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little boyond its present province, and to help, where it might wish to help. those unable to help themselves. "barbaric yawp" in one of our evening
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One plaguò fatality was reported in the Now Territory yesterday.
The Moroccan bandit chief Naimli, with his followers, has annihilated a Shareefan detach ment near Ujds,
Mr. A. Wright, architect and surveyor, died at the Government Civil Hospital on Thursday, and was buried yesterday. Dacussed had been. in failing health for a long time, with paralysis. He was a native of Australia, forty-two years of
Be
A torriblo blizzard swopt New York on the
The annual report of Commander G. L. Dyer, th.ult. The snowdrifts in the city woro, governor of the island of Guam, says that there place, from 5ft. to 10ft. high.
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An important stop has been accomplished in the direction of linking up the Andaman Islands with India by wireless talegraphy.
A special telegram to the Englishman, dated London 17th, states that the Chinese coolies have refuse to work in the Rand mines. The situation was described as serious.
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shiftless beachcombers, in the very article in which we tried tà emphasise the value of the scheme on the ground that by filtering its charity through two institutions, it was less likely to let it go to undeserving canes, The GOVERNOR's soberus is expressly con. ditional-"should the case bo a meritorious- oue, &" To a destitute European, oven $1.15 a day is too high a payment. If he bo un anest nian, -a deserving ease, and not a prefessional wastrel and idler, the fand
The suit brought against the Pioneer by Mr. provided by those who approve Sir MATTHEW Kirkpatrick, of Lahore, a barrister, for a lakh, NATHAN'Bechemo will save him from having as damages for libal, has been settled, the news. BLEND to associate with the all sorts and conditions pager disclaiming any intention of throwing for whom the House of Detention is pro-imputations upon the plaintiff's character. Is vided: There wild-not-be heavy demands on the fund, because the Sailors Home would continue charging those who have money, while it would culy allow destitutes to go on the fund after searching enquiry, That is how the scheme appears to us, and we see no chance of its encouraging beach- combera. If it did, we should. denouneo it
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ar strenuously as we could, for all the beachcombers in Hongkong who deserve it I have not been banged yet. Really, there are un details of the scheme that need discussion. The scheme is barely a scheme-it is a request that an Institution which is sup posed to Lave the ear of the philanthropic public should do a little extra begging VERY FINE OLD VINTAGE MANY The details merely, constitute a method for
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paid R750 bosta.
M. Kossuth, the Louder of the Upposition in the Hungarien Parliament, aconses the Hungarian Government of adding 7,000,000 kronon nearly £2,961,000) to their party
election fands by selling titles. He declares that several Jown paid half a million to procure |a Zarony,
The cost of the Philippines to America was stated by Judge Parker to have been $650,000,000 up to a recent date. Mr. Richard Olney, in a speech in New York declared that the islan'a hare coat something like $700,000,000, and that the annual expense of running them is from $250,000 (0 to $50,000,00
In consequence of the fatal case of plagun which occurred at South Brisban last month,
the health authorities made an inspoution of three produce stores, and a her of rats were caught. Two were found to be plague-infected. A large miraber of dead nuts have been found in and around the markets,
remaista a vast amount of work to pat the colony on a satisfactory modern tooting. The people are "poor, ignorant, very dirty in their babita, but gentle and very religiotis.”
El Mercantil's correspondent says that, the island of Negros, P.I., especially the northern part. is suffering from small-pox; pueblo of Sagay and in the barrio of Vite the
In the
dread disuaso has spread to such an extent that
almost every honso has one or more members of the family afflicted:"
Clubs exist in the most fashionable parts of
TELEGRAMS.
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JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS,
LONDON, 2nd February. The Hon. Sir J. G. Barnes succeeds the Rt. Hon. Sir F. Hİ, Joune, G.C.B.,
as President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. He is five years younger than Sir Francis Jeune, who
is sixty-two. The retiring Divorce judge has sat since 1892. Sir J. G. Barnes is succeeded
(as Associate!
Vanity Fair mys:-Probably more gambling at cards is going on now in London than bas been taking place for more than half a century, Judge) by Henry Bargrave Deane, London of which the members are men of wealthK.C., the Recorder of Margate. and position, where nothing but card-playing goes on from the early afternoon to the late hours of the night. The mania for bridge has
lately destroyed all after-dinner con-
Forsation.
STICKING TO THE STORY.
