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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 29TH, 1906.
enterprising Chinese contractor on Angle-professing to be in the front of civilisation Chinese lines the block of buildings, which afterwards becoming inhabited by Chinese, as did the similar building in Shanghai, grew up into a rockery of the lowest and A. S. WATSON & CO., worst kind. In fact for many years the
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ought to have known better. But under existing conditions it is hard to bring this howe to the Chinesensa nation. At all events the manner in which the subject of Chinose exclusion is being treated by the leading statesmen of the day is hardly likely to lead
Among the receiving orders in bankraptoy in the London Gazette of April 24th was the same Kennedy, the victim of the recent " ragging" in of Mr. Arthur Robert Windsor Stonet Clark the Scate Guards at Aldershot, whese retirement from the battalion in which he was a second lieutenant has been announced.
A tornado swept Bellovus (Texas), on April? two edifices built by the one man, but on the opposite sides of the great Pacific Ocean, to a bettor understanding being arrived st.25, loaring only three out of two hundred houses were almost equally notorious as the Without being invidious we might suggest standing. At lost eleven persons were killed and a number injured. The tornado was followed rendezvous of the worel characters always as an object lesson to the mombers of Coil-
borg was destroyed with the loss of two lives. to be found where new and old civilisationsgress the very different aspect the questionby a fire which consumed the wreckage. Store assumes in Canada. The Casadions are as the towns of Hamilton and Hico, 120 miles to first come in contnet.
Betare the great discoseria of gold in nutagonistic as the people of the Units the south, were blown down an hour earlier, but California brought its crowds of imungraats States to the unchecked entrance of Chi-there was no loss of life there so far as is known. Tas vicar of a parish. near Liverpool, at fbe from the Eastern States, and from thepose; but when once the Chinaasan has off-scourings of Europe, in the early 'fifues | been admitted, he is treated in all reapots sestry meeting last month, stated with regret of the last century, California was in fact as any other subject. As a consequence be that the organist of the church was suffering Labour and Chinese skall its owes its ritat. respect de som lenus to respect the in- start-off. It was Chinese farmers who stitutions of the country which has given first cultivated the region belivern Sanim ubelter; and gradually becomes assimi- Francisco and Marvaville; Chinese trades-lated in ways, in manners and in dress. men who built the Bouses, and baked the bread, and lastly it was Chinese navvies whose labour enabled in 1867. the first trazis-
The Daily Telegraph contains a sympathetic TELEGRAMS. reference to the dusth of Mr. R. W. Little, of
was the Telegraph's correspondent for some the North China Herald, Shanghai. Mr. Little years, and possessed, it says, "a high sense of political roepossibility", which was always THE SOUTH AFRICAN RISING.
reflected in his' contributions.
Under joint ownership of foreign and Japaoise capitalists, a large dry dock will shortly be constructed at Tanours, bear Moji. According to a plan audy by the promoters,
measuring 480 ft, in length, 60 ft: in width at there will exist two docks, the smaller vie
bottom, 28ft. in depth; and the larger one is 600 ft. long, Jäft. wide, and 30 ft. deop. The docks are reapmotively ablo to nemit ships displacing
7,000 tone and 12,000 tous.
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News has reached Berlin thot Dr. Alert
["DAILY PRESS" PICLUMYK HERVICE.]
Losos, May 28th-- The rebel chief Bambaata has escapad.
RUSSIAN POLITICS.
WHISK YoChinese than Ameris an, ami to Cainese is not driven to crime, and finding himself from a discses that of deafness--and on Sunday of Kansub, and reached Lake Kekouor on Jau. demanded.
GREAT REDUCTION
IN
PRICES.
From this date the Prices of our Populer continental railway to enter the State of
Brands of SCOTCH WHISKIES
will be as under,
A. THORNE'S BLEND.. B. GLENORCHY BUEND1 Fino
Suda Whisky...
Per Casa of 1 Doz.
$12.00
... $11.40
J. ABERDOUR GLENLIVET (>
Fine Peaty Flavoured Whisky) $12.50 D. B.K.D. BLEND) of the Finest Old Mult Scotch Whiskies....
