1893-06-05 — Page 2

Intimations.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

AERATED WATER S.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1893,

LIMITED.

under that head?

THE P. & D. S. N. Co's steamer Gwalior left Ws are informed by the Agents (Mears D.THE first door of the Hongkong Hotel building, | AUSTIN ARMS HOTEL COMPANY, | management, $11,000. Is there any interer

Samoon, Sonu & Co.) that the Austrian Lloyd's | facing Queen's Road and the Clock Tower, has Bombay on the rst Inst., for this port.

stormship Vindobona, from Bombay, let Slign= | been let, as offices, ele, to one of our lending pore for this port on Saturday afternoon. shipping firais, The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s royal hall steamer Empress of Yodan, Captain GIA. Lee, left Yokohama for Vancouver on Friday aftmoon last, with 125 saloon passengers.

THE Mutual Shippers steamer Moyne Is shortly expected at Foochaw-the first direct stenme for London with the new Rennan's tens.

We are informed by the agents (Messrs. Dodwell, Carl & Co.) that the Shire Line steamer Pembrokeshire lett Singanore today for this W WATER-The Waterffused is absolutely port, and is due on or about the 11th Inst.

pure.

STEAM PLANT,-Of the latest and most

powerful type.

SUPERVISION. The whole proce

A REGULAR meeting of St. John's Lodge, No 618.. S.C., will be beld in Freemasons' Hall, Zelland Street, on Monday, the path instant, at 330 for m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

Berlla Blet-Now is der timo'to join our club! Inx-What's the reason?

Berlin Blet-Ve have doubled der size older whiskey glasses mitout raising der"prica | { H.M.S. Pallas left Singapore under sealed orier on May 27th. Her destination is probbly Bangkok, although her draft of water will nece-

The Chairman The question has already Interest has been charged to interest account been answered, but I will say again that all the and nowhere else. If gentlemen will come late,

hea meeting is ball over

custom to give two or three minutes' grace.

Mr. Fonwick I think it is generally the

The Chairman :-Thla mézing commenced about two minutes after the clock struck.

The ordinary annual meeting of shareholders THE following notification appears Fa theo this company was held to-day. Mr. J. D. Gassifeofthe 3rd Instant;--"Application havlog | Humplacys presided, and there were sito present boca made to Government for permission to con- Messis: Orange, H. Humphreys (directors), struct the Tramways No. 2, 3, and 4 described Sutton, Hagen, Mancell, M. E. Machado, C. S. in The Tramways Ordinance, No. 6 of 1883, Taylor, G. Fenwick, and J. A. Jupp (secretary). || along Queen's Road, householders realding a The Chairman-Gentlemen, with your per- that thoroughfare are requested to inform the mission we will take the report and statement of Colonial Secretary on or before the 17th fastast accounts as having been read. I have nothingnessmen who cannot leave their business Mr. Fenwick:-Many shareholders are bull. whether they are in favour of the project, or to add to them, but before proposing their exactly at that hour. opposed to it." A practical report from the Hos. adoption, I shall be very glad to answer any F. A. Cooper or Mr. E. Bowder would be very questions on them. much more to the purpose.

The Chairman-If you had made any sug gestion to alter the time of the meeting I would have done it with pleasure.

of manufacture is under the IT is notläed In Saturday's 'Gazette that Mr. altste ker anchoring nearly forty miles fromthe A FoocHow correspondent writes under diste sorry I was not here in time to hear your open. men proposed the adoption of the report and

continuous supervision of a qualified English Chemist.

The PRODUCT.-Will bear compartion with the Wates made by the most noted makers in England.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co., LD.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

William Chatham bas been appointed an executive engineer in the Public Works Depart ment, from the expiration of his agreement on the and inst.

AN Emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. 525, E.C.. will be held in Freemasons' Hall, 5 for 5.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

town.

3 ;

THE China Navigation Co's steamer Phamed, which we announced some days ago kad jees floated off the S.E. Promontory, arrive at Shanghal on Saturday.

