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INTIMATION,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY: AUGUST 7TH 1901

"Merchants in Swatow, both native and "foreign, uuite in acknowledging that their "operations in 1900 have proved fairly "remunerative, and that the year closed "with a ready settlement of accounts by A. S. WATSON & CO., Chinese dealers and shippers."

LIMITED

WINE AND SPIRIT. MERCHANTS,

Deraniego. AD. 194.

BRANDIES.

A-OLD PALE

B. SUPERIOR VERY OLD

COGNAC

The French mail of the 1st July was delivered in London on the 3rd inst.

The only essa of communicable disease, other the thau plagne, reported in the colony during t past week was a fatal ease of entarie fever.

Mr. Hazeland's Court was closed yesterday, the Magistrato enjoying a well earned-holiday- All the cases were disposed of by Mr. Komp in the Small Ceart.

The total trade of 1900 was divided us follows: Imports, £1,793,8E; exports, £1,918,010; exports, £122.114, the latter being were than, a 50 per cent. increase on Nerar igures. By the customs rebra

Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge piado, a tour of mst year's imports inėbided £1,978,398 |

We believe that he wan greatly pleased with worth of foreign goods and £2,820,453spection through I., Naval Yard yesterday. worth of Chinese nativo produce, the latter the yitmiling stores drawn principally from the Yagiszer and Northern provinces, Upwards of £100,000 worth of the foreign imports go to Swator direct, principally from the Straits, Odessa, Japan, Formosa. Coekin-China. Siam and Juva, the rest of foreign goods reeling Swatow after transhipment at Hongkong The leading places among foreign imports during the past, two years were easily held by cotton, gods and opfum, followed at a distance by kerosene, and thou by tia slabs, 2lour. fish, and ries Opium and kerosene

yor élus

$1500

C-VERY OLD LIQUEUR

COGNAC

-91.00

V.O. D. HENNESSY'S FINEST VERY OLD LIQUEUR

COONAC........

36.90

The two articles by Scrutetor, and the two leading ride which appears in the Daily Pree, dealing with the Government e-book on thus sanitation of the colony, will bo reprinted in smphlet form for the con- veniends of those readers who may desire to mall copies Lone. Copias can now be ordered price ten ceas ench.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alisa. Meniorial and Nethareole Hospitals begs to acknowledgo with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals

Fruit and Vegetable Ermila Medical Supply Association D.-W.

...$30 ... 10.05

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bath nude consitenible advances in 1900 froin the previous year's figures, reaching £565,504 and 2106,993 against £497,207 and €100,885 in 1889, Cotten goods fell Trom £730,572 to 2831,648, a not, amex

To-night the Australian Vandevills Co. make jected devine ia shirtings taking place, other entire change of programme, including In yarn, the quantity imported declined fresh songs dance, etc. One of the chief consideratily, but the Indian product con-attractions, no doubt, will be Professor Davis timed, to menopolise the market, while in a new illusion, of which much is expect Japanese yarn has been reduced to insigni- called Raising Modern Ghosts. This feat. we learn, is done entirely without mirrors, and ficant proportions. Under the heading of kerosene we find that the Sumatra oil will be quite a novelty to Hongkong, We call attention to the slight increase gradually excluding both American and in the prices of our "B" and "Russian, ls, on out of its cheapuess, for as an illuminat it la inferior to both qualities, which alteration will take effect the others. The match trade is entirely in the buurts of Jagan. The Swedish match, from 1st August, 1901.

which drove out the English, once found all along the coast, uns been supplanted in turn by the Japanese product. Mr. Scort observes A native coolie, carning a ** wage of sonie 61 per day, cannot rise to a “log of wood (comparatived y speaking) like BRYANT and Mar's manufacture, which, "in Japanese hands and manipulation, would be cut up into at least four good ** serviceable matches. At the same time) the item of freight operates against the European-made article." Opium, though the value of its import increased from 1899 to 1900, showed a falling off of some 350 A. S. WATSON & CO. chests, and taking the records of the past

All our Brandies are guamuted to

PURE COGNAC, the different iʼn prive being merely a question of age and vintage. For & “Soda” Brandy we strongly

recommend the "B" quality.

