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POLICE COURT. Baturday, 23rd November

BEFORE MR. J. H. KEMP (ACTING POLICE MAGISTRATE).

DOUS THAT FARK IN THE NIGHT. Mr. T. K. Lesly, solivolinater, Queen's Collge, summoned Mr. H. P. Tooker, Public Works Departrsent, for that Le, on 17th November, did Buffer 10 be at large two unmezsled ferccions dogs secastomed to annoy passengers by barking." air Tooker pleaded not guilty, and sad ir. J. Hastings, solicitor, to defend him.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH, 1901

been marked; neither dom he show wisdom capable of helping forward his country. Under his leadership we need expect but ittle, even should he combine with his rival, Yang La.

LATE TELEGRAMS,

NEWS VIA RANGOON AND CETLON.

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

London, 1st November

any Frenchmen are already picturing Mity- lene as French Cyprna commanding both the Dardaneles and the entrance to the Suez Canal.

The Daily Telegraph's Vienas correspondent maye France has explained to the Powers that she does not aim at any conquest iu the dispute with Turkey.

London, 7th November. A French circular nota explains the motives for the steps taken with Turkey and declares the permanent occupation of Mitylone is not intended, and the French will leave as soon as The Porto kas notified Franco that authority sufficient guaranteur are obtained. has been granted for the rebuilding and repair ing of sixteen churches, convents and religious

À KÉTERSION TÖ, EXCLUSIVENESS. ---All the dire openings in the Imperial city wall made by foreign troops are now closed or being closed. These openings have been a con-

BENEON'S CASULTIES. Renson's casualties in killed were: Colonel voulezee to the Chinese me well as to foreigners, but this is not to be considered. The road from the seal to the west gatos of the Imperial Guinness, Royal Artillery, Major Murray and city, which passes in front of the north wall of the Captain Lindsay of the Scottish Borso, Captain Forbidden City, and thenes acro the marble Thorold and Lieutenants Brooke and Shepherd bridge by the Winter Palooo grounds, is now of the Yorkshire Light Infantry. Lieutenant losed to all hat foot-passengers. We her that Corlett, East Kente, and Captain Lloyd, of the foreigners will be soon forbidden the privilegeCuldstreams, who died of his wounds.

Additional casualties give four more oflcers Mr. Dealy wont into the box and told the of crossing the Imperial city, orog-when go of the Scottish Horse killed and Lieutenant institutions,

the foot, as this rule was established by magistrate his story. On Sunday, 18tik inst

The Chiuos Maclean Royal Artillery, wound-d he said, he and his wife were returning home, Empress Dowager in 1887. when, as they were passing the defendant's officials think that by these httle ucis of rever house, the two dogs in question rushed out and sion to exclusiveness, they show that power has barked at thom. The animals had to be driven been restored to them. The dictatorialness of

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BERLIN TO TSINGTAU IN TWELVE DAYS.

-London, 4th November.. THE BETHEL FIGHT. Most of the British casualties in Benson's while Wouls-Sampson was collecting the convoy. the British; their lowes were heavier. The other columns bave gone in parsuit of the enemy.

QUEEN'S IMAS, GIFT.

Queen Alexandra has ordered some thousands. of silver-mounted briarwood pipes, engraved with the orown and merogram, as Christmus prosonts for the troops at the front.

THE NAVY.

London, 7th November. Admiral Watson succeeds Admiral Lord Cliarles Beresford in the Mediterranean Fleet and Admiral Hamwet replaces Admiral Watson

NEW YORK ELECTIONS.

London, 7th November. President Roosevelt has telegraphed to Mr. Seth Low, the anti-Tammany Mayor of New York, congratulating him on the triumph of the forces of decency.

