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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 1900

The other announcement from official sources, that the United States have decided to adopt a vigorous policy in the Philip pines will be welcomed, if only for the reason that the present state of affairs could not possibly continue much longer -General McArthur's message alone shows this. It is fair neither to the Americans nor to the Filipinos. The in fluence of the Bryanite party has been as disastrous to the States and the Islands us the influence of the Little Englanders (or

The Interport Shooting Match comes off, to- day. Firing will commence at 2.90 p.m. Sharp.

Dr. Thomsen yesterday held a post mortem emmination on the body of Ellen Cameron, 35, residing at 46, Lyndhurst Terrace. Death was found to be due to diseas of the heart.

The Shanghai Mercury is informed from Newekwang that although there have been one cold snaps, as yet there is very little ice forming on the river. There has beon a spasmodio spurt in the bean and benzoake experts. Very little

The insurances effected at Lloyd's on cattle exported from Queensland for the use of the Gorman troops at Kindako Bay are reported to extend to something like £250,000.

Recently a paper in one of the coast ports in Japan advertised for an editor. Among the applicants for the post was an university man and ex-schoolmaster. He received a letter from the paper, expressing regret that the editorship had been filled up but offering him job os compitor! He did not answer the lear.

N. WATSON & CU whatever they prefer to be called) has been has come down the river lately, the bulk of the Canton River have been started, and workmen

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exports being ex-godown.

The British steamer Ayr, from Christmas Liland for Yokohama, October 15th, reports ex- perienced N.E. Monsoon, with big head moll, throughout passage up China Ses. Passed American ship, October 18th, ashore on the Shoal Water Island, Gaspas Straits, name un-

known: salvagė steamer in attendance.

Operations for raising the sunken dredger from the Naval Yard are now basily erecting the necessary gour. Two divers, we under. stand, are engaged on the work, but until their report has been received it is impossible to say what difficulties will have to be overcome and what money expended.

to Britain and the Boers. In both cases false hopes have been raised quite unjusti Hably, by those who professed to have their country's ultimate good at heart, in the breaste of their country's avowed Though the Americans have

According to the Osaka dachi, the Osaka not ceased their civilising and pacifying

Iron Works is now engaged in manufactoring 15,000 iron pipos, ranging from 9 inches to 12 SCOTCH WHISKY, work in the islands, yet undoubtedly murli of their action has been paralysed by the

inches in size, for the use of the Osaka Water. want of absolute certainty as to the policy

We are glad to note that the old Victoria works. The cost of the pipes is over Y160,000, to be pursued with regard to the Philippines. Recreation Club football team has been revived and they are to be delivered before the end of The uncertainty has now been removed, and and will play its first match v. Hongkong F.C. February next. Previous attempts at the the order bas gone forth for vigorous action. on Saturday next. The following are the manufacture of iron pipes In Japan have not We shall look for a rapid change in the line offers of the dub-President, Mr. E. Dproved very successful, but the pipes made at of conduct toward the insurgent leaders, for Bandors; Captain, Mr. R. Lapsley: Vice Oaks are reported to be of good quality. up to now they have been in a very anoma-captain, Mr E. Henderson: Hon. Sec. and 10.80 lous position. In this question about the Treasurer, Mr. G. F. Williams; Committee, Filipino leaders Hongkong is concerned. Musara. G. Duncan, A. Cameron, L. Brett, and

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It will be seen that the New York Post states that America bas decided to ask Great Britain to suppress the Filipino Junta in this Colony. This question of the Junta has been in obeyance over long already, and it is high time it is settled. The conei- deration of the matter, however, must be 14.40 reserved for another occasion, as it is too

important to dismiss summarily.

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ADELOUR GLENLIVET is a very old Peat Whisky (smoky) and could not now be replaced in stock at the price.

D is well known for its fine flavour.

E is of superb quality and pronounced by leading local connoisseurs to be the best brand in the Hongkong market.

