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A Farewell Benefit will be tendered to SAM MARKS, prior to his departure for Shanghai. On which occasion a host of attractions will be presented by several Local Atheleter
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TELEGRAMS.
(Fiam L'Avenir du Tonkin) FRANCE AND ITALY,
PARIS, January 8th.
At a grand féle given et Tunis the French and Italian meldents manliksted the warmest good will towards each other.
THE WAR IN CUBA,
PARIS, January 8th. It is asserted that the Cuban" Insurgenta are disposed to treat far pesos.
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chow on the jih inat,
Tur Commandant of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps has been pleased to make the following THE Ruselan cruiser Zaðtaka, unlved at Foo-promotions, to dato IsťJanuary, 1897 Corporal J. H. W. Armstrong to be Sergeant, wire Sergt. Wyle promoted. Bombardier T. Meek to be The King of Siam is expected to leave for Corporal, fez Cap. Armstrong. An election England es:ly to this year."
for a Bombardier, In place of Hz. Meek promoted, will take place at hend-quartors to-night
HLM.S. Grafton, with Rese-Admiral Oxley on board, arrived bare to-day from Kobe.
· Tax Colts will play "A" Co. West Yorks under Association rules to-morrow, at 4:30 p.m.
STILL CHINCHINNING.
PARIS, January 9th. Tax fight between Corbett and Fitzsimmons for The regiments, schools, and societies in France 15,000 has been fixed to take place on March and Rania are exchanging numerous New Yearth and will be fought in Mexico. groeiings
CHOLERA
PARIS, January 9th. The commander of a thịp that has arrived at Liverpool from Calcutis reports five deaths from cholera a veYORK.
THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
PARIS, January 11th.
The persons deported to the Mariannos island from Minile have revolted. The troups of the garrison there repressed the rebellion, killing 80 and wouding 40° of the departees.
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We notice that divers ara' now engaged on tha porilon of the'naw Praya wall facing old Pedder's Whorl and ranturs to hope that it may mean ONE of the first points that strikes one in looking that this portion of the work is to be pushed at the "destroyes". Hart and Handy, is the | shend and completed at last. One can never be exposed position of their rudders. Instead of corials, however, of what the Reclamation being weil under water and the head protected | authoiltles are about and very probably the by passing up through the counter, the rudder dies are simply fishing up blocks that have to ibese craft is placed with a considerabia por- || been lost there. - tlos showing above water and, as tho' vessels' stems are sharp, like a whale boat's, the hand le rise exposed, thas greatly increasing the danger of the steering gear being shot away. Another work point appears to be in the armoured screen protecting the atter wheel, which is similar to the wind screens fitted to the older locomotives, and gives no protection whatever to the helme THE Governor-General of the Philippines on the man. Possibly there is a reason for this, but ard Instant Issued a proclamation enforcing the only one that occurs to us is that the boats martial law throughout the whole of the Philip | are only intended to fight bow-on 1 pine islands...
PRIVATE telegraphic advices from Shanghal state that very cold weather is now being experienced in the Model-Settlement. His. Excellency the Governor has kindly consent ad to preside at the Prize Distribution at Queen's
College on Filday next, sand instant, at noon.
(Special to Kol Chronicle) THE CARIW CAST.,
YOKOHAMA, January 9th. Mr. J. Carey Hall (H.B.M. Congai at Kobe), was called on the trial noming this morning. Taking the oath being contrary to his religious convictions, Mr. Häll made" an affirmation instead. He produced the book of evidence THE many friends of Mr. Th. Schnell, the well- at the inquest on the body of Mr. Care (over which he presided) and swore to Mrs. Carew's known Military Instructor of the Chlaese, will be statement recorded therein as having been made very sorry to hear that he died at Wachang on voluntarily and without compulsion. Witness the 8th instant, read the statement, and in the course of it identified exhibits 12 to 15. The statement was
Monday,
Singapero on the 9th lost, charged with walng lan- CAPTAIN HALL Was brought up on a summons at
guage of a nature, that cant Imputations on the charister of Captala Buddery, the master of the American ship loy. The Lugonge used alleged that there was an Improper intimacy between Captain Buddery and Mrs. Busk, the wlls of the mate of the Jvy. Several witnesses were examined, with the result that Captain Hall was fined $75. Notion of appsal was given.