A NEW BISHOP.

off with a stick by the complainuut before, he Foreign Powers for a year is now to be counter-eclumn occurred, the Boers outnumbered as Superintendent of the Malta Dockyard." and his wife could pass. Mrs. Dealy was just talanced by all pessible endeavours to exhibit recovering from an attack of dysentery, and the to all the rotation of Chinese power. It is a shook to one in her stats of health was very grout time of mutual limitations, annoying to both

sides.-N.-C. Daily News This state of affairs was not of recent oc- carrone said Mr. Dealy, the nuisance had been going on for over a year, and on one cision he had to send a coolie to emart his (the complaianat's) two sons post the dogs. which were barking at hem. The boys had frequently been frightened in this way. One of the duge, a black one, appeared to be left loose at nigh, and the complainant had often seen it asking about its noise, too, always kept him awake. Mr. Denly further stated that he had several times written to Mr. Tooker about the matter. He concluded bis evidence by assuring his Worship that the nuisance was so great that ho seriously thought of removing. Mr. Hastings-Do you consider the dogs ferocious!

Complainant do

Have you ever heard of the two dogs biting nayoue-No, 1 can't say have, but I have heard of the dogs barking and rushing at people with, I suppose, intent to bite. My wife trembled like a lot when she got home. I am not personally afraid of the

ovidence

Two of Mr. Tooker's neighbours gave that gentleman's betul. One said that the two dogs "chow" and a Peking poodle-were very quiet, the poodle cepecially. Of course, they would bark if anyone shook's stick at them What dog, show or poodle, would not?

A coelis in Mr. Tooker's employ said he was with the dogs all day long. Thy sometimes barked at strangers, but never rushed at them, Mr. Dealy's two sons were always frightening the dogs, and shot at them with an air gun when they were tied up. Mr. Dealy, too, had once or twice thrown Boda water bottles at the animals. The chow dog out his feet on the gloss.

After cross-examination by Mr. Dealy, the

summons was withdrawn,

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COMPENSATION FOR UNDESIRABLIS. At a meeting of the Compensation Commis German commercial circles regard the Siberian Railway as destined to play na insion to-day General Ardagh announced that the portant part in Germany's expansion in the negotiations with the Netherlands had been Far East: A German Government architect, satisfactorily concluded, subject only to curtain Herr Weiler, has just returned from Vladi raservations which the British Government hind rostock to Moscow in 333 days, and he foresees not yet had time to consider. Nog tiations the time when the journey by rail from Berlin to with the French representative baving failed, it case of one French claimant, on whose beka! • Tangtan will be made in 12 days. Harr Weiler's was agreed to consider on the 11th instant the journey cost 148,50 routes, including supple mant for luggage, about per cont. The sost long letter was read.

of a second-class railway ticket, inclusive of the supplement for express trains and leeping. cars, comice out on the gorage at on third of a penny the kilomètre. For the sul of com. parison it may be stated that to cost of travelling in Germany is four pinnige, or nearly id. per metra. On the way cara and in the Biberian towns the cost of food, at a moderate rate of living, is about 10s, a day, and the lowest charge for a room in an hotel is fis. bd. Between Vladivostock and Moscow Herr Weller spent 196 roubles, or rather more than 250; but he says that the outlay need not exceed £40.

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Caloutta, 4th Koyambor.

THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR

A special cablegram to the Indian Daily News, dated November 3, says there is a grow- ing discontent in Cape Colony at the way in which the war is being carried on and murmars

are rife that there is a want of thoroughness in carrying out the plans for effectually dealing with the enemy in the field.

The Times gives prominence to a latter from visitor at the seat of war containing a detailed accusation of slackness against our commanders and the suppression of news.

Stmka, 4th November. DECENT CASUALTIES.