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY

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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ostrcommunications relating to the newscolumis

PO. Boz, 33. Telephone No. 12,

ten years we find that Chinese competition is telling heavily against the ludian trade. The drug placed on the market by the Yunnan and Szechuan growers bids fair to oust the foreign drug from the Chinese market,

The band of the Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth played at the Ladies Recreation Club yesterday evening,

M. Pichon arrived in Pazia from Paking, mi New York, on the 27th ult, and was received at the station by M. Delcase representing- President Lonbat."

Mr. Ziegler in his traway scheme for Shanghai proposes a line on the feral through- ont, not a combination of high level, low level, und underground track.

The performance of the hand of the Madras Light Infantry at Kowloon on Monday was evidently much enjoyed by the large number of people present, and the inneration is most esrtainly a god one.

A

Russian journals state that the Russian mangiactorys aro' contemplating competing strongly with Austrian sugars in Asia. cargo of Russian sagar will be sent to Bassorah to be sold in Persia, and a second cargo in to he rent to Jupan.

In the small hours of the night of the 29th it, some thieves broke into the house of the shroff of H.B.M.'s Consulate, in the compound of the Consulate at Shanghai, and sacceeded In carrying away wearing appard to the value of about $50. The tatter was reported to th a police.

The first contingent of the Franck wilitary and naval forces which have been serving in China, arrived at Marssilles on the Gth of last- month by the transport Mythi, and had a very hearty reception. With the exception of about a hundred, all the men were in excellent health

son and was killed, but the driver succeeded in

The death of Baron-Mori on the railway in During the 48 hours preceding noon on the Usai Pass, Japanese papurs report, was due to 5th inst, there were reported.2 freeh ceston much knowledge. A pipa on the engine plague and 2 deaths (Chinese), and in the next burst and the train began to ran backwards. 24 hours 2 cases (1 Chinese, European) and Baran Mori, understanding the danger if the

donths (Chinese). The fresh European case is a boy aged 15. by name Jane Starer who tuin was running away, jumped out with his is employed in the Eastern Extension Telegraph stopping the train, and no one else was injured. Co. and has been residing in a house on Pedder's Hill. He has been unwell for some time, the

The British North Borneo railway is making doctor being uncertain as to his ailment rapid progress. The whole of the earthworks Yesterday morning he was removed to Kennedy.tween Jesselton and Beaufort are finished aud town Hospital. Last week's casts were 13, and-- all that now remains to be done before the open- the deaths 11; while the figures for the yearing of the line is the completion of the bridges. are now:--1,607 cases, 1,535 deathe.

A certain Sanitary Inspector in charge of the duty of fumigating infected houses, a few days ago exterol the house of an Enrupoan in Morrison Hill Road, on the enpposition that the said European's Chinese boy had died of the plugae, The Etropean, being sick in bed, naturally objectul, but this was of no avail After the fumigation, and after destroying part of the victim's new furniture by the liberal use of disinfectants, it was found that the inspector had made a mistake and fumigated" a number in Morrison Hill Road, instead of a corresponding number on Morrison Hill. The dead boy also turned up again. Of course this was only a mistake, but it is such mistakes which camee & Derde warts of the tax payer's money,

Engines are bow running over twenty miles from Jenasitor anil at that place the Govern- ment are putting up gineering shops at which outside work will be taken in hand.

M. Donner, on his departure from Marseilles for Indo-Chinn on the 29th alt, was seen off by a large number of friends, among whom was General Archivard. The Governor-General at the last moment sent a telegram to President sonai affection...Before learing Paria, he Lenbet, zasuring him of his devotion and per- declared that his stay in Indo-Chins would not be for longer than eight months, within which time be counted on completing his work.

