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INTIMATION

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER #Tя, 1904.

has been for many years convinced that infection frequently occured through the gastro-intestinal tract. The infrequency of inflammatory affections, of the skin showed A. S. WATSON & CO..at plague was not meroly contagious, and there were several evidences that the fatal infection was not acquired by respiration, "The matin-channel was the digestive tract and the skin. This leads up naturally to the blood, mash- the hypothesis finit playné is a septicamir disense.

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"The spread of plague infection dy insects." He says: " In alt probability, cOCKROVONES play an important role in plague-infected: districts, and ratrene danger exists, when these insects can gain access to plague in- fecind places. In all probability, food staffs are frequently plagu informed by contact with cockroaches on of in which plague bacilli are present."

TELEGRAMS.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,

OBITUARY.

THE WAR.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS,

BALTIC SQUADRON.

Loxnox, 13th September. The Baltic Squadron sailed from

Kronstadt on Moudy. The Far East is announced as its "destination.

LEARNING FROM THE JAPANESE.

The following extract from the impressions. of a young Russia a oficer is of interest

We coneaded ourselves in a fan al waited. The Japanese soon appeared some cavalry in front, the infantry as reinforcement They were going up a layoy, steep hill, som what damaged by the rains of the day before. know how dificult it is for the horses to mount I hars been myself in similar positions, and such bills, but they did it easily nad freddy, as though marking' to a parade. The horses were all large and strong. The little @gures dangling on these big hals looked urensing. and did not excite any unimosity -nevertheless, we let them approach to a distans of de paces and then fired a volley,

LONDON, 12th September The Rt. Hon. James Lowther is dead.

That" old Parliamentary land." the Rt. Yesterday's pligte return: One Chinese, dodate years in the qublic eye by Eis able relulitu Houlding" Fowther, a'though odipsed of and camesake the Chairman of Committees and The Danghaus Steamship Co, milding looks

Deputy Speaker, was once an overweening very frish after a coat of jait..

figure in British politics. Ho has been the The ney General Post Office. Koala Lampung Tory manber for Keut (Thanat) since 1 will says the Malay Mod, cost the Einvernment

was a member of the Privy Council, and made bis biggest mark in history as the Chief Secretary for Ireland in 187880. He was or in 1840, was called to the Bar at tlie Luzer Temple in 1961 and entered Parliament as M.P. for York at the age of twenty-five. In Admiral Mexic has resignal the position there was no one in the valley. Then three years he was acting as Parliamentary"

The Pakham Bailway Company in Hoangkok venture--hus disfrilatok a six per vent dividend for the first six umuths of this year,

Positively. I saw the defendant take nothing way was an expression usual by a thinaman at the Pulier Pourt, yesterday.

Now thut la chefrie team compeZonen

requiring the content work in Des Voeux Road the thunghay" is in a very disagreeble condition!

and as ripe as those of men much older.j

REUTER'S SERVICE T

REPORTED RESIGNATION OF ALEXIEFF.

LONDON, 12th September. " It is reported at St Petersburg that

The general impression of their operations is surprise at their great readiness, to The I'minutest deta h. 1. was once watching thể advance ofalurge column through my binoculars,

a little tigare jumped forward and, sitting upon, its heels, looked round through, Hold-glasses. It then run forward about a hundred yards ami another occupied its place. Then came five 2) > one after the other. The infantry followed in a Thoir match is like thick, orderly volmani. playing a games rifle, a small bag, cartridges. and nothing else. All the baggage is carried behind by Coreau bourers. In their bags they bingenfar, a compass, a bos have map.

Seeretary to the Poor Law Board; and half a of Viceroy of Bussin's Far Eastern territory, dozen years later began a four years' relgu osThe appointment and commission of Admiral' Under Senretary for the Colonies. He left

Alexieff' na the Tsar's Viceroy in the Far east that to be Irish Secretary, till the end of tha Beaconsfield administration.

was a most startling wront, absolutely without The biographiesi do not preteral to suggest half the colour of

precedent in Russian history. Un paper, the powers given to Alexioff were practically im- this remarkable career. which Las been as long perial half my kingdom" so to speak-and the relative positions of Tsur and Viceroy seemed to approximate fo those of the old-time Mikado and Shogun of Japan. The news of Alexieff's of preserves. Thy Column advances a shorí. resiguation makes a difference how big a distance, then stops and entrenches. The Japa difforeuce, precisely, remains to be seen.

