To-day's Advertisements,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned his received instruc
to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
SATURDAY, the 15th July, a
at Nook,
at his Sales Rooms, Zetland Street, No. 2
An Invoice of AMERICAN BRASS BIRDCAGES..
An Invoice of AMERICAN CAMP FOLD. ING BEDS
An Invoice of AMERICAN COFFEE MILLS.
One Case SAGAR'S PATENT TRACING CLOTH.
One Set, ENGINEER'S TOOLS in Box (New).
ELECTRO PLATEL
HORSEBITS,
SCREWS, GLASCUTTERS, BRASS COCKS, CASHBOXES,
INKSTANDS,
PENRACKS, HORSEBRUSHES, &c,
A Lot of SUNDRY MACHINERY.
On View at the Undersigned's. TERMS OF SALE-As Customary.
PAUL BREWITT, Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 43th July, 1899,
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HONGKONG, CANTON' AND MACAO
STEAMBOAT COMPANY, NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE SIXTY-SIXTH ORDINARY HALF- EARLY MEETING of SHAKE. HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the OFFICE of the Company, No. 18, Bank Build- ings, Queen's Road Central, on.MONDAY, the 31st July, at 12 o'clock Noos for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts declar- ing a DIVIDEND and electing Directors and
Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company, will be CLOSED-from the 18th 10 3rst instant inclusive:"
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Hongkong, 13th July, 18
T. ARNOLD,
Secretary.
Lotta
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP. COMPANY,
LIMITED..
FOR AMOY AND FAMSUL
THE Company's Steamship
"HAIMUN,"
Captain Milroy, will be despatched for the above Ports, si SATURDAY, the 15th instant, at to .M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.. General Managers.
Hongkong, 13th July, 1899.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED
FOR FOOCHOW.
THE Company's Steamship
*TSINAN,"
Captain Anderson, will be despatched as above on SUNDAY, the 16th instant, A.M. For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hongkong, 13th July, 1899.
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OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERT TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES; MEXICO,
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND EUROPE:
VIA
AND
THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS,
ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS
VIA INLAND SEA OP, JAPAN AND HONOLULU,
PRÒPOSED SABIngs pròm HongKOND, Dorie (vin Shanghai,
Nagasaki, Kobe, In Wednesday, zoti Jufy, land Séa, Yokohama' at Daylight. and Honolulu).
Coptic (via Shanghai,
at Noon.
Nagasaki, Kobe, In-Tuesday, 22nd Aug, land Sea, Yokohama and Honolulu).
-Gaelic (via Shanghai,"
Nagasaki, Kobe, In-Saturday, 16th Sept land Sea, Yokohama at Yoon.
and Honolulu).
THE Company's Steamship
"DORIC#
will be despitched for SAN FRANCISCO, via SHANGHAI, NAGASAKIŲ KOBE, IN-
:
LAND SEA, YOKOHAMA and BOXO LULU, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, Fit Daylight, A
Steamers of this linu pass through the IN LAND SEA OF JAPAN, and call at Honolulu, and passengers are allowed to "break"- their journey at any point ca route.
Through Passage Tickets granted to Eng land, France and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines of Steamers, and to the principal cities of the United States or Canada. Rates, and particulars of the various Routes may be ob Lained upon application.
Special rates (First-class only) are granted to Missionaries, members of the Naval, Military, Diplomatic and Civil Services, to European Officials in the service of China and Japan, and to Government officials and their families,
Passengers who luve paid full fare, re-cm- barking ut, San Francisco for China or Japan (or vice versa) within one year, will be allowed a discount of to per cent. This allowance decs. not apply to through fares for China and Japan la Europe.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1899.
To-day's Advertisement.
IMPERIAL KWANGTUNG LOAN, "
OF 1894 PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND PART PRINCIPAL (EIGHTH PERIOD.)