The bulk articles exported to foreign

The Hongkong Steam Laundry is making a should be addressed to The Encon

Correspondents must forward their wines and ad-countries are shipped to meet the demand

brave struggle against its purely native com- dress with comunicationsøtressed to the Etitor, of Chinese emigrants to the Straits, America,

petitors with guildswen in their empley. The not for publication, Inet is evidence of good faith. -

Steur Lanudry, of course, do not employ A letters for publications should be written on and our own colony. Only feathers, hair,

News Feived from Ohining, Shantang, one side of the paper

hemp, sugar, tea, tobacco, aud. sundries, signed communications that here

says the N.-C. Daily News, reports that there men from the guild, but Californias Chinamen. No anonymously signed.. Klready appeared in other papers will be taserted. Mounting in all to some £300,000, are

has been considerable recrudescence of Borerism The washing is doua in clean water supplied Orders for extra copies of DAILY Pats should claimed as destined for European use; but since the past two months in Shantung pre- from the government moiu, and the ironing by be sent before 11 am. on day publication. After there is also the amount shipped to Hong-nee, brought about by the successes of gras-heated irons. In wow of the many e that hour the supply is limited. Only supplied for

kong of goods eventually meant for foreign the Licaciuang Hui or "Allied Villagers" in which may follow from careless laundering by Cask.

Telegraphic Address Putss-A.8.C. Cade,

use and manufacture. The three largest Chihli against the Government forces of Linatice, washernen. the Steam Lanndry deserves exports to other Chinese ports are sugar, Hung-chang. This is the true reason of the native cloth, and tobacco, and of these increase of Boxeriam in Shantung. whilst sugar, the chief staple, showed a large fall another canse is said to be the news of the off in 1900, owing to the closing of the temporary retirement of Governor Yuan Shil-kaj due to the death ofH.E.'s step-mother northern ports..

the other day. Hu Ting-kan, who is acting Governor and Treasurer, is said to be a weak 1990 and not generally, feared by the people of the province, although he has sont troops to disband the embryo Boxer Association wherever found in Shantung.

BIN F.

On the 20th July, at the Victoria Nursing Homo, Shanghai, the wife of 3. luxr, of a son.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, Des Vaux loab C LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.

HOXOXONG, 7th August, 1901

support.

The Changth (Human) correspondent of the N-C. Daily News wrote on the 16th ult.:--- After repeated efforts, extending over a period of about two years, property has been bought in the city. Haretsfors the thres missions have rented houses at the North, East, and West Gates, bit, now that the way is open, the remaining twe may enter the city or at least draw neurer their respective Gates. The new location is one of the best in the city, being on the East and West Gate Street-bear the latter gate-and-within-nstone sthrow of the Imperial temple. As one of the interested parties is Runong Changteh's richest men, the transfer of the property caused bat titty, if any, unfavourable examept.

The Outlook says ;-& remarkable success in naval gunnery has recently been achieved in the Terrible, on the China station, and in some-

TELEGRAMS.

DAILY PRESS” SERVICE.

PRON OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

SHANGHAI, 6th August, 6.17 pa

NARROW ESCAPE OF M. DE WITTE. The Russian steamer which was currying M. de Witte the Russian Minister of Finance, fundered on Friday off the Two [P] Islands in a typhoon. All the passengers and crew were saved in the boats.

GENERAL NEWS.

LONDON, th August, 10.55 am.

AMERICAN STEEL STRIKE-WAR

TO THE KNIFE. Owing to the issue of an abrupt ultimatum by Mr. Pierpont Morgan, the steel strike has been renewed. The men decline that they will fight to a finish, while the capitalists promise to spare no expense to snush the trules unions,

THE EMPRESS FREDERICK

SUPREME COURT

Tuesday, 6th August,

SAPICIAN SELIONS: BEFORE HIS HONDURA G. WISE (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE) AND A JURY

- Li Ynag was charged. au ondotinent of fourteen counts (4th (d) obtaining money by fais proteness, and (2) atteins and pablishing forged and openstorfeited writing with intent to defrand Mr.J, J. Flinda, K.C. (lustrated by Mr.JF Reage, solicitat), defended

