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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23rd, 1906.
The return of visitors to the City Hall Library TELEGRAMS.THE TRAGEDY AT THE THEATRE.
and Musoum for the week ending the 20th May,
When the United States that the interests of our own nationals aro declared for protection pure and undiluted, not prejudiced by what cannot be con- and the celebrated McKinley Tariffsidered as equal competition. When we 1906, shows that of non-Chinese there were 311 become the law of tho. land, trusts" of come to look claser into the financial tapeel Chiasso 122 to the former and 7,195 to the latter. to the Library and 123 to the Museum; and of the present elracter were only in embryo, of the question, it will become evident | The Library was, therefore, used by 433 persons, A. S. WATSON & CO., and their formation formed in portion of that this fair competition, which enables and the Museum by 7,218,
the programme of the protectionists. goods of America mako to be dumpe! in the close and unwholesome atmosphere the United Kingisor at rater actually in
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ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
The Rangoon Municipality is offering two annas for every rat or
mouse ought in dead or dying in any premiss it is a sign that they bave plagus, and information should at vuon be sent to the Health Ofour; the promises should be thoroughly disinfested and rats and mice exterminated, otherwise the inmate will probably contract plague ".
encouraged by the new tariff they, however cance below cost price, and always at lower Rangoou. The notice says, "If rats are found"
The rates thau, the saine identical goods are spring naturally from the soil. intention of the tariff was avowedly to close supplied to the people of America themselves, the markets of the United States to the is brought about by the direct support WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. manufactured products of the rest of the given to the Trust by the high duries world, and this, except in the case of charged on British goods on their entrance luxuries, they undoubtedly did. But the into the States. This is a question, it will same tariff which closed the United taleses, quite independent of the relative markets to the manufactures of Europe, it merits of Free Trade and Protection. Of the was good seen, would also lose the markets fits of free tule there can he no doubt; WHISKY.
but free trade à la mode can be converted of Europe ta American manufactured goods REDUCTIONving to their ecessarily enhanced cost of at the worst form of protection, so bad as to actually bar the pufacture of goods in production. It was beyoud the abilities of
England. If it should be in fair trade individual manufacturers 10 overcome
SCOTCH
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PRICES.
From this date the Prices of our Popular Brands of SCOTCH WHISKIES
will to an under,
A. THORNE'S BLEND
Per Caser of 1 Daz
81100
$11:40
B. GLENORCHY BLEND ( Fins
Eoda Wh'sky) ...
ABERDOUR-GLENLIVET (
Fine Ponty Flavoured Whisky) $12.50 D. H.K.D. BLEND of the Finest
Old Halt Scotch Whiskin
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BLEND
... $140)
THE POPULAR WHISKY
of the Far East...
$15.00
In Saigon the persistent rise of the dollar in causing soon dissatisfaction, and those in receipt of wages and of salaries-the French journey draws a Lice distinction-complain that their remuneration is calculated on the frane Lasis which does not bonefi' them when they have to dollar, with its approaching stabilisation, only purchase commodities with piastres. The high the difficulty; and the situation naturally possible that we should be able to compete advantages the merchants, and acts to the pro-
with ur neighbours in any commodity, judico of coumumere. *uggested the utility of combination
To obviate this it is ther TERSOR would inllente that its suggested that those interested should amalga The home market Was secure : Onufactère should pass into abler hands; to secure that all goods should be sold on long as
the Tariff lasted uo foreign but such is not the present case.
the frano basie. 'The emmapetition was to De fenrod; and
jearness comparatively of British goods ni it would be a comparatively easy thing to their own minket in comparison with persuade the home manufacturers that in American gools of the same class is solely combination as opposed to asmpetition Iny|ducton protective tariff making it possible to the road to tirlimited profits. The Tariff overcharge consumers in the United States; was persistently protective as regarded the and this enables for quite different ends to Rome Afacturer, but it omittef the manufacture of surplus products, which equally important element of protectingan thus at reduced rates, frequently under the home consumer, who found that he had the netual cost of production, be shipped to how to carry the latter on his shoulder.
