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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 30TH, 1906, alone is concerned and Jaying the affair TELEGRAMS. before the Chambers not one lissenting
voice was raised, and the nation itself determined to restore both of the principal actors to their full rank without reflection, and without discussion. For Majer DREYFUS and General PreQUART our feelings are those of eingere congratulation,; and for the French people one of undisguisend admiration.
Regulations governing the trostnight of patients in Asylums, and the water service, ore published in the current Gazete.
The names of Mosers. L. G. Bird and A. R. Austin have been added to thes Colony's list of authorisul archivets.
were apparently in a position to form a judgment, not altogether unnaturally dis uraged the attention of his countrymen from enquiring too clearly into the grounds He was hurriedly taken CO..of the ecusation.
before a court-martial, where he was given little or no opportunity of defending him self, and the charges being announced to be proved he was condensed to be expelled WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. from the army; and to mark the national
The plague list now numbers $50 casos, - disgust at so heinous a crime his spulsion was marked by every ceremony of contempt.
Shipping continued very dal last wook. to which a soldier who had once attained
* Steamers of all sizes contiuse to be unemploy. lonourable distinction in his professioned", says one report, Could be subjected. Naturally concluding from the circumstances that Duerras had met with his just desserts, although the English people looked in pity at the base cí o honourable a reputation as I attained in the army of a friendly nation, they cumcided in the expressions of contempt passed on him by his own fellow-officers and by the athu at large; and by and bye, ns a part of his dishonourable paadishment. Duxyres, without a word of remonstrange, was sent to repent his supposoil cr., and subjected to the living, death of being imprisoned in the 1sle In Diable, a lone istand off the coast of South America, where inueroengulsed by his father, who mid than day was
drowned a few days ago during the squall, but criminals of the blackest dy e were ever ummured. But Drevrns, though condemned lay she almost marimong voice of his fellow countrymen, had a few fronds who left no stone unterual te vindicate his humour, and -by-and-bye-stringernen a biggin-to-float- about, which'dest serious reflections on the good faith of his meansers. The philanthropie, thusa, often mistaken, desire of the English COGNAC BRANDY | people to “big a bra desgover the stile now came to the front, but in this iustanes it was aided by another feeling. As a nation the B. SUPERIOR VERY OLD COGNAC 2740 English are accustam dham many centuries
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of constent practice to weigh the svidence, mone esperally in a criminal case; and 4 reviewing the ecbleues herein the evidence for the accusation seemed particularly lender. That a deliberate judg nant given by a marefully chosen court-wartial should be reviewed in a sciptical spirit by another
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All the absen. Pries are subjuel to a alisonanzation, however friendly, grated on the
of 7 per cent.
susceptibihties of the French as a nation; al not imprably tended to render a neview of the judgivent more difficult.
Monday, August 4th, is tans served an a holiday by the prorament departments. The l'exèlsaga banks will also be closed,
The Umamradi Gazdte of Anly 24th anugauce That Vierroy Chon Fa has received notics from Poking that he may be transferried to Canton,
The body of a lines boy was found floating in the harbour on Saturday morning. It was
["DAILY FRESS" EXOLUSIVE SERVICE.] GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVAL PROGRAMME.
CANTON.
(PROM OUR CORRISPONDENT.)
A XATTER OF WAGEN,
POLICE COURT. Saturday, July 28th.
BEFORE MR. P. A. HAZELAND (SECOND Polier MAGISTE (TR).
UN ERREACHED HIMSELF..
July 28th,
The On Ng Po reports that the Yeet-Han Railway Company has received a telegram
A coolie who tried to impose on a European' from Tientsin stating that Chita Tin-yanis and obtain maury by means of a trick was finel *Lesnos, July 27th.
holding two positions as Chief Constructor
$10 ore month's imprisonment, Tho the King-Cheong
Braopean war Luspector Langley, who the The Naval programme includes and Vice-President of
Railway and that he is reiving a salary of three ships of the Dreadnought type; over Tix. 1,08), besides travelling expenses. If previous day bappened to be in plain clothes. He and just merged from the Hongkong two ocean-going destroyers: twelve the Yuet. Han Railway Company can give him
Hotel when he was accosted by the defendant who claimed payment of 49 con's on the ground coastal destroyers, and eight sub-bottor romaneration, it is possible to obtain
that he had been engaged by the Inspector and bu beni kopt waiting for some time:
J'be | marines,
A Botorious robber named Chung Ham- chenne, who is a native of the Tung Kun spectar explained both
made un mistake, but the ecolie insisted that District and who has committed various crimes Taglish to the defendant that he must have in China, hus been hiding in several years. A roward of several thousand this was not so and followed the Inspector, dollack was offered for his arst, Recantly attracting a large crowd. As it was consid red
Ban servested in Aubam
an attempt to victimisa tha coólio was severely The China obtained authorities havo
Pis extraditions dealt with and failing payment was taken to
prison. thrgh the Frough Consul.
