SINKING OF THE BRUTUS,
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killo bat no clear account as to
THE NEW RIFLE.
A Return to the Long Barrel,
nover died down.
weapon
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CHINESE PATRIOTISM.
GENERAL NEWS.
"Please Use National Goods." Dead Manila Chinèse Identified.
to
gragh already reported in the "Tele-
of muskotry.
Personal.
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and restore order. It is circum- stantially stated that the United Wilson and then direct its forces Fuller Account of the Wreck
States will recall Ambassador If an hour after the const-{
As our roaders are already
A Chinese report says that rea street or on Bagunibayan issued instructions to all of its The Chinese who was killed by
to cross the border. wise steamship Brutut struck the aware, the British troops are to
The German government has reci about six miles southwest of be armed with a new rifle. cently when the National Salva Manila, on June 4, was later found
Ever since its introduction in tion Society opened its formation be 1. E. Woo, a member of the danger zone in Mexico. Kaludlud on June 2, the ill
nationals to withdraw from the fated steamship plunged back 1003 the Lee-Enfield rifle, with meeting in Haakow, Chong Pei contracting firm of S.C. Choy into the son with gront velocity, which the British forces are now
The National Convention. carrying a lull cargo valued at armed, has been the subject of yu spoke nad neked the audience and company. He was killed as P120,000 and all hor mail to the fiereo controversy. The shorten-if they wore not every day vanting
Chicago, June 6. The Taft bottom. All efforts so far tong of the barrel was the point their patriotism and why it was and in some way foll in front of Republican national committee! "while riding a bicycle, forces are in large majority in the Jouate the wrock have failed.. chiefly criticised, and as the rifle that from head to feet there was not the car, while it was going at n which met here yesterday and
It is now a cortainty that the against the longer weapon with
has not been able to hold its own a thing which they wore that was fair speed.
began active proparations for the olief afliser, Mangel Ayala, was which the territorials have been not foreign. Altor anying 80
Saigon Pork for Singapore. national convention which will be MANAGEMENT & QUISINE UN DER EUROPEAN MANAGEMEN1 The importation of pigs from called to order on June 18. A how he met his death has been equipped, the controversy has he took out a knife and out off a Saigon for the Singapore market canvass of the committee madej received. Que second class Kili-|
[62] finger and with the stump wrote is on a large scale. Apart from by the Taft leaders bring the state- pino passenger for Parang namod
The iden underlying the adopthe words: "Piense usa National those brought by cargo steamers mont that only 18 members of the Paulino is also supposed to have tion of the short rifle was to have goods." A lad of fifteen or six- the M. M steamer Bourbon committee are favourable to Rooso- been killed although a lator wire]
which would be easily teen years of age also out his bilings a full cargo every fort valt, with two in doubt, but who- reports all passengore saved. Mato Indlod by both mounted and finger and wrote, To use foreign night. Last Saturday she import-ther or not that estimato is accu-
(LATE CONNAUGHT HOTEL)* Sugabarria had his log slightly dismounted troops. To suit the goods and not use national goods eu no loss than five hundred. rato,the Roosevelt faction was beat- injured and an internal revonus the rifle and the rough of the in-
cavalry, fivainclics was taken off is to be a elave of a lost state.".
QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG. employe named Orozco was infantry soldier with the bayonot the "Sin Wan Pao" Bays: Alas! Lieutenant 11.A. Thewles, of the ward a motion providing the eight Cuisine under the supervision of an Experienced FRENCH CHEF, and
Commenting on the incident
A Caloutta paper says that on on the first show of strength. ("ENTRALLY stated, up-to-date Haiol, Roomary tenorated, and aides
The Roosevelt mon brought for jured. Both the injured men are was thus shortened. Attempts these two were genuinely patriotic Buffs, has gone.to India from the members would bo suelent to aparata Tables, Hot and Cold Baths, Electric Light throughout. Terma entiraly Now Management. Large and Comfortable Rooms, Excellent being earod for at the hospital at have been made to restore this and their action may shame to Straits Settlemente for a course demand and secure a roll wall on moderate, First Class accommodation for Families and Tourists. Zamboanga.
