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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1895-

proceed to Tapan. A great commotion prevaln amongst the Chinese officers. Sch is the only man who demands the punishment of the Total, made a statement that he was connected with but Seb is charged by several officere with having "Admiral" von Hanneken in the purchase of arme, and has made much money.

(Special to Shangħat Mercury)

PIKING, Dmber 27th, Viceroy Liu Kun-yi, late Viceroy of Nanking, who was supposed to rolleve Viceroy Li Hung chang in the Civil Department, arrived at the capital to-day. He has not yet received any appointment,

YOKOHAMA, December 27th.

rested:

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Police.

In a cast in the Wctoian Divorce Court the other web was given in evidence that the Angband somtimes lay on the floor drunk, and did not take his clothes off for a furtoight at a time. "Yet," says Melbourne contemporary, we talk about missions to the Chinese and the bestben abroad."

PARIS, December 15th. THE Police gave a very enjoyable dance at No. 8 DR. HILL, the medical officer for Blimingham, place te-day with great ceremony ; as Immenet

The funeral of the late M. de lesseps took Police Station, last night.

recently stated that there are in that city at pre- The Su 7 Canal Company and very large Peninsular for London to-marrow. assemblage guibered to do hon to his remains. SIX Charles and Lady Fremantle leave by the for humin babitation. And as a result of that sent no wer than 10,000 hou:es absolutely unfit

sumber of learned, Socluifen ware kily, repreMt. F.H. MAY, Caftan Superindent

alatoren bera dens will be wiped out of ex'slengd with all papsible despatch. LONDON, Docímbi bili

#givet bere from Shangh Clog is the syresment arrived at between

China thle afternoop. the Powers and the Porte that representatives of -Great-Bituin, part to the engs and France shall take outrages, Turkey kan withdrawn the invitation enquiry into the alleged Armenian tobe American delegate to join the Commission, Advices have reached Liverpool that the chicl of the Hinterland, Grand Bassam, has defeated the French expedition, leficitng a heavy loss, Eight Europeans and many Senegalese soldiers

December 16th.

were killed.

We would direct the attention of our readers to our advertling columns, in which several new and Important announcements will be found. THE old-time classic Olympian Games er to be revived at Athens in 1896, so plans are belog made to bold the games on the ancient stadium or racecourse.

THE British aleamer Oceanic, Capt. Wm. M. Solth, which arrived here this morning from San Francisco vid Japan ports, made the run. 10 hours and 49 minutes. down from Nagasaki to Hongkong In 3 days,

is stated that Agents General, who represent the Australasian Colonies in London, strongly object to the new mail service of the P. and O. and Orient Line boats. They contend that the Colonies should not be secondary to India, and intend asking their respective colonies to instruct them as to what attitude to take. Postmaster-General proposes to extend the contract by two years.

THE " VANISHING ACT,

One More unfortunate, third-cinas galɔớc,” Ny dana importunate forcéd to snot ; Think of him kladly, don't judge him bliadly, Give him a chance iɛho has had to skip i Playing poker with wins be the worst of complačiaj That a skipper can tackle who don't own the ship,

They gave him the anch, and they won't. take his sum And sa he has halted for reglum more fair: To a neler clima ba will find out in time,

That he conam buck up against * trays * with two pa Another good man gone wrong, or ther another bad bat' found out. His nine is

prominent man in many

I fifty-two men killed, and cleven officers and sufficed in dislodge all the Horas, who fled↑ THE 'New Worian who loves to hear herself | ANOTHER IDG of steamers between America and who know him best, a free spender who shịught Another telegram from Lieutenant-General / The French have now established a strong speak on all occasions and on all subjects would reported at Tacoma, Wash., that Mr. Jobo the gaming tables in Kawloon city and NachO

A telegram from Haicheng, dated the 24th December, from Lieutenant-General Katrure, states that in the action of roth December the Japanese casualties have now been ascertained, and that they are as follows:-Three officers and

hundred and forty-five men wounded, of whom three hundred are in hospital. Katsura, dated Halcheng, 24th

