BALANCE SHEET TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1893. Dec. 31, 1893-
Liabilities.
Paid-up cap.iz....................................
Accounts payable ..........
The Hongkong Land investment &
-$500,000.00 369.88
on 108,843.46
Age: cy Co, Ld., mortgage on the Company's properly
Dec. 11, 1893
Cost of property......
Asszis,
Accounts receivable ...........
Fire Insurance unexpted...An Profit & loss account „KRYSSELINDUL
Dr.
$609.413 34
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1894.
show to-night, as the cost to the Court would be light. Unanimously adopted. Adjourned sing di
TRAINING NOTES.
On a somewhat dead course Bovril as customary, Inaugurated active proceedings shortly after daylight this morning by galloping a mile la good form, pulling hard as he passed శ్రీర07,590.05
the post-imes, 37, 1.13, 1.49 and 3.24. The 346.55 subscription griffin Exchange (fr. W. Jackson's) 107.02 covered balfamile in 32 vnd 63 seconds, movieg 1,278.82 very freely and in racing-like style." If this speedy poor dogs, not lack stemlos he $60941334 | WIII prave dangerous to all the griffin races in spite of his ancient appearance and ugly capped bocks. Brigand-not the flyer that nearly ran away with the Shanghai Maldena
·last November by many pounds-went tree quartess of a mile in 35. 1.12 and 1.47, and seemed to me, as an a former occasion, to utterly lack that dash of speed which so characterised 815.38 him in his griffin days. For his owner's sake it 815.59 is to be hoped he will materially improve on this
To Remunerailon to Andlier..........
PROPIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, December 31st, 1893.
31
Fire Insurance......
Charges......
5000 291.In 336 76
Crown Reat ...............
1
Government Rates
J
Dalanirations
RETİN
Legal Expenses ......
"Interests
Cr.
Stationery.) 394959
Commission to Agents
Jarnay 1st, 1893.
By Undivided Profits....
Rents.........
"Scrip Feet.........
Balance...en
50.00
29.00
314.70
..$ 1.745.61 6,630.69 15.00 1,278.82
form.
Beaufort, in company with Sasewind, strode 6,799 35 long for a mile fa 34. 68, 1.43 and 2.17), and this 218.74 shapely chestnut seems to be coming on nicely. The sturdy little Luginsland, who thrives well $9.7311 on bis daily gallops, mada mere backs of the two grimas owned by Mr. R. M. Gray and Mr. E. Hobson lo a mile "pow," pulling double over them at the finish in 31, 65, 1.44 and 3.221. Daredevil, Lieut. Taylor up, exhibited exceptionally brilliant form over the three quarters, recording 34, 68. and 1.381: finish ing his final quarter in 30 seconds with out being really asked to fully extend bim self. Mr. Manners steered Mr. Babington's "Bob" three quarters in 40, 1.13 and 1.50, and over the same distance Merrythought mede 35. 69, and 146, and Vagrant 33, 65 and 1.42 respectively. Vagrant both looks and goes in his heat forms, but I would like to have another square look at Merrythought before passing an opinion as to his present condition and prospects of winning races at the forthcoming meeting.
$ 9,731.2
A SHILTON HOOPER, Secretary to The Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ld. General Agents for the West Point Building Company, Ld.
Examined,
J. J. KESWICK, Directors, C. P. CHATER, J
I bave compared the above statement with the books, vouchers and securities of the Company and have found the same to be correct..
F. HENDERSON, Auditor. Hongkong, 16th January, 1803-
The Stewards of the Jackey Club desire it to be u.de,stand that if any owners wish to have their ponies re-measured, the Clerk of the Course has been instructed to be at their disposil on Monday the lant day avaliable for the purpose.
AN OLD SPORTSMAN. Hongkong, 20th January, 1894.
CHARACTER SKETCH.
Hongkong Derby finishes a gallop la sprawling At the Racecoume; the favourite for the fashion, to the dismay of his supporters. only let me get on that dem'd pony and I'd bring Eminent "sport" at the ralls-Haw I by gad! bim 'ome.
And a silence so dismal fell on all around that you could have heard a brick drop.
NEWS BF the americaN MAIL.
The Occidental and Oriental Co's steamship Oceanic, Capt. W. M. Smith, from San Fran cisco, via Honolulu and Yokohama, with the American mails up to 22nd December, arrived in the barbour yesterday evening. We are indebted to our San Francisco exchanges for the subjoined telegrams:-
LONDON, December 12th..
