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It was but the other day thab SANTOS DUMONT astonished the world by navi. gating a huge balloon round the Eifel Tower. Then German inventors claimed the world's attention for airships. But other clever and more practical inven- tors has been for some little time at work, and to herald the last year HENEY FARMAN, with a more stretch of canras actually few a few hundred yards, and came down none the worse for bis Learian attempt. So dready the airship has had to give way to the more bandy and workmanlike aviator. Now there is little doubt that in a little while, as in the case of the humble byke, the aviator, or whatever we shall call it then,

Derainger, dushere on Thursday night, the name

We note in the passenger list of the xa,

of Professor Dr. Friesland. Dr. Friesland is a professor of Philology, and father of Mr. G. Friesland, managing partner of Mosure. Melchers and Co. in Hongkong.

Owing to the limited number of experienced Chinese nobles of ability, the Prince Begent proposes to send a large number of young menbora of the nobility to Europe and Amerios. to pursue their studies there for a period of at least three years.........

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MINING LEGISLATION.

LONDON, December 15th. The Coal Mines Bill has been passed by the House of Commons.

[Presumably this refers to the bill for the restriction of the working hours of miners to' eight hours a day.]

AUSTRIA AND TURKEY.

LONDON, December 15th. Austria offers concessions to Turkey.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 1908.

railway journey, and carriages at both ends. this will be hailed by artistic folk as true The Reach All-American Baseball team in The periodical break-up of the household, benefactors of the human race. But will here today by the Hongkong Maru and will play a match on the football ground at often once a work for the week and," has they be so? Experience would rather tend. Happey Valley on Saturday against a local mow catered into the ordinary routine of to show that it will be merely an exchange, team. existence and the facility with which the and that our imaginary artistic paradiso machine can be carried on board ship, and be followed by something even more transported from one country to another profoundly nasty. has materially altered the conditions of life, CO., and carried into the ordinary human being's sxistence, one of the main enjoyments of the humble sonil that of being able to carry about with him prastically bis whole house hold, without the one great drawback of the snail's life-bis inability to exceed a crawl.

Now it is undeniable that the habits engendered by this modern facility of move ment, have made vaat changes in our hom lives and customs; and it may be almost said in our morala. Unfortunately, too, it my be said, not always for the better. If we are becoming quicker in our thoughts, and more mpid in our movements, we are frivolous and careless of consequences. also apparently as a nation becoming

telegraph did for our co gierce, that of the byke and motor-car are doing for our private life. Our merabant used to be a man PATENT RAZOR STROPS, SHAVING of wide knowledge, who had to undertake thing of beauty, and will the world be any writes our Canton correspondent, arrested a man

a long and difficult operation alt r due study of all the eventualities, with as much the happier for the event? It will be very in the street for infringing the State mourning most promising fields, and the extension of eare and precision as the mathematician pleasant doubtless for future ROMEOs to regulations by sharing his head within the railways promises to effect immeasurable needed in working out the orbit of some be able to evade the watchful CAPULETS mourning period. The delinquent did not offer changes. In the course of next year thou their JULIET without the encuiabrances of policeman, but on turning into a quiet street he likely to be imported into Great Britain ropes and ladders. But will the world be pulled ont a revolver and shot his captor dead thanks to refrigeration. nught the wiser or happier for the perforThe culprit then ran away. All trace of him was

former and a pirate. manos? That is still the mighty problem lost. The man in variously described as a re- of the future.

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his wings and flying off to school, as to-day he does of monating his byke. Probably the artist will rejoica at having found a joy for ever; but as before, will it turn out a

A long-distance race for horses from Tokyo to Kyoto about 300 miles-is to be keld carly in February. The promoters hope than military horses, in order to try to correct unfavourable comments recently made by the military authorities in Japan on race-horses.

On the 12th Instant o policeman in Shek Was

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LONDON, December 15th.. Eight nationalist leaders have been arrested in Calcutta.

[BEUTER'S SERVics.].

THE P. & O. CO.'S MEETING.

LONDON, December 13th. Sir Thomas Sutherland.at the meeting of the P. & C. Co. said, China was one of the

THE S.S. "FATSHAN" AFFAIR,

THE CASE TO BE RETRIED.

Our Canton correspondent write

The British Consul General has sent a ChinaSƏ translation of the whole proceedings in this matter to Viceroy Chang and His Excellency have the document published in all the local has instructed the Superintendent of Police to papers. This is being done in instalments, as it is too long to be printed in one issue.

