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subject, Telegrams continue to be very contradictory, as is only to be expected when the various parties are doing their best to vilify their opponents in every | possible way. Raven's telegram of the 10th instant informed us that stories of massacre froin Sofia are regarded with some incredulity." This is not to be wondered at The Bulgarians in Macedonia have oppressed, outragel, and slain the other peoples of the province, as has been proved by unbiassed European evidđonco, disregarding the reports of the Turks, too interested in the matter Therefore they very
who are to be reliable.
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Among the arrivals from Manila by the Rubi yesterday afternoon was Mr. A. H. Savags Lander, the traveller and author, who goes on by the Siberia to the United States.
Armourar Sergeant J. J. Hawks, of the Hongkong Volanteer Corps and the Hongkong Police Force, has been promoted to the rank of first-class Armourer by the Lome authorities.
The Parsoos, followers of the prophet Zoroaster, celebrate their New Year to-day, commencing 1,273 Anno Yezdijird. A Jason or religious service will be held at the l'argue Club at Sam. We wish them all a happy and prosperous New Year.
Two Filipinos engaged in tho Inuding of the Rosetta Maru at Manila ou the 9th inst
quarrelled, and one drow à kaife. The other man promptly closed on his adversary aud bit off a large part of his var. Both wasu were arrested and taken ashore,
It appears that the vegetable plantation at Santiu in the New Territory is not to be given up by the company that at present ruus it Lund ima been secured water Hongkong for the growing of the corn perishable vegetables, such as cabbages, but the old property on the Samchun river will be kept for the coltivation of potatoes, etc.
misdeeds by spreading bales of horrors BLEND committed by the Turks which those who reckon a nation's chains to consideration solely by its religion are only two anxious to believe against a Mahommedan mice, Yet now the Sofa tales have strained the credulity of those whom they were meant in lead astray. Still the Bulgarian Goy-return to Hongkong on
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GREAT GALE IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, 12th September.
A great storm has occurred in England, the Two defaulting America oials at San Channel, and Ireland. Telegraphs have been Fernando, P.I., have been sellibid Frison, destroyed, and the damage done is known to be one for eight years sad the for ten years. enormous. The Dover Harbour Works are
CANTON.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Canton, 12th September.
·FOSSIBLE TROUBLES IN THE CITY. Como time ago it was annoanced that the Tartar-General and the Acting Viceroy had memorialised the Throne about die unprotected state of Cantos. The fright which the pro isoted rising at the New Year gava thor bail evidently made a deep impression, and this bas not lessened with the flight of time. The whole
Shanghai papers describe the wedding on the destroyed, and great havoo has been made city has son in a startled state for the past
the coast sod in the country,
9th inst. at the German Consulato-General of
Mr. K. F. Melchers, of Tjontsia, to Miss E. Clarko,
Cholera is again declared by one of our Manila contemporaries to be making headway in that city. On the 10th ust. 13 casos wore taken to hospital.
The ocial onquiry into the circuinetane es under which the transport Sumner ran on the rocks at Mauban some months ago is now being held at Manila,
A sontbern contemporary reports that Mr. Percival Knight of the Dallas Company, now in India, is to be married to Miss Carrie Roberts, a drusene who kas been out in the East just a year.
LATEL day or two, fax it is reported that the gatos are
Lloyd's report sixty-three wrecks in the resent storm, several of which were lost with all
hands.
[It seems incredible that the Dover Harbour Works can have been destroyed." They may have been wrecked, but can hardly have suffered destruction, even by a typhoon.-ED. D.F.]
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LONDON, 12th Septembir. A French Mediterranean squadron andar Admiral Jaxriguebery has boau ordered to be in radiness to proceed to the Levant to protect French subjects in Macedonia,
CAT LATER, Nuxim Parbo, the new Turkish Commander the French mail Manila by the Collector of Customs. The pro-in-Chief in Macedonia, who was educated in
posed ragulutions have been submitted to the shipping interests of Manila for such sugges- ticas as to revision as they may deem expedient.
The Pollard English Comely Company will
leaving Shanghai on the 18th September, and will comments their return visit performance here about the 22nd September, with A day Night in Paris: or Oh! What a Night. The Company bave arranged to slay six nights and will put on four or five pieces,
The intelligence that directs the notion of the Poking Government, says the N.-C. Daily News, in fatally indicated by the fact that it
has sent down an Article to he embodied in the American Commercial Treaty, by which th
Now barbour regulations are proposed for
Socrat surrien men of the Manila police have arrested a man named Lou Kessell, better known as "The Duke," on charges of embezzlo- meat, estafs and obtaining money under falso pretences. The complaining witnesses Musses. A, S. Watson & Co.
