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a thinker in coo- The a Napoleonic coloniser, of the money market to turn up. political advantages of this hardly-won tinents, a dremmer of a Dutch Africa, as concession could scarcely, of course, bo Robes was a dreamer of an English expected to take preco·lonce in the thoughts Africa. Both great dreamers hayo trekked now to that bourne whore sleep is dreamless of its holders; but so far as we can see, the omens which must primarily influence thewa fitting example for KOHALETU and his
A. S. WATSON & CO., have all along been favourable. The neces-
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vanity of vanities! GoM PAUL, who whe aity and advantages of the Shanghai-Nan-born October 10th, 1825, near Coleberg in king Railway have been recognised since Cape Colony, is described by his friend WEINTHAL as a man of peact, who regarded the very early 'seventies, when Sir HARRY PARKES first mooted it. Six years ago, Sir the mineral treasures of the Transvaal with CLAUDE MACDONALD said officially that for loathing as the root of all evil, and hopel a railway in China there was no more pay and strove only for a "pastoral republic.” ing district than the one to be tapped by He was, he says, a man of prayer, this very line. The terms of the concession, and trust, and bravery, and of faithfu!- ness to duty. "I saw PAUL KLUGER," regarded as favourable at the time it was granted, now now viewed with oven greater says this friend of his, nearly every satisfaction. As to the engineering outlook, the short two hundred miles through which WATERS the line bas to run are, as the saying is, "as
flat as a pancake," and the construction ought" more forcibly than during that trying to le faished well within the four years "period." Well, the man is dend, and allowed. There is perhaps no more pro. those who were not admirers will have de- AERATED gressive or civilised corner of China than thislicacy about contradicting these eulogies. To err is strip of densely inhabited Kiangau. The lias Hostility ends at the grave. will establish connection between the latent human, and we do ant forget that bis business of the ancient capital of Chinn and humanity was of a simple, superstitions the wealthy and enlightened merchants of sort. Shanghai. The present needs of that great THE MACHINERY in use embodies every emporium of Shanghai would alone justify improvement up to date.
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Early on Saturday morning H.M.S. Eclipse returned to the Harbour after having been standing by the wreck of H.M.S. Sparrowhonek sings the disaster to that vessel. The Eclipse's commission is finished.
Referring to the typhoon ut Facebow on the 6th inst, Ühe Daily Echa there says it was "short and sharp," and hopes that the Chinese saying, "One typhoon in June menus nine in July," may not be verified.
A pony watch at Fouchow, on the 9th isst, between Mr. Ellis' Sapper (ridden by Mr. Smith) and Mr. Wallace's Choos (Mr. Metson up), for one mile, catch weights, was won in a couple of lengths by the first nail. Messrs. Mengoi and Oswald were starter nuð judge, respectively.
The Shanghai Mired Court has sentenced a
Chinaman to a thonend blows and twenty years
TELEGRAMS.
[REUTER'S SERVICE]
THE JOHORE RAILWAY.
LONDON, 14th July. Mr. Lyttleton in reply to Mr. Henniker- Heaton said that a convention for the construc- tion, by the Malay States, of a railway through Johore in continuation of the main line, was
xigued on the 11th instant. CHINESE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT
LONDON, 14th July,
The Morning Post says that a Chiness Em- perial railway loan of £2,250,000 was issued to- day at 971 bearing interest at 5 %. The loan is for the construction of a line from Shanghai to Nauking, and subscribers will receive one-Bith
of the net proâts of the railway.
LONDON, 15th July. ' day in that month of reverses, and imprisonment for various acts of extortion by "I can honestly say that at no time did his threats and violence. In one case he gouged
The prospectus of the Chinese Railway Loan thousand blows, there is not much need for pity-being the balance of a total of £2.250.000.
THE WAR.
[HEUTER'S SERVICE]
PORT ARTHUR'S FALL IMMINENT.
LONDON, 14th July.
