SWATOW NOTES.
(FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.) SWATOW, July Bib. ——— A low remarks upen the condition of society In this well known coast port may be of laterest to some of your readers, so I venture to split it up into four classes as follows:-First, the Aristocracy which consists of the foreign consols, leading merchants, the Indoor Staff of the Imperial Maritime Customs, and last, but not lear, our energetle medical officer of the part, to whom we are doubtless indebted for Immunity from the ravages of the plague fiend. The second class is made up of the Outdoor Stall of the Customs and the "sky_pilots." The third class consists of the Customs "small fry," engineers, constables and pilots, what the humble members of the "Fourth Estate"
"are to be found among the publicans and Eurasians who qualify themselves for admission into one of the "circles" by a display of love for foreign sport tand pastimes, especially the highly interesting game of lawn tennis. The members
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1894.
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Prince Krapotkin, the noted nihilist, is suld to CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL have been croght in the drag-net seizures by St. Persburg police.
A new method for photographing is colours has been edginated by a member of. National Academy of France,
A syndicare has been formed at Copenhagen for building an Eiffel tower 700 feet high on bill ndj-ining the diy.
REGISTER.
gah July, 189;.—At 4 p.m.
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Calton to the Lays chiefs. He had reported the matter at the time to Phya Suphawadi, at Korat, who get out with free army, making forced marches, towards Wien-bon, to check Anak's scheme. The messengers of the latter continued making loud assuranceathermer's contrition at having ever rebelied, and bis desire to atone for ft. Before the Slamese reinforcements could arrive, however, Ağuk
dropped the suddenly mask of submission, and captured Wat Klang, where the small detachment of men attached to the person of the Commissioner lodged. Every
There are In Rausis about 7000 miles of one inside was killed, although no resistance was offered, and only those who had gone out raliroad belonging to the Government, and 11,603 chow. in search of food-escaped. Those started tolles swered by companies, swim across to Nong-kbal, their boats having been destroyed by the Laos, but they were pat- sued, and several hundreds slain whilst in the
Phys Sophawadi's forces hastened to avenge the teacherous massacre, and co- countered the rebel army near Sawanaphoon. In the melde Aunk's son, who was in command, sestig succeeded in slaying the Siamese Minis ter with bis own but missed his thrual and was rounded and obliged to flee, together with his father,
I these various sections are scarcely known to heard of Annepsion of hostilities, which were
esch and never mix-unless it be "after the ball" or on the occasion of a general rush to an hotel after-well, after bed time.
Several of the steamers calling in at this port from Hongkong have brought up plague patients, but the victims were one and all promptly taken to a mat-shed hospital situated to the east of the fort and kept la shict seclusion.
I was rumoured here the other day that the lado- China Co.'s steamer Canton recently discharged the corpse of a plague patient among a quantity of salt fish, the bedy doubtlers having been slewed among the Esh unknown to the officers of the ship, and in the bops that it would be decently buried by the fan kwai it was promptly dumped' In the plague cemetery. The demand
for
the sal fish fell as flat as a flounder as soon
as the corpse episode reached the ears of local
dealers.
very
Swatow is expanding, and some fine godowns have been erected on the reclaimed land. Messts. Butterfield and Swire now have splendid godowns on this fine water frontage, which are said to bave been "an un" very cheaply as far asshekels are concerned but dearly in respect to the lives of the hapless coolles employed on the building, drains, etc. There are, however, a number of large and evil-smelling
drains ning through the reclaimed land, past the Custom's sheds and other well known land. marks. These drains are in a highly insanitary con-ition owing to hundreds of coolles using th
c urinals at all hours of the day od night.
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The King of Annam was very wrath when he defeat, and sent Ambassadors to ask for a still going on in the Laos Province of Lakon Phanom.
They we e mistrusted, however, on account of Anuk having had Annamites with him when he attacked Wat Klang, and, a quairel arising in consequence of their pirogance, they were all killed except one.
Two thousand five hundred weddings were celebrated in St. Petersburg during the first week after the Russian Easter.
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Mr. Stead's Calcago book has slready reached sale of 10,000 copies in England, and a second edition will sonn be printed.
