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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 1902

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No fresh plagun oases were recorded during i the day ending at noon yesterday,

The French mall of the 29th it, wan delivered in London on the 28th inst

Guiseppe Tucoki, employee of Hamars. Fertile

& Co, of Singapore, who was missing for some time, has been found.

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A despetak in the Outasiuliachs Lloyd from Berlin ay-The Shah of Persin is fëted in The British gunboat Moorhen same out of London as if he was one of the most powerful dook yesterday morning at 100'clock.

No arrests had been made up to yesterday In connection with the Barker Road robbery.

The Hongkong Rifle Association has a com- petition to-day at 2.36 pm. For long range pup and spoons

The German cruiser Schnalbe arrived from Foochow yesterday, and the gunboat Luchs from Canton. The. Bitisk storeabis Humber left for Weibeiwei,

We are requested to make the following eorrections in the letter signed Taste" in eur issue of yesterday-In the sentence which coutains the words "among whom, it may once wore be reported." substituts, "repeated" for "reported"; also ia the sentence but it is a question of taste whenever a email shareholder," eto., substitate "whether" for "whenever."

The following paragraph shows how the home. papersTM write "about things-Chinese-At diplomatic reception in Londen the other night the wife of the Chinese Ambassador was, upon Eer arrival, gravely ushered into the cloakroom reserved for gentlemen. The mistake is readily accounted for when we remember that no respectable Chiasman over appears without a petticoat and no Chinese lady witbant trousers.

if possible, with every aspect of case. The opportunity, therefore, given residents here to study the case of the owners of property is to be welcomed The fate of the Ordinance will be decided.

pubile opinion must make its weight felt. The Legislative Council, it must be remem bered, is supposed to represent the whole Colony, not one class rather than others, and in the sense of responsibility of the Council the hopes of the community must rest, The discussion which the proposed Ordinance aroused when first it was pat forward by Mesars. CHADWICK and SIMPSON was sufficient to show what controversial points were touched by it. In particular, the property-owaers have subjected the measure to criticism, and in order to secure an adequate exposition of their case for the aideration of the Legislative Council they applied to certain leading civil en- gineers and architects in this Colony to draw up a report on the Bill, the report which is now before us. It will thus-be. acén that the long and carefully prepared document is not the liapassionate verdict of an expert commissic, but a statement of the property-owners' case by experts - re- tuined to draw it up. Having said so much by way of premise, we must admit that the owners have every right to consideration by the Government that entered with them into the original contracts which will be affected by the Bill. Their arguments with regard to the proposed measure call for most careful attention. They do a't, in the first place, object to the Bill in itself. It is the question of compensation to which they are devoting their energies. When the Bill comes up before the Legislative Council again the owners will be represented by counsel, whose arguments will mainly concern the compensation clauses, which in the measure as it stands at present are not That the question of compensation would be the main difficulty in the Ordinance it did not require much penetration to perceive when the draft Bill was published, and it may be safely prophesied that the settle. BREWERS OF GINGER BEER AND ment will bearduous. No one, we imagine will dispute that fair compensation" is due to the property owners, but the defini- tion of what in fair compensation may well puzzle anyone trying to reconcile the views of the different parties. The most obvious means of estimating the amount due and days ago Marshal Bu, who is commanding the this is the means which recommends itself Government troops in Kwange operating 31-to-the-owners-is to take the market value against the rebels, sent an immensely long

of the property at the time of resumption of telegram, addressed to the Throne, giving land or of alterations to buildings and by résumé of the military operations'in Kwangsi this to fix what sum the Government shall during April, May, June, and July, an Imperial pay the owners. But, it will reasonably be Boscript was telegraphed back to the Marshal objected, this is the extreme limit of con- several ceasuring him for underrating the pensation, not merely fair compensation,portance of the rebellion and failing to send frequent reports to the Tarone concerning the

situation. and the Government will thus be paying na- extremely heavy sum to those who have al- realy been reaping an abundant harvest out of the recent circumstances of the Colony. During the past two years and more the

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-MARRIAGES.

