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MELEPHONE No. 256.

DAULS ADDRESS 'ACHER," HONGKONG.

ABC CODE, ŠTI EMTION,

ESTABLISHED 1849.

A CHEE&CO

Telephone No. 135.

TRSTE

MARK

D. C. L. GIN, -

祥利廣

17a Queen's Road.

OLD TOM and

Furniture

Dealers.

DRAWING-ROOM,

DINING-ROOM,

and BEDROOM

FURNITURE.

ELECTRO-PLATED,

GLASS and

CHINA WARES.

DRY.

The Invest Laution. Gin on this Market.

$7.50 per dozen.

Sale Agents.

458

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Chur's Etomie?,

MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW. Miscellaneous.

Gueris per Chem not cleared at 4

this date subjent to rent.

Guds per Strusshong undelivered after

this inte subject to dent.

Guds por Shimes undelivered after

this date subject to rent. Goods per finder mudelivered after this

date subject to rent.

General Memoranda.

FRIDAY, May 30:--

BIRTH

THE CHINA MAIL.

On May 13, in Japan, the wife of Bishop Foss, of Sem.

DEATH.

At his residence, No. 48, Hollywed Rond, this morning, May 29, 3 F. Makoven Aged 60 years.

per-The goattraction at this farite commensal

25 p.

The China Mail.

BCLKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1902

MANY of our renders will learn with siuere regret the acouncement we

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes by the Way,

There are 2388 banking establishments in Japan.

Good coal has buen discovered at Rosules and Abu Haraz, Somlan.

To is expected that the Pacific cable will be comploted by 1st November.

The Queen Victoria Memorial Fund in London willed £15,000 on 5th inst.

A British imperial greco copy threatens to open factories in the United States.

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LCOAL AND GENERAL

Dewey's Legion of Honour.

Prosidoat Rousovalt has declined to allow Admiral Dewey and General Milos to accept the Legion of Honour proposed to be conferred on them by the President of France.

Plague.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1902.

LOCAL AND GENERAL..

Big Prices for Pictures.

A sale of pictures at Christie's realised £80,000. A landsuape by Hobbema realised 9.200 guidess, and a portrait by Raeburn 6,530 guineaa.

London Water Supply.

The Government hesist upam the re- There were these new plagno cases representation of the boroughs on the Lon ported yesterday--onu in Puktalam Rood, den Water Board. The joint committer of me in Aberdeen Street, and one found in the two Houses is expected to reconsider the street at Centro Street. This brings its decision. the season's total up to 15% casua,

Phenomenal Cricket in England.

A London telegram Jared Oth insi. anys-The match M.C.C, and Ground v Miss Janet Waldorf, the clever Ameri-York-biro was commenced at Lords yester

for 27 runs. Rhodes took six wickets for }'

15 Fums.

Viscount Wolseley Passimistis,

The Daily Exprem states that Field- Marshal Viscount Wolseley bas returned from South Africa in a pessimistic spirit us to place prospects owing to the obstinacy

make in another zuhuma of the death,can actress, is now making tour of day: Yorkshire disposed of Marylhor aud ignorance of the Boers on the rehlt.

Mr

Australia

The de Mare, reported wrecked near Forchow, was known formerly as the Imprechen.

A duece of the President of Argentiun grants Bour delegates land in the Chubut Valley for calorisation purposes. --

in Glasgow, of Mr Davíð Gillies, Form erly Chief Manger of the Hongkong and Winn-pons Dork Co., Limited, Gillies dies full of years; but few who said 'good-bye' to him when he left Hongkong on the 2nd of April could have thought other than that he had before him many yens to enjoy his well-earned leisure. After winning for himself very high reputation on Clydeside as an engineer of exceptional | ability, he left Dumbarten for Hoage kong, arriving in this Colony in Octo

A descriptions of the execution of Mr ber, 1861. He was to have become a George Batherford's unnderers at Singa of the corking establishment at Alær- partner of Mr Lamont, the proprietor } pure will be found on Page 2.

