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HONGKONG. FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1903.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE Derby will be run at Epsom on Wedues. day next.
THE epidemic of small-pos at Nagasaki has steadily decreased of late.
FROM Hankow it is learned that the market is acure and the Russians are very keen buye: 5.
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THE plague return for the past twenty-four THE Franco-Chinese Commercial treaty has got on so well that the German treaty will hours records one case.
shortly be taken in hand.
THE German mail of the 27th April was de- livered in London on the 25th int.
THE battleship Kentucky, fagship of Rear- Admiral Robley Evans,. on which he has just gone home from Oriental waters, has broken the world's record on her voyage from Hongkong
to New York.
BLUNSDON ABBEY, a palatial mansion, near Swindon, has been destroyed by fire. The abbey was built by Capt. de Wind, whose sun is the noted explorer, and whore daughter married Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak.
MESSES. Konig and Greener, of Chefoo, bad an excing experience while yachting in the hat- bour; their buat shipped a lot of water, and in Endeavouring to rectify matters the navigators caused the bout to turn turtle. They escaped with a drenching.
WHL it is difficult to ascertain the exact state of the health of Mr. Kruger, former President of the Trausvaal, it is stated on good authority that symptoms a a cerebral affection are appa rent, and that a consultation of physicians has been held. Mr. Kruger is extremely weak.
His Majesty's first-class twenty-knot cruiser Endymon was commissioned at Chathain Dockyard by Captain H. G. King Hall, D.S.O. for service in the Channel Fleet The Emily. mion, which was last employed in the Far East, has had recently a thorough overhaul and repan.
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It is unofficially reported that the Russians on the Kinchau Peninsula are gathering at the narrowest point of the isthmus.
A STEAMER is to bring a lot of American excursionists to places "near the war," Chefoo for one, says the local Daily News,
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Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, appear THE TROUBLE AT MACAO.
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ed before Mr. Gompertz, this alternoon, to pro- secute four Chinamen for obstructing the path-
EXTRADITION CASE PROCEEDING. ways on Praya East by carrying bamboo poles and baskets. He contended that it was clear
(From Our Own Correspondently the defendants were amenable under the law, and urged for a conviction with the result
Macao, 27th May. that his Worship fined the second and third
The hearing of the evidence for defendants $2 each, dealing thus leniently with them on account of their having been obliged to the prosecution in the extradition THERE is a great deal of dissatisfaction in the other defendants he postponed his decision, case against the ex-Nam Hoi magis-
THERE has been a second bombardment of Vladivostock, but the censor, does not allow the date to be mentioned.
Japan with the terms of the recent foreign loan which are regarded as unnecessarily onerous,
THERE godowns and other properties, valued altogether at. about Taels 30,000, were des troyed by fire in the native city of Chefon on the 6th.
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THE number of fresh reports of bubonic plague in Formosa in the hist six days of this month was 345, making a total of 2,600 from the first outbreak of the disease in the island in January last
The harbour improvemem scheme of Naga. saki, which was taken in hand in October, 1897, is expected to be completed by the end of September next. The estimate for the undertaking was originally Yen 3,103,000, hut, owing to a remarkable rise in the prices of ali materials, the amount was subsequently increased to Yeu 4,918,231.
appear several times on remand. As regards
sine die, not being quite satisfied that their action came within the meaning of the Ordin-trate is expected to commence shortly, when some thirteen witnesses will be called..
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"MONGOLIA" SLIGHTLY ..
DAMAGED.
The case is being conducted in camera, so that the utmost difficulty is experienced in obtaining particulars
The Pacific Mail Company's big liner Mon. golin, made her way from the vicinity of Per-relating to the affair. nambuco to San Francisco with a blade of one of her propellers twisted nearly two feet out of its true position. This much was revealed when the vessel was placed on dry-dock. Every blade of both propellers was more or less bent and all six blades were taken off and replaced by six spate ones provided by the builders.
The Chinese gunboats are still at their moorings in the harbour, but there is evidence that the alarm of
The scratched and dented plates and the gnarled ends of the propeller blades told with mute eloquence of the inparrow escape. That she was not tippel from stem to stern was due to the fact that she was lightly THE British Consul at Chefoo has sent the FROM January to April last, Japanese ship-loaded, her supply of coal, large as it was, be owners, bought 22 steamers of $9,959 tonsing little more than ballast for her. One dent THE installation of Loa! Curzon as Warden of following telegram, dated 25th inst., to Com
gross from foreign shipowners, and paid Yea in a forward bottom plate on the port side of the Cinque Ports is fixed to take place in July.modore Dicken; Master of ship Fawan reports
that on the 24th May at 4.30 pm., in Lat. 38-354,040.847 for the same. Of these, 4 vessels of the keel showed that the coral reel which the N, Lon. 121.16 E, he passed a large painted 10,469 tons were transferred to the Nippon steamer struck off the Brazilian coast while the Russian Vladivostok squadion on the bay with a broad white band and a red flag. Yusen Kaisha, 2 of 6858 tons to Mr. Hiromi steaming from Norfolk V.A, to Frisco had
What appeared to be a mine was attached,
of Osaka, 7 of 5,077 tons to Mr. Okazaki of some sharp points that with more pres- f April.
