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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 1905.

The Government Entomologist at Cape Town

has publicly made the following statemouts,

whịch do not appear to tally with the teachings of certain scientists. Ho ways: Not ull, but only a small proportion of quopholes (mosquitées) act nå intermediato or encondarý hosts of the puensite which causes malaria disease. Malarial mosquitoes, on the whole, breed in izoving water, ag under the bank of strearas, and in no case have the anepholes beon found in stayrant water.

beholder. In fact, aloofness, almost amount- ing to indifference, will be charged agains: the non-blind spectator. It is certain that he must be able to turn a callous oye on things that make hunnuity shudder, and equally necessary that he to not go allong as to be unable to shudiler. With regard to the Hague Conferences, we must first settle what they would be at. If their ideal is to make an end of war altogether, we will remember it horrors; adnite fleir aim, and try not to be unduly pessimistic as to then ultimate success. If their object-Observation, where he had been kopt a fortnight. flu sas of unscand mint, violent and depressed be the more practical one of mifigating" the inevitable horrors of inevitable war,

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A Freneli passenger, whose real nung has 'not yet hers found, was prained before, the District Court it. Colombo from the Hara of

TELEGRAMS.

DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.

ANARCHY IN RUSSIA,

LONDON, 6th December,

CANTON.

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]

6th December.

THE LINCHOW AFFAIR,

The following is translation of a lotter roovived hare by the Yeung-Shing-pe from its

Complete anarchy provails in the correspondent at Linchow Baltic provinces.

THE SULTAN SUBMISSIVE.

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SUPREME COURT.

བཞིས་ཐ་ན་

Thursday, 7th December.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

BEFORE SIR FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIER JUSTICE).

THE MILLIONAIES BANKRUPT.

The case of Choi Chung Los alias Choy Chang

Wen-Trung Yaq (Paotai)and several deputies who were ordered by Vloerey Shum to investi.exporte Loi Ta! Chau was again mentioned. gate the Linebow massacro arrived hare to: gether with the American Consul General and his party. The moment they landed, the Consul-General and the other American officials The Porte has accepted the demands-immediately purolusul large quantities of flowers and went to the graves of the victims and deposited on their towls their tribute of reapset

Losnos, 6th December.

in turu. The mmey ho hut with him, about £300 of the Powers. in French totes, &e, And loon handed to the

WHISKY. then wie must not let sympathy or prejudice Superintendent of the Asylum, and is luggage RAILWAY STATION COLLAPSES for the antociante retins of the missa koro.

CELEBRATED

BLEND

OF

THE FINEST

WHISKIES

DISTILLER

IN SCOTLAND

IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS FINE FLAVOUR

was it. Alongs. Cooka Boas, It was statcil, tùng he had some moro tooney in the trunk.

They retired after that to their house-bort and sent for a minber of the gentry who related at great length the circumstancus attending the massnero. The questioning of prisoners and

witasses was thou proceed with. Crimicals (2) who had been arrested previous to thonerival of the Commission, had their hats showed, were bathel, and attired in closa now clothes. This was no doubt appreciated by the members of the PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND commission who had to remixin for hours in their

TRUSTS.

IN LONDON.

Losnox, 6th December. "The Colombo estimates for next year procile

The roof of Charing Cross Railway for R2,000 to convert the Haass of Observation.

Five were killed Station collapsed. into a hospital for Tropič d Disaasus --or rather research ward of the General Hogíal, Pro-and 27 injured. fessor Castellani had a fow beds provided in De former House of Observation on the Bise Linn Jegd where he kept under observation patienos sufforing from parangi, dyentory, No. Tho prosent, intention is to slightly enlarga the number al- bels in this building. Dr. Castelumi will be chiefly requasilde för tire