On the 29th August, at St. Jobu's Cathedal. G. 9. FALKER, 5th I.H.C., to IDA HORARTE, youngest daughter of the late H. J. Hus, [2321 Soliciter:

On the 30th July, at East Blatchington, Buzest, F. A. ne S. Caorx, of Shanghai, to LUCT ELIZABETA TUCK.

DEATHS.

On the 20th July, at Edinburgh, L. Somerville, late of Manila; uged 36 years.

At Eastbourne, EMILY SUMAN PATERSON, widow of the late WILLIAM PATERSON, of Beech Grove, Sydenham Hill, and of Singapore.

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HONGKONG, 30th August, 1902.

prinses on earth.

The Japanes Exhibition in the Whitechapel Art Gallery seems to have opened su a decided success, Lo fewer than 24600 visitors having entered the Gallery' during five days.

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Mr. H. N. Pillsbury. the great American sheen-player, beat the previous record in blind- fold play, meeting l opponents simultaneously at Hanover on the 27th ult. At Philadelphia a few years ago he met 20 players at once, witheat sight of the board.

On the 23rd inst., the U.B. revenue cruiser Pello, the fourth vessel of the ten now being countructed by Messrs. 8. C. Farabato, Boyd and Co. of Shanghai, for the US. Authorities in the Philippines, was launched from the yard of the Cosmopolitan Itook. "

Singapore mortality returns for the month of July show a death rate of 58.03 per 1,000. For the week ended August 10th there were 198 deaths (15 in quarantine) giving a ratio of 40,52 per mills. Phthisis headed the list with 49 destha, fever, the next highest, being responsible for 41.

The following notice in the Agony Column of abome paper attracted sine attention:-"Bid Thompson; other Esat Dulwich Grammarians write Millen, Peckham-rya, meet Beth from Hongkong." Who shall may affor this that the East Dulwich with suburbs are suburban!

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MARRIAGE AT THE CATHEDRAL

Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, an interest Ing wedding seremony was celebrated at 8. John's Chathedral, when Lieut. Palmer, 5th, Hyderabad Contingent, was married to Mies Ida Holmes, younger daughter of the late Mr. H. J. Holmes, solicitor, who practiced for many years in this Colony. The Rev. J. H. France,

LONDON, 29th August, 10.85 a.m. M.A., S. Peter's Church, officiated, and the bride, who looked very winsome in a dress of cream-coloured silk, was given away by her brother, Mr. H, K. Holmes, solicitor. The The 8.6. Trocas is ashore at Perim, in the bride was also attended by her, sister, Miss Eva

A SHIPPING DISASTER.

Straits of Bab-el-Mundeb.

[The Troces is one of the Shall Line tank steamers, employed on the Indian trade. She is a bost of 4,000 tons and was built in 1891.- Ed.D. P.]

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 27th August.

THE SITUATION AT THE CAPE.

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Holmes, and her brother, Mr. H. 8. Holmes, whilst the bridegrooni, was accompanied by a number of his brother officers. Several other guests, ladies and gentlemon residing in the Colony, were also present by invitation. Dur- ing the time that the bride and brklegroom ware in the vestry, Mr. A. G. Ward, organist of S. Johu's Cathedral, played a spirited march, and on the conclusion of the seres any, the

Wedding March."

A reception was afterwards. hold in the The English newspapere, Liberal and Co-private dining-room of the Hongkong Hotel, where the health of the newly-married couple was teasted in clampagne. Mr. J. W. Norton servative slike, are much divided on the question of the situation at the Cape. Soms scuse the

posed the fast in a happy speech, and it was progressives of fomenting racist animosities by Kyaho, Registrar of the Supreme Court, pro- their anxiety to pass the Tronson Bill, others

enthusiastically honoured. similarly charge the Afrikander Bond in connec tion with the proposed colonial commission for the investigation of the working of martial law; and others blame both Impartially. The first alarm however is subsiding.

