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A. S. WATSON.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19₪, 1903
The English Pharmacy, L., at Bangkok TELEGRAMS. has been voluntarily wound up and was on sale
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opportunity only is needed to give it ex- pression. There have been several warnings Intely that the anti-foreign spirit is agaiuas dominant, and that the Chinese are only too, ready in strike if a safe opening for the.
Admiral Fongue Jongatore has been nomi- nated to command a division of the French
& CO., blow appears. The desire for murder is naval squadron in the Far East.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
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still there, just as much as it was before the outbreak in 1900. The difference now
COGNAC BRANDY Treaty Powers.
Admiral Alexieff is reported to ba throatsning punishment to anyone spreading ramours of impending, war between Japan and Russia.
The church at Yanuali of the arch the Missionary Society rss boca alded to
for thu solemnisation of list of places matrimony,
consists apparently in the fact that, instead of opals proveedding by fores of arius, the Choses: are possessed with a desire to strike in the dark. These movements of the secret assassin av innhely more to be decadel than the open attempt of the enemy to strike you down. The outhage will
The Exentire Boreau at Manila has been Icertainly tend to impair the relations be informed that Mr. William Josoph Kany has tween the Manchu Gorerument and then recognized by the Department of State at
How can the latter feed Washington as British Consul at Mauila any emtileg in a Gloverament that either
Router's Peking correspondout, leaving enetians or permits such exhibitions hostility to the representatives of Foreign | Peking on the 7th inst. for Nawahwang, is States: What interest can the Treaty reported to have said that he was "going to so Powers take in a Government that appar-Busin fail to evacuato Nowchwang "- on the
Thus present Por 15mently plots to destroy them?
dynasty is not acoplable to the Chine
The third-stas oruiser Fee with r people, but has been suffered to calinne
Admiral Atkinson-Willes Cornmander-in-Chief ̈ medy from failure to discover u possible if the East Indies Station,entered the Singapore Bat the patienes and en-Ronds shorty bofare au ou the 10th inst durne of the Powers have already been and anchal near the Royal Arthur. 2799)|tusele braking pain, and it will enam
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Since the abowo wig aritia we received the message appearing at the head of our telegraphic elama. Bot, enasious than one Dr. Manersons has proved eight and the Begati u authorities wrong, we vanot yet consider the story dispred did therefore" ka stand what we have written
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Al Pung Polic› Court on the 7th fast.
Chinaman was charged before Mr. Bryant with ern-lty to animals by carrying a duck by its gs. Mr. Bryant said that he had often told the police that currying ducks and fowls by their legs was not cruelly to unituals, and the prisoune was therefore die-charged
At the ginning of the mouth formed applios ion was mile by Messt, Tileko and Gibbjas
for His Honour II. P. Wilkinson, Acting Judge, in the British Court at Bangkok, to transfer Be ownership of thes British steamor Egettar from Me. J. M. Dunlap (ou balalf of - Hanglok. Dock Company, 4) to the His Honour allowed ilun Sinuse Government. traustier
The viss now compusing the Jeppese standing syadenu are:-The battl.ships Leahi, the armoured craisers leats, seno, Fakumo, Arama, Adanna, Tahiri, Kasapi Chifase, the cruisers Yoshino, Nevaier, Talachiño, Chiyoda, | Abitouchlar, Srijev; the despatch-boat Miyako; the guulents Oshian, Ei, and Chokai, and 14′′ destroyers, as well adabout #9 torpio-beats, will a fatal strengia of about 1000 tous displacement.
Hatsune, Mikasa, Shikishime, Pei. Yashima
Tar conference of the three Amirals Wi Sugajar has not beg slow in produong PURE COGNAC, the iluference in Prive! its respill, if we make take it, as presuitably We may, that the appnnching detachineal being merly a matter of Age and Vintage, ¡ of a brattleship from the Meliterranean squadron atol the connaissioning of !.M.5. Hope for this station are due to a-trice from the Adurals. The battleship to be A. S. WATSON & CO. | rem, ut he has a got he decided,
upon. The Burger is a first-class sheathed LIMITED.