Th:no white passengers, Mossra. longer bayoust, but the develop-truo foreign slaves. It would bo lost advantage by the issue of adoath the pseudo republicans and
any proposition before the commit- Lyons, Findlay and Stewart left
For particulars and rates apply to tes. The Taft nou voted down this the scone of the wreck on the cartridge have intensifie the do-absolutism to republicanism, but Philippine Bureau of Agriculture, 20,
ments of the modern high power a national benolit to change from
Telephont, 170 notion and then fixed the number moming of the 3rd, in an opon facts of the short barrel as regards to change to foreign costume and has received a cablegram announ- Roosevelt strength in the com- Director F. W. Taylor, of the that might demand a roll call at boat with nine filipinos without firo efficiency. A longer barrel is wear everything foreign from
If their estimate of the water or food supposedly to bring necessary for accuracy and ease.: head to foot, so, that commercial cing the arrival in Iloilo of the mittee is correct the lattor have help. A tolegrain receivol Jato on June 4 roports the safe arrival. The barrel of the new rifle will cannot make for the peoples' battalion of Scouts for rinderpostroll call when they want it.
Change in Calibre
enterprises are greatly affected
shree companies of Major Ely's not sufficient force to Rocure a of this party at Zamboanga. uot have the full five inches re-leasing.
The first clear account of the stored, but about one-half of that.
quarantino d'ity. The three com- The firstnation of the committee S.S."Korea" will play at the above Hotel on Friday By kind permission of Captain Nelson the Band of The more strange it is whonganiss have been assigned to sta- was to elect as chairman, Victor night, the 14th inst., commencing at 9.80 p.m., sharp. Bular collector of customs fromance will be made in the calibre lodge, bolong not to the higher in Toile of Dr. Wood, of the tion since the death of Governor disaster was received by the in-A change of considerable import-those who have no political know- tions and districts. The cable-Rosewator, of Omaha, who has James J. Itafferty, collector of which, in the now rifle, will be society and whose actions resem Buroiu of Agriculture, who will Hill, chosen as permanent chair-KING
gram also announced the arrival been temporarily filling this posi- customs at Zimboanga, who was 276 in instead of .303. with the party on the steamship An advantago in velocity is ex-also don strange looking, foreign against the epidemic.
ble those of vagrants and lafers, take charge of the campaign man at the mosting of thenation- Borneo which went to the resonepected from this change, as the costumes, and indulge in their of the pussongers and grow of bullet will be lighter. The chom-defrauding behaviours Such per
al committee in Washington last the stricken, vessel. Tho Borneo bor of the now rillo being larger ons are to be found in every pro-tionand will make a report which
Dr. Wood is at present engaged winter. arrived in Zamboanga on the fami
in studying the rinderpost situa- the breech.
Hard Fight in South Dakota: night of the 3rd with the 113 stronger, the explosive to be used Shanghai. You may call them will be sent to Director Taylor as kota has remained loyal to Roose-
mechanism vince but specially abound in
Sioux falis, Juno5.-South Da- survivors of the Brutus, will possess very high power; and foreign slaves or anyos of a lost 800 completed. This report velt and he will have all ton of
it is not improbable that the velo- country. If any one wishes to
will contain, as nearly as canaccu- city will be 3,000 feet a second, avoid the boing spat upon and ro Mr. Rafferty reports that the as ngainst 2,950 of the rifle viled as foreign sisves or slaves the total number of cases of, rinHe was opposol by both ha Fol- rately he ascertained at this time, her delegates in the Republican and ammunition now in
national convention at Ubicago. This would give Britain an ad- ber the words "Please Uso Na-come infected and whant stopa, if use, of a lost country lot him remediuate, what towns have be-
derpest in the province, whore lette and Taft but boat then age of 100 feet a second over tional Goods," alterations the bullet, should tho noarost rival, and with the never travel higher thin the height of a man.
Struck a Reel.
vesgol strnok a reef six miles south-west of Katulad Island at 7.30 p.m. on the evening of Juno 2. The son was calm and the weather perfect and the accident is credited to the strong and trea- oherous curronts which weup around the Raupon point. Bath the passengers and ship'a olivors consider the resident", unavoid- ablo.
One half hour after the voesol struck, unexpectedly and with great velocity, who planged off tho roof and it is the general belief that the chief officer and the Filipino passengers board at the time,
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FAMINE RELIEF.
