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THE CHINA MAIL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

LOCAL AND GENERAL :

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1902.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Street Betting.

Terrible.' We understand that ILMS, Terville, The report of the Committee of the duo from the North to-day, has others to House of Tonds on betting has boom pinta- coal at ones to proceed Home on Friday, lighed. They recommend that stringent

SELEKSIONA No. 258.

The podiumation of this tume commenced.

CABLE ADDRESS: ALONE,' ANNGRONG,

Telephone No. 185.

Notes by the Way.

X.M.S.

ESTABLISUND 1865.

The China Mali.

Americans are ajàiring a groxi provi sion business at Liverpool.

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EDITORIAL COMMENT,

THE LAW

Commonsense IN 10% law, but one of the die

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tionary definitions of COMMONSENSE, this far from-comnion

The Cape Parkuzent has been sta. the 28th inst., provided, the Asaphitrike¦ legislation he adopted to suppress street moned for the 20th August,

has arrived to relieve her. Should the betting. Amphitrite not basoarrived by that date, the Terrible will remain here till her ar

The Maharajah of Jaipur has given £5,000 to the King's Hospital Fund.

The English Mail of the 21st June was delivered in London on the 21st July.

Mr Chamberlain is consulting with the Directors of Education on the question of

schools.

The Australian Government has decided not to become a party to the Brussels Sugar Convention.

Foster cases of extorie fever have

broken out among the Royal Garrison Artillery at Colomim,

commodity is expressed in the three words sound practical judg ment. We have no desire to lay our- selves open to umrtyndon by aliqnatis. ing the decision given by Mr Kemp, the Acting Police Magistrate, in a caso in his Court today, as lacking in sound **practical judgment, but, to put to fine point opon it, his decision seems tousto be heking in commonsens. Inabase The Atheneum Club gives a Banquet 30.00 hard before bin this morning, it was to the newly-crested members of the new

proved that a rieksha roolie at Kowloon Order of Merit on the 25th inst. refused to go to Gun Club Hill when! sunanoned by Lieutenant Disney's servant. At Kowloon, it should be explained,, the rickshas plying for live on the Peninsula have a stance at the Perry Winf In wet weather or wher residents are going out at night, it is customary to send our's servant to the stance for a riekaba ; and, until recently, there has not been aneh dilenity in getting one of late, the coolieslave been showing considerable independ-

H. PRICE & CO.,

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MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW. Miscellaneous. Gnoll por ndiment not cloured at 4 pau,

on this date subject to rent.

General Memoranda,

Today, Captain Carter, s. Vulcan, was bad for neglecting to have rat funnets on his ship's hawaru.

Ranelagh has win the International Polo Tournament. In the Gnal Ranelagh beat the Spanish rerum by 3 goals to 2.

It is stated that the report that the Coration will take plaen su August has caused susternation in seaside resorts,

•

Mr Balfour, in the House of Coamor,

Munday, July 184

Auction of Crown Lands at the enes, maoguring in most cases to impud-need the the House will adjourn Public Works Departments Oflices. p.m.--Moting of Shareholders of Terr, and it as become an extreurly oily in Armast auf reassemfile in derobes. United Astrosios Oriental Agenes, Ld. | difficult. unster to get a ricksha abadi. at Messrs Dodwell & Co.'s Office Dividend of 1 on Shares of The Heng-Only the other day, there was not a

kong lo C., Tait., payalde,

Terry, July 90-

single ricksha an the Forry Wirt. but in Elgin ecard there were upwards of fifty riekstus lying there without coolies, | The police had asked the residents to co-operate in socuring convictious where thin cuoles refuses to accept hire; but if Me Kemp's extenortlinary decision is to hold good and we have not yet had the opportunity of ascertaining if it is

Dividend of $6 on Shares of The long. kong and Imvestment & Agency C. Ltd., payable. Dividend of $1.50 on Shaies of The West

Print Building Co., Ltd, payable. 2.30 pm. Anetion of Household Furni- turo, the Resbience of 3r 3, Gah, No. 43. Krutsford Terrace, Kowloon, foods per gira milelivered after this

datu subject to rent, WEDNESDAY, July 30 :--

Gods Bagorn undelivered after this good law (law, as distinguished from

pr late saliers to real,

Funday, Angind €....

