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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 1909

On the Ji Inst. there were 15 stansers in Bangkok Harbour--13 of them Germina.

doubtless account to a large extent for the migration that has taken place, it ventures to suggest as another factor the circumstance

The British Civil Service Estimates show the major portion of the original that the opet of the Coronation was £125,000. colonists were hardly the kind of men the

A. S. WATSON & CO., Innis ceded. They wers volunteers who

LIMITED,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

SHERRY.

B. SUPERIOR PALE DRY, Dinner Wine, Green Seal Capsule

Par doz. Par bot.

...$12.00

C. MANZANILLA, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, White Capsule

1.20

cam out primarily to fight, and with no definite resolve or preparation to settle down to industry, so that when a period of depression set in, and stringency and contraction became the order of the day, these men, not being firm and secure in the positiona they occupied, wero so affected as to find it advantageous and expedient to move. The same may be said, $1.00 our contemporary adds, with regard to many other Americans who came out with out any specific plane or occupations in view, and totally ignorant of the conditions. For the right kind of men, the Manila Timee declares it cannot be denied that there are abundant opportunities, especially in the line of manufactures. "We could *have more hat and mutch manufacturies, "and there is also an opening for more lumber mills, for paper mills, for wood and cabinet work. for tanneries, for pot teries, and for other industries where "modern, labour-saving devices could be "brought into play. The same holds true "to a large extent of our agriculture, which "is still conducted with the methods in

13.50

CC. SUPERIOR OLD DRY,

PALE

NATURAL

SHERRY, Bed Beal Capsule...

10,00

1.40

D. VERY SUPERIOR OLD

PALE DRY, Choice Old Wine, White Seal Capsule 18.00

1.50

E. EXTRASUPERIOR OLD

· PALE DRY, Very Finest

Quality (old bottled),

- Black Seal Capsule

27.00

2.25

· B, C, & CC are excellent Dinner Wines, vogue two or three hundred years ago.”

D and E are After-Dinner Wines of a very fine Vintage. GUARANTEED

SUPERIOR KERES

WINES.

The following Wines, bottled in Europe, have been specially selected, and procured from the eelebrated firm of Messrs. GEO. G. SANDEMAN, Soks & Co., of Loudon, Oporto and Xeres;----

LIGHT DRY SOLERA

Apparently our contemporary seeks to get over the labour difficulty by advocating u more extensive use of labour-saving ma- chinery, and ignores the demand for Chinese labour which in the opinion of many business meu is the great immediate need. The keynote of American rule in the Islands has been declared to be "the Philippines for the Filipino," and the aim of the benevolent tutor is that the natives should govern themselves just as do the people of Arizona pr Oklahoma. America is assumed to be merely aiding them until experience shall so change their racial temperament and 2.25 educate them to a proper appreciation of 30.90 2.50 republican institutious as to fit them to 10.00 3.50

receive the benefits of self-government. That is the view taken of the matter at Washington, but contact with the actual sonditions of life in the Philippines dees not tend to confirm the average American in the faith that the right methods of A. S. WATSON & CO.] government are being adopted. We can,

VERY PALE DRY FULL GOLDEN PALE DRY NUTTY FINE OLD BROWN

* GOOD.

FINE

Per dor. Per bot. $16.50 $1.40 24.00 2.00 24.00 2.00 27.00

MADEIRA.

LIMITED,

Fer deg. Ferbyt. $16.50 1.40 27.00 2.25

THE HONGKONG DISPENSABY.

DOLIUM TO CORRESPONDENTS.

DIY comunications relating to the news calun

ciled to undressed to THE EDITOR.

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Lorre quadenta must forward their names and ad. Zres with communications addressed to the Editor nat fun priblication, but as evidence of good faith.

ters for publicatim should be written on

one side of the paper only.

No anonymously signed communications that have

a'ready appeared in other papers will be inserted.

Orders for extru capics of DarLY PRESE should be sent before 11 d. on day of publication. After that hour the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash. Telegraphic Address: Press. Code: 4.B.C. 5th Ed.

Lieber's

P.O. Box, 33. Telephone No. 12

MARRIAGE.

On the 8th April, ut Kobe, at the Netherlands Consulata, HANDRIE VAN OORDT VAN LAUWEN- arcer, Netherlands Consul, to Mrs. EUGENIA MATILON PANTALEONAIDED CAMPO VILCRES,

widow of A. VAN DER VALK, late of Manila.

