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Recent abanges in location of British war. ships are as followsThe Goliath jest Japan; Britomart, Phoenix, Bosario, sed Uzune on the Yangtze, Fame, Harl and Whiting at Shanghai and the Hoorken, Robin, and Sandpiper at Canton.
Signor Malbrs, Italian Conal to Cored, who had loen saffering from dysentery, died on Saturday, tha 11th inst.
We are asked to remind those interested that. to lay in the last day for claims to be sent in for recovery is general average per * *. Sual.
A Tieses correspondent, writing about Stam- Malaya, describe the Singapore papers as more Imperialist than Mr. Seddon."
TELEGRAMS.
“DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.
FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT]
LONDON, 21st October, 11.20 s.m.
SUPREME COL
Tuesday, 21st October,
IN CHIKIRAL JURISDICTION
BEFORE HIS HOMODE W MEIGH GUOBBAK (CRIBE JUSTIUS)
TOE SHAUKIWAN BUDETE WEN
SENTENCED TO DEATH
Li Ut, Wong Kin and You Klu were charged with having on Blat August at Wongkoltsul
SIR E. SATOW AND THE HUNAN martored a man named Di Kit
The pleated not guilty, MURDERS.
The cable ship Colonia, now putting down Public Works Department truly lives up to the Pacifio cable between Fouring Island and its traditions. What these traditions are Vancouver, was on the 23rd ult. busy in latitude the residents of this Colony know well; wo
north 27 degrees 23 minutes, and longitude" havo besides spoken of them at some lengthwest 137 degrees 18 minutes, according to a less than a week ago and need not therefore
despatorio the Australian panora. do more then allude to them again. We In a 300 yards' ewimming race at Liverpool were recently told, fran a source which we on the 27th ult., R. Cutill, of Sydney, beat D. should have expected to be better informed; Billington, the time being 3 minutes 34-3-5 that Hongkong is the best governed city in secunda. F. C. V. Lane, also of Sydney, swam traction of rats as preventive meastras against British intereste in connection with the
the East. Were any refutation required for such a statement, it would only be necessary to point to our Public Works Department. It is conceivable that there
are corresponding bodies in Eastern ports which give as little satisfaction to the residents as the P... dous to the citizens Hongkong, Ent. we should be surprised to find any of the latter defending the Department, wira Government officials lave shelter themselves behind the voto of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to explain why long promised measures are not being carried out. We still believe that the wish of the inhabitants of this city THE BEST INGREDIENTS only are backed by Government support caninence used.
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former time is a record for the distanco, 150 yards in 1 minute 36 3-5 seconds. Tho and Lans equals his previou, record mado at Bolton.
of Me. if, Wyatt, the envy of the Navy Lugue, who is about to tour Australia, Now Zealand, and Canada, is unofficial, The Times goes on to alate that the mission is ill-timed, coming immediately after the colonial confer
The Timen of the 29th ult, says that the mis-
ener. La viow of celanial damands nording to he handed with raro tuet and discretion, it wold be wiser not to attempt to force the pass.
Amongst the passengers by the Annam, we netico thy arrival of M. J. & jalbert, a well-known French writer who is going to Tonkin on a special lesion and as a representative of the a Secretary of State. We also believe that Paris newspaper Le Journal. After a few days H.E. the Governor is unwilling for the spent in Kwangehaawan, he will proceu! structure which he consented to have named | direct to the Hanai Exbibition. AL J. after him to remain in an unfinished condi. tion for years, an argument alike against the commonsense and against the sense of decency of a leading British Colony. Hong kong is getting the name of the home of nbcrtive schemes, of useless public com missions whose recomendations are never adopted. Opponents of a Municipa Council for Hongkeng say that it would be bound to fail. They have no incans of proving their contention. The failure of the present systent, on the other hand, is
obvious.
On the occasion of the Royal procession through London on Saturday, the 25th inston, 40,000 troops will line the streets.
The Standard comments with approval on for a genera! clauxing of houses and the dea
The Kobe City authorities are issuing orderseir Ernest Sacow's vigorous defence of
a possible recrufuscous of plague. No more cases have been reported from Yokohama.
The residents of Rokkosan, near Koba, bave formed a golf club, and the links are now
being prepared. They are situated between Bishop Foss's tourant Dr, Miller'sdi. Tapah
the first golf chib to be established in Japan.
