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A vierr to the ports in the Yangtse basin can hardly fuil to convince even the most unbelieving that soine progress has really been made towards the regeneration of China. This is shown not only in grent things but still more in petty details, and is for the most part accompanied by a sen- sible improvement in the general coudition of the people at large. In the lower river it is true, there is little external change to
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 71x, 1905
The present post-office promises are being extended, a portion of the hall loading up to the A small door Supreme Court being utilised.
has been opened, whore there was formerly a window, as the now on trance to the Bupromo Court.
Sir Robert Douglas, who has nearly complet End 40 years of service at the British Museum, the lost thirtean as Kespor of the Oriontal Books and Manuscripts, has jus: had his torm extended by the Treasury for two years more.
The sloop Rinaldo (Com. D. St. A. Woko) was paid off at Sheerness on 31st Jan., and placed in the E Division of the Mudway Dockyard Reserve, har chow proceeding on 45 days' lea e, The Rinaldo has returned bee guns and stores,
and will not be again employed on active sorvien,
TELEGRAMS.
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THE NEW NAVY LORD.
LONDON, 6th March. Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, third Earl of Cawdor, one of the King's A.D.C.'s, succeeds the Earl of Selborne as First Lord of the Admiralty.
ITALIAN MINISTRY RESIGNS.
LONDON, 6th March. Signor Giolitti's cabinet, formed
The notorious brigand londer Loung Tek, alias To Fa Min, whose extradition Mr. H. E. Pollock, KC. instructed by Mr. R..two years ago, las resigned, Harding, has been applying for on behalf of the Chinese Government, was committed to THE TERRIBLE TURK AGAIN. gas by Mr: H. H. J. Gompertz at the Polico Court last wook pending the order of the
Governor.
LONDON, 6th March. The Mohammedans have slaughter- ed a thousand Armenians.
[RKUTER'S SERVICE.)
LONDON, 4th March,
The British indemnity claim in the North
Son affair has been presented to the Russian Government. It amounts to £65,000 storling.
THE STRIKES IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, 4th March.
Several professors of the School of Jin-Jitsu, which has bees ostablished in London, gave a demonstration of their skill in the Drill fall and Toni, sud the Mussrs. Kenya and Eids, at Che'sen Bieracks.. First Mears. Miysko
gave exhibitions of one of their wondertet THE NORTH SEA INDEMNITY CLAIM. throws and bonebreaking locks. After those came the contests, foar Gaerderon coming forward to oppose Mr. Tani and Mr. Miyako, Each one of these man was powerfully built, and in height stood a head above his adversary, They all showed the grostost pluck and determination, and had not the least. reason to be ashamed of their defeats, sinco both Mr. Tani and Mr. Miyake are experts in their art, the latter boing a champion in his own stylo in Japan. The Guardsmen some ins children in the hands of the professors, who throw them about the stage almost a will, but always taking care to soften the falls when some of the deadliest throws were put into practics.
As noon as the soldiers attempted to use their strength they were toat, for the Japanese had and the authorities are bastily concentrating them tripped or thrown al piand down and troops at Warsaw and Lodz, helpless in a moment. Joe Acton, the Lancashire
THE WAR. catch-as-catch-can light-weight,
The strike afects every trade in Warsaw, where the strikers are assuming a threatening derucanear, and using revolvers and bombs. Un. less the Government can force the gasmen to resume work, the city will be in darkness on Buoday.
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The Tear's manifesto has had a bad affect
fared little batter than the Guardsmen, for Mr. [BY COURTESY OF THE JAPANESE CONSUL Miyake throw him to the ground quite ps easily,
CORRESPONDENCE.
OBSERVER.
MK. SERGEANT'S BOOK.
The Courtships of Catherine the Great".
THE PRICE OF FOOD.
TO THE ÉTOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS," The examples of such cities as Shanghai, Ste.-Soma of the corresponden's in the where, under the control of a regular police, press in discussing this subject toll as that if only crime is effectually prevented, and where European ladies would do their own marketing disease is evidently decreasing under im they would get their provisions much cheaper. proved sanitation, havo also not been lost in
I do not know how this conclusion is arrived at The great majority of European ladies live so practical a people as the Chinese people considerable distanse from the market, and at large. The enormous traffic carried assuming that they could beat the batsher through its streets without accident or in-down in his prices a little-a doubtful assump convenience, and with the slightest inter- tioa-it would resolve itself into expend ng 30 ference with individual liberty, and (to the cents on chairs or restas to save 5 cents on Chinese mind) the enormous rereancs raise the cost of the ment-Yours, without undue pressure has also had its effect on the untire officials and slowly (but surely the fact is having its effects on the cities of the interior. The late Viceroy of by Philip W. tergeant, lato of Hongkong, will the Tiang Kiang set the example of wide be published by Mr. Werner Laurie at once?
