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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1902
"tenements, and requiring that they be "built with more attention to the sanitary "needs of their occupants. But, at the following session, the Legislature was "besieged by greedy landlords, and it A. S. WATSON & CO.,quired all the efforts of the Tenement
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"House Commission, seconded by the "Board of Health, to prevent the passage "of nimendments which would have quite "emasculated the law, and led to the construction, in the newer sections of the "eity, of a form of tenements calculated to perpetuate all the evils now exist-
GINGER BEERing in the older slums. While it is
IN STONE BOTTLES.
THE GINGER BEER
is prepared in our well factories izom the freshest and best ingredients, and holds the unique position of being the only GINGER BEER
not generally known, it may be stated "here that in some of the older wards "in New York City there are acres of-land-which-bold-between 700 and 200 we supply"people each; the most thickly populated "acre is the Old World, by way of com- knownparison is said to be one in Prague, which (*accommodates' 485 people. The average density of population in the whole of "Manhattan Island is greater than in any Pother city of the civilized world; that is "because three-fourths of the population in the Colony that is really BREWED.live in tenements, piled tier on tien to the
skies." Of the highest standard of excellence and purity, our GINGER BEER forms a most refreshing and health-giving beverage.
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It is thus noted by Dr. LaDean that some acres of land o New York have actually between
The band of the 3rd Burma Infantry will play at Queen's Hotel to-morrow night, com- mencing at half-past seven o'clock.
The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last wack were 26 non-Chinese and 52 Chiness to the former, and 47 non-Chinese
and 1,854 Chinese to the latter institutiou. A
Shortly before seven o'clock` last night 'a fire occarrod at Yaumati, in a matabed, which was completely destroyed. The flames burned brightly, for about half an hour, and attracted the gaze of many people on the Hongkong side, The lumage done was not heavy.
A Vindivostock journal raporte that four females employed in the Russian Post and Telegraph Office at Bingorestchensk have been prosented by the Russian Goveromsut with gold medals in recognition of the bravery shown by them during the bombarinout of the
town by the Chinese during tho Bonor rising,
We notice that our contemporary the Kobe
The Japanese crainer Chitoss arrived in Amoy harbour on the 25th alt., from FormosE.
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According to the Munile papers, that city in to get a new theatre, and it is said to be badly wanted.
An increase in the pries of shoes in Manila may be looked for, as the Chiuose shoemakers there are on strike for bigger wager.
Snow fell on Skiibeshi mountain, Northern Japan, on the 9th sult, and on the surge date there was frost in many places in Hokkaido.
The Chinese commanity of Selangor are giving a complimentary dinner to Mr. Hare in recognition of the honour recently conferred on him by the King.
Rickebes at Penang are now being ütted with sent covers of khaki instead of black, the
former colour. Cleanliness is said to be one advantage of the innovation.
A telegram received in Singapore on the 25th Herald recently had a leading artiole upholding the literal accuracy of the Bible, including theplt. states that the cholers is practically finished first two chapters of Gauasis. We presume in Soorabaya. There has been considerable rain that the article is intended as an antidote for enstward, and the sickness is virtually over. Kobe against the harmful free-thinking of the Chronicle.
New Calsionja, apparently fading French agricultural implementa dear or unsuitable, applied for, and las by a decres obtained, par- mission to import foreign implements duty free.
In their petition for the admission of Chinese labourers to the Philippines, for presentation to Congress, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has the hearty co-operation and good" wishes of and 800 people living all American business mon, says the Manila on them. Let us turn to Hongkong. Our Freedom. The Chinese do not desire to go Penang, that a number of criminals, hounded
there more than the Americans desire them to comb.
The question of a tas-combine seems likely to berevived in Japan. This time the idea emanates from the tea-growows of Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and Nageanki. So far the proposal is only in the initial stage, although a number of people are anxious to push the matter through. With this end in view representatives of various bodies interested in the ten business have boca holding a conference at Nagasaki,
The Pinang Gazelle argues from the number of offences of snatching ornaments, ka, in
frem Bingapore, have gone to that nettioment to exercise their nefarious occupation. Or hava they come to Hongkong ? -
Special labour registry offices will be established in Bremerhaven and Haasror in order that the time expired men of the German contingent in Chios, on their return in September and October, may have an oppor- tanity of obtaining work immalistely after their disbandment.
