BY THE MAIL.
(From Home Papers)
The Alaska Boundary.
OTTAWA, July 11th
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier, to-day an- nounced that Canada will protest strangly against the occupation of Pyramid Harbour by American forces pending the sentiment of the Alaskan boundary question. ter.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1899.
Torturing Prisoners in Hungary.ington. His duty is to read the papers. This
increase as ↑ senson advances. The com.
Shocking-deals are given by the Vienna is the chief occupation of the Diplomatic punits are extried to take Jooooo gallons of the Northamptonshire Regiments The Shivang
correspondent of the Daily News of the torture opied to three men and three worten by the local authorities of; the town of Mosca, near Komor in Hungary
in order to obtain from them the confession of a robbery they had not committed. The news will be read in England with the keegen regret, for nowhere is an Eng- Bahman made more welcome than in Hungary, and of no people does the traveller als should santar recollections. That individuals NEW YORK, July 1ath.be savages happens in all countries, but that a Messrs. Steele, of Indiana, Hull, of Iowa, Government, hould tolerate such acts is an. and Payne, of New York, all members of the House of Representatives, have returned from A visit to the chief disputed points on the Alaska boundary, Mr. Steele days I do not believe that the United States and Great Britain will come to blows over the matter.
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At the same time, I should not be inclined to surrender a foot of the disputed territory. sure that Congress will not give way."
Mr. Hull adds We have nothing to con- cede to Great Britain in a territorial way. We shall not acceptanything less than the territory accorded under the original treaty, Mr. Payne declined to discuss the subject.-Laffans.
other
matter.
It seems that when the robbery was discover ed the district fudge had twelve persons arrested without the slightest grounds of suspicion. Stephen Kovati was the first examined, and as he would not confess, his hands where chained to his feet, and he was thrushed in this position with a cane on the soles of his feet and the abdomen until the cane split. Nolnar, the Secretary of the Commune, who administered this torture, then took a heavy walking stick, and struck Kovacs, while the district judge him. handcuffed hands. The man, however, did not self, with spurred boots, trampled upon his confess, though the torture was prolonged.. Molnar then had spirits of wine fetched, poured Electioneering Scenes in Ohio,
on a tin plate, and set fire to it under Kovacs Exciting scenes were witnessed at the De- naked feet, and this being of no avail, poured mocratic Sonatorial. Convention at Cleveland, the burning liquid on to the man's feet. The Ohio, on 13th ulto, (says the Centml News)judge then struck the poor wreich about the After a hot discussion, a free fight took place, cars until he fainted. One delegate was hurled from the platform and. badly injured, another was attacked with a knife; but managed to oscape, while black' eyes were plentiful. Mr. Campbelly ex-Governor of Ohio, was filed off the platform,
French and British Bluejackets.
Halifax, July 12th, A dispatch received here from Sydney, Cape Breton, where a big regatta opens to-day, states that the naval races arranged between crews from British and French warships have been declared off, the British sallon refusing to dispatch adds that the French cruiser 7rly has been suddenly ordered to return to the French shore of Newfoundland. She will leave this morning, Reuter.
associate themselves with the French. The
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When he regained consciousness, feeling that he could no longer endure his tonuring pains he confessed the theft, saying that he had,buried the money under atres. The place was searched, and the money was, of course not found. The inquisitors therefore returned Ilis to Kovacs, and continued the torture. hands were tied together behind his back, and he was hung up by them. He fainted, how- ever, and was taken down, but only to be
thrashed until the sticks fell from the tormen- knife and insened the point of the blade under tor's hands. Molnar then took out a pocket Kovacs' finger-tails. The victim at this point fainted and fell off his seat. Ha had no food and no drink for four days.
The other prisoners were subjected to similar tortures. This went on until Desider Todi, the village smith, hearing of the infamous treatment of the prisoners, confessed that he bad committed the robbery, and returned the money.
Although the facts were known six months ago, the Hungarian Government allowed the scoundrels responsible to continue in office, and only on 11th ulto. were the judge and the secretary suspended, two other officials being dismissed. No one has been arrested. The interpellant sitting of the Reichstag held on 12th ultimo said that the judge was too bad to be hanged, and should be thrashed to death.
the
ily from the river, but during June they took as much as 142,000, 003. gallons on some days, and they are now taking more.