Chenchaufu murders, and says that a vital question of principle ta jurvolved in the punishment of the Chenchonf mandarins Although another quarrel with the Chinese Governoient would be regretable, Sir Ernest Satow is bound to exact the fullest reparation for the crime and the insulting levity with which that crime has benn
Wilhelm last month run'le a ropard, passage The North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz
cross the Atlantic, Bhs left Cherbourg at p.m. on the night of the 10th ult. nud arrived at Sandy Hook on the meruing of the 16. Thatreated.. duration of hor passage was five daya 11 hours 57 minutos. The daily ruus were 349, 374, 574, 581, 473, and 336. The average spead was
69 kuota.
REUTERS SERVICE,
Loxoon, 19th October."
M. DE WITE'S TOUR. M. de Witte, Russian Minister of Finance, who is making an insprotion of the Siberian railway with a view to the early, inauguration of a regular through trafls, has arrived at Dalay.
THE HUNAN MURDERS-STRONG ACTION OF H. M. MINISTER
AT PEKING. The Chinese Emperor held a reception yesterday. All the members of the diplomatie
The Altorasy General (Ind Sie Houry 8.
Berkeley) appeared for the Crows instructed by Mr. H. Dennyd'Astina Crown Bellator:
and Hon Dr. Ho Kol, UM.G., barrister-al-
appeared for the accused -
The following jury was empanelled Meste B. Pye, It. Aitken, E. Anid, K. Muller, G. Eappier and 1
Tha Attorney General in his opening stat mac, ak that the decessed Lizi was a heart Quarry Bay, Priser Misto employed o coulis at-Butterfield and Swird's" phíos at
works. It appeared that ticle ha leen some one of the highlers in bones
in oonnection with the sugar
works by the second prison to the de- cas com pulled to restore it in the wor. I On the morning at the Sat August the sam consequence there was bad bigod between them.
prisquer went to the police station and com plained that he hid baeng orgaulted by decorsed His persona
trouble about the theft of an umbrella the
appair to brown the sintomout, and y told to come back on the following (Monday) ung (ake, outen, sum Ordinary course Lister os fira prianner
Monday, yo also in the deceased" Buoday evening, ke to Qanty for upon by fifteen m idautified by a witness prinenere,This witnes
the detruso. When he came up the mea decamped, leaving In Kion the ground wit skull fractured, uga broken ni panotured wounds on the breast altogether adresitful Sub Assistance was got, and the Injured
man was taken to the hospital, where be died, a after making a deposition,
the deceased bind slated that layangnised the In the deposition, which was formally, put in,
Somebody was brought to book recen ly for an over-free us of the expression "The Shang body were prosent with the exoptim of Sir prisoners a telog among the man who bezulfed
hai Liar" There is apparently better warrant for the name of "The Saigon Lise," as the following notice issued by the Havas Agency last month will show --"As soon as we learned that a denial had been given to our telegram of Kelantan by 300 British soldiers, we instructed the 14th just announcing the onenpation of
our correspondent to let us know immediately whether he was in a position to confirm the accuray of his raport, and, if not, to give us in
reply:
A curious point in connection with our new Premier is that the caricaturists of Europe and Ajalbert is well posted to write on those America soon entirely unable to reproduce hủy countries, as he has aleatly been here once suatu as The September Review of Reviews travelled a great deal in Tudo-China, Northern reproduces a number of caricatures, not one af his time ta Ynnan and Laos We congratulate Bulieur., Mr. Stead's orgau reconls the fast. China, and Japan. Now he will devute most of which in the slightest degree resumibles Mr. our French nebents on sing such ads that enme German papers even call him "Mr. man travelling in those regions wide interest, James Balfour. Doubtless Sir Balfour is a
common appellation, for him in France. In accordares with the arrangements alre dy azuenced by cable, H. R. H. the Crown Prince of Siam left Southampton on din inst, by the ss. Kaiser Wilhetas der Grosse for New York. The Crown Prince is acccanpauisby his brother. Prince Chakraphoogs of Siam who, however, will only procsad as far as America, etarning thones to Rusis. The In the absence of definite information it is weeks in America. This will give time for a Crown Prince will probably spood some sight A. S. WATSON & CO. impossible to tell the precise reason for the
number of visits to places of interest and very strong action of the British Gover-importance, probably including New York, ment in the matter of the Human murders, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, Congo, apart from the indication in our London St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Niagara, Yellow.explanation. The following is the text of his THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY; tolegram published to-day. But as Sir ERNET SATOW, His Majesty's Minister Chomists and Druggists by Appointment to at Peking, has broken off all social inter- course with the Chinese Court and refused H.E. the Governor and Household,
to attend the Chinese Emperor's reception on the 18th instaut, while H.M,S58. Brito- mart, Mutine, Phænir, and Rosario. have then ordered to Hunkow, it is quite evident that the Chinese authorities have signally drze with commanntentiona addressed to the Mditus failed to make the promised reparation for not for p publicution, int os ecûtence of good faith, the atrocious killing of Messrs. BRUCE and
all letters fur
for punication should be written on
Howrs. All the actual porpetrators of the query
Immunications that laser murder, we were told the other day, have atrendy apptural in other papers will be inserted.
