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INTIMATION

A. S. WATSON

CO.,

THE HONGKONG JAILY PRESS MON JAT, SEPTEMBER 20ra, 1902

bidder. There was at que timen ranour that the Americans had disposed of their rights to the Canton-Hankow railway construction to a Belgian syndicate rumour which happily provod false, for it was felt that a Belgian syndicate might mean anything, among other things a preponderating French influence. If the Macao-Canton line is really going to be built, we shall trust to see it managed under the control of the Portuguese and of coarse the Chinese Governments. Such nu arrange- ment will be the best guarantee of pace A line between Macao and Canton should in itself prove lucrative, ruaning as it does We take this opportunity to state that our through a rich tract of territory; and when

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from the Government Tytam Reservoir,

and specially filtered in large storage filters

on the best scientific principles,

Our AERATED WATERS are thus

ABSOLUTELY PURE,

and consumers of them may feel themselves

quite secure against contracting Cholera by

liquid agency, which it is comparatively

easy to do by drinking impure water.

Cauton is connected by rail with Central China it will be even more promising. We are once more impelled to ask the old ques- tion, when shall we hear anything mom of the Kowloon-Chaton Railway ? Is all the railway enterprise in this part of the world to be left to other countries ?·

Mr. H. Noguchi has been appointed acting Consul for Japan in Hongkong-

Thirty-four counterfeit Bank of Japan ten-yen mates have been discovered in Corsa. The forgar

on board, pawed Chinking without slopping

H.M.8. Eclipse, with Rear Admiral Grenfell - was not been found,

at 1 am. on the 2lat inst. It was understood that the Admiral will call on the Viceroy at Nanking.

Loochom, and her cargo are advertised for anle The Norwegian steamiar Oslo, stranded on the by austion at Kobe,

H. B. M. Consul-General at Bangkok bar

-- The Austrian cruiser Mariz Thorota arrived telegraphed that Pakaam is substituted Foresterday morning from Shanghai and the Kohphai as the place where vessels from Heng-

Garmin van boat Tiger from Amoy. The British. kong or Chinesa ports must call for pratiqus.?

transport Pentalola arrived on Saturday from "Taku:

equivalent for the word "sphere," had to tran A clover boy, who did not know the French alate a sentence containing the words the Eastern hemisphere." His rendering waste Demi-Monds Oriental,"

The delay in the mailing of the Korea from San Francisco fling a suit against her, San Francisco was due to the Labour. Union of

Judgment was given in byr favour. because among her personnel ware 200 Chinese,

The mortality returns for Singapore for the month of Angust show a total of 849 deaths a ratio per millo of 43:29. For the week ended

The French mail of the 25th ult. was Sept. 13 the total number of deaths is 197~* delivered in London on the 25th Font.

par mills of 43,63. · Fever still claims first placo es the most fatal disease.

The 'wonal meeting of the S. Andrew's Society takes place in the City Hall at 5 p.m. to-day.

Mr. George Grimbla will give an organ recital in the Union Church next Monday evening.

The fiual for the Chairman's Cup will take place at the Kowloon Bowling Green, it is expected, to-morrow afternoon at five o'clock.

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Mr. C. Clementi has been appointed to act as Assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils, during the absence on vacation are

of Mr. R.. F. Johnston.

Fire broke out yesterday morning in a large heap of coal near Sharp's Buildings at Kowbon, belonging to Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. The

A.S. WATSON & CO. dainage done was not serious.

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The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethereole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals-Wong WingShan Tong, $30. The first meeting of the newly-formed Lite rary Club in connection with the Union Church will be held in the Church, next Friday scening, from nine til ten o'clock. The meeting-vill take the form of a social.

The granting of freo pratique at Saigon to 131 arrivals from Hongkong is notified in the Gazette, a is also the announcement of the

The Tientsin sorrespondent of oår Shanghai morning contemporary telegraphed on the 23rd inst.:--"The Chiness officials have gone to Shandikwan to ressive to railway from Russia to-day, though nothing is known ofoisily. The Kussians have emptied the railway work- shops at Shanhaikwau." The latter action at least seeme characteristic.

The following telegram from Beschuon has been received by the Rev. Dr. Hykes of Shanghai:-Choagiu, 20th September. The general situation is doubtful. A large area of the country is seriously disturbed. The city

excitement has abate, and the officials ura on Missionaries and their property ars under the alert. The new Viceroy has just arrived.

protection.

