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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1892.

150 deaths. Up to noon yesterday 118 now members of a travelling show was a woman cases and fifty-five deaths were reparted, but the whose son yesterday arrived from Hamburg returns are not complete. Prayers were offered Fearing he would import the chelera contagion, in all the churches to-day for a cessation of the the police ordered the sons and mother to retorn scourge, Whole bous, holds have been sent to to Hamburg. They refused and, after frantic the cholera hospital. Relief committees have resistance, were removed to the lastretto. Mean- farmed and appeals for subscriptions have been time, the police ordered the show to be closed. Issued throughout the clif.

The showmen refused and bowed fight. The HAVRE, August 18th. crowd sided with the showmen and a free fight Seventy-one new cases of cholers and twenty-followed. The polles were getting the worst of Hive deaths from the disease were reported in this. It when the gendarmas were summoned.

cly yesterday.

'HAMBURO' August joib, CITY OF MEXICO, August 18th,

On Sunday there were 417 new cases, while A Honduras special says that the rebel Ganemi yesterday there were but 119. This seems to Bonita was to be shot today.

confirm the prediction of Dr. Koch that cholera LONDON, August 29th. in this city would disappear as rapidly as it came. All the theaters have been closed for two weeks on secount of the cholers.

There is a slight abatement in the severity of

A petition from America for the release of Mrs. Maybrick, who is imprisoned for life ander con... viction of having poisoned her husband, was

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opened by the Siberian railway in enormous, and when once the natives realise how much the line 'will benefit them, there is no end to the quantity of products which will find their way to Vladivostock, and the prosperity thus brought by this trade to the port should enable it to become the most flourishing city in the East, But alas, it is Russian, and there is no oxying now commercial, aspirations and advancement may be suppressed.-N. C. Daily News.

(To be continued)

pestilence. Yesterday's returns show 1859 new,

A d'uctive fire has occurred at Québec, one | A SUMMER HOLIDAY'S SEA TRIP. this, The extent of country that will be Cases and 2529 deaths, a decrease of 1235 in new hundred and twenty families being rendered chars and 212 lu deaths.

home.ca. The damage to property is estimated

dollars. REFLIN, September 1st. at a million A telegram from Hamburgsys the municipal An application for the release of Mrs. May

It shows go new casca and forty-five desibe trick from prison peading the recanalderation of from cholera yesterday. According to the Im her case, has been refused. perial Bard of Health there were 496 cases and

The death is announced of Arthur Algernon. 181 deaths. It is believed the Hamburg authe-sixth Earl of Essex, aged go. He is succeeded rities are either negligent or trying to conceal the by his grandson, Lord Capell

Three thousand dockyard employees have tros condition of aff lee. The Imperial Board reports seventy-three casca and thirty-one deaths stock work owing to proposed reductions in lo Altona on Tuesday and seventy-five case) and Fiscibben, Town Clerk of Melbourne, thlity-one drathi in Schleswig, .... Emperor William has renounced his proposed trip to Sweden to go hunting with King Oxenr.

There may shortly be another Cabinet critis In which Baron von

concerned. This Mini- ater hae Identified himself so closely with the Hebrew Pregrevist party that his poultion is not could-red tenable, and, to add to this, there is » romer, as yet current only in official circles, to the effect that he has been led to sign a very compimising pret with a Bismarckian paper which made scandalous allegations against him, Vos Schilling, it is understood, will send in his resigns fins early in the winter, even if matters do not come to a head before.

It is annrunco that on neerunt of the cholera *xpecte tę dost kla municipal loan 'st par by the built of brick and stone, while forts can be traced Hypophosphites, is prescribed by Physicians all

end of the month.

The British Trade' Congress, sitting at Glasgow has pronounced in favour of the

MELBOURNE, September 15th,

and

Vladivostock has a very, plcturesque ap pearance from the bar, as the settlement extends along the side of a hill for about two miles, private houses of all descriptions being dotted about the slopes, and the best paltinns being taken up by imposing looking Government buildings," the Cathedral with his six domes standing prominently in a central position. On the light and left extremes of the town, and facing it on the opposite peninsula and islands, 'are extensive ranges of barracks, well and soildly 1 tha sammits of the hills. A large nawal yard machine, shop stand on the shore of the land-locked bay below the town, and close to the large dock which the Government is con- stracting, aflasting docks le off the naval rard, and naval vessels of various descriptions, from the flap-ship le tiny torpedo boats, lie in the well sheltered harbour. Op the west of the barbour can be seen the embankment of the new Siberian wallway, and the station now building the whole of, the shore fa that part being piled up with railway material of The great shipping strike threatened last week has fortunately been averted, the steamibipal descriptions. Broad roads stretch over the hilla in all directions, and all of this looks charm owners having decided not to fault on the

ing from a distance, bot a nearer acquaintance proposed reductions.

