To-day's Advertisements.
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Agents for the above Company are pre pared to Accept FIRE RISKS at Current Rates.
1..., E. 1). SASSOÒN & COL,
Agents. Hongkong, 10th October, 1899. (129
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LODGE ST. JOHN, 618, S.C.
TOTICE is hereby givận that the ustal
NOTICE is
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1899.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, TUbsday, October 19, 1899.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD,
LONDON, October 8th. Sir Claude Macdonald has completely re covered and will leave for China on Monday. arcompaniei? by Lady Mardonald.
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THE "AMERICA" CIP. The third race for the Emering Cup wan
LAK MEETING again without result.
of the above Lodge will be held in the Masoxte HALL, Zelland Street, on THURSDAY, 12th instant, at å for 8.30 p.m. precisely, AB Visiting Brethern whit be welccante,
Hongkong, roth October, 1899.
12,0%
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
POR TIENTSIN..
HE Company's Steamship
THE
NAXCHANGE
Captain Finlayson, will be despatched
above TO-MORROW, die rith instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agrats
Hongking, 19th October, 1897,
as
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW.
HE Company's Steamship
THE
"HAIMUN, Captain Davis, will be despatched for the above Pori, on THURSDAY. the Sch-in-tan4, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply t
DOUGLAS LAPRATAS P
General Managers.
Honglang, Bodhi thoaber, 1899.
14287
„DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
LIMITED.
FOR AMOY AND TAMSÚT.
[11E Company's Steama dup
THE
"FORMUSA,
Captado Douglas, will far despati šird, son, the above Ports, on THURSDAY, die 12th instant, at Norm
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., Geral Managers, Hongkong, Toth trejoler, 489).
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPAYA, LINHTED.
FOR SHANGHAN -
THE Company's Steamship
SPAKHOL
$1289
above
Captain Strat, will be despateravel on THURSDAY, the 12th instans. For Freight ar Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE. Agents.
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Hongkong, tốth October, 18on
FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ GANAL.. THE Steamship T
"ARGYLL,"
will be despatched for the alase parijin or about the 25th instung and will be followed by 5.5. "JOHN SANDERSON") Mt Intervals. S.S. "AFGHANISTAN ...... of 2 weeks.
For Freight, apply to
DODWELL & CA, LIMITED, Agents. Hongkong, both Dember, 189.
Intimation.
PAKLIAMENT AND THE TRANSVAAL
CRISIS.
In obedience to an order from the Vicary at Nanking, Taocai Shen Ching Yu, Director of the Woong Land Office, left for Nanking and waited on the Viceroy on the 24thello. It is said that the Viceroy contemplates the re construction of the Woosung Forts,
THE Kienning Prefect, says a Shanghai verna- cular paper, has reported to the Viceroy that the Magistrates of the Kien-an and Du- ning districts have undertaken to raise $4,000 each as indemnity for the Kienning riot and the gentry and sebaturs of the place live also agreed to give a bond that they would be held responsible for any trouble in future and the punishment of the leading offenders will be carried out. It is expected that the question will soon be settled; •
The Vingkón correspondent of the Universal Cavell writes that the recent report of an imminent war between Japan and Russia was The Gadeffe publishes proclamations sum-
founded up the following occurrence. Some moning Parliament to meet on the 17th instant time last month two Japanese men-of-war and for calling out reserves sufficient to make entered Port Arthur without the sanction of the every battalion ordered to South. Mriga up to
Russians who signalled to them to deput im the strength of one thousand. The Reservistsmediately. On the refusing the Russians | joining the Coteauts amount to 25,000.
prepared for action and intimated to them that they would be tired upon ifthey refused to leave after a limited time. The Japanese ships were subsequently obliged to withdraw.
The Military situation is puzzling. This Boots have not taken the offensive in any quatter, though known ti be in strong force an the Southent argl Western frontiers,
In the meantime the Briush are stengthen. ing their positions and forces, and Mafeking sand Kimberley are now believed to be secure.
