after due consideration the King decided that more good would, in the present state of pathological experiment, be derived from the tuberculosis establishment. The chief of the honorary sinf, which will include all the lung Juminaries, will probably be Sir Douglas Powell, who has always specialised in chest complaints, and who has been atached to the King's household for a long term of years.
A week or two ago I, mentioned at an "American scientist professed himself able to
FOSTPONE DEATH INDEFINITELY. A French chemist has now arisen who claims. to have discovered a satisfactory substitute for air. An apparatus consisting chiefly of two tubes is fixed over the nose nod month, and the artificial breath is inhaled through one, while the vitinted air escapes by the other. "Oxylite" the English name of 'M, Joubert's substitute, is a mixture of oxygen and carbonic acid gas, and will sustain life without incon- venience to the user. Presumably lunar research. will receive a fillip through this discovery, as all efforts to reach our satellite have hitherto been damped by the fact that even if inan suc *ceeded in finding a means to land on the moon, he could not live for more than a minute or sa owing to the absence of atmos; here. To two classes of men the invention of oxylite must come as a distinct bonn-divers and sub. marines, whose perilous occupation will lose half their terrors if it become possible for them to dispense entirely with air, and that without inconvenience.
INDUSTRIAL CRISES:
are fast becoming a staple headline, in every European newspaper. It is rare indeed
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1902.
mets and indeed a more insensite act of folly. than that of purchasing a site and setting up. the camp, prior to the dispatch of sanitary engineers to examine into the suitability of the position, is difficult to imagine.
THE BACON-SHAKESPERE CONTROVERSY
THE "GLENGARRY" IN A HURRICANE.
The Glen die sielmer Glengarry anivedia Kobe bariyaur direct from Tacoma in the 5th,
Entimations.
SANITARY
BOARD
(\WNERS ́ ́al HOUSES. situated in the
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is still raging fiercely. Several pipers havens. She has had a dangerous tun across and Easter Division of the City of Victoria
produced specimens of the dual cipher, with lengthy explanations of the same, including in at least one case, a considerable diagram, : A consicousness that Hongkong might be craving for an interpretation of the mystery witch so the cipher folk say, the greatest literary
Captain Stevenson, who is in command, says he has not experienced such severe weather before during his twenty-two years' experience at sea. Considerable damage was clone to the vessel and she will probably be delayed there for repairs. The Glengarry left Tacoma n Innvary 11th, with about 4,300 tons of cargo
case salmon, grain (1,000), and cotton for Kobe (some 950 tons). She had a hundred tons of enal on deck and with this she weathered two gales before encountering the terrific storm which wrought such havoc on board. When the burricane broke the Glengarry was in 171 E. to N.. one and a half day's steam past the
and in the Eastern Division of Kowloon who have not had their Premises LIME with Law, are reminded that the period during WASHED and CLEANSED in accordance which the work should be FINISHED ends on the 28th day of FEBRUARY, 1903, and the Sanitary Board being convinced of the necessity of cleanliness in its efforts to stamp out Plague, is determined to rigorously prosecute any owner in default after the abave named date. East of Garden Road. The Eastern Division The Fasten Division of the City lies to the
of Kowloon is all that part of the Kowloon, Peninsula to the East of Robinson Road and includes Hung Hom and part of Tsim-sha-tsui.
By Order,
G. A. WOODCOCK,
Secretary.
problem of the century, compelled me to in vestigate the astounding combinations of letters bath A class and class (thesgterms are miaranteed correct, meanines not vet ascer ained by means of which the author of the immortal Plea for Merav¿ for example, enn exved in some way his own initials, or family morte, or a quotation from his best known work between the words of those noble Fines.(rutian) Islands That was on the night of Sanitary Board Office,
difficult for a simple brain. The peculiar thing But I had to give it up, the shibboleth was too
inst this. A nerusal of the London-and
the 25th. The hurrican lasted from 5 pmi tá
ating to a whole gale at 3am on the 26th. The 10 30, when it settled down to a storm, moder.
gale lasted all day long. A terrific sea-a true
1st February, 1902.
