Intimations.
COMPANY, LIMITED,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1894.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
Tin Bellion Public Schoolre-opens on Tuesday next, the 4th instant.
THE Peak" Buffet " will be re-opened under new colaers on Monday as a school and Kinder- garten for Earapen children, under the manage- ment of Mr. Braidwood of Victoria School. THE cook of the stormship Kwong hoi ww
felt oplem willingly contributed $55 to the public fands of He was "ap this morning and the colony,
AMENITIES AT THE ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou my ph
LONDON, July 18th. The Cobden Club bas darpatched a congra DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK &tulatory message to Sir Henry Parkes upon the Issue of the New South Wales general elections. Colonel Denison, of Olaws, In addressing a meeting of the Imperial Federation League lo HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FRESH i London, urged Great Britain to grant the caught yesterday in possession of 150 taels of Memorial Hospital and
demand for preferential duties as,
unless Canada were united in cloter boods with the Empire, there was danger of the connection being severed. The Unlled Sistes was already lotrigalng toward such an end.
CONSIGNMENT OF THEIR
CELEBRATED
July 19th.
we
CASC,
the
anhexing the shekels. The malter was promptly Many houses at Varna, Bulguis, were damaged brought to the notice of Dr. Balley and the and a number of people killed. Reverend Pearce, the unshot being that Dr. Bailey proceeded to the Central Police Station
LONDON, July 28't. The race for the Too-ulnes cup in Camar and caused Detective Halt to In lying before the public the following Auce Hospital where he sent down to the ❘ then bay, off Tenby, Wales, has been postponed arrested Joseph as, antil September. The pos pouement is due to information relative to scandalous incidents who was pointed out to him by Lam
Taa-kok, the receipt by those having the matter in charge that have recently accurred in the Allee the" bay "aforesaid, as the man who had stolen of a telegram from Mr. Goold saying it would be the plague depot his money. The case came before Mr. Hastings impossible for him to fix a date before the midilla branch of that lentiation
nt Kennedy-town, tible attempton
en the 9th instant, and after futile and contemp- af August on which the Vigilant could take part should be clearly undersined that
were made to prove the
in the FICC. have the welfare of that most
uneful magistrate unconditionally acquitted the accured. The deferring of the race until September will Infirmary and dispensary at herri, and that it is THX Mission steam-Jannch Day Spring will the hope that by calling attention to these Balley, and Dr. Barton called Joseph Haw into a
On the 30th ultimo the Rev. Pearce, Dr. add to the interest ibat will be taken in the Cyrill Shorlard won the twenty-four hours between 9 and 10.30 sm on Sunday, in convey Pearce, of the London Mission, and Dr. Halley, robbery and as to the games of students who for the America Cup, will be present.
event for the reason that the German Emperor's call alongside vessels holsting code pergunt CBSavoury matters (fy which the Reverend private room to the Alice Hospital and cress-yacht Meteor, Lamerly the Thistle, which in men ashore to the 11 o'clock service, returning of the
ex*mloed him
at length about the alleged 1887 was beaten by the Volunteer in the races about 12.30 pm.
Baptist Mission, ате apparently large responsible owing to kept concubines. Joseph refured to
I to " give away deplorable lack of tact
and
discretion, to
ST. PETERSBURG, July 18th, bis colleagues and very rightly told the Reverend the present functure, ne harsher London Mission, of which he is the bead here at been renewed for
The minor state of stege which still exists here Pearce that be failed to comprehend what the and in the provinces of the Russian empire has effectually prevent a recurrence of such gross term) efforts will at once be made to irregularities, and the audacious and illegal College of Medicine. And the impudent prerent, had to do the students in the
Cropi sed very antisfactory, both in regard to quality and quantity. *sumption of magisterial functions by a couple Flm-smalting man in holy orders does not
Irresponsible and
Christian-like conduct in a satisfactory or any in the future,
other manner up to the present time. But the Telegraph will be happy afford him an oppor- tunity to do so next week,
Here endeth the first lemon,
tance of 4603 milles.
