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the island as he did a few years ago. Since 1801 the Government has accomplished much in the way of training mutlabs and so ridding the colony of the mosquito-breeling pools which were'so shandant before Major Rosa proved to the medical world their
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1904
Tho Sunday Sun, of Manila, saya "that the abolition of the chit system will result in Manila being duller than ever; but China. will benefit by the incursion of Manila ehitsters.***
We may add that Hongkong bas experienced these benefits." from Manila, as well as other "chitsters" and will be found not too ready to
A. S. WATSON & CO., rektion to the prevalence of malarial fevers, accept further "bonsuits" of this nature.
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The returns must encourage the Govern ment to continue their anti-malacial. measures There is much yet to be done in that respect both in the Wostorn and Eastern districte We may auto in this connection an interesting suggestion nude by Dr. BELL in his report as super intendent of the Government Civil Hospital. In writing of dysentery, he remarks that The BUSINESS of the HONGKONG it is now practically considered as
symptom of a disease due to many cases, but not much has
done towards
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
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ALEXANDRA" BUILDINGS,
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DISPENSARY is now being CARRIED ON acidating the special factor in each case. Malaria per se is not geaorally considered to produce this disease, but Dr. BELL is inclined to think it does, and with the increase of interoscopical work now done at the hospital, he hopes to be able to add nbow facts to those already accumulatel regarding this serious ailment.
VIEUX ROAD.
The HOURS of BUSINESS
of
With regard to the treatment of plague it appears from the report of Dr. the Thomson that the use of carbolic acid proved of considerable value, but perhaps, HONGKONG DISPENSARY in its Dow of greater value still is a improved means
premises are as follows
Week Days, 8.3) .. to 6 P.R.
Saturday, 8.30 A.M. to 2 r.3,
Sunday, 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.
of diagnosis, the cralit for which belongs to Dr. BELL. By this method the doctors have been able to diagnose a much largor number of very mild cases, and many which would not have bem diagnosed as plague in former years were proved to be plague and
These get to Kennedy Town.
cases swelled the proportion of cases recovering. The use of carbolic acid was commenced
late in the epidemic, and a couple of tables show the mortality before and during the use of carbolic acid.
In the
An Assistant will be on duty at all times to first half of the epidemic, 1.8. before eur-
holic acid was used, the mortality rate was dispense proscriptions.
8.6 per cent; in the latter half, under the use of carbolic acid, the rate of mortality was only 36.4 per cent. Perhaps it would be too much to draw from these results the Cetinite conclusion that the improvement is
The Nanking Viceroy has informed the Shanghai Taotsi that he has given no promis to the Consular delegates regarding the imo. diate appointment of the Chinese representatives rapuired to complete the constitution of the Whangpa River Conservancy Board. On the contrary, he says he has requested the considera tion of an alternative proposal-nately, that China shall forthwith undertake the work with her own resources. This proposal. the Viceroy adds, has been embodied in a memorandum which has been handed to the senior Consul.
At Willis's Rooms, London, last month, a
Que of the most juvenile Government officials at Hongkong is a little boy in his teens, a clerk ut the Harbour Office who has been nicknamed the "Assistant Harbourmastar." At the
Marine Court yesterday morning he found him- wolf rather in a quandary when asked to swear
British witness in due form
THE
WAR
{FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
RUSSIAN GUNBOAT BLOWN UP.
KOBE, 6th June. `·
world; he will carry on his back a load of 150th. a day's march, and he is known to have carried 400lb. considerable distances-this has to be seen to be believed; as a rula 100lb, is his load, whereas the untives of Africa are never expected to carry more than 50lb. The native pony's lond is about 2001b.; he is a sturdy little boast only one size larger than a Stellanl.