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Ang under General Ma, have retreated to

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Tamatave was occupied by the Frenel Marl to be bombarded by warships, but three shells bes on the sath lastant. The town was about

hastily, and a landing party then took possession,

fare li fa Chios, for a Chinese husband 4 position,

ROME, December 16th. divorce his wife for being too talkative, Signor Crispi has lodged information with the THAT well-known terror to evil doets, Sergeant Public Prosecutor charging with forgery Depaties 1. Willamson, retarded to the Colony yesterday by the books of the Basca Romana. The revels and well earned furlough in the 'auld countrie. ion has created an Immense sensation and the greatest excitement prevails, King Hember The Agents (Mesars. Dodwill, Carill & Co has provogued Parliament owing to the report inform us that the Northern Pacific Steamship made by Signor Crisp that prorogation was Co.'s steamer Victoria arrived at Yokohama to necessary to enable the Chamber to recover its day, from Tacoma, and will leave for this part calm after the agitation that has resulted from two days hence. the conduct of certain Deputies becoming koown,

that three thousand Chinese from Ying- Giolitti, Masriao, and Murtucenta who inspected | the Sulies looking as 'fit an a fiddle' after a brief thortly says arrangements have been made in

A telegram from headquarters at Hiroshims states that telegram has been received from Antung, dated the 26th December, statlag that Lieutenant-General Nodzu reports that the altuation at Fenghuang and vicinity is very qulet.

PEKING December 28tb.

The Governor of Shantung having memo. ralized the Thrane to punish Admiral Ting,

•Teotal Kung and General Wel, an Edlct bus heen issued ordering their immediate airest and punishment.

[As far as Admiral Ting is concerned this news is absolutely false. No doubt his enemies hiva been busy, but their charges have been completely disproved by Europeans serving under the datinguished and, apparently, well bald veteran. Ed., Hongkong Telegraph}

A GERMAN SPY,

PARIS, December 21st. Schrenbeck, German spy, har heen found guilty and condemned to five years imprisonment,

PENSIONS..

The Chamber has voted a pension of 3,000 fanes to the mother of M. Burdeau and one of 9,000 francs to his widow.

THE SITUATION AT PEKING.

China has authorised the quartering of European marines in Peking for the protection of the Irgallons.

CAPTAIN DREYFUS CONDEMNED.

December 22nd,

A Council of Wat has unanimously con- demned Captale Dreyfus, and he has been sea. lenced a confinement In a fortification for Hle,

The Press and the public approve the sentence Dissed upon captual croying Aba "general regtes are expressed that the law of 184% was not in force to have enabled the Couseli to condemn him to death,

THE MADAGASCAR AFFAIR. The French have taken a fort near Tamatave, while the Hovas have burni Indiin.

FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

December 24th.

General Tcherkoff has arrived bere to antily the President of the accession of Nicholas 11, and has been enthusiastically received.

A

House.

URBUB IN THE CHAMBER.

M. JAURES ON THE WAR-PATH.

A duel has taken place between M. Jaures and M, Barton, who fought with pistols, and without result as usual.

FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

December 26th.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE British cruiser Gibraltar will leave for the North next Monday.

THE British battleship Magnificent, 14,000 tons, wae successfully launched at Chatham on the 20th ulto.

A NIW gol to be bullt at Dunedin at a cost of £10,000 is to be carried out on the co-operative principle.

ACCORDING to latent advices from the North, Admiral Fremantle's squadron was still at Kintan in the Chusan group,

Ir is officially announced by the State Depart- ment at Washington that Chinx his approved the Emigration Treaty put forward by the on the immigration of Chinese, United States, which places farther restrictions

Flot) which left. Odessa on the 24th ultimo for THE Romian croger Kastromalofth+Dobrovolnce Wisdirastock, conveying about 2,000 meb, took as cargo a quantity of rails for the Siberian Railway, and a large quantity of stores of all sorts.

