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The UB. flagship Kentucky, with Admiral Kempf on board, was expected at Woosung on the 6th inst. The N-G. Daily News learn that it is intended by the U.S. Government to reduce its naval squadron in these waters by twelve vessels.
An anti-rabies instituto has been established at Hanoi, in which many patients have been
The Daily Graphic of the 2nd May has some interesting shatches relating to the railway sding dispute at Tientsin,
At the dinner given to him by the Lyons Chamber of Commerce, M. Donner spoke mach of the great fature in store for Indo-Chino, the base of French action in the Far East." The Governor-General was most cordially
fêted
Prince Nara of Siam proposea to construct a
Captain S. P. James, I.M.8. Madras, has been molocted to sasist in the investigations of į Dostar Christopher and Dostor Stephons, who have been deputed to India by the Malaria Committee of the Royal Society to study malarial fevers in India,
Admiral Rodgers, who is now at Cavite on his flagship the New York, has been detailed by the Navy Department at Washington to represent the United Statos at the unveiling of the Perry monument on July 14th at Mississippi
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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
SHANGHAI, 8th June, 9.10 a..
we must recognise that it is becoming daily. The Chefoo plague regulations against Amoy more evident that a stateeman whose | and Hongkong ure published in the Gazette. previous career would inspire more personal respect is urgently required to represent British interests in Peking, It may be doubted whether Sir ERNEST SATOW has over developed a financial instinct, and the important questions now at isane are almost entirely financial. Among those who are engaged in the task of settling then there is a strong party who care but little about the commercial development treated for hydrophobia. The disease is found | light railway from Bang Kamot to Phrabat bay, Yokohama. It is expected that the Admiral of China, in which the nations whom they to be less virulent there than in France. It This line will start from the station on to will sall from Cavite on or about the 20th inst. ANOTHER TERRIBLE MASSACRE OF
takes a longer time in Tonkin in which to Lopburi line nearest to the famous shrine, and will also be continued beyond Phrabat, to the vicinity of Phra Narai's old palace. Altogether the length will be about 35 kilometres. The pilgrims to Parabat who go by train are at pressut left some distance from the end of their
in providing travelling facilities for the remain der of the journey from whore they leave the State railway.
prove fata!.
This selection of Admiral Rodgers in vary fitting, says the Manila Times, as he is a grand-
PRIESTS AND CONVERTS.. son of Commodore Perry. Admiral Beardsley The Italian Legation at Peking bus (retired), who is now in Japan, and who has received the news of the anseers in April been one of the chief workers in the erection of last of 15 Belgina priests and all their male this monument, was with Commodore Perry
ERATED WATERS policy which promises to secure the future Chinese Minister to the Court of St. Jamos, jourrey, and it is thought there may be money when he first landed in Japan. The unveiling converts on the Mongolian border.
represent are likely to play little or no part. Britain, Germany, the States, THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS and Japan, on the contrary, are very much interested in the matter. Yet only the two latter seem to act upon any definite line of
of China in relation to the rest the world, The unjority of the Powers' representatives are only to willing to maintain the status quo with such few modifications as they cannot avoid. That any commercial nation should sequiesce in such a policy only indicates the badness of her advisers.
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The Tientsin Joh jik Siswên confirms a recent statement that an Imperis decree has been lately issued appointing Lo Feng-la, at present
and I a Shoa-peng Chinese Minister to Corea. at present in Peking, to be Vice Presidents of in place of the abolished Tanagli Yamón. the newly sanctioned Board of Foreign Affairs
With all respect to Our Cate, trays a home A Tokyo telegram of the 1st inst. to Shang-paper), it is not in its pages that one expects to hai says:-The new Cabinet has bean formod ind un exciting question decided by a crowned by General Viscount Katsura, as Premier, the end. Yet the summer number of that weekly distribution of the more important portfellos The French mail of the fith May was delivered being-Home Affairs, Baron Utenmo, Foreign Affaire and Finance, Mr. Sous; Justico, Mr. Kiyoura; Communications, Viscount Yoshi- kawa; Agriculture and Commerce, Mr. Hirata; Education, Dr. Kikuski. The Ministers for the Navy and Army are as before, that is, for Nary, Admiral Yamamoto, and for Army General Baron Kodama. Practically the new cabinet lu been reconstructed from these. statesmen who corved under Field-Marshal Marquis Yamagata.
in London on the 6th inst.
The foundation stone was laid yesterday morning of the proposed new Bharmacia, or temple, for Hindus and Sikhs at Happy Valley,
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Owing to repairs in progress at the City Hall, the weekly prayer-meetings in connec tion with the Hongkong Christian Union will not be held until farther notice.
