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THE EONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5тя, 1902

those unacquainted with China that definite terms bad been arrived at. Those who are acquainted with Chinese methods, on the other, will exhibit no surprise. It would be satisfactory, nevertheless, to learn from A. S. WATSON & CO., Shanghai what exactly happened during

the Just days of August.

MINITEL

BREWED GINGER BEER

IN STONE BOTTLES.

Another day free from plague was reportap | at noon yesterday,

H.MSS. Argonaut, Goli eth, and Ocean hara proceeded to Waihaiwai. from Japan, and the gunboats Espiegle and Robia are at Hankow and Macao respectively.

We received tho.following typhoon warning from the U.S. C. nsal-General yesterday after- noon, dated Manila Observatory, 4th September, 3 pin. Now depression off the E. of N.

we supply. Luzon."

TUIE GINGER, BEER

ik prepared iu our well known factories from the freshest and best

ingredients, and holds the unique position of being the only GINGER BEER in the Colony that is really BREWED.

Of the highest standard of excellence and

purity, our GINGER BEER forms ä must

refreshing and health-giving beverage.

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Per pox-

Priez (in Stone Bottles) .....$1.75.;

One Dollar per dozen is allowed for the bottles when receive:l back at our factories

in good condition.

Thy Kaiser intends to rlait King Edward ; · The Royal Jubure Tia Mining Cu on the 28th, in November next,

ult, decided on a 5 per cent, interim dividend,

Sir Francis Lorell, who started out last year on a tour of the Emples in the interests of the London School of Tropical Medicine, and visit ed this port on bis journey. has reached home

again, fortified by a formidable mass of valuable information for the institution he represents.

Prines Kematan arrived at Port Arthur on the 21st at, and left in the Japanese flagship. Foko for habe.

The yacht which is being built at Nagasaki by the Miten Risbi Co. ana wedding present to the Crown Palace of Japan is to be ready for There are great dissensions is the Hong-launching shortly. She has already cost some wanji, the Shin sect of Buddhists of Jupan, the 1 30,000 yen. hereditary Lord Abbot, Count O'uni, being a man of most immoral habits, it is alleged. On the other hand, we se in one journal that the charge against the Lord Abbot in of "prodigality."

At a place near Poons, India, the other day a womnu found a shell and: Lauded it 16TMTM some

The opinion prerails in Berlin, according to a despatch from that city, that "the Sinmoso

question can the solved without farther

diflculties, if Franco will respect the com- mercial rights of the other Powers.”

TELEGRAMS.

DAUT PRESS" SERVICE.

GENERAL NEWS.

ALLEGED MURDER ON THE CHINGTU

Thess, Chingts which arrived in Hongkong on Wednesday from Sydasy was brought into unwelcome notoriety during its stay in thit aity by two of its engineers being charged with murder. The scensed men are Archibald Karr (4), chief engineer, and Charles Pengelly (25), p.m.second engineer. It is alleged that on 1st July,

FROM OUR SPROTAT, CORRESPONDENT.]

LONDON, 3rd September, 7.15 NARROW ESCAPE OF US. PRESIDENT. President Roosevelt, with a party of friends, was driving from Pittsfield to Lenor,

Mass., when the carriage collided with an The President escaped with electric car.

when the Chingfu was only 15 h ura out from Hongkong, they threw a Chinese coal-trimmer overload, one catching him by the head and the other by the feet. All the witnesses for

the

crew. Evidence was taken in the Water Police prosecution are Chitose members of the

Court at Sydney on the 8th nit, and the sooned were afterwards committed for trial on 24th November, Both men were liborated

H.E. Lo Fong-lub, ex-Minister to Great Britain, who has stayed in Shanghai srer since a few cuts, and bruises, but the driver and on bail of £1,000 each, £500 of which was found his recent return from London, left for Foo-

by themselves and £500 by outside guarantors

The U.8. veuse craiser Luzon, one of composed. They commencet operations by chow on the 29th alt.. to pay a visit to his horses of the carriage and a member of the in each case, Mr. Karz returned to Hongkong

the ten being built for the U.S. Philippine Gorerament by Messrs. 8. C. Farúban, Boyd & Co., weat on bør official trial at Shanghai on- the 27th ult.