A NATIVE paper says that the United States A NATIVE paper says that shortage and aricasso when Signor Marconi, introduced his ap Consul at Ainoy has intimated to the Chinese frequently occur in the payment of taxes by the authorities that as the Philippines are an gentry at Seochow. To put a stop to this, Com under the rule of the United States, all Chinese missioner Kang Yi has ruled that all taxes in Immigrants to the islands should first obtain future. must be paid in full and all arrears and "passports from the U. S. Consulate shortage should be made 'd, by the defaulters. We have been infonaethat Messrs. Butter- THE Norristown and Pottstown juries, which Seld and Swire's steamer Shantung has had to have been jointly investigating the cause of the be beached, and that the same firm's steamer fatal wreck on the Reading Railway at Exeter,
FROM OUR BOOK-DASER Guiana Wilds a study of huo women, by
James RodwayCT: Fisher Unwin, Lon don; and of Booksellers)
NOTICE is hereby given that the Warranis lupeh bad gone to render her assistance On rendered a verlies holding the Reading Rail speaking, very highly of Mr. Silva's atmint he had beensin, Domeram a few monthis thought
for Interest on, and RE-PAYMENT of Part Principal of the Bords of the IMPERIAL KWANGTUNG LOAN OF 1994 will be ready for issue on the 17th July, 18, at the Office of the IMPERIAL, MARITIME CUSTOMS Canton,
J. F. SCHOENICKE,
Custoin House, Commissioner of Customs.
Canton, 13th July, 189.
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pliances for the other system Mr. Praece abandoned his ideas and gave Signor Marconi in his clains. It was this last system that overy facility for demonstrating and establishing the public were invited to inspect last night by: Mr. J. M. da Silva, who has made electricnt his tale concerning a young Scutchman, man, twenty one years ago, first demonstrated of British Gulan, where he encounters many science his lifelong study. This same gentle and lil experiences in Denignira and the wilda to the Hongkang public the working of the adventures, and is fortunato, fir unfortunate, telephone, the local papers of that duynough to find two wives. Allan Gordon, after
mennts
he would like to visit the wilds of Guiana and making enquiries this morning at the offices.ofway Company, primarily responsible for the
HASH COIN DETECTOR
one day started out to see one. Thephilus the firm we were informed that the shipwas accident, which resulted in die loss of twenty- Before leaving this subject of induction,
Bunting,h toan with whom Gonton becrine indeed ashore but that the firm had no further nine lives and injuries to over fifty persons.we will attempt to describe another instrument Bunting's he went out upon the river Demerara nequainted in Georgeiour. On arriving at details to give.
The jury told that the accident was due to the shown tast night, of Mr. Silva's own invention, a canoe, which sank, leaving him in the water for determining the baseness, or otherwise, of allowing causes Baring ever established coins of the realm, we have alrendy said when up to his neck among weeds. Chlog, Buating's a modern and arlequate system of communica speaking on electro-magnets, that iron put into was very thankful. Next day the two went down tion between signal stations and the mina selenoid would concentrate the inagnetic the river again for the purpose of exploring a daughter, saved him for which of course, Contou oflice, dispatching trains at too short intervals, whirl, and it has been found thus som metals forest aot far from Bunting's home. They stray failing to provide a sight and colourtest at least have some effect but there is a difference have to sleep there the night. Hunting weat have greater effect than others, in fact all metalso far away into the forest that they get lost and once a year for employes required to disting between each. Technically speaking the perout to find them and discovered the two huddled pish colours on signal boards at a distance, meability no sensibility of inetals to watchmen to have accurate tine-pieces,
nient shown had four selenoids in two pairs, each pair being balanced, so that the telephones in the secondary colls did not give equld distinctly be heard in the telephrines, any sound, but when the balance was upset, by the insertion of two different inetals, sound.
The Universal Gazelle says that by order of the Government, the authorities at Amay have established a Pao Thangeliu, or Bureau for the Protection of Merchants. The United States Consul hast at the request of the Chinese pficials, allowed half of the fees derived from passports issued to Chinese immigrants to the failure to require signal tower and crossing magnetic lines of force vary. The instruther in the forest. On arriving home jie Philippines, to be applied for the expenses of
the Bureau.
Tan Shanghai Mercury understands thai itistha"
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At the Harbour Office this morning II. Hausen, by Alfred Kickers, the master of the ship, with cook of the British barque Are, was charged
refusing duty on the 12th inst.