Nection of Lametest! Property in Lots), at Mr Gen P. Lannett's Fades Rooms

Tuesday, August 5:—

Noon. Metin Shardiem of The Hongkong, Catton and Mage Steam-

[stice--

Today, Niu Kui, widow, was fine zon me reming the body of a Chinese without the made child t necessary permir.

Kowloon

Sir Henry Waterfield, N.,S,, C... Financial Secretary to the India fen, retires, and is to be merended by Me Haracte Lionel Alzhaus, Assistant Financial Secretary.

Colonel Sandbach. ... likely to return to fodia to take up his forner ap- comunenses) then there will be an alpointment Military Secretary to the aence of this very necessary co-operation Vicuroy, and Captain Markes will cane out and the residents of the Colony will be on Lord Kirchence's Staff subjected to petty numoyanes at the bands of the vicksim coolies until the law is amended to meet the new didi.

+

Ford Genge Hamilton, in the Hearse

of Commons on the Tih feet,, said that he

rial, will be enmyleted.

Led, at the Company's culty. Mr Keap held that a ricksha coolie had 1 business to leave the stance tu go elsewhere unless culled by the intending fore in person! ta Lien-

Mr Wynne les deuritely accepted the tranut Disney's case, therefore, the offer of the Peking Syndiente. and has complaint was virtually told that if resigned his position as Agent of the he wants a ricksha to take búa fin Bengal-Nagpur Railway. Mr Buckett wil Gm Club fill to the Ferry Wharf, beiciale wad will probably be coulicated. he must go to the Wharf for the riekstu

rival,

Dog Regulations at Shanghai.

The following paraginjsh appents in the minutes of the Shanghai Mouicipal Council-Noting the fact that the number of unmuzzled dogs on the pollie streets

The Clock Tower.

The scolding and frauses furolectric illumination of the Clock Tower on Corvin tion day were, reinosed this afternoon, that the Tower is not to be illuminat after all.

The Plague

has largely increased of late, it is resolved

There were three fresh-cases of plague to instract the police to sigmon-ly force reported to-day. Quo body was found at the Dog Muzzling Regulation, atal to notify Aplichow, in a matshed, angiler at Tukwn- the public that all dogs found in the streets, wan, on the hillside, and the third opposite and untry districts, unless securely No. 12, Squaro Street,

muzzled, will be seized or shot and their owns, when identified, prosecuted. English Cricket.

The following table shows the relative positions of the English counties in the cricket championship at 9th inst. pe

Yorkshire

Sum.... Lancashire... Warwickshir

Kurey.......

50:entshire:......

Ex Kent

Net

Leicestershire

warzestershire.

Gloucestershire .....

Derbyshire Middlesexan - Hampshire

Boor Prisoners.

A London telagang saya :---The British

TELEGRAMS.

CHINA MAIL SPECTAL RERVICE.}

TRANSFER OF TIENTSIN.

THE DATE FIXED. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI, July 23, 9.64 a.m.

The far of Tientsin will be made personally to His Excellency Yuan Ski-kai by the Provisional Government on the 13th of August.

THE CHEFOO TRAGEDY.

CHOLERA THE CAUSE OF DEATH

The experts at Shanghai, who examined" the viscees of the late Hugh Gray Owen,

Government, it is understood, is willing to one of the victims in tho Cheloo Schegl releast, immediately ferviga prisoners of tragedy, report that the cause of death waz war from South Africa who can pay their cholors and not ptemning poisoning. own passages, provided they do not return to South Africa. The German Boer Aid Find is now preparing to assist `Gerwyn sus prisoners to tölurn to Germany.

Cranborne's Unfortunate Speech.

A London tologram, dated 4th-ine?, exy's Lori Cranborne, replying in the - House of Commons on the 3rd July to criticism or the treaty with Japan, which feaid that it should have been ecncluded. sooger, romarked it was not for un to cook treaties; we grast them. Helsti stazed that it was hopeleas to expect the abolition

[KEUTEN'S SERVICE]

THE KING'S HEALTH, -

LONDON, July 21, 1902. His Majusty King Edward is well and in good spirits.

THE SILVER KING DEAD. M: John W. Mackay, the America Sitver King, died in Laidon pesturdag.

A PLEASURE STEAMER IN

COLLISION.

Serious Loss of Life.

of the likin or transit due stations in China, but he hoped, by the aver tiseal arrange.