The Estimates show a reduction of £2,500,000 compared with last year's
Estimates.
* This message as published in Saturday morning's "Extra" war misleading as in the first Ear item, owing to the omnis ion of the first figure by the Telegraph Co-En |
REUTER'S SERVICE.
RUSSIA.
Toux, July 26th. Au oficial
Statement issued St. Petersburg, justifies the dissolution of the Dama on the grounder that it from the out, overstepped the links of consistently discredited the Giverntent, altempted to usurp av osecntive power, and raise unrealisable hopes by their agrarin
A Tokyo, Jubegraui to tho N. L. Badly Neres saya: General Baron Terauchi, Minister of | programme.
War, has been appointed to succeed the late Viscant Kodas as Chairman of the 8th Manoharia Railway.
LONDON, July 27th.
bin services.
CARGIT AT LAST.
for ASRAM
Water
TRE BOAT POPULATION. Since the establishment of the Polic, only about. Necu kersts have taken ons licences and have been bambered. Now the Water Police authorities have agaii found a proclamation argine thy bout propia to take Any beats failing out licenes for their bonts to take cut firearms after the 20th day of the 4th woon will be thard. The to will + 825 Any a big tents and Si on all boats each.
MOT
veho find dat an uliosase! boat and raport it to the Water Police will receive half the mount of the fian as a reward.
SHANGHAI TRAMS.
Go PB GRNSK.
Troubin with the coolios is
D Chinese and
THE ASSAULT ON EGYPTIAN OFFICERS
THE OFFICIAL, STORY
The repeat of the Ministry of the Luterior on the attack on the British officers at Denshawi a spot, where Major Pine Collin shot last year states that the fears wore thioting pigeons at without any objection being made,
Abd Nagu Tay, notable, had also pro- ised the sery furiity, and when they started they would is welcome.
AB tim offers were in uniform, and were accompanied by an ambashi of police and by their gi When they began shooting, Captain Berdock neal Lovelenath Porter motivesi that villagers had collected in freie vicinity, eleng in on thera, and that their attitude was beretning threatening.
General Stolypit, interviewel by Router's representative, said that the Tear was
We understand that the trawaways at Shung. The South-China Philly downd says the resolved on a policy of strong-handed reform.
bai are being til very rapidly. Work is Bard of Revo vetuses to recognize the Reaction was furthest from the Tsar's wishes, proceding in six or mises parts of the Settle- galement of expendituresinenrred in suppressing but the revolutionaries must be thwartel.mont, and to correspondent think about a the Kungsi rebellion neunited by Viceroy General Stolypin relied on the imuteur yards of new rails are lad in excell Shun, on the ground tuut it is improperly patriolism of the tuass of the nation, andlity every work. rendered;
believed that the appsabof the Tsar to then! Saven thousand ties mundred gallons of wine | woaht result in the effective repression at were ported into the River Necker on June 283. The owner, u sine merchant, named Leon- bards, of Edingen, had be found guilty of wholesale, wiulteration by the court, which ordatud his stock in be dastrojnë,
H.E. the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, bas buen pinnasel to appoint Mr. David Wood to be a director of the Widowe and Orphans' Pousien Fund in suec sing to M. E. C. Lewis, shout from the Colony.
Under section 40 of the New Territories Land Ordinases, No. 3 of 1915, s regulation has beru
AS. WATSON & CO., | Amongst a section of the people it, how-made by the Gorursor in Council that upon the
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ovor, neted as a spur to their exertions to rehabilitate DuEYPUS, whom they felt to be anja4ly condemned. Sill the general fool, ing was hostile to England, and wokubtedly umrensel the jealousy which had intervened between the two peoples. By degrees the' efforts of Duxveys' frauds, assisted, there is little doubt, by the persistence of British publia feeling as to, the madeyungy of the ught forward by his accusers.
Maitre! review the case. BRETpre able defender, aided and self-sacrificing by the contageous persistence of bis friend Calotel PrequaRT, -so far eunvinced the Court of Cassion that the verdict was practically reversed, even if not formally quashed, and DarY FUS was
LAB
m July 21st, at Shangha, the ade of H. permitted to reture, without, however
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ither he or his friend Programr being
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On July 2-1, at Shanghai, Siwan Mrs & restoreì to vnuk. McLaura
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amelical forces. When the Cabinet was
complete. i would produce an exhaustive programme covering the land juestion. No steps would be taken against the Meribers of the late Duma, unless they attempts to The Tsar had dissolved the Dams agitate. with the utmost relactuce when be found that nothing useful could be expected from
them.
