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A severe earthquaku lately visited Mindanao, P.I. It seems that the shooks began on the night of the 21st ult, and continued during the next day. Men and horses were frown violently to the ground, tents, were averturned, As many More houses were rased by the
and warehouses shaken down and destroyed.
Mr. B.Hoar leeps at least twelve hours a day-sometimes longer-says a writer in the King, and though he do not prepare his speeches
word for word like Sir William Harcourt, or
from invading dangerous fields of mis-shocks in the cities where the buildings are sionary enterprise, as the history of eighteen built of stone and have heavy roofs, it will not centuries testifies. But he thinks that be surprising to hear that there was a consider formal prohibition might have some effect sbla loss of life. in one direction, in that of keeping women and children from going to their death. "l'ublic opinion would, we think," he continues, "sanction and support the action " of any government which, forbade women and children to go into places where "the unspeakable might happen." Unfor- Lunately public opinion in Britain and the United States, the two countries most concerned, does not seem to be easily educated up to this standpoint. The mig sionary bodies who are gailty (as we are bound to say) of allowing to go or sending defenceless human beings into places where the worst of futes may overtake them still gat in their subscriptions and still content themselves with the stock expressions of "glorious fields,” “bounteons harvests," and the like. Some have even ventured to glory in the "spilling of martyrs' blood,"
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EPTEMBER 11ru, 1902
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LONDON, 8th September.
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THE JOCKEY CLUB AND. DISCARDED GRIFFINS.
intend of the oon he has drawn neems to me most unfair and against the Interest of sport. The only possible objection that I can think of sad the only person who might possibly bel prejudiced by your counting to allow me exphungy nły pony for ens of the discarded onen Mrs Kiss, and therefore 1 anderiaks (if you think It- neosary) to make good anything which Mr. Kiss
| have drawn. I hope lags of the piogg to be able to send you link some subscribers who agz
of the day by with me that my
A Germish warship lying in the roadstead | (which I enclose) between myself and the Stew request shona be allowed Zones fult
To TR
Hagkong, 8th September, 1902.
TO THE EDITOM OF THE "DAILY PRESS,”
Hongkong, 10th September. 818,—If you consider that the correspondence of Gonaiven, Hayli, has sunk the Haytian ganarls of the Hongkong Jockey Club of suttalent boat Créte-à-Pierrot, which recently confiscated Interest to warrant its publication I should be
much obliged if you will publish it in your JOCKEY CLUR Up Box Karang the cargo of arms and munitions of war on
BEWARDS OF TA#//HONGKONG. board a German steamer off Cape, Haytion.. columns. There are two reasons why I should
Gentlemen, in reference to my latter of the be glad to have the correspondence made públic, 6th inst. I shall be in a position to hand to the the first reason being a personal one and the clerk of the course a duplicate of that letter sebend what I may call for the purpose of dis. signed by a number of ankuaribers who support tinction a public ona. The personal reason is in the matter before 1.30 pm fordays. I
therefore ask you, should von contemplate sond that I know that my initial lettor of the corresing me an answer hellre 1:50 pato-day on- pondence, dated the 6th inst. has been the sub-favourable to my request, fa dalay sending such there are some persons, who, probably on account sendin me an answer evourable to me ject of some discussion and I also know that answer before you are in receipt of the da plicate
of not being in possession of all the facts, are delay is necessary and I should be glad
letter on the other band yan contemplate
under the impression that I wished to be given receive it as soon as posible. Youre faithfully, some advantage over my fellow subscribers
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CANTON NOTES.
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THE CANTON-BANKOW RAILWAY.
dictate them to a shorthand writer like Disraeli, be does what he call "thinks them out is bed," folded foolsosp, which he holds in his right and note: the principal headings on a sheet of hand while speaking and slaps against his left when he wants to emphasise a point. He seldom Mr. Willis E. Gray, the representative of the pauses to find a word, but when he requires time Canton-Hankow Railway Company, scoum to think of the next argument he sipe frompanied by his translator Mr. Leang Shan-chi, glass of water. He is very fond of going up has commenced to make a tour of inspection of Bond Sirest and looking in the shop windows,
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most terrible parody of religious landed to sparoh for the missing. These parties the rallway junction in Fatahan is at Ying- so far as, it affects indirectly the best intereste: ception) I have not been able to ask to do s3 -
enthusiasm. This is something far worse than ordinary blindness, for it is a blindness Customers are recommended to send their which wantonly sacrifices the lives of the
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from the seans of the Bonin Islands eruption reports that, on arriving at the scene of the disaefor, after a cursful survey a nato landing place was discovered, and several man were
stopped on
the island for the day and the day after. The condition of the island is described as appaläng. It was thickly covered with lars, and not a cottage nor liabitation of any kind could be made out. Two dead com, is an advanced stats of decomposition, ware discovered on a hill.- Not a living moal wad found on shore. Smoke was issuing from the crater when the party was of the island, but the submarine volcano seems to have decreased in force considerably.