The following appointments have been nofi-

fied at the Admiralty --Lieutenants-H. F. C. K tehaner, to the Tamar, for destroyers in reserve, and J. M. Maxwell Scott, to the Goliath, undated..

The ferry-launch Morning Stay become jamment between the guiding-piles and the

locis before proceeding to Peking to report on the expiration of his mission,

labourers whom she asked to break it to pinces, saying she wanted the iron of which it was

pounding it with stones, At latest advices one man was dead and buried, two men, a woman and an infant were in hospital, and the woman who discovered the thing was in gaol.

The people of San Jose, California, ace moving to have the Chinatown of that place Dr. Solf, Governor of Sames, who reached

removed from within the city limits. They, Singapore by the Prins Regrat Luitpold,laim that this presence of a noxious Oriental intends to visit several China coast ports as quarter is detrimental to property values and

otherwise injurious to the community, well as Hongkong. He will also pay a visit to the Quads Archipelago. for s minube investiga. tion of the practicability of sending Chinese coolies to Samoa, It now transpires that the matter has assumed another phase, as the

intends to transport to Upolu from 300 to 1490. Chine e; whorses Dr. Solf poly had intended to make the Srat trial with about 63

STRANDING OF THE OSLO."

Messrs, Sander, Wieler & Co. informed us

information that the Norwegian så. Onla stranded on Girume reef, Loockoo Islands, on

escort were killed.

TRE TSARINA.

The Taurian has had n miscarriage, but the shipping company (Messrs. Batterfield there are no complications.

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OBITUARY.

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Mc. H. Panmure Gordon, the expert Chinose and Japanese finance, has died suddenly.

[Mr. Harry Panmure Gordon was formerly

wharf ut Kowloon yesterday morning about Samos Compsog has taken it in hand and Festerday morning that they have received well known out in this part of the world, in the of signing on under false names and the ex-·

half-past ten. and was extricated with some difficulty. The accident, occasioned a delay of about fifteen minutes.

A recrudescence has taken place in the local carpeuten strike. The men regumed work generally at the beginning of the week, evidently in the belief that their action would result in the rating of the desired increase of wages, but us this was not forthcoming they have shown their feeling in the matter by again leaving the masters in the lurch.

The entertainment to be given in the City Hall on Saturday, 13th inst, on behalf of the A. S. WATSON & CO. Brothers Francis, promises to be a highly

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HONGKONG, 5th September, 1902.

successful one: Besides numerous musical items, the programme includes exhibitions of cutlass drill and physical exercise by men from the British war-vessels in port. The tickets are selling well.

Chiusmen, for which 15,000 marks had been allowed by Government. There are a good unfavourable eyes, fearing that the morals of many there who regard the undertaking with the islanders might be contaminated by the

Chinese.

Qalte a number of the most modern 1900 and 1901 Winchester rifles are to be found in

Bangkok, says the Bangkok Times, and it in quite certain that the greater part of them were insported without pasping through the Customer. We have it on guos authority that within the last three months there has been n hewry illegal import of arms into Siam. It is believed they were landed first at Kobsichang. Under present circumstances the difficulties of enforcing the law are enormous, In the Sing Ho el on Wednesday evening and surely it is time that Siam shauged the the chief and first-class patty officers of H.M.S.law. Under an ordinary Arms Act it would be Temer gave a dinner to celebrate the occasion of the arrival of reliefs and that of the departure of old shipmates. The dinner was a very enjoyable and successful one, and in the smok. ing concert which followed the Francis Brothers, who are arranging as entertainment in the City Hall for Saturday, the 13th inst leut their asHintauce.