Hoating near it,
Kube, 14 other steamer having 11,605 tons to sure would have cut the steel like a cold- 14 other shipowners of Tokyo, Hakodate, chisel. Osaka, Kobe and Moj
THE steamer Hoginoura Maru was sunk by
THE bearing of the action, brought at Kabe, by H. E. Reynell, No. 14 Naniwa-machi, Kobe, against Robert Young, editor and publisher of the Kobe Chronicle, in which damages are clamed of Y500, has been commenced.
THE Occidental and Oriental Steamship Com- pany's liner Gacire, Captain Finch, which arrived this afternoon, brought 3,800 tons of cargo to the Far East, with many passengers. All but 200 tons of this freight was for Japan and most of it for government use
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THE Journal states that, on surprise being expressed that no news had been heard of Japanese prisoners on the Korean frontier, General Mishtchenko, commanding the Cos sacks, replied as follows:-"We have arts and not ropes." From these terrible words it may be gathered how mercilessly this war will be waged.
THE following is the return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending 22nd May, 1901-
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Library Museum
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311 1,803
THE Newport correspondent of the New York Hemld says that the chief machinist of the submarine torpedo-bout Parbusse, has volun- teered to allow himself to be fired out of the torpedo tube of a submerged haal in order to
demonstrate the mode of escape from a dis- abled submarine. Experiments have been made successfully with dogs, and is believed the plan is feasible. It is expected a test will he
made.
Tas search for the treasure supposed to be lost in the ships sunk in Vigo Bay at the beginning of the Spanish War of Succession has been rewarded by the finding of a galleon, practically intact, lying at the bottom of the bay. She was first found by the divers from an Italian steamer. The treasure seekers are in great hopes that their efforts will be boun fully rewarded. The contents of the galleon, however, have not yet been examined.
THE Ahi says that the number of Russian prisoners now exceeds yoo, including wounded
men.
AN American paper has the following telegram dated from Moukden, the 23rd April: "The British authorities at Hongkong and Singapore are stopping the circulation of the Echo de Chine newspaper because it is too Russophile, She Singapore Straits Times has, by order of the authorities, refused to publish Russian official dispatches." Another injustice to our French contemporary, and evidence of British sinall-mindedness. It is really wonderful bow they find these things out at Mukden, remarked the N. C. D. News.
ACCORDING to advice which have reached London from Japan, it is highly probable that by the end of the current year the Japanese Government will be able to meet all its own requirements, not only arms and ammuni- tion, but in locomotives, rolling-stock, and rails. "The preparations for the war and hs earlier stages," it is stated, "have naturally taxed the industrial resources of the country to the utmost, and it is computed that not less than 150,000,000 yen (roughly, £15,000,000) have been expended with foreign firms by the Government alone during the past fifteen months. But the various Anglo-Japanese and other industrial companies at Yokohama, Nagasaki, and other places have recently laid down, or are now lying down, such extensive modern plant and machinery, that, together with the State arsenals, they will shortly be able to cope with all the army's and navy's needs." In the letter which is quoted, it is also mentioned incidentally that the assessed and taxable value of British capital invested in iron; steel, and kindred enterprises in Japan is estimated at three-and-a-half millions sterling.
THE "servant difficulty" in Burina has reach-
THE SUPAO SEDITION TRIAL.
TWO PRISONERS SENTENCED.
the Portuguese Government has par- tially subsided.
ARABLE LAND IN CHINA PROPER.