LONDON, 2nd February. Captain Klado and the other An advertisement elsewhere shows that the Russians examined yesterday insist "Lilliputs" are coming backs for one night
side. The captives will be released to-day, and the press freed. Gousal Tropoff will be sent to Manoharin lator, and a representativo council cronted in a fortnight.
LATER.
It is officially stated in St. Potersburg that. the Magna Charta report is incorrect: it was based on the following sircumstances. A conn- cil of Ministers rejected a motion by M. de Witto¬ to record its opinion regarding the insidents of the 22nd January, and to adopt measures to prs. was minated, thereupon submitted a memoran- dum to the Tear who approved it. "A council extraordinary was sitting on the 31st January
-vent a recurrence, M, te, Witto, whose motion
to discuss the memorandum, when the question of an inquiry into the incidents of the 2nd
January was considered, the Minister of Finance
being empowered to prepare a selioms of social and legislative reform with special reference to the labour question.
THE WAR.
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KONDRATOVITCH,
LONDON, 2nd February. General Mischenko reports that
only. They are on the Rs. Rabi, due on that there were Japanese torpedo- General Kondratovitch's wounds are
Meady evening, and are going away again on Wednesday by the BMS. Empress of India bonts present in the North Sea when to the States. Their first week at Mauila usted the Hull fishermen were killed by the about 814,000, and their stay there is said to have constituted a record. The children were kiadly treated by the Manila public, being invited overywhere.
Baltic fleet. <
THE TIBET BLUE BOOK.
Losnox, 2nd February. The officials and the Press of India
The Cylon Timea says:-The paddy cater pillar pest, regarding which Mr. E. E. Green, the Government Entomologist, bad a good deali to say at the last meeting of the Agricultural Society, is still on the increase; and serious are unanimous in condemning the apprehensions are being entertained of its
new Blue Book on Tibet. The Vossische Zeitung (Berlin) siya.- Eng-ravages in the paddy distric's around Colombe as well as in the North. Mr. Grosa is still land never does anything for Gol's sake that might benefit somebody else. After Russie, and Jeragat through slashing one another to pieces they will both by an wonkones that John Bull can breatho easily againg and will be able to go on qui stly attending to his lucrativo busi- ness in the East."
regulating the order in which the guaran tora are to be called upon, so that if A. pro- mises two, and B. one, B's one will be drawn upon before A's second. The Sailors' Home will not oppose, for to them it simply meant ▲ CHOICE AFTER-DINNER WINE.flat instead of rejecting Joun Doe who cannot pay, they accept him when RICHARD Roe pays for him. It is the Benevolent Society only which might object, for by A. S. WATSON & CO. agreeing they gain nothing more than an euhanced reputation for benevolence. If
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they do object, their only ground can be Garrison Artillery Regiment has now been that it saddles their officers with extrattled. The whole five battalions are down for trouble, while adding nothing to their pre-reduction during the linaucis! yoar 1905-1906; sentabili to help the particular cases to which they are devoling their attention. The "sixty dollars a month " point of one of our correspondents has been disposed 12 of; and for the rest of the foolish comments we have noticed, as they mostly betray a stupid blindness to the main issue, we need not discuss them.
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HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 4TH, 1975.
THERE is a big lot of misinformation to be acquired in Hongkong, which is easily obtained by those who are sufficiently con- fiding, and ask plenty of questions. We have recently had the benefit of a share of it, in connection with our desire to know more about the Sailors' Home. We have been told that it is a mismanaged charity, a well-managed charity, and that it is not a charity at all, but a self supporting instite. tion. But for one or two scraps of evidenes which bave reached us from trustworthy sources, we should now be worried by doubts of the existence of any such institu.
Owing to the Chinese New Year holiday there will be no issue of the Hongkong Daily Press on Monday.
At Galle the B.I. ap. Secundra was purobased by a syndicate of Moorish capitalists for R10,400, which was considered to be a very satisfactory figure.
Vandorlinden, a Gezmen who murdered his mother-in-law and attempted to murder his wife at Bambay on the 15th alt, was arrested two days later, hiding in a goods waggon.
The Colombo Gracing Dock is now nearing completion and it is anticipated that it will be ready for opening some time next year. The length will be 700 feet, which will make it one of the finest and largest docks in Asia.
Captain Nicholitoh, a Bersian officer. as been tried by court-martial and convicted at Belgrade for using foul language against King Peter. He was sentenced to degradation and two years' imprisonment.
