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Amontillado high class
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$0.60
$10,60, * $1,00
$1.10
in bottic STIIBITO,
min$14.00
PORT.
Superior quality.......
$1.25
$10.00 $1,00 $1.14
...............$14.00
$1.25 $1.75
BURGUNDY,
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Invalid Port, gold seal ...............$12.00
Old Teway, soft and mature,
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Beaune full-bodied Red
Borgundy with strengthen-
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Chablis mellow
Burgundy, fine flavour and
$1.25
White
bonquet ..................$14.00
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$1.05
Arizo- well matured,
specially selected dry wine..$18.00
$3.75
Lemoine Vin-brut Cuvee
Royale. As Supplied regu-
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House of Commons, and the
$2.00
$1.00
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1891.
TELEGRAMS.
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THE REVOLT IN CHILI.
LONDON, March 16th. The Government troops have been defeated. Dear Iquique 'with heavy loss, '
LOCAL AND GENERAL. Ta Superintendent of the P. & O. 5. N. Co. laforms us that the Company's steamer Vanalin left Singapore yesterday alternoon for this port. The North German Lloyd Steamokly Company has lately started a steamship llus from Narden. hamm, at the month of the Wever, where thers is a large petroleum depes and where an English company has projected the construction of docks and the formation of a large sea port.
ACCORDING to a nallve paper the officials are now all out in force, praying for rain in the various temples in and out of Canton city. The brooks are dry, wells exhausted, and the fields are fearfully parched: This excessive dry. ness is one of the causes of the raging epidemie. THE Hufae says that in the Hupch province rain has been constantly falling for nearly month with out cessation. The roads are rendered Impassable and farmers are very anxious about their crops of wheat, which must be inevitably ruined if good sunny weather does not give them
a chance,
"Fiery dollars or two months' imprisonment with hard labour" was the magisterial prescrip- tion Issued at the Hall of Justice this morning on behalf of a Chinaman who admitted being In possession of seven taels of prepared oplum without a valid certificate. The Mexicans were
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W lauded Brands, all of which are of ex- JE invite attention to the following old cellent quality and good value for the money.
IT would appear that "my lord" of Connemara has not been received with open arms by all the British Consuls on the Coast. As a "social
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TEE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Promethens, from Liverpool, left Singapore for Wongkong this morning, and is due on the agth (unt,
THR Alle California says that Collecter Phelps has made arrangements with the managers of the two steamship lines between San Francisco and Chian, whereby deported Chinese will be sent back on each outgoing steamer of either line regardless of the line on which they came Heretofore Chinese were sent back only as | steamers of the Hae by which they arriv d.
prieing four rings and a pair of earrings, valued at $74, and bit her on the cheek. He then went after another girl, who was running away with the rest, and took from ber some jewellery. The prisoner and his companion then made off in the direction of Kennedy Road. A watchman" named Tamael saw the prisoner sunsing and very properly, and wisely, collared him and asked bira why he was
as running. Ismael noticing that the man had something up bis sleeve, caught held of his left arm and found the two swords. and in the other band he found two pairs of carrings. The prisoner was thereupon arrested and taken to the Station. He (the Attorney. General) thought he would be able to prave those facts, and he deemed it was robbery with violence to rob and threaten anybody wilb swords and revolvers.
Whfar that the Tramway Company have made arrangements to run a special service of trams on Saturday evening in coosection with the first performance of the Mile Dramatle Company at the City Hall. A tram will leave
Lim Anan and Wong Achun, gave evidence the Peak at 8.45 and return fifteen minutes after in mypport of the Attorney-General's statement. the close of the performance. This will give Ishmael, a watchman, employed by To Kee. residents at the Peak an opportunity of witness. gave evidence of arresting the prisoner running log what is, on all bands, acknowledged to be along Kennedy Road, and to the finding of two high class performance,
swords and two pairs of earrings in the prisoner's possession.
THERE will be a game of football, under Associa tion rules, at Happy Valley to-morrow afternoon, a match having been arranged between the Club and the Officers of the Garrison. Play is to commence al 4.30 p.m. and it is requested that members will assemble as early as possible. The following team will represent the Club ---
W. V. Andersan....Goal. A. Sharp.................. Books. W. H. Wallace. ..................... A. H. Ough....
F. Maliland.
H. Marshall...sanne
1. M. Dow, centro..............
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W. Eames, left wing,. - Ballard H. W. Slade, right wing............. J. M. Atkinson
Half-backs.
