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WAR NOTES.

RUSSIAN CAVALRY IN COREA-JAPANESE

OFFICIAL NEWS.

We received yesterday from the Japanese Consul a megy of the following official tele

Tokyo, May 11, 11,35 a.m. "On the morning of 10th inst. 200 Russian cavalry attackel Anju. The Japanese garrison slubbornly resistetl. One company roin- forcement arrived on

CAPTAIN BAYLY'S

REPORT AT!

CHEMULPO.

The following is an extract from a letter by

Captain Lewis Bayly, of HM.S. Talbot, at Chemulpo, dated February 20;---

In connexion with the engagement between the Russian ships Varyag and Koreels and the Japanese feat I bog to enclose the fallowing re-

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Chaplain Roudneff states that the carrying of the wounded on stretcher became im- ARAY

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 13TMn, 1904.

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, 12th May.

IN BANKRUPTCY,

BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR WILLIAM M. GOODMAN (CHIEF JUSTICE).

ADJUDICATION.

In ve Li Tran Lap ex parte the Sna Clusy Brick, Tile and Timber Co., Mr. J. Hays, ot Messrs. Johnson; Stokes and Mastor, solicitors.

adjudication.

the afternoon from Issible; several men were carrying them when appeared in support of an application for Piagyang. The energy flod on the morning of the 11th, when further Japanese reinforce Japanese casualties were four killed and six wounded. The emmy's casualties were over

ments arrived from north and south.

fifty.

The

His Lordship granted the petition.

- THE LE MENYON BANKRUPTCY. Mr. C. E. Bravis, of Messrs. Wilkinson

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POLICE COURT,

Thursday, 12th May. BEFORE MR, H. II. J. GoMPERTZ. (ACTING POLICE MAGISTRATE.),

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KODAKS! KODAKS!! KODAKS!!!

AND

PHOTO GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

We have an Establishment Solely devoted to

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING

or Amateurs, where we turn out work of the best description and with great promptno.

DECOYING A GIEL FROM CHINA. On the arrival of one of the mumerens river steamers from Cunton, a Hongkong detective cast his eye ou a wenuan and her alleged sangh- ter, a Chinese country girl. Noticing that the younger of the puit spoke Paklici dialect, and the other Cantonese his suspicions were aransed, the woman: being arrested and charged with bringing a girl to Hongkong for purposes A of prostitution. The woman was convicted,

Houghong, 10th March, 1904.

shot down, and only live mon altogether were brought down to the doctor below the water-- line, while of these five the doctor of the Varyog Bays two wore practically dead when,they arrived. They have held classes on board the Fargag to Grist, solicitors, made an application for the although, certainly, the evidenen was rather A non-commissioned officer takon pri i instruct men in "first aid"; bags of bandages Payout of costs amounting to 8506 out of the thin, and sontonend to 12 months' imprison- !

Lo Munyon estate on behalf of the New York meat. Presumably the onus felt more upon want to get

roper said the ewany consisted of 500 Cossacks." RASHIA'S FIELD FORCE.

The Times export estimated on the 29th alt. that the uxima Russian fold force is 1:35,000, bai says that it is impracticable to muss the whole for a united blow!

BUSSJAN BULITAKY AND NAVAL

PREPARATIONS.

The S. Patersburg correspondent of tlie Paris Journal says that Russia intends to employ armoured automobiles manufactured in France Belgin, and Germany for military - purposes They were to be despatched last month to the

seat of war.

On the 8th ult. Commander Kulczicki handed Lo the Tsar a report concerning the proposed reyage of the Baltic pudron to the Far East by way of the Sea of Kars. That officer, who was entrusted with a special mission and who Eollowed the route traversed by Nordenskjold, considers that the northern seas will be open towards the end of June. He declares that he

will be able to pilot the squadron and reach his destination by the end of August. It is believed timt the Baltic squadron will be placed under the orders of Admiral Rozhdestvensky or Chuckin.

It may be noted that on the 20th ult. Ad- miral Skrydloff, addressing the men of the Baltic Flest in barrucks, said it was the Tsar's wish that he should lead thom, and he was now going to command the float which tlusirs was guing to join. This was the first public reference to the Baltic Fleet's departure.

had been served out, and the doctor says that some lives were saved by being thus treated. The Russian sailors bear their operations wonderfully well.

Export and Import Co.

no witnesses to bar lor ont.

A NICE PLUMP HEN. Two aufives both claimed the summo hen-IL

BY ARTHUR T. FOLHILL?

