Intimations.
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NURSING MOTHERS AND INFANTS
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DYSPEPTICS AND INVALIDS.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1894.
OUTBREAK OF YELLOW FEVER AT
RIO DE JANEIRO,
MINERVA, the Goddess of Wisdom, never Two Chinese women have matriculated at the a day" (the limit of adjournment) and In witness' married, and yet Solomon, who was considered ↑ University of Michigan, Yellow fever le raging on board the foreign Miasis was never asked to join the happy Inquirer:
the wisest man, had a thousand wires. Perhaps || \ men-of-war at Rio de Janeiro.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
H.M.S. Leander walled for Singapornata a'clock
this afternoon.
A CANADIAN court has defined the word
thief"
IT is specially recommended as an article of "border" to mean" the very lowest class of
diet for NURSING MOTHERS as it wil strengthen and support them and at the same time enrich the Natural Milk and increase the Supply.
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American mail, &c, left San Francisco for this THE P. M. S. S. Co. steamer Pars, with the
port, via Yokohama, on the 17th Inst.
THE returns of the number of visitors to the City INFANTS FED on this Food put on flash Hall Museum for the week ended February 18th are:-Europeans, 198; Chinese, 3.249 total
rapidly.
3.447.
́In two` and sixpenny and one and sixpenny We are informed by the Agent of the Messgerice bottles at $1.10 and ya Centé,
Maritimes Co. that the steamer Caledonian, with the next French mail, left Salgon for this port at 1 p.m. to-day,
AGENTS IN HONGKONG: DAKIN. CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED,
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VICTORIA DISPENSARY, Hongkong, 12th January, 1894,
CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT.
A. S. WATSON & CO.,'
LIMITED,
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FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMISTS.
THE Agents (Mesars D, Sassoon, Sons & Co.) Inform n that the steamer Arratson Apcar, from Calcutta, left Singapore for this port at 156 daylight yesterday.
The mortality retures for last month published in the Gastite shew the death rate among the British and foreign communities to have been 18.6 and the Chinese 17.7 per 1,000.
Ir is rollfied in Saturday's Garette that twelve months' leave of absence, to begin from the tot proxima, has been granted to Lieut. E. Osborne of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps,
A REGULAR meeting of the Eothen Mark Lodge, No 264. will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for g o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are condially invited. ACCORDING to a recent Notice to Mariners the site of the sunken jarki below Piknam, in the Bangkok (Meinam) River, are at present marked by a two-masted vessel, palated white, on which
red light is shown from sunset to sunrise. We have been requested to notify that an am- bulance lecture to officers and seamen will be given by Dr. James Cantlle, F.R.C.S on "First WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, Room, West Point, at 8pm. to-morrow evening. Aid to the Injured at the Seamen's Reading
ANALYSTS
PERFUM ER S.
PATENT MEDICINE PROPRIETORS AND
VENDORS.
DRUGGISTS SUNDRYMEN.
Ara Court Martial held on board the Victor Emanuel to-day, W. Lane, an A.B. of H.M.S. Leander, was sentenced to twelve months' impri- ronment for striking the Master-at-Armt on the ship to which he was attrched. McLeod of the Pallar seted as president of the Captain
Court,
A FORGERY Case in which a late employée of ane of the Nam-pak hengs figures prominently, is now engaging the attention of the detective force. The hang's "chop" was used to the tane of $3,000, but whather the firm or the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank will have to bear the loss wo are not in a position to state. Tax Police still continue the crusade against the owners of unregistered dogs. At the Magistracy this morning a Chingman was fined $to for keeping a couple of "wonks" that had not been Invested with the prescribed leaden decoration. Every hing and everybody must be decorated now Veilly! Bellyjous has a lot to answer lor.
band, and then again she may have preferred to talentioany apecial direction?