Sillybilly" I've heard about the American angie and British lion and Russian bear, but I never heard what animal Japan has."

Flyboy-The bull, of course. Everybody has heard of the bull in the China shop, haven't they n

ment of Deputy-Assistent-Adjutant-General-of China and Hongkong, vite Brevet Col, F. B, J. Jarrard, who completes his period of service in the post in February.

THE brand-new "Shire" liner Monmouthshire, LIRUT-COL. N. P. O'Gorman. late Lincolnshire which arrived bee to-day from Lordon, is dis-Regiment, has been selected for the appolat- charging upwards of 400 tons of monitions of war consigned to the local naval authorities. IT is stated in a Londos paper that the arms factory at Steyr, in Upper Austria, has sold forty already been taken over by Chinese plenipoter- thousand rifles to Chins. These weapons have

tlaries,

H.M.S. Nelson, which has been fitted at Ports- mouth as a receiving ship, to take the place of the Victor Emanuel at Hongkong, was on the 24th aftlase reported as being ready to be passed Into the A Division of the Fleet Reserve.

has been missing ever since Boxing Day, was THE body of a gunner of the Royal Artillery, who picked up by the Water Pollce in the harbour this aftemoon. Au loquiry Into the circum- stances attending the unfortunate man's death will be held at an early date.

THE French Army has just claimed 244,613 freit recrutti-conscripts for one year and three THE Rhine wines of this year will recall the of Parisian celebrities young Hyacinthe years' service. The first class include numerous Chins-Japan War to fatore drinkers. It is Layson, the son of Père Hyacinthe; M. Sardon's the custom in the Palatinate, says the Graphic, son Pierre, and

Far Eastern Asia is on the tapis. It was recently Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company have D.

operated in, connection with the Trans-Siberian induced the Amur Steamship Company, to be Railway, to locate the terminus of its trans- New York to start the Huc immediately, and Pacific line

at Everett, Wash. The same

that the nowhaleback steamer will be operated at Viadilock, carrying mer City of Everest building material for the eastern end of the trans Siberian road. The Great Northern Raliway is supposed to be a factor in the ulness. ALICE MEMORIAL AND NETHERBOLE HOSPITALS. Statistics for December, 1894-

In-Patients remaining in Hospi-

tal on 1st December...... 30 In-Patients admitted to Hospital

during December .......... 24 Total number treated as In-

Patients........................... Of these there were :— Discharged cared..... 15 Discharged relieved Discharged on other grounds Died in Hospital ..................... ---

A.M.H.

N.H.

20

17

54

7

4

19; 2

In-Patients remaining in Hospi-

tal on 1st Junorary, 1895

Out-Patients, new cases.. 556 Out-Patients, turn visits 717

Total number of Out-Patient.

vaitsee gran

of

35

32

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Abdool Rahim Moordeen, who up to julte a recent date was a clerk in the Transport Office of the Commisariat D parlment. Th·late departed was a circles, responsible trustee for the state of Mahomet Arab, who left a mall fortuna to his son, now 19 years of age Ha was a "sport" of a bind and, according to hose

* Kttle of "spilling" five hundred shills at

Chinese shopkeepers, obtaining hundids of as he did (at the eleventh hour) of swirling dollars worth of goods under false pretences, plishments this artists could c'sim in headab and swindling Chinese women in bot the meadout manner conceivable, To other com-

shekele a month to the support of his frieds. at poker and usually contributed, hadred

upwards of $30,000 of debts behind him ad he Mongdeen bar, as far as we can gethr, left

will, of course, never return,

Amon his Asiatic Artery, to whom he owes over $200, victims are, we understand, « Sabúðar & the

*y well as $7,000 to several member of the Asiatic Artillery. He also chesined ellery from Wang

slore and from atthe la Hegy his wife's service, while his compradie, to whom he owes a good round sam for prolon is als left out in the cold. Before cong his connection with Honek ag this mean andler rafard #4500 on a bogus mortgage ofthe pro perty of his father, and it is quite on the ants that 47 some interesting legal proceeding it rena't therefrom at an early date. And addd to this there appears to be some difficulty abifa kum of $7.coo, which the abrcondes is happed ta I have raised on the strength of a mortjiga on

some house property left to his wife's bisher.