British ports.
The occurrence as a rale of is true that combinations of the sort carry this methiol of forcing within themselves the seeds of dissolution, generally been denied by our moiera a market has and most of the collapsed; but a fow CodeLists; but the antive acknowledgetuont piloted by more resoluter meni,, or more
of the Steel Trust show's that it has one of soldiers having boou adopted by the United The duger-print system for the identification favoured by external conditions, contriver]
teaches us that, when one on industry has being equipped with the apparatus for recording Experiener States War Department, all military posts vro been compelled to leave a country, its imprints Similar equipect is to bo requires little short of a miracle to resupplied to recruiting stations and military bos introduce it. Yet this is the condition in pituls The War Department adopted the system after a careful investigation into meana
to survive the difficulties of infancy, and of these the most remarkable was the Steel "Trust, The iron industry of the United States was to a uot inconsiderable extent
a part of its regular" business.
The Chin sa coolies employed on the railways are as a rule listless and apparently lazy. Que fethod of escaping muscular offert in handling a shovel in track grading that stoms to be very handle mear the blade, tias coolie raises the popular is a chain attachment to the shorel shovel and drops it into the gravel or dirt while another at the end of the chain pulla forward the shovel blade, usintly only partially filled with carib, to the desical place. This device for lazy workmen appears to be a recognised feature of the prevailing method of railroal rørsper. maintenance. It constitutod, in fact, a toy hard.
The alore Pries are striolly N. The favoured by nature; while the easily which we fud many of our a leaf of identification by a special board -oppuinted
discrunt of five per cout, proviously allows on suossible deposits of Europe had long been
our Whiskies ceases from this dute.
industries.
maced the examination of the Dreyfus affair,
The Indo-Chinois announces that the Bay of
The Court of Cassation in Paris has cem-
for the purpose, sed after they had examined the matter in all its bearings they name to the copolusion that the finger-print system used by the military in India and by the police in many American cities way for superiur & the Bertillon
exhausted, those in the States lay on the surface, and envrdions deposits of coal lay even more conveniently at band than in the A. S. WATSON & CO., older countries. The increase of population
and the opening up of the country required Tunis is dead and that Mohammed et Neer system of measurements. LIMITED,
an enormous production, but great as that WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. was, the amount of ore actually io sight was
more than sufficient to meet all demands for the Kaiser at the end of the month, ia, saya arise on first reading of the slaternent by tho- ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
years, or even centuries to coine. The prob. L'Avenir du Toukir, not confirmed. Hongkong, 17th May, 1906,
lem arose to the nibitinās manipulators|
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HONGKONG, MAY 23RD, 196,
How injuriously a gigantic association may affect a uation, when unesatrolled by countervailing hiws, and assisted by the financial help of a powerful Government,
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the market of the world? The report for 1995, as summarised in Engineering, throws. some light on the result!
saccoeds him,
The report of a meeting between the Cair and
The total number of plague cases to
noon
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We nuders and that upward of two hundred summonses in connection with the wrecker quisance have beau issned, and that the cases will be heard at the Magistracy some time this
Visions of romantic duplicity like that of Bir A. Conan Doyle's" Man with the Twisted Lip"
secretary of the London Mendipity Society that nt least £100,000 is given two in London every year.
But they fads instantly before the news
Before Mr. F. A. Hazelood and Messrs. A. F. de Xavier, J. Wilkie and F. Zotermaan sitting as jurors, an inquiry was held at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon concaraing the death of Coustable A. Williams, whose body was found
in Wardley Street on the night of the 19th
["DAILY PRESS" SEOLUBITH SERVICE.] THE SIMPLON TUNNEL.