Has Norman Gilbert developed die an old mald, or believed in that well-known Admires: No. He does not seem to have i. saying about stalen sweets !
any talents: I think he must be a genius.
| biggest planets:
He only wanted the earth and a few of the Legal Luminary-"You say you took $5,000 How much more is left in the safe] Wikip
Defaulter." About $5,000 mara,"ORDERS Legai Luminary Go back and gut R. In cum of this magnitude my fees always tit op to $10,000,
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Is the course of a sermon delivered in St. Peter's Seamen's Church yesterday, the Revdo A. G: remarks upon the subject of the recent collision Goldsmith made some very feeling and sensible between the Hangchew and the vessel now, considered certain to have been the St. Asaph The chief officer of the latter vessel, as well a Some had only recently joined. others of the crew, were members of the Church.
It is notified that the Post and Money Order Offices will be clsed on Thursday, Filday and noon; but the night box will be kept open as mus, Saturday next (the aand, 23rd and 24th inst.), at | On the ased inst, the Post Office will be from 3 30 to 6.45 p.m. for the purpose breeds supplementary matter for the out-going American mail Shaald the French of American mail antre on the afternoon of the hand, the Office will be kept open for one hour for delivery.
"Look here," sald the kind-hearted man, “shis fa the second time you save asked me for to cents to help you to a night's sleep."
Is it ? aid the beach-comber who had just acented him opposite the Hongkong Hotel.
"Yes, it is. My opiɑlon is that you are an Imposter,"
*No, I ain't Guv'nor, no, I ain't. I was dead honest. You gimme ten cenis, didn't yer?
"Yes; and you don't look much as if you were on the road to a night's sleep,"
"Bet I am. I invested it square. You see
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opinion the chances were the other way.
His lordship granted the adjournment, the added that, even if Nur Mahomed was not then pilsener consenting; and the Attorney General changed much for better or worse, there would at a rate be more certalaty as to what course to adopt.
THE MYSTERIOUS FIRE,
Tus the Washington Society correspondent Edward Bedloe, late U. S. Consul at Amoy, is having sworn at the last Sessions that he saw of the Philadelphia Pudije Ledger:-"Dr. Ting Yu Chang was charged with perfary, spending a few weeks bere, and, as usual, ie | Lal Kit setting fire to 3144 Queen's Road West, greatly in demand at dinners where his ability (Lal Kit was charged with, axson, but was advantage as a raconteur is displayed to its greatest | requiited) Mr. Roblason, lästructed by
till ro s.m. to-morrow Mr. H. L. Dennys, defended.
After a good deal of evidence had been takeq the farther beating of the
© case was adjourned
women are shorter in the arms, longer in the ACCORDING to Professor Lombroso, criminal Hands and feet, heavier in the body, smaller in and eyes, &c, than normal women. The Pro- the head, longer in the face, darker in the hair fesse also crasiders that tattoring is m Infallible indication of criminal tendencies. THE United States Congress has settled the question as to whether an engineer 11, an efficer declaring (sec. 4111, Revised Statues). And of a merchant vessel in the rye of the law by officers of vessels of the United States, including vessels, shall in sil cases be citizens of the engineers and assistent engineers of all steam United States,*
Tux Japanese vemscular Niroku Skímġe states that the coming question of the day will be that of mixed or anti-mixed realderce, and the fight between the progressionists and conservativen thereon wil be long and hitter, while the effect future destiales of the country, the Government of the struggle will have a bearing upon the and society generally. The Government is said to be prepared for the impending crisis,
THE manager of the Bank of China, Japan and the Straits, Ltd, Informs us that the past years 18,000, which, however, is absorbed by working of the Bank shows a net profit of
137,000. Fall provision has been made for exchange and other Losses amounting to the loss in exchange on all funds remitted home, and for all London assets. The balance of
Eastera assets remain at 3/- for the dollar and
I'm troubled with insomnia, I 20, and it allus takes three doses of whisky to makes mest 1/42 for the rupee.
reposeful."