The Challenge Cup was won by E Company! Methuen Cup was won by the team representa- tive of the Hythe School of Musketry. On tith inst the Humphry competition was won by the Oxford team, which heat Cambridge: by 758 points to 716; the Waldegrave by Major the Hon. T. F. Fremantle; and that between teams of Volunteer and Regularofficers by the Regulars. A somewhat serious dis tions. The ammunition (No. IV.) which had covery was made during the opening competi
defective as the heat increased during the do At a meeting held by the National Rifle Associa tion, it was decided to withdraw the new missile and to revert to the old type. On rath ulto. the Baas Competition was won by Dr. FC with by Mr. T. Caldwell, Ride Association Sellars, of Dundalk, whose aggregate was tied The Albert Prize fell to Sergeant J. E. Marth, of the Highland Light Infantry,
service, except in England, where the work is harder and they have to dine a good deal as well, as Mr. Choate suys, The expefluent, is naturally made' at Washington. There is a feeling in-Europe that life moves faster in Porilous Ballooning Adventure. America and inaccuracies are liable to slip into
Two gentlemen, Mr. J. J. Schmidt, of the papers unobserved. Will journalist attachés
Empress Hotel, and Mr. T Croft, a member of go beyond reading, marking, learning, and
the Bradford City Counell, bad a reinarkable officially contradicting the papers? It looks like it, if the reports be true that Mr. Kruger half on a recent Saturday: has lately paid large suras as a bribe to a single Reuben: Branshall was the neronnut, and shot fairly well in the morning was found the balloon started in a strong wind from Brad English paper.
ford Moor Park, at five minutes to seven o'clock ALIt was being swept along the ground, Mr. Bramhall, who was standing Tom from car, was caught by some
the edge of the hfe place he fell unhurt among the shrubs, Relieved, of his weight, the balloon shot up wards, and Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Croft at once realised the danger of their position, for they were travelling at a great rate. They appear to have first held a meeting and passed a rssolution to have a drink. A search of the coat which their friend had left behind brought to light a flask of brandy. Thus refreshed. they found that the balloon showed a tendency they began to take stock of the situation, and to descend in enough of the root of the matter in them to a populous district. They had know that they must throw out ballast to counteract this tendency. They did so, and shot up higher than ever. Then they found leisure to admire the views while waiting for their opportunity, and at length found it, by A RICH LADY curad of her deafness and plumping down safe and sound into a wheat crop with the aid of cord and grapnel.
The Mahdi's Prisoner. Mr. Charles Neufeld has arrived in London, and he has given to the Daily News a foretaste of the dish of horrors, which he will presently serve up to the British public through the medium of a magazine that has already distinguished itself as a vehicle for the There is, exploitation of the sensational. however, no romance about Mr. Neufeld; all the barbarities and cruelties of Omdurman described by this enduring. German were Umm-Hagar, or stone jug, alone, will, with terrible realities; his brief description of the due expansion, surpass anything that could be imagined in the Inferno line; and he has yet to give us the authentic story of Gordon's death. For the latter reason, the unfolding of his story will have a world-wide interest.
Lo Ben's Fright on the Great Wheel.
Prince Lobengula had a strange experience the other afternoon at Earl's Court. Anticipat ing that a trip on the Great Wheel might prove an interesting experience, he accompanied an official for that purpose, and, whether by accident
design, it proved to be the very trip on which the eighth demonstration of the emergency unloading gear took place. Lo Ben appears to have become very much noon, and seems to have been heartily relieved alarmed during his experiences of the after- when he was ultimately placed on firm ground by the basket apparatus now in use on such
occasions.
Taxed Bachelors.
"Great joy reigns among the fair sex in Hesse." So says the Berlin correspondent of the Daily News. The principle of the taxation of bachelors has at last found acceptance in the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and unmarried men are to pay a surtax of 25 per cent, on their incomes over and above what the married men pay. We await the result of the experiment with some interest. The mar riage rate in Hesse ought to go up by leaps and bounds, for in that frugal country a bachelor will be able to keep a wife on the old twenty five per cent, casily; so that we sball ace how far man's marital tendancies have been checked by pecuniary considerations. If the estimate of the Hessian Diet is realised the Hessian bachelor will become as rare as the
Hessian boot.
