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The publication of this issue commenced at 5.20 p.m.
The China Mail.
NOX KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1602.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
CORONATION
CELKBILATION,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Notes by the way.
The German Mail of the 16th April
was delivered in London on the 17th May,
Else Fyevial Tchgram CHINESE we publish to-day en- THEMA Phelous a fact that NEGOTIĄTIONS. Must have been appar ent for some time to any newspaper reader who has followed the deift of afleirs at Shanghai. Tho remaining hopes entertained by sanguine supporters of Sie James Mackny's pro- posals will soon he dissipated if the The estimated evil of completing the Chinese officials continue their obstrate-drainage of Penang Town is estimated by tiveness, lo has been essient for zome the Assistant Eugineer at 8436,069, time that the Chinese, as aforetime, wish
There were eight cases of cholera (four four on the 14tla inst. fatal) at Singapore in the 13th inst., ant
teas in various districte in O-aka-fu were Schools for making green and black
opened on the 3el just, for the present season,
Three Filipines are working as Prices in the glass factory of Mr Iwieniars trade, with a view of uersleeing the at llunjo. Tokyo. They are learning the
indistry into their native country.
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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
To Morganize the Pacific.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Tho Plagao.
It would soon (says the China Guz-ile There were four cases of plague report- of the 17th ins5) that having gathered the ed to-dag, three of them being from Atlantic Ocean into their net the Morgan District No 10 and the other from District Chambing are now getting rendy to draw te No. 9. Two plague corpses were dumped.
ver the Pacific and Eastern Seps. We The cones now total 126 chis year. hear that attently the ages of the King of Trusts are in Yokohama, Shanghai and | Lottery Tickats. Hongkong aking enquiries.'
A Wise Arrangement.
Mr Shinoda Tsuneraro, an engineer of rha Kawasaki Book Company, who has been ordered to Europe and America for the purpose of investigating the ship |kailding'induersy, of those countries, will teave Kobe for Ameries by the T, K. K. Americusman. The company dispatches an enginer every year to Europe and America a similar mission, in order to keep pace with the tices, adds the Kobe Chronicle,
Won't Go to Heaven.
To-day, a Chinnaan was fined 840 for solling Waising lottery tickets and for exposing winning numlan of the same lottery in the streets of Hongkong, A num ber of tickets were seized.
Plague in the Straits.
The Sugapore Fren Press of the 15th lust. reporte:-Yostorday we stated that a fatal enu of bubonic plague had occurred at Sungai Besi ia the F. M. S This is confirmed by the Malay Afail to hand re- day.
Contempt of Court.
Fung Wing On, partner in the Sang We Th-day, at the Bankruptcy Court, bankrupt firm. lately carrying on business at No. 112, Jervois Street, failed to appear for public examination. His Lordship the Chief Justice ordered a warrant to be issued.
to obtain all the advantages without con- The Emperor and Fæpregn of Japan coding a single soform likely to benetit | sont a telegram of 45mpathy to Queen With reference ta förriga wake. With their matunday)
Willolanios -Endland on the 7th inst. the letter we publish- | shortsightedness, they block the path of, ed last night from progress, and it should now be as ap S. al. 11, E., we parent to Sir James Mackay on it is to are authorised
to the average looker-on that the game state oficially that lists were sent to will go against him unless very strong thu: Military Stat in order to give the pressure la brought to bear upon the officers of the Garrison and NGOs of so-called Central Government in Peking the higher grodes an opportunity of and, thrmal. I, epon the principa subscribing to the Coronation: Celebra- officials throughout the Proviners. The
A crcent number of the People's Friend | tion Fund, if they desired to do co.ienes expressed by the oppon,zats of the |
contains some entertaining samples of Scot The idea of canvassing the N,C,,s. and Mnekny tari are only confined by
tilt wit ad humor, including the follow The Sippere Fren Press vagn:-Me ing story of a parish minister, Hay of his men never occured to the Committer, fall that has transpired at Shauglisi, It San. Reid, Municipal Engineer, Penang, parishioners dealt in uff horses, alternating auf if this is being done it is contrary to is impossible to expect any substantial who has been dick in hospital since April,hus spoils of labor with heavy sprees. for bis arrest for contempt of Court. instructions. In this connection, it improvement of tredal conditions in baba ordered home hamaediately, and is During the period of depression which 12. Qurend's Braletung be stated that the Committee love Ching until reform is instituted at to be granted six months leave on half followed
abandoned the proposal to enterlain Peking the troops at diener, and that an order has been sent to England for a sprcially- designed medial, whiel will be given to the soldiers of the Garrison and such sailors of the Navy as may be in port during the colebantion next month. We do not know if permission has been given to the men to wear such a undal, but if it has not been obtained atrendy MosDay, May 26-
the proper authorities ought to be ap- 2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furniproached. It will be remembered that ture, at Mr Geo. P. Laumert's Sales the War Ofice raised objections to the Rooing 5.16 p. Meting of Members of The
men ci the Shropshite Light Infantry Hongkong Ride Association, nt Volun- tner Healquarters,
na the Royal Engineers wering the medal presented to them by the Colony as an additional acknowledgment of the special services rendered in the plague
General Memoranda. SATURDAY, May 24:
1a.m.Meeting of Shareholders of the Chin Light and Power Co., Ltd, at the Company's ice. Goods per Blue unclaimed sfter Nomes on this date webject to rent and sanding 9.30 pmAction of Postage Stangas, at Messrs Hughes & Hough's Sales Register of Shares of A. S. Watson & Co, Ltd., closed from this date to the 31st Inst., inelusive,
clinrges.