SLOWLY but surely the Chinese are 'calching on to the advantages accruing from the free circulation of daily newspapers printed. In their by no means behind her northern rival own language, and Canton is, it appears,
Lo
up-to-date dailies. Already there are three the matter of interesting and fairly
Rams and its suburbs, and now an enterprising vernacular organa etrcalating in the City of Cantonese firm of printers have Just placed an newspaper plant, ie, the printing press, and order with a local English firm for s complete other necessary incidentals, while the order for the Chinesa tyre requisite for the publication of given to the Chan Wan Yat Po. of Gough a four-page dally has, we understand, been Street, which concern appears to be doing an every increasing business in casting Chinese type, besides running a fairly popular daily newspaper..
THE capsizing of a junk near Cap-animun Pass yesterday, was attended with considerable loss: of life. From the mport of an eye-witness we gather that the jack in question was anchored
close
British cousins being in the lead la ship-baliding SAYS the New York Maritime Rigistars-Ott | and having about all the cream of this kind of work, naturally believe that what they do not know They have, however, been restive under some about the art of shipmaking is of small valas.
now come some of own naval architects with rather sharp remarks from French critics. And
work. Criticism coming from this alde will be adverse erifcism upon British ship-building resented of course departure of our own prople from British and
as being presumptious of experience. But the precedents and with the determination to excel the best that comes from abroad will be closely derided, but at the same time it is feared, watched from England. The rivalry may be
'not born
could not hall the other ship, to communicate not allow it. That was while she was fu rīzāk, by boat, and be voinnteered to go but I would
struck?-After arriving in Hongkong and zeig the waiks, I think we must have caught b
Can you form may oplaton as to hây lyhề”.
deck plate or stringer, to make such a cat.”~♪
You were drawing & ft, forward, and the misk was about the 20 ft that would make her deck laden when you saw her? -Yes; 19 ft would be 12 t out in still water. Did abe look deep about right.
stk on the port site; how do you account for But there'ls a damage at all above iba 20 ft. that?-It is almost impossible to explain that; dock, which may be useful. but I have photograpbe of the Hangchow in
(Photograph put in.)
After trying to pump out the fore peak, you gave that op and pumped out the forward THE "HANGCHOW" COLLISION, | bringing the damage partie above water.
ballast tanki-Yer, and so raised the bows,
MARINE COURT OF INQUIRY.
19th February, 2
What time was that?-About two hours after the calliston, or 3.15 8.0.
Did that make you perfectly safe?—No, but #t essed the collision bulkbezd.
into more moderate, weather. Every time she head?--Not anill next morning, when we got How soon did you feel safo about the bulk
plunged, the water dashed right against the bulkhead, even after heading back.
When you lost right of the other vessel, did you consider the advimbility of making towards where you had last sren her 7-Not exactly 3 we away, and as I had lost her lights I could not were pretty near already, four or five lengths tell what she was doing, and so we might have
hour, working the englaes just enough for But we kept about a parallel course for over AÐ gat lato collision again if we bad come nearer.
steerage way, to keep our position.
Capt. Hall:-Had you no iden she had sunk P
of her? That she had gone on to Swatow,
Then what did you think when you lost sight
not tell what she was doing.
But it was a clear night ?--Yes; but we could
you did not try to recover sight of it -It might Capt. St. Croix-When you lost bar light have been imprudent to get too near to her.
direction when you lout her, and you might have we last saw her forward of our starboard beam, The President:-She was moving in a certain gone in that direction-We did pretty nearly so; and we steered about a parallel course, steaming
confecture, even for days after. We were looking gone elider to Swatow or Hongkong. It waṇail slowly against the wind. We thought she had.
for her all the way down.