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Another consignent of Australian ponies, 22 in number, started yesterday from Sydney for Hongkong. Those belong to the class known as "Derbies" and are twice as expensive as the lot which suffered so heavily in the voyage up here the other day. The casualties among the latter will be compensated for by a fresh lot of subscription grifins, which should arrive from Australia about the beginning of next year,

The recommendation of Mr. Hayashi, the Japanese Minister, to build lighthouses at the open ports in Corca, has been accepted, wel the work has been cutruated to Mr. McLeavy Brown, the Commissioner of Customs. The first lighthouse will be built st. Chemulpo. It is stated that the Russian Minister supported the recommendation.

Foreigners not only want to come in to Corea-for Corea's good, of cours-bait in their comings and going to be as safe as a well-lighted coast can make them.

At Now York, on the 8th ult, Dennis Horgan

put the 121b. shot 55ft. fin, and the 101b, shot 18ft. 21. bidh world's regis

It has been arranged by the Becretary, n State for the Colonies, that officers in Colonini service going to England, antering from tropical ailments, shall be admitted to the Tropical Hospital at rates varying from ons to two guiness a week, If their salaries are under £400 a year.

The N. D. L. training ship Herzogin Sophie Charlotte arrived at Kobe in the latter part of last month after a capital passage from Phile- delphis of 127 days. She is to cruise round the Japanese coast prior to sailing south throught the China sag.

TELEGRAMS.

DAILY PRESS SERVICE.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.]

SHANGHAI, 18th November, 7.45 p..

EMPEROR ATTEMPTS TO COMMU-

NICATE WITH THE MINISTERS. The Emperor prevailed on two of the Palace officials at Hsianfu to telegraph to the For-

THE EMPRESS'S LATEST CRIME.

The Dowager Empress discovered this and had the two officits beheaded. The telegram's fate is unknown.

KANG YTS DEATH CONFIRMED. The report s

is confirmed that Kang Yi and other high officials died from the effect

The French programme of naval shipbuild.eign Ministers at Peling that he, Kwang ing to be carried outlin 1001 includes two battle-

Hay, has been always anxious to return to ships, two protected ernisera, one first class cruiser, three torpedo boat destroyers, a despatel boat, Peking to arrange terms of peace, but he is five submarine vossols, seven ocean-going and

still a prisoner, 12 ordinary torpedo-boats. 1902 Soven pro touted cruisers, three destroyers, soven sub- marine boats, and 15 torpedo boats, 1903-Four protected cruisers, 16 destrogurs, three sul marine, and flyve other torpedo-boats. 1904-One protected biser and two destroyers. 1900- Two battleships and a pratooto craisor.

At Saseho, recently, where the Crown Prince Raferri" to the Amorfoda Idemer who re of Japan visited the naval dockyard, his High-cently kill to mu by means of whisky soaked ness was entertained with a sham fight in corn, a Singapore paper wishes to know why representation of the taking of the Taku Forts the rat hunters there do not try the same dodge by the Allies. One company of marines put on by samalu-soaked rice or paddy, Hitherto of the hardships undergone on the journey Chinese uniforms brought to Japan as trophios, they have fetched a penny a head at the Kobe to Hsisafu.. and being attacked by the Jupanose, flad with City Office, the paper udda. But evidently the great procipitation. At night the Shikishima Progressivo party at Kobe has been spending and sixteon other battleships were brilliantly too much money, for the municipal finances will illuminated.

no longer stand the penny strain, and the price of rate has been reduced to Ad. each. The number of rats taken to the polics has con sognently decreased, and a Kobe patriot has appealed to his fellow citizens even to forego that ha penny, and catch rats as a public duty.

In the Yokohama Chiho Saibansko on the 1st last, before Judge Sato, the hearing of the François divorce case was resumed. Mr. Inouye appeared for Madame Francois, appellant, and Mr. Takahashi for Mr. François, respondent. Conasol for the appellant said that respondent not only maltreated plaintiff, but insulted her, cousing her of adultary. Appollant asked a divores on these grounds. Counsel for respon dent, denied the ill-treatment. The case was adjourned sine die.