It may well be imagined, with this the only possible method, what care must he oxercised in organizing the transport of oven single
Admiral Togo reports that a gun-division, and yet this has been done in a fow
On the morning of the 1st inst. Polica-luspec- tor Rebertsou looking over a bridge at Shauki- wan saw the body of a mon lying on the stones about twelve feet below. On it being conveyed to the mortsery it was identified as that boat, believed to be the Gilyak was of Guaner Stokes, of the 83rd Company' R.G.A. Deceased had been stationed at blown up by a mine at Port Arthur. Lyeemoon, and was last seen alivo in Hong. kong on May 30 about 10 p.m. Dr. Hunter after a post mortem examination certified that death was due to au Jujury to the spine. It is believed he had un accidental fall.-
(The Gilyak is a gun-vassal of 963 tons dis- placement; 200 ft, in lougth: 37 ft. beam; and draught. Her i.hp. is 1.000, the engines being capable of driving her through the water at 12 knots. The guns consist of one 4.7-in, five Those, Glenfarg which arrived from Singa-3-in., two 2.6-in. aud four 1.8-in., and besides pore yesterday brought op Haruston's Circus these she has a torpalo tube. Her complement She was built at the New Ad- from Singapore. The cirons is on its way to is 150 men. large collection of Japanese dwarf plants, in- chudding many interesting and rare specimens. Shanghai, and is expected to perform Lore on mixalty works, St. Petersburg, in 1897, being collected in Japan, were sold at auction. 189 lots the way back. A largo elephant was to be seen completed a year later.-ED.]
-on board standing on the fore-hateb, nodding produced a total of about 100, the principal pleasantly to all comers. Shortly befoto embark. prices being as follows:-Maple, grafted withing at Singapore, the elephant's churn, a donkey, from the ciren ard had to two varieties, red and green-11 10s.; "Maple esenperl palmatum," said to ie 100 years old, in a very he left behind. The police, however, were soon shallow pan with a depth of about 2Lin-£16 ;
on his track and him in onsbody till the "Wistaria mylijaga,” with curiously twisted
8.5. Lai Sang followed on. This steamer trunks with over 120 bloomt upon it, 350 years arrived yesterday also, and it is declared that old ---£1]: “ Thują obtues,” groen variety, 350
the donkey simply laughed with delight when years old---£16 10k and another phlint of the
he met Jumbo after their short parting. same, golden variety-£10 10...
According to the Depeche Coloniale, exten- sive irrigation works are about to be started in several provinces of the Tonkinese delta in French Indo-China. These works include canals and barrages. In the province of Aunum, near Phuly, u canal is being made in order to drain this region; the quantity of eartli to be rempred is estimated at 800,000 cubio netres. By the harrage of several estuaries in the province of Pha-Lien. 50,000 hectares will be rendered suitable for the cultivation of rice. Similar
results will be obtained in the lower delta by the construction of dykes on the seashore and of elaices. which will accumulate water during the rainy season, and protect the rice fields from the sen at high tido.
A. S. WATSON & CO. cutirely due to the use of carbolic acid, for, line of the N.Y.K. was started in 183.
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The death is announced of Mr. J. N. Tati, who died on the 19th ultimo while ou his way to Germany. The Kobe Chronicle says Mr. Tata wus one of the pioneers of the import of Indian raw epttou to Japan. in connection with which the Japan-Bombay
A few years ago the decoration of the Fourth Order of Merit was conferred upon Mr. Tata by the Japanese Government. and he received other tokens of recognition of the important part he took in the development of this branch of the nution's commerce and the opening of direct trade. The Spinning Union of Japan bas rout
as Dr. THOMSON remarks, its use was co- meuced at a stage in the epidemic when there is a greater natural tendency to recovery, the disease being invariably more virulent early in the season. But when all allowances are made, Dr. Thomses admits carbolic acid to be of undoubted value in the trent-telegram of condolence to Mr. Tata's family, The deceased gentleman was born in 1839, and therefore 65 years of age.
dresses with communications addressed to the Editer,ment of plague when given in such duses not for publication, but as ceridence of good fatsh
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MARRIAGE.
On the 6th June, at St. John's Cathedral, by the Res. T. T. Johnson, M.A. MABEL DAISY. youngest daughter of the lato It. 1. Mas, Hongkong, to BoREET RepER, Port Glasgow, Scothaul.
