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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, DECEMBER 15T. 1902.
FOOTBALL.
The Hongkong Football Club met a team from the Glory at Happy Valley on Saturday afternoon, playing under Rugby rules. The weather was due, and the spectators were numerous, amongst those in the stand boing H.E. the Governor,
LATE TELEGRAMS.
-NEWS VIA SHANGHAI AND JAPAN.
TENEZUELA.
London, 1st Decenthor. The Venezuelan Government si endeavour. ing to effect an arrangement of tuoir dannoïs1 abilities to Europain Powers through the medium of a špecîaf Mission.
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR CARDS
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KODAKS, FILMS AND ACCESSORIES.
Not all the Club'a team v ro punctually en the ground, and in consequunve the start was
London, Bik Desember. Great Britain's principal claims ogsinst delayed. With the arrival of the late ones came the referee's call, and the game ovumoneod, Venezuala are based on the seizure of several British vessels; the seizure of the railway; the It was a hard struggle on both sides, but victory-treatment of British su jests; nd the arbi- went to reithor, the result being drew-trary proceedings of the authorities against nothing scared. From a spectator's point of British interests and property during the civil DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.
war-N-C. Daily News,
FRANCE AND BIAM,
London, 2nd December. The French Sanato, which hus been consider. ing the now treaty with Siam, favoare the racnating of the agreement.
TIT U.S. PRESIDENT.
London, 3rd December.
It estarts
GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.
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WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING
WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HAVE LARGER AND BETTER FACILITIES
President Roosevelt's message to Congress FOR DEVELOPING AND PRINTING THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY is strougly protectionist in tons, the necessity of legislation to check the develop. ment of abuses arising from trusts..
FHILIPPINE REFORM.
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"THE WRONG MR. WRIGHT," The Waldorf Company gave another proof of H.1,0.0. (0IVILIAN-XI.) v...ML.S.“ TAWAR.” their cleverness and versatility on Saturday When the abeto match was arranged the night, when they produced the foroical comedy Tamara specially asked that the Clab XI should The Wrong Mr. Wright. It is a laughable piece, consist of civilians only, and the Club executive and its mirthfal qualities lost nothing in the wore particular in acceding to this request; it depiction. The story is wound rennd an was therefore a little unfair that the Tamara escapade of an American millionaire who chooses should have included two Occan mon in their for the time being to sail under false colours in team. The fast tust some of the Ocean grow the shape of a wrong name. By bad luck the are for the present living on the Tamar is but name he lights upon happens to be that of a
a poor excuse for thoir aotion,, as by no man whom the pelien vory anxiously want, and effort of the imagination can they be gouaider. of course Mr. Wright, as ho calls himself, isod to belong to the Tamar, and indeed the two suspected of being the critains). A lady detec mon in question were playing foc. the Ocean v. tive and other emissaries of the law are put on the Glory on Thursday last. It would have his track and some vory funny situations result, boga Bitle credit to the Tamar if Fiter's bowl- Noodless to say, things come right before the ing or Lampen's butting-or both-had won the final cartain falls, but the bumour is splendidly match for them; ke it turned out, howarar, sustained until the end. Most of the fan neithor of them particularly distinguished contres in the irresponsible milliconis, which himself, as Lampen in batting "bagged" a vile is enacted by Mr. Norral McGregor. In brace" and, beyond cassing a certain hardly any of the many parts his bas essayed has amount of physical pain to some of his oppon- Mr. Mctirogor been agen to such advantage.ents, Fitch's bowling was comparatively harm. His style of noting is entirely suited in such a toss. Ward for ones lost the toss and the Tamara charactor. His appearavoo iu it is reminiscent batted first. A start was made at 11,35, the of his voluble Frenchman in The Lady of Ostend, Club fielding with four substitutes. Stansbury which in all conscience was notalog if not and Coombe opened the innings and Dixon and hilariously fanny. On Saturday evading Mr. Tarner bowled. The start was a sensational MeGregor took his audience by storm and kept one, Is. Dizon, who took the first over, them langhing on ovary ocesion that he occupied clean bowled Stansbury. Good and Donkin the stag. Mr. William