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The N.-C. Daily News representative tele- U. S. Consul General here is board to imgbed from Tientsin on the 8th inst:-Mr. moliately suppress any newspaper publishing Frederick Newson died here of cholera to-day. seditious or offensive matter, and to punish the All vessels are being inspected on arrival. It is reported that plagae has broken off at New- chwarg and that there were 18 deaths on writers thereof.
Sunday.
After the rains of the past fortnight the Parade Ground was scarcely in a desirable condition for promenading, but one of
The Civil Commission of the Philippines has
to be closed earlier in the evenings until the return of the Viceroy-this step indicating that the fears of the officials have facreased.
It seems that on this eocasion there may indeed be some grounds for the evident alarm of the officials. On Monday next is celebrated the festival of the birthday of the City God-the gem loci. To this festival great cravda fock together from the countryside,, and, as in ancient times at Jerusalem, a feast day is often the occasion of a tumult The Bin Wong Temple, where the god is worshipped, is situated in the very centre of the old city, and is close to the yamous of the great offelals, so that their feats are perhaps natural.
Germany, is conducting drives on the South excite the bal characters, who did not until now African pattern with great sucedan, lines of Fashi-Bazooks replacing blockhouses and barbed wire fences,
THE FIGHTING IN ALGERIA.
LONDON, 12th September.
The Arabs at Elmhugar on the 8th instant |captured 6fty camel-loads of arms and awmani.
four hundred and fifty of provisions. tion and to
CAPTURE OF HONGKONG THIEVES IN CANTON,
A LONG CHAKE.
On the 17th June Hon. Dr. J. MAAtkinson lost from his house at the Peak jewelry worth
There are, however, two opinionia on the ques- tion. Some say that the very fear manifested, and the closing of the gates at 5 (on Monday they are even to be closed at 2pm.) will only sarve ta
realise that they had su opportunity to cause trouble. On the other hand, it is said that the precautions taken are sufficient to keep back a wob without leaders or cohesion. How much truth there is in the story of the Trial Society's morementa it is impossible to say, but all these rumours zasy have been set on foot by the enemies of Viceroy Bhum
At present there are abent 1,000 soldiers in the city-men returned from Walchow, and some 500 armed police. The baanormen, who are a kind of reserve, number several thousands, bat their arms have been sent to Kwangai, and sren they st their best resemble Falstaff's luvios, though it is true that their opponents in a local rising would be no botter armed.
On the whole, I think caly the most nervous will have any qualone on Monday, but there is
from the ridence which has been published. the largest gatherings of the season assembled passed on Act providing for the payment of $1,000, Information was lodged with the Polica e doabt that the return of the Viceroy is They have no right whatever to speak fat yesterday afternoon to enjoy selections by the Customs duties on all goods imported by the and the work of enquiry was undertaken by the anxiously expected, and will relieve the minds
Macedonia, for the other inhabitants of the rovince hate them even worse than they do the Turks, The latest news from the Turkish sile is that the last appointed commander. Nazi Pasha, is taking up the' campaign in Macedonia with a vigorous
A. S. WATSON & CO. hand. Educated in Germany and having studied Europena military methods, he is even so suodern in his strategy as to apply the South African lessons to the situation. Hc conducting drives, WO toll by Reerey, after the South African patters, though replacing the black-house and the barlied-wire fence
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combined bands of the garrison. The pipe: music of the H.K.S.B.R.G.A. aud the 33rd Burmas was also much appreciated. Major General and Lady Gascoigne warn present.
The N-C. Daily News Tokyo correspondent
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under date 7th September: -Russian
ernisers recently seized loven Japanese schooners, with crews amounting to 278 men, in Kamsehatkan waters on a charge of poaching, They released 250 of the men at once, but detained 28 at Vladivostook for trial, which, owing to the direct influence of Admiral Alexia, sprodily ended in the acquittal of all
of them.
The Coran Government is seeking to make the closing of Phyongyang a condition of open-
If this news be true, it would be welcome|ing Wiju, bnt Japan strongly objects, inasmuch
could we but he certain of one thing, and that is that the Turks are conducting war
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MARRIAGE.
Ua the 9th September, at Shanghai, at the
Gorman Consulate-tionen by Vice-Censul Müler and alts wards at the Gerran Church by Pastor
Roie, ELLIE, second daughter of Mrs. Grouse CLARKE, to KARL. P. MELCHERS of Tientsin.
