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when the market is as stagnant as it almittedly Dow 18 at Hongkong, all quotations are nominal, und that the focal association of brokers holds a fantan séance to decide what those quotations shall be
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 1905.
Recently, before the Royal Society, London, TELEGRAMS. grant of fishing rights to Japan on the Professor Dunstan and Mr. G. S. Blako dos- ribed a mineral lately found in Coylan, which possosses radio-active properties. Its crystals are more or less cubical in shape, black; rather lighter than silver, and about as hard as rock
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didicult to account for the diversity of vites to be discovered in the last three liste Available for comparison. One well-known and old established company has ita stock variously quoted on the same day at "314 sales," "$15 sellers," and "$11 sales." Wide prices are necessary when the market happens to be nervous, as we halieva is the Deshler has nequired the steamer Buriah from case with the stock selected; but those are her owners, the Howard Smith Co.. Melbourg altogether too wide. Sales at eleven and through Messes. Bowden Brothers à côt a half tacan to the interested reader of The Burwal will be put on the Japm.Korva the share fist, especially if the coas
roate along with the ms, Ohio to enable Mr. Dosblor to meet the growing trade. In futuro templates selling, buyers at something less, as Barunk will be known as Ohio III. For possibly eleven and a quarter, which in turn many years the Barwoh had the repolation of takes the pretensions of the "stars at being one of the fastest steamers on the $15" somewhat ridiculous, At prosent Australian coast and made several record trips these lists give no useful indication of the with mails betweon Townsville and the sont condition of the market, the expkinstory. She is a net comfortable passenger steamer, is excellently fittest, and passengers to words being us misleading as the figures. Kora will find the trip in the Ohio III. unjoy- One stock is quoted with 'unanimity as table. price, but while sue gives it a selling price. others give it as merely nominal, Whether this looseness is licntive of the calibre of
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acts all acts of perspiration, and is aste of ascertaining the actual feeling refreshing and invigorating to the system of the market, we asa Turkish Bath.
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BOYCOTT DEVELOPMENTS.
SHANGHAI, 13th August. There are fears, of an anti-foreign} novement at Soochow..
The boycott is becoming political, It is stated that the Governor of Newchwang "threatens the boycotts death,"
A CHINESE RISING,
Suangna, 19th August. A KolaobuiSociety rising is reported from Puclioufi, Shansi, but it appears to be a purely local affair.
Siberian littoral, from Vladivostook to the Bebring Sou, tho relinquishment of Russia's | internld warships to Japan. It is hollers:† that M. de Witte accepts all the Japanese conditions as a basis for discussing except the indemnity and the cussion of Saglalion.
EARTHQUAKES AT MACAO.
DISTURBANCE EXTENDED TO' HONGKONG)
An earthquake, as Mr. Dyer Ball in bis Things Chinese romarks, is not a phenomenon often experienced by the foreign resident in
· Obina, Slight shocks however, haya ni tums beer fell at Hongkong as well as in to Treaty paris, but they cause of such long intervals and are of sa mild a character that they exulte moro wonder than alam. Theories of earth-tre mors which the inhabitants of Mseas have lately
teen experiencing are certainly now alarming than any previous experionicea of the kind recorded in this part of China,
On Friday night at bine s'doek a very severe One hundred and forty soldiers are shock was experienced at Muca causing large nuissi , but it is not considered probabors of the inhabitants to leave their houses,
and as this fietstock way followed throughout uble that they have been killed.
the night by a series of miner scilluțious, The Taiyuanfu officials are scuding crowds flocked to the parks and other open ground in the partions of the city and
CANTON.
{PRON OVA CORRESPONDENT.]
Canton 13th August 1985. BODUS FOREIGN FIRMS. instructions to all the local officials to tornist His Exeloney Viceroy Shno has given him with reports of all the foreign hangs that are carrying on business in the Walled City nud suburbs in their respective districts. The report is to contain muss of each firm, their nationality and the number of employees suppress those Chinese firms that have asumat engaged by them. I presume this is done to
foreign names.
"JAPANNING" THE ARMY.
Viceroy Shum is, iudced, a progressive man; at his latest idea is to reorganize the army in the Kwangiang province on the Japanesesystem. Hitherto the Chiness Army has been trained under the German gyatoru. time agu, that many Japanese tators have I mentioned some
arrived hero; and lavonas discovered that they as military instractoys engaged by the Chines Government on tho Viceroy's recommendation His Excelleney intends to start instructing his bly guards first, and the various divisions af the Kaattung Army will be instructed afterwards.
2.