Fitchett, too, appeared with his third, fourth and fifth balls, thus Coombe batted to full advantage in the character of Stugeesant,, doing the "hat, trick." "The Tof," of which he made the most Miss very steadily and refused to be tempted Waldorf had not a great deal to do as the lady to hit out; his innings was an invaluable defective, bat, needless to say, it was done ona to bis-si-le, but, from a spectator's point of excellently, and shu kept up the comedy in first view, was decidedly tedious. It looked as if he rate style in hor scones with the millionairs would carry bis bat right through the innings, whom she was shadowing, unauspected. Mrs. but he was eventually caught, with the last Dow Carrior's appearance in the part of mau in, for a patient 19" which took him on Arbella Clingstone was worthy of the mirth hour and three quarters to compile Cooke was which it provoked, and sa Wayland Clingstone theosly other man on the side to show any form, Mr. Wilson Forbes filled well the part of the and his 10 included overal good strokes sky pilot, though bis ministerial farmi sology There were 15 extras, so the other 8 men did ant tone roofood rather otorione on occasion. not make many ruas batwam then-indeed, Miss Amy Stanley's Ethel Bonds was gracefal no less than six O's appeared on the score-sbest. and piquant; Miss Mildred Torko as the maid, Dizon bowled very well throughout, taking 7 Tallic Bird, looked the part to perfection.wiakels for 32 runs and Lammert at the end. The other roles, which were without ex took 3 wickets for 10. The folding was fair, coption admirably pourtrayed, were lled though selly asking in snarlaess. Lemar- by Me. St. Clair Baytek (Lieut. Crosty), chand, who was late, arrived in time to make Mr. Ernest Macken (Fred Boads), Mr. two neat catches. With the poor total of 76 Alhost Goldis (Dit. Johnson), and Mr Gerald against them, it looked as if the Club would Harcourt (the boil-bay). It remains to be added win pretty easily. Such, however, was not the that Miss Yorke sang a very good song in the case, and when soron wickets were down third act "Why do they all propose to me," and for 29 it looked odds on the Tamar repost Practices for the outsides abould soon work the accompanied them to the Abdesa Falso. GENTLEMEN'S 14 AND 18KTS. GOLD, SILVER AND NICKEL WATCHES, OF
WLS
got an enthusiastic encore, to which she kindlying the hollow victory of the first match. To responded. The song, it may be remarked, is say that the batting of the Club ma written by Miss Yorke herself and a composed execrable is to put it mildly; most of the by Mr. Hal. Lindsay Campbell, the talented looked as if they had never handled a bit before, orchestral leader. In the third act also there However, on Lowe joining Ward, a determined was given a lively folly dance by the pallet, stand was made, and the two managed to Tonight The Wrong Mr. Wright will be knock off the necessary raus-indeed, they were not separated until 103 was on the board. Of the repeated, <
74 runs added during their partnership, Ward scared by far the majority and, after the match was was, hit with considerable vigòüt." He was very fortunate, however, in being badly missed by Stansburg ia about the middle of his innings and had this catch been made it is almost certain that the Club would have been defeated. He was eventually bowled for 5, which contained no loss thou ten 48. Lowe played an invaluable innings; for his side and was content to kobp up hie winket, larving his partner to wake the rous. Both he and Ward suffered somewhat saverely from the erratic bowling of Fitch, who, as usual, was decidedly dangerone. The Club baum was one
POLICE COURT. Saturday, 12th December.
BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICE MAGISTRATE}
WANTED WAGES IN PRISON:
When a vagrant named Koppoo Ram was accused of failing to return to the house of detention, Victoria Gual, be told his Worship that be stayed away because he got no wages in prisi
He will devote a month's gratuitous labour to the authorities for his ueglect:
CHARGE AGAINST ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 1.
Howard T. Terrill, the Americar attorney at-law who was charged with obtaining $1,200 by false pretenons within the jurisdiction of Manila, and who was surested on arrival bere recently, was discharged, or the application of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
BEFORS ML. J. H. KEMP (AOFING
POLICE MAGISTRATE).
AMERICAN STABBING CABE. Sergeant Hodeon; a marine on the U.S.S. Kentucky, was charged ou remand with assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Privitio Larue, a marine on the USS. New Orleans. Lerne su stabbed in the left thigh on Wednesday night last in the New Travellers Hotel Queen's Road West, Hodeon wes defended by Mr. H. N. Ferrers, who entered a plou of not guilty on his behalf.