cruiser, of 11,000, fons ml 14,500 1.4.p. She was completed at Clydebank in 18 alma end df 89. Her armour is indes, deck, and 4j-2 inchoy qúin. position. She carries sixteen din, fourteen 12ye, fine 3-pe, anf eight machine guns;
That dificult jogier who wankly torust he ami she has three torpaketules. Hor speed columes of our senior erosing contemporary is 207 knots, and her complement 357 men
under the pen name of "Beaux Esprits" (surely She is of the Diadem class, of which we
a plently suggestive name to English have now the Amphitrite out here and ears) really overpassed the fimits on Saturday. have seen the Argoural and Spartiate. | It is pridons that the seed of his fine wits "is in j. This reinforcement of the British squadron, the spleon. We should have thought that tho though late in the day, is welcome; but one who has directed the good taste of vilers it atmos be looked on 14 final, seeing that au the Chiru Mail for so many years would Russia is still harrying out more of her have stepped in on this occasion, as doubtless he most often have done before, in the interests of very latest and strongest ships-less, as we sail the other day, Britain is prepared | decoruna. to take scend place la Far Eastern waters,
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On the 9th October, at Doesnt," River Valley Road, hunger, the wife of S. BONNENBERG, of a son.
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The Daily Press.
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HONORING OFFICE:14, DESVoox Road Cl. LONDON OFFICE: 131, Ferr STREET, E.C.-
The annual ligousing session of H. 3% Justices of the Douce will be held on the 17th
prox.
Que fatal Chinese plagas case was reported during the day ending at nos ou Saturday, the locality being Culas Krad,
A complimentary allusion to the Hongkong Goli Huks will be found in the course of Mr. J. Cumming Macdong's erticle on p. 5 to-day.
Hongkong will offer hearty congratulations to Lord Donoughmos on his elevation to
The smoking conest at Shanghai ou the 12th inst, in honour of the Hongkong cricket iam, a sms to kávo bson a great success, It was eonchadet at milaight on account of the match beginning nort meroing. Mr. H. M. Bavis was in the chair, supported by Mr. H. W. Mansfield, C.M.G. The singers, etc.. were Masers, Tyank, Tours, Blour, Sutherland. Moyer, Cochrane, Wedemeyer, Forbes, Bainty, Landers, Dounelly, Brody, Van Nierop, and Macleod; and a cake-walk by night Black
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We are pleased to be able to confrm the atatemer! made by 0 Patriota of the appoint. ment of Senhor J. J. Leiria us Vico Consal for Portugal at Hongkong. This appointment was officially announced in the Government Gazette on Saturday. We understand that this honour was bestowed on Senhor Leiria by the Portuguese Government as a further mark of recognition for gratuitous and invaluable services rendered Mr. Aralloon Seth, Deputy Registrar and by him to the Constate in this Colony for
many years. boon appointed to act as Appraiser, hae Registrar of the Supreme Court with effect from the 15th instant and until further notice,
Regimantal Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Higby, R.G.A., has been appointed-Sergeant Major of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, on probation, vice Sergeant Major Power.
DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.
(FROM JR CORRESPONDENTS.} INTEKPORT LAWN TENNIS.
SHANGHAL, 17th October.
HONGKONG WINS SINGLES.. `R. Hancock (Hongkong) won the Inter- port lawn tennis singles by three sets a love. [The above is the purport of a message received by Mr. E. W. Mitchell on Saturday eroding. Hongkong bas thus taken every event. The Shanghai player in the singles was probably N. Hamsay-ED. D.P]
THE PEKING SENSATION.
THE INTERPORT MATCH.
[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT]
CRICKET.
H.K.C.C. V. BILERWOOD FORESTERS.
It is not an oxolling game which was witnessed Shanghai, 13th October, on Saturday boltson a very moderate team of The teams were favoured with almost perfect tho. H.K.C.C. and the Sherwood Forestors, weather for the opruing day of the match-a The soldiers were completely outclassed, the bright san, a olandiase sky, and a cold, fresh Club winning by an innings (declared with 6 wind. Ifancock won, the toss and decided to wickets down) and 68 runs. Litle comment is bat first. A for minutes before eloren the allod for. Lieut. Rimington alene managed opposing teams wore cheered into the fold by to average 10 for his two efforts, and all four those enthusiasts who were up there to watch Club bonlors who wore tried mit with success, specially Chicloster in the second innings. the start. R. Hansock and Smith wont in first le captured 6 wickets for 7 rues, including 3 the lattor facing the ball Jackson opened the
for O in bis last over. Chichester was also a bowling with most of the fielders on the off-side, including threo slips and a third man. Intting success, as he made 67 ont of the 101 dismissal 170 wat up before another wicket A conpio of singles were scored off the first scored for the first wicket. After Mackenzie's over, and then Billings took the ball at the Thon a collapse occurred, which was stopped by the Clay's declaration of its innings. The Shorwoods second attempt was if procession the scores at the fall of the several wickets being:-0, 6, 18, 21, 27, 39, 40, 40, 40, 10, Score and analysis:--
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SUBRWOOD VORESTERS, First Inninga. Pte. Garratt, 1.b.s., b 8.