flook.
Tuesday, April 27 :--
Gouds nor Sul. Maru not cleared this
dosahja e to rent.
WEDNESDAY, May
Gisela per fod undelivered after this epidemic of 1891. A repetition of this
#hould be avoided.
date subject to real.
TRUESDAY, MAY
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Curls your Stranskay undelivered after
this date subject to rent.
Fri, May 30:--
11 a..Meeting of Shareholdera of A. 8. Watson & Co., Lid., at the Com pany's OĤices.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Progroes in Japan.
The Japanese Government railway is carriages coul in summer husve been ordered going ahand, Electric fans for keeping the from Amerion by the Imperial Railway Working Bureau, and will be used in the dining and sleeping cars of trains on the Tokaido line on su after the 1st July next.
Fall of Houses.
date 21st Last week, five bouses Par Cauion correspondent write nuder
homes at y buen recently built atter fill in the west end of Canton. These being burned down. It is supposed that the workmanship was bad, and that the heavy mine discovered the defects and led to this disaster, by which four poople have lust their lives and seren others have been dangerously wounder.
Patrick Murphy was conspicuous for a
Assuming that the in- formation we publish A Bad Outlook from Canton reguling the Kwangsi rebellion sury hansely faro. He used to say that it
that affairs so far from improving are homely. One day nightmur mat him is correct, and we have some like `au ulince to the lands-upg" a no reason for doubting it, then we fearmclusion in which his nuusintances fully concurred; and he was as poor as he was daily getting worse in that poi
ench over-indulgence. Join The Carriage of Tributs Rice. habitually took to bed, and there diligently studied the family Biblo. During e30 of
The Sin Wan-pue says that the The following interesting notice is said these fits of attempted reformation his con
arrangement recently cando with the to be posted up in a wayside station inition prompted his wife to call in the rice has now
Tailee hung for the carriage of tribute freland: If the gentlemen who left a ministerin question. 3, Maistor Wallace, sequence, the Thotaf Lo, who is in charge of heen eucalled. In cun- baby in a third-class railway carrings on the one in and see our John; he's rato bad. tribute rice of the Province of Kings, 20th ult. does not claim the same within a What's wrang wi' him? He's fears to is in a very difficult position. After much But phy so cortain that it was a gentlewan, formight, it will la sold to dofray expeixes.” and not-a kady?