TELEGRAMS.
SEVERE DROUGHT AT SINGAPORE.
PRECAUTIONS FOR SHIPPING
FROM HONGKONG.
By the courtesy of the local Chamber of Commerce, we are enabled to publish the following telegram, which was recaived resterday afternoon from the Singapore Chamber
POLICE COURT,
Monday, 1st September.
BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICE
· MAGISTRATE).
UBING TAK KNIFE.
At about six o'clock on Sunday night a brutal as ault was committed in Shankiwan Road, as the result of which a coolie employest hospital in a dangerous condition. The soulle at the Quarry Bay reolamation le now lying in
was proceeding along the rond when he was set up by a number of viny, who are believed to have entertained a grudge against him on account of a recent quarrel They attacked him savagely, and stabbed him in the ghost and SINGAPORE, 1st September, 3.20 p.m.about the arms and head with a knife or some other sharp instrument. The matter was re- pertel to Inspector Hebertaan at Shaukiwan Police Station about kalt-pat nine o'clock, and an, making enquiries he found that the hal been removed from wounded, man the roadway to amatshal by zome of his friends. Eeeing his low bondition, the Iespsotor had him at once transferred 10 the hospital, and later on in the evening, on board lighter, arrested thres men for
The drought here is severe, and frosh water very scarce. It is recommended that shipping take sufficient water to pass Singapore.
GENERAL NEWS.
CANTON, 1st September, 6,30 pm. complicity.
MR. JOHN BARRETT IN CANTON.
H.E. Tao Mu. Viceroy of the Kwang provinces, received to-day with special honours Mr. John Barrett, Commissioner General of the St. Louis Exposition, who
They were obarged with cutting sod wound- ing with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and remanded until this morning at 10 o'clock. At noon yesterday Mr. J. H. Kemp went to the hospital for the purpose of taking the injured man's deposition,⠀⠀ A
A WARNING TO BOYA,
Joseph Gardner, a schoolboy, was flued $10 was presented to him by Mr. R.M. Me Wade,and 2 as compensation for throwing stones on
Sunday at chair-coolie, who sustained U.S. Consulat Canton. The audience was rather nasty scalp wound. The coolie and his fellow-bearer were disputing outside the
followed by a large tiffia of the landing Cathedral with a passenger shat the amount Canton oficials at the Prefect's pamén, -
REUTER'S SERVICE.
London, 30th August.
THE KING'S MOVEMENTS. His Majesty the King spent yesterday at the island of Colony, West Coast of Scotland.
of a fare, and the defendant laterfored in the mannor indicated.
Medical Officer of Health in his report for 1901 records the fact that the numbers of persons per acre in the ten health-districts of the city of Victoria were as follows:--- 108.4, 181.9, 61.6, 465.0, 827.4, 560.8, 403.7. 448.7, 562.7, and 125.8. Thus, one district, One Dollar per dozen is allowed for the No. 5, exceeds considerably the worst figures of New York, while districts Nos. 6 and 9 bottles when received back at our factories
are worse than the worst of Europa. Yet even, in the 1901 tigures there was no im- in good condition.
provement on those of 1900. when No. 5 district was first with 849.7 persons per.
The Prince of Monaco bas presented a According to a return published in aere, and No. 6 district next with 8169. vernacular paper, the new Japanese Dist is com- quantity of deep as apparatus to Mr. W.
