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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH, 1905

a truculent manner; but however he did it, TELEGRAMS.

summary execution was neither right nor politic, especially at such a time, and with Luch conditions prevailing. If that story

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nuthorities, afraid of the trouble spirending, have disarnied ("disabled," our telegram said) the other vessels and left the place to the mercy of the mutineers, then we are enabled to gain some idea of the mental helplessnes aud dosperate folly of an-officialdom-that-is- advancing to its doom. Such a position, with two big warships absolutely in the control of outlaws, would probably call for foreign intervention. If this be necessary, we hope that the intervouers will not do. 'more than see that the two rebel ships are. prevented from working mischief on ceat neutrals. It would be a mistake for

the Powers to meddle with Russian internal

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LONDON, 3rd July, -The English scores at Loods mere.

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affairs. Either the autocracy beaucracy THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. - must win, or it must look. No outside interference, such as was attempted at Paris, can

cure the ills of Russia. The nation must dree its ais weird"; and will probably be worse. Lipfore it can be better.

· One thing seems efear. Although there are

■ the causes, and all the symptoms, of gendine and general. revoluțiou, the mal-

AUTHORITIES IN THE ASCENDANT. Loshox, 4th July. The situation at Odessa, though gloomy, has somewhat improved.

It is calculated that six thousand

THE WAR.

`{REUTER'S ́SERVICE.]",

THE CREW OF THE ST. KILDA LONDON, 2nd July

l Daleper has landed the grow of the St. Kilts at Port Said.

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

LONDON, 2nd July.

It is officially announced in Washington that the Japanese and Russion Governments have notified Fresident Roosevelt that they have appointed plenipotentaries to meet as soon as possible after the 1st August." Both sidea are entrusted with full powers to negotiate and conclude a treaty, subject to the ratification of their respective Govora ments.

"The names of the plenipotentiarios, viere given yesterday in our own telegram.

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NEW JAPANESE LUJAN.

Loxnos, žad July,

M. T-kahashi, the Japanego financial agent, has arrived in England, and will arrange, at an early date, the issue of a foreign loan of £30,000,000, in London,

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.,

LIMITED.

The report of the Board of Directors to the sixteenth ordinary pearly meeting of share. holders to be held at the company's office, St. - George's Building, at 12.00 pm, on Saturday, 15th July, zrádái.

Gentlemen,-Your directors have the pleasure to submit the accompanying sistem,at of the company'a uerounts for the year ending 30th April, 1995; ::

The balance at credit of profit and loss account is $112,199.89, after deducting directors fees (83,000) there romsles team of $109,199.88- available for appreciation, and your directors recommend that this be disposed or sa follows:

To pay a dividend of 10 per cont Say 1 share on 30,000

fully paid shares.$30,000.00 Say 0 cents per share on

30,00 part-paid shares. 15,000.00

To write off plant afe. for dapraelation To carry forward to next account.

$45,000 00 62,048.76 2151.12

$109,199.88

The manager reports that the number of Jaros, fans and motors aénnected to the com pany's supply service on the 1st June was equivalent to upwenia or $4,500 lamps of 8 candis power. 85 are lamps are maintained by the company and 15 electrin lifts are being operated by the power service. During the year a 250 K. W. steam alternator has been

THE STORY OF THE S.S. “IKHONA.*

The Singapore Free Press of 6th Jane gives the following tails of the Tkhown affair :---- Captain Stage of the Dutch stoniner Parlak, which arrived here late yesterday evening in ballast from Tameni, Formosa, reports that on Moudag. 19th June, at one o'clock in the aftor- boob, a large avulsor dying the Husain Imperial flag was soon approaching the Perial with the evident intention of stopping her.

