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was reached. As the behaviour of the epidemic has been markedly regular, there is a certain amount of satisfaction to be derived from these figures.
In other parts of the East plague. seems to have made itself heavily fell this year. The latest detailed figure from Bombay, given in the Times of India of the 23rd Mag showed 15,400 deaths from this causi
in India in the previous week as ngainst 20,000 in the week before that, The death- rate was then still double that of the same period in 1902. In Bombny city itself the week May 15th May 21st showed 311 plaguo attacks and 296 plaguo deaths, the total for 1903 being 827 as against 1.182 in the same week of 1901 and 766 in the same week of 1902. The latest figures which we have seen of Bombay's population put it at about 850,000, As Hongkong's estimited population on the 30th Juas last was 311,824, we are able to arrive at some notion of the comparative severity of the disease in the two places, and it will be seen that, heavier sufferer as it undoubtedly is, Bombay is not justified in dering, as it has done in the past, the seriousness with
The transport Afercedes arrived yesterday morning, bringing a cargo of New Zealand cust for the Admiralty.
The. fortunate ex-under-parser of the P. and 0. Britannis, who is going to marry the daughter of a Belgian Duchess, seems to be a fascinating sort of individual. It is said that, while at eo, an elderly lady was so pleased with hia bohaviour as under-purser that she has
since left him £100 a year for life. After this, says a contemporary, the P, and 0. Company are likely to be bustegod by applicats for situations as under-parsers.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11ra 1908 TELEGRAMS
DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
GENERAL NEWS.
SERIOUS BOILER EXPLOSION ON
FRENCH GUNBOAT " OLEY”
SHANGRA1, 10th Juno, 9.45 p.m. The French gunboat Olry returned to Chungking owing to her boiler bursting Two were killed nad two injured. when on the way to Suifu.
MURDER BY A FOREIGNER
IN SHANGHAY.
People recently arrived from Shanghai inform us, says our contemporary O Porir that the lamentable case of P. A. Scusa, olerk of the Gas Co., Spaghai was not exgetly what it was rapresentad to be by the North Chaina Daily Newt, and there were my atlenusting cleenmstances on behalf of the acous
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE VRC,
'TO THE EDITOR. OF THE "DALLY PRESS,”.
Hongkong, 9th June. SIR-As the avnual general meeting of the V.R.C. takes place on the 18th inst., permit me to take this opportunity to call the Com- mittee's attention to the very high prices for drinks now imposed by the Bar sub committo. Of course, I quite admit that it may have been found necessary, owing to the recent decline in exchange, to slightly increase the bar price list, but, considering that there never has been, in the history of the Club, any loss in this direction, and further considering that the objects and purpoes of the Club are not inclined to gain, I think that the Committen should, in some insinuoes, reduce the pressat
rice list to a certain extent.
ed. Sona was coming home as usual when he mat with foar Chinaan, who provoked him. knocked off his hat, and assaulted him, and soning that he was completely unarmed and could not defend himself against his assailants The logic of the Novoe Premya is delightful
he ran into the hense with the intention of and peculiarly Russian. In commenting on the
securing a cane for his defence, being closely racont arrest of Colonel Yate by this Afghans
fellowed by them. As soon as the house was the Muscovite paper commands Habiballah's
reached they broke one window, on which pendence"; but turning promptly to the other energy and aspirations to complete inde-
Roues becams more excited, and, Auding a side of the shield it bowalls the continued.
carving knife on the table, got hold of it and came out to meet bis aasiants, who, exulasien of a Russian representative from Kabul, The Amir's policy as applied to an
seeing him armed with a knife, tried to run
One of the principal advantages of the Olab away. As Sousa is mother heavy and could not is its object to improve the young men of the Englishman is most praiseworthy, but as applied
ran fast, he could only fallow one of them, at Colony, Now. is it reasonable that these to a Russian it becomes "abaurd inaccessibility":
Shanghai, 10th June, 10.47 p..whom he threw the knife; as there was no post- ; youthe, should ther elast to indulge in s and yet, strange as it may appear, it is with ng
The Board of Revenue, Prking, was mortem examination, the pract cause of death lemon squash (one of the most popular V.R.C. and not with Russia that Afghanistan has
could not judicially be determined. Amongst, drinks) should pay as much as 20 seats? It treaty engagements, and the Rasias Guvern-burnt last night. To prevent the flames the witnesses who have been summoned were winst he remembered that in going over, the ment has repeatedly acknowledged that the
hire! ephere of influence !