DEATH.
On the 13th September, as the Government Civil Hospital, JACK the dearly beloved son of inspector and Mrs. C. W. BRETT. At rest. 2098
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reason,
as there are two hundred Japanese settled in Phyongyang. According to the correspondent at Tokre of the NC. Daily News, rumour attributes this proposal of Corns to Russian suggestion; bat Corcu has long evinced a desire to exclude all foreigners from Phyongyang, in order that she may build a palace there.
L'Echo de Chine states on the strength of a
that Marshal Su has died in prison. The Shanghai Mercury sig's that in view of this
incident, if one considers the efforts, unde ja
Government. This is regarded as a triumph of the interests of the business men of the leland, and particularly of Manila. The effect of the Act will be to enable the local merchants to compote with those in other countries in alling goods, supplies, and other merchandise.
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and the bad news ho has received will not send A delest of the
Detective Department, under Chief Inspector of the peple. He is at present in poor health, Hayson, and has just been carried out to a successful conclusion. At the time of the to improve his condition.
o boy who had. Cantonese troops by the rebels is officially robbery suspicion fell upon
andonneed, but no details are given. It in further reported that the tombs of the Viceroy's left the employment of Dr. Atkinson, description of him as circalated and overy effort was made by detectives and the Polios ancestors at Bae Chêng Fu have been rifled by generally to locate the thief. Latterly he the hols, and this news must be a sovare blow
to Lin, was tend to Macao, but had already left there and so eluded capture. Since that time Hongkong. Chinese detectives in porfanation CORRESPONDENCE with the Chinese authorities (auling at
1902 hava boen tracking the thiefalf-brenad 7,902,394 the country between Unsan and Canton
218,036
in the Sani District where his mother was 55,723 known to reside, the pursuers being sometimes class at his healy but yet unable to effect his Total 7,984,702 8,266,163 capturo, At length however the chase was
From the Imperial Maritime Customs Gazette, April-June, 1993, it appears that the total revenue collected during the quarter shows, as was expected, a fatling-oil as compared with the second quartes of last year, the totals being, in Haikwan taels: -- Chinese Ports.... Kowloon and Lappa Inland Stations in the
south-west
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1903. ...7,778,089 109,013
44,706
An Act has been passed by the Civil Com mission of the Philippine Islands, for the relief of the taxpayers of the Islands. It provides that in every cars where the fand assessed for the year 1902 was rated at more than 50 per rent above the assessment for the sacrending year as rovised by the Board of Tax Revision, the Provincial Board of every organised pro- vines shall be required to reduca tho asserement for the year 1902 to the amount Bred by the revision authorities for the year 1903,
his favour by M. Dubail before the Ghiorongotiations between Japan and Rash at St. The Asahi thinks that the result of the
Government, one is justified in asking if the unfortunate marshal died a natural death, Bat the report is as yet unconfirmed.
Latest Shanghai papers report, beside the death of Mr. Pym, Acting Commissioner of Customs at Honkow, that cholera has also killed Mr. W. Auld, late chief officer of the C. M. Co.'s ss. Kvanglak, and Mr. Merry, late 3rd engineer of the same company's ss. Hatch Ho, Mr. F. Nioleon, second officer of the Haich Ho and Mr. D. Wishart of the (I. M. Co.'s BE, Auping wore down with the disease.
construct not only a Seoul Wijn railway, but Petersburg will be that Japan will be free to a railway also going beyond Wija. It is absurd," says the Japanese paper, "to think that Dalny is a good terminus for a trans. Asistio railway. Faean is the terminus, and it must fully tiko the place of Dalny." The deal's attitude strikes us as at least impolitie,
this is most improbable. Even a month or six weeks ago we were told that the Turkish troops in Mare-lonia were out of hand and were pillaging indifferently Christians and their own co-religionists. Truly the lot of the Macedonian peasant has been a terribleroport from an authorised Chiness, Houses one lately. Robbed alike by revolutionaries, if they did not join the movement, and by Turks whether they did or not, killed often by, both sides for little or no they it is who deserve the compassion But, mainly through want of Europe. of calsion and homogeneity, they have only been able to make themselves beard through the mouths of a few witnesses of their fate, while their oppressors have bad at least a telegraph wire at their command. The situation is a most difficult jonc. Obviously it would be the worst possible solution to set up Bulgarian rule over Macedonia. Aself-governing Macedonia locks impossible. The auppression of the
On the 5th iast, there arrived at Singapors firat 8.8. Koning Wilhelm I, the The advent of news from the "Near East" revolt by Turkey must be a terribly cruel must be watched with anxiety by all who process and promises no finality unless the steamer of the Netherland Steamship Company are interested in the peace of the Far East, Porte intends to make genuine reforms in (Stowawart Musisohappij Nederland) to call at if only for the reason that the outbreak of its government of the province. Austria and Singapore. The former run of this line, salling way, in the Balkans could not fail to be the Russia proposed a roform scheme some time from Amsterdam, has been Amsterdam, Gonos, signal for a rising to the occasion of those ago, Mr. BALFOUR aduritted in the House Snes, &don, Padang, and Batavia, but awing add Singapore to the company's paris of call, who are in favour of a forward policy, as it of Commons last month that thee Austro-to the prospects of business it was decided to is called, in Eastern Asia. There is a Russian scheatc ws wholly inadequate and in accordance with this resolve the Koning.
