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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH, 1904.

The increased price of spirit longos this TELEGRAMS. the reverses they felt must betal Japan.; But not yet is for them the delight inciden-year is telling severely upon the grog-shops in the city, and there is a likelihood that many of the present licensees will not seek a renoval when their tienes lapse in November.

His Excelleney the Offeor Administering the Government has received a telegrams from the Secretary of Stata for the Colonies stating that on his recommendation His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Imperial Service Order to Mr.. Charles Ford, recently Superintendent of the

Botanical and Afforestation Department.

[REUTER'S SERVICE.}

THE DUTY ON TEA.

LONDON, 22nd June. Mr. F. J. Soars in the House of Commons moved an amendment providing for 8d. tax on tea remaining in fores till the let July 1905

instead of to 1st August 1906. The amend. ment was agreed to.. A proposal made that the duty should be ad valoran was rejected by 194

to 126,

THE UNITED STATES.

tal to the atterance of "I told you so." The battle of Telissu must have "sicklied them o'er with the pale cast of thought." It is, as a so-called: Japaneso opera puts it, "all so simple." Similar amazement was expressed that the Boers should so long resist the hitherto irresistible might of Great Britain; and Great Britain did in that case, and under even greater diffenities, what Russia bas proved unable to do in

U.S. NAVAL COMMAND, this. Tapan. fortunately for herself, and for the issue of her cause, is not called upon

The Manila Callenews of the 21st inst. says to cope with all the forces of all the Russias.

that Rear Admirs! Philip H. Cooper. com- Mere bigness on the map, and biguess of mander-in-chief of the United States -zaval

LONDON, 22nd June. resources, it ought not to be necessary to forces on the Asistic station, is ordered to turn

At the opening of the Convention in Chicago, WATERS say, is not everything. If the ball could gore over the command to Rear-Admiral Stirling and with both culs, the torendor would have a proceed kome on waiting orders. The cause for tougher task. The Trans-Siberina Railway this order from the navy department is the the Chairman, Mr. Elihu Rout, enumerating result of a report of a recent medical board of the work of the presont administration, referred was meant to have made both ends meet;voy which recommended timt Rear-Admiral

to its strengthening the Monroe doctrine and to have rendered the bull's weck more Cooper be relieved from active service owing to

It is understood that augmenting the Army and Navy. He said the Bexible, so to speak. A forecast published physical disabilities.

a Mr. J. MORRIS, id: Rear-Admiral Stirling, who is now aboard the tarifi might he subject to revision ou protective lives. His refereuers to President Roosevelt's A Russian war would have been a far craisor New Orleans at Chefoo, will

Mr. more serious undertaking for Japan had it stilled by Rear Admiral Cooper to proceed to

Hongkong, whence the command will be officially record wore received with enthusiasm. been delayed until after the completion of turned over to him: else he will be instructed to Elihu Root disclosed that it was the Kaiser the Trans-Siberian Railway, for Russia assume commund per order, notifying the depart-who appealed to the United States to tako the would have been enabled to pour hordes of ment at Washington of the acceptation of the

land in limiting the war area in the Far Eust and w prevent the disruption of China and a THE MACHINERY in use embodies everyCossacks, and immense numbers of infantry office by him.

and artillery, into Vladivostock, by aid of

universal conflict. Hence Mr. Hay's Nota to improvement up to date.

the trains, and thence over the horlar into.

the Powers of the 9th April, Cores, sufficient to sweep into the rear even the large army which Japan was able to Instal there." Although there, has been noce of that sweeping into the sea, any more than there was, with all our bad luck, THE PRICES are only half those charged in South Africa, those who felt hopeless of in England.

AERATED WATERS of our manufacture

made under constant European expert suporviin 1898, by sion are sold throughout the Far East and are of their account variably preferred on

Ierlience.

is guaranteed, ABSOLUTE PURITY THE BEST MATERIALS only are used.

WATERS MANUFACTURED BY US are acknowledged by the lending English zonkers to be equal to those of their own

production.