FL

An epidemic of red water has occurred

Rhodesis, and whole herds of cattle have

|been very suddenly destroyed,

deru, bat za ins arrival bere found that The owners of German cast-iron works the newly-inugurated Hongkong aadare areanging a gignatie combination is Whampos Dock Co., Limited, bad pur-resist Aterion invasion, chwed the contorn. He becuse - ger of the Docks at Whampoa, and, with the exception of a break of three years in the early seventies, he remain.

11 -Meeting of Shareholders of A. ed in the Company's service, as Man- S. Watson & Co, Ltd., at the Con-ager, Secretary and afterwards as Chief pany's Offices.

Manager, for thirty-six years. As we SATURDAY, May 31 :--

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Jewellery, at recently published a comprehensive nt Messrs Hughes and Hongh's Sales article on the rise and progress of the Hongkong Dorks, in which reference was made to Mr Gillies' devoted service to the Company, there is no necessity

Hooms.

PASTEUR'S MICROBE-

PROOF FILTERS, ROCHESTER LAMPS, WHITE TURKISH

TOWELS and

SICKNESS comes a loss of both time COUNTERPANES.ad money. You lose the time and

TIME AND MONEY.

here the expense of medical attendance. entailing dublu lows. This can be avoid ed by using some reliable remedy at the COOKING RANGES, first stage of the sickorss. The purchase of a bottle of Chamberlain's Colie, Chulers KITCHEN UTENSILS, Diarrhes Remedy often prove

profitable investment, for, by its cse at the and HOUSEHOLD

first appearance of any unusual looseness of the nets, a severe attack of diarrhoea REQUISITES.

or dysentery may be avorted, that might otherwise compel a week's cessation from Inbar. Brery household should have a battle at hand. It never fails and is plese- snr to take. Get à relar. It may save a life. For sale by All Dealer WATKINS Tad. General Agents

WM. POWELL.

LINITED.

28 & 34, Queen's Road

(Opposite Tougglaz Hotel and Post Clifters,

General

Drapers -

and

Outfitters

DRESSMAKING

LIMITED.

Japanese Colage.

During April best 10-yem gold coins were struck at the heaks Mata tha value of You 1,540,00% The total value of the coins of all sorts struck at the Mint from the beginning of the year was You

541,187,334.

A Dishonest Cook,

1.

Chau We, a cook employed on the

-Rosette Marie, has been sentenced tu ina-

Cases on Remand.

Cerebos Salt.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Official Language in South Africa.

The Pectoris correspondent of the Times states that English will be the official language of the Trapevnal and Ocalige Iliver colonies, though Dutch will be toler ated,

British Submarine Boat.

Further successful trials have been ace with a British submarina bont at. Barrow-in-Furness. Torpedoes were dis charged, and all the other tests were [-anticinctory.

Run Dow

The stomin laouch: Kuwang collided with a sourpay in the neighturhood of Yaumati yesterday, and one of the no epants of the sampan (the wife of the owner) was thrown overboard and drawnel.

There is about at present in Cerobos į v Table Suit, which is put on the local markos | New Steamship Service. by Mesurs Boyd, Kaye-wad Co. This salt

The Danteche Australische Baumpfsébi

is specially prepared for tropical alimes, Gesolbelaft will start a line of steamors as it dises not get moist and unpalatable from Hamburg to New York, vis Antwery, It is recommended by and will run steamers from New York to like ordinary salt. the medical faculty as an aid to digestion. Australia, dia Capetown and Port Eliza - It is sold at all stores at 35 cents per tin. †beth,

Japanese Trade.

The body of Ip On, an employe of Financial Department alvow that during the the Sanitary Board, was admitted to the

The last returns of the Japanese

A Foul Drain.

four months the value of the exports Mortuary yesterday. He was alwut to and imports of Japan was respectively Yen clem « denín at Taikoktai when he was 5,938,710 and You 163,608,218, represent suffocated by the poisonous fumes that

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prissament for two months on a charge of stealing a considerabia quantity of the slip's provisions. This seems to be a very ennamon crime on vessels that employ Chi-gan excess of Yen 18,162,828 in imports.enansted therefrom.