HONGKONG AND SHA GHAI BANK. ING COFP ¡RATION.
even the provincial capace of the last six weeks.W. sea-was running. The one refermingTICE is hereby in that the ORDIN
will serve in indicate how large a number of pearle understand the mystery and are really anticus to prove that Shakespeare was Bacon, some such person. Yet it is difficult-sn far as I am concerned impossible to find a solitary individual who has the faintest concep tion of the probabilities inherent in the cipher theory--or wants to have. The men and wo men in the world don't care twopence about
the matter, it is only the eccentric folk who
feature was that during the whole 36 hours
were would have been "same missing" Cap- the sea was as true as a die. But for that there tain Stevenson says he has never experinced such weather during all the years he has been at sen. Two boats were carried completely away, the main deck was sprung, sheep and fowl pens were swept from the deck and casings were damaged. The port life beat was washed
HAL" YEARLY MEETING
of the SHAREHOLDE· Sin this Corporation. will be held at the CITY HALL, Rongkonu, TO. MORROW, the 19th day of February, at
of the Court of Directors together with a State- NOON. for the purpose of receiving the Report ment of Accounts to 31st December, 1901,1
By Order of the Court of Directors,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager. Heigkong, tuh February 100", [nizd
to open ong's Times or Daily Aleil without write columns to the Times over an impersonal clean out of the chocks by one sea, her bottom HONGKONG AND SANGHAI BANK
encountering a pessimist paragraph relating to industry in some part of the world.
The depression in Germany appears to be an established fact, a d our own trade returns for the year just ended, are not quite encouraging for the year begon last week. Our imports and our exports--but especially the latter-show
tive of the advent of lean years.
initial, who are making the pother.
An absolutely new exercise has been evolved by a "Beautifier." for the still further
IMPROVEMENT OF LOVELY WOMAN. The Beautifier (a profession open to both sexes) had been troubled by the ever increasing de mand for something in the nature of a figure. retainer for the Indy of uncertain age, and cer-
the figure see-saw. Upon an ordinary box lay a flat cushion and stretch the body evenly across it so that the head and feet project equally from either end. Then sway the body
ING CORPORATION.
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By Order of the Court of Directors,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 14th February, 19oz.
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where the inevitable crisis appears to be very vet needed no outlay in material. It is called | ed on nearing the northern coast. The first land |HE FIGHTH ORDINARY ANNUAL much in evidence. The merchants are urging the adoption of a vigorous protective tariff such as Germany is now seeking to lay upon her own trade with a view-as 13ritons think-of destroying it. The Czar's Government is, how ever, too well advised to depart from its see-saw fashion ten or twenty times, inhaling afterwards the Cape loomed up through the fog. Managers for the year ending 31st December,
At every turn,
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MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held in the COMPANY'S OFFICES. No. 11. Des Voeux Road, Victoria, on MONDAY, the 17th February, 1902, at 11 A.M., for the purpose of receiving Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General 954C]
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being stove,in, Luckily the ship's Officers and Carpenter (the Chinese members of the crew could not be got on deck) managed to secure the life boat and eventually haul her forward again, where she was lashed tofthe steam crane. Her, chorks had been entirely washed away. All this took place in the small hours of the morning (26th). Captain Stevenson speaks a decrease in bulk, which is certainly suggestain charms, but afflicted with a superabundance liighly of the conduct of all his officers and en Having dealt with these subjects as they af of adipose tissue on the one hand, or angineers and petty officers during the trying Ex- fect this country for many weeks, the English ungainly lack thereof or the other. In a mo-perience. Moderate weather was experienced press is now turning its attention to Russia,ment of genius, he bethought himself of an luring the rest of the voyage until the coast of exercise which should meet all requirements, Tapan was sighted. Heavy snow was encounter-
sighted was Ashisima, about 6 miles off Kinkazan. The earliest confirmation obtained of the belief that land was near was afforded by the sound of a fog horn and very shortly
This sufficed to give the ship a good point of departure and Inabaye was passed about 2 miles off. The Glengarry sighted the steamer
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the hath to 17th Knight Companion ashore and steamed within February, both Days inclusive. three quarters of a mile of her. She sighted the
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., stranded steamer at ro a.m. on the 3rd (Monday),
General Managers. and got up to her at noon. The position of the
Hongkong, 1st February, 1903. [143d HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. Iwawadasaki, S.Et of Konshu. Seeing no signs of life on board and that the Glengarry could
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, render no assistance the ship was headed for. Mela Head, signals "C. H. (meaning vessief SHAREHOLDERS will be held in "HE ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING indicated is ashore) being hoisted on getting up the OFFICES, of the Company, Queen's Build- to the lighthouse. "No notice was taken of the ings, New Praya, an MONDAY, the 24th. signals for an hour", Captain Sevenson states. February, 1992, at 12 o'clock NOON, for the The ship was then put on her course for. Kobe, purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc a fresh gale being met outside: After passing tors and the Statement of Accounts to the 31st Omaisaki the wind increased to a whole gale. To avoid the heavy sea the ship was kept close in shore the rest of the voyage.
kang might find amusement in painting the lily, to the extent of rendering still more fair and supple the female form divine, by practising the Figure-Beautifier.