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but some dificulty may be experienced in making the disbandment simultaneous. It is. therefore, proposed to carry this out by a proces of gradual elimination
Thess. Feradone put into Hongkong in die Japan to Java with eos!.hortly before leaving tress yesterday. She is on a toyage from Japan the chief officer died frota small-pox, and at sea the captain, chief engineer and steward all caught the same malady. The second officer brought the ship to Hongkong, and the three sick men were transferred to the hulk Hyveie, The vessel has been fumigated, and is kept in strict quarantino,
devoting considerable attention to the need of devising measures to prorant its spread.
Before Mr. H. II. J. Gomperta sitting as coroner, sud a jury, an inquiry was held at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon into the cause of death of a coolie named Kan Lai Taz, who was run over by a moralle crane in the Naval Extension Dockyard. The evidence led provad] that dressed had been run over whib going to e nallah for a drink of water, while Dr. Hunter's testimony showed that death was das to a fracture of the pelvis. A vordict of ageid- ontal death was returned.
GOLD IN SCOTLAND.
LONDON, 2nd February, Some sensation has been caused by the discovery of rich gold deposits in Ross-shire.
THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA,
TSAR PROMISES REDRESS.
LONDON, 2nd February, The Tsar has received a deputation
The King of Siam is probably the most prof workmen who laid before. His English monarch in the world. His customs,
serious.
A JAPANESE REPULSE.
LONDON, 2nd February..
It is reported that an attack by the Japanese centre was repulsed.
(BY COURTESY OF THE JAPANESE CONSUL. Į
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND
CASUALTIES.
TOKYO, 2nd February. Marshal Ohyamna-reporting the details of fierce fighting from the 25th to 29th January, when the enemy was driven to the right of **
the Hunho, says that the enemy consisted of the First Siberian Army "corps, ong Mixed Army corps. the Second and Fifth brigades of Sharpslopters, a part of the Eighth Army corps, the Sixty-first Reserve Division and some Chasseurs etc., making a total of at least seven divisions with one
Our casualties were cavalry division. about 7,000. The enemy's losses were also considerable: The prisoners may that the four regiments of the Kussion infantry were nearly nonihilated, many companies
his finanes, his woods and forests, his education, Majesty a statement of their griev-being reduced to twenty or thirty men each.
end even his police system are controlled by Englishmen. His Majesty is now said to be ances, and His Majesty in reply pro- anxious to increase the number of Englishmen mised them redress, in his Administration. The chief members of is present staff were obtained from the Indian Government, and it is reported that the King has made application to the Indian authorities been shot. The resignation of that the number should be reinforced. These General Prince Svi atopolk-Mirski,
The report of the Congressional committee officials aro in a consolent by the Indian Govern. on the merchant marine has been submittal toment, so that their services in Sian will count the House of Representatives of the United for. pension purposes. The Indian Government States. It provides for:-(1) Annual subven-is quite in sympathy with the King's desire.
of their crews shall be Americans.
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tions of £1 por gross ton; (2) mail subsidies; ▲ Barrow newspaper saya-It is now doua- (3) 6 tonnage tax on foreign vessels; (4) the establishment of a naval volunteer service, antitely known that Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and (5) the creation of tan new steamship lipes It Maxim (Limited), of Barrow, have received an order from the Admiralty to build 10 new sub- is contemplated that mails be carried free on these steamers, and that not less than one-sixth marines These new additions to the submarine feet are to be built upon lines the, ontoome of special axperiments carried out by Capt Bacon, R.N., for several months, subsequent to the disaster to the A last February. These experiments wore carried out on the B. off Pls) Island, Barrow, a few weeks ago. The tests were very satisfactory, so much so that the Ad- miralty had as lenitation in jaslading the im- provements in the new boats whicis, it is said, will form a very powerful addition to our naval strength when completed.
Nothing less than a revolution' appears to be taking place in the supply of wheat to Britain The last rotarne show that our purchases from the United States, which have been steadily decreasing, dwindled in October to a tenth of what they were two years ago. Importe from Russia and Argentino simultaneously increased, and those from India trobled. The importance The Transvaal gold-mining companies dis.
of thus widening the basis of supply would be breed £3909,670 în dividends for the year 1904 great lu time of war, and the change will as- The total amount paid in dividends by mixing suredly influence the entire trade of the Empire, companies, including coal companies and the-In the end, it is governed by the principle that
exports must pay fr imports. Premier Diamond Co., was £4,750,000,
The Hor. Treasurer of the Alice Memoria!
and Nethersolo Hospitals begs to ackoorledge with thanke a donation of $25 from Me, G.