Connie papers mention carry us away. every winter the tender-hearted Indy! who, suoing a football match for the first time, asks why they don't give each side à ball, eo that the players need not struggle so much. Everybody sees the pojat degrel te be made but bol, everybody stops to think that, within limits, the tender. hearted lady wis right in principle. Rules are made to mitigate the rough- these Boss of that sport, but should rules

far in the direction of the bully critic's identi, they would defeat greh ward, | their own object, The majority of foot- ballers would go back to the primitive game, mahampered evcu by the restrictions, to which they had before agreed. War is the game of justinei, satisfactory only so long us it satisfies instinct. fluwau disputes can never he finally settled by gunes of chess; - one of the disputants will alwaysight Norwegian firm in the Far East, QUALITY find his thoughts turning irresistibly to the established in 1991, Oro in 893, two in 1901, 1

Booguising thie, "the and three în 1995. “Three are, in Shang- world has manged in diminate to a grouhui, two in Kobe, and on each in Hongkong, Previously ali extent unnecessary brutalities, and tried to Yokohunia, and Soorabaia. reduce the horrors of war to its least | Norwegian ausiness in the East was handled by $16.50 | uuphrasant essentials. Col. Pregnant pro- tests because the German idex seems to be that the end justifies the pans. It may

AND MELLOWNESS.

ATTAINED ONLY T

GENUINE

AND

GREAT AGE.

PER DOZEN

LIMITED,

argument of CAIN.

Au account of Norwegian Slipping in thể Par Eust for 1904-15, eumpiteri by Mc. Bjarne Aaguar, of Hongkong; has just bocu publiche

It contains information that will be found inte.esting "to those associated with our mercantilo, activityryand discuss thy effort af present and prospective competition in an open zuuor. Et is worthy of note that there are

LONDON, 6th December. President Roosevelt's message Congress urges the Government to control the trusts and railway rates..

(The above telegrams voro delayed in delivery owing to the mutilation of the address, į

{RDUTER'S SERVICE.]

THE PARIS BOURSE.

LONDON, 5th December.

Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, who appeared for the oroditors and in the capacity of Crown Solicitor, applied for the discharge of the warrant issueĺ by his Lordship, last month. The debtor was now in the custody of the police in connection with certain elurges of frand relative to his bankruptcy.

Mr. P. W. Goldring, on behalf of the dabtor. mario application for so order from his Lordship for the return of the $5,999 deposited us sacurity, for debtor's appearance by Loang Nam Po.

His Lordship-You want the mcurity dia-

charged?

Mr. Goldring-Tex.

His Lordship-But the debtor's publia" ors amination may be ontinued. (To Mr. Wakeman, the Official Receiver). Have you any objection to the rofunding of the security

Mr. Wakeman-No, my Lord,

Mr. Bowiey-I thought the wearily hul boen released. When the debtor was arrested there was no good for the security.

Mr. Dixon, who represented the creditors, remarked that the money might be hold until

Mr. Dixon-Supposing he is discharged at the Magistracy

company. Win theșo meti appared before the court they were told that they wore not required to kneel down, as is the custom, and that they would not be torturel. Taoy were sƏ NO = tomadated with low stools to sit on. Won-Tsang- You, Yas then addressed them as follows: prisoners, have on the cause of the murder of the public examination was concluded. several Europeans, thus implicating the people His Lordship said he thought the security of Tinéhow and the officials You, prisoners, I was only given for his appentance and the heat Just confess frankly what you have done, seenrity for his appearance was tho Governmout showing that you are braço men.". To this, one custody. There could be no better stearity. of the orioni uals, warzismod Taung, replied that he confessed to love tzken part in the massiere,

His Lordship-Then you must watch the Another, surnamed Au Yong, confessed to having received from tho missionaries proceedings and apply again.