The Japan Mail anticipates, as the remalt of recont fogislation in Japan, the break-up of the Yoshiwara. The women are leaving

an impossible situation is created for their

Captain Froderick Bruce, Iat Madres Pio- nears, whose death is sunounced from Tientsin, was, states the Times of India, Aljutant of the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers. The news was received at Hangalore with considerable regret. The Bangalore Volunteers have been singularly afgrtunate in their Adjutante of recent years. was killed in the Tirala Expolition. In both cases the Adjutants had not previously esen artive

Captain Dougla Crooke, their last Adjutant,

THE WAR IN SOUTH

AFRICA.

LONDON, 12th November, 3.10 p.m.

BEITISH SUCCESSES TWO BOER

LEADERS KILLED Lord Roberts reports further successful engagements with the robels, Command- ant Henry Prinsloo and General Joachim. Fourie were killed in the recent fighting and General Johann Grobelaur wounded.

BULLER REACHES LONDON. Genera! Buller arrived in London to-day,

It is well known that the Shanghai Tuotai is in such numbers, ays our contemporary, that service, and in both cases the first heard of where he received a very warm greeting.

IN yesterday's issue appeared two letters from correspondents, relating to the disaster wrought by the recent typhoon, and sug- gating that a subscription list should be started on behalf of the many unfortunate native sufferers. One correspondent, with commendable spirit, sought to initiate sarh a list by enclosing a contribution. We pointed out briefly that although such a means of relief might be necessary, a serious difficulty presented itself in the handling of uny funds raised and the distribution of the same, and suggested that the matter might extremely anxious to buy arms, says the N-C. be taken in hand by a public Committee Daily News and that notwithstanding the use of foreigners and representative Chinese. that may be made of them when bought, and There is little doubt that public sympathy the Consular prohibitions; there are foreigners The Council have been with the unfortunate sufferers requires hore willing to sell. but little incentive to assumo a practical doing their best to ascertain what sales have shape, if it be really needed and if it can be been or are being made, and the case which devoted to the alleviation of the actual came before the Mixed Court on Wednesday. sufferers. To raise a fund for distribution 7th inst, in which Mr. Lambuth was covered amongst all the Chinese who claimed to be grew out of this endeavour to discover who the sufferers would be unwise, especially with a sellers of arms are in Shanghai, foreign committee. It would be impossible. to decide which cases were bous fide and which were not, and the list of claimants would speedily asstume gigantic proportions, thus defeating the real object of the sympathisers. We are, however, pleased to At Go C., The Bluff, Yokohama, on 22nd Octobe in a position to state that the actual ber, 100, the wife of Arch. Oza-Ewino, of the

work of affording, practical relief to the China Inland Mission, of a daughter.

sufferers was inaugurated immediately after the typhoon by the several Chinese benevolent associations in our midst, and up to the present those associations are financi- ally competent to dispense all the charity necessary. When the typhoon had passedover H. E. the GOVERNOR thoughtfully put him- self into communication with the Tung Wha Benevolent Association, who were

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HENRY B. KAEDING and MARY C. HUBBARD, both

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DEATH.

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The Daily Press.

them was that they had died. The late Captain players. The effect of this is likely to be Bruce was es popular in Bangalore society as Painfully felt by a great meny petty tradesmen among the Volunteers. He was instrumental who have hitherto plied business in that guarin forming a cadet corps of the Bangalore ter of Tokyo. The newspapers speak of 30. Valunteers. restaurants, 40 tailors, 100 money lenders, and 80 on, and say that altogether about 4,000 persens will be thrown out of employment. There are said to be signs of a riot, but the police are on their guard.