Laxnoy, May 21st. The King of Italy has formally opened the Simplon Panel. bolted by various causes, as trains wore reported Civil Hospital said that on the morning of May
This formal opening seems to hava bonn
were giren in Des Daily Preis of Marok trd to be running in January. Fall particulars 13th he was called to see P. C. Williams, No. 46, who was then dead. Ho uzatained the body and found that underneath a scalp wound on the TO VISIT CRONSTADT.
*LONDON, May 21st.. The report that the Channel fleets are to visit Croustadt in July is con- firmied,
DISASTER IN MICHIGAN.
LONDON, May 21st. Forest fires have devastated a hundred miles of Michigan, destroying ten small towns.
FLOODS IN NORTH BRITAIN.
*LONDON, May 21st. Large tracts in the north of Eng- fand are flooded.
THE AFRICAN REBELLION.
*LONDON, May 21st.
justnut under circumstance already recorded.
Dr. Bell. superintendent of the Government-
right side of the hond there was an extensivo frapture of the skull, which was the cause of death, A fall backwards from the City Hall windows, which are 12 foot 7 inches high, would
beça egused tho fracture.
Detective Sergeant F. L. Clyde stated that at ten minutes past eleven on the evening of May 4th, while on patrol, he entered the City Hall.
A performance was going on at the time. Ho
Weat up the stairs on the right hand side of the hall, where fe Bar the deceased standing alongside one of the supports of the dress circle. As the
tast net was being performed deceased passed him going down the stairs; about six or seven miantes after the play oased, and he went down the stairway to the front of the hall to watch the sadiouce disperse. As the last few were leaving his attention was stirantal by a crowd in Wardley Street. On approaching it he heard a sick burth steward from the Diadem say * Ho is dead now". Witness found deceased lying in the water channel about three feet from the wail. An ambulance arrived about thirty-five minutes later and the body was removed,
Indian Constable 635 mid he was ou daty in
Queen's Read and Wardley Brost on the night
io question. While looking in the direction of
The officers charged with the task of suppressing the native rising the chair stand he heard a noise in Wardley Natal, Mackenzie, Mansel, and Barker, have concentrated their forces in the
Sharp fighting is reported; and it is neighbourhood of Cetowayo's grave.
hoped there to make au enal.
POLITICAL CRISIS IN PORTUGAL.
LONDON, May 21st. Dr. Franco is the Premier of the new Portuguese Cabinet,
[*Delivery delaynd.?
ARUTER'S SERVICE.
THE UNITED STATES' RAILWAY RATE BILL.
TONDON, May 20th. The Senate has passed the Railway Rate
Strest as though something had fallon, and on looking round, saw a man lying on the ground,
his head, but the constable was unconscious. Williams, Blanch was Howing from a wound in
He went up to him and found it was Constable
Witness informed Sergeant Garzód, and thon raturned to his boat.
Sergeant Garrod stated that at about 11.45 p.a. on the 12th instant, he was regulating traffic in trort of the City Hall, when tho last witness informed, bim that a man had fallen down in Waruhy Street and cut his head. Witness accompanied him to Wardley Street, where he Baw a number of own standing over P. C. Williams, who was lying in the side channel. The docessed was bleeding fram the nose and month. WiDass est fer an ambulance and doctor at once. He and a sick berth steward from H.M.S. Dialem then rendered løst aid. The sunbalance arrived, bat they could not get a doctur. Deceased red about eight or ten minutes after witness reached Lim.
to
Inspector Warouck gave evidence as deceased's duty on the day of his death. He day, and must bace been exhausted in the
rening
of the Trust; could they not cumpote for yesterday was 541, the last daily addition being that 26 a werk is a record for beggars' gains Hill, with some amendments, chiedy pro said he bad been ou his feet practically all that
fourteen cases, reven of which were fatal.
