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The Houghong Celegraph
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1888.
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter.)
THE HEALTH OF THE EMPEROR OF
GERMANY...
LONDON, June 13th, His Majesty the Emperor Frederick is in a high state of fever and is being nourished through a tube. The disease has reached the guliet and has destroyed the cartilage next to the windpipe. The doctors have lost all hope, and, the Prince of Wales has abstained from visiting Ascal in consequence.
Later,
The Emperor of Germany has parlaken of solids and has transacted business. The doctors now state they are more hopeful that his life may be preserved for some time longer.
OBITUARY.
· General Sir Dunçan Cameron." General Sir Duncan Alexander Lameron, whose death Reater hastaken the trouble to wire out to China for reasons which we are quite unable tofathon, was the representative of one of the most ancient Highland families, and, according to Men of the time," was born about 1808
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 18887
MESSRS, Carlowitz & Co. inform us that the steamship Boraida, of the Navigazione Generale | Haliana, leß-Singapore to-day for this port
The Sydney Bulletin says that of the cargo of nearly 300 Chinese.brought to Australia by the sicamer Afghan, there was not one but could carry his luggage in his handkerchief. Allowed to land they would add nothing to, the wealth of Australia except a little smuggled opium and a few millions of leprosy-microbes,
THX Superintendent of the P, &O. 5. N. Co. courteously informs us that the Company's regular fortnightly weanter Farrow, from Bom bay, left Singapore for this port at 4 pm. yester day,
THE "Glenliner Glenogle is reported to have left Foochow on the 9th inst, with a full cargo of new season's rent for London at sixty shilling per ton.
THE steamship Pothan, tea (nden from Hankowance before a Hongkong audience at the Theatre to Odessa, passed Woosung' during the after Royal, City Hall, to-morrow night, Seats may noon of the 9th inst., followed by the Glamorgan be booked at Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Limlied. shire, tot London, on Sunday, the oth, and the Ruzzia, for Odessa, on the 12th,
In the words of the Indy philanthropist, Mather Sigel,
this disease that is coming A NAMYR paper says that at Wuhu on the epon us? Medical men say that nothing day of the 5th moon there is a great, procession brings on cholera quicker than drinking water. in honour of the Tutelary God of the City Paste that in your hat. We find whisky plenty in the procession in fantastic dresses, of rich are hoops up. material, representing denizens of the lower world. Some also appear as criminals, with chains on their necks, and imaginary sentences of execution pasted on their backs, as if, being conscious of sins which, fie law cannot punish them for here, they would avert, by this bumility, punishments which they have merited in the next world, at the hands of the gods who see all
FOND Mother (to daughter): "Jennie, did you kiss young Gaskins again to-night?" Daughter: Yes, mamma; he's just lost an uncle, and 1 was sorry for him." Fond Mother: "Well, Jennic, let this be the last. I'm afraid if you keep on encouraging him with your sympathy, he wan't have a relative left in the wide, wide world,
into
SOME months since labouchero wrote "There is only one Royalty in the world for whom I have any special admiration and that is the German Crown Prince. His pluck and manliness are above all praise, and 1 most sincerely Trust that (Cheng Hwang Shin). Men and women appear good enough for us-just a drop in a bucket, 'ttack on Brown several other couples surrounded either Quin of myself was gone, burt intended, - his cheerful patience and hopefulness may be rewarded by a complete cure. The great Radical Editor's good wishes, according to latest accounts, are hardly likely to be realised. A CORRESPONDENT from Macao informs us that the weather has been exceptionally bad there during the last few days. On the 13th a typhoon was expected, but luckily it did not visit the Holy City. Rain fell in abundance, and local weather prophets averred that this prevented the typhoon from approaching the city. Great preparations are being made for the San Antonio Jestivities, which will take place on Sunday next. MIL PRITCHARD MORGAN, the owner of the Welsh gold mines, has been restrained by law from removing gold from the Gwynfynydd Mine, not, we believe, on account of the jaw breaking name of the mine, but for State reasons which nobody seems to understand except the Crown lawyers. The decision of Mr. Justice North has caused great excitement in North Wales. Aboul aco miners are said to be employed chiefly in recovering the quartz from the tunnels in the