A Bombay telegram dated September 12 saysThe Farsee v. Presidency match at Poons was played to-day. The weather was fuo. The Parzees won the toss and batted first and were all out by tiu time for 14. Mistry made 36 and Meherhomji 80. Lord taxxo. The Northcote lunched with tho Presidency batted after tiffin and play closed at six, the score belog 145 for seven wickets.

The death return for August shows a total of 65 deaths, 31 being in the European and Foreign oummunity (24 sicilians, & Army, 1 Navy), and the rest Chinese: 72 deaths were due to plagae, 49 to malarial fever, and 139 to chest

M. Bean, Governor-General of French Indo-

China, embarked at Marssilles on the 31st inst. in the Juxam. He is accompanied by M. Neton, Captain Lebrand, and Mesars. Boulloche, Bonia, Rodier, and Jacquemart.

Cricket of 19.11, is to be affired to the walls of A shield, commemorative of the Interport

the pavilion of the Singapore Cricket Club, The shield bears the names of the S raits Settlements team and is also ingeribed with the names of the Straits Settlements, Hongkong. and Shanghai Cricket Clubs.

- Cholers has russhed Isintao, and has been raging specially at Tapautu. In Tsintao itself only a few casez cocurred and the deaths were three men and three children; but at Tapautan- several hundreds have died. In the interior the epidemio in still worse. Nearly every villaze has been attacked sud in some nearly a third of the population has perished.-

The French and English newspapers, says L'Echo de Chine, comment on the occupation of Kelantan, which tha English continue to deny. The Temps writes that if the English aro occupying Kelantan, they are in their tight. For us it is preferable to put our differences with Sinin on a clear and pacific footing by way of discussion, aot by way of

aconpation.

NEILL FRAWLEY COMPANY. The manger of the Pacitte Mail informed Mr. Kinmond of the Frawley Compsay on Saturday that the ss. Korea arrived in Naga- saki on Wednesday morning but that he had received a cable that she would be delayed for saveral days. This being so the Company will be unable to appear at the Theatre Enyal, City' Hall, on the dates advertised. As 300s of a sable is received giving date of the departure of the steamer from Shanghai notice will ho given what nights the performancos will take place.

TELEGRAMS.

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TONDON, 27th September, 7.20 p.m. Kada

M. DE WITTE'S TOUR. M. de Witte, Russian Minister of Finance, is to make a visit to Siberia and Manchuria

extending over several months. It is

Eastern and the Manchurian Railways, M. reported that after inspecting the Chinese

de Witte will visit Peking and Tokyo,

[YEOK OUR COBLEUPONDENT. SHANGHAI, 28th September, 9.50 p.m.

HANDING OVER OF THE PEKING

SHANHAIKWAN RAILWAY. China receives the British section of the railway at ten to-morrow morning. The

Russian section was returned two days

REUTER'S SERVICE.

ago.

LONDON, 25th September,

THE BOER MANIFESTO. The newspapers strongly resent the tone and temper of the Boer appeal, declaring it to be a disingenuous attempt to stir up hostility against Great Britaia.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. President Roosevelt has arrived at Washing ton in excellent spirits.

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AND THE TRANS- ISTHMIAN RAILWAY.

The United Status warship Panther, now ut Colon, has sent three more companies of marines to Panuma for the protection of the terminus of the Trans-Isthmian railway at that Port,

FLOATING DOCK FOR PHILIPPINES. The Nary Department will soon call for bils 16,000-ton battle ship, to be built in the United-Phipps of the Carnegie Steel Trast.

THE BER RELIEF FUND. The doner of the sum of one hundred, thon- sand dollars to the Boar relief fund is Mr.

French Consul that quarantine restrictions in affent.ons. The principal registration districts for a huge floating dock to accommodate a French Indo-China against arrivals hence have

NOVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Onlecommunicatioas volating to the meras columus should be addressed to Tax EDITOR..

Correspondants must forward their names and at. been withdrawn. dresses with communications addressed to the Editor Nos for publication, init as evidence of good faith,

All lettera for publicction should be written on one side of the

of the neper odly.

No

anonymously signed communications that are already anywayed in other papers will be inserted.

Orders for extra copies of DAILY Purse should be sont before 11 am on day of publication. After that hour the supply is limited,” “Only supplied for Cash. Telegrphic Addrean: Prase. Codes A.B.C.5th Bd.

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DEATHS.

On the 19th Septembe, in Lendon, Aoxes, tho wife of W. ALLEN, General Hospital, Singapore,

On the 20th September, at the Singapore General Hospital, JoHN COLIN CAMPBELL, Super intendent of the Alwar State Railway, aged

yours.

