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or any other Police Officer to, and to appear before, a Magistrate." This clause is ucie. worthy, because it is more severo towards suspects than English legal principles usually permit. If our interpretation of it be currget, that any policeman is justitied in

THE HONGKONG DAILY TRESS MONDAY, MAY 29rH, 1905,

The harbour of Port Arthur is šo full of arms

etc., thrown into the sea when General Stossel surrendered, that 100 export divers have book sout from Sasebo to recover them.

AS. WATSON & CO., arresting any person who has the appearance, villy shath rail state.

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ALKANUBA ¡BUILDINGS.

A fisherman from Pak Lok vilage in the Now Territory was lukes to the Government Civil Hospital by the Palier yesterday in a I was extrbing fish on Saturday, afternoon by the dangerous method. of dynamiting them, and Lis last charge going off before he could get rid of it, blew out his eyes, badly shattered his face and tore uff in hands. Ho is not expected to renover,

TELEGRAMS.

[REUTER'S SERVICE.]

THE UNITED STATES.

LONDON, 25th May. Secretary Talt, presiding at the Ohio' Repub lican State Convention at Coluurbus, said that

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THE WAR.

["DAILY PRESA SERVICE.} BALTICERS LEAVE SHANGHAI, TRANSPORTS REFUSE!

A. S. WÄISON & CO., LD.

ANNUAL MEETING.

Meer A. S. Watson & Company, Limitel, held liar twention : annual general meeting at 11.:) . on Saturday. Mr. H. Humphreys ((Chairman) provided, and thora were also present Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C. M. G., Messrs. U. Fwens, E. Osborne and H. P. White (Consaft. The Baltic Fleet left the Suildlesing Committed). Mr. J. A. Tarrant (Secretary), Messrs. J. A. Jupp, E. J. Moser, T. Arnoll, E. A questions which hol arisen in the Far East, last night and proceeded in the direc- Mr. P. Smith and Captain Clark.

uited States claimed a hearing on the

SHANGHAI, 27th May. ·

The CHAIRMAN-Gentlemen, the report and statement of accounts having bus in your by virus of her growing trade and the ownertion of Vladivostock. The Total: ship of the Philippines, which the United States ordered the transports to leave Woo-banils for the past week I will, with your con- will certainly hold for a generation and possibly for several

in his oyes, of a vagrant, then the oms is laid upon the arrested person to satisfy the magistrate that he is not a vagrant, although If instructions were he may bok like one. issued to the Police to set upen this existing clause, and inleunifying them against all Mame for any reasonable error of judgment, we should soon find that the ranks of the pestering beachbuchers would be agreeably His Worship that was unsworn how he got if would travel¦ on board. Probably he must have bớn drunk, for he woke up when the vessel was ander way and found himself the stable companion of a black male. A line of 850 was inflicted with Biedler has abo been severely injured by a bomb,

vagrants.

A European named Whittingham was charged foro Mr. G. N. Orme at the Palico Court on Saturday with stowing away to Manila on the s.. Tear on the 16th inst. He inform-d

the alternative of six weeks' hard labour.

thinned. The ise of WINE AND SPIRIT,MERCHANTS. abroad, and undesirables would think twice about coming to a place where, they are liable to be arrested for merely looking like At the same time, it would

The Daily Ners at Shanghai anderstanils But do to slow the present attractiveness

thint among the tramway tenders is one of the House of Detention to exis'. Daten-

Chatinelu lose a proposal to purchase the Concil tion is not much of a bugbear to naman wholectric lighting station and plot for the en wants to be demined from work; but, as wit of 14 million taals, which stand in the Connaits kuar, detention has been something of a hooks at something nuder Tia, 701,014. Our The detained unes coulomporary Inlieves that, as the Council misnumer in this case. ኴና; " ክ★ ። ælensed from detention that they consuler that the sale of the Elentricity Depart - ment by them wouhl b+ ultra zires, it is intended to call a special meeting at which the ratepayers might go to look for employ went. How

may, if they so fit, give the Council the they utilised these hours of search is no Por Daz. serret. Instead of king for something necessary authority.

to do," they lasted for "someone to do," and during the hunt caused grievous annoyance to people who objected to he Bill **done." This is where the

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it revises the diet scale and best of recommended all, at ewlient some time age, it makes the detained Were vagrant subject to "penal lions.“ it possible, to obtain reliable statisties to paf uur prophecy to the tent, we would not hesitate to say that the mere publication of this latter intention will diminish the number of candidates for the House of De- tention One of our contemporaries, inspired, WATSON & CO. we believe, by a vagrant who certainly gained his experience by his own fault, protested that it was hot just to make a person guiltless of crime" wear a dis- tinctive dress. Surely wilfat vagrancy is eruninal, and such additional degree of degradation ought not to be resental by men who have loved themselves, with (33 open, seeing eyes, to sink as low as to become liable thereto. When every palice- man realises that it is his duty, and quite safe and proper for him, to arrest every

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communications that have already oppoured in other papers will be tv series.