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This is without doubt one of the finest, if not the finest Whisky ever imported
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VEGETABLE & FLOWER SEEDS.
SEASON 1894-95-
The SEEDS will be OPENED OUT as soon as the weather gets fine, and in the meantime orders will be booked for execution in the sequence in which they are received as long as the supply lasts.
SEED
LISTS
with HINTS FOR GARDENING have been issued and may still be obtained on application.
Our Seeds are ill teated before being put up in London. They are packed under our own Supervision, and the greatest care le exercised
Unsure protection in transit.
Sowings should be made in fine weather only and the remainder of the packets fured from
The Archduke William of Austris has met with a violent death, having been thrown from ble house at Baden, and killed.
[Archduke
Al
Juke William Francis Chacies was born Vienna on April.21st, 1827, and was Inspector- General of Artillery. Haden is one of the most watering-places, and is most frequented resided at
GENERAL Lia Yung-tw. the well known com- mander of the "Black Flags" in the Tonklo, Ki war, is about to proceed to Formors to some chief command of the Imperial forces recently
landed in North Formora.
popular of Geo July. The late Archduke | friends at Bay View Hotel last night. A "very
at Vienoa Viscount Hardinge, son of the celebrated Governor-General of India, is dead, aged 72.
His Eminence Cardinal Ledochowski, Prefect of the Congregation of De Propaganda Fide is dead,
aged 71. Wollmen's Arctic Exploration Party, which were recently reported lost, are quite safe near Amsterdam Island, to the North-West of Spitz bergen.
Kaiser Wilhelms purposes to visit England the projected yachting cruise, availing during of the visit to secure the Intare action of the two Powers with regard to the Congo territory question.
The Prince of Wales will visit St. Petersborg next month along with his daughters, when the wedding takes place between the Duc d'Orleans and the Grand Duchess, the eldest daughter of of the Czar and niece of the Prince of Wales. July 30th.
The Paris Figaro has published a statement that the British Government has made an offer to purchase the port of Tanglers opposite
Gibraltar, from the Sultan of Morocco, but that the offer was refused.
Destructive fires have taken place in America, A large number of farmers in the State of Wisconsin have been burnt out and to lost their
lives, whilst property of the estimated value of a quarter of a million pounds was destroyed.
Joly 31st.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Union Back of Australia, Mr. Rabi. Herbert, the Chairman, stated that liquid assets of the bank smounted to five million and a ball pounds. The Directors had no reason to regret the bargain made with the Bank of South Australla, whilst they had no doubt whatever that they bad the power to enforce a call on the shareholders of the latter institution for the completion of the liquidation. The Finance B embodying Sir W. Harcourt's taxation proposals has passed its final stage in
The House of Lords.
in the House of Commons, last night, 81x Edward Grey, the Under Secretary los Foreign Affairs, sald that there was nothing in the com- mercial treaties between Great Britain, Belglows and Germany to prevent the Colonies from adoptog differential tariffs in favour of each other, though such treaties prevented colonies from favouring England in a similar flar manner.
August ret
The steamer Mowera is again aground, this time on a tourist trip to Norway. She ran on an unknown rock at Asker Helms on the damp, and kept in a dry place for repeat Sow in the hold. Lloyd's tugs have been sent to her Norwegian coast. There are seven feet of water rescue. The coal courage of Captain Scott and the officers prevented a fearful panic amongst the hundred and seventeen passengers when the Miowera struck on the rock. The pilot was solely to blame, though the rock was not on the charts.
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At Government Civil Hospital, on the 30th August, 3F91, Captain JAMES JORDAN, aged 38
years,
The Hongkong Lelegynph
Hovagova, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1894
TELEGRAMS.
THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.