$14.01
LONDON, May 28th." The Government has rejected all the demands made by the Duaa. Tufol exfered libst from the Chinese province The resignation of the Cabinet is
there were no fewer than fourteen mistakes in | 16, the weather being intsusely eld. Sova the service. A member of the choir had to give afterwards he was attacked by Tiborans, and
GERMANY'S COLONIAL bim the signal when to play the "Amen", and obliged to take to fight across the frozen lake if this porsu forgot or wont to sleep the "Amen" and back into Chian, This majority of his was missing or came in at the wrong place, and hearers deserted him, and be lost five horses and tite vicar thought a change of organist was eight yaks. Rəhimself roc ived a severe swond wound on the head. According to letters received by Dr. Tafel's friends at Stuttgart, intended to renów his attempt vo' pamstrato tas
There were live cases of staaliper last week, necessary. four fatal, nil Chinese
By kind permission of Lient. Col. Aitken
POLICY.
LONDON, May 28th. The Reichstag has rejected the bills relative to the Colonial Secretary-
It is stated that the crew of the strand and Officers 119th Infantry, the Band of interior of Tibet towards the end of January.shup and the South African Railway.
Lucia Vittoria have abandoned the vessel.
The side of th camsnt plant, advertised by Messrs, Hugles and Hongh, has been postponed till June 28
California. It was Chinese trade, too, that Inid the foundation of the importance of the port, so that when they really come to study the early history of their city itsinhabitanta
The Time is informed that the chief troable will discover how grest and manitold bave been the benefite due to the now despised | in China is " the nubridled licence of the mor- Chinese. By last telegraphic news it seems that Chinatown has followed the greater
bor native Press".
The "County "ernisme Bedford, now refitting
The proclamatiou prohibiting the exportation or conveyance custwise of arms and uniti has been continued for a further six months, from May 28th.
Regiment will play the following programme at the U.S.R Club, Kowloon, to day, comman |ing at 5 pamaz
......William March. "The Queen's Quard". Cornet Solo Filevä Alannah"...... ...Ti.vuras Waltz ...
"Sober las Olas"
...........Monckton Selection..." The Orchid Overture..." Light Cavalry "............. Supp Patrol The Phantoni Brigade" Myddleton
The Dew wind gauge slide, which is now
I declared himself resolved to explore the source of the Hoang-ho, and to andartake other acientilic nud geographical :nvestigations.
SUBSIDIARY COINAGE IN
HONGKONG.
We have received, loo late for publication in this issue, a copy of correspondenes which bus passed between the Star Ferry Company and is likely to come to the China sta in, accordinging issued for the Lo-Enfield rid, his fair the Chamber of Commeres on the subject of to give a heavy blow to the more costly windsubsidiary coins. The Company anggests that gauges on the market. It is simple in con legislation should be introduced for the re- to London paper-
stenction, and will cost a trifle over one shilling, babilitation and protection of British coins, a It is fitted on the backsight in place of the proposal which the Chamber does not see its may to endorse. The correspondence will ordinary bar, and is provided with two 'V notahes, one for distances up to where the leaf appoar in to-morrow's issue. lies in the bad, and the other for range after the bat is raised. The base fits on the leaf like the ordinary bar, and the slide moves later. lly in a down-tailed track on the top of the bare, Allowance for the wind is made by moving the slide on a graduated scale, marked on the
portion of the rest of San Francisco, and one of the topics now agitating the mind of the citizens is to prevent its being rebuilt. As a fact the people of California have never nuderstood how to utilise the Chinese. Hud they been treated with only ordinary com mon sense they would have all through been found a very useful element in the very mized population of the Western city. We can perfectly understand the position taken by the proletariat of the place with regard 10 Chinese labour, hat for the rest of it the dimount of five per cent, previously allowed on outery has as little of reality as fas theag from Manila, dated May 27th at four po
E
BLEND
THE POPULAR WHISKY
... $15,00
of the Far East...
The above Prices are strictly NKT.
