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At a Shareholders' meeting of the Yokohama TELEGRAMS. Specie Bank, Ld, held at the Bank's Head lee in Yokohama en September 11th, the 12 per cent. per annum, Transferred to Reserve following resolutions wore passed: Dividend, at

Fund, Yen 500,000, Carried forward, Yon {-1,955,000, *

Owing to the news that H. I. M. Kuang Hsi is suffering from a serious illness, the various Viceroys and Governors of the provinces have written to Peking recommending certain distinguished physicians who are willing and able tu presoribe for His Majesty from the Capital hints at the condition of the Emperor being mest srious, in consetence of which much anxiety is fell at Court."

Late newsTM

we mest with elementary substances receive any support from geological phono- practically identical with those with which mena, but very much the reverse; ergh, we are familiar on the earface of our earth. credimus quia impossibile eet, it was all the The address of the Presi lent, Sir DAVID more necessary to preserve the faith intact. GEL, though it did not deal with tho The struggle euriously represents the very chemical composition of the universe, laid similar controversy, just too a century old, A. S. WATSON & CO., strass on the community of all the heavenly of the Werners and Hattons. Both were to [bodies with regard to their motions, and a certain point right, and both were partial-

showed how mutually dependent all were 15 wrong, but neither recognised, the full | one on another. It also showed the intruth. As a fact, ever since the Devonian at least, there have been gaial apocha, but mensity of time as well as

space enveloping all celestial phononcan, and how much bar

they have never been universal, amit have been found in the near sighbourhood of modern astronomy depended on accurate the poles. We may believe in a glacial age measures of both. It was, in fact, to the in North-western Europe, as we may believe accuracy of the measurements made by in a glacial age in British Columbia or BRADLEY in the middle of the eighteenth Laurentia-but, and are ties the test of the | the Magistrate of Taipasien (u that provides A Cl'anchou, Kuantang, dispatch states that feentory that most of our modern advanees whole" question, they were not routespor has restored the examinations for literary are due; and practically, the furthest that angous. So we find towards the close of the degrees which were abolished, about two years the hopes of the most conscientions Faligozoic there was a distinct ive age in ago and that a modern schoolchis bsou destroyed. of the day can extend in thu South Africa, and in the Mesozoic eren-in-so-called-old-licerati. This, of course, is his succession some two or three comburies | India, within our proseni tropics. The

The aftermath of the recent memorial to the later may be athe to build from his old are not, it is trus, denied, but they are

Throne asking for the restoration of literary -mesasturenents, some stately structure af blinked, and for many years, no que with

research.

any respect for his reputation was byld- In this cuspect that if the resity ough to face the audience of the believers. of the times" required, ac which the life of a Phe-late-aceting-at-Leicester-was, in-fat-

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ANOTHER RAILWAY

DISASTER..

LONDON, September 16th. The Quebec-Boston express has been

wrecked, and twenty-five passengers killed....

NAVAL MANOEUVRES.

LONDON, September 16th. Naval manoeuvres are to take place the North Sea in October, in which 100 ships will be engagal,) THE ANTWERP STRIKE.

Loxnox, September 16th."

at Antwerp become that the whole So serious has the Duckers' strike

Civic Guard has been called out.

Shortly before one o'clock yesterday morning--DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN söre cecurred at 180, Wing Lok Street. The

| generation of men in bud as a grain of saude first time the question has had a line building was a three storeyed one, the grensd|

by the seashore to the huge cliffs amped discursion, and curiously, though champions door being used as a cracker shop while the ling, Astronomy aul. Geology stand on a

appeared on each side, neither seems To have directly in the point,: Both

gobe

cutition . It is evident wo, must g Lack to a burly stages of the earth's sizons home of the lines rurigosty

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first and second lers ware occupied by a cloth dealer. The fire started on the ground

brigade were promptly, on the scene, fat of such brief duration was the blaze that they were unable to render any assistance on arrival, the premises then being borned to the great There was no insurangs on the cracker shop, but the

goods in the cloth shop were insured for

$16,00

A coulie who came out of hospital on Sunday was charged befors Mr. C. D. Melbourne as the Police Court yesterday with stealing a quantity of Pongee silk clothing from a ho in Aberdeen Streat, ie was observed by 8 woman as he was making bis way, on to the verandah from the first flor. She gave a about, -and-this soulariush, tha ajoin that he jumped legs seriously injured and taken to hospital, into the street. He was picked it with both

and as before stated appeared bifore Mr. Melbonruo yesterday. His Worship santeced bim to three weeks' imprisonment, and ser into the jai, Fx carried the wounded man; from the dock

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Losnos, September 15th. Mr. Grover Cleveland, an CX-

seriously ill.