and that the average is a paltry fire shillings aviding for the ratification of the decisions of day. It is a pleasant surprise in its way to the interstate Commerce Commission, by learn that beggars are very seldom criminals as the law courte, against which President well, and that even a pickpocket is rarely found Roosevelt has long fought. is their ranks. On the other hand, there is Sir Eric Buchanan's testimony that after two or three years" consistent investigation of kerbstone pathos he has wet not a single doserving cane, and that Dr. Paul Ritter, now Consul.Gener-persuna from it all-petty alike in guilt and Conference will not mest before May, 1907. the jury returned
so the mendicant emerges bat a sorry dramatis It is practically settled that the Peace
The record for the year was nuique. The output of the furances (pig iroa, &c.) was wards of ten million tons, as compared with a little over seven and a quarter the previous your, and the steri jagot production was close on twelve million tons, as com pared with eight anst a half the previous, The production". nids the summary, "in practically all departimenta exceeded very materially all previous reconds: the remark applies to the iron ore, the coal nud the coke departments, as well as to the traffic handled by the transportation lines ".
The amount
of profit carved on this gigantic outturn was $120,000,000 (twenty-four millions ster- ling), or equal to the revenues of any bit the eight principle matious of the world. Of
week.
Tukyo newspapers Douace that Switzer. land has decided to open a Legation in Tokyo,
al for Switzerland in Yokohama, is to be the arst Minister.
to the effect that the Kaiser's andiers operating L'Avenir du Tonkin publishes o lagran iu German territory in South Africa pursued Morengas into British territory. The Britis authorities have protested.
age, who was said to be a good swimmer, wen! A Chinese schoolboy, about fourteen years of iu for a bathe of the Commissariat pior on Monday afternoon. When some distance out called out wave life," and two soldiers wie were witching from the pier dived is to his
ever, ha sank, and his body has not yat bovu recovered.
such as that of the United States, may be necessity for its existence the Steel Trust assistance. Before they could reach bio, bow. seru fjam a glance at the recent report of has all along been a militaus organisation, | the United States Steel Corporation. Most and its enormous revenue, formidable even successful of all the trusts" which have amongst independent states, has enabled it
It is not necessary to lunch at Claridge's to been started on the American continent the to take the held against all private boar Plato explained and expounded in a course -Steel Corporation-besteeded in getting organistique however well equipped. of eight lectures by Dr. Emil Reich. That may into its hands, either directly or through The management make no comeḍmentorway nut-be a wholly Julightful experiens, the median of subsidiary companies, the with regard to this, and looking at it from hata suurter techism has been thoughtfully entire control of the iron production of the their point of view their reasoning is well provided by Mr. A. E. W. Msson in his maidon United States; and permits no private founded, "It is", ays the summary," the
speech in the House of Commons. The author interference with its prerogative-and this policy of manufacturers to keep the furnaces, control extends not only to the production mills, and transportation companies in of the raw material has to its manufacture operation to their full capacity whenever into the finished prolact; so that the practicable, Obviously this is wise. It selling price of iron and steel in the results in lower cast of production, and Ifnited States is as inflexibly fixed by therefore influences lower prices generally the Corporation as are the laws of the to the domedic purchaser and it secures land through the operation of Govern continuous employment to the wage earner. La dividend of 6 per cut. will be paid to ths meat and legislature. It is therefore by For these reasons it is sometimes deemed mans difficult to understand why proper and desirable to sell for export at a strong ruler like TEODORE ROOSEVELT prices lower than domestic price wint should already have begun to see in these would otherwise be surplus products. It ancontrolled associations the elements of a contrary policy should be adopted, the future danger to the state; and to have general, “cost of production would be been actively urging the necessity of subor increased, the employees would at times be
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audiny, we ord
spoke of a young lady at high school who du. scribed pistovie love us “a rapprochement -in which She did not knew what He moaut, and Ho did not mean it,"
A new Japanese fire insurance company has on form A in Tokyo on a co-operativo bugis The terms are that 5 per cent of the net profts having been sat side as the legal reserve, and 10 per cent, as rewaris to officers, shareholders, after which 20 per cent. of the remainder will be paid back to the policy eldersand 80 per cent, will by ouployed for a further dividend, for special reserves and for 90,000 yen aud u the shares have been carrying over. The capital of the company is
absorbed.
goink,
At last modern invention has begu ¤ to grapple of launching a host from a ship's side at var with the task of bringing the primitive method to a condition more worthy of the twentieth seutury. The present system, clumsy in fine
weather, and one of deadly peril in storm, when alouo the launching of the ship's lifebeat reaches
THE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE.