"LONDON, gist Augost
been carried by a majority of 43 votes, author
In the House of Commons a resolution has isteg the application of the closure at each stage of the apposition to the Irish Evicted Tenants Reinstatement Bill. The Opposition thereupon announced that they would take no further part in the debate until the third readlog.
The
engagement is announced of Prince Alexander of Teck, youngest brother of the Duchess of York, and Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor, third daughter of the Duke of Westminster.
THE Police Band entertained a number of thetr
company present, whose praises of Mr. Osborne's enjoyable evening' was the verdict of the large catering were simply unlimited.
A SEAMAN who yesterday appears to have mis- taken the American Consulate for West End "pub," found himself in the Police Court dock this morning, and was glad to pay three dollars for bls liberty. "Jack" went off hamming the refrain of the bomély ditly I'll never get drunk any more."
THE China Navigation Co.'s river steamer Hankow left this port bound for Centon at to o'clock this morning with 430 coalies who were brought down bere from Swatow by the Hofhow and were transferred to the Haskow in the harbour as soon as the latter vessel madr fast to one of B. & Sa buoys.
of
American
followers of the law! bypocritical } appear to have been able to explain bis
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that we are induced to take this matter up.
At first ft was prop ́sed to deal with the whole matter In one article, but as that plan of campaign being held over till Monday the better course le would result in
of Interesting news good deal of porene will, under the circumstances, be to publish in this issue a good deal (not all, Dr. Bailey) of the evidence which is now in our possession and then give the auth trouble and ensavoury
• authors of all thin scandal the wigging they
on the 4th July the Editor of this journal received
richly deserve A future
In
isse. In the first place, then, it should be stated that letter from a gentleman Interested in the welfare of one of the medical students attached to the Alice Memorial Hospital and at once detailed a member of his staff to favestigate the the result being that under the bead-fine "The Pingue in Hongkong"
"the following of the
5th July: "Complaints having students attached to the Alice Memorial plague to the treatment of several Chinese medical depot at Kennedy.rown, investigations have
care,
|
RECORD PASSAGE ACROSS The PACIFIC.
ANOTHER "WHITE STAR" TRIUMPH.
It is not often now-a-days that the passages of trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic linera call for special notice for the public has become quite accustomed to "crack passages," "record breakers" and so forth, which are the result of able navigation, faultless seamanship and the engineers and modern shipbuilders' skill, but it is, strange to say, generally conceded that upon the power of vessels' engines only
the poles which are dignified with the names ages. That is doubtless why many of the speediest fore, mate and mizen masts being in evidence Atlantic and I
d Pacific liners have next to no maste
year.
Finland has been invaded by bears, who are ravaging the farm stocks. Troops have been sent to kill them.
PUFFALO (N. Y.), July 28th, The mach-exploited athletic and boxing tourna ment of Billy Madden took place at the Driving Park to-day. It opened with baseball and other outside sports, and closed with boxing houts in the exposition buildings. The star match was the bout between Bob Fisimmons, the champton zoiddleweight, and Frank Keller, a Michigan heavy weight. It lasted two brief rounds.
e first Keller the
rushed and song heavily aim to his corner as time was called. In the and landed one on Fitralmmons' phiz and chas d
corner, poked him once is the Jaw and all was second Fitzsimmous walked over to Keller's over. It took a force of surgeons to bring Keller to life.
In
LONDON, July 29th.
TWENTY-ONE Chinese coolies who arrived in appeared in or lease of wached this office relative depend the results of almost all long sea voy likely to be thrown into the shade. It Is
Singapore on the 34th alto. from German Eart detained by the police. The beadmen accused Africa via Aden, by the steamship Gera, wert the coolies of robbery while the party were to a dhow on the way to Aden. The matter, the Chinese Protectorate, Straits Timas mays, will probably go before the
We note that cholera has been raging at Allahabad, 200 seizures occurring dully, and Deadly all proving fatal. The mortality is said to be confined chiefly to children and young men and women. The city and burbs were in state of panic recently. The authorities are doing all they can to arrest the progress of the scourge Cholers is also raging in Bombay.