[REUTER'S SERVICE.]

THE VANCOUVER RIOTA,

LONDON, September 14th. Nineteen of the Vancouver rioters have been committed for trial,

THE JAPANESE CRUISERS IN AUSTRIA

LONDON, September 14th. Admiral juin gave a brilliant remption on board the Tinkubent Testic

THE AMERICA CUP.

Los Dos, September (41. The Royal Irish, Yacht Club has soar a challenge for the Anterica Cap eu behalf of Sir Thomas Tapion for September, 1906,

THE STRANDING OF THE

STANDAET".

THE HARBOUR SWIM.

The swimming race seross the barbour promoted by the China Mail Ed, which, was postponed on Saturday owing to the stormy weather, took place yesterday afternoon, when sixteen out of, nineteen autrants staried. The ide, and the only drawback to the swimmers weather-was favourable, there was little if any was a slightly choppy sea on the Kowloon side

of the harbour. The starters were on the mark to time, and were sent away by Mr. J. W. Bajus from a launch provided by the F. R. C.- Shortly after the start about half the ontraute struck out 021 Westeru tack, the

other half branching off to... the from the start was among the furomest, also sast. Witchell, who adopted a book stroke

Barro, Le Breton and Remedice. On the wostera course Barros and Cooke followed Remedies who proved a good pacomaker for about half the distaner, while Thom one of thecrew of the Tumar, headed those who chose

Taner Barros and Cooke passed Ramedics and the eastern course, boing closely followed by

Witchell and Rosa Pereira

When near the

wore about level with Thomas whoss single overarm stroke, which he maintained through.. out, was admired by the spectators, Opposite the Tamar Thomas, Barros and Cooko vere many lengths ahead of the other competitors and from this point it was evident that the LACO Kas to bs bottom these three. As the Clio was heared Thomas drew in

close to the warship, the blusjackels, who wore -crowded forward, beartily chored them. When the wimmers nsaret the V.B.C, Thomas drow ate lisad while Cooker and Barros, who had kept else to each other throughout, began to sprint in legether, Choke maily draw.. ing in front. Apparently ho did not notice Thom, who tonehed the seawall about two seconds before him on the opposite side of a lighter that was tied up there, Cooke, with an eye on Barres, camo in looking fresh, and touched about ten seconds before thit swim or who this finished a strong third. Tie-28 miu. 50-45, Bees:

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In the V., C. Cabhouse la MA Rodger, the presidin', prosented the prizes. To doing she remarked that thi raos cad of ilie first he hat 'aver. witnessed in Hongkong. The swimming was very good, and great inforhat,” hud been tak n' in the rex, For the Inst two years this race had boys pron it by the China est, and il must bare bien encaraging to them to ind such a large number of entrants, and to as so any spectators taking an inturail is the affair.

He had so many raons in Hongkong across the harby, bat hy had never before 1 ભાવ utk son so much interest takeu sening that there was nagon uch inter

WHISKY.very sitestar fasting. Resing from however were able expoum's of two opposite floor, but the cause of it is unknown. The President of the United States, is towards the other two, and as the thiroo passed

nwats gaurring der our eyes, and which lines of thought, Profisar Love from a Dist, unless w believe its complete

inathematical standpoint.saght to prove "destruction and re-formation of the entit changes in the figure of the earth universe is the greanwhile, have been going jeeded altogether from mathematical on for ages, we can form a oeqtion that fanions inherent in spheres, and worked for guns before these commenced, the sains, daws and the same materials must have lot fines of fires and huss of deformation Alert hows of Sulbility: lepoding in existence. Take one of the simplest of The worst of this is of argumeat was that these movemente÷the"" pręgóskum Togh" the

there was no inherent gatedly why thes? equinoxes; It must have been seeing on it i

piros, shoall aer on any sme al lines. the dis past ra fa at least ceple-oints of origin müst have proceeded from theisand years,

We may trace it in human

suitor anterior enudition, to which he dit fcunts for at driest a parter if that period for. But what was that under sleut Şir "Dayın Gio sioke of the cridar the Book of Job as to the former visibility in the northern hemisphere of the grad southern constellation of the Cas; but we can go back still further; to ancient Persee with what has been

out su cutirely diffent principles, múl where the disappearance must have pectarred from actual study on the sagt, but, the -WATSON & CO. Zacastris scriptures taunistakeshly point with what we actually find." „A law of at a much earlier date, but where the initial points of the curves do not corespond to these constelations..