you list saw her Yes, simst over it. hour, you would pass very close to the spot where If you headed N. E by N. for more than an
consider the advisability of steaming directly to look for her sgalo, yet your marœœuvres must at Then can we take it that although you did not
is so, some period have taken you over it ?—Yes, that
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the worst possible position for you---Yes, it was, but I wanted to stand by the other shin,
But that brought your broken bowe to the sex,
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collision of the Hongchow with. "some unknown A Marine Court of Inquiry into the recent vessal" was held at the Harbour office to-day, The Court consisted of Comr. R. M. Ramsey, R.N.(president).Staff Commander Selby Lilburn, R.N. (Victor Emanual), Captain J. R. Hk (Tacoma), Capt. D'A de St. Croix (Wingsang), of the Hangshow, applying for an inquiry and also the Governor warrant therefor. Capt. H. Deans (Talchion).
The Prealdentread a letter from Capt. C. Derby,
Hangchow (certificate 08040, London, 1889) Charles James Derby, matter of thestesmahip the Hangchow.. We left Hongkong at daylight: uld have been 16 months in command of on the 7th February, in ballast, for Shanghai-No, none whatever. all went well dil 9.30 p.m., when Breaker Polst WA N.W. W, abcam 41 miles off; I then N. N. by compar, and to call me when wrote the night orders-course to steer E. by
then retired into the chatt room to walk til Lamock Light was N.E. by N. † P., compass. I
sleep by a shock, and heard the engine-rooms called. At 11,15, however, I was roused out of telegraph ball. I rushed on to the bridge and bows. Up to that time the massoon had been saw in the darknesa a vessel across our moderate as far as Breaker Point, and from
been a collision or not.-but I could tell some ship I did not know whether there had actually there moderate gale. When I saw the other
thing had happened by the difference in the ship's motion. When I got on the bridge I saw ship I made fall speed astern, and called out for the telegraph at step, and seeing the other
ladder to call me as I came up the starboard the second officer; he bad gone down the port
the engines ahead again. Our ship had come ladder. When I saw the other ship clear I put round off the course to about ESE, and showas - beading about S. As soon as the second officer chief officer to go forward and ascertain our (No answer.) caine back on the bridge ! sent him to tell the make sure how the lights had disappeared.--- Comr. Lilbora:-Then why did you not try to damage at once. Then I lost sight of the other The President:Then your course from steamer; his lights were all shat out from me Breaker Point was E. by N. N. and after the it was impossible to stand on deck, as she was under starboard helm, the Hangshots doming forward, and he had none aft. The Hangchowcollision you broke off to about E.SE, and the ring light and beam-on to the sex; we kept under the other's stern 7-Yes. was at that time labouring very heavily, so that other ship to about S.E., and you were both
the sea. A few minutes afterwards, perhapers to going ahead slowly, so as to bring her round to 8 minutes, the other ship was seen to burn blue light, and I saw her red light, about N. E. frem us, forward on our starboard bow, or rather just for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, which holds the to the sea again I stopped the engines, and chartered the steamship St. Asaph, on time char Henry Upham Jaffries, manager in Hengkong before the beam. As soon as we were head-on agency for the Mitan Bishi Coillery Co., tald :- answered the signal with another blue light, ter, for coal, between Japan and Heng kong. I Then her masthead and sidelights were shot out have a telegram from Shimonoseki, 3rd February, by her going ahead about 15 minutes of 3.17 p.m. "St Asaph 1450 tons coal feft Meji after the collision, and we lost sight of her. p.m." Also I have a letter dated 11th February light being shut out as she went ahead, wrote me on the 3rd; but I have no such together. We lost her through her own red by the Tacoma saying that the correspondent the time the other ship was burning the St Asaph and another by the next steamer, brat baring broadside on our starboard bow. About letter. I should have one copy of it by the 1 ft. of water in the fore-peak and wreckage have is this telegram. Her usual voyage is of blue light, our chief officer came and reported both are missing. So the only information 1 taken to that, as it was our own bow twisted rap arrived" I replied "Not arrived ; cup banging to our bows. I may state he was mis-5 days. On the 13th the agent wired me "Has round, not wreckage from the other vessel. I posed to be lost." I know nothing of her told him to do what was necessary and also draught: 3,450 is about a full cargo for her. SHOULD there be even the proverbial grain of
axious) then went and examined our damage aka the chief engineer. After I lost sight of the She is the only boat overdue, as far as I know; truth in the tumour current in shipping circles
for myself, and found it very serious. I put chew, stated I hold a master's certificate, other abhip (about which chlefly I had been today, the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam
we looked for her on the night of the 8th.