DEATHS,

On the 20th April, at Pens Bopital, Hongkong, JAMES HENRY MACLEOSE, aged 68 years. [1236 On the 10th April, at Nagasaki, Captain I. A. Kocm, late Secretary of the Gorman Consulate, Nagasaki, aged 68 yosra,

The Daily Press.

·UNUKÙNG ŰFrics:i+ Un Yeux (DAD'ÙI, LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.

HONGKONG, 2nd April, 1908.

however, rest assured that if mistakes are being made, the day of their rectification will come, and whatover may be said of present conditions in the Philippines, the eyes of the critic must not be closed to the fact that seed gown requires time to fructify. and no one can doubt that the educative work which is being undertaken by the government throughout the islands must result in a gradual improvement of the race,

Captain Milroy of the Sailors' Home, who was bitten by a dog some time ago and went to Saigon for treatment on the Pasteur method, is reported to be quite out of danger.

It is proposed to hold an 0.0. Dinner at the

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From Jannary let to April 15th the number of case of plague-reported in Manila was 83 of which 69 proved fatal.

Several decorations have been bestowed by .. the Fear, upon Jepsness officials at Nagasaki.

The Ruissing isor Ravernick a training ship attached to the Asiatic Squatron, called

at Manila on the 16th inst. for water and coal.

TELEGRAMS.

BEUTER'S SERVICE.

THE INSURRECTION IN MOROCCO.

LONDON, 19th April.

The Moorish Pretender is advancing on Fer and is confident of triumph; it is bis iztention to proclaim himself Sultan and depend the recognition of the Powers.

THE NEAR EAST,

LONDON, 19th April. Russia and Austria have again warned But-

movement.

POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIANS AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

FAREWELL APPEARANCE.

THE PANAMA CANAL.

TO BE DUG BY KEGROES. Tene Bache has had an interview for a Manila contemporary with a high Government authority interested in the Panama Casal. The offical shid-The task may require as much as ten years for its complation. It depends largo- y upon the health of the labourers employed. An opideals of kobonis plague or cholera might put us back a good deal.

Pollard'a Lilliputian Opers Company made their farewell appearance at the Theatre Royal last night and got spot an qvation an will not soon fade from their memories. During their cosion in Hongkong the Company have won all hearts, They leaveustogo on an extended tourch the other side of the Pacific, calling at Shanghai on the way, and before we shall have the pleasure of seeing them again in our midst to gladden at naine to avoid, however, We shall the life of the Colony the little people have control ovorything on the strip, which will bo in fature, to all intents and purposes, a part of traversed many thousands of miles of schatry and eisited some of the learling cities of Americs,

"Such a misfortuno is exactly what we shall

the United States; and our first cere will be to ir matters as we want them in a sanitary way.

Saroral soldiers in the fighting column whichgaria against eucotraging the Macedonian | Among the places at which engagomenta hayo We shall clean up things just as we did in

is conducting operations against the Moros

a boon stricken down with cholem.

Administrative reforms nog in progress in

སྨན་-ཐ ྂ་--

THEREINA CRISTINA”!

LONDON, 19th April. The Spanish Government has decided to

been booked in Dawson City; it “sounde” chilly, but the Lilliputians will be there about July, when that El Dorado boasts as hot as alinost za vas can experience within the troplus Needless to say, the Lilliputians when they return will be as warmly welcomed as they have.

have resulted in the dismissal of more than 1,000 of the officials of the Department of Conimonaications. The represents, a deorsens bring the skeletons from the Reina Cristina to heen on previous occasions, and during their

is expenditure of 21,000 yen yearly.

The Norddeutscher Lloyd is making ou effort to secure for their coasting steamers doctors

with European or British louial diplomas. This is the outcome of the recent -prosecutions at Singapore, where the authorities declined to recognis Japanese or American medicos qualified.

We notice in the latest Japan papers that the Governor-General of Formon reported at the beginning of the month that 208 cass of bubonic plague had been reported in the Island since 1st January. It is added in the Governor. General's report that the epibmio threatana to sprest in the Island.

The duty was also

The stamp duty, recently instituted in Chihli Viceroy Yuan' Shih-kai, is very unpojalar, All the proclamations, that were posted in enraged inhabitants. Poling about that duty, wore torn down by the strongly opposed by the inhabitants of Pro- tingfu, where the shopkeepers struck for three days as the direct reanlt of its introduction into that city. In consequence of this many sensors have memorialised the Throne to order Viceroy Yuan Shik-kai to caurel the sapopular taxation at anos, lest its cortinaauce should bring about trouble.