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Op 24 Muy, at Shanghai, the wife of 0. A. MADAR, of a con.

MARRIAGE.

apparent vagrant,” when every magistrate carefully enquires and satisfies himself -you- cerning the position of those brought before bio, whether they be deserving of re- commendation to the Benevolent Furi or of committal to the Home of (Work and) Drtention, then we shall hear very little about the need of doing something" for the army of unfortunate" rascals who have hitherto heen attracted by our reputa- tion for good natured and huenquiring. philanthropy. With regard to the proposed amendment to section 22, although the ATTORNEY GENERAL declares that it fails, HoseRONG OFFICE:44. DEVæts ROAD 1. its present forin, to accomplish its LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLERT STREET, E.C. purpose," we cannot agree that it has been given a fair trial Ship masters would hare been less cardless if their cuulnet in im. porting beachcombers had been subject to more rigorous inquisition. This view, how. ever, does not defræet at all from the salte of the amendment, which proposes to trquire that the shipmaster must satisfy himself that his passenger has employment le go to,

On th May, at Shanghai, FRANC XAVICB SAVARRBEMEDids, son al ties to Mr. B. REMEDOR, of Hough ng, to PRANCHCA MARIA "Pavaurs, daughter of Punes Janismo Tavaria,

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MAY 297, 1905.

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or has a saut of Bot less than hity dollars. Whereas before a shipinaster could relieve himself of responsibility, we presume, by giving his passenger a few dollars, sufficient to relieve him of the accusation of being destitute," it is unlikely that fifty dollars will be so paid in evasion of the Ordinupce, The necessity of holding such a sum is re- serveis unlikely to bea bur to many desirable imigrants; and shippers and other agencies would warn would-be travellers to Hong. kong of the law's requirements. On the whole, therefore, this Bill is a very deserving measure, and calculated to remedy an evil

TENNIS MATCH.

The conual tennis match between the Hong-

the Cricket ground on Saturday, when the players kong Crick-1.Club and the L.R.C. was played on for the L.R.C. won two sets ont of three. Resulte and scares were:---

Master and Hastings (L.R.C.) best Heath and Strickland (Club)-

Holt and Macpherson (Club) beat Hancock ani Boyd (L.R.C.)~~

Pinckney and Zehrmaun (L.R.C.) beat Roas and Carpeuter (Chib)~~

THE HONGKONG' VOLUNTEER RESERVE ASSOCIATION.

Result of Competition for the Governor's Cup at 200 yards for the month of May. 1995. Sixty-three entries; the principal scores put in

being as follows.-

C. E. H. Beavis A. Mackanzie W. H. T. Davis H. T. Wilgress A. Brooks Smith J. Parkes

A. C. Newington ... Hon. F. H. May... G. L. Duncan

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Cup for the month of June and also wins ons of the China Mail Cups.

Forty entries were received for the Pook competition on Saturday. the principal cards being as follows:-

J. McCubbin ... W. H. T. Davis

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The object of the proposed amendments to the Vagraner Ordinance is a reasonable one; but in leaking up the "principal we cannot but be struck by the though that lund it always been acted upon, there would have beer no recent outory about the spread of vagrancy, and no apparent need for the Bill now before the Legislative Council. The object of the Bill, as tersely expressed by the Attorney General, Mr. E. H. SHARP, is "to reduce the evil of the vagrancy of able-bodied mea in this colony." Ask a policeman how it is that one meets so many able-tudied beggare, and hears of so few prosentiona; and the intelligent officer will probably explain that the beachcombers are so cuuing tha is that undoultedly exists. We hope it will ai most impossible to catch them in flagrante please the good people who called upon delicto. If a constable sets a suspicious Gorerment to provide for our bench- jooking person accost a citizes, it is ten to combing brothers." one that the citizen, undesirous of Loing ¡nvolved in Court proceedings, will screen the man, and refuse to say that he was begging. Hence, we understand, the com parative immunity which led to an increase of the nuisance and the recent general if section 5 of the outery. But Principal Ordinance had been kept in strict.

