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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1900

The U. S. 8. Princeton left Amoy for Too chow on the Sist uit.

The French battleship Guichen arrived in the harbour yesterday morning, baring left Brost

on the 23rd June.

Capt. C. E. Bancroft, of the Royal Welsh Fundfors, was nurtied on the lat instant to Miss E. Moses, formerly of Australia.

TELEGRAMS.

DAILY PRESS SERVICE.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]

SHANGHAI, Srd August, 7.39 p.m.

BRITISH COMMUNITY LEAVES

CHUNGKING

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

THE REINFORCEMENTS.

ROYAL ENGINEELS FOR BONGKONG,

A draft of Royal Engineer was acted Brompton Barracks, Chatham, for Hongkong. It consists of three sergeants and 32 sappers, ander the command of Second Lieutenant Car gill. Another draft, to comprise nine sergeants and corporals and 37 uppers, was prepared for zorvice at Weihaiwel. Both parties wers to embark about the middle of last month in the P and 0. stramor Victoria,

JAPANESE COOLIES FOR CHINA.

THE CHEONG YUEN" PIRACY CASE

THE DEFENDANTS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE,

At the Magistracy yesterday, before Mr. Haseland, the crew (9) of the steam launch Choong Yuan were charged with feloniously receiving one bag of cash, 20 rolls of krawn cloth, 19 rolls of black cloth, one pair of trousut, and one pair of leggings. They worn further charged with being in unlawful pos session of other property, well knowing the same to have been stolen.

struggle. They want all the public support, which can be given to them, and it is to be hoped in the interest of the future welfare

It is officially notiful that Straits Settle- of Kowloon that the public will not bang back. The Sanitary Board has a large ex-ments pootage stumps may now be used through- perience of uphill fights and deserves all the out Perak. outside help possible. It would be a short sighted policy indeed to accept as invincible the non posetanus attitude of the Govern All who be lieve in the great future of Kowloon (and who with any foresight does not de sof) cannot but see that this question of a European reservation is vital. Had it been considered earlier it would have pre sented no difinity. Now it is recognised as an extremely hard question. If matters are to be allowed to elide it will only be capable of solution at a rainous outlay of Per Cosmoney. Instead of lamenting over the. The nomination of Mr. T. E. Earls to the past neglect by the Government in the cat place on the Singapore Legislative matter, the task before us is to press for Council, wire Mr. W. H. Frizel rosigned, was the 30th ult. the Ministers were well goods will be forwarded to Taku, as soon as out of the waters of the colony up the Canton $10.80 attention now, while it is possible to conformed on the 27th ult.

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The number of plague cases reported in the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday was 5 and the number of deaths 4.

The death is announced from Mauiks on the 27th ult. of Sr. Pedro Paterno's father, at the age of 76.

The Dead March in Saul will be played nt the commencement of morning service at St. John's Cathedral to-morrow, in commemoration of the deaths of the King of Italy and the Duke af Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Among the passengers who passed through

Some gold prospecters are said to have di covered valuable Alluvial goldfields in Gorun New Guinea, The exact locality they will not at present disclose.

The B. I. 8. N. Jos steamer Landaura,

after a lorg spell in dock at Singapore, loft "on the 26th ult for Rangoon and Caloutta. She was soleated for a transport, but the delay here may have put her out of that work.

Conend Fraser, being much alarmed, left Chungking yesterday with the British com- munity.

MINISTERS REPORTED SATE ON 30TH. Yuan Shikai wires that at Peking on

and iu na distress. They bud plenty of food Relations with the Chinese were friendly, and they were conferring for the transfer of Ministers to Tientsin.

