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been endemic in Pakhoi for overtwenty years, but the only occasion when it had been epidomic was ten years before the appear ance of the plague in Hongkong. It was early in February 1894 that an epidemic
Captain Martyn Webb, Natta and Derby began at Canton, and it broke out in Begiment, who served with the 1st Battalion at Hongkong in May. In those four months Hongkong and Singapore, has been appointed WATSON & CO., there was no plague at Pakhoi, and it to the Indian Supply and Transport Depart
was, therefore, assumed that it was intro-ment, and will be seconded whilst se employed duced into Hongkong from Canton, Exactly how it was introduced baffled in vestigation, though it has long since been generally accepted that rate from the ship ping formed the means of communlesting
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AUSTRIA AND TURKEY, COMPENSATION OFFERED FOR BOSNIA.
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LONDON, January 10th. It is reported from Constantinople that Markgraf von Pallavacini, the Austrian Ambassador to Turkey, has
CANTON-HAKOW RAILWAY.
DISSATISFACTION IN SHANGHAL
HEAVY SENTENCES ON STOWAWAYS.
wors
The twenty Chinese who stowed away ou board the ss. Eastern before site laft Hangkong Our Canton correspondont writes There has been much dissatisfaction amongst discovered on board at Sydney, the majority
on her last voyage south, and who the shareholders of the Canton-Hankow Railway with loathsome eruptions on the face and hands, Company. They have formed an association were charged before Mr. J. H. Komp at the called the Yout-Han Railway Rescue Society. Magistracy yesterday, and pleaded guilty. This Society has recently had several hold Mr. H. G. C. Bailey (of Messrs. Johnson, meetings in Chang Mon (Chang Gardens) Stokes and Master) appeared for the prosecu at which the members, claiming to repre- tion, and Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro (of Messrs. Bent 300,000 ahores, have denomased the Goldring, Barlow and Morrell) appeared for the Office here. They also complained that the management of affairs by the Company's Head seventeenth defendant. Company had threatened to confiscate their uncle of his client had arranged with a steward Mr. Almada informed his Worship that the shares without giving them due and proper on board the Eastern to get the defendant a notice. The Society has recently addressed a passage to Australia. The uncle paid to the President and Directors of the Company atating and as soon as the defendant went on board he only furnished the Shanghai abareholders with that the stoward and the cook had since left th that up to the present time the Company had was put in the hold. Mr. Almada understood reports showing the total receipts and payments ship, and that the police were now in search of
in these reports us to the netual amount found? during the 32nd and 3rd years of Kwong them. Su, and nothing. whatever had been mentioned His Worship Where werò, the stowawayn of work done, how many miles of railway have been completed, the cost of construction per mile, value of land purchased, the amount of cash on
ropes by which ships were tied to a wharf the Summer Palace at Peking has cost about (been freshly instructed to offer to the long letter and sent any telegrams to the steward, in the presence of the defendant, $150,
two million teels per annum. As the Empress Forte two and a half million Turkish Dowager does not desire to occupy the Palace the Prince Regent has decided to substantially pounds as compensation for Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
|reddie this expense to the State.
should be provided with phlanges to prevent rats getting ashore from the ship, as if mats preferred walking the tight-rope to the broad plank of the gangway. The HANDSOME PUFF BOXES fact has to be faced that it is impossible to prevent rats getting ashore from a ship at a wharf, if they are so minded. They may either walk or run ashore, or they may be imported cases of small-pox (Chinese) and one ] not open to discussion, and it expects the value of rolling stock, materials, &o. unused,
OUT GLASS BOXES,
in Great Variety,
Health of the number of cases of communicable The weekly return by the Medical Officer of
disease in the Colony shows that during the wook ended the 9th inst, there were two fatal Chinese case of diptheria which proved fatal
official journal of Vienna, says the
The Fremdenblatt, ' the semi
amount of the compensation offered is
that Turkey will gladly accept it,
Mr. Bailey-In the No. 1 hold when the vessel arrived at Sydney.--
His Worship-In what part
Mr. Bailey Eight down at the bottom; as
HAIR BRUSHES IN LEATHER CASES, conveyed ashore in cargo. There can be The last case of phgue occurred on the 30th stead of wrangling over the claims hard, when they expect to complete the line and ter down na they could get. As your Worship
PERFUME SPRAYS,
MANICURE SETS,
RAZORS IN CASES.