Shanghal's Creditable Share. '
The proceeds from the last two
Still Fighting Pallippine Rinderpest.
ny, have been taken to quell the epidemic up to the time of the arrival of Dr. Wood on the scons of netion.
Projected Roosevelt Procession io Manila. At a mooting on June 6, at Manila, of the Roosevelt club
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Returns are coming slowly from the remote and iso! stod districts. of the state. but it is cloar that the rough ridor will lead Sonatof La Folletto with a plurality of at least 10,000 and President.Tali by a much larger one.
Excellent Cuisine.
H. HAYNES," Meanger. Hoogkooz, 16th Jan.. 1912. 1 55 HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.
The Peak,
committee on arrangements for There was much La Folletto
celebration on the night of sentiment in the stato and, on-PLUNKET'S June 22, definito plans were made couraged by the senator's victory for the purchase of torches for in North Dakota, his followern will be part of the program, a the torchlight procession which made a hard fight. score or so of Rough Riders in regular roughridor garb to head the procession, the selection of musie to bo played by the band,
etc.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
(From Manila Papors,)
MANILA TOBACCO STRIKE.
Men Still Obsiinate.
The 580 tobacco workers of La
Flor de Isablela, part of forces of the Compania General de Tabacos,
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WIRE
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sight which nikos aiming partial- The principle of the aperture ty automatic, has been accepted, and loading also will be much quickened by the new methods of feed cartridges into the chamber, days of the Famine Fele at Chiang Su Ho's Gardon, Shanghai, KNIFING IN SHANGHAI. mounted to something over $6,000, making the total receipts Exciting scenes wero witness in for five days of the carnival about theneighbourhood of Louza in the $36,000. It will probably be Ship's Company and Cargo.
early hours of the morning of June The Brutus carried a crewof 045, when a native, after stabbing Bome time before all the accounts and had 70 passengers aboard three men, was only secured after have been made, up, so that the, when she struck the freof. Sho a desperate struggle. It appears aqtual not gain to the famine fund has a full enrgo including lumber, that Chinese constable No. 123 can be ascertained. It is onti- homp, copra and cattle valued at had his suspicions aroused by the P120,000. The amount of the in- conduct of a man in Ilupeh mated, however, that fully $25,000 Burauco on the cargo is not known. Howl. He kept the man under will be realized.
Collector Rufforty took the state servation for a considerable The Central China Famine Re- ment of the officers and passengers Line, and at a favourable opport-lief Committee expects to conclude Battleships for Cuba.
the 20th of May, sro still out, nogo. and no complaints were made unity seized him. On searching its labours this month, says the
tiations having failed as yet to against any of the ship's officers,
his clothes, which were bulging,China Press," and efforts are four of the battleships of the ready alated in the "Tolograph," Washington, June 6.-Only bring both side together. As al- They all behaved with conmond the office found a long sharp- now being made to interest the fourth division of the Atlantic the assistant director of the bureau able copiness and courage. Cap- pointed knife. This the polico-Chinese government in the con- battleship fleet have left Koy of labour, Dr. Monreal, held a con- tain Juan Urgarte showed excel- man held in his hand while he servancy problem so that the West for Cubs, ander orders of ference with the leaders of the lent judgment in caring for the continued the search, but sudden- committee may retire from the the Navy department. Guantana-strikers, during which they slated passengers. llo specially only the suspect snatched the knife field of relief work. Mr. C. D. mo is their destination and they, their side of the matter. tions Antonio Eiguronas deserving
back and, before the officer could Jameson, American Red Cross will be held there for any emer-
Selected after competitio a with all other systems commendation for his sorvices.
defor himself, it was plunged Engineer to the Chinese
Dr. Monreal told a "Manila by the Advisory Board to His Majesty King George V. govern. All the survivors are being cared into his body just below the mont, is now making an overland genay that may arise.
Times "man on June 4 that the) for by the ship's agents.
heart. The officer pluskily held tour of examination from the an additional complement of matho wages for the workers, claim- tion of the New Water Works for Windsor Castle.