dissipates all 'romance in a few moments. Os SYDNEY, September 15th. Sir G. R. Dibbs has returned from England, landing, the visitor finds that the-fine broad and has been very well received.

reads are an abomination, having apparently Reid, the leader of the Opposition, has given heen ent, out of the hill without any attempt at solice of a no-confidence, motion, but It Is grading, draining er metalling, and following the Catural shape of the hill one side of the road is

forward:d to Queen Victoria to-day. The petl- the cholera epidemilo at Altona. From Sunday Tustice, w chley Schilling, ·Mlúister of universal adoption of beeight hours principle, "

tion is signed by Mrs. Harrison, Mes, Blofae and other American ladles. According to the usual course the Queen will forward the petition to the Home Secretsry. An important wliness in the Maybrick cang la anid to hive died recently in Cape Townshez having confessed to com- mitting perjury at the trial

The failure is announced today of the firm of Redfern, Alexander & Co., Australian and New Zealand merchants and bankers, of a Great Winchester street. Their liabilities amount to £150,000.

PARIS, August zgth."

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to midnight Monday the record there shows twenty pew cases and eight deaths. At Wandsbeck, for the same period, the record shows seventeen now cases and aire deaths.

Three children and the conductor of a sleeping car attached to". Hamburg trala were seised with cholera during the Jomer to-day and were removed to the hospital at Ludwigsiest. The conductor's wife died from the discard on Sunday,

A traveller from Hamburg was stricken with Asiatic cholera at Darmstadt to-day, and the authorities at once ordered the town to be covered with placards containing special sanitary regulations,

In the trial of the Marquis do Mores to-day for dueling the Marquis admitted his advocxey of the anti-Semitic crossde. He repudiated, however, the Judge's suggestion that he bad Bought a duel with malice prepense to kill Cap taln Mayer. The case was then adjourned.

Twenty person's suffering from cholerate dis-elty. orders were admitted to the hospitals here yesterday,

The weather appears to have no effect on the epidemic. Yesterday there was a marked change in the weather at Havre, it being cold and windy, yel both cases of cholera and deaths from the disease were more numerous than ever,

NEW YORK, August 19th, Notwithstanding that dispatches from Bremen

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of cholers, some of them of the Asiatic type, the agents of the North German Llords steamship line say they have a dispatch saying that the authorities at Bremen deny that there is a single case of Asiatic cholera there,

report

The Herald's correspondent at Panama cables as follows :—The Government bas closed all the Atlantic ports against vessels coming from ports Infected with cholera.

BRUSSELS, August agth. A collision occarred this morning between

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Ostend and Antwerp trains. Two were killed and eighteen seriouíly hurt.

TANGIER, August 29th, The Sultan's cavalry and infantry started into the country of the rebellions Angheras this morning. After burning four villages they met the main body of the insurgents. A brisk ex-

change of muskerry followed, but in short time the majority of the rebels fled,"

The troops returned to Tangler, with the beads of the rebels they had killed, for which they will receive $8 each from the Sultan's treasury,

It was reported that in the encounter with the rebels eighty of the Sultan's troops and several officers were killed or wounded...

ANTWERP, August 19th. Seven cholera csses are in the hospital bere, some of them in a serious condition. Two fresh cases and two, deaths were reported to day.

AMSTERDAM, August 20th,.

A stoker belonging to the steamer Urania from Hamburg has died from cholera' in this city.

BPIXIN, August 29th Thirteen cholera patients were admitted to the hospital here. One has died. Thus far eight cases of Asiatic cholers have been certified to in the spital here.

Havar, August 29th, There were reported In this city yesterday eighty new cases of cholera and twenty-four deaths from the disease.

MELBOURNE, August 29th, The British, bark Newfield, Captain Scott, from Sharpness May 28th for Brisbane, bas been wrecked near Port Campbell, Victoria Eleven of the crew were drowned,

LONDON, August 30th. The Hamburg correspondent of the Standard telegraph: Since last night there has been an enormous increase in the number of persons attacked and in the death roll, Bio new casca. and 319 deaths having occurred to-day. The interments yesterday lasted far into the night, the total for the day being 2917

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While repairie the old royal castle In Kesingsberg to the scaffolding suddenly collapsed, precipuaring a number of workmen to the ground. Nice were instantly killed.

