Co-day's Advertisements.
THEATRE
CITY HALL.
́R'OYAL
Under the direction of Mr. ROBERT BROUGH. Representative-MY, HAMILTON.
THIS EVENING,
(TUESDAY), the rgth' March, 1595,
Commencing at 9 P.M.
THE
BROUGH COMEDY COMPANY,
THIS EVENING
at g
LAST PRODUCTION in HoxGKONG OF
"THE SOLICITOR,"
"THE SOLICITOR,"
"THE SOLICITOR," An Original Farcical Comedy, by J. H. DARNLEY,
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY,
16th and 17th, Maich, "THE CASE OF REBELLIOUS SUSAN," "THE CASE OF REBELLIOUS SUSAN," "THE CASE OF REBELLIOUS SUSAN," By HENRY ARTHUR JONES.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY,
18th and 19th March,
NIOBE."
NIOBE
"NIORE,"
A Mythologica! Farcical Comedy, by H & E. PAUI TON.
PRICES OF. ADMISSION. DRESS CIRCLE and ORCHESTRA STALLS $3 STALLS......CES TECHN
PIT............
Soldiers and Sailors in Uallorm Hall. Price to the Pit only.
Doors open 8.75 .. Curtain 9 P.M. Box Plan now open at the ROBINSON Plano Con, Warehouse,
A Lato Tram for the Pesk will leave each evening älteen minutes after the fall of the curtain,
Hongkong, 14th March, 1898
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
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FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI.
THE Company's Steamship
" HAILOONG," Captain Robson, will be despatched for the above Ports on THURSDAY, the 17th lustant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.
General Managers. Hongkong, 15th March, 1898.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR TAKOW.
THR Company's Steamship
"WUHU,"
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Captain Benton, will be despatched as abova an THURSDAY, the 17th instant at 3 P.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents.
Hongkong, 15th March, 1898.
FOR NEW YORK, TIA SUEZ CANAL
THE Steamship
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1898.
Intimations. DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK
COMPANY,
VICTORIA DISPENSARY
HONGKONG,
AERATED WATERS.
HMPLE AERATED WATER,
SIMPLE
SODA WATER,
LEMONADE
`INGER ALE,
SARSAPARILLA.
In Germany a man who bar lost both hands in | H.M,S. Blustrious, will, in all probability, an accident can claim the whole of his life tn-succeed the Barsleur in the Channell Squadron &nce money, if as be insured, on the ground when she has done with her trials and been that he has lost the means of maintaining him- | completed for commission. The Victorious will probably be replaced by the Carar in the Mediterranean.flect.
self.
Boxing les favorits sport of the Danish royal family, Prince Valdemar being the best boxes among them. When he challenged the late Emperor Alexander III of Russia, however, he met more than his match. King George of Greece is also kill with the glaves. The present Emperor of Russia, on his travela around the world, wed to have a bout with Prince George of Grace every morslag on the bridga of the siektas?,
Miss Hamilton, M.D., the English doctor at the court of the Ameer of Afghanistan, says that a few of the chial Indice in Cabal can read and- write, but hardly a single one outside the capital can do so.
The cod fisheries of Newfoundland have beep THE delay of the voyage of Frisco Henry's facred those of any other country in the world. followed for nearly 400 years. They greatly ex ship, the Davischland, is seld to be due not only The average export of end is about 1,350,000 to missing the colliers, but to the breaking of a piston-rod, which had to be replace? at sea nest Aden. The Prince's squadron took twenty-two days fostead of the estimated ten between Aden and Colombo.
A MARELE memorial tablet to Beethoven has benu put up by a committed of musical people By the courtesy of Admiral the Hon. E. R. Fremantle, K.C.B., CM.G., Naval Commanderthal in Baden, where he spent much time lo 1834 In one of his favori'e bannts at the Helemen- lo-Chief at Davospt (rays the, L. & C. and 1825. A Vienna sculptor is at work on a Express) Lieutenant Tskarabe, of the Imperial relle! of the composer, which will go on the Dockyard at
next spring.
RASPBERRYADE, &C. Tad at Keyham Factory or gith it, is stone, and the unveileg la expected to take place
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s Waters are made under the constant supervision of a duly qualified English Chemist and will bear cups. rison with the best English Manufactures.
