Intimations.
CROWN DISTILLERIES COMPANY.
cure
that-
-cold-
A PURE LIQUEUR.
crown
MAPLE RUM.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1901..
To-day's Advertisements.
TAIKOO CLUB.
NOTICE,
NTRIES will CLOSE for the above
the 1st
R. H. STEPHENSON,
instant.
Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 20th December, 1901.
[1390€
A CHALLENGE TO ALL CHINA.
BENTLEY is prepared to match as
Morn against any, lad in China at
To-day's Advertisements.
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
THERE will be SOON COMPETI TION TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the arst instant, commencing nt 2.45 P.M.
RANGES-200, 500 and 600 yards. Seven Shots and a Sighter at each Range. ALEX, MACKENZIE,
Hon. Secretary, Hongkong, 20th December, 1901. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
.COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR MANILA VIA AMOY.
"YUENSANG,"
the Bantam-weight, limit 8 stone, 4 pounds, THE Company's Steamship from One hundred pounds sterling (£100), or upwards under the following.conditions
1-Twenty rounds of three minutes duration 2-Four ounce gloves to be used,, 3-The ring to measure sixteen feet. 4-Men to weigh in at 4 E. on day of
contest.
5Should either man exceed the above weight he will forfeit all money deposited.
6-Match to come off in Hongkong on Thursday, Friday or Saturday, January 23rd, 24th, or 25th, 1903.
No other terms will suit. All offers of purses to be made before above date. Failing a suitable purse, will box for the stakes.
WILLIAM H. BENTLEY,
*(Backer).
[Note. Mr. Bentley has deposited twenty sovereigns with us as an earnest of gond faith. All challenges to be sent to this office. Ed.,
H.K. T.]
[13640
Hongkong, 20th. December, 1901, DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW..
THE Company's Steamship
"HAITAN,"
[45
Captain Rolfe, will be despatched as above on FRIDAY, the 27th instant, at 4 P.M.
This Steamer has Superior Accommodation for First class Passengers, is fitted throughout with Electric Light, and carries a Doctor.")
For Freight or Passage, apply to
*
JÄRDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, zoth]December, 1901.
[1385
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"GLEN " LINE OF STEAMERS. FROM ANTWERP, MIDDLESBRO AND THE Steamship
LONDON.
"GLENESK," having amived from the above Port, Consignees of Cargo by her, are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godawns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Ld, at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods not cleared by the 26th instant, will
Goods are landed
WATKINS, Captain Reach, will be despatched for the be subject to rent
LIMITED,
AGENTS.
66, Queen's Road Central.
Hongkong, 7th December, 1901.
(714C
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
$5.50 Cask of 375 hs. Net ex Factory. 83.30 Bag of 250 Ds.
"
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers.
Hongkong, 1st June, 1901.
KELLY
JUST LANDED,
·Ex s.5. Chnsan.
CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF
"GRAPHIC,"
ILLUS. LONDON NEWS,"
fro
"ILLUS. SPORTING & DRAMATIC NEWS,” "SKETCH,'
"BLACK & WHITE."
"PEARS' ANNUAL" "
With Coloured Plates....
above Pert, on SUNDAY, the zand instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 20th December, 1901 [1387c
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW. THE Company's Steamship
"HAICHING,"
Captain Davis, will be despatched for the above Ports, oa TUESDAY, the 24th instant, at 9 A.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAÞŘAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, zoth December, 1901. · [1388c
WALSH, LD.
H. K. V. C.
A Handsome Souvenir of the 1901 CAMP.
15 PHOTOS and DESCRIPTIVE LETTERPRESS.
Price ...
$1.53
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY.
75 cents each.
Price
Hongkong, 27th November, 1901.
XMAS
* TOYS!
$2.25
[690c
GIFTS.
TOYS!!
TOYS!!!
The Finest Selection in
the Colony.
CALL AND INSPECT OUR STOCK.
WILLIAM
POWELL, LIMITED.
28 & 34, QUEEN'S ROAD.
Hongkong, 16th December, 19or.