A great number of the Cape Dutch are going to the Transvaal. General White proceeds immediately to Pietermaritzburg from Durban. The Cruiser 7Režis from the 'Mediterranean Squatron has sailed for Delagoa Bay, Mix thousand Boers have advanced to the harder. within eight miles of Mafeking, where elaborate defences, tarluding ton armoured trains and Lyddire Mines, are rephited to have been
male. It is reported that the Boers on the Natal Entier are retiring, leaving only patrols, There is intense indignation at the Cape at the ptasistent brutality shown to British refugees hy armed Beers at the wayside stations.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory sport says:-
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THE following genus have been sent to The Flaw, Stanghal, the writer being a China
Bad will you can all your Coulie Came see
"Dear Sir, Will my ...
Lamp have the Lamp To-day afternoon." Ileing rather impatient, the writer next morning sent the following :--
"Dear Sir, Will my yesterday have send de Chit you have so my of the chit will you can' Today Aftermon Call due man Game See the Loup the Laufs have Bad watch fis now."
State time ago, says. The Union, a well known Shanghai'residen cuplained that passengers
by an 1, 31. steamer had been sent ashore with their breakfasts. We learn that a similar complaint has been made along the Takin, the passengers who cane by her and left in the tender ata quater to io on Saturday morning, had to go without their breakfast, and as they did not weach Shanghai tilf near midday many of them were famished. A first
THE steainship Maria Valerie, on the 'gth inst., in Lat. 44" ta' N., Long. 118 33′ E. picked up Chinaman who had been clinging to a float- ing junk's mast for four days.
A DESPATCH to a vernacular paper says that recently some trouble arose between flie Rus sians and the Chinese inhabitants at Shil Patun, Monkden, followed by an armed fight. A number of persons have been killed or wounded but the cause is so far unknown.
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Tis site of the Jamese Settlement at New elwang, which has been selected is not satis farmy in many respects, But the Foreign Office lad na abernative but to acquiesce, and instructions have been forwarded to Peking to sign the Convention with the Chinese Govern
meni.
THE Universal Gazette says that owing to the fact that Italy las come to an understanding with Great Britain and. France respecting her demands on Chins for a railway concession in Ningpo, mining concessions in Shanse, and the engagement of Italian professors in the Peking University, it is believed that China will most probably have to acquiesce in them.
FOUR American Consuls in China have been. says the Washington correspondent of the Standard, suspended and ordered home. They are said to be charged with being implicated in the filibustering expeditions sent for the relict, of the Filipinos The State Department offi-
secres, and decline either to confirm or deny cials are endeavouring ty keep the matter
the report, further than to admit that several The secret leaked out through personal letters Consuls have been suspended on gave charges.
recently received from China.
UN Sunday week a mounted Chinese military featlar followed by some otteen Chinese officer wearing lifth rank button and peacock, soldiers carrying swords was passing along the Xanking Road,
when the Silh
Shanghai,
officer and through the Chinese cous
constable there stopped the table on daty a the other side of the road demanded to see the permit for his mea to pasi through the 'Settlements. The officer not pro ducing one, the Sikh told the Chiarse com
stable to take them to the Central Station.
obstinately refused to go in and after a while they were allowed to go on their way.
tip the roth at fr.ggaam, barametric changes class passenger, however, informs us that heOn arriving, there it is said that the soldiers are slight. The high pressure area, central over i got his meal before leaving, so perhaps the res China, extends now over Japan and the Loo-gulation refers to the other classes only. clumes. Groliens moizrate rather sleep with very strong monsoon in the S. part of the China Sea. FORECAST :-Fish N.E, winds doll, some rain.
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the cost,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Tite Pumber of deaths from plague notified shuring the week ending the 7th are two only,
Tug Police Stagisgate, Air. Hallifaxy of the new territory has ltd to come in from Taipohu with an attack of fever.
