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the first prioiples of dance, demand
their own account above and beyoud these authorised by the various legitimate spead vails on the same scale, whatever was the ing departments. It has been these last local demand, and, as before, the game ran that have thrown the finances of the Empire on merrily till the over-burdened machine into confusion, and have led to the gross came to a dead stop. irregularities complained of on the part of
upon
prelity of gambling, for which foreign TELEGRAMS.
anges might offer a likely field, and ould be as rigorous in its requirement for cover" as the best of the foreign banka, In this as in other things the new Begency, But the Legations What were they starting as it does with the best auspices, the high provincial officials. Very properly doing? Probably the Legations were nearly and disencumbered by the bad traditi ne of the new Regency expresses its displeasure as much to blame for what happened as the the past, bas a clear field before it. The late at the evil use made of the directions to Chinese Government itself. It is not pre Emperor, despite his feeble health and his issue a new coinage, and points out that tended that they had any corrupt interest in misfortunes, was always popular with the contrary to the expressed intention of the the dolasament of the currency, but they Throne the issue has been turned into a had, what in the event turned out as dan nation, at angge, who felt that be bad always source of private profit by the high provin-gerous, au intouse and insuperable ignorance the best interests of his people at heart, so gial officers. When we come to look dooper of the whole question; deceived by false that bis brother, who has shown a similar we find that though blameworthy the crime information, which their ignorance did not disposition, starts with this prestige in his favour and will find his progress towards of the provincials was ded up to, and permit them to gainsay, they looked
After all the these measures as a Eulfilment of the pledges reformn vastly smoothed. rendered practically unavoidable through the still greater crime of the late Regency, of China to reform the currency. Doubtless Chinese, who, when roused, are very consis Practically that Regency found that all to a large extent the same might be urged tant, are by no means disposed to attempt on behalf of the Chinese Government, the impossible; and will be found ready to offices were inade matters of purobase, and that each post had its assessed value. The whether in the Capital or the provinces support all conservative reform, not aimed HANDSOME PUFF BOXES system was bad, and led to a false under. But is ignorance in such a case any excuse? standing of the relations between Gorezn. We hardly think it is, seeing that isforma. ment and People, but it bad continued for tion was readily available in both cases. so long that its worst effects were in a
China is beginning to learn from hard experience, what eho might have readily mannor tempered by custom. The relearnt from others, had she chosen apply HAIR BRUSHES is LEATHER CASES organisation of the State after the great
herself to the task. But the practical lesson PERFUME SPRAYS,
has not yet gose deep enough, and there is the same desire to have recourse to the em.
FANCY TOILET
ARTICLES.
·HANDSOME TOILET SETS,
SILVER MOUNTED
LEATHER CASES,
IN
FANCY
OUT GLASS BOXES,
in Great Variety.
MANICURE SETS,
SCISSORS IN CASES.
RAZORS IN CASES.
BY THE BEAT MAKERS :-
PATENT RAZOR STROPS, SHAVING MIRRORS, HAND MIRRORS,
&... &c.
Taiping Rebellion, and the Foreign Wars made an increase in the contributions necessary, and had this been done in a proper, straightforward and statesma:like manner, they could have been met without debauching the administration. Unfortun ately they were exacted in a secret, and almost surreptations manner, by private gifte from the officials, which the latter were compelled to met at the risk of being accused of extortion or malversation. This was not the worst: still more demoralising was the system of “vails" that now came REQUISITES to be carried to an excess never before dreamt A Very Fine Selection in Great Variety
MEERSCHAUM UN BRIAR PIPES, CALA BABB Pris, ja Special Assortiment), SMOKERS COMPANIONS, MEERSCHAUM and AMBER C1988 and CIGARETTE HOLDERS, CIGAR and CIGARETTE CARES in real CROCODILE SKIN, SNAKE SKIN, etc.; TOBACCO POUCHES in
BEAVER, CROCODILE, SNAKE and Dos SEIN, eto, TOBACCO BOXES and J'ABS, ASX TRAYS
SMOKERS'
at suliversion,
The English Mail of the 26th December 1908 was delivered in London on the 23rd inst.
Chinese Ambassador to Amerion, will visit His Excellency Tang Sino-yi, the Special England shout the end of this month before returning to China.
Manila papers report the death of Captain Mead, at one tima city engineer. He died at the Army and Nary Club from acute gastritis. The widow and family are in Europe.
