NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY AUGUST 14–19.1
Wo bog to inform our Customhors and the Public generally that wo have from this data adopted now labels for Gin imported and bottled by us.
A. FINEST OLD TOM GIN
will in futuro bear the label
ኀ .
SIR ROBERT BURNETT & CO.'S OLE TOM GÌN
Imported and bottled by A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, B. FINEST UNsweetened gIN
will in fature bear the label
SIR ROBERT BURNETT & CO.'S DRY GIN. Imported and bottled by AS. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
AS WATSON & CO., LTD. Hongking 28th June, 1910.
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1911.
NATION OF WRANGLERS.
HOW
THE V.R.C AQU»TIC FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS:
· DAY BY DAY,
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
FETE
A
sunny temper gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud.
During the thunderstorm which
A very good programnio, was passed over the 'Colony, at n quarter post-oum. yesterday after-submitted at the V.R.Con Satur
fined twenty dollars for trespas- sing on the cablo"reservo. Mountain Lodge.
1.
His Excelloney the Governor
las issued invitations for an "At] Homo" at Mountain Lodgo, on the third and fifth Tuesdays in August, Tennis,
F
No Kerosene Licence-
H
At the Police Court to-day nan from No 3 Wong-nei-chong was charged with keeping kerosene without having the nocessary liconco, lo was fined 625. all the Rises in the telephones During tho storm yesterday,
Another Boat Robbery.
5097034 eune
(
a
keonly followed by the spectators.
In the first half of the game the Blues had the advantago and the
·
Germany...
The Emperor William is said
Spain
decided to invite, the Duke of
Italy
Turkey...
LATE TELEGRAMS.
[From Minila Papora Soldier Arrested as a Spy:
Washington; August 8. Pri- vato George Foter, a soldier in
to Const Artillery Corps, at Fort
of
Secretary Simson Visits
the MarmeTM Washington, August 8.-Sac- rotary of War Stinson, upon his return from his trip of ingportion": in Cuba, visited the wreck of thờ“ battleship Maine in Havana har-
bour. Mr. Stimson donned a suit |of overalls and, escorted by the officials whold charge of the raise ing of the famous old bulk,-visit- ed every part of the ship, and had everything portaining to the work explained to him.
Before Mr. Wood this morning noon, the lightning struck the day evening when successful to to the largest, pier of hot at the Magistracy a boatman was brick work at the corner near the water fate was held in the swin Property in Rörlin Apart from Totten, New-York, has beon front door of the house occupied ming bath, Unfortunately owing the Royal Palacos and buildings arrested and charged with being in the guardhouse at that post by the P.&O. Moss, at No. 11 to the many counter attractions connected with thong, the Kaisern Austrian spy. He is confined Mountain View, the Peak, with that were to hodand-in the city house property in tho, city and his one is being thoroughly in- suflicient force to carry away about the attendance was not so big as valued, according to a recently vestigated by the commanding Private Peter formerly served our fest of the wall of the build, sometimes is Alie case. Through published list, at over oighteen officer.
million marks. out the evening music was renters
| with his organization in the ing, dislodgingmany bricks, some of which were badly cracked and by the band from the
The Cadiz, municipality lus Philippines, having been station
| vi at Fort Mill, Corregidor, splintered. The lighting after..Y... while, the general ar
[The repeated attempts of for- striking the comer of the house rangeinents of the event were ably passed along the cast iron down made and carried out by a emall Wellington to take part in the eigners to learn something of ho fotes to be held there in com-defences of the United States and committescomprised of the follow- pipe, by which it apparently was
tho robeut capture of two Japanese. ingMessrs. A. A. Claxton, A. H.memoration of the centenary of
upios in this city havo, rosulted in attracted; thence to the ground Carroll, A. B. Barros and A. the summoning of the Cortos at the passing by Congress of a law long water service pipe through Duarioh. The water polo mateb Cadiz and the drafting of the which makes this particular forth at Mountain Lodge were blown which it burned a hole. It then was very interesting and was democratic Constitution of 1812. uotivity a erimo, the maximum
Portugal.
penalty for which is ten years' out and the olap of thunder was appeared to run along the ground so terrific that it resembled, an in the direction of Cruigioburn.