OUR Contemporary the San Francisco Chronicle publishes an engraving which is described as the "barbour of Seoul, which promises to be the scene of naval conflicts,
As Seou! happens to
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been made by Telegraph reporter. who finds. that these young men, six to number, have been practically forced to attend on plague patients, remaining on duty upwards of six hours at they are allowed bowl of weak congee, but stretch, day and night. During their watches they have to pay for any other nourishment they may require out of their own pockets. If these students had means it would not matter so much, but as they are allowed only $5 per month as pocket-mency and have to journey to and from the de 16t in
in Tricksbas, that the unpleasant and
and dangerous EBC
doty they are fortable and objectionable. Dr. Burton, the now performing is made unnecessarily uncom Superintendent of the Alice Memorial Hospital, be an inland town on the Han river, twenty-four heen taken by Dr. Bailey of Swatow, and the has gone on leave to Japan, his place having miles from Chemaipo, it is hardly likely to be hapless and half-starved students will no doubt engraving is an indifferent picture of Chemulpo ARTHUR Hancock, Alty miles champion of the world, who arrived here this morning from Swatow in the Hallong, contested a four miles walking match in the Customs compound at Swato last Wednesday. Mr. Haines, of the remarkably well, being his only exponent. Han Customs, who compared two miles and walked
cock covered the four miles in 334 minutes, which is slightly less time than he took to do the same distance here recently.
.
Private letters teil harrible stories of the haid which cholera has now obtained on St Petersburg, where it seems as if Hamburg's experience is significant that for several days there have been the lower Rhine valley and along the Eastern no official bulletins from Rusts of the plague's progress. Sporadic cases continue to appear la
frontiers of Germany and Austels, but of move ments of the contagion westward there are as yet no signs.
and
mere for effect than any practical use in either steadying or accelerating the speed of ocean "greybounds." There is, however, an old and persistentis stuck to the old style of naval distinguished firm of shipowners who have Architecture-square sig, and a sufficiently large spread of canvas to enable a commander to maintain tall control of bis vertel in the event of
breakdown
the engine department. We refer to the famous White Star" line of. fl:et
with Mr. Wellman between May toth t is not inconceivable Atlantic and Pacific Hoers who have never had, as far as known at present, any caule to cause to the policy they have pursued: regret
whme and vessels are renowned as.w
w for their splendid and seaworthy appearance as for the smartness the passages from time to time effected in western and eastern seas. And in-day it is our pleasant duty to chronicle another record passage liner Gaille, Capt. Wm. G. Pearse, which arrived bere from San Francisco at 8:36 p.m. last night, after covering the distance between Yokohama and San Francisco, on her last homeward run, tu éxscily 13 days 17 hours I minute, or
or an average of 336.7% knots per diem.
Through the courty of the genial commander we are lo sposition to give the following extracts from the official lar, which will no doubt interest many of our nautical readers :—
of
In letter published this morning Mr. ficl'ed Rays of Walter Wellman's arctic expedition:
"fear the Eriking's news of Mr. Wellman and bir party is unreliable. The absence of a date and other facts lead me to conclude that the Eriking met somescalers who had commu-lented 17ik. Money Is
Is still in unprecedented aburd nice. There has
been no change in rates. The plethora bas encouraged many issues of new capital. The public, however, is tos wary to
to Induce another indiscriminate company promotion boom. The settlements at the Stock Exchange proved amail and easy. The Korean crisis caused a reaction in
c's of war caused a little more firm. The prospec's disturbance than the silver market or Easter exchanges. Ecquadoran securities tell 9 points and Argentines also scored a American rallway securities were more or less heavy decline. depressing during the whole week and at the close were flat.
