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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 1906.

as Tainted

Dr. Lello, the Colonial Secretary of that

Macao Government. Dr. Expectaca d'Almeida, Colonial Surgeon, and Dr. Lopes de Pio, dostor at the Ho J., Wrangers on the

departing Empress of China yesterday for

home via Vancouver.

Of late the Sam Free Press has hear mach of cases of hydrophobia occurring among Bangkok pariahs. Some persons are reparted to have been kitten, others neesid to have fait narrow dacapes, and pople are generally on the look at, bent they should.comm in contact with

a mad dug.

which we have heard much, lit, seen little. The new force, being introduced on lines feally imitative of those under which the plice System of Japan is conducted, has been tabed by Young Chiut with foreign partivities One of there new-fangled police in the heart of Cou Fe's territory, conceiving that on of hir | duties of a civic polier way to look after WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. | trattie, objected to two of that soldiers in the suit at a military officer riding in one rishia Thelier was moving house ", and the soldiers had been assisting in the operation. The soldiers you immediately and informed the oliver, and that worthy, fully imbued with the spirit of "swa"very to which we have lately but such grasin te vefer, save the hit to the wrathfalmony in silvoe. vistams of police regalation. The result swas time immediato sark of all the new police quarters throughout the city. The polis, bobering in the pulm that discretion is

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A dispatch from Mukden annosinces that the Governor has ordered fròm á Japanese printing press in Shanghai Ganjanka yen in paper money. with which to rupibes the worn notes at preseIES 1e hos SO in circulation in Manchuria.

engaged a German to strike the divisions of

A telegram from Kansas City states that the ( trial of the packing companies and the railway companies illegally grauting rebsten to themo favoured firms has resultest in kary posaltion. A varlist of guilty was brought in. Satouce

was provoduced, and the total amount of Sues ordered to be paid was £17,000. As an instance of the verity of the parishment metert uut to them operating under the illegal ratates, the City of Mr. G. L.. Thomas, a New York freight. broker, may has mentioned. He was fined £1,200 and set to prison for four months, who was conspicis in working the robate -system rennived the same fine and Chroniconths imption,

THE AMOY APPAIR,

DIPLOMACY AT WORK.

A clerk

The tre men attacked by Chiness oussirle

TELEGRAMS.

["DALLY"PRES" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE. }

A SHANGHAI SENSATION.

POLICE RAID ON TEA-HOUSES,

CANTON.

(FROM OUR COREEAPÒNDENT.)

RAILWAY NAWN,

July 31st.

Wong Kingtong, Vice-President of the Canton-Hankow Itailnay, has gone to Swatow to formally inaugurate the line to Chiuchow, of which he is chief diruétor. A portion of it is apparently ready for opening.

Tho. Minister of Customs has nofified Viseray Shura that all materia imported for the Canton

*SUANGHAL, July 31st. The Shanghai Municipal Conneil! lately sanctioned a proclamation railways will be liable to ordinary castorns daty. Tho Sing Railway Co. petitioned forleave the Magistrate of the Mixed Cour: forbidding the employment in tento buy their slopers and other material from Cerny. The Board of Commeros counted. houses of girls muler sixteen years of

MILITARY NOTES, The generaladieer commanding the Boukwan- age.

Last night the polies anded Amy luxt month are how far from the scene of of the tea-lamses in Foochow

the trage, but negotiations on their bo

oneing (Now Army) las rej otod as unlit about Road, These were the old guard, the flower of the old

four-fifths of the Baunorigen off-rid us racenite.

This packet-bout Montare ruptured by the are lill prenskog. Mr. Forbes Eadio, whose and caused considerable excitement. Japanes, has been sold by the Jagane Sasul physical injuries were less than the mental The principal tea-houses are closing

tian origiaud proprietors, tha ist sick bus received and subserzuently continued ta Departement.

New York, or fer frog, is voli on his way home; while Dr. by way of protest. 271 The Muda wasured gunst 1 Hore, after a very paintal period of contine. Pusitie Cast "Company" al the belter part of valuar, and probaid risks of war for £3001), which has been paid, went to red, it passed through Manila on his Dr. Hermes worst injurios were to the head. fooling that they had on friends thighs that the owns have not too badly over the way to join his wife in Australia.

a expalde authority

puters, sce

1 is now believed by

Tha run boni lp to the prosent the world (says Commercial † that the grisly story of

with protruding visence, was a mistake, due to telligenen has not surrended in devising a pible department capable of administering the apparition of one of the stomachie walks. laviness matters in a mouner comparable for which happens to have a shrouy covering one moment with thes seministration of private Outil the discovery is made, publie control of business enterprise prints straight