THE PLAGUE EPIDEMIC.

No less thou 21 cases of plagus were notified during the 24 hours endel at noon yesterday, these bringing the year's total up to the figure f 299. Sixton of the cases were fatal; with the

execption of one Indian all the cases ware. Chinese True bodies were found dumped-in. Wanchai Road, Albany Street and Li Sing Street respectively,

Spain.

THE AMERICAN CABLE TO THE

PHILIPPINES.

LONDON, 19th April. The United States have consented to the landing at Guns of the Dalch-German Cable from the Celebes and Polews connecting with the projected American Cable to the Philip pines.

THE NEAR EAST.

Lornox, 19th April The Austrian and Russian Ambassadors kave adopted the apprecedented course of demanding a joint audience of the Sulton to strongly urge the accessity of pasifying Albania.

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plentiful supplies of pore water and make Cuba, establishing proper drainage, insuring cleanliness compulsary in the towns along the route of the canal. The French company has a fine hospital that bust over a million dollers Whirls will be transferred to us with the rest of

ite preparty,,

abance we will console ourselves with the

We shall employ aboal 30,000 workmen on remembrance of tho amusement and instruction.

the canal as soon as we get this fairly started, they afforded us when we last met

and the army of labourers will be drawn mainly Appropriately enough, the piece chosen for the finate of the season was Weber and Foild's from Jamaica and Ler West Indian islande. rousin, Lares Ponase Café It had not been It has been urged that we might mise a fo produced previously in Hongkong, but its fate thousands of our Southern negroɩs on the job, had preceded it, and it was not surprising but such a plan would not be likely to work therefore that a bumper house assembled to do satisfactorily. Cobured falte from the coltos the fare well boncura to our juvenile entertainors. Slates might suffer from the climate of the Povesc Café is a wonderfully fanny piece. Its tropics and they are not accustomed to live ag burlesque in suited more to the less matured - obeeply and simply as the darkies of the Weat of theatre-goers but as prodnood by the Lillipu. – Indies, tions it kept the house in marrimest till

"Probably the work will be given out to con the end and sent them laughing home. tractors who will hizo the requisite workmen at 50 or 60 cents a day, which, is about what labour wards. Miss Daphne Fellard never got a warmer moeption than her quaint appear is worth in that part of the world. The con- ance as one of the “deadbeats" evoked, trieters will give herds to the island govern- while the others of the dead-beat" trio, Jack menta to care for the regrows, properly and Pollard and Willin Thomas, let not a chance return them as the end of a specified time. The of making a point escups them. Miss Alice labourers will ha fatched to the port of Colon Pollard and Miss Ivy Trott also shone to much by steamers, disembarked and assigned in gangs, A DANGER TO SHIPPING.. advantage in their respective rules. Miss Lillie ander paug bosses, to various pointa along the Moore sang very nicely The Doll Song" and | line of the canal. Work will be carried on in Captain J. W. Robertson of the British IndiaMolly Shannon, Fred Pollard had a all parts of the ditel simultaneously in order to Steam Navigation Co.'s as. Itola, which arrived lot of vocal work to do and did it splendidly bring the enterprise to complatich as quickly hero yesterday from "Moji, reports that at 3 his songs were "Under the Bamboe Tree," as possible. pm, on the 20th they passed what appeared to Fose of Killarney, "The Kiss kiss Siriel," be a large junk bottom up, dangerous to ship and "Flirtation." Oscar Heintz made a hit in presented by the Esnama Canal, is alogother ping. The position of the wreck was Lat, the comis ditty "Mr. Dooley," as slas did bike different from that which would have demanded. 22:30 N, Long. 116151 E; Kupebi Point Ivy Trott with her song "Rip: Von Winkle solution in Nicaragua. If the futter ronte had deg. W. mag. 133 miles. There seemed to be was a husky Man." Little Myrtle Pollard been chosen, the work would have had to begin. very little current either way. The Itola loft gave a Spanish danco in a manner that rouged with the clearing way of forenta and the grab- Moji on the 15th; she is vessel of 3,362 tops the house to unstinted applause. The surtain's bing of stampe in abort, the opening of a and is loaded with coal consigned to Mesars final drop was marked by a scene of enthusiasm | virgin tract of foomblzy, with a multitude of Jardine, Matheson & Co.