Mr. John Short, who at one time held a good Position in an old established house at Singe On Monday afternoon, at the offices of the pore, and in the eighties resided in Hongkong, Public Works Department. Mr. G. J. W. died on the 30th ult, at the British Consulate, King offered for competition thrae lots of Crown Bangkok. The deceased, who was apparently land. Inland Lot 1,591, which is situate in about 65 years of age, had been an inmate of Queen's Road West and comprisex 4,550 square the Hospital and somehow or other had get feet, was sold for $37,100 (upset $19.224). In-out, for he was found on the road on Sunday and Lot 1,593, which is also situste in Queens He was taken to the British gaol premises in a Road West, and comprises 4,819 square feet, very weak condition and expired there about was sold for $21,820 (upset 814,457). Garden balf-past eight on the day named. The de- Lot No. 16, which is situate in Upper Richmond ceased had not been very long in Bangkok, and Road and comprises 37,200 square foot, was sold was practically unknown, laving recently arrived for $20 above the upset, which was $372. from Shanghai, where he had been employed by

's mercantile firm.

It will be seen in our advertising columns that the Taylor-Carrington Dramatic and Lyric Company will commence a short wason at the City Hall next Saturday. Our exchanges from Caleatta and Bombay speak highly of the pear.

British steamship firemen, more especially these hailing from Cardiff and other Welsh ports, generally object to us Japanese coal They say that it is much harder work, and they

THE PHILIPPINES.

LONDON, 12th Novembor, 3.10 p.m.

A service journal tells this amusing story of Admiral Sir Harry Bawson, who always led LARGE FORCES AND MUCH TIME gentle way of reproving laxity, though he never overlooked it. The Commander-in-Chief of the

BEQUIRED. General McArthur reports to the U.S. Government that it will require large land

Cupo station has a residence ashore at Sirenk town. At this, as at all naval ports where an Admiral's flag is flying from an effoal's residenes, every officer is supposed to call and inscribe his name in the visitors book. Teck. ing through his book at Simonstown one day Admiral Bowson found that a great many of his officers had neglected to make the ous- tomary official call. He thereupon signalled the "all officers who had not signed the visitor's the proffers of the Taft Commission. book are invited to dine with the Commander- in-Cluef to-night." This being equivalent to s command the laggards turned up to a mon each expecting a wigging for his laxity. But Sir Harry gave them a good dinner, entertained them with some good stories afterwards, and then sent them back to their ships. Not a word about their omission did he say, but never after that was his visitors' book neglected.

The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten lost menth,

and naval forces and many years before order can be firmly established in the Philip pine Islands.

US OFFER DISDAINED. The natives, he says, have disregarded

cause British troops had no share in the

in question have been built by British com

REUTERS SERVICE.

LONDON, 11th November.

THE UNITED STATES AND THE CHINA CRISIS.

The Washington Cabinet ne unanimously decided that the policy heretofore puraned in

THE UNITED STATES AND THE PHILIPPINES.

In consequence of the re-election of President

to resume a vigorous policy in the Philippines. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. The Boers declare that even the capture of

GENERAL BULLER'S ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.

HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD Cl. busily employed in uiding the sufferers, and formances, and the principals of the company, are unable to produce steam" with oven twlos referring to the complainte rife in England be Chins he continued unchanged, LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.recovering the deal. The Chinese informed Miss Elin Carrington and Mr. Charlie Taylor, their ordinary energy and labour in the stoke

His Excellency that they were at presentare said to be two of the best performubre who hole. A batch of fire of them from the steamer management of the milways from Tientsin to have visited Ladis. The piece selected for the Rokeby were prosecuted at Singapore the other Peking and to Shanhaikwan, observed “this HONGKONG, November 14th, 1900

quite capable of doing the work unaided, but first performance is an Irish dramas entitled day. On September 26th, while the vessel was Two declarations of policy have been made should they require any financial assistance Home Rule or The Irish Gossoon, in which Min Moji, and preparing to leave, the men roturar sensitiveness is explicable because the railways McKinley, the U. 8. Government has decided

to work, because the vessel way, using Japanese at Washington, since the re-election of Mr. they would ask His Excellency to start a Charlie Taylor appeare in a character that he MCKINLEY to the post of President of the public subscription list. This information, has played some hundreds of tins. The coal, and demanded that two extra hands bepanies; but there is no ground for transferring this score. It will be remembered that some United States, which are of interest to every-we are sure, will be most gratifying to our plan is now open at the Robinson Plan Co engaged This delayed the ship day, while to the political sphero the dissatisfaction felt on