At the Murine Magistrate's Court yesterday the Hon. Commander Basil R. H. Taylor, R.N
Bined two native bastmasters $10 each for
cansing an obstruction to Observation Place
stops.
The Hankow Mail says: "We hear from reliable sources that Mr. Robert Hemmings, Architect and Civil Engineer at Hongkong, intends to commence business here from the 1st Feb. 1909."
mysteriously murdered in a Glasgow flat, has by Miss Gilchrist, the wealthy lady who was her will bequeathed £5,000 to Mr. James John ston, Shanghai.
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["DAILY PERSS." EXOLUSIVE SERVICE.] THE COLLISION AT YOKOHAMA.
TOKYO, January 25th. The Japanese steamer
"Iburi- malia" had just left the dry dock at Unga when the collision (reported yesterday) occurred. She sank in fifteen minutes.
The owners place their loss at Yen 150,000
The damage sustained by the French mail steame
sidney was very
slight.
[REUTER'S SERVICE TO THE "HONGKONG
DAILY FRR89."]
THE NEW U S. SECRETARY OF STATE,
Washington, January 19. Elihu Boot has been elected United States senator from New York to succeed Thomas O. Platt.
Robert Baron, assistant secretary under Mr. Root, has been appointed Secretary of State by President Roosevelt.
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA
DOCK CO..
We are officially Informed that, subject to
audit, the Directors of the Hongkong and Whapon Deck Co., Ld, will recommend at the forthcoming mosting a dividend of 8%=84; write $28,000 off Cosmopolitan Dooks and per share, pass $31,000, to special account. Floating Plant and carry forward about $384,000.
LARCENY FROM A BOARDING HOUSE.
Inspector Smith charged an unemployed "boy" before Mr. J. H. Kemp at the Magistracy yester-
DARING ARMED ROBBERY IN day with stealing clothing from Mrs. Russell's
LONDON.
LONDON, January 24th. Two foreigners held up a motor car at Tottenham conveying wages for factory.
a
boarding establishment "Glonderne" in Mau. Donnell Road. For some time clothing, had been disappearing from this house, and at lust the landlady decided to set a watch. The defendant
was caught in the back yard pulling clothing through the kitchen window with a bamboo pole
to the end of which a hook was attached. He
They shot the driver and then attempted to escape, but was arrested by au
Indian constable. Some weeks ago he w mounted a tramcar, firing right and before the Court on a similar charge, and was left, and forced the driver to 50 for his good character. Yesterday his Worship then dismissed on a previous employer vouching top speed.
sentenced the accused to three months' imprison
The police pursued in motors and ment with hard labour. Su bicycles and caught up to the assessins at Walthamstow. Here THE YAUMATI SHOOTING AFFRAY more. shota were fired by the miscreants, who were armed with revolvers, and finally both committed
suicide.
killed and soventeen wounded.
Altogether three persons were
LATER.
The four antives arrested in connection with
the fatal shooting affray which occurred at before Mr. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday. Yasmati on Thursday night were arraigned
They were charged with entering No. 43, Kennedy Stroot, Yawoot!, while armed with revolvers, and stealing money and jewellery to the value of $4,344.25 and with using personal violence. On a second coun- they were charged with killing and mardoring Lance-Sergount K. A. Mills, Accused wereremaadel for a week,
piric. One of the quack medicines held up to the view of the new statesman is that if he apply to the new scheme the name of Banking all will be fair. He has only to substitute bank notes for copper coins or subsidiary currency, and all will go right. The new complaint is that foreign banks and foreigners generally fight shy of Chinese bank notes. Is not a Chinese note as well printed as a foreign, and does it not make the same promise of paying to hearer on of. The eunuchs about the Court have ever demand? The promise is the same, it for. had an evil reputation, but during the lale gets, whether written on paper or struck on Regenap it came to be an understood thing the face of a copper coin. Certain of these that certain of the cunuchs had been made coins were issued bearing the inscription, responsible for the expanses of the Palace
"equivalent to ten cash," and had certain and that over and shove the contributious very obvious precautions been taken to pre. for the upkeep of the Government, regular vent over-issue, and did the provincial or irregular, no provincial official could hope officers really fulfil the implied obligation of to remain in undisturbed occupation of his being ready to exchange them on demand, ALL THESE GOODS ARE OF THE office, unless he contributed handsomely to they would in the market to-day have been It is satisfactory to note that during the
HIQUEST CLASS
the always irregular Palace expenses. The freely exchangeable for that amount. Un-week ended 23rd January no cases of plagas loat of these enforced lovios has been the fortunately there were no precautions taken hose occurred. Other communicable diseases most shameless, and at the same time the that the issue should be restricted in any recorded daring the same period are one case of most far-reaching in its evil effects on the way, so it naturally came about that at the smallpox, one of diphtheria and two of enteric Star liner "Republic" came into A second charge of wilfully damaging Govern- Government of the Empire. On the capture moment they are exchangeable for little
fover. of Peking by the combined foreign forces, above their actual value as a copper alloy, rendered necessary by the insane "Boxer? | Now is there any practical difference between movement, patronised by the reactionary this and the bank note? The Provincial element in the Government itself, certain Treasury agrees to give for every note on stipulations were agreed to as to the future presentation its face equivalent, but no one
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the Japanese have occupied an hitherto unknown News reached St. Petersburg last month that.
