NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES. [From Manila Times of 23rd September.]
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1899
who struck the fatal blow that killed Orter and it was Camacho, who grabbed the dying detec tive's revolver and ran away with it,
Futhermoje Villon state's, that Camacho was the ringleader of the robbbers who-com. Filipino woman Engracia de los Angeles in mitted the robbery in the house of the wealthy Pandacan.
THE SPANISH PRISONERS.
could make a paper pathway round the world six feet wide, and the paper on which they are printed would draw the scale at 6,300 tons.
"A million Jeuers in ordinary type would A TRAIN ATTACKED.
reach a mile, and the sermons circulated re DELPERATE FIGHT OF LOWE AND HIS MEN.
reading. The shelves of the British Museum present seven million miles, and a quarter of The engineer, fireman and conductor of the Angeles train which was attacked one and half
contain 2,000,000, books, and assuming that miles this side of Angeles yesterday, as was re-
they average the size of a popular novel, they ported in last night's issue, were not taken pri
have 800,000 miles of reading, which you could The Spanish commission has made applicaread, if you lived long enough, in seventy years, soners as rumoured, nor in fact was anyone tion to General 0: for permission to send the But it would take you six centuries to read captured by the enemy. Two of our men were Spanish steamer P. Sutruistegui to Dagupan throughout all the printed Spurgeon sermons, died from his injury before he reached San Fernando.
prisoners now awaiting transportation to Spain. 'finitely, but one more will suffice. Engine No. 34 with the crew of the wreckeded to sail to-day; however, its departure has The P. Salinistegui is a mail steamer schedul- train were brought into Manila last night, and the locomotive was fairly riddled with bullets, that the Governor General will see fit to allow been delayed 48 hours with the expectation through the smokestack and cab.. Engineer D.it to proceed to Dagupan or any other in E. Davis told the following story to a Times surgent port that Aguinaldo's emissaries may decide upon. There is a great deal of anxiety among the members of the commission as to what the Governor's answer to their applica tion may be.
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the cap to the extraordinary season all over Italy, the opening of a new volcano, however small, having without doubt its connection with the recent severe earthquake in Rome and her environs.
Mr. Wellman's Arotic Expedition.
LIVING TWO MONTHS WITH A CORPSE. Mr. Walter Wellman and the American members of his Arctic expedition have reached Hull by the Norwegian mail. Mr. Wellman came ashore on cruiches, quite unable to walk, months ago, when his right leg got injured in the ice. Apart from this, the explorers ) were in good health,
recond victory of the season by five wickets, and Hampshire and Sussex at Portsmouth, were the visitors defeated the home eleven by an innings and 16 rims - For Sussex. Ranjif sinhji scored 7a not out, and brought his total for the season in first-class matches to 3,036 nins. The matches between Kent and Surrey' at Blackheath, Lancashire and the Australians nt Liverpool, Yorkshire and the M.C.C. at Scarborough, Leicestershire and Middlesex at Birmingham ended in each case in a draw. Leicester, and Warwickshire and Derbyshire at The following table shows the present posi Championship competition:--
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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUEN Australian (Chingtu) to-morrow," Australian (Tsinan) to-morrow. Indian (Chelydra) and prox. Canadian (Empress of China)`4th prox. American (Nippon Afaru) suth prox. Australian (Changsha) 13th prox.
killed outright, and five wounded, one of whom for the purpose of taking on board the Spanish Such illustrations might be multiplied inde- owing to the accident which occurred. five tions of the counties engaged in the County Liverpool left Singapore to-day and may be
reporter:-
We had left San Fernando at the usual time in the morning with twelve cars loaded with commissaries and some passengers for Ange- Ies. Among the passengers, who were chicily olliers returning to their commands, was Lieut. Lowe with four of his scouts, and Cap tain Perry of the Quarter-master Department Lowe's men ware the only ones aboard who were armed with rifles, though there were a number of revolvers among the crew and pass engers. It was by the indomitable bravery and desperate fighting of the scouts that we escaped with our lives.
It was about 9 o'clock, and everything was going nicely until we struck the first curve this side of Angeles, about four miles from the town, and I had just opened the throttle; when Fire man Whiteleather was the first to notice the front car rise from the track.