June 1st-Two Russian torpedo boats, route from Cronstadt to Vladivostock, arrived at Pagoda Anchorage a few days ago. They are very smart-looking craft, about from 120 to 130 feet in length, with a bale back forward and two fannels abreast, and are reported to be able to steam 24 miles per hour. They are age as September, and put In here for coals. On Saturday they leave for Vladivostock, via Ningpa.

Mr. Taylor (who only entered the room as the Chainman sat down):-Mr. Chairman, I a ing address. I wanted to make a few remarks-

The Chairman Adỳ questions?

Mr. Taylor -The last meeting held here was extended to undue length through the formal course of asking and answering questions; you would follow the practice adopted by

the London companies, of hearing what shareholders zave a great dea), of time..

There belag no further questions, the Chili

mecoents as presented to shareholders.

Mr. Taylor seconded the motion, which wa carded unanimously.

Mr. Sutton, Messrs. J. D. Humphreys, T. Orange, On the motion of Mr. Machado, seconded by and H. Humphreys were re-elected directors.

On the motion of the Chiliman, seconded by Mr. Orange, Messrs. Fullarton Henderson and

Zetland Street, on Saturday, the roth instant, at / THE› Agents (Messrs. Dodwell, Carli & Co.) from Salzon fest, having left Cronstadt so log have to say and then answering them, it would Adam Lind were re-elected andi:ars.

THE text of a bill entitled "An Ordinance to make provision for regulating the keeping of

inform us that the Northern Pacific Steamship Ca steamer Tacoma, from Hongkong and Japan porta, arrived at Victoria, BC, or her voyage to Tacoma, Wash., on the rat fast, P

The Chairmen -I must confina discussion to questions on the report, and. statement of accounts. If you will put any question as to

The Chairman :-That ccocincles the business of the meeting, and I can only repeat what I have already sald--that any shareholder, or any debenture holder, or any person entitled to than what is given in the stalement of accounts,

supply the Information at the proper time. may come to the office and I shall be happy to

138 dogs and for the prevention of the Importation Ir is reported that the Japaness Governant Queen's Birthday honours and Hongkong's loyal | that, I will answer you to the best of my ability, ¦ information, and wishing to know anything more

and spread of rables" is printed in last Satur. day's Government Govatie.

has determined to send a company of plice Inspectors and constables to Kores for the nurpe of affording adequate protectia to being selected,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THE excessive drought and beat on the Con-Japanese subjects there. The men are how inent of Eurog having spoiled the beet-root crop, an enormous increase in the price of sugar is confidently predicted. This ought to "boom" The business of our local refineries,

CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT.

ESTABLISHED AD, 1843,

·MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED

WATERS.

UR NEW FACTORY has been recently refitted with automatic Steam Machinery of the latest and most approved kind, and we are well able to compete in quality with the best English mak IS:

The purest ingredients only are used, and the utmost care and cleanliness arè exercised in the rusnulactore throughout.

THE Straits Times is alwıyı discovering some-

PEMBERTON WILLARD's Company are repeted to bave done splendid business in India. After and thence make bee-line for Austraia, That

REUTER has wired a Hst of the recipients of breast heaves in response to a C.M.G-ship 1 the worthy Colonial Surgeon regards this bauble as an honor we beg to tender aim our congratulationss not that we place any value in the decoration but because we consider his long services worthy of recognition. The honor (1) one that has been indigeantly, refused by of many the order is still regarded with the Chief Justice has been passed over in the list of honors Judging from precedent it is a comprehensible and the fact that his name hau not been wired with the others may only be an- other of Reuter's vagaries,

and loss account, interest is pat down ar Mt. Taylor -Very well, then; in the profit $7,280ay; does that mean you have borrowed $130,000 on mortgage and $91,000 in debentures, all for $7,000 interent a year?

& tenson in Bombay they come on to Colonne more than one Australian públican" but in the is made tip-will that cover all the information

The Chairman :-You want to know how the Item for interest in the profit and loss account

you require? - Wall, it is the balance of interest made up. There was a credit balance for the difference brought forward from the previous

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessaly andarme the opinions expressed by Corporròndens in this columa).