PARIS, July 79th.
the scene of any naval conflicts. The Chronicle'? | take a holiday also if some improvement in their accomplished, this time, by the "walie Star" foreign securities, which had been previously
TIE Fit correspondeat of the Sydney Herald in the late rebellion of some of cur mountaineers, writer on the 3rd ulto:-Six of the ringleaders mentioned in my last, who were brought to Suva sud tried for murder, were sentenced to death on the 26th ult. A date for their execution has not yet been fixed. One of the condemned is a bay of about 16 he was a devil priest, and one of the prime factors in the Insnirection, spearing and eaten. one the two native officers who were killed
Tax Band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry will play the following programme at the Gymkhana meeting this afternoon, commencing $1.5 o'clock:
March.............***
Marching thro' Georgia" Nullor. Overture... Robbie Burdalot. Babet Music... William Tali Rowini. Valas................... FIND J. Opt. Selection Quadrile..." Caster Sooga... Cheraller. Rovanya... Now Ver
"Tallers
Fahrbach. The Cyclists. Kaplar
Valso..
Galop
THIS morning Captain A. M. Raymond, late master of the steamer Prin, was arrested by Detective-Sergeant Hole at his residence in Shelley Street, by virtue of a warrant, charging that "he did unlawfully and maliciously publish certato defamatory libel, knowing the same to be false, chant, on the 20th July laat." The case was called
Concerning one. Kaw
Ca Hong Takt, mer-
formal evidence of arrest had been led, Ms. Hastloga remanded the case till Tuesday ; the accused being allowed out on bail in one surety of $1,000. Mr. C. D. Wilkinson appeared for the complaioart, and Mr. J. Hastings was for the defendant
heatment is not speedily effecied. Surely some sort of refreshments could be provided for theat lads who have done and are doing such useful work!"
The next day (6th July) Dr. Balley, a member of the American Baptist Misson who was Acting during Dr. Burton's absence on leave in Japan, Superintendent of the Alice Memorial Hosplisi
wrote the following declaration at the bead of large piece of paper and endeavoured, hu unsuccessfully, to induce all the students in the Medical College to sign it :-
Alice Memorial Branch Plague Hospital.
6th July, 1894 "The reported investigation made by the Hong kong Telegraph of Thursday, July 5th, 1894- Said report having been read by me I herewith sigo my came, stating that no such complaint was made to any reporter of the Hongkong Telegraph.
Signed:-"
One of the students, to wit one Joseph Hsu, placed his refusal on record on the paper thusly
this paper as the complaints i have made to the "I regret I am not able to give signature on H.A.
Telegraph is a matter of track and that can not flatter (7 stultify myself) upon this matter,"
Mr. Her doubtless suprased our statements were based solely upon his evidence, but, sa above stated, that was not so. However, there are few Indeed who will not admire the manly and straightforward way in which this student paskilvely declined to LIE.
To revert back to the 5th July, it should be stated that on that day the following statement Discipline Record Book of the Alice Memorial was entered by order of Dr. Balley In the Hospital:-
July 5th.
YOKOHAMA TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Winds.
Date.
Direction, Force. July 17thSouth....................2.3.....................
18tb.........Var 1.3 19 b.........Var.......... I. 3. 20lb.........N. summm.. Zon 21st......... Vas: ...
22nd........S. 22nd........S.S.W.. 33rd....SS.W. #24 h.........S.W
25th.........
...S.W. 26 b.........S.W. 77th.S.S.W.
28 b.........S.S.W.
29tb.........W24.
Distance to Port....
Total Distance..... July 17th left Yokohama at 4.55 a.m.
to
Distance
FUM
99
315
320.
321
130
136
343
345
323
333
345
345
333
335 130
4,532
19th arrived San Francisco 10.28 p.m. Passage (mean time) sa dys., 11 bre, I mis. Average, per hour, 14.030; Per day 336.72. The recort of the voyage from San Francisco Hongkong is as follows:-
HINES
M. Drumant, editor of La Libre Parož, wha is in Belgium, has refused to come home to fight the dnel to which Comte d'Eiva has challenged him. As Comte d'Elva objects to the Belgian law the duel is not likely to take place anon,
BERLIN, July 2gib. Princess Rismarck had a fainting fit faw days ago and has since been confided to her bed.