Russian newspapers are in great anger over the Servian coup d'etat, and denounce ex-King Hotho Milan as being rep insible for It.
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A patralt of Emily Bronte, the only one known, has recently been discovered and will Capa St. Jean- soon te engraved for publication, the new lea-
Bronislaw year-old violin perdigs, who is now satvelshing London, is a Pole, four feet high. Justin McCarthy bas legued
an appeal to the Irish for aid to keep the Irish members in Perlis ment on
until the end of the session. Washerwomen are treasures at Johannesburg South Africa. Their charges, says a lady writer, would almost appal a millionaire,
The efforts made by the admire of the peet Belns, fa Germany, to erect a monument in bis honor, continue to meet with failure.
that there are but
veterans are sold in be centenarians
R. Dibbs, Premler of New South Str George declared the Govtinment Wales, in a would adhere to the policy of Protecilon.
Her Kuhn, the eldest scter in Germany,
honghad Fachown
Cant... Autone
Another Annamese
A French e:corte by way then despicbed from Hue to Bangkok by ses to They were complain of what had happened.
uced to Justis to demand the surrender of the four Siames officials who had ken part
at in the at Lakon Phanom, rod the with 'massacre " at drawal of the Stamest trops from Wier-chas, drawal
as Annamite territory. which was claimed as Phra Nang Klso rent a reply to the Fog celebrated two weeks ago the sixtieth anniver
aurylenes of Napoleon's Grand Army. The four uppe
for delivery to the King of Aangan, hut they debesader beleg rent to Hoe. Accordingly, t, insisting on a Samete to fictive the following year Phra Angrak Phutborn war sent to the Cent at Avorm, being a reply to the effect that the affir at Likos Phanom would be strictly enquired into as sean as the militasy 021
provinces returned. excóllion to the Mekong provinces
The demands of the ruler of Annam for the surrender of the four Simese officals in charge murdered the forty-eight of the force which men belonging to the Aadamite Embassy at Laton Phenom angerci King Phra Nang K'ao greatly. He reflected that his former tributary and rebel, the Los chief.nin Anok, had been welcomed and assisted by the of Annam,
King even in his treachery at Wien-cbar, when
The thousand Siamese were massacred.
PUCf some sort were employed to keep King of Siam therefore iepiled to the demand
If in averseer
the coalies out of these huge sewers and generally lok after the hundreds of chinkles' who employed in loading and discharging cargo
might acciue to the residents generally. But there seems an inclination on the part of the "Upper Ten" to pursue a penny lse and pound foolish policy, regardless of the trable consequences.
If the "1. G." were to drop to here just now be would probably raise ractions over the new Boat Harbour which has already cost the Customs 10,000. Fancy the sex-walls of this basin being without boat davits and steps. As well make a dining table without legs or Kigeze a gione in a vice la the hope of getting a copious flow of blood out of it,
The China Merchants' pontoon is not yet ready for use, and judging by the rate of progress so far the last (top will be heard long before they will be formally declared ready for use by the Incal agent of that wealthy corporation, Possibly ilance of the building fund has been remitted the b to Peking for the parchase of arms wherewith to drive the lively little Japs out of Korea, But whatever the reason, the fact remains that although the godowns are greatly needed the work is practically at a standstill.
"SIAMS-TITLE-TO-THE LEFT-
DANK,"
posscasion,
A rare and reliable manuscript volume, willten by a former Foreign Minister, Chao Phys Raviwongst, who held the portfolio during the last reign, and died some two and twenty years ago, has come into eve stys the Siam Observer, and enables us to narrate, for the first time, the exact sequence of even's which led up to the Siamese occupation of the famous left bank of the Mekong. It reveals a curious contrast to the dictum of M. de Liessan and his earth-hungry compatriotu, who fabricate stories about Annamite jurisdiction being exercised there up to ten or eleven years
3jn,
war was
In 1829, writes the historian-who was an eyewitness of the occurrences wbleb he records during the reign of H. M. Phra Nang Klao, the third Ring who had reigned in Hangkok, a declared against Siam by Anuk, the
are The Chief of the Luos.
the pretext was that at cremation of Phra Nang Klao's father, Lo! Ls, Aruk asked for a present of a dozen girls oul of the latter's housebold, and was refused. He returned to his capital, Wieschan, highly incensed, and ordered preparations to be made
aw of
of his first appearance on the stage. Until the 1st of April the
the price of gas la that date it was reduced to go cents per 7,000. London was 60 cents pro cubic feet. On
To King of Italy has conferred upon Professor Virchow, the famous German surgeon, the grand cross of the Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus.