DY THE DEST MAKERS:
PATENT RAZOR STROPS, SHAVING MIRRORS, HAND MIRRORS,
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The Viceroys of Liang Kiang, Hunan and
Hupeh; Their Excellencies Tuan Fang and Chen Krei Leing, have forwarded a memorial to the Prince Regent on the subject of financial reform. They propose to institute lotteries in those Provinces under careful restrictions, but the Prince Regent has not been pleased with
the propositions.-Chinese Public Opinion.
The Japanese Resident at Seoul has recently permanently prohibited this publication of a Japanese paper there, named the Keijo Shimbun, on the ground that the paper recently printed between Japan and Kores and injurious to series of articles prejudicial to the relations public order and peace. The paper had been in existance about two years.
no profit and loss account hae been knows, this is a most serious affair for shipping and counterclaims which in the end issued of
the line now working. The companies. If these men had got ashore it would prove unprofitable to Turkey. Bhanghai shareholders say that they have would have cost the E. and A Company $2,000 Official circles in Constantinoplesions that the Central Government has been brought back. This stowaway business is get. noticed in the newspapers on several ocen sterling, but luckily they were found and regard the proposal favourably and urging that investigation be made into the ting more common every day, and I would ask appear confident that the negotiations uncial condition of the Company and it is quite your Worship to inflict the heaviest penalty, will now succeed.
apparent that it is the intention of the Govern- namely, nine months' imprisonment, and imposs ment to obtain foreign loans and itself construct a fine. I understand they have got a consider the line. Great apprehension exists amongst able amount of money. CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT
the Shanghai shareholders that such steps may
Mr. Almada--I am prepared to prove that ROOSEVELT.
be taken, and they blame the Company for it. No. 17 had actually paid his money. They now demand that the Company shall supply them with fall information before they pay in the money due on the second instalment, and worth 40 per cent of their original value, and they point out that the shares are now only
that, if they were to pay in the $1.50 due on the
cents, if they wore to realize their shares in the second instalment of each share, out of every dollar thoy pay in, they would get back only 40. market the following day.
little doubt, however, that it is by this means that plague is spread. If any additional SCISSORS IN CASES. proof of the fact were needed we may obtain it from Shanghai. When on the 8th ult. two dead rats found near the wharves at Shanghai were ascertained to have died of plague, a systematic search for dend rats was made in all the sauitary districts of the Settlement, and of the forty-nine (out of 1,529) that were found to have died of plague, nearly all we found in the neighbourhood of the wharves. The Health Officer, therefore, concludes that there is little doubt that the introduction of REQUISITES A Very Fine Selection in Great Variety plague has been effected through the chan. MEERSCHAUM and BRIAR PIPES, CALA-nel whers the preventive measures taken by BASH PIPES, (0 Special Assortment), the Port Health Authority have been Shanghai,, Dr. F. W. Thompson of Hankow In view of the discovery of plague in rats at BROKERS' COMPANIONS, MEERSCHAUM
weakest, namely those for preventing the publishes un appeal to the community of Hankow Congress will rigidly scrutinise the It is announced that henceforth and ANY BEZ CIGAR. and HOLDERS, CIOAR and CIGARETTE CASES introduction of rats by ships from plague. to undertake a general campaign against rate: in real CROCODILE SKÍN, SNAKE SKIN, etc., TOBACCO POUCHES in BEAVER, infected ports. Consequently this applea-has yet been found at Hankow, but in view of nominees for Office.
throughout the concessions. No trace of plague suitability of all President Roosevelt's CROCODILE, SNAKE and DOE SKIN, etc., sont discovery led to the formulation of the present existence of rat plague at Shanghai TOBACCO BOXES and JAES, ASH TRATE.
potential measures and a plan of campaign and the constant steamship communication be ALL THESE GOODS ARE OF THE which, we hope, will be successful in preservtween the two ports, Dr. Thompson points out
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that the position of Hankow is one of paticipa cost the Colony of Hongkong in the last tion and that prevention is better than cure.