Special terms to HOTELS, CLUES, Messes and other Large Consumers..
Manager.
Hongkong, tut March, 1897.
ult. It is
understood that Llouspant Takarabe has been Instructed by tha Japwese Government to obtain Information respecting the character of British naval ship congtraction,
A LARGE qozatlty of war stores, including am-
Albert Docks, Woolwich, in the Shire line siram.
Any complaints should be addressed to the munition, has been despatched from Raya! [39 ship Monmouthshirt. Three Bundred and irenly men and working overtime at the Wool wich Azinoal in the manufacture of torpedors. One thousand men med boys are also working overtime in the Cedidge Department, Royal Laboratory, Woolwich, in the manufacture of amall-arms ammunica
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
REMINDED THAT
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY
ALL SUBSCRIPTION MUST BE PAID IN ADVANUR.
+
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED A.D., 1841.
WINES & SPIRITS.
ALL these are selected by our Landan House, bought direct at Brat hand, imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all intermediate profits, and enabling on to supply the best growths at MODERATE PRICES.
PPICE LISTS, with Full Detalls, to be had on
Application. PORT after removal should be rested a month before use. When required for drinking at once it should be ordered to be decsated at the Dispensary before being sent out.
A PHYSICAN who lost his pet dog puta litla notice in the paper headed "Warning," which charitably described the animsi as having "strayed," and added: It is of no velae, not ted upon for scientific purposes with many even to the owner, but having been experimen
virluent polsons, a fick from its tongue-and It is The dog came back next day. very affectionele-would probably prove fatal"
hundred-weight per anfum.
THE LATE MR. H. COOK.
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10.
MURDER OF AN AMERICAN Citizen NEAR CANTON.
Our Canton Correspondent withing under date #4th instant reports that nows at the murder by district of the province of Kiwangtung has Chlacze of an American chizery in the Sanwei
reached that post and that Cosal Bedios, to whom the matter has been reported, is acting
energetically in the matter. It appears that the
THE Rov, D. Anderson, a negra preacher. In that he was educated partly in the United States victim was born in the United States in 1878, Georgie, has created a sensation by a defenre and partly in Hongkong and was about to jaln of lynching, which he contends is sometimes | his father's office in Frisco in company with Justifiable. Some persoas of his awn color have his oldest bröther when be was chnelly dose to. threatened to try it on him..
death by a certain person or paraqes at prosent aokeown to the authorities. The murder, læ-- sinted to have occured on the roth ultima under the following circumstances; ~The RESUMPTION OF THE INQUIRY.
deceased youth was living with his wife and his eldert braider and his wife at ikole moiber's Comdr Hastings, R.N; to-day resumed the touro fu Tal Log Fo in the Sonwel enquiry at the Megistracy toto the death of Mr. District and on the roh February he left his Cock, Manager and Secretary of the New Club,
house at about 10 am. to visit a market Mr. Hart, Buck recailed inid Mr. Cook about two
talles
distant. Before lewing was not making the statements of accounts
he obtained from his brother a few dollars bat the book-keeper was doing 20, and
He for expenses and said he would be hama Reen tba accounts place the
In time for the evening meal, death of Mr. Cook. He could not be certain
He did
they were so. Supposing that he had died of returned to Tai Ling Fe without tidings of the not return up to sundown and his brother be that deceased's accounts were in order until ha coming auxious for his safely organised a search had acon the statement. Witness believed that party. After searching many hours the party poison there was nothing to show the cause ex-missing man. The next morning his brother cept that deceased had not been living a very steady life of fate. He was in no trouble neighbours about the best course to pursue when was out in ibe street consulting with some with witness ONE of the latest whims of American women
absut money matters and