DISASTROUS FIRE IN PEKING.
which plague is treated here. It is but country itself in a British and not à Russian spreading the French Hospital and the the caretury of the Gas Co. and a few others, all young man has the extra expenditure of launch
natural that any city should look on its own illa with a partionlarly sympathetic eye and on those of others with less attention. But, as it is not long since a Bombay criti. eism of Hongkong's attitude toward plague was quoted in an official despateb in order to counteract the effect of the local com plaints publicly made, it is only just to point out that Hongkong is with good reason concerned over the struggle which it has to maintain.
We wrote recently in these columns urging that Poking should, as the Foreign Ministers there were reported to be pressing the Chinese Government to make it, be declared a Treaty Fort. We pointed out then that though Peking has little real trade and vo manufactures to speak of, there are some very substantial reasons why it should be thrown open to foreign commerce and residence. We are glad to see in a letter of the Washington correspondent of the
A. S. WATSON & CO. New York World that "in the negotiations
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"for a caminercial treaty with China, Mr. “Ilay bog asked that Peking shall be "made an open port; Mr. Hay desires not only to extend American trade, but also to render the operation of carving up China by the various European nations "as difficult as possible. Mr. Har believes "that the opening up of the port of Poking "will do more than anything else to delay "the partition of China, and will largely Gorropedents must forward their names and ad."balance the closing of the Manchurian
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dr sees will comaznícntions addressed to the Miter mut for pathiication, "but as evidente of good faith.
All falters for publication should be written on one side of the paper only.
No dogmously signed communications that have
P.O. Rox, 33. Telephone No, 12.
DEATH.
On the 8th June, at his residence, 103, Bluff,
Yokohams, CHARLES DAYIS Moss, aged 60 years,
"ports by Russia." Mr. HAY's view is an eminently sound one, and we trust that the United States Government will do all in its power to get Poking added, as it should
The fchonfa correspondent of the N-G. Daily News wrots at the end of last month :~-~ Since the Chinese Now Your your correspondent has travelled rather extensively in the southern. part of Shantung and has once penetrated Kiangen proriaco as far as Shangbai. During these menibs he has had constant ocassion to observe the attitude of the people toward the foreigner, as shown by friendliness or its lack, by reviling unit by kindeed things. In Shu- tung the opprobious name "foreign devil” was heard once, and friondly faces and friendly voices had the line into Kiangan bon ecossed than the grouted one everywhere. However, on sooner
attitado of the people changed decidedly. Cold looks, indifference, end unpleasant linguaga were in constant evidence. Way this differoues Geographical position alous will not account
for it.
In the Sydney Bankruptcy Court recently 8. E. Gegy, the well-knowa cicotee, give evidence in his bankrupt estate. The money he started business with, he said, he got from a test rantch on the Sydney Cricket Ground, in which he made £103 by his are, and £2) was
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Board of Rites were intentionally destroyed. Foreign troops me working to extinguish
the fire.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
THE LOSS OF THE “LIBAN.
LONDON, 8th June. Two hundred to two hundred and fifty people waze on board of the Liban, of whomit is believed one half have perished: The steamer sank in twenty minutes. A panio occurred among the passengers, who wore at lunch when the stormer collided, and who endeavoured to maine the boats, only end of which was lowered; many persons wore picked up by the boats of eleamom in the vicinity.
LATER.
The collision, which occurred in sausláno and a calm sen, was apparent y due to each Captain persisting in his course, expecting the stber to
deviato.