Onders for extra copies of Daity Press should be been "executed-though unfortunately paat seat here 11 m. on day of publication. After that experience of Chinese justice does not hour the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cush,
on this point--but this is Telegrapat Address: Parse. Codes: .B.U.5 M. résure; us
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Stone Park, San Francisco and other towns and places along the route, and in California. At the conclusion of his American tour, His Royal Express bosts at Vancouver. In Japin the Highness will probably embark on one of the
Siamese Prince is to spend about a fortuight as the Empxor's guest.
**Saigon, 19th September.
14 Is is certain that 300 Sikhs are now oc.. supying Kelautan. This occupation, which hus. Press, has not been denied by the Siamese moreover, then announced by the Bangkok Government. The British, it is true, assert that the soldiers. who are occupying Kelautan
Erast Sato, British Miaistar, who declined all social intercourse with the Court on socount of the miscarriage of justion is thyes of wurdered missionaries in the province of Haban
VENEZUELA.
The Venezuelau reralatiónista have been
expletely defeated, ab in loving their position
and leaving 1,400 killed and wounded on the field:
THE BOER GENERALS The Boer Generala hate left Borlic. The
Corman offears and officials abstained by the Emperor's orders from fêting them." SOMALILAND-SEVERE FIGHLING. Severe fighting bas taken plies in Sameliland, whore two engagements with the Mallah's force were fought on the 6th instant, the
Evia-nes
At the conclusion of the evidencel the bearing of which lasted till after four o coal counsel addressed the jury.
His Lucdship, în samming up, asid that this esse was important, beouusa in the first place these murderous nitsoks by gangs or doslies upon persons who had thomered their displans the Colony. They had been of fragment odour dee in some way or ather mnt be checked in
ranou about such pheons as Quarry Bay, where large numbers of mulles were employed these coolies must be taught that they not take the law into their awe hadn
| vorg important taas a brutal munter lies
should not go unpunished
who did it Ac the same find ans must not let their anxioly to use stop to these brutal mérdura dovan the prisoners, and consist them full videos against thorala
深
A Mersary correspondent writes, under dats do not belong to the army and have been zamuone solely to furnish a personai gund Newchwaig, 9th October :--The Russians have for the Saltan. The Governor of Singapore has stewry being repulsed with heavy lon after Lordship, in conclusion, reminded the jury
arrived at Kelantan on board & man-of-war?"
there when interuediate course, the sons who killed the decated woro maggiorers sad bot gersons guilty of manslangater. His
th 1 in a mader cass the verdict must be
be med again.
sharp fighting. Major Philips sad Captain | anzumons; if they did not agros thỏ czas mask
much shaken by the fighting, and Colano Angus were killed. The Somali lovies were
THE JANET WALDORF CO
The jury stared at five minuted to six a vlook to consider their verdier, and refncued at 6.00. be foramusa stated that the jury had maank monsly found the prisoners guilty of murder,
Tis prisoners were asked if they had anything to say why the Court should not pass aan tence, upon them.
now lamied back to China, the Newchwang Shanbaikan sectional railway and have re moved their entire railway staff to this side. They are busily engaged in making up tasir accounts, and for this purpoco have engaged the lurgs three storyad building on Madeira Rend. The Chinese flag is flying at all statiors along the lias and the tisins are entirely manned and worked by the Chinese. not the only step, of course, necessary to
For the last wook window frames, doors, railway-sleepers, wharf Fatone for su brutal a crimè. Our London
girders, complete lengths of trolley-rails and telegram speaks of the insulting levity of trolley-cara, oie, have found their way here the Chinese officials. We have never and elsewhere. A trolluy-line may be seen been advocates of ibe "gunboat policy," working from the Bund to the vicinity of the surprised if this British settlement is not at Company consists of twerty-six members and Wear fussted that he kuerzething
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the step he has without the gravest caine. It is sincerely to be hoped that he will receive the fulf support of the home Government in this affair..