Stormy and intensely cold weather prevailed in many parts of Europe during last month: Heavy seas les royal the new stone jetty at
The chief of police at Odessa has
Minister of the Interior, has been accepted, and M. Durnovo, a strong reactionary, has been appointed to Bucceed him.
The Tsar has left the capital for the benefit of his health.
{REUTER'S SERVIOR.)
THE ST. PETERSBURG STRIKES.
LONDON, 1st February. The St. Petersburg police yesterday eur. prised a meeting of strikers in a tavern; the police fired, wounding four of the strikers, and killing a girl.
The Tear to-day receives a deputation of workmen at Tearskon Selo; General Princs intopolk-Mirsky, Minister of the Interior has finally reigned.
Except at Warsaw, where there is still con- dlsiderable for men?, the Russian provinces R3923
generally settling down.
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tion at all. But there it is, and our latest Murray Bait, and oue of 50 from Dr. G. H | Zeebragre, in Belgium, which it was intended Selection "StephenAdum'a popularSong William
Bateson Wright,
information is to the feet that it is likely te continue, irrespective altogether of the
In our Cricket report we erroneously stated schenie of the GOTEESOR, for the objects of
that the Kowloon Cricket Club was to play the ite care bave to bear the cost, and its sur Royal Engineers at Happy Valley to-day. plus for helping those who cannot do so is The team they are to try conclusions with is carefully hoarded.
HIS EXCELLENCY's that of the Royal Garrison Artillery. scheme, of which we approved, does not
The Austro-Hungarian Government in any way affect the constitution of the decided to establish at Fiume a great shipbuild. Home, and it appears that its critica cannot ing yard, both for warships and merchant have regarded it in the only way in which vessels of large tonnage. The Bras of Roths we thought it could be regarded, namely, a child will assist the Government with a loan, scheme for preventing "deserving cases of which is now being negotiated.
has
By kind permission of Col. Caulfield and officers, the land of the 110th Mohratta light Infantry will play the following celections at the Hongkong Hotel this (Saturday) evening :--. March, Austria”
→ Nowotcij Section ..."Harry Dacrea Bong" .............. “Gypsing" ...... Valso Bong "The Traumoreiro
It is officially announced that the Emperor, uadrille...Gex and Hox”............ ....Copte Empress Dowager, and Empress of Russia ore MENU-Hors D'Euvres. Caviaro and Beg sympathizing deeply with the familia of those Canapes, Soup-Mock Turtle. Fish Fish Gratia. Entrees-Pigeon Force and Green Pens killed and wounded in the strike riots of the Or Tongue la Finanico, ongles Patties. Curry 22nd January, and that they have placed the
Goa. Joints-1.00st Sirloin of Beef, Rest
sum of five thousand pounds sterling at the Capon and Bacon, Boiled Lug of Mutton and
Cold Entree-Pate de Foie Gras en disposal of General Trepoff to assist these in ARDi Satul-ixex Sweets-Semolina Fud need. dig, Vanilla Iconam and Found Cake, Peach Past, Tipay Cake, Dessert-Coffee, Fruits,
to utilise as a seaport for the city of Bropos The damage is estimated at 11,900,000 francs fabout £440,000). It is feared that the da. molition of the jetty will delay the opening of the harbour until 1907. A storm destroyed the new barbour of Shillinge,in the Baltic, Turnips. and has also demolished some hoes in the vigigity. Unprecedently severe cold was OK- perienced in Switzerland. und in Eastern Germany, where several persons were frozen to death. The river Tiber was frozen,
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LONDON, 2nd February, The Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent wires that as a result of an ipforview with M. Yormoloff, Minister for Agriculture, on Monday, and in consequence of the latter's earnest ro-
The Russia casualties must be at least
10,000.
[BEUTER'S SERVICE.)
THE WAR.
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LONDON, 1st February. The Telegraph's Tokyo correspondent wires that the Russian casualties between the 25th and 29th January are Low
estimated at from 86,000 to 42,000, the Japanese at 7,000. General Sakharoff -estimates the Japanese prisoners at over
three hundred.