The St. James Gazette alates that a new book soon to be published will prove conclusively that Sir Philip Francis was the author of the janius letters.
The Zimmer says it is rumored that Sir William Vernon Harcourt Chancellor of the Exchequer, after long epposition, has consented to provide for an extensive shipbuilding programme in 1894.
LIKOE, December 16th. Serious conficis took place yesterday and to-day between Liberal and Catholic students. The ribs arose from the celebration, of the loandation of a Catholic school.
Moscow, December 16th. The police surrounded a large nihilist mesting in the outskirts of the city, when a desperate battle resulted. Filtean policemen were wounded, and five sibilists, preferring death to capture. committed suicide. Fifty were captured, and Twenty-two escaped..
LEIrsic, December 16th. It is believed that the Emperor will pardan the two convicted French spies, on the ground that they were engaged in the work by contract with the French Government and were in the par. ult of what they regarded as a legitimate
*Vocation.
the Mormons will capture Nevada and exercise considerable influence over American politics.
PARIS, December 18th, Merigezu, the anarchist, has been arrested at his lodgings at Belville. Powder of the most powerful description and a bottle of sulphuric xuld were found at his residence. Associations bill. In the Chamber Premler The Senate has adopted the Explosives and
Partler gave the assurance that negotiations were pending with Austria to prevent the discrimina tton la favar af Italian and against French wines, An unexpl-ded bomb was discovered to-day in the Central Police Bureau, Amiens.
WASHINGTON, December 20th. The Kearsarge has been ordered from New York to S D misgo to protect American tarescsts. The ses ding of the Kearsarge is the
ult of advices San Domingo, by way of Hayt, of an effort to assassinate President Heuraux. The news is not very definite, but it protect American interests. is thought advisable to bove a vessel there to
ATHENS, December zoth. The British wir vessel Humber came into collision with an Italian bak eff Cape Matapan, the southernmos: extremity of Greece, and cut her to the water's edge. There are no farther details. The British war ship Amphion has gone to the scene of the collision to reader assistance.
SWATOW NOTES.
BERLIN, December 18th." One hundred anarchists, some of whom were receelly liberated from prison, met at Weissenare, Rear this city, yesterday. The speakers openly denounced the Social Democrats, and the mention of the names of Ravachol, Pallas, Vaillant and other anarchists who have taken part in the outrages was received with prolonged applanse. It was declared by the speakers that A dbpitch to the Post from Par's says: The
the doings of these men were more child's play Interruption of commercial relations between compared to what will be done in the future.ual, although general business is a bit slack France and Spala is probable, owing to the fac: The police took the naties of all those present New Year. There has been a bit of excitement and is likely to remain so until after the Chinese and it is expected that arrests will follow.
The French spies sentenced to six and four years will be transferred to-morrow to Fortress Magdeburg.
LONDON, December 17th,"
that Spain, under the new treaty, concedes to Germiny a lower tariff than the so-called mini- mum, which France enjoys in return for giving Spain her minimum. The Cabinet Council on Saturday considered the proposal to apply the maximam to Spain if the latter persists in her refusal to Record to Franco the ratne advantages she has conceded to Germany.
Count von Halow has been appointed to succeed Solminenwalde as German Ambassador to Italy. The Emperor bas pardoned General Kirche ff, convicted by a court-martial of shooting the editor of the Tageblais for traducing his daughter.
VIINNA, December 18th. A third feeble anarchistic attempt to meet in
The relations between the Vatican and Russia Trafalgar Square was made to-day. A crowd are said to be far less cordial than some time bostile to the organisers of the meeting assem-180. The Pope in recent letter to the Czar the protection of the police. Three roughs were bled, and the anarchists were compelled to seek complained of various acts against the liberty of Polish Catholics. The terms of the Cear's reply put under arrest,
are not yet known, but should the Czar decline to accede to the Pope's request it is expected the latter may make the matter the subject of public
pronouncement.
information about anarchists to the Press. Prefecture of Police forbits the giving of any A Paris dispatch to the Chronicle says tho
Printed notices to this effect have been affixed to The Oberbaur to-day passed the Landwehr the wall of the police offices. The bomb-thrower
bill. Count Welzer von Welzersceims, Minister
allowed to approach him. He remains calm and Vaillant is kept isolated, and only the director,
of Defence, declared that the new measure would the prison doctor and the special warden are
result in increasing the number and efficiency of the Landwehr, that reserves of infantry would accupied la perusing the "Histoire du Consulate General Kodolitsch, the famous sports- be created and each regiment el cavalry would speaks te, but reads greedily. He is now et de l'Empire."
