THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, MAY
turned boat, which was supporting thirteen THE people, besides himself. Then, to use-the youngster's own pathetic words; I know, mother. and Claude were drowned, if I wanted to slip sequently the upturned boat righted itself, but twenty haurs elapsedt ere Arnold and his com panions were rescued, during which period of burror several persons died, while another went saving mad.
GLEANER
THE MUTUAL STORES CASE.
YOKOSUKA VICTORIOUS” DOCKED AT
JAPANESE TAXES ON FOREIGNERS.
GLEANINGS BY THE WAY balance. Therefore, unless he was a stark Mr. Francis then proceeded to deal at lengthi
funatic, he would never have made the attempt with the correspondence which had passed between the parties to the suit and their res
Well, Mr. Editor, suppose yni have licento ride it Granting that he was a lunatic, and pective solicitors with reference to the cast, wondering where your Cleaner has been, that he succeeded in getting Astride of the first and pointed out to the jury that the facts upon having had no news from him for a couple of bicycle, it is morally ceitain that he immedi- 'off the keel of lie boat and die myself." Sub- battleship'afinat, was successfully docked at have notified, the Kanagawa Prefectural G9-) which they would have to decide were whether weeks, trust you will not imagine I have ately fell off. Would even a lunatic persevers the defendants agreed not merely to take up been on the "razzle-dazzle with the Taipohu in falling off a bicycle until he accidentally hit and carry through the Plaintiff's transactions rebels, fus liave not; nor have I heen a weary on the trick of keeping it upright? There may for the June and September settlements or gleaner," as you will perceive when 1 deposit have been such a lunatic, but it is alstrain on one's credulity to believe it. The bicycle is not agreed to hold and carry the shares for themy reapings. They are from far and wear, Plaintiff. An adjournment was made for tiff and I trust you will say that I have been as eternal. There must have been a line when the first bicycle was made, and there must have been a man who was the first to ride it. What The case was resumed pl 2:40 pm Mrligent as the historical Ruth: Francis starting by referring to statements in
induced him to try to ride it, and how did he pamgrapli 5 of the Replication, and went on to
1el somewhat in a inerry vein and will discover the way in which to keep it upright? recite the remaining paragraplis recounting tell you first about a gas-mah, Funy sub learn from the cyding journals But there are Well, several men who were the very first inventors the denials and admissions therein, all of which readers can peruse for themselves in theject that, I suppose you will say
bere it is. A man belonging to the Hongkong of the bicycle, but they do not say a word about In the last
the first man who rode the machine. Coper published Replication above.
nicus, Sir Isaac Newton, and Columbus are paragraph Coansei drew attention to the phrase Gas works, whose degy it is to go round
not worthy to be mentioned as discoverers in where it states that Homusjec Nowrojec Mody town and register the amount of gas consum
the same breath with the unknown man who and Defendant acted as agents for the Plaintifed, went into a use the other day and found but Counsel explained to the City
discovered how to ride a bicycle. And yet the never acted agents they were suply
name of this wonderful man is mterly quknown, borrowers and fenders in such transactions
and fit process by which he learned to ride Mr. Francis then summed up
cannot even be inngined.
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sugese Chide wil be running plexed" round with pistols and cofice los tit when he hurns live let the "eat one of the long for he intended to tell Pepleres tim he musical critic bad an idea that Perplexed was onej lush but we now busted!! Perplexed, have: another go at Critic: don't be hested by that espression.
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The Shanghai Hon. Treasurer of the Queen- Diamond Jubilee Memorial Fund the Victoria Nursing Institute: issues a statemen showing the position of accounts on the disst of May The bgures show cash on hand and on deposit 2.4.35 to which is added arered interest 2711.66, making a trail of $48,110.21. not including conditional and outstanding-um amounting to 8268.