The now American Minister to Peking, Mr. operation, there would have been no fucrease W. W. Rockhill, accompanied by his wife and and but few complaints. It says, "Any daughter, proceeds from Shanghai in the US Police Officer may require any person who cruiser Baltimore. He was disabled for social is apparently a vagrant to accompany him gatherings at Shanghai by an attack of goat..

Saturday's plague return recorded the 20th

Case.

Gunner E. F. Cavey and Sapper R. E. Shaw have been termitted to resign from the Volunteer Corps, sed A. H. Laing has been enrolled us ambber.

J. V. Peter Dr. Koch

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10 53 J. Douglas There will be no shooting on Saturday next bat the King's Park Range (500 yards) will be open from 2 to 6 n'clock on Eaturdays, the 10th, 17th and 24th June.

Gradients continus slight on the coast, and moderate variable winds may be expected in the Formess Channel and moderate E. winds over the N. part of the China Sea,

Forecast:-Moderate E. winds; fair at first becoming ansettled later,

BOMB OUTRAGES IN RUSSIA.

Lawnos, 25th May. Prines Makasladze, the Governor of Baku, a Hetenut, and a byslander have been killed by a bomh at Bahn. The chief of the police at

the throwers escaped.

PRINCE AMSUGAWA IN PARIS.

LONDON, 5th May,

NAVAT APPOINTMENT.

Loxos, 25th May, Rear-Admiral E. Poe has hood appointed to the East Indian station.

but the Russians refused. It now rests with the Chinese admiral to enforce the neutrality of the port,

sung after the twenty-four hours limit, sent, take them as road. The year's working has been on the whole satisfactory, most departments of the business showing an improvement. We have no doubt derived some benefit from the comparatively high rates of exchange which provallol thrangben! the year. The protits from the business were augmented by na amount of $578.97 roceived from the North China Insurance Co., Edh, being a return of capital of C10 per share on 5 original shawos held by this company which appear in the accounts ander the heading of investments in public companies." The amounts ut which the investments Staude in the books, after

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(REUTER'S SERVICE.] COTTON AS CONTRABAND.

LONDON, 24th May. Earl Percy, in reply to Col. Nolan, said that

when the text of the Russias decision is re

be considered.

President Lgabot has hunebed with Prince ceived, the desirability for further action will Arisugawa. 31. Rouvier and M. Dalcassé wore

THE WAR IN MANCHURIA present.

LONDON, 25th May. Russian despatches show that General Bea nenkampf has been severely chooked after attacking the Japanese in an unnamed position with a considerable force, with several hundred casualties. The consorship presents further details coming to hand.

ADMIRAL BIRILEFF EN ROUTE.

LONDON, 26th May. Admiral Bivileff started for Vladivostock yesterday.

THE DERBY.

INDUN, 5rl May. Valider has been scratched for the Derby. SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN'S VOTE OF CENSURE.

LONDON, th May. Mr. Balfour bus fixed the 30th instant. for Si H. Campbell-Bannerman's vote of censarı.

FRANCE AND JAPAN.

BALTIC FLEET.

FIERCE BATTLE RAGING: Yesterday it was freely rumoured in Priver Arisugas, in toasting President the city that a telegram bad coac to

LONDON,"28th May.

would be drawn closer in the future,

Loubet at a luuch given by the Franco- Jepaneso smiety in Porta, said he was convinced say the belligerent flects met on that the relations betwem France and Japan | Saturday afternoon, and that a fierce battle was raging in the straits of Corca.

We were unable to trace the source of the rumour, which has some probability of being true.

RUSIAN POLAND.

LONDON, 27th May. The demolition of disorderly houses, includ. ing the elegant flats of the deai-moudainas, is boing continued ut. Warsaw unresttained, and. similar action is imminent at Lodz.

BELATED INFORMATION.

Losbox, 27th May. King Oscar has resumed the goverment of Sweden.

NAVAL REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDO CHINA.

SEEN APPROACHING SHANGHAL

The us. St. Kiltare arrived from Kachinetzn on Saturday, having passed the Baltic fleet, or the greater part of it, at 7,30 a.m. on the 24th instant in fat. 29.4 N. Lou. 1242 B. There were forty-five ships; altogether, and about twenty-five of these were war-ships and the There were two remainder cargo boats.

The font was hospital ships and two turn steering N.N.W. towards the Saddlest

LONDON. 27th May.. The French Minister of Marine announces, that two more subaurines, four shallow torpedo- boats, and six terpedp gunboats will sail for Muru Indo-China in August.

THE POLLUTION OF THE HARBOUR.