With reference to the recent recommenda. tions of Sir Robert Hart to the Throne regard- ing taxable cultivated land in the eighteen provinces of China Proper, Sir Robert estimated that there were something like 8,oca million mow of such land which could easily be taxed at the rate of 200 copper cash par mow per annum? The Board of Revenue records give. only about, or rather not quite, one-tenth of the Inspector-General of Customs computation. Of course, the Provincial Treasurers of the various provinces whose principal income is drawn from manipulating the land taxes in cer- tain ways banded down from one generation to another for hundreds of years, dislike Sir Robert Hart's recommendations and may weil In the Mixed Court at Shanghai last Satur- be trusted to oppose them tooth and nail. We day, the last stage was reached in this famous, | (N. C. D. News) translate below the Board of but now half-forgotten, trial. Of the six men Revenue lists of taxable land throughout Chips arrested at the beginning of last July, four were Proper, as recorded in the archives of that De- released on the conclusion of the trial in Department of State. It will be noted that the cember. Two men, Tsou Yung and Chang superficial area of land is given as so many Pin-ling, were sentenced by the Chihsien with- | "ching," that is to say, one "ch'ing" is equal out consultation with the Assessor (Mt. Giles), to one hundred mow, bence Sir. Robert's to imprisonment for life, a sentence which was estimate of 8,000 million mow is put down by at once repudiated. The matter was referred Chinese officials as 80 million. "ch'ing" of to Peking and it is understood that six weeks land, which term will be used by us in the ago the whole diplomatic body came to an translation which now follows, beginning with agreement that sentence must be pronounced, the province of Chibli. but that it must be one to which the Assessor who beard the case would agree. What that sentence was was communicated to the Chinese authorities, together with an intimation that if
This province "officially" contains 688,410 ch'ing and 64 mow of land. Out of this, 38,755 ch'ing plus 478 chling, 45-mow, newly opened land, are crown grants to Manchus for military it were not accepted and the prisoners senten-services which do not pay taxes, and also 1,331 ced within one month from that date, the men ch'ing and mow of so-called "black" land would be released from custody. On the day which do not produce grain and are therefore that this notification would have taken effect also exempt of taxes; Shantung has 987,728 the Chinese authorities asked for and obtained ching, 45 mow of "various kinds of land, a further extension of ten days, and the period Shangi, 533,854 ching, 1 mow; Honan, 718,208 ch'ing, do mow; Kiangsu, Upper, or Kiangning of grace expired on Saturday.
On Friday the counsel in the case were noti- circuit, 408,032 ch'ing, 26 mow; Lower, or Soochow clrcuit, 345,515 ch'ing, 1 mow ; Anhui, fied that sentence would be delivered next morning. Mr. A: S. P. White Cooper (for the 340,786 ching, 33 mow; Kiangsi, 462,187 Chinese Government) and Messrs. F. Ellis cb'ing 27 mow; plus, 4 ch'ing 21 mow of newly and L. E. P. Jones (for the defendants) were opened land; plus 9 ching 51 mow of "Sheng- accordingly present at the Mixed Court at the ko" land; Fukien, 128,482 ch'ing, 85 mow; usual hour for commencing business. It then Chekiang, 463,88 ch'ing, 36 mow; Hupch transpired that the police had not been in- 590,439 ch'ing, 44 mow; Hunan, 313,402 ch'ingi structed that the prisoners, were to be brought 73 mow; Shéosi, 258,403, ch'ing, 12 mow up, and a tedious wait of over an hour occur. Kansu, 235,366 ching, 21 mow; Szechuan' 453,819 ch'ing, 39 mow; Kwangtung, 343,903 red while the men were brought from the new Municipal Gaol at Wayside. Another case ching, 9 mow; Kueichou, 25,854 ch'ing: was proceeded with in the meantime. About Kwangsi, 89,6or ch'ing, 79 mow; and Yunnan eleven o'clock the City Chihsign arrived, and 93.197 ch'ing 9 mow; plus, crown lands, 822 the case then proceeding was immediately ch'ing, 20 old now. Taking the aggregate adjourned. The prisoners were also brought area of the abve mentioned land contained in whole amounts to 7,427,453 ch'ing and to mow in, looking little the worse for their confine the eighteen provinces of China Proper the ment. Chang Pin-ling was lightly clad in a loose grey dressing gown, the other prisoner of land, or not quite one-tenth of Sir Robert had a less distinctive costume.
Hart's estimate.
IT is reported that the Mitsu Bishi, Dockyard a contract to contruct a shallow draught pas- and Engine Works at Nagasakį has now signed
About 30s have reached Sasebo, includ. ing 25 officers. These are all wounded and are now under treatment at Matsma Hospital. Ited the acute stage, says the Rangoon Times. is probable that the Japanese will adopt the In addition to the ordinary native methods of plan of releasing all prisoners and sending making trouble, the servants have borrowed them home on parole. Even if some break from European civilisation the gentle art of their parole, that would be a lesser evil than the boycotting. European employers, too, have lent themselves, in very many instances, to trouble and cost of having to support them.