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HMS Victorious, largest type of English It is reported that the central authorities. Yokosuka on Wednesday last, the difficult vernment, and that office in turn gaye.instrife..
rious on arrival at Yokosiika was about 28 feet residents, who have been engaged and continue operation being completed by the evening of tion to the Mayor of Yokohama, about thie that day. The draught of water of the Firte-levying of city rates after August, on försigu, 6 incites, and the authorities would not venture to do so in various occupations coming underi in dock her unless she could be lightened up the Business Tax or in possession of houses. to 25 feet mean fore and aft. This task involved before and after the opention of the new an enormous amount of work, and assistance Theaties. The rates will he of two kinds, had to be rendered by another of H. M.'s ships namely, on mcupations and on houses. Now i in taking to pieces the greater portion of the these city taxes heing subsidiary to and based protective parts of the internal fittings, to which upon the national and loend taxes, and hence, Reginald Hopkins was again bright on
must be added all ammunitión, coal, water- though the duty of paying taxes muy acerte în remund before the Magistrate at the Policeight doors, all the 6-in. broadside guns, and the month in which the new regime comes into Court this afternoon charged with embezzling their fittings. Even the crew were forced to hand operation. et umil after the principal taxes $1.000.
starl the sak rates. Such is said to Mr. Thompson, who appeared for the prose with their outfit, and the latter extended tothe shall have been feried, it will be impossible.
smallest supenious belongings of the officers, cution, asked for a further renund which was
At the last moment, 5oo of the crew got into the be the view. held y the Yokohama City:
As a matter of law, however granted, His Worship remarking that this was
ment landed aggegated Sootons; the weight the general business tas is to be collected: the las remand he would grant without muthers. The ad fittings and other equip. Office.
of the 500 men inclusive of their baggage from the year following the opening of, the! evidence. The case was Temanded umił 2.15. pm on Tuesday next.
would be about 70 tons. Finally at the time business, while taxes on printing, manufactur appointed high water. en fils the ing, banking, transporting insurance business, Pictoriens aus hauled ceiulle nie dock, her et can not be collected untiFatter the comple draught of water being then 24 feet 1 in. tion of three years after the opening of the when the divers reported her keel clear of the business. Again, the legal date for sending in hlucks by inches. The cassion was put into reputs of taxable items being January every place and all were satisfied that the Peterious year, it will be impossible for the authorities, to was at last in dry dock, where she simply lax foreigners this year, upon whom the duty
of paying taxes will only cerve from Jul required to be clesined and printed. But now she Tranunt recne must again until the next nesk. Even in the supposition of recognizing spring tides, which means that neither next January, when the reports of taxable items days most expire. After coming out, all shall come in, as the date of their opening rast pozumelation o po tons of business, yes, they cannot be taxed until the the fittings, ats and their equitment, quo, will have year after. The Yokohama Taxation Supervis to be taken aboard anti put in the respective bury Office is säid to be inclined to the view of places. However, the men me equal to į making foreigners seul in their reports, in: Arduous undertaking, and doubi, after fanuary next, and levying on them the national another memth's hard work, ver shall see the faxes in the year following the reinainder of battleship in tighting trim once nič, but got the present year being neeled for preparatory before.
COLLISION AT SHANGHAI. Yesterday at about ta... reports the Saig¦ ha Mercury of May 4th, as the N.V. R. Steamer Sukio Mara, Capt. Young, was conting up the river at the entrance to the South Channel, she run into and sonk pilut-boat No. of which Pilot Anthur is part owner The sight way dark lan clear and as the Japanese midil teams required a gailen she pracveiled towards the pilet bo in question which was showing the NY.K. signal lights. It appears that the distance and the tide was miscalculated with the result that the steamer's bone': sherl into the pilot-boat's starboard quarter. Every assist ance was rendered by Ciquain Young in the crew of the pilot-hodi, who were all saved including a man who hat fallen overboard and who was picked up
The steamer's ble-but. When the, adident deemned the pile Wes already in his dingy alongside, so that nothing happened to him. When the Nokia ahadi propeded on her course the pilot-boat way waterlogged and we learn thuit she sank, shonchy aberwards walra deal of valuables in tears
But including a gold watch, bine ullir, etc. these may be recovered liefore the wreck is blown up as i will have to be, lying as it is in the way of navigation.