LONDON, 27th August,

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Amid a shower of rice, Lient, and Mrs. Palmer took their departare soon after sloven o'clock, and proceeded on a short trip to Macao, whence they return this morning and sail by the Nippon Maru, en route for England vis America. Lieut. Falmer, who is very popular By kind permission of Major Eerger and

in his cirole, has been granted a year's leave, ofoors, the band of the Hongkong Regiment

THR KING'S-MOVEMENTS. will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-night from

His Majesty the King landed to-day at and at the end of that time will travel to India, & to 9.30 o'clock Programme-

grammsrisus loftier than the world suspects" Brodiak, Isis of Arran, West Coast of Bestlandspanied by his young wife, to rejojn his Hungarian March "Rakoszy Ororture. Buy 1/24........ Mendelohzad Peckham-ry commanfesting with pro-It is stated that he is now thoroughly restored regiment. Selection... "Country Girl" ......... Monckton historic people in the Celestial Empire: What, to health. Vales.......P3⁄4uie d'Or * Waldoulch we wonder. usks a London contemporary, is

Briver Piccolo solo... "Deep Blue Sen'

EXTRA Song "F11 Sing Thee Songs of Amby... Clay Tooting doing ? Intermezzo *Loin du Bal”....... À Morelli "God Save the King."

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M. Doumer, ex-Governor of Indo-China, ES has already been announced, profited by the A privata letter received in Bhangbai from Parliamentary vacation to go to Russia and Chèngle, dated the 23rd July last, states that submit to those in authority his views on the on the flat of that month the two district France-Russian situation in the Far East. He Magistrates of that city, under instructions of way possibly push on through Siberia to Coren Viceroy Kuci Chun, and escorted by a large and Japan, says a contemporary. M. Doumer body of modern-armel troops, led to execution is keen on railway penetration into China by two alleged Boxers, who had been captured a Xunnan, Rod for "constant, unyielding, unfinch- for days previously-in-a-skirmish-ating prescrson Chins from Franos on the south. Shibpench'iao, or bridge, some eight miles western side, and from Russia on the northern." outside of Chengts. The condemned ware China would find herself squeered and prove boys, one fourteen years of age, and the other twelve?

squeezable.

MOUNT FELÉE AGAIN IN ERUPTION. Mount Pelés, Martiniquo Island, is again in violent eruption.

ITALY AND GERMAMY. H. M. the King of Italy has arrived at

Emperor William. Fidan, where he was cordially received by the

THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

President Boesevelt, speaking at Augusta (Maine),! vigorously re-afficmed the Monroe doctrine, and declared the preparedness of the United States to enfores it. America, he said, would no longer be a colonisang ground for any European power.

AMERICAN LAWN TENNIS. Larnes (holder) beat B. F. Daherty (chal

Championship of America, at Newport to-day.

ANOTHER DARING STREET ROBBERY,

THIKY CAPTURED.

Yesterday forenoon, as Mrs. Sheffield, wife of

of the Gas Company, and residing at No. 1 Mr. A. Sheffield, meter-inspector in the employ Priory Lodge, Bonham Road, was proceeding p Wellington Street in the direction of Lynd- burst Terrace, she felt a sudden tug at he Watch-chain, and turned round just in time to

which won suspended the lady's gold watch, the

a colle making off with the articls, to whole being valued at about $140. Mr. Sheffield

acresined and ran after the thief, but would assuredly have lost sight of both him and her valuables had it not been for the prompt ist

A. Peking despatch states that when a few petition was recently presented to His lenger) in the competition for Lawn Tennisance rendered by a European named Mr. Richard

Majesty in Council by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, praying for the grant of a supplemental charter to the company, as was announced at the last meeting. His Majesty having referred the unid petition to a Commities of the Lords of the Council, notice was given that all petitions for or against sach grant should be sent to the Privy Council Offes on or before the 30th August.