some strangers came along and said they had who can efford to indulge their whims is the
ad not drawn his salary for February, bat heard there was a carpie in palm-free grava he could have done
He had not Bower bath. It is claimed that there is nothing money from the rate with 1.0.U.'s The fact
diawn it from witness but he had drawn mediately and the brather promptly set out with about a mill away. The strangers left Im-
like it for strengthening the muscles of the neck, that deceased bad put 1.0.0.'s in the safe laft
* few friends for the palmiree grove, Arived there they soon found the body, which torn- shoulders and asmar. This is the way the baths
witose to think that he was not embezzling,
ed out to be the missing youth. There were are taken : Suppose a girl wishes to take a rose $400 from the safe and he was entliled to $tta. and the shocking manner in which the body was According the 10.U's deceased had drawn evidences of a desperate struggle in the vicisity bath. She pole a quantlly of soso petals into a He had overdrawn, according to the I... lashed about-iba hands, arms, head, and bag and pours a quantity of bolling water $150. He could have isken much more if he
throat cat from ear to car-leit no doubt in the sufficient to cover the bag over it. The water
wanted. Hia own opinion was that this money minds of the search party that the young man Is allowed to bell bard for ten minutes. It is
wan draws very lately; the T.O.U. were not and been held up" by some of the lawles dated. The cheque for his salary was written ruffians who fufeat the province of Kwangtong he saw the statement he would like to know the highwaymen had used kaiver on bim with thes allowed to cool, and is poured into thecal but he bad not asked witness to sign it. Until and declining to surrender without a struggl
whether the money in the safe was correct or not terrible effect. Having ance wounded the man bave kept the I. O. U. S. at all. He never had him, so as to prevent identification. A 1000 If deceased took may mare money he would not they doubtless thought it advisable to kill reason to doubi deceased's bonesty; bis accounts as found, the body was conveyed to the nearest up lift the end of December were eximined In
Yamon; the magiairain Inspected it and 's week January and found to be correct. If the accounts have been informed.
orso later be posted up on his gates a decla:allon were not correct wiinais as Chalımın would
to the effect that the map (asmed Wong) had bean mardered by some Per on or person) 40* Ethel Halliday, 44 Lyndhurst Tenace, de posed that she know deceased' alace October
known. The brother of decasked who is also be substituted for rosa Staves, and all are pre-last. He spent the night of the 8th at her house,
an American citiza full rights of an pared in the same way.
He had recently spent many nights there. She declaration in order that he might band it to his American cities, applied lavata for copy of the
morning of the eth. He did not dine at her wrote to him on the morning of the gth. She father on his return to the States, but he failed house on the right of the 8th but he went there is, ans correspondent states, taking vigorous didn't know what time he left her bouse on the
to obtain copy and has therefore made appil cation for it through his Consul at Canton, hu x Uttle after 9 pm. He was in his usual spirits. | action in the matter and has referred the ques He and evidently been difeking but not very tion of adequate indemnity to the United States much. He was generally ander the influence of Miclater in Peking. It is to be hoped that the she received $10 fram him as a birthday pre providing adequate protection for the lives and pressing him for money lately. Os 8th March provincial authorities realise the necessity for She identified four letters produced as properly act only of their own people but also baring been written by her... Decessed did not of those alless who reside is of the char seems depressed or unhappy at all and he did not There are thousands of American Chinese appear to have any delusion. Occasionally he he was not in the habit of taking drugs. He once went from her house to the Dispensary for something to study his nerves after drinking, This was since 17ib Tannery.