The following is a list of the recent casualties. in South Africa:-

A. Bellingham, and 2nd Lient, Christy, both of the Imperial Yeomanry; severely wounded, Cap tain Girdwood, let Northumberland Fusiliers, Lieut. N. Platton, Imperial Yeomanry, and Captain D. Bhanahan, Army Medical Corps.-- 25th October: Killed, Civil Surgeon C. M. Robertson; wounded dangerously, Lieut. Ack- and Froyte 1st King's Royal Rifles; wounded severely, Captain: J. F. Higgins, R.F.A., and Lieat. R. Crichton, 1st King's Royal Rifles. 26th October: Killed, Captain Quicke, 1st Dragoon Guards; wounded severely, Captain Langworthy, 7th Dragoon Guards, 2961 October: Wounded overaly, accidentally, Lient. A. M. Trevor, Imperial Yeomanry; died of en- terio, Veterinary Surguou W. Kidd; wounded severily 2nd Lieut. Dundss, 2nd Lancashire Ensiliers. 30th October: Accidentally drowned, 2nd Lieut. Reeves, 4th Somerset Light

From Irkutsk to Moscow an express traîu journeys twice a week; it is made up of one first-class and two second-class cars, a restaurant-

24th October: Killed, Lieut. L. Hall, 4th dar, and a luggage waggon. The trip resembles

Battery Field Artillery, and Lieut. Caird. Im- very much those made by the German long-perial Yeomanry; wounded dangerously, Lieut.

trains, save that the Siberian distance "D distances are longer, and that the cara dro rather more comfortable. Next to the dining car there is a smoking-réem, and in these two compartments the passengers generally pass the daylight hours. The attendanes is well arranged, and the passengers boots aro daly cleaned. Every car contains two lavatories, and in the luggage-van there is a roomy bath room. The journey lasts seven and a-half days, but Herr W

Vailer

thinks that it would be nu Paking, 9th November,

hardship to past two or three weeks under such conditions. He says that the journey between MOURNING FOR LI HUNG-CHANG. Today, being the third day after the death New York and San Francisco is not so agreable. The Siberian Railway enact attain its of Li Hung-clang, is the special day for the mourning family to receive condolences. Many fullest importance for Germany until Peking Chinese friends have come throughout the day has been connected by rail with Irkutsk. Pro- In the afternoon an interesting spectacle was gross is being made with the construction of a that of the visit of the diplomatie body, some railway from "Tsingtau to Tsinau-fu, and of the Legation Secretarios, and a few other from Tainan-fa to Tientsin. Germnu enterprise friends. The hour appointed has already completed the necessary preliminary sympathising was three o'deck. A strange coincidence was work for building a line of railway. A glance the absence from Peking of fire out of eleven at the map shows that a terminal point at Ministers A Chargé d'Affaires coprevesind

of the Siberian Railway; in fact, de cash one absent. Chinese soldiers were drawn leg of your for up in line at the deer and along the street compared with Port Arthar, it would form a where the residence of the Viceroy's family considerably shorter route to the open 2 is situated. The foreign guests passed Thus the possibility of travelling in twelve days into one of courts, which was covered over with from Berlin to Taingtan proves the importance matting. Director Hu Yü-fen, Vice-President of bringing about communication by rail bo Lien Fang, Provincial Treasurer Chon Fu, tween Irkutsk and Peking, and then between The Far Eastern Eayoy Na Tung, Generals Chiang Kuei-ti and Tientsin and Tsinan-fu. we Yü-k'un, and interpreter Tebug, son of the terminus of the Siberian Railway has had so late Marquis Tsang, were in attendance Tables for no abiding place; tras to what Russians are with retresliments were arranged in the court pleased to call their historical tasks it has After the fall delegation had arrived and a little forcat its way gradually towards the abont That Hassia will reach by rail in the fulaess of time is almost conversation, they ali passed through a building and the open sea.

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London, 5th November. CANADA'S OFFEL.

A WEEK'S WORK.

Since 28th October, 39 Boers have been killed and wounded and 298 made prisoners and surrendered.

London, 7th November.

LORD CRANBORNE ON THE WAR.

