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Intimations.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1995.

EXETER HALL "LEFT" AT LAST. The Newmarket Rench bar dismissed the summane Realost the Jockey Club and have DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK &efused to grant permission to appeal.

COMPANY, LIMITED.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

COLDS IN THE HEAD, &o.

Burroughs WELLCOME & Co.'s

PINOL EUCALYPTIA INHALERS.

THE WEATHER IN ENGLAND. This in the twenty-seventh day of continued frost in England resulting in the London Coro ners holding scores of irqirexta dally. The cold is extreme and distress prevalis,

(Special to Stam Observar.) SUICIDE OF A SIAMESE OFFICIAL.

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W. ROBINSON & Co., plano bullders, tuners and repairers.

BISMARCK will be eighty next April and Lo XIII will be righty-five in March. The "Grand Old Man" is Bs.

JURORS summoned for the present Criminal Sessions need not attend to-morrow morning, the Sessions baving been concluded.

NEW Comic Song and Dance Albums at W. Roblason & Co

TRE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ended Feb. 17th, are:- Europeans, 176 † Chineer, 3 708 ; total 1,884.

Tax Post and Money Order Offices will be cared at noon on Wednesday, Thursday and

THE Interest which the King of Kores ts manifesting In the war seems to be purely platonic. FULL stock of banjos, mandolines, guitars, accordiona, strings and fittings of all kinds at

W. Robinson & Co.

tween

Robinson Road and the hospital. I have had pointed out in me the place where the kavildar was shot, and it is about a quarter of a mile from his qauiters.

His Worship The deceased was dressed lo a waistcoat, which was placed over white pyja-

and MAS, brown shoer. He had no turban on, What inference do you draw from that?

Wliness-The inference 1 draw is that the decensed did not intend to go to a place al pubile resort. It would appear that he had been hastily called out of the camp by someholy. He would wear that dreas about the barrack. If he had earranged to go out he would have worn a more

respectable cont and a turban.

New piano repairing machinery, received by admitting of the burning of the Charbonnages- W. Robinson & Co.

dest coal, there being no difficulty or trouble lo maintaining

tutt pressure of steam with that kind of fuel. Although the quantity of Charbonnages dast consumed is about the same as of Japanese coal, the lower saving in the course of the year. We have al cost of the former represente E-considerable

added several new machines and tools to both our principal establishmen's, and these have been

found to answer

their purpose admirably, and have given thorough sailsfaction, enabling the work to be done more quickly, and starmaller cost than has heretofore been

Pride. The Cosmopolitan Dock has always laboure disadvantage in not possessing an And the handling of heavy weights, much time havlor ing an erecting shop, nary modern appilances for the that? десскаягу been lost in moving heavy pleces of machinery. and getting them in and out of the machines. Mining Co., arrived at Bangkok last week with Dock In a more satisfactory condition, and in With view to placing the workshops of this 50picals of ore, which have been sent to

order to Singapore to bé umelted,

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IT Is nollfed in Saturday's Garelle that his Excellency the Governor has recognized Mr. E. Leroux as Count for France at this port,

We are informed by the Agent of the Messageries Maritimes Co. that the steamer Sydney, with the next French mall, left Saigon for this port at 7 a.m. 30-day,

LAKON, Slam, Febrowry 4th, Khoon Tarb, brother of Phya Song, "the Siamese Commisioner at Ch'engmal," whot himself on Friday with a 'revolver. The shot NE of the best remedies extant for Nasal lodged in the abdomen, and the patient lingered

Cafarrb and all disorders of the Nasal on until 7 o'clock the next evening; when be Felder, the 20th, 21st end aand fost., respectively. Ma. HrOOTE, the manager of the Rathurl Tin

Passages and Nasopharyngeal membranes.

Price

..$1.25.

EUCALYPTUS OIL.

A STANDARD REMEDY FOR COLDS. Sprinkled on the handkerchief and over the breast of the night clothing it gives almost

instant relief.

Battles..............$1.00 and 50 Cents.

·DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK"& Co., Ln.,

VICTORIA 'DISPENSARY. Hongkong, roth January, 1895.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

A'

ESTABLISHED A‚Ð, 1841.

WINES AND SPIRITS.

expireri.