meer his Maker,' said Min. John. Quick discussion, it was decided to pay Messrs as fire came the crushing reply; Hionph; Butterfeld and Swire the sum of 60,000 tell u he needua be feart for that he'll tacks as compensation; of this Le Tustai nerer aco 'm,"
will pay 40,000 tuple and Profeet Lio 20,(10) Laois,
A Japanese journalist has been sent to prison for eight months and fined five you If he had been an Englishman. for bitkinail. The charge upon which he To-dey, Wai Wa Lin, merchant, in was convicted was that of having obtainedcurred the disfavour of Chief Justice Good Manager of the Imperial Life Tosurince Court. It appeared that at the first meeting yen 1,000 by threats from Me Harela, the man, who was presiding in the Bankruptcy
from Mr Saito of Usaki, Tokyo. Company, and you dã in the same way
creditors of a certain bankrapt lima, Wai, one of the largest creditors, was appointed and accepted the position of late Senator Stanford of Califorala, one of changed his mind, however, and refused to
Are Inne L. Stanford, widow of the trustes on the estate. the Big Four of the Central and Southern Pacinc Railroads and founder of the Leland The exeust nindo by Wai waes that he did ser. His Lordship called him forward. Stanford Jr. University at Palo Alto, not know what he was taking on when he California, arrived at Yokohama on the accepted the trusteeship. His Lordship 11th it. The University is & memorial to severely censured him, adding that if he had died in only youth and wie was a boy of him to pay the extra costs incurred by the Senator and Mrs Stanford's unly son. whe bean an Englishman he would have ordered
peculiarly bright pruniso.
From the Peak,
Sailor Smith in Trouble.
the alternativa of x months' imprisonment, known as Sailer Smith was fined $25 with To-day, the well-known boxing man
for assaulting Police Serpent Smith of Wanchai and ubatrecting the Police in the execution of their duty. The Sergeant duct and Smith and two other sailors came Ho afterwards had arrustal a marine for disorderly con
to bully the Sergeant into allowing his pri- to the rescue, tho fighting man attempting
the assistance of his superior offices and all sonor to gà Constable Calliford cune to
four gen were ultimately landed in custody, way's the station and wound up by kinking Sailor Smith was very abusive all the
Sergent Smith in the grain. Sergeant Staith proved one too many for his pugi. tatic assailant. The others wore ench maleted in small fes
calling of another meeting of creditors to appoint a new trusted. It was not right that that money should come out of the Mighty bod," was the reply.
"And how are ye. PatĮ you wankee boil that filter water?", Faith-ard ordered him to pay the cast of the ESLOTE. ne wound not let him of entirely, starvation that is charin me in the fateful Boy: 'Dja, sab. C.B.: Maker holelicitors appeared in Court, the other milk? Faithfat Day: Djs, sab. 1. F. :)
ad
It is
If that is so, id nis neighbour. 'stiru and it can't be very pleasant for either of
Stowaways at Yokohama.
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estate.
Then what the blankety blank is this in art of the costs being covered by the the soup? Faithful Boy: Oh, that no b'long bacillus, sah, That only cock. ranchi Tableau.
Regulating Dhobies.
ira
The following passage cours Singapore Municipal report for 1901: The binging into force of the By-Laws frinned by the Commissioners and approved
It will indeed be a serious matter if the provincial capital falls into the lands of the rebels. So great a success world, it is to be feared, alimet greater new hers to the rebel standard. Judging yo from our samewhat areagre information, the present state of things seems to be
The Rat Crusado at Kobe. An American alongway was arrested
During the last few days says the by the Governor in Council was postponed something like this. The rebels are by the Yokohama Water Police board
Kidnapping.
Kobe Chronicle of the fith inst.), the police at the request of the Commissioners in overrunning the Province. They have the NY.K. stendship Shimno-amere,
Another use of kidnapping came behave, na already stated, distribited arsenic order to cuable them to make arrangements CO.,nder of considerable abolity.
fore the Court today, the prisoner being a It is which left that port for Sextle on the 6th Chinaman of no occupation. Ho is charged with a printed paper of instructions as to about 50 Dhobies at the Thoresen Road as the houses of the Japaness in Kobe, for providing sufficient accommodation for said that he was formerly the couman-inst The man, who was found hidden with stealing two boya, agod 199 and 14 res how the poison should best he hid in order washing ground. It was intended to erect der-in-chief in Kwangs, and has hard a a bost on the after deck, was sent ashore by pectively, from West Foint and taking them to destroy rats. It is somewhat curious to washing places, drying reous, rooma for [great deal of military experience in the police. An Englishmau, who is saud to fighting the Frenet in Annai and there renched Yokohama hy stowing away he was to take them to theatre, but, instead are detailed: such as that care must be direlling houses for Dhobies A provision to Chun gebut against their will. He said notice the way in which the instructions storage of clean and dirty elothing and Japanese in Formosa.
on the hipers of Ind from Hongkong of this. be put them in a sumpau and took taken to prevent cuts, dogs or fowls from of $5,000 was made in the 1932 budget for
their own. The case was remanded.
required to the Commissioners, but on set. tlement had been arrived at towards the
090 of the year.