The Prince Regent has decided to reform the fourteen years many thousand lives and eeveral millions of dollars. It is interesting being drafted. At a recent conference with the Civil Service of China. New regulations are to note that Dr. Sranlex regards the cat High Ministers of State the Prince Regent A. S. WATSON & CO., as the most successful agent for the exter-ruised, the question of the appointment of the mination of rate, and says that by cats alone Vioaroys and Governors of the provinces and it should be possible to keep houses rat free. His Imporial Highness is reported to have said and, as a direct result, plague free. Every into the age, pareatage, character and career of that in future careful enquiries should be muscle householder, therefore, is recommended to all candidates for such important posts before keep one or more rate in his house. This recommending them to the Throne for appoint is an endorsement of the new method of "ment. combatting plague in Hongkong, We un derstand that the advice given by the Sanitary Board in this connection is being generally followed, and in the coming plague season we irust a considerable improvement may confidently be anticipated upon the mortality returns of last year, when plague was more prevalent in the Colony than it had been since 1908.
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Supreme Comt yesterday. The Chief Justice A remarkable incident took place at the had dealt with a number of cases in bankrupta and apparently concluding that he had gone through the file left the beach and the usher. Reclared the court adjourned. The case of Mr. enaination, had apparently escaped his notise, Rumjan, who was in attendance for liis public and the solicitors in sourt on recovering from their amazement at the action of his Lordship Baw the humour of the situation and indulged
Exchange is going up. Yesterday's rate was in hearty laughter. 1/91.
One of the Koreans who was charged with Training for the Hongkong Flases which take complicity in the murder at the San Francisco place next month, is now in full swing.
of Mr. D. W., Stevens, the Japanese Adviser at Seoul is reported in the latest San Francis papers to have escaped from the city. One of
4 collision took place in the harbour yesterday
sant her,
LONDON, January 11th. The struggle between President Roosevelt and Congress is of the liveliest description.
THE YUVARAJAH OF MYSORE.
His Worship-They don't deny that. Me. Bailey-With regard to my friend's client, if your Worship requires further evidence admits, he was not on board with the permission I would ask for a remand. As my friend of the agents.
and the ship's crew at Sydney,
Hia Worship Who found those men ? Mr. Balley They were found by the Customs
Mr. Almoda-It is obvious that they
In conclusion the Shanghai shareholders could not have hidden themselves without the request the Company to cable them the parti-aesistance of somebody, consequently they are qulare they ask for, so that they may cause the not guilty in the first degres.
real position of affairs to be made known to the Mr. Bailey-In a case in connection with the
His Worship-But the stowaways found on the Aldenham were not prosecuted.,
passages.
Mr. Bailey-I understand they paid their
Highness the Yuvarajah of Mysore and his facing a typhoon and crying."
The N.Y.K. steamer Aina Maru with Hopablic and allay the anxiety of all. the sharo-C. P. R. Mr. Hazeland inflicted the fall penalty.
holders who, they say, are "now at sos in a bout When the vessel drepped anchor in the harbour, suite on board arrived early yesterday morning,
welcome His Highness on behalf of H. E. the Captain Mitchell-Taylor, A.D.C., boarded her to Governor. His Highness paid an official visit to His Excellency the Governor, who invited him to tifs or dinner. The Yuvarajah, how ever, declined the honour, caste preventing his acceptance of the invitation. His Excellency much regretted that he could not accommodate the visitor at Government House, owing to the serious illness of Lady Lagard.