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to have nered ttle affair. resistanter, so that the list of oqsualties was ļ i omiteady smalg, and therring generally was

But javeware that it hul betually been the butt

zentuid for the two departments of its prace protestors, _ Averting to well understood

in these of the skull wounds, them was no zagration. One of Dr. Hurne's assailants, custom, as by as the news of the connexa

tugging at a krif's which he had left Micking in the Dr.'s heal, seems to favo Phusion of the emente hulng-lost the

depressed this boue edges of the wound, his VI. KRY'S CAS

that worthy gave

The Chand Trane deamiben shocking with the result, it is believed, that there inunediate orders to his body, hard re-quali

accidrat which happened on July 26th at the is a constant pressure on the brain. At any the riot, which they did with much sử Interestinal Bridge, which comments the

rate there are paralytic twitches of the facial acunally bringing in some of the solders French and Russian concessions at Tintin.scies on one side, the sight of one eye las outwercel. The riot itif is of litle The bridge was being swang, when a Chinese importance, and, we have only mentioned having aparently droppel win money or other il as an indance of the utter impacity article, stooped down between the two sections of the bridge, which closed upon him and took of Pee Beth nduunistration in China' to see what is

bis head. ...$20.000 alle medfel to make the Government

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Vierkov at Nanking is notoriously of the party that wohl keep China for the Chinese; as such a might have been Aticipated that in his own administration be would have taken steps to prove the possibilty vď the policy.. Enfortunately, if illusination were arrested of the present inability of China do bring lær government, up to the level of a well administered Slate, it is to be fowl in this very province of Kiangnan. Tlas is the more temarkable

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A motor boat that attracted much attention

built and driven by petrol, witli a speed of ten lay Blake Piar yesterday. Saltantially knots, it looked a very unfal craft. It arrived in the Colony in February last, since when it has been tring af the Cosmopolitan 1 ok.

It belongs to Mere. a day or tivo it will prosnel to Canton to gage in passenger -traffic, Mayer & Co.

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The Axerican Far Eastern Beth will be augmented this autumn by the arrival of a powerful squadron of arrmwared cruisers, which will leave Now York next month. The squadron will amber four-the West Virginia (the

A. S. WATSON & CO. that under the late Viveros, Lit Keu-, fagship), the Pennsylvania, the Ceforuds, and

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the Arglund, under the connoind of fear Admiral Browson. On their arrival the Ohio and the Wisconsin will be displaced in under to

elar the new divisions,

As a result of his recent four of inspration of the Mong lian depandancies outside the Gruat Wail the NC. Daily News hears that His Highness Prinen Su bas drawn up a memorar.- dax for presentation to the Throne strongly urging, in order to retain proper control over them, the organisation of Cuter and Inner Mongolia into two provinces on the same basis as the eighteen provinces as Chios propor, with

ber subject to epileptie fits over since, le as it is hoped tomporarily only), and he has has ferido, after a calan deliberation of his own physical condition and the risks and hanes of his upd-psy, to wait until he can reach Lon den with his wife and there be operated upon surgeon avaliable. Truphining has to be done. by the most exaibent

Sex gal children, resemed from this undesirable cryployment are to be produced at the Mixed Court on Wednesday,

THE HONGKEW AFFRAY.. *Sassen vi, July 31st, The Japanese Consular Court has now lealt with all the persons aerused | of participation' in the recent stabbing The ringlender affray in Hongkow of the riot was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and several others to shorter tems.

{* Tha mecziges w published in our Extra Festerday.-E.

TRANSVAAL CONSTITUTION.

PRACTICALLY & BOER FARLIAMENT.

Loxtos, August 1st.

The Constitution to be granted to. the Transvaal practically means Home Rule for the Boers. All men who

Meansbila. negotiations between the local officials continue. There have been so mary erroneous reports that we are authorised to narrate the position of affairs in this connection. sppears that Dr. Horne enjoys a previous record which makes him persona graża to the Antratiuo Govarom ut, who have made repre- sentations direct to the British Government, are Twenty-one years old or over are for compensation to have a vote, no account is to be At present, we taken of populations. as a basis for asking Joperial support cn Dr. Horne's behalf. understand, the British Consul in Amoy kas the matter in huud. sud there have been representation. The Parliament will The Taolei consist of sixty-nine meubers," who Members are praises of a lozai s-itlement. is said to have admitted the justice of the clair, sui pleaded janine with regard to rais Will sit for five years.