NANKING AN OPEN PORT:
SASKING May Yesterday, the ast May; at nous. Sanking was made an open port. Two - were fired and the Customs thig was mu up in front of the building near where the Custom House is to be built. The captain of the customs cruiser had
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We are infannel that owing to the patronaess of the day-dock at the bottom, the blocks hard to be missed fully two feet, sosit the bilge keels should clear the mucosary consisting of granite blocks in the sides, and this alone would neous lay two feet of Rightening, op.
All credit is due to the Japanese for the manner in which they have assisted and sucressfully darked the vessel; the anangu. ments to that end having been in every way perfect-- Japan Herald,
A NIGHT SCENE IN YOKOHAMA.
These ang ime or two streets in Vokebatna, and several in Tokyo, that are well worth a visit after nightfall. In the daytime they are malos.
parent-ding, and sordid. The ww fine furik.
here and the show up the amazing, in- Signs of progress the uple udumiseminn- ! significance of most of tighouses, The undern and ghastly merhead telegraph and telephone
elegant report prepared for the forenen sistors, while Mr. Aglen, the Comissioner of
wires more luxuriant than in any country 1 Customs, has a feast for the native officials in the Kwan Ping, by the Customs hull. The Captain of the Customs cruiser expected all the have ever seen-offend the Sense of sight rané foreigners of Nanking and male preparationsverything looks as unsightly and in for them, but it seems that the Commissioner as the Japanese clerk rue typeof his gener
tion whe hobbles, along with wonden elogs, a neglected to send out ag imitions til at kena Tapanese per mudella, and were lots of goud things to eat and sæther mone
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NOTANDA
CALENDAR.
MAN.
Meteorological means based on ten years
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Barometer Thermometer...
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TO-DAY.
Tuesday, 9th May, 1899, ***
Chinese 30th of and moon of efth year
Kaong silo Sum--Rises
of abohrlie than wohl be necessary, as right fitting fine breeches, fits all rougeried prop
But a night itis different. The guide-hak suber community de yer esumes very tucking, cooring his bow legs,
seially the American guide bank, cakes a were collected the first this. Deustoms colles - of intoxicants. It is said that 48 Faels Eston tion is a sign of civilization and a high state of night ir japan a visit to fairyland." evolution, we are certainly evolving." "Howevent with customs to hinder goeds entering the and land grabbing to keep business inen from getting sites for stores, our pois may have
culties in getting fully under way, there were no sins and land out 15 ferly secured the part wand likly get along, 4ut the prosperts seem very doubtful at presesit. The Salt Comissioner and the Treasurer were at the gyrruway of opening as the native s presentatives, Shanghai Mercury.
HONGKONG SHIPPING.
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Afternoon it ANNIVERSARIES
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1996 - New Town Hall at Tientsin opened: 180 Wagħu light first exhibited,.
Russian warships threatened to land men at Chelo aver the foreshore difficulty.
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TOMORROW,
ant in lajon : the entire half show the défis ate glory of varie odontal paper lanterns, | 18g - Mutiny of Chinese troops at Woosung'; and Here and there a slating gas jet throw's ins garish fight on me cheap jäel's stull, or the entrance to a saree show. The jimikishes rande up and down ingndreds, the coolies crying paper lanterns in their bands and Filiging their Shop Hi hi as they infer glast" mah thel, ip down old woiners, and said young sters scüreying Jethane sheta.
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very small quantity in the carbureted by drogen: as sail to the Chinaboy, Yay makes use velly little gas in this one piecee house. What fashion your no akce light evelly Mr. Chater was then examined : Fam me day more quick? You nu sarty Gas Company The Endy of the Defendants in this claim and am a part-wandhee ankers plenty money!"