Japanese were being obtained. The men had time ago differences af opinion with regard to Steyn and De Wet will not make that surrender, dons no work since. They were each sentenced the management of the railways arose among one in the Far East, The Washington readers, and all will appreciate the prompt where seats may be booked. Government has declared its intention of measures taken by the affluent Chinese to

H.M.S. Endymion urrived at Nagasaki on

to four weeks rigorous imprisonment.

the Admirals. Admisel Seymour desired that maintaining its previous line of conduct in relieve their unfortunate poorer brethren. the 3rd inst. from Taku, having on board Sir

they should be handed over to the British troops, should be atrast to the Russiati forcon. No-

this decisien: perhaps the presence of a larger thing is known in Berlin of the reasons for number of Russisu engineers and Ruzian troops who were qualfited to repair and manage the railwaye may have helped to determine the selection. In any case, it is certain that the decision was solely due to military considera tione.

The following figures of Japan's exports,

General Baller met with a tremendous re

GREAT BETTAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

China; and has decided to resume a vigorous It is pleasing to learn that the number Claude and Lady MacDonald, and sailed again taken from the Annual Returns of the Foreign It was, nevertheless, determined that the hues ception of Aldershot policy in the Philippine Islands. As far as of deaths amongst the sampan com- for Kobe at five o'clock in the afternoon. From Trade of the Empire of Japan fanned by the China is concerned, it would have been more munity is by no means 80 great as Kobe, the ship proconded to Yokohama, but Bir

satisfactory had the word "vigour also been used in connection with American policy here. The attitude of the United States up to the present has not been reas suring for those who are hoping to see a statesmanlike settlement of the affairs of the Chinese Empire. It has indeed been t least as weak and ineffective as the attitude

was feared, and that these people do not Chande and Lady MacDonald were to land at Department of Finance, show the progress

Value of Export from Japan to China. really require immediate relief on the large the first port and continue their journey to Japan has made in five years:--

Tokyo by mail. They landed in Nagasaki. scale anticipated, because they have their visitet some of the sights of the city, and own guilds on which to draw in periods of lanched with Mr. and Mrs. Longford; but misfortune amilar to that which has just owing to the instructions which have been issned overtaken them.

to British officials forbidding them to take part The Rev. E. F. Uobbold informs us that colin public functions for the span of four weeks, lections at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday for a socount of the death of HB.H. Prince of our own Government. While the pre- the Alies Memorist and Nethersole Hospitals Christian Victor of Schleswig Holstein, no sidential election was still pending we put naoanted to 637219. this down to the exigencies of candidaturos,

on the part of Mr. MCKINLEY; but if the

The first practice dance in connection with

1893

9.183,108

1896.

13,823,843

1897

21,325,065

1898

29,193,175

1899

401,257,034

To Cores.

1895

1899

foruial reception could be held.”

To Hongkong.

1895

The sunken French transpurt Caravane

1800

3,831,476 -6,995,931

18,882,8 31,201,807

the Bt. Andrew's Association annual gathering which collided with a Japanese taunsport

dance.

The New York Post states that the Unite States have decided to sek Great Beltain to apprem the Philipino Junta in Hongkong.

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA Mayor La Callais was heavily engaged for Hve hours, The Boers wors 1,000 strong.