Anny, but wipe considorer) incapable of bearing modern arms,

Students at the Canton Military Collegs are honnd to stady for three years. Opa young soldier, wishing to attend his sick mother, has had to refund $190 spent on his training.

in Phinees yes this may be regarded as Considering the impurtance of filial piety indicating to rigorous disciplins of the new

MOSCELLANEOUS,

A kölnapper defected on a junk between Ching-yama, a the West River, and Canton, with four steka besys, deliberately jumped SA uot surbeard. Bing dark, his fate ascertained. The children were sent back to Ching-yen

The district lying about a bautredinilos west of Canton has been devastated by heary minstorms.

Following an all established cristom, the ubordinate of the Toug Ki magistrate, bim the quin- quential royalty of $14,0 subscribed amongst chow-Mong-chi, lives seat

themselves. The magistrat and the amount to the Visaroy, with à petition begging the Government to accept it, The Viceroy was quite pleased, and praised the magistrato for Jis dixiuterestedness and gtúrassity, promising to report his action to the Throns whom ruitting to Paking the royalties collected in the whole province of Kwangteng.

ARMS AND THE POLICE.

METHOD IK THEIR UN REASON,

We are glad to be able to sunounce, albeit somewhat far, that the "car" swords, cum

Japanese dealer who was fined sented from a for possessing them without the permission at the Captain Superintendent of Plice, were returned to the owner when he applied for them.

Such a hegevolent form of confiscation appears to be a matter of "rod tapes" only. but the

proceed now to inform them that we have mailə

main thing is that the owner got them back. His chance of recovoring the fire, wo tear, is ing the money. The promises mentioned were to be paid. Xn Upper House is pro- not a good. This suaenticement will not the reason for the busines not being at once vickel for provisionally, to include altogether reassure this unholders who hav transferred to Peking, where, in cass the local negotiations fail, it will undoubtedly have to fifteen minees of the Crown. The trophies of arms on their walls, so we asy

The Chinese will be prosecuted,

base proceedings may be conducted hy enquiris ia proper ofliczal quarters, and learn that while they are in fact committing the victims, and to Įto compeusale bath of

the use of both lugnages, English

a breach of the law, if they bave not pay the cats of the relief expedition that was

The Constitution obtained police permission, they -- need sent after them. There is a report, having local and Cape Dutch, credence, but which we hope to be nutrue, that the local missivuaries have mailed to the generally favours the Beers in other under so great fear of molestation. If a posse extent of petitioning the consul to discourage any claims for compensation. This report

Het Kiangere able ty set an example the rest of the Empire. Indeed had it unt hegn for Fu's statesmanlike policy during the time of the fantastic emente in Peking, the whole position in Cʻuina would have bad to be changed, and it is doubtful of the Imperial rate Peking could have Now, on the contrary, been maintained. we fol Nankang converted in a centre of intrigue, the professed object of which to throw the State into the hands of reactionaries. Sach tactics must ever prove unsuccessful from their very nature. It & Governor, Treasurer, Judge, and other sal strikes as improbable, becausoit so happens that dinste oficials over each, and a Viceroy ever all they have themselves (as wo believe) a sull pand. may be in the power of an ordinary man

Owing to the recent diszavery of corrupting claim for some thoussuds of dollers as com to throw a State inte confusiu, but to organise a successful revolution dental and illicit practiess on the part of some of the administrative tabat, and it is just in Liatino-masters, yard-k-opers and guards on the lides of the Imperial Railways of North China, and for the purpose of proventi eg a repetition of the same, H. E. Viceroy Yuan Shih-kdi hus

Hvin. doubled the pay of all the station-masters, etc., throughout the ue from Poking to mintun, so as to enable them to support then. sires and their families without robbing por and belgiless unlive passangers.

On July with, at sih sunghai, Um aile of Wability for effective administration that the present Vierzon, and his followers, sect ile nesoša OFFICE: Da, Des Ven 103D markedly deficient. The little police incident annongst many such is an additional proof LONDON OFFICE: B. FLEET STREET, E.C

of the incapacity of the Young China party for rule of any sort. Swarmeries have an ugly habit of being most dangerous to their organisers, and China has had only too many instances lately of this.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, Amrst 2n, 1906. Chou Pv, Vienay of the Liang Kang, who poses the ble most progressive if the olti sia! herarchy, has just be giving in his own capital an inkling of his exposity to le, and his auderstanding of modern conditions The incident was but a rifle; ju China. fest a feather best shows how blows the wind, and Choc Ft is so far in rd with

The Government at Peking that it is muler stood that he stands in the way of high ramour is promotion, and accorbag about to be sent to she Sunfly; to put in order the somewhat strained je sition of affairs in the two Kwang provinces We.

