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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 21st, 1905-
Referring to the risent mosting of the TELEGRAMS. acting at the Russian Legation are not difficult to discover. It is one of those ad Hongkong Jockey club, the N-C. Daily News caplandum appeals to the crowd which had this jape:- A member remarked that the Horse Bazhat do you as well as anyone in the Russia, failing at all other points, to crepinnerth which, as 'Punch' would say, might vent her enemy, hus so persistently been have been expressed differently. The members NEW GOVERNOR OF SHANSI.
A. S. WATSON & CO., icing. Of course the risk of embroilment evidently had no fear of losing "done" by that
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with such a nomentity asChina was unlikely tó déter Japan from refusing as promptly.
is
and as emphatically as she is done; but she might well bave had to consider how the world would view her lack of complais. ance. Everyone has seen how important the opinion of the crowd to two Chinese street disputants, and during the current war we have seen the curious feature on an international scale. In the same way, it was thought, and in some quarters „gested, that Jammu must graut an armistice
firm.*
The Tear has definitely ordered Alinical
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CANTON, 20th July, His Excellency Cheong Yau-tsun, bogatoff and the officers who surrendered the Governor of Kwangtung Pro-in with him to reaani as prisoners in Jar although Japan is offered to allow them to go vince, has just received a relegram home, on paros the fusemeaty, it some time from Peking appointing him Governor promise to pay the indemnity, it slams tina for Japan to eronomise. by deporting a few of Shausi. thousand Russians to (any) Saigon.
It is reported at Shanghai that the occupation of the new lunicipal Markets is now practically- capito. Exebpt for the out-lying part of Yangtsapoo the only district not properly
ALIENS BILL PASSED.
Lennox, 20th July, The House of Commons has passed
CANTON.
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19th July.
PAKHOL
(EROM OCK CORRESPONDENT.]
July 17th.
AN OFFICIAL VISITOR. The Limehon-fa, or the Profect of Limehow." arrival here on the afteracon of the 12th inst., and on the following day he wont wand ou official callings to the principal authorities, ant then went on board the chinese gun-boat-
BUBATING OF A GUN.
THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY. Recently Viceroy Shum ontered into an agreement with the above company in view of permitting the Chinese Government to, tako over the whole of the Electric Light Concern Canton; and the peels of the agreement is roughly as follow The life form of the | Kwang Kun on a visit of inspration. He left. agreement in for thirty years, but at any time for Limehow again on the 14th. after the expiration of 25 years the Chiusse Goverment may take over the conegu. The A passage boat buying purebased an old nud price for taking it over will be based in three rasty cannen in order to improve her armament times the pross earnings of any one of the to fight against the pirates, who are over so tires last years out-turn of the business, and it nutrons in those waters, the skipper in order is evident the Company will base its demand | to test the new acquisition, beforo proseeding to on the bast of three years out-turn. On these rammed in a full charge of powder and other band, the company is to pay an antinal fril, with the salt that the gun burst into royalty of fire per cent on the gram senings atoms, but fortunately nobody was hart by the of the Canton business to the Chinese Govern-accident as the ganner and other members of
PRICKLY HEAT in deference to supposed patio sentir cars of the thushow-ereck, the provision of a the Aliens Bill, requiring ship-masters mont. Should there be way balance of ibe not the crew were careful enough to place them.
LOTION
A RELIABLE AND EFFICACIOUS
REMEDY.
Immediately relieves the irritation.
WATSON'S
HOUSEHOLD
AMMONIA
but all the public opinion that has-so-fareast Hongkow-creek:
received trustworthy expression has leaned small market in the Li Hongkow district would to farnish lists of all alien passengers
profits after paying a dividend of ton per out solves at a safe distance at the time the gun. to the shareholders, the company agrees to pay went off
to the view flat it would have been he advisable. The fresh food supply of bat landing in Great Britain, giving the further royalty of ten pir cont ou the balanco
most unfair to expect such a sacrifice by the couquering side. Japan's quiet· answer to all this talk of an armistice
--WAS
the raptof Saghalien; and to the latest sub-rosa manocuvre of Rossio, she has replied as unequivocally. Why should China, who, nolens-voless, on account of her general impotence, and by the expressed wishes and advice of all the powers, has had to be absolutely neatral while the fate of her territory wis being Promotes a healthy nation of the skin, counter-subunitted to the arbitrament of battle why
sete all effects of perspiration, and is as refreshing and invigorating to the system as a Turkish Bath,
FOR THE BATH, TOILET AND HOUSEHOLD.