But the ses

[grest eircle is, for instance shown.crossing which produce the phe tenan weke at the Pacific and ben ling round the Cape of work ages before, anil our Astrotiomy Good Hope, rising 40 45° N, and S. latipade enables us to calculate, the motion for some respectively. The points of crossing the millions of years antecolently,

Equator Png, however misphrel, --Thép Now when we turn to Geology we find the should have been approximate y in 80° W. sina elements of an unfold antiquity ab leas long and 1009 £. long, and the circle appareat. "We live anmistakeable records, should have risen to 57° Ñ, or §. lat. Wespect not in books, but in imperishable stone,vely. Then we should have actually had reaching back to some fear thousand years the most remarkable great circle on the at least, before Christ, when we find every face of the earth that of the Rockies thing going on just asht present. Geology and Japan, which really did give the con- tells us in language that cannot be gainsaid flour to the two opposite continents of Asin of charges between ocenu and continent; af and Amerien. Time does not permit our elevations of the land, and depressions going into details of the other tw great for passers-by, and I cannot bolp footing that were a number of people in the building awaiting handing Mr. Thomas his, the apk or said he of the sea, of fortile lands converted circles which have been instrumental in

au appeal should be made to the Chinese Taotai the trial of a distderly behaviour case, among hoped he would be able to push bis to deserts, and the lisappearance of

forming the outlines of the other continenta.to stop the proceeding. If it is necessary that them being a reporter who was busy making through life as he had passed his way the bodies should be recovered in order that the notes when several pounds of plaster orashed on through the water that day (cheers). To natives of this or other districts farther down the fahla, and a quantity of it fell on hist. The Me Cooke, who won the second prize, stream should not be haunted by the manes of Court was cleared, quicker perhaps than it has he said: You swam a good raos, and if you the drowned men and women, surely such a grim ever been before, and when the unfortunate only got second you swan fast snough for form of salvage might be carried out at a less reporter emerged he was observed to be first. If the other man had not been there public place than directly opposite the Com-corered with dust.

you would have got the priza"; (cheers and laught.). "I am sorry you were not first, but keep on practising and next year you won't be so far bealad," said the speaker to Mr. Barros, the third man, and swimmer and spea er ware cheered again.

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whole kungs. We have irrefingibleOn the other side the gage has been taken evidence that there occurred since was first by Professor J. W. GREGORY, probably habited the earth, yet strangely when we the ablest of our rising geologists. The come to examine even the curliest recorda pressibility of the interior of the chrth under the pressure of gravity is hore the of civilised man in Egypt or the valley of

cué: Professor Gamsony shows the im- the Euphrates, we cais detect no absolute

of a highly heated nucleus gradually cooling | possibility of nccepting the favourite theory |

own, and rejects the fincifu! theories of alterations of climate. From the Cambrian

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LowDox, September 14th. The St. Petersburg press aineks the Saval Ainmzistration for the Starplan; The

4 correspondent writes to N-C. Duty News from ShaelA cory strange thing has been rst of its bin11 have son or heard of since I happoning There ducing Uw last for diya, the

cute to Chius fourteen years ago The river for the last two months has been very high, with a strong current ruuping. Dasd bodies are constantly to be seen dating down stream, Recently a boat la bon stationed quite close leve declaring that the incident is worse to the Commissioner's house. There are Live than Tsashian, and stigmatises the iguor on all the dead bodies as they come by and men in it, and they spend their time, in fishing! auce of Home Waters as criminal. putting then into exe for this glastly occupation they are paid 5000 os for each boily they recover. Lt month they gathered in thirty bodies right on the edge of the Band it cannot common morgue is aither plant or healthful be said that this turning of a public walk into a

missioner's house.

ADSETTS.

Detective-Sergeant Sallivan and Coustable Perkios left by the as Rubi for Manila yesterday. Unless she was delayed by stress of weather the U.S.S. Gulverton, with Adsetta on board, should have reached that port on intimated his willingness to hand the alleged Sonday. The Governor of the Philippines has murderer over to the British authorities, and Adsetts will be brought back to this Colony by

ALARM AT THE POLICE COURT

Fust among both speciators and compeditors, he hoped that this would be an aquus erint (applauss). It was ertainly right that long distance swimsuing should be ansşura god in Hoogkoag, therefore he would call on those present to give three chears for the promoters, who were also the donors, of the prizes.