A big belonging to the Hamburg-Americ turuts there, that something would be done Line collkied with a pleasure stunteer on releve foreign trade of this as the Elbe, the datter being sunh. Sixty pes and illegal burden. The Times and Aforning sons are reported to have been drowned." fost criticise Lont Cranborne's phrase re THE RETURN OF TROOPS.

Ten themand troops embarked last werk

The Tarriff Commissioners.

According to the N.-C. Daily News, a letter from Wuchang reports that the Chi- nese Tariff Commissioner, Sheng Kunggas and Lai Hai-huan, are now in Wuchung (18th June) occupied daily in long and sceret deliberatione over the proposed new Tarif with Viceroy Chang Chih-tung, anne of these lengthy conferences Insting to the small hours of the night, while on tu eriny Pod articto says that it is deeply regretat Durban on their retura hone from South three occasions it was not until the sun had risen above the horizon that the confer

ences broke up. It is thought probable that the Tarifl. Commissioners way leave Welang for Shanghai on or whom the 25th-instant.

geding treaties is unfortunate. The Morn

table that, since 1895, the British Goveen | Africa |ment has allowed the impression to mise that Italy and her goodwill are not worth the sumillest pacrifice. Tho Times says: We

would wish for more definito saurango thun thun given by Lord Chudomu us

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...

THE SO-CALLED LATIN LEAGUE,

Lord Cranborno, in the House of Con mons, stared that the Govermacut hai no knowledge of any so-called Latin league between Italy, France, and Spain, for the purpose of regulating the political situation in the Mediterranean and Moracer).

The Rival Boilers.

Encouragement to Chinese Industries.to the maintenance of excellent relations

The following is trauslated from the with Raly." Universal Charite by the N.-O. Dažy Nars A Peculiar Decision A syndlesre of Chinese capitalists having To-day at the Megistravy, Mr Konp recently constructed at Nanking factories had before him

one of the Kowloon for the manfactime of soap, candles, towels, ricksha coolien, whose indupondenco kas

The final report of the Committee on ofc., have petitioned Hat Tautai, Customs Frequently been commented on in the Press

Naval Bailers is nonble, authoritatively, to Tolai of that city, requesting his honour and alsoerhore, on a charge of refusing hire.rocommend n standard boiler for the Navy.. to petition on their behalf Viceroy Liu It appears that the officers cesiding at Gun The Committee recommends the use of Club Hill have, like most Kowlocuites, ind

cylindrical hoilers until a thoroughly great difficulty in getting rickshan to go to atisfactory type of water-tabo boiler is ab the gasrtem when unmound to take them

tained.

is undle to fix a date won factories, rou-Kun-yi, praying 1.12's consent for the dering Todin self-supguating in war uute menopoly of the shove mentioned indus tries in Nanking prefecture for a certain Term of pestra, for the encouragement of to the Ferry, At 6.45 p.m. on the 18thinst., tradel industries." It has now, therefore, Festemant Disney, Hongkong and Singa The Glasgow Football Disaster. been decided to grant tho-gadicate a term pura Battalion Royal Artillery, sent his boy London telegram dated July 1 of five years during which period no other for a ricksha. In Elgin Road, he got saya--Mr Alexander McDougall, the on- Tictaios mading the sonte saticles are to be tichsha No. 64, but the coolie flatly refused tractor, for the Thros Park Stand allowed to be constructed and run in Nan-to go with him. He reported the matter, Glasgow, has been cymitted, after standing. hing prelestore. The syndicate will pay and Lingtonant Disney informed the Police. Bis trial on a charge of homicato, ezurite The fire batch of 46. Her prisoners the lati-skui," or ground tax, on goods Inspector Willicuson made the necessary stating that the text teks are misleading in person and not send his coutic. Their Golondr for South Africa on the thmasulietured by it, aud when exported will inquiries, and spmmoned the coulis, The out of date. absurdity of this advice is no apparent. The spre ate at the emunikation is pay in the same way as the Chinese-owned case was heard to day, but, aftor Ligutenant Fine Rut by Empress of China. A. S. WATSON & CO., cision will affect the Penk. District it decribed as pitiable. Livut, Cairo Cross, cotton spinning and weaving mills in Shang-Disney and his survant bad given evidense,

