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opposite principles of order and disorder; and by a process of mechanical welding, the secret of which has become hereditary in the official hierarchy, the state still sur vives. It is true that the life is not a very

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 10TH 1906.

Chihion, ns in duty bound by the rules of bis effice, appears the next day to hold au inquest, but some reason for discontinuing the enquiry is nearly always found. Now these facts are notorious, though for many

reasons we hear comparatively little of them.

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A number of missionary societies in England TELEGRAMS.

joiced in presenting Duko Tssi-tee and his Mission with bibles and an address. The Chi- ness priests at Hongkong seem to have missed an opportunity: they should have tried to convert Prince Arthur of Connaught when he come as a guest.

{"DAILY FEES!" AXCLUSIVE BERTICE,]

KAISER TO VISIT VIENNA.

LONDON, May 9th.

The German Emperor is expected to visit the Austrian capital on the

Tast year (1905) was a record year for ship- pig at Yokohamas. The vessels engaged in foreign trade only, estered and cleared, neatly... tetched the three million tons mark. The previous highest was in 1903, when the tonnage war two and a half millions. In addition there 6th of June. were about 1,750,000 tons of domestic trads entered and cleared.

A duel with swords has taken place between N. Lumonier, directour of the Avenir da Tonkin, and M. Laumont, of the Courrier Haiphong. In the first encenster the former was slightly wounded on the sight arm, after which the adversorios become “reconciled on the ground". They had quarrolled over a sawspaper controversy.

According to a Peking telegram, the Chinese

ASSASSINATION IN RUSSIA.

LONDON, May 9th. General Ignatieff has been assassin-

ated.

FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, May 7th. Sir Charles Hardings, who accompanied the King on his tour, wok advantage of the King's stay in Paris to have a number o conferences with M. Boirgeois on pauding international questions, and the French papers atate that the evincidence of their views further tightens the Anglo-French bonds of friendship.

THE U.S.S. "RHODE ISLAND" RE-FLOATED.

LONDON, May 7th. The U. S. battleship Rhode Island has been re-floated.

ASSASSINATION IN RUSSIA.

LONDON, May 7th. General Jetternowsky, the Governor of Ensteru Moscow, has been assasinated.

its existence ut the extremities of the The Customs River Police, whose more branches, but to the passor-by who does especial duty it is to prevent smuggling on not carete dismount and view the bollow the Hwangpu, nra. utterly belpless. By er ness of the trunk, the tree looks fairly rare chance they may succeed in capturing vigorous; and unless attacked by some boat with the forbidden article, in which unexpected danger from without, and with case the loss is ande good by natiye in- TO the asistance of a now prop from time surance offices, who make no secret of their the business; in nearly every case the crews, time charitably fixed more dangerous branches, may continuo lo warned beforehand by their regular pies, succeed in excaping a catheless, while the outwardly exhibit a presentable greenness,

We spoke lately of the manner in which police by distinct orders from the Chinese the Klangan administration, or certain of official in head control of tho Customs at Ste officers, contrived to reconcile in the the port are strictly forbidden to use bre. administration of the Balt Gabelle arma. Now, although it is only right to The seemingly incompatible demande of state thu smuggling has in all ages, owing virtuous disinterestedness and personal pro- partly to the want of any efficient protective fit; and how Peking, in its virtuous organisation, been rampant in China, it is indiguation at being choused of the direct also the case that within the last year, and proceeds of the same Salt Gabelle, contrived, markedly sincs the present officials have been still adhering to the dictates of the ancient appoimed, that it has so far enlarged its sages, to draw its own share of the proceeds operations as to have become an actual Bat ancient and profitable for those immedi. danger. The remarkable thing about it all ately concerned ne lasy be this principle of is that while these things are not denied by sponge and squeeze, for the empire at large the Chinese authorities themselves, it is to KEPLER'S SOLUTION OF COD LIVER it is the acne of extravaganco. Doubtless the very men under whose jurisdfetion this

the Court at Peking has not to go to the very dangerous condition of affairs haiesters to play something... Seating horself at he was appointed Minister at Constantinople, of 60 killed and many wounded; the loss of

grown up that we owe most of the recent complaints against the introduction of foreign capital, and the hardships to which China has to submit in not being permitted to exercise her own methods of jurisdiction over foreign residents.

