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ANARCHISM IN EUROPE.

PARIS, January rat. Twenty-four anarchiata bave been arrested In Lycos.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

ALTHOUGH scarcely a day passes but some next six months between Timeal, Argoy and | glaring case of careless 'driving fairly paralytos † Shanghal. This arrangement, has been come THE P. & O. S. N. Cos steamer Canton lett tion of the magistrates is seldom drawn to it is stated, owing to a report that paars. onlockers yet it fa often remarked that the attento by the managers of there tw?Trisolą, KO, Singapore for this port at 10 s,m, to-day,

Batter id and Swire Had decided to run #skolar' ences of this nature.. To-day, however, a gharry-driver had to "face the male owing to line of stormers between the above armed potis. Als having driven his trap over the toes olx The Chinese shipping diplomatists have made up coolla in Queen's Road yesterday evening; the their minds to he ahead of the enterprising result being that he had to give the hapless "Trikos" scavengers for once, enelle $1, and chuck a similar sum Into the local tresury. He "anted-up" rather than go "loft" for four solid weeks.

January and Numerous police vialts have been made at the THE O. &O. 5. S. Co's steamer Garlic, with houses of suspected anarchists both Is Parlamis, &c, left San Francisco for this port, via and in the provinces. Several 'ntrests huno;

Yokohama, en the 9th inat. been made la consequence,

January gets The press is unanimous in supporting the

Madrid, January 4th.

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On New Year's day and the two following days, three thousand boutes in France bare been registered as anarchists' vendervous, and | 2,050 arrests have been made. Over half of these suspects have been liberated after examina

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THE FRANCO-ITALIAN SQUABBLE. PARIS, January 1st, The acquittal of the Frenchmen charged with TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS. murdering Italians at Aigues-Mortes has led to

further disturbancer,

CIGARETTE CASES, CIGAR CASES, CARD CASES.

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Some drunken rowdies threw stones at the French consulate in Genoa, and damaged the Escutcheon. The mayor had to make apologies

to the consul.

January, 4th. Demonstrations against France were to have been held in Rome, but M. Crispi, the premier, fearing serious trouble, took strong precautions

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President Cardot, at the diplomatic reception on New Year's Day, professed a sincere desire for the mainterance of peace.

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PARIS, January 3rd. The disaffected party in Sicily having organised riots and burnt several public buildings, in order to intimidate the authorities, Signor Crispi has decided to give the military full powers to suppress all disorders.

M. de Brazza, the African explorer, is i]).

SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

MADRID, January and.

It is stated that the Sultan has undertaken to pay a war indemnity of twenty-five million pesetas (dollars), in instalmenis extending ever ten years, secured by the customs revenue, subject to the approval of the European powers.

January 4th.

Representatives of the press have been for- bladen to accompany the mission of General Campos to the Sultan. (But in spite of all this childishness, they will get there just the same.)

THE SPANISH TARIFF. The French vine-growers and the Spanish manufactureza are vigorously protesting against the commercial madus vivendi recently dego tiated. Their action is unanimously supported

In the commercial world,

TONKIN PIRATES.

HANOI, January 6th,

Captala Brodies, with a reconnoitering party from the force to pursuit of the kidnoppers who will bold thres Frenchmen to ransom, captured three of the leaders and a dozen pirates, well armed, near Van-lia on the rat last. The enemy were taken by surprise, after a forced march at night. No carnalty on the French side. Captain Brodies also recaptured a quality of plunder from another section of the gang.

AMOY RACES:

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THE French cruiser Triomphants arrived to- day from Japan; hence Interminable pop- gun pidgin throughout the entire day,

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St. Peter-Who is that stout lady standing

Aralstaal-Queen Victoria, your holiness. St. Peter-Indeed! Just ask her if she won't came in out of the reign

THx hour of the performance of "Pansy" at the Bellos Pelic School on Saturday, the 13th inst, has been changed from 6 to 4 pm, sharp, The representation only takes about forty minutes.