I mentioned in several of my previous letters that the principal instigators of the present anti- foreign movement are the members of the Self- Government Association. The prominent mem- bera of this Society hold frequent meetings and discuss plans of action to keep the anti-foreign....

feeling going. The chief promoter of the Self. Government Association in well-known to every- body. He is one of the gentry of Ho-Nam and has indentified himself with all the anti-forsign. movements that lave from time to time occurred in the last few years. He was the man who convened meetings on the West River patrol question, was ägain a prominent figure in the Paul Beau incident, and is now: palling the strings in the Fatahan affair.

The publication of the full text of the proceedings at the British Consular Court should serve to correct the misrepresentations previously published in the Chinese papers, and should close the incident. I am afraid, however that nothing short of strong representations will stop the Self-Government Society from keeping the present agitation shive as it is their avowed intention to boycott Messrs. Butterfield and Swire.

If this Association and its champions are

expected celestial visitor. Now-a-days he of the day, and fy into the chamber of any resistance nor did ka utter a word of dissatis-aands upon thousands of Chinese pigs were allowed to continue their bragging, there may

has exchanged his place with the speculator, whose sole occupation is the mere counting of the chances, often without the slight at knowledge of the article in which he is dealing or the circumstances of the markets for which it is destined. Real trade is thus hindered and the merchant too often placed at the mercy of the mere heedless speculator, whose highest mental effort is to play a more game of pitch and toss with Lady Fortune, 7he same influences are at work in the social life of the day; the careful and son. scientious worker in science finds himself handicapped in his researches by the smst terer who has pickel up perchance some of the shibboleth of the craft from such publications as Science Siftings, and is able on auch pabulum for the moment to pass as a man of research, and so retard ad infinitum the work of the real master of his oraft

The publisher, like the stockbroker who strives to make his buying and selling a real business, fiuds himself cut out by the mera panderer to the taste of the moment; and is forced to deal in literary options and futures, to the destruction of everything that is real or genuine. Haste rather than quality has become publicly and privately the order of the day, and feverish worry Lakes the place of wisdom.

Such are, of course, the thoughts of the pessimist. There is a vast amount of truth in them, and it is unfortunate that every step in civilisation has had from the beginn. ing of the world to contend with similar drawbacke. It is quite possible that the Australian "boy" who wanders about cat being the filthiest food, clothed only in the mereat rag to protect himself against the nclemencies of the weather, enjoys life just as much as the fur-clad beauty in her most up-to-date wotor car; neither is perhaps to blame for aeting on the motto " carpe diew," only each step secured in advance makes

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BIRTH,

At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. J. R. Wood sentenced a coolie to three months' imprison ment for stealing 3500 from a passenger on board the ss. Tak Hing.

We regret to record the sudden death, at Hobbura, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, of Captain W. E. Duke, who was for 28 years connected with the Glon Ling of stommers, trading between London and China.

The case of suspected murder reported from Tapo last week tarna out to be one of suicide, A farmer, before hanging himself to a bean opened the door of his residence and made his home appear as if robbers had ratsacked it. His dead body was discovered by a relative, and later, when his wife returned home and made a

search, she found that none of her belonging had been stolen..

Alfred Hall was again placed before Mr. J. H. Kemp at the Magistracy yesterday, and Captain Trowbridge, chief of the secret service in the Philippines, appeared to apply for his marronder on charges of forging and embezzle ment at Manila. As Hall was willing to return to Manila for trial, his Worship made the necessary order and Captain Trowbridge left with his large in the afternoon,

faction. The offender quietly accompanied the

The steamer Hamping, which sank on the Pootang side of the river at Shanghai after having had a collision with H.M.B.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S

MESSAGE,

LONDON, December 13th. Congressmen are incensed at a passage in President Roosevelt's Message sathingly Flora some time ago, is still lying in o sabmerged condition and from the present out criticising Congress for restricting the duties look it appears, says the Shanghai Mercury, of the secret service police, binting that that she will be there for some time to come. A caffer dam was built round the hatches and by this means most of her cargo of pig iron was discharged. Since then the coffer dam has sunk below the surface of the water and the ship itself has sunk in the mud to a depth of seven feet. It is believed that a coffer dam will have to be built round the entire ship before she can be finally raised.

In reference to the announcement of the ap pointment of Mr. Rufus Thayer as Judge of the United States Court of China, the N-C. Daily

Congress objected to the investigation of malpractises of certain legislators. The House has appointed a committco to consider what stops shall be taken to rebuke President Roosevelt, who appears eager to fight and prepared to produce a mass of material justifying his strictures

BRITISH COLUMBIA AND JAPAÑ.