Of course our kero, who was living iniibcuse 26 for which he rald $'o per mensam reni put of a princely salary of $115. didn't get of the Colony without the ald of fileode who dinaged the business both for himself and his unJunate wife and Infant, who followed him two divi later, very cleverly Specially chartered

inches were, we understand, engaged for the pkpose, and carried them safely to Macho. Where this seems to know, but they were last see in the heartless negro

negro and his wife are nos to one

3,273 G. P. JORDAN, M.D, Act. Superintendent.

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of Macao. To his other acts of heartsness, Moosdern has left two daughters, on dxleen deatitate In this Colony, and the other nine years of rge, pratically

As far as we can gather Moordeen his left no one in the Commisariat department bupming the refrain of that myraery diity:—

Alal for the touch of a vanished hand, And those shekels he owes to the

1

to name the season's vintago after some timovi soclely writer" Gyuly son of the well-known event of the twelve-month, so the present vintage | DESPITE Dumerous counter attractions D'Arc's came out in a loose white wrapper, with him department where Dick, Tom and 'Arg obtain

bas been christased "Wei-hal-WEL"

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reea satonishing Hobart. The young gentis-house of Seh Kiu, well known brothlkeeper An English earl, says the Sydney Telegraph, has man, who is 23 years of age, fa the Earl of Yarmouth, and has been patronlaing Govern- ment House down there, participated in 201 entertainment for the Girls Industrial School and the Dorcas Society. He was billed in serpentine dance as Mademelielle Rear. the ballet name for an exuberant stage-struck it was "whispered about town'

that this was

sprig of nobility, the "excitement reached boil- ing point.

point." The

programme "challenged aften- for more and more, according to the number sppearances of 1be earl. But " when he ribbons and Howing wig of soft brown hair falling below Els shouldengl there we** thing like a gasp" in the dress circle. The the earl "rocked the baby in a cradle, and Aristocratie exaltation got to lever heat when

YET ANOTHER ARTISTE. alladed to himself The audience applauded furiously. A

(as a poor, ill-used mother," Slace the above was set up in cold able dress circle

fashion.

type, news of another artiste's flight Occupant threw a shrieked, and the gallery fout its Intelligence, he something or other in the scho bouquet, and the band played, and the stalls

large "between two days" came to heal, and and

from the pulicstars avaliabis it ppears woman, who was recently murdered by some and body stamped and raved with wild lastic line. He went the whole hog or kone

all desolating madness. And when he said, the time he was here. Went up the street," and for the sake of possessing themselves of the the villain! I have bim!" and shot off tremulous and finally scooted goodness knows wheje. He

Gire

me the che-ild," and gurgled, "Ablah! get over head and earn in debt fa next to po time,

Bliou Theatre was crowded last night by a Lazes and d Then the Orioles are vet a great way off, there are no performance will be repeated, and as Fick's

popular one, those desirous of getting cord seals

bould be at the theatre sharp at 9 p.. "smokers" on and the show is a deservedly

Wodehouse continued the inquiry Into the cle- Ar the Magistracy this morning Mr. H. E. cumstances attending the death of an old best person or persoas in an unusually brutal manner,

Bm

but that would appear to be attributaļle more to good luck then goed management to a employment without passing qfullfring ex-mination and where. If pva Infodation is correct, the clerks are under no

lond or guarantee.