LONG, HING & CO.,

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It came about in a very unexperted way.

photo of a prisoner in "cángue," or collar, so my boy informed the Chang, the official, comes himself and escorted Ting-li Yauoy, where the kuy is kept, and Mr. DAG 13. There are four or five different wards Dr. Clark and I went first over the main prison, sutaining thirty-five prisoners. You cater on

ay official's residence. The enfance is not inviting. A narrow circular stone gateway,

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(Fow Doors East of Hongkong Hotel

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ophum reforms, and so on. He fully approved VISIT TO A CHINESE PRISON. of my suggestions that prisons should he cloner, lighter, and more saaitary, that pri- soners should work and not be kept idle all day, nad taught a trade or some way of making an honest livelihood. It is encouraging to mo to hear him say he intends to build some model prisons Perhaps other workers at other stations may commence sono such work and be equally We discussed also punishinents and treatment. One story in the Bible impressed encouraged. him, showing, he said. Christ's desire to vindi eate the law, and yet he compassionato-the incident of the woman taken in sin, where Jess says to her sensors. He that is without sin He is also full of military ardour. Last year, at Pengthe. I led the troops in person to moot the Boxers at Tai-bo Chen, and over one hundred fer it at Poking.-Chino's Millions.

SHIPPING NOTES.

the woman to prove herself inaccent than for His Lordship granted the petition. hsinghe Court to prove her guilty. She stated that satistied that the property of the debtor in she brought the girl down as a servant, but had been preserved for the bonolit of the eralitors by moans of legal proceedings brought by the Creditor against the debtor without notice of by the drhter; he ordered payment of the costs His Worship's inspection. As there was out of the estate in the same priority of pay. diffealty in deciding the matter the case was mes as was provided in respect of taxe cost reminded. King Solomon would have haired with a heavy door facing you. baring a round of them were killed, and he is to be decorated

is-2 per cent, killed, 45 per cont. wounded. any available act of fankruptcy committed Rue phuup bird that was brought into Court for the laft side of the second court of the Yumen among you, let him first cust a stone at her."

There were 150 men employed on the Varyan's upper deck during the action, ant nearly all the

·killed and wounded were out of this 150, which It must not be forgotten that, having no gun shields, her guns' crews were practically unpro. tected, and that shrapnel shell were largely used. to judge by the holes in the boats, funnels, Ké. All was quiet in the engine-room as though they had been at target proelice. one stokehold (they have five, with no fore and aft bulkhead) the water came up to the floor of the furuaces, but did not got into the other stokeholds. It is believed to have come through a hole made in the Faryag's water-line when she was inclined and travelling at a reducul speed while turning.

In

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While suffering her severest punishment-e.. when she was turning, thus keeping the range constant and her speed reduced, she had only four guns (I am told by her communler who is living with me), that were not temporarily disabled. One 12-pounder was knocked clean across the deck from port to starboard One set of cartridges caught fire on dock and burned so rapidly that two men Intrnt to death, the body of one falling down the ammunition hoist with the clothes on fire. There were five fires altogether, of which four were successfully combated by the fire An order has been issued by the military mains, and the fifth which was caused by a authorities providing for the formation of shell bursting in the flour tank and which caused Caucasian cavalry brigade for active service.sch a smoke that the scuttles had to be opened) The brigade will be made up of volunteers from would probably have been put out had not the the Couensian highlanders, who are not liable ship sank. te military service, and of volunteers from the Daghestan cavalry regiment. Each of the two regiments of this brigade will consist of six sotnias (about 900 mon).

DR. GOMEZ,

In our last issue we published a special telegram, from the Daily Treas Manila corres. pendent, saying that Dr. Gomez was acquitted. There were two defendants in the case, Dr. Dominader Gomez and Senor Buenaventura Kabalza. Dr. Gomez, the more prominent of the two, was charged with having communion with rebels fighting in the bills, with founding an illegal society (the Labour Union), and with

The rango was taken by an officer on the forecastle and shown to the guns by un instru mont in the top, but both men in the top were seriously wounded, one having his leg so nipped hy a portion of the fractured stal of which the top is made that they had to cut some of the flesh of his leg away so as to extract him. The doctor was below the water-lius; the gunnery, torpedo, and worigating lisztmiants, together with the helmsman and a nux for working the engine-room telegraphs, were in the conning tower, the commander was running from the upper and main place to pluco on deeks to stop fires, assist supply ammuni.

The captain stood near tion, co- entrance of the conning-tower, and during the

the

A BIG DEFICIT.

it!

