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GREAT FLOOD AT CHEFOO.

Chefoo, 27th July.

Yesterday, Sunday, the 28th July, will long remain a memorable day in the minds of rezi- ilouts here. At intervals through Saturday night it had rained bard at times, and on Suu. day mern about 11 it seemed that things were working up for a final effort. Peal after peal of thunder, interspersed with vivid dashes of forked lightning, made the scene s larid one, while the wind blow from one quarter to an other as if soeking for the best point to blow from, and then, although on the town level it was raising a bad as anyone can imagine it possible, somewhere up in the hills at the back of the town there must have been a cloudburst er some rush disturbance, for the volumes of water which came tumbling down the already full flowing creeks and gallies overspread the banks in many places and carried away homes, trees, buildings of all sorts, many unfortunate Chinese, utal, sweeping all bofore it, rushed seaward, only to be stopped by the incoming nearly high tide, which canned the rushing water to flocd'all low-lying parts of the aettlement from two to three feet deep. 86 rudden was the rise of the water and so little

POLICE COURT.

Thursday, 6th August.

BEFORE Ma. T. SERCOMBE SMITH (POLICE MAGISERATE)......

ASHAULT, WITH A CHOPPER,

Hearing that his wife was unfaithful, a native shoomaker carrying on business in Wanchal visited her at their home in Rowl on City Wednesday morning for the purpose of ascertaining if what he lind been told was true. He was accompanied by his mother, the tale bearer, and it is alleged that she held the wife down whilst the husband attacked bar with chopper; the woman sustained serious injuries, three toes being almost completely severed from the fuot, and her arm, log, and shoulder badly cut. The police heard of the affair and arrested the enlprits before they had time to escape.

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When charged, the male defendant admitted cutting the complainant, who is now in hospital, but said it was dous accidentally; the fewule pritener denied the charge.

The case was remanded till to-morrow morn- ing at ten oʻslock.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TM¤, 1903

INVESTIGATION OF RINDERPEST

IN CHINA.

Diring uy stay in Shanghai, I had the pinuare of visiting the cattlo-yards, a short distance from the city, and became very much Interested in the smocassise means om played for be prevention of "rinderpost," In the first pace, the cattle yards are divided up so that

inoculation, are separated and apart from the ench drove of animals, in various stages of the others, those which have the severest form of the rinderpest, contracted by the immune procedure, are placed in a covered vord com. posed of numberlear stalls and capable of containing as many as five hundred head com- fortably. This yard is called the" ik ward,” and particular pains are taken in the methods used for the disinfection of it; all the straw and other material, after contamination, is burnt, and

a liberal man of lime is made. Not only isnil waste material destroyed by fire and other means of Iolute disinfection, but sorapalous cleanliness

is observed in all matters, whether pertaining to the care of the animals, or to the appliances "of

this so called "sick word." Those animais that recover from the insolation and are sonvalescing are placed in other yards, accord-

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THE POPE'S DEATH.

London, 21st July. The Italian Government baro guaranted the Sacred College perfect freedom, and security

nected with the choice of a succes or to the late during the deliberations and proceedings con- Fontif. Appreciative notices of the late Pope's excollent qualities have been published by the European Press. President Roosevelt telegraphed a message of sympathy to Cardinal Rampolla,

HE KING IN IRELAND.

London, 21st July.

The King has arrived la Dublin, where he has received a memorable welcome, the citizens acclaiming him as Edward tho Peacemaker. The visit has called forth remarkable manifestu tions of good feeling, though the death of the Pope his caused & modification of the display

which was intended.

RUBSIA'S ACTIVITY.

Tandon, 23rd July,

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DOYD, KAYE & CO., Foreign Representa- Messrs. Arphold, Karborg & Co., general, ♬ tives, have removed from No. 70, Queen's agents of the "Shell" Transport and Trading Road Central, Hongkong, to larger and wore Co, L., soad us a copy of the following cirentar convenient promises at No. 25, DES VEUX

ROAD. issued to shareholders

Hongkong, 6th August, 1903.