Japan's success cannot yet dismiss their bopelessness. They are beginning now to sk Cui bono? Supposing a continuance of this success on the most castern fringe of Russian dominious, they are saying. St. Petersburg is stili far away. How can Tokyo over hope to impose terms upon St. Petersburg without complete conquest?

FRIGHTFUL BARBARITY BY

PIRATES.

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A frightful attack. the Chung Ngoi San

by pirates Po

says. WRE a passing junk on the 7th instant at Ho Pan Wan, near Ngai-moon,

A large number of pirates in ten long boats were lying in wait for their prey at the above-mentioned place. A passing junk observed them, and fearing an attack took the. first opportunity to fire a small cannon af them. Three of their long hosts were sunk. The pirates, greatly suraged.returned soon over- the compliment. The junk was powered, and the pirates jumped on board the junk, butchered the master and the whole crew. and then forced all the passengers, nutsbering over forty, to go down to the hold, which they

THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG.

LONDON, 2nd lume. Sir Mather Nathan lenses for Hongkong on the 1st Jizly.

THE CHINESE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

LONDON, 22nd June. The Erst batch of Chinose labourers has arrived at the st Rand. They did not entor Johauɛėsiniry, but proceeded direct to the mine componed.

THE WAR.

[BEUTER'S SERVICE.] REPORTED CAPTURE OF LIAOYANG.

SUPREME COURT.

Friday, 24th June.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

Baron His HONOUR T. SERCOMBE SMITH (PUISNE. JUDAE).

A FAMILY AFFAIR,

F. C. Harley sued R. C. Harty for 5-1330, being money belonging to the plaintiff, held by the defendant. The plaintiff was represented

LONDON, 22nd June. Reuter's Newchwang correspondent wires, it is reported that Japanese cavalry by Mr. D. V. Stevenson of Messrs. Deuron, made an attack on Liaoyang late on Saturday.

A missionary in Newchwang has received information from uative sources that the fighting was continued until Monday and Linuyang taken yesterday afternoon.

[Liaoyang was regarded apparently Russia's great stronghold in Manchuria.-ED.]

THE RUSSIAN VLADIVOSTOCK

SQUADRON,

a

JONDOS, 22nd June, A despatch from Admiral Skrydloff describing the achievements of the Vindi- vostock Squadron says it started, on the 12th instant, under Admiral Bresobasoff,

Looker and Deacon, solicitors.

Plaintiff when called stated that the money he sard for was held in trust for him by defendant, and that be had made application to him for it, but defendant refused to give it up.

Defendant admitted that he had the tanney, bat said it had been put in trust' with him for his nephew (the plaintiff) becunse he was unt able to look after it himself. This action was the result, of a quarrel between him and his nephew.

His Lordship mid he had nothing to do with Defendant had ad- the cause of the notion, mitted that he had the money and had not. given it up. Judgment for plaintill with evis.

POLICE COURT.

Friday, 24th June.

BEFORE MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (ACTING POLICE MAGISTRATE.)

ALLEGED BRIBERY, Chen Chin, a contractor, was charged to attack the Japanese maritime communi-remard with offering a bribe to Inspector cations. He describes the sinking of the MeEwen, of the Sanitary Board. Mr. M. W.

Slade, harrister-at-law, instructed by Mr: Ott transports as already reported.

Keng Sing solicitor, appeared for the defence Tuspector McEwen stated that on the th inst. he was making a report about defects in the lime-washing of certain houses in Belcher

Ho tok Street, when the defondant came in. the contractor what he had written. and the other asked him not to send it in, as he wond lose plenty of money. He thereupon offered the Inspector five $5 bills.

RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE

HATUSE" DISASTER.

The following official telegram, dated May 20th, was from Admiral Alexeief to the Grand" Admiral the Graud Duke Alexis:-

"The following report was received by mail from Rear-Admiral Witgert on the night of May 19-20-

"Three of the enemy's battleshipsand three cruisers appeared to the east on the morning of May 15.