Thone G the steamar crowded on dock to see what the

wanted. warahip

She came up at a impid speed and sweeping round under the Fartaks etern, signalled her to stop Captain Stege at once etapped his ship, and the Russian signalled that she would send a boat tomunicare

An armed entter thap put off from the warship and a Russian Hentenaut came aboard the Perlak: In a few cart sentences this off cor stated that his vessel, which was the Russian Imperial cruiser Torek, had wonk the British India steamer kon on June 5th because she carried contraband of war. The offesra and grew of the Ikhena wars on board the diniser and the Rus-fans intended 'transferring them to the Feriak.

1.om the

to

Captain Stage expresand he willingness take off the men and the officar said he would return to his ship and report to his superior. After a short delay a couple of boats pat off. niser and brought over to the steamer Captain, Stone, his officers, and the native crow of the khona. The Russian then. bare south-eastward apparently making for Manila.

Captain Stage states the exact position the meeting took place in was lat, 30 deg 2min north, and long 134 dog I min east, in the North Pacific, sonth-castward of Japan,

The Ikhona passed through Singapore on May 24 bound for Japan with a full cargo of tons net and 5,252 toms gross. She was built at Pointhouse in 1000 for the British India Steam Navigation Co, Ltd, of No. 8 Throg morton Avenue, City, London, being registered at Glasgow the same year."

AMMONIA contents do not appear to have discovered persons were killed in the recent New York, and Continent, on the security erected at the company's works, and an imties from Rangoon. Cho was a vessel of 3,383

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proved motor generator has been fitted for uso in connection with the power service. A new chimney is now in coares of constraction at the AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.works, the original obimusy being inadequate

any competcut, leaders or any converted fighting, many of whom were non-of the Tobacco monopoly. - " plan. It says much for the strength of their feelings that so much has been done all over this Empire without this nec ssary organisation.

The city is now quieter. Fifty thousand troops are picketed in, the

There were two plague fatalities yesterday streets. making the total 214.-

The English Mail of the 5th June was dolivered in London on the let inst.

News has come that tho Percivie!” was - refosted at Port Arthur on Jung 29th.

The jaland Bhin Iwójima, 450 Cent high nud

5,200 yards round, which recently rous out of the sisa near the Bonin Group, has disappeared

again.

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JULY 5TH, 1905.

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The Japun Herald has a Berlín telegram, of

the 21st ults, stating that a law dissolving the union with-Norway is to be introduced by the

Swedish Government in the Dist.

!!

LOCAL CELEBRATIONS.

Yesterday was the 1291 auxiversary of the day when the British colony in America declared its Independence of the mother country: and founded new and mighty

Biation. Local Americans joined in the universal celebrations. From the flagpoles of many residences in town fattered the stars and

Lagan stripes, or, as our cousins sometimes call the

The Pobiedonorel, the second ship to join the mutiny, has surrendercil.

The Ania: Potemkin has left Odessa, and put in at the Roman port of Constantin (Kastenji), twe inundred miles away. The muti. neers were in want of water and provisions."

to sorve the Increasing demands for power,

DIRECTORS,

Masure. J. S. Wassiler and W.J. Gresson baring resigned thoir sests on their departgro from the Colony, Mr. G. H. Medhurst and Hon. W. Dickson were invited to fill the vacancies en the Board and these appointments require confirmation. In accordance with the artistes of ssociation. Messre. A. G. Wood and G. H. Medhurst retire, but, baing eligible, offer them- selves for xo-olection.

The captain and elours of the Tkhana were. to ha coat to the Sailors Home last night, whilst wears. Boustead & Co. were to provide lodgings for the inpeara

A.