the argon Indian Pance Ranjitsinhji, ner with Str. Mody, and have been with him of the house, who stood at the top of the stairs
eurketer, bas ietuned to England from India, since 1880. lave evasest 46 caury on the and heard the conversation thought that was
and has been entertained at Cambridge by a brokering business nice 1884. am largely the Company's desire, but she, like a careful
number of University friends, Tu the course interested in and in Hongkong, Mr. Mody is one-wife, studies her own pocket det. Fiat an interview with a representative of the a Bill and Bullion Broker, but as far as shares as Company should find out who und inter-
Cambriter thuis Artes, he reverted his are concerned he is a jobber. He does the registrar,ts and increase hijs sultry ; fir ev isfent-
ticketesperienes in Tadia. He stated dut his health was intiifferent, and he still suffered whole of the buying and selling, making pully has the Company's welfare at heart. orders and signing cheques. Flave nothing
with his thing. When in Australia he did not to do with buying and selling. In '97 and 88
Dive the dorsar tune to cine him. He spends 1 helped in the dare transaction, simply to help the clerk in the monthly set
in gratatul temps of the attentiur he received from the two manager in Australia, Messis, tlements. My nephew tool, up that work in 1889, when tot for home. 1%how Plaintiff in
Wandill and Sheridan, · He koked furwand in the seventies; he was a share broker, with
the near future to talting team, an Ausindia in response to an invitation. Asked as to what Messrs. Percha and Bantonly, after that' withj
edit the new suggestion of the MC.C. that Mr. Legg. In 80 or 83 first had business 20, with him. At that time I was buying proper.
they should control representative" deyens ries, mostly godowns, and I literally gave
would have upon the proposal, Ranitsinfiji replied that he did not care whit the MCC, Plaintiff interest in them, and made him man ager to work the godowns of commisson.
did. He had beer asked to take a team over. He should call it is Afterwards, in 82 ur.83. I started buildings and
and he shruthi da mog team from England. It would not be called bought lands at Kowlm, and started a syndi-
an England team. He intended to take the rate of four ethers. The total outlay was about
rato in Autralia at the end of next ›rgson. $600,000, and Plaintiff had a fifth share. At
The question was asked if a gentlentun that tired about $31,000 of Plaintiff's for Hongkong the other what he thought would þei
With regard to the Australian team how business I had transacted for him. He was the meanest action a prison could commit.
its way to England, it was a very powerful made Manager of those guilowas, mostly at Why," said the questioned me, "to send a Wanchai, and his tuber was also inade a
combiuntion, and be thought it would do very letter by post and make the recipiant pay fa Manager. He received all monies for those the sending. "Dh returned the questiouen, well, although he would not like to prophesy godowns. He only settled those” accounts "I don't think that persim conld he half as as to the probable results of the representative the other day when I settled with him. He stingy or mean as de ran in Atarica wh; tehes. He intended to play for Sussex this rendered half-yearly accounts, but never paid ses a wait on the back of his neck as a collay season if they would have mi, and hoped to any moste 1 god -3r. Paul Jordan in go
Stud." Well. Mr. Editor, both are mough play fegularly it all went well. Meanwhile, he and examine his hooks and I was smisded at the awe remedies for them. A simple should make Cambridge his leadquarters. A Early in June 1887 Plaintitë appřed to me one for the list mamed is, that these unsightly the close of the nickel season he intended to for assistance. At that time we were gu
exrrescence's upon the skin may be removed
trurn to him, and proposed to take with him friends; he had ceased to be manager of the
by a preparation composed of the red portion a team of English amateurs. He had not been godowns in January of-that-yeu-His-tite!