Bishop Cecil Wileon, of Melanosis, in an
ani-Sa. The site in Wongsa, Canton, from which the railway is to commence has been parehased from the owner for sam of six thousand and four hundred dollars.
all the places through which the railway is to for subscription griffins, which impression paus. He arrived at Fatahan on the 2nd inst, ona perusal of the letter I feel sure will TO THE STEWARDS OF THE HONGKONG where he was warmly received by the local ba instantly dispelled. The second and more •.' JOOKRY OLUR officers and the gentry, who afterwards bold a important ronson, which 1 designated above Gent
Referring to my letter of this meeting in the Tri For-Yong (the chamber of tho as a public reason, is my excuse for pro morning as now send yon Ruplente letter af geutryk Mr. Gray was morted all the way suming to trouble you in the matter. It is of my letter of the Gods, aigned by very nearly through by band of soldiers. It is said that course only a public reason inasmuch as, and in subscribers who he not signed with one ex all the Sub cribers Waler Griffins. The
of racing and also the rights of subscribere to but I think there really of tures-Yours decide to what extent, they, as a body, should be
faithfully, allowed to deal with their own property, vis. ---
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the subscription griffins. It will be seen from
Hongkong Jockey Club, my last letter in the correspondence of the 8th
Hongkong, 8th September, 1903. last that very nearly all the subscribers agreed the Hongkong Jockey Club to addpledge-
Dear Sir, I ain directed by the stewards of with the proposal I had made to the Biowards resipt of your letters of 6th and 8th and and some of them besides subscribing their | to express their regret that they cannot grant signatures added notes giving their reRSODE for your vest, r so doing. In spite of this, however, I was sur prised to receive the reply signed by the Acting Clerk of the Courss given below, and I was still more surprised for the reason he was
THE NEW GOVERNOR.
H. E. Li Hing-Yui, Governor Designate of Canton, is obliged to stay in Shanghai for same days on soconut of illness, though his arrival at Canton is earnestly expected Vicoroy Taa- Mu, whose illness is getting worne daily. Governor Tak Bow refuses to take over bis seals until the arrival of his Juocessor,
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interview with a representative of the Church Family Newspaper lately, spoke of the need of more men for the mission: It is free, open Efe, working among these people. It is a good opening for anyone fond of open-air life and of sports, as the Meisasians are very much attached -to-games-of-all-kinds, and they can be exally It is feared that the autumn rice-crops and reached by anyone who excels in these things. mulberry harrest will be destroyed in any Some of them are very good cricketors, and that districts, if xala does not make its appearance game is exceedingly popular there. They are at an early data. At present a dollar can only fairly good bats, but they are capital bowlers,bay alghteen, catties of rive, which is getting and they play a very good all-round game." dearer day after day, holders being firm. Proficiency at cricket hus not hitherto been re-
garded as one of the qualifications for the mission field, but it is perhaps a healthy sign that it is at least beginning to be no.
A petition has been filled with the Philippins Commission by Mr. A Burlingame Johnson on Mauila yesterday.
The U. B. transport M«Lallan arrived from behalf of a New York syndicate, requesting a franchise for the construction of a complete electric street railway system for Manila and suburbs, and for the installation of an electris lighting plant for private lighting. Should the franchins be granted it is promised that the construation work will begin at once, and that the entire system covering the principal streste of the city and outlying districts will be. com pleted and in operation within 20 months thereafter. It is to be what is known as the "overbsad trolley system. second-class cars will be ron, the rates of fares Both first and to vary for the different classes of passengers The cars are to be of the most modern improved types used in the States.