[The telegram does not state whether the wound was inflicted purposely.ee »- the result of an accident. The fact at Khoon Tarb wa shot in the abdomen may suggest the latter alternative.-Ed, S. Q]

ENGLAND 2. ALL AUSTRALIA.

MILJURNE, February 5th.

In the match between Mr. Stoddart's XI and All Australia the former made only 65 in their first luninge, and 72 In the follow-on,"

(Special to N. C. Daily News) MORE OBSTRUCTION.

TIENTSIN, February 8th. "General" von Hanarken asked permission to lead a force to relieve Wel-hat-wel, which was

[37 granted by Prince Kung, but nothing was done owing to Hu Yu-fen, ex-Kuang! Judge, Immediately memorialising the Throne that it would be dangerous to place military power in foreigners' bands. Jealously was the cause of the memorial. He is silowed to memorialise personally, hence Vicerry Li had no opportunity to prevent the foolish memorial from reaching

LI then are Selected by our London

House. hourht direct at first hand. tmported in Wood and Bottled by ourselves, Jbus saving all intermediate profits and coabling us to supply the best growths at moderate prices.

the Throne.

LATEST FROM WEL-HAL-WEI

CHIFOO, February 9th, The Tingruen, Ealyuen and Wilyen are sunk, but not the Chingyuen. Lakungiao Island is still holding out.

(Official News)

THE CHINESE LOSSES.

CHECO, February qth. The Chefes Taotui has received news that the Chenysen, Ironclad, Chengyuen, steel craiser, and Kuangping, wooden torpedo cruiser, pre safe and unharmed. The Taiyuan, steel cruiser, and

THE O. & O. S. S. Co.'s steamer Balgic, with mails, &c., from San Francisco to the 24th alto.. has arrived at Nagasaki, and left for this port at 3 p.m. yesterday.

"FOUR months sgo,” says a Bangkok paper, "a chest of opium fetched $550 in Bangkok, but now its value has gone up to $800-a price hitherto unknown here."

ONLY London Times advert,:~"Youth, aged 18, home from college, would like to meet with some gentlemen who would take an Interest to him, &c." This, like to-day's tempera'ure, Is rufficiently coo1.

THE British steamship Esmeralda, which arrived here 10-day from Maulls, reports passing the steamer Zofire broad for Maalta, in Jai, 15.50 deg. north and long. 119,77 deg, east, on the 16th Inst., and the Yuenrang on the 17th Inst., from Hongkong to Manila, in lat. 19.16 deg. north and long, 116.28 deg, east.

At the Magistracy to-day, a woman named Kwok Sam, of Stanley Street, was charged at the instance of P.C. R. McEwen, with attempting to commit suicide by jumping into the harbour on the 11th Inst., as reported in there colamos at the time. The Magistrate bound the unfortunate woman over in the sum of $to lo be of good behaviour for one month.

THE final gallops before the races came off at the Happy Vally this morning. The course was in splendid golog order and the performance consequently het'er than usual, and enabled Early Bird" to arrive at better conclusions for hly tipe, published in another colume, than would otherwise have bean possible. His notes. en 'hese gallops will be published in extenso In our mid-day Extra to-morrow.

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IT is rumoured, says the Siam Free Press of the 4th inat, that Prince Sevasti le on his way out to Slam, and that Prince Bidyalaph and family leave next week (or Hongkong.

THE German steamship Zi-yu, which arrived here last night from Shanghai, reports passing the German mail steamer Prina Heindrich at

of

Your

His Worship What do you conclude from

Witness-I conclude that he had been called out by someone as he was going to bed. Ho ought not to have been out of the barracks at the time bit body was foud, as the roll-call had been sounded. In order to be where he was he must have been specially called out.

His Worship-Do you conclude from that he was spe

Witially called out to be shot?

conclude that that was the case. Il the man had not intended to shoot the deceased he world not have had the revolver; the man had no business to have a revolver.

His Worship-We do not know that it was a revolver,

II a.. yesterday, bound north, of Chelang | wing account. The returns from this Dock pistolle. The doctor told me it was a

'Point.