The Straits Timer of the 28th ult, says:

Owing to the troubles in the North of Sian:

Chinese shoppers have for the past weeks boun somewhat okary of shipping goods there and, as

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possible to control the import with some degres of enccess, apart from the fact that such an Act would be of the greatest assistance to the

does not seem to see it. Police in repressing violent urime. But Siam

It is reported, says thy NC. Daily News,

firm of Lindsay and Co., of Shanghai, Hong

on the Chingra on Wednesday, but Mr. Pengelly remains in Australia until the time of the trial. Both are trusted employees of

& Swire), ara well known in Hongkong, and have wide-spread sympathy with them u the painful position in which they find them- selves. In their evidence the nocused, mon. stated that they had no recollection of the ming man. There some to be some ground for the belief that the "misang man wes never on board at all thing which in very easily understood when one considers the system

change of articles that go on among the coast- a voyage from Boilo with sugar to Yokohama.Kongrete, being in command of the Shanghai town Chinese. The time at which the aconsed No further news is to hand so far,

Hounted Rangers Volunterry during the T'ai- aru said to have thrown the wad into the sea ping rebellion. Born in 1897, Mr. Gordon was was half past ning on the morning of the day educatel at Harrow, Oxford, and Bona. He after the ship luft Hongkong Twenty Chineso received a commission in the 10th Hussars and altogether signed on in Hongkong and they served for four years, after which be abandoned | are of the most igasrant and physically notesa the army for commerce and came out to China olses of Cantonese. It is to be hoped that the for five years.

On his return to England be trial will show the whols afory to be a tramped- became a member of the London Stock Ex-up affair. change, where he remained for some thirty years, being senior partner of the firm of Panmure Gordon, Hill & Co. The deceased was a man of versatile ta-tas, being known,

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WEATHER REPORT.

Observatory yesterday, at 12.20 p.m. 'The . The following was issued from the Hongkong

typhoon has apparently moved NNE. over Cores, and lies this morning to the westward of Vladivostock, where the barometer has fullon rapidly.

The other depression, noted yesterday us lying east of the Locolon, may have moved to

RIOJUN MARU" AGROUND..

the NW, but observations from the Japanese among other things, as a breeder of collie Kaisha Informed ns last night that they were stations are not yet to hand.

The baromoter is falling again along the China coast. Madorate to fresh N. and W. winds along the China Const.

Forecast: Moderate NW. winds; fine.

FATAL FIRE.

THREE LIVES LOST,

fire broke not on the first fluor of premises Soua after four o'clock yesterday morning

situáté at 105, Webington Street. The alarm was quickly sounded, and not long after-the

discovery of the outbreak the fire brigade wax

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 2nd September. IRELAND--EXTENSION OF CRIMES ACT.

The Crimes Act has been extended to the whole of Connaught and Muuster, with the

Dublin sad Limerick. erception of Kerry, and also to the cities of

HONGKONG CORONATION

CONTINGENT. The Rt. Hon. Earl of Minto, Governor- General of Conade, reviewed the Hongkong

of the National Guard....... with the United States (Canadian) Regiment

The local agents of the Nippon Yusen

in receipt of telegraphio ad love from Japan stating that the me Bijun Hure, which left, Hongkong on the 26th ult, kound for Seattle (Wish,) via ports, grounded near Quelpart Island on the 2nd inst, while on the voyage from Shanghai to Moji, bet has since refloatel and has put in at Port Hamilton, whether ala- tasse is being sent. The earge, mails, and passengers are reported safe,

A BOY'S FOOLISH FREAK.

A Chinese boy's desire to see the effect of the application of a lighted match to a quantity of - gunpowder has had a rather serious endlor.

that Director-Geversi Sheng of the Sung-Wa. had obtained a firm hold of the shop in which Coronation Contingent at Ottawa, together The incident occurred in the harbour on board

'Railway has, auder advics, ordered the exten sion of the Woosang and of the line from Wengts'oa Creek to the bend in the vicinity of the North fort of the port of Wecsung. In this connection Mr. Chuang, the Assistant

junk on which the boy in question, whose aga is 17, was employed me a cook. Apparently he wout into the cabin to look for some clothing, and found instead about thirty pounds of gn-

on the spot. By this túas, however, the famos

the outbreak originated, one occupied by a companied by dens clouds of smoke, so pra- shoemaker, and were shooting out into the street, eating the firemen from antoring the building. The cascades of water with which they were