TWO MORE PRIESTS KILLED

IN MANCHURIA,

Mr. Heys represented one of the defendunts The 500 coolies and 50 horses ordered by tlie and Mr. Reece the remainder. British military authorities from the Nahi YeiActing Captain Superintendent Badaloy said. Association of Kobe, have been already sent to that on the night of the 17th July, at about Take by the Aloji-maru, and are at presentem-lalf-past oight, the Choong Yuen, which was ployed in North China Japanese papers learn a ferry launch running every lalf-hour regularly that the Japanese Association has been favoured between Hongkong and Yaumati, was held up by the British authorities with another order by some pirates or robbers who took passage as for the supply of 1,000 vehicles and 100 tents ordinary passengers. They formed the row down The order is being executed in Koba, and the below, took charge of the launch, and steamed

River. The same night or earis the next morning they seited a fishing junk. They put

they are ready

SHANGHAI.

The fareign mon-of-war ut. Woning and all the passengers except three; aboard this fish- work ware-Alacrity, Bonaventuro, Centurion, and during the course of the next day and night Bhanghai at the beginning of the presenting junk, these three hiding themselves away on the Chicony Yuck. Then they steamed away

Daphne, Dido, Hart-Undaunted, Waterwitch, Whiting, Woodcock, (British), Akagi Tukan rated several other junke in the Canton River, Two more Roman Catholic priests have (Japanese); Castine, (U. S.); [Gefion (Germana should call evidenes. On the 19th it the one in particular in connection with which he the success of British arms was en inassacred in Northern Manchuria Holland, Piet-Hein (Dutch), Pascal, Surprise, pirates left the launch and told the Captain and

It appears from Australian pape that as 7000 af nasured in South Africs, the steamers running from Australia to South Africa wore filled with third-oisse passengers endeavouring to make a fresh start thero.

The Singapore Free Press of the 2ult says: We have a private telegram fron what we believe to be a well-informed source, to the effect that Col..Sir Francis Cardew' bas been finally appointed to be Governor of the place of the late Sir Charles Mitchell."*

where the Bussions are entirely helpless and outnumbered.

(French). The Shanghai Mercury anys:---

Almost imperceptibly, but yet steadily, the to get to Hongkong, which they did, with foreign naval forces in Shanghai have been gammally the oren's share of the booty. The

• considerablo quantity of staff on board, pre-

monted until we have here at present, including

MONEY FOR PEKING. The Soochow treasurer is sending a large men-of-war and eight of other nationalities was put on board, and the lawuch was taken to the ships at Wonsang, no less than ten British had no charms to get rid of the stuff before they were hailed by the police launch. A lakong We desire to repost that so far as we can learn Tim Tsat Tain. Here the launch was touched there is not the slightest ground to apprehend with the result that those proceedings were

remittance to Peking,"

*LONDON, 31st July, 9,35 pm.

any local trouble, but if this should unfor

instituted

Hongkong by the Chusan was Mr. W. J. Evans, Straits Settlements and its Dependencies in MESSAGE FROM SIR CLAUD MAC to meet it. We have also seen private letters lanach when he met the steam launch Cheong

of the Daily Mail, who proceeds to Shanghai to superintend the interests of that paper in China during the continuance of the present troublos. Among his accomplishments. Mr. Evans is one of the finest English amateur chess-players.

Among the delinquents brought before Mr, Hazeland yesterday were a couple of Chinese priests P. C. Taylor, who is stationed at Aber- deen, was on duty near the harbour there ca Thursday when he heard a loud noim proceed. ing from one of the juaks, and on boarding her he found the defendants beating gongs, for doing which a fine of 83, or 14 days, was imposed.

On Thursday night a man was observed to drop down in Queen's Road West at the corner of Centre Street, and on his băing examinéd ko was found to be dead, On the police appearing

The Tukany, on the 25th ult., succeeded in rescuing a British hari, the Angola, which was on its way from Australia to Manila. When the Angola was two days off Manila she sprang a serious leak and was near foundering, when the Tulang came in sight and towed her into Manila Bay.