Many nese haré dlug inuumerable lodgnwats all along will see in it an example of coining events the road, and when retreating they van straigh casting shadows before.|

from one to the other. And imagine a hand map of the locality is hang up in each lodgment: with the inflication of the distances to all sheets of mark, to facilitate the aim of the riflemen Yes: our colonel told us often, Learn. gentle; you will not soon inve another occasion like this."

ANTÀROTI · EXPLORERS - RETURN.

De. HUNTER regards the presence of the Bacillus pestis in the blood during the early stapes as uvidence of the gmatest importance, Its regrated discovery, he says, is a new fact that alters the present day onceptions (some SONDE, of plage Plague is just as muchseptie "amic as typhoid, and it is not so tady yours ago that the corresponding aliscovery was made with regard to typhoid fever. At the same time, Dr. HoxTER Uinds us of the probable exist give of ; less concinon, type of pilagée, a type that is arquired" bgc julesjing | the lively, plaggio germ. This does and affect the new disensory, however, that in TüĎonie plague the bacilus pestis is in the blood before the Labo develops, and not as

The agrarily upon diyan at the Sametión hitherto believedy" boating in the indison and Elgin Rods, Roylo. Las│- until the culminatin of the" Ĝisaarst, when ‡ion covered in. This bas'han a desagreeable fns has never-byen, died) the afbetionality for some lue, may bere septingmie. Dr. Hesten offers overwhelsing inrguments, withant the slightest dogmativ teadeng, in support of bis muuuntion that plagas begins us a form of blood poisoning and dat he plague ogranisins munitiply in tin blood- the familing baboes bag altogether a serundary develop ment. As our readers, unlike the reulers of The British Medical Jourul, will far willing

AA Chinese foreman of the East Point Cotton to take expert opinion without laleared demonstrations, we need not pute the Mills on Monday night jumped, off an electric car lykwards with disastrous results.' He was confinuations which are refilly and

repoved to the Geil Bospital by the puddatholic Fathers and bisters of Charity in New scrupulously massed in evidents. One case, | ho gets will be may be elarger).

+ 11&#12 A design de tafsane all the whites typical in various ways, is interesting prelist,

was frasdenied. Sixteen natives hav, boon At the Poljen Cart yesterday, Mr. Ons Kong About two years ago,. D. Hexrn und Sing, solicitor, asked the shroff of the magistracy

remogudesh. Professor Hamos, hul been testing their in would pick out gemane

mony from relive zusceptibility of ariom univals to sporions copper coin, såfver 'jlated. The man plague. One of the animals which die did so with very little diffirahy. during the experiments was a pig A chinese butcher was employed to the

Pho enolja quaflers-ot, the Hongkong mel Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co are lighted bệ electricity, while other buildings most by incheling the police station, use sooty larosan Lumps.

Not hufgre it was burdly led 15- Public Works Department as during the past work dermed song afbration to Bondait Bowl, which has now been gestoval to devont order,

It is believed that a woman sentenced to four munnths hard falur gesterday. for possession wife of the manufgelarer at Eaton 'Wolfe, ordered that the coin, bis destroyed..

Ispas. Til Septembar.

The future and Te Disentera haver Parrived at Partswouth. A number of scientists welenged Cheie return and civic replions were held in Portsmouth, to be followed by similar recepiops in London The King hay

ocdered a special, medal to be stank in remneruition of ter seuesslai enterprise

DERMAN NEW GUINEA DISTURBED.

Lor pov, 11th September.

The poison have moussarro tive Romau

RUSSIAN RETREAT AGAIN THREATENED.

LONDON, 12th September.. The Japanese are of Sinminting threaten- ing the Russian retreat.