Your directora bave pleasure in reporting that the documents in connection with the

HONGKONG PHILHARMONIC

SOCIETY.

amalgamation for marketing the production of important Russian producers, and the majority

MEETING of the above 80CIETY of the producers of the Dutch East Indies, AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL

the CITY HALL, at 5 PM. The Ollessa correspondent of the Standard ell us the documents in connection with the will be held on MCNDAY, the 10th inst., at formation of a distributing company called the

All Members are earnestly asked to attend, Asistio Pot roleum Co.. Ld., in which the and all who wish to become Members aro

parties aro interrated

Messra. Frares of cordially invited.

By Order of the Commilton,

ERNST MIROW, Hon. Secretary pro tem,

1993 Hongkong, 5th August, 1903,

annonces the motilisation of one hundred and thirty thousand Russian troops, The entire

contemplated ibo occurrence that no one had BEFORE ME. J. H. KEMP (ACTING POLICE ing to the extent of recover, and finally, after force is to be immediately despatched by railway Paris, your Company, and the Royal Datch

time to do much, stores being flooded, and ex- tensive damage scarring in suy gedowns te. goods stored on the ground tier.

FOREIGN LOSSES.

Some of the principal safferers amongst foreign firms are Carlowitz and Co; Corpubs Eckford and Co.; Curtis Bros.; Diedrichsen, Jebsen and Co. and E, L. Mondon, Sach goods as cement, straw-braid, four, soda-caske, paper, etc., bring damagel. The most extensive loss to individuel property is probably that of the Chang Yuo Wine Company, as all their work of the last three years, surrounding the Austrian Consulate, suffered very heavily, buildings, walls, and coal being swept away,

and it is believed tho valuable wines stored in the cellars will be ruined.

MAGISTRATE).

UNJUST' WEIGHTS,

Ivepector Ford summoned two chandlers in Kowloon City for using nujuɛl weights in their business. One, who cheated his customers of twelve per cent. of their purchases, was faed $75, and the other, whose "squeeze" amounted to three per cent., 520.

THE STRANDING OF THE

"CARRIER DOVE"

The finding of the US Marine Court, Shanghai, which enquired into the stranding of the sailing vessol Carrier Doce, has been rendered as follows (we take the report from

the NC. Daily News).

It may

they begin to enjoy their meals and take on what Berh and fat that were lost during the two weeks of inmunication, they are ready for shipment to the Philippine Islanda, appear to the unprofessional observer that such stringeat means are necessary, bat. not so, although as great a percentage as from ten to fifteen die while undergoing insulation, the least doviation from the methods employed by the proprietors would result in failure to thoroughly immunise sufficiently to satisfy tho U.S. Government.

to the Amar district,

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Arrangements have been made for a special meeting of the Imperial Council immediately on General Kuropatkin arriving in St. Petersburg. The object of the Conncil is to consider military dispositions in view of eventualities.

Eleven torpedo-bosts are to leave Cronstadt on the 28th inst, for the Far East, to reinforce the Russia Pacific Squadron, The Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Smolensk, 12,000 tons, 20 knots, has passed through the Bosphorus, apparently empty. Her destination in Port Arthur. Five vessels of a similar type remain in the barbour of Odessa.

SUGAR.

London, 30th July, Mr Chamberlain contended that the Sagar Convention Bill will secure free trade in suga and protect us against a monopoly. It was a turdy ant of justice to the colonies. He nonticned that be had information showing that there was not the slightest probability of the formation of an international sagar

Company of the Hague, as also the documents for placing transport and distributing facilities by your Company and the Royal Dutch Company nt the disposal of this distributing company.. have now been finally approved and the Asiatic Petroleum Co... Ld, registered.

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AMERICAN WATER MELONS

The lines of this amalgamation waro settled) some time back, but the detail accessary to are now just in season and beat overything on bring into accord the very large and divergent the market. Come quickly or eles the serbon interests has taken a long time to complete in legal form.