A REGULAR meeting of Victoria Lodge, No. 1026, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Friday, the 22nd instant, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

ANOTHER victory by the Japs rather smashes the old saying that "it's a long land that has no turn," remarked a" American exchange as soon. as the first news of the fall of Wei-bal-wel reached Uncle Johnathan's domains.

DR. HO KAL, who has not appeared at the Sessions for some time pist, spent the greater mart of the day la defending a coolle charged at the Criminal Sessions, which commenced this morning, with causing the death of a Calaman at Wong-nei-cheong village three weeks ago. CAPTAIN OTTO FILLERS, who travelled last year from Burmah into China, is in the East age, with the object of undertaking a much more novel and dangerous journey. He proposes to from Assam across the wild mountain chains Iying between that province and China, and hop

PRICE LISTS, WITH FULL DETAILS, TO BE HAD Pingyuen, armoured cruiser, are badly damaged. THE war correspondents who have been abusing | It is sald, bas ever performed this journey.

ON APPLICATION.

PORT ARC removal should be rested a

month before use. When required for drinking at once i should be ordered to be decanted at the Dispensary before being

sent out.

SHERRY:--Excellent dinner and after dinner

Wines, a very superior vintage. All are trus Xeres Wines.

CLARET:-Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the juice of the grape and are not artificially made from ralóins and currents, as is generally the care with Cheap Wines.

but safe.

In passing Chefoo the Japanese ships fired at the forts and the fire was returned.

PRISONERS AND REFUGEES.

“CHEFON, February zoth.

The Chinese captured twenty-three Japanese mounted scouts this morning, 18 miles south of Cheloo.

Gavertior Li seems bent on indiscriminate de- capitation. He has been trying to decapitate the telegraphic manager and clerk of Wel-bai-we! village. whe # scemy, decamped only when they found the place deserted by the troops defending it. So far these latest victims of impotent rage bave Evaded

Commodore Tsal Ting-kan of the Chinese terpėdo fleet is one of the very few who escaped capture or death at the hands of the Japanese, in the recent unfortunate sortie of the Chinese torpedo boats from Wel-hal wel. He is now in Chefoo

the men sent after them.

the Japanese Staff officers for having turned the compaign into a regular pic-nic for them and offering them champagne and pa'é-de-fole-gras when they ask for news, will be somewhat com- fosted with their lot by learning that General Mercier,

the late French Minister-of-war, decided to refase permission to Journaliste to accompany the Madagascar expedlison, giving as a reason that he would not be able tơ guarantee their safety.

indicate the coming yachting season wil THE Frisco Chronicle states that latest advices see another International contest for the America Cup. The Earl of Donraven, who, as the boys would say, is a "dead game sport," building a new yacht for the contest, and all what stood in the way of a challenge was some question of conditions. This, it is understood, has been settled, and if Americans want to keep the cup they will have to fight for it. That is what Ame icen yachtsmen no doubt want and mxy the best yacht and the best man wis.

THI question, "which of all the navles of the world would stand the best chance to wins battle on the ses provising that each had all its

touch the upper waters of the Yangtse near Balang, which lies on the route from Chlos ta Lhassa, the capital of Tibet, No European, though It has been the object of the ambition of many adventurous travellers.

IT is certainly fitting that the proprietors of Out- ng should send a competent man to ascertain the fate of Lenz, the bleyclist, who was last heard from at Tabsis, Persia, Lerz started on a tour

close.

En furnish the necessary facilities for hav log all work more promptly accomplished Directors bare sanctioned the erection of a new fitting shop, and a travelling crane cap. able of lifting 15 tona, the estimated cost of these improvements being about $15,000. The returns from the Aberdeea Docks shows a loss for the six months of $3.357, but of this Amount #1,500 was the cost

the repalis to to the balldings damaged by the typhoon of Witner-Well, it might have been a pistol; October last, the balance belag the debit of the it was not are not what we shoud like to see them, but we Mabommed Jaffa, orderly bope they may be more satisfactory during

тропа clerk coming year. Our prospects for the half-year house in Elglo Street at 9-37 on the stabt the to the Regiment, said—1 www. to my. just begun are vary

the net Savourable, uet profits of of the 14th lost. when I heard voices. the month of January beteg $30.000, and

both the Kowloon and Cosmopolitan Docks are at present fally

ally employed. It Is with the most profound sorrow-Borrow I

am sure which is shared by all present that I have to refer to the who had for twenty-three years been a member of sad death of our fate colleague Mr. H. Hopplus, this Board. Mr. Hopplus at all times evinced of the Comps y, and his valuable counsel and the keenest interest in the welfare and prosperity practical advice in affairs were always appreciated and will be

tho

administration of cur

greatly missed in the future.