IT is notified that a third dividend of y1 per cent, an Hongkong claims against the New 91-ntal Bank Corporation, Ltd. (in liquidation) will be payable on application at the office of the Chartered Bank (which is conducting the liquidation here) on sad after Monday, Jan. 1stb.

#56 "you have sued his for breach of promise?"

"I have,"

"Do you think he has the sand to fight the Bult?"

"I don't know; I'm not troubling myself about his sand; it's bis rocks I'm after."

THE United States Navy Department, says the NY Marliima Ragizlar, is making exneriments to determine what colour of print tu best suited to secure torpedo basts from detection by an enemy. Whatever is done in this direction will no doubt be made to apply to all kinds of war vessels. Bat would It not, in connection with at the same time what colour of paint would be these experiments, be a good idea to ascertain most conspicuous, The conspicuous colour could be used for merchant vessels, and thus, being mare readily seen, collisions might then become less frequent. The experiments so far show that wblte is the colour most readily detected, especially at night. This colour may de more expensive for merchant vessels, and

Halona must also be taken into secount,

CORRESPONDENCE.

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Pengers between this port and Keelung. hy'rall huve again been put to the increvenience of having to change cani pes at Paton, whilst soma alteration is being effected on the new | hridge "cross the siver there. This sort of thing is very inconvenient and disagreeable, but it has to be put up with..

If report may be relied on, kerosene dil tanks wil before long be erected both here and st Robé under the auspices of a very enterprising local foreign firm.

her to imports or exports: but the past season shows the largest output of tea from Teman! on « record. The country people are extending their. tea plantations in every direc'inn, so that a farther increase of business in this atsple may be lorked for with some confiderce in the ser fatore

There is very late business doing just now

Stone cutting and brick-making are in full

expense in these times has to be much considered, swing round bere at present, and carpenters and hut anything that will lesten the dangers of col-house builders have been for some time past

·húsy pronaring materials for the new Sulphur Spring Cub. This establishment is expected to be in full swing early in the coming spring, and after that the medical men will have to take a back seat. I am awfully sorry for cur popolar local medico, Dr. F. C. Apgear, when the Sulphur Springs shall have proved a panacea for all diseases; but perhaps increased practice la connection with visitors from China and Hong- korg, who may find nur solphar baths mare convenient than those in Japan, will make up the difference.

(Wa do not sacassarily andorse the opinions expresand by Correspondanta fa this column.)

THE DRAINS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONŮ TELEGRAPE,” SIR-There is of course no doubt, and no use

A VISIT TO PANGCHOW.

(Concluded)

whose fame bas never been known to the There once dwelt in this old city a woman, Western world and whose statecraft at that early period has never been appreciated. She was the Righ's. She is mentioned by Giles in his renowned Empress Wu, who invented Woman's

- Niful book, Historic China and other Sketches, and he relates that her fir great achievement was to warn the thrine, which she did successfully by a hillliant coup d'int. Then the Inaugurated the great political · event of woman with much actuat atility and with a will her reign, which was her doom. She was a

disputing, that the Colony is full of bad smells, dangerous to health; but the trouble 'is that Tax "grand military night" at the Eljoning the existence of the evil The Saritary everybody shirks the responsibility, while admit- Theatre, West Point, will be Friday, the rgh Board pleads Impotence; the Drainage De Inst, when the Marionettes will be under the partment protears that the evil odours come from patronage of General Barker and the officers of old dra'ns, or private drains, or gullies, or tidal the garrison-not to-morrow, as advertised water-nything outside of the department; and through some mis pprehension, the garrison the Nuisance Inspectors and the Government do being now hard at work all over the island with nothing, while the smells continue, threatening able to attend even such a good show as remedy-note continuation of these depar the annual mobilisation marceneres, and 10 an epidemic any day. What la wanted is a D'Arc's,