WATSON'S
should she, whose procrastinating and devious diplomacy is untorious, be allowed to intervene in negotiations of such a critical nature? She has seemed well content to let Japan do her fighting, and it does not look well that she should now wish to step in, before the hard fighting is really over, to take her place as a principal party to the suit. Caius's methods of making war are RECOMMENDED BY THE MEDICAL | obuolete, and her ideas of conducting
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negotiations of this kind are no more likely to achieve success. Her present action; in a private individual in like case, would have
foreign and ustice popolation„¿c now placed under much improved hygienic conditions.
By kim! permission of Lieut. Col. C. M. N. Prim, 11.5.0., Commandant, and Officers of the 129th Baluchis the band of the Rgiment will. play the following programme at the United Service Recreation Club, Kowloon, to-diy, commensing at 5 p.m. (weather permitting) :--- Overture. The Hohentian iri..... "Rigoletto" Du
"Orfeu Section "Macbeth" No.1 Polka Mazurka "Millema” Vale
Aria
· Moreska'
Verdi
Balfe
Gluck Verdi ................. Donizetti Florence Fare
The Hungarious propose to show their admiration of Marshal, Ogama, ie a practical manner. "A committee has been formed in Budapest, headed by M. do Estris, a prominent member of the Hungarian Parliament, for the purpose of presenting the Mardial with a sword of honour. Enquiries with regard to the scheme have been asle at the Jananede Legation for Austria-Hungary, and the Japanese Government has conveyed to the committee, through Mr. Makino the Minister, its highest satisfaction and approval of the very evident goodwill burus by the Hungarises. towards the Japanese. The presentation will
A. S. WATSON & CO. been in the worst possible taste, and the probably take place in Tokyo at a date not very
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The report for presentation to the share is in a position to withhold her too clever holders at the ninth ordinary annual meeting neighbour from further mischief in that to be held at the offices of Mosers. Dodwell & direction. The late ĨA HUNG CHANG's policy | Co., Limited, Queen's Buildings, on Friday, 28th- of playing Kassia against Japan, was smart July, at 3 p.m.) reads:--The General Managers have now the pleasure to lay before the Share- enough, but he knew that there must come si time when China must climb down from holders the accompanying Statement of Accounts the fence. Had he been still behind the for the year ended 31st May, 1995. Wai-vn-pu, it is probable he would before this have recognised that the cat has made its jupp, and that it is supreme folly to engage in any further traffic with the power that was and is not. Also, he must be a very obtuse Chinese statesman who cannot see that the interests of Japan must be for sonie time the interests of China, and that consequently the latter has the best of human reasons for trusting to the former The most exact
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Or 8th July, at Shanghai, Axs Howard KINDBLAD, J. M. Castonia, to JANE ELIZANTH TINGLA
DEATHS.
On 7th July, at Shanghai. ANNA MAESTENE, aged 64 years.
Oz 10th July, at Shanghai. Weucine VALENZA, agod 18 years.
Ou 12th July, at Shanghai, A. CAMPELL, late
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On 13th July, at Shanghai, MARGARET GUTE, beloved wife of A. NICHOL, of the Imperial Cas toms, ageri-27 years.
On 13th July, at Shanghai, Captain O. P. Damernom, nged 67 years.
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JULY 21st, 1905.
Tar Tokyo telegram wo reproduce from contemporary, unmentioning Japan's per emptory refusal to recognise Chips's right to intervane at the peace negotiations in America, may give some
readers the
analogy seenis -traceable as between China and the man who has engaged a lawyer to plead for him. The advocate
has prepared the briefs, the case is called,
ACCOUNTS.
The Balance at the:Credit of Profit and LosY Account, after writing #8564,91 for deprecia-
authorities power to make searching enquiries before admitting same, to expel undesirables, and to restrict the numbers of alien immigrants.
EARL COWPER DEAD.
LONDON, 20th July, Francis Thomas, de Grey, 7th Earl Cowper, K.G., P.C., is dead, aged 71 years.
THE NEW RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT.
Losuos, 20th July. The first congress of Zemstvos has heen opened.
M."WITTE'S DEPARTURE.
LONDON, 20th July, M. Witte has left for America, to take part in the peace negotiations.
SCOTTISH VOLUNTEERS.
LONDON, 20th July. King Edward VII. has promised to review the Scottish volunteers at Edinburgh in September.