among the audience, who made the building dificullies to be overctute as a preliminary to ring with their plaadita.

the oxcaration of the ditch. At Panama, on the other hand, everything is cleaned up; the canal is already half dng--accurately speaking about 30 per cant. of the necessary digging has been accomplished and we have only to take. the task where the French Fople have left off. "We are thus engaged to start at once and without the lung delay which would have been unavoidable in Nisarga. Even the much- nury and other sponatus-much of it, at all

WEATHER REPORT,

The Hongkong Observatory issued yesterday the following report:--

The barometer has risen considerably over the E. coast of China, fallen quickly over Japan.

The wind will freshen from "NE. in the

FRENCH ADMIRAL IN HONGKONG. The depression passed near Shanghai yeater. Vio-Admiral Marschat, che arrived on Sunday afternoon moring Eastwards, and it has day on the flagship Montealm, este ashore now reached the W. coast of Japan. yesterday at 12.45 and visited His Excellenoy the Governor. The Admiral landed at Blake Pier. where be was received by a guard of honour of the Sherwood Foresters and the regimental band. He salated the Foresters colours in passing. H.M.S. Albion fired a salate as the

Admiral neared Blake Pier.

TICENSING COURT.

Hongkong Hotel on Saturday, 2nd May, at p.m. Old Cheltonians, Carthusians and Clifton- A meeting of Justices of the Peace was hold jans desirous of attending are asked to send in yesterday afternoon at the Magistracy to con their names to Mr. T. C. Gray (Hou, Sec. Chal-sider an application from mak Francis for toninu Society), Hongkong Club.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nothersolo Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitala-

Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Taro Hodsumi

Sir W. Meigh Goodman

Kruse & Co. ... Metaal Stores

$50

20 20

the transfor of his publican's licence for Thomas's Hotel to Ardesher Bejanjee Kharas Mr. F. A. Huzolant presided, and there were also present Messrs. J. H. Komp. R. H. Craig, H. E. Pollock, KC, and C. D. Melbourne. Mr. J. Hastings appeared for the applicant. There were no police objections, and the application was granted unzuinously.

Formosa Channel and along the S. coast of Chins during the next 24 hours.

Forecast:-S. winds changing to NE. and freshening; equally, showery.

THE BRITISH CONSUL” AT

HONGKONG.

A French journal referred, not long ago to the English Cool at London, and a local paper to the Portuguese Consul at Macao, British Consul at Hongkong. In an article Now an English weekly makes mention of the

dealing with the duties of our Consuls, Answers relates the following story --

was recently sent from England to Hongkong, "A heavy shipment of tinned ments and jame To the mazement of the sendere, nearly the whole cargo was rejected and sent back. The goods were examined and found perfectly sound

and in excellent condition. The Congnl war therefore communicated with, and from him it was learned that the rule among Chinese mor chants is to open every case, romore the wrappers, and examine the outside of the tins.

ul rejection of the tin.

HONGKONG hus not enjoyed until recently alteration of real and paper currency or bank- Club at Kowloon on the occasion of the The slightest blemish to the label involves the

An Imperial Ordinance has been promulgated in Japan forbidding the counterfeiting or notes circulating in foreign countries, and providing penalties for the offence. This remedies a serious defect in the Japanese Code of which advantage has worn than once been 'taken..

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is a very ressosable figure.

V.R.C. SMOKING CONCERT. On Saturday the 2nd of May a smoking concert will be held at the Victoria Recreation insagaration of the new Oranssiqm The Hon. Secretary, Mr. Frank White, bas secured the services of a number of local artistes of repute and the concert should prove a most successful affair. A special late faunch will be run by the Star Farry Company st 12.15 en. Sunday morning for the convenience of visitors from the Hongkong side. Farther particulars regarding the concert will be advertised in due

Courie

DEATH OF ME. J. H MACLEHOSE.

We regret to bave to record the death of Mr. J. H. Moslehrose, which took place at

The Company leave to-day for Shanghai on the Empress of India.