In the afternoon, however, the Yuvarajah was residence to inspect thist gentleman's valuable pleased to pay a visit to Sir Paul Chator's
collection of Chinese porcelain. He was accompanied on this visit by Miss Henniker and Captain Mitchell Taylor, and later the same guides took him for a tram ride as far as the guest some of the sights of the city. Shankiwan, the object of the trip being to show
LADY LUGARD.
Liang Shing to the Association in Shanghai's The last telegram sent by Sir Chan Tang
note that you are paying great attention to this low days ago ran as follows:-
matter. Many false telegrams are in circulation "Contents of your (last) telegram noted. I
concerning affairs of the railway. I advise you that it is not safe to place too much reliance on auo telegrams, My reply is on its way to Shanghai. I have collected over $8,000,000 dre on second instalment. You can ease your mind (Signed) SHING." regarding the construction of trunk line,
Another
cannot understand why they should ask for the His Worship--I cannot quite reconcile the.
maximum penalty in one case and not prosente attitude adopted by the Shipping Company I
in another.
Aldenham case the passages were paid
Mr. Bailey-I understand that in the
men would be willing to pay their passages, His Worship-I daresay good many of these Mr. Bailey-They are stowaways, and I would ask for the foll penalty.
Mr. Almada-I think, on the other hand, the officers of the ship were rather negligent in not kooping a better lookout,
BURGLARY AT MADAME FLINTS. Now that Chinese New Year is so close at hand it behover residents to see
Mr. Bailey-Since this ease the Commonwealth security of their premises, for the Chinese stowawas
to the has passed special legislation with regan? to thief. is very busy st present. burglary has to be added to the long list watched, none of these men would have got away. Mr. Almsda-If the ship had been better which has been chronicled of late, and the robbers would have made a substantial hauled, it pays the Chinese te ge trying to get mon Mr. Bailey-Unless the fall pensity is inflict- had not the police arrived on the scene at the in. Formerly the shipping companies were fined! opportune moment. At about three o'clock yes- £100 if a man was landed; now they are fined terday morning as Indian Police Bergeant, No. £100 for each man found on the ship, 576, was patrolling Queen's Road Central, he ob conserved two natives coming out of Madame Flint's millinery establishment. When the zou saw him they attempted to escape, but the Bergeant secured one of them and blowing his whistle
It is with pleasure that we are able to an nounce another alight improvement in the condition of Lady Lugard Her Ladyship is however, very weak, and will probably be fined to her bed for the next three weeks,
Peak afternoon. when a launch ran down a junk and the papers saya The escape of Chun isone ofA BRITISH ADMIRAL ON INVASION
On January 6th, at Shanghai, the wife of Mr. DAVID LANDÁLE, of a daughter.
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The discovery of forty-nine rats proved dead of plague at Shanghai in the course of fortnight, last month, bas naturally caused anxiety to the Health Authorities, of the
West Kents, has been mentioned in connection The name of Colonel Fitton, of the Royal with a staff billet in India at an early date.
the most remarkable evasions of justice that his
have been opensioned by the neglect of the ever occurred in this city, in that it appears to offers of the low, who for months after bis idisappearance have only now discovered that he was committed.
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another Indian constable appeared on the scene
Shen Chis-peng, the High Commissioner who as gone." It is ten months now since the murder for eofency and fighting as it is at the show cases were rifled of all their finery which
compiles legal codes, is stated to have decided to adopt British laws, in compiling the commercial codo
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officer, I speak strongly on the subject. The Army cannot do without the Navy, or the Navy without the Army: I should like to see overy man from the age of 18 to 25.serve his country. for two years.
cases to inflict heavy penalties if I am satisbed His Worship-I am quita prepared in these the shipping companies will prosecute, but if they prosecute in one case and fail to do so in another, it is hardly fair.
Mr. Bailey-I know nothing about the
Aldenham case, but I take it the Company had very good groands for not prosecuting
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were not responsible in the first degree. to seriously consider the fact that the defendants Mr. Almada And I would ask your Worship
His Worship sentenced each of the defendants
to nine months' imprisonment with hard isbonz
TRUCK COOLIE'S INCARCERATION.