A LARGE GANG OF PIRATES.
of the ust profits. The Chiness Government The 98, Hue arrived on the morning of the promise to give every facility to the company 14th inst. from Haiphong, with not less than in Canton and also to assist the company to twenty-eight Chinese prisones, on board, collect their debts from local Chinesa mumers. arrested by the French authorities, in Tonkin. All official yamens will receive electric installa. Amongst the prizouars there wore four who tions and light will be supplied them at half-were eagerly wanted by the Chinese Government rates, and all Chinese officials actually holding sud for whose arrest big rowards had been positions will be supplied with light at three offered quarter rates. Beyond the fact that such
These men wore ascorted by e segund of French innovations prove the tendency of Chinese Gendarmérie and soon after arrival were landed officials to more and moro adopt Western near the Custouns jetty and marched to the appliences, certain shareholders of the French Consulate companad nad then handed company would perhaps not be adverse to to the native authorities, who immediately took making capital of this piece of information. It them to Limehow, where they will bo tried and is rumoured that a calle will be laid across to probably suffer the penalty. The most import Ho Nara as poot as the now dynamo comes out ant amongst the gang is named Lam-Chang- from home, so that the inhabitants on the other Yit, age between thirty-four and thirty-sir, for side of the river will also have the benefit of the ¦ whose capture rewards to the amount of six or electric light, while the company will naturally look to qu increase of its business. ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE 8.8. "DOMESICO" At7 p.m. on the 15th instant the Italian s.. Domenico left Canton for Baitang. When sho was about three miles from Wongpo, the cross head bolts (balween the bottom of the piston and the upper oud.cf the connecting rad) gare way, thus causing the piston red to go too far up, striking the cylinder cover and breaking, it to pieces. Fortunately the engineer had the presence of mind to turn off the steam, and although there was an explosion, no one was
hurt.
RIVER PIGATES AGAIN.. The raid on the flower boats is still the ono topic of conversation among well-to-do Chinese, although the "The Railway Question"-e
question of more vital interest to the province and the country in general should, in all com- mou-sease, engage mere enracetly public atton -lon-and")," in deference to our Chinam infor mants, who will find no rest till they have unburdened themselves on the burning topic, lot HEAT WAVE AT NEW YORK.us give another paragraph to Canton's graatest attraction-fower boate-and have the gearer. topic of railway transfer for the end.
LONDON, 20th July. There have been 45 deaths from tion and including $. 123 brought forward the heat at New York, in twelve hours. from last year, is $14,441 41 which it is proposed to appropriate as follows:-
To place to Reserve Fusi...
...$2,000:00
pay a dividend of 15 per cent o
Ordinary Shares
5,940.00 General Managers' Romuñeration 2,100,00 ..pay afurther dividend of 5 per cent.
on Ordinary Shares
1,980.00 ..pay $13.80 per share on 300
Founders' Shares
BEUTER'S SERVICE.]
THE WAR.
LONDON, 18th July General Liniovitch wires that the Japanese were bombarding Naibashi on the south western coast of Sagtalien on the 14th instant.
Boven thousand dollars had been offered collec tively by different officials and by victims of bis past depredations. A large crowd formed at the lauling to get a glimpse of the famous pirate, who is a native of Loong-t'am, a village some three miles from this pork.
THE HEALTH OF THE FORT,
This has been anything hat pleasant. There have been sporadic cases of plague among the natives, but it was comparatively of a mild type, as only a few cases have proved fatal. The for eign community has also suffered from one complaint or another due to the sudden change of the weather at times and coosaquontly the two medicos in the port, one'helonging to Church | Missionary Hospital and the other attached to the Franch government hospital, “have had their time very busily engaged. The
former, besides attending to the nods of
A TIGER CAUGHT,
over two hundred in-patients, including the lopers, has had spores of out-patients approach him daily for help. As in both the healing, institutions there is no charge forjeither atten- danes or medicine, the natives availed themselves in daily increasing numbers of its munificence. This is so far as regards the natives, but when a member of the foreign community requires Your fasue of the 15th instant gave a the assistance of one of the doctors, he is at summary of the raid. Here are farther partience on the spot to help and with such assiduity oulars. Of the fourteen girls kidnapped, one that might cause the envy of residents in other named Chau Kun was on the eve of becoming treaty ports or even perhaps in other more the concubine of a well-known han in important centres. When is a surgical operation surnamed Kong (River) and nick-mited is at stake, which a thing of almost daily "Shrimp." She offered what resistanco she occurrence, the two learned physicians generally could, and is said to have had a spirited fight join hands and make a commen case of it. with the robbers, till she was stunned by the 3 batt end of a revolvée. Active steps are being A full-grown tigress weighing about one taken to trace and pursue the robbers, but hundred and fifty qalties, was killed by the officials are chary of giving information. If fatirea at a zeighbouring village on the night Admiral Li Tane succeeds in securing the gang, of the 14th Inst. under most peculiar circum- he will add another brilliant deed to his record.stances. As the story goes, three native women As a wre hint, it may be worth his or the were set to watch on the groundnut field as the Viceroy's while to question the Han lin how he autears about to be guthored. These females antered into communication with the kid erected there a small hut to sleep in. On the nappera. The fover boat owners and the night in question they heard footsteps as of robbers are in touch, but the latter have robbers groping about, but to their astonish- threatened to take reprisals and to burn thement they saw the bruts just at the entrance. flower boats wholesale, if their larking place is As the females were armed with long spears, revealed. The reticence of flower boat owners they thrust at the animal with such success that is hence easily accounted for.