A BOARDING HOUSE,

ASSAULT IN A DIVAN,

For knocking a friend over the head with a wooden pillow, in an opium divan, a Chinaman was fined $10. Friendship has ceased!

window in the centre, threagh which, usually, a Yan Lak Lam, who at a previous sitting of

Sergt. Watt charged a Chinaman with keep-1#isoner is looking, probably contrasting his soane delay, the rusty key is turned and the the Court was committed to prison for contempting a boarding-house without a licence. As captivity with the free life outside. After defendant said he lush applied for one the ease

heavy peison dom swings its hinges. On} wus remumled.

entering the prison court. a creepy feeling in respect of having failed to lodge a statement

Dunes over you as you find yourself surrounded of his affairs, came up for public examination. Mr. H. W. Looker, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker.

by crowd of men who are undergoing sentences few day. of imprisonment varying from a & Deacon, solicitors, appeared for the debtor; Mr. O, D. Thomson, solicitor, for a creditor to the extent of $7810; Mr. F. X. d'Almada & Castro, soliciter, for a creditor- representing $1009; and Mr. P. W. Goldring, solicitor, for other two creditors representing $1139, purt of whiell was secured; this debt, he said, was not Mr. Looker on behalf of the debtor argued proved. that Mr. Goldring had no focus standi unless the debts were provod.

Iis Lordship-All we can do, Mr. Locker, is to see you, but we cannot hear you.

Mr. Looker contended that he had a right on

behalf of the debtor to address the Court in the

Mr. Goldring stated that he bad just been instructed to appear for another creditor repro- senting $300, which had been provod.

protection of lds interests.

The Official Receiver (Mr. Bruce Shepherd)

$95,659. The assets were ont of the Colony, said that the debts of the estate amounted to but he believed that about $9.000 could be recovered. Debtor was a Californian merchant

Examino by the Official Receiver the debtor

The stated that he was the sole proprietor of the On Hing firm, Californian merchants. business was started 30 odd years ago. He had been bi the business about four years. Thirty years ago it was his father's business; his father nolu diod over 20 years ago. He was not proprietor. There were three other partners. Ou his father's death the property was divided up. was worth $14,000. He was interested in other Debtor got $7,000 cash and the business, which business. He lost $8000 through the failure of a business in Honolulu. He also lost money in connection with the Opium Farm at Macao, small sales. The smuggled opin came froze a place called Wunts, on of opium and the opposite side of the barbour, and from other places in Chinese territory. His losses amount- od to $200 or $300 a day sometimes. His tender for the form was $170,000 a year. put $24,000 into this business.

BEFORE MR. J. H. KEMP SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATH).

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING.

to

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11 life-time. A not uncommon severe sentence is imprisonment till the prisons are -empty-that is, at the death of the Emperor, on the- general reprieve is granted A Chinese girl disappeared from a match accession. Not a low are looking forward to factory at Efongkong recently. A woman was the death of the present Emperor with consider suspected of enticing her away, but this personable interest. As, however, he is only about denied all knowledge of the affair. The girl thirty (in spite of having roigned twenty-nine has been recovered, peculiar cirenmstances years), they may still have a good many years attaching to the case. An adjournment was of captivity before them. Of the five separate granted to call further evidence for the defence.wards, each has a different name and a different

GAMBLING

Sergt. Marrison charged; some 14 or 15 Chinamen vil gambling at Y Tik Lane, The two house-keepers were fined $20 each, the

remainder $3 each.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

[VIA CEYLON.]

THE INCREASED INCOME TAX.

London, 26th April.

The Government was saved from defeat on the incume-tax increase by the votes of a number of Liberals. The resolution was carried by a majority of 38, twenty Liberals supporting the Government.

DEVASTATING TORNADO.

Doudou, 26th April. A tornado has killed scores of people and rendered hundreds homeless in Texas.

DEBATE ON THE TEA DUTY,

degree of confinement.

We first cutered the host wards--first class misdemeanour. No maticuffs or manueles au

between the prisoners and the mon outside. I to be seen, and you cannot tell any difference took a group of the thirty-five, and then a group of the head prison saperintendente-old ericzinals-one a murderer, the other a highway-

Man.

WEATHER.

The N.D.L... Sachsen (outward mail) had fine passage from Singapore The China Navigation 5.3. Changsha (Australianrnu) reports

fine weather.