Mr. Edwin Wildman" (brother of Cónsui. Genera! Wildann), who is war correspondent for the New York Journal and the San Fran. cives Examiner, is remaining over a mail in Japan to interview the Marquis Ito and Marshal Yamagata for the purpose of gleaning the feeling of the Japanese as to the trouble with China.

DONALD ARMISTICE IN PEKING.

A message from Sir Claud MacDonald on the 21st July announces that there has been an armistice since the 16th. The deaths to date amounted to 62 and there were the same number in hospital. All the women were in the Legation..

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

bunately arise the rangements now in Sergeant Aelumers said that on the morning progress of completion should be amply sufficient of the 19th fult, he was out in the police from Shanghai to residents in this Colony. Yuen. He hated her to stop and she stopped. which show that feelings of alarm in Shanglisi The coxswain ones on board the police launch have been largely set at rest.

und made a report that the launch had been pirated. Witnessplaced a policeman on the Cheong Ytten and directed her to be taken to Tsim Teat Tsui. The deck of the Cheong Xuon us all clean.

TIENTSIN AFFAIRS.

THE WANT OF GUNS. Writing on the 15th, the special correspon- dont of the N-C. Daily News spraise of the great loss of life among the Earopeans during the siege and says

Replying to Mr. Reece, witness said he met the launch between Chpinions and Cheung Hu point, outside the limits of the harbour Way 8.30 am

By Mr Hays-He hailed the launch becanes he knew it was the Cheong Yoon-

It oarages one to think that this appalling massacre might have been obviated by un attack ton days ago, before the Chinese were reinforced.

Sergeant Gourlay said he was at the Taim if we had only had the guns. But why had we as Trul Police Station on the 19th July, not the guns? Ask of some gross incompetente Lad a report that the Cheong Yuer LONDON, 1st July, 9.35 p.m. at Taku. It is perfectly well known here that come back by the first defendant, Captain Scott had the four twelve-pounders all who said that the launch had been pirated GREAT CAPTURE OF BOERS.

ready to land, and was further prepared to have On the 17th at about 8.30 pm, while on a Lord Roberts reports from Pretoria that 4,7 or oven 6 in, quickfirers ready in a very short voyage between Hongkong and Yaamati. Ho Commandants Frinsloo, Villiers, and Crow-time. It was also known that we were being aho said that one of the men produced a re The schooner. Sicatew, which-arrived yester-

steadily bombarded by better weapons than we volver and ordered him into the fore-cabin along found a dead body in a house in Third Street day from Comox, Vancouver Island, reports ther have surrendered with 936 men, 1,400d then why in the name of humanity w with the passengers and crew, except the en..

having passed the following vessels hound horses, 955 men, and one Krupp. The commonsense was only and twelve pounder gineer and the stoker. About an hour afterw N. B.-transport 24, transport 17 and H. Mother Boers are hesitating.

linded and the Terrible sent to sea? As at of the pirates come down and searched mast Python, latter both off Dodd Island, on the lat

Ladysmith, our lives and fortunes hung on ths of their persons, but not all. Then a few of question of guns, and the same man was ready cabin. The first defendant then said. “On the them were brought and placed in the after inst.; and a Italian cruiser, a British cruiser, and the transport Nouskera, on the 2nd fast.

to save the situations by the same measures use morning of the 19th, at one o'clock, the pirutas saved the other, but was not allowed to do so."

left and I came up on deck along with the crew. I found the pirates had gone. I found my launch near Fu Man. I then sten med back to Hongkong and came to Teim Tant Tani Wharf,"

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Mr. J. H. Dandy, the Chief Inspector of Nuisances, appeared at the Magistracy yesterday forthepurpose of giving evidence against a milk seller carrying on busines at No. 6. Cochrace Street, for adulterating his milk. It appeared however, that the man who had been summoned, and for whom Mr. Wilkinson-appeared, was not a wilk-seller, and that he had been bunlad before the burch instead of another nian to whom he sub-lets a portion of his premises. Under the circumstances the sumpon was with drawn, and one was taken out against the right party.