The
our Whiskies deases from this date.
outery against the Jaws in many of the continental states, The ery is the mere
contemptible that it professes to be founded
A. S. WATSON & CO.. en dierat principles. If there were a city
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in the world whence such a plex could come with the worst possible grace it is undoubt. MERCHANTS.odly San Francizon. Possibly as a city it
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should be addressed is Tus EDITOR.
Correspondents must forward their names and¦ad- rents with communications addressed to the Editor, aot for publication but as evidence of good faith.
All letters for publication should be writtes on
the paper only.in already appeared in other papers will be inserted.
Citers for extra cooses Daily Paxos shoulă di
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is not any worse than other cities of the size and importance, but it forgets that does not seem to show that on the average Chinese city population is more vicious that that of more favoured nations. Certain crimes loom large, but others rampant else.
Sammathing like a record was established at the Central Poice station on Sunday, are being criminal-charges or reports pudo during the
twenty-four hours.
Mr. Amos F. Wilder, Cousui General for America, received the following typhoon wara-
Typhoon noir parallel 17, meridian 121, inclin- ing northward.""
Just before the San Francisco disaster, it Balfiulare. A. San Francisco journal (the pears that su varthquake was reported from Newsletter) joked about it, saying Mother Earth nerded a dose of quinine and whisky.
We are informed by the Agent of the Pacific Mail 8.8 Co. that its company's wharves and ships are intact. There will be ao interruption
kinen näthus nedarana na ingat mated to
'
At their eale rooms yesterday Messrs. Hughes and Hough offered for sale the valuable pro. porty known as Kowloon Inland Lots No. 1132, 1133, 1134, having a total ares of 163,499 |
drzaced slowly by bids sometimes of $100 and the property was bought in, Messrs. Deacon at others of $1,000 to 392,000, at which tigara Looker and Deacon wore the solicitors for the vendora,
base.
especially
THE PLAGUE.
of them were fatal.
LEUTER'S SERVICE.]
THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL
MISSION.
LONDON, May 26th. The Chinese Commercial Comission
has gone to Brussels for ten days; from there it will proceed to Marseillas, en route for Uhino.
THE JAPANESE TRAINING SQUAD-
RON IN AUSTRALIA.
LoxDor, May 26th.
The Japanese officers have baru most enthusiastically fotod in Sydney, though the
During the 48 hours ending at nanu on May outdoor functions were marred by rain. 28th, 26 plague cases were roportul, righteon | In a rifle täntch, fifteen a side, servica con- ditions, at moving ligures, the National The rebara for the week ending May 26th Rifle Association defeated the Japanese by was 116 cases and 116 deaths. With the oxo-p-300 to 156.
tion of thres Indian cases, all were Chibana.
It is announced that the Imperial Russian
The ludian Plague Commission are said to THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE. Government Fire per Cant. Loan, 1906, was fally subscribed. The placing of thirteen have definitely proved that rat's fleas are the
LONDON, May 26th.. normal vehicles of infection in animal, and when probably in man. This has been arrived at by The Canard, Peniusular and Oriental, the millions of Russian bonds in London is a allowance is made for the menetary conditions showing that animals protected by fine wite Orient, and the Pacific lines announce a remarkable achievement, under which the loan was offered, and the gaus remain immuno in plague.infooted build-joint Eastern Australian service. catastrophe at San Francisco, which interveeedings, while unguarded contacts contract the dis just before its appearance. The success of the ass in large numbers. Although Ogata ai far French portion of the loan was a foregone mck us 1897 showed that the titurated floss of entelusion; advice from Paris state that it is ra's were infective, the theory of insect trans. likely to be "colose)," and a privato telegram mission has been generally "pool-pooked," and word har de av vedeo-sustutan, “botufe to the fore is undoubtedly due to Capt. lea
several times.
Liston, J.M.S.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RIFLE CLUB.
