CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1897-
JANUARY
tst.-Chief Justice Carrington knighted. Mrs. Brumfield accidentally burn to death at Shanghai,
and Treaty between Spain and Japan signed
at Madrid
3rd.-Aftack on the American Methodist Mis
sion at Ngu Cheng.
4th.Telegram from Manila reporting the rout of 3,000 rebels by General Galbis and zoo men.-Massacre of British officials near Beriin.
5th-Trial of Mrs. Carew for the murder of her
husband at Yokohama commenced. 6th. Twelve men injured by the explosion of torpedo at the Hangchow Powder Works. 7th. A meeting of Kowloon Residents resolved to petition the Government to build a school in Kowloon-The Mansion House Indian Famine Fund opened.
Sth-Hiru Maru sunk by collision with the Ryoko Maru-Lawrence Rozario accident. ally shot by the Rev. Father Carvalho at Malacca.
9th-Strike of ricksha coolies in Singapore. toth-The yacht Active run down and sunk by
a junk in Hongkong Harbour. 11th-Death of Empress Dowager of Japan.- Roxas and 12 other rebels shot at Manila Miss Jacob arrested and charged with murder at Yokohama in connection with the Carow case. Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty signed at Washington.
13th-Fire on the 3.5. Fan Sang in Hongkong
Harbour.
14th-Suicide of Carp. Bates, R.E., at Hong" kong-European Commission's Cretan Gen- darmerie Scheme accepted by the Potte. 15th A Chinese secret society distributed circulars througout Hongkong urging the overthrow of the reigning dynasty of China 16th-Lekin proclamation issued by the Kwan-
tung authorities.
17th-Shocks of Earthquake all over Japan.-
The Tsar reported in bad health. 18th-Fire at 138 Jervois St., house gutted- Sir John Canington congratulated upon his knighthood by the Bar
20th-Census of Hongkong taken: popula tion 1897-226,382; 1891217,273-Death of. Mme. Hippolyte Carnot, mother of Presi dent Carnot.
22nd-The Press of Hongkong thanked for assistance by the Navy League-Death of Silsaac Pitman.
23-Meeting surviving members of the 1887 Jubilee Committee called by H.E. the Go vernor to consider steps for the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee-Death of Rev. Father Faura, Director of Manila Observa- tory.-Accident to a passenger junk in Hai- Tang Straits; over 100 lives lost. 25th. Terrible fire in Saigon; damage
$1,000,000.
26th. Loss of the French transport Canton near Tourane. Treaty between Japan and Ponugal signed at Lisbon.
27th.-Armed gang robbery at 155 Fraya West.. 28th.-Shanghai Muncipal election.-Resolu
tions urging the strengthening of the Navy. passed by the Navy League. 29th-Armed gang robbery in Singapore.- Persons on relief work in India numbered 2,026,000,
30th.Collision between the ss. Echigo Marn "and H.M.S. Narcissus in Chemulpo harbour.
FEBRUARY.
1st.-Chinese Imperial Post office commenced operations. Mrs. Carew sentenced to death at Yokohama for the murder of her husband. Arbitration Treaty reported to the U. S. Senate
and Chinese New Year-Venezuelan Arhi
tration Treaty signed.
3rd.-Fire at 213 Praya West; house gutted- The st. Sanu Maru run down by a N. Y. K. steamer; so lives, lost.
4th. Mrs. Carew's sentence commuted to penal servitude for life.-Agrecinent for the opening of the West River signed at Peking. 5th. The charge of murder against Miss Jacob withdraw-The barque Mary, Curry burnt at Iloilo. The Prince of Wales proposed a shilling hospital fund..
6th.-Nine rebels, including a Spanish officer, shot at Manila-Indian Relief Works em. ploying 2,467,000.
8th-The Russian Flagship Aurit docked at Hunghom; the largest vessel ever docked there-Manifesto issued by the Young Turks. to Ambassadors.
9th. Demonstration by coolies at Saigon
against the increased poll tax. 10th-Hard fighting occurred throughout Crete Prince George of Greece, assumed command of the torpedo boats to be sent inj aid of Crete.
11th-Six cases of smallpox on the R.M.S. Empress of India.-A Chinese boat-woman murdered at Aplichau. Greece informed the Powers she could not longer remain a mere spectator of events in Crete. 12th-Suicide of Mr. J. Fetersen at Kowloon.- Prince George of Greece arrived at Canea with a torpedo boats.
13th.-Earthquake in Formosa
14th. The Governor General of the Philip pines left Manila to personally conduct operations against the rebels at Cavite. 15th-Fire at the Goverment Offices, Hong. kong H.E. Sr. Jose Maria de Souza Hoho e Costa, Governor of Macao, left for Europe. -The Powers took possession of Cantal- Indian Report shows 2,750,000 on relief. 16th-Spanish victories reported at St. Dom. ingo, Tranquero, and Pamplona in the Philip examined by the S pines. Mr. Rhodes African Committee. 17th. The ss. Digawa. Maru launched, at
Osaka.