TABLOID BRAND

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"SOLO" BRAND PRODUCTS.

KEPLER'S MALT EXTRACT.

OIL MALT EXTRACT.

CREAM,

HAZELINE, ILAELINE

HAZELINE SNOW, etc., etc., etc.

CHESTS, MEDICINE

MEDICINE CABES.

and POCKET

BURROUGH'S BEEF and IRON WINE. expense of a Caracolier of the Exchequer, nor has it to keep up au Aaditor Geveral LANOLINE PREPARATIONS.

with a score of assistants; nor have the provinciale interested to give account of the income ad expenditure of their districts. In lieu of keeping a staff of regularly appointed and paid subordinates they have, however, to employ an irregular staff of secretaries, writers, thief catchers, jailers, and the numerous army of hangers on who fester about overy yamen in the Empire, and for the payment of whom there is made na provision, but who are none the leas A. S. WATSON & CO..]*xpected to live on their post. Notoriously

The Fire Products of Messrs. BURRODOS, WELLCOSE & Co. are prescribed by leading Physicians all over the Wor

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Correspondents must forward their names and ad

the Empire rings with the corruption of these bangers-on, who, deprived of day title of office, yet pussess the avenues to every yannen. It needs little experience of humah nature to forecast the result. Now it is from these parichs of Chinese society that the ranks of the pirates and salt smugglers are recruited, and the methods of the yameas are closely followed in their organisations. They, too, have their grada. tione of ranks, their chiefs and their secretaries; their subordinate officials, their police and their guards. They also bayan drenes with communications addremed to the Idid ot for pubiscation but as evidence of good faith

412 inters for publication should be written on admirably organised detective body whose No aninymously signed communications that hore especial business it is to intermingle with already appeared in other papers will be inerted,

the wore quietly disposed in the tea-ahops. Underijor extra cooutof Du

cazion, after thatThey have their regular meeting places in sent before 4.m, on de

Oasi Me supply is limited. Oniy empyriška y

the shops and gambling dens, and the to. Telegraphic Addresss Patan. Codes: 4.8.Ö.skh Bv

fortunate who has once incurred their Zicher:

enmity is sure sooner or later to be enticed into one there, where he

drawn into BOMO himself which on the face of it looks enough and affords little or no to its reason, but the end

one side of the paper only!

should b

P.O. Box. 39. Telephone No. 12

BONGKONG OFFICE: WA, DES VEUX ROAD C. LONDON OFFICE; 18, FLEET SIEKIT, EU

The Daily Press.

JONGKONG, MAY 10TH, 1906,

Were the last ten years nothing was more common in obituaries of distinguished

Naval Officers than to find a notice some-

thing like the following: Distinguished himself in an attack on a fleet of pirate junks in Blue Moon Bay of the cost of Fukier, in reward for which service he was promoted to the command of H.M.S Periwinkle, Although in the interests of our own commerce when the trade along the China coast was mostly carried on in sailing schooners with small crews, and the pirates who swarmed along the shores and

will find quarrel,

Of the thirtoon plague casos recorded pestor- day, eight were fatal.

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chacía,

[Genora! Igatief was a god-an of the Emperor Alexander II. He was 7 years old. When he was military attaché to the Embassy Foreign Olles lus replied through the Japanese at London, he get much crolit for a report on THE NATIVE TROUBLE IN NATAL.