A St. Petersburg communication from the general staff says that Admiral Alexieff's Military staff reports from Japancs sources that the Japanese attacked the positious at Port Arthur on the night of the 10th inst- ant, and wore repulsed with losses so enormous that they are difficult to calculate, but are estimated at 30,000. A previous unofficial report to the sanio offer stateni that the losses were due to Russian mines,
LATER.
The report of the slaughter of 30,000 Jap-
many grand traits of character strike in/out the eyes of his victim. If he dies ander the has been issued for the amount of £1,500,000 | anese in a recent assault on Port Arthur is
Oue of the firm beliefs of the old
exile was that the earth is flat, and we fear the poor old man must have felt it flat indeed, in his last, doclining years.
A telegram to the Times of Ceylon on 30th June reports hard fighting in Tibet. The 8th Gurkhas, the 10th Pathans, and some of the Sappers stormed a main position, took it, but lost Captain J. C. P. Craster (killed). Captain C. Bliss, and Lieut. D. W. H. Hum- phreys were wounded.
GRAVE OF EX-PRESIDENT KRUGER
LONDON, 14th July. Ex-President Krugar has died of pusumonis, in Switzerland. The relatives have applied to the Imperial Government to bury him beside his wife in the Transvaal.
THE ARMY REFORM SCHEME.
Apropos the recent correspondence in our
LONDON, 14th July. columns concerning the theory that the Japa-
Mr. Forster has introduced to the House of nose are the lost ten tribes, a writer in the Shanghai Herentry ablaces an amusing bit of corroboration. The first Emperor being Jin Commons an Army Reform Schom›, which · Ma Tenne, he says, and jin meaming mun,rences the army by fourteen battalions. It leaves the Millin untonohed, because the country is Groat Britain's exports andimportssack rose and ma "no mora," there you are, “no more
notripe forachangain that branch. The Volun ihan ter, oh!" in value about £2,000,000 last mouth.
teors are to be reduced to 180,000, but will re- ovire larger granis. It is proposed to divide the army into two parts, keeping one purely for home service, with two years with the colours and six years in the reserve.
Miss Carl, the lady who painted the Dowager Empress's portrait, has reached Shanghai.
The Queen was one of the sponsors at the ebristening of Lady Curzon's daughter.
this scheme, and with the railway, there is no telling what miglity world-market the northern port may become. With regard to the subscribera, the fortunate allotees will stand in a peculiarly favourable posi- tion. In addition to the five per cent. interest, and surplus twenty per cent, they have the security given by the guarantee of OF QUALITY the Chinese Government, that the issue is
regarded as a State loan re-payablo in gold It is not to be supposed, either, that our own Government will ever be indifferent to its duty in respect of according adequate protection to the interests of the bond.meeting on the 7th fast, and reported good holders, which, in the present case, happen to be in a peculiar sense the interest of the
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nation.
PUBLIC characters of a certain sort share in their lives somewhat of the semblance of play actors. Summoned into the glare of the footlights, it may be "for one night
A Shanghai boatman has just been imprisoned for a week for attempting to utter forged uotes of the Russian Imperial Bank.
The Shanghai S.P.C.A. hold ite sixth annual
progress made in eliminating local eraeltics.
The Gorrasu admiral, seconded by the consul nt Nanking, is said to have again asked for a lease of Puyang Lake Le a naval station.
The total death rate during May (not includ ing soldiers and sailor was 22.4 per thousand, Among foreigners alone, it was 13.9 per thousand.
The N-C. Daily News reports a rumour that the Leeuen, an old Chias Merchants Co.
uggling provisions into Port Arthur.
Saturday's gale caused more fear than actual darange, though, indeed the boat population suffered to some extent. A large amount of canvas was toru and at least one small boat be. came waterlogged. In the City a large branch of a tree fell down at the junction of Queen's Road and Ice House Street casing dengar to
traffle. The police removed it.