HONGKONG CRICKET LEAGUE.

The first annual report of the Hongkong Cricket Leaguo reads as follows:-

Sinminting is an important town to the north-west of Mukden und less than forty miles

The League was originated with the object (berefrom. There was evidently a hops on the of adding a stimulus to focal arinket. The ¦ part of the Japanese Generois Oku. Nolzu, circular inviting clubs to join the League mis and Kuroki. to make the battle of Lin avon with a hearty response. Eight clubs siguitied tinggro dreisive than it was. The first named their intention of joining, only the Army, advancing on the left, via Tashichino, spread Orduanes Corps, Civil Service, Craigeugove, out his forces Fan-wise, sweeping the Russian, Royal Engineers. Hongkong Cricket Chal The ss. Bntlion leayes in a few days withoutposts in along the valley, and joining his A. H.M.S. Tamar, Royal Army Medical Loonegalios for the Band. ringnited aí ani night with. Nodzu af Haicheng and after. Corps, and the Parsees. The initial difficulties and Hongkong.

Kuroki glosed in from the Motisuling, Yangtzu-of th. League wore mach simplified by the ling, and Yaskulintzu a Kairs, seriously threat-liberality of the South China Morning Part,

managed to extricato his army, boving kept the line to Mukden and Harbiu clear for the purpose. It was not of course, "left in order for poysuit and the Japanese, who are i sweeping the rough country-us they go could not, of course, accomplish the wonderful feats preuired to bond him off, as the newspapers I seem to have exposeted them to do. ''bo

A. S. WATSON & CO. rough surving for the subsequent pod of work of commercio Fab send the American borque Furs.ng the Russian left tank and rear. Karapatkin Ed.. the Executive of which generously pr

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NOTICE TO CORRASPONDENTS, ONLYCommunications relating the tour! should I unitansted to The Eorroa.

Le aspenients must forward their namesant ad eres asth communications addressee to the Bastry, mat dan publication, but as evidence of good faith

mortem. He accidentalk seriehel the back of his right band with the broken end

My

On lan læst voyage the China & Manila ss

| disabled by this moment typipan, and towed har to Sabig Bay. The Froot was chartered to A. Paris newspaper" stated flug tieneral į salves the Ainerivan klip „doedio, a week on the of one of the ribs, Thy scratch: was very Kuropatkin implores the garrison of Port ¦ Philippons coast. slight, and barely tinged with Blood." H

Arthur to hold out musther month, premaling like! was washed, sucked, and “disinfected.rival. The module is up, aiul. Kuropatkin inter Two days later, the butcher complained of arrived somewhere north of Monkelen,, į siękness and diarchom, with severo koulucio

and general weakness. Next day he felt hop and generally uncomfortably. There was practically nothing to show where he hul

All is for publication should he writem onwen serstehed, hun his had fill sore and bean sude of the paper only.

buruing, and bis right arm Alt weak, with shooting pains" in the muscles light traces of lymphangatis foffamating

No agnously signed communications that were already appeared i in other papers will be inserted,

Orders for evira copies of DAILY Purse should be int leforo 11 Gail, on day of publication. After that Your the supply in listed. Only supplied for Cash Telegraphic address: Pazas. Ointes: 4.4.58% Pd,

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Twenty-five servants Pragdogrel at Kalee, it Slangisi berding house, wou on strike na the sih inst. abzing as their reason that the

sented a bandsins trophy for competition. The competition for this trophy excited this keenest rivalry amongst the various clubs, and the Army Ordnance Clal was ult.mustely ancoresful, la ving won 1 matches out of 14. At the close of the competition, the President. Mr. T. Sarcombe Smith, presented the Shield to the winners and also gold- niedal Japanese force now throatesing the retreat pind out of the fuads of the League to each from Sumiating probably consists of compara

Every day the foot mth on one side of Elgin town mangas band assaulted some of their Road. Kamloon, is blurked with clothes longer immber. The wholi mrowd, Hacked to tim out to dry on bamboos, Que dud of the Janiboo | Central P, Hee Station and stated thein griertively fresh troops, who followed the line that

stack into a review in the reining wall, atalanes. After nsiderable talk, however, diy

runs northwards and eastwards from Kopantxo.

the other tied to a lamp-post. This is unlawful, constel to return to work on the understand, and have been up there some time.