A private in the Derbyshire Regiment was called for the proseoncion, and said he saw the defendant strike Larne on the right thigh, but did not see a knife in his hand. Witness carried Larne back into the hotel after he was stabbed. An American marine deposed that he heard a row ontside the hotel, and on going out sun the defendant running away. Private Larne told him just previously that he had been stabled, and as witness did not know the extent of his Injury by determined that the defendant should not get away until it had been ascertained. He ran after Hodson and arrested bin
Sergeant Murison described the state of affairs when he went to the New Travellers' Hotel on information received." Hodson was being detained by some other marines, and Lame bod been sent to hospital. Sergeant Marison sefrched in the vicinity, and teen knife. yards east of the hotel picked up a olasp
Inspector Gauld stated that in the charge- room at the Central Police Station the prisoner, after having been duly cantioned, said I can only say, in answer to this charge, that I know nothing about it. I was assaulted, knocked down, and kicked. This is my knife, although I know nothing about using it.”
For the defence it was contended that. Hodson was the injured party, and had been brutally assaulted by Larne and the murize, caulan by usme, who ran after him in the street.
Esther Oliver, proprietress of this hotel, was one of the witness called by Mr. Ferrers. She insultable and aid Scanlanned very
view the match was not so interesting us that the previous week between the Clab and the Ocean, being played throughout almost entirely by the forwards of the opposing In this branch of the gauio the sides.
Jeir good combina Glory forwards, with tion, appeared to much better advantage than did any other team the Club has had to face this season. Thoir footwork in the locse brought them through with the ball time and again. The Club in this respect appeared to by particularly weak, owing to the slowness
Manila, 8th December. of their forwards in coming road. This
Philppine affairs are engaging the attention deficiency was perhaps chiefly due to want of the American Congress early in the session. of condition, but it threw by far too mach Reports and special mail and telegraphic com defonsive work on the Club's outsides. With munications to the President have been trans- regard to individual play, the beat man on the mitted to Congress, urging prompt action for envrency and shoar relief, and bills have been fold was Hallifax, whose brilliant offerts were introduced to shift the currency to a gold basis conspictions all through the game, in spite of the aud to modify the Chinese oxulasion laws. A marked attention paid him by the Glary for representative of the Danila Chamber of Commerce, charged generally with the wards. Of the Ulorys, Crossmann mode nå promotion of commercial infarceta, reports that impression by his splendid kicking, and the committee hearings have been promised, and forwards, headed by Morris and Turle, played that various remedial measures will be introduc well together, whilst outside the eorumed before the holiday recess.-Shanghai Times. Sherbrooke, Crossmann. Barteritis, and tho full back, did equally well. With the excep tion of the one weakness already mentioned, the Club showed up to advantage. Thoir forwards worked hard and skilfully. Hallett played a placky game; as a half-back, however, be is inclined to stick to the ball too long. Jordan, in the same capacity, ably partnered Hallott, and made one or two very good runs, but unfortunately for his side he did not get rid of the ball before Le was collared Pearce, at threequartor back, contributed his usual hard game especially on the defensive side, whore he saved continually. A little more combined play by the forwards and some randing and passing
Club team into a very' hot lot. :
The draw for the various rounds in the Foot-
ball Shield Competition will tako place to. morrow evening, at a quarter to six, in the dressing-room of the Hongkong Football Club Happy Valley.
TIENTSIN.
Tientsin, 26th November. KECENT TOURING
ITALY AND THE U.S.
London, Sth December. Dispatches from Home say that a diplomatic note lus beau sont from Rome to Washington to forestall a reported intoulica in Congress to pressa bill to exclude immigrants on the groand of illiteracy. The correspondent, of the Chron icle says that most of the Italian immigrants go to America and return or soad their caruing tome, und that ench a prohibition would ant seriously into the revenues of many peasant districts.-S. Times.
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT IN EGYPT..
London, 8th December. The Khedive and his brother with his Ministers and the staffs of the British and of Connaught at the station at Cairo and Igyptian armies received the Duke and Duchess
N-U. "D. No
CLOSE OF CARINET CRISIS IN SPAIN.
London, 8th December. The ministerial crisis in Spain, the cases of which are obscure, has come to an end.-N.-C. D. N.
HAD NEWS FROM FINLAND AND RUSSIA.
London, 9th December. Famine and typhus have appeared in Fioland. There is great distress in the South-west of Russia and the Canonsus.-N-C. DIN.
THE KING OF PORTUGAL.
London, 9th December. The King of Portugal has left England for home. The greater part of his stay was occupied by private visits to various country sonta-N-C. D. N.,
·OBITUARY,
London, 9th December. Mr. Harry B. MaCalmont, C.B., M.P. for Newmarket, has died in his 43rd year.---N.-C. D. M.