The sa. Aansu, from Chefoe, reports fog. The s. 7yr kad a fine passage from Hungry. The Bergenhus had a fine passage from Maji. The M. S. Dollar had a tino passage frow Sumarang. The Banal experienced fine weather from Hoihow. The Pokuam lud u fair weather passage from Bangkok. In fact fine weather is reported all round.

COAL..

The Norwegian ss. Fyr, from Hongkong yesterday, brought over 3,000 tons of coal. The Tetasin arrived from Barry yesterday with The Norwegian x.s. Bergenbus arrived from 958 tons of coal for Messrs." Dodwell & Co. Moji Festerday with 5,050 tons of coal for Messrs. Bradley & Co.

KICE.

The French Ms. Hanoi from Heilow had 500 tons of rice for Messrs Marty & Co. The French Kampe brought 900 tons of rice from Saigon for Mosses. Man, Fat. The Gorman steamer Puknam brought 2,400 tons of rice from Bangkok for Mossrs Butterfield and Swire.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Germans. Kowloon arrived from Chingklang yesterday. She has over 2,000 tous of cargo for Canton.

The B. L... l'uniuo, on the Rangoon Amay ran, arrived yesterday with 1,750 tons of cargo, and 1,014 Chiuese passengers.

The ss. I. S. Dollar, from Samarang. brought 3.000 tons of sugar and 200 tons of timber for Messrs. Aruel, Karberg & Co.

We next proceeded to a small court and ward of felons. One saw at once the difference. Several wore the heavy single wooden collars day and night, and others the mere awful double collars- contrivance something, like a heavy door with two holes cut in it, by mess of which two criminals are bracketed together and are thus held fast, frequently day and night.

The square wooden collar is usually three or four feet across. It prevents the wearer from bis Bogers. with reaching his mouth It is locked on the neck of the enlprit during the daytime, but is sometimes laken off during the night. The name, residence, written and offence of the prisoner are on strips of red paper, which are pasted on the front of the board, and he is placed in the daytime by the wayside, usually in the vicinity He begs his living, unless bis frioads feed him, of the spot where he committed his offenen.

one to three months.

misappropriation of cortain funds of the action, when his bugler and orderly who follow. this loss was due to the high taxes. smuggling division on the report stage of the income tax during his term of punishment, which lasts from

society. The Court was occupied with the trini for a period of more than six months, Hundreds of witnesses were examined and arguments before the court extended orOr alinout two weeks-

Dr. Gomez in his youth was a medical student at Manila, but, after taking three degrees at the Manila Medical College, went to Madrid to

et bim about were on either side of him between the conning-tower and its entrance screen, some Jieves of a bursting shell arrived, killed the bugler and orderly, and bruised the captain on

this cheek.

Nono in the conning-tower were hurt. Very few signal halyards were shot away: her fore topil yard was shot in two, and her peak

haulyards wore cut, bringing down one of hor complate his course of study. By passing a competitive examination he became a surgeon signs The decks were wetted before going in the Spauisk Army, and us such accompanied into action. All communications worked well the Spanish soldiers ainst the Cuban in- but after the steering gear was damaged the sargents. For distinguishing himself in active noise on deck was so great and the officers on service he was given the Crus de Muria Cris-deck were so deuf with the noise that the voice fiova, a distinction carrying monetary advan.tube to the handwheel was of little service He returned to Madrid, end some time and the ship was stored with the propellers The rate of the tages. later, after the American occupation of the until out of action.

that Philippines, came to Manila, where he set up accident to the steering gear is very obscure,

but the consensus of opinion is is practice as a physician. Her he became

the steering engine prominent in politics, succeeding Senior Isabelo the rods leading to de los Reyes as President of the Labor Union, were shot through, all the connexions, stoam He founded a labour newspaper at Manila, Los and electric and hydraulic, being cut through Obreroa, which was stopped by the authorities, at the same time. Being only one rod as far He was summoned for again issuing it two as the telomotor, that would easily be the case were they not duplicated. The outs were months after the prohibition.

riddled with holes except a steam piname, which was hoisted to davits on the starboard side forward; she was practically untouched, and bas since been salved by the Japanese...

ANTI-IMPERIALISM IN THE STATES.