HONGKONG'S HEALTH. critical situation even now in the North, but as a final solution of the Balkan situation. Wilhelm I. has now paid the first of what will
During the wook anding on the 12th inst. as long as the attention of the world is at But he still thought it might be productive in futuro ba the fortnightly calls of this mil least partly directed to affairs out here no better results than any more ambitious line. The Singaporengoutsare Messrs. Dandals. the only cases of communicable disease natified very agressive step can be taken. This plan, and he held that was our duty to
The 5.8. Citus arrived at Singapore from in the Colony were 4 of plagas, all Chinese in Victoria asid all fatsl. This brought the does not wean, of course, that Russia need continue to support those Povers in their
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evacuating Manchuria.
the
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rewarded. Informers who had been carefully instructed suurested in arresting the boy on Sunday, the 6th lust, at Canton, just as he was stopping on board a boat o bo off in his efforts to elude bis one mor pursuara. He was handed over to Captain Yeng of the Shamisen Guard and will be tried and punished in Caston.
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TO. THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS." Hongkong, 14th September, 1905. SIR-Vap I ask, through your medium, whether there is any bitch in connection with the laying of the tram-lues between the Company and Government? It seems to me that things must have come to a dead-lock, since it is obvious there has hoon practically no progress for some months Mountime the rickshes are cutting. np the concrete on the track already tail, and the sides of the road are being sumbered with rails and other material rusting badly from exposure to the heavy rains, The stolen articles of jewelry numbered in all Personally I have no interest is the tramways twolro. Of these three were found in his posses-and am not at all sure that they will prove an sion. Further investigation showed that other unwixed blessing; but, if we are to have them. two had been pawnsit in the Skuatak district, the and they ought to be a great help to locomotion, Five more of the stolon articles were recovered everything to staguale in this Colony? pawn-tickets being found on the thief's person, let us for goodness saku get on with them. Is
two had been malted down, but they also were suinct in two shops in Canton. The remaining Yours, etc..
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Such a recovery of sloten property from China must rank as an almost unprecedented thing in the Police records of Hongkong and other coast ports; and it bortainly says a great deal for the sealand ability of Mr. Hanson and his Europosafaud Chinese staff,
ANOTHER SMART CAPTURA. Ch 5th July, while Mr. Frank Browne, the
The police reported yesterday that, on Sunday Government Analyst, was attending the oven- night, a Chinese carpenter of the name of Nging church service, his house coolin cleared Ng, employed in the Naval Yard, was about to but with eleven articles of jewelry to the valne take in some clothes hanging from a bamboo on of between £38 and £29. Mr. Browne ro. the verandah of the houss in which he lived on ported the matter to the Pelios and gave the third floor of 259 Queen's Road East, when a description of the man and of the stolen hooverbalened and fell to the ground, a distance articles. The Pollos followed this up and with on his heild and was killed instantaneously. The Canton. Of the sloven stolen artiales nine were traced and recovered either entire or malted of about 43 feet. The aufortauate inan alighted the aid of informers the thief was arrested in
deceased had been drinking.
down, leaving only two rings, valued at £9 unaccounted for. In this can also the Dotactics Departmant are to be congratulated on the success which attended their labours,
SIR WILLIAM GASCOIGNE'S
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SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 14th September.
IN ORIGINAL JURISIMOTION,
BEFORE HIS HONOUR AG. WISE (PUISKE JUDGE).