Considering die namber of Chinese ta de secti saving lays of wood by hand, one world think that it would pay the bowel saw-mide to advertise

10re anongst the natives

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tholdguiving in Corea has been a studily progressive industry since Foreign room were granted for "working mines. The expert of gold in 1996 submited to 577 Five years ago the export was less than hall that

vahes

ing that theri wanld be no more of their

nuuther assaulted, mul sa, gays the Moroney, „pener poigras offer more.

Some of the wealthy of Bunun have ditaïned

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IMPATIENT PAPERS.

Lospex, 11th September.

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individual as a memento of their successful season. Before the close of the season, a matéli Look place between the Hongkong Cricket Clab and 15 players selected from the various clubs in the League, the senior club winning by 81 runs. The scores were Hongkong Cricket Cinh 162 runs, and the Lerno teain 131 rans. The Logas bus rouson to congratulate itself on the result of its drst march with the premier club of the Colony. The accounts

A zvinarkable ́elange is occurring in show a credit balance of $8,54 after defraying Great Britain relative to the capacities of

all expenses. --Considerable trouble was experi- esced-last-aaron in caring suitable-ompires- the belhgevents; the tendency hitherto has for the matches. Your Commitles is aware of been to despise Russian strategy, but critics the difficulties connected with this matter, hat now declare that they must modify their hopes before the opening of Lext sanon

levike some methods which will be satisfactory previous opinion regarding the prospects of

to all concernerl.-A. E. ASGER, Hon. Secridary the crimpaign; and for the first time there and Treasurer. seems to be a doubt as to the outcome. The Daily Telegraph says tha: Marshal Oyama has been completely foiled by General Kuropatkin's indomitable tactics,

of the plate xessels and issues), were wont do more in a minute than a man in a permission to construct the Ring Har found along the forearm. Next morning & | hon..

Human Haukow railway. The capital will be little blister appönual on the place that had

silister anwag Chinese ghants and officials ben cratched. The skin road in WIS

at Tk. 1990 per share gli prrent, per muam: hat it is said that owing to the difficulty of turning red and hard, and it paineil him. HONGKONG OFFICE : 14. DESVŒUX ROAD 3. The inflammation spread up the arm, and

obtaining funds the prontofors are consulting la Goverment as to edesting (wałen cash Iospox Oprice: 131, FLEET STREET, E.Chis armpit was Tearler; but without any

more on every pienl of rien produced in the HONGKONG, SETTIDER H, 1904.

His temperature was 12, his eyes

province, giving The, Suit per ammui.

The Bloodshot, tougar coated, and he still com- The Press Association states and a runney will be refunded by the company after The research into epidemic and epizootic plained of slight diverfic.

currency in the Parliamentary wards. » to the Convérnament, noi të the taxpayers. The resicle gained some

Tabbios that the oversat ind Decided, to plage, by Dr. WILLIAM HENTE, (blister) was found to be full of plaguede su official inquiry into the state of

The Vadivostork Prize Chart has given Government Bacteriologist at Hongkong,

germs. These were also found in his blood. trade in its bearings on the fiscal question; but | judgment in the case of the fier vessel Ther has resulted, for one thing in a large book I was to the Plage Hospital, and a buko no authentic corroboration of this quart is declaring that it was devorsing of confiscation of 107 pages, which, so far as our lay mind appeared in his right axilla (armpit), oftainable. my judge, looks like a rotapelium of all Blisters now developed on his legs, all con. that is at present known, about the disease taining plague bacilli. He died seven days whose prevalence and evil effects in our after entering the hospital. Immediate Colony are so painfully apparent every year. cause of death, heart failure, Alone, this Dr. Remune reviews the symptom complex does not prove the Doctor's theory, but of the disease, or its clinical aspects. The accompanied by numerous other says, it postaje starops Lave beag overprintvel Caualematisation of the cargo, rousisting of grand the combined Russian and Japanese losses

mere maning of some of his opening pbruses, shows euclusively how the guns could

spread and multiply "in the circulation”,

The ten mile zone neross the isthmus of Panana where the raual is to run beceres. by naty, a possession of the United States, and in United States post offices have been de fablished in this zone. The ordinary Amerio