The unual meeting of members was held
No anonymously signot communitatcams that has where are comparatively absent, and except aquare feet. Bidding started at $75,000 and Pokstiler, with the request that he shall take | yesterday uflernons at the 'Volunteer Head-
Bash
hour the apply is limited, Only supplica Telegraphis Address: Punto Codes: 4.8.U.th Ed
Liebe
P.O. Eis, 83. Telephone No. 12 FCRGKONG OFFICE: 104, Les Vaux Loan C. LANDON OFFICE: 131, FLEST STRAT, E.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, MAY 29TH, 1906.
One of the most famous localities in what must now be called Old Sau Francisco wils of course "Chinatown." Chinatown wie I worthy of more historical notice than hus ever been bestowed upon it. Most modern Californians look upou it as an exérescence which grew up within the real San Fran *disco"; "us" a "fret it wins the mucleus of the original city, and around it grew up, amialy in the gold-digging days, the great muss
that prejudice in San Francisco has by
ara
quactors-Major Pritchieril presiding.
The report, whick was submitted, stated that the year which lead on the 31st March last
was the first of the Club's existence, and as the
a
SHOOTING.
The monthly shoot of the No. 2 Coy. Right Nicholson and Half H.K.V.C. for the
tiane Cups was held on Sunday. The highest
scorers WBIES : ***
Not. Handicap Total
B9
98
GU 15
81
71 13
$3
65
15
78
9
Corporal G. Blood... Gunner F. Austin Captain Artostroog. Gauner F.A. Bidau funner A. F: Warraok... 68
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POLICE COURT.
Monday, May 28.
BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZBLAND (FIRST
POLICE MAGISTRATE.
MORE DUMPING,
Inspector Macdonald with carrying a dead body
An old woman from Yaumati was charged by
without a permit. She was caught dumping
A telegram received from Harbia says that the Russian traders in Manchuria hace sp- plied to the Russian Minister in Feking, M.
steps to safeguard the interests of Russiang living in Macoiuria in the ratiäcation of the Dow Agreement between Russia and China conperring that conatry. Among the wishes put forward by the Russian tradors that the right of Russian concessions with Club was formed immediately after the Volun." Reme has been considering proposals fer en-civil administration independent of the railway prize meeting under its suspices was hold The committee of the Postal Congress it regard to land in Harbin and the creation of a tear Corps prize meeting held in Murch, 1995, abling the writer of a letter from une country authori ies shall be recognised, and also that during the year now under review. Since the to unter to peepay bis correspondent's reply. Russian subjects chall be permitted to buy land closing of these accaunts a very successful meet After a long and animated discussion of either out and out or on leases, and atau tong has bosa helt. The Club started with the body, that of an eight months old infant, different schemes put forward by various coun-exploit the forests and mineral wealth of membership of 104, and now numbers only. 94 mear the Waterworks. Her oxplanation that tries the committe finally adoptel that of the Manchuria and Mongolia,
members-varal former members British Post Office. This scheme provides for
baring she did not know to whom it belonged was not ̈resigned or boon" struck off the roll for noo. considered very convincing, and she was ordered an international coupon, which may be par - Whether Weihaiweż remains in British banda payment of sabspriptions. Spoon competitions to pay a fine of 825. abased in any soustry joining the scheme and or not, it some it is always to have Mr. were held on Saturday afternoons through- exchanged for a postage stamp in any other Herbert L. Beer's now firmly established schosi. out the year, but were, for the most part, poorly Five owners of cargo bosts were mawoged The prospectus for 1906 has reached us, by attended. A trophy, presented by the old Hong. for blocking the approaches to the waarres in which we observe the tuition fees have hoon kong Rifle Axxociation, was shot for on the the harbour, and as the practice has evoked slightly increased. Parents will doubtless 25th November, 1903, and won by Lieut.numerous complaints and cautions without recognise that this is in sympathy with the Hayton, with a score of 88. Under the condi.apparent result, his Worship imposed on each Improved arrangements made for their sons tina the trophy has to be won three times. fino of benefit. Most of them will probably approve Under similar conditions a handicap cup of the policy outlined in the anaered quotation: presented from Club funds, and shut for coolies for playing at ngan pal. The two
