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1900

THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ASDÁL ISSUE.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, 1900

M. H. 8. Wilkinson, the now Chief Justice

fore the Sanitary Board on Thursday he matated his case and put it still more of H. M. Supreme Court, was expected at Shang hai from Yokolina by the N.D.L.S. Sachsen on strongly, pointing out that the prThursday or Friday this week.

storage capacity for the city amounts to 500 million gallous and the ut- || most possible storage capacity, after the completion of Mr. F. A. COOPER's scheme, will be about 700 million gallons; and thuit only in very wet seasons will it be passible to have these reservoirs full. Mr. COOPE

`--At the Magistracy eight more houses aged as brothels in San To lane and Second Street were ordered to be closed within 24 hours on account of their being in a prohibited araa.

Thera is a raport that San Yat-san, the laro. of the great kidnapping ease in London some time ago. has besa enptured by Gen. Yuan in Shantung,

..

The withdrawal of the regular troops from the British Shan States is now in contemplatica and they will be replaced by the Military Police, It is not intended, however, to-withdraw at onee the whole of the military garrison from Keng Tag in the neighbourhood of the Mekong Valley. Two compantex instead of a wing of a Bum Battalion will be stationed them for the present bat next year probably the post will be made over altogether to a detachment of Military Polica.

Mr. Ho Tang is appealing against the decision of the court below in the matter of Ho Tung and the Man Of Insurancs Company, the appal being opened yesterday.

According to the Uniterval Gazette last wook one Frenchman and twenty-five foreign railway engineers were being hunted by the Boxers at Choong Sindien, about eight miles from Lao Kanchino Bridgo..

TELEGRAMS.

DAILY PRESS

SERVICE.

SHANGHAI, 8th Jung, 11 m.

THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH--- PEKING STILL CUT OFF-TAMEN

DENY ACCESS. Tientsin reports on Thursday that the train service to Peking is still failing. The Chinese cannot remove the Boxera. Th

Tungli Yamen refuse to give our foresa permission to proceed to Peking. It is pos- sible that they may go by boat. The tele- graph is still working.

MORE TROOPS LAND-IMPERIAL FORCES FIGHT. THE REBELS. More troops and guns are houding from. the fleets. General Nich, with the Imperial Ingham troops, was fighting the Boxers on Wednes

Kling

The Band of the Hongkong Regiment; will play at the Hongkong Hotel this evening from 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. The following is the pro gremme Marcb..........

"Hypatin"

It is reported from Hellow (Hainan) that the

A Chinaman of no occupation was prowling in his report in 1896 estonated the consump-building formerly occupied by the British Consul tion of water per bead at 15 gallons a day; has been leased to the French, nad a French

about the first and second floors of No. 9. since then it has risen to 17 gallons a day, Post Office is now the latest addition. A cable

Payn Central on Thursday about mid night in surch of valuables to lay his hands on, when to his ragrst his was caught by so that, in Dr. CLARK's words, that youfles it is said, is alas to be laid to Hoilew an route

native watchman in the not of departing with "mau's sanguine expectations as to the suffici to Kwangohatwan. "ency of our water-supply for some years tó

Among the arrivals yesterday was Br. H. A. some Chinose clothes. He was brought up On learning that the Ray Charles M. Sholton, Rathsden, late- British Vice-Conaal at Manile.before the Court yesterday und senten med tó come have scarcely been realizel." Dr.

author of His Steps, was crossing the has been transferred to Havana, Mr. three weeks' hard labour. CLARK is whole-hearted in his advocacy of Atlantie to engage in a preaching tour in Eng Ramsden was very popalar in Manila and had the installation of a sca-water supply. The land, and that he had booked a luxuricus saloonaast trying time during the size of that city. dificulties." he said, "with regard to the with in a fashionable Cunarder, an aged ministis fublat was British Conent in Cuba and lost "ase of sea-water have 1200 overcome inter, with a slight statter, was overheard to say his life through the treatment he was subjected many even of the smaller sea-coast towns One w-w-would have thought that the in-auto during the war in defending American in- "of England, and there is no excuse what-author of In His Stepe would have ww-walked terasts. Another arrivalis Mr. T Cowan, whe Overture...... "Lu Flutisto" "over why a city such as Victoria should across."

has given up the editorship of the ManaSelection......"Mudams Fuvars"