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from the eastern ports of the United States to the Orient. In fact the American-Asiatie Steamship Company has not only established a now line from New York but it has also taken
into the country in different directions has brought to notica saveral interesting and rather important facts. Over a very large extent of country the rainfall has been so small during the last few months that the ground is exceed- ingly dry, and almost no whoat has been planted. In the wheat harvest of early June, many fields scarcely yielded the seed, while the yield of others was n The yield of the autumn crops has been better, bat hardly up to fair," which zoakes the winter outlook for the poor anything bat pleasant. At the same time the ground is so dry and hard that the amount of wheat French asronaats have combined to build an
While there is no direct official convection snow during the winter to put the ground in for the prize of $100,000 gold offered by the between the new interests, those behind the The American-Asiatic Steamship Company and the a good condition for sowing spring wheat, the management of the St. Louis Fair. first half of next year will be a trging one for enterprise in distinct from that of Sautos. American Chios Developing Company are the mass of Imsbandmen over this largs section Damont, who has declared his intention to largely identical. The latter corporation kas try for the prize in a ship of his own.con
the funds to complete the-railroad betw, on of country.
straction.-Y. Times,
Hankow and Canton. This class connection means, naturally, that the two enterprises will be operated in harmony and especially that
from the United States by the company's own steamship tias.
man short, Gray disappointing at the 1st planted is very small Unless there are hoovy Birskip to make the passage across the Atlantic charge of the business established in the Orient.
minute. To show the fesbieness of the Club's batting it need only be stated that Inwo and Ward made 76 runs between them and there were 13 extras; the other 3 men only making 14! Good was the most effective bowier, taking 4 wickets for 45 and Cooks at the end took 2 for 13. With an hour and a half.
loft for play, the Tumars went in again, but the play was even less interesting than before. Coombs again played very steadily and made 27 io about an hour and a quarter Parkar and Dartnell fofas a little life into the game, but the whole aids was out for 77. It was too late for the Club to go in again, so the nicbed ended in a win for the Club, on the first innings, by 27 runs. The following aro the scores and unlysos:--
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While quiet prevails generally, and Ettle was Board of petty thieving or bolder robbery, yet THE AMERICAN-ASIATIC STEAM- materials for the railroad, will be transported
a suppressed cause of fear and uncertainty sp peared to be present everywhere. Sometimes it found expression, but when asked for expla aation, there was nothing definite, only an apprehension of something in the future that may occur, or that in the mind of the speaker is were exceedingly vague. And yet occasional, likely to ssour, tho when, why, and how of which indefinite remarks appeared to point to two danger contres. One is in Peking, and finds its causo in the course pursued by the highest authorities there. It is felt that there is no
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The following is taken from the Manila Times of the 6th inst.--
The absorption of the Philippines Stearnship Line by the American-Asialis Steamship Company, announcement of which was wade in the United States several weeks ago, la explained
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abusable" language indeed to the "sharjint" (defendaut), and of the party in the bar was the Dixon only one "out of character" He and Larne Maskenzie followed Hodeon outside and assaulted him. Lammert Larne walked back into the hotel when he Lemurchand
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Afterhouring Mr. Ferrers, who commented on the extremely inconsistent nature of the erience for the prosecution, and asked the Court to remember that big client'a ship was leaving co Sunday or Monday for the Boutb,, his Worship found the defendant guilty, and sentenced him to imprisonment for three weeks with hard labour.
Fital
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BOWLING ANALYSIS.
TAMAR.."
First Innings.
19
.103
Becard. Innings.
W. G H. R.
198 32 7 10
7.3 10 com 63 18 540 10 m
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THE REPORTS
16 from all who have made tours into the country are much the same. They find that the Pro- testant church is more than ever in favour, and a greater willingness and in many instances & 15 desire is manifested to hear the Gospel greater than ever in the past. The people are seeking information: they are beginning to think with more independence than heretofore. Hence the 77 opportunities for Gospel and educational effort are increasing on every side far beyond the power of the Missionary Societies to meet them. There is great encouragement to labour, but the workmen are search.
CHEAP COAE.
mean that large capitalists interested in the Chins Developing Company are betrind the enter prise. The steamship business cf the Philippine Transportation and Construction Company will be entirely absorbed, bat the Philippine and of the business will be conducted at Manila by the old corporation. Negotiations for the merger have been in progress for months; bat the details of the deal have just been definitely arranged.