Thoir moromonte wor watched from Liao-ti-shan and Golden Hill. After crossing

The defendant was committed to take his trial at the next Criminal Sessions.

FATHERS AND FONE,

Two Chinamen quarrelled in Triangalar Street. Wanchai, because their respective sous were fighting, They appeared before his Worship with torp clothes, and were fined 3

How gain respite from fighting? When securely nailed up. After they had completely HAWAII AND THE PHILIPPINES. | the meridian of Port Arthur, this squadron ch.

the arus that wields the broom grows weary,

A. S. WATSON & CO. ] will not the tide roll in as if there had been no effort to check it? How enforce the principle of uli possidetis? Is not this the

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ransacked the junk and secured all the valuables they set fire to it. The junk was burnt to the water's edge, and not a single passenger escaped When the case came to the knowledge of the soldiers stationed in Chu Tou-Shan, the vicinity of the scene, the officer in charge

A COMPARISON.

In the Springfield Republican appears un article under the above heading written by Mr. Sixto Lopez (now in Hongkong) and Mr. T. T. Patterson (whom many will remember during

turned eastward, and appeared to be getting into battle formation, when an explosion was

two-funnelled Fuji type forward. observed under the third battleship of the

The ironclad stopped, heeled over to star

auswer, that the war of waiting seldom goes of the garrison at once proceeded with a good his recent stay here). In the course of the board, and sank by the bow, sending no a

In such case

to the passive resistor? patience is easier for the aggressor, and with all her talk of firing out Japat lefse "crushing blow "--- admipistering that phrase reminiscent of staggering human ity"-Russia is not likely, with such a con- dition continuing, to observe any motion on the part of Japan towards au armistice. No Power, not even Japan, ever effected com- plute conquest of the whole of China, yet China bail, as Russia surely will, ultimately

to submit to terms.

Mr. A. H. Baillie, manager of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, has accepted a situation with an insurance company in Canton

Three monster turtles were captured at Tuishan the other day by the Customs officers there. Two of them found their way to the kitchens of hotels in Hongkong.

A

-To-night the ürst of series of weekly entertainments will be given at the Metropole Theatre by Messrs. Ware and Rose's variety

company.

It does seem silly to suggest that many of

The Act of Congress of the United States, the initial doubts of effectual resistance by providing that all freight and pusangers be tween United States ports and the Pailippine Japan against Russia were inspired by con- templation of the respective proportions of Islands and between ports of the Philippine. those countries on the map; but is it not, Islands after July 1, 1906, shall be transportet to some extent, true? The modern habitain American bottoms, has been published as a

proclamation. of hasty reading and still hastier thinking are responsible for many such illogical

number of soldiers on the track of the pirates article the writers say that since the days when The natives of the neighbourhood reported that Magellan sailed into the Eastern seas the pirates were often seen bringing their spoils Philippizes have been visited by overy evil into a certain village. The soldiers procserted influence inflicted upon Hawaii and in an even more objectionable form. At the time of the to this place, and obliged the aldera and gentry to hunt out the criminals and deliver them up.discovery of Hawaii the world hul become a little more cívilised; but for the two preceding At last several pirates were arrested, and tho muldiere uiso secured rifles and some letters entories the Filipinos had had to suffer intar-

course with Europeans of the lowest typ They had an infliction, too, which the Hawaiians never suffered: the incubus of a foreign govern ment which drained the country of its resources and took of its revenues to found and maintain

amanding money by menace. As soon as the

criminals were brought to Canton a man sur- named Feng, saying that he was a Christian,

out the pirates, but his request was refused. proceeded to the varen and wanted to bail

BRITONS ABROAD.