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HOSTILITIES RESUMED. General Hunter has been resume hostilities, Commandant Prinsloo will be held responsible for every gun,

Lonnos, 2nd August, 8.20 p.m.

The Band of the Hongkong Regiment will play at the Hongkong Hotel this evening from

p.m. to 9.30 p.m. The programme is Marel. "The Pavilion". Overture. "Cagliostro" Selection..... "G Ultim! Gioni di Suli Ferrari BOERS CONTINUE TO SURRENDER Waltz "Sobre las Olas " .......... Rozas Mazurka..."De Salon**

It is officially aunounced that 1,200 more Tehnikousky Polka “Bagatelle.

Valdteufe Boers have surrendered to General Hunter Others have surrendered to Col. Bruce Hamilton.

"God save the Queen."

The Foocher Daily Eche of the 28th ult. contains the following items:-Foochow cou finnes quiet and from all we hear the author.

OLIVIER ONCE MORE ESCAPES, Commandant Olivier with five guns has ties are taking more than ordinary precautions escaped in the direction of Harrismith. that it shall remain so Some of the American

Missionaries have left with their families. As General Hunter expects to take 4,000 there is no apparent reason, present or prospec. prisoners. tive, why they should leave, we can only près same that at a meeting they held it was dociled to spend this year's summer vacation at some

good deal of gambling in the open-air has taken place recently at Aberdeen, but so well have the scents been posted that the police have litherto not been able to catch any of the offen- ders. The police got wind of the fact that a party of gamblers were amusing themselves on HONGKONG, August 4th, 1900

the hillside on Thursday. They accordingly formed a circle, but before they could get near THE explanation of the Hou. R. D. OLMSBY, their presence was discovered and the gumblers President of the Sanitary Board, with redecamped. P, C. Taylor, however, followed one gand to the Government's attitude in failing of the mon as he rushed up the hill, caught him, other place than Kuliong by way of a change. to see its way at present to make a reserva and gave evidence against him at the Magistracy Muay have, however, decided not to leave. tion at Kowloon for a European district, will yesterday. Mr. Hazeland complimented Tay-Amongst the damage done by the late food hardly satisfy the advocates of the scheme.lor, and fined the defendant $25--the maximum at Pagoda, the Customs House jetty gave away. The new oil tank on the same side The Government may have great sympathy penalty or three months.

of the river sank on the side so deeply that with the Sanitary Board in this matter, but

Acting on information received, a Chinese it will have to be replaced. The members of the this sympathy will not make up to the Board, constable laid his hands on Chan San, the coolle Mamoi Community have opened a subscription or the general public interested in the question at Mount Austin Barracks, ne he was walking list for the benefit of the sufferers from the of the reservation, for the continued lack along Queen's Road East on Thursday night, present troubles. of any reserved area. The statement that and suspecting that there was something wrong, the difficulties in reserving the particular he took him to No. 3 Police Station, where In- area were greater than had become known spector Ford searched him. He found two tins to the public, though rather cryptic, must of milk and one tin' of land ingeniously conceal. be accepted; but it is therefore all the more ed about the men's person, they baing hidden- argent that steps should be taken without by a cloth wrapped round his body. The fact was reported to Mount Austin Barracks, and Other delay to escure some possible area.

on the larder being examined it was discovered wise mysteriously insuperable difficulties that there were several tine short. The coolie will bar the prospect of any reservation at was brought before Mr. Hazeland yesterday All As Mr. MOHI said, it was a mistake and sentenced to two months" bard Inbour, in the previous resolution to indicate one particular ares, for to do so made the way easy for a refusal. It will be noted that the reply of the Acting Colonial Secretary is del thus After giping this matter full consideration the Government does

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CHURCH SERVICE.

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.