mental double-huffles, nor talk of any sort; only remedy. In Singapore, with a bot climate all the year round, lager native population, and gradients to speak of at all, there is no properly, with galvanised vessels having water. treable; the "bucket" system is conted out im lis-s perfect plan, ander careful super vision. Thit, at any rále, is better than an

of fron, Thinking that other women were in elaborate and costly system of smells, and itke manner endowed, she established examina may become necessary to tear up all our drates; tons for women with the view to selecting the old, new, "separate" and otherwise and rub successful candidates for pass in the service of stitute the coolle corps. If the Hongkong 10-

the State, which had hitherto been torfided to ther is plead that they are powerless to act, but

men-a policy which gave immediate and nu- THE world's greatest pest-hale is at last to be

chuld make the drains perfect if they bad a free bounded offence to all ranks and classes alike, hand to carry out works and enforce precautions, and led to the speedy downfall of this daring cleansed. The Sultan of Turkey has resolved to then let them have all the power they wants and Queen. put Mecca into something like a healthy cond-after a fair trial, if they still fall, fire them all out tion. The d cision is the effect of un intimation of the Colony, from the British Government that unless the

We hear that constabl- McKillop, who rendered Teoman's service on board the Meannes during te laat small-poe epidemic and whose manner of "outline ble font into it at an incioient fiare-up In a Queen's Rad store the other day was a smusteg

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was off-clive, has been appointed to fill the vicarcy in the staff of the Government Clyll Hospital caused by the recent retirement of Mr. L Stevenson, the Scalor Wardmaster.

Holy City is cleaned it will take means to prevent the annual pilgrimage from India. The Sultan has decided not only to cleanse the town, but to erect at bli personal expense a great lodging hours, capable of containing 6 co› persons.

Yours truly,

Hongkong, 11th January, 1894,

SHIPPING FEES.

CITIZEN.:

To w Korroù ɑ men "Homɑxona TelEGRAPH," SIR,-Can you inform me whether there is SAIGON leaften called the "Paris of the East," any law in force in this colony which makes it and Bangkok the Oriental Verice," but Heng-postihle, and legal, for one captain to sign on kong can karek them both silly. Our strategic, and sign off his crew on board shin (as pation Justifies the name of "Malta and often done in respect to American and Britfth Gibraltar of the East" the nature of Hong-vessels) while others have to go to the utermost kg's trade has established it as the "Clapham parts of the colony-away to the Shipping Janction of the East" Mr. Bellefoss, C.M.G.. Office at West Point-to do the needfal Dr. Cantlig, and others have dubbed it "Oxford and Cambridge of the East" and are making praireworthy efforts to work up to that ideal; the Slinks Department has created it the "Cologne of the East; the mass of granite should suggest place in Scotland whose name we forget just map of Europe all to itself, and all the news now so that, alter eber, Hongkeng it a whole connected with it can be had for ten cents in a single copy of the Telegraph. There wow I

SIR Nathaniel Barnaby, the late chief con- structor of the British Navy, has given the weight of his high reputation to the possibility of constracting 4 ship for Atlantic navigation which will be roo0 feet long and 30s feat broad, with engines of 60,000 horse-power and an ocean speed of filleen kants: This ship he described The following are the results of yesterday's steel island, which will be incapable of racing -

(SPICIAL WINK.)

THIRD DAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1oth, 1894.

FORMOSA CUP, presented; value $250; for all ponies first, raced as Grifos at Amoy or Foochow; wlaners of one race 7lbs, extra, of two or more races zolbu, extra; wrights as per scale; entrance $5. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Dryasdual's gr. Cobweb, 11st. Sib. (incl.

zib, errerais

Mr. Boyd's gr. Dar ke'd, 101t. alb....................... Mr. Quartette's dun All Fours, 11st 4th... LapGER.Cup, presented; valve $toos and pony $251 for all China poolery winners gibs, extra for each race won weights un per scale; entrance $5. One mile,

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entering any deck, at any rate as at present con structed, having several engines working side by side. He thinks that a draught of 25 feet of water need never be exceeded. "I do firmie believe," anid Sir Nathaniel, that we shall get the mastery over the seas, and that we shall live more happily in a marine residence, capable of teaming 15 knots an hour, than wo can ever live in a seaside town,"