Captain Stone, speaking to one of our re- presentatives at the Adelphi Hotel this morn ing, said that whilst proceeding from Rangoon to Yokobama with a cargo of rice and wheat, and whilst about three days ateam from the lattor port, ke sighted at dawn on Jane the fish, & cruiser ship hoisted signal and fired blank shot to

Bring

the Bussin dag. The bring the Is to Captain Stone stopped his Union dag. "Old Glory." American shipping

Tessel and the Russian then approached within fer cables length and sont away on armed cut- early hunting. Here and there in the city, the

ter in command of Lt. Bhtsky who boarded the Theraccounts have been nudited by the Hon. Ikhona and domanded to see the ship's papers. Chinese were amazed to see Americans deing Mr. Gershom Stewart and Mr. G. W. May, who On the e being shown to him, remarking that It was not, of course, to share away evil spirits, jess pidgin all sims my," with fire crackers

the cargo was rice, ho asked for the hatchen to be removed, that he might see if this wors but to sinify good ones. The customary

This was done and the officer said "As you have reception at the Consulate was given by General

rice cargo on board, your ship will have to be destroyed Captain Bone then at the officer's Bragg

request returned with a to the ship which proved to be the Terek, a'contorted cruiser.

Under instructions from his govern- ment, M. Ridiger, the new Minister for War, gave, orders that they were not to be supplied. The Kaias Potem

The Japanese Government has reasod the Sade Mart from naval service. The Sadota was ordered to leave at once,

which was on the Lendou Yokolama 188, has had very exciting experiences since the war begau.

The Callone learns that Mr. Odagiri, the

Japazons Consul General at. Shanghai, left recently for Japan, and from thence will proceed to Washington to--asist the peace. plenipotentiaries,

The question of uniting the services of the thres synagogase in Shaoghai, and scouring, a properly qualified Rabbi, so that the Jews of the Settlement could form a legally recognised commanity, is agitated in the latest issue of Israel's Messenger.

Elsewhere in Russia the general discontent continues and reports of disturbances continue to come. The most serious is a general strike at St. Petersburg. The workers are. being watched by troops.

WRECK AT GUARDAFUL

LONDON, 4th July: The Chodoc is wrecked off Cape

A Manila attorney complained that a Chinese Guardafui, at the mouth of the gulf of

›witness (called by his own side) was ly ng. The

lawyer, on the other ada. enid. he shonla Aden.

withdraw that. "The stalement will certainly

not be withdrawn," aaid Mr.Bouve complacently,

The Russian cruiser Rion, which

"I will make it prevarication, however which came upon the scene, was able

is a long word and sounds better."

Lau Chau Ya, a boatminn, was yesterday charged before Mr. G. N. Orme at the Police Court with being in possession of six muskets and six sticks of dynamite withonta permit from the Captain Buperintendent of Police. We have been told that Russia was rip-On each chargo ho was fined $100, or the alter-

for revolution, that "revolution was actually native of two months' imprisonment. breaking out. We have also been told that the disturbances were merely incidental to the war, that the real revolutionaries had nothing to do with them, and that no historical changes were at all likely to take place. The recent startling news from. Odessa does not settle the point for us. It may be that the crushing reveries suffered

A London cablo is said to have said: The secrecy observed in the movements of the Japanese forces both on land and sea daring the prosent war has attracted such attention abroad that Lord Ellenborough proposes to ask the British government to provide, parliament with translation of the Japanese laws and move- ments with a view to an almondment of the laws of Great Britain.

rescue six hundred.

*

to

(REUTER'S SERVICE.] PRINCE ARISUGAWA IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, 2nd July. Prince Arisugawe lunched with the Duke of Connaught and afterwards visited Windsor,"

LATER

In the barbour was conspicuously gay with

ME, OREGENE'S AT HOME,”- Mr. Osborne, proprietor of the Kowloon Hotel, was "at home" to his guests yesterday

AUDITORS,

offer themselves for reialection.

A. G. WOOD, Chairman. Hongkong, 30th June, 1905.

The accounts are as follows

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

: To April 30th, 1917 -LEMBITATIE.

30,009 shares each $10 paid up And LED, 00 30,000 shares each $5 paid n.150,000,00

formed and last night, when he entertained Capital them at dinner, and frosted them right royally, friends dined together. There was no formal in hearty American fashion. About forty

trast list, but the popping of champagne corks. and frequent allusions to God's own country,”

often donht of the persigten meeting.