THE EDUCATION BILL
Laxos, July 26th. The Report stage of the Education Bill issue of any writ of summons by a hadlords been completed by the application of against a tenant for the icery of rent, & foo'
the closure. of 81 shall be paid to the Assistant Land Officer.
and shall be recoverable by the landlord as
corts in the setion.
H.E. the Governor is beon pleased La
the Asylums dorlars under section of
diugno, No. & cf 1985 the Government | Asylum to be an asylum for the tanti u. custody dad care of 'persons of unsound mind. He has also appointed all persons now holding, or who shall herenfler haid, the office of Justice of the L'amor, to be visiters of the Government Asylum.
RUSSIAN STOCKS.
Lownox, July 25th. Russian stocks aw recovering.
THE SITUATION IN EGYPT.
LONDON, July 20th. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannertaan presided a meeting of the Imperial Defence Committee, at which; it is understood, the situation in Egypt was considered. Lord Crouser and General Sir Francis Wingate,
ul
tented.
The court:mrital apointed to inquire into the surrender of leoups on board the Atash Mersin May, 1901, has deliveredits curliet. The termer General of the Soudan, N... Daily News is informed by telegraph dhut two lirɑbenants in coantand, a neval pavinustor and two captains in the army ave been cantier ed, torced to resign their Court status and sripped of their decoratinus. Thros junior miktary officers have been cashierval.
more, for it showed that disgraceful and
An inquest was held op June 24th at Hathnai dishonourable erines, amazing to forgery theen on Allied Cole, a toy drum mkw, who and perjury, had been committee, to bring | committed suiendo begvaise he had het ruined about the first verdict. One of those more by German competition. Its left a letter in immediately impliedel, to save farther which he wrote : I am sorry to give trouble," enquiries, antilly committed suicide.
L1 once reinstating
THE BRITISH NAVY AND THE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE.
LONDON, July 27th. Mr. Robertson in the House of Commons, said that there was a unanimous opinion on the Bound of the Admiralty that the ship holding programme should be reduced as follows: three, instead of four, Derudeeaghis,
but my mess Ess brought so much trouble two, instead of five, ocean-going destroyers, for the last for years that I feel I can stand it and right, instate of twelve, submarinės. no more. I am a cic.im to tureign empati. This reduction would save £2,500,000 to have fought it hard for years, but it has Referring to the forthcoming Hague Coa, bought rula in sight and nothing but worry." Eve, the Government, bearing in mind referauers seem to be murdering tope.
A callous contemporary suggests that the tariff
4ticipated, as at Singapore.
LAWN BOWLS.
The points gone for unpionships in the Civil Service Club is proeasing space, and am interesting and, nuexpectel resulta haze taken place,
A pairs competition for spoous took place at thy Kowloon Uren on Saturday afirmou, wheu eight pairs competed.
Mr. James Ne's, chief engineer of the Ex- press of China, has present the Kowloon Bowling Green Pub with a gold medal for isompetition. This is not the first time that the club has benefited through the generosity of | this gentleman.
HONGKONG'S EVENING SCHOOL.
Licatement Pester states that after trying a gun without success, he succeeded in putting it at malety, alter which it was suntched from kim Almost immediately ha hard
a tauffled report, and the gun had gone
Afterwards it was ascertained that the nocides al dikelaege of Lae un, after it had bern suuteled from him, had resulted in four persons, including me wonda, being injured,
Major Pre-Coffin, song how excited the hart aw bence, and to prevent further people
gan, and desired the roble, graves up his o others to give up theirs ab
*To offres them withdrew in the direction of the Agricultural, the crow following and throwing eles of earth and striking them with nabus and sticks. The Bears were defenceless, and molde to protect themselves from the blows halt at them, chiefly from behind.
owu
They got into their carriago, but this drivers enudat, or would not, drive them away, and the lagers, after coutinting to throw miss at then, pulled them out, and cuttinted to strike them. Fly officers then decided t run down the road towards their vatap-a distance of about six mikes.
Major Pice-Coffin, who fall-bobind, was caught, and thrown to the ground, but Lieut. enuth Porter and Smithwick sing this returned to his assistance,
were ahead, meanwhile ras along towards the camp, which was eventually reached at about 430 pm by Captain Brock who gave the alarm
The prospectus of the evening continuations
Captain Bostock and Captais Buil, who classes shortly to open at Queen's College is published in the Government fircle. The first session starts on Wednesday, Cetuber and. Classes in technical subjects will be established for the purpose of affording facilities for a commercial and scientific training to students Fenerally, and of habling those who have
If petrool to continus their studios.