and education, and but for evil associations

few dollars and valuables she possessed. No emotion about "Me mother's grave, the was fins looking young fellow, of good birth and the lequiry was adjourned till next Friday. farther light wRE

was thrown on the subject to-day, audience howled and the roof shook antrage bave yet been madef

and the

and directed by Enellephs are controlled No arrest in connection with this, Infest Chinese down, curtain went down and up, and which corrupt good mandere would doubtles

aged

with fervent and the circle, its head

and

DO."

the

have got along very well in this part of the world,

world, perchance, be wise to take to. heart. It There is, of course, so object lesson in these brief biographies which some of our readers

degradation in being unforlupste, Bat it is a dagface to tion to be found out. Are you latenlog some to be dishonest, and huge digrada. of you Hongkong celebrities, tasdies and tuft hunters ? Some of you need whitewashing

Be wixa laite,

To-motion's caution may alive too late.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Coursepondente fa this columa).

A MEETING of the Sanitary Board will be held 10.thewow as 15 p.in. posnetadganda.— (a) Concerning deaths from drossy and fever Letters from the Honourable Colonial Secretary In the Tung Wah Hospital. (1) Conceraing the letting of the sheep and swine depois. (2.) Conveying the thanks of his Excellency the Governor to the Board for their recommendations relative to the Public Health Amendment Bill. An American paper says:-"It is not generally known that the Japanese excel against the world to telegraphic electricians. Their instruments are superior even to the American, and as operators to relate, the Japaness they are

sre the smartest in existence. Yet, curiously We don't see

Darating anything curious about the last sentence. It The Cabin:t brought forward a project to peaks for self. The Japanese are smart as I will be interesting to note whether the British the days of Garrick. "Have I been making sgobling loyalty, voted it the finest plece of dramatic power and Insight slace telegraphic electricians, ¿ecause make a law providing for the parsing of a death directed and controlled by Britishers. That's all. | provide a dollar for use in the Orient than we the dialogue. One part of the audience to this—there is no disgrace la being poor, no sentence on all millary men found guilty of

**** they have been

will meet with more success in their attempt to altogether an ass of myself?" the mail and treasen in time of peace.

did with our trade dollar, says the San Francisco probably the M. Jaures demanded the suppression of the THE Novos ramya, in an article, declares Chronicle of the 16th gitimo. The new

Insignificant sober element clause providing a death pensity for soldiers if that the treconciliable attitude of Japan in venture la astensibly for ure in Hongkong and applauded rapturously!

British a I to delect a hidden-point of some kind,

seemed It was not extended to officers. This motion regard to the

The other section pesca proposals made by and the Straits Settlements, but the hope is counter-cherred and frowned and yell badly and produced a tumult, M. Jaures abused the powers to demand an explsastion of Japan's schwiew of silver Ann China, the dollar. I best efforts of the most experienced fema

Chian

renders it incumbent · upan the European expressed that to the comparative In the serpentine dance be quite A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. Ministers, and he was finally expelled from the

altimate objects as a question which seriously which is to be of 416 gratos, 500 fine, will be seater ever seen on any music-hall stage." concerns them. "Japan, the Journal adds, absorbed by the Chinese. It is possible that do. "Whirling bis drapery to e

imper- They becoming as menacing's factor as China owing to the

in each hand in the premtum on Mexican dollars the most approv subject, declares as Rapats sat tastes auger may ad realized, but the failure of the astonished throng in one wild blazs of kaleidos. I fashion,” he gyrated before the arme so ma toteace of Korean meutrality acceptance suggests that Chinese conservatism The limelight man began, to project pictures

American trade dollar' of 420 grains to meet copic colours, and danced with unabated In order to prevent the creation of a new may prova 1oo strong for British enterprise to upon the dealing skirts of the saltatory earl, Bosphoru the Far East. She must overcome. also demand the cession of a portion of

Ose

was of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Manchuria, with a

the Iney table encore, the exhacs. Responding of the Siberian Rativas bei serer to perut does not seem to be generally known, says fed nobleman "gathered all this energies for In the name of the Czar, for the many tokani | ahora of the Pacifc

Rallway being Extended the the Army and Navy Gazette, that

and, if Ocean

concession one more effect, and the curtain fell upon the necessary, which solleitors have long demanded has Intely unique picture of a portrait of her Majesty the with Great been made. Hitherto solicitors who have been Queen, depicted on an amateur ballet-dancer's Britian on the subject.