Major-General
lodgings were chemical formulas in the hand
Among the half burned papers found in his |
writing of a friend. Reclus' formulas seem to have served him for making the bomb which be threw in the Chamber of Depaties. Reclus, in writing to a friend on December 11th, says that though he did not have any share in the explosion in the Chamber be has found it nereisary to take precautions to avoid arrest, from his apartments. He admits that for a long and intends to remove all compromising articles time he had been acquainted with Vaillant and loaned him money, but strongly destes all know. ledge of Vaillant's criminal intent.
cent.
(FROM OUR CORRISPONDENT.)
SWATOW, 19th January, 1894. Maite bere are golu on much about a
of the
these past two or three days owing to a row having taking place between two well known members
Chinese Customs. It sms that a split of jealousy had extated between them for some time, and mutual. recriminations led to fisticuffs, la which one of the two got badly knocked about. The Commissioner, it is understood is doing his utmost to hush the affair up, but his success that direction, with two "braves on the war-path and thirsting for each other's gore, by no means assured. Birds in their little est agree, but so don't the officers of the imperial Chinese Customs. Richardson, of Beadley & Co., entertaining Last night Switow wan on file, Mr. and Mrs. the community to a social evening, which Included beatricals, dancing, and other good things. The opera wasn't over until 3 s.m., and by that time a goodly number of the male guests cauid see more stars than were usually visible
and far between that it is hardly surprising if in the great beyond. It's a poor heart that never rejoices, and amusements la this port are so low when the opportunity occurs, we make the most
mas, died to-day at San Remo of apoplexy,
of it. CHICAGO, December 18th. The American Federation of Labour passed a
resolation recommending the passage of free coinage by Congress on the basis of 16 to 1.
CALCUTTA, December 18th. silver during the last few months leave little The extraordinary increase in the imports of doubt that it is due to speculators who believe an import duty Is imminent.
PALERMO, December 18th.
put met with very little success, as your Professor Several shooting partles have been out lately Cattaneo scared all the game away with his mitrailleuse, or whatever name he gives to his was, I presume, "sport à l'Italie." wholesaleslaughtering machine. The Professor's
No other news at prescat.
FOUR HOURS TOO LATE.
"Os, God! could I but recall the past three or four hours! See what trouble a man may bring upon himself all in a moment!"
The "Tytam Tiger" (Capt. Thomas), and the Regiment's brown (Lieut. Smyth) and grey (Jim) "powed "the German Cap distance at their best pace; the brown was never in it, and after a desperate struggle home the spotted one just won -times, 35, 111, 1.461, 2231 and 259. Mr. THE BONHAM ROAD FATALITY. J. D. Humphreys' cream Derby griffin galloped a mile in 34. 671, 1.46 and 2.203, goi g some- what stiffly but with great resolution. The den THE CONTRACTORS BEFORE THE COURT.
"sub"Duari (Mr. Maclean) was sent a mile, his stable chum Casterthan jilning in at the Valley We were slightly premature in stating in our last leue that the bodies of all the men who St kes starting post, and the pair keeping close lost their lives in ean equence of a landslip in together to the end-times. 36, 1.11. 1.45 and Borham Rand yesterday morning had been 218. Mr. Gillies" "sub" went three quarters in recovered before we went to press. As a matter 41, 1.161 and 1 491. Mr. Buxey's grey and roan
The Standard, referring to the Hawaiian
The police are making vigorous efforts to secure Reclus. of fact only five brdies were recovered yester. Derby candidates covered a mile in 30, 644, 1.41 situation, says The knct of merchants, day, it being Imprudent to dig hastily far the and 3.16), and 40, 3.25, 1.40) and 2.2a) respec- speculators and office-seekers who planned and She has oospecific complaint yet, but is reparted | Chamber, by a vole of 216 to 208, has annullet Last summer they quarrelled for the Arat time, each
The Queen's health has grown feebler recently. other baries fest more land should slip down on lively, the discarded "fuh" showing by far the carried out the revolution in Hawaii and con- to be faillog to noticeably as to cause consider. the searching party and cause even greater better form. I notice in my book, by the way stituted themselves the "Provisional Governable anxiety at court.. Her lameness has become mortality. Therefore, it was not until late an entry which reads "Mody's roan :-37, 1.16, ment,” are, as might be expected, farlaus at more pronounced and her general appearancenaturalized Irishman and a Republican. It isn her sista. They afol
153, 2.16) and 2.591", which may possibly President Cleveland for having decided that the suggests radical debility. refer to some other pony. There were so many
United States must decline to accept the islands lots of ponies galloping at the same time and so offered them as a result of nefarious Intrigue by many amateur 'clockers' at work (and not in
American ci izens. silence) that it is no wonder one gata * mixed up 'at times...