The working out of the details has made it impossible for your directors to present their roport and an audited balance-sheet for the ye-1902 at the usual time. These are now ing propared, und will be laid before you with

little delay as possible.

Your directors dre pleased further to record that the period of dislocation of prices which preceded the amalgamation began to change about a year ago, and that sinos the been parties have 1st July, 1902, the working in accord on the lines designed

will be over.

CHING SHAN CHAN,

Central Market, Hongkong, 25th July, 1903, -

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ANG HING,

combination. Be condemned the extravagant for the Asiatic Petroleum ·Co. La WA JEWELI.SE, impossible to estimate the loss of life, but they the Captain's calentations the North rot to z obronie skin eruption, and I myself had language of the speakers on the opposite side, The recovery from the depresed level of has REMOVED to No. 19, QUEEN'S ROAD

ihe sea.

DESCRIPTION BY AN, EYE WITNESS. A foreign resident on Temple Bill states that the scene won awful as from that position they could see rast volumes of water tumbling down the bill, carrying houses, mules, and iudi viduals as it swept sonward. It is at present distress of those who are left homeless and Saddles Light would be about 20 miles SW destitute in very apparent. Some ides of the daylight on the morning of June 30th. fores of the water may be gathered from the Shortly before 4 o'clock a.m. of that day, he fast, that at one point where some 400 tons sent the second mate aloft, who reported that he of Welch coal was stacked belonging to E. L. could just see a revolving light in that direction, Not satisfied with this report, the Captain then Mondon, Ld, the whole lot was swept into put on all sail and headed his course as he

The bench is still strown with boams, trees, legs, and all sorts of wreckage, and pposed for Amherst Rock. At 9.30 am, the vossal struck 12 milca N. W. of Shawelshan. although some thirty bodies (Chinese) have The crew were rescued by the Treas (Capt. already begu removed, more are still appearing Jobs) with only the loss of ono man and were on the East Beach, and the low of life on the brought to Bhanghai from Shawelahan by the West Beach, where the dwellers are much more #acan (Capt. Wallace). Both of these Captains packed, must be awful. The Customs.antherielowed the helpfulness and kindness which is tics already my 200 to 300 have been drowned characteristic of seafaring men. It appears and probably the real total will never be known, that both mates mistook the oceniting light Such a disaster locally is unprecedented and one at Shaweixhan for the revolving light at can only hope that the like will never occur the North Saddles, an orror the more natural os again.—Mercury,

both are white lights and as it was in exactly the position relative to the ship in which the latter would be according to the dead reckoning, We End that the Captain of the Carrier Dove used all reasonable cantion to ascertain the ship's position and cannot be blamed for the stranding of the verbal

AFFAIRS IN MANCHURIA.

and said that "as we are on the eve of a great economia fight, it would be well for all of us, whatever our views, to keep cool, and pot turn an economic into a personal fight.”—N.-C. D. N.

BUSSIAN CONCESSIONS P

Purie, 31st July. The Daily Chronicle of London saya that Russia has made considerable concessions in the Far East to the United States, Japan, and Great Britain.-Echo de Chine.

ALLEGED PHYSICAL

DEGENERATION.

The rinderpest serum for Chinese cattle in prepared by an expert, and the samo veterinarisa supplies serum for immunising the large num bers of carabao that have been recently shipped to the Philippines. At present us many os fly thousand carabae are being transported from China (at Toole Sam's expense) to make up for The evidenes bofors us shows that, as the the loss in the Islands from the ravages of Cagrier Dove approached the shores of Chinarinderpest of this ralno boast of burden.