THE FLOODS IN AMERICA.
LONDON, 8th June.
collected for him on the grothe total being 123. Ha first went to England under Mr. Boyle, the manager of the team, in 1890. Hs cleared about £400 out of that trip after paying expenses. He wont to England again in 1893, It is estimated that the floods in Amerlos under Mr. Vieter Cohen, maunger. Ko moulde
have rendered homeless 25,900 and submerged nothing out of that trip, owing to bad weather200,000 acres of fertile farms. Martial law mado £400 or £50 wet out of the 1808 tour. has been proclaimed at St. Louis to prevent In 1899 he went to Eagland under Major looting. Wardil This was a good year, the tour being a very successful odz. net ont of that. tour.
and the Australian team being a poor one. He
He made about · £700
Writing with regard to the anti-Semitio outbreak in Russia the Pall Mall Gazetto says: -- In Bessarabia the old fiction, enshrined for us in the Canterbury Tales, of a “ritasi murder “ by the Jews, has led to a ghastly popular out- broak against the chosen people. In this page without any desire to palliato the atrosities, committed by the Dussions, we may point out a Russian boy really kad disappeared, sof that his body was found some days before the begin
arely appeared in other papers will be inserted.
Oniers for extra copies of DAILY PRESS should behave been in the earlier negotiations, to the sent before il aan, on day of publication. After that hour the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cad, list of Treaty Ports opened after the events Telegraphic Address: Press. Codes: A.B.0,5th but
of 1900. As we stated in dealing with this Licher's
subject before, even if the opening of Peking were to drive the Chinese Court, still in reactionary hands, to take up its residence further south, that too would not be dis-ning of Holy Week. While the popular fary advantageous, for the influence of Russia has resulted in the murder of some seventy Jews. would decline with the removal of China's and the serious injury of five hundred others,
there sɛown no doubt that even greater blam way rightly be laid to the charge of the Gorer- nor and the police officials on account of their amazing dilatoriness, partionlarly as ample The bowling handicap at the Hongkong Club warning was given by thoappearance of a venom- has been won by Mr. Joseph Hooper.
ous and infemalory at ack in the Besear. abycts a weak before the day of the massacra
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HONGKONO, 11th June, 1908,
frontiers.
His Majesty's ship Tumar yesterday reoccu- pied her anchengs after a brief visit to Kowloon dock.
Between three and four o'clock yesterday morning fire broke out in a medicine shop in Jervois Street, and destroyed one floor. The damage is at persone unknown, but the premises are inmared for $4000.
THE PLAGUE RETURNS.
FRESH EUROPEAN CASES.
THE provalence of plague naturally con tinues to absorb a great deal of publie attention in Hongkong, and the number of European casos recently reported has of
Outof26cuses of plagas reported during the 24 course made a considerable impression on
hours ended at noon yesterday similar number the minds of the white community here.
to that on the previous day-six were European; one occurred at 394, De Vwux Road Wast, an- In to-day'sfigures the decurrence of six moro
other at the Contral Police Station, a third at European cases, following on tha, of nie
Kannedytown Hospital, a fourth on the sailing in twenty-four hours and four in the
An Express issued yesterday by the Joint ship Denstofnagge the fifth was that of an previous forty-eight, shows that in this Telegraph Co's stated that all telegraphic Europesa of us fixed abode, and the sixth was year's record the proportion of European communication ith Toukiu is interrupted. atan hotel. This lastia apps rently the case of the cases must necessarily bo high. Tot, in Telegrams ban is for transmission are being lady whoss illness as we stated in yesterday's spite of the inevitable disconcertment forwarded to Saigon or Tourane to wait isano, had not been definitely diagnosed, but as ibis now included in the returns it masy ba produced by such statistics, particularly restoration of the land-lines.