VIENNA, September 1st.

Arrangement have been concluded for the visit of another Australian eleven to England in 1891.

Ste Benjamin BerJamia has declared himself insolvent centrquent on the failure of certain financial lostitutions in which he is fulerested.

victory.

Cholera-bas berken, out violently in the expected the. Government will score an several feet higher than the other; the rain has Sir Henry Parkes threstens the Evening Newscat deep channels in all directions, and stones- or masses of rock—are plentifully spread about. with a libel action, the damage, being set down

Same of the buildings are undoubtedly £10,000. The alleged libris contained in an *cle, nging the ex-Premier with opposing ornamental and will bear close inspection, but the Dibbs' Ministry chiefly because of the fallure too many are tawdry, and gimcrack, rough and of certain negodations regarding his retiring badly built, a great many being flimsy wooden

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anuses with here and there a veritable log shanty of probably the earliest settlement period. There Is a fire look-out on the top of a bluff behind the

Many cases of cholers were reported to-day la Baimb-ck, thies ralles northeast of Hamburg-military camp at Fruck, In Iower Austria, on Arenewal of the warm weather threatens to

the river Legibo, twenty-two miles southeast of Increase the ravages of the epidemic in this

Vienna Ther have already been sixty-two case and sixteen desth. The Government is doing all it can to conceal the true state of affairs, in örier noi të alu-m the public and those who have relatives in the army. Telegrams from

·Brock are prohibited and the facts have come to light in a roundabout way,

ANTWERP, August 30th."

Ten persons suffering from cholera were admitted to the hospital to-day. One of the patients subsequently died. There are twenty. two new cases and four deaths since yelterday, The epidemic seems to be spreading throughout the cliy,

· THE HAGUE, August 30 h. A man who arrived a few days ago from Hamburg was attacked with cholera last night. He has been removed to the hospital.

HAVRE, August joth. There were reported yesterday in this cly seventy-one new cases of cholera and seventeen deaths.

BRUSSELS, August 30th.-- One death from a doubtful case of Asiatic cholera occuned here to-day,

PANAMA, August 30th.

It is reported that Asiatic cholers existe in

Venezuela The long-continued rebellion has

caused sanitary regulations to be entirely neglected. The bed and Impure water supply and the great scarcity of proper food are said to have sided the disease in lis progress after introduction.

Yellow fever is stili epidemic in Venezuela,

expecially among the soldiers of both the Government and Crespo, the rebel leader. The mortailty among the troops is very grent,

SYDNEY (N. 8. W.), August 30th. The Colonial Parliament was opened to-day by Earl Jersey, the Governor of the colony. In his speech be announced that the Government- would introduce an electoral reform providing for the redistribution of seats by which each district would be given a single member. He also stated that since the passage of the protection tariff in March last the area of land under csitivation in the colony has increased 25 per

Three cave of cholera are reported in Lemberg. Three deaths from the disesse are reported in Warbeit and one death in Troppau

HAMBURG, September it.

The official reont of the total number of cases of cholera and deaths in this city since the first outbreak of the scourge shows that 3588 persons have been strecked by the disease and that death resulted in 1771 CASEK.

HAVRE, September 1st.

There were fifty-nine new cases of cholera pecterdry.in this city and nineteen deaths from the disease. The epidemic thus far has been carfined to the quarters of the city occupi by workingmen, who pay he attention whatever to

the hygienic instrutions, lesged for their benefit.

ANTWERP, September at. Yesterday six new cases of cholera recurred in this city And two persons died from the disease. To-day no new cases were reported.

MADRID, September 1st.

A Spanish gunboat has been dispatched to try to rescue eleven members of the crew of the Sparish ship that fell into the hands of Moorish pirates a few days ago, while engaged in trading between Cape Juby and Ria Deard.

BRUSSELS, September 1st.