IARING the firing of a sadure to the American ji miser Terkbarn at Lidman, the other day, our of the Sikh gunners had his jums bilesen off:
A CAPSIZLA dust, fxat was lying waterlogged alongside Pedder's Wharf this ning as a aralt of the beavy weather. How is it that 1941 these unut, so oken came to grief when we have of blow? They usually have the appearance of lieing the oldest and most unseaworthy junks
A. S. WATSON & Co.,
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in the harbour.
FIRE broke it on beard the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company's steamer Pakiing, ander repairs at the dock of Uraga, at about 4 sam, où 27th September, says the Nagasaki Pws. Han of her cargo was burnt, while the holl weaived sligin damage. The fires said to have originatrol fvoni tobacco ashes dropped fressa pij
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WRITER in the Next Prete Presse advocates the despatch of the British mails to India, China, and Australia by a new route. of the overland journey to Brindisi, and the shipping of the mutils there, the writer suggest an overland route in Salonica, where the mails could be put on hond a steamer for Port Said. The mails would in this case be transported by mail and stenmbogi to Ostensl, and thence con- vayed by the Orient express right through to Salonica. A new fast line of steamers would have to be founded for the service between Salonica and, Port Said, and the journey would concludes the writer, be shortened by, from sixty to seventy-two hours.
THE OVERDUE MAIL.
NONEWS.
H.B.M's Supreme Court, Before E S. A. Bourne, Esq., Assistant Judg
SAMSON EVANS, DA
SHANGHAI, and October.
Up to the time of going to press no further The plaintiff was represented by Mr. H.-P. news of the Messageries Maritimes steamship Wilkinson (Crown Advocate); and the defend. Sydney, bringing the French mail of 8th Sept by Mr. W. A. G Platt (Messrs. Stokes and tember, has come to hand. The Gerinant
-Plank steamship Taifu, which left Saigon on the 5tment in this case as follows:-
This morning His Honour delivered judg inst., later on the same day as the Sydney, arrived yesterday afternoon, so there is reason to believe Should her machinery have been disabled shie that the mail has met with some mishap
will doubtless make for either Saigon or Singa pore ander sail, unless picked up by some other vessel, for she could never hope to niake Hongkong under sall against the strong mon, soon which is now Howing. Perchance soine vessel coming up from Singapore may bring tidings of the missing liner. No vessels have arrived from the South to-day,
THE PLAGUE.
Casus reported to 9th instant
Do.
co.
during past 24 hours........
Total...47
Deaths reported to 9th instant 1,413
Do. do. during past 24 hours...
Total...1413
NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
• From Shanghai Papers.)
Prince Henry at Kinochow. The Octastalische Land says that Prince Henry went to Kiaochow ha the 23rd Sept. and turned the first sods of tree rufways, one in the direction of Waishieng, one to fupatsu, and the other in Tsintao. At the end of the which human intellees has planned and which ceremony Prince Henry said: To this work laborious and industrious bands will accomplish my God give his blessings. My wishes are that this work will comribute to the honour of the German Empire and will further strengthen and China. the good relations existing between Germany
Presentation to Mr. Colin Buchanan.
On Thursday afternoon, October 5th, a pleasant function was enacted at the Shanghai Marine Engineers Institute, when Mr. Colin Buchanan, the Marine Superintendent of the Indo-China Co.'s fleet, was presented with a The American, Consul General at Shanghai workmanship, the donors being the Engineers
handsome silver salver and ten-set of Chinese has forwarded home some information with
of the fleet. The chair was taken by Mr. H Good, who felicitated Mr. Buchanan, on the that a good line of shoes would find a market regard to the shoe trade in China. He states
coming event for which the presentation was made, and Mr. Buchanan suitably replied. Then among the foreigners in China. Most of the foreign sine-dealers, however, being English, after which the Chairman invited the ladies to Mr. Inglis on behalf of the Indo-China Co spoke in praise of their Marine Superintendent, they naturally prefer to handle English goods, tea, and the masculine guests were asked 10 and men's shoes rome chiefly from that coun- drink the health and happiness of the future tre. Foreign articles sell at $14 Mexican Among the gentlemen present were Messrs. (86.60 gold). If there can be put on the market. Inglis, J. Prentice, T. Weir, Geo. Peebled
and Jas. Ferrier. here shoes as good in quality as these the fell is open to enterprise. It wouki hardly be Chinese make, at a lower price, an unlimited. worth while to have circulars, etc, translated.