A Parliamentary paper relating to naval works, issued at the end of July, shows that the total estimated cast in 1901 of the various undertakings is connection with harbours, navel porta, naval barracks, &c., was £27,501,864. The work in connection with the defences of

WATER POLO.

The Torpedo Depôt team failing to put in an app-srands last night, the tie in the semi-final of the Shield Competition was awarded to the V.B.C. "A" testo, who now meet the E.W, Fusiliers in the final.

Plows and an Indian foremsa in the employ of the Sanitary Board. Both hard" the cries of Mrs. Sheffield, who fall during her class, hart- ing her kase slightly, and thas sat

set of in paranit of the decamping thief. Ha ran down a side street or lane, but was being quickly overhauled when he threw the watch and chain into s pilu of wood and sought refuge in a house, air, Plows made after him, and won linh sâm nudee The Shield match not coming off allowed a arrest, whilst the Indian searches, winoy get the practice game to be indulged in. The teams wood for the watch and chain, which he re- were composed of V.R.C. and B.W.F. players covered and landed to Mrs. Shofield. The thief mixed, and an exceedingly well contested game was taken to the Central Police Station and was witnessed. At half-time White Caps had charged. The case against him will probably be

board to-day.BAŞA lead of two goals to all; Red Caps un- fortunately scoring immediately after the

The British authorities have lost no time in preparing for the investigation of the murder of Messrs. Brace and Lowis, mys the N-C Daily Nercs in its issue of the 25th inst. Mr. Dover Harbour and the Muita breakwater is time for the first half had expired. Rød- standard of house-rent has been increasing Lancelot Giles, of H.M.'s Consular service, has not expected to be finished until 1907-8, while Cape were moro successful in the second THE "COMBINEM AND THE NAVY,

enormously-figures could easily be adduced to prove this, if it were at all necessary- aud the profits have all gone into the land- lords pockets. The money which the Government will use to pay compensation with comes from the public revenues, and the present body of ratepayers will there- fore see their contributions going to pay off the most prosperous portion of the com- mannity, even though the results will be beneficial to future generations in the Colony. Moreover, it may be added, the loss dccasioned by the decrease in living- room space due to alterations under the new Ordinance will assuredly not fall principally ou the landlorde, but on the tenants, who will finds their rents increasing to meet the landlords deficiencies. So it may be, and

gone to Changsha, the ospital of Hunan in H.M.8. Snipe to take the deputy of the Governor of Hunan to Changteh, and accompany him to Chiêuohon to investigate the tragedy, This prompt dispatch of a British Consular official in a British gunboat will give great satisfaction to all the follow-subjects of the

murdered missionaries.

In the House of Commons on the 31st July,

Mr. Carlile asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he had any official report to show that, owing to the coal premium in China, the cruiser Terrible hat only put in 18 days sea-time during 18 months on the station, and the squadron was unable last year to carry out its usual sax-exercises; and, if so, would he say what steps, if any, had been taken to remedy such a state of affairs? Mr. Arnold-Forster replied: No report to the effect suggested bas been

it is improbable that the Gibraltar and the period, and scored four goals, the final result Hongkong dockyards extensions will be com- being Bed Caps, four: White Caps, two gosla Little attention Eas been given to the subject pleted for some three years. The expenditure The final for the Shield will be played this of shipping combines from the naval point of to March 31, 1991, was £7,210,240, the estimated afternoon at 5.30 sharp. The teams ar 58

vlaw. We have been told, on the ons hand, expenditure for 101-2 £2,749,015, and the follow-

that the passenger steamer secured by the amount remaining available for the current V.R.Č. “A”—Pereira, guot; Hance and Morgan Byndicats would be of little value iu financial year £3,808,565.