A new rider in district (No. 1) is/2 large force with artillery to suppresspent part of the night in the open air. murchants of the Sun-Ning district for the
uonounced. "Ifis bounded by a line commencing the rebels. at the intersection of Holland Street and
AMMONIA the clients, who know very little themselves Praya, Komedy Town, thena provoding
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OIL STEAMER ON FIRE.
SHANGHAI, 12th August. The oilstcaner Perick is burning outside Woosung.
northwards along the Pray and Des Youx hond Wext to its intarziion with Connaught Boad West; thouoo along Consunght Kend wat to its information with Sutherland i Stres; to its intersection with Ko Shing ItStrot; thence along Ke Shing Street to its intersection with Li Sing Street, thence along La Sing Street to its intersection with Queon's Bend Weat; bear along. Queen's Road West the Dutch fig. She was laden wit thence along Kwong Pag Lans to itsumatra borzine in tius:
arens to us desirable that those things, which are commonplace to profes. sionals, ought to be better understoo! by the people whose capital or whose savings are augmented or diminished by the fluctus- tions these quotations aro supposed to index. If the double quotations were revertel
to its intersection with Kwour Fang Lane,
intersection with Third Strent; thence along
18th August.
The Perlak' is a now steamer flying
Thiel Streat to its intersection with Pokfulam outside Woosung, her bows being She has been badly burned out,
Bond; thenco a'oug Pokialum Boad to its
Allogether sixteen shocks were expationed during the night. My rosilents of Mamo have como in altered by the reont frequency of theso curth-tronsors that they have come over to Hongkong, and it is said had the population would have como here on Friday hnd there been stramora to take them,
Bat Hongkong is beginning to fool the earth tremors fee. Many residents, especially on the Peak, uotiend a slight shock about nine g'eleck on Friday night, and a much sharper cno was exportened út 8.25 p.m. on Saturday. That of Friday night was scarcely perceptile. Ent there was no mistaking the shock on Saturday night, an undulating lateral motion of the earth being most unpleasantly percep. tible and causing momentary alarm, to a good
106,000 TAEIS, SUBSCRIBED POR RAILWAY. - Capital to the extent of 400,000, trels has tready bou subsexiled by officials gentry and
purposes of building a railway to join the muig trauk of Canton Hankow Bailway from that district. As soon as the regulations are drawn up the people will potition to the Vicoroy of the Twe Kwang requesting-him to grant thos permission to start the work. I might mention that the majority of the Chinese emigrants of United States are natives of Sun-Ning, and the people of hat distrist are relighter follow countrymon and they know the advantage of having à railway running through their district.
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RECOMMENDED BY THE MEDICAL, the ombrre finnciers would soon under. interwection with Hill Read; thence along Hill under water and the screw well above many people. Damige to house property, it men from being killed by mistake, carries
to its intersection with South Lewater. She is still adrift, being too might be supprest would were likely be caused thens along Soath Lano to its intersection with the. boundary ing of War Department
by Saturday a shook than by that on Friday, hot to handle..
yet the only damage we have heard of is the Land; thenes ating the northern boundary line of War Department Land produced nutil it firemen from the fire-float have beenight, the crash giring residenta in the The engineer and three volunteer fall of the roof of a verandah at the back of ous of the houses in Balilios Terrace on Friday intersects Belcher's Street; thence along Beichor's Street to its interaction with Holland Streit, thonce along Holland Street to its point of commencement.
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taken to the hospital, badly burned.
Two or three Chinese were killed.
stand which cans selling and which buying and that even then you cumnot always by the papers "; as then the tendency would be-to-keep slightly outside the actual figuros. The getual transactions of the market are Bever anywhere truthfully reported reports may be true, but not the whole truth: and so these alleged. "soles" have to ho weighed against others FRUSTRATED BOYCOTT MEETING THE PEACE CONFERENCE. not mentioned. There is no clue to these "sellers" whether it means that money.. is sight that many holders of big holdings are willing to sacrifice a third of their investments to realise the rest, or only one
nervous small-fry,
or
two
AT HONGKONG,
CHINESE ANORY.
On Saturday & mosting of Chinese to organise a local boycott of American commodities was oponed at the Chinese Commercial Union's piemises in the City.
About 800 had washinbled, and more were
sharing the nervousness. It might moan being turned away. No business was done, ún either at presunt. Perhaps the committee an official intimation was received at the begia of the local 'Change will take the opportuning that such meetings were illegut and
ity of the existing slackoess to consider forbidden. ways and means of getting out reports that will enable the public better to understand just what is going on.