which has just been launched in France, says THE new Japanese first-class cruiser Azama. the Japan Mail is spoken of as a most success- English and French shipbuilding, and is not ful type. She combines the best fentures of unlikely to become a model. The Nippon foreign countries are all designed by Japanese claims that the men-of-war built for Japan in naval experts and superintended by them also during the course of construction. That claim
Death of Rev. A. W. Douthwaite, M.D.
fore 52 years of age. He arrived in China in
In this suit. I have to decide as to the validity of a Bill of Sale dated 4 July, 1899, granted MA. Evans. This Bill of Sale purports to by H.D. Patch, since deceased, in favour of
in consideration of a past debt. It assigns be an absolute conveyance of personal chattels "all and singular the stock-in-trade furniture and household effects in or about the Shanghai Brewery aforesaid, and which are now in the. possession of the said H. D. Patch." There is no schedule. or inventory attached. This Bill not being given as security for money is. governed by the Bills of Sale Act, 1878, which does not require an inventory, and in England it might, in regard to this point of an inventory, be a good Bill. But in China the Order-in- Council of 1881 lays down in an imperative nanner, see 28 (3) that every Bill of Sale must, have annexed thereto or written there... under an inventory of the chattels intended, to be comprised therein, otherwise the Bill is vont in China as far as regards chattels omitted from. the inventory.It was argued for the defendant that the statute must override the Order-in- Council, and that no inventory being required in England, there need he none here. With this I cannot agree. The Legislature makes known its commands to British subjects in China by Orders-in-Councit issued by Her Majesty under the authority of the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts. The Order of 186 lays down that this Court is to administer as far as circumstances admit the law for the time being in force in and for England (85), that is, for my present purpose, the Bills of Sale Act., 1878, by which there need bo no inventory; but the Order of 1881 enacts specifically that a Bill of Sale without an inventory is void. I think we must look first to the more particular aud then to the more general command: that is to say, that the law in China in regard to Bills of Sale is to be gathered first from the specifically with the subject, and then, in terms of the order of 1881, which deals addition thereto and in so far as may not be inconsistent therewith, from the statutes. This is therefore a bad Bills
But Mr. Platt argued that even if the Bill were void as against third parties, it was not void as against the granter or the Administra- tor of his estate. Void means destitute of legal effect: if the Legislature had intended to 'except the grantor, this would have been done explicitly, as afterwards in the Bills of Sale. Act of 1882, where in and 5 a bill is made void "except as against the grantor." The Administrator has the same property in the personal effects as the deceased and the same power to bring actions to recover them.
the Administrator.
This Bill of Sale is therefore void as against:
The effect of this judg the defendant believed to be protected by this ment will be that the assets of the estate which
September, 1899. The plaintiff is to have document fall under the injunction of 28th
taxed costs.
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I have tried this case as Assistant Judge and defendant the right of appeal to the Chief not as Acting Chief Justice in order to give the Justice on his return from vacation.
The British Minister.