LONDON, May 7th. in'stor to the Japanese Nute regarding the England's military position in India, which so

Colonel Mause), while making recon- epening of Mulden and other places in Man- pleased the Emperor that he summoned Captain The reply stated that although the Ignatieff to Waraw for a personal interview. cines Guverum at was inclined to open those He was unda a Major-General in the Imperial naisnner in force, in the direction of Cola phaos without delay, yet is would be impossible site and afterwards sont na plenipotentiary to wayo's grave, was attacked by 200 Zulus, io do so on the dates fixed by the Japanese Poking, 1860, where he concluded a treaty by who desperately charged the vanguard,

China to Russia. On his return to Russia he descending a precipitous hill in single file; was made Director of the Asiatic Departmoot they reached within a few yards of the in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1864 Colonial force, but were repulsed with a loss

which the province of Ussuri was ceded by

He was

Government, according to the reports of the Peking Minister and the Mukden General,

Dioner was a little late.

A great asked the

the piano, the good woman excunted Chopin where he did good work for Russis nocturne with precision. She finished, and there | always a bitter womy of the Nibiliss.-E.} was still an interval of waiting to bo bridge1. In the grim silence she turned to an old gentle- man on her right and said, "Would you like a sonata hefore dinner? He gave a start of rprise and pleasure, "Why, yas, thooks!" Le uid.

I had a couple on my way here, but I think I could stand another ".

Randolph Milbaru, a music teacher of Wash. ington, Ohio, was recently arrested, for appearin H.M.8. Menmonth, bound for China, thek the ing in the streets, dressed in woman's clothes whole crew of the cruiser Donegal who that He declared that as a certain Dr. Mary Walker

vessel returned for repairs.

merce of the British Empire will be held on July 113th Resolutions for the final edition of the ←ogramme must be sent in by colonial chambers not later than June 15.

is allowed to wear man's apparel ho was entitled wear skirts, After consulting legal

SHANGHAI RACES.

THIRD DAY'S RESULTS.

SHANGHAI, May 9th. The races for the third day opened beautiful weather, and some

splendid racing took place.

The Champion Sweepstakes

furlongs.

was

The sixth congress of the Chambers of Com-authority, it was ascertained that the laws of Yon in record time, only a head and

Ohio permit a man to wear what he likes, pro-neck separating the placed ponies. viding he makes no attempt at deception ro-THE GREAT NORTHERN PLATE, seven garding his ser,” Ta obviate farther, trouble. Milbarn, while promenading in woman's rai- The Miteni Basan Kaisha has obtained the ment, now bears a large silver badge, insoribed privilege of supplying the Chinese Gerernment" Randolph Milburn. I am man," This de. with mmN.

The firm will carry on the gription apparently satisfies the local authori businem with a capital of 250,000 taels, and

head offies have already established a Shanghai.

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The American Vice-Consul, Me: W. Grader. who has been in charge of the Consulate at Hongkong for some time, leaves for Amica by the s.& Siberia. The new Consul-General, Mr. Wilder, takes over offiss in the course of a few

The example sat by the Japanese after their war with China in teaching their troops the principles of sanitation is now being followed at Aldershot, where a school `of sanitation has just been attached to the Royal Army Medicol Corps, for the purpose of training men in every arm of the service to supervise the sanitary arrangements in camp and to attend to the purification of the water supply. Lieutenant- Mr. E. C. Wilks, of Messrs. Wilks and Jack, Colonel R. H. Firth, who was professor of bygiene at the Royal Army Medical College in leaves for the scone of the wreck of the steamer London, has been appointed instructor at the M. Struve today. This firm of engines school. Since the Japanese instructed their recently purchased the wreck, and Mr. Wilks troops in sanitation sickuers in their ranks in is visiting it to see what prospect there is of getting the vessel off the rocks.

days.

camp has been reduced to a minimum.

Cotswold (Mr. Johnstone) Nimbus (Mr. Jones) Narses (Mr. Vida) Time-1 min. 48 secs. THE RACE CLUB CHALLENGE

14 miles,

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the British was 3 wounded,

CANTON

(FROM OUR COURESPONDENT.)