Recent aveats have called the closest atter macadamised roads
in this provincial tion to Rassin and her autoomatic government. capitals, and the example is being, albeit at It is not generally known probably that for ous a distance, followed in the other chief cities. brief period in the Eighteenth Century Tientsin is also possessed up of a respectable | delegates from all parts of Rassis were allowed police force fully organised under a foreign full liberty to discuss public affairs and to chief. It is true this was commenced under suggest most sweeping reforms. Yet such was the care in the y-as 1776-1778, daring the the control of the Foreign Commission after sittinge of the Commission on the Code called by the capture of the city, but the fact that it the Tsarina Catherine 11. The liberty of speach has since been continued under direct allowed in these years is without a parallel antive control and without the application u Russian history before or suce. The reign of Catherino the Great, which saw this romarkoblo of any pressure from without shows how experiment and so its result a vast improvement capable of comprehending its utility are the
in the laws, of Russia, was also marked by a new generation of rulers. In Sochow and great extension of the country's boundaries Hangchow similar improvements are heing until they tousled the Niomen, the Dniester,
CONTINUOUS JAPANESE
SUCCESSES.
TOKYO, 5th Marel, In the direction of Hingking our detach ment drove some days ago the enemy back to bis positions 15 miles south-east of Fusbun, and 15 miles south of Fushun, and an engagement is now proceeding. In the direction of Shaho the enemy's repented attacks in the night of the 3rd inst, were all repulsed. In the district lying west of the saltway our troops continue to deliver fierce attacks and are now in ovenpation of the district extending from Wuchenying 5 miles west of Stabopu, to Sutupu, 8 miles northwest of Wuchenging.
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SUPREME COURT,
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. Monday, 6th March.
BEFORE SIR H. S. BERKALBY (CHIEF JUSTICE).
WONG LET WAN V. TAM CHAK V,
The heating of this action was commenced on the 15th September last and was adjourned on the 16th September.
The plaintiff claimed--(1) That spocido por
fornace be decreed of an agreement in writing made between the plaintiff (as vondor) and the defendant (23 purchaser) on the 28th May 1903 for the sale of certain proporty registered in the Hongkong Land Office as the romaining portion of Inland Lot No. 1216," subject to a certain indenture of mortgage rezistered in the Land Office by Memorial No. 29,302, and to the payment of $27,500 portion of the principal sum of $100,000 and the interest thereon thereby rocured. (2) That the defendant boord-rod to pay
plain $5,000 damages (3) For such farther
relief as the Court should deem moot.
The Hon, Mr. E. H. Sharp, K. C., instructed by Mr. R. Harding taf Messrs. Ewens and Harstou) appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., instructed by Mir, Almada
Castro for the defendent,
The defendant's counsel (Mr. M. W. Blade) at the previous bearing claimed the right to begin, and tho plaint ff's counsel concurred. The defondant stated that when the contract was made, the property was mis-opræontod to him. It consisted of six houses in Richmond Terrace, which the defendant agreed to buy for
$61.50). It was stated that the property was at that time let for $650 per month, but this afterwards provel to be false. The defendant did not inspect the bouros till after the safe.
The plaintiff stated that in the middle of May 1903 he entrusted the property in question to a broker, with permission to soll at $70,000. At the end of the month the broker met the defendant and mentioned the property to him. The defendant inspouted the property. Only one house won than occupied, the rantal being
$110. Lator the defendant saw the broker and 880 per month, but another houss was let for offered $60,00), sud, with the plaintiff's consent, a bargnia was finally struck at $81,500. Nothing about the rental was mentioned.
It was stated in evidenes that the loanss wora
situated in a fever diafrist, and it was difficult
to let them on this account.