SOFIA, July 201b. A fire bas destroyed 7,000 houses at Cottell, town in Bulgaria. Full details of the disaster have not been received. It is believed that many persons perished. The town people are camping out in the fields.
MELBOURNE, July 29th, Robert Reid, Minister of Defence, denies the charge that has been made against him that be revealed the British Intentions in regard to taking possession of Necker Island. He statem that Sandford Fleming sent a man to charter a steamer at Honolulu far the
purpose of
of selzing Necker Island, trusting that Great Britain would recognize the seizure. The Government of Hawall, learning of this proposed movement, took steps to prevent its being carried out.
I ONDON, July 30th. Florence Emery, the actress, obtained divorce from her husband on the ground of his mi conduct with other women.
p.m. Had strong to moderate westerly and south the Chinese evidently do not intend to allow the Salled from San Francisco August 7th at 4.07 The English merchants having dealings with west winds, with head. wen to Yokohama, Commencement of bostili les between China and arriving August 23rd
11.50 p.m. Salled from | Japan so
Cantwell and Grimm, the two anarchist suspects who were arrested for delivering about the streets, do the occasion of the opening of the Tower Bridge, seditious placards stigmatising the Royal
Royal personages an "azy vermin" and that they should be "kolfed," bare suggesting been sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment.
Mr. Arnold Morley, the British Postmaster General, states that the Government of Now South Wales have instructed Sir Saul Samuel,
ing money from patients, stealing articles of value Nagasaki August 27th at 355 p.sn. Sailed accounts.
"The following coolles have confcused to extort- Yokohama August 25th at 5 25 8.m. Arrived at of Pass without-trying to make the most opportunity of increasing their bank their Agent-General, to repudiate Mr. Henniker on at the Police Court this morning, and alter the the property of the friends or patients who have Anzugt weather to Hongkong, arriving | bave offered Ghins several bargains in torpedo at 8.43 m. Had light southerly Landon firms alone, during the last fortnight, winds, and fine August 31st at 8.36 p.m.
beats, and they have also proposed that the Passage from Yokobama to Hongkong 6 days Peking Government shall purchase number of 16 hours 53 minutes,
fast English steamers which their own
cwners claim can readily be converted into cruisers, offered Chins nearly a thousand guns of all sizes In addition, these English merchants bave
and makes, as well fresh lot of Mannlicher rides, with simost any amount of cartridges. When these offers were first made, the Chinese Government took no netice of them, but to-day several of these enterprising English firms have received communications from China, saying that rapid delivery will be the conditor
Heaton's actions with reference to the agitation for an ocean penny rate outward from England whilst leaving the colonial rates homeward unaltered.
August and
fd.
place at the residence of the Princess Soltykoff, An extensive jewellery barglary has taken
near London. Jewellery was taken of the value of £10,000.
The
An extensive fire bas taken place at Chicago.
e damage is estimated at £400,000. The Standard condemns the Victorian Budget as simply meaning more borrowing Financial News says that the proposition of an Income tax would be regarded in England as the best zssurance the colony could give of
good faith in its desire to square its accounts.
The barque Kooringa of Elder's line, which sailed from London on the 22nd of February for Perth, is supposed to have foundered in a cycloste storm off the Cape of Good Hope, Re
The news from the seat of war continues to bearances were effected to-day on the cargo at
most confusing and contradictory. The Chinese
and Japanese Legatas In London are equally
uninformed
Japanese troops have attacked Port Arthur. H.M.S Redpole has been despatched thither,
ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF KASSALA,
Turkey has formally protested against the Italiau óccupation of Kasiala,
THE COMTE DE PARIS. The Come de Paris is in a dylog condition his retallops have been summoned.
THE DUTCH IN LOMBOK.