It became disabled; and the alarm raised by the women soon brought to the ground some At a meeting of Unionista, Mr. Balfour Another meeting took place yesterday villagers, tumed with elaks and spears, who justified his notion in regard to the Redistributetween the gentry and the Sin Hau Kuk, finally killed the tigress. The earcase was tion Hill, and earnestly exhorted the party to representing the Viceroy. The subject was the wheel-barrowed to Fukhoi the following continue to loyally support the Government. invariable one of ways and means to undertake day to be disposed of. The flesh was ratailed The meeting passed a vote of confidence in the work. The province is called upon tot two santa per ounes 8,768.73 Mr. Balfour.
1,057,00 carry forward to Now Accecat51.41 814,451,41
AUDITOR
The Acconats now presented have been andited and the foolish client wishes to address by Mr. W. A. Pat's, who, being eligible, offers
the court. In both instances. he would himself for re-election.
*make a mess of the case," and in both a peremptory refusal is the kinder course to
take.
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Two more plagio fatalities posterday made the total 254.
Japan is about to have two battleships built in England, which will be the largest in the world..
The Japanese have announced that Saghalten should now be known by its old name of
Kalafuto.” -
The C.N.B. Yunnan, which want shore in
the recent typhoon, is at Shanghai, very little the worse.
DODWELL & Co., LTD,,
Acconats are as follows:--
THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE REDISTRIBUTION BILL.
LONDON, 18th July, The withdrawal of the redistribution Bill was due to the decision of the Speaker, that the General Managers, complex proposals contained in Mr. Balfour's resolution must be taken separately and not voted in a single resolution; this would greatly have protracted the debate.
BALANCE-SHEET. 31st May, 1900, LIABILITIER.
To capital 9,900 ordinary shares S
of 510, of which 34 per share paid t -5-30,600.00 1,000.00
100 Founders' sharan of 810
fully paid.....
To undry creditora
To unclaimed dividende...... To reserve fund
To profit and loss account balɛnce.
ANETS.
By launch Gladiator as per lust
account: By less written off .....
40,600,00
1,104,40
20,000,00
14,451.41 THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE.
LONDON, 18th July, M. de Witte, in an interview, said that the
THE CANTON HANXOW HAILWAY.
contribute four million taels towards the cost
of the a. The gentry assent to find the 'VÍCEROY TSEN ON THE BOYCOTT. funds on the condition that they will have the handling of the money and the control of the work; and also, that they will have every help and support from the Govern
'm-hmen, of the Two Kung provinces, has A Peking dispatch reports that Viceroy Tren sent a long dispatch to the Waiwapu strongly supporting the opposition of the gentry and
Tsar desires peace but he (M. de Witte) fears
ment in all matters connected with the build-merchants of the various maritime and riverine that the Japanese terms will be such as willing of the line, especially with regard to the provinces to the proposed new Chinese Exolusior 2,500.00 prevent an agreement, in which case Russia is expropriation of land necessary for the line.
prepared to fight for years.
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$51,084.64
8
3,000,00 500.00
By value of furniture and fit-
tings as per fast account.....
Port. It apparently decaasod on July 13th.