The three cbears having been heartily accorded, Mr. J. W. Baigs briefly caturask

Quilo a sensation was caused at the Magistrasy ceiling in the small Court came down. There yesterday afternoon when portion of the plaster thauks.

Shortly afterwards Mr. Molboards took his soat on the bench, and Mr. d' Almada Castro one of the solicitors in the case, asked his Worship to adjourn the Court.

there was any dauger. Just a little pisco af His Worship was willing, but did not think plaster had fallen.

Mr. Rodger then prozantal the prizes. In

Of the other swimmers J, M. Pereira was fourth home, Gr. Ward, EGA., Bftb, R. G. Witchell, sixth, P. M, Remedios, seventh A. R.

Ellis, eighth, and Privato Reed Professor

HONGKONG: COLLEGE' OF

MEDICINE

Mr. Almada-Bot supposing another little piece falls. There is a loose pince orar your Worship's head.

it.

His-WorshipWell, I get that if it falls... Mr. Almada prossed for an adjournment. Mr. Jackson said he was instructed to oppose

Mr. Almads then intimated his willingness to -proofed, and the case was continued.

All those present, however, had their sants removel from beneath the threatening portion Council-of-the-ceiling

A combined meeting of the General and the Sindouts will be held in the Legislative Council Chamber to-morrow (Wednesday) to elect a Ho'or,

His Excelbines the Governor, Sir F. J. D. Lagard, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., will preside.

The Hov. Dr. Ho Kal, C.M.G, has given notice that bo will re-nominate the Hon. Mr. H. May, C.M.C., the retiring Rector. -

THE FORMOSAN SLATE QUARRY.

EXPECTED LAEGE" EXPORTS TO EUROPE.

of the

Middlesex Regiment, ninth. Some of the other competitors preferred completing the distance on launches, of which there were a number in attendance, a

LAWN BOWLS

The two rink bowling green which has been in course of constraction during the past few zoonths at the Cosmopolitas Dock has hoo. completed and will be formally opened on Saturday afternoon: The green, though email, is pleasantly situated and should afford members. of the dock staff ample facility for a quiet gama at "hools."

On Septeicber 5th, at Shanghe, to Me and change of level; the possible eight and

half milleniums since the zodiac, eg, was worked out are a scarcely noticeable frag- iment of de time since man becanic onwards he shows that climate must have On the 15th September at the overnment denizen of the earth. Yet man in his heen on the whole fairly uniform, and this Civil Hospital ALICE HEATER, the beloved wife entirety belongs to the last phragraph of the what geology, except in the eyes of the of J. LOCHEAL Funeral will use the Mament last page of the history of life on the globe glacialists, clearly points out.

On August IM. at London, Mrs. KELL MACLEOD, But Geology teaches us more than the REUORY shows, to, how apparently On August 15th, at Obama, Japan, Jou immensity of time daring which the earth opposite conditions may be proved to be Greos, Inspector, Shanghai Municipal Potion.

On Septersher Oths, in Germany, PAUL Wrras existed as an entity; it teaches us of only variations of the one fundaraental. Kower date of Mesare. Arnhold, Karberg & C), profound changes in its shape and conditionė, The old controversy as to whether the the two police officers mentioned.

And from these by slow degrees we are earth has a molten interior enclosed within beginning to form some slight idea of the solid shell has lost its importance, be influences at work. It was with regard to cause it has become a mere matter of terms. the latest researches on there that the

The frets which led geologists to lolievo that the interior of the earth is: Auid are Leicester meeting was more especially

consistent with those that prove that the remarkable. In 1876, just thirty-one years earth is more rigid than a globe of steel ago, Lord KELVIN, then Sir WILLIAM For under the immense pressure within the HONGKONO, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1907.

THOMPSON, astonished the meeting by speak arth the materials can transmit vibrations Tur recent Meeting of the British Asing of long-period tides which he showed and resist compression like a solid; but they

discovered at Seo, Formosa, in January of last It is reported that the slate quarry which was sociation at Leicester, though it was not were not marked on our tide gauges, though can change their shape as easily as a fluid:

Fyear, has proved to be of great promise, the marked by the announcement of any start they must in one form or other have They are fluid just as lead is when it is

slate extending over onori. The daily out put at present is orly 10,00-picos, but this ling discovery varied from its recat occurred. The reason given was that the forced to flow from a hydraulic press."

will be increased to 50,000 on the completion of "If," he said, predecessors in that its proceedings were of earth actually yielded,

A CHINESE QUARREL

the installation of thirty sets of excavating machinery invented by Mesra, Shinozuka and unusual interest murd value more especially the earth were composed of matter as Al Mountain Lodge no Wednesday HE.