;

ASSOCIATION,

} thing—an imaginary tín mine or a bogus largest is the latest programme, but the manganent plous awe. It may, however, be asked here way account on the date to which the books were | THE MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICERS'

circulation. Its latest novelty is that Thursday, June 1st, was the Queen's Birthday," Perhaps the rejected of Camiachle meast the Queen of Sheba..

CAPT HECTOR, of the steamship Nam Yong, on arriving at Singapore on May 181k, reported having spoken the British barquentine Sepia, of London, to lat 15 24 N., and long, 113" 10 E. bound from Western Australia to Hongkong, 47 days out,

always reserves the right to change at the eleventh hour. The P. & O. Cols mail steamer Orient arrived in Singapore from this port at 2.30 paen May 20th, having made the ran Inside four sys. OTHER in nothing particularly suggestive, if the did that the Peninsular, with the nextEnglish cap doesn't fit, in this gruesome little para, all, will attempt to beat the record fi Sing which appears in the Penang Gaselle of May spore to Hongkong, and arts threrdays in 16th The Strathallar called at Penang on advance of the French Mail.

Monday and delivered cargo, leaving the next day for Singapore. For Singapore she had 1,200 tons of rails for the Kinta Valley Railway Granting that it costs no mora to takze the rails to Singapore than to Penang, it costs $4 per ton to bring them back again to Telok Anson, against probably half that to take them from wasted and Penang defrauded of the prost of handling, which naturally would come here tut is actually taken to Singapore. All this loss to Perang and Perak benefits two companies in Singapore, who are fortunate enough to have their interests well represented in the Legislative Council.

THE Hiego News states that the Gila refecture is fall of criminal sulis containing extensive implications. Besides those of the ethquake scandals, the prople of Takari-mara, Cata-gun, in that prefecture, including all the villgers, 114

MR. A. O'D. GOURDIN, Secretary of the Punjom Mining Co., circulated an express to-day notify ing shareholders that a telegram, giving part been received and could be seen at the Cem-tlon of the note-stamp regulations. culars of the latest crashing at the mine, bad

"BOMBAY SODAS." We continue to supply large battles as hereto fore, Frea of Extra Charge, to those of our Customers who prefer to have them to the ordi-pany's Office, nary size.

COAST FORT ORDERS,

#BROWNIC" ou Saturday right walled that “it would have been satisfactory if the Secretary of whenever practicable, are despatched by first State's despatch on the Retrenchment Com. steamer leiving after receipt of order.

mission had been isid before the Legislative Council on Fulday." Well, so it was, "Brownle," dear; and it was printed in the Hongkong Telegraph several beurs before your plaintive lament was uttered. Are you satisfed now, oh I Sleepy One?

Fre COAST PORT, Waters are packed and placed on bord silp at Hongkong prices, and the fuil amount allowed for Fackages and Empties when received in good condition.

Counterfoll Order Books supplied free on application,

Our Registered Telegraphic Address is "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG." And all signed murages addressed thus wil receive prompt attention.

By advertisement it will be seen that the popular London Lyric Company tend to open their second Hongkong campaign on Saturday the 10th Inst The Lyrics have had a prosperous time of it in the North alibaugh their Jaranese sanson hardly met with the success the enter The following is List of Waters always kept Hongkong with many new comedies and me end prising management deserved. They come to

of attractive" business."

ready In Stock -

PURE AERATED WATER

SODA WATER

LEMONADE

POTASH WATER

SELTZER WATER

LITHIA WATER

SARSAPAPILLA WATER

TONIC WATER

LEMON SQUASH GINGER ÅLE

RASPBERRYATE GINGERADE.

No Credit given for Bottles that look dirty er greasy, or that ap er to have been used for any other purpose that that of contaluing Aerated Waters, as such Bottles are never used again by

Uk

A. S. WATSON & Co., LIMITED, The Hoogling Dispensary, Hongkong.

SUBSCRIBERS TO

TO SUBSCRIBERS.

"THE HONGKONG TELEGRAFH" AIR MOST RESPECTFULLY REMINDED THAT ALL BUBSCRIPTIONS

MUST BE PAID IN ADVANOR.

Tre

Jongkong

HONGKONG, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1893,

TELEGRAMS.