of-festream, inele serped and mixed with able to withdrite arrangements, but his ment to me about his dificulties was that he vinega. This should be laid upon the wart mention was that they should tour on was in trouble and that he wanted me to help at night, and a slight bandage be tied er Indice, and meet varjous five teams. They him; and I asked him what help dit he wants that it may not be rubbed at. With several probably, however, would not play many He told me he had been buying largely indeeding applications the warts should be in matches. He hoped to take at one thirteen bares and that he could not get assistance a condition in drop giï let them draps yo
urtery ricketers. He should ask A. E from the Tanks. Iesked him why, consider
Stoddart, F. S. Jackson, J. Koutright, McGregor, H. C. Lanesim-Gower, N. F. Draer, ing I had given him to Kowloon shares
A. 1. Maclaren, G. Brann, 1. 1. Jessup, C. B. clean. When I gave bin the shares, they iveri
Walking dong the Praya a few days ago. quoted at 18. He said he had margins all over the place and that he would keep osvery sak if sopie visitors commented upon the new and F, J. R. Mason, auf A. Priestley. In con- usion. Prince Ranjinhli expressed us we helped him. I told him unless he could give lofty buildings erected there. I wonder what
they would think of the New York skydelight that Cambridge had won the boat race, us his exact position we could do nothing for hion, and then I could not without consulting scripers, as the tall erections are temel, akding that the most curious part of it was that my partner, and I told him to get a statement especially the. Park Row Building. This one : 69% Oxford man he had met was glad ton
is of twenty-nine storeys, vises or teet aluse of his standing to place before Mr. Mody. Le
the pavement level, the foundation going 5411 brought that stateixent two or three days later (statement produred: When received the below the level. It contains 95 business statement, to him. I tides Cink it fees, and the estituated number of sufficient guarantee. and than I wanted to is 4000 isthe highest inhabited building in know his standing at the xnkt 1 showed the world. though there are some others in the statement in Mr. Mody. I received a New York whicle coque pretty near it, such a
the St. Paul, American Safety, and Commercial fuller statement from Plaimity about wor
Gable buildings. The changer from fire the three days later, and this is the stattineat produced and read in detail. The statement engine hose cannot spon higher than vine concerns his margins on business; he did not ['ginneys is lessened by the fact that these sky- shqui medis standing at the bank. I looked scrapers are all fireproof, over the stateinent and found that he had a margin. Lasked him what he wanted. He asked us to clear for him about 209 Wharf shares and 400 Punjoos which wond probably be reduced to 30 e folle he ha solt a thousanit to Mr. Slade, and that they would be taken before the 30th of June. I asked him how he was going to secure as He said he would give us a note on the Bank for any margin they had his account he had some transacuous on Some Sugar shares, for which he would give 15 an order on Mr. Sassoon for them; he wendi alsu give us some bibrigages pu some pro perty. Any balance was to be paid over to par joint account, and if needed he would also give second mangages I talked with him and was inclined us help him. Just then Mr. Moly came up and went to his desk. 1 took the memo and went to Mr. Mody and told him Plaintiff had brought another meme, and I was inclined to assist him. I told bine the conyets- ation I had with Plaints about the orders a the bank and Sasson, and that if me needed any further security he would give crop
Mr. Mody mortgages on certain properties. asked me if I was satisfied and I said we might help him, and he said very well, you must understand we are not bound to hold the shares-tok Mi Mody that was understood, but that he had better reli. Maintiff himself. Me Mody came along, to my desk and spoke to Plaintif We told him we were going to helphin,
I have often admired at the bottom of Wind but that we were not bundl to hold the shares, He could have them as soon as he wanted the days. These are the routes which ha Sheet the beautiful array of charming traversed over land and water to accomplisit leserse chibited to view by the Chinese vendors and that the sooner he took them the better -
andlerstand the majority of these flowers that we were not bankers. Plaimiff was pro- distance in that time :
coque from Camton but it is said the South of fuse in his links, and said all he cared for New York.tp Southampton
France is the flower garden of the world was rise in the market. I then told Plaint--Southam
Flower farming is extensive in the Var Valley, that he had better get all the broker's accounts
and covers abou! 11 3,000 English acres. These servation, eccept as i lay in the application. | where all kinds of culinary horrors in the sisape made up as soon as possible, and to send them
gardens produce ve 3000 inn of flowers Passing Chongno the people there attempted of rice, seaweed and fish make the atmosphere in to us with a statement, so that we might sce
annually. Lavender is an English production,
to interfere with the strange peeding, but a solid block of ñdotus, There is sure to be how things were to be carried out. He thank-
and is gultivated aboin Hertford, Surrey, and were warded off with blows and remarks that plenty of Faw fish on in thin slices, at these ed ine very much and left me with tears in his
several other districts. Its name."vandule."they too were in sympathy with newspaper stills, eyes. My partner would never have helped
Přesedly a weird, shrill whistle strikes the from "lavare," to wash, indicates its use, which 3/421- him. Mr. Mody did not care for Mr Hughes
eth, and one sees a blind somon making her was perfuming the baths of wealthy people. Arriving, at their destination, the editor was at all. Sometime before the end of the month.