Thare wore 736 deaths in Jane. About 700 wore Chinese,
Counting from Friday last, for six months no Shanghai dog will be allowed to land in this Coleny.
The current Gazelle notities that Assistant Harbour Master Basil Taylor will not during the leave of Captain Barnes-Lawronce.
We are informed that?" the people were very
angry,"
A meeting confined to members of the Com noréial Union is to be Bell today.
BOXING.
the
A match between Bellew of Tientsin and Captain Bongouin and his family were to Christie (tute of Hongkong) has been arranged HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, Das Vœux Boas C1. leave Japan on Saturday.
for $500 to take place in Chefoo in one month from date. Both men have already put up for- feit money of $1500 which will go to the opposite side in the event of the rest of the wager not being up by a specified date. Christie claims to have a lot of money bahind him from Shanghai and there is no case to believe to the contrary. Bellow ties one hacker alone who
willing, to use his own term, to whole bog" on him, so that the fight, which will be for the championship of the Orient, promises to be the most exciting that has taken place in the Far East. Chefoo has been selected as the sport for the encounter because the American Bet, is there, and the sailors are generous supporters of this kind of sport, and
interest the progress of our local man and will given reasonable lack the house should be a great one. Tientsin sportsmen will watch with
wish him a good fight. The sum of $500 has been deposited with the Tientsin Press Limited in support of Bellow, and backers of Christie may cover it in part or whole, and get more still if they want it,-Tienfain Taney,
are sometimes
Mr. Isaiah Edward Miteboll, who qualified at the University of Montreal, and who is attached to London Mission, has been added to the register of medical practitioners.
next new year. A round brick tower is to be The Green Island Light is to be changed
built 58 foot high, and the light will be visible 18 nautical miles away.
The mean temperature for July was 82.3; the axis was 87.8 and the minimum 78.1 There were 243.5 hours of sunshine, and only about nine inches of rain. Apparently it wasn't (a somay supposed) the hottest July in twouty years.
As a motor car driven by Mr. MoKirdy was going down Morrison Hill, Basil Thomas, the nine year old son of Mr.G.E.Thomas, ran across the road and was knocked down. Dr. Bell, who happened to be at the Golf Club at the time. He ordered bis removal to the Government Civil Hospital, where he was detained for treat ment
Kamined the led and found his thigla frsotnred
"VON DER HORCK-OF HONGKONG.
JAPAN'S DEMANDS
LONDON, August 11. Japan has put forward a claim for reimbursement of the expenses of the war; the cession of Saghalien; the evacuation of the entire province of Manchuria; the limitation of Russin's naval. strength in the Pacific; and for fishing rights in the Behring Sca.
The Russian reply is expected to be given on Monday.
[REUTER'S SERVICE, Į
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
LONDON, 10th August,
It has been arranged that the Envoys will sit for thres hours in the mornings and two and a half in the afternoons, daily.
THE VICEROYALTY OF INDIA.,
LONDON, 10th August. Vague rumours are current that Lord Curzon is about to resign.
THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH FLEET.
LONDON, 10th August. Admiral Caillard and eighty French olleere luached at the Guildhall yesterday; there was remarkable enthusiasm in the streets; the Ad miral and officers afterwards dined with Lord Lansdowne.
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movement
* shock
going on in the Wai Chow District. It is said". that over 200 villages are involved in to fight. and cach party in order to prevent thoir own banners-ue party rad, and the other blask. Cannons and rifles are used by both parties and....... thousands of men have already heon killed and wounded.
TORTURE Torture of prisoners daring trials of ons neighbouring houses a great fright. The has boun abolished by the Nam Hoi and of Friday night's earthquake Peon Yu Magistrates some time ago. Lately shook appeared to be vertical, while that the Poon Yu Magistrata discovered that his of Saturday WOR Juteral. It is to work was in arroar, as he had diffienity in years since
of earthquake so getting witnesses to appear and give evidence. 4 noticeable as that on Saturday night was felt His list of case has boon growing longer in Hongkong It was then recorded that every day, he was "compelled" to fall back people in the apper stories of the Hongkong to the old rut of applying torture to obtain Hotel felt dizzy and concluded that the building confession from prisoners. The matter of fact is would fall, and that many Chinese were much that the people has no confidence in the offloints, aut if they do appear in court to give evidence they are afraid of buing detaiael and squeezed by the officials. The way to get people to appear in oonet to give ridenes is to give liberty to leave the court promises as soon them some sort of guarantee that they are at the case is over and that they will not b tolested in any way by the officials or thein subordinates. I suggest that if His Ex allency Viceroy Chad issues a proolution to that effect the Canton Courts will have no dificulty in getting witnesses to appear.
alarmed.