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M. ARCHIR H.B.M. Acting Consul-General || WHILE all the unreliable dailles have repeatedly ACCORDING to the Frochow· Dally Riko, a at Bangkok, has issued an order Imposing reported that the U.S. flagship Olympia | small colony of Chinese Christians who hava quarantine on all (British vessels arriving there would winter at Shanghai, yet wa, says the Bor settled in the Hok Chlong Hien village, near from Bombay
of Curios, ata in a position to say that It is not Foochow, have been sorely persecuted by thole so, for she leaves for Hongkong on the oth neighbours. They complained five times to a inst, and will winter there. The Admiral first | Magistrate, and he only told them they werd intended to winter at Shanghai, bat last week liars. Now, says the Foochow Ecke, their huts ha held an Inspection and soliced the new bara been burned and their cattle stolen. whiskers of the Junior Mess which the boys Complaints were made to Archdeacon Wolle, were taking the sap ont of their spinal columns who was powerless to help, and under a a trying, to sales, and concluded that the raffin named Ex Cheang Awa farther atrocities wintered them in the frost belt they would have been committed, the officials being powźzlese freeze and break off, so he concluded to put against the mob. As usual, the native officers them into the hot-house formed by Hongkong are telling the most barefaced falsehoods and harbour and save the crop of silk they had, so
the offenders go unpunished. As our contem- strained themselves in trying to develop.porary says, this in a flagrant breach of the tresty [Hongkong does not strike us as being very like between Great Britain and Chins and should abot-house just now; rather thereverse, in fact.] ¦ not go unpunished. The local magistrate should
ACCORDING to latest advices from home K.M.S.
only hall finished when the Court adjourned till 7pkigenta commisioned to-day it Portsmouth to relieve H.M.S. Eelus on the China Station. The Iphigento is a rister ship to the Eolus,
(Special to Kole Herald)'
YOKOHAMA, January ritk. Miss Jacobe, Isto Governers in the Carte household, was arrested, by Mr. Hodges, Con stable of H.B.M's Court, at Miss Belttan's Boarding House, No. 1, Bluff, yesterday after noon. It is reported that she has been arrested || upon a charge of murder. The case comes ön for hearing this morning,
LATER.
Miss Jacobs appeared at 9 o'clock this morn ing befors Mr. Troup, HB M. Consul, charged with the murder of the late W. R. H. Carew, Mr. Lowder prosecutes. Mr. Scidmore la watch- Ing the case on behalf of the accused. Mr. Litchfield appeared for the Crown. Mr. Lowder, opening ble case, said he lotends to prove that Miss Jacobs is the writer of the Annie Luke let- ters, and therefore the srowed murderer. Mr. Forch and Mrs. Hatchlem were examined. The caso stands remanded until to-morrow morning. The artet his aroused sympathy for Miss Jacobs.
The tial of Mr. Crow was resumed this morning. Mr. Hali contfaued his testimony, swearing to the evidence given at the inquest, PORT after removal should be tested a month.One wiss frana Marya's was examined. The before use. "When required for drinking at casa is adjourned until Wednesday next, ryth once it should be ordered to be decanted at inst. the DISPENSARY before being sent out,
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BIRTH.
KOBE, January 151.
(Speial to China Gavette) The proceedings in this important trial still continue, and every day brings withs it phares of a mais or less starting description, Daring the examination of Mr. H. V. Dickinson, one of the witnesses, to-day, it transpired that he had been deceived by the accused's statements; he had suggested divorce, not marriage.
(Special to N. C. Daily_Nawi.)
Kone, Jonary 15th, Thursday, and was adjourned on Wednesday The cue of Miss Jacobs occupied the whole of
morning to Monday, the95th of January. Mr. W. W. Till, of Messrs. Comes & Co., and Mr. F. S. James, of Messrs. Fraser, Farley, and Varnum, gave ball for her,
The til of Mrs. Caier was renamed paster- day morning, and Mr. Dickinson was compelled to continue the reading of his letters to the prison.or
TRE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,
The Excellencies West and Chang Viceroys of Chill and Halming respectively, and Sheng, Director-General of the Great Western Railway, have appolated Chang Chân-k'ai, an expectant Tantal of Chihil, to be the head of the Raliway Company at Hankow,
Another Trotal, San Chung-bulang, and an expectant district magliate named Hsiang (6|| Ming-chev, hara further been appointed to **-* | superintend the surveys cl the railway commenc- ing from Hankow northwards to a polat, pro, At No. 14th, Cheloo Road, Shanghai, or the bably, in Honan province where they will meet rith January, 1897, the wife of A. FULLER, of a | another party of officials and surveyors who have muda Peking skdi starting point, south. DEATHS.