**PEOPLE OF THE FIVE MEALS." Signor Bergeret, the special travelling cor respondent of the Molino, Naples, lins been much impressed with the wanderfully adaptiva qualities of the British. Writing from Colombo

he says:---

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other dependencies. Yet whereas in Hawaii the population had decreased to 1-13th of its original number, the Filipinos had increased about fourfold. The worst disease of the white man had every opportunity of spreading in the Philippines, for Spain sent all her own discuses, hoth moral and physical, to her eastern passes sious; bat although this disease decimatedths Hawaiians it never took special root in the

Philippines, nor did it produce oven as injurions effects as it did in Europe and other countries.

The excessive use of alcohol has a most inju rious effect upon the Hawaiian population.

II.

Only the English, the race of stone and iron, are able, in the midst of this high-pressure work of nature, to continue their physical and mental activity, and the overfeeding which has procured for them the name of people of the is said that in the early days when a trading five meals. They deniand that in the Colonies ship visited Honolulu, it was a cominon ocen every Briton shall be twice British. They lavoronce to find whole villages-men, women and transported to the torrid zone their fatiguing children-In astate of helpless drankenness. But gaurs, their rigid etiquette, the aluse of meat, although the Filipinos had the same or even and the use of whisky, and have got the better greater opportunities of procuring strong drink of the climate as of the land of the hostility of from the trading ships of every olime and commercial and official intriguers, as of the nation, they have remained a strictly temperate violence of nature. No haman race has over people. Similar comparisons in religion, duen becu so admirably tempered for Colonial domition, trade and the accumulation of wealth notions, which it were Battery to call ideas the sharks," numbers of which are reported | nation. Their nature, education, an ioral could be drawn to show that the Filipinos arc principles combine to reuder the British musters an older and more advanced race than tho of men and things on the seas and in distantawaiians. Even at the pressit time the countries. Seeing their work, one becomes charge is that the Filipinos will not work. rreonciled to the English. These gentlemen of The sentence should read "will not work for the porcelain shirt-fronts, the impeccable cravats, foreigners"; that is to say, will not work for the vampire and the wolf whose solo intent is shark's are earvellously tenacious workers, but their

incessant fatigue does not make them into so to aus wealth by the labour of others. This many machines as it does the Germans.”

is a fact of which all Filipinos ought to be

down

The programme for the String Band at the

Sutton Macao Hotel this evening is as follows:- March... Postman's

Orcrture

Jolly Students

Maritana"

Br kind permission of Lt. Col. Irenonger an I

quantity of steam. Two cruisers immediately approached, and it was observed from Golden the battleship gradually righted herself and Hill that they had lowered bouts, after which appeared to recover from bor iojary.

"At that minuts another battlebip, with thres faunels, of the Shikishima type (the Hateuse), drew near to the place where the nocident happened, and a mind exploded under ber midship section, and then there was a second explosion similar to that which occurred in the case of the battleship Petropaelovst

In the course of one minute she sapk. The third ironclad put out to ses, the cruisers remaining on the scene of the disaster.

"I sent sixteen, torpedo-boats to harass the oneray, and, should a favourable opportunity present itself, to attack the ships separately. The cruiser Nowik went out to the passage in order, if necessary, to support the torpedo-boats, but the cruisers got up steam at this juncture and drew in towards shore,

BEFORE Mu. J. H. KEMP (SECV

POLICE MAGISTRATË).

TRESPASSENS,

Four ecolies were charged by Mr. Peraberto. who resides at the Peak, with being foundin his coclix qatters.

Two of the men were fined $12 or thre weeks" imprisonment, and the other two Sor 14 days imprisonraout.

A STAR" FERRY CANN,

W. S. Heilbr, an Europuan employed at an office in Queen's Bags, was entrgery Sur, 5. 1ooper, emperintendent of the "Star" Perry Co., with travelling first class on a Star" Ferry

the 21st inst, he bought a second class tirkes with a second chase ticket. It appears that ou af Kowlean and was burned off the upper deck. When the forry started he returned again » the first class passengers' quarters and fused to go below when ordered.

The ticket soller gave evidence that sometimes the defendant bought first class tickets, and

sometimes second.