It will be interesting to leave what affects are noticeable at the hot springs of Yang Mak, about twenty miles north-west of Macao. The springs is usually about 170 degrees. They temperature of the water coming from these
are situated in a valloy surrounded by high mountains, and from the position of the springs at the centre of the circle of mountains it is generally considered that the site is that of an extinct volcaso. It is rather curious however to note that though Hongitong is mentioned several times in the list of Mr. Dyor Ball's, as having experienced earthquake shocks, Macao is not moitioned onto.
THE BORNEO GOVERNORSHIP.
Announcing Mr. Guorita's rosignation, the Singapore Free Press anya-
That official has thus followed Mr. Hugu Clifford and Mr. B. W. Birch in laying Ruide responsibility foraministration of the Chartered Company's territory. Whether his reasons are the same, that is dissatisfaction with the policy of the Directors, or of the Managing Director: cauast pet be ascertained. Apparently to judge by the report of the half-yearly meeting of the British North Brass Company to hand by this mail, the Directors weru, satisfied with Governor Guerita and his stal. The Chairman, Sir Georgo Jessol, gaid
EMPRESS DOWAGER PROMISES PARLIAMENT ON CONDITIONS.
A telegram rzovived hera from Puking statesy, that in an andfonds grauted by the Empress Dowager she made the following statements "I have heard that if a House of Parliament woro to be established in my country it will make the Ching dynasty very firm and everlasting and that all revolutionery "dolib- oration will cease and my country will onjoy peace. I have shut the following ofisini.. viz-Tai Hing Chi, Teol Chak, Tun Fong nod Yun Sai Kai's son te go abroad to study the parliamentary methods of different nations and, on their rotarn, should they report favourably on the aabjort, then I will grant the establishment of parliamont to my sabjoebs.
CHANGSHA.
THE CASE OF MR. BENNERT.
You will absorve, by referring to the profit and loss and land sales accounts, that the gross ravenne was £97,940 in 1901, while the net surplus of revenue over expenditure was £35,209, respectively of 14 280 and £14535 over the The C. Daily News says-The latest These figures show gross and net increases previous twelve months. The very considerable news by iro from Me. Bounerts is that Bis improvements thus shown reflect the greatest caso is hung up becanes the British Consul at credit on the Governor and our staff, who are Changsha can get ne instructions from the faithfully and loyally carrying out our inatrac British Minister. Meantime, the Chinese tions, and are otherwise doing all they can to authorities must succeed in starving him out, make North Borneo reward as for our outer for his resources are entirely exhausted, unless rise and efforts in bringing it to its present the British merchants here, whose cause he is stage of development.
figliling with his own, come to his assistance. And Mr. Cowie, later on, declared that in It must be remembered that the British slew of the cheerful and loyal assistance the Consul Genoral at Hankow has distinctly stated It will be remembered that Baroness de
Company was receiving from their prosent that Mr. Bennerts has the right on his side. Horni, a
Russian lady married to a Frenchman,
Governor and the other members of the service, We have been able to send him up contributions M. Gras Milliaud, a banker, and ex-director of
they might soon be able to increase the disi of nearly 11s. 200, but more than this is wanted the Bonaissanceheatre,
dands. And ata still later stage of the proceed to tide him over the difficulties that than were charged with having by a trades writing to Mt. de Witte, and the Russian Plenings the Chairman said: With reference to overwhelmed him, and was shell have nearly means becoming possessed of a pearl necklace potentiaries will now study the question and another question that was about the expondi- forward to him any further sams that may be worth £6,000, belonging to Mme. Dufour, aister of M. Frédério Jacque, and daughter of meanting the conference is adjourned.
answer in writing, as soon as possible; in the
Some of the "old hinde" may be interested. by this item, which appeared in an English paper dated July 7th-
Judgment has at last been delivered in the famous cass of the pearl necklace.
THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE.