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19th-Silang, Luzon, captured by the Spani ards-Greek troops attacked the Turks át
Platania.
doth-Armed gang robbery at 264, Queen's
Road Central. 2rst-Insurgents near Canea bombarded by the foreign squadron. Indian Relief Works supporting.2,948,000.**
menced.
22nd-Suicide, at Hongkong, of Capt. J. H.
Ward, R.3.1., of HMS. Grafton. 23rd.--Hunan Land Telegraph Line coni- 24th, Death of the Hon. Martin Lister. 25th-Manila unsucessfully attacked by the Rebels-Plague at Bombay: 7,638 cases, 6,193 deaths.
Relief
26th. The Imperial Bank of China sanctioned by the Emperor. The Woosung Railway commenced 27th.-New Storm Warnings issued from the
Hongkong Observatory Indian supplied to 3,141,000,000 48th-Fire at 124 Jervois St; house-gelted
Hierapeta threatened by 15,000 men.-Tur- kish soldiers concentrated in Macedonia.
MARCH
Ist-Capt. Fukahori and 14 Japanese soldiers massacred in FormosaMin Yang Wan appointed Korean Ambassador to the Dia mond Jubilee. Gold standard adopted by Japilin
dFire at the Yuyuan Cotton Mills, Shang hai-Reported capture of Mataquina, Luzon, by the Royalists. ***
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897.
sth-Fifty eight rebels shot at Manila~~H.E. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese Minister to the United States, banquetted by the Chinese of Hongkong-The Porte accepted the Re- commendation of the Powers of Cretan Autonomy.
6th.-Great Fire in Manila; over 400 houses'
burned-Serious riots at Kwala Lumpur- Greek troops concentrating on the Thessa lian frontier.
7th.Subsidence of blocks on the Reclamation, Hongkong; one woman killed....Loss of the 5.3. Glamorganshire on Rosslyn Reef Suicide of Mr. R. Paneth near Yokohama. Sth.-H.M.S. Porpoiss left the China station. -H.E. Chang Yin Huan appointed Chinese Ambassador to the Diamond Jubilee.--Sulf traa, Luzon, captured by the Rayalists and General Lazolo killed-Greek Government replied to the note of the Powers.. 9th. The Royalist attack on San Nicholas,
Luzon, repulsed by the rebels.
10th. Loss of the ss. Tiuru Maru near Nando Japan-Death of Rev. Father Leymet from hydrophobia at Penang.
11th-H.E. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese Minister to the United States, presented with an address by the Chinese of Hongkong- Fighting at Selino.-Death of Prof. Henry Drummond
12th Mr. Shiba Shiro. appointed Japanese
Minister to Siam.
14th-Autonomy for Crete officially conceded. 15th-A murdered Chinese woman found in a trunk in a Hongkong lodging-house, her hus hand tried and afterwards acquitted of mur- der-Six thousand troops left Athens for the Thessalonian frontier. 16th-Newchwang Harbour opened for the season. Severe fighting occurred near Re- tima and Candea. 17th-Revs. Maus and Dich attacked and robbed by Chinese pirates near Tungkun.- Greek schooner sunk by an Austrian war- ship.
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19th.Fire at Jardine's Silk Factory, Shang
bai, damage Tls.. 175,000.-The 1st Regt. of Greek infantry with the Crown Prince left Athens.
20th-Slight shocks of earthquake at Yoko
hama-Turkish fleet left Constantinople för Gallipolli
zist-Formal blockade of Crete commenced. 2nd Seoul Chemulpo Railway commenced. -Turkish attempt to provision Malaxy re- pulsed.
23rd-Collapse of a building in East Street,
Hongkong, 1 killed and 5 injured. Hong kong Football Challenge Shield, won by the Centurions,
24th-Jubilee Celebration Committee appoint-
ed.
25th. Reported, capture of Imus, Luzon, by the Royalists. Opening of the Hall of the Union Church, Hongkong. Fire at Canton damage Tis. 30,000,-Insurgents attacked the Turkish blockhouse at Malaxa. 26th-An amnesty granted to all Philippine
rebels who surrendered.
27th-Khort Railway opened by the King of
Siam.
28th-Persons employed on Indian Relief
Works numbered 2,811,000, 29th-Coinage of silver discontinued at the Imperial Japanese Mint.-Fighting near kelimu.
30th-Highway robbery at Yaumati; $55; stolen. Foreign ironclads defended the Tarks in Fort izzedin, Canea, gainst the Cretang.
31st.-H.M. Ships Endymion and Minerva, with relief crews, arrived in Hongkong.- Fighting near Canea continued.
APRIL.