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Model Settlement "

far serving the enemy, it having been chartered the Japanese Goverjomat for nine months from March 12th. The Phew, it is desired male vorages only between Japanese ports, and utilised all the advantages to drained by bailing in the enemy's seas." The Cangt also de lares the sinking of the sessed and the

and fat in be quite jud. re

INQUEST

LA LI ZHUX. DBCBASAD.

The Tsar has called out fresh reserves from: 22 of the Odessi slitgiers, and one category of reserve officers throughout the Empire.

A correspømlent at the front estimates

from the 26th August to the 5th September at From: 60,000 to 70,000,

Prom Northern Papers).

PORT ARTHUR.

The No. 3 ford at:

occupied the fort.

Japszése shells on the ist. August, and the Japanese tried to occupy the same, but owing to the expected danger of the explosion of land mines they had retreated. There aro still about

The Shanghai Municipal Clouzil has extindă ૧૫.૩ ૧૫ “pulse dierobi;," "chromatolytic

el the time for the receipt of tenders, to make changes," and the like, is sufficient to war front or small chantel o conquication, its electric tram system Tenders will now bo off the layman. Wo may, however, nota in long before the appearane; of the bubopted up to 31st March next year. Whe This chapter the statement that experienced which showed it, not a peculiar Hongkong routing of trans in the

An inquiry' war yesterday held by Mr. JH. plague physicians do not venture on a variety of plague, but a genulie case of where they are badly node is at present Kemp, Ceroner, without a jury, into the

CHEFOO, 7th September... procsis until they have seen how far the bubonk. It is also noteworthy as showing fixed (apparently) for the next Greek kaleuds, eifenstairs attending the death of Lpf Li

'A-native junk which left Moyangchang at heart has been affected. All cases, we are the typical affection of the gastro-intestinal | The P. & U), stemner Mattera when she was

Cham, à gardener in the play of the Hop, of the 4th instant reports-The No. 4 told, ghow early and extreme cardiac weak- Piract, although the man did not get it via seized had two or three weibling cakes en boug W. J. Gresson, at Jarine's House. East Pointfort had already been destroyed on the 29 destined for ports in the Far East. One was

Another gardener in the sune emplog. Lai Ming ness. Also Dr. HrSTER appars, to attach that tran-in this instance. This unnamedestined for Swafow, and it will reach there! Sing, said that at about 130 4., où the Augast. but the Japanese do not seem to have unusual import to WILM's discovery of an Chinese buleber has indest a right to mank this morning just in the sick of tim Mix inst. he and dead, were both up a tree in intestinal type of the disease, which Indian as a martyr to selence, although he was Richardson, bruther of the junger ut Mess Jardine's house grounds, pitting some branches. Hsiaochangkou had also been destroyed by the Plague Commissions had ignored as being probably ignorant of the risk ho man. He Bradley & Co Swatew house, is to is married bruken by the recent typhoon, but were over. kangber Punmington Street. A dry branch ou Hongkong, peculiar to

Dr. HUSTER bas, however, helped to ducidate the patho-

which decoused was standing broke, with the observed pathological changes in the vast logic conditions, and indirectly-contributed. The_cooks_are_ppoiling the broth over at result that he fell down inte flasie-channel of raaiolaty of guts examined, and after to a better understanding of the enemy with Kowloon by a badly organised strike. rt of un Pennington Street, a drop of 17Ht. Deres consultation with Professor Simpson, who which Dr. HUNTER and others are waging attempt to raise the way rate. A Compray who appeared to have ingravd his head by the scarcity is being experiencil, bet vacancies are fall, was unconscious. Witness procured the reported like constancy of intestinal such Eeen warfare.