The Peking Gaselle says that the Imperial when it was safe to do so an entry was made whetrall the foreign governments have agreed stern of the junk, and applied a light. The

plosive, spread it carefully on the deck at th for the purpose of ascertaining the nature and to the proposed increase in the import and result was startling. When the boy took the

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THE LEKIN QUESTION.

matter of fact, Lind in some cases altogether | Manager of the Sung-Wa-Railway-in-company fought ultimately extinguished the flames, and Edict should read→ Lekin will be abolishpowder. He gathered up, a quantity of thuez-

stopped doing so. The reassuring news received of late, however, has changed this state of affairs and for the past few days the usual shipments have been remmed.

In reference to the complaint male by our Taiyuanfu correspondent, that letters addressed to the province of Sususi are often sent to the town of Shusi, says the N.-G. Daily News, it must be explained, in justice to the British Post Office here, that the blunder is committed in Hongkong. The cover, were sent to the British Port Office here for inspection, and they all bure the Hongkong post mark. All the northern and river port mails by English and German packets are sorted and bagged for each port separately at Hongkong. The British P. O. does not make up ay chowed bug for Bhasi of letters by French packets, the few that do come being handed over for transmission to the Imperial Chinese Port.

with other officials of the in, wont the other day to examine the distance between the two points, work on the road-bed of which, it is reported, is soon to be begun. Owing to the disappearance of some of the boundary-marks Shanghai terminus, the officials of the Bos have of the railway between Woosung and the

had constracted 18 granite boundary stones, bearing the name of the railway, to be erected in the following order-Sisty stones to be on sither side of the Company a property, sad erested between North fort bend and Chughus creak station; sixty from that station to Chiang. Chiangwan and the Shanghai terminus. wan and sixty boundary-stones between

powder from the cabin to the deck be noon- MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.

sciously left a tralo along which the flame Mr. Chamberlain, in the course of a travelled and ignited to remainder of the pow interview, said that in his speech at Bleming- der in the cabin. Seven people on board were ham he sent to say that the nation would not injured by the explosion, the boy himself så consent in time of pace to malutah serionly as to make his recovery unlikely. standing army of 250,500 men.'

A SOUTH AFRICAN GALE.

Bay, on the southern coast of Cape Colony Sorenteon sailing reasels, two tugs, and a A force gale has been raging at Algoa

number of lighters are askore. Many lives have been last.

ERUPTION AND TIDAL WAVE AT MARTINIQUE,

which was tonanted jointly by a silversmith-| extent of the damage. On the grounil floor, [export duties,” ' and grocer, not ranch damage was done, and what accrued was cansed by water only. The shoemaker's shop on the first floor, where, as has been remarked, the outbreak commenced, was practically destroyed, but on the second foor, where the damage to property was telling, circumstanes a gravity hitherto undreamt of. a discovery 'was made which imparted to the This floor was occupied as a family honso, and on Sergeant Garrud foreldran entry into one of the cubicles a gruesome sight met bis gaze, A description of the aiming apparatus Lying in various positions in the room were invented by Capt. Percy Scott of the Terrible the bodies of three females who had died from appears in a Colombo paper:-The aining suffocation. The fire had scarcely touched apparatus known as the "datter" is being sent them, only part of their clothing and skin cat by the Admiralty and introduced un vasele showing signs of having been burnt. One of A correspondent at Nganlufa, Hupeb, writes Terrible has one of these on board attached to ently, another a servant girl of about sixteen, in the East Indies Bad China Stations. The the victime was a child of six or seven, appar- to the N.-G. Daily News:-Encouraged by the pioneer journey of the British ganboat Feat, cruiser Fez of this station, which is now in

Die of her two 9.2 inch quick-Brors, while the and the third a married on the bodies ur German friends decided to send a gunboat harbour, has also one of these indicators in use.