1st-Fire at 14 Cross Street; house gutted. 3rd.Address presented to Dr. Eitel by the
Chinese of Hongkong.. 4th-Klondyke gold discoveries reported. 5th. Wheelbarrow riots at Shanghai. 6th-Shanghai Wheelbarrow Tariff postponed until 1st July on account of riots. Robbery of 75,000 from the Hongkong and Shanghai. Bank at Rangoon
7th-Mr. H. A. O'Brien accidentally poisoned himself at Singapore.-Great indignation meeting at Shanghai; the action of the Consuls and the Municipal Council in connection with the Wheelbarrow. Riots denounced.
8th.-H.M. the King of Siam left Bangkok for
England.
9th.-Six Hongkong policemen received good conduct medals.-Greek irregulars gave battle to the Turks at Melsoro. 10th.-Collision at Shanghai between the stea.
mers Tercer and Kalgan; both badly da maged.
tth. Fire at 351 and 353 Queen's Road Cer Iral; both houses gutted,
12th. H.E. Sir Claude Macdonald arrived in Hongkong and left the same day for Canton. 13th. The cruisers Endymion, Minerva, and Undaunted left Hongkong with time.expired crews. The new Hangchow Mint commen-- ced coining cash.
th.-Suicide of Mr. Geo. Hubbard.-Indian Relief numbers amounted 2,853,000. 15th.General Polavieja, Governor General of the Philippines, resigned and left for Spain.
Fighting began at Karya, 16th,Departure of Dr. Eitel-Severe fighting between Greek and Turkish troops near Nezero.
17th Battle of Maluna Pass began.—Battle of
Karya
18th-The Greeks driven back from Maluna
Pass to Larissa.
19th.Murder of a French priest by Chinese in
Kwangsi.-Greeks defeated at Gritzovali. zoth-Col. Hunt, U.S. Consol, thrown from Eis horse and injured-Sir Claude Macdonald inet the Hongkong Branch of the China As sociation-Rev. 15. Collins drowned near Kucheng-Greek fleet bombarded Prevesa. 21SLH.E. Sir Claude. Macdonald left for Macao-Fire at 99 Jervois St.3 lives lost. Fire on the s.s. Belgic.-A public meeting at Shanghai passed, a vote of censure on the Municipal Council for its action anent the Wheelbarrow Riots; the Council resigned- Greek fleet mbarded Platomona-Turks defeated at Salagora.-Imarch captured by Grecks, 22nd. The Szechuen Famine Fund raised in Shanghai amounted to Tls, 14,020-Attempt- ed assassination of the King of Kaly 23rd. Tigress shot at Sauchong, West River,. by Lieuts-Dawson and Davies, R.A- Grecks abandoned Kritiri and retreated to Larissa, and were defeated at Pestepigada Pass...
24th-Greeks spiked their guns and evacuated
Larissa 25th-Destructive fire at 99 Winglok St-The Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter.- Pontipigada recaptured by the Turks. 20th.The Jubilee Gelebration Committee de- cided on a Women's Hospital-and Jubilee Road as permanent memorials-Yokohama Dock opened. The Chinese Government decided to establish a naval station at Kino- chow-Volo surrendered to the Turks. 27th-Turks repulsed at Velestino 28th-Dr, Ayres presented with a farewell at
dress by the Police.
defeat
4th-Ugon, Bulucan, captured by the Royal-19th-Departure of Dr.Ayres-Grecks
ints Baron Hayashi i appointed fapanese. Minister.ta Rusaía-Loss of the Dutch liver. Vfrecht off Ushant.
ed in Epirus and retreated to Arta 30th H.M.S. Ratller left to survey the West [ River..
MAY,
istInauguration of the Hospicio do S. C. de Jesus, Hongkong.-9uicide of the Chief Engineer of the German warship Princess Wilhelin at Yokohama... 2nd.-Prince Arisugawa left Yokohama for
London as specia! Jubilee Ambassador. 3rd-Mrs. Carew arrived and was confined in Victoria Gaol-Twenty Taipingshan lots put up to auction; no bidders.-The Greek Go vemment decided to continue the war. 4th-Great find of ancient coins in the Chusan district, Hupeh-About 10 lives lost by the burning of the Paris Charity Bazaar. 5th-Reported Royalist victories in Cavite; 600 killed and 200 prisoners taken-The Anglo American Arbitration Treaty finally | rejected by the United States Senate.--Turks repulsed at Velestino. 6th-The Sanitary Board passed a vote of thanks to Dr. Ayres for services rendered. Severe gale at Ningpo and Chusan; 500 lives lost. Phassala captured by the Turks. 7th-Macao made a free port-The.Turks en.
tered Velestino.
8th, Taito-tu, Formosa, attacked by brigands. and $44,000 looted.-Proclamation re treaf ment of foreigners issued by the Wachau-fu Prefect-Volo captured. by the Turkish army.
9th-Mutiny of Chinese troops at Woosung; ringleaders executed.-Greek army recalled from Crete.
roth. Mrs. Longford assaulted by Japanese
coolies at Kobe,
11th-The Powers proposed mediation be
tween Turkey and Greece.
11th-Hon. W. Chatham appointed Water authority-The Chinese Government report- "ed to have arranged with a British.syndicate for a Loan of £16,000,000.