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deeply before each motion. It sounds easy, it established policy of moderate protection even looks easy, but, once mastered, it is chiefly for revenue purposes, and more especi-effective, at least it certainly was in the only ally now, when a closer commercial rapproche- case I can express an opinion about and that ment with Great Britain is openly advanced as is not first hand. The exercise will probably the programme of Russia. The metal and tex: be introduced at the Health Gymnasiums and tile trades seem to have fallen on specially that at once hall-marks it as physically ad- evil days all over Europe, but Russia is apvantageous. During the miny season Hong-Knight Companion is 1 miles NE. from parently the hardest hit. Whether these com- mercial difficulties will in any way modify the imperious attitude adopted by Russia in her dealings with foreign Powers in China, and in her work of moral sausion with the native Court at Peking is a question receiving attention among China fole at home. The announcement that the Court has actually returned to the capital was received by not a few linglo-Chinese folk with amused scepticisin, but now that it is officially confirm ed, deep, but withoi astounded satisfaction is expressc. It is realized that, in Peking, Russian eniissaries have not that overpower. ing influence which hindicapped all other Powers treating with China, when the Empress Dowager was away inland,
A certain mild interest has attached to the
fortunes of
LORD ROSSKYN AT MONTE CARLO,
where for nearly a fortnight he has been work ing the famous system, which, like so many others invented. in the past, was to enrich not only himself, ut also a syndicate of wealthy men who are in part financing the scheme. So far he has done very badly, though a winner on one day. What makes his predicament the more annoying is that a friend, not one of the party engaged by Lord Rosslyn to play for him, but acquainted with the working of the plan, has been winning systematically, while the earl himself has been suffering the run of ill-luck. Lord Rosslyn is still sanguine and society, which tolerates his eccentricities for the, sake of his occasional flashes of originality, it concerning itself just a little in the anticipated recovery of the actor-journalist-gambler-peer It would, however, have been more interested had Lord Rosslyn's system proved more ex peditiously successful!
JAPAN AND CHINA.
SPOKES IN RUSSIA'S WHEEL.
In view of the recently announced Anglo Japanese alliance, the following remarks of the Peking Correspondent of the N. C. D. News will prove of interest to our readers :-
THE FORESIGHT OF JAPAN Japan, the rival in the Far East of Russia, is showing equal foresight. She is succeeding in winning over a large number of the highest officials, and so is preparing for a future Alliance that will make the Yellow Race a Yellow Peril Viceroy Yuan Shih-k'ai had been granted Tls. 6,000.coo a year to train a new army of 100,000 inen. He has already engaged several Japanese officers, and is consulting as to the engagement of moie, A foreign-trained army, or rather a Japanese-trained army, has been the one measure that he has urged with most force and greatest'approval. In a few years in North China there will be a stronger army than China has ever had, which will be under Japa nese guidance and ready to join with a Japa- nese.army, as has never been possible before.
THE FUTURE.
It is hardly likely that China will again make an attempt to drive out all foreigners, but she has not given up her warkke ambition and her antipathy to foreigners. If a China-Japan alliance should develope, China will more likely begin war where she can have the real co-operation-nay leadership-of Japan. The 'natural' direction of such an alliance will be against future encroachments of Russia in Manchuria and Corea. At heart Japan would join with China against the high-handedness of the Catholic Missions and native converts but it would be hard for the situation to become of honest hard work, at the War Office so bad as to force Japan to enter into a crusade
against France or Christians,"
LONGMOOR,
the costly camp erected on a swamp has, ni length after much tinkering at "recommeda tions sanitary and engineering, mach talk of many experts, and at least a few hours
The Knight Companion is heading N. W. and is lying on a sandy bottom, the seas break- ing over her decks fore and aft Nos. 1 and 2 hatches have burst open and the cargo is font there is any chance of saving her at this season ing about. Captain Stevenson does ant think. of the year and the probability is that she will break up in the first S. E. gale.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
December, 1901.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from toth to 24th February, both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
THOS 1. ROSE, Secretary. Hongkong, 31st January, 1902.