May 8th.

BAT POLICEMAN BEHEADED,

station, was tried a few days ago at the Nam- Lau Tai, a police constabla fecin No 4 polies

Hoi Magistracy on a charge of rape and having been found guilty was sentenced to death by Viceroy Shum, Lan Tai was taken yesterday to the excution ground and beheaded,

PENANG BUBSCRIPTIONS,

The Cantonese merchants of Pening have remitted $65,950 to the Kwong Kes firm of Canton on cocount of railway shares perobased on their behalf. This amount represents twenty per cent. of the value of shares sabecribed for.

TH NEW (CHINESE) WOMAN.

A handsome looking Chine aurs named Ab Sza was insulted by a vagabond while walking along the new bund a short distance CUF, from the I. M. Customs. She was not to be intimidated, however, being the daughter of a pugilist, and she knocked the insulter over into the river. The vagabond was rescued in time 2 from watery grave and banded over to the

Coxcomb ((Mr. Burkill Ornament (Mr. Meyerink) Entente Cordiale (Mr. Campbell) 3 polic, amidst the jeers of the crowd that had Time-2 min. 893 secs.

THE SHANTIKO STAKES, one mile.

Haakon Seventh (Mr. Burkill)... 1 Fourmerkland (Mr. Johnstone) 21 Gurnet (Mr. Midwood) .. 3 Time-2 min, 08 secs.

THE PARI-MUTUEL STAKES, 14 miles.

Jetsam (r. Burkill) Ardpatrick (Mr. Johnstone) Atlantic (Mr. Cumming) ...

Amateur actors (it is useless to appeal to Mr. Frank Cochrane, formerly with the professionals) should remember that the chief In simple Dallas, so woll known to Hongkong theatre-fascination of the theatre is the illusion. cue as goers, is playing in "Brigadier Gerard" at the order to enjoy the play the indienes should lose

Imperial Theatre. Although he bus a minor sight of the personality of the actor at Time--3 min. 138 secs. always the same; and if the victim espart, it is something to be playing with Lewis thoroughly identify bim with the part which THE RACING STAKES, One mile.

Waller and Evelyn Millard..

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The

he is playing. Sometimes the curtain goes down upon a thrilling scene in which the aetor is marched off to his doom. Thou there is a call for his appearance and he comes before the curtain, bons, smiles and makes a speech, then goes back to take his part, in the play and the

the romance of the play is destroyed. The bad effect follows the local habit of publicly presenting bouquets over the footlights

It is curious to observe that one of the very charges most frequently made against English business men is brought in the New York Evening Post by an old resident of Japan, an American," sguinst his fellow-countrymen. He asks why it is that the American banks, the leading American commercial houses in Chins Mr. Tharston, whose magical performances and Japan-with an occasional exception, saol of crowded houses at the theatre since Saturday, non-Americans. The answer be proponnde is have been exciting the wonder and admiration as the Standard Oil Company-are managed by

announces his last three nights. We are asked that it is "because the Americans are too busy to draw at eation to the aunenasment that hustling, in their own narrun minded, hide- commencing with to-night there will be bound fashion, to study the languages of those change of programme and Miss Maud Amber

Cosmopolitan (Mr. Abel... Framfield (Mr. Johnstone) Soyeda (Mr. Wuilleumier) Time-2 min. 04 secs. THE YANG-SZE CUP, 14 miles.

Sphere (Mr. Cumming) Czardas (Mr. Cox) Kinneil (Mr. Willeumier) Tine-3 min. 523 secs. THE MANCHU STAKES, 14 miles.

Heathfield (Mr. Burkill) ... Misanthrophist (Mr. Crighton)... Autohycus (Mr. Johnstone) Time-2 min. 37' secs. THE CONSOLATION CUP, 14 miles.