mountain, many tons of which are already stored
at the base of the hills. Stamping operations have been suspended pending the result of the Crown's movements,
A CORRESPONDENT writes to ask if we are quite vertala, as stated in yesterday's Telegraph, that Lord Derby, when Secretary of State for the Colonies, was opposed to the Colonial Treasurer of Hongkong having a seat in the Executive Council. Yes, we are quite certain. Lord herby, in-n-despatch to Governor-Bowen, dated 7th August, 1883, wrote :-" After full considera- tion of the circumstances of the colony, I am of opinion that an Executive Council of seven members would be unnecessarily large, and that the office of Treasurer, which is generally united
A PRIVATE letter from Swatow to our Shanghai morning contemporary says:-We have been troubled on this, the Kakchioh; side of the barbour by rumours of tigers in the near neigh bourhood. They are said to have killed two boys and, a pig somewhere about, and their tracks have been seen by the American Mission aries leading to the Commissioner's house." 'Ji seems a pity, as we could ill afford to lose our present Acting Commissioner, who besides his general cheeriness is only a junior whose removal would be a waste. There are fine opportunities here for Chiarini, four full grown tigers to be had for the catching!
THIS morning Cheung-Yaw-44, a coolie, was charged at the Police Court before Mr. Wodehouse with stabbing another coolie named Yeep Loi at Quarry Bay on the 14th inst. The complainant said he was employed at the Quarry Bay Sugar Works On the 8th (Chinese) month of Jant year he paid $8 for a coulie number in the Sugar House, and bad been working there up to the present date. The defendant, who is kind of foreman, coolie, and who knew com- plainant bought the number, wanted him to pay one dollar a month hush money, which he had done up to the present time though, he knew he was not obliged to do so. On the 14th inst. an altercation, took place between him and the
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earth from a land-slip about forty yards from never offering to attack; 4, perhaps because we the beach. During the morning suspicious had our revolvers out, Ville I was running movements were noticed among them, and down had about 150 yards to go-l sow Foulkes knock the two un down with's, pato extra precautions were taken. Despite this, a
Then I saw Jandon getting up; he was bleeding WE would remind our readers that the Washuber of them managed to communicate with a good deal from the head. The len men wird Norton Company will make, their first appearach other, did a few milca after cleven-ai | had attacked fim and Brown had run down to a signal glen by a man up the hillside, waving the water after Foulkes lenecked those two red, handkerchief, it is said two of them down. They ran into the son, and gat a jupk which lay alongside The attacked the head turnkey, Mr. Brown, one little Jetty. I saw thein boisting a soil seizing him by the throat and the other trying to and I ran along with Quin on to the jetty, and get his revolver, Brown shouted, and immediately presented my pistol at then, they were about a European prisoner named Foulkes, who acts as twenty feet away then. I had used nii ny cook, ran out of the cookhouse with a bamboo down, and I couldn't fire ngain. Asl aime Lat ammunition ap, though, when was ranging and broke it over the head of one of the men; then I saw No. 21, who was at the brim, take driving him off. Simultaneously with, the aim at me with the Tile he had taken from the Sikh, and heard him say my name, thought a Sikh sentry named Jandoo, felled him with after the shot, to jump on board and stop them, blow on the heat with n bamboo pole, and if I could. The man didn't fire, though, and tried to seize his loaded rifle. He held on until before anyone else came up they had hoisted they cut his wrists with sharp stones and forced sail and were running across towards Stand- cutters Island. We had been short of an him to let go. After striking the prostrate Sikh officer and 3 sentry, who were taking a sick- over the head with the butt of the rifle the ter man to the Hospital. They came up just then mutineers then ran down to the beach, where, and the sentry fred nineteen shots. When right opposite, a large funk was moored. Ne
was running down, firing, I saw one iftan dip one was on board, and under volleys from the the hill behind me kept shooting. Thirty-two -1 feel sure I hit him. One of the sentries ou
stolen rifle. No launch was near, and consider shout to me, and when I turned round 1 sentries and warders they hoisted sail and got shots altogether were fired. I should say that away, the officers being kept at bay with the when I got to the beach card somebody able delay ensued before one could be got fram