LONDON, December 13th, At & mass meeting held in Vancouver a

AUSTRIA AND TURKEY,

Nece understands that Judge Wildey formally resolution was pas ed urging The Dominion tendered his resignation on November 16th, toto abrogate the treaty with Japan, and to tako effect on January 1, 1909. At the same time Mr. Arthur Bissett tendered to the legislate for the exclusion of Asiatice by Washington Government his resignation of the Canada, post. of District Attorney, Coming at the present juncture, it is inevitable, remarks our contemporary, that these resignations should be open to misconstruction; "but we believe that we are right in saying that the issue between Mr. Wildey and his Government has been of anounce that Turkey undertakes to do the personal nature. Certainly, neither Mr. Wilfoy utmost to end the boycott, and that Austria On Monday night Detective Sergeant Apple-aor Mr. Bassett has hesitated to face any music will negotiate with Turkey concerning her ton went to Tung Wah Lane to search a house.

willingness to grant compensation for the On his arrival he found two men walking down

annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stairs, one of them an ex-Inkong. On searching these men he found a Loaded revolver in the ex-lukong's pocket, and charged him before Mr. Komp at the Magistracy yesterday with carrying arms without a permit. His Worship imposed a fine of 8250, the alternative being three months' imprisonment.

By kind permission of Major Evans, aup overs, the Land of the 13th Rajputs will play the following programme of music, at the King Edward Hotel, daring dinner, on Thursday the 17th December 1903, weather permitting --

On 14th recomb r, at Victoris Hospital, the the step backward sem the more horrible March wife of R. H. CHOFTON, a són.

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, DECEMBER 16TH, 1908,

and so, whether we like it or not, we are Two Stop.

Selection carried on with the irresistible current of Serena our surroundinge. This seems to be to us Valte

that may have been prepared for them; and having mapped out a vigorous line of conduct from the first they deserve oredit for the courage with which they have adhered to it. The birth of the United States Coact for China has been accompanied by somewhat violent throes, but the good sense of the American community will be: content to leave the verdict on the first years of its work to the impartial judgment of later generations of residents."?

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

be serious developmanta as the active members

belong to the most anti-foreign element in Canton.

I understand that the Viceroy has taken steps to stop the local papers frem quisrepresenting the attitude of the British Consul-General “A satisfactory proclamation was issued yester day by Viceroy Chang stopping merchants and the local papers from circulating false amours in connection with the incident The proclamation- also states that the British Consul-General actel in a perfectly correct manner and in accordance with Treaty Rogala tions.

A new trial has been arranged to take place at the Portuguese Consulate, but there is no

fresh evidence to be produced..

Viceroy Chang has reveived a potition from the Nam-Hei Magistrate stating that the

relations of tho denessed havo Kled a statement of complaint at his yomen in this matter and begged him to communicate with the British Consul to fix a day for a fresh joint inquiry into the case and requesting the British Consul to summon all the defendant's witnesses to

appear on the day of the trial.

His Excellency replied as follows " I have noted the contents of your petition. I have received a dispatch from the British Consul General in connection with this matter in which he stated that the previous inquiry was only a preliminary step. Noronha being LONDON, Desember 13th.

a Portuguese subject, the trial must be held at Semi-official statements in Vienus anthe Portuguese Consulate. The British Consul noted within the limits of his power in this matter and merely offered his assistance in this case. I have already forwarded a dispatch to

date for a joint investigation. I request you to the Portuguese Consul requesting him to fix a

order the relations of the decessed to lay a case before the Portuguese Consal. I further instruct you to accompany the witnesses to the LONDON, December 19th.

Portuguese Consulate on the day of the trial

tatives Committee on military affairs hassee that all my instructions in the matter are The Chairman of the House of Represen- and to watch the case and see that the trial is fair. I also instruct the Provincial Judge to

introduced a bill providing for an emergency carried out in a proper manner. volunteer army of 2,000,000 men.