The man was fined $2.

A TRICK THAT FAILED.

A Chinnan was charged on remand with unlawful possession of opium. If appears, ar- cording to evidence, that he bore u grudge

...Five Japanese cruisers opened fire with all their beary guns on our torpedo-boats, but the latter returned without loss. The damaged against another man. and asked a third party ironclad then disappeared below the horizon in the employ of the man whom he disliked to with her attendant cruisers, escaping from pat opium in his master's house. Instual f doing so he told his master about it, aul tin the pursuit of our flotilla

latter asked him to accept the opium, bavug an Excise Officer as a witness. This was clones, The defendant was fined $250 or three months"

In the meantime night had fallen. the wind had freshened, and there was a rough sa. **On the morning of May 16 thres torpedo. boats approached the scene of the disaster. I at the Norsk against them, and they put out The ship which blew up at Herr Bay was evidently a cruiser, to judge by her funnels and the fighting tops on her mizzen waste, which are

to sea:

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visible at low water.

According to reports from the coast, thres torpedo-boate, covering an attempted landing at Kerr Bay, were damaged by our artillery,"

Light

FRENCH ADMIRAL AT MACAO.

Rear Admiral de Fanques de Jonquiores, proud. For it places the Filipinos by marked coursecond in command of the French squadron in trast with all the peoples of the East excepting the Far East, visited Macao on Thursday,

Carl Albert / offers, the Band of the 3rd Bacasa Infantry Jagun, where a similar condition is found. In The gunboat on which he went up was accom.

Bosts

Wallace Waitzen... "Over the Waves Selection

Carl Weber Waltz "Forest Song"

I. Zavertal Al Fresor Sereunde Shunier Night"... O. E. Sutton avotte de la Prinese Stephanie A. Caisalka

Bong

A.der Weser"

Selection....The

A local yuchtstaan gives it as his opinion that

to have boot soon in the harbour recently, are not sharks at all bat sunfish, several of which Such a notion would account for the exis tence of the apologians whose pleasure it he has noticed within the last week or two about was to assure Japan that she had some-Lyeemoon. The suulish is about three or four thing dofinite to gain, and nothing particular feet in legt und has a dorsal fin that shows

as. a Not that above water in the same way to lose, by war with Russia.

but Japun needed such encouragements; still-it could not be displeasing to be told. thuit victory is not always with the biggest battalions; that right is still a factor in contests of might, when thrice is he arted who Jath his quarrel just”; and that with luck, and that careful attention that means keeping powder dry, the child of the world's old age" might emerge with no discrepit from a tussle with the Siberian GOLIATH. How surprised even these optimists must be now to find the weaker isemeteries adjcising it. A casual visit to this vessel so very much on top. The Corcan place would lead one to suppose that it bul peninsula acquired in a "walk-over"; that been untended for meveral in itself was so surprising that it surprised l'entratice are two tombs built of marble well nobody. The Russian navy, so much kept and trim, but the other graves are almost without exception in bad repair, sunken sud superior to the half-baked travesty destroy dilapidated. Considering that the Mahomedan ed by Japan in 1894, was secretly feared, community subsribas annually for the up-koop although no Japanese will ever admit that of the cemetery, it is rather strange that such So soon at its nedir, and Japan scarcely a state of things should exist. Some years perceptibly the poorer, the pessimists,ago it was the oustora to hold a meeting of› still obsessed by the hazy concepts born subscribers to pass the accounts and bear a of that cartographic discrepancy refer repart upon the state of the cemetery and the mosque, but it appears that no such meefing red to, talked of amazing luck, and has been convened for the last three or four depended on the land fighting to produce years

As regards its general appearance, the Waltz Show Girl”

Muhamedan Cemetery at Happy Valley con- the other very unfavourably with

years,

Nearest the

Tarantelli

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God Save the King"

MEND.

Hors D'Œuvres. Anchovy Canap

SOUT.