The recent oil discovery iu Texas is expected, Apacible has been added to the register of radically to influence the English coal question. The Southern Pacific Railway, with a total of 7,000 miles, has decided to change from coal to oil fuel on all its locomotives. Other lines touching the oil regions are expected to fellow suit, and it is proposed also that all steamers entering Laporte and Galveston shall take oil as fuel. This. It is claimed, will be an economy alike in price and space. The oil can be carried in the ballast tanks, and will allow the banker space to be utilised for an additional amount of cargo. A portion of the English banker coul demand will consequently be withdrawn. Southern newspapers in the States are said to bo jubilant that the British Government's { notion with regard to the price of export ceal
We call our reader's sütention to the notice of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club appearing in in another column. The general meeting is to be held to-morrow, when the proposal to estab. lish a one-design class will be considered.
The coroner's inquest on the body of Wong Po, the murderess, who died in Victoria Gaol on the 6th inst., resulted in a verdict of death from
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birth. The woman remained unconscioas till she died.
From the returns of the Subordinate Court for 1900 it appears that 14,081 ca, involving 16,690 prisoners, camo under the cognisance of the Police Magistrate's Court during the year. 13,149 males and 501 females were convicted and punished, 2,416 males and 235 femalas dis-
charge, 131 males and 5 females emitted for trial at the Supreme Court, and 11 msies committed to prison or detained panding orders of H.E. the Governor.
The dainage by the fire at 292. Queen's Road Central on Friday night is estimated at $15,000. The premises, a paper and stationery shop, are insured for $21,100- the Transatlantic Company (ul which the local agents are Messrs. Siemssen & Co.), $3,000; the Chung Os. $8,000; and the Tung On, $7,100.. The owner of the adjoining, house, No. 26, claims $7,000 for water damage. These premises are insured for $40,000. The cause of the outbreak unknown, but it is believed to have been
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of this monument is to be made a national event by the Japanese Government, who have detailed representatives of both. the army and navy to be present. It will also be male a holiday by the American residents of Japau.
SHANGHAI, 9th June, 7.20 p.m.
COURT'S DEPARTURE FIXED. An Imperial decree issued on Friday, the 7th instant, appoints the 1st September as the date in which the Court will leave Hsianfu for Peking.
LONDON, 8th June, 10 p.m.
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The following paragraph is from the Timer is so distinguished. It is about "Siamose of May, 1901-The Grand Consul has sont a Tails, and the King of Siam has set doubt at troop of Comedians and a detachment of rost by declaring that the pure-bred Royal cat | Repablican. Wives to this division, which is of Siam has not a kink in its tail. The King's called the Right Fin of the Army of Subvasion private secretary expands this intelligence with (Armée Subvaisionnaire). There is also an the ramark that occasionally a tratap cat of Army of Superinvasion, which will descend in Malay origin strayed in, and the Royal Siamese Balloons at the same moment the Mining Army Kota Malay cross which produced a kink." So broaks ground iu Kont, and co-operate with it. MINISTERS DISAGREE AS TO TIME the kink is solved, nad un-auxious people | And it is said that the Institute have demanded braathos sgain.
all the oils, brandios, spirits, und distilleries of every description, to be put in requisition, with which the wind serving the Channel is to be ignited; and all the ships in all our harbours will be consumed with the same tide. This project is declared to be infallible, and the author of it has received a brevet dhonneur from General Bousparte and the Prefecture of the Consts whieb will so shortly be connected under ground with the department of Great Britain." The style of the Timer has indeed changed in one hundred years.
The 70th annual meeting of the Scottish Union and National Insurance Co., has been held at Edinburgh. The report stated that during 1000, 878 new life policies had been issued, amounting to £390,625, and yielding in preminus £14,598. The life and annuity funds amounted to 24,002,902. The tire premiums received amounted to £578,271 and the elairs were £386,719. A dividend was declared at the rate of 16 per cent. with bonus of 14 per cent.. leaving a balance of £3,749 to be carried to next your's account. The total fauds amounted to £4,093,482. The report was approved of The Hon. James. W. Moncreiff and Mr. Keith K. Maitland directors, who retired by rotation, were re-appointed. Mr. James A. Molleson, C.A., was re-elected auditor.