a Chinaman-not a prisoner-going to hit me. the Harbour Master's. In that a turnkey named gat hold of him by the seek and threw headed for Chung Hue Island, the nearest point junk, so I didn't see him again. I am certain Neilson fullowed the junk, which had been him away, and then went down towards the in Chinese territory, about two miles away. He he was one of the confederates, After the was too late to catch the men, and just saw them boat was away we wanted to follow them, and a beach the junk on the rocks and clamber up the gentleman near by lent a turnkey his, 'rickyha, bill-side. Meanwhile word had been sent to the and he went offio-the-Harbour Master's-and-gat Central Police Station and to Superintendent a launch, but it was no good. I think I saw the Gordon of the Gagl. There was arming in het men in the boat kuacking the irons off their Horspool was on the scene with a dozen Euro there would put tools in for that haste, and in a few minutes Chief Inspector | nakles; I suppose the men who left the junk pean and twenty Sikh constables, well armed, in a launch, Superintendent Gordon, with several officers, arriving in another. The | island was quickly reached, and the men werd bash and crevice, with carbines is alpenstucks, soon toiling up the steep hills, searching every Some native fishermen on the beach indicated the way the fugitives had taken, and on following it several articles of gaol clothing-sone with the identifying number cut off were found: dropped in various places, presumably when The boat was examined; it had been run the wearers got overheated with the climb, straight in, and was immovable. In it was some fice, and a few valueless articles, but nothing to show its ownership. There were no bullet marks on it, or traces of blood, so that, presumably, the bullets were ineffective. Later an additional contingent of European, Sikh, and Chinese constables foamed over the island, but as it is of considerable dimensions, almost inaccessibly steep in many places, and abound ing in hiding places in the way of brushwood and rocks, their search was unrewarded. Li possible that the agents who provided the boat
grouped for their portrails): "Are you ready? EMINENT photographer. (to a dozen brokers
Now, then, fix your eyes on that placard on the wall over there and look pleasant," (Varying expressions of astonishment, horror, dismay, alarm, misery, and despair instantly shown in the twelve faces which now first read on the placard "No Chiu Taken.") HANKOW Road, Shanghai, was the scene of a big ficc on the night of the 9th inst, resulting in the total destruction of about sixty houses- twenty, belonging to Messrs. Sassoon & Co., thirty to Messrs. Bisset & Co, and the remainder to Chinese. A number of telephone wires which ran past the houses.up Hankow Road were burn through. The property was insured--but the damage done will not, according to the M. C. Daily News, fall heavily on any of the Insurance Companies.
ACCORDING to the Shen Poe, an Imperial, Edict was issued on May 30th to the effect that on the 2nd June the Emperor would repair to the Ta Kao Tien Temple to pray for main, and burn incense, while simultaneously three of the beilchs, Tartar officials of high rank, would pray for rain in three other Temples of the Palace on the same day. This shows, our contemporary remarks, that the quantity of rain which, has fallen about Peking this spring, is not con- sidered, sufficient for the crops,
The police received information first through. the promptness of Mather, the keeper of the: Green Island Lighthouse. He heard slots, and at once telegraphed to the authorities. If arrested, ' authorities in the first instance, and then their the men will be handed over to the Chines rendition applied for:
ANOTHER ACCOUNT,
the
A telegram renched the Central Police StationTM at 11.30 this morning from the Bgirhouse. keeper on Green Island to the, following effect:" "Convicts murdering turnkeys at Kennelly Town; twelve men have made their escape in
junk and are steering in the directio Cap-sing-mga pa.gage." This evidently referted to the working party of convicts engaged in constructing rears near the new Police Station at Kennedy Town, and which left the Central Station this morning at 7am, in charge of twelve of an arred guard. Timmediately on receipt of the telegram a party of European and Indian Police, fully armed, left the Station for the scene of the emeute; în command of Chief Inspector
with another party of armed Punjauhees left Pedder's Wharf in a steam launch shortly before poon, in chase of the junk and the runway- convicts,
At 3-o'clock this afternoon Chief Inspector tracked the escaped prisoners to the island of Chunghue, which lies three miles N by W. fmm.