A terrific explosion of fire damp occurred to day in the Agroffe coal mine in Hainaut. The explosion catifed heavy coal to fall that blockaded the galleries of the mine and suff·cated many of the miners. Nearly all the men are accounted for. Some escaped uninfared. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered, and eight men alive, though very seriously injured, were taken from the mine.by rescuing pariles.. BONDAY, August 30th,

GRAVESEND, September 1st Advices from Afghanistan Just received here The surviving cholera pitlents from the contain the statement that ibe Ameer is folly steamer Gamma are now neatly well. Other prepared to forcibly resist a Rusalan advance to immigrants who came on the Gemma were pro- Shigman and Roshan without waiting for Eng-nounced free from disease and allowed to proceed land's action.

to Londen. ST. PETERSBURO, August zist, Official cholera returns show thất since the

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Last report there have been 6144 new cases and 2741 deaths in Rustin. In St. Petersburg yer- terday 155 new case were reported, and there were fifty-one deaths from the disease. These figures show a decrease of one case and an increase of ten deaths compared with the returns of Monday.

Up to August and the number of deaths from cholera in all Rustix was 107,647.

VIENNA. August 31st. The Neue Free Presse contains the import- ant announcement that the mortality among the cholera patients at Hamburg has been reduced fally 50 per cent by injections of warm sait water. "The effect is immediate and marvellous, and many patients whose pulse is so fachle a to be indiscernible often recover after this simple treatment. In many cases, however, the

A feeling of deep gloom has settled over the city. The loss to the commercial community is | effect is so short that a relapsa fallams. reckoned at several million marks, daily. The exodus from the city is unabated and the number It is reported In Scottish yaching circles that of foreigners arriving has fallen to the lowest on Great Britain, will take part in the car test for the

LONDON, September 1st,

MARQUETTE (Mich.), September 1st, The steamer Western Reserve broke in two off Au Sable banks Tuesday night and all but one of the twenty-seven on board were drowned. Harry Stewart of Algonac, Mich., was the only one saved. Two of the bodies were washed ashore this morning. They were those of Capt. Peter Minch, owner of the boat, and a lady,

whose nama Is unknown.

NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

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The China Navigation Co,'s steamer Trinas, Capt. W. N. Allison, from Sydney, via ports of call, arrived in harbour today. For the sub. Joined Items of news we are indebted to our

Colonial exchanges :--

BRISBANE, September 15th." Serious trouble threatens among the natives

in Eastern New Guinea, who are exhibiting a decided hostility to the whites,

A Bill authorising the division of the colony foto three provinces, has been fatroduced. The measure gives each province the right of self government with certain reservations.

TRÅDE IN THE PHILIPPINES,

'A PRIEST'RIDDEN COUNTRY. Mr. Peters, stely a resident of Manila, who left here for Sab Francisco by the O. & O. Co.'s steamer Gaelic lust trip, was Interviewed on his arrival by a representative of the Bulletin.

Our contemporary pablishes the following-

At the Ocelental Hotel te W. B. Peters, Boston young man who a year ago went out to the Philippine Islands. He went to see some: thing of the world and to gain fortune sad experience.. He bas had plenty of experience and it was not the limate's fault that he didn't reach other worlds than this. He was at Maxils, whers, the propagation of malaria is one of the chief industrie", and that, combined with the steady heat, gave him a liness that kept him fit for nine weeks.

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SCOTT's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with

over the world. It is a remarkable remedy for Consumption, Scrofulo, and wanting diseases. and very palatable. Read the following :-"1 a much pleasure in stating that I have tried *Scott's Emulsion! in a case of impoverished blood, with scrofulous disease, and found it to be a very efficient preparatlon, ) It was taken without the least difficulty," A. TEMPLE PERKINS, 22, Lordship Park, Stoke Newington, N. Any Chemist can supply it. A. S. Watron & Co. (Limited), Agents in Hongkong and China.

To-day's Advertisements.

CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT

7 PER CENT. AN SILVER LOAN OF 1836, E.

12711 HALF-YEARLY DRAWING. TNTEREST-DUE and DRAWN BOND of '

this LOAN will be payable at the tifh of of the Corporation on and after the 30th September, 1803

Lists of Drawn Bonds can be obtained on application to the Undersigned.

For the HONORONG & SHANGHAI HANKING

CORPORATION,

Agents issuing the Loan,

F. DE BOVIS,

Chiel Manager.