Bruss for the Scottish Antarctic Expedition, A.S. WATSON & CO. There were then four other district with a posed of 127 farmers, 38 barristers, 33 bankers, including trawls, nets, water-bottles for obtain population of 500 or more per asre. But 26 journalists; 16 members interested in coming samples of water from great depths for the improvement of last year, stil! left mersial companies, l'i ex-Government ofcials,obraion! examination, thermomet re. and otter | Japanese forces in China, has been appointest 10lbs, of the same kind of wire.,“ Hongkong in a very unenviable position LIMITED,
with regard to overcrowding. As in New York, it is the crowded tenement house The average BREWERS OF GINGER BEER AND which swells up the list.
numbers of persons per floor and per house ERATET WATER
in the Colony in 1901 wore 7.6 and 21.6, more than nine being the average number ou n floor in No. 9-health-district and between twenty-five and twenty-six the average por house in No. 4 district.
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sake-brewers, 9 physicians, 9 ex-xayers and similar apparatus. Mr. Bruse accompanied other Municipal officials, & mine-owners, the Prince on two of his hydrographical authors, 3 Government officials, S members sxpeditions to the Arctic region in 1898 and interested in railways, 3 money-lauders, $
1899, and the gilt may be taken aan indica builders and contractors, 3 merchants engag
THE HEALTH OF HONGKONG.
in foreign trade, 2 school principals, 2 directors tion of the important oceanographical work of bourses, 3 shipping agents, 2 pawn-brokers, which the Scottish Expedition will undertake. 2 sericulturists, 2 soy-brewers, 2-drapers, and 2... members interested in the fishing industry. There are also 51 members of cthor occupations.
Two more days free from plagne were re- According to the Daily Mail, the mission to norded at noon yesterday, making three blank
is manifold. In France it principally oopcaras the continued trouble with that country on its
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THE CHINESE ARMY.
General Yamani, recently commanding the
military attach at Peking. It is believed in Peking that General Yammi will be entrusted with the re-organisation of the Chinees Army,
THE COMMERCIAL TREATY. The Imperial approval of the Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty reached Shanghal yester. day, and the Treaty will be signed to-day.
THE NEW TARIFF, The Chinese Commissioners signed the pro. tocol of the new tariff yesterday. This will come into force on the 31st October.
STEALING TELEPHONE WIBE. Complaints have not been wanting of late of the inadequacy of the telephone service in the Lalony, but the following case will serve to show in great measure why the service is not always all that subscribers would have it to be. Ming Tan, Bussman employed by the Telephone Company, was charged", "with" (1) stealing 50lbs. of steel wire on the 28th at, and (2) on the guth, two days later, stealing The charge of stealing fifty pounds of steel wire was first proceeded with, and to this the cefendant pleaded not guilter, who appeared
M. M. D. Stephens, solicitor,
In another
Case where the defondant is charged with receiving = qusutity of the wire, asked to to be allowed to cross-examine the witnesses žu the present case, or at least to call them, but his Worship refused the application,
then
of
Mr. H. L. Dennys, Crank Bolleitor, who prosecuted, said the ones was a very serious one and of great importanse to the Telephone Company. The defendant was last year an employee of the Company, but his serices were subsequently dispensed with. Later on, how This is the chief evil resulting from the London, Berlin, and Paris of Phra Britlaya in succession. The year's total is now
ever, when there 1/64 e prostire of work after abuse of the cubicle system, about which Satadebb, Siamese Vice-Minister of the Interior, 563 cases (8 Europeine, 538 Chinese, 19 other | THE NORTHERN SIAM TROUBLE. twenty miles of bronza wire anda
the last typhoon, he was re-engaged, and since miles the proposed Ordinance has already roused
Asiatics) and 561 deathe ( Europeans, 332
steel when had granu-
I don In the Bangkok Times the following explant-sequence, the defendant we wat on ONLY communications relating to the news column good deal of discussion. By the facility
Chinese, 15 other Asiatics).