The month begins well, with a “Mank** plagno report for the first day.

The Britisk squadron, at present at Yokohutus, will very probably visit Kore. waters this mouth.

The French and English Mails of the 26th and th Juge were delivered in London on the 28th July.

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Telegraphic communication direct between Japan and the Coited States will be opened to the publie on 5th October.

The death is aunounced of Mr. G., Snehus, F. R. S. at Eonerdale Hall, Frizington, Cumberland, in his 49th year. The deceased was awarded the Bessemer gold tagdal by the Iron and Steel Institute in 1883 for being the first is contemporary says; to miske pure sten from impare iron in connection with the basic process in Bessemer convertor lioed with basic materials. He was also awarded a gold

medal at the Investories Exhibition for inven. tions connected with iron and steel, and was, the author of numerous articios on these metals, Mr. Snelux served 32 years in the Volunteers, retiring with the rauk of hou, major aud Cher long service medal. He was a very suraassis shot.

nation for mission property destroyed in the provious affair when Dr. Montgomery had to take refuge in the 'rauen) at Chaa-po, also in the Amoy shistrict.

Our enquiries as to the present tamper of the populace in the neighbourhood have produced nothing reassuring, although it would be easy

The exaggerate their attitude.

to Action

from the people of the money that their evil dunduet has caused to become dae, might not improbally re-intiems their anti-foreign passions.

Professor

respects.

Lord Milner, the Hon. Allied Lyttelton, and Mr. Balfour, ar recorded their strong condetunation.

FINNS IN REVOLT.

FURTHER, EMBARRASSMENT

FOR RUSSIA.

be

of police should invade the drawing room or library, or wherever the krissos and rapiers more or less ornamentally Laug, in search of the possession of the trophies might aggravate their aber offenes or offences. Our readers gamblers, and such wers found, ther

may remember that in the face of a hard and fast Ordinace, designed to must a specific was still run for Jauger, wo bald thera magisterial and police discretion.

We take

it that such discretion in actually displayed from day to day. Roment wing the

uť The Japanese curio sofler,

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however,

think it still desirable to plead for

LONDON, August ist.

at the just a little more. The point seems to be Mariay has broken out

that as a Japanese dealer in such things might Finnish torl of Svenborg. near doncsirably tind purebaners for his costly and flelsingfors. The

rebels occupied artistic wasp utong Chiasse of the baser sort, it is desirable from the police point of view the forts, and in the subsequent that permission be first obtained, presumably to fighting five hundred were killed. onably the police to insus warnings and make The revolt is spreading throughout revered to the matter, we inentioned the

COCOANUT SUGAR.

Wyndham Dunstan of the Impial institute, London, has submitted an interesting report on the possibility of man. milk" ufacturing sagar from the water" or of the cocoantit, Phich is a waste produst at Finland. present. In lower Bengal the water contained in the green cocossut (caliel Dab" by the Bengalis) is largely consumed by all classes an & beverage, but that found in the ripe encont A., was is wasted. A firma in St. Louis, B. A

making experiments with

if reported to be

Angar from extraction a view to the the" liquid

of the coconut, and matter

might that it it

suggested worth while to conduct similar experiments at the Imperial Institute with a view to ascertaining whether sugar could be

star's

Was

water

profitably

REUTER'S SERVICM, į

THE BRITISH ARMY.

Jo put hail the apparition so near Darselves on Tuesday evening through the apulling of a to have on Sunday, from the following Troop of this profitably converted into sug Guards has been raised for 11.9 in.

A fire occurred in a house in Tai Wo Strent It was extinguished by the korerena lamp. inautes before any serious damage was de

Newspapers in various parts of the Far East have notices the curious conviction of a curio fourion wihout police permission. Most of them agree as to its unwisdom.

Plain

of

enquiries from time to time. At the time we

"obopper "as being a favourite wospon of the Chineso. Hooligan, and asked if it were covered by the Ordinance. The answer is neither - **ges" or "no". It all depends. The cook in the kitchen may wild a chopper all day long, al iguore the Captain Superintendent of Police and the Ordiaunce. But should ha the ia to

the air Lake walk abroad evening, he is earnestly enjoined to loave the chopper hanging on its book in the kitchen. Before tifhin it is an implement of trade: after dinner it is a lethal weapon, which may not b carriol without a polien licence. What would