Waltz ... Die Alpenhora Tinies and is going home. - Maula does not op- The other day e junk which was at Capsulear now to be an ideal place to reside in, and Polka one of the most ordinary and comunopplare

nona was boarded by six men, who attacked the many roaidents have regretted the change from methods for augmenting the water supply rister and the other occupants with knitos, in the charming eld city in Spanish days to ita required for such purposes as are specifisting several injurios upon thism, subsequently present condition. The cost of living is als "fied in the terms of the resolution, taking away with them the oats. The master said to have doubled since then. that is to say the watering of streets, the was reported to the Police at Pinskan, add the flushing of the main sewers, the extinction ringleader was arrested. It transpirad that the of fires, and the flushing of the many public attack was the result of a quarrel botwean the urinals so urgently meled throughout the master of the junk and the ringleader SCOTCH WHISKY.city. Mr. Courer in 1898 did not disagard the possibility, of employing sea-water Bar such purposes. He said: "Though the use

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A post mortem examination of the body of the coxswain of Fouwick's launch, who died ou Monday morning, disclosed the fact that the injury inflicted upon him the previous day by the fremau of the launch was not the case of

Magistracy with cutting and wounding. Be situation is wisely handled by the Powera, said the docessed threw a sup at him and he and especially by England. Russia is un- replied by throwing a chisel at him. Sentenced likely to hamper their action or to refuse to to six months hard labour.

At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinaman from Shaukiran was fired $25 for neglecting to

'sarily involve the installation and main. Newchwang, under date the 23th wit, that then it was found that the man was beyond reonvery report a case of infections disease. Inspector "tenance of pumping machinery and the

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tion to those used for the water supplied for potable purposez. It would further tw necessary to lay throughout the City a “ gepurate system of distribution-mains and 14.40" hydrants." The cost of such a project, Lie stated, would not, compare favourably with that of the scheme for increasing the storage of fresh water.

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CANTON NOTES.

[FOX THE "CHUNG NOOI SAN PO."

A NEW TAX.

The question of imposing a shop tax as a palistitate" for all the lukis taxes, recommended by Kang-yi, when he was appointed high Com missiouer and sent to Kwangtung to look into the revenues of the province by the Em: press Doraz, has be completely settled The leading merchants. Sam-king-ya and others, who have promised to pay to the Government annually 4,000,000 tals as shop

co-operate.

REUTER'S SERVICE,

LONDON, 5th Jane.

THE WAR THE CAPTURE OF.

YEOMANRY, K

The 13th battalion of Imperial Yeomanry was overwhelmed by the Boers near Lindley. General Methuen, who had made a magnificent. march in an attempt to rescue them, arrived too

THE SURRENDER OF PRETORIA. Lord Roberts at Pretoria, 5th inst, says that the surrender of the elty was unconditional. The Boere retreated through the town, fighting.

LONDON, 5th June.

Col. Baden-Powell has joined General Hanter at Lichtenburg.

„THE CAPTURED YEOMANRY. The 13th Yeomanry consisted of three Irisla Companies under CoL. Spragge; the majority apparently surrendered in the belief that General Randle's operations had relieved thom. GENERAL METHUEN'S SUCCESS. Lord Roberta reports that General Mothuen attacked and completely rontal 2,000 to 3,000 Boars after a running fight lusting Eve hours. General Methuen's troops had previously marched 44 miles in 25 hours,

LONDON, 7th June, 10.15 p.m.

ATTITUDE OF THE HOME PRESS. RECOGNITION OF THE GEA- VITY OF THE CRISES. We regret to announce the occurence of a sad

The London Press ampliusises the gravity bathing fatality at Kowloon on Thursday over- ing. Private Parsons, of E. Company, Royal death. The man had suffered from peritonitis of the crisis in China. The Time says the in the stomach, and death was caused by the country expects the Government to give the Welsh Fusiliera, losing his life. The decensod A Chinuman who was charged at the Magis and seven comrades were bathing off the bacchhursting of an abscess. The injury done by British Admiral all possible moral and m iracy yesturing with stealing from a home at

near the officers' mess when it was enddenly dis the chitel was only a flesh wound and did not terial support for the protection of British Yaumati triol to hoodwink His Worslüp and covered that Parsons was missing. On a search penetrate to any of the internal organe. Yester. of sea-water favours deposit in sewers, its the police by feigning nudness. He commatice being being instituted he was found floating day afternoon the reman was charged at the interests, which are predominant. If the "adoption for street watering his advangerticulating and making most extraordinary ince downwards in an unconscious condition tages over the use of fresh water and may grimaces. His russ, however, did not succeed. He was brought ashore, and the agual means with advantage be used in comparatively The lakeng who nerated him said the man was for the rasousitation of the apparently drowned "level localities." He added however:not insuns the previous evening, and Mr. Haze- were resorted to, but without rosalt. Surgoon

Any project for the utilisation of sea-water and sentenced him to six minutka hard labour.