THE
[955€
ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED.
JUST UNPACKED.
A NEW SHIPMENT `
THE CELEBRATED
OF
APOLLO PIANO PLAYER,
Inspection invited.
Hongkong, 22nd November, 1907.
A. CHEE & Co.
17A, Queen's Road, Central.
ESTABLISHED 1859.
FURNITURE DEALERS: IMPORTERS OF EUROPEAN GOODS OF ALL KINDS
fgsac
Silver Plated, Glass and China Wates, Iron Bedsteads and Mat-" tresses Cutlery and Dinner Services; Cooking Ranges and Kitchen Utensils, Aspinal's Enamels, &c., &c.
Our store is situated between the Principal Banking Institutions and Hotels in Hongkong,;
Hongkong, asth
1901
No Fire Insurance has been affected. All damaged packages must be left in the Godowns, and a certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Co. within ten days after the steamer's arrival, after which no claims will be recognised.
MCGREGOR BROS, & GOW.
(1389€ Hongkang, 20th December, 1901.
For Sale.
NOW READY,
THE
SPECIAL DESCRIPTIVE
AND.
STATISTICAL EDITION
OF THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH."
TEN PAGES.
PRICE 50 CENTS,
THOE desirous of obtaining copies should order early, as only a limited number has been struck off and a Second Edition can' not be printed..
The Special Edition will be mailed to any address on receipt of 56 cents to cover cost and Postage.,.
Hongkong, 2nd May, 1901.
Intimation.
A. S. WATSON & Co.,
LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED A. D. 1841.
We beg to notify
THE ARRIVAL OF OUR NEW
SEASON'S
BIRTHS.
At Singhai, on the 15th December, the wife of Mr H. BORNER, of a daughter.
On Sunday, the 15th of December, at Shang hai, the wife of A. W. MAITLAND, of a daugh.
ter.
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1901
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Star Ferry Company. This morning the following notice was left at our office :-
EXPRESS.
THE STAR FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED. On and after To-day the price of First class punch tickets of 25 rides will $2.50 each.
On and after the 1st January, 1902, the First class cash fare will be 15 cents for one journey. No alteration in the price of season tickets. Hongkong, 20th December, 1901,
THE QUANTITY OF OPIUM which arrived at Canton-from Hongkong during the third quarter of the present year is returned at 108.66 piculs. The duty paid was upwards of 63,459 H.k. Tis. THE NEW TAX on prepared opium at Amoy commenced on the goth ult. It has been farmed to an influential meniber of the local gentry, named Ching, a scholar of the M.A degree, for $10,000 per annum.
,
..
THE FILIPINOS in the island of Samar have been ordered by the American authorities to concentrate in the towns, or to be qutlawed. Several native civil officials have been arrested for aiding the insurgents.
A JAPANESE bither has been arrested for having in his possession some statues of Buddha said to have been stolen from the Burmese Wat near Bao-ta-wai. The Japanese said he bought them from some European. ̧
J
THE POISONING CASE reported in our HEAVEN'S DISPLEASURE ~The Lung yesterday's issue was concluded last evening Ta Sie, one of the two temples devoted to the when the Chinese woman' was sent to prison protection of the Imperial palaces, has been for five years with hard labour on the last three destroyed by fire and this is regarded by some counts, the sentences to run concurrently. as a sign of Heaven's displeasure. TO-MORROW AFTERNOON in the Happy TAIKOO CLUB SPORTS:--As will be seen Valley in the first round for the Hongkong by reference to our advertisement columns, the Football Challenge Shield the Royal Engineers entries for the Taikoo Club Sports close to will play H Company, R.W.F, kick-off at four morrow: The sports will take place on New o'clock.. Mr. W. H. Russell will be the referee Year's Day and are bound to be well attended, COAL IMPORTED TO CANTON from both by spectators and competitors. The Taikoo Tonkin shows a very marked falling off in the folk always do things well, third quarter of the year. The same period in 1898, 8,811 tons were sent, in 1899, 1331 tons, 1900, 8,10, and the same period this year only 2,574 tons arrived.