Thomas Wason, second office of the Hang- opposition of a combination that promises to be boat Co. will soon be called upon to face the
her before the wind so as to examine mere 109,707, Liverpool, 1874. I have been on the closely, with a light. About one o'clock the Hangchow about Eve months. On the sight of too strong to be disregarded. It la stated that The Japan Mail reports that considerable water in the fore-peak, so I told him to leave left orders to call him at Breaker Pot it, which several local Chinese merchants Interested to alarm is said to have been caused to the author that alone and pump out the forward ballast we did, and be then gave the conese .. by N,
engineer reported that he could not lower the the 8th Feb., I took first watch. Thr: captain the purchase of an eight-hundred-tonkverka fotinsale friend of the absentees Klas that the water was ebbing and diving ill the minute or two after 11 p.m., I saw two bright the Hongkong-Canion trade have spanged fottles in Soul by the fight to Japan of so Ryolun, tank; for it was certain from the appearances N, until Lamecks came N., by N. ¡N. A steamer at Shangbal, and that the vessel will and Bok, the shortly leave that port for Hongkong. Upon her abortive revolution of 1883. To le a native I was several times relieved by the officers so at and immediately after one lights polit on the port unfortunate leaders of the time through the hole in the bows. Up to 3am. Ights a point or 1 points on the ste board bow, Krriwal, it is said, a "pool" arrangement will be of Fasad, and his early Intercourse with entered into by all the owners of Chinese vessels Japanese residents there seems
to have to on forward. About 3.15, not seeing any more bow. I watched them all carefully, and took them running on the Pearl River. Hitherto, the made him an admirer of Japanese progress and Steamboat Co. has practically ignored the civilization. It does not appear that he took with the officers to return to Hongkong, and we starboard ones opening out a little, but not the existence of the Chinese boats, but now that any part in the illatared enterprise abore alinded vessel had gone on. We had no real knowledge probably coming in a little towards me, so I of the other vessel, I decided after consultation to be Junki.. After a mfante ortwe I noticed the coalition in threatened it is on the cards that to, for had he done so he could not have been
did so. We were under the impression the other part one. I therefore thought the port ons was arrangements will have to be arrived at instead allowed to live in Korea, much less to earn bis what was the damage to our own bow until ported the helm to alter the ship er & point, to of rates. Our information is that the Chinese ever, he has long been a personal friend and the Hangehow. (Leiter put in, reporting stem minutes afterwards. I saw all three lights of a of engaging in a basardous, if not ruineus, war livelihood by serving in local office. How from Mr. Cook, of the Dock Co., on surveying The port light kept steady sill, and about five we got to Hongkong. I have bera n.letter E. by N. i N, instead of E. by N. 7. as before. owners are inclined to cry "havoc but when admirer of the well-known fugitives now in from 16ft mark tors out and lost, plates and the matter is reduced to business-like form and Japan, and has been carrying on secret corres the almighty dollar becomes the pivot of the pondence with them. Recently letter from stringers lost for sft aft, other plates and frames port bow. They never got on my misrboard at stener there, half a point or one point on my new policy, sentiment is not likely to weigh for them mireursled and fell into the hands of ble started glo, to starboard, etc.; fully necessitating all When I first saw it to be a st samer we were official colleagues. Becoming conscious of the That letter agrees with my opinions as to the immediately ported hard and put the engine full the ship's immediate return to a place of salety.) not more than two ships' long the apart. I ROM AND AFTER THE 1ST OF JANUARY, H.M.S. Pigmy, which