>Forwards,
By his lordship He had been ten years in the Colony, five years of which he had been in the Police Force. He was going to his home in Wanchai when he arrested the prisoner,
The prisoner said there were two persons who did the robbing. He got afraid, and hid the
swords on his person. The last witness LAW him and searched him. His mother was sick so he wanted some money, but he would not have done it if he had known the charge was sa serious. He begged his lordship to have mercy upon him.
His lordship having summed on the jury unanimously returned a verdict of "guilty on both
counts."
The Attorney-General said the prisoner had been twica previously convicted before, a magistrate.
His lordship, ad/tressing the pitsaner, unid
We are Informed by the agents of the Canadian robbery with violence must be put down, luckily Pacific Company that time table of the Van-e had not injured any of the girls only one couver Hongkong line has been finally arranged ing bitten on the face and that not seriously, but violence had been used in taking things from by the Board of Directors who have dee for that them. It was a ghastly offence, that in broad the Empress of India shall sal! bence for Van- couver sta Yokohama on the 7th proxies, and daylight persons should be robbed of their personal ornaments under threats of swords and that thereafter one of the Company's boats is to leave Hongkong for Vancouver every fourth valvers. Such violence must he put down with a strong hand, and he would therefore Tuesday. The Parthia is to follow the Empress
sentence the defendant to three years' imprison. of India on the 5th of May, and the Empress of ment with hard labour, and to be twice whipped Jagan is to start on her mulden trip across the
with twenty-five strokes on the breech between North Pacific on the and of June. Referring to
the first and sixth months of his sentence. the departure of the Empress of India from England, which took place on the roth ultimo, the Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that she carried 14 saloon passengers when leaving the Dock. There is no word of her depusturs from Singapore yet, so she is not likely to arrive here before Monday or Tuesday next, at the earliest.
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The same being specially selected by our strings" by the compradore of the trading other memorial to the Throne is published in
London House, and bought direct from the most noted Shippers, are imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus enabling us to supply the best growths at moderate prices.
In ordering it is only necessary to state the name and quantity of Wise or Spirit wanted, and initial letter for quality desired,
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lon," in fact, he has been rather a frost at the three perts at which he has called; but in Foochow, we note, he was placed a leading
establishment which, with cutting sarearm, PE sometimes called the Princely House. His fordship visited the Viceroy and the Tartar General is Foochow city, and must have been considerably astonished, to say nothing of being gratified, when these two oficials returned his call. He was siso entertained at a banquet by his Celestial host at the Ewo Hong, We note that the United States Navy Depart ment has not given up
the hope of being able to ЗАУС the old Swatara, was put out of commission at the which Mare Island Navy Yard the other week, The report of the Board of Survey shows her to beyond the ao per cent. limit, but it is the opinion of the department that some of the Items Included in the flat of repairs by the board can be omited, and the vessel thus spared to the 1.35 service. Nothing can be done toward repairing her at this time, for the reason that there are no funds available, but she will not be relegated to 1.50 the scrap beap, as was at first intended. She will be kept at Mare Island until the next fund becomes available, when a new Board of Survey 6.60 will be ordered,
Orders through Local Post or by Telegram Receive prompt attention, PORTS. (For Invalids and general utt.).
Get For Bot. A Alto Douro, good quality,
Green Capsule $10 B Vintage, Superior quality,
Red Capsule
13
C. Fine Old Vintage, perlor
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D Very Fine Old Vintage, extra superior, Violet Capsule (Old Bottled)
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D. Very Superior Old Pale Dry, choice old wine, White Seal Capsule...
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CLARETS.
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$1.00
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This is from the Hepase-During the terrible 9.75 epidemic bich has been raging in Canton, people were dying like flies. Feneral processions 1.00 in grand or meagre style were of daily occurrence
and all efforts in the way of prayers, incenso offering, and prohibiting of slaughter-houses I have been of no avall against the onslaught of the evil delty who seems determined to thin off the densely crowded population of the clly. The magistrate, as a last resource, has borrowed as ancient brass drum from a certain temple, which
three months sick-leave, but
'not'
BRAVERY COMMENDED.
The Attorney-General said he would have pleasure in recommending and reporting his fordship's observations to the Governor.