LONDON, July Both. The men of the third Inttalion of Scots Guards will be divided among the We gather a faint iles of an interesting extre ed from this material. But Professor Dan- first and second battalions; recruiting for

i repert show, cone usively that this is out eating that the Hongkong Volunteer Troop is of the questions, as the sackarine constituents the regiment will not be stopped. The

are too minute to admit of standard height of the Irish and Scots happen to the cook taking his chopper to ba ground is the afternoon our representative their big

quile forgot to Anquire: but we assume that, Orders: Troop Rid, Saaday, 5th August.-

Professor Dunstan's analysis of The troop will parade at the Football Ground For instance,

the water sent from Ceylon gave 19 per

unless accompanied with a ducament recording of this latest exponent of young Chinese

cunt of usunitat. 1 per seat

THE STRAITS SETTLENENTS.

polis permission, he were wise to hide it under of glucose.

Water" taken doctrines. Unwilling to judge too barshly

por

his blouse when passing a constable, Bat near the Race Course at 10.45 ..

LONDON, July 20th. of the mut: without furtinr experience, we

sold in London gave 26 per cent. of cane sugar manuíte).

Lord Elgin istands to review the regula that again might lead to his master losing Mafoos with ponies, food, etc., to be sent to Day65 pureent, of glucose and ye cannot forget har Chow Ft has

clothes, un bais, Troop saddlery and swords, and

temporarily the services of an excellent cook; saerled iu dissociating. himself from seller at. Hongkong for possessing, swords to be carried in frog on off side of saddle), by kim from a sample of cocoanat ordinarily,

so we again appeal, with more confidence, Members hub pair off, and send When it is sentembered that the jui

t of the tions for gambling in the gaining houses of Bay

of caus only que mafon ta erary two ponies. If sugar cane contains nearly 20 per

the Malay States when more pressingin view of the legal ascertainties, for a ensure in the affair of the outrages at

In return for the letter written by Queen is propose as far as possible to go right sugar, it will be seen that cocganut

uld hardly pay the expense of collecting, and business is accomplished. Nanchang, and has 1-ft it to be supposed

the Gymkhana programme in this is the opinion of Profesar Dunstan, Lika That the blame by entirely with the FUTA | Alexandra, and accompanied by her photograph brough of that province. Doubtless the provincial eut by the Duke of Connaught, the Empress of the afternoon. Launch Ere with Bass Fast saveral other waste products, for which profit. guite possibly that the chemical laboratory will aimivistration of Kiangsì is rotten to the Japan bass at her portrait. to Qagen Alexandra. Paint pier at 11 m, and will then be available ablo use has been found in recent years, it is

the new ambassador to Britain.

"water

Care: but has it not been following closely This gift will be presented by Baron Komura, for a few mafoos, and on the return jourae tefe long find gome use for coconut "water":

A young Chinese woman committed suicide by drowing at Tailancheung in the New Territory on the ith alfimo. Sto is said to have had a difference with her mother-in-law,

in the footsteps of Kiangmau! The little incident which we referred to seems to suggest that Nanking under Choo Fu's rule is in little more wholesome condition, Fortunately no foreigner was immediately who resided with her, and because her husband's conperued. but the spirit displayed is of mother would not be reconciled she left her precisely similar nature. The affair had to home in the early morning and jumped into the do with the new pilice force regarding river.

for those members who desirs to return home

Lowels

is that way. Bathing saits and Deep Bay being limited, Evert No. 2 is changed required. Owing to the spies available at Tout Pegging by ball-section" Members will please select their own partners for this event. In Event No. for polo balls" abditate" carbines and ball cartridge," (ie. the jars will be shot at).

RUSSIA.

LONDON, July 30th,

constant exercise of that discretion which we feel certain our polics and magistrates are so well able to dispaly. It is uncomfortable to feel that, is the enforcing of a well meaning piece of legislation, harmless and otherwise There are very few people now alive who san

The proclamation of the Labour and the law-abiding folk are exposed to risk of mių-

understanding aud penalties. Sir Walter Scolt. One of them. Mr. Robert Laidlaw, is one of the eldest residents of Socialist members of the Duma passionately Melbourne, and bis fellow citizens have boon appeals to the soldiers and sailors, and felicitating bia on his Diuntieth birthday. He is a kisson of James Hogg, the Ettries children of the Russian people, to fight on thepherd," and as he was born and brought up the side of the Duma, for liberty and the near Abbotsford be bad fraquant opportunities in his boyhood of seeing the author of the land. Waverley Novele.

Tho Russian Government have asked Japan for permission to erest monuments at Mukdan

The Japanese authorities consented, and in tura and at other places where battles wore fought. asked leave to erect a zaangoleumjat Harbia.