was despatched hence en in the Copria of bis evidence before the Opium Japanese sentement at Fuess where, through lag of the 8th inst. If we had waited four or five collided we struck her about the fannel. I AW the 14th instant to search for traces of the missing Commluten in India, last month, Surgeon, the assistance of numerous friends, he was able hours mere we could not have saved day, the green Hight distingily; us at cuck abaft of In fatal discovery, be fed with his son to the damage. We reached Hongkong on the eren speed asters. A minute or so later the steamers 1884, THE SUBSCRIPTION TO "THE HONG. | #teamer Saint Asaph e'urned to post from Major Little, Civil Surgeon of Montian to depart for Japan on board the Genkai Marw, light" or come into Hongkong unil The following When I went hard-poit-it beef ught us B.S.E. Breaker Point and Swatow. yesterday, without In reported to have said that he had ailing on the 8th slimo. The Korea Author day and that might have been very dangerous, or thereabouts, and the other vessel was then KONG TELEGRAPH " WILL BE THIRTY having obtined the slightest clue to the name of DOLLARS PER ANNUM, OR TWO DOLLARS CA on the Bib insant, off Breaker Folat. And back to Jadis he is in charge of the daring embezzlement, But by that time away. We had no possible reason to suspect reported our side lly hts bursing rightly. We only the ship which was to collision with the Hang the 4th Bengal Cavaley, and on, marching the false pretence that he had been guilty of ally felt sure the other ship was tanto before eighted her, our quartermaster rerved in the Afghan war of 1879-80 with ties, Anding that he had already escaped to the However, that was not my reason for not wallings across our bong, abr at W.S.W. At tx p.m., ds. n
Japanese settlement, requested his surender on eber result could with confidence here been retive section of the General Field Hosplish the legitive was already on bis way to Japan. speed befors reaching Bresicer Feigtas about 3 other ship coveted the two lengths before ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS - MUST BE PAID IN | allowed to elapre between the receipt of news of } bearers habitually consumed opium, and he was lad of 13, are living somewhere in the vicinity that we got ike full strength of the monsoon anda, seemed deep-laden, and like otz own la balid, -e espected, seeing that nearly six days were Many of the camp followers and Ambulance. It is reported that at present So and his son, mots, according to the patent 10% but after that are bout 7 knots. The other verzel such a disaster as we now know bappened. Our went full speed astern duria g the time the the fatal collision and the despatch of gunboat astonished at their powers of endurance. After
the war he was Surgeon to the 14th Regiment of Kobe,
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AMONG the passengers arriving from Calcutta by the Wingsang to-day, were Mr. and Mrs. James Hort. Mr. Hart, who has been engaged oa behalf of the Chinese Government for some five years past cn frontier negotiations with the Government of India, is en route to Peking, but will probably remain in Hongkong ever race. week. Mr. and Mrs. Hart are staying with Br. H. E. Hobsan, Commissioner of Customs. SAYS the New York Sus of December and :-
Col. J. Hampton Hoge, whose way across the continent was sald to be very wet, has appeared in Washington demanding to face his accusers and eager to prove his &tness to be Consulat Amoy, Chica. "I can trace by witnesses," says the Colonel," every step of my journey to San Francisco through friends whom I saw friends whom he met on His journey cannot but route." The Colonel's diary attested by the ́be edliying, and its publication will be awalted longingly.
Prisoner-Jedge,is this skinny, red-nosed faller goin' to be my Inwer?
Judge-He is Yan bare no attorney, and it Is the duty of the court to appoint counsel to defend you. Are you ready for trial?
"Jest a minute, your Honor: he's one of these divorce lawyers, alņ't ka ?"
He is sometimes called a divorce lawyer, (Sdr."