THE UNITED STATES.

more particularly the case at the present Two step. Went you come', Ome Bill Bailey Lady and Miss Erskine, Rear Admiral anp Knale of the second act which represents an en

ANTHONY TROLLOPE AND HIS CIGARS,

the management. Mr. E. S. Geach as "Dicky as soon as this is on the bin in use, and Lasceles, the Flag Lieutenant, and Mr. Vigors moved to the next bin, and the empty one was as the Major, were entrusted with the bulk filled from the latest chest.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

This, adds General Brackenbury, had gone on ... ·

Trollops told his visitor write at five o'clock every morning, and wrote a certain number of hones till it was time to dress for breakfast, never touching his literary work after breakfast: I- said (the General The Legislative Council will meet to-morrow goes on) that I envied him the gift of ima afternoon for the third reading of the Bill gination, which enabled him to create characters. entitled an Ordinanca to empowers magistrate He said. Imagination my dear follow, not to hold a small debt court in the New Territories, bit of it; it is cobblers wax. Seeing that the committer stage on the Bill amending the was rather puzzled, he said that the secret of success was to put a lump of cobbler's wax on Magistrates Ordinanes, and the committee stage your chair and sit on and write till you had on the Tramways Ordinance.

succeeded.N

BANDMANN COMEDY COMPANY,

Success continues to attend the Bandmann General Sir Henry Brackenbury, in the first ...........Hall Spirit of Liberty, The following guests will be entertained at Comedy Company's season in Hongkong. Last instalment of his Memories," which appears in ivongall, dinner to-night at Government House by H. E. night they presente The Flag Lieutenant" to Anthony Trollope at Waltham Cross in 1868. the November Blickicood, tells of visiting Langhing Water.

the Governor The Bishop of Victoris and a large and appreciative andioncs, which enjoyed Trollope was a great amoker. Ons wall of his Love in Ileness.

Veronique Mrs. Lauder, Sir Francis and Lady Figgett and not only the humour but also the flus spectacular library where he worked was entirely hidden by * Swing Song Miss Orley, Admiral of the Fleet Sir James, effects. The play was indeed well mounted. The small cupboards or bins, each with a separata glass door and fitted with cigars, stacked across GOD SAVE THE KING

each other "headers and stretchers" like timber, Lady Coerper, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Badeley: gagement in the British camp was good and both so as to allow free elroniation of ait. On wet times It was but the other day that we were

There were two weddings at the Union Church | Captain. Erskine N., Capt and Mrs. Byan, the scenes on board were adequately portrayed days the doors were all kept closed. in dry compleaning that the inventive talent of the yesterday morning Captain Warrick, of the and Miss Stirling. Mr. and Mrs. Messer, Mrs. The quarter deck of the HM.B. Boyaj

weather they were open. He told me that each day had come los standstill, yet within the Okins Navigation Company, was married to Beasley E

Edward, which represented the faislast, was van. There was a pointed stud stack into year he got a large consignment of cigars from last few years we have seen the steam tur Miss Nellie Mine of Aberdeen. The bride was On Monday His Excellency entertained particularly fine and rofooted no little credit on the wood above the door of the bin in nse, and PERHAPS for the past three or four hundred bile striding on to the supercession of given away by Mr. A. Rodger, and Miss Eva Mr. Scott, the senior partner of the firm of years no invention has created an equally JAMES WATT's great invention of the reci and Miss Nan. Holgers attended her as brides-Mesra Butterfield and Swire to fumotion. Mr. Law and Mr. Murray Stewart were also invited. great social revolution with the simple procating engine; nay, we have seen the maids, the best man being Mr. Kinnaird Sir Alexander Hosie left on Moziday for Canton of the work, and delighted their auditors with for years, tha sigars longest in stock being

byke," and its follower the motor car; tion before the internally fired, inchine of of Mr. and Mrs. Rodger. The second morning. He leaves for Shanghai by the difficult parts, e

steam engine itself threatened with extinc reception was afterwards hold at the residence and returns to Government House on Thursday their excellent renderings of the important and always those smoked, stor that he began to both have in their way increased the ordinary facilities for locom tion, so that the day. It was but the other day that marriage was that of Ms. Arthur C. Logan German mail on Friday next.