It should be realised that the problem

up

say what the machinery is worth; our experts did not take it into account in their estimats of

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LD. The forty-sixth report of the above Bank which was presented to the shareholders at dicir half-yearly ordinary general meeting at Yokohams on the 10th ult. was as follows: events--is on hand. As yet it is impossible to

GentlemenThe directore submit to you the annexed statement of the abilities and Assets of the Bank, and profit and loss account for the half-year, ending December 31st 1902,

The gross profile of the past half-year, fo- cluding 495,079.245 yen brought forward from last accounts, amount to 1,333,148.055 yen, of which 4,3:7,596.884 yen have been deducted for corrent expenses, interest, to leaving a balazes of 1,835,852.073 yen.

the value of the French company's property Bad all of it will have to be overbanled and examined. A great de) of it is antiquated, undoubtedly, but much of it is good stuff.

"There are a great many locomotives, nonrly all of them brand new I think not less than forty-five or fifty-which oro valuable assets and represent alot of money. Then there is a great The directors now propose that 150,000,000 number of machines, such as steam shovels and

yen be added to reserve fand, raising dredges, faxcarating and carriers for remos- be put aside se special reserve to provide for the and miles on miles of roriable railway tracks, it to 9,060,000,000 yen, and that 200.000 yen fog earth. There are thousands of dump cars depreciation of the silver funds. From there which can be picked up from one place and laid rasinder the directors recommende difldend at down off hand in another

will absorb 220,000,000 yen on old shoes and the making of a usbol but those were days when the rate of twelve per cent per annum, which

*****Kerzen ongs employed a million soldiers in $80,000.000 yen on new ibkrew, makityn total digging was done by hand with spade and of 1,080,000,000 yen.

The balance, 505,862071, yen will be carried forward to the credit of next account--

NAGATANE SOMA,

Chairman.

pickaxe. In these modern timas such work is accomplished by machinery. Steam shovels pick up the earth, which is conveyed by trolley carriers to cars and transported with the help of locomotives to convenient pieces where it is dumped. Where cok has to be removed. blasting is done, of course, but fortunately tiers is very little rock to be excavated along the Panamo Toule,

WRECK OF A BARKENTINE. The Manila papera report that the Norwegian

·Had Answers said the "Scotch Consul," one barkentins Prince fieorge was wreaked on the

Necessarily a great deal of expensive. could have understood.

south coast of the Island of Basilan on April S. machinery will have to be purchased. Much of Her crow, bumbering tan men, were adrift in a the apparatus nen on hand must go to the small bost for three days, befors being picked

hear to be replaced with the newest and renobines. With American up by the Coast Guard entter Tablas on hergy and unlimited fonds behind the way from Jolo to Zamboanga whore they worn | enterprise, the digging of the canal will be landed

varez carried, forward with great rapidity. It is even 1503 labourers in the employ of the French now in progress in a sort of fashion," about company haing engaged on the work,

OUTBREAKS OF FIRE.

No less than three fires were reported yester day morning by the polies. The first ccurred about 9pm. on Monday in a hours at No.

The Frince George was a vessel of 499 to 57, Wellington Street. It was caused by the built in Sunderland is 1865 Her owners are upsetting of a lighted lamp, and extinguished in Christisus, Norway, When the ship was by the inmates and police before much damage wrecked she was on her way from London to * China with a cargo of pitch, having sailed from The second broke out about one o'clock yester London on May 20 last, according to the des day morning in a medicina shop on the first floor - patch roccived fu the Custom House, which

was done,

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the estimated cost of completing the ditch

a $111,000,000. It will to forty-seven miles in Length though the irthmus is only forty miles wide, ~ the route traversed being far from straight. The better width of the canal will bo 150 feat, its width at the top varying with

formation. Where So para through rock,

coura, its sides will be steeper than where the banks are of earth. The depth to the water will be 35 feet. Uroughout so as to allow for the passage of the largest, freight, steamers, and

a reputation as a health resort, but it seems to be rapidly acquiring that reputation among the American residents in the Philippines. During the past two months tundreds of American officials have taken the trip to Hongkong to spend their

We have received a copy of the. Street vacation leave here, and have found the Inder of the City and Terras, distrips us change agreeable enough to establish a the Colony, which has been compiled by. Br. decided preference for the British Colony. Arthar Chapman, the Government Assessor They speak in flattering terms of its and published by authority. To insurance general air of prosperity, and of its ad-agants, solicitors and all others interas ministration, ne well of its climate, in con- ted in land and house property suol an trast with the conditions prevailing in the index must prove of great value. Ouly a limited Philippines. It well known that numbers of amber have been printed and having regard the Peak Hospital on Monday night. The f No. 12, Fat Hing Street, in the Contral world quake her voyage from Europe to the Americ:m business men who have came out to to the immense amount of labour involved in

deceased gentleman was a well-known figure district. It spread to the ground and second Philippines one of yearly eleven months dure the Philippines in search of the Almighty porng an index the $20 charged for it in the Colony and was as highly respected and doors and to the adjoining house, No. 11. tion. If she came direct this would be a very

liked as he was well-known. He was the first whence the flames were communicated to one slow record, but of course it is not known how thero will be five twin looks built of solid Dollar have already returned home dis.