A JAPANESE paper reports that a patch of red coloured water was seen off the coast of Ise Province on the 23rd ulta. The water subse- quently passed off to the entrance of Shima Gulf where it was stationary for several hours. water to all directions. A number of fish and A sudden squall came along and dispersed the clans was seen floating dead or maimed from the effect of the coloured water. Fishermen phenoneinon. They bottled some of the water I were greatly concerned about the mysterious is, all right so long as the vessels are kiang province, but the greater part of his however, very few among us who desired':
and forwarded it to the Agricultural and Com- mercial Department to be analysed. No specia result was gri however, on account of the water having been kept in the boute to long. It snelled as of chemicals and seemed to have i species of sinal plant intemised.
successful, but if we remember aright, the Jaysterious disappearance of the Enebi-kan was attributed by Japanese writers to faults of construction for which French builders were
held responsible. However, there is no doubt that Japanese naval experts have made remark able progress in technical knowledge and its practical application during recent years. We judge that the post-bellum programme of naval have heard it said by a thoroughly competent
completest thing of the kind he had ever seen.
It is with deep regret that we have to chronicle
Mission, Chefoo, which occurred on Oct. 5th. the unexpected and sad death of the Rev. A. W. Douthwaite, M.D., of the China Inland
He went to Kiaochow about the middle of last month to attend Mr. Burgin and his wife,
tery, from which he never recovered. He was both of whom were dangerously ill, and whilst there he contracted malarial fever and dysen-
been on 25th December, 1847, and was there attended by Dr. King, a consulation having been held with Dr. Molingwood, He was
April 1874, his first ministry being in the Che labours have been in Chefon. The last letter received from him was dated 20th Sep: tember when he complained of not being able to retain anything in the stomach, an extremely popular man, beloved of both and suffering from sleeplessness. He was foreigners and natives, and a hard worker, and although his duties were arduous, he was always ready, at any time of the day or night, to attend those who required his services whether they were friends or strangers, and he was continually sought after, being a clever
and young, and was ever ready to minister ta won his way wherever he went with both old both body and soul. It was only those who were intimately acquainted with him, and knew something of his inner-life that could comprehend the vast amount of work. he got through. He had lately returned from Eng. and, where he had been for a trip for the benefit of his health and to take home his motherless children. These he left with his late wile's sister, to whom he was about to be married. She was to have left England on
the new teritory, where he has been engage from the buttom of the sea in the search for expansion drawn ep in his country was the physician and a man of great experience. He/ General in the Oil-Rivers protectorate is scarcely
CAPE. Superintendent May has returned from in suppsesong the many Triac Societies: 23 anests having been gasle. One of the prisoners was tried at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon, | but the case was remanded until Friday to _adieraze.fcesteia-imament-being put in The
er rees will also be taken on Friday,
THIS year, so far, the Shanghai. Firemen have been called out 4 tunes for:-
French Concession..
English Settlement... Hangkew
Bubbling Well Road Outside limits False Marm...
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These CLARETs are bought direct from the leading French growers. Tuk American battleship Oregon arrived this The lowest priced are-of-exceptional morning from Manila, the customary salutes value and guamnteed to be the being exchanged. She is a vessel of 10,288 -genuine product of the juice of the tons, length 348 ft. beam 69 ft. 3 in, and grape, and are not artificially made as is generally the case with cheap
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CharEve La ToUR CARNET, CHA -reau Raczas, and CHSTEST LAFITTE ́are commended to the notice of Con- noisseurs as high-class after-dinner Wines of a rich and rare character.