other ind. At 11.30 25 runs had been Reared without any separation, both batsman bbing. unubla to tako any liberties with the bowling. A few minutes later, Hancock, attempting to hit halt volley from Jackson, converted it into a "yorker" and was bowled. The board ther Shanghai, 18th October, 6.89 p.m. registered 29-1-11. Taruer took his place, and the aora tery slowly crept up to 54, when Smith
bimself out, after useful, but not faltiess 27. Shortly afterwards Dixen was caught at the wiekot, and a similar
Smith fata befell H. Hancock after a short stay. Lumsden came in next, and a. partnershipLt. Rimington, e Davies,
b Mackinais. commoned which was the feature of the day. Hodgson (unt.), o and probably of many days to come in Interport
THE PLOT DENIED.
The British Legation at Peking formally denies the story of the attempt to How up the Legation
[Heuter's folgeam lidow reports the plot at Peking Eu, D.P.}·
REUTER'S SERVICE.
KING VICTOR EMANUEL IN PARIS..
LONDON, 15th October.
At u dinner at the Elysée, President Loabot and King Victor Emunaol exchanged the most cordial toats, the former describing the visit as a striking demonstration of the close agreement ostablished between Italy and Franes.
King Vietor Emanual declared that France was right in considering the visit natural outcome of the rapprochement happily ascom- {plished.
The Italians are such gratified at theexcellent reception given to their Majesties in Paris,
MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS.
LONDON, 16th October. The Earl of Hardwicke has been sppointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of India, and Earl Daughmore Pulianie ntary Under Secretary of the War Office.
[Lord Downnghmore is well remembered here under the same of Viscount Suirdals, former A.D.C. to H. E. Sir Henry Blake,-In, 7). P.]
GREAT BRITAIN AND AUSTEIA.·
LONDON, 16th October.
The King has ordered General Lord Mothuen 10 proceed to Vicuna to inrest the Emperor of Austria with the insignia of a British Field Marshal.
FAILURES ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
LONDON, 1th October. Yesterday was an anxious day in the City and the settlement proved dissstrom One of the largest stockbroking firms whose losses are estimated at £1,000,000 were only prevented from an open failure by a description of forced liquidation. Several other important firms were compelled to practically wind up or obtain Assistance from Hauks to the extent of several millions.
REINFORCEMENT OF THE BRITISH CHINA SQUADRÓN.
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Total ( wickets) ... .......184 G. P. Lammert, K. W. Goldring, H. R. Wolb, and T. Sercombe Smile (cept.1, did not hat.
cricket. The runs, howoror, for some time. Becke, e and b 8. came very plowly. After an hour and a half's Pte. Huyford, run out play the score was only 66 with four wickets Pro. Monkin, o Davies, b
Mackenzio down. Attila-time Turner was 99 not out and Lameden 21 not out. When play was resumed after to hour's interval, things became much livelier. Both batsien were playing very sound cricket, Lumsden dolag the major part of the scoring, while Turner every now and then put in His extremely prosty, cats. Various changes of bowling wore tried, bat with no effect. When the score was 150, and Tarnor had ourly completed his half century. he gave an easy chanca to Turnbull at pojat. After this he continued playing excellent cricket until the score was 274, when he returned the ball into the bowler's haud. Nis 83 invaluable to war side, and wont a long way towards exhausting the bowling and the fielders- A few minutes later Lumsden full to a catch at short slip. The aspect of affairs was now fairly rosy-282-6-136. During his inuinga Lamsden gave one high catch, which was misjudged by Moulo, its gonerally agrood that this 136 was one of the finest exhibitions at cricket aven seen at Shanghai. It was compiled by thoroughly sound all-round cricket, which called forth many tributes of praise from the spectators, for Arthur followed him, but, after characteristic hits by means of which bộ compiled 14, nsumed his seat in the pavilion. Ward played steadily for bia 17. His career was cut short by an excellent ball from V. H. Lanning. The rest of the day was uneventful- and stumps won drawn at 5 p.m. with the score 319 for 9 wickets, Pearce being not out 9, and Bid having yet to go in.
CANTON.
[FROM OUE CORRESPONDENT.]
-Canton, 17th October.
COREUPT EXAMINERS · AGAIN.
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BOWIJNG ANALYSIS, SEERWOOD PARENTER
First inning.
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: H.K. CIVIL SERVICE 1 R.A.3.C.