Last work's figures for communicable disease tion is given of the recent trouble with the the 28th alt it was discutered that he went ont which at present exists for catting up one Indo-Chiness frontier; in Great Britain it deals
(Shans in Northern Siam – in the Colony were:-Plague, 8 cass roout or Aoor into a number of small with the British policy is the Malay Staler;
from the office in the morning with bunt Letters have now been received from the 100lbs. of wine to do certain work, an taittua iz cubicles, most of them without windows and in Gormany its object is, inter alia, to asgotiate Chinese, 7 in Victoria), with & deaths; cholera,
in the execution of that work only to a huf with very imporfect ventilation, the less
a treaty of commerce, and to recognise a Ger. /7 cases (6 Chinese, 1 Australian); with 6 deaths; | North by an European firm in Bangkok giving the wire was used the remainder but my wealthy natives are cuabled to live crowded together in parts to the extent of more than eight hundred on a acre of ground. What follows? We quote the New York Health Commissioner again:-"It is an accepted "fact that an increased death-rate is an
Correspondente minst forward their names and ad. dresses with communications addressed to the Editor unt for publication, but as evalence of good faith.
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On the 23rd August, at Ramoth, Penang, the wife of J. G. BEREHUIJDEN, of a a n.
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man protectorateever German Roman Catholics enteric fever, 3 cases (1 Europeza, 1 Indian, 1 now in Siam. The Daily Mail mays:-Despite Chinese), with 1 death, puerperal fever, 1 the keen desire of the Siamese Government there is reason to doubt whether withar the British or French Governments will approach the sugges. tion from a favourable point of view. In say case, the situation presonte considerable difficut "almost inevitable concomitant of increased tios, and is not one which can be disposed of "density of population. The Registrar | dasily, "General of England, some years ago,
Commenting upon the anxiety as to the showed that, whereas the mean death-rate future of South Africa expressed by Colonel " per 100 in a district with only 166 persons Schiel, who commanded a German legion in the per square mile was 16.75 per 1,000 it was Boor army, the Vienna news sheet Information 38.62 per 1,000 in a district where there were 65,000 persone per square mile, For the former section, the mortality of children under five years was 37 per 1,000, while for the litter it was 189 per
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of the Shan rising. The writer is an Europeau by the defendant, who, it would be provel of experience, and we believe his explanation in evidence, took the wire sway and disposed of may be thoroughly relied upon. The rising, it it for his own benefit. With inference to the second pharge of taking Fulbs, vi Wire, the appears, was not in any way premeditated, nor defendant on Atarday het was doing we THE THEATRE.
has it had, what was greatly feared hard, any work near the Star Ferry Wharf, and who be Theatre-go:18 in Hongkong will be glad to support from the Chaos or from the general knocked off work win quarter
to one he took foara that they will probably have an oppor body of the people. An bas already been set with him, again for ochversion to his own use, tanity of seeing a first-class play acted by a first- forth in the Government proclamation to the each. One of the coils he gave to s podlie as
two collk of wire weighing about fire pounds class company within a month's time. The people of Bangkok, the "sapphire mines at tant to dispose of, and the oilier he himself got Neill-Frawing company, which is to play a long Muang Long have been worked entirely by rid off in the shop whare it was discovered later seron in Manila, has changed its plans and is Shans. These mines do not seem to be of steamer Kored, which will arrive in Hongkong all up, their spare time with dacoity. They great valus, and the Shan miners were given to in the latter part of this month. They are to bacaton such a nuisance in the distret that orders observes that he does not appear to have read play one night each in Honolulu and Yokohama, were given to close the mines. Not unnaturally the conditions, under which the Boers súr- rendered. These expressly allow the employ. taking advantage of the steamer's wait, and as this crowd of rough and practically criminal ment of the Dotoh language in the schools and they must make a transfer here to the Manila characters objected. A force of about a cor Law Courts. It is known that Dutch and steamer they will have two to four days, during poral's guard was sent from Lakon Lampang to English are in official are in Cape Colony, and which time they may give a maple of par- clear them out, and meeting with resistance formances. The Neill-Frawley company is, promptly retired back to Laken. The Shaus that both languages are employed in the Cape Parliament. No case bus yet occurred in any cording to the latest San Francisco briticism, amazed at their easy victory over the forses of English colony of children being beaten for a splendid organisation of capable actors and the Government were carried away and did man and stage manager, and the leading lady do. There seems some reason to beliers that if in Mias Mary Van Buren. She is a cousin of the Laken authorities had noted more wisely General Chaffee, the U.S. general commanding there would never have been may rising at all.