were removed to the mortuary. It is not known how the fire sccurred, but tt damage is be up the Hao, as far se Hiangyang. News The apparatus, which is to

lieved to be covered by insurance. reached the officials that a German ganboat shooting, consists of a zainiature movable target left Hankow on a certain date, and might be fixed a short distanes from the muzzle of the expected at Nganla in a week's time. Wogar and at the end of the guu is also a sort of the Chinese commissioners had arrived at unwaited for that gunboat, and many enquiries type-writing contrivance which is manipulated

were made, but it did not arrive. I found out by the gunner who fires the gun. This indicates the Selangor Club, Mr. Venning, Acting afterwards that the gunboat went up as far as on the minintars target the correct time to fire Hsientuotson, half-way between Nganla and at the target at sea and this 's dondexpeditiously Hankow," and for some reason turned back and and without any mistake. The arrangement and returned to the contre, so the Genza fig has working of the "dotter" is kept a secret. The not been seen on thoas upper reaches Que working of the appliance is quite simple and wonders if our friends are concession Ling. cau be manipulated by any gunner after a short There is a noble stretch of sand between the practice. city and the river, but nothing else worth bay ing

In the absence of detailed news from Shanghai with regard to the Anglo-Chinese commercial treaty it is difficult to make out the exact course which events have taken during the past few days, and comment therefore has seemed superfluous. REUTER's telegrams have brought us what little in- formation has reached Hongkong with -reference te--the treaty. From these it appears that after Sir JAMES MACKAY and

understanding the terms of the agreement were sent to Peking and on the 29th ultimo the Imperial approval was telegraphed to Shanghai. It was then expected that the treaty would be signed on the next day, the 30th ultimo, to come into force on the last day of October. Thus all seemed settled. RAUTER' despatch of the 31st August amounced the publication of au Imperial

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THE SERVANT QUESTION.

Lumpur and district cook place on 1st August A general meeting of residents of Kuala

British Resident, Selangor, presiding. Mr. Venning, in bla pening remarke, recalled the fact that last year a meeting had been held to consider the matter in hand and that it had then been decided to draw up an Enactment. to regulate the labour market. A Committes had then been appointed. Mr. Joaquim had drafted an Enactment on similar linee to that which had been at work in Ceylon for the past 25 years with

Castries, Santa Lucia, West ledies, from

An English steamer which has arrived at Fort de France, Martinique, reports another o'clock on Exturday evening. Refugees report terrible eruption of Mout Pálée at wine that Morne Houge has been entirely destroyed. Le Curbet, Martinique, has beer swept by tidal wave in which over two hundred lives have been lost...

LONDON, 2nd September,

THE MALT NIQUE DIS ›STËR,

announces one thousand lives lost in the recent An unofficial telegram received in aria Martinique disaster. It is further stated that two cruisers are embarking refugees.

..THE CAPE PRLIAMENT. sire amendment to the Indemnity Bill, asking The Cape assembly has adopted the progres for an extension of pares and an Imperial martial law commission, tirJ. Gordon Sprigg, Premier, as previonaly sunonaced, has already communicated with the imperial government

The Shanghai tramways concession is to be for 21 years, the tenderers paying a royalty of so much sucess. The outline of the schame on the subject, and there is thus a probability

decree abolishing lekin. Later on the same Daily News writes:-A gentleman who recently 30 per year per mile of double traék and £100 | is sy follows:-All servants will be required to af the proposed colon commission' heng -

per year par mile of single track. They ha registered wi han certain time of the coming ropped. propone to lay at once about alles of

‘KACHIDATE. MARU” IN A

TYPHOON.

the stern of the junk was mush damaged bat

in the Government Civil Hospital. the wonder is that the bost www no blown to matohwood. The mafferars are being treated

HONGKONG OBSERVATORY AND STORM WARNINGS

We bara received from the Secretary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce the following further letter on the sbore subject:-

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce,

30th Angat, 1003 SIR-Referring to the assalo Climber's letter of 23rd justant of storm-warnings, Fan now to you two further/meteorologi which with those already sent wil show, yon the complete set of notices furnished by the Sionwel and posted up daily on the Bund at

the subject directed to forward.