This match was played yesterday at Happy Volley, on the former's ground, and resulted in a victory for the B.A.M.C. by 17 runs For the losers Camiler and rett both betted wall, and Witchell was in excellent farm in bowling. Privates Cook and Williams shared the bow- ling for the Medicals, Cook taking the honours, whilst Privats Woolley was in splendid form in batting. Scoria =—--
R.K. CIVIL SERVICE. Witchell, Woulley, 1; Cook Gidley, H. J.. o Bainer, b Cooki Landor, Williams. Brett, e Harvey, b Cook, Robins, a Wilson, b C. ok- Pitt, b Cock
Andrews, & Cook
Woolley, b Williams Brown, A., Willips... Devaney, and b Cook. Wheal, not out
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Total
BAR.. Lieut. Harvey, L.b... b Witchell 8. Sorgt. Wilson, b Witehall....... Pto. Woolley, b Witchell Sorgt. Major Allwork, b Witchell Pto. Cook, e Gidley, Breft Pte. Duff, Witebell
Corp. Goodwill, u Androwa, b Lander Pte. Chaffer, b Witchell
Pte. Willums, b Witchell ma Plo. Lawson, Andrews, h Witebell Corp. Shimmer, not out Extrea
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FOOTBALL.
This year, as every year, the triennial Biterary provincial examination in Canton for the degree of Ku-yen has been a failure-a fact which irritates and disappoints many students, as well as those gamblug in the Wai Sing lottery. It is all on account of the latter that the failure has comeabout. The report goes as follows (and it is proved to be true, for there is going to be on official investigation) :-Several persons whos names are li, Kong, Lao, etc., formed a society na stated heavily on the Wai Sing lottery. By bribery they persuaded oight officials known as nifungli, whose duty it was to soal up the essays of the students, and employed several scholars in the Examination Hall' to look over all the essays, alter thos that were likely to pass, and put up the names of those which the syndicate bought in their
The H.K.F.C hel a practice match at stoad. In couseruonto the scholars whose name are well known and who were backed heavily is Happy Valley on Saturday. On the whole the the Wai Sing lottory have been disappointed players were stilfisk. Dauby and Bonbar, who This matter having come to the knowledge played on opposite sides, scored a goat each and Brown one. F. H. Kew played a fine game in of the Viceroy, His Excellency has ordered goal and C. T. Kew was distinguished midfield, the eight sfung officials be placed
as wore also . D. Macdonald, L. C. Rees, and ander, arrest and the conduct of all this. C. Gray, LONDON, 16th October.
officials who have anything to do with the The Times correspondent at Peking wires osamination to be ander strict investiga that on tis occasion of a Ball at the British Lion. This incident has caused great or Logation at Poking, on Tuesday last, an sitement in tancon and everybody is talking attempt was made to explode a magazine con about it. The principal names suppressed art taining explosives and ammunition for the Paug. Cheong, Tong, Kum, Lui, eto. defonce of the Legation. Wires wre laid to connect with an electric battery, bit for some reason the connection was not parfod.
LONDON, 16th October. The first-class cruiser Europa has been commissioned at Portsmouth for the China station, and a battleship will also be sant to China from the Mediterraneau.
ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE ON THE BRITISH LEGATION, PEKING
HoyKONG, 19 OCTOBER, 1903.
Tus abominable entrage atencod by REUTER as having been attempted at Peking will rouse general in Eignation und renew distrust of the Chinese authorities. According to REIvy's message, ad attend the post of Parliamooley Under-Sucretary of was made at the British Legution on Tues-the War Office. day, the 13th instant, to explode a magazine containng explosives and antraunition for the defence of the Legation. Wires were laid to connect with an electric battery, but for some reason the connection was not perfect. This was through no fault of the originators of the outrage, however; their will was good to low up the legation at time when most of the members of the various Legations were present enjoying
II... the Governor has been pleased to. Sir Ensest Sarow's hospitality. The per approve of the following promotions in the petrators of the outrago had chosen their Hongkong Volunteer Corps --Lieut. J. H. W. Line well. They knew the Ball, was Armstrong to be Captain, vice Captain Grieve Times, are contained in the following despatch dated Cagayan, October, 10.-Further parti. some off, and they had calculated upon resigned: Lient. T. Skinner to be Captain, ikerlars are to hand garding the piesoy case. the Ministers and their staffs being auch Captain Underwood resigned; Company Sergt. The pain of the steater Victoria, which occupied to be able to complete their Major J. A. T. Flumer to be Lieutenant, returned here last night, ran his beat aground infamour work without interruption. Hadvice Lieut. Armstrong promoted; Sergeant J and then opened the bilge oock in Bagauan, they succeeded, the situation would have D. Danby to be Lieutenant. rice Lieut. Skinner Negros. Hermann und Johnson left in a banca of larceny after a conviction for felmy,
promoted
The following is the programme of music tu be performed by the band of the 14th Bombay Infantry on the Now Parade Ground from 4.30 to 6 p.m. to-day:--
Turkish March from The Ruins of Athene
Senhor Leiria has already boen decorated with the order of Knight Compunder
of Christ for similar services.