August 5th, 8th Sunday after Trinity. Matins (11.0 a.m.). Responses, Forial Venite, Stowart; Pealinn, Baraby, Goss and Foster; Te Deam. Calkin în and 285; Kyrie, Gadsby in 0:0 D'; Benedictus, Mornington in D; Hymns, 550 25.

1 C: Offertory Hymn,

The Dead March is Sau will be played at the commencement of the morning service

Evensong (5.45 p.m.).

Responses, Ferial Psalms Mactarren and Hopkins; Magnificat, Tarle in A Nunc Dimit Veeper layman, Steane, Voluntarios, Maroko Medley 279 and 271;

Funebre, Chopin: In Memoriam, Batiste.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS

The P. steamer Glenogle andra at Hongkong Teams on the 31 alt from Jana and

GENERAL NEWS.

*LONDON, 31st July, 9.35 p.m.

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF COBURG The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has died suddenly.

LONDON, 2nd August, 8.20 p.m.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE

SHAH

An attempt has been made to acsassinate the Shub of Persia during his visit to Paris. His assailant, a Frenchman, has been arres-

ted.

*Delayed in trahsmanION.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, Let August.

THE CHINA CRISIS. Mr. Brodrick stated in the House that Gene

too tolosangbeid, that he contosoglated making an immediate advance and kopod for the

co-operation of the allies

A message

CHEFOO

A Chefoo correspondent of our Shanghai morning contemporary says-The city and harbour of Cheloo are protected (P) by two

city. Between the two every foreign house juuks. The man did not mention anything forts, one directly east, the other west of the Healo said, "I think they pirated about five in the place can be destroyed by shot and shell, about there being stolen property on the launch. and this fact, together with sundry threats. He said $210 had been stolen from the money- made at various times, caused considerable

sitess among foreign residents and guests collector. He pointed out the second defendant As the time for the settlement of all accounts as the money collector. The second defendant is near ut hand, would it not be a good idea to the said he had lost the money, Wit- put all such open ports under international mess then went down to the launch with the guarantee of neutrality and then dismantle to nine defendants and searched. He found in forts Recently a man in the native town of Chofeo mised the cry that H. Bjetas and the forecabin two boxes of Florida water, Co's establishment was burning. Some of Li containing 24 bottles, and two compasses. He Tantai's retainers at once ran to assure them found theso on the sout of the capo In the selves of the falsity of the report, upon which coxswain's locker, which was opened with a key, the man was seized and giren ve hand he found in the bottom compartment amongst

and little more vigorous treatment like this is what the bullust one bag of cash. There was only Shantang needs, but even the friendly oficials one way to to get to the cash, and that was are too weak-kneed to give it. 2

through the bottom compartment. When he first saw the bag be naked what it was, and got He naked the

blows. A few less proclamations

CHEKLANG

not do so, as8

With reference to the capture of the city of the reply "I don't know. Chuchou, near the Fukien border, by insurgents corswain to bring it, but he and the murder of the prefect of that city to it was so heavy. Witness fetched it out him. gether with six of his ysmên runners, saya thể

I do not Witness then took

N-C Daily News, the insurgents in question self. The defendant then said, are not Boxers, but members of the Fakien know anything about it. Vegetarian sect who had in 1895 taken refuge the second defendant into the calda, and the from Fabien into the adjoining province of Chaman opened his locker with a key. Witness Kiang, year the vicinity of Chuckou. The found in his focker four locks in a box, which Vegetarians, who are sotaally a secret society

hostile to the Mauchus, it will be remembered also contained mine packages of brass buttons attacked in 1895 s number of Britiab Mission. He also found in the locker, one pair of "slippors aries at Hwasang, in the district of Kucheng,some and one pair of shoes. He also found in the sirty or seventy miles from Foochow and masseerd

bez over 24 in mones The second defendsat over a dozen missionaries and childern there: For this a number of Vegetarianis lost their claimed the shoes. He went to the lamp room. heads, and so strict was the search of the man and found stowed away Ju bilges a water pipe, daring for thom, it having transpired that they On the other side in the lamp room in a locker were a revolutionary sect, that there was a