13th. Hon. T. H. Whitehead fined $25 for rid
ing on the sidewalk-Reported capture of the last Rebel stronghold in Cavite. 14th. The Hongkong Chamber of Commerce protested against the proposed Naval Yard extension as tending to silt up the harbour. -British and German Ministers opposed the Belgian contact for a Chinese Railway, -Fierce battle fought near Gribova. 15th.-Strike of stevedore coolies at Yoko-
hama-The Porte informed the Ambas sadors on what terms they would grant an armistice.
7th. Amnesty terms published in Manila Gazette-Four "flower boats" capsized at. Canton many lives lost. The American Minister at Peking protested against the Franco-Belgian contract-Severe fighting at Domeko.
18th. Prospectus of Mr. Reid's International
Institute at Peking issued. 10th-Anti-foreign.riots reported in the Yang
tze Valley-Capsize of the s.s. Sri Hong Ain near Malacca; 10 lives lost. soth-Loss of the Ardmore in Gaspar Straits. -Armistice of 17 days, declared between Turkey and Greece.
st.-The Russian Embassy arrived at Pek ing.
2nd-Two corners strangled at Peking
Blackwall Tunnel opened by the Prince al Wales.
24th. The M.M. mail steamer Sydney returned
to Shanghai with a damaged shaft. 25th-Collision between the Turbo and Tien- sin at Shanghai; damage sight.The reply. of the Powers to the Turkish conditions of peace given.
26th. The Russian Embassy received by the
Emperor of China
27th.-Fire at 71 Jervois Street; considerable damage. The Imperial Bank of China forn- ally opened at Shanghai.-Russo Chinese Bank opened at Peking.The Sultan indi- cated his willingness to negotiate with the Powers.
28th.-Wong Lin Kin sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for arsen.-Suspicious Bre at 231 Queen's Road Central; several men' arrested. Outbreak of plague at Amoy 'an- nounced.
20th-Robbery of $5,100 worth of gold leaf from the treasure room of the Loosok dis- covered.-Telegraph stations opened at Changsha and Yochou.-Telegraph cable between Japan and Formosa completed- Persons on Indian Relief Work numbered 4,054,000-The Ambassadors replied to the Porte urging an annistice. 30th.-Baloon accident-at Bay View.-Three men, suspected of kidnapping children, killed by the mob at Tientsin." 31st.-Light Dues Commission appointed.- Armistice of 15 days from May 20th agreed to by the Sultan.
JUNE,
1st. The purchase of the Mount Austin Hotel by the Military authorities announced. The Porto agreed to the Armistice suggested by the Powers. Dervishes routed near Dongoli. and-Piratical attack on a junk in Hongkong Harbour; $170 looted-Suicide of a Chinese prisoner in Victoria Gaol. 3rd-Sale of the old Victoria Hotel property for $410,000-Portuguese bankrupts and Indian money lenders at the Supreme Court. --Loss of the s.s. Sultan. on the Mizotow' Group.-Turks and Greeks signed an Ar-
mistice
4th-The West River opened.-Committee on the Quarantine question appointed by the Chamber of Commerce. 5th-Indignation meeting of Peak residents to protest against the sale of the Mount Austin Hotel-Chamber of Commerce protested against the T'ostal Subsidy.-Anglo-Chinese) Agreciment signed at Pelang
6th.-A lady cyclist assaulted by Chinese
coolies at Shanghaj, 9th-Wreck of the ss. Aden un Socctra- Anti-foreign riots at Wuchen; two missionary establishments destroyed.
roth. Mr. Moffat mobbed by Chinese near Tientsin. The Empress of Russia gave birth to a daughter.Mr Gee and escort attacked in the Tochi Valley.
14th-Arrival in Hongkong of H. E. Kung
Ta-jen, ex-Minister to London.
12 Missionaries mobbed near Tientsin.- Serious earthquake, at Calcutta; much damage.
13th.The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, robbed of plate valued at $500. 14th Venezueinn Boundary Treaty ratified at Washington-Death of Barnett L. Bamato. sth-Destructive fire at 114, 114 and 116
Jervois Street,
18th. Rehearsal of Jubilee Parade at Happy- Valley. Mr. Woodhouse, in, passing sen- tence on an. arms dealer for selling arins to an unlicensed person, fed him Stoo as he. chose to constest the case.Official Jubiles- celebrations-commenced at Windsor. 19th. Thirty-three prisoners released from
Victoria Goal in honour of the Jubilee. 20th. Record Reign Thanksgiving Day
Special services in all the churches.-Wreck of the sealing.schooner Agnes Macdonald on the coast of Japan.-Her Majesty attend- ed a thanksgiving service in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
21st Re-dedication of the French, Cathedral, Tientsin. Six thousand lives reported lost in the Assam earthquake, 22nd-Diamond Jubilee Day-Reception at
Government House and presentation of ad dresses.Chinese Curio Exhibition and Flower Show-Grand Review at Happy Val loy.Illuminations and fireworks Wm. Robingon created GCMG, and the Hon., C.