Compared with the corresponding puriad of nese in the culinary department.

last year these ligures show an increase of Gored by a Buffalo. Yen 1,01973 in exports and of Yen

Yesterday, at Causeway Bay, a water 745,267 in imports.

buffalo attacked a fine borao belonging to Linut. Lewis, P, W., and gored in so Formosan Affairs.

severely that it had to be shot on the spot. Lieutenant-General Bars Kodan, The horse wng being lod along the mad by Governor General of Formosa, who busa mafoo as the time and reared when it made a protracted stay at Tokyo, was to have stained to his past by the Fukuokrashed to the attack. mare, which was to sail from Kube on the 13th inst. On his arrival at Taipoh," "Bir Gute, Chief of the Formosan, Adminis. tration Burean, accuupenied by He Nitobe, will have for Japan. These gentlemen aro to make an offieint tour of Europe by way

Asanng the cases on remand at the A promising goldfield has been dis-Magistracy are a case of alleged burglary. covered in the Vryheid and Ctrecht dis-another of alleged possession of $240 which f forged $5 and $16 Hongkong-Shanghai tricts, South-eastern Transvaal.

Bank notes, and a charge of unlawful pos- session of an ivory elephant against the master of the Loong Shing curio shop Queen's Round Contral.

Kobe experienced a cold snap on the 11th and 12th inst., the tempemture going down to 41.7. Saow fell heavily in the country districts.

Sir George Turner, Treasurer in the Australian Commonwealth Government, has intimated that he introds to retire from political life.

the property of a widow named Mrs Alves, An old stone house at Mungitoktani, collapsed yesterday owing to decay and the rain. Nobody was hurt.

Seven ex-Ûvernors of Australian colonies have made an appeal in the Trucs with the object of rising £12,000 to assist the Bishopric of New Guinea,

An Aged Miner.

The Gungadei corresportent of the Sydney Marning Herald wrote on the 5th inst.: Mr William Williams. Adelong

Crossing, celebrated bis 102nd birthday on Saturday last. Mr Williams is in fairly

health, sud is always delighted to currerse on mining matters, in connection ith which large sums passed through bis hunds. In addition to being the fret dis- coverer of a quartz reef in the colony, he received a roward for finding payable gold at 1000ft, in the Lady Mary mine, Adelong,

The Plague in Australia.

to deal with his career in detail. He was a man of indomitable courage, of antiring spirit, of sound judgment and of great capacity for organisation and management. He was intolerant of in- capacity, and his impulsive onture souc- times led him to say and do things which his naturally generous instincts made hna regret afterwards. During his tong enter in the Colony, Alr Gillies was on

The Sutury Morning Herald of the Sth the Directorate of various public com-

A number of Jagmursa medied men just, says the work of investigating the paule, where his wise counsel was ni- will be despatched to Foratuga furing July, causes of the outbreak of plague among the ways valued by his colleagues. He was They are to be distributed in various parts animals at the Zonlogical Gardens is still in liberal patron of sport, wund for scho of the island, wod will be under the concing diligently pursued by the Hezik

was a Stevand of the Jockeytrol of the Governor-General's office. years Chab At the last Race Meeting, he entertained large tiffia parties on each A Loudón telogram, dated 4th inst., of the three days with his usual lavish saya-Mr Robert S. Sievier has retuned hospitality. Of the Union Cluurel, Mean offer of £35,400 from the American Gillies was probably the oldest member,millionaire, Mr W. K. Vanderbilt, for the

of America

Inter-Port Golf.