A curious story was to Mr. J. E. Wood
at the Magistrsey yesterday when a native and his wife, who reside on the second floor of 26,
and the second fugitive was captured. The A remarkable statement was made recently by policemen then returned to Madame Flint's British Admiral Speaking at Dover, shop, and there, after a searah, found Admiral on the active list, and have no hesitation third man concealed behind a dresser and he also take into consideration the fact of the Company Vice Admiral Finnis, asid: I stand as an
Mr. Almade-I would ask your Worship to in saying the Bervice has never been in the state was arrested. The thieves had evidently been not having kept a proper watch before the ahip
on the premises for sometime for the latt. moment. Four years ago we used to good deal of firing at 4,000 yards, making 50 was tied up in bundles ready for removal. I three times. The chief mourners at the funeral of Sir per cent. of hits steaming from twelve to Afteen Bran her large assortment of Indies hats of the
Mr. Bailey-The ship was searched two or Private information has reached Manils from ager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking and sight thousand yards the percentage of hits glars, who had found time to remove all the Ewen Cameron, for many years London man ship after ship I was simply astounded. At seven latest fashion was not overlooked by the bar knote. Last year, when I had to go out with Washington, D., to the effect that the Navy Corporation, wore Mr. Alan Cameron and Mr. was 65. I would like to say one word about iura costly trimmtugs therefrom. The opportune Department will order the entire First Frovi- William Cameron (sons), and Mr. A. Mon. I am certainly not one of those naval officers arrival of the police, however, saved Madame sional Regiment of Marines, now on duty with Townsend (brother-in-law).. Among the large raid. I believe it is possible with the higgest Flint stock to the value of over $900, for there the Army of Caban pacification, to the Philip number present in the church at Finchley road, fest going. During the manoeuvres, by a great can be no doubt that if the thieves had got away
who say this is not possibleI mean by invasion pines, on the evacuation of Cuba.
where the first part of the service was held, were stroke of luck, as commander-in-chief of the clear with the articles they had packed up, e The closing of the second hislf of the opium Lord Alwyne Compton, Sir Thomas Jackson, German fleet, I brought 70,000 troops to the quantity of the stolen property would not have Settlement, as well as to the authorities in shops in the Settlement of Shanghai which was (consin), Mr. C. Wield, Mr. S. A. Pixley, and foot entirely due to fog. I do hope while thig been recoverod.my
Captain T. B. Jackson, Mr. Ewen Cameron North Coast without seeing a
aBritish ships the ports up the Yangtsze. So far as is effested with the close of the year passed off Mr. Howard Gwyther. The body was cremated, put their shoulder to the wheel, and determine Mr. J. H. Kemp st the Magistracy yesterday. Albany Street, Wanchai, were placed before his known, there are no records to show that the without trouble, and since then the various at the Golder's Green crematorium, Hamptond, to have our sister Service kept up. As a naval
going on about the Service everyone will The three men arrested were charged before Yangtze valley has ever been swapt by commenced establishing themselves in other Inverness where the interment took place.
shop-keepers engaged in the trade have and placed in a casket for conveyance to
and the hearing of the case was adjourned. plague in epidemic form, "or of any records businesses, of even isolated cases having occurred, with
Sir Havilland de Sausmarez, Judge of ÉL.B.M's Sergt. Vaughan of the Shanghal Municipal Boarding a steamer bound for Cantón, Det the exception of infected persons who, from time to time. have been removed from Supreme Court for China and Korea, has recently Polico, the Mercury save, made an important steamers entering Shanghai from outside i pendicitis, which, it is antisfactory to state, has vessel and one
undergone at Home a third operation for ap discovery. He made an inspection of the But the absence of records is not proved more successful than the previone ones, noticed not only lecked in the ordinary of the native cabins he necessarily conclusive of the absence of and it is hoped that within a very short time he manner, but likewise soured with a pad contemporary says: As those in the know are 11th inst. at noon, and may be expected here on went home wailing to his parents. The coolie,
When will be once again restored to good health. His lock, and "molling a rat," he forced an the first epidemic broke out in Hong of six months, and he is expected to return to girls in the custody of a man, and having been and Indian teas go up. This is inevitable. We Kobe and Moji left Moji on morning the 11th house of the defendants who locked him up and leave of absence has been extended for a period entranos Inside be found five or six young in the UK. when the price of common Ceylon The Apear str. 4. Apcar from Yokohama, on the following morning was enticed to the kong, in 1894, Dr. Lowson caused Shanghai sometime in October. careful inquiries to be made on this subject,
led to suspect that something was amiss he had do not see anything more in the boom. inst., and may be expected here on or about 16th told him they would not liberate him until he The Barber guild of anton have presented a them all brought ashore. It has since been This is borne out, too, by a diagram before us inst. morning.