It is not only the much based sexrenging junks of the Sanitary Board that are respon sible for polluting dar beautiful harbour, by tu dumping of rabbish therein. On Friday last. white P. C. Barrie was loing special duty on the ss. Heathbank which is lying near the entrance to Yanmati, he aeticed the crew of the passenger steamer Hoi Kong, which russ between this port and Tsimchape, leaving a quantity of rubbish overbaut, and forthwith cruzel a summons to ius against the mastor of the said launch, whe was charged with the offence before Mr. G. N. Orue at the Police Court on Eatorday.

His Worship, after bearing the evidence held the offence proved, and inflicted a fine of $30 with the alternative of six weeks hard labour. The fine was paid.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE

ANGLO-JAPAN ALLIANCE

SHIPPING.

RE-NAMED.

The stars Sarthe and Serres have hour re named the Serahashi Mara and the Shibatore

MINKS,

The CM. S. Dains, which arrived ab Shanghui on May 28th from Tientsin and Chefon, reported: Left Chefas on the 18th instant, and when in Lai, 376 N., Loug, 21. 45 E, South-east Island bearing West, distant twelve miles, passed two floating mizes presamably the two mines which were reported sen from Chefoo bench on the evening, of the 17th instant. The Chefoot stoms authorities. sent their steam-luauch to warn any pussing vessels, but it being dark, the launch failed to find them,

FIRST H. AL TURBINE.

A twin-socer turbino vessel was launched at the Vulon Works, Stettin, on the 8th April, for the Hamburg-America Line first turbine vessel in the German mercantile marine.

She is the

AMERICAN TRANEPOET ABHORE. The Manila Cohlenews reports that the U.S transport Buford, with the 19th Infantry on bar, rau on the racks of the town of Malabang, Mindamo, on the 11th inst, and It was understond that she had remained" suffered but little, if any, damage. A subse

quent enquiry exonerated the captain as the official chart showed deep water where the rocks

wore.

ERROR IN TRANSLATION. The steamer whose loading of ammquition was stopped by the Customs at Sun Francisco was the Depdene, not the "Dibdin."

"OTTAWA," LATE GERMANIC." The well-known White Star linor Generate has been transferred to the Dominion Line and is now named Ottawa.

PIERCED BY KUSSIAN RAJ.

transferring the amount above mentioned to profit and loss, ure aut boing still wall-halow thsir market value, it has not been considered necessary to make any change in their valuation. You will have noticed on looking at the accounts thatthus have boou rendered somewhat differently to those you have been aconstomed to in yours past. Hitherto it has been usual to include under the heading of "Total Stocks in Trado," such items as machinery and plant, forniture," fittings and launches; But we have deemed it advisable in the balance sheet before you to separato live from dead stocks, so that in futurs the item “Total Stocks in Trade.” will repro- rent as it should do, live stook only, that is to Say, stuck that is being constantly turned over. You will obervo on comparing the accounts now before you with those of last year, that localand general liabilities are less by 899,165,21, amounts borrowed on mortgage by $27,005.02 and bills payable by $82,625, 17, ora total decreas0 -

in the liabilities of 208,798.40; while our assets in the form of stocks have increased in the sam

porial by 105,872.85, an inerosso brought ahunt by the establishment of a new nerated water

factory in Canton and the acquisition of the shanghai business of Messrs. Mactavish and Lelmaan. The parchase of the latter was

cessfully carrind through in April lust year; and so far we have every reason to congratulats ourselves. We are of opinion that thots new broches will prove a source of strength to tho company in the future. As you are aware, during the period under raview, the capital of the. company was increased from $600,000 to $930.000 by the issue of 20,000 new shares of $10 each, such shares being issued at 10 por o utpremium. The amount derived by way of premian A carried to perwanmt reserve food, increasing the amount of this fund from $250,000 tɔ 8280,000. Wo have thought it advisable to place u further sum of $20,000 from the protits of the your to this account, bringing it up to $300,000, which wo

meets with yeme approval. If nay shareholder has any questions. to ask, I should be pleased to answer them to the best of my ability.

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There were no questions. The CHAIRMAN propose ithandoption of the report and accounts presented. Mr. T. ARNOLD wonten und the nation was carri-d.

The CHAIRMAN proposed the re-elastion of the existing members of the Consulting Com- mitte. Captain CLARIF seconded and it was carried.

Mosere F. Maitland and W. H. Poits were elected auditors on the motion of Mr. J. A. Jupp, seconded by Mr. E. J. Moses.

The CHAIRMAN-That is all the business, gentlemen; divided warrants will be ready on. Monday. Thank you for your attendance.