A patrol of mounted infantry which turned out at ones found Cap'nin Ball lying aneouscious about forty yards to the end of the Bersona Market, north of this road shoal one mile an a hake from the camp. He was married into the Then losure, where he was ultimately transported in a carriage to the camp, where he died about
classes will be conducted under three sutions, and the ghjorts taught will in as follows:-
if Commeren section:-Piton's shorthand, book-keeping, cominersist geography, commer arithmetic. modern language, letter writing and advanced Muglish.
thi Engineering wetion-Practical matin- mecanical matics, applied archwaries and awing.
7 p.m.
"Majer Pine-Bulu had bis a smashed, and received several serere bloks about to head and body. When thrown to the grand he was trampled on and kicked by the infuriated crowd.
Captai lestock, sutenant Swithwick. and Lieutenant Porter all received heavy blows from abus and from raissiles thrown at them.
All the officers were robled of the contents
fej Eciones Ferlon --Chemistry, electricity, of their pockets, heat nad steath, and hygiene.
nuless
During
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ut
the
TONS OF MISSING MONEY,
£1,200 IN COPP RAQUIN DISAPPEARS,
No class will ba forme d Joast tive students join. first
week of the Autumn thu trachers will be in attendance from 6p.tu
to Sp... und students are advised to co-
snl them Infure entering their pages for any
class. There will be two sessions in the year October, and closing two works before Chinese the first commencing in the first week of new year, the second commencing two weeks after Chinese new year and closing in the last werk of May. Classes will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
A strange mystory of lost money, is raportof from Halifax, where tons of copper citus to the values of £1,200 are missing. Iught to be in a great sale at the town hall, but it is not there,
The leakage-if that is what the trouble is-- great ergy to account for the disappearance and the corporation is bestirring itself with
may have begun as long as seven years ago. At that tigns the local teamnays system warted its operarios. From the beginning it has been the custom of the franaway eficials to take cop or in quantities of a ton or more to the esntral office with a statement of its value. No count was made to verify the various statements, and
The irritation caused throughout thei country, partly by your supped intended Tagus is a considerable element of the uralt on the part of first Britain, was,
the resolution already passed by the House evenings from ti p.m. to 3 p.m., or at such other romantic in the story of DREYFUS and his wever, so intense ring the Government !
Hues as may be approve. The classes are Faithful Acharis Colonel Proquar. One the day did not fepseif justified against
of Commons favouring a reduction of rapt to all who are over 14 years of age, the money was deposited in the town bali sirong A citizen of a Werforl town who recently
ments, propusel to lay down for 1907-1998 irrespective of nationality, but applicants under roma
The copper accumulated. It asinged such 24 the most distinguided soldiers of his public feeling i
became the proud father of a son humorously day, he serund destinel to attain the DREYFUS, at its necessary concomitant
two, armoured, instead of four armour, 17 years of age must produce antisfactory proportious. that corperation offials were putting back Col. Pregnant, Gradually, wrote to his brother: "A handsome boy has
they began to fear that he would take highest honours of the army personally a
however, the feeling that after all the come to my house and claims to be your ships, with provision for third to be laid reformers Students are admitted at any time reminded of their accumulating wealth, and complete possession of the municipal buildings. man of high rastice, he was above making
people of England
right. ant uphew. We are doing our best to give him down, if the fagus Conference proved
FALLACY OF THE PERCENTAGE. It was decided that the meday shoulbs pat himself by popular arts the idol of the that the interest they felt in a matter the welcome due to such a relation. Promptly abortive. This was done in order to em-
in circalation again, and to this and the crowel, and above all he was a conscientions affecting the honour of France was, so far
*Anyone who was not an phasize the good faith of the Government cams the reply
All statisticians, says a London journal, are corporation advertised copper for sale in five- absolute fool would know enough of his brother's at the Hague Conference. This, however, conversant with the fallacy of the percentage, shilling parcels. dew; and these two disqualifications pro- from being dictated by motives of jealous, agairs to realise that i have not got a nephew.dirl got exhaust the possible economies sad the danger attending its nas before popular
Chegass began to arrive by the first post cure him a host of enemies amongst the really the result of a frindly feeling The young man is an impud-ut imposter. I
audiences. Yet this fallacy is constantly after the advertisement appeared, but the upper inks of the French army. So desiring to sce sant removed. Tegn strongly advise you either to kick him out of
reproduced in this daily press and by public corporation was uut satisfied. It wanted esth distasteful did his rising reputation become to tell on the letter feelings of the nation, the Lease or to give bien in charge." amongst these classes, and so little did he and was, there is little doubt, one of the lend himself to the arts of the popular hero, things that led up to a desire for a better
were
The
which the ra Lords recommended. reductions, it was unanimously opined,
thing the session.