MARCONI'S SYSTEME
niks seriously to Conton over the matter, had it is aanged that he shall marry. Chloe. The marriage takes place and the couple go to Georgetown to live, not together as man and wife should, however, for Garden tid not like. his master and his fellow shopmen to know that he had married a coloured girl Chloe felt lonely in a struge: lown, away from her father's house, and induced Gordon to let her consin live with her for chippany sake. This stated heaps of trouble and led up tu desertion by Cortion. He throws in his far with a band of
he gets over a severe less and is able: to away with them to their native villige. After friendly Indians and goes miles and miles
attend, the Indians indulge in one of their cus tomary orgies, which Gordon is offered by from corn; but he refuses them. They thought the old women draughts of a beverage wide. it was because the drink was offered by old women that Gordon would not accept it, and they then send the chief's handsome daughter deference to the chief, Gordar drank freely of with a flowing bowl. Not liking to refuse, in the liquor and became intoxicated. He be came so helplesss that he had to be lifted into his hammock, which was hung on tent set- apart for his use only. The tribe considered. the acceptance of the drink from the girl as is declaration of love, and when Gordon woke in the morning he found to his surprise, the chief's daughter accupying a hammocke by his side-practically another wife... Hostilities broke out amongst the Indian tribes, and
river Masarunt down which they went in order safety. They got away unseen, took to the
ing times were experienced on the way Inan reach Georgetown, Many adventures and try...
and he carried quantity of it with him, old cave Gordon nearthed some treasure, eventually arriving at an old hat he knew of on the outskirts of Georgetown They were ghid to reach this place for a well, deserved rest. But Gordon could not sleep, be thankful for and there seemed no occasion thinking of the future. Truly, he hul much to 10 be anxious about the future. He had recovered from a deadly fever, escaped from obtained food when on the verge of starvation, lie.cruel embrace of kennimi, had often
very grand building on the site of Dent's hong. Provision will be made for very ample banking
Alfred Rickers, master of the British barque. accommodation and also offices for the minus
If a stone be thrown violently into water Russian steamship companies that have now, sworn, stated that the prisoner was on the ripples in over widening circins are formed their cramped quarters at the Bank. The articles as cook and steward. On the morning The same thing happens, though in a different Russian Consulate will also be situated in the of th inst. he told prisoner to leave the cabin medium, when electricity is discharged be billing and it is expected that several Russian Jard and he (prisoner) started thumping on the being ether. Ether is something that pets and he refused. There was a dispute about the sipples or waves are formed by electricity tween any two points, the medium in which
tea merchants will have offices there, also,
table Prisoner was excited and said "itvades space and is the substance through Ir is said plans have been practically completed don't chuck you over the side."
which the effects of heat and light are trans for a combination of the leading perfumery
ferred, the different number of waves per second The prisoner, who was a Norwegian, said he having the distinguishing effect between heat concerns in the United States. As a preliminary failed to understand the evidence and the case and light A very good example of this is a stop, it is added, all the firms assenting to the was adjourned in order that an interpreter lightning flash, which causes thunder by the plan will be converted into stock companies might be obtained. His worship remarked tremendous agitation of the ether in space. and these companies will then be taken over that it frequently happened that foreigners what may really be styled work lightning Signor Marconi has utilized this and employs, by the Americas Portains Company, a corpora understood English perfectly until they were flashes to cause waves, and has invented an tion to be organized under the laws of New brought before him, ghen they failed to do so, intrument so sensitive that these wares may be Jersey and to be capitalized at $20,000,000, or
detected. The transmitting, station is supplied possibly $30,000,000. The chief mover in We do not vouch for the following yarn, but within induction coil (two selenoids wound over effecting the consolidation is understood to be will state that it was communicated to us by each other and having an iron core) a telegraph Mr. Andrew 5. Onderdank, of Rochester. !