To THE Korton or the "Hongkong Tibirain," sued a strongly worded proclamation to the declared at St. Petersburg on good authority that Counsel bave enjoyed that Hight, but not in Doddle, Beadle" and "DI, DI, DL. Wat is member of our staff who spensed the morphie, The President of the French Republic bas views expressed by the Novosti, however, it is martial have been denied the right of audience: siasm by appearing in short skirts, with a young has been fully noticed in your columas, we beg SIR,-In connection with this matter which people of France in favour of the Emperor the Russian Government will confine itself to solicitors. A solicitor has been obliged to "Doddie,

from England and slagleg to informs you that Mr. H. G. Stavers, the abiding by its firm decision to tolerate no Interference with the

Write out questions which BAND of Kores.

had the Dorcas Society dolog "with "DI and autonomy

to be sabailted *to the Deputy-Judge- and "Doddle

bas Doddle

DI, Di

this day received a summons to attend at and short skirts and the Police Court, to-morrow the 3rd Instent at THE members of the Staff and Departmental questions were admissible or not. All this has Even Mes. Grundy abases herself in the presence that on the 24th day of December, 1894, he

vocate, who

whether the kaleidoscopic colora marqueading on the stage ? ter a'clock in the forenson to answer a charge Sergeant Mess held their annual dinner in eow been altered, and the Rules of Procedure of nobility. Though, to be sure, there is sold unlawfully furnish a quantity of morphine Mets Room last Saturday. The tables, which amended accord The first-class cruiser Blenheim has been were very tastefully decorated, were fald; for three and sine, the words and intrica has substantial reason why an earl shoulda gyrate to person not duly qualified practitioner,

accordingly. ordered to convey the remains of the late Sir twenty-three guests, wadah zanellent dieder was best inserted after general," and in Rule of music-ball femininity. If ke vasts to.

have and become a serpentine dancer and impersonate chemist or druggist, contrary to J. S. D. Thompson to Halifax

provided by the Comelites. Carlson Serapis cer

Procedure gas the word "solicitor" has been

of 1893.

Ordiskace 11 As a result of the negotiations that have been Major Newberry presided, and Condador’

after proceeding between the Powern on the Armenian [en and the health of colonel Jerrard, one, and esznot fall in the

alled the vice-chair... The must loyal designation appaste. The decision is a wiss barrier-at-wherever the

This notion has been taken under the local Morphine Ordinance which as passed, but year French and Russian Consult at Estetun DUMA.G, (Commanding Ofoes), were proposed advantage in every way to the

Porte has agreed that Brilsk join the Turkish Commission appointed to the and seppertalways, given by Colonel

to prevent ignerant enolles from using morphin the President

subcutaneously, and as the case is one of much after whe

commenting spes of the Representatives of these Powers being short pitby apesch expressed the hope enquire late the alleged atrocities. The fact Jerard to saying mahiding the Mess,

Is the success of Mr. Bottlewalls, the enterprising associated together in common action is regarded that, although it was rather usual he would slight degree commensurate with his push

and courteous sole agent in the Far East for Mess, Singer'e sewing machines, la even in # most important, exbibiting, as it does, a now that, i

ruping of the Powers in matters relating to agats ses Indies present at regimental'"/unions. and the mossy he spends on Eastern affal

Conductor Bilten Crepy diw

in semmission alone Himself walks in a gay few years. When pleased at the

the treatment » had

great Chinewa darlow recebrad

festival was in full swing

faw wooku shost stay in Hongkong. Staff 0.31:9.