BAKEBALL

Dividends unclaimed... Sundry creditors... Suspense account Hongkong and Stangkal Banking Corpora

tion 15sa account. Balince of profit and

ciation....

ASSETH $ Plaut, cost of, as per last account 319.222.11. 11,11

£205,090,00 $2,019.76

Cost of plant, since added Property, cost of land and buildings

per last account

The Valley yesterday afternoon. wore an Americanised apporrance, our cousins rolling Loss amount provided for depre up en masse to witoess the baseball match between the U.8.9. Callao and local American team who were principally members of the staff of the Pacific Mail Office. The result was a win for this locala by three points. The Celluo's Captain won the loss; and the visitors ́went in drst, but were put out in the opening lonings without score. The locals then took the bases, and put three points to their credit its in the second innings, scoring treo and putting their opponents out for. nit. In round thres there was no score, but in the fourth the Callaos added another point

tables

to their total Ona point was "recorded for

`

account

Installation material, stack of Stores and coal, stopk of Tosin, én,, stock of data Furnituro, vest of, as per last Cost of furniture since added.... nanos, rame of moonpired portionis Sandry debtors..... Cash with agenta:

policies.....asať

Dr.

to

He had a long interview with the Captain of the erniser, protesting against the measures. proposed to be taken aggast his ship. This protest had no effect, and the captain was sent back to his ship, and told to tell bis offtears and 450,000.00 grow to get t their effects on desk and 3 prepare

4,494.00

leave the ship. This, and the removal of a 5.506.37 large quantity of the Ikhona's provisions to the 1,757.29 Russigh, took till nearly throe in tho attornton,

When

preparations for destroying the ship wore 36,012,83.

Resians, after the four bags of made by the 112,199.88 mail

carried by the Ikhand had been tikou off. $610,675,29 A number of dynataite cartridges was placed.

the engine roon, and connected with an elec tio wire carried on deck and over the side to the feat Russian bust, which pulled away at- fre o'clock. When about a thousand fast dis- tant from the doomed ship, the connection was established and the charge exploded. The effect was to wreck the ship a midships but not sufficiently to sink her.

In

0.

377,048.70

92483.97

$

202:85 471,91

774.76

of

WORKING ACCOUNT.

To rent and taxos To furance...) 19. To interest

To anditors' feos. To bad debts.

the visitors and two for the locals in the guy and office expenses, sit, Entei ragad, and in the sixth the scorys were Ball so; 0; locala, J. The seventh round consluded with four points added to the score of each tamm, ut in the eighth, the vistom made two, This and was unfinished owing to the gathering darkness, and the final proceeded with. Two points more to each team made the scores stand at the finish:

Locals 14 points; U.S.A. Callas, 11 points.

BASEBALL, REPORTS,

The Russians then pulled aboard the Terek 80,040.82 and from five o'clock to dusk they bombarded 11,8023 the Zhang with their fifty-millimetre ganz at`: :

1,033.25 about a thousand yards. The shooting proved to be poor, however, and at dusk whoi 'conso fire” was sounded the Pihofia was still fit. It wis proposed to continus the work of destruction next morning. but by eleven 200.00 o'clock the mate night it became apparent the 340.7.16-rassel was settling, and at a quarter before 13,036.72 midnight she sank by the head, the British 5010,675.53

eiga at the stern being the last of the ship to be seen.

Next morning the Terre which had been hove $6. ↑ to got up steam and proceeded south-east in the 6.007.00 direction of Manila. A formal meeting was 2,7824 held at which Captain Stone was present, and 2,909.75 1204.05 the Bussian Commanfter banded him escapis 20.00 for all the papers taken by him together with a 410 as written statement, giving the reasons for the

Toment carried to profit and less eut 119,452.22 action taken by the Folge,

By net profit n working

By sorip and transfer fees

Dr.