an ex-soldier who said he acted as escort to key worked by the operator, and an indepen
dent contact maker worked automatically by the prisoner, and we must say that many of his the current under the control of the key, and A PERING dispatch to a Chinese official reports well known military yarns have to be taken battery, these being in circuit with the primary tint Viceroy Liu Kun-yi has sent to the Thronem grano salis. A private belonging to one of coil, while in frcuit with the secondary his resignation of the Viceroyalty of the Litthe departmental corps, more noted for its which has a far greater number of turns than Gordon, gith his second wife liad to flee for kiang provinces, and that it is rumoured that working capabilities than for any undue smart each otlier by an air space, the length of which the primary, are two brass nobs separated from Wang Wen-shao, now President of the Hardness displayed on the painde ground, was once of Revenue, may possibly be appointant to had up before his commanding officer for the number of turns of wire forming the secondary is determined by the strength of the battery and succeed Viceroy Lit. Kang Y, it is well-heinous offence of refusing to attend C.O's drillary, it is constantly and with great rapidity coil. When a current is passed through the pri- known, is also anxious for the post, but it is parade, and when asked his reason for such interrupted by the contact breaker, and an said that the Empress Dowager prefers to have insubordinate conduct said that he did not think electro-motive force, pr.electrical stress, (no him at Peking as a counterbalance to the the officer capable of drilling a flock of ducks, current) is induced into the condary. When this increasing power of her nephew Jung La's leave alone a regiment of soldiers. It goes stress becomes so great at the brass robs that party-N. C., News,
without saying the gallant representative of apposition) between the two a spark is forined, it is strong enough to overcome the resistance AMERICAN journals are making merry at the discipline was dumbfounded and ordered the similar to a lighting flash, and ripples are expense of Mark Twain. It seems that the man back to cells to reconsider his answer, formed in the surrounding eller To sive Emperor of Austria gave ME femens an and to be brought up again the following have in divided circuit," with the air space, a greater effect it has been found neecessary to THORNE'S BLEND and WATSON'S Faulence, and Mark carefully prepared a speech day. Witen, after a lengthy ritade against the large "radiator, made of a big sheet of metal, and had performed the unheard of feat of GLENORCITY are high class Soda in German prior to the reception, but he was enormity of his crime, he was asked if he wish..hoisted as high as posible, above its surround, descending the Masarani in a wood-skin, He so embarrassed when, he entered the rooin that afto witheliaw the remark he had ninde, the ings, to which the lighting shocks are electri Whiskies, of greater age than most he forgot every word of it. The Emperor soklier said, "Sir, after a long consideration, eally communicated, thereby having more brands in the roarket.
received him cordially and soon put the author time for which your so kindly allowed me, I set on the ether in space. By experiment at bis case, whereupon he told his Majesty have come to the conclusion that you are able pole on which the radiator is used determines ing it has been found that the height of the what had happened. The Emperor inued to drill bus duck" "Prosecaned with the full the distance to which messages can be sent.” heartily and said "Don't trouble yourself. If rigour of the law," you will say it in English I will translate il for
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Tan Universal Gazette says that on the 23rd ult the Shensi and Kansu officials at Peking.
held a meeting and pissed a resolution pro E is of superb quality and proposed by Chiao Suchiao, President of the nommeed by leading local connois seurs to be the best brand in the Hongkong market,
A. S. WATSON & Co., Limited, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
DEMONSTRATED IN HONGKONG, took place last night at the Luisitano Club. A most interesting and instructive exhibition Mr. Joas Maria da Silva exhibited to many Board of Punishments, that as the various pro-finds the "Marcont" system of Wireless vinces are encroached upon by various foreign Telegnophy. Ile also kindly had apparatus Powers with the ostensible plea of working taken to the Club room by nieans of which he maines and railways, they should exert their "as enabled to give an ocular demonstration of
the principles on influence to oppose any mining or railway pratical commercial undertaking has been which telegraphy as a enterprise in the provinces of Shensi and established and froin which ideas for both Kansu. A petition has been sent to the Chief telephony and wireless telegrapliy Sprang. ;;* Bureau of Mining Affairs at Peking' asking.
ELECTRO-MAGNETISM. that Kansu and Sherisi be excluded from anla
he Jongkong Gelegraph sanctioned
LONDON, July 11th.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1899.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE TRANSVAAL DIFFICULTY. The Council of Uitlanders at Johannesburg, declares the proposed Franchise concessions to Mr. Chamberlain in reply to a question of Sir Campbell Ennerman said that he was sult uncertain of the effect of the new Franchise scheme, buit judging from present information
be derisory.