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HONGKONG, TH June, 1904. Tus annual reports of the medical officials in charge of the hospitals of the Colony, published in the catrent number of the Government Gazelle, contain much informs tion of a welcome nature. We note especially the indications that the Govern-
enormou s
as lo allow its sufficient concentration iu the blood to exert its antiseptic action on
In the review of the year's work by the Com - the facili. The doses a plague patient is mitten of the Church Missionary Socisty 16 is able to tako are enormous. The treatment. mentioned that China was beginning to follow in the steps of Japan. Ia come provinces begins with an initial dosage of 144 grains in 24 hours-12 grains every two hours. It studcats were being examined in the education
ayatuins of ancient Greece and in Herbert is mentioned that ons Europeta pa tient Spencer's philosophy, int were oxberied to consumed over 2,500 grains of
jure study Christian backs and give up spiam; carbolic acid before his blood was free vioarays were issuing proclamations against frour plague hacilli! It is an astonishing fact that in spite of these doses curbolic acid poisoning is practically unknown. and Dr. Tuossos, who tried carbolic acid in smaller quantities in 1901 with no very marked result, is now of opinion that carbolic wad in large doses is the most hopeful means of treating plague thus far at the disposal of the medical It is not, of fraternity in Hongkong. course, a specific remedy, and, while report ing favourably on its use, the Doctor urges upon the attention of His Excellency the Governor the desirability of carrying into effect before next epidomic season proposals
A GRUESOME “DEAL"
Visitors to the St. Lois Exposition will shortly be able to wituoss a novel sucossion of cinematographic pictures portraging the er een tion of over two hundred prisoners at Canton A short time ago à Hongkong photographer paid a visit to the Vicaroy aud come to an arrangement with him whoreby all axocations were to be postponed until a date towards the end of the prosent month. A cinematograph Stater, and is now in the Colony awaiting was meanwhile on its way hither from the
transhipment on its gruesom erraud stated that $50,000 will be the prics forthcoming for the fibus frota an Americau syadio.to. But no doubt there will be "squeezes" to pay at Canton
It is
SHOOTING CASE ON A STEAMER.
There has been a serious shooting case on the 5.s. Heathburn, now in harbour. The victim was a Chinese quartermaster who is now at the Government Civil Hospital is a precarious con- dition. The carpenter of the steamer, a Norwegian, is now in custoily. The affair, it is alleged, took place in the middle of the night, the Chinaman receiving wounds in the chest and I'm The trouble is stated to have arisen over some Japanese women who are said to have been stowed away on the ship.
ROGUERY IN HONGKONG.
It appears that a Chinaman at Hongkong has been duped by the confidenes trick. Li Tong, of No. 76. Pork Stall, Contral Market was given $230 by his father to pay a bill with Li went up to the Police Station in great dis- tress and reported a highway robbery, but on being interrogated it transpired that he had been made a fool of. A man came up to him and gat into conversation. After walking together some distance the stranger showed Li a roll of notes, about $1,000, saying he had found the bundle in the hell of a steamer. He asked Li to change them, offering to pive hitti one note for his trouble; he was afraid himself. He required security. Lowever, while his friend was gone, and Lá foolishly gave him the $230. On opon. ing the bandle of notes, as he thought, Li found a roll of woless paper. The trickster had disap- peared No arrest has yet been made.
footbinding; mandarins wer asking for Chinese translation of the Eucyclopedia Britannici, "and, meanwhile, were purchasing the English edition of that ealesaal werk When Japanese sailors sared their enemies from drowsing and bound up their wounds they were imilating Europe in what Christinuity alone had fanght. Barapo to do Their best leaders knew it, and many believed that Western civilisation east be crowned by the Western religion; but they had to learn that Christianity was more than superior system of ethio. Bishop Ridley, who Lad lately visited Japan, said he lonkel to the CHINESE REFORMERS AT KUALA native churches to evangalize the country, but they needed spiritual impoles and guidance,
The annual meeting of the Christine Litera
ment anti-malarial measures have been already sanctioned for the production of a ture Society for China was held at Exeter Hall,
curative serum for the treatment of plague. London, last month. Dr. James Johnston, late beneficial to the public health, and we ure
Altogether the medical reports contain of Shanghai, presided. The report presented by pleased to note, ton, a gratifying success
the Rev. J. Cumming Brown, stated that the achieved in the treatment of cases of plague abundant evidence of excellent work on
journal at Shanghai. During the year new These are the two most conspicuously satiswhich the Medical Department is sincerely society had lately begun a Chinese weekly
to be congratulated. factory features. of the reports.
publications had been issued to the extent of Dr.