-
Losius, May 20th.
THE NATIVE TROUBLE IN NATAL.
LONDON, May 20th.
British officer that Sigavanda, and other A Zulu rebel messenger has informed a
portant chiefs, are anxious to surrender, being much impressed by the military
"P. & O." NOTES.
disgrues to marine engineering" M. Welin, a rendered, say that the plans of the natives its highest crassity, has been described as operations. Native wonen, who have suLP- Swedish engineer, has made an effort to remere have been upset by the energy shown by the reproach. His apparatus, which has been the British, hinge arrangement in the "chock a," the draw subjected to many practical tests, courists of a
ing of a bolt sets them free and permits the boat to glide outward, while there are horizontal arms to keep the best from crashing against the ship's side. As prestigers and crew can he got into it before it lentes the derita, the boat can be got clear immediately pou touching water, which removes another of the dangers of shipwreck,
great
the window to have a smeke, probably he fall Witness' opinion was that he went to
uslamp, woke up with a start as the sadience. have taken a weak turn and fallen out of were learing and fell backward, or ho might
the window. There was
no suggestion of foni play.
After Mr. Hazeland reviewed the ovidence Ferdiet of death by
misuventure.
JAPAN AND SIAM.
Tho Nichi Nichi writes
About Japanese maritime enterprise sincs
the war.
First among new nudertakings is the Toro Kisen
service from Hongkong to Siam. One steamer Kaisha's service to South America, and the Nippan Yosen Kaishis bus followed with a
There are plenty of vesela keeping up the com- will be despatched each way every fortnight, musication betwooo Japa and Hongkong, bat there is no Japanese chip plying hetwoon the letter and Bankok. Germany does the bulk of Siam's overses carrying trade. In 1913 the Bangkok was 613
amber of vessels placement of $14,000
This Company in sending two steamers direct with an aggregate to Marseilles and London daring June. The toas, which total was divided thus:- Eng- Jene, proceeds through without transhipment, Germany 32,300 tons. 8.8. Longotu, leaving with thu mails on the 36 A land 09,000 tons; Nurway 87,000 tons; and the Arcadia, leaving a fortnight later, also large foreign trade. Her importe in 1984 Sam has not a very proceeds through.
wara 35 million yen and her The 1.3 Moldavis, 9,500 tons, one of the lions. But even these figures indicate a mark 2 mil. largest vessels of this as out is, we learn, ed development as
with a face o
a few years
ing one of the fluest specimens of misting wating and matches, making a total of some coming out to the waters in July, returning ago, and in thient Japan kay a pro- to Bombay curly in August. This will give minut share, for she sells to biam large and the travelling public an opportunity of inspot increasing quantities of silk stats, figured architecture to be seen East of Suez.