On the 27th ult, there was a voluntzer field- day at Penang. The local Gozette talle a tale of a “bravo deed" performed by one of the volunteer at the close of the maneuvres. It
scens that this gentleman, imagining himself on a battlefield, rode rashly forward towards the line of fire, picked up on imaginary wounded An Express correspondent at Port Stanley: soldier and amidst a perfect storm of imaginary in the Falkland Islands, sends some remarkable shot and shell and, amid the ringing plaudits of details of the capture by the crow of the second the assembled visitors, brought the wounded The Universal Gazette bears that the two class protected cruiser Flow of a colossal sea (but still living) ann to the comparative safety Courts are coming to Peking, vin-Shenchow, laut. While the commander of the Flore was of the Golf Club. There, says que contem Hoaenfu, crossing the Yellow River at Mengung ashore the monster charged the whale-boat porury, by an extraordinary coincidence, an chin to Hunieling, Weihai, Changte, Shunte, and capsized it,and and on the following day nige imitation Victoria Cross happened to be on Chengting and Faotingfu. The Empress the assailanit. After an exciting day's sport gallant officer in token of the universal appro- boats were manned and dispatched to capture hand, which some ladies presented to the Dowager does not want to go on at once to
we drove the monster on to the beach, and after bation of his imaginary gallant and glorious Peking, bat desires to remain for a time at the
a contest in the course of which several deed, which was symbolical of the best tradi capital of Honan, permitting the Emperor to go ahead, and begin personal government,
binsjackets were badly hurt by fragments of tions of the British army. We (but not the Over twenty stopping-places must be got ready. rock which were hurled about by the brute in Pinang Guette) leave this hero's inue in the Each stage will cost 80,000 taeis, & tutal of killing it. It was
a gigantic specimen of obscurity which his modesty would no doubt microrhi: ur elephantinus or proboaculere prefer 1,600,000 tarls, which the provincial authorities" are asked to provide. The former report about measuring just under 40ft. long und weighing the actual construction of the telegraph along and a general conformation closely approaching over thirteen tons. It has a trunk 4ft. loag, the propsed route was premature. It is now said that a certain high official has urged that that of the ordinary elephant, save that there a line be constructed from Tungkuan to Hon.
are hags fins in place of legs. The commander north of the Yellow River and so on to Peking, of the Flore has despatched the ribs, head. The Shanghai haien is ordered to provide thres und wank of the monster to the British thousand taels towards the expenses of the Masoum. The ordinary sea-elephant is common Imperial progross to Peking.......
enough in those waters (Falkland Islands) but rarely runs to more than 20ft. in length, nor is the proboscis as a rule anything more than a shout. In this specimen it is prolonged to an extraordinary extent."
We have received a copy of the Aftleth
annual report of the Western Assurance Com. pany of Toronto and Louden, of which Messrs. W. Meyerink & Co. are the local agents. The premium income last year, after dedacting the amount paid for reinsurances, According to a Shanghai piper, the fatal was £599,340 and the earnings from interest frace in the Taka Road, Tientsin, on the 2nd were £15,55). The total losses incurred during London correspondent's telegram inst. was owing to a number of intoxicated the year amount to £124,866. After providing received yesteriny is to the effect that the French and German soldiers coming into con- for losses and for current expenses, the ravenue representatives of the Powers in China are not diet with the British picket, composed of a account shows a profit balance of £2,693, in yet agreed as to several points in connection corporal and ton meu of the Royal Welsh spite of the disastrous fires witch have occurred
Fusiliers, with the indemnity which that country is to
The picket were attacked with during the your. The total amount paid by pay. One of these points is the advisability bayonets and held their own for some time the company for losses in the Ottawa and Hall of stipulating that the whole of the Chinese without resorting to their rifles, which they conflagration in April last, was £97,496, Of were eventually compelled to fire, wounding this amount, however, £11,900 was recoyoted Empire shall be thrown open to forcig half a dozen of the French and killing two on account of re-insurances. The directors trade instead of the proposal increase of Germans. A couple of the Fusiliers had pre-call attention to the Enancial position which the Tariff. This proposal was made by Mr.viously ben badly cut about. Rock, the Vaited States Commissioner,
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With reference to the expedition from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, which is to spend a year in trying to rid some malarious West African town of its mosquitoes,
Mr. G. H. MacDermott, who died at Clapham a mach mara various and
movement.
THE PLAGUE.
It is stated that the Ministers of tho Powers are still lacking unanimity on several points in connection with the indemnity. Notably is this the case in the matter of the time limits for payment. China is willing to place the limit at 40 years for the last payment. Several Ministers favour a longer period.
THE OPENING OF CHINA.