THE CHINA-BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED.
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HE THIRD ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the OFFICE of the Company, No. 4, Queen's Buildings, on SATURDAY, the 1st of March, 1902, at 12 o'clock (NOON) to receive a statement of accounts to 31st December, 1901, and the Report of the Manager and Consulting Com- Writing on the 31st ulto, the Peking Cor-mitree and to elect a Consulting Committee respondent of the North China Daily News and Auditor. says.
ANTI-FROGRESSIVES IN POWER.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 15th instant, to 1st March, both Days inclusive.
J. WHEELEY, Manager.
[186d Hongkong, 12th February, 1002 HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO, LIMITED.
The faction, of the Empress Dowager, which brought on the reaction to reform and favoured the assault of 1900, is now supreme. We have already indicated what was the power and the policy of the Empress Dowager. Now it is Yung Lu who is to be congratulated.
Some days ago Yang Lu wrote to each of }|! NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, the Foreign Ministers wanting to know whe/ ther it would be acceptable to have him call.TANNUAL MEETING of SHARE THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY Each one gave an affirmative reply. He will HOLDERS in the above Company, will be now put on his most smiling face and pay his held at the OFFICES of the Company, Pedder's. respects to his very dear friend," the Foreign Street, on THURSDAY, the 6th day of March, Ministers, whose Legations he protected.
1902, at 12.30 P.M., to receive a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1901, and the Report of the General Managers, and to elect
Consulting Commitice and Auditors.
In harmony with the same insincere spirit of
asking to be relieved of all his offices, and bas the man, he has memorialised the Throne
received a complimentary edict from the Em- press Dowager making him out to be the most Indispensable man in the Empire. He is by far the most powerful man. He, the Empress. ders, and altogether they are recovering some Dowager and the eunuch Li are mutual defen- of their financial losses.
Whatever may have been the innocence of
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error. However, the matter is now so far con ing friendly with the Chinese as those from Yung Lü in relation to the Boxers or directTO-MORROW; the 15th instant, there
ment, and that he is favourable to a renewal of
will be a SPOON COMPETITION over
Cups will be received on the Range
Subscriptions for the Long and Short Range Members are reminded that the Annual Subscription is now due and may be paid on the Range or sent to the Honorary Secretary.
to make a fair, show of the batch, been finally and irrecoverably condemned. The CHINA COURTING JAPAN! committee of a proposed workhousa would have The Chinese now look for more advantage settled the matter in a couple of meetings; a from an alliance with Japan than Japan can private individual would have made up his possibly guarantes. Nevertheless it is more mind after an hour's contemplation of the site and more apparent that China is now leaning but of course, the War Office is different. It to Japan more than to any other country, takes a weary while to convince it of initial Japanese are pressing into Peking and becom cluded that the rows and rows of huts erected other countries stand no chance of becoming. tack on the Legations, it is certain he was the 700 and 800 yards Rauges. on the tow lying and undrainable land are now We have already referred to the large largely responsible for the anti-foreign move being carefully pulled down, just as they were Japanese School where all the instructors, some about a year ago carefully erected that is to ten of them, receive no pay from the say, at the public expense Thousands of Chinese but are supported by the Japanese pounds have been expended in obtaining and Goverment or 4 Japanese society. They might preparing Longmoor swamp as the site for a "be termed vast camp to rival Aldershot, Thirty thousand mera will be required for the acquirement of as they depend for salary, not on China, but no The whole diplomatic relationship, whether land at Bordon, whither the greater part of the their own people. The Police trainin school of the Chinese or of foreign, representatives, soldier town is to be transferred. There will. eking is likewise in Japanese hands. Prince has an unusual appearance of the unreal and
as much to favour of using the Japanese sincere! This lack of open straightforA Government Timber Mill. Must be thor- Viceroys Liu Kan yi and Chang wardness, of manly honesty, in the official life oughly acquainted with the erection and
matter of small pay
Breo of Peking as directed to foreign affairs forms management of Timber-cutting Machinery tion. The political advantage is the rotten basis for reformation.
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