Wards.
There will be a number of foreign engineers connected with both expeditions,
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At Lübeck, Germany, on the 28th of Novem ber, 1896, Consul C.]. Paredão, formerly of Amoy, China.
At Wachang, on the 8th instant, of apoplexy, TH. SCHNELL, late General in the Imperial Chinese Army.
At Shanghai, on the 14th instant, M. GLORGLI JULIN, Ingdateur-Archliccta,
At Shanghai on the rgth Instant, D. N. SINCLAIR, #ged 24 years..
The Hongkong Celegraph
IMPERIAL chinese poST.
SHAYOHAI, January 15th,
An kintady stated, the new Imperial Chlaste Post Office here will open on the xrt day of the Chinese New Year (ind February) The new office will be under the clock tower of the Car. tom House, Shanghai, its soome in which beve been refurnished and, ist in order for the new work in hand.
It appears that in the Yangtzó ports there are in all sixteen native primio postal agencies, ali of which have been relised as adjuncts of the
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MR. JUSTICE HYMOMANÍ Jones took his sent on the Bench at Penang on the 5th Instant, when the Solicitor-General Mr. Harwood addressed to his Lordship the usual congratulatory welcome.
In thele WuklySkara Rabort issued this after- noon Messrs Benjanim, Kelly and Potts state "the general aspect of the market has decidedly improved since our last” legno; raten of most stocks show an upward tendency, and in some cases a rize has been experienced, notably in Hongkong Fines, Unions, and Docks,"
Är the Crimlaal Setuloav to-day, before his Lordship the Chief-Justice, a woman named Chan Wan was charged with illegally procuring
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should also be ascertained at once. The responsibility of the Viceroy of Fallen
will be sent to all countries having mail arrange= menit, The saxelóns will last two months, and the debates will be conducted in French. China
Scur people have vary funny ideas as to what constitutes a practical joke, and Leung Kit is ons of them. "Hewan bailed upin Jervola Street yesterday by P.C. No. 111 Mackenzie, with a THE nexé Universal Postal Congress will assem- cash box bidden under his coat. As no sailable in Washington, U.S., in 'May next. Invitations factory explanation was advanced Mac fucked him up. Investigation showed that the ban belonged to one Chal Môn Chia, a compradore, just arrived from Formosa, and that it contained a girl under 16 years of age for immoral pur.ry and jewellery valued at about $200 as well valuable papers. To-day at the poses. She was found guilty, and in sentencing Magistracy it was put forward that the her to 18 months' hard labour kis Lordship said
box was only taken sa a Joke. Mr. Robinson, he meant to punish such offencer with the full severity of the law,
who defended accused, paid Mackensie a high|| compliment on his skill in making the arrest MR. J. CAREY HALL, H.B.M's. Consul at Kobe, and urged that there was no felonious Intent.. left for Yokohama on the 6th inst. by the Captain Hastlogs thought otherwise and sent the Gaelic on a brief visit. Mr. Hampden, who pilioner (a housebroker) to where he will be was recnally appointed Acting Consal at Hako-shis to think out some more jokes for three date, will shortly came to Kobe to take the place of Mr. Chalmers, 'who goes to Yokohama to fill Mr. Wildman's position while that gentle
man is zway on leave, .
THE 'Band of the West York Regiment will play the following programms at the Officers' at 8p.m. Mess, Murray Barracks, to-monow, commenclog
penÖrsstämme. Charles VI.mum.Halery,
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Old Tapestry mon...Boggetti -Felection ......Princess Todonganka Gay
from Incidents! Music Sullivan (2) King Harry's Bong, to Henry VIII,
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Pello fress. Walfsenfal ghiacbeth ...........Verdi
months. Had the constable not had his eyes wall about him the Formosas vizitor would have had good cause to regret his trip to Hongkong.
and the Orange Free State are the only countries of Importance that do not belong to the Universal Postal Union; they will, however, probably send delegaten. The vital question before the Congress will be that of payment by one country for the transportation of its malls across the domains of every other. Every grain of weight of mall maller aunt by one country across the land or water of another is now scrupulously paid for to, it destination. The settlement of the rate of paymnot causes a vast doaf of vexations work, The settlement of the rate of payment is made on the basis of sevilstles taken onses in three
so many complications and annoyances that it is proposed to do away with it altogether. Some countries, anys Scientiae American, among them the United States, seek the total abollsk- ment of these transit rates and the subsiliation, of an arrangement by which each country
· FIRE IN JERVOIS STREET.