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The roul which the American-Chine Developing Company is buikling is to be virtually a continuation of the Li-Han Linc whose objective point. is Hankow, which has boon aptly described as "the Chicago of China." Although divided from the adjoining town of Hanyang by the Han River, and from Wachang, which is the capital of the province, by the waters of the Yangtze, Hankow con stitutes, with its neighbouring cities, one great over 2,000,180 souls. But when a railroad kans reached Honkow, at a distance of some 650 miles from Peking, it has barely traversed half the breadth of Chins from north le sonth. It is at this point that the American-China Development Company will take up the work of KING EDWARD VII construction, continuing the road from Haskow, or, more properly speaking, from Waobang, on the southern bank of the Yangteze, southward to Canton.
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COLD STORAGE
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The officers of the now steamship company are William Barcley Parsons, prasidert; D.. Leroy Dresser. vice-president; T. Ashley Sparks, secretary and treasurer. The directore, are August Lovides the offers named, Belinoat, C. A. Tomes, Cornelins-Vanderbill, THE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY LO... Jobo D. Click, Luther Kontas Varmilye have now 40,000 Cubic feet of Cold
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be Open at 10 A.M. and 4 P.. daily, Sundays Storage available at EAST POINT. Stores excepted, to receive and deliver perishable goods
W. PARLANE, Manager. Hongkong, 18th Novembar, 1901.
A monthly service between China and the Philippines had been operated by the Philippine Transportation & Construction Company. In addition to this service the company owns and
Bros, are also shareholders. Messrs Shewan. "perules nineteen steel atramore and barges of and 1 Chaly Brown, of Brown 400 tons each. These were formerly operated Tomes & Company will be the general agents
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LAND'S INDIA, PHILIP. PINES, BORNEO, &c., WITH WHICH ARE INCORFORATED THE CHINA DIRECTORY
AND
on the Great Lakes in the U.S. and the Erie of the line in the Orient, and the company will Canal and were taken apart and transported, tokave its New York headquarter at No, 16, It is with great pleasure that the Tientsin the Philippines for me between the islands of Beaver Street. community accepts the reduction in the price the archipelago. The company also owns u of ocal made by the Chinese Engineering and complete modern machine shop in Manila for The pride of the Black Watch is the red Mining Col to $8.50 per ton ne against the general repair work, and has a screw holet for tackle, which the officers and men wear in their oxorbitant "equeeze" ofite sguals last year who
The hackles of al other feather bonnets. only dropped from $16 to $10 on prospect of dooking amall veseala. All these branchey of the business will be conducted as heretofore, Japanese, coal being put on the market. When the steamship service of this company having Highland regiments are white. It was at the cost of the coal is less than 88.00 at the pit's aloce been sold.
Gilderamaisen in January, 1795, that the mouth, even this figure does not give a bad The first steamer of the new American Asiatic regiment gained its distinguishing mark, the percentage of profit when delivered at Tientsia. Company sailed from New York on October 25. particular fast being the recovery of two guns Weare thankful for this appreciative favour on This is the steamer Gibraltar, a chartered ressed, which had been lost by the 11th Light the part of the Company, and hope it may come It is the company's intention, however, to build Dragoons. The 42nd, which suffered so heavily that has come to us in the last few days from its own vessels. For the last eight or sine at Magersfontein, has had its ranks thioned on rs Shewan, Tomes & Company, agents of many occasions. At Ticonderoga, on Luke the exceedingly pleasant weather we had been the now lite, who have their wilces in leading Champlain, in 1758, 850 offers and we were having, increases the sense of satisfaction at the above
reduction in the cost of coal-N-0 ports of the Orient, havo operated a steamship Lilled and wounded, but for its valour it was Berries from ports in China and Japan, such as allowed the use of the title Royal At Daily New
Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Foochow Amey, Corunna the 42nd lost over 200 killed and Hongkong, and the Straite Settlements, to wounded. Out of 500 men of tho Binok Watch antees Macniven & Cameron, Limited New York, despatching some nine or ten boata at Toulouse, rome 90 only got to the redoubte, thengh printed inaneller type than formerly deserve A NATIONAL MEMORIAL BA for their excellent inventions, Dover Chronicle, a year. All these vessels Love bean chartered over 400 having fallen in the charges
by the new company and have not taken return another occasion, after cutting up Napoleon's Married v.
Tas HINDO PEN. cargoes from New York to Chins and Japan Invincible Legion, they were overwhelmed by at all Stationers. Waverley Works, ports. The new enterprise will therefore com- French cavalry t killed and wounded
Edinburgh. [2945-plete the line by affording an outward service numbering some 300,
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