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THE HONGKONG DAILY TRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH,

sentence was commited to imprisonment for

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convert, and the pillage and destruction of native Christian houses. At the time, it appears, there were no soldiers in Ningbai, and the inhabitants were inclined to sido with WANG. The magistrate Sião has now put a price of 33,000 on his head; and Governor Nizu has pot another $2,000 beside telegraphing to Ningpo ordering the punishment of the mandarins, civil and military alike, for their want of diligence: It does not therefore seem that

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lack of attention in justly be charged ngaiust the higher Chinese officials in con- nection with this affair, and" we Camct

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Witch doctors have been'at work in Tientats. TELEGRAMS, CORRESPONDENCE.

and two women has died under their caluintes tions; the native paper Jih Jih cautions the people against being. befooled by thom. They are kind of an-Christian Scientist, we

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M. de Farvielle, and other French "nacante:| suppose. -

of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on the tower is The returns of the U.S. Inmigration BureaTA valuable for meteorological observations show a total of 64,977 immigrants inte America Mandaring the month of August Init; being `au' the same month last year. Nearly every country in Europe is represented by the immigrants.

commenced thair route-march to Peking on the 16th inst

The unfortunate people at Peitang, according to the P. 4 T. Times, have an idea that the numerons deaths from plague there are due to the spirit of a large fish eaten during the nummer having its rovo go.

MANGREUTER'S SERVICE.

THE THANHVANI

THE VOLUNTEER CAMP

TO THE EDITOR OF THE “DAILY' PRESS,” Cray mapato dal: Hongkong, 28th October.

SIB, As a noi ber of inaccuracies regarding A LONDON, 26th October,

what has happened at Camp this year have The Standard's correspondent at Pretoriserept into both the Daily Press and the China aya that the economic situation becomes more Mask, I take this opportunity to correst them.

The Tientsin detachment of the Sherwood increase of nearly. 20,000 over the returns for senta overy day. Prices are abnormal, and the ⠀ In view of the statement which appeared in / Foresters has changed places with the Peking

cost of living has not been affected by the receping contemporary, for my own orodit and that of Bombardier R., W. Groy (and it may section of the regiment. The Tientsin

reduolion of salary rats. The mine owner be mentioned that I have passed the 8. John re satisfied that the pressure of circumstations A balapon Association sexamination four times will give them Chinese inbour, to which other and Bombardier Grey throp, and that we both pup & has „diant hold the Association's modal), and also that of classes strongly object,

d sell saken med Bürgeon Capt, Stodninn, who taught us all wo JAPAN AND RUSSIA, 2934Know, I take the accident to Corporal, J. Hays London, 26th October, The facts of the case are, briety simply Kestor's agency at Tokyo. wires Ahat the things. On Saturday night I was sergeant of the Japanese Premier, being interviewed by Renter's main guant, and Cornt. Heys was in charge: nf agent, said that Jupan was parsaing negotia the rear gund. On Sunday at 4 am, he had relieved his sentry and posted a new man, and spirit of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, which tripped over the ead of his bed and fell heavily sims at the preservation of penos, and tha status | on the wask of a broken hattle and savored an

Prince Tuan, says the Shanghai Times, upon

The following telegram has been received at the Japaness Foreign Office, Tokyo, being dated Japanese Consulate, Vladirestcols, October 10-Astording to an order (No. 18), kesand- by the Viceroy of the Russian For East on the 10th of October, all military and naval attachén of the Russian Legations in Japan, China and Cores are placed under the control the Viceroy, as directed by Imperial Urdin suce on the 30th of August, and them attaches

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believe that the head of the Acting Magis.the pretex of his present poor health, sent for trate Stao has been demanded. The arch his son Pu Shun, the former Heir-Apparent to criminal WANG (who, by the way, was one go to him from Peking. Prince Tasi Ying (7)at will hanwforth address all reports to the Lions with Buyin in striot, acgordance with the | was just about to turn in again, when he

first kept the matter secret and asked the opinion of a certalo princo (presumably Prines

By kind permission of Major Radcliff sad

Ching), and finally asked the Princess Jangalore, the band of the 33rd Barma Infantes 740, The Promior prosmurd that Russia was artery in his right wrist, Almost immediately. the Emperss Dourger as to what ought to be Una to tako s favourable opportunity to pampill play the following programme at the actuated by the sime pescoful spirit and timi Gunner H. K, Helmss brought me the now, done with this troublomma youth.