this afternoon that three more bodies were recovered. The body of at least one more of the hapless victims remalos burled, and cannot be recovered until the site is effi- Clently "shored on to the satisfaction of the engineers of the Public Works Department, who, it appears, summoned the contractors, Messrs. Chan ( Sam and Kam. Alam, three days ago for fai ig 20 "stre ap the place in a proper manner. Be that as it may (the case has not yet come into Court, so we cannot go into details at the present juncture) the contractors were brought before Mr. Hastings in the Police Court this morning, having been arrested by Inspector Quincey yesterday by virtue of war
of A Pan and six others on the 19th Instant through negligence." By request of Inspector Henessy the accused were remanded until Monday and were allowed out on ball In the sum of 45.coo each and two sureties of $2,500. When the case comes before the Court again iz is probable the charge will be amended to as to Ic'ude the fut number of those who were so suddenly killed yesterday.
{
December 14th.
raals, organized by the Fascia Dei Lavoratori There was serious demonstration at Mon-
Society. The mab erled, "Down with the octroit The crowd dispersed after a sharp conflict.
LONDON, December 19th.
PARIS, December 17th. Toe palice have arrested three lends of No other decision could have been expected Vallant at Choi y le Roi. The statements of from an honest, honorable man, but it has the prisoners led to the arrest of eight other General's election. astorished the group of adventurers who thought
ful country for what they had really done only they would be colbu iastically balled by a grate. for personal advantage.
raided and a number of documents seized. The anarchist, The offices of El Anarchista were
cartridges were found in an omnibus in the Rae Journal des Debate says that ten dynamite
Favier.
how vain t
as much as
this arre
Mr. James Curtis and Mr. O. 9. Bennett, both of A dispatch to the Timer kom Paris says the
San Francisco, had been intimate friends for years. he election of Vicomte Hugues, Deputy for railed and they were reconciled. But you can't
accusing the
the other of wrong. Better thoughts pre- Sisteron, who defeated General MacAdaris. undo what once done, Memory kept the record contended that calumnies were circulated during possible. Still, living a neighbours, men must meet
avolded each other the electiocctring to the effect that MacAdaras some times. These two met in the street. The o was one of the Phoenix Park assassins; and it is was renewed. Bitter words few fant claimed that these calumnies prevented the
and
And Curtis, beside himself with rage, drew his pistol and shot Bonnett dead on the spot. Tater in the day he Sir Philip Carrie, appointed permanent Under used the above language-to laden was he with sell inople. He thus succeeds Sir Francis Clare Secretary of State for Foreign Aff.is in 1889. reproach and sorrow. Yot how weisse, how hopeless, has been appointed Ambassador to Corstan-
But was Curtis right in saying that trouble may Vivian as Ambassador to Rome. Ford, who recently succeeded the late Lordomo all in a memmt? True, it often seems so, bus is there not a deeper fact which we don't see? It The Timer letter from Rio Janeiro says
matters nothing what the nature of the trouble is. Common report credits Pelzato's Government Therefore let us consider a different case on the same with having illegally isased 135.000,000 milreis
principle.
An Intelligent woman says:-"In October, 1890, and fiusrcial methods of the Government is tough that nearly shook me to pieces. I obtained co complete reorganization of the administrative to recover. I had aching pains all over me
and • absolutely necessary if national bankruptcy is to sound sloep night of day, and had to take to my bed. I was fed with Beaid food from an invalid's cup, for tion of 5,000,000 litre in the army, 1,000,000 in often palus struck
ROME, December 19th.