The following correspondence it published with the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee of the Shanghal General Chinmber of Commerce Med
had a good wife, and, save for the effects of the arduous journey, was stichy and in good health; above all, he was in possession of from precarious Next morning a minister of suficient gold to make his future position far
a religious body passed the hut and found the RECEIVING STATION, RE
pair in a sorry plight. Gordon simply had on The receiving station is also supplied with a only around her loins Gordon told his story a rogged shirt, and his wife a bended apron ditor fixed on a high pole, which first when proper marriage with Yariko receives the waves from the ether and passes was advised. The minister clothed them, them down to affect what undoubtedly is the and a day or so later, fiordon left his wife most sensitive, but at the same fine most and went into Georgetown to try and realise It is known as the culterer" did consists of Here a note is appentied as follows-How simple electrical instrument yel discovered the value of some of the treasure-fic had found: glass tube, tightly closed at both ends, and Allan sold his treasure, bad wer Chiloe (first contains two brass or silver balls separated wife of his fortunate escape froin her, and of from each other, botir balls have bmas wires his further wanderings witli Variko, will be told leading out from them. The space between by the author in a sequel: the balls is occupied by some, metallic powder, ant part, and it is greatly to Mr. da Silva's PROHIBITION OF THE SHIPMENT or filings. These filings play a most import credit that he had been enabled to discover tor himself, without any assistance, what this
OF GRAIN AT CHINESE PORTS. powder is. It may not be the sand as used by The first and most important scientific fact. The peculiarity of these filings is that when Signor Marconi, but gave splendid results. on which all electrical science hangs, was very ing or railway enterprises which has been cicurly shown by Mr. Silva, namely electro they are acted upon by the electrical waves magnetism. When a current of electricity through them, and when the tube receives a they allow a current of electricity to pass THE victims in the Hokoky, Japart, Colliery
passes through a wire either insulated
Shanghai, th June, 1899. explosion numbered 214 in all, and the bodies
or not, outside the wire, af right igles smart blow they go back to their normal post-
SirWe beg to bring to your notice a mat- to the direction of the current, there recovered up to 4am on the 23rd were 102.
tion, obstructing the passage of a weak current fer seriously affecting the interests of the ship- is a magnetic whirl set up, that is that the wire
In circuit with the coherer is a ve cell ping trade and which involves a breach of A most pitiful spectacle was presented by one becomes a magnet and is able to attract iron or Leclarché battery, resistances.to regulate the Treaty on the part of the Chinese Authorities, gang of 33 dead workers. They seem to have other magnetic bodies. As soon as ever the cursive instruncat, used largely in
current, and a "relay. The relay
The matter we refer to is the prohibition of Frentis been engaged far from the scene of the explothe wire at once losing its nugnetic properties and bring other batteries into action
broken, then the whirl immediately ceases,
offices
the sport of nice
of rice and other grain from Chinese sions, and there are indications that they had If instead of a straight wire it is made into a the receiving instruments. The relayutomate Treaty under certain conditions; these
as it can be worked with very
currents, ports. Ich work The export of gmin by foreign merchants made attempts to rush towards the entrance of spiral, the whirls cound each coil will coniline tically works a contact breaker, the tongue of
between any of the open bois is permitted by the pit before they were overcome by the gas and the resultant magnetic force will be aug which is fitted with a hammer to stilke the conditions being the giving of n Hond to return and suffocated. Their bodies were ranged in this whirl passing through air, but if it is made ellier of space it is communicated to the co-shipment the certificate issued by him, with an mented. Up till now we have oily considered glass tube. When a commation occur in the within 6 months to the Customs at port of Sadagore (52), and a female aged 26, were concentrate it and increase its power, becoming two cells to pass through it and work die rely destination of the due receipt of the grain at
to pass through iron or steel, the metal will
herer" which then allows the current from the acknowledgement from the Customs at part of found dead with their children on their backs. what is known as an electro magnet, losing its Both were so burned and swollen that they
attractive or repelling force when the current working the "sounder" the other operating the office and other grin between open ports has The relay brings two batteries lato circuit one that port. Under these conditions the carriage could hardly be identified
censes. In the early days of the telegraph, com contact larcaken" which, as long as the commo. I been carried on for many years and this busi munication was obtained simply by keeping tion Last and allows the current to How throughness constitutes a large and most important the current closed (electricity flowing) for a long period for a dash and a short one for a
the "colerer!