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His lordship, addressing the witness Ismael, said, the public could well commend him for his brave conduct in seizing the prisoner. He had acted pluckily, very pluckily indeed if he had done as was said in his evidence, kept hold of the prisoner after being threatened by the other man who was armed with a revolver, LU MING-CHUAN, Governor of Formoss, is and he (his lordship) wished to publicly still on the sick list and continues to persevere commend him, and he would recommend the in his petitions to the Government to be relieved Attorney-General to bring the facts before the from the responsibilities of his postton. An-Governor. the Peking Goutte of February 1oth, in which he says that his leave was ended on the 28th of the 9th moon, but he is far from recovered from his malady. He was then graciously granted allowed to leave his post. Now, he says, he is suffering from giddiness, swelling of the lower upper Aremiti dim eye-sight, numbness of
i ́and general debility, and his medical advisers report that he will eventually have a hemiplegia if he does not leave his official cares. Since last spring he has not been able to review the troops and the general works on the Island, on account of bodily weakness. His illness Last summer has weakened, his constitution a great deal. He also has charge of the post of Chlef Examiner, and the Tricanial Examination will take place in the coming spring, which will require his personal superintendence, but he fears his sickners will prevent him. Therefore, he begs to be allowed to return to his native home for treatment, and hopes the Throne will take mercy on him and grant his request. The Imperial response to this supplication is the cart rescript-"We have more to say,"
ARMED ATTACK ON A HOUSE NEAR THE CLUB. with committing an armed attack on.& house in LI A Kau and Cheung Han, were charged D'Agullar Street, assaulting the tenant and stealing Jewellery valued at 1620 and a $500 bank deposit note, on the 8th February. | · The prisoners pleaded "not guilty.
The Attorney-General prosecuted and asid the prisoners were charged on two counts: firal, with steallog two bangles, two rings, and $1.25 in silver from the person of Fong Wo Po; and, secondly, with stealing a quantity of jewellery, and a bank deposit note for $400 the property of Ling Pol. On the roth March a detective received information and went to the house of the second prisoner where a portion of the stolen
property was found. The prisoner made a statement to the delective which be would give in als evidence. The house, No. go D'Aguilar Street, was attacked by a band of armed men on the 8th February. The first prisoner caught hold of Fong We Fe, pressed her to the floor, and took the jewellery and money from her. Two other men went into another room and ransacked the place; the whole of the men leaving after being in the house about half-an-hour. The woman afterwards went into the room which she found in disorder and the boxes broken open; The first privoner was afraid the second prisoner could not be was the second identified.
The evidence of the complainant, her two was then taken.
therefore, seat for at this juncture. When she appeared on "the stand,” however, she falled to substantiate her husband's testimony.
After brief deliberation the fury unanimously found the prisoners guilty on both counts,"
His lordship sentenced the first prisoner to three years' penal servitude and fifty strokes with a rattan for the first, and to three years for the second offence; his companion in crime getting off with two years' hard, and twenty-five
strokes for each offence,
The sentences, it was ordained, should be concurrent.
A WARNING TO OPIUM SMUGGLERS.
A CHIEF OFFICER FINED $500. Lewis Slequers, a Dané, chief officer of the British bark Wm La Lacheur, appeared before Mr. Wise at the Police Court this morning, charged with being in possession of zoo taels of prepared oplum without a certificate from the
Opfum Farmer.
Mr. Hastings, of Men. Wollon and Deacon's office, who appeared for the defence, admitted that the accused was in possession of the opium.without a certificate, but said that the Captain of the Wm. Le Lacheur gave him the drug to take care of Defendant was a constable in the service of the Government of Honolulu and shipped on the bark in question in order to seize smuggled, aplam, sad. In this specia! Capacity
he did seize it.
William Auld, master of the bark Wm. Le Lockeur, said :-The defendant is my chief officer. The first I knew about the opium was I did not give the opium in charge of the when I saw the case reported in the newspapers.
defendant..
Cross-examined-The defendant shipped to Honolulu in Jangary last. I believe he had been in a schooner on the coast before that. We sailed from Korolain on the 71st January, and there was then no opium on board that I knew af. During the voyage I heard that the defendant was in the Honolula police force; 1 think he told me so himself. I was not told so by any of my sailors. A Mr. Brown of Hongkong is the owner of the ship I command. Messrs. Wing Wa Shang are the agents of my ship in Honolulu.
To Mr. Dennys, who appeared for the Oplum Farmer-The defendant never reported that he had seized opium on any previous occasion.