years, covering a period of four weeks. Every country then weighs all the malls It despatches to every point outside Its Umlts, and the countries to which the malls are respectively addressed- THE second concert this season of the Hong-verlly the figures. But the system gives rise to | kong Smoking Concert · Club" was held on Saturday night in the City Hall, when them was a good attendance and the Hou, T. H. White head presided. The programme was a very fair ane and valuable service was rendered by the band of H.M.S.Immortalid, under Bandmaster A. W. Sharp. Commander Waymouth, R.N», | carries the mails of all others free. The Odd Volumes Society held lia spawal gave a vixy clever performance of "The general meeting” in Mr. H. X. Pollock's Cham- | Whistling Coon," and Mr. Ryan was applauded bers yesterday afternoon. The report and for his song “Madame La Sharty." Two Ger- accounts was passed and the Chaleman, Mr. | man songs of the comin order were well rendered H. E. Palleck, announced that he was endeav- by Mr. Meler. Mr. Maitland's item The Silver ouring to obtala's meeting room in the City Hall, Path" was warmly received and Mr. Goffe's violin His Excellency the Governor, Sir William | ŝols was a really capital display of artistic skill. Roblasen, was re-elected President, the Vice- Presidents and the Counch were appointed for the ensuing fine, and Mr. H. E. Pollock was elected Secretary and Mr. Parcall the Treasurer.
Bouz isterning experiments have been made by the physiological department of the Yale University on the Influence of alcoholic drinks on the chemical processes of digestion. When sver alcohol was added in quantities over 2 percent., digestive activity wasmarkedly checked Whisky, brandy, rum and gin para practically | the same resalis. The experiments are com. sidered to show that whisky only impedes the
solvent: action of tha gastric Juice when taken Immoderately and is Intoxicating quantities. .
THE result of the voting for members of the French Municipal Council at Shanghai was an nounced on the 11th lnstant as follows :----
Mt. E. Bird BMC 99 Mr. R. Buschmann atentieren 97
Mr. A, Wright......................................................... 57 Mr. C. Dondallesoccorsetts.cionin 48 Mr. J. Galliard.DEZAKETENESS999, 2 Mr. Stresskers.evenirepsterium Mr. Radamelle .....................amat The fun four gentlemen were accordingly
HONGKONG; TUENDAY, JANUARY 19, 1897.
TELEGRAMS. s Post Office, and will continue their bust declared elected. The electors on the list sum
nosa as hitherto with regard to'laland mails. | ber 195, the number of votes being 107. Most of these agencies hard their headquaziers p
REUTER'S MESSAGES.
INDO-CHINA.
IMPENDING TROUBLE.
A COURASIOUS CONSTABLE,
Oss of what people call the "Chiasts, New In the second part the band gave a fine selection Year fires" took place at. No 138, Jarvola Street called " A Voyage in a Troopably,” Mr. Sliman | Jastpight and resulted in the total destruction kid an encore for his song "Come Into the of a three storied shop. The alarms was givanst Guden Maud," and Mr. G. P. Lammert gave | about roigo' and P.C. Williams wax, first on the up effective rendition of "The Silver Cup," | sone followed by F. C. MacKenzie, No. 138 * Look into Mine Eyes,” sung by Mr. R. C. Van was burnlag vigorósily and the dames from Nierop, was also a very enjoyable number. Mr. the first and second floor windows had reached C. T. Robinzon was on hand with some of kis a hardware shop on the corner of Morrison popular comic songs, and, as ural, keacquitted Street, Williams went up the nanow walin of himself admirably, Mr. Goffe again favoured the latter place to the third floor and bravely with another excellent vielis solo, Mesure beaught down two children aged 8'und 5 years. G. Grimble, G. P. Lammert, Ormiston and A Telegraph suporter saw the pince to-day und Woodson largely helped to make the concert Is well able to appreciate, the constable's pluck access by their skill as accompanista.