The Canadian Pacific Railway Com- one of their officers, said: We are sorry hai, namely, pay duly at poot of export only, the Magistesto'sid ko donid not see his way pany's R. M. S. Baprast of Chine arrived will be interesting to learn. There, it to love ceylon though glad to return while said goods for interior towns will pay to convict, because a ricksha land no busincasat Yokoli 63 a.m. today (Wednes is not unusual to telephone to the be Wo have been exceedingly well only oneduty--at the place of manufacturé. to leave the stance to go cewhore unless day.) Owing to the fate arrival of the chair toolie stance for a chair-intented, and we shall never forget our two Barrier stations, etc., through which sait called by the intending fare in person! Me Mails at Vancouver, the vessel was four fart, WO believe #

telephone Yours' stay here.'

guads may pass will not be permitted to also added that riskaht enolics ought to be days balind time in Boring. She has lery any dation whatever on them.

paid from the moment of their engageniunt howovor, nadu up most of the time lost,

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of Friday lost.

Embezzlement by a European.

Cholera at Hanyang.

tore.

was put there by the Government Attempted Suicide. to enable this to be done. In future, Today, John Owen, bontsgain of the

the time they left the stance. This, we having made the ran from Vancouver (in- according to Me Kemp's decision (ún. sailing ship Dronens, was sent to gaol for

believe, is well orough understood almaly, eluding call at Victoria, D. C.) in 10 days. The Hanyang turrespondeat of the and is invariably done.---E., M.] 18 hours. This is not a report for in WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. less chairs are in a different category seven days for eating his threat.

N.-C. Daily News wrote on the 11th from rickshas as public vehicles), the The Kowloon Collapse,

Empress, but it shews what can be done inst:The Cholera is now the one topic of The Taku Bar.

whou a quick pasange is necessary--

The Peak resident who wants a chair to Me F. A. Hazeland. Pulice Magistrato conversation everywhere. It has assumed IL M. S. Bramble found no trouble to

Bompress of Chine is deo in Hongkong an take li to the Tmn Station on n wet acting as Coroner, has called for an inquiry the proportions of a terrible opidanic in speak of in negotiating the river, is her the morning of Wednesday next, the di

orang must trudge in person to the into the cause of the death of five bore the three Wu Han Cities. A native voyage up to Tientsin, pays the Peking mand instabil; which is well within contract Mail chair stance and hire the chair for bi- ranging from 3 to 15 gears old, three wonender Factory there have been three hundred the feat without a pilot, "The only real

paper states that in the Hanyang Guapes Tientsir Times, and, soreover, perfonnel time, notwithstanding her delayed depar Celebrated self. We hope we have not done Mranging fora 185 to 37 years of age, and two

deaths in the space of one month.(!) and stoppage was due to the stranded sputens Kemp an injustice: but it seins to me,

men, 34 and 13 years of nga venpoctively that the coffin-makers of Wuchang cantug and htor just little below the Honour to Mr. B. H. Sharp. thest if there were less law or the Benen ↑ the delvis of the house No. 39, Kowloos the fatal disease demands. The doctor of a type quite now to the Tientsin ove, and Colony of the honour of King's Counsel ala se bodies were taken by the police from hardly supply the hundreds of coins which witch-factory. The handy little ship is of Latination has been received in che and a little more cuuntozenst-sound, sty Road, which fell during the typhoon Mission hospital havo tatapiled a paper of counis admirably adapted to the work of having boou conferred Must precautions, which the Thetai has caused to petrolling Chinese rivers. Sho is heavily Bawikon Sam Bir Sharp is such be printed and pasted about; variousanned for her size, carrying two 4 indiget, a well-known personality in the Colony Today, at the Magistracy, before Mr curiosities of the native pharmacopaa steguna, lour 12 pounders of the short pattern, that coniment

His abilities and Hazeland, Edward W. Langley, described as also placanded about by the henevolent, and six Maxine. Her complement is 86, social qualities would be superficous The Catton Trade Crisis.

an assistunt at the flongkong Dispensary, carefully omitting any reference to but on a sudden waergency she can take.m. bore, and we join with all who have the A telegram, dated London July but who was ne'qually harbour runner for the disposal of decomposing filth; art board and give sleeping accomodation an-pleasure of knowing hisa in offering our. Save The cotton crisis in Lancashire is the Victoria Dispensary, and resided in besides the open sewers, blue-black, and dor the awning-deck to 410, more. becoming more acute.