$124,973,16

$

Captain Stone and his officers were thou informed that they would receive the eatus trestment as the Russian officers, and worn 124,044:16 | given fall liberty on the ship. At the same fine his crew were berthed with the Russian firemen and placed under observation. In all, the number removed from the bhona was 84, the fall crew. The four mail bags were opened and the Bussion removed a certain number of letters and closed the bags and sealed them.

20,00

$124,970.16

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.

C.

To omonat available for appropriation..... 112,100,88

The Prince and Frincess Arisugaya dined・ An, American journal' esya :—From" now, at Marlborough House on Saturday; they until November the baseball writer will have leave London to-day for the launch of a the centre of the stage. Now and then he may

yield for a brief white to the rachting reporter By anant of undivided proft, as per last Japanese battleship at Barrow..

or the race horn seribe, bat for the season he.

THE TYPHOON.

YNCH

secowit

down

Tuesday, 4th July,

1,747.66

110,432,22 $112,199.88

The Tarek sraised in the vicinity for nearly two weeks. This ship was originally the Ham- burg-Amerika linar Golumbia, an eighteen knot boat, but her condition was now so foul with barnacles, rust, and seaweed, that she probably was not equal to more than öftoon knots. The

1us discipline syposed to be very luz. but ofcers and won seemed to be on "good......

morning And

prayer, and BaDy

the Bussian Nationing for

hyun, giving those who ma tham the impression of being very devout. Drills wore held occasionally, but there seemed to be no-regular cleaning of the ship.

in It. The man who finds fault with his By balance of working account brought expressions and who cannot interpret his The British steamer Adato, Captain Robert phraess argues himself as lacking in American by the Russian Army, and navy has upset Aprivate ricsha colie, while strolling Stewart, arrived from Moj yesterday with a spirit and writes himself in ignoramus.

We hope this does not apply to Englishnien the montal balance of the runk and the; or leisurely along the teamline at the foot of go of foal She encountered showry for wo and the following specimen nain- MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT tenas. The crew were regularly lined up each

typhoon in Lat, deg, N Long. 118deg. Belligible it may be that the mutiny is one more Pottinger Street yesterday with an empty and had a rough time of it. Extensive damega Chaw Sullivan ambled to the plate, feature of a widespread feeling, that therieshs, refused to get out of the way of an

was done to the superstructures, hatches were moistened bis mitte, set the men on the slab. men who have murdered their officers, oncoming car. The bell was clanging violently, wanked away, ventilators were torn hodily out duddering with a bad eye, allowed a good one bat the copiio sermod disinclined to hurry, and of their fittings. Water submerged the decks seized two big warships, and opened fire on the troops sent to arrest them, are actuated the motorman attempted to pull up the car and poured into the holds. Some of the best spectator suggested blinders for his lamps, and BroLE HOR. CAFT, L.A. W. BABRES-

LAWRENCE, ENAMARINE MAGISTRATE)." when a short distance of. He could not, were tora from the davite, and fung several by the popular discontent with those set in however, pull up within the distanos, and the feet away. The barometric reading got as low authority over then. For age part, the latter ear, striking the wheel of the ricsha, jerked at 2840, while the opalone was at its worst. seems the more likely. Russia seems in round with the coolie still in the shafts. He When the Aduto entered the harbour Jesterday, the throes of revolution, and the shocking was removed to hospital minus half a dozen che, linda hoary list to port and no one could teeth, and with a broken jaw. Suck is the help seeing that she had emerged from A scence at Odessa bare a striking resem thaute to the reign of terror that story from the motorman's point of view the perilous and exciting experience. accompanied a bygone, revolution elsewhere. In both instances, it was and is the inasser

against the classes, and there can be

fiesha man may Rate the case differently,

*** LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

EX-DETECTIVE AS LEGAL

ADVISER....

to got past, then got hot bocanse a ribald

soaked an outeliout into the atmosphere with such villain real that it is still mixol with the. rings of Batura Chaw catus home in a walk and the fans want to the binkle, while the outfield frisked the left garden for the lost

ong."