During the lobate on the drift imprisonment. If the muu Teler explosion.
The house has upon the runf, goal was scored by Carroll, win Constitution in the Assembly is found guilty he will be the Bratt lo bo punished under the now law, Three men engaged a boat a lightning conductor which is lod played well. Howover in the Senior Alexandro Braga sub-the mode of procedure horotoforo. Tai-kok-ai to tako then to Yan to theground down the back wall; second, muinty the Whites rallied mitted a motion proving that the having been simply to escort the mu-ti The boat was manned by the bolt in this instance, however, and Carvalho scored twice, despite tepublic should be a Parliament persons Cinglit out of the country the desperate offorts of Tata to two women and when they were travelled down the front wall save. The game ended in favour ary oue, with a President eleolol,
with a warning not to return.] about halfway across they saw that their fares were robbers. One and the heavy cast-iron pithe Whites with two goals toone. as laid down in the draft. Constitu man was armed with a revolver referred to. Henscholders often Blue E. Laminert, T. Lo sian, Chamber of Deputies, and and another with a knife. They imagine themselves secure from gun, F. L. Rozs, A.H. Carroll, I. E. Sente. seized the women, food them to sueli visitations, because they White: R. C. Witchell, A.S. Chunnutt, F. K.Tata, E. L. Braga.
Agitation sooms to reign on the the bottom of the boat, and rofie have had a lightning rod placod Ellis, R. A. Carvalho, C. A. Ro- Portuguese frontier; us much in edthem of ligir jewellery to the value of $80, They then went on the roof but it must not be drigues, L. C. Souza, G. C. Jurge, Portugal as in Spain. back to Tai-kok-sui and landing overlooked, that a portion of this M. A. R. Souza,
The other results were:... there, iade off. An arrest lus rod is frequently stolen by work-
Italy will possess three "Dread been mado..
nen, whilst ropairing the roof. Obstacle Race:-R. C. Wit- To in effective the elevated ends chell, 1; J. M. Roza Pereira, 2. nonghts before the end of next Typhoon Warnings. In the days of our youth which we wont with shining morning
The American Consulate Gene-of the rods should, not; be more Two Lengths Handicap:-Brad-year; she will have four in 1913, Taco unwillingly to school," we wore accustomed to have it told us ral. at Hongkong sonds us the than six feet apart.
bury, 1;". Baklardt, 2. · Timo 34 and six in 1914. This is made that England was the mightiest country in the world. Eminent following typhoon warnings: The thunder and the lightning 1-6 wees, won by two yards. clear by the Minister of Marine,
The Wool BHI Lailius. Nomination : -T.
Washington, August 8.—Spui- geographers such as Ritter would hold forth in the following strain The telegrams quote below were flash were simultaneous and very
Back to England as to a common fountainhead flows the might received from the Manila Observa alarming. A coolio who was at Logan, nominate by Miss Taylor, who has just visited the throtator La Folletto and Represent-
toy at 10,15 a.211.
Alanila, the time engaged in sweeping the 1; F. K. Tata, nominated by Mrs. naval yards of Spezzia, Ganon, alive Underwood love boen ap The futross and the wealth of a thousandfold relations with the August 14, 9.30 aan. Depression vn, was so startled, that his Ollia, 2. This raco had as an and Sostri, in order to inspect the pointed conferees to discuss the work". Mark you, this was written af a time when the industrial orthorn part China Sea. Cyclone logs were soon by, an onlooker outstanding feature the weird. first four of these warships. Hethe idler. in view of being able to
wool-bill with the President, with— gher Typhop S.E. of Nala hoving to tremble-violently and thou give antics of competitors in lily found everywhere that the work arrange the terms of that mensure conditions of the homehind, were
at their worst
to bo WNW 11.40 a.m. Manila, way under him and ho rolled-on consuming a bun, und ginger children of six years, harnessed to carts, wore
was being carried on, with, the to meet, if possible, the appro drawing fonds of coal in the mines when the little gust.13, 10.45 a.in. Low pres-the graas, terrified. He was, how-beer.
area extending from the over, uninjured and untouched. One Length Blindfold Re-greatest care and zoal, and that in bation of the chief executive. chimney swoop tore his hands and nails as ho, crept up a dirty in Chin Sea to the Pacific across It is a wonder that similar acei-Roza, 1; E. K. Tatu, 2.