milliare quen On the other hand she receives intermediate departures from Toudon during form of rice, teak and minor articles. Thus
The P. and U. Ca. ure now advertising their nearly six million yen worth from Siam in the the autumn, which include two new cansels, the figures show a very remarkable degree of
developmount. Under the circustances, slomstip service 1st September between Hongkong might have been opened Bangkok sometime ago, especially as the Gormans, though such
taking abure in Sam's maritime carrying Ensizes, bore zo fixed service farther oust than Singapore, their steamers thence to Hongkong sailiuon varying dates. Our contemporary heartily congratulates the Nippon Yusen Kaisha oo this di-play of enterprise--Japa
Nie
EXTRAORDINARY DUMPING CASE. On Monday afternoon as a European con- stable was walking along his beat at Temple Street, Yanati, he observed the body of a waand falling from the serond or third Hour of Nile and Numur
toilding. She landed on her foot and then fell backwards. The constable ou approaching her discovered that she was for sons hours. He made inquiries about the a gid about sixteen years of age, and that she had been deal girl from the decupants of the second and third doors, bat nobody claimed the baly. The con stable, therefore, came to the conclusion that the dy had been damped, in order that the Sanit: foors in qustion, and caused it to be removed to ary authorities might not have access to the
the Mortuary. There, it was found ou examina- The Bishop of Pretoria, in an article in the tion that the cause of death was bubonis
plague.
dinating them to the laws of the land, idle, and balance of trade between fareig Mission Field, says he cannot honestly sae what
which to a considerable extent they already cusutries and this country would be changed set at naught, or materially indueuce to to the prejudice of the latter.”
are the objectious to Chiness labour, which so Now, of
many people in Euglena seem to hold. There their own pecunbury advantage.
course, looking at the affair as a pere matter is not enough unskilled native labour in the It is not, however, in their relations to of business this is all right, and as such we country," he says, "to do all that is required on the United States that the doings of have no cause to call the Trust hard names, the land and in the mies and to talk of slavery the Steel Trust so much interest the but as concerns ourselves and our profits is absolutely wrong. It has, however, I suppose, British Empire, as in their effect on and industries we have an equal right to this country wished for such labour. It was sorteil its purpose us a party ory. Nobody in British trade in general, and as an indication take care of ourselves. More than this; simply a matter of trying to got the country on of what the financial policy of a powerful from an international and perfectly friendly its legs again after all the dersstation of over stato muy do to modify the commerce of point of view it becomes our duty to see three years' war."
EUROPEAN AND CHINESE HIGHWAYMEN.
+
Ic
do
do do
15th 13th October 17th
Sumatra 5000
7:00 tone Inaras London 18th August Putawan 5000
Sardinia 700) Namur 7000
second spicon passengers. Bruneo 5000
19th Novaber. These steamers will convey both fist and
WEATHER REPORT,
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report: -
On the 21st at arou. Orders issued to fire the gran.
At 4.00 p.m. Black Drmm hoisted. The typhoon appears to be near the caust about 100 mila, of Jongkong and probably recurving to the N.E.
Mad.
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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
day, the 21st inst., atóp.m., and may be expected The IG.M. str. Willehad left Kobe on Mon
here on or about Sunday, the 27th fast, f0a.m. &e, left. Port Darwin on the 21st fast. for The B. & A. str. Australian, from Syduer, Timer, Manila and this pert.
the Charguers Ronnie Co's str. Amiral
On the 22nd at 4.3) .-Order is to Tauregaiberrg loft Singaporn the light of lower the Black Drum.
is due here un
At 150 6.0. The barometer is rising
J
stations. The typhoon i probably rear waluw slowly in Hongkong, and falling at the Formosa
in N. China. and progressing slowly towards N.E.
Pressure has increased and is relatively high.
for complicity with an Anuarzite bund of The Saigon police bave arrested a European
and co-operated with them in their expeditions. rabbers. He farnished the pirates with arms When the police approached the man they hanuel, and froth W. and E.W over the N. Bad weather may be expested in the Formosa were received with shots, and a number of the part of the China Sea. band succeeded in making their escape.
Forecast:-Moderate W. winds; fair.
the 21st inst. for this port,
or about Monday, the 28th inst. ports, left Singapore on Monday, the 21st The Glen Line str. Clewesh, from London and Inst., p.
TEN.Y.K. str. Columbo Maru (Bombay Lino) loft Stugapore for this port on the 21st inet, and is expected here on the 27th init.
The P & O. str. Palma left Singapore for this part on the 22nd inst., at 8 a.m.
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