It may soom strange, nevertheless it is a fact, after a prosperous voyage, observations wore taken fixing her position up to June 28th that few people really know what riaderpost is. at 3 pm. Nous could be taken afterwards. I have beard it described all the way from fout- been at a loss antil on this recent occasion I had the pleasure of investigating its character in person. I must say that I was surprised at my diseavory, for I found a complaint that corresponda almost exactly with sonte dysentery in the homan being. Tus period of incuba tion is about five days, then the animal's temperature goes up from 100, gradually inoras- ing as the disease progresses, and sometimes just before the final collapse, and prior to death, the temperaturs reaches 106 or more. After äve days of insulation there is a stage of diarrhwi and coatinned elevation of temporalure, which lasts about one weak or ton days, when the stem is reached, and when they either get better or die. None but cloven-footed animals contract the rinderpest; no case of a horse, for tnstance, baring hail the disease, is on record.

The réginé for inoculation is simple. The aim is placed in lunboostooks (in the West we would use something else, so that the feet are secure, otherwise in demonstrating his objection to having needles run into his Besh the ballcok might naturally delay the process, which usually takes twelve and a half minutes). Ten cubic centimetres of viralent blood from another animal with the disease in progress, and Afty C.C. of the prepared soram from an immune animal, are then injected into the subcutaneous tissues, just behind the fore-logs, woll down on the abdomen: sad after abont twelve and one

The question they had to consider half minutes, the serum and germ-soaked blood was whether or not we were supplying a race begin a battle for supremacy in the system of calculated to hold this great Empire together, the nafortunate bocine. Which will win remoins and to fulfit what they all believed to be the to be seen. This locoulation is repeated in fivo days, sometimes in less time, and sometimes two duties and destinies of car perple. The answer or three extra injections are needed, depending was that there was evidence that the rate on the animal's condition; then you increase of increase was so declining that we could either the amount of seram or infected blood not claim that we were putting forth in suf- injected.

It is to be hoped that by continuous inseala.ficient numbers men and women who could tions and perseverance on the part of Govern- bold their own in the great days that were ment employees, as well as private firms, at coming. Figures showed that in the last be developed that shall be immuns from birth, twenty years the size of families had declined thereby removing one of the greatest nurses the from 43 to 3.2; and if in another sixteen Filipinoe have to contend with at present. Let years a like decline took place the natural source may continus in this direction, and that science, may soon be blessed with further discoveries for up. There was a vast shrinkage in the birth- eradicating this fearful pest.—Contributed,

rate in the United Kingdom, and he was sorry

JOHN GOODNOW, Consul-General, U.S.A., Shangbai.

J. A. AMESBURY, Master Am. Ship Roanoke,

27th July, 1903,

values, however, occupied some time, and was CENTRAL (opposite Mesurs, KELLY AND WALSH) and has also kept his old Shop as a not material until well on into the last quarter Branch Establishment, named 'WANG HING of 1002, but during the enrrent year prices & CO. en met of the markets served by the amalga- mation have been nearot normal.

TRAGIC TALE OF THE SEA.

Ilongkong, 23rd March, 1903,

KOWLOON EXTENSION.

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LOON and ADJACENT TERRI-

A romnulic story of the sea was related on TORIES showing the Boundary under the the arrival at Plymouth best math of the P. Now Convention, with the Towns, Villages, &o. Prepared from Authoritative Sources and and O. steamer India from Bembog. One of Printed in Colours. Prios 51.

Hongkong, 28th October, 1898. ROYAL ÆRATED WATERS MANUFACTORY.

To be bad at Messra. Kelly & Walsh, Ld. the second-class passengers was D. Joariandes, who was decribed as a distressed British subject. W. Bezwen & Co. or Daily Press Office. He joined the vessel at Gibraltar, and during the voyage gave a singularly vivid account of He said that is his remarkable adventures. February last he was the second mate of a ceasef bound from the United Kingdom to Gibraltar. Her crew numbend thirty-eight. In the Strails of Gibraltar the vessel got out of her courss, and subsequently went ashore at Lasaighe, on the cost of Morocco. Twenty-six of the orow were drowned in attempting to reach the shore onsite managed to lead on the beach. Hers account of a boat capsizing. The remaining they were given a most hostile reception by the natives, who swarmed to the waterside and commenced 'ahooting them down. Joariandes,

In the House of Lords on the 6th alt. the Earl of Meath drew attention to the question of physical training, and asked the Government whether they would be prepared to grant a Royal Commission or a Committee of Enquiry with a view of ascertaining whether the poorer populations in the large towns were exposed to conditions which, if continued, must inevitably contribute to a low national standard of physical health and strength, seeing that if each was the case it would constitute a grave national peril.