11,500,000 pngos, besides reprints to the extent ATKINSON, the Principal Civil Medical
The English mail of the 7th May was of 23,500,000 pages, and pirated editions of many Officer, in his report to the Government on delivered in London on the 4th inst.
of the society's bouka were published in many the working of the Medical Department
The Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital in parts of the Chinese empire. Dr. Richard, of during the year 1903, embodies a return of
Konbam Road is to be opened to-day. Mrs. Shangbai, had been approached with a view to a the cases
of malarial fevers admitted May has kindly consented to perform the Chinese translation of the Encyclopedia Britannica," and hundreds of applications for during the year into the military hospitals, ceremony.
such a translation had been received. Such an kindly supplied by Colonel WEBE. This
enterprise, however, was, with the society's return shows a decrease of 568 in the
resources, utterly impossible. At the examina number of European cases, and of 220 in
tions for dégress questions such as the following the Asiatic cases, There can be no doubt
were common Explain free trade and protec- that this marked diminution is due, as the
tion." "How do foreigners regulate the Press, Principal Civil Medical Officer says, to the
post-office, commerce, railways, banks, bank extensive training of nullahs and other
notes, taxation; and how do they get faithful men"
"Wherein lies the naval spremacy of anti-malarial measures which have been
Great Britain ?" The Christian Church should carried on in the neighbourhood of the
Between Saturday and yesterday noon, ninetence show that the blessings of civilization Barracks by the Military Authorities. At cases of plague were notified. All wore Chinesotame from Christianity. Already some of our the Government Civil Hospital, too, the eases, and seven of them were fital During Western books had been translated inte Chiness diminution in the number of admissions the week ended Saturday last 36 cases were by Janes writers, who omitted all the This society from malarial fevers was maintained, the notified; in the same period there were 37 deaths Christianity in their contents.
from plague. The only other cases of com- was peculiarly able to do the work required, if number for last year being 346 as com-
municable disease reported during the week its resources were not so paltry, Sir R. K pared with 849 in 1902, and 787 in 1901-ware five fatal cases of cholera, all Chiuess, Dongles, seconded by the Roe. D. MacGillivray, These figures show that the nuopholes and three Chinese cases of small-por, of which moved the adoption of the report, which was
agreed to. mosquito does not breed so plentifully in one was fatal,
The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 29th May were:-Library, 227 non-Chiness, 100 Chinese; Museam. 300non-Chinese. 1,714 Chinese.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Allco Memorial and Nothersole Hospitala boga to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the fands of the Hospital:-Geo, Murray Baio, 820.
LUMPUR.
ELOQUENCE LEADS TO STRIKING RESULTS.
[JAPANESE OFFICIAL DISPATCIL]
RUSSIAN GUNBOAT `BLOWN UP.
Tokyo, 6th June, 12.35 p.m.' Aduiral Togo reports that the Fifth destroyer flotilla, while engaged in blockad- ing Port Arthur at 7.40 pm on the instant, witnessed a ganboat of the Güyak type belonging to the enemy blow up and sink at the front of Chengtaushan, probably by striking one of our mines. Another Russian gunbons, some destroyers and steam-launches which meared to be engaged in clearing mines outsile Port Arthur hastily Bled inside.
[REUTER'S SERVICE.
GENERAL STOESSEL'S REPORT ON
equipped for the field. The coolies (native) are days and the whole division has left completely
managed on mach the same principles as in any other country; each set has a humad man or ganger at the lend of affairs; he marshals them and is responsible to the Japanese for his gang. He also pays them and foods them, so that really the Japanese transport offlcers have only one nan from each gang to deal with. The 5,500 Japanese coolies brought with the 12th Division are for more important work than to be mero human beasts of burden; they are mostly ex-soldiers, and might be called inbourers rather than coolies. They must not, however, bộ con- fused with the army transport corps, of which about 4500 are attached to sach division.