keeps on rapidly striking the lube part of die trade which gives employment to station, while the, sending or transmitting position prclice, for the Chinese Authorities to prohibit wing here.In inte, years it has become the the current station had the means of breaking and making to do, and it is only the initiated who can fully the export, sometimes entirely and to all ports
appreciate the amount of cuseful study, and and on other occasi cursilva also gave some interesting exhibi. Silva to be able to construct the apparat cannot better illustrate manipulation that has been required by Mr. da to some ports while. tions showing the pheromonen of induction, or inducing electricity into a secondary circuit necessary for last night's exhibition, host of by narrating, what, las from another complete circuit having no elec experiments will be able to give our fellow gram from our
our readers who have undertaker any scientiae morning of tliezz insulated from the other either by air or other eminently entitled, for the great amount of poor stoppe after trical connection with if, cach in fact being totally citizen his full share of praise to which he is so he pledus ever insulating material. The apparatus shown' last patient and careful adjustment through which first intimation. night consisted of two selenoids, (spirals of he has so successfully passed. insulated wire) one being of sufficient diameter to allow the other to be inserted. The nut was put into circuit with a battery and an in-One word hore, we hear a lot abolit blowing the second coil had two hand-picces, which these electric waves on be done, but the 1s 100 000. F. Pricilerly. strument for making and breaking contact, while up battleships and magazines by means of the amount of freight couldbeheld, soallowingtheeffectsofthe current enemy would first to be foolish enough to and it was Impossibl 110 smaller selenoid was placed within the larger allow us to to be felt through the body. As soon as we have zesp and the battery started, distinct shocks were felf, although it was conclusively shown that there was no contact between the two. The scientific explanation given was that the magnetic whirl- y(or lines of force gehecated in the first coll, passed round the secrindary and on being Interrupted by the contact breaker, had a reverse action on the wire causing a moment. current to flow in the circuit. This phenomeno has been utilized by Mr-Preece, the Goy nedmont electrician of Home) having coils of sisterged
a regular row. A male worker named Hatanaka
Imperial.
it appeared that it would not immediately The Canadian Pacific's rew affect the representation of the Uitlanders in Limited" overland, which will beat on dot, the electro-magnet being at the receiving and bringing the porder back 10 ks normal the large fleet of river, and coast steamers trad
the Volksmund“.
Five batteries of
for South Africa. Queensland has offared 250 Artillery are under orders mounted infantry and a inuchino gun, and the have volunteered in the event of hostilities. New South Wales Lancers now at Aldershot
WEATHER REPORT.
between N.E. and S.W. winds, in which a
on the 18th inst., will be maderup of nine trains that creas the continent. The complexion conches, making one of the prettiest of railroad of the train will be: One-baggage, ond express or mail coach, ont second class, one toifnist sleeper, one first class coach, one observation car, one dining car, one first class sleeperto Montreal and one first class sleeper to St. Paul, The time of the new train will be a great to duction from the present schedule. Montreal will be made in 103 hours Boston and New York in 115 hours, -St. Paul in 72 hours and Chicago in 85 hours The Imperial Limited
The Observatory report says: On the 13th at 11.55 am. The barometer is mclined to fall in S. China. Pressure is highest in the Pacific to the 5. of Japan, and the low pressure trough depression may be forming, still extends across, coaches or the Seattle connection will leave the China Sea to the Pacific in from about. 189. At 8.45 am, instead of 8:50 ns now f to 20 Lat. Gridients slight for E. and S.E. WHEN we hear stories concerning the sugacity winds on the China coast. FORECAST Modes of the canine breed, we are rather apt to smile me or fresi E. winds unsettled, showery, a disbelieving smile. The police ities, however, evidently think otherwise und believe a dog can distinguish between Chinese coolic. This belief is carr representative of law and ord
that when a gentleman livi sat the resented having his
terfere what appeared to be cool she was sun at the police court and charged with
LOCAL AND GENERAL
THE following announcement the Shanghai All PARCEL PACKAGES should be marked to Dafly Press makes us feel more content with address in full and sms will be received at our surroundings and less apt to complain of the Company's Office thiil Trve 1M, the day previous to failing - our neighbours good fortune "At Tientsin, fol.
in the shade last week.
Consular Invoices tu accompany Cargo 'deep.
lined to Points beyond San Francisco, in the Tu Universal Genette tenned by wire that as United Sates, should be sent to the Company the joth ult, there was heasmin in Shan Offices, addressed to the Collector of Customs
San Francisco
(For funks
Queen's
infonnation as to Freight
to the Agency of the Company,
for three days and
the overflow
Ho, Lựu Ho,
large tracts
BUREN, Agentperty, the foods yising
a police constable while in the execu
intely the case fel spared the awful dread
with the ma
INDUCT ONDE
on the bottom of the sen, and
battery and conta
All this sounds remarkably.simple and casy
EFFECT ON BATTLE SUIPSEX
ratus fixed in plaittorio
ARMED ROBBER
HINTERLAND
charged before
branch of the and at the "were livin
under Charterlo load i
for the steers
the Brit
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allowed
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