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P. Chater, C.34.G.-Strike of ship carpenters at Yokohama-Jubilee Procession in Lon don.-Two British officials shot in Bombay. -Riots in Dublin. 23rd-Diamond Jubilee Celebration second day.-Memorial'stones of Jubilee Road and Women's Hospital laid by H.E. the Govern or Illuminations-The Queen 'received addresses from the Peers and House of Commons.
24th-The captain of the 5.s. Tulchow fined $300 for not proceeding to the quarantine anchorage upon arrival from Swatów-Cole- nial Premiers received by Mr. Chamberlain. -Lords of the Admiralty and foreign Adil rals received by the Queen. 26th-Eruption of Mayon Volcano, Luzon,. many lives lost-Jubilee Naval Review at Spithead
27th.-H.M.S, Immortalite arrived at Shang hai to be in readiness for a renewal of the Wheelbarrow Riots-Koang-Yang taken by bandits leagued with the Kolao Hai. 28th.-Trial trip of a Linese-built stern-wheel steamer at Canton. The banks of the Yangtze burst and flooded the country near Wuhu.
29th-News of the loss of the Aden reached
Hongkong.
30th. The Sanitary Board resolved to ques
tion its officers as to their participation in any business-Commodore Holland assured the Chamber of Commerce the Admiralty would not allow the Naval Yard extensia- to silt up the Harbour.Punitive forced or dered to take possession of Poona.
JULY. 1st.The M. M. mail steamer Oceanien ran down a junk at Woosung-The Queun reviewed the troops at Aldershot. 2nd-The Empress Dowager of China gave a banquet to the Russian Ambassador. Colo- nial and Indian troops entertained by the Queen.
3rd-Death of Mr. J. M. Armstrong.-The
Queen received the Commons and thuip
-wives
4th.-Incendiary fire at a silk cocoon establish- ment near Nanking; damage Tls. 60,000. 5th-Cattle disease reported to be prevalent
at Macao. 7th-Colonial Premiers and their wives re- ceived by the Queen.-The Tear receiveri the King of Siani
8th.-Prof. Richard demonstrated his electrical treatment at the City Hall-The Ambassa dars informed the Porte that severe mea- sures would be adopted if peace were not speedily concluded.
9th Mr. D. K. Sliman accidentally drowned
at Swatow.
11th-Gaya, B. N. Borneo, looted and burnt” by Mat Salleh; Mr. Neubronner, Treasury Clerk, taken prisoner.-Andre Balloon Tolar Expedition started.
12th Severe epidemic reported in Shasi.-
An A. B. of H.M.S. Undaunted killed by a fall from aloft.-Mr. Garry attacked in his house at Yokohama by Japanese coolies.-- Fight at Kobe between U.S. bluejackets and Japanese coolies. The gu reported as pirated by Achinese; the captain killed. 13th.-Funeral of Mr D: K. Sliman-Police Inspectors Stanton, Quincy and Baker and Sergt. Holt suspended for receiving briber Indian Relief Works employed 3,303,968 persons. 14th-Shock of earthquake at Wuhu.-The members of the Jubilee Committee.thanked by H.E. the Governor.
sth-Destructive fire at Shanghai; 45 native houses burnt-The Queen thanked her peo- ple for their unbounded loyalty. 16th. Formosa-fapan telegraph cable opened. 17th.Inspector Witchell charged at the Po- fice Court with receiving bribes andˆÇ. Os- mand, of the Registrar General's Depart ment, suspended-The Ambassadors re- fused to receive Turkish delegates in place of Tewfik Pasha.
gh. Inspector Witchell committed for trial. -Suicide of Lieut. Heygate of, H.M.S. Algerine, Shanghai. goth-Sanitary Inspector Hore suspended for
receiving bribes.
31st. Chinelo detectives banished for receiv
ing bribes-The Sultan accepted the frontier line with reservations, and-Cheng Kwang Ting sentenced to ten years' hard labour for arson.-The Ambas sadors accepted the Porte's adoption of pro posed frontier.
24th-Collision between the Dugueselin and Speclinan, the captain, 2 passengers and 3 of the crew of latter killed Indians on relief work numbered 3,462,000,
26th. Mr. Brenan, Consul at Canton, obtained the withdrawal of the tax on kerosene and matches.-Malakand attacked by natives. 27th.Locust pest reported in Korea-Death of Mr. Happer, Commissioner of Customs at Newchwang, of hydrophobia. 28th-Collapse of Nos. 248 and. 753 Queen's Road West; 2 me illed and to injured Sirdir Baluwautres Natu, Tatya Sakit and Gangadhar Tilak arrested, for sedition in India.
25th-Trial of Inspector Witchell commenced. 30th-Death of Mrs. Chalmers of the London Mission. party of coolies, on the way to Singapore in the s.s. On Sang, threw their recruiter overboard-King of Slam arrived in London-Anglo-German Commercial
Treaty denounced.