In the last Government Gazette the Officer
Administering the Government notifies that His Majesty does not disapprove of the Hill District Reservation Order, 1904, which there- fore comes inte operation on the 15th inst. On and after that date the Peak is dedicated to the use of foreign residents only for residential purposes.
This item, taken from a home paper of June 16th, has interest locally. Mrs. Bell-Irving, of Whitehill, Dumfriesshire, wife of Mr. John Bell-Irving, and sistor of Sir Robert Jardine. has just died in her eighty.second year. Mr.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN CAPTURES.
UNIONISTS.
LONDON, 15th July.
Mr. Chamberlain presided at the first meet. ing of the re-constructed Unionist Council. Eighteen hundred delegates were present. Me
Chamberlain received on immensa ovation and was elected President. Lord Lansdowne and. Lord Selbourne were eleciad Vice-Presidents. A Fiscal Reform resolution was practically ananimously accepted. This indicates Mr. Chamberlain's complote capture of the Uzionist
inachine.
At a monster demonstration in The Albert Hall, in the evening 12,000 people attend d. Mr. Chamberlain was the chief speaker. Lord Lauslower, in acknowledging the gosolution
only," to play their part in the company steamer, has been sold for the purpose of and Mrs. Bell-Irving celebrated their diamond approving of the fiscal policy of the Gorera.
they have joined, they move across the stage and hold all eyes upon them. Then they disappear behind the foolish pasteboard OsLTCommaications relating to the news calusiu scenes, which in our allegory symbolise the should be addressed to Tun EviTOR.
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other matters, the now wonder of the tenth day, to which the audience turus its fickle attention with unseemly speed. Sometimes they re-appear for a brief space, bowing acknowledgment of applause, or in the case of the villain-passing through execra- tion to oblivion,
So JOHANNES PAULUS
STEPHANUS KRUGES, appearing in the chief role of a national-tragedy, crossed the boards, and so, too, made his brief re appearance, as a dying man; and passing, earns his meed of what? Only a small
Mr. Murphis, third mate of the ss. Thales, was drowned while bathing in the Fol-am river on the 10th inst. The day following, the Amey Gazette said the baily had not been recovered.
wedding in November last. The family's sucestral connection with the county dates back to the twelfth contury.
The following programme of wusie is to bo played by the band of the 1st Sherwood Foren-
ment, declared it would greatly strongthen the hands of the Premior.
PRINCESS VICTORIA OF SCHLESWIG- HOLSTEIN ILL.
LONDON, 15th July. Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
appendicitis and is progressing favourably.
regarded in St. Petersburg rather as the means of softening the fall of Port Arthur
which is said to be imminent.
A MINOR SUCCESS.
LONDON, 15th July, Telegrams published at Tokyo state that Yingkow was occupied at midnight on Wednesday without opposition.
IN PORT ARTHUR TRENCHES.
LONDON, 13th July, Telegrams from Russian and French cor- respondents concur that there was severe fighting in the environs of Port Arthur on the night of the 10th instant, when the Japanese losses were most heavy. Russian lose was 1,000.
General Sakharoff reports that General Rennoukampt was wounded iu a fight near Saimatae which resulted in the repulse of a Japanese attack and the pass being occupiest by the Russiana.
WAR ITEMS.
PRISONERS.
The
The Teblisz prisoners, 339 in naaber, heve arrived at Matsuyams, where there aro now about 900 in a. Among the last batoh there are 94 wounded.
PUZZLING EVERYBODY.
Military experts in Loudon, says a correspon- dent of the N.-C. Daily News, sro puzzled by the conflicting accounts received as to the latest progress of the armies in Manchuria,
CHEFOO'S SOURCE OF NEWS.
It is alleged that a Russian destroyer has made its way from Port Arthur to Newchwang, carrying intelligence. Rumour also states that secret correspondence is still held between Port Arthur and Chefoo by means of junks, Thore
Captain Gucho, a French officer of the 1st fers, on the New Parade Ground to-day from the King's niece, bus been operated upon for is certainly some avenue of intelligence.