THE EAGLE BECOMES A DOVE.

LONDON, Juse 3rd. An arrangemen has been arived at with regard to the awards to exhibitors at the Chicago Exhibition by which the recent difficulty has been got over.

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS. Sir Hussey Vivio, Sir Thomas Faner, John Campbell White, Cecil Foijambe and Viscount Drumlandig have been raised to the peerage. Sir Robert Hart has been made a Baronet, Tenniel (artist) and George Lewis, the editors of the Daily News and the Liverpool Forf, have been knighted. Dr. Ayres, Colonial Surgeon of Hongkong, has been given a C. M, G.#hip,

THE SHERMAN ACT.

The Times stalt an informal canvass taken at Wasbingson shows that majority of both Houses wil agree to a repeal of the Sherman

Act.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Tux silk or the Empress of India was delivered in New York on the and insty 20 days from

Yokohama.

11

THX appointment of Lieut. W. C. A. Nicholson, R.A, la be Adjaunt to the Hongkong Volunteer Corps has been gietted.

THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum is the week ended June 4th are Europeans, 152j. Chinese, 1,530 total 1,572.

At the Magistracy to day, twenty-ning gamblers arrested by Inspector Kemp in a house at 31 Market Streal, on Saturday night were food is nach or ten days'impalaenment.

}

|

|

|

Year.

Mr. Taylor :-I do not quite undersland, The Chairman Shall I explain more fully ? Perhaps it will save you the trouble of making further questions !

Mr. Taylor How is it that for the $130,000 and the $97,000 the whole amount of Interest does not appear in the accounts ?

The Chairman: That is just what I have explained the not brilance is shown. If there to an amount to credit of an account, it is deducted from the total amount on the debli side, and the balance goes to debit or credit,

In number, have been charged with intraven- Penang to Telak Anson. Thas Perak money is as the case may be if profit and loss,

In reference to the unmeaning atteraies of an lospired Idiot In Saturday's China Mi as'to "ignerance and prejudice " In the Po Ling Kuk question, it is perhaps hardly necessy to say that no prejudice ever existed, unless contrs. dicted suspicion could be called prejuce; but that ignoran'e did exist, and the Po Ling Kük carefully kept everybody in Ignora of its doings, good or bad, and, that la just by there was so much trouble.

FOR cast-iron impudence commend us to section of Japan's much vaunted native journalists and of which the following is a sample The Hochi Shimbun discusses the baueful (1) A JAPANESE native paper states thata tegraphie Ludiences exercised by foreign tourists upon the message despatched by the Governor (Aomor! people of that country. It is not averse to the to the Home Minister announces thak report coming of foreign tourists to Japan on the was received from Shirlys, in the Smokita contrary, It Invites them to come in increasing district of the prefecture, to the effect it seven numbers, But, at the same time, it calls atten foreigners, accompanied by five Japanesamired tion to the fact that in many cases they 2012 dit at about p.. The Chii Police in contact by familiarising them with vices in five boats on the beach of Shiri on the contaminate the people with whom they come Inspector of the district proceeded the spot of the most repellent character. (1) It is at once but the party had felt before barriyal remark, that while leading i bome an arse THE Hon. Treasurer of the Alice smorial ently pure life, they indulge in the grossest Hospital begs to acknowledge, with this, the Immorality so soon as they set their foot in an following donations to the fands of the Hpital; Oriental country, To its translation of the H. E. Sir William Robinson, K.C.M.G. 25.00 above the Japan Mail adds that its contem- John Walter woman.nu

20,00 pority would have Japanese of the higher 15.00 classes bestow serious attention on the subject, to oo to see ll something cannot be done to prevent 10.00 the evil from growing too general to be con- 5.00 veniently dealt with. After this, what price the 5.00 Deluge f

H. E. Wodehouse, C.M.G..................... Brown, Jones & Co. ................................. W. H. Williams ....

A. Denison...................

P. Baktorowa Comunqenimas-

at an appr

SUPREME COURT.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Mr. Taylor:-Then, the rest of the interest does not come in under general charges ?