31st Death of Li Hung Tsao, President of
the Board of Civil Appoinment, Peking.
AUGUST.
1st-Nanking College opened for the teaching, of English, French, German and Japanese and The King of Siam visited Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's--Chakdara Fort re- lieved.
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17th-The battleship Full left England for
Japan. 18th-Explosion of kerosene at Nagasaki; an English lady and child burnt to death,--Ex- plosion of the boiler of a steam launch near Dangkok 18 persons, including Prince Ong Chattat, killed-President Faure left Paris for Russia. .*
soth. The Hongkong Jubilee contingent re-
turned by the 5.5. Jun.
15th-Brotherhood of St. Sulpice established by the Pope to promote the conversion of England Death of Dean Vaughan.. 17th-The P. & O. s.a. Kaisar-I-Hind arrived;
much damaged by a typhoon, 18th-Explosion at Cosmopolitan Dock]
man killed. The Japanese battleship Fuj arrived from England.
19th-M. Carew left for England-Large
graving dock opened at Vladivostock,
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Works, arrived Savere fighting at Chagat Kotal heights on the Indian frontier 21st-British Government informed the Uni
ted States that they would not open the In. dian mints at present. and The wall of Kawasaki dock collapsed, flooding the place.-Circular issued by the Porte to hasten the four-pariers on the Cretan Question.
gest-Fire at 211 and 313 Queen's Rodi Westcoth-Mr. Ormsby the new Director of Public
much damage-The King of Siam left Eng- land for Germany. 22nd-Messrs. Barradas and Perpetuò drowned
in a boating accident at Yokohama a3rd-Funeral of the hate Kun, Tajen at Shang haimoy declared free of plague-Presi dent Faure met at Crondstad by the Tsar 24th. Inspector Baker and Sergean: Holt dis-
missed from the polic for receiving bribes, The slaughter of bullocks forbidden by the Chinese Magistrate at Tientsin-Death of Count Matsu, ex-Minister for foreign affairs in Japan.
25th-Inspector Quincey disinissed the police for failing to report a gambling house-Lun di Kotal taken by the Afridis. 26th. The Tsar and Tsaritsa' entertained by
President Faure on the Pothuan. 27th-Attempted escape of Chines convicts from Macaogaol; 6 killed, 4 mortally wound. ed.-Marriage.of Prince Charles of Sweden to Princess Ingebord of Denmark. 28th-Farewell dinner and ball at Mount Aus-
tin Hotel
29th-Wenchow early rice crop reported to be
a failure."
23rd.The yacht Shoondrift capsized whilst racing at Shanghai; one Chinaman drowned Schaeffer chosen by the concert to be Governor of Crete. 25th-H.E: the Govenor stated in Council
that the light daes would be reduced to one " cen: per ton with no corresponding increase of taxation.
Mr. 16th-The Korean Government dismissed i
Brown, the British Adviser. a7th-Death of H.R.H. the Duchess of Teck. 28th-Replies received by the Board of Trade on the Engineering Dispute from the Feder "ated Employers and the A.S.E. 29th.-The Penang Chamber of Commerce protested against the withdrawal of the troops from Penang.
31st-Death of Mr. James Sampson.Inab
NOVEMBER.
30th-Launch of the double-ended ferry launchguration of the 5t. Cecilia Society.
Guiding Star at Kowloon Docks.-The edi tor and publisher of Afahrani.convicted of sedition at Satara.
3-Settling day in Hongkong; bad times for speculators owing to the heavy fall in silver-President Faure returned to Paris. SEPTEMBER,
1st. The Singapore marine engineers struck
for higher pay, 2nd-Inspector Stanton dismissed the police -force for receiving bribes.-Mr. J. W. Cali
welt accidentally drowned at Shanghai. d.-Loss of Phasis on the Royal Charlotte shoal-Return of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition.
4th. Fire at No. 13 Tung Loi Lane.-The Chamber of Commerce declined to join the Singapore Chamber on the silver question. 5th-End of the engineers' strike at Singapore: 6th. Mr. Dowdler denied the existence of
sewage in the blocked P. & O. drain. 7th-The Bank of China Appeal dismissed-
Death of Mr. C. P. Derrick, of Singapore, from an overdose of chloral News of the occupation of Berber received Sth-Aliaga, Luzon, taken by the Royalists.--
Death of Sir E. Millais.
9th. Mr. R. Wildman, the new U. S. Consul arrived. The Daily Press discussed the Folice Scandal.
roth-Great fire at the Maagshan coal mines
near Wuchang.
11th-Departure of Mr. Hunt, late U, S. Con-
sel. Judgment given in the Bennert: case by Tsai Taotal in the absence of Sir N. Hannen. The King of Sian arrived in Paris,
12th.-Gallant rescue from drowning, by Police Sergt. McAulay, of two Chinese women and a boy.
14th. Mr. Tilak, editor of the Aesari, Bombay, sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment" for sedition.