came pour the buffalo, and the bathia

The Plague,

Five Chinese cases of plugut we re portes to-day, bringing the total for this year up to 157. The dumping of bodies still continuos acabated, to-day's retura showing that all fire bodies. bad teen de- posited in quiet corners on the street. Ons The Singapore From Frees of the 20th | body was found in a matched at Quarry insc. sayThe anual inter-team Dutch Bay, and the others in Taikoksni. Mong- between the different clubs enteral for the koktani, David Lane and Aberdeen Street. Inter Stato Gali Championship took place on Monday, in fine weather, ut Taipeng, The Bats Ordinance. Perak. This was the first time the match had been played on the Perak links, and it place at the Magistracy for branches of the was anticipated that there would be a close new regulations under the Rats Ordinance contest. The Singapore team, which con- for the prevention of rats getting on or off ainted of Cui. Lawaon, and Magers. J. R. ships lying at whacves in the Hurlar

To-day, other four prosecutions took

ubertson and F. Ferguson, lett Singapore The masters of the Lo Khoa, Sailing and last Friday for Taipang. Singaporo hara Namking river bonts were duch fined $10 failed to add a third to their two previous The master of the Kang Now callat Polter riceries and Perak now enters the field in evidence to prove that he had been using company with Belonger and Pea, as the Funnals' any bis hawsers, but that boring onde won The home dub were they had been broken. He was let off. andera decided advantage in playing on their own links. Two rounds of 18 holes, The Water Supply.

Department, but up,te the present no satis factory results luve been arrived at. Dr Ashburton Thompson is making a very ex- hustive inuiry into the whole subjectedal play, were the conditions and the The Indian steep and one of the birds has been added to the death wolf, The autho three-year-old tilly, Septre by Padumanities do not think that the birds which have died were in any way infected with phagor

As will be seen from our advertising columns, a new. Dairy Farta has been in-

A. S. WATSON & CO., he was for many years a member of Oragrami.

the Committee of Managemat, and was a generous supporter of the Church, A New Dairy Farm

The late Pay Director Wright, U.S.N. as he was of every local charity. He

The following nuties by A. S. K. was one of the most popular Chieftains

appears in the S. Anny and Nary-denis. of the St. Andrew's Society, and itaugurated at Tai-hang, near husewayter of the 5th April:-- seema only the other day that he was | acknowledging in common with the Hon. J. H.Stewart Tskhart and Mr Fullerton

Established A.D. 1841.

ÆRATED

Henderson-other Past Presidents—a

final scores were as follows.

Perak-249.

Singapore--973. Frung-292.

Perak thus become this year's winners.

Effects of the Rainfall.

This morning there were 212, 00,000 gallons of water in Titam Resurvoir, which means that is les little more than half full. The water in Wongueichaang Reservoir. now stands at four feet below overtlow, while Pokfulam Reservoir, from which the Peak district is supplied, has been over- flowing for over a week, Water for

It is very old saying that we never some days back has been going into Tytam know the wint of water until the well ruus at the rate of 12,000,000 a day, and the dry. Having, therefore, learned to appre-heavy rains of last night and to-day will m ciste to the full the meaning of a day well doubt largely increase this amount. The

during these long months of drought, it is streams in the gathering aren are all run- a very welcome change te bo pat on fall ning strong.

lay. The new concern is under European Henry T. Wright died March 28, 1910. supervision, and already the stock con- Acting assistant payniaster. Felgury 19, prises about 40 American and Australian 1861; passed assistant paymaster, July 3, cows. The Town Depot is established at 1885; ymaster, March 10, 1970; pay parting gift from the members of the be sent. In a few days, the dairy nag-comber 23, 19 4.

20 Cochrane, Street, where orders should sector, April 10, 1810, pay directs, De-supply and it is very comforting to Society. The deyrysed has left behind munt expect to be able to supply cream and hing in the Hongkong and Whainpon fresh butter, as well as milk. Doek Co. an achievement of which any ļ nun might feel proud, and his name will be remembered in the annals of the kasa Colony as that of one who contributed

WATERS

A SPECIALITY. All outting executed by EST that can

an experienced Dressmaker.