The Chairman, it is simply last year's credit balance,

Mr. Taylor:--You have a mortgage on the Company's property, and out of the mortgage money you are paying interest on the debentures

The_Chairman:-No! Nothing of the sort! The Company's property was mortgaged with concern. It stands to reason that no concern a view to carrying on the business as a' golog can be kept going without meeting all fiu engage, ments as they fall due, and it is very difficult of course to pick out one engagement from others and say what it is that money was raised for. You have to meet the whole of

your engagements, and interest is no different; from any other item your wasserman, or hatcher, or baker, them all, and you might just as well say the or candiest Ick-maker--you have to meel mortgage was made to pay the washing, blit, or any of them!

holders first; they are preferential creditors, and Mr. Taylor-Bot it was to pay the debenture if you have no money to pay them with, you cannot pay them 1

The Chairman (after a long

pause)-That is

so. Yes, there is no doubt of it by t

· Mr. Taylor :-Then, having paid the deben- ture holders out of the mortgage money, are not the directors personally liable for the amount so paid?

The Chilman-That is not a question on the report and accounts, whether the directors are llable or not. There is no question of paying debenture interest or any other quaillon thrt 1 | see in the report or accounts. If it was, jou would be justified in putting that question.

Mr. Taylor-Well, are you satisfied of your ground? Did you act on legal advice. In the matter?

The Chairman:-Ab, I think that is a ques tion which may properly be put and answered. I invariably act on the very best legal advice in all important matters,

Me. Taylor:-"Thank you f

Mr. Fenwick (entering the room in haste at this stage)-Mr. Chairman, I have not heard your opening remarks, and in fact I have hardly had time to look over the report and accounts ;||(though they were circulated a week ago), but ! must say I think the directors have acted shame- fully in issaing that mortgage--

The Chairman-We have just falshed dis cussing about that mortgage. It appeared in the statement of accounts last year, and not a slogia question was then asked about it. Do you want to know whether we were justified

the Company's property) Mr. Fenwick

To en Enron OF TEN. ** Horozong TalsosaFY.” SIR-Speaking for the Committee of the British Mercantile Marinė Officers' Association, I wish to say that Mr. Chesney Duncan, the present Secretary, had no authority from us to write anything about the Hon. Mr. Belillos or any one else, good, bad or indifferent.

Yours falthfully

H. C. HARRIS,

Hon. Treasurer,

B. M.-M. Ö. Au

S. S. Namos, Hongkong, June, sth 1893. [Capt. Harris' disclaimer in doubtless on account of a paragraph published in a recent issus of the Telegraph, in which reference was made to a letter sent y Mr. Cherney Duncan, dealing with some remarks made by the Hon. Mr. Belillos at the Chamber of Commerca: meeting. We declined to publish that letter because in our opinion it was grossly libellous and offensively scurrilous without any Just cause, Mr. Duncan has since assured us that the alleged offensive remarks were nevce Intended for pubilcation, they were not written In his capaelly as Secretary, and the letter in. question was not forwarded by him (be was at the time lil in Macao) but by his locum tenentų. reason to doubt Me. Duncan's statements, and who had no authority to do so. We have no

leave any matters in dapute between that; gentleman and the Committee of the Associa log to be settled si they_think_j bat in fairness to

concerned fi should be publicly stated that the latter was addressed to the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph," that it was headed

"A Philanthropist :" "Calling on British Certificated Marinen

and that we declined to supply a copy to the. Acting Secretary, who applied for it under direction of the President and Committee of the Association. If it were riot intended for publication, we really cannot guess why it was sent to the Telegraph.-Ed., HK, Telegraph}}

- NEWS BY THE NORTHERN

PACIFIC MAIL.

The N. P. Steamship Co.'s steamer Victoria, Captain J. Panton, R. N. R. from Victoria, B.C arrived in port yesterday morning. The following: telegrams, are extracted from our Columblin exchanges →→

th

LONDON, MAY zad. Dr. Tanner, a brother of the conspicuous anti-Parnellite member of Parliament, purposely took an overdose of morphine in Fleet Street hotel last evening, and died shortly after mid- night.