FIRE IN QUEEN'S ROAD,
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A fire broke out in a Chinese Bank, No, 101, Queen's Road, on Thursday night last. The outbreak is supposed to have occurred in the kitchen at the rear of the bank, and from thence it quickly spread to the adjoining pròmics of Messrs. Nam Hing Leong, foreign gunđa mar. chants. The fire had a strong hold when the brigade, under Chief Inspector Baker, arrived
on the scone. The firemen, by streanons exer- tion, succeeded in getting the fire under way about two hours after the outbreak, but not before damago estimated at $33,000 was done to the stock of Mesars. Nam Hing Loong by fire and water, the goods on the ground, first- and second floors being practically destroyed. The bank premises were insured for 35,000, while Moura. Nam Hing Loong's stock and premises were insured in the Imperial, Urban and Kung On Insurance Companies to the extent of $55,000.
THE HAMBURG AMERIKA S.S."
"RHENANIAN
The Hamburg Amerika Linio sa Bheranie, 6,416 tons graza, on her maidan trip from Europe, has arrived at Kowloon. She is a fins steaner specially adapted for the Far Eastera St. James' Budget ways:-It le estimated that
oat and homo trade She is built for cargo, the recent fog cssed a loss in the shipping
bat has borths for about sixty passengers. business of about £10,000,000. During seven
Twenty largo staterooms, about 10 feet by The Daily Telegraph has assigned £5,000 to daya trafic in the Thames was practically, sus-
15 by 74 high, afford airy quarters. In each promote the emigration of a number of unem-pended the whole time. When, on Christmas presentations, the Tear has signed an Ukase
are two banks and a collapsible sofa, Esch ployed in this East End, through the jpatra Day and Monday, the weather cleared a little, constitating a Russian Magna Charts: it directs cabin is provided with an electric fan, a mentality of the Eelf-Help Emigration Society the shipping collisions began, and there was a list M. de Witte as President of the Committee of electric table reading light and two clotrie and the Salvation Army. It is hoped that by of disasters which will fall upon the underwriters Ministers, to further extend the reforms aid bulb lights overhead, The fittings throughout are plain but good; and the vessel is well pro- the end of March 700 families of the district of at Lloyd's. All the damaged vowels are down in the Ukase of the 27th December, 1904.
cost of to be miveyed; the majority dry docked, and and orders the people to be invited to co-operatovided in the way of smoking rooms, ladies' West Ham will be despatched, at £2,000-This Central Committee of the Local the whole cost survey fees, dock charges, and with the government, leaving M. de Witte to rooms, social Lalle etc. she is capable of Government Board's scheme for dealing with repair account-paid by the insurers. At a low determine the manner in which this is to be carrying some 10,000 tons of general cargo. the London unemployed huve adopted emigra estimate the bill for this will come to a couple
destitution" from being turned away in Lui Yut, while leitering in Queen's Road on -consequence of their inability to deposit the Thursday night last, was arrested by a Chines necessary sun. We do not agree with His constable. He was charged before Mr. F. A. EXCELLENCY that such deserving cases are Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday with intending to commit a folony, and sentenced to likely to be “many,” and as a matter of three weeks hard labour and six bars public opinion, we usually suspect that a destitute exposure in the stocks. person is so by his own fault. Still, the possibility of real deserts being overlooked Inspector Langley charged a campan woman, tien as part of their prouent machinery of of millionsetering for the week. Sexie of the carried out: it commands the restoration of She was built at the Bremer Valenn Yard; was one for which we were prepared to bofora Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz at the Felice relief. For this part of the scheme the com-owners had a number of bouts hung up in the order throughout the Empire by peaceful and finished last December. Her speed is 13
One arm had serontean steamers, methods, and pensjons the orphans and cripples knots, Court yesterday, with boing in apiawful pos- mi the propose to select from the unemployed Thames.
An entertainment is to be given on the share the "nobic impulsee" of the seatisession of two Winchester rifles and 100 rounds thees most likely to make god settlers, and to each of 500 tons and over, and another fourteen of the recent riots.
A council of Ministers afterwards discussed steamer on Monday evening from 4 o'clock in the GOVEENCE'S mentalists, and
of ammunition without a permit from the exclude casuals: The fand started at the large vessels. The loss to those two owners alone sche:ne we saw only 怨 method of Captain Superintendent of Police, She was Mangion House for the relief of the unemployed through non-working amounts to several the new situation, M. de Witte throwing the until 6, and an invitation is given to all
whole weight of his influence on the popular friends to inspect the ship... allowing the Sailors' Home to go a fined $100, in defanit two months' imprisonment. amounted to £39,000 on the 4th alt.
thousand pounds.
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