Split Among French Socialists. A Paris telcynim slates that a serious split has occurred lu the Socialist party. Some. months ago a Central Committee had been formed that gave the various groups at least a semblance of cohesion, but M. Millerand's entrance into the Cabinet set the uncompro- mising section and the Opportunist section at Joggerheads. A successful campaign has been going on since in the provinces, and the Journal du Peuple publishes a manifesto ad Cressed to "Socialist and Labouring France," by three groups of Socialists affiliated to the Chinese in British Columbia. Central Commiuce.The manifesto is signed
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun- by twenty-three Deputies, including MM. cil, on 11th instant, considered an appeal from Vaillant, Chauvière, Dejeante, Groussier, Mar British Colunibi, in which some shareholders cel Senibat, and Jules Guesde, and by a num of the Union Colliery Company sought an ber of Paris Municipal Councillam. The split, injunction to resin the directors from employ- The Lee-Metford Bullet and the therefore, is a serious one. The malcontents ing Chinese immigrants either in positions of had an easy task in drawing up their protest
trust and responsibility, or, as labourers below They had only to take the former declarations grounds in winning the coal with pick and of M. Millerand and M. Jaures denouncing shovel in expression of opinion was quoted "sham Socialist policies made up of compro from Mr. Justice Drake, who originally heard mises and deviations that certain self-styled and discussed the application, to the effect that Socialists are trying
to substitute for a revolu-Chinamen were more cautious than white tionary class policy," or another declaring that miners, and them were fewer accidents among the Socialist party cannot becomen Ministerial them ; and his lordship came to the conclusion party without commiting suicide,"
that the real reason for the opposition to their It is rather piquant to find the very argu- employment was that it tended to keep down ment, of the Socialist shepherds now turned the price of white labour. The judicial Com M. Lourdes part of their unruly flock.mittee reserve Judgmenta
against themselves
the seming trouble and has firs teen eloquently preaching union in his journal La Petite République during the last few days, and arguing that it would be unsocialistic to cause a split without holding a congress to re- gulate officially the relations between the re volutionary and socialist working classes and Bourgents society. But he has been preaching in the desert. The uncertain point is whether the split will weaken 'or strengthen French Socialium, taken as a whole. Some think that now the Socialists are able to offer the option of joining a Ministerial party, at a purely re. volutionary party, they will gain more recruits
than ever.
The Situation in China. The report that the Russian Government is anxious to raise a loan in the United States is, somewhat cynically, regarded by the New York Journal of Commerce among other papers, as the natural sequel of the professions officials and publicists. The practical value of of goodwill recently forthcoming from Russian
these protestations is evidenced by some Con- sular statistics published by the Department of State, showing that the trade of the United States with China has grown at a marvellous mte.everywhere except at the Northern ports. There the Rusins monopolise everything, and load vessels and land cargoes as though Newchwang belonged to them, totally ignoring M. Quesuay de Beaurepaire has made up his the Cestoms Haute. It is this kind of thing. mind that no second."Karl shall spoof him rather than any purely diplomatic question, ngain. A Secretary now goes through his let which might tempt America to depart from her ters for him, and disposes, on his own reapon attitude of reserve in the Far East, and stand sibility, of such of them as do not appear to up for the Treaty rights that are being pre. contain unimpeachable proofs of the guilt of judiced by Russian aggression. Dreyfus, The Times correspondent is unkind A correspondent who recently wrote to Sir enough to go further, and to recommend the Charles Dilke, M.P. upon the subject of ex-judge to keep a specialist in brain discase British prestige in China, has received the handy to protect him from his own hallucina: following raply Sir Charles Dilke fears that tions. There will be good sport at Rennes, in the public are giving at this moment too much the dog days, if the Court martial allows M. de attention to Africa to have interest left for the Firam to intervene. M. Comely, in the affairs of China-the far more important to
M. Beaurepaire
declares that he hopes the permission will be given, in order that there may be no excuse for any "genoral paralytics, who are not to be confounded with paralytic Generis," to assert that Dreyfus, has been acquitted by order. At the same time, M. ornéty warns M. de Beaurepaire that his zedi is less likely to. lead to the condemnation of Dreyfus than to that of General Mercier. Which is extremely probable.
The Release of General Giletta.
ROME, July 10th
The pardon accorded General Gilétta figs caused an excellent Impression in official circles, ́and is regarded is a fresh proof of the friendly between and France.
The majority of nexevipers, comilder the the
British trade. The great Imperial interest in South Africa-namely, the coaling station for the Cape route, does not appear to be jeopard- ised by present events, while in China time is slipping away and opportunities are being lost to British trade.