Parisienne and

English Millinery

Always in stock. Orders

receive European Supervision.

Just received

Parasols in all the Newest Styles... Muslin Oressing Jackets. and Morning Gowns in Great Variety.

NEW MILLINERY,

THE WATER used is THE PUR

be obtained. and is

skilfully FILTERED ON THE MOST SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES.

THE MACHINERY employed is of

the latest design and most approved

type.

Ingely to its growth and prosperity. Man and his strife and beneath him the

Earch in her green repose, And out of the Earth he cometh, and into

the Earth he goes.

the warfaro's close!

sweet at last is the Silence, sweet at For out of the Silence he cometh, and into

the Silence 2002.

And the great sea road in distens, and above bin the great Night glowe, And out of the Night be cometh, and in

the Night he gues.

Plague in Egypt.

The Sanitary Inquiry.

CORRESPONDENCE.

DOMICILIARY VISITS.

To the Fatter of the Causa MAIL.'

Hongkong, May 26. Su-Will you be good enough to allow

Last week, a Chinaman and a Burojan. penny-wire-and-pound foolish-I presume from the Sanitary Bount

policy of Public Works Department in ontoled my house in Sholley Stroct to making runds which hava neither bouding search for sick people. My son was pre- nur foundation to suble them to withstand seat, and he told them that his mother was

know that, with the continuance of the Sucks were the anilestones, so to speak, in copious rainfall of the past fortnight, the the official career of same whose recent death, anxious days of intermittent and conse under circumstances peculiarly sul, is the quently very unsatisfactory survive are for cause of deep regret and sorrow through as present and for some time to come at The Sunitary Boned, at its nesting to large circle of friends. Relieved on Feb. an end. The generous Aspensation of the arcow, will have under consideration Tury 15 from doty in charge of tho masywele did has led its effect on our real. nas space in your jourra! te pit the public winutes from the Colonial Secretary (Hou. Pay office, Manils, he was on his way home waya, most of which are showing abundant in possession of the following facts! F. H. May) relative to 3ir Osbert Chad- under orders when attacked by typhoid evidence of their weaknessand of the short-

His sighted, wich Ropust on the Sanitation and Water fever, with fatal result, at Port Said. Supply of Hongkong and Professor Stup-career had been active and veriel. Begin son's Prelitary Memoranda on Plague sing his military life with curlistment in the Prevention in Hongkong. There will also Army during the civil war, he was appoint - he zubnitted drait Byelaws relative to ci in the valentrér uzvy before its eltre and emergency of this kind. But it is an in her room in her night-dress. Neither licensing relations and sanitary aminten was commissioned in the regular service as ill wind that blows body good, and of the paid any attention, hit entered my own room while my wife was drossing. ance of boating houses, and minutes by passed assistant paymaster in 1865. From gang of cordi men and women have hand The Chisaman seized her by the bud, say the Medical Officer of Health (Dr Clark that time on, he had diverse duties in the daily employment provided for them in the ing I am a loctor; I can tell if you have anent the closing of certain wells.

Golf Squadron, the North Atlantic, the bra of road-repairing. Kowloonites have fever, and asked her to pat out her tongue (My wife wsc in verfoet health). Do you North Pacific, the European and the South become quite accustomed lately to this sight think the Sanitary Board is in crder in Atlantic. Dat little more tion à perago of a large gang of coolies trumpferring tons giving strictions to carry it visits in I reported the matter to the Medioul A telegrain hus hoon received by Hon. F. H. May, Coloujal Secretary, from the purchasing pay office there. Nuns months nels on to the roadway, only to be washed tour of Health, who expressed his regret. Today, again, two other may-one Chi. later, the department decided to transfer back by the art shower, sad the whole