I could not It understood that Crispl proposes a reducto much that
myself in bed. My
Battered heart old son auld hear it best on the
truck through it as though somebody had the navy and 10,000,000 in other departments stabbed mo. Ilay perfectly belpeas and could
scarcely WASHINGTON, December 19th.
breathe. A doctor attended me over a
but eedto Rio Paratico her been fried did not so bad be feared I would not live til nordes. He The San Francisco has ordered to pro- grew weaker Sometimes at WAL
Called in s
mod reason for ordering the ship there, but it is my condition was critical. I was fed with brandy to consulting physician and both that Brexit that the serious condition of affairs in with me almost borstand and daughter stayed Brasil calls for a further show of United States administered had any offert, I was almost at death's me constantly. None of the medicines forces,
ranis charging them with "causing the deaths down the straight, secred a mile in 37, 1.14, 1.41 collier encountered a fearful gate. Twelve of the that meted out to the Frenchmen just sentenced in treasury bṣpk notes during the past year. The I had an attack of lness from which I never expected
CRIMINAL COURT.
John Toole was arraigned and charged that he did on the 19th- Inst. indecently assault one Julla Seruggit. The main facts are facon- testable, but the clicumstances have occasioned an entanglement of oplaton, the dinourment of which the community will await with anxiety. On the dare given, the accused, having sur- reptilously stationed himself in the wings of D'Ares Marionette Show, seised the female figure as she left the stage and committed the offence under belief that the announcement which states the performers not to be real live beings, la simply an adverdsement-hoix. Those who bave gazed on the charms of the lovely Jalla, and witnessed her Impressive and at times spiritusi acting, must have shared the ballucina tion concerning her existence-in this the young man is to be led
For the defence it was pleaded that figures fers have no status in law; that they could not bring an action; that if a figure be stolen or injured, it is the owner and not the figure that suffers that it cannot be shewn that Julia realated the amatory advances of Toole, but on the contrary as a figure her behaviour on the stage had been such and at the side wings perhaps more such, as to justify 5. T.in baitering himself the happy preferred.
The Holyhead steamer Ross has been deliting in the Irish sex for elehteen hours. She rescued the captain of a Dublin collier from an open host. Also In a bost there was the corpse of one of the crew. The captain reported that the crew were drowned, four having been washed overboard before the vessel went down.
Pony Moore, father-in-law of Charles Mitchell, says a man will leave England for the United States on January 4th with £5,000 with
DUBLIN, December 1415.
The Siecle says a plot has been discovered to blow up the Prefecture of Police.
Le Four hopes the French authorities will deal with German pies with equal severity to
France is justly to be regarded as a scout for at Leipsic, and adds that every German in for Goman invasion and should be treated accordingly.
BERLIN, December 17th, It is announced that the crisis in Wurtemburg
684 for half a mile, and the cream (or don) Ewa I timed Mr. Manners' Derby griffin 35 and candidato 351. 1.11, 1.471, and 2.214 for a mile. The style of going of the latter at the finish of his gallop did not impress me with the Idea that he is likely to develop into an exceptionally smart racer. Talisman, ridden from pillar to post and running most unkindly until last time
and 2.23, and the old moke will have to improve tons on this form and get some flesh on his bones if he is to maintain the reputation of the princely house. Swift (Mr. H. Humphres) proved far too good for the roan (Mr. Hart-Buck) and grey
abs is the same stable, winning a three-which to back Mitchell in his fight with Corbett.is, for the slate being at least, ended. In the quarter mile "pow "veryjeasily in 32, 66 and 1. 43. The Regimental second contingent, consisting of Nolan and Mears, who we arrested after the the bay (Captain Thomas), the chestnut (Jim) and murder of Patrick Reid on suspicion of having the grey (Licht. Smyth), were raced a mile and been connected with the crime, but were after * quarter, the grey never appearing able to gowards released, were again arrested to-day, and the pace, whilst the other pair raced neck and examined at the Castle. neck throughout times, 36, 1.12, 1.48, 2.22 and 2.563. Mr. Hobuke's griffin went half a mile in 36 and 111, Mr. Hunter's pair, going separately, covering a similar distance in 37 and 1.10.