He entered the army in 1825, became Captain with another, office, and has a salary of only defendant in consequence of his refusal to pay- CARDINAL MORAN, the Sydney Bulletin remarks, in the first instance will find means of removing Horspaolard other officers: Inspector Mathiesoa
Majoticneral in 1859 lte served with dis tinction in the mean.campaign of 1854-5, having, cònunânded the 42nd regiment at Title of the Alma, and the Highland Trigle at the battle of Halaklava, and was sent out la command the troops in New
that astute schemer Sir George Bowen had the
Treasure placed on the Executive Council the following year.
any more, when the accused stabbed him with
a pocket knife. Another witness corroborated
This
should not be specified as conferring a seat in that Council Althought the circumstances of this evidence. Defendant aid he did not knowing to make a virtue of his lack of funds. fishing craft. The apparent intention of the is evidence of the gap between the Christianity runaways, when they left West Point, was the colony had not in any way altered since bow much money complainant had paid for his of to-day and the Christianity as it was preached to make for the Chinese coast, but the parsuit of Lord Derby expressed the foregoing opinion. number. He did not buy the ticket from him. He by Christ. Cardinal Morán is poor by the very land. They were as enterprising in their escape Hotspool returned to the Central Station having
the launch forced them to make for the nearest was not a good workman," being inclined to go nature of his ecclesiastical office, and according as in their professions; all were undergoing in sleep on his watch at night, and in conse to the traditions of his Church, His reward penal servitude, one ten years, other seven, quence of which the head foreman had dis not of this world. He has it is assumed some others five, three, and so on. They were
Green Island, and close to the mainland of from complainant. On the 14th inst. he certainly tained between the covers of the Bible-laid up in the course of inconversation with Merwere seriously hurt, shhough one of the latter. Icharged him. He had never received any money by, those who still believe the statements con-/ all past masters ineither piracy, burglary, robbery China, from which it is separated by Pirates'
with violence, or stealing,
Bay. None of the turnkeys or Indian guard did give him a stab, with a knife he had in hid for himself treasures where moth and rust do Superintendent Gordon this afternoon that hand, though he did not intend to hurt him; in
has been somewhat cut about the head and face not corrupt, neither do thieves break in and gentleman ascribed the possibility of such escapes by the stones which the convicts threw at him. to the system of confinement at present in force The account of this daring attack tallies in
Zealand, with the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonial Tieneral, in 1863, in that capacity he highly distinguished himself, and in 1864 he was of the Bath, Mditary Division, in recognition Dominate a Knight Commiander of the Order
of his able services against the Maoris. "Sir D. Cameron was made Colonel of the 42nd Foot Supt. 9. 161; and be wis Governor of the Roval Military College at Sandhurst from 1868
Liland Crass of the Order of the Bath, 1873, and promoted to the rank of General in the Anny in Já., 1875.]
(From the Courier d'Haiphong) A. CONSTANS.
PARIS, June 2nd..
The President of the Cabinet Council has written to Monsieur Constans requesting him to sacritice his personal, views and retain the post
Tifë following is a translation of the proclama. tion made by General Weyler, the new Governor General of the Filippines after assuming office:
to show that the stab was not of a serious character whereupon bla Worship sent the accused to gaol for six weeks with hard labour.