A correspondent wrote to the Globe recently from Szechen:-Our Admiralty prefers to trust its gunboate to young lieutenants, and the way in which these young officers, detached from the squadron, and at 1,500 miles from the sen, manage their craft in those narrow upriver waters, in many cases bristling with rocks, navigation are now taught in our Navy. reflects great uredit on the way seamanship and
the governors of the Siberian coast distrists to the effect that foreigners not in possession of passports in accordance with Regulations are and that foreign residents there who may be in pot to be permitted to enter the Amur districts possession of an official certificate of domicile are also to be turned out of the country at the expiration of the term specified in the certifi- cates unless they procure new ones from the authorities,
The London Daily Chronisle wrote last The Japanese Commercial Agent in Vladivo- mooth-We can hardly eary or pity very stook reports that the Governor-General of the much the lady who appeared at a recent recap. Amur districts recently issued instructions to tion in a gorgeous gown looted from the Imperial Palace at Peking, and later in the evening found borealf face to face with the Chises Ambassador. He. for the moment, apparently thought some lady of the Royal Family of Chins had suddenly appeared in a London drawing-room, for the material of the gown had never before been worn by any but Chinese Royalty, Not even his official reserva, added to the natural inscrutability of bis race, could conceal bis agitation in meeting an English lady thas arrayed. She fortunately had the taot to leave the reception immediately, and thus relieve the embarrassment somewhat; but the incident will not soon be forgotten by those
who witnessed it.
THE LOCAL PORTUGUESE PRESS.
The Portuguese papers of Hongkong and Macao are apparently not beloved of the Macanese Gov-rament, nor are they alow to hit yesterday's Q Patriota appeara, an article from oat at the latter vigerously. In an article in
which the following excerpts are translated:-
Under the conditions officially announced before the drawing the discarded ponies have to be separately "dealt with"--vis, by publis auction and any objemfors to those conditions should have been made before the drawing took place. Yoruly,
AS. ANTON, Anting Clerk of Course,
SINGAPORE'S WATER FAMINE.
On the lat inst about sixteen of the leading gentlemen of the Chinese, community waited upon the President of the Singapore Municipa- lity for the purpose of improuing upon him the great moonvenience used to the poor by reason of the scarcity of water, The deal suggestion put forward was that the number of stand pipes in the congested districts be increased so that every person going *for water may have a chanel
The Viceroy has received telegraphio instruc-instructed to give for the refusal of the Stewards tion from the Paking doyment telling him to seade to my request. The reason given to postpone the abolition of lekia-stations on
in that under the conditions officially E. C. PONTIFRI, Eng, Present,
been signed by the representation of all the ponies have to be separately desit with, viz.:- account of the commercial treaty not having announced before the drawing the discarded Powers!
by public auction and any objections to those conditions should have been made before the drawing took place." I suppose that I may infer from this that bad I or any other subsori ber raised the question before the draw the decision of the Btewards would have, or might have been, otherwise. If this is a fair inference, und the r.anon`given is the only reason why the Stewards could not accede to my request, then I scribers were practically unanimous as to the fair of filling his fub before the mains are closed think that, in view of the knowledge that the sub
mass of my proposition, the fact of an oficial The next suggestion was that, in addition. announcement having been made as to how the to the morning and evening supply, the discarded ponies should to dealt with (which it is mains should be opened from non till one quite doubtful whether the Stewards had ang p.m. The question of the closing of the wells and it convinces me that persons who are inte- strong point of the fact that building operations right to make at all) was practically zo. reason, was touched on, and the deputation made a rested in racing and are willing to support it camare largely retardeding to want of water Stowards af at present constituted and that no is perhaps not generally known that the school expect no consideration at the hands of the which the closed would have supplied. fe argument or proposition, however fair or roasou-going population are not the let sulterer able, is likely to receive any consideration if it from the drought. Should it cautious, each introduces any element of a progressive nature. pupil will henceforth have to carry his apply ture in support of my first letter to the point touched upon was the amount of water Penang discarded ponies were not eligible to purchase at a reduced rate when the people of One of the subscribers who added his signa- of drinking water to school with him. Another
Stewards also added a note to the effect that in that the Tanjong Pagar Dock and the of
if it were the case in Hongkong it would in no sileged that these policeras pay 10 cents per suppliers of water to ships are allowedts – race and although this raises another point (and the town are suffering from drought. It is way affect a anbscriber's right to exchange as ton for water, which is resold 81 per ton, and proposed by me, since in that case the pony month in that manner. This, It was contande
that they take away 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 per changed would ipso facto become the discarded should not be permitted under the present pony) yet I think that it is quite open to circumstanced. question whether it is fair on subscribers that discaped ponies sold at jublic auction and testing prices far less than the most of the Secribers' ponies should be eligible to mce at at all events as subseription grifina. blogising for troubling yon.Yours, etc,
Commendador A. Baste and published in the In a letter written in English, signed by Hongkong Telegraph some days ago, the said Mr. Boste state, amongst other things, as follows: An artiols contributed by me to flie Patriota last week was refused publication, simply because I proposed to defend the gentle against the systematic and simultaneous invec man now at the head of the local administration
the Patriota] are animated, thus creating a false tires with which both the papers [the Pourir and and erroneous public opinion amongst the Portuguese there resident.