new Frano Sisse trenty. The Siam Observer Bangkok papers profess satisfaction at thy
says-Tim treaty is likely to disappoint the French extremists, I may not give numiti-warae is retiring to await reinforcements. gated satisfaction from the Siamese point of view, but, if it brings about accurity ans! good relationships between France and Siam, the result will be worth the prion, Ibis now the turu of the British Government to settle the questions which bave been stirred up from Singapore in the Malay States. We shall be
Mr. Aribar Seymour, the representative of Li Ut protested that he had nothing what. the above Company, arrived on the 8.8. Azab at it. Honged Wong Kin on ever to do with the matter and know nothing
ments for a theatrical senon in Rongkong tralian yesterday, via Manila, to make arrange 16th August na faki and snow there had been a commencing about the 17th November. The but was not sans of the nature of that quarrel.
quarrel between him and Li Klubostad umbiðja,
brings with it strong repertoire containing bona amaulted, but unt by lam he rerauined. about the assault Certainly the deceased had
some of the newest and most successful dramas lost and was not on "bore et af Li Ki war and comedies of the day.
a friend of his The evidence given wgzinat":" them was false
CRYING DOWN CREDIT.".
of "orying down credi," was gbgrerad in oon, Yesterday foregrou, the old military custom
nection with the 1st Derbyshire Regiment
Yan Kia alko old that he knew nothing about this mactar and that the charge against them was fal
cap, addressed the prisonordi | His Lordship, having pat on
Di Ut. Wong Kim, You Kiu,the jury, after
by
future Russian Consulate. Trains were not lost as generons us the French. At any rate run for several days on the line just handed it will invotre un cession of Siamese territory. back, on account of telegraphic and other inter- ! Province has been here in connection with the Antwerp, was published last month-The raptions. The Governor-General of Shenking. The following despatch, emanating from
breach between Kruger. Reitz, Leyds, and the Boer General is becoming 84, wide that the Mr. John Barrett, Commissiouer-General for latter have decided to curtail their European the Louisinas Purchase Exposition, who has returned from Manila, en route to Siam and to return shortly to South Africa, where the (Sherwood Foresters). It is one of the army tour for the purpose of making collections and India is much pleased with the interest Boer people can jalge for themselves as to their reg dations that when a regiment arrived at say wifel murder Europeans in Manila bat by the Filipinos went agrees with the Boor Generals that more mation is read warning all concerned det to maulfested not only by the Americans and past and faturi conduct. The Dutch Govoru town in which it is to be stationed, à procur themselves in the exhibit which the Philippice is to be obtained from the English Government give credit to the new arrivals, as the Gorers Islands will send to the World's Fair in 1914 by friendly a aus, and thus assistance can be mont will not stand garantor for debts incur- It is now planned to make the Philippine more promptly afforded to their distressed red and will not allow way member of the display so comprobenxive and characteristic compatriot Two other Governments have regiment to be imprisoned for debt, Tha that it will amount to a roprosentation of advised the Boer Generals to persist in the proclamation was read yesterday at various banged the Islands in ministare at St. Louis, and
course they have hitherto pursued and in no poiste in the city, and the proceeding was circumstances to allow themselves to be brought observed with mach intresty the passers-br idea of the Archipelago, its peoples, resources, into conflict with England. The near future At each point, the reading of the notice was and possibilities. Grar $300,000, gold, will will sow whether the Boer people side with preceded by the dating of a big and in the construction of saltable. baiklings. be expanded in the preparation of the exhibit Kruger of Bothu.
This work will be in charge of Dr. Gustav
liederloin, an eminent Americau exposition. expert, who
will be assisted by several prominent Filipines to be appointed by Governor Taft,
H.M.S.ARETHUSA'S" RIFLE SHOOTING.
it has been called, in missionary LONDON OFFICE: 131, Fr.wer Sramer, O.matters; but it is impossible to dispute the contention that British subjects' lives in Hoxokosa, 22nd October, 1902: China must be rendered sale and that a
callous attitude on the part of the respon-rusto ation. Ar Monday's meeting of the Legistative sible authorities cannot be tolerated in the Counc. certain information was made interests of international relations between public with regard to a question in which China and the West. No one acquainted lecal residents feel considerable interest, with British policy in China during recent murely, what is being done in connection peirs will suspect Great Britain of undue with the removal of the Clock Tower in strictness toward Chinese errors and acts of Polder's Street and its creation together wrong. It is safe therefore to conclude that with a passenger-shelter and waiting-room the conduct of the native officials with respect on Blake Pier. We have several times to pasution for the murders at Chenchou recently alluded to the entire absence of has been very bad indeed, Sir, ERNEST information from the authorities on this Sarow is a man with more courage of his question. On Monday this wunt was opinions than most recent British Ministers remedied; the result cannot fail to cause at Peking, bat he would never have taken the American people their first correct dissatisfaction among the public. In the discussion ou the 1903 Estimates Mr SHEWAN asked about the plans for the new Clock Tower. The Cloud Secretary, Ju
HORSES GORED BY A BUFFALO his capacity of Chuirman of the. Fiance Committee, informed him that "the Clock
An arming incident occurred in Pray :Tower would have to wait." The recon-
The police reported yesterday that a' China.