Major Browne did all that was possible. in the City of Victoria owing to the vary-

but after working for close upon two hours "ing elevation of the built area must neces-

A N.C. Daily News correspondent writes from.

The body was hereupon, removed to the mer.

Robertson's suspicions had been aroused. by is a good deal of nurest in Manchuris at all tuary. The deceased was quite a young man.

seeing a sickly-looking girl at the door of the Bassiana Two or thres Russians at a time are been killed in various places, and in conso

inside. Before theu lis had spoken to the Warrant Ofer Milligan, who starts to-day defendant at the door. The defendaus denied quance they are losing the heads and are inclined for England, has not allowed to leave the that there was any smallpox on his pre- to shoot on the slightest or no pravostion, and colony without taking with him tangible mises. He, however, seemed averse to the Inspac to treat the discovery of arms in dwelling-house tekens from the "A and "C" Mackins Gantor entering the house to see for himself, and the as a proof of carplicity with their enemies. Companies of the H. V. C. of their spprecia. Inspector had to push him aside. On going The air is full of vague rumours, apprehensions, tion of his services as instructor. The preson.

into a back room the Inspector found the late. and expectations, just as the actual atmosphere tations were made at the Volunteer Institute mistress trying to hide a hoy, who was evidently is dull and suggestive of an impending darth-last night. On behalf of "A" Company, Captain suffering from a savera ottack of small-poz

Sanders presented their late Instructor with a The Inspector went away in order to get beautiful silver cup and a bank draft, the Cap-somes to remove the hoy, taking a girl wh Among the unfortunates who appeared befortain delivering a most happy little speech in also seemed to have been ailing with him. On otherwise admirable on many grounds and Mr. Hassland at the Magistracy yesterday morni above all because of the possibility of a coping was afrespectably-dressed Irishman who was making the prastation. Thres hearty cheers his return ho found that the boy had beer and a tiger for Mr. Milligan followed, after removed, having no doubt been taken away in stant supply, which hitherto we have over charged with being a vagren. He dilust deny which the recipient made an appropriate reply, a sampin or junk. The girl was convoyal to COL. BADEN-FOWELL'S MOVEMENTS. been able to secure, for the very good reason the charge, but told an interesting story to the that we have to depend on so capricious a Banch. He said that he had only just arrived Subsequently Lieutenant Underwood, on balalf the Hospital, where it was found that she liza factor as the rainfall. It is therefore sin. in the colony from Singapore. He was turned

just recovered from small-pox. cerely to be hoped that the Government will out of Johannesburg by the Boers, and had consent to appoint a committee, as suggested stopped some time in Zanzibar. afterwards being appropriately inscribed. Tas departare by the Sanitary Board; who may make all Hongkong. He was unable to work at present of Warrant Ofier Milligan is sincerely regrat- exhaustive enquiry into this voxed question owing to an injury to one of his bando. ted by the Machine Gun Companiei, ho having and show whether it is or is not within the added that he stayed at the Criterion Hotel the proved himself an ideal instructor, means of the Colony to adopt some syment previous oveping. of sea-water flushing. Should the result of

The Daily Repress New York correspondent the enquiry be against the scheme, the

telegraphed on the 9th ult-Thors was much The illustrated papers brought out from home of international interest in the dinner gives by necessity for increasing the fresh-water will by the last mail are full of the Powerful boys the American Asiatic Association at Delmonico's become even mere urgent than it is and their doings in London and Windsor. Last night to Sir Thomas Jackson, the head of now.. In the meantime, it must be re-the Ilantrated London News is a para contain the great Hongkong and Shanghai Banking membered that, inadequate as our watering portraits of some of the Naval Brigade e Corporation. The gorgeous banquet room was supply is now, and though all indications sented to Her Majesty the Queen at Windar decorated with Anerio, British, Chinese, and tax, have paid advance to the Government RIVER COLONY-BOERS DEFEATED. future which must outstrip any possible in. Bar W. Sim, who was the head of the Powerful the guesta drank, standing, to tho Queen and to shops. The 14th June was appainted by the to the North of Ficksburg. The enemy are point to a growth of population in the near dad among the portrait in that of Master Gap: Japaness flags, and beneath the clustored colours 1,000,000 dels collected from the different:

General Brabant has twice rooted the Boers Bramatic Company when in Hongkong. In the President. Wu Ting Fong (Chiness Viceroy and the Governor to open the aliop-tax new near Bethlehem, and the British are closing crease of water storage, while even in the calling attention to the portraits the journal in Minister), Sir Percy Anderson (the British ocs and the provincial treasurer has been round them. Our conuunications relating to the news columns past a prolonged period of drought has question says With Captain Lambton's Consal General), Bishop Potter, and President pointed to frame the regulations for collect Correspondeats must forward their names and always exposed Hongkong to thò perils of a trait we print that of a hero of the rauke, Gun Jesup, of the Chamber of Commerce, set at the ing the tix with the leading merchants. It is THE SUICIDE BY AN AMERICAN. address with communicafimaaddressed to the Editor, water famine or at best has led to the adop-ne W. Sim, of the Powerful who on a memor guests' table. Sir Thomas Jackson said that reported that only one half of the shops ar not for publication, but as coistence of good faith.

All lettera for publication should he written ortion of an intermittent supply at the mostable occasion silenced a Long Tom in three the Americans were a truly Imperial race, and willing to pay the tax. Each shop is required

dangerous period of the year, as occurred in shots.

thut for their trade and that of England thers to pay from one hundred to three hundred tools the great plague year of 1894-in spite of

was unlimited expansion possible in China Hsin advance, and the tax is to be collected accord all this; if means were taken to check the

thought that Lord Beresford's book. The ing to the business of each shop, large or small present waste of water which is constantly

Break Up of China," had a misleading title. It is said that the Tetin offices and stations are going on, principally in the Chinese portions

for 1300 had best China's most prosperous year not to be abolished at present, for they are stil of the city, we should not be so often

He praised Secretary Hay's open-door policy used to collect lekin taxea from the shops failing

Major, Whitty, R.A.M.C., said that on the brought near to a water-famine as we have of Nanking to allow foreigners to buy and rent and declared that Americs and England should to pay the tas

14th of May he woat up to the Peak by the been. Were there no unnecessary wasteland in Fasshnu district, outside of the Cast stand shoulder to shoulder to keep the world's

politan Settlement Extension. The new area markets open.

1.39 p.m. tram. In going along Chamberlain On the 8th Juno, at No. 10, Stewar: Terrace, and uo illicit turning to commercial purposes is to be south-east of the Sung-Wu (Shanghai endorsed Sir Thomas Jackson's remarks, and was arrested the other day by the soldiers in the roadway. He found that he was dead, end

Minister Wa Ting Fang

A young mau about twenty-five years of age Road in a chair he saw the deceased lying on of the water intended for domestic purpose Woosang) Railway line, between the limits of said that China would survive as a nation for Cauton, being alleged to be the man who who he went back and reported the matter to the only, we should not be so badly placed, the Extension and the New Rite Butts Title There are not wanting miny who consider deeds are to be granted according to the custom

attacked Lau Hoksan He will be brought Sikh policeman on duty outside the Tram before the Provincial Judge for trial. There is Station. He did not make any examination of that the supplying of a house to house sya hitherto in vogue in Shanghat, namely, stamped

One Governor, Sir Henry Blake, has been as yet no evidence to show that the lot is the the body extent to feel the pules and see that tem of water to the Chinese houses was a by the scal of the Tuotai, the power of granting

the man was dead. He had noter soon the de- capital mistake. However, the supply is now title deeds being taken away from the antisorities interviewed by a representative of the Herold real offeader.

ceased before. When he returned with the THE urgeat subjest of the Water Supply of furnished, and a means of checking waste of the Hui-Chang-Chu, or Land Offles at Weout Kobe, where he arrived on the 30th ult.

From the account pablished in our comtem Sometime ago a great swindler want to a gold. Sikh poliesman they found the revolver pro- Hongkong has been quel to the front this has not been devised yet. Whether we sang.

perary it appears that Sir Henry Blake, al smith's shop in Sin-Sz streat, Canton, and asked duced lying underneath the man's right thigh. year. In his recent report for 1899 the agree with those who condemn the original Medien Ofeat of Health pointed out that supplying of water direct to the Chinese Commenting on a telegram from its Peking though on a pleasure trip merely, is intensely for one hundred tasks of gold, saving that he There was a wound on the right forehead.