Running Header from Spring nardo da Vinci" may be ready be-but did not meet with the up- was even possible that the Lea The wool bill has already
passed both houses of Congress........ and when there wore no loss than 223 capital offences. When all Northern Lauzon and the Balintang dents do not more frequently co- this was to be laid to England's charge, the writers of the world wore... Error innst of them are, in positions. Those two competitors find fore the time pet down,
our to Peak houses, situated as Board:-T Logan, 1; L. C. Souza, develop lator Colone
proval of the President, who able to land the nation's greatness to the skies. There is no doubt Tylum Pacife Ocean about which readily attet lightning and had to dive again, Logan
gave out the statement that he that at the time wo had attained what some pessimists say pero the halfway between the Marinus The "Mount," the Peak résidence securing the extra point and the The military party in Constan- intended to vet the moastre... good olds days that will never be repeated and if wo may judge, from Islandsand Luzon moving W. of Messrs. Jardino, Mathoson & vordiel
tinople is believed to be trying to
flo has not done this na yel, how- Forty "Gamblers' Caught Co., was struck, curiously enough, Tehm Rico. T. Logan's team ea Turkey into war. Under its La Follette (Rop.) and Represent- over, and it is hoped that Senator. contemporaneous events we should say that the very people who
Quite a number of gambling also on Sunday, many years ago, 1; made up as follows:-T.Lagan profited most by Britain's greatness aro
ut work!
up before the before the present house was E. 1ainmeri, A. V. Barros, E. Presto the Porte is increasedativo Underwood (Dan.) may be fovelling the glorious fabric that their ancestors built, magistrates this morning. Three erected. It struck the iron bed. L. Braga, B. W Bradbury, A S. strength of the garrisons on able to so arrange the terms of not only with The sword, but with the suffering-of-an ignorant and helpless democracy. An oxellent hour mot that en charged with playing fantan stond, the metal of which conduet Ellis, A.-H. Carroll, M. A. Montenegrin frontier by a the bill in such a mannor as to noot with Mr. Taft's approbation. we heard onco, and it camo from one who was a patrician of the in the strept near the O. MIS. N. the current safely to earth Souza, G. C. Jorge, 3. M. A hundred thousand men,
Wharf at West Point were fined without injury to the occupant of Reliquios. patricians, was to the effect that democracy was always ugly, ugly $3 each. In another case twelve bed. Imagine, if you can ly- in the sufferings of the past and dangerously ugly in the possibili- men came up on a charge of ing in bad on Sawlay afternoon, ties of the future. We are not going to attempt to justify such a bitter criticism, but y must say that the behaviour of the gambling on the first floor of a suddenly in.nd Hghtning run- se in Tung Lau Lage and a ning down this four posty of that British working man, at this present juncture, is not only, sui- eidal to his own interests but a deindly merade to the future similar penalty to that inflicted bed.. of the country in which he dwells. Fortunately the in the first case was imposeil.
Ten more gumblers were caught DEFENDANT FILES strikes that have threatened to convulse the whole of England's industry during the past few weeks have been only of short playing at 274 Queen's Rond
PETITION. duration, but the last one has, had the effect of seriously dialo West. The keeper as fined $25 eating the trade of the capital of the world. We are not consix weeks imprisonment and corned with what was the casus bolli in the instances that we in rest $2 or seven days. Titore Execution of Judgment Delayed have in our minds. That is a more nothing in the face of what was also another, case in which might be the ultimate late of the commerce of the nation in There were furty men in Paine Judge, at the Summary day, when H.E. Aciniral Li Chun good as completed.