His mane ap and was put sahore, was later discoverál on them to the place mentionail, where he † pating the arsenic; that the paste has es purpose. Kogotiations were entered pers to strike error into the hearts of the Shikwao-amit, and handed over to the danged their names, and cfered them for strong mch, but is sharp in taste; that into with the owners for a lease of the land
sale to married people who had no sins of should anyone eat it by secident, he should jammediately put it out of his mouth and nform the police of the fact; that it should ot be removed for one's wi ́nvenience from the place where fit is laid, noc,medull-
Professor Armand Gautier the French- with; that wells, water buckets or any chemist and physician, Member of the other vessels containing drink or food Institute, who has discovered the new should be covered up with special uste, medicine specially useful for intermittent favor, has called it 'arrienal. It is unde
A Wonderful Drug.
the troops sent to oppose him. This is Salvation Army at the northem part. sen in the disgraceful retront of the WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS two expeditions sent out to relieve Chinese Consul in the Pulpit.
Kwai-Lin, for they returned without The Chinese Consul se New York, 1 striking a blow. Only in one case have Mr Lak Wing, occupied the pulpit of the Changsha a Treaty Port. the government troopa stood their St. Cloud Presbyterian Church a month Changsha, the provincind capital or ground, and that was when a large force, wys a stemporary. A large congre Human (u long opposed in Bureign in cune across a small land of the rebels gation listened to his discause on the trusion), has now been opened is n keunty
recent Bower troubles. But when the port for foreign commerce. who were badly arined. This has been speaker compared the prejudice and ignor recently notified the China Merchints, and the doors of cupboards, etc.. carefully |
The authorities victory, although all theyance which had to their attempts to shut Batterfield and Swire, and Jarding, Mathe-closed that the police my order any drink did was simply to ease the rebels to aal Borneonous fras China to the infalar son at Co., requesting thaca te sixtend their food considered dangerous on account of retire. Against this unust be placed the ance which rigidly excluded Chimen from steamer services to this pore. It is saites being carefully covered to be thrown fact that the government soldiers have the United States, seine of his listers that Changte will also in the near future away and tint should any of the paste he already suffered many reverst. A showed signs of disapproval, a fow leaving to cpened as
found after the police are visited the BLEND strong haud and a strong brain too is the charch, Justice and equity must be Consequently, people, balb foreigners and house to recover what has not been used. is agreeable to the stomach. In fact, it
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VERY OLD LIQUEUR
SCOTCH
connted as M
a commercial treaty port.
ravel needed to cope with this trouble, observed by the heathen, Christings are natives, havo faked there in large numbers
abuto such considerations.
Clover Cross-Examination.
tacy
should immediately be informed of tho to buy land and take other stops calculated. The principal point to which wa to turn out profitable investments.
diraot attention, however, is the instruction that after the puste is, laid down, efforts must be mvie for the discovery of dend
Chafing the Japanese.
F.A.G, writes in the Note Chronicle: rats, and when any are found they must
by iodide of methyl acting on arsenic in provence of excess of alkali, und, chemical ly speaking, is methylenate dieodic, It can be taken by the mouth, as well as hypodermiedly, and while afest tasteless,
bur the only evidence wn have goes to
often pacifics gastric or intestimi troubles, shew so far that if there is a military
It is, moreover, not unfavourable to the idneys The salt is dissolved in water.. making a per cent. solution. It is given mandarin of pral ability at the front be has not yet done anything to justify whose uljestas to disconcert tlie vītness The cross-examiner was a smart wao,
during four days, fiest in D'drope, then 7. hope that this rebellion angely to head liscredit his testimony.. What did you worthy resident cane tearing into theatery te Soup to the pouse. Now it ng luncheon; at the dose is repented: then than 10 drops, in a Httle water dur- say your name was? was the first question.offico the other day and said he had been is perfectly evident that many rats which during dinner. After these four days the
*Miclanet Dabens, insulted by the police. Asked to tell his fare profsoned by this arsenic will get into zow, Donerty, answer to question | rale, nespad trazia poricomanar cane ti
hancccssible plasin-alvie they sumuvi kresuited, auginning with 19 drops or so, treatine is stopped for fur days, then The Imperial Brush Co., which was!