On the 22nd September, at 58, Chapoo Road, Shanghai, FILE VICENTE DA COSTA, ike infant child of Mr. and Mrs, J. E. DA CUNHA.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG OFFICE: 14. Des Vœux Road Ul, LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET STEBET. E.C.

·States and fosted over to the Philippinos, saya the Washington Star. This will be one of the

The police reported on Saturday that thirtean Chinese, whole Colony, land 29, boat 35.3; land largest floating dry docka ever constructed:

matsheds had been destroyed by fire at Kowloon City on the previous nigh, the damage amountg to about $400, The outbreak originated in a

gardener's matshed. A matshed valued at 15 was destroyed by fire at Wongaeicheong on the same day.

The Gazette notifies that an aditional rete of 4 per cent, per aream, to take effect from the first prox., will be levied on the Tai Hang villagers in consequence of the destruction of trees in that placs and its neighbourhood. There is already a fine of 4 per cent. on these mischievous villagers.

The comparativo statement of Stamp reveme for the months of August, 1901 and 1902, shows a total decrease for the latter mouth of 85,118.04. Probate or letters of administration declined $2.976; Conveyance or assignment, $2,118.59 and Transfer of shares, $1,859.30. The largest increaser ware shown in Banknote duly, $2,066,45; and Adhesive stamp, S$1,552.07.

showed the following figures:--British and foreign civil community, 20.3 per 1,000 por annum, Chinese, Victoria, inad 29, best 235

and best 30; whole civil community 30. The high mortality in the Chinese boat population is accounted for by the Shaakiwan and Aberdeen percentages, which were 53.8 and per 1,000 per annum respectively.

The execution of the Chouchou rioters is thus related by the Changte correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News-After a suitable cemetery bad back provided and the bodies of Messrs. Bruce and Lowis had been buried, Mr. Giles and the two Tuotais went into the examination of the prisoners who wore participants in the riot. Eight were condemned to die and were beheaded on the river. front. They knealed, with bodies orect, while the executioner with his heavy knife struck each across the back of the neck. The blow caused the bodies to fall forward but was not sufficient to sover the head from the trank. A second mas with a short knife completed the punishment by a semi. sawing process.

The amount available is $1,250,000, and Admiral Endicott of the burean of yards and decks bas about completed the specifications under which the huge structure will be built. Whether it

will be towed aéross the Pacific or acres the Atlantic through the Suez Canal will depend upon the place of its construction, but in any event the towing of this gigantic stool structure such a distanco will be a formidable undertaking,

CHOLERA IN ILOILO. ·

The cholera seems to have taken a firm hold

All of the towns in the province are badly in the province of Iloilo, way the Manila Times,

afflicte with the disease. The pnabis of Potó- tan, hasding the list with 234 onave, is the most starming. The other towns surroamling the province are becoming infected. It seems thut Dr. Winslow and the authorities are powerless to check the epidemie in that soutien. Both provinces of Negros are also in the list with large figures, and a report has been received that Surigao, Mindanao, is badly strickon.

latest report from the provinces is the largest More country, is fearful to contemplate. The

that has been banded is sines the beginning of the epidemic, showing an increase of nearly

"Loxoos, 20th September.

THE U.S. PEKSIDENCY, The New York Republican Convention has pledged itself to secure the x-election of Presi dent Roosevelt.

JAPAN AND SOUTH AFRICA. The Japanese trade commissioners have com plated a four months' tour in South Afrios, and will sail shortly for England. They anticipate the establishment of a large trade in Japanese goods, especially at Johannesburg The obstacle being the absence of direct ship ping facilities, the Japanese Government will, on receipt of the commisioners' report, arrange this matter. Only articles suited to the market will be sent ant

LONDON, 26th September

IRISH M.P.'S ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED.

Mr. John O'Donnell, M.P. for Mayo, his

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Shul Mahom de Cew other

The SaoTART bay vening the meatfor

The CHAIRMAN SAID

and Lecounts having:

them an road. (The

in shipping has

competition on

of our your s

to retain the confidents

As regards the prospec the Haimun and Formosa. Eta the United States Goveran

December, and it is not

"obarters may be contan The earnings of the other

and it in not. auressons ble pany in the meantime,

revival of trade to compensate not very distant future there,

erasing cut of working expen nothing farther that I osa gentlemen, but before proposing of the report ami acconsts, shall answer any questions.

No questions belu PAK YANI

COLD.