When prisoner had been charged, counsel for the defence askott Fig Lotship to quash tho indictment on the ground that there were com bined in the indictment several anticely separate. charges of sufferont datur, in cont different persons, and involving different pro porties and amounts totally, soparats and dependent trummet lone baring no ernestlen with another Although by law the attorn General was undonistedly, at liberty to.. în one indictment charges will reference numiter of separate offences or misi

it was not the practice of the Court to allow such an indictment. The simeenias provat and bad prevailed for many years in fing Mr. Francis then went over the counte ; the indictment, classifying them in their role ship or otherwise to each other, and cont that the obvious dongko was for the pros 14 quash the proceedings or to elect a charge upon which to try the prisonerik

His Lordship-What counts do you chject tep Mr Fishels object to cuant 2 in the best instance, and to counts, 10:11 and 197

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We Counte agnofed - estauszynly itcm, vATIOUS

authorities and concluding, said that no charge by thaidiment unless there had been a Sall, and proper investigation at the Police Court of the subject matter of that indictment. There had beer no such investigation before the Magis

Court were made under a different Ordinance trate, and, farther, the charges at the Felice and undor a different Section from the charges now before His Lordship, y

should be brought before the Criminal Jussions

Mr. Pollock replied at equal length Ho

The latest bulletin issued about the argued that the Attorney-General had power to instiinte such proceedings as to him night:

precise nature of the charge to be based on the

Empress Frederick states that her strengthen legal and proper, and to determuat the is diminishing rapidly. The Kaiser cancelled all engagements.

H.M.S. OPHIR." H.M.S.phir has reached Mauritius.

REUTER'S SERVICE,

very frequently krypened that the Attorney General brouglit disrgon into Court which dil not sorrespond with the has evidence taken at the Police Con. It had

LONDON, 3rd August

· EMPRESS FREDERICK'S SERIOUS CONDITION.

The Police Court The matter. In hort, was mmply one for the Ciserenon of the Attorney General With regard to the order of the different counts in the indictment counsel referred His Lorisbin to Sub Section & Suction 19, of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Mich tbstany number of counts may In the cards indictment when there counte

reference to the same charges That Election clearly showed that the quailing of the indiet- ment would not be the correct course to pursue The proper cour

mming that He Lordship came to the cons ion that all of these counts The German Emperor has abandoned his ought to be brought together under one proposed visit to Hamburg, and is going to | fouletient would bot to soparate some counts Cronborg, owing to a change for the worse from the others and proceed thereon.

counts ought to be, triad ther, as thể t of the he indictments showed having taken place in the condition of the Pollock subtrited, however, that the different

be called is courts, of dishonest. Empress Froderick. All Her Majesty' aether the matters

cond not on

of the LONDON, 4th August, children ure hastening to the bedside, wh

would not be proper to unpartment of four seperată transactions, Bud king one," say..... Well, this transaction going to be con- sidered alone, and as regards, other similar

all"No, harm cried be done to the prisoner by having all this counts included in one indictment, and, that being so, it was obviously convenient to have the matter dealt with st once and to proceed on the different charges, The other course world involve four separate, trials, and no suflicism, reason had boẩn hoyn the other side why the coats boulit be separated,

SOUTH AFRICA A LETTER FROM STEYN,

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Two Boers have arrived at Kroonstad undertransactions we won't enquire into them, at a fag of trace, bearing a letter from ex- President Steynu -- ~

THE DESTROYER VIPER

WRECKED.

The torpedo-boat destroyer Viper, fitted with turbine engines, struck a rock on Alderney, Channel Islande, and is a total loss. The crew were saved.

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THE EMPRESS FREDERICK. The Empress Frederick is sinking.

PROGRESS OF THE "OPHIR.” The Ophir has arrived at Mauritius, ACCIDENT AT LAUNCH OF RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP.

At the lanuch of the Russian battleship Alexander, a violent gale overthrew a flagstaff, killing two unval officers, and injuring five others..

POLICE COURT.

Troulay, 6th August. BEFORE MR. KEMP.