A very great deal of shrapnel must have been fired at the Varyag, judging by the round holes, and not much lyddite, for there seems to have been no inconvenience from poisonous gases. Much trouble has been caused to the wounded on account of the pieces of cloth that are

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The The

London, 27th April. The Government majority in the House of Commons fall last night to 39 in a sustob resolution of the 22nd instant, which was agreed to by 121 votes against 83. majority included nineteen Liberals. debate on the tea resolution then came on. Lough, moving for a raduction to sixpence He declared that the country was more agitated When it over this item of the Budget than anything with this money he paid debts all reumal for impossible to frame a Budget without indirect failed he got thro-fifths out of it-$15,000, else. Mr. Austen Chesinberlain said it was He went into duty would appreciably affect the consumption. in Hongkong with the money. goods anil ollier things. He did not buy a girl taxes, and he did not bellove that the increased

On the debate on the report stage of the Tan another business called the Yik On Steamship which increased after the imposition of the war

His Resolution, the amendment in favour of Company. Into it he put $15,000 and got back duty. The delato was adjourned. about $11,000. He sold his share because he had not enough rioney to carry it on. assets in addition to the On Hing shop were reduction to sixponce was rejected by 239 votes simply bookdobta, due from Honolulu, Australia. against 202. This was followed by prolonged amounted obvers from the Opposition, The smallness of and Kwangchanwan. $31,000

bad debts, the majority is attributed to Ministerialist ab- te. $48.000; His good debts amounted to $0,000; the stentions. The resolution was confirmed by 436 rest were doubtful. He borrowed money to votes against 192. the amount of $28,500, which was all spent in $45,000 ou deposit which he spend in buying. buying goods for export. He also received! goods. If all his assets were good, he would have about $50,000, learing an absolute loss of $43,000. He lost that in surks' fins, fish-wawe aud companies. He also 1st money on ex- change. He sent sharks' fins to Canton, some were sold at a loss, some went bad. There was lass demand for them, as the flowerboats had been driven away from the place.

These

wore

The examination was afterwards closed.

MARINE COURT.

Thursday, 12th May.

as the top of the little finger und from in. to BEFORE HON. CAPT, L. BARNES-LAWRENCE,

in. or liu. doep, but with no foreign substance uel is iron, &c. boing present in the wound, no sign of scorching round the mouth of

The anti-imperialists in the United States imvo a stronger following than ever before Thoir Philippines Independence committee has been reorganised and enlarged. In fact, the Bostonian movement, started immediately after the Spanish-American war for the absolute constantly being extracted, Many men independence of the Filipines, has been wounded with punctures, holes about as larges reorganised for the present national campaign, and it gives promise of becoming quite an influence in American polities. The movement has the support of citizens of influence whose aim is to press upon both the Republicum and Democratic parties the polloy of adopting reso lutions at their coming national conventions pladging to the people of the Philippine Islands their ultimate national independence on tormus similar to those uuder which Cuba has become free. Under the supervision of a large and influential committee the signature of voters throughout the United States is being obtained

*by the million" to the following appeal:-

"We, the undersigned, membersofall politica parties, join with the Philippines Independence

the wound.

The fees that the barbers of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, have been reluctantly compelled to raise the price of hair-cuts from soveppence

RN. (MARINE MAGISTHATE). NORWEGIAN STEAMER FINED.

J. Folkman, master of the Norwegian steamer Breid, was charged by Inspector Langley (Water Police) with having, on the 11th instant, after obtaining a clearance at the Harbour Office, unlawfully attempted to lears the waters of the Colony with a greater number of passengers than allowed by the clearance.

Complainant boarded the steamer when she

of

TEAMER MOVEMENTS. The M.M. slewer Australien, with the Frenck mail, will bara Saigon on Friday, the 13th inst., at 1 pau., for this port.

The E. & A. steamer Eastern, from Sydney, &o., left Manila on the 10th inst., at 9 p.m., and is das here this morning.

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There are other punishments less frequently employed, such as the long capo, with a bols for the neck, and with chains to which very heavy Mr.iron weights are attached. We outered another ward-dark, gloomy, and filthy; haggard faces were looking through the prison bars. To think that once these men were bright, happy boys, enfolded in a mother's arms. Truly, the way darker and more foul than others utterly insa-

transgressors is hard." Some wards were HAVE YOU TRIED

speaking a few words of pity and distributing a little cash. Que fett, here is suffering humani. ty; here are many suffering from bodily ailments nitary. I took my photos and came away, alter

beside the prison bitterness. So Dr. Clark and I decided to go on an errand of mercy and give me dicine to the sick. Dysentery and diarrhoen were some of the commonest ailments, brought on by the damp earth-floor. Soveral, too, were suffer. ing from fever. It was very sad to see those in ibe "cangues" suffering also from fever and the huge collars. properly by

They were moaning with pain, prevented from lying down grateful for the medicine, and of course we used the opportunity to preach and exhort to repentance. To judge from their remarks, you imagine them to be the most innocent and injured set of men you ever saw, and that this wicked world led conspiral against them sad. I tried to impress them with the fact that with a certain amount of success. Some looked they might start life afresh and become reform- ed characters-by a new power coming to change their hourts; then sought to point them to Jesus. After two months of systematic visiting, about twice a week, I feel almost as mach at home there as they do. We generally get very respectful treatment, and the prisoners are glad to see us. As we left, after wur last visit, they used the usual polite formula in bidding us farewell Go slowly-excuse our escorting you further!" The words sounded strangely ironical.