1971

Hongkong, 29th September. 1802.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIED.

settlement, bat as there is a great scarcity of water at Vladivostock it is certain that when a fire occurs the only thing to be thought of is the protection of contiguous buildings, as there an be no means of saving that in which the fire breaks out. A vislier quickly finds out that Vladivostock is chiefly remarkable for dust. Strong winds prevail mostly throughout the year, and they whip up the fine red sail of the anmacadamised roads in clouds and carry itFOR SWATOW, AMOY & TAIWANFOO. everywhere. Everything is plente de THE Company's Steamship and half-an-hour's walk is sufficient to make the pedestrian grimy and uncomfariable if he is a visitor, though the residents are accustomed to this infliction and endure it with philosophic Indifference; but it stamps the town with general uncleanliness from which the inhabitants make no attempt to free themselves apparently, as if doing so would be a shear waste of time; so consequently a visitar rapidly comes to the con- clusion that Vladivostock is chiefly remarkable for dust, dirtiness, and discomfort. Numerous being clothed droskies ply for hire, the drivers in the orthodox Russian Jehu costume, sad there is no doubt about thele furious, driv The vehicles themselves are wretch. ing.

ed four-wheeled shandeydans, somewhat of the victoria palters, with one borse between the shafts and another bitched on by a trace to the

out,

""THALES," Captain. Hodgins, will be despatched_for_the ́ sbore Ports, en SATURDAY, the 1st October,

at Noon.

For Freight or Passage, 'apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,

General Managers.

(972 Hongkong, 29th September, 1892. THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR BANGKOK (DIRECT),

THE Company's Steamer

.*PHRA CHULA CHOM SAO" 'Captain J. A. Morris, will be despatched for the

above Port, en TUESDAY, the 4th of October, at To A.M.

For Freight or Passago, apply to

YUEN FAT HONG,

Agents. Hongkong, 29th September, 1892.

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TION COMPANY. “

UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT.

STEAM TO SHANGHAL

THE Company's Steamship

"MARIA TERESA," Captain R. Deperes, will leave for the above place on TUESDAY, the 4th prox, at Noon.

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & C........ Agents. Hongkong, 20th September, 1892. leva AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA-

·TION COMPANY.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES, FROM TRIESTE PORT SAID SUEZ, JEDDAR, SUAKIM, MASSAWAH,

BOMBAY, HODEDDA, ADEN,

COLOMBO, PENANG, AND SINGAPORE.

"MARIA TERESA " having antred, Consignees of Cargo nie bereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of landed at their risk fam the

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Steamship

Now, Mr. Peters is going home, having had all of Manila he cares for He was there representing the Boston hemp-buying firm of sear side axle. The harness is rough and un- Hemy W. Ferbody & Co. He took occasion cared for, as is also the vehicle, the springs of to look into American trade possibilities quite which scarcely exist. The horses look as

they were never groomed, but when urged by the thoroughly and his report is not encouraging

"American imperilog firms" said be, "are not whip of the driver, unsparingly laid on, they dash dair g much at Manila. The trade is nothing to along the rough roads, over ruts and ston

stones, In what it was in the days of Russell Sturgis & Co. away that positively alarms a visitor who is the old Festen firm that once had branches at taking his first drive, pounding his flesh to a AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STRAM NAVIGA- Manila, Hongkong and other ponts. The reason,ely and making every bone in his body acte as I understand it, is that Americans cannot The drivers take a fiendish delight in driving at compete in that market with the houses that full speed down a steep hill, when those who are handle German and English goods. Cotton inside have to hold on with all their might to plece goods are one of the principal Imports, for prevent themselves

Our long drive in a Vladivostock droskie le a thing to every one there wears cotton goods. Americas manufacturers cannot compete in this be long remembered with sorrow and palt. line in our own country without the aid of pro. During our stay in Vladivostock the weather was fine, so that we had only to put up with tection, so it is impossible to send goods abroad in competition with the Scatch and German the dust so freely sized by wind and droskies, factories,

but I was informed that in wet weather the from this country; there is some all from the fort to droskie driving, which I could easily under-