aggravate the situation by luring away servants from their neighbours without taking the trouble to ascertain whether they, the servants,
On the arrival of the Chihsies, the Mixed had already,obtained their discharge from their last employers or not, or if they had given Court Magistrate (Mr. Huang Hauen) and the satisfaction, or were found to be purloiners of British Assessor (Mr. Twyman), neither of evil there is the trade in certificates. A servant left the Court together. The maistrate soon
She will have a length of 230 feet, a breadth whose identity is unknown, seeking employment. returzed, but Mr. Twyman was absent for sekiang service of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha. nearly half an hour, during which it was
of 40, a depth of 10, and a maximum draught- brings a number of certificates to show what a treasure he has been to a number of former supposed he was getting further instructions of 5 feet 6 inches, and is expected to be ready
The Chibsien remained sitting quietly on the for sea in janusty next. employers. One or two of the signatures on Mongolia appeal to the Chinese and Japanese
these documents are perhaps recognised by the Bench, seemingly quite pleased with the course events were taking. The prisoners began to who travel in the steerage, and there is no in various directions there are signs of a would-be employer; and on the strength of doubt that the Mongolia will be a great stupendous effort to develop the resources and these recommendations the man is engaged. nourish hopes that there had been a hitch and were evidently under the impression that this favourite among them. They will have in the further the prosperity of our West Indian pos. The employer, omitting to keep the chits, soon steerage, in fact, what no other liner provides, sessions. An enterprising shipping company, fiods, to bis cost that the man disappears a few meant their immediate release. and what even the saloon passengers cannot desirous of offering inducements to people in days after with the bazaar money, also a few [45 enjoy fresh running water in their quarters search of sunshine and warmth in the winter spoons or knives, and that the whereabouts of
The Mongolia, on zóth ult, was being put in
season to visit Jamaica and the neighbouring the servant is a mystery and unknown to any readiness to receive her cargo of 15 000 tons of colonies, is arranging to send out next autumn one. freight for the Orient.
a complete theatrical company, providing thein with a free first-class passage both ways, in cluding all meals on the voyage.
DR Paul Riga von Witteking M. R. C. V. S. N late consulting officer on East Indian dairy farms and abbatoirs, and at present practising in Hongkong, intends paying a visit to Manila ONE hundred and forty saloon passengers were booked for passage on the new and gigantic shortly, says the Cablenews, with the idea of
looking over the field here to see what oppon. unconsidered trifles. Another feature of the whom were concerned in the original hearings | senger steamer of 1,66) ions for the Yang- liner Mongolia, scheduled to sail from San Francisco on May 7th, under the flag of the Pacific Mail Company. Hundreds of Asiatics bave also been booked in the steerage. The
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The Admiralty have decided to keep in for the seat of war to a friend; and it con- stitutes a rather sad but interesting commentary tion and hard labor on the roads of Chinese future a register of the names and addresses of upon the disaster at Port Arthur, "I should be Turkestan. We learn to-day from the most the nearest relatives of all naval officers, who the very last to deny to our enemy all possible reliable source, that this news was incorrect will be required to notify the Whitehall credit, for his dash and bravery" wrote the late Owing to strong and repeated representations authorities of changes in order that the list Admiral, and we shall bave to be as dashing made by the French Legation at Peking to the may be reliable and up-to-date. The idea is and as brave as he. My opinion is that we Wal-wu-pu, the ex-Marshall has been released good one, for in the past there has always been aught to go in for surprise tastics, but the ships from prison, and be is now free again after a great difficulty in finding an officer's next of. we have at our command are not the best for some months of detection. It will be rememkin when the necessity are, the keeping of Jædige stocker of Canadian Asbestos and poses. However, I intend to do my bered that it is greatly due to the energy of addresses having never previously been taken best to meet the Japanese in the open sea as Marshall Bo and to his loyal cooperation with into account In the Army, and with the soon as I get to Port Arthur, for it really is so the French authorities on the frontier of Ton Marines, the system is much better, the addres: more dangerous than lying in the harbour to kin, that piracy was checked, and that underes assist the const defences. And from the many telegrams which have come to hand of late it in evident that the Admiral, acted fully up to
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At length the Asessor returned, the prison- ers were brought forward, and the Chihsien addressed them in Chinese. He not only gave the sentence, but to Chang Pin-ling especially delivered a long address, accompanied by many smiles.
When be bad finished, the Assessor stated briefly in English-The sentence on these men is as follows: Tsou Yung is to be im-
prisoned for two years from the date of his be imprisoned for three years from the arrest with hard labour. Chang Pin-ling is to his arrest with hard labour. At the expiration
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The last clause was added after a pause, and
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