STAR FERRY CO., LD.

The annual meeting of this Company was held at the City Hall on Saturday when there worg present: Sir C. P. Chater (Chairman) and A. J. Raymond (Directors) E. 0. Oebrne (Secretary). and Messrs, G. H. Potts, P. C. Potis, A. Apvar, C. F. Zavier, C. A. Roza and Wong Kam Far

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS.

There have already been published. In moving their adoption the "CHAIRMAN mid- GENTLEMEN,-With your permission we will accept the report sad accounts a read. There is nothing in them that needs comment, for in business of this natura, whun everything works smoothly, there is little of interest for the Chairman to say either to shareholdere or the general public. We propose the same dividend as last year, and trust that yon endorse cur policy of building up the reserve fund

CONTINENTAL COMMENT. The pinch of Mr. Churakerlain, foreshadow. Alliance, writes the Berlin correspondent of the ing extended powers for the Anglo-Japanese Standard, has coine as a great surpriso to politicians here, as the English Government

About 10,30 p.m. ou May 20th the Shanghai Las of late been credited with a desire for closer relations with Russia. This earprise amounts Tug and Lighter Co.'n tug-bust Rocket mot in many circles to annoyance, for it is now with an accident while towing the Mandour to clearly perceived what a political blander Gers fresh auchorage, Those in charge of the

torboat overlooked the fact that the Russian whikt writing down assets. During the past man diplomacy committed when ten years ago

it countersigned the France Russion demand for gunboat has a ram under water, and the result year we have been able to improve the service the evacuation of Port Arthur by the Jopause, was a collision and a hole in the tucket, which by running the boats more frequently at Bat fair-minded eritics admit that an extended made water rapidly. She was immediately

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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,

The LG.M. str. Darmstadt, carrying the German mails with dates from Berlin of the Oth

Anglo-Japanese alliance is bound to enormously beacted, bow on, mud at low tide is out of water, night, and by increasing their speed, both of strengthen British rule in India, thereby lesson-high and dry. Both foreigners and natives which changes have, however, augmented the con!

were at work upon her Sanday and it is pro- bifl, which I fear will be still heavier after. ing the danger of a Russian attack, and contri-

bablo says the NC. Daily News] that she will existing choap contracts have expired. A new buting to the peace of the world.

Commenting on another point in Mr. be able so proceed to dock for repairs to-day.

to bo oponed for traffic next Dovember, and wa Chamberlain's speech in the Delats, M. Alcids Owing to the angle at which she was beached,pier is being built at Kowtoon and is expected Ebray says:-- His speech has this interest for the Hocket's stern was awash at high tide.

shall then seo if it be practicable to run a divo as, that it shows that the policy of the Anglo-

minutes service daring the business hours of the French rapprochement" is accepted even by those Englishmen whom one might have

on the Hougkong side, which is already crimped supposed to be the most hostile. It is May, left Colombe on Saturday, p.m., and may day but the stambling block will be the pier

Wednesday, the 7th June. guarantee for the durability of this new be exp CPR. sir, Atherion arrived at Sbangiai for prosont traffic, and a five minutes service orientation, of which it can no longer be said The CPR. str. that it was the work of a transitory Govern- at 7 s.1. on Saturday, the 27th inst., and left

one will broome a necessity. The Kowloon pier again at 4 p.m. same day for Nagasaki, where ba inaugurated, the provision of an enlarged ment."

7a.m. to-day. The str. ubi left Manila on Saturday, the is designed for a five minutes service, though a 27th inst., and is dus here to-day, at 5 p..

THE CHINESE AMERICAN BOYCOTT.

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she is due to arrive at

The air. Daghestan leit Manila on the 26th inst., and is due born to-day. p.m.,

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce at

The P. & A. s.s. Nicomedia sailed from Port- Shanghai bas received a telegraphic dispatch from a number of merchant guilds in Canton and May 24th, and is due here June 26th. heartily approving of the recant decision to The E. M. as. Mongolto, with maila, &c., boycott American goods, etc., oss protest against which left bence April 28th for San Francisco the new Exclusion Treaty, and stating that via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Inland Bas, they will join in any movement by which a more Yokohama and Honolula, arrived at her destina lenient treaty can be obtained.

tion on the 24th inst

portion only is under construction, but if, as now appears hopeful, the railway to Canton boronies an accomplished fact, withina measure. able distance of timo, we shall havėto contemplate not only a more frequent service, but a service that will appropriately suffice for the far reach- ing changes which manet inoritably fallow this great local event, and embodying probably the

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