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Posthumous Honours for Panl
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A retum is published showing the effects of Lee-Metford bullets in the recent fighting in India, and also the effects of the Dum-Duos States Embassy in Paris to try to dis over the bullet and the Martini-Henry bullet. Instances burying-place of Paul Jones, in order that 211 were giren of the slight wounds caused by the posilumous honour might be paid the patriot Lee-Melford bullet. A native of the Swatbuccaneer by erecting a monument over his Valley va kand 21 April 3rd, 18951 in the replied that all their efforts to find the remains was struck by three Lee-Metford bullets bones, The officials of the Embassy have now thigh, buttocks, and arm. Two days after have been fruitless, and they express the belief wards the inan walked to camp, had his wounds that they were relegated to the Potter's Field dressed, and walked away again. Another Paul Jones was a Scottish-American_naval native soucie by six bullets rapidly recovered. Al Khar a native was struck by a Lee-Metford adventurer, who died in Paris in 1791. He bullet in the head. The bullet passed through entered the American navy, and captured the the lend penetrating the frontal lobe of the Druk, a British sloop of war, in 1778. In the brain, but there were no bad symptoms. Re same year war began between France and ports on the effect of the Dum Dum ballet used England, and Jones was again on the side of in the fighting show that when it strikes a hard bone a severe wound is caused, but that other renamed Bonhomme Richard, Jones cruised our enemies. In a converted East Indiaman, Lee-Metford is used and less severe than a wise, the wound is no worse than when the about the English coasts. The battle between our ship the Serapis (44 guns) and the Ron- Martini-Henry wound. In a considerable pro-homme Richard is one of the greatest in naval portion of cases the Dum Dum bullet left the history. The Serapis surrendered, but the body unaltered in shape.
victor sank. Jones, whose real name, by the way, was John Paul, entered three services one after another. Afther serving the Americans and the French, he joined the Rrasian navy and rose to be rear-admiral.]
The German Post Office. made several experiments with a view to test The German Imperial Post Office has lately in the rapidity of the conveyance of mails
overland from Berlin'to. Tientsin. The result has not been entirely satisfactory. In a few instances the mails arrived sooner by the Sibe rian Railway than if they had been sent by sea, but in general they reached their destination considerably later. The Russian postal authoris ties were frequently unable to forward the heavy German letter bags from the Chinese frontier by mounted post via Urga, Kalgas, and Peking to Tientsin, and generally left them to be conveyed by the slow monthly carriage service. In the meantime the experiments have been abandoned; but it is intended to resume them in the winter months.
Chinese Coins.
The Interesting collection illustrating the coinage and currency of the Chinese Empire, brought home by Lord Charles Beresford from his receat mission to China, has been lent by French Indo-China, A statement is circulated from the French Kensington. This collection includes a series him to the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Ministry of the Colonies to the effect that the of silver tiels of various sizes, in the form of Budget for Annum and Tong-King for 1898 has
cast-ingots in the rough, with a pair of scales been closed, showing a net excess of $1,750,000. with brass and ivory weights for estimating the The Cambodian Budget also shows something value, and some fragments used as small chan- like $100,000 to the good. Cochin China would also show a good result, if it was not for the fact he is a set of dollars of different nationalities, which pass in China, among them that previous defcitu had to be made good,
being the new British dollár, coined in India
Colonial Expansion of Continental
Powers,
Among the cupper coinage is a collection of
10,000 cash, strung together in bundles, repre- senting At in English money. This exhibit has been placed in the Chiness Section in the Cross Gallery behind the Imperial Institute. The entrance to this gallery is through the Indian Section, Victoria and Albert Museum,
Alleged Prospect of a Water
Famine,
The America Cup,
The latest trial race between the Columbia and Defender proves more disappointing_to yachtsmen as they go over the ground carefully." Though the new boat crossed the winning line first the victory in many quarters is virtually awarded to the Defender. Considering the fact that Captain Duncan, who handled the Defen der, is an amateur, while Captain Haff, of the Columbia, is a veteran, it is felt that the race has by no means allown the Columbia to be the better yacht. The Defender stands up better in the wind and takes a rough sen with more.case that the Columbia. Several minor alterations are to be made on the Columbia, and if after that she does not show, her heels to the Defender the Defender will probably be entered against the Shamrock.
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8th ulto, was an event of much interest, In The Shamrock's appearance in the Solent on appearance the Shamrock is something of the departure from both, and appears to have been Britannia and Valkyrie typt. Yet she is a it on the lines of the German Emperor's Kommodore, She is a stiff boat, and stands well up to her work. She has a long overhang. She takes the water with the Ing counter. merest ripple, and comes away is clear as possible under her stern, She picked up a Mermain to starboard for the free run back. With everything hauled over to starboard, and
removed to No. 50, QUEEN'S ROAD the wind taking her on the opposite quarter, CENTRAL, Second Floor, (the premises she showed but the slightest starboard list formerly occupied by Messrs. POWELL & Co.) Her steel masts and boom ars gained to give. to which address all communications should them the appearance of wood. She carried, in addition to the mainsail, a fib and jib topsail
ETH. F. SKERTCHLY, and a small topsail All but the last-named
Manager. were well set when she entered the Solent and
Hongkong fet May, 1899. taut, to the booth ends. The run was coun a test of her racing qualities, as the 301, of
LETEM ALL COME wind in no way favoured such an experiment.
eers down the West Channel, and shbeted T TELEGRAPH have this link been any Goods remaining in the Gadowns after this
be addressed.