morrow,
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Inhabitants of the Philippines; in landing on | fact he gave him a blow and forgot that he had steal His poverty is his aureole of salvation.in the gaol. Instead of being kept in separate most of its particulars with several others wilich Majesty the Queen Regent, and I congratulate
of the church founded on the splendid self-sacri- 10 June, 75. He was created a Knight these shores I salute you in the name of Har the knife in his hand. The police gave evidence The world expects in the head of a great section cells the prisoners are kept in "Association cells; I have occurred at various times. It seems that
myself upon being at the head of a people, who, without any distinction of races, have given so
fice of Christ, some slight, resemblance to his unaelfish master. The follower of the meek and many proofs of their loyalty, obedience and respect, and who, loving the mother-country THE Editor of the V. C. Daily News, in his gilded chariot like the soulless foreign-trade lowly Nazarene is not expected to roll about in and the progress of this fine possession, will, I issue of the 11th inst,, tries to heap coals of fire potentate of York-street, and we must beg of hope, aid me in promoting its agriculture, come on the beads of the Hongkong journalistic Cardinal Moran's friends not to destroy our litle ierce, industry and public works, and in trinity. He shouldn't do it. Really it is very pallid adumbration of a grand ideal.: Cardinal -increasing general instruction and culture, by unkind of a big man, a regular press Goliath Moran is mor living a life of extreme and Christ- of Governor-General of Indo-China, Monsieur means of which the great sources of our wealth like the Ixion of the Daily News,' to crush out like poverty; he is only, living poorly-for a took them down as usual to the new Police were not fired, but the mes, it seems, were Constans has 'complied with the President's may be developed. To this work I shall devote of existence with his ponderous sarcasm such Cardinal. He goes to Rome in the luxuriousing in five gangs at the back of the building. a. body of the convicts time to rush to the jink The Governor-General of French Indo-China public affairs, to render this Government à 'model settlement, with a model.community many poor men and women will travel third or turnkey named Horne, who was in charge that, nobody was hit, which speaks volumes for. will stay in France till September; he will resign his place at the Chamber as soon as his nomination as Govemer-General is published.
GENERAL BOULANGER,
June 4th. General Boulanger has introduced into the Chamber of Deputies a Bill for the revision of the Constitution. After discussing the project the Chamber has rejected urgency in the matter- by 377 votes against 186.
ishes.
June 3rd,
all my attention, endeavouring with the strictest editorial pigmies as the three Hongkong editors.mall-boat saloon, and by the same ship, no doubt, justice and morality in the administration of He should remember that if Shanghol is à paternal one under the auspices of the national and model editors and sub-editors, Hongkong fourth-class and eat their food off tin plates. and ever victorious ensign. I hope that the is in all these respects, but especially in editors, THE Newchwang correspondent of the M. C. inhabitants of these Islands will obey the pro- a long way behind the age-a regular garden of Daily News writes on the 4th inst:-A few days visions' of the law from pure conviction rather | Eden in its primitive innocence. We are ago some rain fell but it was not enough, and the than by force and that they will thur aid in nevertheless, extremely sorry at having offended immediate neighbourhood is very dry indeed. constituting a great, rich and happy people. I our big Shanghai brother, and he will only No flowers or vegetables yet, and scarcely shall deem it a personal happiness if I can con- clearly show us wherein our error lids, a most enough water to drink. The temperature seems. tribute towards the realisation of these hopes abject and humiliating confession of our to be colder than is usual at this season, the during my term of office."
Jormalistic incapacity will: at once, be forth-Fahr. marking so deg, min, and 70-max. coming. But he hasn't shown us yet, although Brigands have given some trouble and for he appears to imagine that he has. That, of fear of an invasion the city walls of Vingiza ignorance on our part, or his. Now, let us see. These walls are not formidable looking battle course, may be only a difference of opinion have lately been repaired by the soldiers Here is the little pars, evolved from the gigantic ments and would not keep out any deter intellect of our Shanghai confrère
mined fighting men. It is to be feared that before they can be proved to be a defence they will be nearly levelled with the mud from which they were dug out, as they are likely to melt before a decent rainfall. A Russinn suilitary man passed through on his way to Vladivostock. He will so doubt make notes as he goes. More changes are on the tapis. The Commissioner of Customs will cave for Cheloo as soon as his successor, Mr. lately taken place and the Tastal is said to have Russell, arriven. A great number of fires have
prognosticated that the Fire God will not be It might save trouble and expenes to sacrifice appeased till 300 houses have been sacrificed,
If the newly discovered sweetest of all sweet June 6th.. substances called saccharing is not going to The Conservatives of the Chamber of Deputies revolutionize the world and ultimately turn and 22 Republicans voted for urgency in the swords into ploughshares and magazine rifles proposal submitted by General Boulanger con- into egg beaters there seems to be every chance cefning the revision of the Constitutiori.
of its having a very important effect on various kinds of trade and on the. Brewing business - In The Senate has adopted the Bill anent the particular, to such an extent in fact, as to canso Panama Canal.
