY.
The Tactai's family and retinue aro leaving
The C. PR. steamer Turtar kasl
Monday, the 20th August, at 8 a.m.
7th August We moved out at 6, on Monday,
6th inst., from
know that troops and followers will
have to be undertaken.