The 12th Division are recruited from a listrich in the southern island of Japan, tho heachquirters being K kura, near the Straits of Shimonoseki. The division is complote in evory flotail, and is composed of the following branches of the military service :---
Infantry, 12.000 (four rogimonts of thres battalions each); cavalry: 500 (one regiment); artillery, 900 (one regiment, 36 guus, two field batteries, two mountain batteries); engineers, 700; transport corps, 600; hospital corps, 700; mamunition column, 500; post-offles, corps, veterinary corps, pontoon corps, and balloon corps, 1,000--36,900 combatants: 5,500 ccalion grand total, 22,400.
These men have never yet met a Europeau. exony in the fold under modern conditions (the Japanese themselves realize this), so that it is impoasible to tell what their fighting qualities and characteristics will be; bat, to judge from the opinion formed of them during their dis- embarkation and their passage through Seoul, they will probably more than deserve the vory THE BATTLE OF NANSHAN.
high estimate already formed of their efficiency. In small details they cortainly excel. Bul LONDON, 4th June,
company has its own supply of intrenching General Stosssel's report of the battle of tools, and each battalion carries its own amguni- Nanshan, hastily pencilled, was sent by tion on pack pouies. The men look strong and junk to Yingkow and from there telegraph healthy and are bigger than the average Japanese; they havo a remarkably bright and ed. It says that the Japanese fire, speci-intelligent oxpression, the officers and men are ally from the gunboats and destroyers, stirred by an all-powerful senso of loyalty to the nation to which they belong. They had no annihilated the batteries at
wish to fight, but, now they have entered into Before evacuating Nanshan he ordered the guns to be blow up, but his orders were only partially carried out, owing to the necessity for a prompt retreat.
Kinclau.
THE DISEMBARKATION OF
JAPANESE TROOPS.
A military correspondent of the Times who furnished an account of the disembarkation of the first division of the Japanese army at Chemulpo, wrote:-
the combat, they know what they are fighting
for and that they are engaged in a deckire sten, glo, and will ight with an ardour and werve difficult to suppress. Their behaviour ̧ too. has been excellent, and no word of com. plaint has been heard against them in Chemulpo or Seovl.
The infantryman's kit weighs about 501h. including the rifle and bayonet. It is made up of a valise, havermek, ammunition pouches, ons pair of Imets, blanket, great-couf, water-bottle two days' emergency ration. Ko. ; a tooth brush
He wears forms part of the kit of ouch man. Watching the work proceeding from day to
two great-coats, the socomil one (a blanket coal with fur nollar; having been specially issued for day was most interesting there was no fuss, no shouting, no confusion, and no noisy demostra. the cold weather. This will soon be discarle tion of welcome on the part of the Japanese He curries his kit well, and does not appear ever- residents on the arrival of the first battalions. Indexed; but its weight is materially reduce
when he is likely to hayo stiff marching. The only though every men, women; and child had come down to welcome them. This is a characteristic adverse criticisin it is possible to arike is with particularly noticeable amongst the Japanese-reference to the cavalry and transport horas : that, however wach they are impressed by a the poorest judge of horseflesh can at once sec that they are not good enough to do the work military or other spectacle, their feelings aro seldom expressed by loud acclamations. It was expected of them, and they will be, donbtless, a remarkable, too, that no matter how small or serious handicap to the Japanese. They come how large a body of men lauded, every man from Southern Japan, and have none of the seemed to know exactly what to do and where well-known stamina and qualities of the on- to go, and this was the same whatever work goliau ponies, which are hardy and strong: on
was going on. There were, naturally, guides the other hand, the horses from the north of
Way
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NAVAL NOTES.
Tho U.S.S. Helena, erniser, is in dock at Kowloon.