THE "warmest" porty at the cycle show in Parts, according to a correspondent of the Phila- delphia Record, was a pedal for cold weather. The feature of the pedal was a linte Hove with la. You put a cake a charcoal inside the stove. doar arrangement of the pedal, apply the match and there you pre, 11 warm as a morning labathtub, which must be half full of blood-warm haytime. A dealer showed, a folding pedal ai that sama show, The pedal was of the ordin
water. The bather Iles quietly in this for fifteen sty klo, t'ed to the gank by a cleverly con-
or twenty minutes and suspends the thinking structed elbow attachment, permitting the pedal as well as she possibly can. It is to be folded against the outer surface of the alleged that the treatment. Il perlited in two or crank and thus to te shielded against seeldent three times week, will put the body in a and occupy a small space in being transported healthy conditon and give a glow and softners on the railway,
to the skin. Its fragrance makes it delightful. Crashed violets, oat straw and ploe needles can
A SUBMEROID Island has been found 1,000 miles due west from Gibraltar which offers a curl-us
THE Ceylon Independent, in some remarks in connection with a proposed visit of Carl Herts the well-known conjurer, to Colombe, tells this
SHERRY-Excellent Dianer and Aker Dinner making roundings (tom 'hla yacht Princes, Hests, the ir mous canjuter, had bren delighting | liquor but never drunk. Wiress had not be a indemnity will be sufficiently Leary to make the
sent
problem for geograpbus. It was discovered by the Prince of Monaco, and will soon be placed on the charts issued by the Hydingssphic Once at Washington. The sunken island was dia covered quite by recident by the Prince while | *fly "It was at a quiet party, and Carl
Alles, and the formation was accordingly named of his finest tricks. All this time one of the the company-specially the ladies--with many after the yacht, Thailand is supposed to have been at one time a huge volcano. Its shape, Parlour-malds had besa pazzing in and out with which has been determined by careful sound-, fakes, glasses, and so on. She was much product of the Juice of the grape and are logy, is much tha sarà es that of a huge cocked / faterested; and when the hostars gave a sign | sprak of being in any troubla. He did not subjects to Kwanglong and they seem -to-
hat. The istard is is no danger of interfering that nothing more was needed, the girl still currants, as is generally the case with Cheap in the least with navigation, sloce its highest / ingered on to see the completion of the trick tack sleeping daughis to stendy, his server but sad. belgands who do just as they please in all
point is game forty-ore latheres below the surface just began. Will some one oblime with of the sea.
banvy shawl or cloak ?' he said. Now be went on, selecting a big cashmere shawi,you observe the thickness of the shawl?' They all
Wines of very superior Viotages. All are true Xeres Wines, CLARET.~Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine
not artificially made from raisins and
Wines. BRANDY—All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pare Cogaze, the difference in price being merely a question of age and vintage 1388 WHISKY-All our Whisky is of excellent quality and of greater age than most brand, in the market. The SCOTCH WHISKY marked "E" is universally popular, and is pronounced by the best local connoisseurs to be superior to any other brand in the Hongkong market.
"BENALDER," Polter, Master, will be despatched at above on or about the 5th April.
To be followed by
B.S. "CLAVERHILL," on or about 19th April.
B.S." MERIONETHSHIRE, on or about grd
May. 8.5. "QUEEN MARGARET," on or about 17th
MAY,
8.S."ST. NINIAN," on cr about gist May, B.S. CRAIGEAFÑ," un or about 14th June;
For Freight, &c., spply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Agcats.
Hongkong, rýth arch 1808-
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB,
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LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
EMBERS wishing to enter for the above
Mwill fad Linis sa which to enter their
me lo the FONOKOYO CLUB, Tax New CLUB, and in the CRICKET PATILIÓN,
Entries will close on the 21st instant. Hongkong, 15th March, 1898,
NOTICE.
NAVAL AND MILITARY RIFLE MEETING.
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IN consequence of the Kowloon Ronga having been given to the Volunteers on SATUR- DAY BEXL, the programme for the NAVAL and MILITARY MEETING will be reversed, Shooting at KOWLOO will be on FRIDAY and NË STOMACUTTERI on SATURDAY.
A pelas will be given on FRIDAY for the Ladies' Compellition, Open entries and no en-
be genuine when bought direct from at in the We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.
did, breathlessly, focluding the maid at the door. Now, will one of you be good enough to wilte a number of three figures on a plece of paper, being careful not to let me see what is written. With trembling fingers one of the girls did
began to breathe hard. 'Now, place the welten while the maid at the door leaned forward and
paper, with the figuraz on the upper side, under thickness of the shawl belog between Carl the obaw as I hold It' It was done, the
Herts and the paper as he looked down towards it. There was breathless silence. Then be aid, 'Surely the number to 761,' It was. He
SLR Henry Blake, the newly-appointed Governor of Hongkong, who has just arrived in London from Jamaica, on his way to his new post, began iffs in the Irish constibulary. He married the ideal daughter of the late Mr. Bernal Osborne, bose younger sister is the present Duchess of St. Albxas. When St Henry was Governor of the Baham, Lady Bike mads an interesting strips of sketchen cl the flora of the islands, Her Indyskip bax perkamed a similar service to which were exhibited it the Colonial Exhibition, the flora of Jamaica, Both Sir Henry and Lady Blake were very popular in the West Indies, and bave done much survice, bath commercially #dministered with a mach tact and access show! Every one was dumbfounded and (7 L. and C. Bxpress.