Dr. Ravano, who arrived in this city, from Lipa during the former part of the week, has reported to General Jaramillo that the insurgents are out of medicine and if a man is, taken sick he cannot hope for medicinal treatment. Dr. Ravane has been aning the insurgents for nearly sixteen months and during this time has seen constant service in their hospitals. In the hospital at Lipa fifty spanish officers and soldiers are sick. Though they are sick in the hospital that does not signify that they receive any attendance or care. Dr. Ravano made application by letter to Aguinaldo for a pass that would take him through the insurgent lines. Aguinaldo granted the reaims of civilization. A few of the Spanish his request, bence Dr. Ravano is once more in soldiers fare better than their companions because they have found an opportunity to work in the household of insurgent officers.
"You see," he explained, we always attach the engine to the rear of the train, which is pushed instead of pulled over the road. White leather shouted out that a car was leaving the truck, and I looked up in time to see both the
In regard to the American prisoners Gen. first and second cars rise up. The brakeman Jaramille stated that he was in receipt of quickly started to shut down the brake. Almost information to the effect that they were recei- simultaneously the cast sule of the tracking fairly good treatment, much better than seemed to swarm with jasurgents, not twenty the Spanish ones.. feet away. They arose from the long grass and brush alongside the track and opened fire on us. I could see as many as 20 or 25, though there were many more than that. I opened fire with may revolver and fired two or three shots, the first of which took effect, and then the fireman and I jumped and made for shelter in the cane Brakes, as did everybody else who was unarmed, In the meantime six cars had become ditched und were lying on their side-two passenger and one box car. This was caused by an ex- plosion. The trick had been undermined, as we afterwards found. The two first cars, consisting of the caboose and a flat-car with two artillery caissons on it, had hung to the rails and jumped the hollowed part of the track. From this we think that they must have set their fase a little too late.
"As soon as the armed scouts could get out of the train Licut. Lowe gave the coininand, coolly,Load Ready Aim: Fire!und a well directed volley was poured into the insurgents, who were peppering the train vigorously, and fallowed this with the command to fire at will. By this time it was nearly a hand-to-hand con- fict, and our men were keeping their rifles hot. Three or four Filipinos were shot down right by the side of the train, and some even inside the CAIS. One insurgent entered a car, and Harry Zimmans, a hospital corps man, win for somite reason had failed to leave the train, was killed by a bolo. He was cut in the head, and pierced through the heart. From where I lay in the grass I saw one of Lowe's men shoot the 'gugu' in the act, and he fell back, leaving his bolo sticking in his victim's body. I also saw another insurgent' fall, shot down just as he was entering a car.
In
Spain for the sad condition of her sons, slowly A ware of public sympathy has started over starving and dying from neglect in the heart of Luzon, and the reception the emaciated pri suners will receive when they reach their own country will be one that will make the whole world glad. The Spaniards know how to appreciate those who have been martyred to their country's cause
"The Methodists are the largest Protestant community in the world, and their 40,000 ministers preach to probably co,000,000 persons every Sunday. Assuming that each copy of the printed sermons is read by two persons, it would take all the Methodist ministers in the world thirty years to reach, by their Sunday
Spurgeon's." Sermons, as vast a congregation as
British Hops,
"ONE OF THE SOUNDEST CROPS EVER SECURED."
Mr.
At a lonely outpost at Cape Heller, the ex- plorers, working northwards from Franz Josef Land, left a couple of Norwegians, Bentzen and Paul Bjoervig, while the main party re turned to headquarters at Cape Tegethoff. Before the sun returned--on February 18-Mr. Wellman and three Norwegians, with sledges and dogs, started north for the station, which had been named Fort McKinley, and found that one of the men, Bentzen, was dead.
***Of course, you have buried Bentzen? was my first question to the survivor, Bjoervig," said Messrs. W. H. and H. Le May, in their Mr. Wellman. No,' he replied, he lies in annual report on the hop crop, refer to their there, pointing to the but. At first I could not compilation of the circular as a very pleasing believe it possible that the quick and the dead duty this year." It will only be a short report, hast slept side by side through nearly two mon- and might even be confined to two words-ths of Arctic darkness. But there, in one end namely, "All's well," for "that is the conclusion of the little gloomy hut, side by side, lay two we have come to after our usual exhaustive sleeping bags. In one were the remains of Dr. examination of the hop grounds of England," Nansen's former comrade, carefully covered, and there is no doubt that there is not hanging and in the other Bjoervig passed his lonely life. on the poles one of the soundest crops of hops He had had no books, no companions but logs, the brewers have every had the chance of little to do; and how do you suppose this sailor out any special district, either to condemn or aloud over and over again the writings of Ibsen securing. It is not necessary this year to pick managed to keep up his spirits. By reciting praise, for in all districts the hops are well and other Norwegian poets, whose works he grown and are maturing grandly. Fortunate, knew by rotea remarkable instance, I take it, indeed, are the brewers in having such a beau of the power of literature to afford solace even tiful crop before them, for never in the history to a humble man through a terrible experience." of the hop, trade have the stocks all over die Next day the party gathered stones and built world-been so small as they are today, Cun a tomb, in which their dead comrade was case. sumers have just, escaped by a hair's breadth fully buried, a few fitting words being spoken famine prices, for if this crop hat failed very as they all stood round,” high prices would have ruled.