ROME, May 3rd The whole of Sicily was thaken by an earth. quake to-day, Telegraphic communication with the island is partly interrupted. It is feared that great damage to property and some loss of life was caused by the earthquake.

....

gooseberry that if the skade of the late. Mr. | take the land riak of the 1,100 ounces birold pote, and $2,000 in cash borrowed from Capt. in mortgaI have no doubt whatever | troduction of politics into the Association's work

||

A RECENT Writer in the fiji severely criticises the, prevalent tendency among some of that papers vernacular contemporaries to write violent and-foreign articles where there is no fact to sustain their argumente. As an example, the Fiji refers to the torrent of invective against foreigners as well as against the Japanes Govern- ment, recently caused by an absurd report that the value of land illegally owned by foreigners exceeded 100 mlillon yes. That this report in not worthy of trust is, says the Japan Mati, evident on its very face. According to investiga- tions privately conducted by the Japanese Tum latest reports from Korea receivi by the authorities, the taxable value of the landa 7 Shimpo announce that a new for of more possessed by foreigners in the interior does not than three thousand Togaku-to meontents exceed 501,000 yen. Even taking the market have assembled in Tokugon province Kankyo- price of these lands at twice their assessed value, do. They despatched men to Kon and the whole amount barely exceeds a million yes. Hokusel provinces to gather togets more (Before Mr. B. 7. Ackroyd, Acting Chief roughs. A series of bank demand-nos have

Justice "OURS," or at least a locally conceived version been issued by the Togaku-to adheres, whe of that celebrated comedy, was produced at the intimidate merchants and wealthy respía of

Jane sth. Theatre Royal, City Hall, on Saturday might be the provinces foto exchanging them or caah

WASTING TIME fore a very late audience-numerically of course. and, rice, They offer to redeem the notes The occasion was a complimentary benefit | wherever their attempts at revolution je suc-

A. Hab, who fled his petiton In April last, fendered to Mr. S. Genese, late advance agent cessful. The inhabitants have, demand came up for `examination. Mr. H. L. Dennys of the London Lyric Company, and if the fecilen against these miscreants

appeared for the debtor, and Mr. Ellis for Capt Wright, holder of a bill of sale on the stock. artite results could only be gauged by the good intentions of the well-meaning Thespians who THE Stralis Times of the 29th ultimo,an:--- In reply to questions put by the Official Re volunteered their services, the performance A telegram has been received to the che that relva (Mr. Brace Shepherd) the debtor stated would have been a huge success. But cander Mr. Bibby, the Rabb mine manager, 1 the that he had been in Hongkong since 1877 compels the admission that a Hongkong 1,100 ounces of gold, the result of si lam his business was pleno-tuning and repairing, amateurish conception of an exceedingly clever crushing, has arrived at Selangor. Mr Ibby and general store-keeping. In 1886 he took comedy such as Ours-depending so abso- thould arrive by the Sappho on Weruday two men named Piron ints partnership, each lutely as it does, apen the talents of the law afternoon. It may be worth mentialz in applying about $2,500 worth of stock but no dividual exposents of the various characters connection with this transporing of godrom capital. The partnership was dissolved in 1888, comprising the cast; will not bear comparison Raub that it was unlesurable on the land fatto Haha baylog out the two brothers for $5,000, of with the original. And it is about a gelaes to a Klangs that is to any no insurance offle cold which he paid $3,000 by means of a promisery 1. W. Robertson witnessed this performance from Raub to Klang, From this butterface, Wright. A farther $500 borrowed from the from the roof of the Theatre, it must have the port of shipment, fasgrance halɔeen same man was retaleed in the business, and a had a pretty bad time of it. The comedy effected.*

bill of sale on the whole stock was given as however, was well staged and the military

security. The debtor had since repaid $2,50g to tableaps were striking and effective. Praise The fo un fitrakt of the 266 ull, ststethai Wright on account of the loss, and $1,375 on ends here, or should at least, when the services there is now little doubt but that the occante sccount of interest. He was getting on fairly well, of the fine band of the S. L.), under the leader of the third beat of Lleut Genji's expelon, and had good hope of squaring up, but lately the ship of Band-master Murphy, are acknowledged, which difted ashore empty at Sansgatoriewe prospects of success bad diminished very seriously, A concert followed the performance of Ours been drowned. It will be remembered thibis Last year, seeing that the competition of Moultrie but as we are strict Sabbatarians we did not expediil i was orgsalied, some time ago the and Robinson was taking away all his mule purpose of exploring the Karlle Islandand business, and that he still had the house on wait to witness the end of it,