Captain Johanson, with his son, a boy of twelve SERIOUS QUTBREAK OF FIRE. in an open bost, which was built at Tokohama,

Between three and four o'clock yesterday. and which has been named the Lolla, has started from Gibraltar on a voyaga socross the Atlantic morning snake was soon issuing from the to Pine Island, Florida. The boyt is quite open, gromul floor of premises situated at 122, Jurvois and her messurements age-length, 29ft Gin, Street An alarm was raised, and on an entry new pronouncement means that no more

on the 30th fast, was held in the City Hall steamer, the Tamaguchy-Mary, in the Inland Several steamship casualties are reported and be 7ft. Gin. She draws 38in. aft and in being effected it was discovered that a silk pieso decision and firmness are to be shown now inst night, when there was a very good atten. Sea on the night of the 24th it.. has been dis with considerable loss of life. The Egyptian forward. Her rig consists of mainsail with gaff goods shop situated there was in flames. The fire than in the summer of this year, the out--

covered one kvot north-east of Ogijima, where mail steamer Charkich has been wrecked at topmil, jib, ataysail, and spinnaker. On her keel brigade, which meantime had been aumpioned, took is not pleasant. It is true that German

The German steamer Stormaran wood coppered over, the whole secured with selves to subdue the conflagration, now assuming action has infused a little energy into our The steamer Hailan, which arrived hore the con is 22 fathoms deep. The body of Lieut. Eosetta. One hundred of the people an her she carries 6751b of lead and s false keel of speedily arrived on the scene, and exerted them- transport, has been found on the past of (bound from Manchester to Hamburg) and copper bolts. She has been proved to be an serious proportions. Their labour, however, was in vain, and the Best, encend and third own conduct, but all along a majority of yesterday from cast ports, reports H.M.S. Capitaine, who was second in command of the perished. "Englishmen have centred their hopes in the Mohawk at Föochow, HM.S. Iois and *} ghodzushima, and that of a sailor has been Gordon Castle (West Africs to Barrow-in-Pur excellent sea-boat, and there seems to be no

Japanese cruiser at Amoy, and the German co-operation of the States and of Japan, Bussard at Swatow,

picked up on Ogishima. A. Kencho officer with us) camo luto collision last month in Cardigan reason to doubt her stability for such an en- floors wers som involved. The only course an escort ind the remains of the decensed on Bay during a fog. The Gordon Castle, which terprise at this time of the year. The boat that now remained was to prevent the outbreak neither of which countries now seems i clined to make a stand. But possibly the The body of John Mollror, the carpenter veyed to Kobo where they were buried with all was laden with ore, was so severely damaged is victualled for 60 days, the provisions con- from spreading, and in this the brigade happily Washington Cabinet means no more by its who was drowned by the capsizing of the appropriate rites. It is now known that but that she sank. Her captain and 20 of the crew sisting of tinned meats and cabin biscuits was successful. The premises in which the fre dovision to continue unchanged the policy drodger Canton Ricer during the typhoon, was three of the ill-fated vessel's crew have met were drowned. The American liner New York chocolate, preserved peaches, and borril, a few originated were completely gutted, the damage, found floating in the harbour at Fedder's their death, having been struck down and killed as broken her starboard tlurustshaft on her medicines, brandy, and 69 gallons of water in which is fully covered by insurance, being esti heretofore pursued in China than that it

Wharf on Monday at half past five. The by the falling of the Caravane's mast shortly last eastward bound passage, and the steamer breakers, A good took of fresh fruit and mated at $19,000. One of the insurance com will still hold by the principle of the open pins were covered to the mortuary, where after the impact. The rest, 63, in all, including race Is a total wreck on an uncharted roof vegetables was laid in before the start, and the panies concerned in the Man On, on which door in which case the declaration is they are identified yesterday morning by Capt. Discre, have been landed at Kobe. A near St. Michael, lu the Pacias. She was commissariat may be assisted at times by pass policies to the amount of 814,000 are held. The diplomatically vague and will require further Captain Soett, Master of the Canton Riner, Court et Enquiry into the disaster in being Laying the cable between St. Michael and the ing ships Captain Johansen hopes to scoom-origin of the fire is unknown. No uns was in

elucidation

and by the first and second engineers.

held by the Japanese Marine Authorities.

plish his voyage in some 40 days.

jured