Sample bottles and smaller quanti- ties will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We guarantee our WinsandSpirits To be genuine only when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents, at the Const Ports, i
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straught 27 ft. in. Her armament consists of
in
used for murderous purposes were brought up A tax many anicles that might have been
Miller's wrench-a big ase, a kitchen knife, some from implements, and so on, says the Japan Mail. A shir, too, was found, which THE Echo de Chim of the 3rd inst, contained a pled on, and is alsó said to show blood stains, harvest bears the marks of having been torn and trunumber of items-of-interest. The wheat
It was evidently worn by a big man, and it is 120,000,000 hectolitres.-M. de
France is estimated at over Lanessan, marked ".M." But Miller's initial is "R" so French Minister of Marine, has just signed a
submarine boats.-The strike continues at a decree ordering the construction of four
Creusert. M. Schneider has been discussing 23rd October. matters with the strikers, but without result-General. Frater has been appointed Deputy Chiet of the General Staff-The Fourreau-Lamy mission is installed at the Air oasis in excellent condition.The Spanish Chinese in the North were excited by rumours it will remembered that a siport time ago Cabinet has resigned. The delegation of of an impending war between Russia and Japan judging the persons implicated in a plotwang, Port Arthur, and Chefor sent their Commissioners of the High Court charged with and to such an extent were these believed that
many Southerners doing business in Newch
the shirt cannot be identified as his. It is rather curious that a monkey-wrench and a Tora, muddy, and bloodstained shirt should Have been found just where Miller says that he deposited articles of the kind, and yet neither of them can be confidently identified. líkir cumstantial evidence alone were in question, how any one would be ridiculed who doubted the perfection of such a chain of proof! If it had thrown his shirt and a wrench into the were only suspected, for example, that Miller
creek after the murder.
THERE is an engaging frankness about the
following advertisement clipped from a Yoka.
four 3.in. guns, eight 8.m., four Ginahama paper which ought to strongly recommend twenty per quickfires, fter speedie 7 the advertiser for any sinecure that may be kants and her complement 473 men. She was but at San Francisco in 183 and cost going says "F.A.t” in the Kube Chronicle. 26oo. She is to dock here.
WANTED
against the goverment of the Republic has examined with closed doors the dossiers con-
has communicated them to the counsel for the
There is now no room for doubt in the return of Sir Claude Macdonald to Peking where he will reasume bis-important duties as British Minister to this country. When he left us in April last, says the Shanghai, Daily Press, he. was a sick and worn out man, but change of air has evidently restored the Minister to health, and very shortly we may expect his retum, What we said when Sir Claude left we now repeat, and regret that the Foreign office did not take the opportunity, of replacing him with a stronger and more capable representative. It
and he left us with the unanimous wish of is safe to say that every Brith resident in China respects the Minister as a man and a soldier,
speedily restored to health. There were his fellow countrymen that he would be
Sir Claudo's return, and now that it is almost feeling of disappointment will prevail. As a certain that he is to continue to hold office, a diplomatist the Minister never was and never will be a success, in the first place he was never trained in the arts of diplomacy, and previous to his appointment as Her Majesty's representative in China never had a chance of proving himself qualified for such an important post. Fineen years service as a soldier fol- owed by a commissionership on the West coast of Africa, and then agent and Consul a record which would lead to the discovery. of an ideal Minister for such a court as: Feking. During his three years of office Sir Claude has simply acted in the way which any sane man could have foreseen. Of a kindly. and obliging disposition he is very popular with his brother ministers, or rather with his oppon- ents, but when it comes to bluffing the Tsungli- yamen or getting to the bottom of court secrets he is hopelessly left behind. In fact Sir Claude Macdonald is no match for a De Giers, and not a littic of the recent Russian success and British failure is due to this one fact. Just before Sir Claude left on, what, was to be six months leave the now fameux Cinese Blue Book was issued by the foreign office. The pre- Cious publication proved that while the British
the contrary, knew all about the plans of the the now historical Conf far the Russians, on embassy in Teking was strangely ignorant of
Empress Dowager, days before the Emperor of representatives at Peking could be cited, lace of knowledge and ignorance on the part was deposed. Several other instances of a