of Ohio, manager of the Hongkong brauch His Excellency, attended by Mr. Brackenbury, distances, that hat few years ago would have the electric tram: ear came to the great of the Singer Saving Machine Company: Private Secretary, and Captain Simson, A.D.C., | required the exercise of nach forte, and of the locomotive public, yet to the to Miss Margaret M. Rosa, of Portland, lined on Monday night with the Commodore occupid a notable period of time, as well intense disgust of all lovers of art, who see Oregon. The brids, who was accompanied by and Mrs Lyon on board H.M.S. Tumer. se needing much preliminary preparation of their ríow of G-d's heaven shut out by a Mrs. Bagnall of Yokohama, was given away by person and reimant, may now be covered in vulgar network of poles and wire. It was Dr. Wilder, American Consul The Rev. C. H. the period usually occupied in one's daily only a generation ago that the el chi wire Hickling conducted the ceremony. A reception was afterwards held at Claremont. The honey The byke, too, in essentially the pour came to connect the most distant lands, and moon is being spent at Macro man's conveyance: it costs him nothing for create new wants, and new inconveniences fuel or fodder, and only requires such and dangers; yet already, we see looming in repairs and attention as the ordinary clever sight quite a new development of electricity mechanic can do himself. It enabled further which will for the moment gladden the heart high art, which had been gathered together coast of China and given way slightly over S. his children to go longer distances to school, of the artist. Wireless telegraphy, a few by prominent members of the Art Society and so enables them to take advantage in a years, or mouths ago, a vision of the imagin of Japan for display in the Art Gallery

Frosh monsoon may be expected in the carious incidents have occurred. The report of the 22m ult, and mails from London of the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the way before unthought of the benefits of antion of a few sanguine experimenters, is now at the Grand Exhibition which was to have

could get married for a year except in a very pa. nd may be expected to arrive here on bride loves • fuss. Monday morning the 21st inst., and shall leave Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending subdued manner. The collection has been brought.

t to Hongkong

and the privilege of riding. In the flowered chair, for Shanghai and Japan on the same afternoon. plished fact. Alrendy a concert performed for disposal and will be said at pablo anction

at 10 am to-day, 0.03 inches, ordinary local school.

quite a number of approaching marriages were The NYK. str. Kunno Maru (Australian What the humble byke ie to the poor in Berlin hue been beard in Stockholm, and to-morrow and Friday. As the advertisement The forecast for the 24 hours ending at neon harried up, Bridal hairs were too much in Line) left Thursday Island for this port via demand and some few ceremonies had to take Manils on the 10th inst, and is expected here man- the mitor car is to his more wealthy signs thrown into thee her at New York are truly remarks, such an opportunity of saquiring today is as follows —

NE winds, place at night. It seems that in their anxiety. on the 21st inst. it stands always ready to be regularly rent on the base of England. It fine spódmens of Japanore high art seldom Hongkong & Neighbourhood. Fresh, Ind to fill all neighbour: it

engagements, the chairbentors made The C.P.I. str. Monteagle arrived Nagasaki misty. mistakes and prospective brides were delivered at 6.30 am on Tuesday the 15th inst.; end left wounted, and in an hour or two will carry seems to be certain, following up prevent cours, and many will doubtless take the

Same as No. 1 at the wrong homes, In some cases the mistske again at 4 p.m. same day for Kobe where she him over distances, without inconvenience, indicanons that the barbarous practise, as opportunity afforded to day of inspecting the Formosa Channel

collection, which includes beautiful silk embroi

Bame as No.

was not discovered tall several days afterwards is due to arrive at 6 am, on Thursday the 17th which would, even ten or twelve years ago, we shall call it then, of carrying our deries Iscquer ware, damascuns, work, ivory

To us this seems a rather severe penalty to pay vinstzinnen

The P. & O. str. Sanda left Singapore for have neled extensive preparations, and electricity along umightly wires will be done carvings and choice specimens of Japanese

this port on the 15th iust, at 6 ammi probably entailed all the necessities of away with, and the people who accomplish falempe.

There is on view to-day at Mesars, Hughes and Hough's auction rooms colection of exquisite examples of Japanese

WEATHER BEFORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report sie 20 has fallen rapidly over E. Japan owing to the On the 15th at 1205 p.m.-The barometer

depression which is now moving Eastward to the North of Hokkaido.

Pressure has increased moderately on the NE. China

Trollope told the General that he had written for years before he got paid.

MIXED MARRIAGES:

The correspondent of the N-C. Daily News

LATEST: STEAMER MOVEMENTS, at Hsuchoufu writes:

In connexion with the death of the Emperor The M.M. str. Tonkin with the French Mail

and the consequent mourning one or two

higher education than. is offered at the looming on the Horizon us a real coombeen held at Tokyo, buż has been postponed. Ben Peter Ching was circulated that after a certain date nobody 21st ult, left Bingapore on the 15th inst. at 4

AB

South coast of China botwona) Bonth court of Ching between Same as No. 1. for the privilege of having a few firs crackers

Hongkong and Lamooks.

Hongkong and Hainan,”

set off at the ceremony.