interested in the resent news from China, and belonged to the Imperial Bank of China. The Dr. Thomson, who examined the body on the the Colony's water supply had again proved or not, whether a reversion to the old correspondent on the worthlessness of the Inle does not hesitate to admit that the situation shop at ones sent a fok to go to the bank with 15th May, said he found a gunshot wound on

lant Waters Concussion, us, shown again by the deficient last year, a actrice varyhag from method of sanitation is impractible, un-

recent refusal of the Shanghai Customs Total is critical He does not, however, continues him. When they arrived at the bank, the the right side of the head. The bill had passed one to four hours only unving been allowed desirable, or not, there can be 110

to allow the British river steamor to trade as the Herald, attach credence to the vow that swindler asked the fol for the gold and told right though the head-through the upper part to the city for eight weeks during the period dispute that under the prosent system wetween Shaaglini and Ting Nai, Chusen Islands the Tsungli Yamen is working in unison with him to wait in the front part of the bank, where of the brain

Mr. Haynes, manager of the Hongkong from April to June. "It is clear, therefore," cannot do without a greater water-supply under the regulations, the Tintes says in a lead the Boxers. Rather is he disposed to tribute there was no one else present. The foll, Laring be continued, "that the water-supply gen and cannot afford to remain at the mercy of ing article: It is the aim of the Government, the outbreak of lawlessness and the present waited for some time, made enquiries and found Hotel, said that on the 15th May Le attended crally is inadequate for the needs of the the rainfall. More water, le it fresh or Mr. Brodrick says, to koey open the waterways activity of the Boxers to causes which briefly that he had been cheated. A heavy reward was at the Mortuary to identify the holy of the da population, and in view of the steady in salt, is a vital necessity, and it is incumbent of China. It is the aim of the Mandarins to may be summed up thus; bad weather, failure offered for the capture of the offender. It is cessed. He identified it as that of "Arthur "crease in the population I am more than on all interested in the health of the Colony keep them abut, and, as the Mandarins are very of crops, ignorance and projudice. The said that he had been arrested the other day Williams Upton, who had been staying at the Hotel since the 6th May. He should say the "ever convinced that there should be no to interest themedies in the problem how much in earnest and they think that the country Sir Heary passed over between with all the gold in his possession.

man was about 38. The man registered as “A further delay in setting up the necessary secure it.

Governgent are not, they have hitherto had the Tientsin and Peking and between Peling and better of the struggle.ma . Instead of telling Shanghaikan he describes as arid and barron, Firewood is exceedingly dear in Canton and W. Upton, Manila! The letter produced. was "pumping plant and in providing reservoirs

Between noon of the 7th and, ngon of the 8th them sharply that they and do the concession owing to the lack of rain. That this condition in the surrounding districts, for the junke found in his room on the 15th May together "and service pipes for the supply of sea Instant there were reported eleven vyses of and that the adjustment of their finance to it of things has contributed to bring about the precarrying firewood from the West and East ri- with the deceased's hotel bill, which had bee ** water for all municipal purposes, unless a

plague and seven deaths.

was their business and not pars, as perhaps wo Talent fooling of unrest is quite probable and rers have to pay heavy blackmail to the pirates presented the day but and before. On the en "greatly increased fresh-water supply can

might have done had it not been for the sheance that it has been taken advantage of to fan to escape being plaudered. A dollar at present velope containing the letter were written in "be obtained at a less coat than that which Sir F. Brettenham has been laid up with a and the subsequent illness of Sir Clands Mac the ever-mouldering hostility to foreign in can buy only about one hundred and thirty lead peticil. Please forward. The letter "would be incurred by the installation of covers attack of fever ever since his arrival at Donald, we proceeded to discuss these futilities finences, more partionlarly foreign religious incatties against two hundred or more cattles in simply said My Dent Lylis, Good Bye. "such plant," Dr. CLARK then went on to Weihaiwel

with them and to remind them that really they fluences, is equally probable. Sir Henry thinks former yours. H. Li Hong chug knowing As Ever, Arthur." While in the hotel deprecate the employment of good "potable In its acovant of the reception of H.M.S, ought to keep their work to us. To pressure it possible that complications will arise out of this has sent a weiyues with Afty thousand tools to the deceased was very steady and quiet. water, such as we are fortumte to possess in Terrible hare the Daily Express states that "an of that sort Orientals are supremely indifferent the sanguinary attacks upon Roman Catholic buy frewood from the districts where it is pro- He did not seem to have any friends in Hongkong, for the purposes of flushing the address was presented to the commander by The Chinese stuck to their own way, and kept Chinese, as it is well known that France is duced in great abundance, to be sold in Canton Hongkong. There was nothing of any valne

prepared to extend her protection to all such A low price to the poor.

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OPERATIONS IN THE ORANGE

ENQUIRY YESTERDAT

At the Magistracy yesterday afternoon Mr. Gompertz held an enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Arthur W Upton, an American, who was found shot dead in Cham- berlain Road on the 14th May,

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