Mr. Rockbill, representing the United States, insists upon the advisability of stipulating for the opening of the whole
country to foreign trade instead of increaking the Tariff. Jupus is understood to favour the proposal. Sir Ernest Satow opposes it.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
LONDON, 8th June, 10 p.m.
MRS. BOTHA'S MISSION. Mrs. Both has arrived in Eugland. Shu refuses all information as to the object of ber visit.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
LONDON, 6th June.
SOUTH AFRICA.--CASUALTIES DURING MAY, Oficial returns show that 724, including 25 officers, were killed or died in South Africa
MR. BRODRICK ON THE SITUATION.
Mr. Brodrick, speaking at a dinner given to the South African Civil Surgeons, said there was no ground for disquiétude in the situation. He thought the War had shown that du British troops were not worse trained than those of the Continental armies, and that experience in China had proved that foreigners had plenty to learn from us.
LONDON, 6th June,
SOUTH AFRICA.
A portion of Bayer'a commando was sur- prised by the British near Warmbatlu." The enemy fed after a sjubborn resistance, lesing 37 killed and prastically all the transport and supplies. The British losses were, 7 killed and 18 wounded.
LONDON, 7th June.
last month, was capable man than many of the kings of the magic-ball who ruled before him, says the Qallook. Yet ke nover would have been the “Great McDormott" hat for the aggromįve "Jingo" chorus to hie famous song. He ither wrote nor camposert the song, and when asked to sing it was doubtfal of its success. during May Unless momory plays as falo, he tried it experimentally at an afternoon performance, and, encouraged by its reception, carried it into the evening bill. Thenow it spread like the Great Fire of London. The final line
The Russians shall not hare Con-stan-ti-no- oplewould have damned any ordinary music-ball ditty, but "By Jingo, if we do," a correspondent writes to the Times:-"Since and "We're gat the ships, we've got the men, Manson and Ross worked out the development we've got the money too, carried off that weak- of the malaria-parasites in mosquitoes in 1898, nesa Yat even these were borrowed from a and since, their work was confirmed by Keo song entitled "Napoleon talks of war, boys," and Daniels, sovoral methods of provention of in 1858-60, at the beginning of the Volunteer malaria have been proposed Professor Koch's method consists in winchonising a whole pópulation, but this procedure is scarcely possible under British forms of government, although it has already proved successful in the company occupies at the beginning of the some German posisions. Another method
During the 24 hours eading at noon on second half-century of its corporate existence consists in combining Koch's method with the Saturday there were reported 25 fresh cases of and it is understood that Japan is in favour An official despatch from Peking, says the offering, it does, the following security to careful protection of houses by wire-screens to plague (23 Chinese, ono other Asiatic, and one of it. The British representative, Sir N.C. Daily Newca, states that Prince Ching is its policy-holders-Capital paid up on 31st the doors and windows. It must certainly European) and 24 deaths (all Chinese). The ERNEST BATOW, we are told, opposes it. It strongly opposed to using the salt revenue for December, £939,805, capital in course of payceed, as proved by Manson's well-contrived European mentioned is Mrs. Varcoe, 3, Wild Campagna experiment of last year, and he Dell, who, as we intimated in our isene of we understand the American proposalrightly, paying off, the indemnity, and to this end has ment, £72,173; total capital, £410,678; reserve
indeed already succeeded in parts of Italy; the throwing open of the whole of she decided to ask the Throno to allow certain fund, £205,012; total funds, £616.590.
but the cost of applying gado-greens to
Saturday, was removed, with her child, to Empire to foreign trade by the large economies to be effected in the Imperial House.
hold Department and other Metropolitan Gov- The work of registering domestic servants
all the houses, or, avon" to" the principal Kennedy Town Plague Hospital on Friday, increase which it will bring into the Impærernment expenses, amoanting in all to some à or has been proceeding quietly till within the methousex, in a large "malarious city will be.
A second inkong has bear admitted to exchequer is to take the place of any million taels per sonums, and then by effecting few days, when there have been several refusals, very large, and, movenver, the screens will Kennedy Town from the Central Police Station augmentation of the existing Tarift. This
probably prove intolerable in the stißing heat: other economies in the provincial governments says the last copy to land of the Bangkok of the tropics. Segregation of Europeans has suffering from plague. He was admitted to general opening of China to foreign con..