Zouaves, just returned to Algiers from servico in China, shot a doctor who had been intimate with his (fucho's) wife. The doctor did not die.
The Kakumin Shimbun has a telegram from Peking maying that Sir Robert Hart is about to resign, and that he will be succeeded either by Sir R. Bredon, Mr. Hippisley or Mr. F. E. Taylor.
HONGKONG OFFICE ; 14. DESVEUX ROAD C. part of the audience is applauding, and buc | Report, imported 14,154 pls of rice in the six LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
Amoy, according to its Gazette & Shipping
days ending 8th July, and export 210 pts suger, 559 pls. paper, and 34 pls, propated
tobacco..
Foochow is rapidly saking on the characteris. ties of a thriving towa, and our gallant little contemporary, the Daily Etho, promises to rise
eight-page paper. to the ccasion. The last isme to hand was an
In county cricket, Leicester bent Worcester by five wickets; Notts beat Derbyshire by 330 runs; Lancashire heat Somerset by an innings and 136 raus; and Middlesex defeated Surrey by sever wickets.
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When the Pacific Mail as. Siberia arrivoil at Munila a few days ago 40 Japanese, passengers were refused landing by the immigration department of the Custom House on accennt of sense of the eyes. Five of them, however, determined to effect a landing. The sea was running very high and therefore escape in a boat was out of all question. During the night they stripped off their clothes, and made them lato small bundles, which they tied carefully around their necks. They thon secured a life the beach. The Siberia arrived at Hongkong buy and swam ashore, only to be arrested on
yesterday.
Mr. Reynell's action against the Robe Chronicle, for Y. 50,000 damages for loss of credit falleged to be due to publication of is in Jack's own hands. order of attachment on plaintiff's property) was dismissed with costs.
A house in Ripon Terrace was entered by a
Revised regulations for the licensing of passenger boats in the harbour are published in the current number of the Government Gazette together with a turiff of fares. It is a frequent complaint especially among the naval men that the sarapan men demand excessive fares when taking them off to their ships, but, the remedy According to the revised regulations the boats between the Har- bour Office and Ship Street Pier (which, by the way, most carry as part of their crow, at least two males between the ages of 15 and 60) are entitled to charge 10 cents per hour for two passengers; each extra passenger 10 cents per passengers; 20 centa por half-hour for two
are entitled to 10 cents ostru per passenger.
THE ECLIPSE STAKES.
LONDON, 15th July. 1-Darley Dale. 2-Ryda! Head. Houry Firet,
CRIMINAL SESSIONS: THE
CALENDAR.
The following is, the calendar of the July Criminal Sessions, commencing before Sir W. M. Goodman (Chief Justice) at the Supreme
Court this morning 1--
1. Chan Chun-Bribery.
2. Lai Shau--Bribery (three charges). 3. Sam King, Cheong Wing, and Chan
Sui--Robbery.
MINES.
The Russian ships are suspected of having laid mechanical mines of Wonsan during their on the 30th ult, while the stay thore torpedoes were at work in the harbour. That would be, saga the Japan Mail, another interesting operation from an international point of view
THEDE POET ARTHUR FORTS TAKEN,
Telegramas to the Times of India on Jane 30th say it was unofficially reported in Tokyo. that the Japanese had captured three of Port Arthur's south-eastern defences. It was an all day fight, and began with an artillery duel, Forty Russians and a hundred Japaness killed. Two guns captured.
IT WAS A BRILLIANT, VICTORY, A series of coloured pictures of the war are 4. Wong Yuk, Wong Lang, Chu San, being distributed in large quantities, with the Cheong Fat and Lai Ki-(1) Armed sauction of the Russian censorship, in MoscoM robbery; (2) Receiving stolen property. and the rural districts of Central Raseia. In 5. Charles Perthla~(1) Attempted murder; all of them, says the Times' Cracow correspou- (2) Shooting with intent to do grievous dent, the Russian troops are represented as bodily harm.
victors over the Japanese. At Chomulpo it is not the Russian, but the Japanese ships which are sinking; the town of Hakodate is being shattered to pieces by the guns of the Rassism fest, and (Jo Japanese infantry are being shot down to s man by the Russians at Talien wan,
YELLOW PERIL" SLANDER
C. Krok Ping Kan--Bribory.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
THREE SOLDIERS SHOT DEAD OR
STONECUTİERS' ISLAND.