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of the public. The Committes that you will be interested in

which, as a nozier, sonriod to

fford olearer and fuller weather inform thin the

Observatory I have the honour to be, six, bulletins and notices Insaed by the Hongkong your most obedient servant.

Hon. FH MY C.ME/ -

Colonial Secretary

Secretary.

LATEST ARRIVAL IN HONGKONG-

THE SMITH PREMIEL

W TYPEWRITER

ERLANGER & GALINGER eroinsira LIEBERT, representative,

The Peltaiko correspondent of the NO

risited Nowebwang sags the Russians sie day, however, the same agency announced making all preparation for their retiremen that the treaty bad not been signed on the † from Fancheria at an early day,

and expresses

4uble and 84 miles of single track. The into force of the Enactment; but, iu considera. 30th, Sir JAMES MACKAY refusing to sign the belief that they will do so. At the sam

verhead trolley system is to be adopted, tion of the interests of natives who employ owing to certain indefinitness in the word time he admits that they are not likely to and the cost of construction, including power servants at a low wage, it is provided that all ing of the Imperial decree. The terms of give up some of the pless on which they house and Liant, is estimated at £320,000. I those who are working for less than $8 per

Captain S. Fajiki of the an. Kachidate Mara love spent considerable sums, such as New Single-deck cars accommodating & first-class mouth shall be exempt. The servant will ba the treaty, explained the telegrain, were notchwang and Talien Bay, nor to retire without and 40 second-class passengers are to be used, required to furnish his photograph, record of which arrived in Hongkong yesterday with a questioned, but the matter was simply one some sort of equivalent for what they supposed with fares for a course of about 1 miles of 6 previous survive, sud copies of testimonials to Kaints, reporte having been in a typhoon on the | Oriss

cargo of coal consigned to the Mitsu! Bussu of juterpretation of the treaty. In to-day's they had acquired here, nor even then to make cents first and 24 cents second-class. The the Kegistrar. Employers will be beaud to issenppears a telegram from London, which an absolute relinquishment of their claims routes are not yet definitely decided, but make entries in the books furnished to each voy go from Japan. The steamer left Karalan on the 29th inst. On the 30th she encountered states that the following is quoted in the upon that country. Notwithstanding those it is proposed to lay lines to Yangtospro errant, showing a succinct record of such the typhoon off Haishan Li-hse, the barometers Peking Gazelle as part of the edict properations, it will require a great deal of Creek, to the Babbling Wall, and for a cross. Servant's work whilst in his or her employ, and falling gradually and the wind voering round

Lekin will be abolished when all the evidence, in view of recent events and past town inner loop, and these routes are to be in stating clearly the reason for his baving, when from N., to westward. On the 1st inst. foreign governments have agreed to the story, to convince most observers that there working order within two years. It lips been such an orent may take place. Thes follows a barometer had fallen to 20.23 dag; the

will be any proper “retirement" till they see long and laborious task to get tramways description--for the present without details of forợn was 10 mids, and the tip ban proposed increase in the import and the movement nefully began. In foot, the authorised to Shanghai, sate the NC. Daily the penalties ontailed on master and man for heavily and was opt contizmonsly by heavy export duties." As the two measures were presumption at present in all the other way. Naue, but we are curtain that when they are not falmaul of the variou intended to balance each other and the The claws will be shanthed while the clutch will here and at work they will be fed to repay in bare outline, are the details of Chloese government has given its sanction be maintained, and Tibet will probably be the | the commanity for all the trouble the efforts to which it was sgrentito draft to the treaty it might have been supposed by ; quid pro quo for the sheathed claw.

introduce them bavé caŭrod

Government for considerati

to the

the Ho kong Hotel for one week and will be pleased to all on

(purchasses – to demonstrate the cheter Spalth Premier

Will be at Hotel between 12 and 2 p.m.

mul you have seen TH-PREMIEB."

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