'AN amusing incident is reported by the London Telegraph's Vienna correspondent to bave 3 tsken recently at Miskoles, In Hungary, A daily, and to have conversations with her. Her young girl pretended to see the Holy Vircin mo her encouraged the pious one who brought presents to her, and when the priests interfered the excited crowd threateard to ill treat them. Mr. Boyd's ro. Dunoon, 1st. ............................ I Mr. August's b. Aristocrat, urst, tibin a shroud, and her mother told everybody that Some days ago the would-be saint lay in a coffin Mr. MacArthur's gr, Steadfast, rrat, 3lb. (1 ch the Virgin had told her to die and she would 5lb. ex.) suit ses zsánecekvaven poquntă 3 | revusel ate her on the third day. There was LADIES' PURSE, presented; for all Chies ponies; to be ridden by residents of Amny, Foschow or Fermoan; catch weights over fiat, gibu.; **-entrance $5. Once round.

DOLLARS PER ANNUM, OR TWO DOLLARS Mr. Dandust's cr. Primrose, trit: 4lb. AND A HALF PER MONTH.

Mi, Wra's gr. May Gower, 1785, 4lb... LOTTERY CUP, vilse $ico; zad pour $25; for Amoy Subscription Griffins of this season; winner of Hackwan Cap or Chaarte Cup gibs. (antza; weights as per scale; entrance $5.

One talle and a ball.

ALL BUBBORIPTIONS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE:

The Hongkong telegraph.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1834.

TELEGRAMS.

RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

LONDON, January 9th, 1894. A commercial 'trealy between Russia, and Garamay has been successfully concluded.” '

FIOTS IN ITALY, Disaffection is spreading throughout Tavallera di Puglia and Calabria. Berlous riots have cocomed at “Ruvö,, where] the Town Hall and Public rifices were burned down, and the rail- "THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" | way and talegraphá destroyed by the rioters

Pabora's MILI, Howorowo,

who were fired on by the gendaruses, several of Hongkong: 4th January, 1874.

them being killed,

terrible exctament in the place, and thousands Framed prepared to awali the prescribed thre days in prayer and fasting. The local authorities came with a doctor to put a stop to the scandalous doctor s-11: "It is very serious that she died so affair and in the presence of the plous crowd the suddenly. We must have a post-morten eximioa thn Immediately the young saint sat up. In the poffe, cylag, "Oh, don't cut me up I can | ha resuelta ed immediately," She was taken to s prison hospital to be examined as to her sanity,, Poor thing i

Mr. Pug's b. Fidget, xzst. 61b. (incl. lb.ex)... Ho Dabblyew' gr. Common, frat. Ib.

THE spicy Castro 9. Tasfer and Taufer v Mr. Grunenwald's cr. Evolution, 11st. 1lb.. 3 Castro cases were brought to a conclusion by CONSOLATION CUP, value $rooy and pony to Mr. Wodehouse at the Police Court this morning. receive $25; for ali beaten ponies that havn Mr. J. G. "billppe, for the Castro contingent, 2015 10 bat won a race at this meetings and Mr. C.D. Wilkinson, for Mr. George Tanker weights as per scale; entrance 85. Ose mile, and his witness, Miss Josephine Trufer, held Mr. August's b. Aristocrat, rat, lb. evidence adduced by their respective witnesses forth at considerable length on the merits of the Mr. Boyd's dun Dascraggan, Tost zalb... and, as per usual on the defects of the opposition Mr. Boyd's gr. Dankeld, 10st. 1213 witnesses statements and elequently appealed CHAMPION STARES, forced entry of $roesch to the magistrate to make this causs clidbre for all winners at the meeting except N caption to snakes, or to the contencing Desperandum Stakes; wiapers, of two races, parties at all events. After listening patiently $15 extra, of more thad two races 3 jo, extra;; to the earnest supplications of the leg.1 frater non-winners' excluded; weights as per sakle, nity his Worship said he was of opinion from One mile and a quarter.