White Plaze (Mr. Crighton) Janos (Mr. Meyerink) Ardpatrick (Mr. Johnstone) Time-2 min. 29 secs.

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LOCAL ADMINISTRATION TO BE INVESTIGATED.

JIE, APPOINTS & COMMISSION.

We understand that the unofficial membera

of the Legislative Council and the Bauitary Board have been appointed to sit asp commis- sion to inquire into the subject of complaints 3 under the Building Ordinance and into other matters affecting the working of the staffs of the Public Works Department and the Sani tary Authority. It will be remembered that at 1 the last meeting of the Sanitary Board Mr. 2 Hewett indicated that the Governor bad ap- 3 pointed a committee of five to investigate cartaîn complainte, but we understand this committee has been since enlarged so as to make the scope of its inquiries more comprehensive. The com- mission will be vented with full power.

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RESUMPTION OF INSANITARY PROPERTY.

In accordance with the Government schema

1 for the purpose of improving the sanitary cendition of the City of Victoria, the Public

Works Department have just carried out the resumption of a considerable amount of property in the neighbourhood of Mee Lang Lane, by which about 700 or 800 people bare been dispossessed. The accommodation which the I dwelling houses legally afforded would be much less than that, but it is safe to infer that as

This usual the property was overcrowded. locality was "reported on” some time ago, and from some of the worst hovels the people ad

is nearly

cape with his life it is at the expense of leading afterwards

Bridge Whist, for all its popularity, is, inthe a life of fer- ror. For the same reason no one who has form which we know it, the youngest of all card games. The rules of the gaze, according ever become compromised can ever again to F. F. Faster, in his preface to his book return to honest ways, but binds himself at "Foster's Coniplete Bridge", were first printed curtain goes op showing him in prison or about every turn beset by these instigators of and published in London in 1880, under the to be excented. The illusion is clean gone and new orime. Then things are all perfectly title of "Biritch or Russian Whist." well known to the officials, as are also the In the collision between the steamers Shun leaders personally, but such is the amount Lee and Hot Cheng in the West river, both of terror inspired that they are permitted to vessels received considerable damage, move about openly, no official being bold extent of the Shun Lee's is estimated at $1,500, her slem and apper structure being badly enough to prefer a charge; and in case of damaged, while the damage to the loi Cheng his being arrested on any other charge, a is put down at $6,000. Both vassals have been way of escape is always found: either he is docked for repairs. actually acquitted of the crime, however about the numerous inlets were never loth

he finds heinons, or

means through to capture a foreign vessel when they could the noivance of his neovciates, always take her at a disadvantage, much of the to be found amongst the underlinge early work of the British fleet in China of the courts, to effect his escape. To such waters was concerned with the policing of

an extent, has this organisation been the coast; with the general advent of carried, that even in the outlying portions steamers, it was found possible to throw on

of the Foreign Settlements at Shanghai, the Chinese Government this duty.

not regularly patrolled by large armed: duty was accepted, though never with a

bodies of foreign police, the roads have good grace, and although the cousi pirate become practically impassible at night; and is non seldom a menace to foreign trade, these lately who have inadvertently eamyed in many of his old haunts be still flourishes to pass have found the ways guarded by armed

reins and clung tightly to the saddle, at the Officers, the Band of the 119th Infantry will. The N11. DESPERANDOM Cur, seven and under conditions too which point to anen, who have not hesitated to stop them same time calling to passers-by to stop her play the following programme of music at the more or less connivance on the part of the till they have produced sufficient proof that Fortunately, she kept her seat katil the pony King Edward Hotel, during dinner, on Thursday, local officials, Sucb, of course, has been the rule in China ever since the days of the they were not connected with any preven-drow up at the gate of Mr. Jardine's residence, the 10th May, 1906 (weather permitting):

Marci......... "El. Capitau," tive service. Mysterious shots, too, am not and her presence of mind saved her from injury. Overture. Le Dica et la Bayadere,”....