Each of the battleships carrios leaders desired a small rise in as the sole reinforcement to be used in the construc- Messrs, Fernandez Hormanos, work from losa of blood horelcasalicient outlet to carry off the themselves in readiness for im- made it necessary for them to earn on to his captive but becoming Hung-tse, Lake, which has not rines and the latter will holding that the higher cost of living local agents for the Brutus, havo od his hold and the captive monde foods which come down from the mediate service. received a wire fron Captain off at full speed. The sounds of the north during the spring thawe, to Urgarto giving practically the policeman's whistle attracted the the Yangtze River for the pur-its original position that it will Monreal hopes to be able to effect more money, especially to buy rice, The government continues in whichhad becomevery high. Dr. sont by attention of twoother Chinese who pose of making plans and esti- not intervene in Cuba unless con- a settlement with the next fow Mr. Rafferty. He reports that the were on there way home and maston for the opening of a water-ditions make intervention undays. wreck occurred approximately at they hastened to 6 degres, 45 minutos Intitude. They were just in time to soe the will remove the cause of theannual
the scone. way from Hung-180 Lake which avoidable. north, 121 degrees, 50 minutes oflicor fall and the culprit dashing floods. Until he has made hie
Alleged Illegal Combination. longitude east and 74 degrees towards them. They onloavour-report to the Peking authorities federal government has filled New York, June 6.-The southwest of Kaludlud Island. ad to stop him but he raised the no particulars of the proposed a After the passengers and crowknife and stabbed at both of them project can be ascertained.
civil action against the were landed at Zamboanga, Cap with such violence that they
atoa mship lines operating in the tain Urgarte made another trip were both severely wounded. Famine Relief Committee is using and Brazil in which it alleges that Meanwhile the Central China trade between the United Statoe to the scene of the disaster on the The neighbourhood by this time every influence to induce the they have formed in illegal com- ateamship Bornes and Messrs. was aroused and two other native Chinese government to appoint a bination. The defendant com- Fernandez atate that the telegram officers arriving pa received from him was lispatch they took up the chase and project that will effectually stop complaint are the Prince, Lam- the scene, conservancy board to carry on the panies named in the government's ed after his return, They are of after a stiff sprint for 200 all famines in the region of north port and Holt, Hamburg Ameri- GRAVING DOOK the opinion that he located the yards the assailant was caught; Kiangan and Aahuj. wreck,
can and Hamburg South Ameri- 7877, by 88ft. by 84, Gin. Secretary Lobenstein of the enn lines and it is alleged that Camps empty Dock in
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but it was Mr. Fernandez has stated to a the utmost difficulty that he was Central China Famins Relief Com they have formed themselves into P 3-4 hours, "Oablonowa-American" reporter prevented from adding to his mittes said that as an investment a trust, that they are improperly THREE PATENT SLIPWAYS that they would arrange to have the victims. On being taken to the all the money expended on the monopolizing the trade and that taking vessels up to 8,000 tonu passengers and crow of the Brutus station the prisonor was recognis- proposed drainage systems would their operations arp in rentraint displacement, providing conditions for brought to Cebu on the steamed as an old and dangerous ylold Largo returns within a very of trade. ship Borneo where they can con-offender and n man for whom the short time. "It pays the farmses,
painting ships with most affcient zovult The government asks that the 100-Tox ELEOTRIO CRANE AI QUÁTI
ship
nect with the company's steam- police had long been searching in one section,” he explained to combination be dissolved and that ELECTRIC OVERHEAD ORANKS Taidušnour,
Romulus for Manila. Until The injured policeman and the cultivate their land every year the defendant companies be fined: Tum Bhor Ranging up to 100 Torn. farther arrangement are made the other two natives were conveyed even though their crops are Germany and Mexico, Batimale giren for Doaking, Bepels to Hull and Machi
Fernadez Hermanos; to Shantang Road Hospital. The destroyed by floods three years
owned by Metern former's wounds says the "N-O out of every four and if the floods circulation here that the United
Berlin, June 8. The report is patruotional Work ormanos, who ore Daily News" wore so serious as could be prevented the entire Staten plads and any for the Compania to necessitate detention, but the region now desolate would be will take the run of the others wore permitted to go home tremendously productive
tion in Mexico, roy), üfler receiving piton
and the people would be ri
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