Lord Cranborne spooking at the Rotel Metropole last night, said the enemy in South Africa pare now reduced to ten thousand men, and the time was not distant when the rights

London, 7th November. Canon Gere has been appointed Lishop of

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tallest quadruped in the world. When to the face, however, we are at one- wonfronted by distinctly giraffe-like characteristics. The THE cheeks are of a yellowish-white, or oram colour, and the reddish colouring of the forehead in succeeded by a dark liae, which guns down the centre of the face. The muzzle is sopla coloured. Not in the colouring hat in the con- formation of the head, however, is the okapi's resemblance to the giraffe conspicuous. long, prebensilo muzzle and lips, the narrow elongated nostrils,, and the general look and the giraffe. As with the giraffe, the prehensil shape of the head rained one wonderfully of upper lip la manifestly exactly fashioned for browsing upon the leafage of tees and bush. The giraffe plucka its nourishment mainly from the spreading acacia fres which bears its name (acasie giraffe); the okapi doubtless gathers it food from bushes and shrubbery and possibly the lower branhas of squat tracs. Wandering as it has done during long ages of the past in the dark and romote forests of the Congo Hinterland, the okapi has undoubtedly sought and found its food supplies from these sources for uncountable gonorations, Its lips are the lips of a woodland feeder and not of a grass-cropping denizen of the opon And yet, during all those nges, the plains. animal has retained the coat of a taesseby, which, as

as all African sportsmen know, is ou animal of the sunlight, a denizen of open plains, chequered with bush. One cannot account for this fact, or for the bizarre stripings, or, in fact, for the now animal's strange and somewhat contradictory appercanos.

London, 7th November, The trade roturus for October show that The giraffe has been well called "s most designated with equal truth the most fantastic form of antelope." Although, as I have said, imports have decreased £4,144,205 and exports fantastic form of dear"; the okapi may be the head in in some respects strongly giraffe £759,2015

like, the eye of the okapi scarcely bears out this resemblance. The giraffe's eye is targo, tender, and melting, soft brown' in hue, and shaded by long lashes. The eye of the okapi is, on the contrary, small, dark, protruding, and unlovely, It has none of the beauty of the giraffe's liquid eye, and is set somewhat lower in the head.

London, 8th November. Great Britain his accepted the principle of the Tarkish proposal for a mixed comission to delimit the Aden Hinterland.

OBITUARY.

London, 8th November. The death is announced of Kate Greenaway, the artist.

RAVING THE CAMBRILGESHIRE.

Calcutta, 5th November. The following is the six wire of the Cam- bridgeshire, ruu on October 30th

Mr. Whitnoy's Watershed Lord Wolverton's Ošbock Mr. Wood's Lascaris

Also ran: Fighting Farley, Coroman, King's Courier, Little Eva, Innsence, Sonatura, The Raft, and thirteen others, including Solicitor.

Betting: 25 to 1 against Watershed; 100 to 24 Bgainst Osboch; tens Lascaris; sixes Solicitor.

Won by a neck. Thros-quarters of a length separated the second and third horses.

THE DEWHVEST FLATE.

Calcutta, 5th November. The following is the result of the Dewhurst Piste, run on Ontober 31st, also-tolographed to

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Captain E. Loder's Gameckich Mr. Gubbins St. Patrick

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Ages ago Pliny romarked that from Africa thore is always something now. The Dark Continent continues, to the latest hour of its ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS

to maintain this prominence. It will history. be extremely ifteresting to hear farther facts concerning the habits and life history of this strange mammal. At present we are very mach in the dark as to the range and manner of life of the new species. It may be hoped that Sir Harry Johnston, to whom we are all indebted for this new and most interesting form of animal life, will shortly be able to procure what

further and better par the lawyers term ticulars.

Upoa the whole Oukapia Juhastoni, as the scientists have labelled it, can srarely be called a handsome contribution to the fauna of Africa. It lacks the magnificient appearance of the eland, the koodoo, the sable and rosa antelopes, the gemsbok, and others of the nobler forms of antelope. It is, too, the unique and stately beauty of the tall giraffe. Its prototype would saam to have been some creature of the long remote past, when the ancestors of the giraffe and antelopes were much more nearly allied than are these animals at the present day. It may, perhaps, like the tapir, be looked upon as a singular and bisarre instance of arrested development.- Times.