fifteen more wore to, be tried. Before Mr. Justico Gompertz,
It appears that about noon to negotiations can be considere:I us this sort of things continus. it will be idle in futuro years
charged. if any of our trade goes, through the shipping strike, to console
The City's Healty
Court this morning, the Ng Tunn was on the way, fron the Naval ourselves with the reflection that the right side of lie case won and, that the sailors, stevedores, and lightermon were justified Medical - Officer
The weekly return of the Hing firm, of 14, Bonham Strand Headquarters to the city, His in their action. Poor consolation for a nation indeed to think that, shows that for the week ending formerly trading and the. Kwong anarchists, one of whom throw a mobiles, the Prefect of Police, a Young Turk; ho was murdered
of Heal West, suod Loung Yat Cho, Excellaang was attacko:l by thres | Recidents in Paris esused by nu- white shelfs been quibbling over polities and industrial disputes, she the 12th, there were 10 casos has been grasping at the shadow and losing the substance. We are plague, eight, of whichce Lung firin, of 13 Des Voeux bomb at him. This occurred it will withdraw the licence from by another Young Turk To sich aware that the strikes are in progress of settlement and that one must proved fatal. All involved were Road Central, to recover the sum Sheng-moon-tai("double gate").every driver against whom there depths hus the party of Urton and at least for future mitbreaks will have been done away with, but what Chinese. There were also eight of $077.21, boing amount due for His Excellency's body guards ative bean tw.) convictions during Progress descended. It is the have the wage earners list in the struggle? Giving them an average cases of enteric fever, two goods sold and delivered.. wage of £1 per week, the amount that they have lost in Loudon alone Chinese, four British, one Portu. Mr. lind (for the plaintiffs). The city was thrown into a state The Paris Court of Appeal husna Tower aspect this split is a
fonce opened fire on the assassins. must amonini, during the past week, to somewhere about £100,000 guese and one American. There stated that the defendant con
and shot one of them on the spot the year for farious driving. brought about the split. In-its Nor do our figures stop there. The men were engaged in work which is have been no deaths reported of sented to judgment. He had filed of excitement. Several arrests given its decision in the appeal difference of opinion between the not exactly profit carning to thocuployer. Thocarriage of goodsplways this mumber. The cases of China-his petition in Bankruptcy and have been made by the police against the sentence in the men at Cond'antinople and the seems to be a dliroot charge upon the profit and consequently no big suffering from smill pax wore agreed to judgment subject to a At the time of wiring, the city margin is allowed for this handling in the course of transport. 13, all of which were fatal.
men ht Salonika. If this were all Quai l'Orsay affair. It con- we estimate it at five per cent. we shall be doing it ample justies,
a conference between the parties an that it really comes to this the amount of goods that should haveat nom to-day, no cases of plagne
For the forty-eight hours onded stay of execution, until such time quiet again.
Grmed. The sentence of two would probably put things my the position is heard. hoon. handled in London last week, and were not must have have been reported. For 1911, ingly.
Judgment was entered accord-
yeara impiouluont and 1,000 ight. But it is not nearly boen something like u.total value of somewhere near £2,000,000..
francs.fine passed on Maimon. Alf The Salonika Committee, Wo leave ir readers to calculate what the profit and 258 cases of plague, 937 of which up to the present there luve been
similar sentence had been passed which originally planned the Re- JORA Recounts of the vatinus mehunts show in the|
volution, was a cosmopolitan body have proved fatal.
on Rene Ronet, and the court in-| aggregate. Board of Trade returns show, that in the last ten
upon which both Jawa and. creased it to three years. The Albanians were strongly repro years the number of trade disputes has totalled 4,754. involving 1,884,000 inon and a wage loss of £6,000,000. Is England so great Court. Mr. Hazeland held an un-
Out.. termoon at the Police In spite of counter-attractions, (THE "Taxonera" CORNEAFORDERT 1 sentence on Palliez was redated sated. Its ideal was a loose that she can stand this for over? Can her peopleafford, oven thongquiry into the circumstances at fairly large houses were present they bo so great, to lose such a húgo sum in wages at any time? If she tending the death of a prisoner, at the performances at the above
Canton, Aug, 11."
from three months to one month.confedoration afautonomousraces, can, the glories of Babylon, the riches of Rome, and the opulence of flung Tsoi, who died in prison.