Cherubini

will play at the Hongkong Hotel this evening India and China, and in other castorn countries the "white man's burlen" consists in making from 8 to 9.30 p.m. Programme ;--- March........." Marion

Chemy colossal fortunes out of the inalequately paid Overture... “Lodoisku*

Sidney Jones labour of the brown man. But the Filipinos ......... Pressel and the Japanese will not take up the white election." An artist. 31odel

Ivan Carylliman's buxion": they prefer to let him carry if Joeo Mutisdor The Original Napolitains didien himself, and hence his complaint. The Hawai ian, the Indian, and even the shrewd China- man, are deceived by the professions of those who declare it is all for the brown man's henetit. But the Filipino knows that unless this philanthropy" promises to yield 50 or 100 per cent. profit it will never be put into practice. The Filipio in short will not slave for the benefit of foreigners any moro then will the American or the Englishman or Mr. Kip- ling; nor will be barter his substanco for rum, a so the white man inds when he takes rum to the Philippines he has to drink it himself! That is what is taking place in the ones tempe-- Tate city of Manila. Rum-using the word in its generic sense-is the only kind of trade timi follows the flag, and those who carry the fing have to drink the trade!

Rent Turtle FISH.

Baked Subnou a la Mocny. ENTREES. Chicken a la Toulonce Sweetbread Cutlets and recz Peas

Macaroni an

Au Gratin. CURRY.

Sarupatel.

JOINTS.

Roast Ribs of Beef Houst Turkey and Sausage Boiled Corned Leg of Pork and Pease Pudding Cold Roast Shoulder of Mutton and Tomato Salad,

SWEETS.*

T'apioca and Apple Padding Pineapple Ice Crean and Seed Cake Treacle Tart. Tipsy Cake.

hurd labour.

ASSAULT.

Two men from the us. Ying King charged an Excise Officer with assault, and the Excise Officer ross summoned them for assault, and

also charged them with pravonting him from doing his duty. Mr. H. W. Looker, solicitor. of Messrs. Deacon, Looker & Deacon, appeared on behalf of the Opium Farmer, and Mr. J. S. Harston, solicitor, of Messrs. Ewens & Harstən, for the men from the Ying King.

The charge. against the Excise Officer was dinissed.

One of the other defendants was discharged. while the second man was fined 83 or 14 days' imprisonment for assault.

MARINE COURT.

The vessels

Friday, 24th June. panied by two torpede-boats. arrived off the port about six o'clock in the evening and exchanged a salutes of nineteen BEFORE HON. CAFT L. BAINES-LAWRENCE, guns with the Fort. Shortly afterwards, the Admiral with his suite landed and was met by a guard of honour and escorted to Government Ionse to call upon His Excellency the Governor,

Senhor Queiroz Montenegro,

WEATHER REPORT. The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following roport :----

On the 24th at 11.35 .m. The barometer has risen in the extremo north and fallen at al other stations,

Gridients ure moderate but increasing on the China Coast and strong NE, winds will prevail in the Formosa Channel.

A typhoon approaches the east coast of Luzon, north east of Manila, meving WNW.

Forecast --Light SE. winds, booking to NE. later, line.

.N. (MADINE MAGISTRATE).

ANCHOR WATCH

Mr. William Angus, master of the French Kowy Nam, charged Lo Yan, a quarter-puster of the ship, with wilfully disobeying his con- Tuand on the Kong Nam, at Hongkong Harbour, on the 23rd inst

The complainant, "sworn, deposed that the defendant refused to keep anelur watch at night, so in the morning he hoisted the polio flag und gave the man in charge.

The male gave corroborative evidence. The defendant said that he kept his watch by the engine room hatchway. Although the awnings were spread ho sometimes put his head out to see if the lights were burning. He was not in the imbit of keeping watch in this place. but was told to do so by the mate.

The aate said he gave the defendant no such order. The man's duty was to be on the upper deck.

The man was sentenced to ten days' imprison- ment and to forfeit two days' pay.