200.00 64.81
204.81 61.81
-The Bhanghai Daily Press has succumbed
impression that the Japanese are ts to the fate of many journals, at the Northern
indifferent to the merits of China's case as
3
The classic Italian argument agniast judicial. torture, which is being used to form Chinese opinion (by the local society founded by Cher. Volpicelli) has bean Englished for us: and appears on page 5
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their enemies have invariably been. This During the last year it was greatly improved : view, or any like it, should not be enter but public support was lacking. tained. The circumstances, and con. sequently the cases, are entirely dissimilar. Superficially considered, China having been the shuttlecock in the vigorous kriegepiet played by Russia and Japan, it would seem that the request of China to be represented
The adjourned case in which Ho Man, store- at the negotiations which must inevitably keepor of No. 116 Recinmation Street, Yaumati, affect her future existenen was neither pre- was charged with selling arms without a permaît sumptuous nor unreasonable. It was, none was continued before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the the less, decidedly non-permissible, and Police Court yesterday. Mr. R. A. Harding. under all the circumstances, it was also very who appeared for the defendant, pleaded guilty. indiscreet. It seems to be well understood and His Worship inflicted a fine of 8500,————
By since expended.
By loss written off...
200.00
30,90$.03
By vaine of naterial on hand...... By unexpired portion of insurance policies 277.18 By cash in turront account and on deposit By sundry debtors
ren 12,507,15 with the Hongkong and Shanghai by cash in hands of General Manager
Banking Corporation de miilliin
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK
DINNER TO M. TAKAHASHI,
LONDON, 18th July. The Hongkong - and Shanghai Banking Corporation has given a dinner, in honour of 23,536.11 M. Takahashi,' wiw, in a speech, expressed deep
36.04
**** appreciation of the financial support given by
the Bank to Japan at a critical period.
JAPAN'S ANSWER TO CHINA'S
$84,184.54
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, 31st May, 1995.
To trule expenses, salaries, connaissions,
lannch working, rent, advertising and n
46,278. travelling expensos..... To auditor's fea
To depreciation for year ending Slat May To balance carried to new account
By profit on sales........ By transfer feoa....
By interest ............
that had the late M. LESSAR been still to the The N. C. Daily News had this comment:-By balance from last account fore at Peking, such a demand might not "Residents on the waterfront here will note have been made. In other words, it was with eury that the captain of the Frooch a Russian, and not a Chinese demand; and steamer Pare Beau was fined $15 in Hongkong the ulterior designs of the understrappers on the 7th for emitting black smoke from the
faunel of his steamer for pins minutes.”
By debts previously written of mecotgrad
DEMAND.
The officials, it is needless to say, refuse to entertain what they consider as awareated pretensions on the part of mon, good enough (in their eyes) only to blaad. And the matter is at a dead stop as heretofore.
DIVIDENDS.
The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Gedown Co., Ltd., is paying an interim dividend of $24 per share, to 30th Junu. · Vide advertisment appearing in another column.
waps to stand firm and declaras in relation to Treaty Viceroy Teen farther asks the Wai- the proposed boycott on American manufactures that should the United States seek to get, the Imperial Government to coerce the gentry and merchants Into stopping the boycott, the reply should be that there is no law in China to compet the people to purchase any special quality of gonds and the Imperial Government camot compel the people of China to raise a boycott if.. they did not desire to do so."V.-C. Daily Netos.
THE MEAT QUESTION AF
SHANGHAL
The Health Officer at Shanghai reports on July 7th-Pending the satisfactory adjust-
The Directors of this China Flour Mill Co.,ment of the cattle likin question by the Consu- A Tokyo telegram to the N-C. Daily News Lal on July 12th declared an interim dividend continued for the establishment of a supply of
100.00
BOTE:
554,81 14,451.41
lar Body detailed arrangements have been
cattle districts to the Municipal cattlesheds
of 10 per cent (The 5 per share) for the cable direct by steamship from the Chinking It is authoritatively announced that Japan half-year ended the 30th ult. neremptorily objects to the direct reprattutation 501,891.46 of China in the
of Manchuria and Cores formal the original
peace negotiations: The fate The Directors of the Shanghai Land Invest bout the intervention of the presumably casus belle, and the settlement of the question ment Co, Ld, annotince a dividend of six per 59.683.12 there aawat will inevitably be the subject of the cent for the half-year ended the 30th of June.
480.23
5.00 negotiations which must be confined to the two 1,007.03 belligerents.
149.48
The Shanghai Gas Co., Ed., has declared an
rapacions cattle dealers. The experimental butchery was opened in a tentative manner on the 19th instant in the Malloo Market (shop) and the Hongkow Market (stall): the arrange- ments are being perfected so as to be in position to most a larger demand should the
f reasonable rate.
Japan who fought for peace, and whose interim dividend of 7 per cent for the half year batchers not arrange to supply meat at a $61,091.46 national existence was at stake, will faithfully
uphold the interests of China:
ended the 30th of June.