15th.-Sama Forts relieved by General Briggs. icth-New Murray. Pier opened to traffic- Attempted assassination of President Diaz of Mexico.
17th-Landslip at Kowloon: one man killed. -Affmy between foreign seamen and Japan- ese at Yokohama; one scaman mortálly in- jured.-Severe batile at Mahmind, on the Indian fortier.
18th A Chinese coman murdered at 151 Praya West. Reported settlement of the Jameson-Hooley Loan. Preliminaries of peace between Turkey and Greece signed at Constantinople.
19th-Inflammatory Chinese placards posted" in Singapore.-Death of Hon Daniel Logan at Penang..
20th. The sale of Hunghom M. L. No. 2 ob jected to by Mr. Gedge; lot withdrawn from sale by the Government 21st-Death of Mr. Geo. B. Lammert-Earth-
quakes in Borneo and the Philippinės; a new island thrown up near Labuan and hundreds of lives lost by tidal wave in Min-. danaos.
2nd-The Jubilee Committee asked the Government to pay their share of the Perma- ment Memorial Fund-Four cases of cho- lexa reported in Singapure. 23rd.-A Chinamian stabbed and robbed near
the Kowloon boundary,
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4th Annual meeting of the Hongkong. St. Andrew's Society. Mr. Titak's appeal.re- fased.
25th-Death of the Shanghai Tastai.-Petition for trop instead of stone piers presented to H.E the Governor. 26th-Nine Chinese. rescued from the cap- sized junks by the s.5. Teaf Shang, hai. 27th-Death of Lieut. Dawson RA, from smallpox-Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's new offices opened.. 28th-Fire in Manila; 19 houses destroyed,
An oil painting of the King of Portugal unveiled in the Club Lusitano.
9th-The s.. Kiangnan stranded near Wuhu. 30th. Fifteen Indian Police Constables dis
missed for receiving bribes-The 'Greek Chamber met la consider the Treaty of Feace with Turkey.
OCTOBER..
3rd.-Inspector Witchell sentenced to six months imprisonment for receiving bribes- Fire at a cracker factory at Samsuipo, two Chinese women burnt. Eight hundred Chi-and-Alarm in Singapore, riets expected on hese landed in Formosa, but having, fixed employment were deported to Foochow The King of Siam visited the House of Par- liament.
the 4th.
3rd-Loss of the ss. Namos in Haitan Straits with lives-Fatal railway accident at Oyama Japan.
4th-Fire on the 5.9 Mongkut while on a voyage to Bangkok, mich damage to cargo.
Singapore quict, no rioting
51A Barrack-Sergt. af the Central Folice ation dismissed for receiving bribes.-Sir N. Hannen sent a protest to-Tsai Taotai re the Bensent decision-Sir W. Lockhart and Staff arrived at Kohat
Leichou prefecture.-M. Mayrdcorda: ap÷ pointed by Greece a carry out the peace negotiations.
4th. An A. B. from the Torpedo Depor acci- dentally drowned at Kowloon-Death of Count Goto at Takanawa, Japan-The King of Siam visited the Queen. 5th. The Japanese Government agreed to arbi
tration in the Hawalian question. 7th. Mr. Osmund and Inspector Hore private
ly tried for receiving bribes by the Legislative Council The chief officer of the F&O..5.5.6H-Bubonic plague reported to be raging in Shanghat died from heart disease while bath ing at Kowloon-Assassination of the Span ish Premier, Senor Canovas. oth-Explosion near the Kiangnan Arsenal,:
Shanghal; over 40
killed. Abu Hamed cap tured. 10th-Collapse of the Ryogoku bridge, Tokio; over 60 killed-The Cheng ge Feng foun dered in a typhoon; suicide of the
captain: and loss of many lives. 11th--Fourteen men, rescued from a sinking"
junk by the ss. Formosa near Tamsui 12th-Messrs. Smith and Thurbum resigned. the Light Dues Commission-An ad valo rem diny of 6 per cent. put on all foreign imports at Manila,
15th Severe earthquake in Luzon; much da
age in the town of Vigan-Duel between Prince Henry of Orleans and the Court of Turin at Paris,
10th-Death of Mr. J. C. Walsh at Kobe..
7th.--Miss Mcintosh thanked by the Indian
Government for her plague services. 8th.-Two Indian Police Sergeants dismissed- for receiving bribes. Spanish Government decided upon the immediate recall of Genc rat Weyler from Cuba sth-The Sultan of Tohore invested with the
insignia of A KCM.O 10th-The first block of the new harbour frontage of the railway depot laid at Vladi vostock by General Dukoffski...
rith. Settlement of the rebellion in Uruguay izth. A Chinaman crushed to death in the machinery of the Quarry Bay Sugar Works. 13th Reported collapse of the Hooley
Jameson Loan
14th International Leprosy Committee clec
ted at Berlin:
Ist-Murder of two German, missionaries"
the Chinese at Yengtu, Shangtung. and-Death of Sir Rutherford Alcock-Mr.