There being no questions, the Chairman moved, and Mt. A. G. Wood seconded, that the report and accounts as presented be passed, and unanimously.

being pat to the vote the motion was carried

weat out, and asked decessed what wil the matter with him, and he said 'I am ་ shot."

I sent for a doctor, and before he came the deceased said he was shot with a

revolver by Corporal Nawab Shah. He saw the revolver · that he was shot because Nawab Shah owed him In the Corporal's hand. The deceased added too. I took down this statement is wiling--I witne wrote it in English-and it was signed by witneties.

also spoke to hearing the shot fired, and going James Marshall, sergeant at the Naval Yard,

to the deceased. Macdonnell Road was bounded on one side by godowns and on the other by a common which led to the barracks,

It was proposed by Mr. Wood, seconded by Mr. Sharp, that the election of Messes. Siebs and St. C. Michaelten as Directors, In the place

be knew thedeceased, who one day saved Newsb Machle Bulla, a private in the Regiment, sald

that time the two men had been friendly, bat Shah for $88 which was owing to him, Up to afterwards they became uniriendly. The deceased said he wanted the money as he was going home.. and Mr. C. Jantzen, whole leay-Witness last saw the deceased at 6 o'clock on the 14th Inst.

of confirmed.

log the

Caried unanimously. Proposed by Mr. Becker, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, that Mr. Kamer be elected on the board in the stead of Mr. H. H. Joseph,

Carled nem com.

Proposed by Mr. G. M. Bale, seconded by Mr. Wood, that Messrs. S. G. Bird and F. Henderson be re-elected auditors.

This was carried unaelmously.

The Chairman-This Is all the business before the meeting; I thank you for your attendance. Dividend warrants will be ready to-morrow morning.

THE KOWLOON SHOOTING AFFRAY.

MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY.

At the Magistr cy on Saturday Mr. H. E. W.dehouse, Coroner, opened an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Umraz Kaan, a havildar of the Hongkong Regiment, who, as reported in these colomins at the time, succumbed to injuries alleged to have been foficted on him by Nawab Shah, a corporal of the deceased's

regiment,

At this point Mr. Wodehouse adjourned the feqairy until to-morrow morning at 10:30.

TROUBLE IN FORMOSA.

RIOTS AT TAKOW,

be pure Cognac, the difference in price wounded, is still alive, and in spite of medical fighUng craft, large and small, in action ?" is ope hardened again, but to dar market has following evidence way for # revolver. The render any assistance to his power to preserva

Owing to some serious disturbances having round the world on bis wheel In emulation of the

occurred at Takow (Formosa) the British craiser Hongkong two St. Louir men, Allen and Sachtleben, He

Bercury was despatched from showed great fertility of resource, as he got

to that port at to o'clock fest night. We have What happened to bim in Persin is a mystery,

without serious Ecross Chins

Frouble

not yet been able to ascertain the exact nature or delay,

of the troubles that have arisen in the Beautiful but probably he was either murdered by a faustic

Isle," but it is probable that they are the out- killed by some one who coveted his machine or

come of the appearance ou the scene of one or two Japanese cruisers at Makung, in the ether property. It is difficult to bring an offender

Pescadores or the more or less reasonable to Justice in Persis, but with the aid of the Ame Ticao Minister those who have disposed of Len:

apprehensions, and conséquent excitement, should be made to explate their crime.

of the natives that an invasion of their Island Messrs. W. G. Hale & Co, to their Circular

by the Japanese only a question of a very short spice of time. On the other hand the Gated Arigon, 9th February, 1895, way that

"Black

Flage" Bay be giving trouble in the "owing to a depression in the Hongkong market |

island, ADMIRAL TING'S CONDITION.

prices assumed in enslet tendency recently, but,

The Rattler, which left for the north to-day, CHIFOO, February vith,

In spite of the low rate of exchange, bave

is believed to have salted with orders to call at Several scouts arriving from Wel-hai-wel

proved far too high for the European market.