enyelully. Are you a married man I' Oi house and gave him a little pacrage indufled į discovered. and the decomposition of fuel and contùming fur four days the stopping. Our Celebrated 'E' Liqueur SCOTCH established by several foreign and Japanes arriet.. So you think because you'arsenic, • What's this the TC-
capitalista in Osaka apie tins ago, wits to get married that you are a married sident? The policeman replied, For you. Moreover, in a country like Japan, where sores cases, it is needless to exceed this Except in WHISKY is a Blond of the Finest start operations on the 15 ast
do you? Now, tell me who por married']' For me? Yes,' said the policeman. insosts swarn in the summer, it to Juse. The medicine has a marked effect WHISKIES distilled in SCOTLAND expected that about 2,000 gruss of brushes Who Oi marcind? I married a woman, pausing botween every word, "it is to kill
will be turned out every month. The ex-
• Now, don't you know better than to triste the verni. It was as much as the Edi- Specially selected. It is of great age.
port trade will be under the representatives with the Court / Of comme you married-a of the foreign capitalnts!
want; did you avor beat of any o Very fine and Mellow.
marrying a man? Yes, ai sister did.''
WHISKY.
Its superior quality has establiskod
is reputation 25 the LEADING
erushed soon,
Japanese Brush Making.
It is
The Depreciation of Silver,
A telegra resiver at the Foreign Ofice, Tokio, from Bir. Consul Arakawa
Michael Doherty.' -
TIME AND MONEY. CHICKNESS causes a log of both time and money. You lose the time and
us
bodies is likely of itself to set up disease for four days again, and so on.
feared that serious consequences may ensue
from the fact that a certain muntber of dead on the well-being of the patient. It - ter could do te straighten aut maliers, rats will be distributed about the place in roves the appetite and digestion, and hols and an afraid that the resident still has consequence of this poisoning scheme. The consumptive, anemie, e disbetic patients. lingering suspicion that the policeman was result will be that people will be bitten by 24 hours it onsideņibly create the Finclined to be personal. But what I ndoaice mosquitoes and flies which have been focd.unber of red and white globules in the in the core she by the police, and the ing on there dead rats, and blood poisoning blood. In fact, serlienal but only suros. duer, not on the roof. Do not eat the sanitary authaities ought to put a stop to careful directions. Put the arsenic on the is likely to ensue. It seems to us that the interattent fever but any other fgcases -for instance, tuberculosis, pulmonary or
in London, says that süver is not expected have the expense of medical attendanec, arsenic; it is prohibited. If you eat the titis distribution of arsenie at once, as it is!tonary, (nčute de chronic), saria, SCOTCH WHISKY IN THE LAST, to fall much bolow 23 pence per ounce. entailing & doulis loss. This can be avoid Arsenic by mistake, tell a policeman; if likely to tend to the dissemination rather 'Saiot Guy's dance' (chorea), vomiting, and
fle add that unless some artificial used by using some reliable remedy at the intentionally, tell the undertaker. If than the extirpation of diseas
first stage of the sickness The purchase
Per Dozer
...$15.00.
NEW MUSLINS, NEW SUMMER
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A. S. WATSON & Co., Limited,
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
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Tie pry
certain skin disease. All the powers of
are employed, any appreciation of the of a bottle of Churberlain's Colic, Cholera eny rats are killed by the arsenic, tell the per way of ridding the place of rats is to the valuable and new drug have not yet.
kind.
cases of the recent great decline in the profitable investment, for, by its use at the do not hold tu inquiry yourself: it is pro- means by which they canot got away and
first appearance of any uutsual looseness
TIONS.
guld-price if silver are said to be, ft. of the bowels, a severu attack of diarrhoes | bibited. Should arsenic be found ŝiù in innecessible places. We hope, BRUISES, WOUNDS AND LACERA- the sake of large quantities by North or dysentery may be avertit, that might lying around after it has been taken away, therefore, that the instructions of the America and Chies and secondly, s
laler, Evary musehold should have a otherwise coupet a week's gesaation: inform the police, who will remove police in this matter of the distribution of falling off in the demand of Russia, Spaie hottie at hand. It never fails and is pleas. Strictly warn the rats that after cating arsenic will be immediately counteranded, and India. The telegrain is dated the ant to take. Get it to day.It may see the arenic they must die in the pan and 11th inst.
life. For sale by All Dealers; WATKINS
as the present arrangements form a serious Ltd. General Agents,
not in their holes: it is prohibited.
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