Mr. Dizon-He might be discharged to- to hire a boat. He took the money but did not · parry out the irraul lis Jaad underbiken, Wou-morrow afteracoo, Tsung-Yao severely reprimanded him for his wrongful act and said that having accepted the money he should have: carrisi ont bis promise; and thus, although he did not kill, personally, any of the Europanus, yet he was in a measure responsible for what happened afforwards and said. You fully deserve the penalty of capital punishment and you are entitled to no pity,"

"Another prisoner, Tang-Chat, said: The Europeans were in: tio wrong. For

Mr. Goldring then asked for the debtor's instance, there used to be wido rond alongside of the charch. This the mission public examination to be cload,

His Lordship can't deal with that now-

A further heavy fall in Russian stock has caused a collapse of the Paris bourse, which yesterday verged on a panic..

TURKEY AND THE POWERS.

LONDON, 5th December.

The international Heet has occupied the

therman firing. Of the SeanEnarian ships here at the Customs House in Hongkong last year. 40 ware. Norwegias, foar Danish andisaal of Lemnos. foar Swedish, while their total tonnage was

respectively 274,2 11, 26,817 and 8382.

This

His Lordship. Is he coming to the Criminal Sessions or going kofor the ungistrate ?.

Mr. Bowley-Ho will go before themagistrate. Mr. Dixon-He might be discharged by the magistrate, my Lord.

His Lordship-Yes, that is so.

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I can't dis-

charge the soarity. If he is committed to the Criminal Sessions then I can do so. I don't fool justified in keeping is security longer than I can help..

THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA. A S. WATSON & CO. hat we have got too near to the elephant but that is a principle, which in

LONDON, 3th December, warfare we fear we must admit. There was

A correspondent'of the Weitaziarter Gazelle

News from St. Petersburg, dated Sunday, some oniery among humane people who | writes: The correspondence from Mr. A. G.

Wis in regard to imprisonment for debt says that on the whole the feeling is more poople tried to close to traffic.. The matter To Mr. Wakemann)Your public examinativja WINE AND SPIRIT, MERCHANTS, | were shocked by the killing (whether netual

confident and the nervousness no longer s0

was referred to the Prefect, who decided won't teach the subject for which he is being or alleged does not matter) of wounded men Ceylon is well worthy of attention.

marked. The people are getting used to against this mission's claim. ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

in the Soulan. Those wounded men layton is quite correct in his coference to

au English planter having been imprisoned the situation. All the troops in the vicinity quietly watching for chances to kill British-

some year's ugo for civil dabb and dying in the

have been called into St. Petersburg. The soldiers, in many cases hurting those who goal from dysentery, owing to his not being wer looking for them to play the good accustomed to the food given to evelio andra on the Savings Bank continues. Saritan. If this means could have alive prisoners. The very firm who cansed thus imprisonment word tus Bist to repeat

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; achi vedl the-enil, that, is, ensured victory for their adici. as they gave it they would their side, it would not have been so shock-meror impron a white man for simple ing. Theendofreducing unnecessary and qu- dubt agah, profercing rather to write of availing suffering and slaughter was; however, the Liability. The unjust part of this law in Ceylon is that a debtor serving a sentence achieved by making sum that the savages

lin goal for a civil debt is not excupt legally were as dead as they pretended to be of the money ho may owe, after the term Huanuitarians err when they are willing of incarecration has expired. This is the to see that circumstances ilter unsas. Colpoint that calls for eineidation, So far, Prequar's paint that without extreme rules the Ceylon journals, in their contents on the there would be danger from chiefs wannig law, have not ventured to touch upon it [iu stag-froid or in scrupulousness sens

Warrants for personal arrest; too, are gred [in Ceylon, by native magistrates especially, weakened by the reflection that such men

for the arrest of a European just as easily as would follow their instinct in face of if it were for thus apprehension of a bolting "12781 | thousam) régulations. It is probable that onlie, The late Puisse Judga of Ceylon if Japau had not felt chligal to play to the thinks that it is a pity that more than one humane gallery, and had not been emin law should be administered in Ceylon Unifica ressed by a multitude of caventions, she tion is urgently wanted, and it is to be hoped that a Conamission will, soon be appointed to will not have left Russia in the position deal with shi whol fogal system of that of pretending that there was a doubt as to island.“ the ultimate antcomes. Also, the wor might. not have lasted quite so long.