island off the coast of Kamschatka. The island is stated to be particulary rich in coal, and to have valuable seal fisheries,
The Warrior craiser, Capt. A. W. Waymouth, is ordered to be re-commissioned at hatham with a new crew for further service in the Home Fleet on her present crow leaving to take passage re-commission the Bedford, cruiser, for farther in the Andromeda, cruiser, to Hongkong, to
service on the Chins Station.
The two foreigners, it is ascertained, were Russian rovolutionaries.
',
THE SINKING OF THE "REPUBLIC."
LONDON, January 24th.
he steamer with which the
الله
came "hite
A PLAUSIBLE BURGLAR. Anative who spoke English with a pronounceį American accent was charged before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistroy yesterday by Inspector Robertson with breaking into No. 50, Second Streat, in the early hours of Sunday morning,
collision off Nantucket Island, U.S.Ament property was also preferred against him. was an Italian liner nained the by loosening one of the panels in a Chinese- The socused gained admission to the house "Florida, "which was also damaged. made door with a knife, and departed
Of the Republic's
with a bundle of clothing valued at $30, passengers thence to the "Baltic," and proceeded as he was proceeding along the street with 460 were transferred to the "Florida," and with 819 in money without disturbing the inmates. When a watchman stopped him to New York.
Four of the "Republic's" passen-
were killed in the collision, THE RUSSIAN LOAN.
administration of China; one of these knows whether it has issued five, or five concerned the currency, which the Govern. millions of these notes; so, while no one ment of the day promised to put on a proper doubts the intention, they fear that the
The Superioress of the Italian Content da. basis. It was not protunded that there was Treasury would not be aqual to the strain, aires to publicly convey her most sincere thanks any hardship about this, ou the contrary it and would not be able to redeem its promise, to Mr. Ramos, of the Victoria Cinematographers had been often spoken about in Peking, and in which case the note would be in even for a performance kindly given on the 22nd only prevented being attempted by the birder case than the coin, inasmuch as it inst. on behalf of the Home for the Poor, and extreme reactionaries. As it could not be bas absolutely no intrinsic value whatever.received a sum of 871 as the result of the per- to the public who attended. The Convent delayed, the ingenuity of th so who desired Some years ago under the auspices of the formance. to wreek it was exercised, and proved equal Government of China was started the Im- to the occasion, A new currency was to be perial Bank of China; foreigners saw that it issued on lines ret forthy Peking, but was was honestly and properly managed, so
Last night the first change of programme at Harmaton's Circus took place and as usual sil
LONDON, January 25th. The Russian loan (of £56,000,000 sterling) has been immensely over-
subscribed.
the bundle, he told the watchman that a con stable had borrowed the clothing contained
therein from another man at the Central Station for the New Year, and that ho (the accused) had been naked to take the bandlo back. The watchman believed the story, and let the defen- dant go. Later another watchman met him in Queen's Road West with the bundle under bis ann, and approached him with the object of but was captured, and just as he arrived at No. 7 saking a few questions. The accused ran away,
olice Station the owner of the stolen property putin an appearance to report his loss. He recog
to be issued by the provincials; these were when, on one occasion tho ignorant crowd the items delighted a very large house. The THE WAR CLOUD IN EUROPE.aised the clothing in the bundle taken from the
told that the issue would be abundantly made a run on its notée, the other banke, on profitable, and
being shown that it was properly managed, were made to pay up accordingly for the right of coining. The and bad the assets, did not hesitate to come Dew coinage was much needed, the old is help, without questioning whether it having been nearly exhausted, so the people was Chinese or foreign. But strangely, took kin lyto it. Now was the time, though it is really a Chinese bank, and was: Peking said: "you're making more money given the right to name itself the Imperial out of this than we intended: you must
Bank of China, it has never been made the share the plunder." Meanwhile there were repository of Imperial Chinese money, but ominona sigde of over-issue, and values has been left out in the cold to make what began to drop: bút as Peking had to be money it could by ordinary private banking. paid, the issue went on. Japan and America Lately, the Chinese Government itself has were exploited for epper: ships came been complaining that the Bank was not loaded with it; and at home on river and able to make money like the other banks,
principal attractions of course remain the same, but no audience would tire of witnessing those sensational turns. A more extended notice will appear in our next irene.