The U.S.S. Pathfinder survey-rossel, is alongside at the Kowloon Dook,
The U.S.S. Decatur, one of the five Americen
destroyers now at Hongkong, went for a
cruise around" the island yesterday. Tho Decatur and Bainbridge have finished their docking at Kowloon, but the other three bare yet to be completed.
and oficials stationed at the landing-places to Japan ni much superior to those from the direct thoir movemente, bat their work south 60 quietly performed a5 to be scarcely noticeablə. –
Each battalion as it arrived was perhaps billeted for a night at Chemulpo, or sent ou to Seoul immediately by train. Sound itself was the real starting point or base of this division, A telegram to the Straits Times from Kuala and, as the Japanese had decided to occupy Lampur says:There was a crowded meeting the important city of Ping-yang before the of the Literary and Dobating Society on Saturday, Russians could attempt to mize it, each body of mon was only kept in Seoul a few days to May 28th, whereat the subject of debate was the the affect that "the first step in Chinese reform before being despatched on the road north proposal advanced, by Mr Loke Chow Thye, to make final preparations for transport, &e, The organisation of transport for an army in is in cutting off the queue." The proposal, Cores is a matter of great difficulty, as in any which was valiantly opposed by Mr. Cheah
case nothing larger than a native cart can be Boon Teat and others, was warmly discussed, used, and that only on the Peking main road, about a dozen mezubers delivering impassioned which passes through Ping-yang and Wijn. speeches. On a ballot being taken, it was found and on the east coast road from Wonsan that nineteen members had voted for the (Gensan) towards Vladivostok. Once off the removal of the touchang, and eighteen against. road, only soolies and pack animals can be fleet have been cancelled. It had been intended Then, amidst a scene of the greatest excitement, employed. The carts are of two descriptions, to store supplies at the French ports of Bizerta, certain prominent members of the Chinese com- one a two-wheeled hand cart capable of taking in the Mediterranean, and Jibutil, in the Gulf munity expressed a wish that--in order to about 3001b., drawn by two or three coolies, of Aden, and at Saigon, in French Coclin China. demonstrate that they had the courage of their the other a two-wheeled cart somewhat similar convictions their touchengs might be then and to the truck used in England for transporting there cut off by the President of the Society, timber; it is usually drawn by a native bullock Dr. Gnoh Lean Tack. This was done amid and will take a load of rather over half tremendous applause.
a ton. These oxen are a feature of Corean of the number of men engaged on the job. In China coaling is also by hand, but conducted life; they are big, brown, thick-set animals, somewhat differently, for Chinese pass the docile, and easily managed; their pace coal aboard from junks or lightors in baskets, (about three miles in luar) is quicker than that the size of which appear ridiculously small, But the efficiency of this method is really
WEATHER REPORT,
·H.M.9. Perseus is to be re-commissioned at
Bombay for a further term of three years, The refitting will cost £6,000.
The Rassian coal contracts for the Baltic)
A Service paper writing on the coaling of ships says:At Fort Said the Arabs coal ships with convenient bankers at an astounding rate. All the work is done by hand, the power consisting
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issue of most oxen, and they will draw a cart or carry wonderful, as was recently shown in the case a load with oqual case. The coming of the of the coaling of the Leviathan, Terrible, and the following report
Japanese troops, has been a golden harvest for Fengoauce at Hongkong. The former ship hours, or at the rate of 31428 tons per hour. the Coreans, or rather for the Coreans of the took on board 2200 tons in seven working coolio class, who have been hired in large This is the record at Hongkong, the next best, numbers for at least six times their usual wage being the Vengeance with 2788 tons, and the that is, they receive about 2 yen instead of Terrible with 278 tons per hour. Tacema has 30 sex per dion. Almost every available native laid claim to the world's record of 3,570 tons of coal in nine and a half running hours, taken on board and trimmed. This was accomplished pony has been bought up. The Corean coolie is certainly the best human weight-carrier in the
On the 6th at 11.80 a.m. The barometer has risen throughout China and the Philippines and has fallen in Japan.
Gradients are very slight on the China. Coast and light variable winds will be met with in the Formosa Channel, Over the China Sea they are rather more marked and moderate B. to SW. winds will prevail over the region.
occasional showers,
Forecast Moderate S. to SW. winds, fair,
with electric appliances,