In the past it has b on the custom to limit the examinations for the burries awarded by the Shanghai S. Andrews Soristy to children School in Shanghai, while bays and girls of Sootab parentage attending the Public

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of the "literati class before he became a BLEND brigand leader) seems to have beco-no-an enemy of all Roman Catholics owing to the fact that some three years ago he quarrelled with some converts in his own village, who got an order for his arrest. As this was not carried out, the local priest brought influence to bear on the Chinese magistrate,

He was rescued, WHISKY. who then arrested Wang.

however, by a mob, and the magistrate promptly resigned. His successor, taking a lesson from what had happened, favoureddging at other schools were debarred from entrance to this examinations, In faturo, as the Rounsite greatly, with, the result that the result of the unanimous resolution of the converts increased very rapidly, and, as anat meeting of the Society in Sh⚫nghai last

The Japan Mail, discussing certain. Ruming the Daily Nere correspondent puts it, wook, all Scotch children here, whatever school allegations that in the event of Japan's forces the chapel becaane like yamen, It is they attend, will be given equal opportunities being defeated by Rossin, mamuore of alleged that the priest was not very of winning the bursaries.

foreigners in Japan would follow on a scale of discriminating, and his protection over his

unparalleled enormity, says: It were wasts of converts was abused by the an-crapulous, then its Lend a BAmoke with regard to the it reminds us of an interesting fact attested by The Shanghai Timce went one batter" time to discuss such an allegation seriously, but

who used his fufluence for all that it was

Paking plat, for it published the following Japaness history, namely, that this country bat worth. In consequence, those wh were

talegram dated Peking, 14th October: Atheea, in all ages, quriously free from mob out- not converts became very bitter, and the the same time that the wire was laid into the rage. During the feudal era, the agricultural field for the ruban Wang was fully pre Legation magazine someone removed the class occasionally had recourse to concerted parel. Then the magistrate who had allowed breedb bluck of the 4.7 gun which defends the demonstrations by way of protest against bonry The Rainan Catholes and alleged RCarriogo Park. The missing piece has since taxes or despotic exsations. The bamboo spear town trend to a place in the Chinese city and and the mat banner used to be spoken of with own way bid to go to Huigehow in assist recovered. There was a battery alongside the at the provincial examinations, and the wire, hat it and not been connected. These are in these days, but they were in- convenient solely to oppressive oficials, and whole affair is enshrouded in mystery, and je unfortunate S1A0-arrived to see a culminating rigidly insestigated." We still await

never once, so far as our reading goes, was sush tion of the troubles, with the termination the result of that rigid investigation of the

a demonstration attended by wholesale destrac-

stated.

tion of properly or life. In modern, times enshrouding mystery. The whole story illustrates

similar displays bare benu seeu; assemblages of The China Gazette in a recent issue appears complaining farmers or of persons with some A. S. WATSON & CO. | difficult problems in connection with mis-.

sionary enterprise in China. Nothing to imply that, the Poking massiere telegram, of grievance to press on official attention. The notorious memory, was the work of Mr.. T. C. city mob, however, which kills, pillages, burns, LIMITED.

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Cowen, whom, on the strength of his having and wrecks, is something that we do not find abstain altogether fram ny interferenconga beer on the staff of the Hongkong anywhere in this country's anuals. The point in the seruler affairs of their converts can Telegraph, the Phanghai paper calls is worth notics. No one on afirm with conf [3] | do right to check such incidents as that at Hongkong creation altogether," This is surely dince how the people would share in the

| Nioghai.. There is already, we are glad to out of Hongkong's line; and we should be presence of a crisis such as has never yet.com

Roman Catholics appear to lag behind. any way due to Mr. Cowen, who had last year of all inconceivable things a massacre of o pay Tis. 100 and costs to another gentleman foreignors or any destruction of fersiga pro cannot have left thein- Surely doubtful of the unwistota, the absolute lir." The China Gazette disclaims, on behalf

for the satisfaction of calling him the Shanghai perly by a mob seems to us the most unlikely.j Criminality, of encouraging converts t look of itself and these connanted with it in 1900, to the priest as a helper in over-riding ne the reposibility for "the Peking Massare Telegram." Would it for "any Peking massacra telegram"? As the North China Daily New