Mr. Baxey's handsome grey subscription griffin registered a latily good performance by negotiating
be avoided,
face of storms of protest in the Wartenburg press the Prussian Government has been forced to retreat. however, been decided to of which Baron von Falkenstein, the Prusslan Create a sort of military Cabinet for Wurtemburg,
care to discuss the situation at Rio and the The two men were locked op in separate General, who is also a member of the general staff in Berlin, will be the head. It has also been asserted that he will replace General Baron von Welcker la command of the Wurtemburg
cells. It is understood that the police have a perfect clue to the entire dynamite conspiracy ia Dublin,
i
LEIPSIC, December 14th,
The trial of two supposed French spies began to-day. Dubofs and Malvers were arrested last
August at Kiel, on board the English acht
The prisoners declined to explain the nature of their relations with the French Ministry of Marine, unless the public were excluded from the courtroom, This was granted, and to-morrow the pleadings of the counsel will commence.
army corps,
In order to make some return to the King of Wurtemburg for these concessions, it is decided military disisict post, at present held by Field that, hat will be appointed chief of the fourth
Marshal von Blumenthal,
A feeling esiste here that it would be well for
the Emperor not to be too severe with the French officers who have been convicted and sentenced as spics at Leipsic. His clemency in this case would have the effect of preventing say altempts at reprien's in France in case similar incidents should occur there.
VIENNA, December 19th. says that Mgt, Satoll, Papal delegate is the The Rome correspondent of the Politische Volted States, has been appointed Archbishop of Bologna,
doubtful
door,
Ellow,
called Mother Beigel's Caratire Syrap, I Flymouth, friend of mine, urged me to try a medicine At this time Mrs. Keeling, of Matley, near
bottle, and after a few days I was able to take and I procured digest suffelent food to give me some strength, and BAZZA (Brazil), December 19th. the worst symptoms were greatly abated. After battle has just been fought between the insur- completely restored, and I have since felt better thats News has been received here from Rio that a having used six bottles of the Byrup my health was. gent fleet and the loyal forces, the result of which for the precious thirty years. My two daughters have also been cared of indigestion by it. I will gladly drawing nearer to the capital from the south.
The rebel land forces are said to be steadily. Louise Jackson, Bullders Arts
enquiries." Hotel, Bridge Road, Hammersmith, London, Jan. France and Germany are the only States, by dynamite cruiser, from New York, have solved
Sblp agents of the Netheroy, Peixoto's new 11th 1893. the way, which have a regular system of espion the problem of getting a crew for the ship to Mrs. Jackson further says that for over twenty years In the letter from which the above is an extract, December 15th.
age on their neighbours, and which exact full fight against Meilo's mer-of-war by a simple before the attack of Databer, 1800, she had suffered The Public Prosecutor said that, in view of penalty for such offenses.
The embarrassing character of the present method. They have "shanghaied "sixty native from a dlasrdered itomach and liver. She had a bad The America, the consort of the Netheroy, he ate gave her pain. Bha foit dull, languid, and
tarte in the mouth, a poor appetite, and what litt recognised, although the assertion of the counsel for fon danse, that it would give rise to inter order to make repairs, is expected here at any stomach, great pain in the chest and sides, palpitation, which lagged behind in the West Indies in tired, azd bad miserable sinking feeling in the national complications, is regarded as exagger ated. As a matter of fact, the French Governor, she was sighted yesterday off Marahndo, giddiness, and
Senor Nunes Riberlo, ex-commander of the fees and frequently fell in the street and And ment has abandoned the sples to their fate, and
So we perceive that in her case a cause, long in has not attempted soy diplomatic or other inter- Republica, acceeds Captain Baker in command
of the Nictheroy. vention in their behalf.
operation, at last produced the crisis which came Asemi-oficial dispatch received here from Rio near ending her life. It is always thus, whether we of Bo Jeans, recently captured from the rebels. Janeiro says that Peixoto is fortifying the island recognise the cause or not. The crime committed by Ourtis was the sadden passionate not of a man who The elections la Brazit have been postponed
allowed thoughts of hate and vengeance to March 1st next. Strong protests are being passion of his mind and bred the condition made by the American residents that their case of this lady's illness it was an enemy of her body made murder possible. In the very different Government is not well as should protecting their interests as indigestion, and dyspepsia, which at length broke out
the present extensive espionage on the past of 】 tilal, fram a diplomalle point of view, in alzo Brazilians and sent them on board in frons.
French officers, which had rendered the large sum of money spent upon German defences axes lear, he must ask a sentence of four and five years respeciively. These were the sentences imposed.