Wait......... "II. Bacio," exemplary, if somewhat hazy, YAO and

Selection ... "Veronique," SHUN", and such doubtless will be the case unfrequently heard by residents, who, bow-

The Eastern freight war is avorted. It is Son Dixieland,

"The Song you sang to me," Molloy till'ile advent of the Chinese representative ever, such is the general state of terrorism,

***INNIE MENU-Hors D'Erres-Hed Fish on of the supposititious St. Tibb, whoever his think it wiser act to excits danger by en annanced that the threatened trouble in the Two Step

#teamers for Karachi and the Elternos-Holland and Chesse Sance Entrees-onst Woodcock on may be. The old proverb in the West states quang too curiously into the circumstances. Eastern trade, owing to tha Clan Tina bertikangast Soups-Chicken and Clear. Fish-Bolled. that a kingdom divided against itself cannot Recently cases of mysterious murders, City Lines aceking eargo for Colombo hd Toast, Mutton Cutléte and Potato Chipa, Sausage THE TURCO-EGYPTIAN BOUNDARY:

en Aspic Curry-Fish.. Joints-Roast Australian stand, and here, as in everything else. { generally of natives, though now and then Madras, has been averted. The new arrange Bibs of Beef and Horse Radish Sauce, Roast ment includes the withdrawal of the Hall and Capon and Ham. Cold Meats-Pleasant, Leg of

LONDON, May 7th. Vegetables - Boiled City Lines from the threatened encroachment or Mutton. Salad-Mixed

Potatoes, Fried Folatoes, Beans Carrots, and Boiled one another's trade after the first steamer of Rica. Entremete Victoria Pudding, Strawberry and foux cruisers have arrived at the Four British battleships, four destroyers, each company has sailed. Cousquently all fes Cream and Finger Cake. Almond Tartlets. rednerd quotations have been withdraws, and Fruit Cheese, Tea. Coffee, Freserved Ginger. Pireus the former freight rates are again in fores,

The

Chinese practice has from the very begin- nings of bistory mocked the feeble lure of Europe. Io fnet for twenty centuries at least China has discovered a way of uniting under the wgis of imperial government the

of a belated foreigner, are reported to the police; but the result is ever the same, and except in the most exceptional case no clue as to the victim or his assailants is ever discoverable. In the gase of a nativa the

will sing some new songs.

Mis Hastings, a young equestrieuns, had rather an exciting experience on Tursday after noun at Causeway Bay, when the pony she was riding took fright and bulled. The clûld was unable to manage the animal, so let go the

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The houses in the lue have been barded up'

It is reported that there were a number of vacant houses in the vicinity.

countries and to adapt themselves to the con- THE CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKES, 1 removed prior to the final steps being token. ditions of the Far East.." Englishmen and Germans, be declares, are "skimming the orcam from this most productire paa," because they are willing, as Americans are not, to take some trouble to meet the meede of the market.

By kind permission of E-Cel. Aitkin and

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Cedric (Mr. Cumming) Brockton (Mr. Hayes) Argante (Mr. Meyerink) . Time-2 min. 35 secs.

furlongs.

Sousa Auber

Glean (Mr. Schnorr) ****** Ardeti

Messuyer Time-1 min, 50 secs.

........ Baina

Disdone (Mr. Zahn)... Mutabi (Mr. Abel)

(LEUTER'S SERVICE}

DISPUTE.

Heat

We propose to discuss this subject at greater

3 length in our next face.

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB,

For the one mile and a quarter race on Saturday, the following handicaps are published

by Mossrs. John A. Japp and H. P. White, Handicappers:-

PONIES.

Zapeter The Quaich The Emerald Preston Pathan

Maori King Highlandman

Roscommon Red Herring Sundial Donnybrook Forward Blue Nile

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WRIGHTS.

st. lbs.

11

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TO

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