The defendant's case was that he was induced into the contract by fraud, the routal at 8650 appearing in the preliminary agreemert. At first the rental was not stated, and defendant pointed this out to the broker. The broker want back to the plaintiff and "rontal, $650 " was added.
The plaintiff, on the other hand, brought ocidence to pror, that the words "reatal, $650" were not on the document when it was handed to the defendant. They had been added, and the defendant was uttering & forgery. writer of the Registrar General's Office, to Hon. Mr. Sharp called the head Chiness, compare the writing of the body of the doon- ment in question with the words relating to rental
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HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD.
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, The 36th ordinary general mooting of saare- holders in the Hongkong Fice Insuranco Company, Limited, was held at the offices of the General Managers (Mosera. Jardino, Matbosom and Company) yesterday. The Hon. Mr. W.J. Grosson (Chairman) presided, and there wors also present Sir C. P. Chater, C.N.G., Messrs. H. P. White, F. Maitland and A. J. Raymond (Consalting Committee), Mr. G. T. Veitch (Secretary), and Hossee. T. Arnold, Wa Cruickshank, J. R. Michael, 8. J. Michael, S. H. Michael, W: H. Michael, G, H. Potts, B. A. Joseph, W. H. Wickham, F. Testor, F. Hall, to Fook, Wong and Lo Sai Clie
The SECRETARY read the notio+ conving the mosting.
The CHAIRMAN Eid-Gentleman, with your permission, we will adopt the usual custom and take the report and accounts as read. I think I may safely congratulata you on the
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outturn of the 19-3 account. Our risks run of without any serious loases, and with yor approval we propose dealing with the balance of $302,922 by the addition of 02422 to the reserve fund, which will then stand at the anbetantial aum of $1,200,510.70, and the pay- ment of a dividend of $34 per share. balance at credit of the 1994 working account ig somewhat less than inst your. This is owing to the numerous fires during the past twelco mouths, none of any great extant, but t'e
In ad claims aggregating a considerabló sum. dition to the amount appearing in the acedant, 587.566.98 losses actually paid, we know of fur- thor claims, at present in conrae of adjustment, estimated at 844839.11 This is disappointing. nad Ioan only hope our outstanding riske will run off in s favourable manner. Our arteyors report that in overy instanes the proporties mortgaged show ample margins on the sum advanced. There is nothing further in the accounts calling for any special comment from me, but before proposing the adoption of the report and accounts as presented I shall be pleased tousswer any question portaining therato which shareholders may have to ask.
If there are no questions, I beg to propose that the report and accounts as presented be adoptad and passed,
Mr. G. H. POTTS-Lbave vory much pleasure in seconding. I am sure that I oxpress the feeling of the shareholders in congratulating tho dirneters on the vory good results of the year's work, and I only hops that his remarks about the present year will turn out better than he anticipates.
The report and accounts wore ad ptol.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS,
Mr. W. A. CnUICESNANG proposed and Mr. T. ARNOLD scodel that the appointment of Mr. H. P. White on the Consulting Committee
be confirmad, and that Sir C. P. Clator,, C.M.G., Mosses, F. Maitland, A. J.. Raymond
and H. P. White be re-slected on the Consult-
ing Committee.
This was carried.
Mr. J. R. MICHAEL proposed, Mr. Ho Fook seconded, and it was carried, that Mesure. W. H.
Potts anil T. Arnold be ro.olucted auditors,
The CHAIRMAN-That concludes the business
Mr. Pollock objected to this man's eridenos being recrivel is expect evidence, and the Chief of the meeting, gentlemen. Thank you for
On the right bank of Hunhe our troops Justice held with him till Mr. Sharp showed your attendance. Disidend warrants can be
after successively repulsing the enemy, pro- ceeded to thenorthward and broketheenemy's line of defence extending from Chantan to Ssufangtai. Continuing a hot pursuit, they Wolzupu, 15 miles southwest of Mukden, to have already reached a line extending from Tatzupu, 13 uniles west of Mokden, and Lamubo, 3 miles north of Tatzupe.
30 am. tomOFTOW.
that his witness was employed in the Registrar had at the offices of the General Managers at General's Office distinguishing, by comparisons of handwriting, whether certain documents were genuine.
Witness, Au Fang Cheo, said the handwril-
ings were different, the characters for "rental. $650" being an imitation of the style of the document.