Mr. Dennys-I submit, your Worship, that the case has been fully proved, and I ask you to impose the fall penalty that the law permits,
Mr. Hastings asked for a nominal penalty, on. the grounds that the defendant committed only a technical breach of the Ordinance.”
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Federation.
carried by vessels manned by the Shipping
Two thousand dockers have offered to help that Shipping Federation in the present difficulty..
February 8th.
A rumour has been put in circulation to the effect that an arrangement has been ropcluded between France and Portugal whereby the former country ncquires the claims of Portugal in the
dispated 'erritory in South-East Ahlen.
It is further stated that on the basis of this agreement France cffers to cede to Great Britain the French claima in the Newfoundland fisherleng apon condition that recognition is accorded of the sovereign rights of France in Portuguese Afica
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This rumour is at present without confirmation. The Chillan barvest has been virtually ruined "owing to the scarcity of labourers,
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In connection with the Chilian revolt severe fighting bas taken place in the streets of Castro and Chillane, when numbers of the contestants were killed.
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Generally, the Insurgent forces are losing in
struggle.
The committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of the United States bas passed a strong resolution of sympathy with the Jews in the persecutions to which they are being subjected in Russia.
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Baron Hirsch has given 12,000,000 francs.to promote Hebrew emigration to America.
February 9th. The Canadian elections are exciting a good deal of interest. Sir John Macdonald, whe favours's policy of reciprocity with the United States as far as natural products are concerned, hat Just issued a manifesto. He declares his Intention of developing the resources of Canads as an integral part of the British Empire, and denounces unrestricted reciprocity with America, as advocated by the Opposition, as velled treason.
In connection with the strike of coal labourers
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at Cardiff, by which 3,000 men have been rendered idfe, the railway men have determined to take a neutral position.
· Twelve thousand cokemen in Pennsylvania threaten to strike; and should they do so 80,000 colliers will be affected.
February roth, Germany is about to issue a loan of four hundred and fifty million marks (32,500,000), in three per cent, consoli, at 'a minimum of 84j. The Standard, writing on the subject, declares that Mr. Parnell refuses to abandon the fender- ship of the Irish Party for a longer period than the duration of the present: Parliament.
The labour unions of Chicago threaten to stop the erection of the bundings for the World's Fair If free workmen are employed. *Soldiers have been ordered to Cardiff to pro- tect the free labourers who have taken the plac's of the men on strike.
His Worship--I impose a penalty of $500, with the alternative of three months' Imp won ment with hard labour. The oplam is confis-sylvania has taken place.
The threatened strike of cokemen in Penn
cited.
The fine was not paid.
CORRESPONDENCE.
[We do not necesarfy endorse tha eplalous uzproused by Comapoodents in this column).
BROKEN ROADS1
TO THE EDITOR or van "Hongkong Telegraph,”
protest in the interest of the general public and DEAR Sir, I ask to you to publish this
as an appeal for fair play,
For eight months past the rate-payers have tamely submitted to the opening up of the roads, streets and lanes of this colony by the Surveyor-General's underlags, who have been making amalden effort to lay downs water mains, water-cocks, and water goodness knows what. A month ago their operations appeared to be complete, but during the past week Queen's Road East, Hollywood Road, Old Bailey Street, and some of the roads on the apper levels have been tom ap-some of them for the first time and others for the second and third time.
Is there, I ask you, no means whereby the He is clearly riding rough-shod over the citizens' Acts of the Surveyor-General can be controlled?
rights and, in tearing open the roads at this season of the year, is jeopardising the public health the germs of malarial fever are contained in the to an alarming extent. It is well known that
surface soily and what surface soil could be
Appearances polat to a concerted resistance on the part of maritime labour. The unions of waterside labourers are vigorously opposing the the Shipping Federation, the engagement of free xbour to work the vessel being the chief ground of complaint. This resistance is con- sidered likely to extend to all ports, and already' several vessels are lying blocked at Hull and Glasgow, owing to the operations of the unions.
If the movement which now threatens lu carried out in its entirety, upwards of one including seamen, dockers, coal-lumpers, stever hundred and forty thousand men will be involved,
dores, and lightermer, throughout the chief ports of Great Britain. In the event of such widespread strike it is considered possible that railway workmen of most
t grades, and coal-miner will be drawn into the strike.