The St. Petersburg Novce Vramya asserts that a
ta complete understanding has been trived at between the Russian Government and the Vatican
To Stockholm, the Swedish captial, belongs the doubtful credit of having the largest death rate from the effects of alcohol of any city in the world-ninety in 1,000.
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-Flaremorem entzund to sarval of the sea to inches, teaths_mać hadroda, Tamprenture in the shade in degroot, Pah raha, Humidity la perdentage of meation, the buddite als erated with motitzes being 100, Direction of the wind to two points, 5.—Foros of the wind arcending to Babet, fate of the mather, & Blue sky, Detacha louds, Delasting rain,For, a Roomy & Hall, Light;
• Oran, #Fundur showers, y Squally, ▸ Rain, 1 Bore, Thunder, Vilbility, Dew, wat). ↑—Rain in inchisa, badha and hundredska,
FG, Proo, Pin Amolocast, Hongkong Observatory, toth July, 1894.
HONGKONG register.
There is a band of thleves in Naples which, like rats, frequent the under-ground sewers, and Raster........... bore their way into shops for the purpose of robbing tills and geads.
The Anglican bishop of Jerusalem_says that 109,000 Jews have settled in Palestine during the last few years, and the indications are that
go therr,
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Six hundred designs for a new set of postage stamps, soon to be issued to France, have been sent to public competition for a prize offered by Hongkong Observatory, 10th July, 1894. the Government for the best.
A red-skinned fraud is being exhibited at the "Sitting Bali." The Antwerp Exhibition s penatae old chief, it will be rememberci, went to the happy hustlag grounds many moons
through his Ambassador, that Phra Wichit and to the laws of war, and therefore succording to the of could not be given up. The reply iscented the Klog of Annam greatly, and he forthwith sent word to Bangkok that if Wor
peace was to be preserved Phra Wichit must be punished and publicly paraded through the streets, in the presence of the Annamite envoys who brought the letter. King Para Nang Klao replied, as did bis grandson years later,
sixty that the punishment and degradation of since. Siamese officer for doing his duty was not to be thought of, as it would be utterly subversive of di cipline
to promise, if Phra willing
Phra Wichit was found to have exceeded his duty, to degrade bim to case he had. This did not satisfy the King of Annam, who repeated his demand for Wichit's surrender, reminding Phra Nang Klao that when the Burmese asked bim (the King of Asunta) to join them in conquering and dividing Slam, he refused, because the
According to a report just lasued by the Greek scheme was dishonest. He also gave other Minister of the Interior the recent earthquakes
its Instances of his past friendship towards In that country caused the death of 207 persons,
Phra Slam.
Nang Klac replied
the sexlous
The German Emperor energetically continues his efforts to laduce the officers of the army. money, and above all, not to live beyond their means.
WAR, however offici la generally. He especially the young ones, to be careful with their
that
Several persons have been arrested at Monte- video on suspicion that they are the forgers of be notes on the London and River Plate and other banks which have recently been put into circulation there.
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the debt was not all on one alde-that|tion of jury of 154 more, and the destruc- Mall Is lgbted.
Slam bad belped to put the previous
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King
houses.
Anam on the throne. However, the two x GOMBowlca and Engineer Weisenthal
Dations ought to continue friendly, and not have trouble about the froutler, which was clearly
the
of Plan, Champon, and The provinces Puong, baving been conquered by
eart of
have just been condemned la Berlin to Imprison. ment for nine and three-months respectively for making inflammatory speeches at meetings of the unemployed last winter.