procure sonie 4 or million teels more. In this It is difficult to understand the kenges" merce is a necessity of the future, and no way a saving of about 11 million tasks can be system of this class of Chinese. They have also basu advocated, but will be expensive, and the Government Civil Hospital on the it one can deny that the Powers should do all obtained without much trouble, thereby saving their clubs, or societies, but plainly there carrot sometimes impossible. While all these methods inst., iu a high forer, which latterly developed aty thousand well mounted troops in the that they can to facilitate the process. the salt revenue of the Empire to defray the be sue big powerful society that decides all are likely to be very useful under special con- into plague. He was sleeping of the Central The only question at issue is whether it regular oxpenses of the Empire itself.
questions affecting members generally. The ditions, the most promising way of dealing Police Station in the bed next to that compled can be brought about at once. Up to the
Singapore police believe that such a society with urban malaria is the way proposed by present, even the opening of the inland
exists there, but if there had been one in Major Ross two years ago, and now going to by the lakong first afflicted with the disease.
er disapprove, of registration at the outset. nominally conceded to Sir CLAUDE MAC office of the Chinese Commercial Union, 30 and And there has been no general order issued, be extirpated; but there is no avidanes to this of your paper of the 8th instant, I found in DONALD, has never been effective. Mr. 32, Des. Youx Road Central, to discuss the One way doubt if any servant has welcomed the affect, because no adequate experiment has yet your plague information some remarks regard. ROCKHILL's proposal is wider still in its advisability of adopting H.E. the Governor's solone, but the majority have not disapproved been made to extirpate them. On the othering the expenses from the Parses Charity scope. Its opponents, no doubt, question suggestion regarding the construction of it strongly enough to give a point blank hand it is certain that they can be largely Fund, which if I pass unnoticed will leave a whether the time is yet come for such a Chinese tonement houses according to the new refusal when it has come to the put HBM reduced in numbers by very simple methods; sweeping change. We have no means at plan, laid before the Sanitary Board at its last Chargé d'Affaires had no servants last night, and the chance of infection will be reduced in bad impression on the public mind: The present of ascertaining how Sir ERNEST meeting. A good many of the native merchants
as his declined to register. But awkward as a corresponding ratio. The measure promises Parsee Charity Fund is only for the general were present, including Mr Fang Wa Chuan, that sort of thing is, it is well worth while considerable advantages over its rivals. It will use of the Parsee Community and not for Sarow formulated; his objections to the who was in the chair, and a lively discussion putting up with it in order to get this scheme protect all clamos alike. It will obviate the individuals, therefore any expenses incurred American proposal. It is unfortunate that was indulged in. The Commercial Fron, through. A large measure of assess is new necessity of people being half-suffocated in for my sols benefit will be charged to me at the present crisis in the history of are told, has been formed merely with a view to assured, but as the supply of good servants is screened houses, or of continually taking and not, as stated, to the Fand. Mr. Vania China's intercourse with the rest of the helping to enlighten the Government on future none too large it is really important that every disagreeable drug, or of building new settle- world, Great Britain is not represented by legislation by gathering the opinions of the one should be included, and the thing has gone ments. It will add largely to the rere comfort desires us to convey his thanks to all who a man who inspires confidence in British Chinese residents of every class, and laying so far now that employers have got it in their of life in the tropico, where mosquitoes are a
have helped him, as well as to daily enquirer's residents in China. Without wishing to
them before the Government through their power,. now to effect that.. Bat probably some
constant pest, and in the long run it may turn Progressing favourably" is his answer to the cast any reflections on Sir ERNEST SATOW, Yepresentatives.
mere will have to suffer inconvenience.
out to be the cheapest measure of all.”
latter.
On Saturday, at 4 pm, a meeting of the
be attempted for the first time on a eficient
We have received a letter from Mr. R. D.
REMOUNTS FOR THE TROOPS .
IN SOUTH AFRICA. The Committee of Supply in the House of Common's hay voted £1,577,900 for transport ronivuste for the British troope in South Africa.
LORD KITCHENER'S FORCES. Lord Kitebaner has now between fifty and
field.
LONDON, 7th June.
THE OAKS
The following is the result of the rude for
waters to foreign trade and navigation, principal Chinese merchants was bell at the Bangkok it would have been bound to approve sesle. It is often stated that mosquitoes cannot Vania, in which he says: On the perusal The Oaks Stakes
Cap and Dells
Sabrinetta Minnie Die
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The three first past the post wero ridden by American jockeys.
AUSTRIA AND HER BOER SYMPATHISERS.
Count Goluchowski speaking in reply to an Austrian delegation of Boer sympathisery, said that he could not entertain the iden of conrok- ing the Hague Convention for the purpose of mediating between Great Britain and the Boere, and that he had no desire to do anything unfriendly towards Great Britain, with which country the Austrians wished to hire in peace and friendship.
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