CASES, OF THRFL

Mr. Francis disputed Mr Pollock a conten- tion that the power to determine the usture of the charge to be based on the depositions from the Poles Court, was voted sciely in the Attorney General. "If that were so, cadet with no experience of the law might be saw one to decide what was a legal and proper course to purene. The Attorney-General argumeste were utterly irrelevant to the point at issue, sod he was endeavouring to scoure a verdict on one aharge by bringing four or five Into the indictment. There would be a little bit of

of evidence in

other and thu evidence in support of one, and little bit jury would be asked to plech, fragmenta together, and

ment

hang Yang Shing stole ten feking nets. shan valued at $10, at She Lam Tan Bay, and got two months hard labour.

Theft of a ganze jacket vost Weng Kai and to decide Tang Hai fourteen days hard labour each

Long Hing and Lo Len Teuk being hard up bat for kindling wood stole a packing case, the sense property of the Army Ordnance Department, H and were sentenced to three weeks' hard labour. The

UNLAWFULLY BOARDING PIRAMOK following idryshem Shan Kai and Mok Wai hoarded the se. E.G. Emithere

UNLAWFUL V

One munte of the indie

The main feature of the year's shipping was the decrease in tonnage and numbers of visiting vessels of all nations except the Japanese, who showed a large increase. The gain of Japan was at the expense of Great Britain and amounted to some 132

The Sincênpes printe the following official The trade of Swatow, even from the mere straners entered and cleared. The Japanese

talegraras: from-Peking-The-Emperor hus fact of its proximity, cannot fail to have an development of Formosa and the subsidised telegraphed instructions to the varios high interest for residents in Hongkong. More. Oraka Steamship Co.'s line from that jaland provincial authorities, through whose territorios over, as is the case with the other southern Houghing, cit. Foochow, Swatow and the Court will pass on its return from Hsian to Amoy, have produced this result. The only Peking, to as economical as possible in ports, the events of last year cause the satisfactory point for British traders is that preparing for the reception of the Court en. figures to have a special significance as the Lean-cake and bean carrying trade route: His Majesty being desirous that the showing the amount of the effect produced from Chefog and Newchwang, formerly money thus saved shall be devoted to relieving the distresses of the sufferers from the recen: by the mothern troubles a southern com-conducted by German and Norwegianstions in various portions of the Empire. what peculiar circonstances. When the Scylla Furugan Maru without permission from its Hoppen erg, H. Barto

-The Grand Secretary, Wang Wen-sha>, merce. Mr. Consul SCOTT, who is respons. sailing ships. is now done by the more capacious British steamers. On the other, ible for the Foreign Oftes-report on the the transfer of the Scottish Oriental line to Presented a strong memorial to the Emproke was in the Levant during the Cretun crisis, Master, and had to pay a $10 fine or do fourteen Da

Dowager refusing the post of Vice-Comptroller Captain Peter States, is het commanding days' farawou, PERSION OF LENS (ating the ess

officer, invented a telescopic sight for the use of

Detective Sergeant Terrett charged on trade of Swatow in 1900, commences by German hands has made the coolie-carrying General of the Now Ministry of Foreign the gunners, and at the prize-firing the ship Tam Chin with being in unlawful posion money by false deprecating the artificial reckoning of dues, trade to Bangkok entirely German. The Affairs, the moment he was apprised of his

secured S6 per cent. of hits. At that time it of a revolver, having no permission from the to uttering and pubickieg was impossible to foresee what complications Captain Superintendent of Police to have such true with utent duties, exports and imports, in Haikwan emigration trade in general works smoothly, appointment; bat was unsuccessful, receiving a

were in store for us, and the crow of the Scylla pon. He was given the option of a 820 five proved that the de

or one month's hard labour, and the wespon sold a place of land is tuels, the tael being no coin at all and its aud Mr. Scor attributes this to the care of censure instead for declining the honour.

two persons for the was conferated. we put in training. The ship carried tro the Singapore and Bumatra governments

In H.B.M.'sCivil Summary Court at Shangluuiin and sin 47-in. guus, and at the prize-thing SUPPOSED THEFT OF JEWELRY, sterling exchange fluctuating and falling

who supervise the trade.