Severity of competition bas of late forced the simultaneously with the trophy, was won by roboluster to devote more time and attention Banner Cales, with a score of 70 plas 1888 leaders were fined $25 each and the remainder to science and modern languages at the expense points, The Auuual Interport Match was of classical instruation. A pupil losting schock carried out by the Club and resulted in a win
ram, trday of pitication. After that rendering a pariah of the Chinese continually tended to lower bis moral tone, there is no symptom that a Californian Chinaman is deeper sunk in degradation than his con- patriot elsewhere. However that may be, San Francisco seus determined on getting rid of the Chinaman and thinks the burning down of Chinatown affords the opportunity. Probably California will fiol, sómething as did France after the expulsion of the Huguenots, or the Spaniards after they had got rid of the last of the Mors, and find that they had with the departure of the Chinese lost their best and ablest industrial | country, element; but ni all creats an effort i, * be mande, and it is it likely that the State Government will offer any effective opposition ; but un objection comes from an unexpected quarter.. Portland, Oregon, has the only other important Chinas of flimas planked edifices which till the other town on the Western coast, and is appre day constituted the greater part of the hensive that the Chinese residents driven capital of the state of California. It is a nut of San Francises may take bual refuge curious fact, and one not generally known there; o Portland is devising its own either in America or China, that till twenty project for getting rid of the supposed inien. five years ago there actually existed in bus. Altogether, either the Unites State bright little journal which has recently male Shanghai the exact counterpart of the San nor China appear to come very well out of its debut in Singagore, The Straits Weeks on brand and tolerant lines, and Protest of which Lieut. Northcote was the secretary, Francisco Chinatown, built by the same this China question, and it seems, to us at bids fair to live up to the chatuoler which it musa, on the same plan, and with identically least in China, that in listening too much to has set itself, as to boing popular and topical. similar materials. The edifice in Shanghai the proletariat on the Western slop the Certainly its criginal uotes and comments are
M. Constant Valentin Edmond Baps. A. Minister Plenipotentiary of the Second Clas who has been nominated Eavey Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for Francs at Poking to suetud M. Pierre Rent Georges Dubail, who is retiring from the service, was
born in 1858. II commenced in the Foreign Office in 1882, and has son savic in Loudon, Cairo, Viena, and St. Petersburg. He was in charge of the political direction at the Qasi would now be considered well educated with a for Hongkong, with a score of 933, againet in 1896, serving as suck at Constaufenople. d'Orsay ia 1895 and male First Class Secretary strictly limited knowledge of Latin, but greater Shanghai's score of 889, Singapore's 860, and
profici ney in other subjects. We propose to Penang's 794. dërote more time to French-and German than
The accounts showed a balsace on the right to Latio. Instruction in the Chinese language side of $146 76. is also offered at the school. Religious instrac- A committee was elected for the ensuing year.
ant in character.
| The meeting voted 825 for the orpobues of the
We have on the first two numbers of a
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BLOCKADING.
GANDLERS.
Bergeant Lee waramoned 15 ebair and resha
BEFORE Ma. C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE).
NATIVE TRICKERI.
endeavouring to get a coolie on board the A boarding bouse ranner was charged with
and the coolis was charged with being on board Fooksung with intent to defrand the owners,
without permision. It appeared that the former had brought the coolie from Canton and was trying to get him umuggled on board the ship for Singapore. P. S. Grant, who pro-
wes kuown as " Ino Ki Ch'ang ", Old K'i Washington Government is really bindering not without vigoar, not, dealing as they do sabj ct of naval gunnery that it is essential to was decided to have two quarterly meetings | Recuted, described the attempts at stowing away
what might be developed into a very import ant trude. More than this, the not aona. tural feeling of indiquation' on the part of
sleven bits out of eleven rounds from a six-izob, gun within the space of one minute. Patty Officer Giles, moreover, seems only to be primus Enter pares upon his ship, for the average per.