We must say that we cannot understand this announcement, Can it be that some eril disposed person is trying to work a rise out of the Kowloon community. We hope that it is so, for a rise of fifty per cent in the first class fare is, to say the least of it, in the THE OPEN SAILING BOAT RACE which nature of an imposition. We know, of was unfinished at the V. R. C. Regatta is to course that the Ferry Company holds a be sailed to-morrow, starting at 1 pm: The monopoly of the traffic between Hongkong course is White North Fairway Buoy (star and Kowloon, but that is no excuse for an at-board), 'Stonecutter's (starboard) and finish at tempt of this sart, which is simply a squeeze the starting point. Distance seven miles. We all know that the Ferry paid well years ago when the traffic was much less than at NEW MINTS In addition to the mints present and paid twelve per cent. last year, already founded in Canton, Wuchang and and we really fail to see why fares should Kiangnan, the Chinese Government has decided not be reduced rather than increased, for to establish two more, one in Szechuan, and the earnings of the Company must bave one in Shantung, in compliance with the increased in direct proportion to the number request of the high authorities of these two of passengers carried. If this is not the case provinces. there must be something radically wrong somewhere.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. SOUTH AFRICA. PEACE PROSPECTS.
LONDON, December 18th. The correspondent of the Daily News at Heidelberg, Southern Transvaal, states that a feeling prevails that the war will be over in two months.
It is rumoured that Commandant Delarey wishes to surrender,
Boer prisoners say that hostilities will cease on the 22nd instant.
TEA-GROWING IN THE TRANS-
CAUCASUS.
AN UNFAVOURABLE REPORT. The British consul at Batoum 'reports un favourably on the prospects of the tea in dustry in the. Transcaucasus.
LATER.
SOUTH AFRICA. KRITZINGER'S ADJUTANTS WOUNDED. Commandant Kritzinger's twoadjutants and three others were wounded in the fight- ing which resulted in the capture of the Commandant.
LOCAL AND GENERAL, H.M.S. ESK arrived at Shanghai on the 15th
iast.
THE DEATH is reported, of Mgr. Van Camel- becke, Bishop of Eastern Cochin-China.
THE BALL to be given by the Members of the
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong takes place this evening. CAPTAIN MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN is preparing a paper on "Inland Waters of China" for the Royal Geographical Society.
THE PROPOSED FRENCH loan of five
trillion yen to Corea fell through owing to the inability of the Coreans to furnish any appre- ciable security,
IMPERIAL EXTRAVAGANCE. It is report ed from Paotingfu that the preparations made
A DEMONSTRATION was made on Satur- day marning at the Mixed Court at Shanghai and afterwards at the Central Police Station by a large number of native women who had formerly, been employed in the, Yah Loong Cotton Mill previously 10 it being closed. As far as can be fearned, their grievance seemed to be that a shroff of the mill had absconded, without paying them their wages-some four weeks or so being due. They were easily dispersed by the police.
to-night.
LIEUT-COMAR. WATSON of H. M. S. Woodcock, who has the distinction of having carried the British white-ensign to Kiating in Westem Szechuan, 315 miles above Chungking, on the gunboat he has so long, and ably com manded, left Chungking on the 2nd instant by THE CRIMINAL CHAMBER of the Pravin-kuntze, having handed over command of the cial Court of Frankfurt-on Main has sentenced Woodcock, to his successor, Lieut. Commt. Herr Max Quarck, the responsible editor of the H. E. C. Somerville, Lieut. Watson arrived Volksstimme, to three weeks' imprisonment here on Friday, says the N. C. D. News of for libelling the German East Asiatic Expedi- Saturday last, having made à record trip of. tionary Corps. Herr Bebel was acquitted on eleven days from Chungking to Shanghai. He the charge of having refused to give evidence. | leaves for the South in the P. & Q. S. Chusan
THE CUSTOMS GAZETTE issued by the China Imperial Maritime Customs is now to hand. It contains 282 pages of statistics dealing has exploded in the midst of the sleepy Róman with the quarterly returns of trade from July to congregations, which has effectually awakened September last. It is published at a dollar and the old-time priests from their dreams. The considering the vast amount of information | priests of Sicily want nothing more nor less embodied in its pages is well worth the money than to be allowed to marry. They have sent to those interested in the Chinese Customs an eloquent address on the subject to all the and trade.