The enemy's casualities, and our hoty, in the last few days were considerable, but they
Hoo. Mr. Sharp-I shall not ask your Lord. are not yet ascertained. The enemy's store-ship to state that someone has committed a forgory, but will ask if the defendant has proved house for clothing at Tabantai was also cap tured.
his cree.
A SHIPPING DISPUTE
His Lordship-The strongest point against the defendant is the great difference between the real rental and that on the document. The
A DRUNKEN SAILORS' SPREE.
Two milors were charged before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz at the Police Court poster. day with bobaving in a disorderly manner on electric car No. 7, also with assaulting the motorman thereof on Sunday last. The defen. douts boarded the car near the Hongkong. Hotel, taking the front seat whore stands the moterman. Shortly after getting on, the first defendant wished to take a turn at the wheel, The motorman objected, so be sat down. Both defendants then put their feat up on the front Hon. Mr. Sharp produced specimens of the glasses of the car, and when the motorman' broker's handwriting which witness said were ordered them to remove them, the first defen- quita different from the added words. The dont again wished to take charge of the steering broker's handwriting was a "coulie's"; the man gear. When at Ship Street the motorman would not be capable of adding the words.
Mr. Pollock draw attention to differences,
A dispute between Messre. Beba, Meyer and Co, the Singapore Agents of the North German broker may have added the words. Lloyd Orient Lino, and the Chinese rice dealore importing from Bangkok, has been settled by
mutual arrangement.
Some time ago, says the Bangkok Times, the dealura made a claim for damages against Be Megur sod Co., as agents of this Lim, on account of the spoiling of a quantity of rice cargo of two of the com- pany's stermere
be noted;Chinkiang, Nanking, and Wahu, to gmdually introduced, and even in the and the Black Sea. It was the reign of which formed the ing from Bangkok to similar to those pointed out by witness, in writ- not, saying he was determined to take the
the casual passenger present much the same aspect us before; there is a greater number of receiving hulka, but the discomforts of the traveller in landing are much the same as before, and the same tumble down stores and offices present themselves on his stepping on shore. But even here, owing to the great increase in the traffic, if the same untidiness and malodourousness is to be
noticed, there is decidedly more bustle and life. There is little change in the number of the foreigners actually engaged in busi. ness, and no sign of the foreigners engrossing any increasing amount of the purely native business, and indeed the foreigners at the ports are for the most part, when engaged
smaller cities like steps are being taken Even en remote a city as Iehung has its police forco usiformed and numbered; and what
Catherine which witnessed Russia really enter the Europeat. family of nations; and had the advance then made been continued we should not be seeing such events as those of January
is true of police is likewise true of sauitation. 1905. It is impossible to regard the public acts
The streets left a few years ago to take cure of this remarkable womin apart from he
of
accordingly repudiated responsibility.
stopped the car and ordered him to less. The second defendant go out, but the fret would
ing admitted to be that of one person.
handle and drive the car. The atorman; His Lordship-The only question is, were howover, still remained at his post, and the first defendant dealt him a blow on. the face. The second defendant then onLIS up to help his friend take the position of driver, but the motoriman took the handle off, and shortly afterwards the defendants were mirested. The first was ordored to pay a fine of 850, and the second was muleted in the amount of 815.
Singapore. This cause of the damage was alleged, on the one part, to be the negligence e with the result that the water got to the carge; these words added for the purposes of this case. the company's servants in learing portholes open on the other side the damage was put down to
Hon. Mr. SharpThat is so, My Lord. rough weather simply blessrs. Behu, Meyer
The defendant and the broker were faced and Co. of themselves are now in many cases regu-private life, as much wore they interwoven, and replying that the dealers ough to have The latter said he never said the housen ware
omach did the affairs of her heart react on insured
their cargoes. Tho dealers there lot for $650, and the defendant said that this larly scavenged.
the course of her policy. The history of the upon entered into sort of boycott against was falen. al achments of one who was, at the same time, the company. courea of action which
The case was adjourned. so strong minted a woman; and the picture of the dell condition of the rive trade ruderal
possible. On the
the same grounds, scarcity of Russian society just marging into being in cargo, the shipping company was equally in- different as to whether cargoes were forthcoming or not. Bo things came, more or less, to a deadlock, and the intervention of the China Now protracted the situation. Recently,
(To be continued.)