on the thut the case Hibberdiner. Cowen the apprecsilented result was brought about

Lai Tak was charged with theft of jewelry year by year. He therefore, in common

The report concludes by calling attention came before Mr. Justies Bourne. Mr. Hibler- with the compilers of most of the other

to the continued development of inland dine (who will be remembered as having been chiefly by the 17-in, gans, which are known to to the extent of SS6. The case was postponed consular reports this year, gives the values

steam navigation,

on the staff of the Telegraph here) claimed have the straightest bitting of any gun in the until a fature date." in both Hɛikwan tacle and sterling Accord Chinese launches ran successfully between 394.70 for photo engravings supplied to Mr. Navy. Nevertheless, it was a result that no ing to the first set of figures, the total net Swatow and surrounding centres of trade Cower, joint lessee with Mr. Choney Dunesn other warship in the world had approached. trade of Swatow in 1900 amounted to Hand population in 1900. A large and better of the New Prea. This was in connection The next wo hear of Captain Scott's enthusiasm

the first round in the Hongkong Water Polo the date on the deed was sendo Tis. 44,030,704, as against the Hk. Tls. class of launch than formerly is now with special edition of the New Press for naval gunnery is in the Terrible, whore, edition of the Telegraph, it will also be re- days socured 104 lüts in 128 rounds, or 81-25 24,935,095 of 1900, an increase of nearly 80 employed. which accounts for the fact that arranged by Mr. Grey, who got af a spacial with 6-in. gans only, he has within the last for B.W.F. (Right) and V.R.G. #B" team ould be called to prove that

property by forgoro, he would fict fewer trips were made in 1900 than in 1899, membered. Defendant said that he had over per cent.-again an unprecedented score. Here Shield Competation will be replayed to-day at bar, 1864, but if a mish were

suspicion might thereby attson But expressed in sterling the though the tonnage is but little less. ordered the goods. When he found that the we have two ships of dissimilar class different 5,45 pm. sharp at V.R.C.

There was therefore nothing 1890 total was some £6,300,000, while last There was no obstruction from lekin or work was being done he gave notice to the guns; but under que captain we have two The following will play for VRC. B* make dood of "redent, dat

Goal L. E. Lammert; backa, E. W. in the deed being dated a good me

for the Propert year the figures were 8,800,000, the real other native officials. The Chinese author- plaintiff that he did not want it. He admitted, record scores. It has now been demonstrated team :-- increase therefore being sons 8 per cent.itics, however, made no attempt to facilitate however, using the work in his paper. Finally that naval gunners, properly trained, can shoot

February, 1990, and on 16th banded vore Athé balon on only a very large difference. The 1900 navigation by dredging or opening up water- Mr. Cowen was ordered to pay the money into straight. If they do not shoot straight at the Carpenter, W. A. Stopani (Capt); half-backs, Bargain mon

The EWF team will probably

fendant figures, however, were the second largest on ways, which indeed is not to be expected court, the question of the quality of the work prize firing, neither will they do so in war. F. M. Roza Pereirs; forwards, E. Henderson, af 1,000, paid record for Swatow, the only bettor year under the existing regimo in China. It is done by Mr. Hibberdine being left over until And upon our naval gunnery in war-timo J. Millan, C. Humphreys

delayed owing to his not having sufficient straight shooting by the Scylla and the Terrible, follow being 1899. This result," says Mr. Scorr, to be hoped that inture reports will be able Mr. Croy's return from Japan, which had been depends our existence as an Empire Tho is eminently satisfactory in view of the to chronicle analteration in this attitude of money to ang him bok. His Honvar said throws upon the Admiralty avsponsibility they "adverse circumstances and tonditions the officials, which in the Swatow district, that fe money would not be paid out before dare not shirk, as it is made clear that the bad "under which trade generally has been as elsewhere, does so much to check the this return, when the matter of reducing the gunnery in the Navy is due to pass that can

advance of Chinese trades

sum due to Mr. Hibberdine could be considered, be traded. **conducted in the Fast during 1900,,

per cent

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