many of the foreign Journals then predicteat lease for two years, he began a "quadrille ABOUT thras o'clock this morning the police at would end in disaster and great lets dife, asociation, to teach-dancing at his house, West Point Station were summoned to Great A telegram from the Governor of that procs and this venture was paying its way, but 133 Third Street, which they negotiated walls to the Minister of Home Affairs, statekst had not yet brought in suficient to pay off factorily without troubller the Fire Brigade or several asticies and some wearing appareler all, outstanding liabilities, and as he was turning the fire-bell loose. From the same mised to belong to the occupants of the in greased on every side he thought it his duty to house, they obtained two cases, which indicate question, have been washed ashore at Miwa. || surrender and file his petition. He had formerly a tragedy. When the alarm of fire was raised, | mora, a few miles distant, and the cutter lif la | kad & spielt Homes for one year,. bat had nona man was seen coming dat of the house with said to be in a very damage condition. Thale for the dancing association, in which he sold his threat cut and bleading profacely; he was gram farther states that the Zwald Kohas about half a dozen betties of spirits, to the taken to the station, and thance to the hospital aired from Hakodate and will at once red members only,

By Mr. Ella He took Mr, Piron into part Almost immediately afterwards, another man to search for the bodies of the missing Crói came out of the burning house, with a ten-year-

pership in the plans businert, which was then old girl in his arms. He salt she was his CASSELL'S publications for May, to bend the in a small way. He had books dating back to sister, and that he had been sleeping in the last mall, maintain the well-known high staard 1886, but the Official Receiver bad only asked street, under the doorway, when the fire broke of excellence for which Hasses. Cassell CD. Ist three years' accounts. He had been in bark. out; that he went in to rescue his sistm, and are famous all the world over. Tas ir ruptcy before, and knew something of the pro- met on the stair the wounded man previously, among other items of valge, contains il- cedare. He had not at fire mentioned the mentioned, who had been Hele with the written article on Character, by W. Mech transfer of his insurance policy to Mik. A Muk. child's mother. Going upstairs, the brother Johnson; several pretty illustrations and dep His lordship asked ME, Ells the reason for found the little girl, also bleeding at ilons of old churchyards "Dreams that we going into matters not directly concerning his the throats he thought she had been hurt by come true," which ought, as appears on peal,. cilent, Capt. Wright, some falling debris, but on carrying her to the to have been entitled Dreams which harcen Mr Ells quoted from the Bankruptcy Ordi. police station It was found that her throat was made to come true. Wara te as valgalan sauce, sec. 17, sabice...2, to the effect that the cut, in fact almost gavered. She died shortly any periodical possibly could be frame debtor must submit to examination as to the after admission to hospital. The statement of tecnical point of view, and is we bere, whole of his conduct, dealings, and property, the wounded man is that he had a quarrel with rapidly growing in favour with the fargin-If he had dispos: 3 of anything there was o his paramour (which is known to be true, as the incertug community in the Far East, etch the less for creditors, including Capt. had refused to live with him after the return of Saturday Toursah the richest store af Wright and thus it affected the question of her son from abroad) and that she attacked cellaceous fuerature to be found in the worpf granting a discharge. 199 him with a sword-thus making the wound sixponay montalles, contains hardly som The debtor then continued explaining tis in his throat; that he hid under the bed, and the that is not well worth reproducing. In refere dealings at very great length, at the request of missing her next blow at him, struck the child to a question which is becoming more promit Mr. Bills, though his lordship several times by accident and also sigset a lamp, setting fire to daily whether protesting tata indipated that it was being wasted to no the house. The woman, however, has not been evidence there is a very Inter purpose. heard of about the premises, and her son, brother with Mr. Hopwood, 9.C. M.P. Berorie Ultimately the examination was adjourned in of deceased, ballares that she had left the house, Liverpool." There are also innamenable order to obtain further detalls required by Mr. and that the man in revenge killed her daughter, stories, useful noise, and strjál matter of Ellis 1 his lordship saying that, so far, thara was set fire to the hopan, and sttempted suicide