LONDON, January 25th.
It is reported from Sofia that, in view of information that Turkey is occupying strategic points, Rumelia
C. J. Naylor, the leader of the local Bar, at the Bangkok newspapers report the death of Mr. early age of 44. Mr. Naylor had been practising and Bulgaria have called out the at Bangkok for nearly 15 years, and His Hon-reserves of the frontier division. in the British Court for Siam, described Mr. our Judge Skinner Turner, in a publio reference,
[FROM THE Naylor's death as a great loss to the administra tion of Justice in Siam.
The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 24th January, 1909 (excluding Chinese New-Year's
defendant as his property, and the scoused wag obarged, relieved of a false queue which he was wearing, and put in a cell. But even then the prisoner appeared to have hopes of escape, and
made an early start after the door
sd been looked behind him to burrow
the wall. He removed the wire noturarongch
protested the lamp in the cell, and with this proceeded to scrape away the plaster between CARLENEWS AMERICAN."]
the stone work. His efforts were unsuccessful. However, and yesterday Mr. Wood sent him to THE PANAMA LIBEL,
jail for six months with hard labour. Washington, January 20th, Charles Tati and Douglia Robinson, brother-
END OF THE AMERICAN CRUISE. in-law of President Roosevelt, who were mentioned in the charges made New York World of alleged graft in and Gibraltar, which are the last ports at which
by the.
By this time, presumably, British honours have been accorded the American Fleet at Malta
THAT the present Chinese administration coast its carriage brought in a little harvest because it did not have branches all over day) shows that of non-Chinese there were 176 connection with the Panama canal, appeared Rear Admiral Sparry's force was to call is thoroughly in earnest in its desire to to the owners of the steamers: but the the world; and so could not do exchange to the Library and 105 to the Museum and of before the Grand Jury here and gave testimony-prerions to the homeward ran across the Atlan
bring the financial arrangements of the thing could not last, the farmers were Empire into order is clearly evident the nearly ruined by the depreciation in the task is, however, a gigustio one, and will currency, and at last the Provincials, finding need all the energies of the Government to the country could absorb no more, at any be devoted to it for many years to come. price, had to close the'r minis. What Peking is undoubtedly quite correct in happened with copper on a huge scale also
the United States. An alliance in form he I believe, he hoped to obtain by diplomatic knew was impossible. But nu alliance in effect
means; and I understand from an authentie of the American Government to accede to suck source that there is no disposition on the part wishes." The ostensible mission of Tang Shao
business, and the proposition has been made Chinese 76 to the former and 1,628 to the latter. that such brant bes should be opened under The Library was, therefore, used by 252 persons the authority of the Chinese Government, and the Museum by 1,733, and that it should hold the Government the mom by funds abroad. Now there is nothing to be The Times New York correspondent, anys said in principle against this; and it certain-H. Tang Shao-Yi, the special Ambassador of ly would be a considerable saving to the to have aimed at obtaining what would have the Chinese Government to America, "appears atating that the greater part of the present in smaller proportions occurred with silver. Government at Peking did it have such practically been an alliance between China and financial difficulties of the Empire proceed The Provinciale were encouraged to mint, bank in London, so as to gain itself from from the makadministration of the provinces, but had, whether they liked it or not, to fee yet, in view of the equally unchallengeable Peking. As they found they could not pay roiga bank. This is quito correct reason
remittances the profit vow passing to the fact that these provincial shortcomings are to the calls with honest money,they commenced be traced directly to the irregular and ever to debase. With dollars which hid to face and such n bunk would be welcomed increasing exac ions of the Imperial House- the local issues of taels this could not be as an inition that Chins really wished to hold at Peking, it would lead to an entirely carried ou to apy extent, but with subsidiary place herself in fuauce, as in other things, false impression were we affirm that coins there seemed an inexhaustible fountain alongside the rest of the world. Bat we was to convey to the American Government.