18th instant, will be subject to rent,
Bille of Lading will be countersigned by
SANDER, WIELER & CO. Agents, Hongkong, 11th August, 1899.
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stop taken by President Loubet shows the desire of the French Government: to be on the best
The Hague corespondent of the Times 'tor- possible terms with the Italian Government. The opinion in onerally expresied here that wards to that journal a paper by M. de Bloch sho Emperor.William's visit to the Jphigénie on the colonial expansion of the Continental and the decision as regards General Giletta are Powers, in which he examines by the light of symptoms favourable to the continuance of statistics, the question whether colonies and European peace. The Measagero, commenting foreign, markeu are a
good investment
for on General Giletta's release and on the Continental Stater, and what kind of profits exchange of telegrams between these He assumes that colonial interests are put for they may be expected to yield in the future. Emperor and President Loubet, dwells on the Importance of thit two incident, coming as they want as the sold better reasons are wanting, do on the eve of the twentieth century, as the because other and are wanting. prelude to a sound and lasting peace. Its main propedtion is that all differences con- stated that General Giletta on his strival arcemping colonies and distant markets ought to at this period for many years, and the amount The fortieth meeting of. the National Rifle at No. 50, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, where being landed and placed at their risk in the
be settled by arbitration. Placenza, will be placed under close arrest
Return of Capt. Davies,
PARIS July roth telegram from Nice states that General Giletta di San Giuseppe is proceedlóg to Genda. Captain HR Davies, of the Oxfordshire He was accompanied to the fation by bih giment, has arrived in London from Yunnan, COCHES. Most of the anti Revisionist knews---where he has been conducting the reconnais
>ance of the railway, route from Burmah to the paperta which thes Government only the
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SUL SANG, (Lately Practising with Dz. I: SAKATA),
*DENTIST,
No. 4, Queens Road Central.. Hongkong, 8th March, 1890.
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, PORT SAID; SUEZ AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed, a blaze This vessel brings on Cargo
From Italy, ex S.S..Thames. From Madras, &c., er 5.5. Jandaurd. Optional Goods will be landed here unless Instructions are given to the contrary before (184 PM, TO-DAY
which the water companies abstract is greater Association, and the tenth on the present ground than ever it has been. The rescources of the at Bisley, opened on toth uile, under exceed- companies are strained to the utmost, and there ingly pleasant conditions. The entries received is every probability that the famine of last year for the Queen's and St. Georges competition, Re-will be repeated in a more acute form. The the chief purely volunteer
events, Government declared that all that was required numerous than for some years p was to pats a bill facilitating inter-communica excouraging, also, arethe nominations to hand ars past... Specially tion between the companies, but this becomes on behalf of the young markamen who will useless when no company has a surplus compete for the new series of valuable prizes There are several reasons why the famine for tyros instituted by Captain Barlow There may be expected to be worse than last year. competitions were not to take place for a week. The flow of the Thames has never been so low The proceedings commenced with shooting by during May and June in any year for which teams of Regular Infantry in the Evelyn Wood records can be obtained. The average flow of Challenge Cup Competition, and by teams of those two months has been about 930,000,000 Cup, the latter contest being under the aus the river during the last sixteen-years during Regulars, Naval and Military for the Methuen gallons, in May this year it fell to an average. pices of the Army Rite Association, Chief Neither the CAPTAINS, the Act
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTSNO Fire Insurance will be of 660,000,000 gallons, and in June, it was so interest was centred in the former event, In OWNERS will be RESPONSIBLE for any Iow that after the water companies had drawn which pine teams, selected after a preliminary: DEBT contracted by the Dicen or the C their supplles only about 200,000,000 gallons competition at Aldershot, took part of theid of the following Vestalt dorit foradiover Teddington Woir. Itist now the five belonged to the 2nd Battalion o companies are taking half of the "varmesand.thamptonshire Regiment, hits to thes? the proposion which they will notructswill West Bantay, and our to stre
been arranged beseen Royal Anliery, Assistant Army Headquarters, and ngest daughter of Lieut Barker, C.B, of Clare Priory
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