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GARDENS.Y

The Hongkong Flora is particularly rich in flowering shrubs, and Gordonia anemala, which is now in flower, is a very attractive pools

ONLY communications relating to the new, crioms, a move in this direction, but surprised in hear that tlie innssacre fable was in fronted, thom, defest by a foreigu Power; but The flowers are white, 2 or 3 inches zeroes,

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It is stated that two commissioners, one and the Hongkang Daily Press were the only French and one Chinese, are going to Foochow papers which did not print Peking. massacre from Peking to overhaul the Arsonal accounts,legrams, we do not say that the Gazette can which do not appear to "have been altogether diariaith so much. satisfactory, to the Chines at least.

Another of those “storms that pass in the

night" has come and goue, this timo giving

Hongkong a just wide enough berth; and though The winds and soos were high, with cold driving pasts of rain, the typhoon verre was pontically a. false alarm; but trilling damage was done and that chiefly to tres, Hongkong is to ba congratulated on its lucky escape.

We are requested to stats that Madame Arrat

Nippon, a monthly publication devoted to the commerce of the Far East, its Arts, Letters, and Politics, and published by the Nip on Publishing c'ompany, of Ban Francisco, of which the second number los ached us, is the latest adition to the publications dealing expressly with matters commercial in the Far East, as it is roplets with very interesting and useful information | upon the subject of the trade conditions, oppor. tunities, and possibi ities in the over-widening field of the Orieut. Match and match-box asking in Ching, transports ion facilities of the Yangtze, market conditions of Toutin, to shipbailing industry of Japan, are among mino, S.boris as a mark-1 for American goda, the articles which are of general interest to the mercantila communities both at home and in the Far East, and pithily tell of the general mercantile conditions, with figurs and statisties culled from many sources. This publicstica is well and neatly got up, exilently brinted, and bound in s rong paper covers, and should. prove a useful work of reteronce or commercial matters.

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and I at once ran to the scous of the avoident, It was apparent at a glanco that artery had been cut, and I stopped the flow of blood by compressing the brachial artery with my fingers Bealising after some time tht it would not be possible for me to hang on to the arm for very long, and as the

of the guard, though rendoring raizable

asistance, were not ambalance man, I sent for Bombardier Grey. Un his arrival we worked. together for a considerable time, but as the improvised tourniquet we put on was not altogether satisfactory, Gray suggested that Sergt. Noble should be sent for, in the hope that amongst the stack of medical comforts he was known to have brought over he would bappen to, have a tourniquet. That hope was realised, and

on Sergt. Nobbs's arrival (about half an hour after the accident first happened) an Esmarcks tourniquet was placed in position, being removed now and “again to allow a supply of fresh blood to reach the hand. This tourniquet; under the super vision of Nobbs and Grey, remained ja use until Dr. Swan's arrival at 7,30 am, in con- peng with Holmer, who left camp at 4.40 `o.ni. in a sampan to fetch him,'--

The second matter to which I wish to refer is the irresponsible chatter which has lately appeared as regards drinking and the omenat of fancy that the encampmont was turned foto & *chandy" consumed in camp. "Angons would

givet species of tavern where meo de nothing but sit round und will beer. This ispersion on a Bedly of mom who are giving up muca time'and doing their best to learn the work they would b exported to perform in an emergency, is rightly and strongly ranted. It is had enough in conversatioun pam) uult remark"," Icat they be repeated, but before putting poñ to paper one should fleet romember that a news- paper travels, and the consequent effect to the rps in the public estimation. I have never seen a more moderate minip (and I have been to a good manj) t'an the present. A great deal. of good work has been done, and we are ready. to do more, if only the wasther will leave us

H. C. WILCOX. Berghi No ? Co., HKY.A.

BAD GAS.

alone.-Yours, etc.,

somewhat lika n single-flowered camellia, and are found in the upper axils of the leaves or at the ends of the branches. Two basbas may be seen in the gardens at the east end of the No. 1 house. In the Indes Flor Sinensis the plant is stated to be apparently Passangers by tha sa. Faishan, which arrived | ondemic, but this is not the case, as we bara at 931 am, yesterday morning, tell of an seen many specimens of it growing in the, adventurous voyage that the Futiskan bud from New Territory. It belongs to the same family Cauton to Hongkong. The Folshan left at as the Camellia and the Tes-plant. fire o'clock. When she was leaving the wharf There is only one lady's slipper orchid found at Canton under the direction of Captain Dick in a wild state in Hongkong, and that is Cypri-