nothing against sky debtor,the

that you were perfectly justified I have just been looking over the Articles of Association, and I and that you have absolute power, and you can do whatever you choose- with the property. But when you ansaged with the Land Investment Company for this $100,000 mortgage, you did not let the debenture holders know it was done, and I do not know whether: it was done in their interests or metaste the

The ChairmansAre you here in the interests of the shareholders or debenture holders, Mr. Fenwick

Mr. Fenwick-Beth,

||

The British Womati's Temperance Association

DAY LONDON, May 3rd

sat in convention from so this morning until Ir o'clock to-night. The day's proceedings were entironed by a neraber of speeches in which bitter personalities were indulged in. In the ballot for president; Lady Somerset was re-elected. The minority thereupon left the convention in indignation, declaring that the in- would spilt the organizuiton and rein the tan perance cause,

NEW YORK, May 3rd: The Wall Street Journal says: The pressar already put on the market is admitted to have been strong enough to have produced pantell there had been over-speculation in stocks.. There is an doubt that the banks are curtalling credits and contrasting loss as the tension the commercial community is great, but the comment is one of surprise that there are so few fallures: Everybody is looking for trouble to come. The darkc side of thloga is enlarged upon and whatever may be considered the ordinarily potent bull factos' is minimited completely.

The Chairman -Because, this is a meeting of shareholders, not of debenture holders.

Mr. Fenwick-But the two Interests, are

VICTORIA, B, C, May 6th mixed up so much together

The first Irdy physician admitted to practice *The Chairman 1** Yes, It is true the 'deben in British Columbia was yesterday enrolled and. teres are to a great extent held by original share. received a diploma. She is Mian Mary McNeil. holders, and their interests are interwoven and a graduate of Torinto, and will locate hers. perhaps rightly so; but at the same time, st

DUBLIN, May 6th.. this meeting questions should come as from -Dynamite bombs were exploded at 10,40 h shareholders, not as from debenture holders, night is the quirangle of the Four Cours and should be based on the statement of the explosion fras heard for miles. Many accounts, which I think is a very fale one, windows were by ken, but otherwise no damage.. There is nothing in it that will not bear the was done. The day was the anniversary of the strictest Investigation, and on every item of it assassination of Cavendish and Burke, we shall Fe pleased to give you the fullest pos

NEW YORK, May 6th sible information. If any shareholder, who “There will be another cosan race between tie is also a debenture holder thinks that we steamer Paris of the American line and the directors have exceeded our rights, the proper big Cunard steamer Componta to all from this person for him to go Lagal adviser 150 and ask questions of is als port. They left their docks this morning at 9. GRADU o'clock, and it is shld the Companio will try to Mr. Fenwick: Yes, bm'I will think wo might wrest the record from the Paris. SELMAN have got some information from the directors „The Paris is bound for Southampton and the: about it, as if

Campanta for Liverpool. Both will pursuos, The ChairmanIf any information is sought southerly course. This will take them over the by any shareholder or debanture holder that is mime route for nearly the whole distance, aimest outside of the reput and statement of accounts 3,000 miles. It is thought that they will ba this: beard room is not the place to ask for [1] | within sight of each other most of the time, nor the place for it to be, girem. The office of There has been some betting on the restit the Company is the place to ask, and I am sere among old waits and sex captains and odds kare any shareholder or debenture holder who has been lightly in favor of the Paris, corse and asked will bear me out in saying that boy named in May 7th the fallest information, has always been afforded

school named Granber shot Father him, as it will always be afforded to every one Puranks in Olmuls to-day with a revolver and Them is a time and pince for everything. then killed himself. The priest, will recover. *MaFanwich s-Passing: ^on to " general | Puronka had interfered In Gueuber's love affairs. charges "iwages, såvertising,” direction and | and the boy was seeking forenge.

to