In the course of an interview which he granted, Prince Birdssck, referring to the course of events la Germany, declared that the result of the Government policy would be to crumble his bandiwork, and create friction between the Northern and Southern States of the German Federation. Prince Bismarck Faid that he was satisfied that the Emperor would soon realise that he had been wrongly advised.
Three of the rebel Chilfan cruisers have gone over to the side of President Balmaceda..
February 11th, The stevedores employed in the Albert Docks
the steamers of the British India Company, Shaw have struck work.
Savill, and the Albion Company, and the New Zealand Shipping Company,
Tom Mann states that it is intended to block.
he considers, has magical infuence In`warding however, could be contracted so as to be children, Lam Shing, and of Lam Sing, P.C. 139, out of B, there cán be no doubt as to the deadly migration question. He says the Brazilian
AMERICAN papers relate the demise of a wonderful camp who rejoiced in the name of Colonel Willard Addison, and who is estimated to have departed from 5,000 hotels without at any time leaving any money behind him. He adapted contrivances for the purpose of carrying on his nefarious career, in the shape of an Addison collapsible trunk and an Addison balloon hand. bag. The track appeared to be an expensive leather-covered aftale of large size, which, carried under the arms like an artist's port follo, while the handbag could be so dimi. shed as to had accommodation in a pocket, Having selected his hotel-usually high class one-the Colonel would fill his trunk with bricks and blow up his handbag with a straw and proceed at once to take up his quarters. At the least indication of impatience the Colonel, with the announcement that he was on the part of the landlord for payment of his bill, going to the bank, would pack his trunk in his portfolie and his bag in his pocket, and depart for good. In this way he lived in luxary for many years. Consistent to the last he died in hole and lett no money behind him. His funeral was at the expense of the city of New York, and was attended by the undertaker and 1.35 | barbarian, as we are dubbed by the superler | a policeman, the latter of whom, however, did millions of the great Middle Kingdom, At times not go half-way, as he was called upon to arrest 1-50 he sees fit to try and ́poleon a whole colony of ¦ a man for violating the smoke ordisance.
foreigners, at least Alum(now aswagger merchant
off the epidemic. The drum is carried about the 1.50 streets in great style, a procession of flags, For Cs. Per Case. Incense burners, horses and chairs The reduc
following, and crowding around it. The tion in the rate of mortality is imperceptible. The Magistrats, however, imagines that the $4.50 wonderful dram has done a great deal of good.
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As the prisoners in the jail of the magistrate's yamen are nearly all attacked, as is only natural, 7.50 7 D La Rosarioitunas IX
12.00 by the epidemie. hls Honour has ordered the drum to be placed in the Jail as the only means CHIL. THE BOL Lo preserve his prisoners and prevent them from
leaving wholesale.
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B Superior Very Old Cognac,
Red Capsule mamai 14 Very Old Liqueur Cognac,
Red Capsulegis 12. D Hennessey's Finest Very Old Liqueur Coguec, 1871 Vin- Lage, Red Capsule
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A Thorne's Blend, White Cap- sule god¶jak B- Watson's Glenorchy Mellow Blend, Blue Capsula with Name and Trade Mark......
C Watson's Abelour-Glenlivet, Red Capsule, with Name and Trade Mark....................................... D Watson's H K D Blend of the Finest Scotch Malt Whiskies, Violet Capsule ... 10 E. Watson's Very Old Liqueur
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B Fine Unsweetened, White
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THE heathen Chince is peculiar." Yes, very $1.16 peculiar. When he takes it into his head he falls In love with the daughter of the hated red-haired
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when bard up, he will make "no bones" gathering up band of his countrymen and with them enter a country town in the middle of the night, loot the pawnshops and carry off all the "son and heirs "within reach, and hold them to raitson. He will bwen organize a gang of pirates, go aboard a British steamer in the waters of * British colony, shoot down the Captain and a few passengers just to create a scare-loot the thip and then dear out and kavaa "good time" in the Interior, But those were all "big ime and bear no comparison with the 100 swima'
chopping up act enacted down in Fletcher Street on the 28th of January 31st, when a 1,10 Fricksba coolie who had a few words with pal about the payment of twenty cents, suddenly went to his box, took out a dagger, 0.75 did his level beat to make mice-mest
companion, and then cleared out. He was
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SUPREME COURT.
IN CRIMINAL SESSIONĘ, {Before Sir Jamies Russell, Chief Justici.)