BATAVIA, August 17th. A telegram from Boeleleng to the Tavs Beds sara:-To-day « column ander Lieutenant Colonel Ltwick, to whom is attached Captain of the Staff, marches to Batsekilan, Willematyn and another column under coramand of Lieut. Colonel Byleveld te Proj, in order to have the reconciliation of the Balinese with the Bassaks properly carried
out.
The Brat column has also orders to ospfers er drive
away Daeng Glanzo, Bugis chist, who bas collected round him some followers, forded
a premium of £94. 101.
The Mount Burgess Company (Coolgardia) has been successislly floated in Glasgow, with
a capital of £80,000.
Commander Kingsford succeeds Capt. F, 4, Pelham In command of the Victorian naval forces.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Ir is notified that the Hongkong High-level resumed. Tramwaye Co's ordinary service" has bee
THS steamship Fol-cheong, which Arrived at Fenang on the sand ulto, brings forty thousand cases of Langkat oil to this port. ACCORDING to the San Francisco Commercial News thers are thirty American firms and 1,335 residents in the treaty ports of China,
CAPT. DAWSON, formerly of the Wäambon, hat taken command of the China Navigation Co.'s steamer Kwaiyang, vice Capt. Östarbridge, absent on leave.
was sumoured among the Chlause this morn. that another magsgement has taken place blomself near Sakra, and will have nothing to do with great alangkter.
Bear Seoul resulting in the delest of the Japanese with the Government, and who says that ka in
cousin of the Rajsh of Goa. Dang Gives A REQUEAR meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. jaj, seems to be the stumbling block to the psaling--will be held in the Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Hon. He profited by the disturbances to rules Bireu), tblu araning, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock prealasły, kimesil so the position of leader.
Vividdag krocheon don sordially invited,
THE San Francisco Commercial News of August 3rd days :—There was no gold coined at the San Francisco Mint last month and only $250,000. In silver, of which $150,000 was in standard dollars and $120,000 in alf-dollars. These are the first standard dollars coined bere in nearly two years.
fallows
The coinage for the year to August fat was as
Double Eagle...$10,875,000 Eagles scie
Standard Dollar
Half-Dollars
Quarter-Dollar copstesastr
Pimes
~$40,000 160,000 1,379.948 534.305
3
Total...........$13,219,756
died in Hospital, and stealing and pawning plague infected articles of clothing, The punishment awarded is--
Serve two months in Hospital without pay, Restitution of stolen articles to the best of Re rability Luk A "Yung, to get back ring, clothes and NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL anklets, etc.
Sula
A Kaw, paid back $1.
their
A Nam, promised to pay at once. Chung A Wing, pay back 60 cents.
The Occidental and Oriental Co.'s steamship Geslic, Capt. W. G Pearne, from San Fran cisco, via Yokohama, with the American mails
exchanges for the subjoined telegram op to 7th August, arrived in the harbour this morning. We are indebted to our San Francisco
LONDON, July 26th.
experienced hands into an evil compact. He The last named is a new beginner at the Matshed and has been drawn by older and more
might be dealt with lealently or pardoned.
Chow A Kat complains that he is fa danger ni
A dispatch to the Timss from Iquique, Chilt, being classed with the dishonest coolles.
"There is no evidence with them, and it ta
171: Advices from. Fera are that the insur gents in the north have gained a number of almost impossible to say how much he knew small skirmishes, hat the revolution is not about the matters of extortions and theft.
He regarded as serious. should be paid and treated as lonocent.
T. J. B.
stolen from
PARIS, July 26th. Theodore Joseph Constance Meausiar, the
The above refers, we
fers, we believe, lo a number of antide, lo pas recently extradited from MEETING of the Legislative Count will be patients to the Alice Hoaptea suddying plague England, was placed on trial bere today. held on Monday at 1p.m. The following are
the 30th June and divers dates pelor thereto. to death, is charged with complicity in the Méaunier, who had previously been sentenced the orders of the day
Lem Ayong war, at the time, a sort of head coolie
to
Report of the Finance Commities.