amazed. Then upon the silence broke - the abrick of the maid at the door, With one final garn at the shawl and one at the handsome yelling at the top of bar voice, What's the good conjurar, she hid her rosy free to her hands,
of me clothes 7 and A-8,"
Dr. Jordan deposed that on the oth inst, about 3 pm, he was summoned to the New Club, He entered deceased's room on the topfor and found
him lying across the bed with his legs hanging were somewhat disted; there was no evidence over the side He was quita dead. The poplis
Mr. Hart Back to notify the Police as witness of vomiting that he could ree. He then advised
was unable to cenlly the case of death. He
bad been dead at least two hours. There was notblog near him but on the washstand there
that it was a perfectly calm face, This would wat a tumbler contalaing a small quantity of liquor which smelt like brandy. He should say probably not be case if death was caused by poison. The appearances were quite compatible with heart disease. Hedi: not know the deceased
empty alx once medicine bottle on the wash once in Mount Austin Hospital. There was an
te rezaided as excellent "sport" for the pirates parts of the province and are known to even levy blackmail from some of the corrast man- darius, as your Special Correspondent recently polated dul in ond of his articles on the West River trade.
THE PHILIPPINE REBELLION.
EXPERIENCE OF TELEGRAPH COMPANIES ETAFT.
Telegraph Company had rather an exciting
ment, the Station having been besieged by the time during five days Inst week owing to rising of the natives against the Spanish Govern-
The Bolicao Staff of the Eastern Extenslan
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. and socially, for the two colonies; Sir Henry has had apparently seen"right through the thick personally and never attended him but only saw Staff's quarters being the strongest building ·
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hongkong, 8th December, 179%,
DEATH.
Vista, Sandy Bay, Hobart, DONALD CAMPBELL On the 31 January, at his residenes, Belia BYWORTH, aged so years.
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The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, TURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1898.
REUTER'S MESSAGES.
LABOUR STRIKE IN BOMBAY,
LONDON, March 13th,
Bombay
A general atrike of labour has occurred at
■ protest agalost the plague
measures.
SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
A renewed semi-panic has taken place on the New York bourse, owlag to apprehensions of
MESSES. WARNER, HARNES & Co.'s bi-weekly Cargor of Australian have arrived by Armenia, clicular dated Manila, 1th March, says: Coalar
Calssis Burril, Jane Burril, Patriarch, Mary A. Troop and Great Admiral, and of Japan,
by Str. Doyo Mars-Baulaess has been done THE sitendable at the circus of Lord Georgs in former – $12.87) purton, and landed terma-Sanger at Dalston were alarmed at kalf-past
s'and.
blast. he went to the New Club and found the Sergeant Gidley said that about 3 p.m. on the
Dr. Jordan Gild thats was nothing surple body of Me: Cook. There were fire men in the room when he strived them, Mr. Hart Back, Mr. Graham, Mr. Jupp, and the
boy :
clous about the cause of death and witness lacked the door and kept the key and sent the body to the Meituary.
The er gairy was then adjourned to such time
In the lattes, we have heard of no transacions, seven o'clock oze moralng last month by ass the report of the analyst will be completed.
"THE SOLICITOR"
lives an account of some Spialsh soldiers taking refuge there, the telegraph office and
The position of the Company's staff was most offering any chance of dalenca in the place.