毒
By the usual process of growth from month to month, the Tokyo public were recently led to believe that after the sinking of the Hitachi Mare, the residence of Admiral Kamimura in Tokyo became an object of stoze-throwing and Mra, Kunimura and children wore varionely insulted. This legond wet us, says the Japan
A shocking tragedy occurred at Stonecuttera Island in the early hours of yesterday morning. Three soldiers were shot dead. As an inquest has not yet been held, we can give only the supposed facts, which are as follows:-An Indian soldier, a private in the 114th Mahrattas. was on sentry duty at the East Battery, Stone vatters Island. Suddenly he lost his head, ort, "ran amok." He rashed forward and shot wise people shake solemn heads over it, pre- a brother private and then a sergeant, both of dicting that if such an ill balanced morale were At the Naval yard on Saturday Messrs. D. G. whom belonged to the same regiment. Then, exhibited on an occasion so little justifying it, Bridger and W. G. Bridger were presented by apparently having realised what he had done, sad things might be anticipated in graver crises. the Commodore with transport medals and he pointed the muzzle of the gun at his own Inquiries have laid bare a carious fact. Bron clasps. Mr, D. J. Bridger, who is at prosent chest and shot himself. The three men, the the proverbial grain of truth can scarcely be chief officer of the 8.8. Teinen (Mosrs, Butter one who is supposed to have committed suicide said to exist in this case.
few hiss, because of that de mortuis saying HONGKONG, 18TH JULY, 1904. which seals their lips. Of a truth, other THE attention of our readers is particularly tragedies now hold in thrill that same drawn to the advertisement on page 4 of audience, and it is but a flicker of attention this issue, announcing that the public are it has to spare for this que actor's curtain- at last offered the opportunity of subscrib.fali. Yet in the time to come, when mea lug to the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Loan open histories to learn of the doings of the most wonderful nation in the most wonder- of £3,250,000, £2,250,000 of which remain
The Hongkong and ful century previously known, they will see to be applied for. Shanghai Bank is offering £1,500,000 worth the name PAUL. KRUOSE writ large upon of sterling bonds at £97 10s.. and to-morrow the page, and will read on, carious to know (Tuesday) is the last day for local applica what manner of man this was who dared to tiona. We had begun to wonder, in thwart the empire whereon no sun has ever whether set for ages, and haply never will. How common with many others, the concessionaires were not after all going will the story run, the story of this historic to allow this important concession to lapso, character who died but last week? Will it and fall into alien bands. Of the two thou tell of a praceful, pious, patriotic old man, sand eight hundred miles of British railway shepherding his flack of gentle Boers in the that were announced, with so much ectat, pastures wrested with toil and sweat from burglar during the mrly hours of Saturday by Mr. BALFOUR in the House of Commons the thorny wilderness, and gazing, auxious morning. One of the conpants of the house in the math of February, 1899, not one but determined, at an unscrupulons invader jumped out of bed; the rubber ran on to the anile, so far, has been made, except the who comes first.with cozeuing words und verandal, "swarmed" down the storm pip half-hour; and between canest and sunrise thay to use a more general phrase for such cases, Mail, constantly in society, and we observed Northern State Railway. The original bogus messages, and later with angry
Thres hundred, out of the 1,300 sampans at 'time of expiry of the option is now within and many guns? Or will the narration
now been numbered and fower weeks than may be counted on the he of a shrewd Man with a muck-rake, Shanghai, have
Unlike Hongkong Shang fingers of one hand, and there are other clothed in a little brief authority, permitting registered.