There's a good article of drill comes there mud was terrible, and added one more discom Standard Oil Company. Chicago canned beef stand would be the case. There is a wooden is een quite frequently, and California fruits, pavement laid along one side of the principal canned and dried. There's considerable Call roads, which must be a great benefit to fornia fruit gets in there, but there is absolutely pedestrians in maddy weather. The Admiral of as enconiagement given for the development of the station has a house on shore, to which is that or any foreign importing trade. Everything attached a large garden shaded by many trees la taxed, hat simply for protection, but to raise and sloping down the side of the hill to the There is water's eden, and this garden is thrown open to funds to support the Government,

le demand for the all sent there from here. the public, but is not kept with any care. The Russian oll, of a quality and test that wa Petunias, vasturtiums, balsams, asters, minor would not dare use, has large sale. It is convolvulus, cockscombs, dahlias, roses, migas- yellow stuff and is sold by English firms. These nette, zinnias, etc, were growing freely, but are only two firms there with American connec-were massed together in one bed without any LONDON, August agih. Unusual exchement is manifested in New. tons, ours, and that of Warner, Blodgett & Co. attempt at arrangement, and the ter! was over exitle-on-Tyne in connection with the contest The English control the trade, although lately grown with clover and generally allowed to run Business is at a standstill, and the Town Hal and seem to be doing well

of antidioess and neglect. Tobacco was and principal busiṛess estabifshments have been "The principal exports from the islands are 63 as omariental plant, reaching the height banicaded to protect them in case of disorder.bemp, sugar and cigars. More hemp comes of five feet. or more and mapira abateded August 26th, here than anything else. Nearly all of it goes in the garden. The hills around Vladivostock

of The election resulted in the return of Mt. by steamer to England and thence to this were covered with forest trees large Marley. The following is the polling

Country Direct frei, his to American ports are growth some years ago, but for some reason Morley.......mmmmmmaia 12,983

by sailing vens:l

only. None of the regular they were ruthlessly cut down by the Rall..............................................ran 17,344

lines of steamers touch at Maalla except the authorities; but now the scrub is allowed to grow Spanish mail. The P. and O, steamers never and all the hills are, densely covered with it, Mority for Merley

go there, Litle steamers un frequently between many of the young trees being from ten to In a match between elevens representing the Manils and Hongkong. Few Manila clears twelve feet in height. The Government dock counties of Some setshire and Yorkshire, the

great country for smokers. Everybody smokes, in the East, as it will measure goo feet on the Of this total Mr. H. T. Hewett, the captain, Children able to walk take to cigarettes like blocks, so feet in width and 33 feet on the sills.. PARIS, September 1st. mace 201, Mr. Flanel C. H. Palatre! 146, and ducks to water. It don't seem to harm them. The excavations have very nearly been com. Liewenant Trocha has made statement as Mr. Hedley 14% Mr. Hewett and Mr. Palairet The tobacco is excellent and the cigarette pleted, the dibris being utilized to level gullies to the quarrel between himself and Captain orenni the lanters for their county, and the wrappers are pure rice paper. You can get for in the neighbourbed, and for this work many Chinese and Japanree are employed. The coffer considerable notoriety through bls announced determination to Eight a duel with the Marquis 346, thus establishing a record. Mores, after the latter had killed Captain Mayer, Lieutenant Trocha was to have acted as Captain Fea's second in this duel, which, it is claimed, was prevented by the Captain being ordered by the Government to proceed on a mission to Algerin. In the recent trial of the Marquis de Mores Lieutenant Trochu made some statements that offended Captain Fox, who thereupon sent him challenge. Lieut. Trochu's Colonel forbade the duel and you determined to vent bis rage in another manner. He went to the officers' mess yesterday afternoon and according to and account, chrew his gloves in the face of Lirur. Trocho, whereupon he was promptly thrown out of the room,

record. There were only twenty-nine arrivals America Cup next season, as there are indica- between Mr. John Morley and Mr. Raili. great many Germans bave been going in there/ld, so that the whole place bora the appearance | Opium, are betongkong and Kawicon Wharf

in all at the hotels of the city on Monday,

The weather is damp and sultry and the temperature is 84 to the shade, condition favorable to the progress of the epidemic.

tions that the New York, Yacht Club will cancel adverse conditions which now deter the British from compaltion. Lord Dunraven, it is said, is making arrangements to build a yacht with The Rome correspondent of the News says : which he proposes to compete with the Sporadic cases of cholera have occurred in Americans.

The Vienna correspondent of the Wawoy says i Naples, Venice and Genoa. The patients ura lanated, and the public has not become alarmed, "It is reported from Mery that 2000 Afgháng A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Com-were killed in the last battle with the rebel pany says that the claim pot forward by the Haszras." Sultan's troops that they were victorious in the A dispatch to the Central News from Madeld fighting with the Anghera tribesmen yesterday says that a bitch has occurred is the segmaticns is entirely unfounded. Instead of the Sultan's between Spain and the United States for a forces having defeated the rebela

appears that commercial treaty. they were deleated with heavy loss, It tu mašči now that 260 of the Selian's troops fell into the hands of the tribesmen and that the rebel loss

Godowns of the

and Godown Company, Limited, whence dell. very may be obtained.