Mr. R. 8. Gundry, C.B. has been nominated as the new President of the China Association for 1905-6.
Several possessors of illicit opium were charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Poliss Court. yesterday morning and fines amounting te $800 were inflicted,
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Tientsin papers report that the Empress in business at all, directly in the employ of Dowager cant her personal congratulations and the various shipping companies. The for-presents to Sir Robert Hart on his 70th eigners actually resident will in fact he found birthday, Prince Ching and other nobles and
high officials following it. to belong to two main categories: they are officials engaged in the service of the Im- perial Customs or Consuls of the various treaty Powers, or they are missionaries, Roman Catholic or Protestant, the last often exceeding in number all the other foroiguera combined.
Return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 5th March, 1905, were 277 non Chinese, and 109 Chinesa to the former, and 112 non-Chinese, and 3,531 Chinese to the latter institution.
Communicable disease reported in Hongkong during the week ended March 4th were At some of the porte, notably Wuhu, theį
Bubonic plague, none; diphtheria, two European first thing to attract the attention of the cases; enteric fever, one Chinees case, mallpox, traveller is the number of foreign buildingsano Chinese case, fatal
her reign, are of singular attraction.
YACHTING.
CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB.
Members of the Corinthian Yacht Club hal very poor sport on Sunday. Owing to lack of wind the boats did not proceed further than the other side of Stonecutters, though their pre- arranged destination was Tsin Wan Ray. Then it came on to rain, and the weather was very
ahilly. Waratah won the owners' race; Cawi. called by Mr. C. Lesbirel, the visitors' race; and Cam, siled by Mr. G. B. Shepherd, the non-boat orning members' raos. Hibernia cums in first in the latter ereat but was disqualified os account of being mailed by a non-member. drich and Asthore also took part in, the one design conteste. Only two boats, Active and Dars competed in the cruisers race, the latter winning. La Cigale and Erin were also out The races were very short. The yachts were towed back by a launch at about 7pm
IN SOKMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR MR. T. SHROOMDA SMITH (PVISNE JUDGE.)
CZAR LOUIS XVI.
Swinburne, in the Pall Mall Gazette en
Mr. E. J. Grist appeared on behalf of Bootha however, a tologram was received in Bangkok, Singh, an Indian watchman employed at January 24th, had these strong lines over his
whore the
Mosers. Windsor and Co.,
have been doing their best to offoot a rettlement, Kowloon, who sued Young Ah Frt, bar-boy stating that a mutual arrangement had been the Police Station, for $181. A promissory arrived at. Taking as a precedent the action note for $150 was produced, the balance being of certain Chinese ship owners, the North interest due on same. Defendant stated that German Lloyd Orient Line has granted a certain amount se compensation and the whole the plaintiff lent him $100 on condition that he matter has been settled as in former cases of the signed a promissory note for $150. He paid kind. The view that the shipping agents take interest for eight months, $80 in all The appears to be a reasonable one. Rice dealers ship interest claimed was das.
argo without insurance, and whilst saving the premium if everything goes well, as it usually does, want to place the responsibility upon, sað get compensation from, the shipping companies if anything happens.
Judgment for the plaintiff with costs.
The Imperial Japanese Government is now' ssuing the fourth series of 6 per cent treasury bonds to the amount of 100,000,000 yen. These * The Orchid” last night was oxosllent; but as bonds are for issue in Japan: and the Yokohama the play was not over until half an hour after Specie bank are acting as agents of the Hank midnight, the extended criticisin must wait of Japan in the matter. The issue price is 90 last night was mightily ploteed, and doxianded to invest their savings in gold will be tempted A packed theatro yen Doubtless many in China who prefer numerous encorer Little Mary must not be to look with favour upon this investment. The zmissed.
loan is redeemable in seven years.
for the morrow's issue.
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His bondslaves porish and acclaim their Czar. Now, sheltered scarce by Murder's loyal bunda, Clothed cu with slaughters; naked else, he
stands;
Ho lies and stands not. Now the blood red
star
That marks the face of midnight as a scar, Tyranny, trembles on the brow it brands, And shudders towards the pit where deathless
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Leaves no life more for liars and slayers to
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live.
coward, and cower, while time is thine to fly
Cherish awhile thy terror-shortened brouth. Not as thy grandsire diod, it justice give- Judgment, but alain by judgment thou shalt
die.