The Bishop of Eipen thought there were very good grounds for asking for the proposed he could speak a few works of Spanish, sing Factory & Ofor--West Point: Telephone 367 enquiry.

The idea that Russia is capable of affording much more protection to China thiên Japon is, is gaining ground among Princes and Ministers in Poking and, in corsequence (wo quote a despatch to the Kokumin) the pro-Russian tendency is reviving, Prince Bu, Chang Chih- tung and Yean Shikni are advocates of the Buti-Russian proposal. Chang Chih-tong differs with Prince Ching, and the Empress Dowager is soil to bave empowered the Prince to ally and expediatly bandle the Manchurian difficulty. Her Majesty is also said to have intimated to Chang that he would do better to refrain from repsiring to the Palace and personally memoristise on the question. The 13th and 16th Bulan Fegiments at Kirin and Liaoyang respectively left on Thurs ay for Dalny, 300 soldiers in Shaphaikwan also leftatorally they send Lecounts of their doinzy as trust that the honest work of honest men of ine rease among us would inevitably bo dried to be held in London, and the owours of his

MISSIONARIES AND COWS.

F. A. G." writes in the Kobe Chronicle There is a place in China to which I should like ta go at the present time, only that I feel quite eure Kobe would miss me. It is called Kaling and, as might be expeated from its nazis, is place to which missionaries Bock when the plains are melting in the forvast teat.

for Yinkao (Newchwang) pastoralny, an

to the Shanghai papers, and these missionary A Delay despatch of the 18th inst. states contributions are always so strikingly interest that General Kuropatkin bus ordered that the garrien of Daluy is to be increased to 15,000 ing that I rond them with the grantest wen. Several regiments are exposted there pleasure. There is something so domestic, for example, about the following — Moch within a fortnight. Small batches of the men

might be done to improve the food supply. have already arrived. Two large forts are being much lenu eat comes up the hill built and Chinese cookies are employed day and All should boycott lean meat, as it may be

some time in the future a breed of cattle will

A DISTURBER OF WORSHIP.

to say there were signs of a diminished growth also in our great colonies. The matter was ́one which did soom to call for investigation,

Istter to the Ber. R. O. Fillingham, to which have an Empire, but what is the use unless we The following is the text of Bishop Potter's for, us Lord Bosobery had said, "It is onsy to we alluded in these columas recetly

have no Imperial race?" We were living in a Reverend Bir-You call yourself a

night. The construction of forts to cover the from diseased cattle. Une feels pretty sifa. Treman of the Church of England, but I State which now held three-quarters of its

railway between Dalay end Port Arthur is

being pushed on. The Russian authorities and we wish him great success in his enterprises, when it is fat. Mr. Duff is a public benefactor intend to concentrato six divisions of mari in Liastung Peninsula and are now moving men His butter and milk are excellent, and there is from Anurand Kiria provinces. The wonderful quantity of cream on his milk. It authorities intend to make use of this in is to be hoped that he can gare a full seapply to pretending that they have evacunted Manshuria all this year." Now who is "Mr. Duff" Is The Ratsion +ficials who have been investiga. it a cow or is it a man? The attentive render ing matters relative to the storage of provisions tearns first that all should boycott lean meat, and coal bave prohibited the export of grain and that one feels pretty safe when it is fot, from Nowchwing. The rumour regarding the and then we are told that Mr. Duff is a public purchase of 250,000 tons of coal and 20,000 tons benefactor who has a wonderful quantity of of smokeles coal by Russiana is reported to cream on his milk and it is hoped he can give a have some truth. A large quantity of Kaiping full supply! I suppose it is all right, Iat it coal was recently sent to: Port Arthur from seems a little frivolous to speak of a cow in Chingwantec.-Kobe Herald.

this way. But the cow is an indispensable adjunct of every self-respecting missionary household, and maybe is in consequence given

to success.