Takow, her Commander having instructions to BRANDY:-All our Brandy is guaranteed to declare that Admiral Ting, thought very seriously

the however, owing to renewed demands from the Straits and

order at the part and protect the lives and advice to keep quiet for a few days persists in going about supported by a couple of servants,

Laban Goodger, a petty officer to the Royal property of foreigners. is generally hoped that on account of the depressed state of the

Navy, attached to the torpede depó: at Kowloon, market, pricen will give

Kid-At 920 00

Thursday night I was at the *ding to the defence of the port,

Wel-hal-wet is making a very good defence

passed by the French Government and came in

The following resolutions have been Depot when I heard a shot fired down the road,

ir way before yet and besides the remaining vessels of the

force from the 1st ultimo :-An Increase of in the middle of the road. They seemed to be to be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,

and two shout.lautes afterwards I heard man "of

The time has now come for saying something Pely ang feet, there are silil eight torpedo boats

**w three Chinamen standing with regard to the rapidly approaching carnival of the A class in the harbour to assisi the fleet.

cents per 100 kilos on rice and paddy exported to neighbouring ports; a duty of cent per 100

greatly alarmed at befiring of the shat, and

1 LIUKUNGTAO HOLDING OUT.

kilos on ice and broken rice exported to the ed over their shoulders towards Yasman, the 20th, 21st and 22nd Instant The Japanese war correspondent in Manchuria same destinations: the rates of export duty to February 12th.

tantly undertake the task for I know that and went farther up the my gossip will be but poor passed the Scouts returning from Wei-bat-wel report that-

who wrote the other day of the hardships of Europe, America and Australia are unchanged. raddie of the road,

road, and suw

twisting round in the ou the rith all was safe at Wel-hal-wel The campaigning mado a singular betrayal of kle lack As regards the general tone of our freight his hack. Three members of the Niño Brigade readers of the Telegraph. I am convinced the-

I got there he fell on

I on interesting notes which "An Old Sportman,"now

alay I Do more, has for: remainder of the Pelyang fleet, eight in number,

of physical strength or lack of will-power. He market, there is little or no disposition

years supplied charter, and six torpedo boats were still defending reduced him that he could make only five miles season, rushed in for monthly or telp settlements, declares that poor food and forced marchas so and speculators who, at the opening of the

and so

xo did Sergeant Marshall. One of sporting section of the community would bave came up, Llukanglao Island. There

the Rifle Brigade pulled up the Indian's shirt, been much pleased to once more have are two forts close to the western entrance, armed with our "special" reduced to such a low stage of vitality tonnage. In all probability, for some time to

in five hours. Fancy an American or an English regret the high rates at which they engaged and saw that he was bleeding from a wound friend's tip on the forthcoming events, but that best gone, still in

below the left breast. at a distance south-westwards, wear Wel-hat-wet as this. It could only happen in case of pro come, rates will not advance much.

our hands, although two more

man, who was The only

quite

and

cannot be this year, and I must therefore don I able to speak in his own town, have been taken by the enemy; these longed exposure to alludes, le mountain

Low

temperative or of real demand that actually exists is for the Straits very

language, was then fakcen to

ow his mentis for the the

for the time being and do my best, Institute. I forts are, however, destroyed.

and Java to which direction handy-sized boats the statement of the deceased, the Sergeant went. great exertion

went for an Interpreter, and whilst he

taking for future lusus.

* | reservlag my y reminiscences of his sporting career cllblag of which there

is, no doubt, plenty in could ablate 15 and 28 cents respectively for for a doctor. The Institute the wilde of Manchuria.

prompt loading

is situated at the

being merely a question of age and vintage WHISKY-All our Whisky is of excellent quality and of greater age than most brands In the market. The Scotch Whisky marked "Eis universally popular and is pro- nounced by the best local connoisseurs to be superlor to any other brand in the Hongkong Market.

We only guarantee our Wine and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the

Coast Ports,

A.. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, 9th January, 1895.

BIRTH.