the evidence led that the whole of the trouble "Mr. Boyd's re. Dangon, Fiat, The.... 1. origianied with Taufer, whose conduct on coming Mr. Bruce's br. Timekeeper, läst. gib... up the street en bled him to the epithets of "old Mr. August's b. Aristoc. 11,

Castros: The defendant in the first case, George, Tascal etc, which had been hurled at him by the NIL DESFERANDUM STaxes, of $5 auch, with Tasfer, would be fined $$ and be bound over $10 added:; and pony to receive $35 for all in two sureties of 850 each to be of good beaten Amoy Subscalpiton Griffins of this behaviour for 3 months,ble the seventh, seasons weights as per scale. Once round and eighth defendants (the widow and married Mr. Trian ch. Engineer, 1015. gību defendants would be bound over in one surely

and a pistance. But

woman), would be dismlared, and the other Mr. Dryisdust'a cr. Pegasus,, fost, gibs of $10 Back to keep peclect pasos for 3 months, Mr. Mörkorn'e'chi Kodak, 110%/ Bioponímiana | |--Posso be unto thee |

with their crews. I have heard that the commanders of vessels who ship their crews on board pay a fre of $10 to a Portugisse clerk who comes r frem the Shipping Office for the purpose, and this is done in the face of the fact that it is enacted in the Imperial Ship, ping Acts that masters of ships must pay off her Office to the port of discharge. If the receipt by crews before a Shipping Master at the Shipping Portuguese clark of a Sra fee for shipping or discharging a crew is a legal levy on skip, should it appear in a ship's accounts as an Increment of the regular shioring fors or ass services? If the latter, das could it be con- douceur to the clerk, ana quid pro que for extra sidered a douceur if the charge is legal?

Yours faithfully,

SHIPMASTER..

The streets of the cly are remarkably clean for a Chinese cly. They trepived with figs stenes, and present an appearance of business activity. The people are helter dressed than elsewhere, and have a well-fed prosperous look about them. Chairs with Ulverled coolles, bear- ing muster or mittress, are met at every step and people display ne volgar curlost y at sight of

foreigner. The shops are very attractive, ra ll

“A curius lacquer-ware le mida

cularly those of si ks, furs, porcelain, lacquer wa here, from old broken kiln-burnt tiles, by being ground down and worked up with some other materials. The lacquer is skilfully inlaid with and what not, which sell for a very moderate mother-of-pearland made into pięity boxes, trays price. Yangchowis noted, also, forthe manufacture of delicate sweet-meals, which enter so much into the food of the wealthy; and an oil for the and thumb rings are manufactured here, the city hair, beau'ifying fare powder, scented heads, being a profitable market for these popular articles of the toilet, which with Chinese ladies is so very elaborate. The principal some blackwood Chinese furniture, for the manufacture, however, is the costly and hand- high and wealthy classes. It is made generally fter one heavy pattere, hat with much beauty of design and Anlab. I saw a state bedstead of

of vast dimensions, and seemed meet for the this blackwood work. It was beratiful, costly,

repose of a giant king. I visited two large flower gardenú in which were for sale every variety of flower and plant peculiar to the country. The camellia and chrysanthemum are extensively cultivated here, as also many varieties of the hyacloth. The market places pheasants, wood-cock, snipe, and especially fine abounded with game, such as wild geere, ducks, poultry. Fish are not of much variety nor excellence in the interior of China, betvrgel bles

unknown name and quality seemed abundant.