March 18th,
THE POWEN ROAD ROBBERY, Cheung Ayan was charged with feloniously wounding Lun Anan, and of robberieg har of Jewellery valued at $24, on the Bowen Road on the agth February.
The Attorney-General (Mr. W. M. Goodman) prosecutes
The prisoner planded "not guilty" to the chues of faloufously wounding, but admitted robblug the complainant of her Jewellers.
• lordship entered & piss of not guilty,
The second prisoner then said he was in the street. He was told to stand in the street. en Chinese New Year's Eve one of the prisoner's called on him in First Street, at Sal-im-po, and paid $3.
His lordship-Why did he give you $a! was in roam for money lent.
Witness He gave me the money, and sald it
Chak Kwai, a shoemaker, said-about 10 p.m.
By the' Attorney-General-In conséquence of what that man said to me I went down to a house in West Street looked into it through a crack in the door and say several bangles and ringe on bed. There were five men in the room; amongst them the second prisoner. I knew him before. told the police of what I saw.
By his lordship-I went down and spied through the crack out of curiosity. I followed the man there unknown to him, I kept the seciet for three weeks before giving information to the police. I did not attempt to "squeese" the policeman to the extent of $1o. 1 couldn't foform the police at once, because I couldn't And then.
Charles Hadden, P. 5. 92, said-I arrested the arst prisoner on the 17th of February at 5:30 a.m. The reason I arrested him at that hour was because I got information at that Hour. Inspector Quincey was with me. I told the prisoner the charge, and he denied all knowledge of it.
By ble lordship.-The Identification of the first prisoner was carried out in the usual way, andas far as I could judge it was an honest, independent and prompt Kentification by the complainant. The second complainant failed to identify the prisoner.
The first prisoner then stated; I was not informed of the charge prior to the process of identification. The woman said she knew me by the colour of my trousers. The woman told
more frequent with those deadly germs than that of Hollywood Road, for instance, or Queen's Road East, where reeking filth has for the past 40 years been soaking into the surface and b-soils. This has now been turned over and when, after rain, April's sun draws the steam effect on the residents in the neighbourhood.
Can you advise me, and those for whom I em now acting as spokesman, what steps can be taken, to check the Surveyor-General in these dangerous proceedings Can he, or the Govern- ment be held responsible in the event of an epidemic of cholera and malarial fever aver taking this summer, and making our existence more intolerable than ever during the sultry summer months?
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M. Drza-latki, correspondent of the War. saw Courter, who has just returned · from Brazil, declares that the Brasilian Gover be tried to elicit the truth concerning the ment threw obstacles in his way whon'
Government decided some time ago to import Lloyd Steamship Company has already landed 10,000,000 emigrants, and the North German 140,001 emigrants, receiving 300 marks each for them. The emigrants were not allowed to form colonies, bat were scattered in the forests in interior and left to their fate, to die of hunger, fever or snake bits--or to be devoured by wild beasts. A kw retraced their steps to - Rib Janeiro, „begging sustenance of the planters, who exacted from them exorbitant services in return for scanty meals. At Elo Grande the correspons dent found yoo emigrants la a dying stata,
cities (We publish "A Rate-payer protest, but we huddled together in wooden chapel, while
really cannot suggest any effective remedy for thousands were camping in the streets of his no doubt well-founded grievance. There is, has testifled on oath to the truth of his statements through which he passed, or in the forests. Ha a thing called a Sanitary Board in the colony before the Bremen judges, will the emigration and we imagine that this complaint come offices are doing a rushing buslosss, inside its recognised functions our cores. The strike against the Shipping Federation is pondent conil formulate a proper petition to that august body, but in our opinion he would only be wasting his time, as the odds are that it would only lead to, and finally end is, a lot of silly talk. If a ratiling. epidemic were, to come along and remove to a better land the progmatical nonentities who have for so long been messing up things generally, there would be some hope for Hongkong-E), HK. Telegraph
A RATE-PAYER. Hongkong, 18th March, 1891,
spreading to Glasgow and Liverpool, The samen's and Firemen's Unions say that this shipping trade of the United Kingdom will be paralyzed, if need be, in order that the men shall succeed. The striker claim that the employers require their men to leave the union. and they also require a deposit of a week's wages. to insure against a hasty departure..