Mr. Basto does not lie in saying that we had refused to publish his article in defence of his son-in-law Dr. Lell..
EDMUND & PONTIFEX.
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"As to Mr Basto's attitude towards us and to the reproach that he has ride against us in the paragraph of his letter reproduced above, we would state in denial that we never did attack any ona systematically. Ve have no resson of complaint against Dr. Lelio, as a private iu dirlane 5 as a gentleman (to neo” Mr Besto's expression but fegarding him an tâ chief of the Colony, we would wanting
6th September, 1902. our duties as journalists, we would betray
THE STEWARDS OF THE HONGKONG STOCKEY CLUB. task we have imposed upon ourselves to struggle
Gantfenten, I write to ask whether you will city, and for the triumph of trath, of morality, and of
consent to allow me to exchange the Babegrip the Justin, if we did not stigmative gertain govern-dion Waler Griffin which Fast drawn for one mental sots of His Excel leucy, as we did, with of the 5 discarded ponies who understand out the least remorse for having done so. are to be sold by public auction Monday
"The opinion often expressed by us regard-put up for sale in the place of the one select. strength next, and to allow the pony I have to be howevOL, ing Dr. Lello was the same as that formed by in support of my request I submit the in the public long ago, and was also that of H.E. common with any other subscriber who my ▼ the ex-Governor Conselheiro Galhardo, the wish to discard the pony or ponies he may have Car only one who, well knowing. De Lleida pengen di
drawn, a right tag
Spelfed sufficient energy; and strength to cause him to career BEY LOVER Pered for sale to
asen die leave Macne," "{\
the public. If there should happen to be more applicants than there are discarded chus, ponies, or more than ons applicaut, then happe I think that the first choice, should be bal losed for between such applicants and that
to exchange the pony or ponies he has drawn to the choice should be accordingly. Ent that "be
for the discarded ponies, if in his oplaton he a sabscriber for a grin thould not be entitled and H.)
will make a good bargain for himself seems to trange the
after.
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"HONGKONG, 11th September, 1902-----
We notice that at a conference of the Bible Christian Society last month. The state- ment was made by a speaker, who had come from China, that the missionaries in China, hearing that a lady was in training for medical missionary work in association with the Bible Christiana' mission, asked the Conference to render all facilities to her departure for Chios as soon as she was qualified, "as the need for a lady doctor was now urgent in Yunnan," No com- ments seem to have been made adverso to Mr. Acting Consul General James Scott in the granting of this request, so that we
hia report on Capton's trade in 1901 writes, may fairly assume that it alauds a good subsidiary coins are now in ase among the under the head of "Mint"The dollar and its chance of being acceded to. After the Chinese throughout the province. The Canton atrocities which formed so terrible a part Imperial Mint continues to coin about the same of the Boxer rising of 1900, attention was amount as in former years. The coinage of the
A well-known hostage, the Sultan of Bini freely drawn in that section of the Far duline does not find favour with the mint dayan, was killed at Camp Vicas. Mindanao. Eastern Press which is not directly
last month. It seems that the camp was fired under missionary influence to the heary
riflemen, One Moro was wounded but there on for two successive nights by z band of More- responsibility resting on those societies
were no casualties on the U.S. side Firing which were responsible for sending into
continued to desultory manner until day- the interior of China white women
light. The Moros are believed to have been or even on those which permitted its male
from Brealod and it is thought, that the affair workers to take with them far away from
was probably an attempted rescue of the Sultas, indude the half-mile championship of the be most unfair, since the subscribers are the the the reach of European civilisation their the dollar.