assumed that the case is one of plague, as- after an alatement of the disease in 1902, it would be unwise to let any feelings of The steamship Arab, owned by the Dollar (sumptions to the contrary notwithstanding. Of undue alarm gain ground. As far as we Company, and engaged in carrying freight the remaining 21 cases. I was Indien (Victoria between San Francisco and Asia, is having an Goal quarters), I Japanese (23, Slip Street). can discover, the type of the disease among oil-burning plant installed. The device is the and 19 (22, fatal) were Chiness. the European patients has been generally product of a local investor, and different The one mentioned op Tuesday as having mild. Indeed we have beard it suggested from any used on other ofl-burning steamers. been reraoved from the filterbade in Richmond that a few people have actually been When equipped, the drud will be the largest Road was Mrs. Barrington; from the Stag sufferers in a very slight degree with-ell-burner on the Pacific.
Hotel Mr. J. M. J. Davidson was taken away out the fact being discovered; of course it is not possible to verify the truth of such a theory. Nevertheless from the number of persons attacked, this year must rank unenviably high in the bistory of epidemics in the Colony, though fortunately we may now reckon ourselves to be at the climax, of 1903. We are in the twenty-third week of
FOREST FIRES IN CANADA, &o.
LONDON, 6th June.
Tiss forest fires in Canada and New England continue and are particularly alar og in the Canadian maritime provinces. Around Ottawa and Montreal the people in the Luruboring 'vil- lages are seeking refuge at Nallains.
GERMAN CONSULAR CHANGES.
LONDON, Sth June, Herr Lyburg, German Consal-General at Batavia, has been transforred to Tokohama, re placing Herr Coates, who has been appointed Minister at Bangbok.
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THE JAPANESE SQUADRON IN
AUSTRALIA:
ToNDos, 8th Juse."
Tas Japanese blue jackets who took part ins review at Sidney with the British naval force ware greatly cheered.
THE FRENCH IN MOROCCO.
LONDON, 8th June. French artillery has bombarded Figig for two hours,
VOLUNTEER CHURCH PARADE.
The annual Church paraite of the Hongkong Volnateers will be held in S. John's Cathedral, ou Sunday, at 11am. Special bymas will be sung, and the band of the Sherwood Foresters will assist the organ in the accompaniments.
Armourer-Sorgt Hawkes of H.K. Police and Volunteers, late of the lat South Stafford Begt, will afterwards be pressuted with s South African War medal.
of whom testified to the excellent character of Sousa and that he must have hoop greatly provoked by the Chinamen to induce him to hot as he did. These Chinamon, people ear, belonged to a gang of gamblers and are reputed to be bad people.
Looking at the Bor sub-committee's report
for last year. Ise that the previous increase in the price list was made se rucnatly as Angast.--- 1902, and I think it could not be said that, to avoid any likely deficit, this last increase in February was absolutely necessary
The Portuguese community in Shanghai promptly subscribed about $2,000 for Souza's defanos, and the Gas Co., being thoroughlyrednost, bat I think the Committee will agres convinced that the accused will by acquitted, granted him six months' leave with advanced salary, and to his brother, who is in the same employ, three months leave on full pay in order to accompany him to Masa
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Our Shanghai contemporary, O Porvir adds, resently said that the Chinese have lately behaved themselys very insolently toward the foreigners residing in the Hanker district, pro- voking them without any mative and exciting them to break the peace. No wonder that Souza got into trouble.
POLICE COURT. Wednesday, 10th Jane.
BEOTE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICE ~ MAGISTRATE).
UNJUST WEIGHT.
At the instance of Inspector W. L. Ford, the master of the compradors shop No, 53, Central Market was charged with using a Chinese weighing-yard or chrong which was deficient to the extent of 5 per cent,
His Worship found the charge proven, and imposed a penalty of $100,
The shopman had his weighing yard fated ty insaus of a number of cash attached, which is rather departure from the fraudulent Chinese tradesman's ordinary method of allsing loat or old nails underneath the yard in such
position as to make them invisible to the purchaser
BEFORE ME. J. H. KEMP (ACTING POLICE MAGISTRATE)
ROW IN A PHOTOGRAPHER'S SHOP.