The congratulations. Today, at the Supresso Cosmopolitan House, was charged at the bubbling, unting various raw luxuries, or most amusing thing we see on board was a Court, previous to the Full Court sitting instance of Mr R. Capell, Victoria Dis-patronising 'cool water stalls of sugared photograph of the vessel high und dry en on an append to a decision given pensary, with haring, on 14th May, 1911, wator from shallow wells and ponds-the the Taki Bar. One of the officers wont in chusibers Chief Justice Goodman took and 5th May, 1902, then being an cumployé populaca ga on as usual, enying to the over the ship's side with his camem, nd, pocas to offer the congratulations of thu ufe Victis Dispensary, faloniansly fates are against then that such oy etually fixing the latter on the Har, pot bench. Mr. Sharp on his appointment. A London telegramı, dated 5th inst, and fraudulently embezzled the dua terinus sanurge as flera should appear in some excellent pictures. The vessel carries Owing to the construction of the Court in saya-Tho Native Indian officers have of 242.10 and $5, received by him their midst. A native city at the compirano Paymaster or Engineer, and has but Hero, they would favo, to disperse Our Celebrated *E* Liquor SCOTCH petitioned to remain to see the humeror's on behalf of his employers. Ho pleaded tively low summer temperature of 80 to 50, three in the wardroom. Wo may take it with the formality of calling Mr Sharp into WHISKY is

fave. The Maharaj Kumar Tagore laid a guilty, and was scotte prisen for six months with an long continued fierce, sanshine. that the absence of an engineer is unto the Foner Road Sharp had tamer heen Biend of the Finest wreath-ors the late Queen Victoria's tea with bar labour. Langley had been inely presents all the ideal conditions for the death of those offieams, and the domnud identified with the Bar in Hongkong, ond WHISKIES discilled in SCOTLAND and visited Windsor Castle.

the service of the Dispensacy for six years.ità spread, just as a brewer's vat prosents for their services in the ever-increasing was well worthy the honour conferred on Spacially selected. It is of great age.

puviom to which he was Chief of Polim an ideal conditions for the spread of the initial number of destroyers, big cruisers, coin him. Mr Starp bared his acknowledg Honolulu, having to leave the place at the tormentation throughout the whole liquid, going down stream, there was on luor's mehed, and the business of the Court was Very fine and Mellow.

time of the political troubles there for The urvel is that sony escape, and delar oxing to tho Kuping bag stuck procent with Mr. Sharp, it may be taking the side of the deposed Queen. He that in this contre the death rate for i the Tientsin houd and blocking up the added, ie a member of the Taner Tumple is a bative of Ireland, and is well known worth has presumably hoon but a few units fairway. Below the second catting, the and was called to the Bar in 1991. He per thousand. Native specifics for cholom ship met a very thick dust storm and lay to the practised for three years in London tre annicrous. Some of the medical the right, but finally washed her mour and on the Midland Circuit, coming to this iage at Sinbo without trouble next day at remedies are unspeakablo, sut, therefore, avon. She was accompanied by the Sinir Colony in 180. Mr Sharp is an MAN shall not be apokon hore. Yellow paper trupor: tug.

We understand that the B.CL. of Oxford. charms attitud to door ways, containing the real found do dificulty whatever in the anvista-kodingmai sad on appeal t the wor modern goddess of mercy, are freely used. Also roving Taoists have done

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The trade regards a heavy reduction in the output as the only solution.

Indian Officers in London.

A Sonsible Appeal.

Lord Roberts has reported his former Its onporior quality has established appeal to the people of England that they will uo treat the troops returning from the LEADING South Africs with stizalanie. The Com Dunder-in-Chief adds that he is equally SCOTCH WHISKY IN THE EAST.

jealous and proud of the stainless reputation of his gallant comrades.

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given. serious conse

bands.

SUMMER COMPLAINT

A SCAR

TS the children's Taost dangeraris Businy And the mother's meat dreaded for. ROM a burn or scald is often dreaded Immediate and proper trestnient in always more than the pain that is inletedecessary Chamorlain's Colic, Cholers

I cough will often avert some more decious Coliu, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, in-brisk bosiness in yellow satchat charms to Chamberlain's Pain Balní hesle the injured | and Diarrhoea Remedy, girem atpording to

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