Desu, te European-without asking por Secretary of State for the Colonies, intin that offico to Aspils, and having effected thing in seduced to a fare, by the remission entered ay house. My wife was ating that on. F. J. Padeley, Acting the change and seen the office well estabrice coating of the road in front of Dar-tip hod. She asked the siten to wait out- King Edward has invited Bishop Captain Superintendent of Police, usted. Tay Divector Wright was relieved bar Home with about three inobes of earth side till she hid dressed. They refused. Brindle, Provoss of the Toman Catholic teen Mated in the post of Captain and orderixi haine, by the department, with only, and the consequent courersion of bedelde, and attempted to seize hold Cathedral, Westminster, ro bless the Superintendent of Police. The appointhe sudden and end result recently sabled it was formerly a good bit of word lata of bar linnd. She refused them. colours of the regiment of Irish Guards on ment, when it becomes known among from

nad-paddle through which ricksha coolies and he used abumise language,

I wish to warn all families in Hongkong the means of the Force. will give specialty gucial and lovable, and the news

splash up to the ankles. Up to the preof the way the Sanitary Board is treating the liveliest satisfaction, for it was their of his unexpected death will be read with f sent, the Colony has enjoyed remark, European rasidants in the Colony,I have general desire that he should be promete sorrow in many quarters of the world; fur which ronde the rainy seasond of last year like to complain through the medium of the able immunity from those awful disasters saffered four times from the interference of the Sanitary Buuri sengers, bat did not Mr Thomas lied assoths that is the office. Daring his brief conure of his wanderings were always marked by and the year before memorable once. The Frem but I hope His Excellency the magnetic process of concentration of cres the silice of Acting Captain Superintendent, trail of warm friends. For his stricken the day we reported a sight and wip.ficer Adminhtering the Government wall Is placed at Great Britain's disposal Mr Badoley has introduced a number of widow, thus bereaved while they were on Suisinytemces the roof of to

Thave enquiry made into the matter--Tours, Norwegian depasita puthicient for a century's reformis (particularly in connection with the turning from the east, hurtfelt sympathy house at No. 10, Battery Street, Yan- work at the Pittsburg prices of American prevention of insolence and refusal to will he felt by the hour of her gave way, but this latter see-this later. He wan in a highly excited

accept legd Fare, etc., ou the part of street affliction.

A London telegram dated figh lust - New Captain Superintendent of Police. he was videred to Hongkong to establish of mud over and over again from the ein. this manner? THE BEST AND MOST EXPEN-rts-In April there were 102 plague

cuses in Egypt, and of those as were fatal, SIVE INCREDIENTS only are used,

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enables us to produce waters of uzurival-

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

DRESS GOODS.

The Irish Guards.

June 24.

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We have had a visit from the writer of

coolies) which have been appreciated by th

was unsttended by death in stato, and we can retililyimagine the state of I have great pleasure in recommending public, and the manner in which a band BRC18ES, WOUNDS AND LACERA-jury to any of the occupants, Another the other mounters his family. It is not

Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Oil and

the desire of the Governmcot or the Hani- effect is that the Fire Brigade will now betary Boast to case ansoyner to any consider it one of the beat tonics I have takeo..

TEEU an antiseptic dressing Chisan-ble to cops work successfully with any fics reskiuuts, and we h ye mu doubt that. I. Yours truly,

berlin's Pain Ealue answay this which may take place, us, instead of fine upon enquiry, the facts as set forth th rpose to perfection. It is a finiment of to pop water from the Harbour the letter are found to be correct, action. wonderful horling power. One application

led the men under him, the support be anŽ

Mrs Badeley gave to the Police Recreation Clubs, and other kindly ucts have all tønded

to make bin a popeler commander, and the

TIONS.

6. Albany Road, Chorlton-comhardy,best man for the honour just conferred on gives relief. Try it. For sale by All Brigade will be able to connect at once with prevent a repetition of the #alous, K

tai

J. BODDINGTON..

Erigland Wholesale from A.S. Watson & Bo, Litel, Hagkong.

hita, s

Dealer Warna Lid,, General Agents.

the street hydrants,

will be taken by the proper muthuvity to. EGM.J