LONDON, 19th August, The conviction is gaining ground, that the peace negotiations will fail on the question of indemnity, upon which it is believed the Russian instructions at of no media, Barba Komora has handed the Japanese terms in
Suse lists are by no meaus unpopular rmding in the home countries, but it is doubtful if they uppeal to so largo and varied a circle of readers as they do out here, where the average price of stocks is comparatively lower, and almost everybody a speculator or investor. It is perhaps & pity that the methods and accuracy of the European lists cannot be imitated in China. Even in London, where the prices are tabulated from the official list of "be Stock Exchange, or direct from the market repre- sentatives of the Exchange Telegraph Com- pany (tape prices), filled up in some cases by late advices from brokers, it is sometimes alleged that the prices as published are very faleading and brokers have to complain thist in consequence their relations with their clients unsettled, the client placing implicit faith in all he reade in his favourite paper. Local quotations are shorn of the double price puzzle, perhaps because local There was up circus perfora incse on Satur.: clients are believed to be in need of the day night. Although some steps were taken simplest possible form of prosentmest; but to make the postponement known, very fow we doubt if the fists can ever indicate so people seem to have been inforged and there
by the Japanese from an Italian gentleman who justly the state of the market as do the was a really big, crowd of people at Causeway Bay after dinner. Those coming back did not
us just arrived from Menkden, which will coxunand Holt to dreryone. Dating the It is whispered that it was the property of a familiar columns of, say, the Times. For toll the outward bound folk; and this joke well-known lady of the Freach aristobeacy
Levacuation of that place by the Russians the gentleman reforred to was assaulted in the instance, we have at the end of the weekseemed to afford more amusement in the trama desirous of helping the Ligne des Patriotes
early morning by some Cossacks who demanded Just uver compared several of the lists than any more cîrans could give. An explana with a timely subscription.**
money from him. He refused to give them It was understood that the Baroness de Horn :
any, and one of the Cossacks slashed at bis published in the colony, and noted several tion app in the new adet. It was owing to
was originally the wife of a tobacco planter in trouble with coolie Bour.
In bis report on the trade of North Formosa, head with his sword. In putting up his beads The other Japanese terms of peace are, the Sumatra who digi having a large fortage to his unaccountable discrepano Three of
widow. Mr Alexander von der Forth, as he céssion of Russin's leases in this Lintung imports of biogelea are at present trifling, but wound, the sword penetrating right through Mr. Acting-Cousal Crowe observes that the to defend his head he received a terrible them quota closing" peces by adding
the band of the 129th Balushis on the New Baron de Horn, acted as an assistant on peninsula, the vacuation of the whole of as several new roads suitable for oycling have his hand and cleaving tho skalf. The Japanese
The programmusin to be performed by was known in Hongkong, but afterwards as an explanatory word, "sales" "buyers", Parade Ground to-day (Monday), from 5 to 6.30. marts, and finaly married the widow. Then Manchuria. The cession to Japan of the rail.been constructed and old roads repaired, he arrived shortly afterwards and finding in "sellors", and so on. This ouguiarch weds Max Carter they took a prominent position, the Baron remaining to Russia, a Japanese protectorate as a new race track is now in course of every assistance and, called twice a day for one considers it not unlikely that the import may his house learnt the details and immediately followed, their residence in Singapore where road south of Harbin, the northern portion ineroase considerably in fature, more especially procared military doctor who gave him to be clarity itself, and perhaps if properly Mazurka "Luceny desk managed, it might be. But how are these Selection Euraway Gi
boing a successful owner of horses at the Sporting Club mestings. Curious incidents of Korco, the limitation of Russia's naval construction Talhok. Four hundred and weak to dress his wounds. Remembering the ten machines wef imported last year, at an amount of work which devolved on the modica! prices obtained? We note in a northern Vals.The Enacing Girl"
Coots than happened, and the Baron and Baronges power in the Far East, the retrocession to estimated value of £2,500. Of that only 20 corps at this time, the kindness is most note-
separated, she going to Europe with her little China of any Russian privileges in Manchuria, ! wove of British manufacturs.
worthy. contemporary a humorous suggestion that
daughter.
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Caprice Raymon1"
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Hums Bariton Moncton
the well-known animal painter.
frozdulent-
being sentenced to three years' imprisonment, The scorsed were all found guilty, Millipud and the lasoness and Delrail to two years.
Baroneza de Horn was a sort of jewel broker, and the necklace had been entrusted to her for enle by private treaty.
the
PEACE TERMS.
was glad to see it was recognised that the tent to us for that purpose.
yes the stall but there, and principally their most excellent. Governor, had with the greatest difficulty--on account of what had happened just before his reign-imangurated a sound policy of economy,” coupled with officimay,"
London, 11th August. The main features of Japan's demátide are, reimbursement of war expenses, the amount of which is left for future consideration, and the eession of Saghalion. The word indemnity is
veidad:
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We wonder adds the Free Preae) whether Mr. E. W. Birch will appreciate this dig" at his regime.
BICYCLES IN FORMOSA..
JAPANESE KINDNESS AND COSSACK CRUELTY,
The Pening Times learns of au act of kindness