The population of Melbourne, Australia, at the
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Is September 1832 the due to! the Industrial depression, from which the A GENERAL MEETING of MEMBERS Embassy conveying the answer to this returned city is now beginning to recover, and reported, that the King of Annam, after
A much blee
bigger wheel than the groat Ferds | THURSDAY EVENING, the rath Instant, at Phra Nang Kira's letter, struck the table | Wheel, which revolved in the Midway and le to | 7.30 13. each bis sist, and spake very angrily, be set up in New York, is buliding at Earl's bat did not address the Ambassadors at all. Two Court, London. It will be a 400-feet wheel and days later their presents were returned to them, will cany 2,000 people in fifty cats. and they were requested to
to leave Annam. Pära Germany has had some
allver coinage me very free Nang Kino was very wrath on bearing this, and in recent years. It was stated before the In-
tacy Commission declared that all trier dship between the two perial Currency
that silver thalerg countries must cele forthwith.
the value of $10,505,000 had been coined The contemplaos rece
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accorded to the on private account and circulated illegally," Siamese Embassy by the King of Aunam (1833) A French bicyclist has just crossed the Alps, | FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAIWANFOO, was amply repaid later on by King Phra Nang by the Mont Cenis Pass, on his bicycle. The 1836 the former monarch seat envoys weather was unfavourable, and the road was Kien 10 1836 to attend the cremation of the late Second King made slippery by snow and rain. The trip was here, with the usual gifts. They brought so an incident of a journey on the wheel from Rome letter to Phra Nang Klao, however, and be to Paris.
receiving resented this by daily
the American Some years ago Great Britain led the world in Embassy, which had arrived at the asme ume, the consumption of alcoholic liquor. During and entirely i.noring the Annumites. They the last twenty years, however, the rate, It is said, to warded chels, presents, but they were returned, has fallen off ane-half in the British fales, while that they should be taken away at the same time the use of strong drink has request that:
doubled la France, * con as possible. The envoys took the bint, and embarked without delay, but as they
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the Mekong to Korat, Phra Nang Kiss then despatched despatched to Aunam to avenge the fault, and restrictive measures against bicyclist, arresting CONST
his uncle, the Second Kleg, to repel Anak, Phys Racha Suphawadi being sent against the other Both succeeded in execut.
orders,
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Pe heen tributary to
King Para Nang
Kino, who ordered an instant, the publishers and nearly all the passult of the fasoleat Embassy. They managed,
the staff have been put in prison, however, to effect their escape. An army, | leaving no one to work on the paper,
was at OBCE Kingston, not far from Londor, is laying magnified to 200,000 men,
and fining them whenever the smallest excuse Can be found. These travellers have simost taken possension of the place, no less than 30,000 passing through on a receat Sunday,
the fourteen years' wat which ensued ended in the cession of the left bank and a large slice of Cambodia to this country.
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
France bas 7,600 soup kitchens, Austria is realing a flying machine. Liverpool has an elevated electric road, Undertaking in a municipal monopoly in Paris. The Parle police are arresting raco-track pater
force at Sinag-trek being compelled to fos ing their to Appam, and Phya Suphawadi taking on the left bank, Fossession of Wien-chan, opposile Nong-khai. Slam was therefors in actual possession,
TORKE Lenitory which had her, and which France has now wrested from bet on
ence of having an older tille, Phys on pretence of Suphawadi was made Minister for the Northera Fravinces, and furnished with a strong force of soldiers in case the rebellious Anuk tried to re-take Wien-chan. He made Korat ble head. quarters, and had deputies at Nong-kbai.
In 1831 Suphawadi sant a subordinate official named Mun Thepe Pakdi, with ten soldlem, to Wien-chan, to call the Laos chicks to a con- ference. Shortly afterwards three of his escort returned and reported that Pakdi bad been seized,
and that they alone had plunged into the rives and escapad to tell ce sent to Wien-chan London which was san by electricity. A detach
As far back as 1853 there was a clock in to rescue the official, but on arrival they
Count Tolstol is writing « “'cosmopolitan warmly welcomed, and it was explained-per-drade which he says is to be the last of his haps with truth-that the three soldiers and
works.
ment of 600 imen was at once
WOLD
taken fright at nothing more than an attempt to embrace them.
.
Afghan Army is being re-equipped on the British model,
The British Mint coins twenty-ave tons of pennies every year.
Australia in
"In experimentlag in shipping poultry and game to
to England. of all the criminala of France.