TO THE EDITOR OF THE." DAILY PRESS."' son, the Fook Po transport got right atḥwart | pedium perpuratum, or as it is now called,

Hongkong, 28th October, the way, and Captain Dickson had to run almost Paphiopedilum purpuratum, several specimens

SIR,-I was pleased to see,-in your to-day's right into the ilaver-hosts before he could get of which are in flower in the No. 2 house. The insus,Lover of Light's letter with regard The feat reflected great credit upon flowers are preple, produced singly on scafes 8 to the quality of the gas supplied by the Gos the captain, upon Mr. J. Logan, chief en inches to 1 foot high, and last a long time in Company. Having, whitat residing in outports, giveer, and upon Second Engineer J. Seggie perfection. The leares are 4 or 5 inches long been abliged for soms years past to use kerosene and the rest of the staff. At Taips, where and variegated, the markings on thote of oil, with its attendant drawbacks, as an illumin- there

WAS apolonio so runnin; and different plants being extremely variable. This ant. I looked forward to well lighted rooms eselonic wind blowing, the Fatchen was still in orchid is thought to be endemic in Hongkong, whilst residing in the Colony. But, alsa! I difficulties, from which she was extricated only but we have reason to believe that such is not was sadly disappointed. In spite of incandes- by the intrepidity of her captain, officers and the case. We have found it on Mt. Victoria, coat burners, manties, etc., I found that in enginears. In the back reach a slipper boat Mt. Parker, and on the hills above Little order to obtain enough light in my small din Malantang) turned over on her side. Hongkong, but motor in large numbers. In log-room to see what I was eating (with thres Chiroso woman hoog on to the bulk with the Fore Hongkongensis the species is said to barners in the room) I had to turn out all the a child on her back, and an old woman awam be a native of the Khasi Hills, but this is now other barners in the house. Having been in r.and the wreck trying to close the doors,known to be incorrect, Luckily the guard-boat at Messrs. Butterfield &

The typhoon, inckily, passed off without doing Swire's works went to the rescue, and there much damage in the gardens, The raisfall, which was badly needed for vegetation, amount- ed to 88 of na inch, and the fall for the month has been 1.71 inobon

were two lives lost.

FOOTBALL.

The Hongkong Football Club will play the Glory this afternoon under Rugby rates. Kick- off at 130 p.m. The following will represent the Clab:-

A CERTAIN amount of discussion and cor- is leaving for Shanghai to-day to give a concert respondence has appeared in the Shanghai up North on the 7th prox. She will returu hare papers lately, particularly in the orth-in time to arrange for a courort to take place China Daily News L'Echo de Chine, on Saturday, the 14th prox., so that Hoogkong with regard to troubles ut Ninghai, | rosidents will be able to hear a singer of whose Chekiang province. Prominence was given abilities they have been led to form so great to the affair by the killing of a Roman expectations. Catbolic priest (we do not know whunt It is enirl that six hundred Japanese residents nationality) and the burning of a chapel by of Delay are making preparations for im amb under a certain WAND SIH-TONG, médiste departure to Chefes in the event of 21 man who made himself notorious st war. At Port Arthur, on the contrary, it is Nin, hai during the Boxer, rebellion by halleged that, according to orders issned· by animosity towards converts. It seems that Viceroy Alexieff, the Japanese residents will

Speaking of precautionary measures against the Roman Catholics, have in consequence be collected and sont away by a foreign steamer

plague in Tantsin, the P. & T. Times says: demanded the execution of the Ninghai in the event of hostilities breaking out.