MURDEROUS ATTACK ON SPANISH PREMIER.

London, 27th April.

A bank of forty Anti-Clericals, armed with revolvers, opened a fusillado on Senor Maura's train leaving Alicante station, be gozdarmes who were acting as escort, returned the fire and wounded two of the assailants. Tho Premier's carriage was struck in ten places, bat the oren. pants were not injured.

ARMY REFORY.

Loudon, 28th April. It is stated in military circles that the Govern ment is reducing the Militia by sixty-four batta licus, the Volunteers by 80,000 men, and the Yeomanry by 220 men per regiment..

NEW BATTLESHIPS FOR JAPAN.

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$16.00 PER CASE OF 8 DOZEN PINTS.

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My story must now pass to the arrival of the now mandariz-a young man of twenty-eight. tall. brisk, and full of life and vigour. Ho las a brother studying in Japan. He is nicknamed Mr. Chang of the Straw Shoce," because of The Glasgow Herald gives details of two his detective proclivities. He goes out disguis battleships placed by the Japanese Governmen-ed in the evening to tea-shops und opium-dens, R. NEWELL WILBON. DR. WILLIAM Darel fuls out all that is going on, and then has up with Vickers, Maxin (Burrow), and Armstrong evil characters to be punished. In a house close and Whitworth (Elswick). The vessels will be to us here he discovered a man keeping an 45ft. long, or Wft. longer than British battletopinn-den and a brothel. He had all in the banten five hundred stripes, and their door, ships. However, to meet capacity of docking house summoned and the head man and woman accommodation, the breadth and draught have which is opposite to us, sealed up. These are been limited to 78ft. and 26ft. respectively only a few of his reforms during his first month. The tonnage is to le 16,400, or the same as He called on mo last week, and I returned his and might almost have been a young Can- British battleships of the King Edward class, call today. He is a charming young fellow,

to tenporce, calls attention once more to one of the points on which the American young nan differs from the Englishman of the same age. In England, says the Globe, we do not By realise the possibilities of our hair. We that a woman's crowning glory is her hair, but we deay that anything artistic can be departure from the port, and requested the the best of the British type, and the battery simply delighted with everything foreign. I out of mans. In America hair-dressing is the captain, to come to the Harbour Office, where he will be the most powerful yet devised. young man's hobby. In this very form of served a summons apor hins. The vessel had Bethlehem, for instance, we read that the 29 passengers aboard.

affect "focthall Defendant had no passenger certificate. "lacrosse trims," hard mots,"

was heaving in cable preparatory to making a This gun power will in all respects be equal to bridge student, so free and unconventional

He

committes in urging upon the approaching aa- | students of the local Univeɛkot-ball did not know when he "cleared" that any armort to the level of the deck. A now feature Chinese O

tional conventions the adoption of resolutions pledging to the people of the Philippine Islands their ultimate national independence upon terms similar to those offered to Cuba.”

cascados," "sprinters carls" baseball, and even "after-Easter funks." And these by no means exhaust the ingenuity of the American barber,

Chinese passengers were to be carried.

A fine of $100 was lovied, and defendant was cautioned to be, mere careful in future.

The supplied him with some books and magazines,

Then and five 6-inch guns. The armoured belt on the First ho sent his card and sozao expensive

pative perfume and a packet of tea.

me eight copies of my vessels will carry four 12-inch, four 10-inch, and he has been most anxious to return presents. waterline will be aiue inches thick, with six-inch today he wrote

on vikiling cards and had will be four-inch armour above the level of the the block out for stamping, and also gave me a packet of special Chengta aristocratic We talked over upper dock, cusuring that no part of the upper visiting cards to use, works will be unprotected.

many things-prison reforms, street reformas,

DENTISTS.

Latest American Methods.

Rexsonable Fees.

No charge for examinations.

Office hours 9 AM to 1 PM, and 2 to 5 r.,

31, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (First Floor Watkin's Building).

Hongkong, 18th February, 1904.

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