CHINA LIGHT AND FOWER CO, IÐ. M. M. W Blade, barrister-at-law (instructed by Mr. J. Scott Herston of Mears. Eweas & Harsten, solicitors), appeared in support of a petition under the Companies Ordibass of: 1877 and 1886 for the confirmation of a special resolution reducing the capital of this Company
from $300,000 to $150,000A
His Lordship granted the petition, and orderet the necessary advertisments to be mide,
The Court adjourned.
PLAGUE IN CEBU
The following is from the Manila Coblenoun of the 11th inst.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The CPB steamer Empress of Chinz left The Imperial German mail steamer Bayern leaves on Beptember 16 for Cet and way ports, loft Shanghai on the 12th is, at I am, and she will have among her passengers Dr. Cook other Asiatics).
of the Juanlar Department of Health, who goog 1,224 deaths (4 Europeans, 1,191 Chinese, 39, ok the true ports mail steamer
Another blank plogue return was issued may be expected here to day, at daylight
The CPR stormar Tarlar arrived at Naga to the Southern port, with a fell equipment, to yesterday.
saki at # a.m. on the 14th inst, and laff again at
ARY 4p.m. same for Shanghai, where she is due light bubonic plague, the increase of which has given the authorities mach concern of late. to arrive at 6 s., to-morrow.
The P. & O. steamer Jara left Singapore for Ceba is a port of entry whose public health has this port on the 11th inst, at 7 a.m.
The E. & A. steamer Australian left Port so far been practically in the care of Dr. Fox, The C.C. steamer Athalt left Mojl on the 13th Darwin yesterday for Manila and Hongkong.
The E. & A. steamer Empire, which left here inst, and is due here on the 18th fust.
Darwin end Queensland, arrived at Sydney on the 14th inst. on the 26th ult. for Australia rau Timor, Fost
The steamer Gironde left Kobe for Hongkong here on the 18th inst., at daylight.
DEPARTURE.
be expected to keep her promise about endeavour to carry it out, and to further Australis on the 5th inst, having among her year's plagos total up to:-1,407 mages 36 Vancouver on the 7th inst, p.m., for Hang When the contwise steamer Pleyuozuzlo
No one expects their professed ends, so long as we were passengers two Australian lali-s who said Europeans, 1,287 Chinese, 84 other Amintim);·| this now, even if he trusted in Russiau satised that those ends were directed to the they were coming us typewriters, in the good-faith in the beginuing. But, at least welfare of the Balkau peoples, and not employ of the Gorerament of Jobore. It is 21 years of age, inve accepted their positions as long as there are no serious international inspired by any spirit of ambition. But reported that these ladies, who are both over complications over the situation in South-what are we to expect from a wholly despite the wishes of their parents. The enstern Asin, we need not look vet for a inadequate scheme of reform, even if Straits Times points out that there are rules of further Russian advance. On the other hand, enforced by Austria and Russit? There service in the Colonies and Dependencies of were the European Powers to become appear to us to be only two real solutions Britain which tend to throw all possible obstacles --- one in the way of the employment of white. British absorbed in the Balkan question, we of the Macedonian question should fully expect a fresh manifestation of reform of Turkey from within (and how females in Oriental States for any purpose activity on the Manchurian frontier. "distant does such a chance seem 1), and the whatever; and probably on this account Fortunately it happens that Great Britain other a partition of Macedonis among its Colonel Pennefather, the I. G. P., boarded the * little concerned in the Balkan question neighbours in such a manner as to bring Clitus as soon as the arrived, and explained to the ladies that, pending enquiries, they would except in the event of the alienation of the interests of rulers and ruled together. not be permitted to proceed to Johors. They Costa ipple to an unfriendly Power, so But both alternatives would no doubt bewers accordingly staying in Singapore last hat there would be no excuse for neglecting dismissed by Mr. Bazvovn too ambitious.
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the quarantine officer stationed thera, and some native physicians. For several months the plague has made alarming progress in that section, and for this reason it has been decided
H.E. Major-General Sir William Julius Gascoigne, K.C.M.G., up to now commanding His Majesty's Forces in Hongkong, and lady Gascoigne, are leaving by the Pacific Mail teamship Co.'s as Siberia on Wednesday morning, and to-day there is to be a tea on board at 5.30 p.m. and later a supper. General Gascoigne's military and personal friends will dirset am the 18th inst., at daylight; and is due operations, and in conjunction with Dr. Fox
be on board to dé kim honour, wo understand,
to make a determined effort to stamp out that dread disease. Dr. Cook will take charge of
will open a vigorong campaign.