Childless and unmarried men form 72 per cent.
bay Bilght is said to be the correct colour la
horsa Bosh this season tri London,
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Last year 3,343 vessels passed through the Sues Chaal, of which 2,403 carried the British
In August of that year Anuk sent word secretly here is a low in Germany lezbidding restau- ]
that he was returning with an army lent him by
the King of Annam, consisting of 2,500 Laosians | rateurs to serve byer to people who have eaten and Annamaltes, Ön serival he sent massenrary | figli.
to tell the Siamese Commissioner that he had Prince Henry of Prusela was recently travelling returned to surrender to the representative of the | la es uikein Italy incogalio under the odd nais ruler of Slam, and go to Bangkok.
of "Butcher."
Anuk's treacherous professions of submission Mascagni is said to have made $90,000 in were not believed by the Slamase Commissioner | profits from Cavalleria Rusticana down to the at Wien-chas, who had soon his secret sommuni- - god of last year,
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JY ▲ HANDY SEAFARING MAN in any FOREMAN of WORKS, or ASSISTANT to position of Trust, such as OVERSEER, other Feremas.
Good relayangan, and goed local koowieige and experience. Will be satisfied with moderate
Apply to
"A. B. C," ofo Hongkong Telegraph Offps. Hongkong, 10th July, 1894-
PERSEVERANCE LODGE OF
HONGKONG, No. 1165, E.C.
...Mears. F. Blackhead & Co. ...Mess. Heuermann, Herbst & Co. ...Mesars. Kelly & Walsh, Limited. ...Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co. ...The Hongkong Trading Co. ...Man Ya Tong, Hollywood Road, MACAO.........Mt. A. A. de Mello.
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Messrs. N. Monila & Co., Ld. FORMOSA... The PROPERTY may be purchased by FOOCHOW ....Mr. H. W. Churchill..
SHANGHAI PRIVATE TREATY.
For particulars, apply to
Messrs. SHAW & CHALANT. Bangkok, tath June, 1894.
Intimations.
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LEVY HERMANOS.
́EWELLERY, DIAMONDS, WATCH; CHRONOMETER & CLOCKMAKERS. A great variety in Fancy Goods and Optics: Instrumenis. Navelties received by urey
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10, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Opposite the Tisleraph Offos,
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& NORTH- KEM PORTE
Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited,
Shanghal
Mesmu. Kally & Walsh, Limited. JAPAN... Yokohama.
Baxoxox ...The "Bangkok Times " Office. SINGAPORE...Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited. {PARIS and}
or to
LONDON Messrs. Amédée Prince & Co,
"THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH " OFFICE,
Pedder's Hill, Hongkong, 16th January, 1894.
NOTICE.
THE "BOKHARA" DISASTER.
A FULL DESCRIPTIVE REPORT of the
carefully Revised and Räited),
THIS 18 THE ONLY V
COMPLETE
CHS. J. GAUPP & CO.,
With all Particulars, Reports of Interviews ““HRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK- with SURVIVORS, the Cruise of the Zhalit, ......
MATERS, JEWELLERS, SILVER- official reports of the Chief Officer, the Ancona,
IMITHS, and OPTICIANS,
and H.M.B. Perfoder, the MARINE COURT OF CHARTS and BOOKS,
Inquiry and its FINDING, experiences of other NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, Steamers in the same Typhoon, the Normand (775 | Male Atolta for Louis Andwaars Watches- albastre, ko, d
awarded the highest Frisca si arwy. Muhibition;
(AR and for Võlgták Mäer and Hahn's CELEBRATEĎ OPERA GLASSES, MARINE GLASURERII SPYGI ASKER Na, K, Queen's Rasă Central, [698 G. FALCONER & CO., JATCH and CHRONOMETER MANU- NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, CHARTS 184 BOOKS. No. 45, Queen's Resi Contrai,
REGULAR MEETING. of the above
AO WENG OF HEA HALLOYS SONDAY, instant, at $go for a p.m. precías))) Besthran, are onedially invitni. Hanging, tosh July, 1894
WATCHES
・ REPORT OF THE DISASTER. PRICE ......sanetenstvare
......FIFTY CENTS.
Öröses should be vest in so
THE MANAGER Hongkong Telegraži Offon, Padder's Hil
Honghong, võch Ontober, 199625