way down the middle of the street. When she Its Bewers are considered excellent for disorders placed in their midst, abused, bullied cross statement was sent in by Plaintif to me
is not bhawing her reed whistle she shrieks in of the bed bund nerves, There are districts of questioned and ordered to make known who of his transactions with the brokers up to the
lender fields in Spain and Sorth Africa, was meant by Buidha. The answer elicited the must discordant key naginable a dolefusing 30th of June, together with their accounts,
where it thrives mostly on high sea levels,
was that that worthy was well-known to the cy, which the learned will interpret as "Am We have copy of that statement in Mr.
people and needed so introduction by naiemah kaishin sambyakuna aimah Silva's handwriting, who was in our empley
is a masseuse, and saibyaku moi (300 mon for eleven years, I think the original was sent.
The match has been made between "Hi, Then they proposed that the publication of the
promise to that or three sen, or three farthings is her fee, back to Plaintiff with the brokers' statements.
Fitzsimmons, formerly of Australia, the boxing paper should cease and dice n I found two of the broker's accounts in June.
made that as the paper than in any other country, and the whole bus- (statements produced and recognised). Those In calculating this run Prinec ilko est. champion, and Jefries, the American puglist,effect le given in writing at once. To this Massage is probably more popular in Japan
to lox twenty-five rounds at the Coney Island the reply was
was the property of a company he was un- iness is in the hands of blind, old, and hideously are the only broker's accounts I can find for mates speed on the Siberian Railway at the Club New York on May 25th, for a purse of that month. That statement last sent in did not very modest rate of but 48 kilometres, or 20,000 4,000). The fames English able to comply without consultation with ugh women.
As the night wears on, and the shop lights April Japan, Boynton, Tonkin. 25th April- agree with the previous statement. The transuniles, per hour. Faster communication both lacking firms of Day & Martin has been his colleagues. This appealed to a venerable action with the 1,000 shares fell through, and it by sea and land will doubtless soon reduce the tested into a limited company, the purchase member of the gang of self-printed deter and lanterns go out, and the jinrikishas grown, Bags at April-Corrle. 8th money being 133,000 sh... Nearly Lives and judges, and he recommended release fewer, and the streets empty, an unearth. April -Priam, Hastern and May Bengine,
sow, '5th May--Taulatus. :;; (0,000 acres have been reclaimed in Ireland in order to consult and after sonte mic bully sound begins as if all the supernatural popu | Dorothed Rickmers, Aggi, Nubie, Joku Adam undertaken without the knowledge, much less clanking ghostly chains It is only the night during the past year Ironi bog al marsh kinds.ing the editor was allowed to The affair, "lation had left their graveyard aunts, and were consent, of the Catholic Bishop reached his ear. wastelsuan going his rounds. He is armed with He sent his card and apologies to the editor; a long pole, on which are heavy metal rings, of young Bening Amold from the fate which denounced the conduct of the offending me and at every step he brings this down smartly There are hundreds of these men patrolling befell his mother and brother in the wreck of bers and promised to deal with them as far as on the ground, causing a most distal-noise.