Loureiro, backs; Alves, half-back; Horbet, actual warfare; and on the other, that their lose Humphreys and Bain, forwards.

is a serious one for the Navyde) lowriter in B.W.-Whitney, gaol: Andrews and Blackwood Magazina fór Anguit is inclined to Holland. backs; Coltman, half-back; Roberts take the former tow. At any rate, he gives many reasons to show that there is no gronad Monk, and Gregory, forwards."

for the scars which followed the tramatotion. He points out that an milliary cruiser, improvised as such from the passenger vessel, cannot be brought up tas much greater fighting value than that of a third-class orniser. Her guns may be better to bolondnames greatly anperior, but

A WORD TO THE CHARITABLE.

It will be remembered that last son the Colony was visited by the Barnes Taudeville Company which played to middling houses and the steered for Bingapore in searen of kindlier

THE most important measure which is to indeed is already, argued on the side of those received. The squadron did not carry out the they badno previous cognisance, and the matter brighten to any appreciable extent, and after class cruiser,

third-

The following is from Today:The " Peer's Daughter" of the Lady's Renim might have been forgiven an "intelligent anticipation" of the gala performance that never came off, but abe was looking for trouble when she went for the porformers in slashing style, and she found it, for the Syndicate at ones took action through Mosera. Hutchinson, the their legal advisors. publishers of the Lady's Realm, wore, however, not less prompt in expressing their regret for the publication of the article, of which, of course, fortate. Their lack in the Straits did not especially for engines has bean amicably settled by a public apology migrating between Singapore. Pensug, and quarter of a who oppose the full claims of the property annual craises in company last year for various come before the Legislative Council in the

owners. The Government stands between ressons, but lack of coal was not one of them, and a cheque for £100, which the Syndicate has Medsa, the proprietor and his family er £16,000

sent on to King Edward's Hospital Fund. I decided to abandon the show and cleared

pay that near future, if indeed it is not the most

these two parties to the dispute, representing There is no shortage of coal on the station.

understand that the "Peer's Daughter" is not out one Blue day "under the kindly shelter that they shou important measure which has ever come

as it does, and being guardian of the in-

of an alias," s Straite paper put it. niaetsoa knot shipy before that body since its institution, is “The

terests of, the whole community of Hongkong. Deborah, Lady Bowring, died recently at her a bluff signature, but that the lady, who is a Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, In justice the Governor and the Legislative residence at Exeter at the advanced age of 85 regular contributor to one or two society papers Of the remaining noobers of the company the be baile, bmt ft Ik 1902"; as it is comprehensively called. This Bill should have come up for second / Council cannot pay undue weight to the re- years. She was the widow of Sir Joba Bowring, and a not unknown writer of short storie. Brothers Francis, down on the bill as Musioner would be 2006

presentations of either party. Their duty formerly member of Parliament for Kilmarnock the daughter of an Irish viscount of old familycal Experts and Comedians," were in the worst ninetsan knöt oralt that

plight, for they had no money to jalu Mme. the passenger and malt trade is very limited

For the rending in the Council on the 8th August,is to arrive at a solution of the problema 1834-39. Sir John was a great traveller, and

and Bolton, and Governor of Hongkong but sadly improverished ostate.

Freed and the others in a small combination At present, he but on that day H. E the Officer Administer which will be equitable to both. The ous of the finest linguists of the last century. H.M.8. Crlando seems to have ruas model which enabled the latter to emerge with combine employ Britisk samen, and in the Bill which was drafted by Messre. Lady Bowring was before her marriage a Mias canteen on her recent commission out here comparative comfort from the dificult position improbable event of their being unwilling to CHADWICK and SEMPEON provided for an Castle, of Bristol, and mackied Sir John, who On the Buthority of a member of the ship's in which their proprietor's notion had placed jols the British Navy, as long as the British arbitrating Board of three members to died in 1872, as his second wife in 1869. It company the romalt shows the very large sums them. Without a copt to their name, sad finding fag Bles over them they usuld be forced to fula decide the amout of compensation to be was the first Lady Bowring (a Miss Lewin, of which the British seaman is prepared to spend their profession one not likely to offer immediate our Navy anywhere, except in a forsiga port and lucrative openings in Singapore, the Mureover, we do not depend so much us paid to ownere in cases of resumption of Hackney) that a few old China residents will on himself, and also the many advantages which