The great increase in the consumption of beer all the world over must have lightened the Stocks in consumers' bands far beyond their expectations. Consequently most brewers are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new crop. and the demand should prove pite equal to the supply, and growers' should be able to secure good remunerative prices. Growers are advised to be most careful in picking and dry; ing. The splendid quality they have to deal with this year warrants more than usual care and attention, for, like a grand vintage wine, it We call the following from exchanges of will be bought up by those brewers who are connoisseurs of hops to stow away against pos dates August 26th to September 1st --
sible years of inferior crops..
Alarming Railway Accident at Holy hond.
BY YESTERDAY'S MAIL.
A Brave Railway Guard. station last night. An elderly laly attempted An exciting scene occurred at Whitchurch
to leave the train while it was in motion. The guard, Felton by name. tried
to prevent
her, but the lady, who wanteil to get to her daughter, who had failed to get into the train, persisted, and fell over the guard on the platform. With great presence of mind Felton, who was clinging with both hands to the top footboards, his feet being on the lower fou board, pushed her away with one foot, lut for this she must have fallen underneath the train. Fetion cling to the footboard until the train stopped; his escape was marvellous.
Crystal Palace Meeting.
Mr. A. Biggs presided at the meeting of the Crystal Palace Company, held at the Cannon-street Hotel, and in moving the adop tion of the report said the revenue showed satisfactory signs of expansion, having increased by some 6,000. The expenses, however, had been proportionately heavy, as they had been doing their best to revive the best traditions of the Palace as a place of amusement. The set result was a balance of close mi 8,000, which enabled them to pay the First and Second Debenture interest and carry forward 61,000 account. The paid admissions
to the ext
A DEFECTIVE VACUUM BRAKE, The Wild Irishman," which left Euston at 3.45 p.m. on Saturday night, narrowly escaped
Just as
disaster in the morning,
it was
about to go down the steep slope leading into Holyhead Station, the driver, to his honor, found that the Westinghouse vacuum brake would not work. With great presence of mind both he and the fireman stuck to the engine, and did all they could to show up the train by shutting of steam and using the handbrake but, despite these precautions, the train ran through the station with great speed, dashed into the buffers at the far end of the platform, and smashed them to pieces,
The two carriages immediately behind the engine were derailed; one of them was a sorter in the front van, a man ang Cyril Coyne, |sorting van and the other a parcels van. A letter. belonging to Dublin, was badly hurt about the legs, his van being completely crushed between the engine and the xureels-van behind. The engine kept the rails, but the driver and fire- man, were slightly injured. The rest of the passengers in the crowded train, though much shaken by the force of the impact and greatly alarmed, were unharmed. Traffic was blocked
steamer, but on the arrival of a break-down gang from Bangor, the line was promptly
Sad Accident in Switzerland. mountaineering party in the Canton of Valais. A terrible accident has befallen an English
M.A., hoth masters at the City of London Mr. Owen Cilyn Jones, B.Sc., and Mr. F. W. Hill, School, set out in company with the guides, furrer, Zurbriggen, and Vurguet, from Evolena to Zermatt. The caravan reached a mosi to climb the Dent Blanche and make the descent dangerous spot about three-quarters of an hour's climb from the top. Zurbriggen led the ascent, followed by Farrer and Mr. Jones. winding the rope three times round a block of The other two took up good positions, Mr. Hill
stone.