THE PANAMA CANAL.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. H.M.S. Cockchafer was at Wult on the 8th
instant.
a possible annual loss to the British revenue
,
ha telegram as co the reprisals in Alsace which a published Let Monday appear to the Hongkong papen la forms which does n↑ say much for the neuLADRES Hautar's agent there
of the aditors of our contemporaries. It reaća, "b reacquisition of Aluce by France has hitherto been metinded by French milfiary preparations." The italics and ours,""
before the breeze like a stéanter the moment her
some 8 or 9 occupying one room. They are thus a regular cattle boat, comes to the beach near enabled to arrange schemes for escape, with or Kennedy Town every morning with cattle and without the connivance of outside friends. He this morning, soon after the convicts had com- cannot understand bow the head turnkey or menced work-the boat being at the usual place direct them to keep thirty feet from the prisoners peans) whose daty it is to move about amongst guard could be attacked ifthe regulations which on the beach or pier-some of the turnkeys (Euro were carried out. He will hold an inquiry to the prisoners were knocked down and secured, while others of the gang made an attack with the following account of the affair. I had eighty with loaded rifles at a respectable distance. The Head Turnkey Brown, in an interview, gave stones on the Indian guard, who were stationed Chinese convicts under me this morning and revolvers with which the turnkeys are armed. Station at Kennedy Town. The men were work simply held by the arms-long enough to give moving earth. About 10.30 an assistant and hoist up her sails. Twenty-four shorts are said to bave been fired by the Indian guard, but of one gang, came to me and said "There's the skill of the Panjanbees with the regulation Kome move on the board; three of my prisoners keep laling about and getting to carbine. The wind being fair, the junk ran twice-(that is he made the three couples referred painter was cast loose, and, as reported, the gether."1 separated the men he pointed out, to so regulate their movements that they could man in charge of the lightbouse on Green fired and not communicate) but they got together again. Island, who heard the shots The third time they were together they brought a good deal of the disturbance, also up their baskets of earth to where I was stand- saw the runaways making in the direction of ing, with my back to a mat-shed. I should be Canton message was at once cabled to the ten yards from them. I saw one, No. 21, wink Central Police Station but the line being out of at the man he was chained to, No. 174 They order, the information was not received till a emptied their baskets and immediately after long time after the occurrence. However, a wards threw them down and sprang at me. steamt launch which happened to be cruising
choked me. The other man get his band Jaland and, in consequence, informed the two could, and as he was a strong man he nearly and followed them up, tracing them to Chunghus One got hold of my windpipe as hard as be round the barbour saw the escaping convicts
round my waist and tried to get my revolver, police launches which came up soon after noon, which was on my hip, but my back was against of their whereabouts. The island is, we believe, black in the face, when Foulkes, the cook, ran Kowloon have been communiented with. the shed, and he couldn't get it I was getting being guarded and the Chinere authorities at up with a bamboo and knocked the man down that was choking me. Then he hit the other, AN OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC and they both ran away, I was dazed for a minute or two, but 1 glanced round and saw
COMPANY FOR HONGKONG. and his rife gone. I was then on my kneet, Jandoo, the Sib, lying with his head bleeding but I got up, and flied five shots at a lot of the advices from the well-known actor-manager, Mr. By last mall from London we received prisoners whom I saw escaping in a junk Pemberton W. Willard, to the effect that he will didn't sco anything suspicious in it. I ordered over performed in the Far East. With Mr. Willard's had seen the junk there two days before, shortly visit Hongkong with the largest and most but as many come there, to unload stong talented company of professional artistes that has the first launch that came up to be taken to extensive experiences of this part of the warld of the gang had been closed in, and made to sit personal knowledge of his managerial sagacity pursue them, and rent word to No. 7. Police he should certainly thoroughly understand the Station. Whilst all this was going on the rest necessary requirements to ensure success, and our