being filled at regular rates. There are com - assistance of another gardener, and between changes in South Afrist and butie, Here the present article must and is plaints that the unemployed cooks are still thoni they carried him into the arler's lodge. local expert decides (in spite of the absence very possible that, in trying to make drawing gneeze" out how from their where he lay meaurious. He ever serwered of support in plague literature) in favour of popular summary of the introductory por-

consciousness. No medical assistance was called a gastro-intestinal origin for plague. He tions of a highly technical essay, we have

In spite of the efforts made by the Japanese He died at 3.30 u.m. on the 3rd inst., ami was was supported in arriving at this view by a fallen into error. If any such are noticed, anger refineries to push the sale of their own

reinoved by the Police on the morning of the great rolurie of valuable antes taken they may be corrected in a subsequent productions, the British Consular report, on the 4th inst. Witness said thint a Chinese doctor of cases by Dr. Brus, the superinten.resoniption of the subject. In the mean-trade of Corea during list your mentions that was engaged. On the day of the accident

deceased did not are the duster till between dent of the Government Civil Hospital, time, to what the appetite of the Hongkong rebued sugar from Hongkong retains its position and 6 pm... as the heat gardener was at the It is worth noting that in the preface to reader for more of Dr. HUNTER's interest sugar imported by Coron last year is given as

in the import trade. Dr. HUNTER's book, Dr. J. M. ATKINSON ing book, could anything be more ective 21,786. The average valno during the past The Principal Civil-Medical Officer, says bethau this quotation from his chapter on ye years has been £13,865.

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The total ralno of the

Pork.

After further evidence, the inquiry was adjourned.

visions.

Hongkong, 18th September, 1904.

56.54, wore spent on metals, siationery. ote. The receip's, $81,54, all but u balance of

Tho accounts were audited by Mr. B. K. Mehta.

Here is the League table :-

A.0.C.

Played. Won. Luxt."Drawn. Points,

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Civil Service... 14 Craigengower... 14 H.K.C.C. A 13 R.E. RA.M.C.... 18 Parsees

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ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

The following cards were returned at the monthly meeting held at Happy Valley from

the 10th to the 12th September, 204--

Captain's Cup.

Mr. J. Clark Mr. C. M. G. Burni Mr. G Stewart Mr. A. B. Smith Mr. J. Mowatt

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ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH FUND.

The Rev. Fr. P. de Mayių, degs 19 ackność. Russian soldiers, and the scarcity of ammunition for artillery is worse thau pro ledge, with thanks, the following dinations

There are 14 or 15 shops in the town Aleady acknowledged. $1,515; P. H. M. $50, opoued by the Busians, and there are only seven Mrs. A. M. Bund $30, M- F. $25. F. Forzaustez

sight hundred Chinese in Port Arthur, and 825, B. M. Conception $15, balance of §. H. the wages for a Chinese labourer or workman fand $19, J.9. Murray, V. McLoughlin, T. Har are one dollar a day. On the 1st instant rington, D. Doyle, J. Sinnott, and Mrs. A. Allan, -native junk had been found at sea about 40 310 each; Mr. M. H*$7; J. L., C. X., H. H. T, Chiness li from Moyangchong by the Japanese A. J. Reed, Jao. L. Stuart. Q. Gomez. Mrs, Navy while trying to smuggle provisions into J. E. Allon, Miss E. Allen, J. S. de Jesus, N. Port Arthur and had been, sunk and the crew G. Nolan, C. J. Rodrigues, W. O'Brien, and had taken refuge on a sampan. A refugee from TÀ. C. S1⁄2 each, J. H. Julvan, P. Julvay, Port Arthur says that the price of flour bad Mrs. K. Watson, and N. E. M., Sanh; M. J. boen teu roubles per bag, but recently a steamer A. and R. J. Bemedios, 32 each ; E. Thompson, filled up with flour having arrived the price J. Xavier, and Mrs. B. G., $1 each, and other became four rõùblas. ·

subscribers 8100,