Vanwyck elected Mayor of New York 3rd. The contract for the Hooley Jameson" Loan reported to have been signed at Peking, --Funeral of the Duchess of Teck. 4th-Departure of Lt. Col. Faithful, H.K.R- Address presented to the Rev. Dr. Muirhead, at Shanghai, in recognition of his 50 years service in China, Russia and France tes ported to be conspiring for the overthrow of Sir Robert. Hart:
3th The Singapore Chamber of Commerce resolve to advise the adoption of a gold standard with taken coins of to florins to the pound-The Hooley-Jamerson. Railway Concession reported signeil at Peking 6th-Daring piracy on the Canton River;"
$5,000 looted.
7th.The Viceroy Chang Chih-tung apologised for the attack on Gennan officers landing at Wuclang-Russia, Japan and the United States reported, to have signed a 'treaty for the protection of the Seal Fisheries. 8th-Interpart Cricket Match; Hongkong v Straits (first day).-Spanish Cabinet approved of the inhabitants of Coba and Porto Rico being granted the same constitutional tights as Spaniards. 9th-Interport Cricket Match-Hongkongv.
Straits (second, day), Straits won by an in nings and 79 runs.
tict
10th-Interport Criket Match, Straits v. Shang-
hai, Straits won by an innings and runs- Further fighting reported on the Indian fron- 11th-Interport Cricket Match, Hongkong v
Shanghai, (first day). Performance of Pair of Spectacles" by the A.D.C. 12th-Interport Cricket Match, Hongkong v Shanghai, Hongkong won by one wicket and one run. An "At Home given by the Cricket Club.
13th.-Cricket Match, Straits v. Hongkong and
Shanghai (first day.The Straits and Shang hai cricket teams entertained at dinner by the Hongkong Cricket Club-The German officers who quelled the mutiny- of Chinese soldiers at Setzelin, presented with medals. by Viceroy Lin.. -
14th-Double murder and attempted suicide by a Chinaman in Shelley Street-Russia forbade Turkey to spend any part of the Greek war indemnity upon rearmament. 15th-Ball at Covernment House in honour of the Cricket teams.-Armed gang robbery and murder in Burd Street-Cricket match, Straits Hongkong and Shanghai, Straits won by an innings and 331 runs.--Suicide of Mr. W. Farquhar at Shanghai-A French expedition reported to be preparing to fore stall Sir H. Kitchener in the occupation" of Khartoum,
16th-Plucky rescue from drowning. by Bdr.. Vaughan, R., of an attempted suicide. Trouble between Austria and Turkey over the expulsion of M. Brazzapelli..
17th
The German squadron took possession of Kiaochow-Typhoon near Hongkong; - many junks and lives lost-Savore fighting reported near Maidan on the Indian frontier. 18th-Outbreak of cattle disease in Hong
kong-The Sultan ordered full compliance with Austria's demands.
19th. The Japanese battleship Yatima arrived. The German press stated that Kiaochow would be occupied for some time, whatever China's. reply-Imunense fire in London.
21st-Farewell dinner, given to HE the Go- vernor by the Royal Hongkong Golf Club. 22nd. The Turkish Naval Programme report- ed to have been postponed owing to Russia's objectioris.
23rd Fire in Third St; 15 lives lost-Geroian cruisers reported to be on the way to China 24th. Fire at Stanley 5 houses burned
Believed that Germany will retain Kiaochow.
Prince Henry of Prussia to command thei squadron ordered in China. 25th.--Disgraceful, scenes in the Austrian;
Reichsrath-The Albanians revolted." "Bet 26th. Dengue fever reported prevalent ar Foochow Rumoured collision between British and French forces in West Africa 27th-Suicide of Mr. W. K. Wylie 28th.--Russia reported to have acquiesced in
the German occupation of Kiaochow, s 29th.-Death of Mons. Imbault Huart, French Consul at Canton, fat the Peak Hospital Seven battleships and nine cruisers added Cho the German Naval Programme. Goth-News of a Russian, French and German coalition for the partition of China received in Hongkong, German demands presented to China.
DECEMBER.
ist Sir Henry Arthur Blake, K.C.M,G., F.I.G.S. appointed Governor of Hongkong.The German Emperor asked for an increase, in the Navy Estimates. 2nd-Strious Anti-Gerinan riols in Bohemia. 3rd. The Germans landed marines and ne
cupied the villages of Kinochow Baye-Anus nual meeting of the Hongkong Branch of the Navy League, mag 4th The police mided, a house at 4 Yee On-
Lang and arrested az members of the Triad Society. Mr. Rforence skilled by, fall from a verandal
6th Lu Hai-liwan, Chinese Minister to Ger man arrived in Hongkong Count, you Barlowerring to the occupation of Kinochow, suid Germany was desirous of respecting the interests of olier Powers.. 7th China will, consider the recognition"
the German occupation "of 'Klaochon: other Fowers as an unfriendly act,