Question by the Hon. C. P. Chater.
plague depôt on
in the place. He is a Christian (1) member of the explosions at Lebau barracks and at the Café London Mission Church as also is his wife who Very. The evidence shows that Menabler several persons lest their
The verdict returned was guilty, but with favestigated by those fully competent to extenuating circumstances. Manier was there do NO, and www, not dismissed
until
teaches at that Mission's school at Wanchal. He Cele Very by which here, was exploded, at the
I not handed over to the ping the case
have been with a view to
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4,000
The quotations of Chinese and Japanese securities on chuage do not show ever a fractionai difference from the normal figure,
A dispatch to the Standard from The Hague anys: There were eight new cases of cholera at Maestricht yesterday and seven deaths. At Rotterdam there were two deaths.
ROME, July 30th Signor Tanglango, the central gure in the of retiring los monastery. Banca Romans frauds, in unid to be, on the point
of
The Pope is about to convoke so assembly of. First reading of a Bill entitled "An Ordinance
cardinals and Eastern patriarchs for the purpose to authorise the appropriation of a supplementary
discussing the question of the reunion of the Western and Eastern churches. 素 | hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and
BERLIN, July 30th. cents to defray the charges of the year 13"
forty-seven dollars and ninety-two
China has ordered four torpedo boats from German arme Second reading of the Bill eathed in
MINNEAPOLIS (Minn.), July goth. Orditance
Ordioance,
From a ralizond official it is learned that Heng Protection to and "The Women and Girls according to our information, Dr., upon condemned to servitude for life
and Ordinance No. Lowson, who heard about these dastardly sbouled : "The present state of society will not Hoo and Ye Chung, spastu of the Cinere Govern- 16 of 1891, esitled "An Ordinazos to unind the who mentioned, the maller in Dr. I the Police last long. Courage, comrades i Viva Aparells. ment, have a large shipment obsides on the way
Girls' 1290."
Batley
WASHINOZOM, July 16th, Second reading of the Bill antilled “n Ordia. subsequently dismissed him and several other
to Chins. Four carfonds left Montreal last night.. ance for the summary resumption of certain colles. Lam Ayung is now in employment savore blow by the engagement at New York of and fifty thousand riften
The gold reserve to-day received another via the Canadian Pacific and Soo, Two hundred
were ordered. Crown lands slinate in the Talipingeshan Elatpict in the Colany, and perhaps the Reverend Pearce and Dr. Bulley will be good enough to state
$2,000,000 for export next Saturday. Thủ of the City of Victoring and for other
EVANSVILLE (Ind.), July 30th. рограма."
leaves the trus amount of the
Minister Charles Denby, who is in this country Now he obtained employment, On the other or $3 654.570 lower than the halv&$58,345.74 hind perhaps they wont [!
i lowest point reached; en lears of absence, has been ordered back to. previous to the February bond Isane.
his post at Paking, Chios, an account of the The exportations of gold since the February warika situation between Chins and Japan over hond lane aggregate about $78,350,000, while Korea. the importations amount to about $11,350,000, making the put loss of gold, during the last 'niz
Darkort, (Mich.), July 30th. months about $7,000,000 YORK, July 26th, month of the Detroit River, where he has been Charles B. Denby, Minlitar to China, reached Detroit this evening from Grosse Isle, near the Lasard Frares will ship $1,000,000 and 8 dan visiting his daughter, Man. Gilbark Wilkes, bag, Thaiman & Co. $500,gones Baturday. There Minister Danby was siked for bis opinion, are prospects that $4,000,cho will go.
the Chinese Japanese d ficulty and regarding Bitans, July syth., the relative_chanone of the combatania. He Earthquake, shocks In UK bien fer la realidad 11 would be impossible for me to say
THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.
The latest official returns are as foliow From noon yesterday matil noen today -
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