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What extraordinary new mammal, the okupi, discovered by Sir Harry Johnston in Central Africa, is now to be seen at the Natural History Masoum, Cromwell Road, on the ground foor. admirably mounted by Mr. Rowland Ward, and The skin brought home by Sir Harry has been the public have now the opportauity of forming their own conclusions as to this singular animal, The Royal Canadian Regiment garrisoning which, after remaining hidden from the gaze Canada has notified the Imperial Guimongstarplikanters, and the civilised world that Canada's offer made last Mag, of a further century, has suddenly be of the 20th

Having had considurable experie African animals in the wild state, the writer mounted fores for South Africa, is still open.

was naturally anxious to obtain an early view of curious beast, one of the very oddest forms of ST. EMILION... the new animal. It is beyond ali doubt a most MEDOC animal life in a country teeming with strange MARGAUX and singular creatures. To any one who known the fauns of Africa, the okupi gives at once ST. JULIEN ... the impression of being a tinuing of three ST. ESTEPHE..... different mammals antelope, giraffe, and sebra. CH. LEOVILLE Ita slaps and general body-colouring remind CH. LAROBE ... ons very much of the members of that well- known group of antelopes which includes the CALIFORNIA ... hartabauste kad bastard hartebeests; its head ZINFANDEL in distinatly giraffe-like, and the curious hori- zontal stripings upon the forelegs and bind- quarters are, aguia, very zebin like. Yet the okapi is, beyond all doubt, a true species, and is not a hybrid or s "sport" of any kind. That Hogsheads. the new animal bas silnities with the antolops and the giraffe cannot be doubted for a moment by any one acquainted with these animals. That-in spite of its stripings—it has any ind of relationship with the zebra, as was supposed when pieces of the skin were first brought to Europe, cannot, on the other hand, be imagined CH. D'ARLAC for a moment. The zebra-like markings urs a

CHL PONTET CASET. mere chance resemblance, and the okapi has no sort of kinship with the splendid striped equido CH LABORE peculiar to Africa.

where the Viceroy had receive guests, into the doubt. Then, if Bassian sggression of belligerents must be denied them.

next court likewise covered with matting, while the coffin with remains and surrounded Directly in front was a tablet to the deceased, with offerings and incenes was in the room beyond. The two sons of the deceased, dressed in mourning of white, stood at one side of the tablet, Other offerings were spread near the altar. Taoist and Buddhist" priests, with many Chinese officials in mandarin robes, stood around the side. The doyen, Baron MR. MAÇLAREN'S AUSTRALIAN Czikaan de Wahlborn, approached at the head of the delegation, and spoke x few words of fitting appreciation and condolence. The oldest

Hinterland of Kisochow a vero and lasting to prolonga its railway system sorcas the German blow.cannot fail to be struck at German entor prise in the Chiness Empire. At any rate, Herr Weiler's suggestion is a clear case of playing into Bastia's hands-Globe.

TOUR.

As has been telegraphically recorded already,

son replied in Chinese, and the next son trans-Mr. Maclaren's eleven have lost their first match in Australia. The following is the lated it into English. Most of the guests bowad to the tablet, and retired to the front court. programe of remaining matches:- After partaking of the refreshments, they de parted in stately order to the beating of the foreign drun. Thus was honoured the one Chiusman who has had the widest acquaintance with foreigners

A STRANGE ESPOLTI I hear that nume of the tomo Governments has yet sunt to the family any uppesion of conavluco. This mums very strange, when the deceased was the one Pienipotentiary who took the Teal i gotiations for peace with yesterday these Governments, I noticed that the American flag alone was at ball-must.

THE NEW VICEROY, When Prince Ching return he will be regarded as the read end of fairs. He is however, not bus un of courage, origina iity, or grasp of the issues of the day that the First Gased Secretary was He is more genial in his manners, as is true of most

Nov 15-19, v. Victoria, at Melbourne. Nov. 22-27. v. New South Wales, at Sydney. Nov. 29-30, v. Albion C.C. (18), at West Mailand.