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bis fellow seamen falling doud around him, appealed to the natives for mercy, sad told them that the strangers were shipwrecked sailors and means no harm. At this time the mariners had all been killed with the exception of Jeariandes, who had been shot in the right footand the left leg The and bad fallen exhausted to the

ground. natives orowded round him, and, mistaking telescope he held in his hand for a gun, aimed at bis chest, and only desisted when he threw Ale. the instrument on one side, hen be was taken prisoner and placed in a tent, but he succeeded in communicating with the British Congal in Morocco, and S. Findictive was sent to resous Lita. He was conveyed to Gibraltar, where he spent sixteen weeks in hospital, being discharged on June 30, in time to sail by the India. At Plymouth he said on enquiry was vessel bad instructed him to say nothing until t was held.

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and aware that he may not print private which burned up the cnergy which was essential THE CREAM OF doubt it, for a clergyman is usually a gentleman, population within the towns. It was the towns letter until its receipt has been seknowledged That you are a hustio is much more by the person to whom it is addressed. likely, for only a lentic could suppose that the Church of New York is governed by the laws of the Church of England, or that you would compel me, or any incumbent in the diocess of N York, to enforce, or to obey, the laws of the Church of England.

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The Duke of Devonshire agreed that the con. dition of things was serious not only from the military point of view, but from as industrial standpoint, The Secretary of State for War had "KING EDWARD VII," besu in communication with the Home Office and the Local Government Board as to this question of physical degeneration, and these departments were all agreed that further enquiry of a deep and searching character was most necessary. He thought it was extremely likely that a Boyal Com- here advised him therefore, to apply for mission would be found to be the most desirable detail of police and have instructed him, in case you and your fallowers venture in any way form. (Hear, hour) It was proposed, however, to interrupt or interfere with his services, to in the first instance to refer this subject to the direct the police to throw you and your medical profession we to the boat means of associates into the street. Happily, wo haya a

"The reator of the Church of B. Mary the Virgin presses my respect and confidence, and though his modes of worship may be as little to my tanie sa to yours, he is not following them without my privity and knowledge.

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The Jewish Chronicle mentions a novel the honoride. Ibers recently been trying to law in the State of New York which deals obtalaing information and as to what wore in for the phonograph. tome time ago the

find out through the Jesuit missionary letters Hungarian Jews in Chiengo wrote to the Chief Rabbi of Pressburg in Hungary aking him to of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries what recommend an orthodox Rabbi able to preach in the missionaries to Japan in that ega did about their native language. Pres urg is a long the great cor question. So far as I can discover, way from Chingo, and it was too rauch to expert that a Babbi could drop ceross for a Sabbath to however, they were unaccompanied by a single preach trial season. That was where the specimen of these interesting animals, and how phonograph showed its use. The recommended they managed to do their work and make so candidate spoke his best sermons, in his boat many converts puzzles me altogether. The fact, German and Hungarias into the instrument, however, that the work was not lasting is clear and when the rewords were reproduced in Chicago they gave such delight that the preach proof of the importance of cows in the

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Fillingham, on a visit to America, had visited improvement of national strength. When

Bunday morning service at 8. Mary the in. Nov. Nors, and sent a letter to Bishop the preliminary enquiries had been completed, Potter in which be declared the sacrifice of the he thought no time would be lost in taking mess, the harming of incense sad the elevation further steps, sta

to the doctrine of the Lord Loren and Melville quoted a letter from ofta the whole ceremony

medical man stating that. there Anglican church, and called

the preface sad idolatrons. Fillingham has rateru undoubtedly physical degeneration in ed to England, but myn be will go to the States | north,

Lord Balfour admitted the necessity for in February and conduct a Lenten mission in the interest of Protestantiam."

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