Chun Chef, overseer employed by the Tele in Court as the property of his in me preferred phone Company, identified the wire produced described how the charges as to be preferre against the defendant, who, after or evil the hard latoar--three months of each charge.
had been heard, was sentenced to six mois
When arrested, the defendant usd in his possession als counterfeit colus, and proces ing under that bend are now being conducted against him.
The case against another defendant, for unlawfully reaving the wire, knowing it to have been stolen, will be heard on Thursday
It will readily be understood by all who 1,000-ritiful evidence, indeed, as to the have followed the course of the agitation expectation of life for the children of "the tenements in our cities." It is for sanitary improvements in Hongkong of course impossible, from the shifting repeating the Lord's Prayer in their mother actressen. Mr. Daniel Frawley is the leading | what it bad never occurred to them before to afternoon at three o'clock, E, SURE which culminated in the mission of two character of our native population, to get tongue, nor of mothers being kaudou fed and exports from home and the preparation by a reliable record of the death-riste, but condemned to several years' imprisonment for them of the measure entitled "The Public in his report for 1901 Dr. CLARK estimates defending their children. That has occurred Health and Buildinge Ordinance, 1902," the general death-rate among the Chinese in a country in which Herr Schiel has a closer in the Philippines, and the announcement of But the Shans jumped to the cɔnclusion that the of a new native journal which has just been as not less than 35 to 36 per 1,000. Winterest than in South Africs. In justly point.her impending visit has arou-ed the Army and† Government was unablu to resist them, and after established there,” named the Illustrated have to contend hero is that of overcrowding. have no figures for the mortality of childrening to the dangers which must ansas from the Navy people in Manila, who will show her boating off the force went against them made their Children's Educator. The object of its pro-
that one of the greatest evils with which wo
under five years of age, but in the report for
and of the treatment to which the Poles are suppression of u language he should think great attention.
have been less out of place."
rather of his own Prussian and German home
As Messrs. CHADWICK and SIMPSON pointed 1900 Dr. CLAEX showed that out of every out in the report issued over their signatures thousand Chinese infants born in this there subjected. In Possa bis anxiety would
A NEW PEKING JOURNAL.
Mr. Y. 8. Pung senda us from Poking a copy
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attack on Muang Phree. There they met with moters is to further the education of Chinese no resistance, and their success on the one hand children, and accordingly the lang MARINE ENGINEERING FEAT.
caused the most alarming ramours to spread is very simple, baing after the model of Mr- throughout the country, and on the other brought last. Juse, there are two kinds of overcrowd Colony only seventy-two survive for
Through a conversation a Freedoni“ repre-
them the support of all the "bad bats" of the dig Hwang's Poking Mandarin Leper, only that ing, caused respectively by too many houses period of twelve months. It will be scen
sentative had with Mr: Wheeler, the manager
in one area and by too many people in one that the balance of credit is certalaly no
We are in receipt of the 77th annual report of the Philippine Transportation & Construction trict. Then followed the attack on Lakon where there no lesding article, species of
inson venient in tho Capital. house. Both these varistics of overcrowding on the side of Hongkong in this comparison, and Japan representative of which is Mr. E. T. brought to light. It was performed in Manila very few of the Shans of Laken joined the in- well compiled and will no doubt serve a very of the Standard Life Assurance Co., the China Co., a very clever piece of work has been fighting woot on in the streets, but where they carnalistic expression which is found to be
werd ultimately. besten off. On that occasion will be found throughout the native sven if we make duc allowance for the less
J. Blount, F.F.A., Shanghai. During the puet Bay, off Cavite. It appears that one of the surgents or gave them any support. Siner then useful purpose. It is published daily und is healthy conditions of life in the Far East. year the Standsid Co. isinal 4,446 policies P. T. & C. Co.'s steamers, the Bete, lost her the insurgente have been melting away, alarmed also bound in monthly form, price, 60 coute quarters of this city. They exist in con-