East about eight o'clock yesterday morning mendation of the Public Works Commission works on the previous day by on accidental man was killed at the Quarry Bay dockyard
Daring the stay of H.M.S. Arethusa at Two buffalo cows were being led sloug, when to engage additional engineers, for the fall into a drain.
Singapore, a correspondent writes, three rifle a couple of China ponies harassed to milk vone Public Works Department had been vetoed |
The Bangkok Times of the 7th inst. writes: matches between the ship and the port were approached from the opposite direction. Jakt The import trade is slack enough in Bangkok red off. It says much for the efficiency of as the ponies drew almost level, ous of the cove by the Secretary of State for the Colonios- and therefore, apparently, a very necessary not out, made in a watch Married v. Single, en
A thu Koore by Mr. W. D. S Edwards, 110, but during the past few wooks trade at the the Naval marksman that they were successful rushed at them. The Chinese youth in charge harbour has been of an exceedingly brisk cbaron every occasion, especially when it is remem- of her did all he could to rentrain the animal, public improvement is postponed indo the Kobe Itecreation Ground on Saturday, the actor. Large consignments of rice have been bored that they were shooting against the fall which simply dragged him along at the end of finitely. As for the covering for Blake inst., is considered to be a record for Japau. recently the stook of rice already prepared for Royal Engineers, at 200, 500 and 600 yards, with pony, goring it frightfully in the leg and cheet daily pouring into the mills, and as a stand strength of Singapore. Competing with the the halterike a straw, and attro ed the neare b Pier, the Director of Public Works is to ** consider a suggestion for the employment
expert exceeds the capacity of the steamers team of ten men a-alde, the frethusa won by The infuriated cow then turned upon the seaped The China Brauch of the Royal Asiatic available. One result of this fargo quantities J 84 points to 108. In the second match the pony, which fortunately escaped with only a of an outside rchitect to proceed with the Society has sent M. J. Em. Lomière, a member hand is that vessels for Hongkong ure not de Naval team defeated the 18th, Madrus light slight wound in the right foreleg. The buffalo work." How much nearer we are now to of the Commities of this' Association and elitertained in Hangkok for any length of time. No Infantry by B41 to 800. The third matol was locked like becoming unmazingeable, but as goơn the completion of the scheme than wo were of the Echo de Chine, a8 5 representative sooner have they discharged their cargoes than against teams representing Singapore and the
as the ponies ware led away she quietened dow before is obvious. Procrastination is still to the Hanoi Congress of Orientalists. M. J. they are able to roload and as a vousequenos 13th Madras. The Arethusa scored 833, Sings. and becare quite tractable." the order of the day. We had hoped, and Em. Lemières well known as a ferated steamers are seldom more than two or three days pre 830, and the 13th Madras 817. This last we expressed that hope in these columns staat of the Japanese language and customs, in port. It is stated that the ins-crop seems competitian took place on Saturday, 11th inst., more than once, that with the return of S. and we wish him success in Tonkin. He must to be a fairly succesful one. It is stated that in a bad light, with thick mist hanging ovar HINDY BLAKE to the Colony so important in the Far Ea-t, which lusted in spite of many there
be proud of having established a French paper last evening, for the first time for some months, the range, making the shooting at 500 or 1600 o were only two steamets lying at Bangkok yards very difficult. T. 1 Clayton of the a project in connection with the pier which dimenities. Although we do not always agro Nous of the Norddeutscher Lloyd boats were Aretheia, made the splendid score of 07, which bears his name—the only decent pier with him on loosi subjects, we must confess that in the river. Today, however, mumber of was extr
the alveran contiffans. possessed by this great port would be put we never find a more amiable antagonist and a stoamers Hongkong, & watow, eta, geriyed | Lient. Prif on its way to realisation. But this is not to mo e genuine colleagus,
and the river lost Ita deserted appenda
Captain Baker M.LISE
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS
The CPR steamer Empress of India strived ut Yokohama at 8 am on to let us and left again at 3.p.a. same day for Bobe, where the due to arrive at p.m. today
The steamer Lightning left Bingapore for spark on the afternoon of the 16th Inst SMENT teamer Duke of Eren Yokoham
for hour tour on the 19th inst. 12
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