PARIS, December 15th,
The first bearing of the sult for legal separs ion by the Princess Colonos, daughter of Mes, John W. Mackay, og fast her husband took place yesterday before the civil tribunal. Maitre Desjardin, the Prince's advecite, pleaded that the court had no jurisdiction, on the ground that the Prince was an Italian, and that he retained b'.d.mielle at Naples, in spite of the fact that be habitually, tesided in Paris. The case was adjourned for a fortnight in order that arguments for and against jurisdiction may be drawn up.
mileand a quarter very oisily to 378, 1.538, 1.50
Insect, while making sketches of German 2.15 and 3 min. Over the same course the two | for ifications. Dubols has confessed that he Ewo "subs" ploughed along in company, Mr. was employed to do this by a member of the Cruickshank's brown and Mr. Landale's grey French geseral staff, professor of the War chipping in at intermediate stations, and Academy, and sead of the Department of Masine recorded 36, 1.11, 1.45, 3.92 and 3.57, the dark Fontifica1ions, grey golog much the stronger at the finish. General Barker's cream (Mr. May) galloped mile, Capt. Murray's black (Lieut. Taylor) joining in at the six furlongs starting post, and passing the post first by a length-times 35, 691, 1.44 and 2.3. Mr. Helarich's high-priced supposed Darby crack was spun out for a mile and a quater da 33, 65, 1.42, 2.18 and 2.51 good times undoubtedly, but the way the griffin finished was a caution to billy-goats. Unless there is something radically wrong at present with this well-shaped pony, I am quite certala he will never win any race over a mile in decent company. Mr. Neilsen's bay Derby griffin, ridden by Mr. Maclean, was sent a mile in 344, The Prosecution la reply urged that it was "1,101, 1.46 and 3.22, going le greatly improved preposterous for the Defence to allege that fashion. Over the same course Mr. Dorabjee's marionettes are dummy gores, the trancer iron-grey "sub, made a very good show, even at West Point having amply demonstrated them although ridden for all he was worth, by doing No possess an embodied personality, although the distance is 35, 69, 1.41 and 3.19. The the co-efficient of their spiritual go has not black pony Petronel, istely arrived from Amoy, yet been polarized in a co-ordinate plane. was sent half a mile in 37 and 1.54, and He contended that is certain circumstances the morning's work was brought to a close under certain metaphysical condlifonsas in by Hobenzollern (Mr. Taylor up) galloping three that now under Investigation-marionettes quarters of a mile la 331, 671 und 2,42, bave feelings za poignant so those of buman beings, as wlinsss that in the critical A number of well-known pontes wars on the moment of the assault by Tooft, Julla had been training track, but did nothing but tratting beard by the whole Assembly to siter a pro exercise. Black Pearl, last year's Derby winner, longed Q-o-oh ! That she was not a woman in seems full of life, but the back rendons of both the ordinary sense of the word was an accidental ale fore-legs are out of gear, and I should think circumstance unknown to Toole at the time. it would be impossible to give him a thorough The vila lasinuations hurled at her chastity preparation. Bluebeard, a sterling little race- had not the lightest foundation. In fact and pony, has also temporarily broken down, and were sufficiently rebutted by her immaculate his rehabilitation is also more than doubtful, deportment la all parts of the world in a show wallet poor old Home Guard is hardly likely to marvellous in skill and got-up regardles of cost. see the post again. These misfortunes are a His Honour, in summing up, sild the case was bit of bad luck for friend Buxay, but as I learn mixed and he should take time to consider it, that he has secured that genuine racer Lightning He had not seen the Marlonettes but could not from Mr. D. E. Sassoon for goo ixels, there is believe in their absolute likeness to human every prospect of the popular blus and white beings, who it should be remembered rank buz | Jucket belog well to the fore a month hence. The slightly after the Angels. Although, recording Amoy crack' Timekeeper is looking very fit, to what he had been told, the moral status off and the small bat well-shaped kept-over griffin the Marionette Salvation Army ladiested them to Dainty may yet reward Mr. R. H. Bruce for his be the very counterpart of their human confreres, pluck and perseverance. The latest Emo Derby as attestid by the inclusion of certain local griffa is a shapely grey, marble-marked on bis characters notoriously beyond redemption, yet bind quarters, but he struck me as being lacking "It was absurd to sink into abadlate empr, as this in substance and so fine in condition as to Salvation Army did not hand round the collec suggest that ho bad already been worked op tion plate. He did not profess to have grasped almost to concert pitch. A big upstanding gray the case in all fax hearings reference had been griffin, purchased la Shanghai for 250 tasis and made by the prostation to sprituous eggs hutsent down to win the Desby for the syndicate he did not remember any evidence that Tools known as Mr. "Fourman," impressed me rather had been imbibing either egg-flip or brandy favorably at Arst sight, but it will be safer to nogg. He thought the best thing was let hims pans na opinion after the maka has been sell and the fary to go to the side wings ofʻike · galloped.