After labouring for some months in the demand for this material, Okuchi, in Pikazen, Co. Notwithstanding the large increase of the Stellar universe and the figure and internal india-rubber to the deforming forces at ship of the Order of St. Michael and St. George remained for a few mouth. While-sbyent, a tantity of ende his consequently had to be the restrictions of the Chinese Labour Ordinanus

Lirector of Public Works, with the Companion decided to take a trip to the country, where he triet in the Empire, and the monthly output condition of the earth. It might be thought work." The statement was never kindly

there is only 50.000 pieces. A certiin Government had introduced a Bill to prolong that two topics wider apart could scarcely taken to heart by the geologists, who yet in The piague fɔtals at dale are 226 cases, 218 friend told Chau's friends that he was dead, imported from Germany. The discovery of the after that Ordinance expired in March next. be seriously brought together, yet, as the heir heart of hearts dare not gainsay it death. There was only one last week. A consequently when he returned to Hongkong he great quarry in Formoss will, it is expected, wot Mr. Churchill said that he understood the policy. only means we have of accommodating the doctrine of a possibly yielding earth fetal, was reported during the week.

Europeau caso.of cholera-was imported from as surprised to observe the wondering looks only make Japan self yot would not frankly acknowledge it. If Haiphong, and oue Chinese case of emalipor, with which his friende grested his Wiken de but also enable her to ge part elatate Keras and of the Transyasi Government to be to ropatxiste

f supporting in the matter conclusions as to the movements and com-

learned the 1e son of this be was so annoyed and Co. have already recei ed orders from Man their indentures, without permitting these

Ma

Manchuria and elsewhere. Messrs. Shinozuka the Chinese labours at the termination of position of inaccessible bodies is by the were permitted to make way, the great

that he secured the services of two stout fellows obaris and the l'eninsula to the amount indsutures to be renewed. The existing labert comparison, of what we are permitted to The Glacial Epoch." must needs go by Chinese venue cruiser Contino, His and immediately proceeded to administer a

central dogma of the modern geologist.

The King has been pleased to give and and went to look for this prevaricator. This of

Jen graaf unto Frank Harris, Esg, Commander of person the trio esme noross in Des Voeux Road, to be

40,000, and negotiations are said know from experience, it will be easily the wall, and no pious geologist dare cou-Majesty's Royel licenca

now in progress between certain importation Ordinance lapsed on March 21 next foreign merebante at Kobe

and the An interval would therefore arise during which understood that the association was no template the result bore the other sheet at may accept and wear the Star of the Fourth arrested, and yesterday the four men were the estimated valus bing about yea

Company with a view to exporting 6,000,00 on and authority that he sound thrashing. While so nagaged they wore piccus for cooling and 4,000 for billiard tables, some provision-for-the-government-of-the- accidental. Recent researclics, and more chor of the modern geologist, the presumed | Class of the Imperial Chinese Order of the foharged before. Mr E A, Hazeland, His Wora foreign country. The total value of the stato able to the order and security of the colony.-He- especially those of the spectroscope, hate stability of grean and continent, would be. Darble Dingon, conferred upon him by the sip fined oach of the doleadouts 83, and bound evealed to us that in dealing with the mot most remote hodies visible in our telescopes ably be lost. Neither of these doctrines services rendered by him.

the ship, which must mevit Emperor of China, in recognition of valuable them over in the sum of $100 to keep the peace

CHINESE ON THE RAND

In the House of Communs on August 12th,

those couneeted with the physics of the unyielding as steel, it would give way like the Governor will invest the Han, Mr. Cha the Colony, Chan Yau, who resides at West Point, has hitherto been the only sistaproducing dis- Mr. Harold Cox asked whether the Transvaal

for six months.

Lo

Chinese who were waiting to go was indispens

590,900,

believed, according to Japancas papers, that in the quarry is put ut yen 100,000,000 I had, as yet, no official information-upon-the Japan will easily be able to compete with Provisions of the Bill, which was said to have Germany in the trade.

bean introduced to that end,