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yet

for the rensON

that no one could ever answer! never occur, kang rice.

that such a thing would and if by chance the foll strength of any two navies should meet, the result might be one of chance. This has been proven to the Chins Tapso war. The Chinese had as good vessels as the Japanese, but the Japanese happened to get in the best licks and came out ahead.

At Holbow, on the ith instant, the wife of Teotal concerning the low of Llukan Charel, F. R. W. Grimble, and C. 1. Gonsalves,

MARRIAGE.

Bon.

comer

I

SPORTING GOSSIP.

many

Very reluc

substitate for the

to the

Looking over the programme I find a good

mer of Elgin Street and Macdonnell Rad, and many and very judicious changes have been the latter read runs parallel with Whitfield Bar promising than usual. Ever slece the day the made which render, owners' chances more TACK.

GEORGE D. SHARNHORST, I.-M. Customs, of the death of Admiral Ting and that the Japanerings. M. Goodman (Attorney General), 14, Peaya Central, M2; there were niso pre-geant Marabar-

gave me a

would be

It may be

I

EXTRAORDINARY RUSE.

***February 12th. Wong Ting-yun, leutenant in command of AT the Criminal Session this morning, before a Chinese torpedo beat, and Mu Chin-abo, first Mr. A. G. Wise, Acting Palane Judge, and a THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA fleutenant on board of the Tingyuen, flagship, both Jury consisting of W. H. Wickham, C.F. Grou-

Race-course was duly declared open by the Acting Inspector Corcoran id-I was in the Police Clerk of the Course, M natives of Tlentils, left by one of the merchant man, A. F. Osmund, C.

urte, Mr. Hart-Buck, under whose DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. Tomilr, G. Patton, C.

Station at 945 p.m. on the 14th ins, when I slcamera fot Shanghai. They are now wanted

G.

was, told that an Indian had been shot in been made for the comfort of the members of the

management a good many improvements

have for having made

false reports

Cheung

red with Taan Sax was charged murdering

The ordinary yearly meetine of shareholders Macd nnell Road. I went to the Institute, but Clab, he has spared no time or trouble to make Island,

■ coolle at

three we

weeks ago, to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Com the deceased bad then been removed, The and also with

the a larceny and wound.pany, Limited, was held at three o'clock this witnesses

course and everything pertsiolog thereto us pointed out the spot where to satisfactory as possible. En passant, were in full advance for Chefoo. Owing to

with fatent to resist lawful apprehension, afternoon at the offices of the Company. No.

was found,

I made a mark on the road safely asserted that were proper stables fitted false reports the

the Governor, Li

Li Plog-heng, was

J. S. Van Buren went back to the Kowloon Insitute, when Ser- On the 11th of February, 1895, at Holy Trinity persuaded by the local mandarins at Cheloo to instructed by Mr A. B. Johnson (Crown Soliciter) (Chairman) presided, and

great advantage to owners Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, withdrew all his troops from the vicinity of that prosecuted, and Dr.Ho Kal defended the prisoner, St, C. Michaelsen, J. A. Lewis, G. B.

ad generally. Having got thus far in my gossip t feat Mesars... Keswick, N. A. Siebs, J. statement which

been writen by Makommed Interrupted by my friend Farmer, whe M.A. ROBERT DOWNIE, Master Mariner,

whe pleaded not guilty. The jury found prisoner Dodwell (Directors), C. S. Sharp. G. M. Bain, duced but not read). I sent for four large lamps, make. All fleak to weak, as the proverb bath

Kramer, Shanghal, to Mary Laidlaw, daughter of Thomas

guilty of manslaughter, and he was thereupon A. G. Wood, R. Mitchell, W. J. Gresson, E. J. which arrived about 10.5 and we then made it, and I being only mortal, and by no means the faterpreter. (The document WAL pro- uggested a a #cocktall;" one of his very Out Pelagie, Esq., Leslie, Fifeshire,

santenced to seven years' imprisonment. DEATH.