European born in the Colony after Hongkong floor of No. 13, Nos. 11 and 12 were badly often she put into various parts en route or masury appointed in their hopos and extremely pessimistic in their views of the future of Exports sent by the Philippine Government was annexed by Great Britain so that by his damaged, but No. 12 suffered only slightly, how long she was delayed,

Tho deepest rat to bowmade will not be to the island of Mindoro report that a fire death we lose the oldest resident. His parents The Fire Brigade attended under Mr. P. TJ.

The ten men comprise the entire crew of the much over 300 fest above sea-level at the that Islands unless the whole conception of quantity of rubber equal to that from India, and came from Australia to Hongkong When his

ill-fated ship and they are reported as suffering highest point. By the help of the locks abips government speedily undergoes a radical know,by the natives os "ducting ahs," was father died the late Mr. Macielone as a boy was

from beri-ber. They are also without funds side of the isthmus and lowered again to the will be lifted up the transite 30 feet on ons change. Business, according to all ac found to exist in large quantities. At nearly taken to England to be educated and later on he

and the exptain has asked for permission to sell | level of the doesn on the other ride. The locks counts, has been at a standstill for a long all points visited were signs of the rubber rine, returned to the Colony and took an engagement The third fire had its location in an eating the small boat in which they were pleked up ta will bets inn in order that on one of them time, labour is bad and the country undere which in size is from one-half to one inch in with Messers. B. 8. Walker & Co. When that house at the far end of Queen's Road West raise a Batle money for food

madder brewerigsties may not be interrupted.

Theath that about 5,000,000 tons of loped, and the openings for the white man diameter. It grows to a length of from forty house failed he joined Messrs. MacEwen, The storm was given about half-post eight yes

| freight willen, hrough the canal during the in the Islands are regarded as few and far to sixty foot. This vine, however, la to be found Frickel & Co, a connection which was main- terday morning, but the fames were extinguish-

hrst year is spend and that there will between. The worst of it is," says the only in dry forests. The natives do not know tained till about a year ago and was only tored without diffoulty, and the damage does not

be a steady moreams in the trufllo thereafter. Tolls will be stow -py; more than $1 a foo, I Manila Times most of what is said is true the real value of the vines and use them for nominated by Mr. Mae hose's failing health amount to much.

should say Uncle Sam will not be anxious to Conditions are bad and many Americans, other than medical purposes. They rub it on Taf the end he retained his cheerfulness of Yesterday an outbreak started in the engine

maka zaoney, put of the enterprise, and it is burn cores and wounds, and outside of its disposition. His legs will be sipoerdly regretted and store rooms of the steamer Hyades, lying The Indo-China reamer Lethong left Calentte herdy necesary to say that everything about. disgusted with the way things are going finess for healing purposes, they place no by his many friends and aquaintances. The in Kowloon Dook The crew sud some of the for line port is the Straite on the 19th it, this rent pablo work will be done on a soule, on, are leaving the islands.”.

other vane upon the rabber. A large quantity funeral took place yesterday at Happy Valley Dock European staff extinguished the flames, and may he expected here on the 5th prox of literality. Every models improvement will of low-grade gutte porche was also found in and was attended by a great number of well- | which destroyed all the woodwork in the store Blogspore on the Sith lust, pm, for this port, ditch throughout fis antire length with else- The Shin Lina steamer Denbighshire left he reduced even to the lighting of the several placon,

known residents.

The damage in this esso also was trifing. and is expected here on the 27th insta

tricity furnished by water-power.

But while the journal above mentioned agrees that the causes suumerated above

Wodehouse, Assistant Superintendent of Police. The premises were partly insured, but the amount of the damage is unknown. -

room.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The silk or the C.P.B. Henner thanian arrived in New York on the 19t6 inst,