The CHAIRMAN formally spored the adoptiou of the report

Mr. W. PABBLUE-1 beg to second the pro- posal that the report and acc The report is not very t sonidering the circumstanc

dopted. gus, but to the opposition that has been made during the year, I think it is fairly untiatotoer that general managers can record of 6 per et

The motion was unanimously

Mr. T H REID proposed Last the Hon. E and Mr. G. H. Thompson be realectal to the Shera, Hon. B. Whip Hon.C.W-Dickson Consulting Dommitti ve sajna t

Mr W. 8. BAILEY seconded the motion, and it was agreed to

On the motion of Mr. Ho Foor, seconded by Mr. A. 8. ATOK, Nass, WH. Potis ad A. R. Lowe were je elected nodivers

The BATEMAN-Tist conclodan 10 pacie ness, gentlemen., I am very must obliged for your attendance. The dividend warmala, will be posted this afternoon.

POLICE COURT Saturday, 2711

BETOUR MRS

ATTENGTED MURDER,

57, Wellington Street, was charged on remand Leun Yuen, faki in the Dart Loong shop;

with the attempted murder on the one that of Kang Yu Tong, accountant in the shop, under circumstatioes already ramzted in our cotacius. The defendant plot id not guilty

Uefand-

bearing on his head and face marks of the The complainant, looking very weak had

marderous attack that had been made upon. almost at the cost of his life, went futo witness-box and gave evidence. in question, about half pa o eleven, the defeud- zoonset. He said, in elect, that on the night"

ant attacked him with a chopper in the ladies department of the shop Previous! ant had come in the worse for dri for a loan of Afty cents from his plainant advised the latter, pot money, and the dafendunt turned- said that he (complainant) ow money. The two hud. being separated the defenda Vengeance against the Renalt with the whopper took shop had been closed my

It is Notes on Native Affairs the N-fifty thousand, ontored the house of Mr.The result if the disense peostrates to the been arrested at Claremorris for abotting inti- compiainents cries o

Daily News says:-A Poking despatch to hand reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has

consented to the petition of certain Portugues subjects to construct a railway between Macio and Canton.

now amounts to 40,846.

midation.

Mr. M. Reddy, M.P. for Birr, and Mr. E. Haviland Burke, M.P. for Tullamore, have

the attention of K. A FELL and who, followed by o constable, entered the "ho defondant.

Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Oficer Tesoribed

The following is from the Japan Times:- HONGKONG, 29th September, 1902.

A host of large butterflies, numbering about The report conveyed in a Peking despatch

Konishi, Babashitacho, Ushigoms, on Monday, to Shanghai, that the new Chinese Ministry

light in the parlour. The master of the itense st 10.39 p.m., and fluttered round an electric of Foreign Affairs has consented to the petition of certain Portuguese subjects to

was frightened and could only order bis sorrants A request by the Portugume to burn a fire in the street. The butterflies three hundred. The total number of deaths been sentenced at Birr to two months' hard There were two very construct a railway between Macao and Minister for an extension of the Portuguese swarmed to the fire and were many of them Canton, recalls the discussion of some saven

Settlement of Macin has, however, been refund burat to death. But the survivors next gathered or eight weeks ago over the question of point blank by Prince Ching, who declines to around the lantern at the door of a seba bansa- railway-building in the Macaó neighbour-discuss the matter.

called Hirano-aus and were almost entirely bood,

barned by the fire that was kindled there again. A few remnauts which then charged the lamp. of a police-box in the neighbourhood were this time dealt with by candle light, and all perished, Those butterflies were a big kind, each mousur- ing about seven inches in length.

It will be remembered that we The Kobe Chronicle of the 23rd ist. says:- wrote early in August of the desire of the There are signs that cholera will have entirely Freuch to obtain a railway concession in disappeared from Kabe in the course of a week this part of Kwangtung in order to work it or so. During the twenty-four hours ending in conjunction with their general tuilway midnight on the 21st inst. only nine cases of schemes in the province. We said at the cholera morbus and one case of goutine cholen timeWe cannot imagine, on inter were reported, making a total since the ou

national grounds, that it will be permitted break of 386 cases of chelera morbus and 12 to achieve sucres. There is anothers of pennine cholera, The total number of government which surely has the prior up to the same data is 1.007, of which 60) w-s "claim to build any railway from Macao, genuine cliclera.

if China does not build one herself." As

CRIMPING" AT PACIFIC COAST

PORTS.

laboar for participating in an nolewful assemb- ly at which they appearod.

Mr. Johan Roche, P. for Galway, has beon arrested at Woodford, Galway, for falling to suswer a somnous and using incendiary Janguage.

THE UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIA.

on the lift ade, four fractured the skalt severe, was visible on trated to the bane,

the right side. In incised” wounds on wound on the fielde woners on both hond BATORS the upper fractured the bones Tur choppas

the blows must beva berm inuict/ force, Had the injured an HOP attend to, as he was, I

Other evidence baving been heard! ant was omitted for trial.