remember. She was unfortunately one of the a well-run cartoon can cater on a ship. Had Brothers Francis, after experiencing many hard formerly upon merchant sesmen for maua ng BLAKE'S return to Hongkong, so that the land or extinction of rights, the members of victims of the 1857 poisoning in Hongkong by there not been a successful, canteen all the shift they slept one night in a loft were the Navy, for we can now count on the services same chairman might carry out the whole the Board being a judge of the Supreme in Lane assistant, the land was the baker many instances of useful expenditure would enabled, through the philanthropy of numerous of 140,000 mon without draaing important matter. This delay has enabled Court, acting as Chairman, and nominees of for the Europesa colony in those dayal. She either have had to be separate subscriptions or residents, to gives concert which left them merchant marine. Tiasily, as M. Baulin, the the public, to a limited extent, to hear the Governor and of the landlord respec- did not directly, die from the poisoning, but bar they would have been omitted altogether. The with ruficient in their parkste to come on bere, French ex-Minister of Fable Works has the land-owners' case, for although the report on the ordinance drawn up for tively. To this proposal be exception has health never really recovered, and it was the interest, taken in the canteen by the vloe-presia day's march nearer home," which for them remarked, the combine inagurates snow maxle of the owners the European owners, it been taken by the framers of the report after-effects of the arsenic that caused bordent and the manager resulted in the goods being is in Australia. They purpose organising an political relations between peoples, and Americas is to be remarked, for the Chinese laad-rade for the committee of property owners, death. This was when Bir John Bowring was sold to the man at cheaper prices than they entertainment here, and combining their own who hava shares in the combine will themselves and there is no ground for exception on the Plenipotentiary, Commander-in-Chief, and could be obtained at from the Chinsman in his with local talent. The weather is a triffe be deeply interested in the ascendancy of the lords are preparing their own Cafe - by Messrs. DANDE, DENNISON, RAN & part of others. But the principle upon Vice Admiral in Hongkong, and it was the bamboat alongside, with the result that the warm, certainly, but it is some time since we British Nav Gros, LxIGH & ORANGE, and PALMEZ which the amount of compensation due is to time of the Arrow ww. Bowring had made ship's company always used the canteen instead had any amusemente, and it is hoped that & TURNES, is dated the 5th August, it be arrived at is of course not specified in the attack casus belli, and in this bed the of going outside. The expenditure of nearly residents will stretch a point and by their was not, actually in print until two weeks the draft Bill, and it is this principle whichproval of Palmerston. Mr. Cobden, however, £16,000 in three years sad a quarter for a ship's rapport enable the two gentlemen in questions later. The questions involved in the pro- calla for full discussion in the Legislative de it the grounds for propreing a rots of company of 480 is at the rate of about 10 tones to heme and friends. They are both But when Lord Falmerston went to the country, standing that prices were continually being ont composed several piècem, was at one time or posed measure are, so vital to the futura Council, the guardians of the rights of the /oensure, which was carried by a majority of 16. gainens per head per annam, and thin, notwith-clever performers, and one, besides having bft Manila ba the 8th in as 6 p.m. for this. well-being of the Colony that it is well that whole unity, landlords and tenants the country rejo.ted his opponents, and sint down so we prevent anything hat the lowest | gündt in the Church of 8. Igaslius, Adelaide, allinterested should become fully acquainted,

ing the Government stated that, after a good deal of consideration, he thought that it would be fairer Both to H.E. the Governor and to the Legislative Council to postpone the second reading until Sir HENEY

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LATEST EAMER MOVEMENTS.

The Eraton Eastern from Sydney; &e,

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The all ex C.P.F: steamer Athénzan arrived

in New York on the 28th inst