Two European soldi rs of the Royal Garrison Artillery were oburged with disorderly conduct and assault in a Chin to photographer's shop at Nos. 2 and 4, D'Aguile Street. They plead d not guiby.
I do not suggest that the whole list ba
with me that, on reconsideration, they will fod many items which require ourtsling. That they should certainly primarily consider the ansucial position of the young man, and not gain, ie the bamble opinion of
AN OLD MEMBER.
THE PLAGUE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PREBA."
Hongkong, 10th June. Sin,-Ju Iging by the daily returns I notice that the number of cases of plague for the last few days discovered, reported or otherwise, still show an upward tendency and the death rate is almost 99 per cent.
Plague patients are as a rale to be immedi ately removed to the Plague Hospital directly they are discovered, and according to the
of them or practically all of them generally returna published in all the newspapera, zhost dis on the way or shortly after admission to the hospitals. It is well known to all that the percentage of cured and discharged from sneh hospitals is very low, practically n
In my opinion. I should think that the removal of much plague-patients from one
part of the town to another does in all cases more harm than good both to the
at large. The shock at being removed to n strange place without being attended by their ore people is terrible enough to kill the patients and the sight of their transportation to the place of treatment is sufficiently bad to affect the health of the general public, Under these circumstances I think it is advisable, subject to a few waoks vial, that the patients when reported to the Banitary Board should le
patients themselves and the general community
Toe evidence against them was that, aftor allowed to romašu in their own houssa, russed receiving a number of soapsbots which they by one or two of their own people and attended had left to be developed, they proceeded by their own doctors, European or Chiness at to handle some photographs in a manner their option, but under the direct supervision that was not cloulated to enhance their:
market price and that groused the ire of of the Sanitary Board. All other inmates of the the proprietor, who told them to leave the shop. same house must be kept away as long as the The deta dents refused, and geniulted one of patient remains there. If the pollente choose the fokis to the effusion of blood. Au. Judian
to get away from this Colony they are at liberly Controle
was called and thy w arrested. The defendants averred that the people in the to do so, bat the furniture and clothing of ali shop wore thus dggiessore. The first defendant parsons formerly living in the same flat must said he simply picked up a photograph to look bo thoroughly disinfected afterwards, and in at it. It was snatched out of his band end he
was phaned towards the stairs. All the Chinese case the patients die in the promises, their on the sip gathered and, and he and his bodies are to be delivered up to the Sanitary friend had to strike out to save themselves from Board for burial at certain places shosen by the being pushed down the stairs.
relatives of the victims In justice to both the patients and their relatives the Sanitary Board hould give them every chence of looking after themselves while they are still alive. Thanking you for insertion of the above in your valuable paper-Yours, 36,
HOPE.
His Worship said be had no doubt the defendaus betured high-landedly, nut when Le proprietor of the shop varg naturally objected to having his p, operty damaged they committed the assanti alleg ogst them. They would have to be taught to behare them selves in a respectable shop, and to that end would be fined $10 each and
sation to the complainant pay $3.50 compen
THEFT ON BOARD SHIP
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
On the complaint of Hubert Beatoa, second mate of the P. & A. stencer Tudra samka, Wong Chi, a coollo, was charged with breaking open a case of matches on the steamer The M.M. atester Ernest Simons, with the and stealing therefrom thirty boxes of the total azt Franeli mail, will tears. Saigon on the 11th value of ten cents. who waif he bought the lusk. at 1 pm, for this port, go on the th The defendant, who said he bought the. The C.P.R. steamer Express of India arrived ut Kobe at noon on the Hill just, and loft again matches that were found on his person when he was arrested, pleaded not guilty, but was conat midnight ame day, vice Nagsaki, for Shang- victed on aridonee and entenced to two months | bai, where she is dus to arrive at 2 am, on hard labour.
ELLIS KADOORIE SCHOOLS.