To sum up shortly---Hongkong is not in representing new asurances to the amout of outboard sheft-out, which caused her propelier at the size of the force sent against them from per mouth, including postage.. junction, and the result is a very unhealthy
a satisfactory sanitary condition; over-
42,033,300 so that while the directors of half a to become loose, and in order to make the the South. In the attack on Lakonan European LATEST ARRIVAL IN HONGKONG— density of population. It is interesting to crowding is one of the most potent causes of
century back were sentent to deal with less necessary repairs, the rudder and propeller concentration camp was formed in the three see how we stand in comparison with other this; and therefore to improve the public
than a score of policies weekly, the present had to be unshipped. Capt. Au lerson, of the houses of the Forest Departament, Mr. Anderson cities. In the Junc number of the North health we must attack the overcrowding directors bare to pass between 80 and 20 at each steamer Poplar Branch, brought his vessel inte of the Bornes Company, La., and Mr. L. f, weekly meeting. For the fourth year in anecas requisition. He had all the water in the Leonovans. These houses stand our one another American Review thera is published & paper evil with the utmost possible vigor. Wesion the Standard has exceeded two millions forward ballast-tanks pumped out, and filled up and there the women and children were gathered on "Municipal Suppression of Infection are not going to compare the property-sterling in the way of new business returus, the stern of the Poplar Branch about or 5 and the specie stored. No attack was made on and Contagion," by Dr. B. J. LEDERLE, the owers of Hongkong with those of New and the directors seem confident that this annual fest. The storms of both vessels wore brought the
York, so lacking in public spirit, as total will be maintained in future years. Whe nest enough together to perform the nasasasry Commissioner of Health for New York City described abore. But we do trust that nother this will to the case or not remains to bo operations, and the Beta was then slung on to A paragraph in this article runs as follows: attempts will be made to "emasculate" seen, but the very fact that though the South the stern of the other vessel, and the action of The poor iu tenements are more sinned the Bill, as was attempted in the New York African business must have been practically ni shifting the water ballast was carried out. As “against than sinning, for the greed of came. A weak Bill would be sorse than last year the two million mark was attained, the Poplar Branch's stern rose the field's was landlords often stands in the way of useless, and the penalty for its deficieners go a long way to justify the directors con- also raised and the work was easily and effec. Adence in future developments. With acouma tively done. The problem solved was simply better housing for the people. In New would ultimately recoil on the heads of Isted funds exceeding ten millions sterling, an this: how to raise a hundred tons out of water York, the devoted labours of sanitarians these who caused them. What is required annual revenus of more than £1,300,000 and without shears or dry-dook, and Capt. Anderson, is a strong Bill, which provides fair com- tables of insurance which are calculated to supply who is reputed to be the inventor of the Poplar interested in improving tenement condi
pensation for the property owners while any and every want in that direction, it is in- | Branch's excellent derricks and other modern tions resulted last year in the passage of alleviating the conditions under which the deed, diffgult to place any ilmit to the progress and novel unloading devidos, solved the ques.
of quch on office.
tion very prettily. "law governing the construction of tenants live.
M. LIEBERT, Representative of ELLAN GER & GALING az, exclusive Oriental Dealers for above Machine, will be at the Hongkong Hotel for one wosk with stock, and will be pleased to call on prospective purchasers to demonstrate the anperiority of the latest Sona Smith Premier over all other Machines Wallnge Ofenbach Will be at Hofəl between 12 and 2 p.m.
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MUSIC FOR THE PUBLIC,
The programine of mass to be played by the hand of the Hongkong Regiment, on the New Parade Ground, to-morrow, between 5 and 6.30 p.m. is as follows:- March. The Gladiator," Overture:Maritane," .... Selection Madana Farart. Waltz Bello Mazurks...... FantasiaSouvenir de la Eussie,"
"Glad Bare the King”
"Laramie..
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