The stairs, which barely afford room for a mán to walk on, waré filled with bifuding smoke y' nedčias much se lamps and cans were falling in all directions) and is barʼn mada tha patrnge- salely under ordinary circumstances required a steady foot and a strong hand. Mackensie nisa brought from out the smoke on the ground floor, a man who madly persisted in going back for fle property, *-
Scientific American, in an interesting article, deals with the possible developments of the motor car in England, now that the antl. quated and vexatious restraints, which prevented the use of self-propelled vehicles on highways except for heavy and slow traffic, have been removed. It is pointed out that the neglect Into No, 138 where the fire broke out was occuplad which the motor car fell was probably due to the by Yuen Loong, as a second hand clothier's invention of the iron rall, which vastly increased.|| shop, and the place is gow destroyed, the two the hauling power of the Jazemotive se com upper doors having fallen in and the mock to all pared with that of the road carriage. The spelled by fire and water. Neither the occupant favention of the cashton or poemalle tyre, how nor kia folds have been aneu vince the fire and evir, ła now Nikely to do for the motor car what it is not known whether they have cleared out stoel rails did for the locomotive, by reducing ❘ or an burfed under the dabass.. No. ryồ on the the rolling resistance on a Best class road. With other side, a paper shop, was damaged, by dựn the development of the motor carriage them is and water in the upper stocles. Naking is likely to be a steady improvement in the condition known as to the cause of the outbreak, want of the roads, just as the railway, trucks wore. Captain May, Chief Inspector Corporen fad
either is Shanghai or la Hankow, and the $400 | THE famone "Hongkong telegram" to the they have been annually enbewibing to the local Times respecting the Russo-Chinese secret
· LONDON, January 17th. steamskip companies to carry their mafia for compact, which seems now to be an accepted M. Doumer, the newly appointed Governor of them to the various Truly ports has been trans. fact in Europe, is credited to "Mr. Cowan, the Indo-Chins, has left France.
ferred to the Imperial Fistal Deperiment. 24|able Złoszz correspondent at Hongkong" by the perfected with the advancement of locomotivas, – the bigade with the steamers, den, warn promptly THE BENIN EXPEDITION,
The malls to the sisih - by men are to be editor of the San Francisco Chronicle who | In mich case the effectiveness of the molar CAT on the oceno, and by their exertions they un- Her Majesty's ships Theresa and Forts have entirely in the hands of the government published or the 15th altimo a longlah leader will be watly incraised, whether for the farmer doubtedly checked the fire from spreading, been ordered to pencsed immediately from Malta | office.-N. C. Datly:Nouts
on the subject of the "historical telegram. | with his hanvy loads or for the express, postal, ↑ In a thoroughfare so narrow and czurded the. to the West Coast of Africs.
Wo were clways under the impression that or private one with its higher spied. Ita adeption work of the brigade was certainly first-class. Mr. Cowen posliively dosled having sent the in cities will tand to do away with the desfaning|| Inspector Thuncan with a pasty of police lent "Hongkong" "telegram” to the Times. The | mille of the heavy traffic, the pneumatic tyres | good sid ja keeping the crowd from hampering *** UBINUHAY, JANUBIY 13th Frisco Chronicle somma, sharines, to be sucanolog silently upan smooth roads, while the the firmen, and the fiamas were wholly sub- We understand that, under orders received much in soms on the subject as it is manifestly hygienic conditions will be improved by the dued in an hour and a half. Ifo, 138 man insured here this morning, the U.5.5. Yerkdown and hysterical, cosse to a degree, and distinctly anti-absence of the necessary filth of the thenmads with Carlowitz and Sundere for $13,000 and No. Detroit will leave hate té-morrow? morning, at
'clock, with orders is proceed to Nagasaki British. Why so many, American, journalists of horses now in use and traffic will be aconlerated fan was located with Slemin and Co. för and to papers themtaltes to the Admiral on aste Hagiand we are stil at loss to Compre- by the fncreased speed of the vehiclée Now 15,sco. Na pr manding the fipet on the station.. Rumor han send, and it is very: Hingly that most of our thai- England and America have beat their If has a member of fig man-of-war on this confrères si iku kankan pras do not that exurgles to the task they w soon develop all sènsion will shortly proceed to Hampton Roads
the "Fromion and Poteastality” of the motor
THE BICHUANALAND REVOLT. The Volunteers have allacked and defeated
Captain G.A. Tayler, will be despatched for the the Bechuana rebels, killing forty of their above Port on SATURDAY, the 15d instant, si | number. Daylight.
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