The M.M. str. Polynesien with the French paid them 830. After some delay the coalic praying that instractions may be given to the purchased either in Shanglusi or up country, consumption with relation to the quotation for was deputed to make the investigation, had landlords to reduce their rents, as barbers are
and it is believed that this discloses only part good ordinary Indian and Ceylonpekoe souchong to report that Chinese history contained no not permitted to work daring the period of State of a trade which has been carried-on for a cou during the last ten years. The only year in reference to any epidemic of plague. mourning. The guild points out there is a siderable time in exporting females to Canton which the deliveries of China tos did not fully How, and by what means, bubonic plague of Police has replied that lie will communicate in oustody, and on the return of the vessel to common tea price was last year. If the China precedent in this matter. The Superintendent The man in charge of the girls has been detained respond, to the advance in the British-grown was introduced into Hongkong no man can with the Chamber of Commerce with a view to Shanghai an arrest is expected to be made tes imports prove to be considerably higher this Tine) left Thursday Island for this port via Yesterday his Worship ordered each defendant positively say. Prior to 1894 plague was securing a reduction of the rents for the 10 among the Chinese stai who are suspected of "Fear it will be bocanse it was making up for Manila on the 7th inst., and is expected here to pay a fine of $10, and bound each over in unknown in Hongkong. It had practically days of the mourning.
ports."
plague in any part of China.
and the result was that after, months of
Worship on a charge of assault. A coolie, it LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. ima namber of small boys were gambling on appears, wis pashing a truck along one of the lanas raining off the Praya East, In front of The P. & O, str. Malta left Singapore for the road: As he approached them ho hailed this port on the 10th instant at 10 s.m.
The American & Manchurian Line steamer their cash, got off the road, only to return and them to make way, and the youngsters, grabbing Referring to the article which we recently Karonga left Singapore on Friday the 8th inst.. growing popularity of China tes, a Colombo Inst. a.m. reproduced from a London contemporary on the and is dus here on or about Friday the 15th proceed with the game before he had passed. One of the boys, in grabbing for a cash, got his The Danish str. Siam left Shanghai on the hand run over with a wheel of the truck and all aware, China tos ie given a fresh innings for about Friday the 15th inst. a.m.
diligent searching, Mr. DYER BALL, who Petition to the Chief Superintendent of Police learned that these were girls who had been showing the deliveries of China tea for home Mail of the 20th tlf., and mail from London of agreed to do this, but the paremta were not
somplicity in the traflo
coming more slowly than nemal "
the 19th alt, left Singapore on Monday the satisfied and raised the price of the ransom to 11th inst. at 4.30 p.m., and may be expected 860. This amount the coolie could not raise to arrive here on Monday morning the 18th so he was kept a prisoner for that day, and was and will leave for Shanghai and Japan on not supplied with food or drink. In the the same afternoon. Vancouver on Saturday the 9th inst.
evening, according to his story, six or seven The CPR. str. Empress of India arrived men were called in and gave him a thrashing.
His The NYK str, Tawata Maru (Australian police, and the defendants
8310 life attracted the
on the 18th inst.
Boreams of "
were arrestert.
the sum of $50 to be of good behaviour for six. months.