On the 6th December, at No 6 East Avenue, Kowloon, the wife of F, F. EcA DA SILVA, of a daughter HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, Des Voux Road C. LONDON OFVICH: 131, FLEET STREET, EC.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, DECEMBER 8TH, 1905. Novist, perhaps, was story with more "point" told than that Eastern ous of the three blind men who found an elephant One, embracing a leg, said "I perceive that

The German Mail of the 8th November was delivered in London on the 6th inst.

From the 1st January next the Banno-

their S and S1 uotes.

CORRESPONDENCE.

OVERCROWDING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESE.". S1-Some time age you published in your

PENNY POSTAGE.

LONDON, 5th Decemlier. The penny postage rate has been extended to Egypt and the Soudan, from the 15th instant.

POLITICAT

Lagoos, 5th December. 'Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has ac- cepted office. Before going to Buckingham Putluer to kiss the King's hand, he had a conversation with the Duke of Devonshire, in which a uniou'with the Liberal-Unionists" played the anost important role.

RUSSIA.

LONDON, 5th December. The revolutionary movement, exercising the widest control, intends dearning that Count Witte shall convoke a constituent assembly.

FLOWER SHOW,

We are requested to remind our readers of the meeting to be held in the City Hall at 4-30 this afternoon for the purpose of forming a

in the Colony,

Notwithstand.

and compelled us to use a road auch farthor ing this, the missions ries fenced the roulented, His public examination will ba independent of that. I should have thought juu might conclude very quickly with that. away. Another wrongful net Was lls

Mr. Wakeman-I cannot say offhand, iny following: We Chiness people have great

Lord. belief in car Joss (ji) and the ceremony of

His Lordship-I should imagias the publis Ta-Chai worshipping. On this occasion, examination will not deal at all with the matter while we were offering up cur prayers for our faturs weifure and prosperity, the missionaries of the furniture. That cutter is beyond us, interfered with our ceremonies, snatched our that you will tako nach steps is to conclude There is not very the public examination, jasa away and alsy took away several bomus

much left, I think ? Yet another wrong was done to us, us we have di cavored the dead bodies of young children. on their premises. The American Consul- General made no reply to these platemouts.

"No torture was upplied; the men confessed and stated their case frankly.

**It appears that on the day the Americaution which will be concluded very shortly. Try Consul-Conural arrived, M. Lay insisted on to bring it off next Fbarsday if you cau, hosting the American flag in the suburbs of warrant will, therefore, ha discharged. Liuchow city, Tuotai Wen" "strongly objects 7 to this and stated that if this was done he would immediately return to Cantou as ho could not give them protection. Consul Ley gave in, and the flag was not hoisted."

MI SCOTT ESCOVERY,

Consul-General Scett, baving recovered from his recent illness, returned to-day. A call was made on him by Tartar-General Shao, who recently arrived here from Peking:

THE BOYCUM HERO,

On the 3rd insti Fung-Hai-Wai's ancestral fablets was placed in the P-Lam, tetaple of Tui- Leung city. Thousands of people including students Trom various colleges attended the ceremony. Amongst them wore to be found numerous pilgrims from Hongkong and Macao

Boycott Hero.

Mr. Wakeman- think not, my Lord, His Lordship- Well, run through the papers and see what else you might examine him on. The simplest course will be that the scarity stands until the conclusion of the public examian-

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"A FRUITLESS JOURNEY. Re the Wong Fang firm, Mr. Wakeman said his Lordship would remem

ber that this case was adjonfeed in order to 850 if dobber could make some arrangement. He it to Canton in the hope of raising funds leient to start business again but he did not succeed. It was a question of whether his. stock-in-trado should be sold or

whether to

should re-start his busivėsa,

His Lordship said he was afraid nothing could be done, and the public examination was closed.