(Straightening himself up) * Jedge, on thinkin' the matter over, af you hain't no objections, Til take back that plea of not guilty, I stole the hog."
The Honghong Lelegraph.
When the time had anired for making a Cap-sul-man Pass awaiting food tide, start fifteen of the crew set to work to haut up the anchor by the aid of the usual Chinese wladies, but as soon as the cable was hove short, the strain on the fore part of the craft caused the gunwale to be submerged with the result that the water sushed into the time than it takes to record the fact, for she was vessel and she went down, bead foremost, in less so heavily laden that the alightest sex would have sufficed to fill and cause her 10 founder. All the men on deck were rescued by the crews of other fanks that were in the vicinity, but five men who were below at "chow" at the time, were sucked down and not seen again.
much,
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of Sikhs, and accompanied throughs?the Mashud-Wasiri expedition. The great majority of the men and native officer consumed opium. well hebayed. In some of their forced marches during lofanse heat. There was but little sick-
to search, or to render assistance, and even then may be gravely doubted whether the Pigmy was suitably equipped for her mission for no mention has yet been made of the employment ah. of grappileg rons or divers, although Their physique was unsurpassed and they were
was believed that the vessel foundered in about 17 fathoms of water. There should have been no difficulty whatever in locating the position of the sunken ship it, as is generally considered certain, she went down at the place Indloated by the Hangchow.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1894-
TELEGRAMS.
THE PARISH COUNCILS BILL.
LONDON, February 16th. The House of Commons continues to reject by Parish Councils Bill. The Unionists aro sup- porting the Government,
TOWARDS the end of January the police at Batavia surprised a meeting of Mahommedan evidently gathered together for no good purpose. fanatics, with a priest among them, who had A large quantity of religious decuments, charms, and talismans.--found in their possession was seized, and all those present were taken into leader, and it appeared that he had been custody. The priest proved to be their preaching the holy war against unbelievers with such success that a number of his followers had spent money in providing themselves with arms for the coming warfare. Timer, thirty-one persons were it custody for At the date of last advices, says the Straits
of the police are expected to lead to further participation in the conspiracy. The enquiries arrests. The priest bad given himself out to be & great personage and began by holding classes account in furthering his plans, sad persuaded to learn the Koran. He turned the teaching to his followers that they would be reileved of all trouble and care by Joloing in an cutbreak at bies to raise money for the good cause. Among Batavia to make him ruler of the land. He.so them were women who proved of great service to worked upon his dupes that they sold their valus him in winning over adherents.
SUPREME COURT,
IN CRIMINAL SESSION.
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it would not be more than 7% or 7. We left | so far as one could esa hastily." I ran down to Hongkong drawing 8 ft. and 15 ft. a ins, both call the captain,
the forward and the after ballast-tank being fall did not tap lain, and when I came up aga
I could not mike out anything of the other Capt. Hills Than what did you think !--She - vessel at first, except that she was a steamet i might have gone on, ay gania do wn; we could" coming out of my bed so suddenly, I could see not tell yes mani an
they were subjected to the greatest, sirala (Before Mr. B. J. Ackroyd, Fuise Judge.) very litis j'afterwards, when the burns the biner But it was a clear night! No, not by any
- ness, and enly four deaths occured during be thought, the expedition. This was con vincing evidence that an opium-eating se
February 19th.
AN UNSUSTAINED CHARGE.
stamina. He had embrequértly served de Civil falsifying accounts was released by proclama giment was inferior to sone in physique and So Chol, committed for trial on a charge of Surgeon in Uballs, Fare cepore, and Gurdaspur, tion, the Attorney General saving found that all containing a large Sikh and opium-eating there was no evidence to support the case
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light, she appeared to have a yellow fannel means,It was busy, monst son weather When I first saw ber, our bow was pointing The President was Breskas Polat light Just about her midship sections we were go visible 7-Yes,
as but all in our trick and her head was ahead, about a ship's length or two distant from ing round to eastward, and she was forging. How far, kumɑbout 14 miles, {
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Captain Deane Ifs fullivanje is 18 miles.