mainly, or even of wealth larger and larger issues were have seen that China long ago promised the the provinces were largely, to blams for present condition. Of made; and as the exchange value fell, so in same thing with regard to funds nearer late years expenses have been growing, proportion did the alloy, bill as in the former home, but has never kept the promise, pein- partly dae 10. natural and proper reasons case the coins became literally a drug on sipally, it is believed becaure the Imperial such as a general reduction in the parchus the market, and would not be accepted at Bank was too strict for the loose financia! ing power of the silver currency, and largely any price. Here as before, Feking, though | meth‹ da which have grown up about to the necessity for incressing the efficiency ready enough to vilify the Provincials, Imperial on well us Provincial finance. In of the Government by app inting officials, as was itself all along the really guilty esse of the Imperial Bank opening such for instanco ministers abroad, as heads of perpetrator. Nominally there was a stin dard brauches, to obtain standing amongst the We were telegraphically informed yesterday new departments, &o. But, unfortunately, alloy, but Peking well knew that honest other foreign banks it would be essential that His Majesty the King had been pleased to besides these the late Regency permitted coin could not afford to meet the Palace that it should, as it has done hitherto, sub-sccept a copy of the book "Impressions of the the Palace expenses to increase beyond all demands. So it was presumed that there mit to equally stringent regulations. The Britain Publishing Company. A few weeks Far East" published by Lloyd's - Greater bounds, and certain of the private officials was to be some check on the amount of the very chiefest of these would have to be that ago we were informed that the books were due were permitted to levy contributions on issue, but Peking, ignorant and carolas of ite exchange operations should exclude the hore in February.
in the most formal and ceremonious fashion, the thanks of the Chinese Empire for the remission of about $14,000,000 (22,50,000) of unpaid indemnity due in consequence of the Boier ont
break of 1900:
LLOYD'S IMPRESSIONS OF THE. FAR EAST.
not yet known but the counsel for the Gover-tac. A London paper, calling attention to the
The identity of the plaintiff or complainant is ment say that the action is for the hoxe expected vinit said At Malia it will full to the United States eaunot appear.
lot principally of Vice-Admiral Sir A. G. Carson Howe, as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediter, Floet, but at Gibraltar the reception will be галеат Flest, to do honour to the United States taken part in by the Second Cruiser Squadron,
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma announces that he will proceed against President Roosevelt for criminal libel on March 5.
THE SALARY BILL.
salary of the President 3100,000 a year.
Washington, January 20th. The Senate has passed the bill making the
THE STANDARD OIL TRUST.
Chicago, January 21st. The date for the rehearing of the celebrated case against the Standard Oil Trust has been Bet for February 23.
This is the famous case in which Judge District Court sentenced the trust to pay a fine Kenew Mountain Ladies of the United States of $29,240,000 for violations of the anti-rebate now brink, ordered by Judge Poter Stenger
under the command of Vice-Admiral under
Scott, and a portion of the Atlantic Fleet, H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg. The the Rock," anil is to remain there for the Second Craiser Squadron vill arrive shartly at firing practices, which were not comploted when the ships left for South Africa. By the time these have been carried out, the United States Flost will have cruised through the Mediter ranean, and at least some of the Atinatic Fleet's though a division of four ships only of the ships will have returned to its war base. AL- American Fleet will call at the Book," the et Negro Bay, will routezvous off Gibraltar pre- other twelve ships, plenishing with coal paratory to the concluding run of the voyage Hampton roads. This is expected to be made the occasion of a steam friul as a fitting chinar
trial Crosscup of the United states Circuit Court of tos memorable cruise, Appeals
EXPLOSION IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, January 21st. Twenty-three persons were blown to atoms to-day in an explosion in a factory.
THE CATHOLIC ORDERS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
to
We learn from a Manila contemporary that Messrs Wm. H. Anderson and iompany repre- senting the Green Island Cement Company. last week received the award for furnishing 30,000 barrels of their product to the Philippine Railway ompany, at Iloilo and Cebu. The above, says our contemporary, is one of the many large contracts recently awarded Ander son and Co., whose celebrated Green Island
Washington, January 19. favouring an appropriation of $80,000 for the coat ranke high by test, with advantageous
The Senate Committee had made a report benefit of the Catholic orders in the Philippines price."