fill-fated Strife has been graphically dethe church was concerned. The leader of the
in the ordinary sense of the word the little. scribed. Bening is 15 years old, and it was his crowd and possibly others have been placed the streets all night. They are not policemen The incident shows two things. That the Japanese police, looking much like schoolboys the ladd's football to the battonhole of his coat mother who, after the Stella had struck, tied under arrest. with the touching remark, "It may be useful, clitor of the Seitel News, is fearless and that playing at soldiers, are already on duty at their darling. Then the ship went down, and mother papers like bis are not wanted by some of his usual beats-they are a sort of extra guard and both sons were sucked under the dark and countrymen--for the suppression of the paper subscribed for by the inhabitants of the various turbulent waterer The football brought young and not the vindication of the fair fame of Bedwards, and their chief function is to detect Being to the surface aligst immediately, dha" was the object of the assault Second, fires, of which the Japanese, no without but lie war no more of either his mother arthat the prompt and absolute disavowal of the reason, live in constant dread. The sound at brother, fie was stunned by some passing conduct of certain of his members or adherents his clanking staff fellows one all the way home,
Ralcep jurecka cand remembered, nothing further by the Bishop shows the altitude the church and is the inst sound one hears as one falls until he found himself being held to us up assumes towards stich unlawful procee
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I gotice that the old 38 and reo ton guns at Cabraltar are gradually being supplanted by That accident on Sonly on the Chactes dernier. Two of the latest wirewood j was sad, was it not? But that ship is very, gans nf 5.2-inch caliber have been installed. The välie in Hongkong harbour is said ter
The theatres are as intrusting on the putside "" As within. The placarile are învnelse. lack somehow. A few-ths ago the These guts weigh only twenty-seven tons, but be increasing so rapidly that the available sque medical staff had an awful fright; when about throw a shell of 380 pounds a listame of fifteen is ginning to get congested.
villain of Japan with his eyehtows mid.ing miles, or two miles farther than the width of complain tha dl the last herths are sionope twenty men, a whole mass, tipproached the sick
an oblique line frag bis eses on his hair, i- bay vomitting and casing all kinds of things, the straits between Europe, int batarlised and that they have to anchor as consider After dispensing for them all enquiries were and the guest of Africa. The get be load- able distances from the Imsiness centre, disputing pra lotely damsel, from whose threed sung gallons of blood are escaping to a white" made as to trade of such an upset, which, and handled by two non, and can penetrate the same time, the men war anchorage is he tuned out to be the result of eating potators, Lilley-six inches of im at 120-yands. 1 think coming too smail for the larger fleets you onl It appears that the potatoes had len cooked these will gojore domably with the new the day previous and during the night, owing, geus mountal by the United States avg-not to the heat, had fermented and generated a kind long ago. of oxalic acid. "The majority of the sails quickly recovered, but the others felt the effects for many hamus.
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→ Moralist," writing to a Singapore conçue porty, lest week said It has quite done the sight good to see that breve array of British warships in the harbon, this werk. The were fur at one time the Orlando and the mora, the later and the Redpole- Was
MEK Pinckney, who has betur on the championship, is agado well to the front in the present Cricket Chi Lawn Tennis Tour 'ment, layingwon the semi-thal tie last Satur ; not often that we see a British man+of+waar | day against Captain Langhorne, Mr. Pineginted black in these regions. That was the has now to aces Mr. Henry flumphreys in the exterior condition of the Pylader when she final-It-appran hut Finckneys winged-in potuesday. enabled him to overcome Langliore the ination for a Black British warship. There is former is very smart in lobbing, while the something grim about her some sense of the latter is equally smart in valleying. The tremenda fighting power nctahed within should be well worth seeing.
her steel walls. When Tsaw the Grinde in mother station shey ton, was black now she looks much were innocent in her cout of white.
The speed of travelling, even sine twenty“, years ago, has greatly improved, so much so that one can travel around the world in 06
to Brindizi....... Brindisi Yokohamn, by Suez Gasal ^. Yokohama to San Petcisco..
San Francisco to New York.
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Total ........... But when the new. Siberian Railway is cou pleted, it will be possible to travel anime the world in 33 days! Prince Hilkoff arcanges his 33 day itinerary as follows. Bremen, by rail to St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg to Vladivostock Vladivostock to San Franciscn San Francisca to New York...... New York to Bremen...