The Hong Chai Spirit Farm is The Echo do Paris" asserts, But the real strength of Turkey lios in Asia Minor, and the the Egyptian empire are but rushlights flickering in the anticham
both on Saturday and Sunday not running, satisfactorily, and in spite of all denials, that large successful counter-revolution con The jury was comprised of the bors of history, in-impotent competition with the terrestrial glories following: F. Ellis, A. F. Ormund nights. The present combination many complaints have been made quantities of explosives have been vinced the men of Constantinople of the sun of. British prosperity, Alrendy those mighty in the and F. C. Bumann.
discoverol in the course of the that the now Government must: esali artista by the wine "merchants to the searchos carried out at the re-bb first and foremost Islamic, state are lifting their hunils against institutions that have had a
Police evidence was given to excels in his or her particular line. authorities. His Excellency; the sidences of suspected revolution Thence has sprung that polley of beneficent Tnfluence on tho progress of the nation, and while those the effect that the prisoner; who Ajax is indood marvellous in his Viceroy has dogutód Magistrate aries. in high places are taking stone by stono from the summit, Labour was thirty years of age, was ad
Ottomanisation which hand in the desire to score one of the bloated capitalist" is undermining mitted to Victoria Gaol on the
contortion not, while Zeno is a first- Li-Pun Ming to enquire into the
Mexico.
suel deplorable results both in the foundations of that very priapority that took thom from thirtieth of July, He had been class juggler who as through a affairs of the Farm. The inves A telegram from Puóbla reports Albania and the Yemen. The the cart in the mines that lifted it from the depths of convicted of stealing a photo-series of clever and fiflicult tricks tigation has now been completed, that upwards of forty persons Young Turks have thus driven an industrial slavery and placed it in such a position that graph franie value $2 on board with amazing skill. Madame Titlis and the deputy has submitted ten were killed including several wo- from their ranks the best brains it is the envy of the whole world. Yet when it has the sa. Lightning while she was gives an inspiriting, display o regulations governing official men, us the result of an encounter in the movement. They keep the attained a position which has no parallel in the industrial on the high seas, and was senten- daring horsewomanship which it supervision of the management of between Mexican Federal troops old name, but they have forțoited world, when it is drawing larger wages than its competitors, it is cpd to two months hard labour alone well worth soging. There the Farm. The enforcement of unil Modorists, The Maderists all right to the old sympathy continually striking for more. la it guy wonder that we are The medical officer of the gaol are other ontortaining items too those regulations line been up, fed to the hills, where the figlate They have, in fuct, fallen back on being undersold in the markets of the world? It is more then im ve evidence to the effect that the numerous to mention, but suffice is proved of by the Viceroy, and ing is being renewed:
the policy of Abdul Hamid and, perative that some methods be found for the obviation of those dismen died of general dobility. to say that intending patrons may Mr. Chan Pak Han has been ap- The riginal case is stated to are carrying it through with locations of trade. England was once called a "nation of shop- A verdict of death from natural be assured of hating a right good pointed superintendent of the have-beolitan-attack by drunken Hamidiah brutality and me:é koopers: "", a nation of wranglere" would no be nearer the mark. susga was returned,
time at the Skating Rink," Farm
Havolutionista on the local gacks than Himidian vigour
Dled in Gaol.
FILLIS' CIRCUS."
in
mean: One no
ADMIRAL LI'S LIFE ATTEMPTED.
the
Russia.
PARTIES IN TURKEY. The "Troglische Rundselmu” statos that the German banking Zoki Bay was murdered beemiso -On all lands it is admitted that
firm of Mendelsohn has agreed to he edited a 1 Opposition news- More Bomb Throwing
issue in Germany on behalf of the paper, and it is not surprising,! Russian Government loan, of ys the Globe," that another (THE "TELEGRAPH" CORRESPONDENT: £5,000,000. This loan will be his intention of giving up writing Linoderate-Liberal has announced Canton, Aug. 13, 4 p.n.devoted to the complotion of the until the revolver coafes lo An unsuccessful attempt on the railway line from Moscow to Ka-be an instrument of discussion." life of Admiral Li Chum was made gan, and to the construction of The only satisfactory feature of the by three queueless'anarchists. nother line to Podolia,
THE CANTON SPIRIT FARM
New Superintendent.
is
-Frence~~~~~~
situation is that the Government
The
is genuinely shocked, at this ox- co sive zoal of its supporters, and will certainly seo at justice alone. But, the tragedy
Owing to the large number of serves to call attention to the ap palling confusion of Turkish politics. The murdered in was
| Albànin situation, which, hre