This vessel brings on Cargo —–—–— From Venice, ex 8.5. “CARLOTTA," tran- shipped a Bombay,

From Calcutta, ex S.S. “NIOBE," transhipped at Colombo,

Triente, ex 5.5. "ACHILLA," tren- From shipped at Bombay

Optional Cargo will go on to Shanghai unless

TOMORROW.

Somerset team made 597 ln their first ionlags.ch this country because of the duty. It is a which is now being constructed will be thelargest notice to the contruy be giren before Noon,

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godewas, and all claims must be sent in to the Undersigned before Neen on the sth proximo, or they will not be recognized,

No Fire Insurance has been effected, and any

was very small. Troops are again leavlog | Chemieux -Foa, the Hebrew officer who gained | captain's wicket fall when the score stood at a cents there a cigar that would cost 15 cents Ann was most securely built, as there has been Goods remaining" In the Godawns after the sh

Tangler and another battle is expected, The Earl of Eglinton died to-day,

Archibald William Montgomerie, Lord Mout. gotuelle and Lord Seton and Travent in the petrage of Scotland, Earl of Wiston and Baron Ardossan of Ardossan, county Ayr, in the peers ge of the United Kingdom, hereditary Sheriff of Retirewebite, was born December 3, 1841 He succeeded his father, as fourteenth Eul st Eglinton on October 4, 1861. The deceased leaves four daughters]

PARIR, August 30th.

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty to-day In the cans of Marquis de Mores, and also acquiited Count Lamasse and M. Guerin, the Margals' seconds, and Captain Panjals and M. Delarne, who acted as seconds for Captain Mayer. All four of the seconds were indicted

August 27th,

The United States Government dispates the claim set up by the Hawaiian Government to Cornwallis Island, in the North Pacific, which was reported to have been recently annexed by Great Britain to serve as a cable station,

Accanting to the American Government the island is not owned by any country

August 18th.

It is reported that Queen Natalle has been permitted to re-enter Servia.

Lancashire has defeated Nottingham by an innings and 6g runs.

Surrey is the champion conaty, with 13 wins, two losaca, and one draw. Nottingham takes second place, and Somersetshire third,

Sanders, formerly a captain in the army, has

here.

it.

All the pries's smoke. You meet them no leakage whatever from first to last. Melenite eveywhere and always with cigars in their bas been used for blasting, so successfullyoximo, will be subject to rent.

enjoy that only two trifling accidents have occurred mouths. The priests there know how

slaca operations commenced. When the excavation is shortly completed the dock will be led with concrete and faced with stone, but the completion of the calsson, etc, remains with the Government, and for aught that any one- knows may be delayed for years

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The Government buildings now completed of

in course of construction show that Vladivostock

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co., Agents Hangkong, 29th September, 1892. OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM.

-SHIP COMPANY.

NOTICE

side,

"It's a priest-ridden country, far more so than Sprin. They run the Government and run everything. Go away off into the native villages where foreign residents saldom go, and to the midn of mixaggling houses and poor-looking buts you can always find a fine stone church. There ha't a Protestant church or a Protestant missionary in Menile or to all the islands is already a most important place as a naval andONSIGNEES of Cargo per Steamship

*GAELIC." understand that a Protestant service would not raflitary station, and should the Government so The above Steamer having-arrived, Consignees be allowed. No missionaries have ever been desire, the opening of the Siberian fallway wil of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their

a great commercial but this there.

There are only about a bundred English and unfortunately far the place, depends entirely upon Bills of Lading for Countersignature, and to take Licat. Trocha says that the door of the mess

American in Manila, a city of fully-ago,odo the whims of those lo

railway has already been

Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel Four deaths from choirnic disorders were entered, shouting at him, 141 box your cars forged the name of Lord Lendesboroughs to 2 of the club, which is first-class and very popular completed for about 200 miles, but its opening will be landed and stored at Consignees risk

a delayed because the bridges and expense. reported at Sarcellis to-day. Three deaths from The Lient, selged a stick and belabored the cheque. It is believed that the prisoner's The lalauds are Spanish and a Spanish Governor to trafic has been the same causes occurred at St. Duen. Both Captain and kicked him at the same time. The defalcalons amount to £200,000.