The British-brig Amsida reports having sakytaper passed a large quantity of wreckage, evidently. oze di a cattle steamer, off Chesapeake Bay jap MR. GASKELL AND THE MANAGEMENT, month. It is bellowed that this was the missing OF THE HONGKONG HOTEL teamer Thanemore, the owners of which have To vs Lotros os res "Homzzoni Taluamaan,"EVİS now given her up as lost. She had a crew of SIR-Mr. Gaskell at the Company's general thirty-four men, and twelve cattle-men were on meeting held yesterday tok upon himself to board, comment adreindly upon the management of the Adespatch from Bgenas Ayres says informa.. Hotel and the tariff of charges, and to allegation has been received from the Rie de la Plate want of courtesy. pegia del district, which says that locasts and drought.
I am instructed, in Justice.
the Directors of 1890.
That no quite uncalled for and unprovoked, and foundation for the allegations exists. - M
The Hotel charges, which have been in force during the past year, may be läamed At any time will speak for themselves,
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The jurors were — A. 3, blachado, P. | another girl to identify me by the colour of my siste that so far as he is concemanager, to have reduced the maize crop to a quarter of that "ailed" by a wily detective though, and after | Renan, R. B. Foliakwalls; J. Armstrong, A jacket. There are thousands of people are satisfied that Mr. Gaskell's strictures. Stales Consul-General in this city from 1261 to
being to the remand cells for the past five weeks 1.10 during the confinement of the wounded man In hospital came before Mr. Wise for trial this
Byers, F. G. Collins and P. Vitkowski,
The Attorney-General sold the prisoner was charged under two counts which warest, that 1,00 morning. Dr. J. A. Lowson gave evidence to ha ribed and wounded a girl named Lun Anan
The body of Freeman H. Morse, United
1870, who died February 6th, was interred to-day in the church-yard of St. Mary's Parish Church at Long Dittons by
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the effect that when admitted to the Civil and, secondly, that he robbed another girl named | worship "Joss." I was at home, the Hop Shing on application to Mr. Tucker, the 'mandger, shadower to marry his' deceased 'wild's 'siste) ・・
Hongkong, and many of them resemble each other. There's no proof that I'm the man. At o'clock on the night in question we dined, and remained at home until I m. when I went to Hospital the compisinant was in a sixts of Wong Achun, together with another man not in shop, until a a.m. The Hop Shing is at the back 040 collapse caused by hemorrhage from several custody. The facts of the case were that on the of the Hongkong Club,
wounde: two incised scalp wounds, one of part of Bowen Road which overlocka Happy By his lordship-I'm a boarder at the Hop 0.40 them fracturing the skull ; one dangerous wound, Valley, there is a rock called the stone of love, Hing shop. 9.50 3 inches long by z lnches deep, on the left side which la vislied by Inmates of brothels who The second prisoner, then said : the $25 was two other wounds on the left side; one deep suppose that the stone brings them some charm, give me because they thought I would inform, wound as the left shoulder blade; and one | On the agth February, six or saves young girls was bard up, so anything is better than nothing. 1.00 wound on the small of the right arm. The from Cochrane Street visited the stone and were i was out of work. Several of them took the prisoner admitted that he want for the com- returning homeward by the Bowen Road. When things to be melted at Canton, I am thos plainant, and added that it was done by him they had got about half way along the road, the maker by trade. I only came here last year, because he was set upon and beaten by lot of prisoner and another man jumped out from the from Turgdan city, coolles who were led on by the complainant, briskias ; the prisoner was armed with two swords The case was gone into fully, and the prisoner and the other than write a revolver. The prisoner family comedited for trial at the next Criminal caught haring a Vinam, pre) a po te
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Secretary, The Chinese Joan will be fa gold, not allver, The Hongkang Hotel Co., Ltd. The time for the issue of the loan is not yet fixed. Hongkong, 18th March, 1891. ⠀⠀
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NEWS OF THE WORLD,
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BUCHAREST, Februay 11th Rumors are current with regard to a treasony Chen Wun, master of a coolle hapse in The Cardiff coal labourers' strike Has been able plot, discovered in Sofia The conspiracy Wellington Street, stated his wife knew whether endorsed by the Dockers Union. Throw thousandsud to bare for its object the overthrow of Prince Ferdinand and the members of "his prisoner was in his house at the hour the robbery men are idle. The strikers' caccative portaite Cabinet beroral arrods kays bone mach brug sinney the he did not know, Hie wile wany kan arbed the railway? môn to bayan yan