BERLIN, December 15th, sentenced to three years' impiisonment, com- Dr. Moll, recently convicted of perjury and maltted suicide to-day by taking poison walls on the way to prison. The poison was handed to the doctor by an unknown person,
NORFOLK, December 15th. John L. Porter, formerly Chief Naval Con structor of the Confederate States navy, and the projector and builder of the famous ironclad ram Virginta (Merrimac) died at Portsmouth laat night, aged 80.
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GENOA, December 15th, The Banca Populaire has applied for an ex- tension of time,
DUBLIN, December 16th, John Redmond, speaking at a mass meeting at Taam, reiterated the statement that the question of Home Rula has been shelved by the Government. He declared that jury-packing, which Gladstone and Morley denounced in 1890, was practiced last week at Cork, when farty-one Catholica were rejected for jury duty, and Protestant jurors almost exclusively impannelled.
BERLIN, December 16th. Professor Charles Michelst, the famous historian of the German systems of philosophy, died to-day,
PATERSON, (N. J.), December 16th.
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In the four-round contest between George Dixon and the Australian Billy Murphy the latter 2k was knocked out in the third round.
MELIGURNE December ryth.
The bark Trafalgar anived from Balaria to-day witér a feniful voyage of forty-eight days. During the page the captain, two officers and three seamen died of fever. Several other seamen were prostrated. A youth of 18 years Bavigated the vessel after the death of the captain and officers.
ST. PETERSBORO, December 17th, At the annual barquet on Monday last of and St. George, forty guests are said to bave soldiers deparated with the gross of St. Andrew partaken of a meat pie la a putrid state. The result is that fifteen have since died of cholers and the others were very sick for several days. BRUSSELS, December 17th:
lotestion to resign because of the uncertainty The Premier has fatimated to the Cabinet bis whether the members of the Right will agree to the principle of proportionate representation. In the new election buÍ.
MELILLA, December 17th, The Kabyles to-day attempted to capture a Spanish bark, Campon ordered the Arabs to be shelled, but firing was stopped at the solicitation: of the Momish Pasba, who promised to punish the offenders.
LONDON, December 18th.
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LONDON, December 20th. The Court of Queen's Bench has rendered Judgment in the salt of the republic of Chile the London and River Pista Bank, regarding against the Royal Mail Steamship Company and the possession of 338 silver bars, valued at £130,000, conveyed from Chile to the Montevideo branch of the River Plata Bank by the British war ship Esplegle at the request of President Balmaceda. The judgment Yavars defendants.
In the House of Commona Home Secretary Aagalih moved the rejection of the Lords' amendment to the Employers® Zlačility Bill, permitting what is known as "contracting out." Asquith declared the amendment mischievous and impracticable. It was rejected by the House,
ROME, December, 20th, Every hour makes it evident that radical measures are needed to save Italy from sestone trouble, perhaps from a revolution. At the Calapi brought forward none whatever. formal opening of the Chamber to-day Fremier
would be beneficial to the country he merely Instead of outlining vigorous policy that dealt in vague suggestions. The feeling here Sicilian Deputy, Signor Felice-Gluffrida, that in decidedly pessimistic. The statement of the Sicily proposed not to pay any more taxes, has caused a sensation.
House of Commons asking that a committee be A motion will be brought forward in the appointed to Inquire into the management and expenditures of the British section at the Chicago World's Fair. Documents have been produced containing signatures said to have been forged,
Louite Michel was interviewed at her home af East Dalwich, and expressed her entire approval of Valliant's bomb-throwing act
The Standard commenting on the admittance NEW YORK, December foth of Utah to Stalekood, says it is inclined to the belief that polygamy will again be practiced and publisher of the New York Tribune, djed Samuel Sinclair, from 1843 to 1864 cashier with inspunity, and side that ië is eren ballerad i -to-day from presmenia, agod 71 years,
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