Then happened the catastrophe. Zur briggen stuck his axe a cleft in the rocks, and Mr. Jones and Furrer held it in place while Zurbriggen swung himself up and attempted to cling on to a ledge above with his hands. Whether the axe failed to grip fast or the rocks
away shot it is impossible to say, but Zurbriggen fell backwards upon his two com- panions, carrying them holly with him in a moment into the abyss. Even Vuignet was caught in the fall. In the descent the rope comrades vanish below. Mr. Ifill was paralys broke shor of Me Hill, who saw his four ed with horm, but Hule by little he becaine master of himself and began to think of his own safety. He could not go back, and before him was the spot which proved so fatal to the others, But forward be hind go, and in an hour he reiched the top of the mountain. Thirty. guides set out at once to recover the bodies, which were found on the glacier of the Dent Blanche and conveyed to Evolena.
Sir Thomas Lipton's "Shamrock,"
the face of a fire he nervily uncoupled the engine Juring the whole year had increased by 55,000 and later trains were delayed, as was the mail but as her jib will probably be carried far aft!
"Meanwhile the conductor, who had es caped in some way unobserved, was making record time up the line to give the alarm at Angeles, and this probably accounts for the report that he was captured, as we did not know what had become of him until afterwards.
"One of the pluckiest deeds of the affair was done by Mr. Coleman, a newspaper man.
and two cars and jumped on the engine and ran her a few hundred yards down the track qut of danger. Lowe's men fought like lions and great credit is due to both the officer and nien three out of the four being wounded. Captain Perry was also active and was shot in the arm, while two soldiers were also wounded and one died of his injury before he could reach San Fernando. A civilian was also kili- ed. He was shot through the heart and basn't been identified as yet, but some say he is a government tenister and I think it is not un- Tikely as I have seen him before."
The fight, though hot, didn't last as long as it does to tell it, and all accounts say that it was over in 20 minutes. The insurgents
might have done something had they stayed with it, as they fir outnumbered our men, who properly persuaded them what was best for their health. They finally retreated into the brash, leaving six of their men dead on the field.
The troops at San Femando heard the firing and turned out in skirmish line around the town. The first aid came from Cainiut. As soon as the fighting ceased the engineer ran the engine and detached cars down to that place, and twenty minutes after the fight two companies of infantry were on the scene to guard against further attack and when the regular train had ⚫ reached San Fernando it was promptly dispatch ed to render what aid it could to the wreck.
As soon as Lieut. Haishi received news of the accident he posted to the front and was 500n on the scene giving personal directions. Nothing was done until this morning with the Altched Cars, one of which is on its back, and work is being pushed to clear and the
and repair It is thought by many that the rebels expected paymaster on the train with money for the
track.
persons and this had continued during July and August at a still greater rate. As for the Sunday concerts, he might say that on the whole the iden had been altogether unsatis factory. Mir: E. Schenk seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried.
Our Nearest Port to the Transvaal. Durban, the seaport of Natal, is the nearest British port to the Transvaal, baing 483 miles by rail from Johannesburg, a journey which occupies twenty-seven hours: Pretoria is two
hours farther on.
cleared.
Dante and His Daughter Beatrice.
The
The forthcoming America Cap contest is the principal topic of conversations. Preliminary work on board the Shamrock was completed on 29th ult. It is now seen that the challenger will carry a larger staysail than the Columbia, the advantage will be inunites smal Shamrock left the Erie Basin on 29th. While working her way out she ran aground, and lay helpless in the mud for a quarter of an hour. Finally site was towed free to the anchorage at Tomkinsville. Apparently no injury was done. A yachting expert at Bristol says that, accord- ing to the latest ascertained dimensions of the subject to future changes by the designers, the Shamrock and Columbia, which, however, are perpendicular height of the Shamrock, for sail incasurement-that is, from the mastband, upper sheave-block-pin in the topmast-is 143 fter base line for measurement, from the alter-end of the boom to the point of contact of the jibstay on the bowsprit, is 193 ft. To get as the racing measurement of either yacht, the Iase is multiplied by the height, this is then divided by two, which makes the area 13,799'5 square feet for the Shamrock. The height for the Columbia, on her dimensions, is 142ft., with 183ft, for her base, giving 12,093 square feet. Sir Thomas Lipton will be asked to allow the Erin to participate in the naval parade which is to be held in honour of Admiral Dewey on his return.