Thus we are toll and lay that Ca of the United States to South America
woull not imperit the bake nce of sea power. xious to score on questions of party for its sccumulativo of money.. "A revival 'all along the line", mye one of Another factor is the case was that there have increased by two hundred por cont, while tlost his rivals found comparatively littje understanding, When -4 that better Saturday's reports on the yarn market, be it had not been that progress in foreign paviethoss from Great Britain have grown by only after shilling was donated, day after day the
two or three per cent. As regards Australia, difficulty in tramping up a series of charges understanding caine about to the mutuat Bombay or Hongkong or Shanghai." The same
to what extent credence should be placed on the the Estimates were framed a year ago. The The United States and Germany can show on against him, and eren succeeded in per/satisfaction of both, whose sole ground of report adds "Morchauts are still scoptical an which the Admiralty had aúticipated when the percentage position is equally alarming. before an appreciable difference was made io
Indreds per cent., while the swading some of those in authority that he wonderineat soon cime to be that, in the recent J3⁄4 ̧âuez suncuncement to open Man Unionist members doubted whether the sea United Kingdom must be content with
ad been engaged in what in a soldier / midst of mutual recriminations continued Auria to foreign trade from the first of Septem.Lorda had made the reluctions of their meagre tea or twenty. On hearing this the of the coins ware missing.
Jacroe of
Ono fine dry it struck the authorities that, these tons of copper right to be counted, and a speelakstall was assigned to this ta k. Shilling work progressed, and yet my days passed the talk to be dealt with.
But the task was finished at last, and then it was found that & aaltor of nearly three trus an-in-the-street" is agitated and fears that The municipal premises were searched high for many years, not one of wineli over gave
ber next. Japanese ladings in Newchwang and own free will, and predicted that the dream beslute rain is at hand. Could be but examina and low, every nook and crasny was ex oyes is the greatest and most dishonourable the slightest foundation for
serions Dalny are still fresh in the minds of foreignof the Government of no international peace the complete Egures in the ease, he would go but to no purpose. Not so much as one atray of crimes-that of selling abroad the issor-quarrel, there should have been inisunder-merchants, Until now Japanese merebants
away content and rest with undisturbed nerves. halfpenny was discovered. Of course, U - most secrets of the inilitary organisation of standings at all; it was bat autural that the have bese accorded good footing in Mancharia, was doomed to early extinction. Sir Henry for he would discover that, whereas the imports tramway officials were notified, but they could
The and their prior settlement will be to no email Campbell-Baunermau said that his country. Being a Jew, it was bastily DREYFUS affair should come up.
manner in which it did arise shows how effec- detriment of the other foreign merchants. All wished the navy to be weaker, but extru- concluded that he could be un true. French- wu at heart, and though on the other tually the old feelings have passed. It is the same, if once Manchu ria is opened on equalvagance did not secure efficiency. hand he was known to be sufficiently satisfactory to find that as between the two footing to all, then will be greater and wider wealthy to be abore the temptation of peoples the matter hus never been for a trafficking for filthy Incre his country's moment the subject of discussion of any secrats, the mere fact of his being charged sort. The French Government has treated it as entirely a matter in which France with wo abominable a crime by those who
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no one of foreign goude into Australia are reckoned by given no suggestion of a solation to the mys
hundreds of thousands, those from the United Kingdom can only be estimated by millions; Some persone are inclined to laugh at the and that even a small percentage on these matter, and there are plenty of purchasers for millions for ani sway outstrips the big per picture postcards representing worried coun- The councillors, properly enough, take the centages on the thousands. This argument is cillors hunting for lost pennies. suggestive of the story of the negro who was offered employment piesing fruit. He was to situation seriously, and a special accountant tas been appointed to investigate the mystery. glance at the orenard, declaring that day man receive four per cent. He refused after a
Meantime the ratepayer are thinking, and waiting developsafe. could see it wouldn't amount to four per cont.
field of business and sufficient scope for all, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STRAITS This is no doubt very happy news for dealersin
LONDON, July 27th. Mr. Hyndman Jones has been gazetted tors) holders of their heavy stock and signs of
Chief Justice to the Straite. ara, for it wili in tiree to come naturally relieve sugh improvementțare perceptible from pew.”