Dec 23, v, Northern District Club (19), at Glea Inues.

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acant, possibly v. Armadate and Newcastle, Dec. 13-18, first test-match. at Sydney. Den 20-21, v Goulburn (8)..or Wagga (18), Dec. 26-28, v. Bandigo United C.C. (48), at Bendigo.

Jan. 1-6, second test match, at Melbourne, Jan. 8-10, v. Stawell C.C. (18), at Sixwell. Jan. 10-11, v. Ballarat C.C. (18), at Ballarat Jan. 18-9 third tat match, at Adelaide. Jan. 24.27. v. country team, at Melconrae.. Jan. 31-Feb. 5, y, New South Wales, at Sydney.

Yaount, probably Bathurst or Wollongong. Feb 14-10, fourth test watch, at Sydne. Feb, 25-26, Victoria, at Mellonne

fifth tast match, at Melbourne. Mar. Mar 11-12, 7, Broken Hill (18), at Broken Mar 14-18, v. Bouth Australia, at.Adeluido.

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KITCHENSE'S CHIEF OF STAFF. Jon Hamilton sails for the Cape on Saturday be Lord Kitchener's Chief of Staff.

REINFORCEMENTS.

1,300 reiaforements, including 200 Cold. streams and 200 Grenadiers, have embarked for the Caps to day.

London, 8th November. OPPOSITION ALLEGATIONS.

The Daily News states Miss Hobhouse has been arrested in South Africs, and, it is believed, has been deported to England.

Sir W. Haremart in a letter to the Tines indicks Government's policy in the conduct of the war and declares banishment of the Boors sud cousfication of their property is uncon- Britational and mischievous.

GENERAL NEWS.

THE PAR B.BT.

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ike impression one gains of this strange CH. MOUTON ROTHSCHILD, creature, a.ter a prolonged examination, is that ST. LEHON, Toaic it is decidedly more sku to the satelope than 10 e giraffe Standing some 5ft, higli at the withers, the new specimen gises.one very much the impression, as I have said, of being allied to the basar hartebeests and hartebeeste. It hes. the same high withara, and slopes away towards the tail la just the same drooping. ongainly fashion. Its body colouring resembles most early, I think, that particular grou⚫ of hartebeeste, THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT.

an.elopes known as the London, 4th November.

group called by naturalists damalises. In this g The Australian Government has decided tours to be found the korrigum, or Sunggal harte

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beast, the tapi ed East Africa and Caloutin 4th November

pro- Sesisar, Kurdeles, and the liang

another vinces, the boutelok, blestok, and teasseby of South Africs, and Hunter's sateloņa, East fria specio ; and of the animals the ukapi in its ily-colouring most early re- sembles the tasseby (the bustard hartebeest of the Hours) and the tops and tiqng of East Africa and tie súdun regions. The body-colouring is, in sflect, of a deep chocolato or reddish brown, the forehead somewhat brighter in hus, as pra the large and singularly brood sara, whlet remind one in skapo vory much of the koodos.

THE PERSIAN GULF."

The Indian Daily News publishes a special Lelogram stating that a peculiar story comes from Berlin. It is declared that England had made all preparations for the occupation of Kowelt, but owing to the earnest request of the Kaiser our troops were not landed.

BIE WILLIAM WHITE,

London, 5th November The Times state that Sirilliam White, Director of Naval Construction, is resigning owing to ill health.

BMY NEWS,

London, 6th November. Aa. Order in Council deines procisely the Auties of the Commander-in-Chief and the members of the Headquarters Staff.

Brigedier Babington has been appointed to the New Zealand Command.

Badass we ex in the sims I was Tum and Duke Lauhe sea the noted Viceroy in ability to inorase his revenne Avariciousness is a characteristic of both. The Price is rather more s time-server. He did not believe in the Boxer claims, but so contributed to a me of their headquarters whacetiness Christains wore out to piness, and whcas leaders had least reason to foot

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