In connection with the compation which took place on the Rifle Association's Range on Saturday afternoon and in which eighteen mom ba a contested. Commander Asha, R.N., won large majoritles the Lordy amendments to the I Chapman, McDonald and W. S owart each für | distipps steal conditios often Prople, HeAbdoolah Khan, private in the Hongkong them, new they us an the wind was whiting too hèná lígất lớt some time, so why should the
the spoon for the best aggregate, while Measts population, and was of the deliberate opinion against him.
that the moderate corsampion of
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Mr. A. Chapol DE ... Sir Edward Grey, Parliamentsay Secretary, W. Stewart
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to the Foreign Office, has stated in the House of Commander Pain, H.D. *84.
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THE HONGKONG REGIMENT CARS. Regiment, was charged with attempting to murdes Nur Mahomed, a havilder, in the axinU Tegiment,
exercised a beneficial dance on the had also been Reikdent Phidin ki, two yards.yards.yads, papa. paint, Total. Calcutts Hospitals, and medical beer to a large Calcutta gaol and et serasi Englab sachs ta regard to crime or lunacy," he thought the be Alteraby General asked for an adjourn habitual use of opium was a iscior of stremely meat to the March Sessions, owing to the in- minar importance. Most exaggerated in pensions ability of the principal witness to leave the ware formed as to the inability afoplamale hospital in give up, the habit. The neving in hid experiance usually subnidad withings weak or tan dayaif Admission to gaol, even in the case of Invaterale consumers, or The prohibition of the growth, and consumption-of-molung in fodia, would be an absoluts impossibilty, and Buy attempt of the kind you altended with: danger of a popslas ́ ́ fin
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.Commons that for climatic reasons the delimitar. Shephard.
than of the Upper Mekong had been postponed
until the autumn,
SERIOUS EXPLOSION ON BOARD A
· ́ ́ GERMAN IRONCLAD,
When testing the speed of the German Irenciad
· Brandenburg," jt Kial, a steam-pipe exploded, Forty-one persons were killed and seven injured.
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ing round all the time. I starboarded the beat War, the sea great deal of and came up under her sterd, The weather was slightly has the usual N.E.. mónigon aaw something, dark, but took it for funk's Bat on a sleze night yo a coun 1 see smoke?— haze-but we could see Breaker Point, Urhi, maile, until quite closantini amal lendly for anything to be heard at that distance alle lights nga be visible alsaif-it very often cially sough, 14 miles off We did not hall The Faradent, -But you had seen the maste The President What did you understand happens that the side lights may be obscured by took it to be a signal just to let us know słowar jakt, gWo" were in the direct line of the wind. by the other wessel burning blue-light inoke nei dense enough to hide the bright In the ricially, and for that resten faserede from ber's It was about one point on our port Not meanlogisny immediale, danger 1-Noy | bewn Fad examined the Fights very carefully Just to locate tat Vestelo,
Surgeon Captain Borradallo stated that Nur Mahomed could not appear at the present that sen, te would have been madoss, Amccolllslaga. 1 may mention that my mind was Would it have been safe to low a boat all they were at a dists per, but could not tell Scasions as to the next Sessions, his prospects sacrificing human life fell
It was 'n steamer satti a moment before the were doubtful. Witness did not baileys be Your own ship was flying Hght and so apsid ever be able to be brought to Court of Ing about a great desi, dat in can Justice, being paralysed, he would perhaps be deeply laden and Kendis
running on Janka juri-indo, because we always bed, to see the ma about therek, SOGANG able to speak, barțit would be dapperous to bring it might be nasomary to take 18
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onldores, Into a steamier (not that I my you whathes he would recover within "a your und } } may
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