collages, sacristaries, and so on. The pamphlet is most violent in form, and demands the abol tion of the obligatory law and vows of chastity The Archbishop for priests, monks, and nuns. of Palermo has been preremptorily ordered to take every measure to suppress the diffusion of the pamphlet, but it is feared too late; is con- teats are known...
THE HIGH PRICE of lump coal at Tientsin has necessitated the using of dust coal by the natives, who can purchase it at a much lower price. But as a large quantity of the dust coat now on sale at Tientsin has been brought from the East and West Arsenals, it contains some cartridges, which were mixed with the coal during the late war. The consequence is that occasionally a rifle bullet shoots out of the stoves which burn such dust coal
BY KIND PERMISSION of Lieut-Col. Baillie and Officers, the Band of the 22nd Bom- bay Infantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow (Saturday) evening, from 8 p.m. to 9.39 pan. —
PROGRAMME.
MATRIMONY FOR PRIESTS-A bomb
OBITUARY -A Calcutta telegram announces the death on the 4th instant of Mr. Lionel de Niceville, F.ES., F.L.S., etc., Government En- tomologist, of the Indian Museum. Mr. de Niceville was our greatest living authority upon Eastern butterflies and at the time of his death was engaged with a couple of local en- tomologists in producing a work upon the but terflies of Hongkong. His death will come as a blow to the scientific world, and to entomato- gists in particular. Mr. de Nicéville was about fifty-four years of age and had spent, the best part of his life in India and the East. His pri- vale collection of Easter butterflies, one of the finest in existence, was recently purchased for is an old tradition among bon vivants that a sudden shock will cure those inconvenient the Indian Museum. "spasmodic convulsions of the diaphragm," CRICKET:-The Bongkong Cricket Club which are apt to be the result of dining not will play the following two Matches to-morrow, wisely but too well A curious illustration of Hongkong Cricket Club ground 11 am. belief in this cure was given the other night by a well-known man about town while walking
1 Selection "Reminiscences of Sullivan" Winterbottom.
Val Les Sirenes
Waldtenfel. 3. Polka............................." Stefanis "en
.Newida. Ailsa Mine.Altback. Caledonians ...."Scotch
+ Losisio* 6. Selection..." Little Christopher Columbus ".............Caryil, "God save the King,”
4.
FAITH OR FRIGHT HEALING? There
down Piccadilly with a friend, says To-Day Suddenly the sufferer uttered a loud and savage cry. "What on earth is the matter? asked his companion nerveusly. It's alli was the tranquil reply: "Iwas only trying to frighten-myself"
GLOBULES-The latest idea for combating sea-sickness has been propagated by a French- man, who suggests that a Channel service of subinarines should be instituted. The boats
are to be drawn from shore to shore on a long
a HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB V. ST. JOHNS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR.
The teams are:---Hongkong Cricket Club:- Messrs. Goldring, Knight, R.N., Edwardson, RA, Burke, 220d Bom. Inf, Wild, Buttanshaw, Rotherham, R,W.F., Chater, Broadhent, K.N., Howard, Brown (Capt.); St. John's Cathedral Choir: Messrs. Arthur, Grimble, Emmett, Hay, Grant Smith, C. P. Laminert, · D. 'A. Lammert, Arbuthnot, E. Hagen, Marshall, Hagen, Ruby, Ford, Cunningham, and A. G Ward (Capt).
Cricket Club XI. The following will play for The Royal Engineers A Hongkong.
in that city for the reception of the Court have steel wire, and the inventor confidently expects the Cricket Club' X1:-Messrs. Burnie, "Cox,
absorbed Tis. 1,700, 000,
CONFECTIONERY BOXERS STILL ABOUND in many villages
Comprising
Belections of the Purest and
Best Description,
FROM
in Shansi province, and they possess weapons far better than those enployed by the Boxers during the late disturbance.
THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS has voted £5,000 to be awarded to M. Santos Dumont in recognition of the important services rendered by him to acrostatic science.
THE BUFFSLO EXHIBITION resulted in deficit of 4,000,000 dol. (£800,000) The financial failure was chiefly due to the assas sination of President M'Kinley.
A MILL SOLD:-It is reported in Shanghai The Simplest Quality to that of the that the ginning mill which formed part of the property formerly owned by the Yah Loong Cotton Spinning Co., Limited, has been sold Finest and Most Recherche
to Japanese purchasers" for the sum of Tls. 75,000.
Character,
Imported from the Leading
LONDON AND PARISIAN
MANUFACTURERS.
8. WATSON & 60. LIMITED THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY
THE PASSENGER TRAFFIC to Canton from the Colony during the mouths of July August and September shows that 655 fore igners and 124,540 natives made the journey, From Canton there arrived 797 foreigners and 115,280 natives.
THE ROME TRIBUNAL sentenced to pine months' imprisonment Canon Pepe, one of the Papal chaplains who was convicted of having sold false Papat diplomas creating chaplains, Apostolic protonotaries, and making other Spurious honorary appointments.
MES RS COM
BALL BOO
that the idea will shortly find general favour.
Gray, Wood R.N., Hooper, fanson, Robert on, It is said that the desire for suicide in France Rutherford, Wheeler, A. N. Other, and Ser is greatly increasing..
There are in existence at Dresden and Frank-combe Smith (Capt).
fort two colleges for waiters, where men may THE LATE MR. ATHORNE---The death learn how to wait at table, the proper way to fold of Mr. Augustus Thome at Lossiemouth, N.B, up aapkins, the art of carving, and the most cor- on Oct, 28 marked the close of a noteworthy rect manner of showing guests to their seats, and, and successful career. Mr. Thorne went to in short, the thousand and one things that go to Canton about the year 1845, and a few years make
up the complete waiter. There has been a later he proceeded to Shanghai, and was one great outcry against the tipping system of late, of the pioneers of British trade with the now but this particular form of getting tips is to be much talked of Yangtsze Valley. He became encouraged rather than otherwise.
a member of the firm of Messrs. J. P. Watson
A TURK IN CHINA:-A correspondent & Co., and on terminating his partnership with writes from Newchwang to the N. C. D. News, them about 1855, returned home and founded the year representative the well-known firm of Thorne & Co. Abent that earlier in of the, Mahomedan Mission from Turkey the year 1863 he commenced in Mincing-land visited Ashiho, yo li from Harbin, and stayed the system of regular weekly auctions of tea for several days with the large body of "without reserve," which were for many years Mahomedans there. He carried bis own the most marked and controlling feature of the Cooking tensils plates, etc., and intrade, and about 1871 he initiated the same sisted on his dishes being used by himself and plan for the disposal of piece goods in Shang.. others even when invited out as a guest. The hai. Both in London and China this action local Mahomedans felt rebuked by his greater excited much, adverse comment and strenyans scrupulousness in the observing of the rules of apposition, but his most vehement opponents purity. He encouraged them to show a bold afterwards showed their recognition of the front in adverse times, as he could quickly wisdom of his policy by adopting a similar come to their help. He showed them pictures course of action. The "without reserve" auct- of balloons, giving them to understand-though ions in Mincing-lane continued, with scarcely they may have misunderstood him that he an interruption of a single week, until 1890, would come to their zid, if they were oppressed, when the deceased gentlemas retired from busi neis, The weekly auctions in Shanghai are by means of such modem inventions, Except still carried on by Messis, Thorse & Co. (Ld.). that he wore a turban, he was in Western dress, & C. Exprais and he came via Vladivostock."
ESSRS.COTTAM & CO for PATENTE CO for FOOT DRESSI
RSSRE.CO AM & CO. for WARM LEATHER DRESS BOOTS AND
SHOES!