friendly testas both with the villagers who rose trying owing to the feet of their being on
selves sumbered 34 souls, locluding some native and the officials and soldiers of the Government within the balldlog, who together with them-
women and children, The news of the events ay they occured are best given in the words of Mr. Fathle the Superlatendant of the Company ard his staff, who reported the same by wire to the Maurger of the Company in Hongkongts whom we are indebted for these delalis z--
yth March. About two o'clock this
Flour: We quota Sprys X X X $1350 succession of shricks preoceeding from the iron. per 4/4 scks. Petrolium: Somewhat firmer batred den in which two performing bears were since last advices; American & $4.go and ciged. On rushing to the spot they found a fine RusslanC $4.87k percase, Exports. Hemp: specimen of the polar bear and sleek bear At the Theatre Royal last night before a full || morning the Government landlines to Manila la view of the firms of Desters here and fighting. Professor Max, the lion tamer and a heuss the Brough Comedy Company produced were cut. We were advised that hundreds of higher prices for Slusi and other fibres in 17. S. & number of elber times and keepers, armed
"The Solicitor," a farclosi comedy in three acte | rebele entered the village. They killed two UK, oar wuket is continued to advance themselves with pitchforks, base of tron, and by J. H. Darnley, Prince Henry of Prussie in ropeans, and one asive solffer. The test and the freling has been made generally firmer endeavoured to beat the aminais apart. No patronised the show and occupied seats in the ate itation, which wa hava barricaded as well as company with Major-General and Mr. Black of the soldiers consisting of eight men escaped to by the supply not apparently being suffeloni to sooner, however, wers they parred than they Gover or box, in the clicie. From the rise of we can. Al six o'clock the rebels rest, word ment shipping demand of exporters for ready rushed agala at each other with unabated the curtain in the first act fill its fell in the fast that they would not in any way interfere with us and near at hard tonnige-A few sales were foxy, They lord at esch other's throat",
the audience was kept in zavaltions of laughter but if the soldiers were fa the station, the best made of Albay cargo as the basis of so so for and clawed besch other's bodies for fully which tes:ffic & eloquently to the appreciation of the soldiers outolii because if the soldiers did not and aller each act there was singing applane thing we could do was to inare the station or get Current, quickly followed by business ✪ $9 75. 5 qruiter of an
hour, but during the the reformance. The whole play is a series of leave before 4 paz." hey would attack, we to'd
Sagar! The Manila crops are not turning out Profaser Max endeavoured to enter the den, but clout of wives and busbands as to their partners will paileving achcluded so that the tobels ar then sellers and an advancing tendency, the bitter of the polar heat. Time after time in driving a cab on a bet, which aroused enspl. them we could not clear the soldiers out. We are consequence of and rash act of "The Bolicitor observe strict neutrality and at the same time tald atisfactorily and it is now expected the total on each occasion the black best left his opponent fidely and Impugnad intrigues. The crisis 13gment will be concluded so that the rebels may
tianco feat and on SATURD ›Y & Cup will be | crisis in the relations with Spain due to renewed and we closa £na nt this price with mora bayer whole of that time the sloth appeared to get complicated entanglements, which 'were all the - them that we cand not lekwa the strrian but could
t
presented.
of the Fleat for a competition between officern of
both countries.
Service Rifier and any position
On FRIDAY a Cup will be given by efficers Active warilke preparations to taking place in reposts of treachery la the Mots disaster.
Foreign Men of war present. 200 and 500 7*** | Washington that the Governmeal bar ne know- preducilon will not exceed 600,0co plculs or 1sy | snd made for the trainer, who was obliged to was senched in the second set and in the third allow soldisre to leave fa bost. The Spaniards
It is efficiully declared at
[301 ledge of the cause of the disaster to the Alpina | 37.500 tons, most of which will be exported to beat a retreat. Wimately walie the keepers Expianations followed which' cast-all-doubt in village and pilesta managed to escape In-s--
Hongkong, 5th March, 1898.
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND
SINGAPORE,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
THE Steamship
and has received no report on it,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
|
managed to beat the 'oth to one end of the cage Professor Max, armed with a fork, quickly entered the other. The sloth at once and the forks, and sprang at Max, who managed leaped over the irons, which had been heated,
to knock the animal down. A sliding shaiter was then placed through the bare of the cage and the polar was dragged outside, but be ww so dreadfully mauled that he
The central que was Mr. Brough, as the moli. sway and prevented sufis in the divorce cotits, citer, who was in every way splendid in his part Ith not necessary to driticise the ether charnoi
be a doubt that the patrons of the Brough tera individually, but suffice 11 10 any that they all rendered their parts creditably. There can Company receive a good reinen for their money and it has been expressed in many questers that the Company is one of the most genuine and bps, that has ever visited Hongkong, died
petra "The Saliciter will En repeated to-night and from homonh-The Case of Rebellions Susan" will be pro- En extensivo wound in the | daced to-morrow night, a talen
THE buying rate for sovereigns is $10.73 per é THE British Registrar-General, Dr. Totham, has "CATHERINE APCAR,”
Issued a supplemental report showing the infla. having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees ence of occupation upon male mortality. The of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods clergy had the healthiest liver, and alter them will be delivered from alongside.