who was killed while attempting to escape from Colony (open) and a four-lengths (139) sarda) bat for whom there would be co ponies at all. I that
persons who should be primarily considered and vicinity women and children. The opinion was
bis guard. The Sultan of Blaidayan was suratol race open to the Army, Navy and may add for your consideration that the proposal of the Writing of the Human murder, the P. and arrested some time ago in conformity with Police. To-nozzow the 200 yards championship I make is by no means a novel one but that widely expressed that it was not only the Times says:-China's friends instead of General Baldwin's policy of holding all Sultans of the Colony (six lengths, upon) will be dealer. the practice is allowed in Singapore and in vinciel Chinese who needed to learn a lesson from shrieking for indiscriminate vengeazice must responsible for the lawless sots of their people. On Saturday there will be a varied programme. to allow me to exchange the pony I have drawn the events of 1900, and that in fact the try and bring home to the Chinese that as a As Tongal; the leader of the band that killed The Committee request the pleasure of the and to allow me to race the pony I choose In its
Shanghai also. If you, gentlemen, are unwilling дей Gor teaching was still more necessary for such civilised people they sbase their honour by these some U.S. soldiers on the trail, was a subject ladies of Hongkong at the Clad enclosure on stead, then I confidently as that you will alicw prafest wre evangelising bodies as exposed women and strosities; moreover they distinctly place a of this Sultan, the arrest followed and surrender that persion, music will be applied by theme to exchange on the understanding that sushig been children to awful risks. This journal was weapon in the hands of those who are ever of Toagul was demanded within a week. The band of the 19th Bombay Infantry, among those which uttered the hope that urging that the outraged foreign govorument time had long since expired but the Sultan was the lesson would not be altogether wasted, abould take the law into its own hand. We still held. On the 13th ult., while goard was Recent pronouncements of the missionary have heard a wise man say that every missionary moving the Sultan to another tent, be grabbed sacieties have not done much to encourage murder was a nail in the coffin of China's ex- the sentinel's gau and tried to Bre it, but ras such hopes, Yat it is nothing less the latence, and truly the history of Kisochan unscomsful. He then made a break for liberty mails, &c., loft Nagasaki on the 9th fast, at scribers should first of all be given the chance enge criminal for those Christian churches and best friends wish her to come into line with Some of his people came in next morning and gives unhappy point to the remark. China's but was shot while in the act of escaping. sects which devote any of their energies to modern civilisation in seeing these comes in his body was given to them for burial. While the task of converting China so to ignore their true clours as a consummation of human the shooting of the Sultan is deeply regretted the teaching of history and the advice of atrocity; the cure lise in her own hands if che by the military authorities there it could not be their well-wishers, not to mention the will bat administer it,
helped and was absolately necesLry.
authorities. There are two considerations and cambrous coin, and therefore seldom carried by explanations thereof. Firstly, the dotar is the common olasses, who and 10-cent and 20-cent pieces more convenient for their petty purchases; secondly, the minting of anbsidiary coins brings much greater profil to the mint authorities, sa they contain more alloy and less pure silver tho
VIR.C. SPORTS.
Recreation Club will be began to-day at 4 p.. The annual aquatic Sports of the Victoria
and will be continued to-morrow and on Satur- day. This afternoon to events to be decided
Chento
the use
ider
in the
pong taken in exchange is not eligible to race in this Colony, I do not ask te hore that, any advantage which any other subscrib bes pot, and I submit with confidence. LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
it is only fair that before any posiea which been imported into this colour as subscript The TK.K steamer America Maru, with griffins are offered to the public the
fast, at 2 pm The American Mail has been been drawn by them. I presume it is your wish 10am, for Manila, and is due there on the 13th of taking them in lieu of the ponies which are forwarded to this port por ss. Princess Trend. to give every subsriber a chance of getting as free left Kobe ela Nicki and Shanghai on any of the ponies that form 038 of the lot of had take
The Impecial German mail steamer Princess good a pony as possible, and to offer the public to the th instem, and may be expected here on subscription grand when one or more subways
Boribers) may elect to take a disoseded, pory | unfortunato
Lon about the 16th inst.
the result
the