WEATHER REPORT.
the following report:-
The Hongkong Ohaurratory yesterday issued On the 28th at 11.55 8.-The bayomster
as bring vory frequent, and srid that the captain of the vessel was liable to be fuod at Singapors for carrying passengers in excess of the number for whom he had a ticket. The first defendant was fined 930 and the second $2.
CHINA AND TIBET.
| naxtrille meeting, and it was stated that several So many severe things Lave been said on the donations to this fund had been received. It Chang it was the original home in North
manner, they are likely to be appreciate. The rays of o-lebrity, therefore, must be allowed to presented by the Club. with subjects of the moment in an attractive have honour paid where it is really du Soma daring the winter, cups for competition to be China of the then princely American house
olber matter is very readeble and betrays a of Russell and Co. Its builder, as also that
careful selection on the part of the editor ant
fall upon Petty Officer Giles, of the King of the Franciscan Chinatown, was an the Chinese at Snding themselves relegated and publisher, Mr. J. B. Harrop, who is not according to the Daily Telegraph, by securing Edward VII, who has made a world's record enterprising Cantonese contractor, well to the position of little better than outcasts unknown lu tangkong. kuown to the curly foreign residents as that is having its unwholesome effects in China-The-Senior Wrough-rship-the most famous of the builder of many of the original and is undoubtedly one of the underlying of all Cambridge institutions will be abolished "hongs" at the various Treaty Ports, who uses leading up to the very unsatisfactory if certain forms suggested by the Spois!
has fallen rapidly in Japan owing to the de
In the House of Cumanos on April 26th, moving towards the Pacific. The members of this beard find that effort is VII., are such as no fest has ever equalled, tet of "Chop-Dollar." All this took place from an outside point of view, can see that being wasted oa un sential details at present, and are a gratifying proof of both real and and fallen slightly on the S coast and in position to make any statement regarding the Pressure has incr used sickly over N, China, for Foreign Aairs whether he was in a in the early "factory" days, when Canion the present cry of the rising generation of The remely breaght forward by the board is a capacity of both officers and man.
It Formosa.
negotiations between His Majesty's Gorera- was the centre of civilisation of China; and China for the Chinese forbodes no good to simplification of the examination, its division is evident that ander Sir Percy Scott, low pressure trough, in which au definite centre lesion of China to the Tibetan Convention The highest pressere is over N. Chine, and a mest and the Chinese Government for the was looked upon is the guide in all matters any one, and least of all to the Chinese into two parts, and ou arrangement of success- who is now Inspector of Target Practice, the is at present datsetod extends over N. part of of Sept. 7, 1914. architectural, and the source whence were themselves, to whom it means practical ful candidatce' rames in alphabetical order. If
Sir E. Grey-The negotiations with the derived the worksmen and the materials for bankruptcy, if not the extinction of China Wrangler, and who has oarned the decoration this is done no one will know who is the Esator
Chinese Government are still proceeding at Poking, and I hope may soon be brought to a building throughout the whole of the five as a nation, may yet acknowledge that they of the wooden spoon. The alphabetical arrange
made knows. Meanwhile, in view of statorienta conclusion; when that is so, the result will be porty then open to foreign trade, With have been but following the evil example ment, it is thought, will prevent mon devating
which leave appeared recently, I may say that becks and line then from Canton, and with set them by the States, who certainly as their entive ambition to the "show" distinction
the argotiations do not contemplate an altera- : tion of the Tibet Convention. granite from Hongkong, was built by an
of achieving high places on the Wrangler list.
was generally known by his adopted soubri-eituntian bere. We, looking at the question! Board for athematics me carried into effect. centages of the drew of the King Edward pression which is now traversing E. Japa", sir H. Coltou askel the Secretary of Biale
standard of shooting in the Navy will not be the China Sea and the Facile towards the and a little interest in such things that strong NE. winds nexpected to prevail in allowed to decline from lack of official attention, South of the Louchoes.
Gradients are rather sleep over 8. China, and antter" on the part of the general public the Formos Channel, and the N. part of the should be of some assistance to the Admiralty China Ses in its programme of fighting efficiency.
Forecast --Stroup N.E. winds; equally miny,