families to Shanghai and elsewhere for safely.. A Tientsin mandarin now in this post gives the But it is enough to say that in the interests of following explanation of the origin of the England it would have been well had the
six weeks ago in the Gulf of Pechili and at where astuteness and even cunning, firmness, rumours, which must be taken for what it reign office sent to Peking tlie strongest and is worth. Two Japanese cruisers were about Claude Macdonald some other post in a country most able diplomatist available, and given Sir
one time appeared before Port Arthur As the cruisers had the appearance of intending tact, and a keen perception, were not su vital
or so essential to successful adininistration. to Steam inside the port, the Russian officer implying that the port was closed to. foreign at the outer signal station hoisted a signal
ships of war. The Japanese senior officer in
of the two cruisers, how,
nol ever, pretended In understand the Russian signal and steamed straight for the harbour. At, a point nearly half-way inside The Grand Canal is repotted to be very and surrounded on all sides by forts, the shallow owing to the absence of rain, the depth Japanese leading cruiser was met by a steam in some places being only three or four feet launch with a Russian official who boarded the The Tienisin Taolat has been appointed acting Salt Commissioner, and the Director of and verbally communicated intelli outside the harbour, and at the same time warned the Telegraph Administration has been ap into the harbour would be resisted. To en the japanese captain that further penetration pointed acting Tientsin Taatai:
The RailayWharf at-Tangin observed by those on board in the land forts loading and discharge of cargo, two steamers phasise the declaration commotion was ertised as ready 10 receive-stean and soon it was seen that menacing preparation at a time, the depil at low tide were being made. Russian warships insido minimum of 19 feetio the basin were also observed to be hastily ~ Shông Tablái was to leave Tientsin for lino- decidedly unpleasant. The Japanese Captain construction there, and inform geiting tip steam and altogether matters looked | ting-fu the other day to examine the railwa
Ato, this then simply bowed out bis Russian visitor, and effect has been passed to all the stations along the cruisers retired.---N, C, Daily News. 24 the lines.
The Recent Rumour of a Russo- Japanese War,
taining the charges against the accused, and defence,--General de Galliffet, Minister of War, has just changed the system of the lists for promotion. The Conseil Supérieur will no longer propose, the nomination of Generals," but the Minister of War will submit the pro- Oy the night of the 6th of September a Parial
motions, alone and directly, for the President youth living in Popham's Broadway, Madras,
of the Republic's signature. The session of an amok, stabbing' fourteen people, two of
the High Court has been opened., M. Dérou. whour have since died. Some two months ago After "J.C.W." has been confortably in lede was interrogated first; he refused to an he had a fight with some Mohammadans, installed, I hope that any one having the swer, but declared that he would speak at the which he was wounded. Since then he enter disposal of a soft job, where the occupant's open hearing. The High Court then heard the tained bitter feelings against them, and several | principal duty will be to receive the monthly others accused. who made similar declarations. times told his wife that they two would die to cliegts, will not overlook such a deserving in the Transvaal, the Boers are concentraresse which tally comindian by the signal
Some light employment by an old veteran good health, and is very short-winded. Been 23. from the American Civil War. He is not in years in Japan. Work nut so much the object as the salary. Apply to "J.C. W., &c.
gether. On the night mentioned he stabbed applicant as myself. I am quite aware thatting on the Natal frontier. Great military runters eans for such a pose three confidently. Alrica. The Orange Free State Raid pas un her in the stomach, and ran out of his house, there would be a very large number of appli agitation prevails throughout the whole of South. In the evening he ran into the police station, assure any of my readers who may have the animously voted an alliance with the Transvaal and surrendered himself. He was secured, disposal of a sinecure that it would suit none in the event of war with Great Britain.-It is of the wounded with the exception of one or better than yours fumbly to obtain a, post reported that the declaration of a state of stege two, all are recovering. Velan next day where the work is not so much an object as is imminent at Pretoria-London advices committed suicide while imprisoned in the the salary, make these few remarks purely consider hostilities as having virtually com- police lock-up. He hanged himself by means for the benefit of those having such a billet at menced in the Transvaal. The plague, is of the cloth he wore.
their disposal. A word to the wise is sufficient making fresh ravages in Oporto.
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ITEMS FROM TIENTSIN.
The following are from the Feting and Tientsin Tunes