of a million sterling. For "elevating" the This is altogether to crushing; "the italics are character of the people's beer there appears ours" says our Shanghai friend, and he is right to be nothing like it either in cheapness of effi-they are his, but what he intends to convey ciency; it gives a flavour and an apparent by them he does not condescend to explain. strength to "swipes" which makes that bever-Bat, jesting aside, when the Editor of the V. C. age of the impecunious dustman taste like fine Daily News was showing his cuteness" at the old porter of the most immaculate and high-toned expense of his Hongkong colleagues, would if not SUGAR is being exported in large quantities brewing. Being three hundred times as aseet have been just as well, and only fair, to have stated the case properly? The part of a sentence as cane sugar, it possesses strong antiseptic prop THE Mercury learns from a reliable source crties and will preserve bear for any length of he quotes-"The re-acquisition of Alsace by them, at once. Some think the Honan braves down. None of then showed any intention of leaves no room for doubt that his latest enterprise. that an Austrian naval officer is about to be sime in hot weather. It is found so cheap and | France has hitherto been, retarded by French know more about the origin of many: fires than running away, though. Soon afterwards we has been planned with consummate ability.add
from Manila is London and New York.
attached to the Austrian Consulate-General at Shanghai.
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DIRECTIONS to hoist the drum at the Kowloon Observatory ware issued yesterday at 6.20 pni. The Government Astronomer reports the typhoon to be S.E, of Hongkong..
DRS. CANILIE and Ho Kai have been appointed members of the Sanitary Board by His Excellency the Governor. The names of the other two have not yet, reached us, although we have reason to believe that Mr. N. J. Ede in one of
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DARING ESCAPE OF CONVICTS FROM WEST POINT
AURTHE-WARDERS ATTACKED..
so efficacious in preserving fruits that canned military preparations may or not be nonsense would be good for their health eatables of this kind may soon be obtained at we don't think it is by a very long way but caught. As it is there is fault somewhere, either they were half the present prices. The new compound, whether it is or not, it certainly is ant a correct with the Folice, the Mandarins, or soldiers, and born of coal tar, is nearly as white as snow in its rendering of the Reuter's telegram * published saleable condition and appears like a fine powder by the Hongkong press. It is not even a frequent fires, although the losses altogether do a kind of panig has been caused by the late ground from the beat loaf sugar. The Chancellor complete sentence, the words "indicating a
not amount.to much. of the Exchequer is getting quite alarmed at the desire for revenge,” having been left out and appearance of this peculiar substance, and con- which, added to the preceding sentence (also siders that its introduction into breweries, in the overlooked by the Shanghai editor), was the key place of brown sugar, mayreadily cause a loss to to the entire message. That the telegram was the country of upwards of 61,000,000 sterling. It not so clearly stated by Rebter's agent here as is said that twelve tons per annum would suffice could have bean desired is very probables but for the whole brewery trade of Great Britain that any Editor-we don't even exclude the and Ireland; in fact, says Mr. Goschen in one N. C. Daily News gentleman could have, with THE works in connection with the Tagus harbour of his speeches, "It goes so far that a very small the information at his disposal, clothed it with Improvement have been entrusted to Mr. Hersent, quantity would serve to sweeten beer and to any other signification we beg leave to doubt, a foreign engineer. In consequence of this a deceive the palate, of overy bear-drinker in the Perhaps our contemporary là not aware that the socne occurred in the Lisbon Cortor, a member country Another political economist, Mr. re-acquisition by France of Alusco and Lorraine bitterly reproaching the Govemment for favour Childers says, that saccha
estion within the range of Ing a foreigner in preference to native engineers deleterious "substance, It would seem that engineering
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