Though we know that both Municipalities and magistrate as being responsible for the

With reference to the correspondence which Customs are using in their precautionary W. Becke, C. A. Farker, O. J. Barnes, W. B. crime; 26, at least, a correspondent of the Las recently appeared in the Daily Pres and strict quarantine regulations, it Daily News says. But, as Mr. So, the respecting the quality of the gas supplied in "ppears to us that more might be done in the Robertson, three-quarters; H. fo. Stayle, A. G. acting magistrate, has only recently takes the Colony, for illuminating purposes, we are way of notifying the Chinese that they will be Roberts, halves; W. W. Clark. A. Boyd, H.

assured against loss if they will report, cases of charge of the post, and has in other informed that the bud lighting complained of is respects an excellent reputation, that due to the inadequacy of the mains. The Com. infectious disease. Dread of losing bedding and D. B. Murray, C. B. Hayward, and another,

olotbes, doubiard with prejudice against his pany is at the present time laying now mains correspondent makes a protest on

the Roman is Connaught Road and feeders to the tuin in disinfectants, is a powerful incentive to con- writer behalf, and a Catholic side appears to hear witness to Queen's Road. When this work is completed cement, and neutralises remedial efforts more his innocence, in a letter addressed to the there will, it is stated, be no cause for complaint than anything else. The Russian authorities

on the score of a deficient supply. Daily News. The facts of the case, as far as we can gather them from the various socounts, are worth noting as an example

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HOSPITAL SUNDAY,

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial

in Newchwang have recently bean giving the and Mathersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge greatest possible publicity to the fact that

SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, 28th October..

the Colony but a short time, and therefore not having seen the previous letters referred to by Lover of Light," I was wondering for how long consumers bad tolerated such a státo of affairs and for how long they were going to pay a very bigh price for "gas" and get nothing. The word ficnicles in last week's notes should but "air with trace of gas in it. Your have been panicles,

correspondent refers to the price of gas in Shanghai, and I am sure that consumers-there- wenid not tolerate for a momont gas of the quality we are supplied with, even though they are chargeil- less thau balf what we are. * A Utile healthy competition with Hongkong gas and Bttinge” is very badly needed indeed, and, zis, the Gas Company appear to havo, utterly - disregarded all hints given them previously as to the quality of the article supplied by them, it would be well if a few more consumers insisted on getting what they pay for by retursing, until mutters are remedied by the Company, to the use of the cheaper and (certainly at present) better illuminant, kerosene oil.. Yours oto.

MORE LIGHT." [We refer our correspondent to a paragraph

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR A. G, Wine. (PUISNE JUDGE.).

CHAN CRING HOP, T8A30 HOI AND WONG KONG V. CHAN FUK,

Mr. P. W. Goldring, of Messrs. Deacon & Hastings, solicitors, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. U. E. H. Beavis, of Messra Wilkinson

suffered by them through the breach by the & Gelat, splicitors, for the defendant.

Plaintiffs' claim was for $700 damiges

We have been asked to correct a statement that they wil guarantee those who report cases with thanks the following donations to the fonds defendant of the contract for the erection of a appearing in another column on this subject.- occurred in our paragraph in yesterday's issue of plague against Jess by replacing suck

of the difficulties attending missionary to the Governor. It is trab. that the Chinese not of course overooms all the difficulty in | with reference to the proposed farewell address property as may be destroyed. This does

work in China.

This man WANG, as we have said, made first held a weeting to consider how best to dealing with the Chinese, as the popular and signalise their regret at the departure of His ignorant prejudies against European doctoring himself conspicuous in 1000 by pillaging Excellousy, but it was decided by the unofficial and interference still remains. We believe that and burning at Ninghai, though he did not members of the Legislative Council and the the city authorities are fully alive to the actually cause the death of any missionary-mambora of Committee of the Chamber of serious possibilities to which we are exp caed here, perhaps only because he did not come across Commerce that the address should be presented but from what varions Chiness have told us, it For his outrageous conduct toward and the Chinese agreed to join in that mark of appears that still more might be dons to converts he was condemned to death; his esteers.

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sea-well, dated 10th September, 1902, com- EL D.P.] prising 8280 for pulling down and re-erecting wall built by defendant and six months' rent of ground at $20 per month from the lith Novem- bər 1992, to the 10th May, 1903, at $420,

In the first case the present defendant was plaintiff, and judgment was givon for $122.79 on the 3rd June.

His Lordship, after hearing parties, made an adjournment until Friday next, and the Court adjourned.

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Capt. Lossios, of the us. Kinshan, reports a surkon junk, quarter awash, mart and sail floating, lying in the clmonel between Machow and Fisbetaket, about a mile past the north of Talahan Customs station. "Highest point of Liatia 84 E., North point Taishian Island Ex 818. both bearings tras. Danger to night boats."