10.aitance of 300 yards. infallible, gave Hughes, A. Ross, A. Becker and D, Gilles search of the road for a distance CERTAIN Italian bacteriologists have now (Secretary).

in We found nothing throw

any light upon the

to the templation and drank denounced as pernicious the bland menstruam The

deeply. Then I indulged in convesation with which has enabled all the world to assimilate in Secretary having read the notice conven- | affate. We also searched the waste: ground mine host of ve Ute from whom I gathered

leading to the barracks. I afterwards went to

that at his tent on the course the menu will be the making a search there for the revolver,

and saw Colonel Barrow, who was banded to bis patront who will also supply barracks

by the fair banda of ble charmlog His WorshipWas the ballet left in the the customers with "tips" on the events. This person?

| prophesies prove reliable, make things "hum" everlastingly in my genial friend's quarter.

At Wenchow, on the 5th instant, EMMA, the dearly beloved wife of Alfred Albert Godwin, I.M. Customs, aged 35 years.

he

Bonghong legaph

HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1895.

TELEGRAMS.

port, in order to avoid giving the enemy the excuse to attack Chefoo. The Cheloo Tuotat Lia and General Süa, however, declared their intention to remain at their posts till the fast.

sttle bread. Dr Rothe, of Zarich, and Dr. Foo of Turin, have declared that the use of batter is bacus, as they have found the futur

sundry

The sequence of reasoning is obvidly pats.

Cows may by tuber culous, produce taberculous milk, which may be chumed into tuberculous butter, which may be consumed by a person in the receptive'oblition for tuberculosis, who may develope phibiale; ergo, no prudent person

THE ENVOYS RETURNING,

NAGASAKI, February 13th, Their Excellencies Chang Ying-base and Shan Yu-llan, special Chinese Envoys to Japan, I highly and suite, return by the French mall and will arrive at Woosung at 4 pm, on the 13th Instant, of

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

BROADWOOD PIANOS at W. Robinson & Co. THE F. & O. S. N. Co.'s extra steamer Maxita, | should eat batteri

16th inst.

the meeting.

from London, felt Bombay for this port on the THE [ssun of The Oregontan, recently received Cradually advancing. The pet smonn!

Witness-I do not think go the bullet seems to have gone in at the back and penetrated the left breast. There are two holes.

His Worship-Did you make any search for the bullet in particular ?:

Witness-No, your worship, Well, if it had been on the road I should have found it.

do so.

*°• »?/db\s-It would have been well to

It not? The bullet has come out of the person.

Witness-If the ballst had been there, your

Weed of La-kung-tao (Taotał Tal) haya com | NOTHING is easier than fault-finding. No talent, } yük through the principal articles, weav`ng the f of $35,000 to be written off the value p~What you were looking for was

mitted suicide.

no self-denial, no bralos, so character are required to set up le the grumbling business. And nothing is accomplished with greater case

better

course, an innovation which, should the

The first race on the programme is the Worg-nel-cheong Stakes (3 mile) for which the probable starters aro :---

Mr. Aubert's Beeswing .................Mr. Jones. Boyd's Dundes... 1 Burkill Carruther's Sweetbrier...... Crufckabank Dryarduit's Hard Times... " Hart-Buck "Kiger's Bonus

Ingles Alaric.......... Rose's Hobalt................

Master

Ingles Taylor

The Chairman sald-Gentlemen, the re- port and accounts having been in your hands for some time we will, with your kind permission, take them as read. The volume of work done at the Company's establishments during the inst x months has bean very satisfactory, although the net profit le somewhat less than in recent years, but this is accounted for in a great men sure by the fact that our charges for work have remained about the same for the past, ten years, whereas the cost of labour and material bas been THE END OF ADMIRAL TING.

available for appropriation $172,336.72, and at this affos, gives a faicides of what the State our Directors have LONDON, February 18th. COLLARD & COLLARD PIANOS at W. Robinson of Oregon is, what stage of development it has mending the payment of a dividend of 7

again the pleasure of recom- rcent. Admiral Tiog and the Commandant of the ❘ & Co.

reached, what Its resourses ans, and what may for the half year, a bonus of $100 to contributing worship, I should have found it. I searched for be expected of its future. Threads of history shareholders, $35,000 warp and wef of past and present together. steam launches, and the balance $23,761.72 the

the Kowloon Docks and *5,000 from the ach attention has been given to the owns carried forward to the new account, and trast