A DISCOVERY AT KAYENNA, At Ravenna there has been discovered an daughter called Beatrice, who lived and died in important document proving that Dante had a the Convent of St. Stephen of the Olives, in that town. The document is a receipt, found From Durian to the Boer in the archives of Ravenna, and runs, in sub which is just about 15 in. above the deck, to the i
stance, as follows:-On September 20, 1371, Me Donato, Doctor of Rhetoric and Grammar, paid 3 stucais to the Convent of St. Stephen of the lives, in its quality of heir of Beatrice, daughter of Dante Alighieri, nun, who died
border is a distance of 304 miles. Durbar bas a landlocked harbour which could easily accommodate the whole British navy, and the bar has an avemge depth my it at low water of over 20 ft, so that it is easily accessible to the Union and Currie line, intermediate steamers, some of which have been chartered as trans. ports. There is excellent wharfage accom- modation, and there is a large supply of hydraulic cranes capable of discharging over 1,000 tons per day. Rails are laid on the quas consequently warlike stores can be dis charged from the ships's hold direct into the trucks en route to the border. The fine of rail from Durban to the Boer border is only a single one at present, but the railway engines employed can draw to tons of freight up a rail run to Pietermaritzburg, the capital, and on gradient of 1 in 30 From Durban the lines of through Ladysmith, thence to Newcastle, which is the centre of a rich coal-bearing area, and was General Colley's base in the Boer war of 1881.
It is interesting to remember that Durban was in possession of the Boers in 1839, and it was these that they proclaimed the Republic of troops and this was the object of the attack. England's intention to resume military occupa Natalia. 10 1841, Sir George Napier announced They were regular Filipino soldiers and weretion of Natal, and after a severe reverse in 1842 not ladrones, as they wore the full insurgent to our arms, the flag of the Boer Republic was uniform.
the Union Jack has floated there ever since. lowered from the block-house at Durban, and
The Circulation of Spurgeon's Sermons.
The wounded men and the bodies of the dead were brought in on the train last night with a number of sick for the hospital.
The whole thing savours of an early day stage coach hold-up by North American Indians, so quick and fierce was the onslaught, and the men cannot be commended too highly fortheir gritty work.
RIVALLING THAT OF THE BIBLE.
there."
Through this it has been possible to elucidate a page of the history of Dante's family, and 10 confirm another document, quoted by several writers, but the original of which is wanting. It was a record of the Florentine Chancellery, and reads thus: "To M. Gio di Boccaccio (Boccaccio), ten forins in gold, to be given to Sister Beatrice, daughter of Dante Alighieri, nun of the Convent of St. Stephen of the Olives in Ravenna."
forbidden to marry, because the daughter of an On the death of Dante, Beatrice, being exile, entered the above-mentioned convent, there to end her day's. The great events which brothers and Guido Novello da Polenta, the took place in Ravenna deprived her of her
well known patron of her father, so that the rowing fame of her father, perhaps, never reached her ears,
Several years after the Captains of Florence, learning that Beatrice still lived, humble and who often, went to Ravenna, to take her the unknown, in her convent, charged Boccaccio, ten golden florins as a slight recognition of the regret of Florence for having exiled her greatest son, who left her with the words: Ungrateful country, thou shalt not have my bones."
Cricket.
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expected to arrived here on 4th October.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Cos RMS. Empress of China, arrived at Nagasaki at 8 am... yesterday, the 29th inst, and left again at 6 pin. of same day for Shanghai where she is due to: arrive at 10 am. on Sunday the 1st October
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First-Class Cricket Averages. CALCUR-TED TO SATURDAY, 26 AUG.. INCLUSIVE, 18 INNINGS AND ABOVE. unable to take part in the game since his This week Majur Poore, who has been
his average unchanged whilst Ranjit Sinhji, figures last appeared, remains at the top with who only wants 26 runs to reach 3,000 for the season, and Hayward, are still second and third. Townsend, Abel, and Shrewsbury are the only others, who can claim an average of so and over, but ten more exceed 40, whilst quite an army have figures better than 30, these in cluding seven of the Australian team. though none of the latter reach jo per innings Il, Noble, and Darling are but a fraction under. In the bowling Trott, Rhodes and Mead run care other very close for first place, all being a fraction worst than 17. Three others, including Trumble, have secured their wickets at a cost of less than 19 runs apiece,
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The Approaching Football Season.
There seems something almost uncanny in writing about football when only the other day the thermometer registered the highest figures of the year, but the football season commences in earnest on Friday next, and on Saturday there is a fairly full table of league fixtures.