ADJOURNED CASES.

an elephant is like a tree." Another, who Nacional Ultramarino at Macao will circulate coins a report, on the question of "Resumy Society to arrange for an annual flower show who had come to show their respect for the Thaesday, as was also the public examination

had found the trunk, said: “Nay, brather It is more like a suake." The third, who had encountered the animal's flank, declared them both wrong: that it was like an over hanging rock. The argument continued util they parted, and even then ench knew that he was right. Col. Picquaær, the well. known French military èritic, and the

Gerumn authors of a pamphlet he criticises,

Singaporo is semlalised because an engineer, for eight or ten montlis' work in connection with the Tanjong Pagar Dock oxpropriation, demaadel $100,000 and got $50,000.

tion of Insanitary. Properties," by H. E. the Governor, and a reply from the Sceretary of State relative to the manner in which tha mb- jort should in future be dealt with. When the work is resumed, I would like to suggest that

TRAGEDY IN THE HARBOUR.

CAPTAIN'S SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

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Ro Wing Oa caparte Tang Sun, the application of Mr. Golfiring that the debtor fem declared bankrupt, was adjourned till next

ro the Po Chang alias Ko Shing Chonng firm,

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,

BEFORE MR. A. G. WISE (PUISNE JUDGE).

SEQUEL TO A COLLISION.

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Loung Fan, owner of cargo lighters, brought au petion against Wong Tsum, owner of

the city of Victoris and new Kowloon, for

Mr. . D. Thomsen appeared for plaintiff, while the defendunt dil act appar, noy was he represented.

"TRUTH" ON GAMBLING IN

MALAYA.

Mr. Lúbruchere of Treth says:*I do not the first district demanding attention is that know whether the Anti-Gambling Longus is Messrs. Benjamin, Kolly and Potts inform

block in the heart of China town which is still in existence, but if so, it might usefully It was reported to the Police yesterday morn. us that they are in receipt of a private telegram bounded by Lazar Row, Holliwood Raad, turn its attention to the conduct of the British advising that the crushing of the Elánb Austro-

Government in connection with the licensed in that when the captain's boy of the ag lian Gold Mind for the past four weaks realized Acheon Lane and Possussion Street. This in gambling forms of the Federated Siberie entered his master's cabia with the passouger junk no. 8 204 H trading between The representatives of the usual morning coffee and toast, he fond Cap the recovery of the sum of $700, being, damagas neighbourhood is shockingly overcrowded withalay States. appear to be in a like state of mind. The 60 ounces smelted gold from 5,086 tons of

a population whigh, because of its manner of British Government who control and carry on tain Swith lying on his with his throat out gustated by plaintiff through a collision life, Joves darkness rather than light. The the administration of the States are directly to callad, help, but this captain was found to be tietwes defondant's junk and plaintiff's lighter German General Staff some time ago issued stone.

a policy under which responsible for a-pamphlet entitled Kriegsbranche forgout Earner on Wodoozhay seized a cout baildings greed by this commanity are every by the Chinese population is not merely legal beyond human aid. It is believed that during on the 27th September last, canand by

gambling Lirulkrieg (War Usages in Loud Fighting). Iaden junk at Wanchal, which was taking itsons of them-old, some very ohl: dark of it, but actually sacouraged, for the sake of the the voyage ut domestic troubles had prayed on aegligence on the part of the master of tho Following its translation into French, Cul. cargo to Quarry Bay. When Las Sergeant entrance, damp and evil-selling through their retounder and sold to the highest bidders. Only his mind, and eventualis caused him to take defendant's jauk.

| were cooling u launch, passages and on most of their leges, for there the Chinese, of whom there are some 3000 into life. The body was yesterday removed to PrequART criticises it in the Gazette de the vessel, its crow

is little chance-of any atmosphere, however the States, are permitted to frequent the lionsgỡ die mortuary, where a medical examination was Luque, The Hague Peace Conference supposedly without permission. Further par

tiquiors will be learned when the case comes up vrrawing which at times, daring the cold and others being probibited by the law from the usual inquest is held.