DIBOBEYING LAWFUL ORDERS

The Terck, late H. A. liuer Columbia, lus. vessel of 7,241 tons. 13,620 indicated borss poser, 18 knots speed, and was built in 1899 On June 19 the steamer Perlake was sighted

on boing signalled she stopped, Captain Stone was then informed that he and his crew would he transferred to the Periak This being done, the Tarek sailed away, sud this Perlak canie on to Singapore

THE DOOM OF THE QUEUE.

*Constable Norman of the Water Folice, charged the masters of five licensed, rowing boats with disobeying the lawful orders of the Harbour Master in the harbour on the 3rd inst - RUSSIAN IMPARTIALITY.

This forspoon The Captais nie en official in that they refused to clear away from the statement of the occurrence to Cupt Boldero The_N.-C. Daily News grimly points out steps of the Harbour Master's piar after boing | B. N. Master Attendant; and Mr. Steherbat that the sinking of the East Asiatic Co.'s fiue orficted to do an They were sumar forty or chon Acting Russian Consul, also bad an steamer Prinicase Marie by the Russian pirate. ruiser Terek is particularly hard on that confty feet of the pier, and were obstracting the interview with Captain Stone. Just $3 a casa was called on at the Police pay which has such intima's connections with passage to it,

The defendants had no excuse to The M.M. str. Tonkin, with the next Freno Court y'nterday, in which two natives were the Russians, and whose steamer Manchurik" but one outcome, if human "nature has mail, left Singapore yesterday atp.m. for this charged with having opium on their premises je vas learns that the unfortunatamer had defence, and were find 50 cents each.

offer in became a Jonaustă prize early in the war. The Port vis Saigen.

The Buckuall Lige str. Manion left Shanghai valid cartificates from the Opinn Farmary ang last time with Russian refugees to Odessa, cargo on board at all She want on the 3rd just., and is dus bere to-morrow.

The H.A. L. sit. Arcadia, from Hamburg, left ex-Chinese detective was heard advising the and was highly complimented by the Russian Singapore for this port on Sunday, the 200 defendants to plead "not guilty. Mr. Hogarth authorities on the care taken of the refugees by inst. am, and

be expected nd may

here on the 8th informed His Worship of thisbefore the case was

10 proceeded with, and Mr. Orme ordered the her

captain and offeers. She was a sister ship The J-C.-J. Lija str. Catjap left Mucur ex detective to be broughthefore him. When of the Russian transport Livonia, now internal prayer for better food. His act might have for this port on the 3rd inet, and may be precincts of the Court, and warned that if 108 board for Shanghai, and was to proceed. Mr. J. JohnstonB while others more conservative liave merely out the man appeared he was ordered to lears the in Shanghal. She had about 1,000 tons of cargo pected here on the 11th inst

not changed, or if its capacity to endure injustice bud oppression has not been abnormally strengthened. There is, the story that it began with the official shooting of a seaman who had presented his comrades

just, m

at No. 170, Des Voeux Road Trist

contraband

been contrary to naval ideas of discipline;

even have discharged his mission in arrived at Manila on the Brd inst

The Boston Tow Bent Con sir. Plutades he was found there again he would be treated hence to Japan with the remainder of her

The hearing of the ears was adjourned,

be may ev

carga.

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB, In the competition for Captah's Cup and Pool held at the Happy Valley on the let to 3rd July, 1905, the following cards were returned

Mr. A. D. Galloway

97 1879

* Winner of Cap anal Pool,

It is stated by a Chinese officer who recently arrived in Shanghai from the North that, with the assumption of their new uniforms, bet and leather boots--which are almost entirely on Westerk models by the officers and men of the Chinli Army Corps, under Viceroy Yuan Shibk'ai over one-third of them bave slready cut off hele queues, for weavinionc sake,

I off half their quanes, and wound the remainder. of their hair into a top knot, to enable them to "look properly" with their new military hati,