gomeral exodus of these mon from Fallen divide he found 336,483 in silver dollars and the rest ing themselves into two lande, one going to the in 10 and 20 cont piecos. The first defendant Kiangxi borders the province from whence the was there, but he said he knew nothing about Foot had its original the other to Chekiang it. He left the lamp room through the fore- Into Chuchon prefecture, where, taking advantage p

of the present crisis, they have now risen up bin to the deck. He then went forward to against the Manchn Government. Had the the locker hatch and found four bundles of rising been that of the Boxers, they would never brown cloth. In the same place he found 15 love stacked the prefect or captured the city as rolls of black cloth, one piece of faney cloth, and has been no o

done a

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pair of loggings, five pairs of trousers, and two jackets. These things were hidden behind the According to the correspondents in the north side suren. None of the defendantes asid any. of the Manila papers, in the fighing at Tientein thing about these things. In the tool box is the 13th ult, two lattalions of theNinth In the engine room he found two jackets, o fantry lost 18 men killed and 77 wounded.The

The London messages of the 31st alt which appear in to-day's issue only reached ns yester day afternoon. The Telegraph Companies as plain that the telegram by some oversight was not delivered." It thus happens that wo were unable to publish the news of Bir Cloud not see its way to make at the present a MacDonald's importent (and apparently` geo- reservation at Kowloon for a European district"--not "the proposed reservation. This reply, pace Mr. ORMSBY, looks very

of the US marine Corps was five billed pair of trousers, one pair of shoes, om

like "putting off or shelving the ques

and 28 wounded. After the battle, the accounts bundle of cash, one small silver bangle, continue, the British commander went to the org roll of silver money in 20 cent pieces, wortli fion. Dr. CLARE, in moving that the

American commander a lattan highly praising | 840, four locks with keys, and five lass articles. this United States forces for their wonderful The engineer the fourth defendant-claimed The total samalties in Bonth Africa tesdate graves and ethefonov Especial mention was Board should again address the Govern ment, asking them to reconsider their decis

srolusive of those now in hospital, amount to made of the conspicuous heroism of Liscam the look but denied knowledge of the other Batler Davis, Conrad and Estou and the things. He then went to the after cabin and inn with regard to a European district re when news about Peking is so auxiously awaited | The Imperial German Mail steamer Prins 80,559. servation, took the only possible course in we should be deprived of the services of our Heinrich, carrying the German Mals with Lord Boberts has ordered General Hunter to letter turned the Americans soldiers of the found one pair of women's shoes, one pair of the circumstances, and the Board in sup-correspondents through no fault of theure dates from Herlin of the 9th July left one hostilities and to warn Commaxlent highest class. The death of Colonel Lascara and man's shoes, and one pair of girls shoes, one porting him showed their determination not Hongkong is surely an important enough centre and may be expected here on or about Tum Frision that he will be held responsible, for Luptain Davis of the U. B. Mau Corps irl's jacket, and one pair of girl's tronBAIN. “

ine) message in yesterday issue. We call atten- tion to the matter particularly, as on a previous soosion we received a telegram from the North to the Companies only keeping one coolie for too late for publication the next morning owing

night duty, who on that occasion had gone up The NY K. steamer Wakaga, Marz

is more than annoying that at the present cride the 8th inst to the Peak with a Government message. It (Darope Line) left Kobe via Mojl for this port on the let iust, and is expected to arrive here on

to let the matter drop without a severe to have a fuller telegraph equipment.

Siarspore on Friday, the 3rd inst., at 7 a.m.,

day night, the 7th inst

Lessage from Mr. Conger, dated 21st July, confirma Sir Claude Macdonald's massage of the same data and adds that punition was feiling and they were hoping for relief..

• → THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

every gun not surrendered.

regretted almost as much by the British as by »Americanė.

All these things were found in the seventh de