fresh it may be, combating the state of excessive gaubling houses, Europeana, Malays. Tamile held, the result of which will be heard when appears to have prompted the German view, at the Police Court. whica regarded that conference as achieving.

weather, is bound to exist., All of there houses doing so. are filled with partitious protected by sunke little beyond pious aspirations; and viewed

begrimeti hangings or curtains, caud form a with all the alarm of a practical soldier

magaliceat incubating laboratory for the plague bacillus which generally begins its deadly work

Perhaps one of the first offorts which H. E. might make is the inspection of the neighbour The Victoria Amatour Dramatic Club present,hood those described, and should it not appear at the trunk, is equally right, from his Dion Doncicault's famous Irish drama,The feasible to carry out a complete renewal of the point of view, in regarding the German Shasugbrann," in the theatre of St. Patrick's properties named, it might at least bo possible views reactionary and inhumane. Buri Clab on Saturday night; the performance te beto bare is houses changed in ebaracter by doliberately fostered by the authorities. The neither eide sees the whole elephant; and it repeated on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday removing their inmates to some thore healthy eveninge of next week. The company is and pleasant locality such as exists in the would almost appear that clear and com- numerically strong, and as the members have neighbourhood further west in Queen's Road plote views are impossible where enthusiasm beau practising hard, the production should and Witty Streek-Yours, &c. and sympathy and sincerity actuate the bo incritorious,

A case at Colombo shows it is of no use orossing" a cheque if the word "ror" is allowed to remain. The words or order"

- the extremes toward which degenerate should be substitated, and in this connection

Inmanitarinnish" seemed to be enticing one of the local ranks priate a male early in the Spring. the world. In this they were taking a exforced) forbidding the alteration of its cheque perfectly correct view of the leg of the forms. What is the object? elephant; and the French reviewer, stationed

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ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

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At the request of some induential, Chinamen in the Malay Status, a city merchaut pas sent me a copy of a petition to the British High Commissioner in which they at forth the organised system of public gambling. No race Cup-and-Pool took place on the Jet to the 3rd evil resuits among their countrymen of this

is more proge to gambling, and it may readily

The monthly Competition for the Captain's

be believed that the exceptional facilities that Desember 1905, When the following returns are given to the Chinese be these States re were made.-- productivo of much crime and misery. In Hongkong and the Straits Settlements gambling is prohibited, and even if to a prohibition is deemed impracticable in the Malay States it is, at any rate, scandalous that the vice should be

licences bring in a substantial rorenne, but as

the Federated Malay States are, in the happy

position of having large annual surpluses, there

is not even a financial reason for the continuance

of a system which on moral grounds is absolutely indefensible."

* = 80

CAPTAIN'S CUP. +Dr. W. L; Martiu....

Mr. S. Fuletter

88.... Mr. T. S. Forrest ... 79 v Mr. A. B. I ewson....... 86- 3-83 Mr. S. G. Newall... 11 18 83 Mr. W. W. G. Ross 95 12 Mr. H. Pinckney... Mr.T. B. Narrie..

98 1284 -96

His Lordship gave judgment for plaintiff with costa.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,

The C.P.R. str. Express of India arrived

at Vancouver at 12:30 pm on Tuesday, the th

inst.

The LG,M. str. Prinz Sigismund which left here on 14th Nov. arrived at Sydney yesterday at 1pm.

The steamer Gregory Apear, from Calcutta, left Singapore yesterday afternoon and may ba expected here on or about the 11th just.

The H. A. L str. Ambria, from Hamburg, left Singapore for our pout of the 4th inst,, and inay be expected here on or about the 10th lust.

TOP.R. str. Turlar arrived at Kobo at 8 a.m. on the 6th inst. and left..again

- Dr. Martin, therefore, is the winner of the at 6 p.m. saras day for Yokohama where she

Captain's Cap and the Fool. SPECTATOR.

íis due to arrive at 1 a.m. to-day.