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is credited to Plaintiff's account. The taking up minimum fine to 30 days. of the 4.350 Panjoms and the 115 Kowloons, involved our paying out $450,387. He sold the 4,350 Punjoms to Mr. Moly, got hold of Ilere is something that will puzzle you, sir, a number of other Kowloon shares, other than Who was the first man to ride a bicycle, and the 215, amounting to 50. asked him for how did he learn to ride? Philosophers have additional margins to cover the June seitle often wrestled with the question, who was the ment, and got these 520 Kowlour shares irst man who dared to eat an oyster: This from the bank, for which I had to pay $21,444 fades into insignificance in comparison with These two lots of shares made 735, and the clerk the question, Who was the first man who rode attended to them under my supervision a bicycle, and how did he learn to perform that I got this letter on that date [reference to the feat Riding the bicycle is a very simple Joan of $30,000) On the 30th June I received affair when you have a teacher who shows you this promissory note. The writing of the note just how to mocht and how to maintain your Is by my clerk, Mr. Siba, and the signature is balance, But without a teacher, and without Plaintifs. On the authority of that letter any previous knowledge whatever of bicycles, have never received from the bank my margins, how could a man learn to ride? I'received monies froin. Mr. Sassoon on the authority of that letter
The strider must harc supposed that it His Honour at this stage adjourned the case would be utterly impossible. for a man to vit i two-wheeled machine and still; intain his until to-morrow morning sun,30
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ANNIVERSARIES.
shr. 55min.
Shr. 37min
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Afternion
zhro 45min.
1771
Louis XV, died,
HLAS. Baltier destroyed a "pinatical".
feet near Hongkong.
1857
The Indias Mutiny broke out at Meerut.
and Delhi.
1364
18 la dryfspeel hik! You inquire the air t the station, and as the Naval Yand Relanairearter is seeping bu het ist pars acr tion will continut it still forthey, is is not passion and Bud gear can ser onu que a time probable that the Naval authorities may claim for about right onto Past next four a considerable slice of the ground hitherto at given up to merchang ships. The renardy Suggested is to utilise Lantan iskati, five miles fine harbour to attract; overflow. «hipping froin way, in the newly leased territory wher is a Hongkong." "Shanglii Pally Press,
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Capture of Chang-Clow by Col Gordon,
ind The Ever Victorious Atmy?' Jefferam Davis captured, in Georgia. Grest typhoon in Formosa; + ships lost. Decupation of Port Hamilton by the
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ty; Hongkong declined infected with 9.
The fond na the Motion is optite open to you (and the cred as you gaze in, and you think what dul the manger is to show his warens for making. There is a jermer lying down
this stojital balancing on uw ter a compli18 gated franiework, tona which lưng many oder aroleds, and a girl is just going to ascend th the topnios; punele of the whole staretur, Last Sunday afternoon reports the Aaron ¦ It funks as iche ziztal mell, and your auch bei 1 leaves antepository; while the editor of the
progress binahk ssly when deh it, a Song Shin-man (Seoul Ney wa in the quin falched inaan curtains coines Chattering down, of his office a dozen or more med rame si see and the croymg "ension is belly him about a matter of mutual concern. They you don't rush wildly in and spend your last, arsilted him and In-led him off to the feat for a tiket you in not of military desh Catholje cathedral. A short time ago and bhod, and the running wagger knows it Nest door are "musling & rays, invented Tunamoma,, the cliebrate Tokyo panggraph appeared in the paper under the Caption "Buddhatapplies for adinission into the by "Tel. chuch." It seems that i nae time high oficial-atience? the modes pertesson is, maulty in his whose unscrupulous decis leave earned for him | English), and here the japanese can evel in the the nickname among his own people of karst borns of «rience, and learn all about his Bukha, applied for admission into the Quilat sendbre a phonograph a claim Catholic Church, and the mention of this, what fet as a Japanese invention shooting gallery would ordinarily be regarded as a praiseworthy and a free show an in the same street. At intention seemed so incongruous as to appeal | the Comer is to the ridiculus., There was no “force furthe
The circumstances of the miraculous escape
AN_OPEN:ALR KUSTAURANT,
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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
"MAILS"DUE.
English ( Chusin) 11th inst.
American (Nippon Maru) 111lvinst. Indian (Sisang) 15th inst.. American (City of Rio de Juncivo) 18th inst. American (Coplic) 23th inst. American (farerica Mlavu) 3rd prox.
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