Additional details aient the Mindauas piracy, which tave renched us throngh the Manila
for Cagayan island. The Victoria and crew are safe. After leaving the vessel Hermann and Johnson first arrived at Asia Negros, where their bares was fired on by the patrol and
been most serious, and the Treaty Powers would have had a fresh bill to settle with China. It is more than sufficiently bad as it is. The attempt failed through a
attled From there they went to Guimbal, mere technical detail, and the tragedy
Negros. Several members of the constabulary contemplated has not resulted. We are
Beethoven of Talsis and Faentas are implicated. At devoutly thankful that the barbarous Ovature to ..... “Juanita”
Suppe Bagaund Hermann and Johnson were enter- [ action was thus rendered wull, but we Spanish Valse" Baragous" ....... O. Langey
Selection from "The Grand Duchess of Gerols tained by two Spaniards, by the azue of cannot minimise the fact that the desire
in Offenbach Gutierrez and Campos, who refused assistance for the extermination of the foreigner Song" dry those bars... Tores del Riego to the captain of the Victoria in securing wood
Selection from Three little Maids F. A. Rabens for the return voyaga to Cagayan. still exists in the Chinese capital, and Melody in F.
tein!!
Rubinstein
THE SESSIONS.
The Criminal Bassinos begin to-day at 10 am. Six cases, implicating seven personi ary down for disposal, as follows:- servant, one of receiving stolen goods, and one
Wong I Lan, three counts of larceny by a
Ngan Fok, disobeying an order of banishment. Chung Kan and Woo Ku, breaking into a dwelling-house and committing a felmy therein.
Tenug Shui, offering a bribe to a public | servant with a view, to influencing his conduct as such public servant,
Cha Chung, fartony..
Lai Fo, offering a bribe to a public servant with a view to influencing his conduct as such a bribe to ba public servant, and procuring offered to a public servant with a view to influencing his conduct as such public servant,
to
GOLF.
ENGLAND V. SCOTLAND.
The Happy Valley links were the séane of a sixteen-a-side match between teams representing The late Magistrate Pin King-fak of England and Scotland yesterday, play lasting Nam Hoi las got off lightly. He has, through all day. Scotland in the end gained ameritorious the intercession of somebody with the Viceroy, victory by on point in the singles and & in the offered to pay a pretty heavy as of T. foursomes. The Scottish representatives were, 200,000 to the government, and is degraded as a matter of fact, 2 matches up in both, but to the position of a wolysin. As the Chinese it had been agreed that the winner of a match say, "big fish eat small, small eat shrimps, asi should score 2 points and the winner of a bys 1 shrimps eat mid."
giving the above-mentioned result in points.
The pairing was as following, the English player's nams being put first in each case: C. E. H. Beavis v. W. W. Clark; E. J. Grist 2. Gershom Stewart; C. W. May v.J.Johnstone; C. A. Parkert. Capt. H. Crichton; H. Pinokney v. Murray Stewart; E. Deacon v. W. M. Ander- son; Capt. Phillipa v. W. W, Ross; Lt. R. Dowding v. J. Stodart J. E. Lee . P. R. Scott; H. Hunter e. H. W. Kobertson; A. B. Smith. Capt. J. Donglas; C. H. Graes v. K Mck Ross N. J. Stabb . Major L. Gordon Cumming; Capt. F. Radford v. W.J. Gresson Dr. Drew r. N. Taylor; Dr. Grazebrook v. Dr. Gibson.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory on the 17th inst. iszed the following report:--
The barontar has risen in N. Chios; falls Around the Ba of Japan, over B. China ani
The depresion, lying over N. China yester day, is moving Eastwards and approaching the neighbourhood of Vladivostock.
Pressure app are to be low, also, over the Pacific to tha E. of Luzon.
The monsoon will probably freehen again in the Formoss Channel during the next 24 hours. Moderate NE. winds over the N. part of the Chína Sea.
fair.
Forecast:-Light to moderate N.E. winds,
An enthusiastic Boot carried away the detailed score last night, only one copy of which bad been kept.