Carro Impeding the discharge or remaining ma in lum lawyers, doctors and fermers, which a contlote and have retarded the low minnas · afterwards
be landed at Consignees! risk and expense inte
China-Manila Extras (sbout No. 8 D. 8.) with no especial polarization are selling ( $4.15 per |pical, destined for the Hongkong market. Tanis has taken place over the past fortnight estimated Nomlaai-No crop. Holles A large business
at some 140,000 plculs on the bials of $4.35, for assorted to 1/3ths—at the date of last telegraphic advices market was litle waster and busfaess was probable @ $4.18). With excentlys raios
hardly pass 2,400,000 picuís or say 130,000 tons throat. His opponunt was little the worke crushing, the chances sow are total ouiturn will »ge, dan to and there is but little doubt the greater part of for the fray. The sloth was furious at being this will like last year, go to Chins. We make robbed of his prey, and for some time after- Sugar (ab. No. 9 D. 8.) $450 per pical frat paws in the rain cadeavour to get at the keepers our quotations to-day as follows:-Marlia Extra | wards he beat the iron bars of his den with his
A Chima bostman was sentenced to six Viollo Superior Sugar 14.18.75 per pical fist height alarmed the other suimals and birds cost, and exchange 3/91-£8.0.6 per ton fo.b. The cries of the hairs when the fight was xtlis months' hard at the Police Court to-day for coat, and exchange 2/0-£7.10.6 per ton fo.b. belonging to the menagerie, and the din created throwing pepper into enciber man's face with Coffter Nomaduni Batungan Bio per picul, by the ilons, lephants, horses, bears, ostriches, Intent to rob him of his money. The crime was with no Stocks. Rice Supplies of and Walls pelicans, performing ples, dogo, de,, was so grnát committed in January, 1897, and it was not (1:1 || Pangasinan nes, milli marce-We/quote this || that the inhabitants of the usighbouring kousas yesterday that the prisoner was arrested. quality Œ $3,48) put in board do the river. ' Rockeš to the scene in Astértafo the cause,
kamin beings.
en board after 4 PM, of the 18th instant will DR. Samarell has delivered a Lecture in Montes the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloosides, in which he stated that he had discovered Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, at Wanchai. a serums which proved effective against yellow Consignees of Cargo from SINGAPORE and fever in the animals he experimented with, and PENANG are requested to take IMMEDIATE that it will probably care the same dietase la DELIVERY of their Goods from alongside ́much Cargo Impeding the discharge of the vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and Expanss,d
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Hilla of Lading will be countersigned by.
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Côn
Agents Hongkong, 15th March, 1898
184 995
the rubels are on their track and if they catch bost but don't know where they have gone s them, they will all be killed. Report says that there are about, 400, rabels. They
soldidan away, we will have a lively time of it have sent twice to tell or that we will mot be mplested in any way but if we cannot get Cannot get any assistance from Malla as like to eat and Lauppats they have out it is many places." It is reported that five of the suurennding villäges have also visen,. It is the Bollano people who are in arms and as we have always been on good terms with them they don't want don't want to' berius. Have spoken to the Government Telegraph superintendant and be says that we can notify the ln'errepil.n. Ha does not cize about ding it himself, Our delegate has Just arrived from rebel camp, WIL let you know what they say 7th 4 pm...The rebels still insist on saying (we get rid of soldier we are safe, but soldiers will not leave and now they have made a regular fost: of our place. pating up blocks, stones, boiling caldrons of water (when these words were being signalled to Hongkong the rebels get on to the ground and the staff were advised by Hongkong to clear put of the building if they could do so. This was how. There was an improvement in the shooting ever sot necessary saithe soldiers were able ta on last week but it was stil poor,
Getra back the rubels with a few shots),
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