We have received a copy of the second annual requisitioned for the use of the Volunteers, will report of the Ellis Kadoorie Chinese Schools
Cathedral saatholders, whose sents To
WEATHER REPOET,
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following soport :--
and from 60, Queen's Road East Mr. Gabe provided with seats elsewhere. The weekly band performances at the Paxton, Sanitary Inspector O'Keefe and Kowloon Hotel, which were such a popular Sanitary Inspector Conolly and Mra. Conolly social feature last year, commence this evening are down with the ailment. The esses from the again, when a tortle dinner will be served. By Ocean are Joseph Woon, William H. Te tehing. permission of Major Radcliff and Officers, the William Brown, James Crombie and William band of the 33rd Burps Infantry will play Daly Among the latest persons to be removed. the following programme during dinner to hospital is Willem Smith, a passenger from (weather permitting) :-
Canton on the Fiksang: Constable H. Pau from the current year. In 1896 the culminating arch The Fall of the Drum," McCfare the Central; and Wardmaster W. Mock my of point was in the twenty Srat work of the Overture...Zampa, Herold the Kennedytown Hospital. The patient from. year; in 1898, in the nineteenth week; in Wals Dans les Fleurs, Berger the Dunsfafangs is Mr. E. Berger. 1899, in the twenty-fifth week; in 1900 in slection To Say Parisienne," Iran Caryll the twenty-sixth; in 1901, in the twenty
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second; and in 1902 in the twenty-third. Rolls In all cases it may be said that the drop Walte was very rapid when once the crucial point
“Denxième.”dagi Albanesi
Beloved, is:"orn,”
to work Foxxnce Aylward.
Translateur The fist Daropean case of plague in Shameen "Three Little Maida Reubens Parquet. The patient in isolated in a beat off Fur Ci Far L, Waldtenfel has just occurred, the victim being Mr. A.
Shameen, and we learn that he is doing well.
"Bella Nita,"
God Bars the King."
Trotere
Saterdag,
The T.K.K. steamer Nippon Alaru, with sunila, Sin, from Fad Francisco to the 16th ult via Honolulu, laft Yokohams for this port, va Inland Sea, &o, op the 5th Inst.
The O&O-steamer Coptic with wails, &c.,
left San Francisco for this poré viz Honolulu, &c, ou the 3rd inst.
Bociety for 1902-1903. It states that with referance to the work done in the various schools
The imperial Germen mail steamer Preussen the reault has been eminently satisfactory, left Singarare on the 10th ins, at noɑm, and The Euplish headmasters and their staffs have may be expected here do the 14th inst. at 6pm. The Indo-Chin a camer Suisany, from Cal- stuck to their duties manfully and in spits of
catta and the Streita. Jaft Singapore for this opposition and discouragement have carried out
The P. & A. steamer Indravel's left Portland The barometer has fallen over China, par everything committed to their care in a rodit port on the 9th inst., p.m.
ablo
manner. Dedusting 89845.00 paid (Or.) for this port via Japan ports on the 7th ticularly on the E. const..
There are two depressions, one over the to Chinese Chamber of Commerce for iss, and may be expected here on the 7th prox.
Jeasy trayers'
of the Hongkonyha H.A.L. steamer Ambria, from Hamborg, Yangizzo Valley,
Schou and $11,187.58 spent on the Honam Left Singapure for this port on the 9ih inst., at Preestre is highest over the N., part of the premises which appear in the balance sheet noon, and may he expected here on the 15th China Sea
na næsets in hand-the society has iniust, am. Gradients moderate with fresh S. winds in re lity, on this date, only $49,509, Out the Formosa Channel, and moderate SW. winds of the interest on this sum three schools have to be supported in the Samediate fatare, the off the coast of China.
ex.ense of which, at the rate of about $300.00 Forecast:-Moderate SW. winds; fine at first, each, per month, amount roughly to $2,400 a
month. I akowery later.
The Danish steamer Prins Foldemar loft Singapore on the 9th inst., pm, and may be expected here on the 15th just add an
The AL. losmer Trieste lett Singapore for this port on the 8.4 imit.