Hongkong, 11th January, 1894. [Presumably the clerk referred in by our corres. pardent in the Deputy Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Offe who doubtless goes off to some vessels to ship and discharge Crews at certain intervals and for the roaven- lence of the masters of such vessels. Whether or sol a fee of $10 for so doing could of fruit, there were oranges, apples and peers, be enforced we are not in a position to and preserved and dried fruits. The sweet Bate. Probably the Harbour Master, who potatoes grown here are very fee. The whole responsible for the working of the Shinping city, in feat, had to me an air of plenty Office, would be able to enlighten #Ship pleasing. The ordinary people were com and properly about it that was particularly master." That shipmasters have a grievance as regards the position of the Shipping fortably dressed, cheerful, and polle. The Office there can be no question, and anti the residences of the mandarins and wesbay mer anthorlifes see fit to locate that most important chacts are many and spaceys, inclosed Ith baresa in some more convenient part of the extensive gardens, with ample walls. By la colony, arrangements should be made for thevitation I entered the residence of ons of the ibipment and discharge of crew on board principal merchanis, and was profoundly any vessel free of cost. The Harbour Office tonished at the magnificence of the rockwork officials are provided with no lean than three of the garden. It covered at least two scres of stex launches, and the Sailor's Home and ground, and was a mexe of labyrinthine walk Shipping Office renners bave the use of the grottoes and kiosk, with a tiny lake bere and Dayspring, as well as a gig, so it is difficult to there, and plants and feres growing out of every see just where the right to enforce payment of found my way out of it again, I encountered la crevice of the rocks. It was with difficulty I a $10 fee would come in. Perhaps some of our nautical readers may be able to explain my walks through the cly several luge open -Ed, H.K. Tiligraph)

rqueres, which presented quite a fête-like appeare "anée, with gay-d÷loured, bonths, containing light articles for sale, tents or awnings under which J 'ge gles werep raming, numerous gamer going on In the open air, story-tellers in fall voice, pedlars "offering" their wares, barbers plying their trade, gymasets performing their antics-everything, in fact, that is to be found at a country late; and · in front of the many temporary eating houses were litle tables crowded with people for their of people, good bomour and perfect order reigned midday meal. With all this mailer conceurss

everywhere, Leaving these, I went to the Temple

•On New Year's Day we had a little outside of Ten Thorsand Gods. This is a lixge and excitement, Four of Eve Chinese warriors were improved edifice built on the site of an emperor's showing off' their experien'e in the manipula. palace. It was built in the usual manner of wrong. What did actually lead op to the and plcturerque, and elaborately tion of shells when something suddenly went Chinese temples, with high pitched rool, graceful carved catastrophe will for ever remain a matter of architrave and figured cornices. The interiors pare conjecture; we only know that the which is devoted to the gods, is spacious, light, shell exploded and that the remains of and alry, and the wood carvings throughout the the experts in charge were carefully picked up lofly ceiling are very culous and testify to much in small pieces. They probably wanted to know artistic skill. The ten thousand gods-gilded, too much, and sacrificed themselves in the interests of science.

from one to three feet in height, nude, and la standing postures—are surely all there in A' few days previously a number of the bewildering number. They are ranged along braves" stationed in the fort just below the the wails in shining rows, one above another, Custom House at Hobd were fooling about with The temple in Baddhist, and the ten thousand tion also took charge, and started on a racket of in two smaller connecting apartments, lavding a real live torrado ; this instrument of desirus gads are all Beddbarten thousand Baddha#! ts own. One gallant soldier lost the number of from this main one, are two life-sized Buddhas, his mess, and the ethers were seriously Jared, They are code and represented so slcaping. If children will play with edged tools which they These sleeping Buddhas are visited and prayed don't understand, they must abide, by the couple by Chinese ladies who desire offspring, sequences

The fort igner generally, wherever be goes in

NORTH FORMOSA.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

Tamaul, Jan. 3rd, 18943 The Christmas and New Year's festivities at this port have patied off very quietly, as usual, aching heads next morning being the only things one or two pleasant, dimer parties and a few to report.

informed circles here that the Chinese steamers of foreign devil #hosted after him to Chiness. It is currently rumoured in usually well the interior of China, is greated with the epithet SMITA NA CHI) will sun ingularly, for the - This is sebelly done by the shildren, who, pere