BEYORE ME VH

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At about 350 ou tão surrounding inst a couple of imrglars alu entered a room

and a cry of

A Washington telegram says:-- Continued agraut cases of "crimping" at ports along the Pacific Coast, particularly at Ban Francisco, Portland und Seattle, bave resulted in protesta being led by the British, Garman and French

The Governor of Colon se Beat the Com- Perhaps, writes a correspondent, the public Ambassadors at this capital. The State Depart- would like to know of an incident 1. had ment has just received practically a joint Note mander of the US warship Cincinnati a strong cases in Hyogo profecture since the outbreaksion to witness as a passenger on the from the three Embassies named, asking that protest against the landing of American ster Nameang, Capt. Payne On Tuesday this Government take steps to provat forcible marines, declaring it to be an attempt to assume m wuisg, the 2204, at about 9,4) the chief en and surreptitious seizure of sailors from me sovereigaty, and further stating that the ginoor zow a Chinese deck pinésenger overboard chant vessels of those countries, and to prevent. a matter of fact, at the time when we wrote, It may be remembered, esys the Ostasiatische on the pork side and swimming away from extortions and rubberies by boarding-house Colombian Government is fully able to protect it was actually hinted that the Portu-Lloyd that in July of last year, two clorks from the ship. He promptly informed the captain, keepers at Pa-ific ports. Acling Secretary Ade foreigners' rights, Simultaneously the Com guese Government hard applied to China the German mail steamer Prinzess_Irene were wbo immediately slowed down, pat the belm talked the mutter over to Assistant Attorney.mander of the Cincinnati reports that American for the concession. The present report arrested at Singapore on the charge of having hand over and prepared to lower atost. Mean. General Hoyt, who has wired instructions to marines have rustrated un attempt made by sinles that certain Portugueso subjecta" taken photographs in the neighbourhood of the time a life buoy had been thrown the Chinaman, | United State Distrist. Attorneys at the ports three hundred revolutionists to board a train me) sueceeded- have made the application, but it is evident forte on Mount Faber, and that one of then who was soon out of sight, but the steamer named to look into the situation, and tako sach was fined $250 and the other was sentenced to describing a loop, he came in vier directly steps as are necessary to prevent outrages to that it has been arged by the Portuguese

two months' imprisonment. It now appean, ahead. The boat in charge of the second officer sailors and to pasileriappe whenever representative at Feking, if only from the however, that on the return of the Prinzes was lowered and pulled up to the drowning man. danght. It is represented that sailors from fact that the Portuguese claim for an Irene from Japan and China the sentence of The sailor in the bow reached out bat missed him. British, German, French and other foreign ships extension of the Macao boundariei has been imprisonment was remitted and the men quickly but the officer in the stera saecesded in pulling are "crimped into service on American const- recent advices from Bremen a vast deal of co Apparently lifeless body was aboard the ateater, into the Philippine and Alnakan trade.. The respondence has taken place between the German but appearances proved correct, as all attempts at abuse bas been growing constantly, sourding Claremorris subsequent to the arrest of Mr. aud British authorities on the subject, as a resuscitation failed, and the corpse we brought to the Foreign Ministers, who declare that John O'Donnell, quoceed that the time had result of which the British Government has to port. The sea was calm but the fact that the indignant reports are made at Enropean home now come to apply, the principles of the League sinos paid the sum of £25 to each of the men body was secured in 11 molantes after being seen porte by almost all muters of vowels touching and to make sudlaydiem concerned, by way of compensation for what is the water shows that no time was lost in at Pacific Coast parts. The States Department

Felling out a boat, though the ship was going at has gives arance that stringent measures will pickings, exclusive dealing, about 12 knots per hour.

be taken to prevent the abuses complained of.

and seize a Colombian officer,

Lospor, 26th September,

THE IRISH ARRESTS. Mr. William O'Brien, M.P. for Cork,

dealt with at the same time, The latter put back on board the steamer. According to him into the boat. A few minutes later, the wisa and deep-sea Tesla, most of them going spesiding at the Irish League Convention at

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request has been refused, but we hardly can suppose that the matter will rest there. With regard to the railway concession, congratulate the concessionaires on their success and trust that the gut has not morely been sought for with a view of dis- it now transpires was a case of wrongtal using of the ne afterwards to the highe condensaation.

the scaffolding, but the house

The latter, when charg was sentenced to thres The second "man was sur in under remand zo

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