There has not been nations, for instance, Germany or Belgium, a vaulting ambition to overlap itself, cloth has only recently undertaken this important who would not hesitate a day to bid for ing his treacherous purposes with pious duty, being awakened to the necessity by the
field and Swire), received his medal and two and the other two, all died immediately or any stone throwing; there have not been any auch an opportunity, were we to let it slip, humbug and soft words of deceit, finaliş,
We now learn that we had insufficient facts clasps for the South African and China Wars, shortly after receiving their wounds. The insults; demonstrations of every kind have been as we let slip the Peking-Hankov Railway. unmasked, staggering humanity with a
to go upon in deciding that justice in Shanghai he having been chief officer of the ae. Southern bodies wore conveyed to the Hongkong mertuary wanting; Mrs. Kamimura has lived her wonted attended school as usual without hearing 50 We do not believe that it is any want of monstrous, foolish ultimatum that capped bad in a certain assault ene marched too hur Cross which conveyed the Australian contingent by the Police, The inquest, presumably, will placid undisturbed life; her children have much as an allusion to the ill-fatal transports; enterprise in the British character, or any in sheer audacity the behaviour of AJAX riedly. It appears the defendant, seen by the from Australia to Durban, and afterwards chief be held to-day.
the even teneur of the Kamimura household's conspicuous tightness of capital for that defying the lightning? It is too soon to Chief Justice to strike a coolie, dlçoted to be so officer of the 5.8. Antiltion, which conveyed the siege train from Cape Town to Tientsin, and thenes to Hongkong. Mr. W. G. Bridges, at matter, that has made us as a nation appear foretell the verdict of history. The pre- summarily dealt with.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued existence has been wholly unaltered. What then is the grain of truth ♬ It is that one of Bo phlegmatic in the matter of railway judices of two years ago are dormant, not
The first Victoria Cross gained in the prosent porvising the construction of the the following report
On the 17th at 11.20 a. The barometer Mrs. Kamimura's maids, when making par- 8. Shanghai recently launched for, Messrs. onterprise in China. The delay of the con- moribund One who knew the iste pre-id. Somaliland campaign has been awarded to cessionaires in making use of this valuable ent of the late republic, and who, knowing Licitenant Clement Leslie Smith, of the Duke Butterfield and Swire, got his medal for has fallen considerably in Japan and in a small-chases of domestic necessaries, was rewinded
and in Formosa It is stationary. concession, valuable both commercially and him, loved the uncouth old peasant for of Cornwall's Light Infantary, for an act of transport service in the South Africar. Wax, ho or degres throughout China; in the Philippines that her master had been unfortunate in Gradients are moderate on the China Coast bringing the enemy to conclusious. Whether even in saying this the tradesman intended to politically, is not to be explained on the qualities bidden beneath the rough exterior, conspicuous bravery" at the fight at Jidhalli having been third engineer of the ss. Upada
Mr. CECIL on January 10. He stood alone in face of a band (British India Co.) which took the Volunteers and very steep over the China Sea. Fresh S. ground of timidity as to the promise of the was Mr. LEO WEINTHAL
and substance of the matter. It would be enterprise; but simply, no doubt, to the RHODES, according to this gentleman, of dervishes, defending a wounded cozarade with from the Indian regiments from Bombay to to S. winds will prevail in the Formosa Chan- make any injurions reflection, appears very Forecast Very strong W. to 8.W. winds, difficult to calculate how small a fraction it admired KRUGER, because, he said, he had a revolver. He had a marvellous escape. He Darben. The Commodore in presenting the way strong S.W. monsoon over the doubtful. At all events that is the whole sura MICA WEER habit of financiers of waiting on
joined the service in 1900, and was on the medals to the two brothers complimented them
cloudy, showery.
represents of the full-grown story. upon the services they had rendered. the chance of a specially favourable state like ambitions to those of RHODEs himself, staff in South Africa.
mnion
and got clear away,
mysterions douth of a passenger.
+
WEATHER REPORT.
whole of the China Sea.