But though the season really opens on Fri- stay, the professional Association organizations have virtually been in full swing during the whole of this month. Most of the professional football players draw a salary all the year round, but they are allowed three months' holiday, May, June, and July. On August, however, they are expected to show up at the head quarters of their clubs, and between that time and the opening of the season are subjected to pink of condition for the early matches. There a severe training so that they may be in the are eccentricities of weight to be corrected, and every morning and evening they practise with the football in the fichl. This training takes a number of men out of the cricket field in the month of August, and this accounts for the dis- appearance of Sharp from the Lancashire team invaluable. With respect to the Rugby game at a time when his bowling would have been there is as yet nothing doing, nor will there be till after the annual meeting. Rugby players are not in such indecent baste to being their season, and they will not make a commence- ment October; but there are already ru mours that Kent will not be so strong as last PAT,
NOTANDA
CALENDAR.
SEPTEMBER,--
Meteorological means based on fifteen years observations to 1898.
29.824 ...80.4 77
Barometer... Thermometer
Humidity, Rainfall
TO-DAY.
8.33
Saturday, 30th September, 1899. Chinese-26th of Sik moon of 25th year of
Kacang-sü: Sun-Rises...
Sets
........
Mooa-in Apoger Shr. a.m. High water-forning
shr. 5/min. Shr. 58min.
shr, azmin. Afternoon ...... 7kr. 49min. Low water-Morning .....
Afternoon...... kr. 26min.
ANNIVERSARIES, -
184--All the Bogde forts destroyed by the
British fleet.
1866-Ship Pestminster lost on Pratas Shoals. 1874-Heavy typhoon in Formosa Channel, 1875-Fiji ceded to Britain. 1878---The murderer Tam Atai executed out-
side Victoria Gaol. 185-Commercial Treaty between France and
Italy signed at Paris.
†
Simla.....
D. Juan d'Austria Wyefield Taiyuan “......... Speciu RA
Dock.
Cosmopolitan
13
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1
+
1
Aberdeen
PASSED THE CANAL.
Outward-25th August Glaucus, Slam, Vladimir. 29th August-Andalusia, St. Mary, Odessa. 1st September-Benlarig, Algoa, shiel Bingo Maru, Omba.. 5th September-Glen affios. 12th September-Sydney. 15th Sep
3th September-Shanghai, Puritan, tember Sanuki Maru, Siberia, Spithead 19th September-tonmouthshire, Lady Jalcey. 22nd September-Malacca.
Homeward-22nd September-Benvolrlic,
Dardanus.
Shipping.
Arrivals. UNDAUNTED, British cruiser, 5,600, A. C.
Clarke, 29th Sept., Kobe 24th Sept. ST. JAMES, American bark, 1,453, R. M. Tapley, 29th Sept.-Manila 13th Sept., Ballast- Keuter, Bröckelmann & Co.
DORIC, American steamer, 2,691, Harry Smith, R.N.K., 30th Sept, San Francisco and Sept., Honolulu 9th, Yokohama 22nd, Kobe 33rd, Nagasaki 25th, and Shanghai 28th, Mails and General.-O. & O. Š, S. Co..
ROBERT DICKINSON, British steamer, 5,331,
Macdonel, 29th Sept.,-Singapore 21st. Sept., Kerosine Oil-Arnheld, Katberg & Co. -ANDALUSIA, German steamer, 7,000, Schon-
feldt, 29th Sept.-Singapore 22nd Sept, General-Harling, Buchmann & Menzell. WWEFIELD, British steamer, 2,088, G. Canmer,'
29th Sept.-Manila 2nd Sept., Ballast- Order.
KWANG PING, Chinese steamer, 1,244, W.
Blake, 29th Sept.,-Canton 29th Sept General C. E. & M. Co.
1
MEEFOO, Chinese steamer, 1,339, Frigast, 30th Sep-Shanghai 27th Sept, General-C, MONMOUTHSHIRE, British steamer, 2,874, W.
M. S. N. Co. A. Evans, 30th Sept.,-Portland, Oregon 1st Sept, General.--Dodwell & Co. YUENSANG, British steamer, 1,128, P. H.Rolfe, R.N.R., 30th Sept., Manila 30th Sept, Hemp and Tobacco.Jardine, Matheson & Co.
HAITAN, British steamer, 1,183. I. S. Roach, 30th Sept.,-Foochow 26th Sept, Amoy 28th, and Swatow 29th, General Douglas, Lapraik & Co.