Astoris,

and Eugene 10 Salem

the This distribution will meet with your approval. power plant at From the statement of accounts will observe Oregon City and to seral description off the The Bangkok Times of the 7th luxtant has the manufacturing fodustry ; to

of from the Admiralty the dominions of the King Chulalongkornwaldsworks are amply described and illuurated, 118, the Board hoped that no further provision following reference to the coolers opidemic in and Uistration of other turns, not bugeting Loan Exchange Adjavimcut Account, At our For the Brat time the Ball last meeting when this account was closed at 25,

the river. It chiefly arises from drisklag brackish as confpaction is forashadował is" an eble | ly, silwer sized in the [ature, but, unfortunate that Colonel Barrow sald-On the night of Dunblane, Bloe Ribbon, Dandy, Primrose,

and the now era awaling Astoria through rail- would be

has continued to fall a and we have again article on that town. The humbes, frukt, meke courko, useless the depreciation. It Is, off the 14th lust, between 9 and ro`n'clock I was in Cheral, Seamow and

mining, had to mako

hasard a gucas as to the future

very close finish between A native soldier has been shot at once at Dunblane, Chesad and Glengaire, and if their stoppage of the downward movement, and an up to the lines and straight to the hospital, where (with the exception of the American subject Private of the Rife Brigade, sppeared en mi It is a niamber useful for preservation, and | sventual rise in values, which will put this I saw the deceased balng áttunded to by Sarssondres' box is the order named, Chinese soldfers and sailors, and the foreigners | this morning, before Mr. Wodehouse, J. Gillett, | JY, are dealt with in various deze of uštvar, but it is to be hoped there may be * / My quarter whan a report was made to me that i music and reault in** Glangaizp, will face the form' can be taken as a fair criterion charge of being drunk and assaulting the police equally useful for transmision te most parts of account on a more satisfactory footing. During Captain Borredate. The deceased, who, 1

Glengales and Chesef should pass walls in the execution of their duty in Wellington the world, and shows what enterprise, energy the course of the past year forced draught her was about 3 years of age, came to Hoogkong

I think, | the Street on Saturday night. The defendant, who and capital combined and wail directed may been fitted to the steam bellers at both the Kow with the regimest in May, 180%. Ha wala For the Derby there are 26 entries and out And now for the classical event of the day: had treated the police in a disgracelul manner, accomplish is a somparatively short spaos of loon and Cosmopolitan Docks and workshops Aavsider in the 3 company, which has simists of them xe looked likely snes" up to a very got off cheaply-minus §e.

med kap" been found to wash sadlefertorily, Į shed jettroit. The shed is the upper and her | Short did ögon. They have all been in hard

BIMETALLISM. There is a strong bimetallic movement fo

tlos calling on the Government to convene an interstate Monetary Conference. Prince Hohenlohe is disposed to consider the matter

Witness-Yes, and blond stalos. His Worship Did you find any blood stains? Witness-No, no mark at all. I found

Germany. The Relchstag has passed a resolu. } then "picking botes" in a man who in battling | development of the "gr of results in that it has agala been found scenery to write nothing in the road,

favourably. Graf von Posadowsky (Secretary of State for Fluance) in a powerful bimetallle speech, said that this decision had caused a rise In all aliver securities,

WEI-HAI-WEI,

The surrender of Wei-hal-wei is complete; the

Howle) have been liberated,

CHINESE REPULSE.

The Chinese attacked Haicheng on the 16th instant, nud were repulsed with heavy komunë

with life's storms against overwhelming odds.

Cholera is still prevalent on the other side of

water, The disorder is also very bad at Ayuthie,

agricultural and educational Interests MORE military lasikiniam At the MagistracyState, and to an extent of the

to

Hi Warship-How do you mean ?

searched; the roofs of the godowns were also Witness did not find a revolver, or traces blood, sithaugh the place was thoroughly.

of

searched

This ought to be a good race, and as Sweetbiler bas an allowance of 7lbs for being ##Sub "be must be regarded as dangerous candidate, Hard Times, an I have already said, would have to be in very first class condition to win his races, but as he is not I think the following ponies will pay The winning post in the order named -Hobelt,

Cup (one mile) and it is really very hard to say Hard Times, and Sweatbifer third.

The next race on the programme is the Ashley which the starters are to be. However, I think

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