*go, in honour of the Emprear-Dowager's bigthday, Mr. Harvey proposed "the the toast the name (00:20

Bozlewalla's fisminsted pland

Queen's Sergeant Odlam, M.S.C.),

shows

In China-town, and it was then généraly conceded that his genius and that December 13th.

of ble artist, Mr. M.. A. Baptista, had resched Mr. H. H. Johnston, C.B., Imperial Commis land and alder Im Not so, however, for

guests the past few days he has

been

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TELEGRAMS.

THE REVENUE OF GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON, January 1st.

The quarterly returns show a large increase of revenue, which is looked upon as most encour aglog evidence that the recently reported Improved prosprets of trade is based on facts.

LORD.RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. Lord Randolph Churchill how rallied, but the doctors setartaja no hope of bis recovery.

VERY STALE NEWS. Operations to the south of the city of Moskdan sro at a standatlli,

OBITUARY. Christina Rosettl, the artist, is dead.

(Special to Japan Mall)

SHANGHAI, December 24th. The Total of Port Arthur has been examined

General Teberkoff has thanked the President,

of sympathy France has shown in regard must come to an underkaghstanding the | in the babit of practising at Military Courts skirts. Next night he created enormous entha-

to the death of the Emperor Alexander.

Niebolts.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

LONDON, December rath.

decided

run to be of

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POLICE SHOOT, G MATCH,

THE DEATH OF BARON DE GRANDMAISON,

A return match betwac captained by Inspectors

Police Force, enough to have a reporter at the Police Court

Kemp's side. As will besar by the appended tunately, to obtain legal advice for Mr. Sevens, took place on the Pallon Balls Range, Kowloon,

on and Kemp,when it comes on for hearing. yesterday, and ended in a complete lotes for close holiday we have not been able, anfor. Owing to the circumstance of to-day being a

specially distinguished thomasiyes (--

responsibility to the matter and considers that action, if any, should have been takon against Tothrough its General Manager.

We are, 'Sir,

posed of members of the 17 MARINA CURmi cama- |'public interest we request that you wlit de good

Lord Rosebery, speaking at West Ham, urgad | Aznual Diapora, A 1994 taky v to: tha?i abould amars Kamailfortune in namaké jing, he scores, Sergeant Gauld and P.C. Mo Hardy "but "our Company unhesitatingly accepts the

the necessity of concord between the Liberale and the Labour Party and taking common action in questions relating to the working classes. His lordabip said, that at the present juncture the points of difference between the two parties on other subjects should be reserved.

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seen Chinem official entering ble yamen followed by a number of braves" and runners. pokea highly appreciated. The tour duaywild, when liluminated at night

by scores of gas-jets and lautaros, forms & Wal anist) in bis mual unique ad distinctly novel decoration and goes safestalsmane a bag way towards showing that the Monors. with a vole of Binger have hit upon an agent who can never

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BERLIN, December zzth The Relcherath to-day sejeclod by a majority of sto voles the sanction applied for by the Imperial Chancellaz

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tlon that the fall of Port Arthur was due to the bad construction of the forts. On hearing the Troial's explanation General von Han- neken was greatly excited, sad at once com- plained to the Peking Government that the Port feit through the timidity of the Total Listknecht, the Sociallet deputy, mud him follow Discord exfits between Geantal von Hansen members for disloyally in the Chamber. Ar and the Chinese Militiary officers, and in order solution was afterwards adopted to stranghihen ́le opsies them, he threatens to leave China and | the diapipilnary powers of the President, ma

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Your Obedient Servais,

A,S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. The Hongkong Disponany,

2nd January, 1895.

THE ORIENTAL WAR.

The following kems are taken from our Shangbai exchanges ~

News has this day (28th) been shoalved at Shanghai that the Japanese armiler operating la Shinghing are retreating to Yako, having found it Impossible to mako successful {ndvikce// The retreat was, the Japasme japort, caused principally by the sickness prevailing