MAIDZURU MARU, Japanese steamer, 667, T. Nagata, 30th Sept.,-Amoy at 1 Swalow 19th Sept., General-Mitsui Bassän Kaisla
AMARA, British steamer, 1,705, C. J. Mattock, 30th Sept, Samarang 20th Sept, Sugar -Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Clearances at the Harbour Office. Art foo, Chinese str., for Canton. Holkong, British Port steam-faunch, for Macso.. Kwing Ping, Chinese str., for Canton.- Nayang, German str., for Swalow, Robert Dickinson, British str., for Nagasaki.. Pak Kong, British str., for Canton.. Ariake Staru, Japanese str., for Misumi. Kachidate Maru, Japanese str, for Moji Andalusia, German str., for Shanghai. Kaifong, British str., for Shanghai Chingue, British str., for Singapore, Kong Pak, British str., for Canton, Kwai Lum, British steam-laurel, for Macao, Formosa, British str., for Swatow, Arvatoon Afcar, British str., for Singapore. Maidsuru Maru, Japanese str, for Swatow,
Departures.
Sept. 30, Valeitu, Brish str., for Europe. Sept. 30, Parramatta, British str., for Sha Sept. 30, Telemachus, British str., for Amoy Sept. 30, Nanyang, German str., for Swatow
1893-Lord Charles Beresford arrives in Hong- Sept. 30, Afeefoo, Chinese str., for Canton.
kong..
TO-MORKOW.
Sunday, 1st October, 1899. Chineseyth of 8th moon of 25th year of
Kwang-ri.
Sun-Rises ......
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Afternoon ...... thr. amin. ANNIVERSARIES.
84-Ting-la-captured by the English. 1848-Colonial Hospital organised in Hong.
kong 1857-Hongkong Daily Press started.
AGENDA.
TO-MORROW.
At the Oval, on 26th ult, Surrey easily won their match with Lancashire. The Northerners erst innings closed for 199, and having to follow in their second essay for 236, so that Surrey on in a minority of 357 they were all dismissed were victorious by an innings and 22 mins.- At Brighton, Sussex managed to draw their match with Yorkshire. They carried their second innings' total to 336, which left York- shire, with 168 to make for victory and not Before stumps were drawershey had put on 53 sufficient time to score the required number. for the loss of a wicket.-At Catford, Kent. easily bent Warwickshire, whose second innings closed for 319, of which W. G. Quaife scored too not out.. Kent had only 20 to get to win, and these were obtained without loss.- At Nottingham, Middlesex defeated Notts. A Curious Phenomenon.
Having over-night scored 473 for seven wickets, against 292 by the home team, the A curious natural phenomenna has exhibited visitors closed their innings on the resumption In an account of Spargeon's Sermons in the itself, to the consternation and abject fear of of play, leaving Notts with 184 to make to save Puritan for September Arthur Mee says: the peasants, in the mountains not far from the innings' defeat. They did little more than at a penny, and quite double that number have gentleman while walking one day heard a con "Something like 100,000,000, have been sold Modena, at a small bamlet called Brandala. A this, being all out for 199, and the 17 needed. MURDER MYSTERY UNRAVELLED.
been circulated in newspapers and other ways. centrated howl of fear from some peasants near,
for victory were knocked off, by Middlesex Filipimeno Villon alias Menong, bandit It may seem incredible, but I believe it is and at the same moment a noise which sound
with no wicket down.-Gloucestershire gained St. John's Cathedral:-Communion, 7 a.m., captured by Capt. Lara some tuño ago, has quite true that the number-of-Mr. Spurgeon's ed like distant thunder.
a decisive victory over Essex at Clifton. The He raised his eyes, first innings of Essex closed for 234, and, Roman Catholic Cathedral:-Mass at Gain made a declaration against Pedro Cama cho, sermons sold. since 1855 exceeds the number but saw nothing. On going forward, however, having to follow on, they were all got alias Bungang, that clears up one of the most of Bibles circulated since the beginning of the complicated murder mysteries that ever baffled century. When it is borne in mind that the light at the base, on the top of a mountain peak, that Gloucestershire won by an
he saw a thin column of smoke, with flashes of rid of in their second venture for 85, so the police of Manila. In his statement Villon British-and. Foreign Bible Society print five while a boy almost dead with fright, cried, and 117 runs. At Southampton Hay German Bethesda Chapel, West Point
7am., 8 a.m., and 9,30 am. Benediction, 5 p.m. asserts that Camacho is the murderer of Gabino
Union Church:-Services, m. and 6 p.m. tons of Bibles every day, it will be understood Look, look, the mountain which opens and shire handsomely beat Worcestershire. Hav Orter, the secret service man who was killed what this means. during the former part of July on Calle Anyahan,
burns-Anacrid odour-meanwhile-pervaded-ing-to-get-zog to win, and nine wickets to fast, Assuming that Mr. Spurgeon preached the atmosphere. Shortly after the gentleman the visitors failed in their defence, and were Francis' Church, Wanchai-Mass (Chin.)