Geseri Count with a long name I can't have not been erected. This work is now to he

1. 8. VAN BUREN, August 29th. remembers virtaal dictator, His word in law commenced, as the engineers other officers present threw battles and other

for bridge.com places ac suburbs of Paris.

25 Agent.27 NEW YORK, August poshi, missiles at the Captain and a decanter struck The Times, in referring to the difficulty which Every three years a new Governor-General struction and the material have arrived, so there

Hongkong, 29th September, råga.l The fallowing cablegram was received at the him, inflicting a slight wound. Then the pura has arisen between the Earl of Glasgow, Goreme comes out: The present ona is a good man and is syny prospect that next year the line, will

opened to. Nicolks, about 100 mites "from

́SPECIAL NOTICE: office of a sporting paper yesterdays "Ted clous officer was picked up and forcibly thrown of New Zealand; and the Government of that a very just ruler.

Manila is a queer diy. It is very fat and Vladivostock, and very shortly afterwards Pritchard, the English champlon, called at the out of the room, Subsequently both Lieut. colony in seference to the appointments to the | Sporting Life office yesterday" and issued a } Trochu and Captain Fas wara taken before the Legislative Council, anys that Lord Glasgow's malarlour, All houses are bullt low for fear of be completed, to the Usuri River, Thibbole bo on salo xt the Hongkong and Victorf Challenge ia Bght: Bob Fitssimment, the Procurateur. Captain Fos declared in the Bos by the ruined by the big quaks pronounce to bo very rich in agricultural pro- Hotels, opposite the Hongkong by d

of ample discre earthquakes. The principst churches and the open back country which all travellers American middleweight champton, for 1000 challenge every officer who had a hard in the don by the Margols of Ripon, the Secretary of Gormer's palace were quare foot of plastering dece, which will find a much, seeded outlet Fodder's Wharf, EVERY EVENING from 5.30 to

State for the Colonies. A wrong side and the largest purse offcted in Enfiend of wenty-one new cases of cholera and ten be attended with disastroud: September 13th

results.

in the city. All walls and ceilings of the houses it Vladivostock. Das of the oldest and most 7.30 o'clock a America for the middle.weight chenipionship of

曲 Sof duck or canvas, painted white and respected residents of that part told me that he -PRICE TEN CENTS. :// the world at If stone, auto, August goth, repeat as standing, including Cholers conllues to rage at Hamburg and decorated very artistically" by the natives hoped to be in's position to help away grain Cople ordered from the Ofice will be

charged ST. PETERABURO,

The islands, will "send" "display the Oficial retorns show 156 new cases and forty Solleitos Russell who was engaged in supersther places on the continent. The deaths World's Fals, Mr. Lynch, a Cermissioner, has vaith of this export il necessarily increase Advertisers are reminded that the Hongkong

Hext year to k very large extent, and that the

rata -as centa. one deaths from cholera in this city yesterday, intending the transport and burial of cholers the former place is between two and three hun

quite far the largest circulation This is an increase of thirty-one new cases di Victims at Havre, are among those who died of dred daily, and all business in the city is at Jnot been there, and he went also to Bottes and vastly year by year. It la

diant dilly, and all barnest in the sy trade other threadbaran a typical bone of Mibit at 2500 bar code pos Telgros, haa by masha labas directed as -sixteen deaths as compared with Bunday ta |the plague to-day24 WA.

HAKUNA BIRLIM, Augun goth, A FEST, FETERSBURG, September 1st. producing direfal effects, and ten thousand bambou, with a real wise roof a sort of netting), not only be an important naval, and military Est; THIS IS GUARANTEED. Temsa de At Weltreise, in the suburbs of this city, m The official cholern returns for ali-Russia

SHAN Görnament dels résister in to peavant le fogkm), 14th October, the Matives will be sent to occupy i ja Starring A relief fund has been startalk

for complicity In the killing "of Captain Mayar, room was suddenly opened and Captain Fox been arrested at Liverpool on a charge of having people. There is little or no social life outside ! embankment of the premo authority. The Immediate delivery of theis Goods from along.

Several men of high

in

the

"HE “HONGKONG TELEGRAPH wit

Musions Rios pogumnd last nightë. Among the I show a gestifying decrease in the ZHYAESU CITP Poople thrown out of employment are said to be will be set up at Chicago, and a delegation of station similareli, emporium" of trade, if the application. The Son ARANE