Morning Service, I am. and that he, Camacho, knows the whereabouts 10,000 sermons to an average audience of 3,000, was enabled to distinguish a small vertical dismissed for 157, leaving Hampshire the win of Lieut Trowbredge's revolver, which was he would have preached to 30,000,000 people; crater about twelve or thirteen feet long, and
6 am., (Port), 7.30 am. Benediction, carried by Orter when he tried to capture the as a matter of fact, the 600 printed sermons nine or ten wide, with a liquid greenish subs! the Australians at Taunton The Colonists Joseph's Church, Garden-Road-Morning
ners by 52-Somerset contrived to draw with murderers of Dr Nacht and lost his life in the were preached 10 20,000,000. But, assuming--ance at the entrance, disturbed here and there first innings closed for the big total of 532, or attempt
Ortez was attacked by a mob of Filipines on person-much below the mark he has reached all a dense strata of smoke. The spectator saw stumps, had put on 232 for nine wickets in their Anthony's Chapel, West Point:-Mass,
Service (English), 9 am, that each printed sermon has been read by two by large bubbles of yellowish-water, and above rs6 ahead, and Somerset, at the drawing of Calle Anyahan. This incident has already in this why 600,000,000 people! If all the all this at no great distance, but a slight shock bech mentioned in this paper as a part of sermons were, the same size as the penny edi- of earthquake occurring, he went further off,
second attempt. Vellon's story after he was arrested by Capt. tions, they would cover an area on which every but still observed that every now and then which resulted in a definite issue on 30th ult,
The only first-class country cricket matches Wesleyan Methodist Church: Services, 10.30 Lara. But now Vellon has made an additional man, woman, and child on the globe, excluding flames shot up through the smoke, accompani-ware those between Somerset and Gloucester
a.m. and 5.45 pí statement to the effect that it was Camachohe Chinese, could stand very easily. They ed by a distinct rumbling. This seems to put shire at Taunton, when Somerset gained their
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St. Peter's Seamen's Church:11 am. and
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Passengers-Arrived.
Per Afcefco, from Shanghai-23 Chinese Per St. James, from Manila-Mr. W. H. Mitchell.
Per Monmouthshire, from Portland, Or.- Mrs, Skinner and child, Miss Wingate, Mr. F. Larkin, and 18 Chinese.
Per Haitan, from Coast Ports-Messrs.. G. H. Wheeler, Wong Chiu Tong, Tsai Meng Chow, 3 Europeans and 219 Chinese.
Per Fuensang, from Manila-Mr. and Mrs. Davies, Mrs. R. Vemberg, Miss R. Tollander, Messrs. Jose Lobo, Eloira Jarde, J. Ramos, Senor Conception and 4 companions, F. Rodri guez, A. Bancker, J, May, R. Humphreys, F. Jones, W. Dunlop, J. Belgíra, A. Rosal, Mr. and Mrs. Zoneplecht and 143 Chiacsc.
-Per Doric, from, San Francisco, &c.-Mr. H. G. Millner, Mrs. E. C. Miller, M. and Mrs. D. Muir, Messrs. R. de Solis, N. O. Byers, A. A. Montague, Mrs. Geo. T, Bowman, Messrs. G. V. Ladás, A. W. Brewin, Mrs. S. P. Mobley, Mrs. J. H. L. Truitt, Mrk. T. R. Rivers, Messrs. I. Price, M. Watson, A. H. Skelton, H. B.
Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. A. Post, Capt. Kowan, Kendrick, Misses H. Lewers, McIntyre, Messrs. W. M. Thornton, E. D. Matts, C. H, Mr. Y. Matsuda, Mrs. F. H. Eldridge, Mr. T. H. Harris, and Cap. F. Kofod.
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