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- NURSE, en-Hongkong Telegraph Office, .Fo54 Ho-ekone, 18 h 'To'm 1865

FOR SHANG IAL

HE te mihin

THE

4LYEEMOON,"

Captain G Huiminn, will be despatched for the shay. Por TOMYRÓW, the roth instanı,

a 4 P.M., instead of as previously notified.

Far Fielght ar Passage, apply in

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Hangkong, 18th July, 1825.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED.

FOR AMOY AND TAMSUI.

THE Company's Steamship

"HAILOONG

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 18;1895.

Entimations.

check

encounter the Japanese

will be magnifled Into, and will have all Our Registered Telegraphic Address. Inthe effect of, a great victory. Chinese "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG."

signet messages | prompt attention.

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And all men

ld esse! hus will rectv

DEEPLY REGRETTED?:

· URUGUAY AND GREAT BRITAIN.

The following bay been forwarded to us for

and money will crowd in to support the movement and French and | publication: Russian sympathy with the insurgents will not be wanting. Every difficulty encoun The following is a Liatel Waters always kept tered by Japan in Formosa will be an obstacle, too, in the course of her negotia- tionsat Peking, whether for the retrocession of Llaotung or for the settlement of the terms of the commercial treaty. Japan must fight now for her position, in Korea and in Formosa, and she will have to fight more resolutely and more vigourously than ever before. Her cause is a righteous one, and she should triumph in the end..

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LEMONADE

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Captain Hall, will be despatched for the above A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

Ports on SATURDAY, the 20th instant, at Day- 'light..

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co

General Managera.

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Hongkong, 18th July, 1805. THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR MANILA (DIRECT).

THE Company's Steamship

"ESMERALDA,"

Captain G. A. Tayler, will be despatched for the above Port on MONDAY, the 22nd instant, at SP.M.

This Steamer has Superior Accommodation for Passengers and is fitted with the Electric Light.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

SHEWAN & Co.,

General Managers.

(953 Hongkong 18th July, 1895.. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

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NOTICE.

ONSIGNEES I CARGO per Steamship

"FERU."

The above Steamer having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bis of Lading for Countersignature, ani to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.

Cargo Impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consigaces risk and expense.

J. S. VAN BUREN,

Hongkong, 18th July, 1905

TO LET.

Agent.

HOUSES Nos. 4, 6 and 13, BELILIOS

ROOM above the CITY CLUB. OFFICES MARINE HOUSE," Queen's Rard.

"PRIORY LODGE," Bantam Road.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

· Hongkong, 1st Jane · 1903. -

BIRTHS.

At the Royal Naval Horpita), Yokohams, the wile of Staff Surgeon HoWARD TODD, Royal Naval of a son.

On 3rd. Inst., at "Norwood" Logan Road, Penang, the wife of F. C. HALLIFAX, of a 300.

MARRIAGES.

Archdeacon

On the 5th lnstant, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by the Venerable Perham, ARTHUR H. TRIGARTHIN, of Siegs- pore, to Aty, third daughter of James Hussey, Esq., of London.

At the Caledonian Bank House, Rothes, on the roth June, by the Rev. Dr. Morgan, mlaister of Robes, assisted by the Rev. W. F. Jenkins, M.A., Captain CHARLES EDDIE, of the Straits Steamship Company, Penance to ALICE, youngest daughter of Robert Dick, Esq., Provost

of Rothes.

(Special to Hongkong Telegraph.)

TELEGRAMS.

THE REVOLT IN FORMOSA.

DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT IN NORTH FORMOSA. TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER ON BOTH SIDES.

Damalag Street,

24th Mar, 1895. SIR-With reference to Lord Granville' circalar despuch of the 31st July, 1886, I have the bosour to jaform you that the Uragasyan Government have under dite 6th Arll, 1895. denounced the Treaty of Commerce between Great Britali and the Republic of Uuguay, signed on 13th November, 1885, and that the Treaty will therefore under Article XVI. thereof expire on the 22nd May, 1895, being ten years from the dato of exchange of the ratifications,

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your most obedient, humble Servant,

(S'ghed) RIPON. The Officer Administering the Government of

'Hongkong.

TYPHOON WARNING.

Seffor Joid de Navarro, Spanish Consul at this port, has courteously favoured us with the following telegram:

"BINONDO, Jalj 17th,'

7.45 p.m. "There is a depression a considerable distance the Pacific to the E. N. E. of Manila.".

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tox Geferal Manager of the New Balmoral

THE JAPANESE IN FORMOSA. Gold Mlatag Co, Ltd, received by the Taiywan the following telegram, which was sent overland

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) to Part Darwin :-"Have resumed. mialng"

Tamial, July 8th. operations; output steadily Increasieg: Balmora!

All sorts of rumours'aic current amongst the Mili la running on oin from 0:08. There is Chlusse of this port and the capital (Tustatie) not sufficient waler avallebic to run all the | about #panese doleats in the Interlors and the

machinery. At the lower level Grant's tunnet bas cal reefs; ore is good and will pay ; Oliver's Firebold Battery, crashing for the public, before we do, repairs to machinery."

Tilk gen-ral public should be in mind that the Peak tram-cars are licensed to carry forly passengers only, ned that if would-be travellers | are asked by the Co.'s servants to step off" owing to a car being overcrowded serlons consequences may result from refusal to comply with such a rearonable request. Yesterday two well known residents were “invited" to attend the Police Court owing to their having Ignored, In ignorance no doubt, the law, but we are glad to hear the questions at isame were sïnicably settled out of court.

POOR Sir Jullan Pauncelote, Beltisk Ambarsador at Washington, appears to be in about as bad a fix as was bis predecessor Lord Sackville West. He was, according to a New York arelal, Infudiclaus enough to sign a paner praising the superior speed and efficiency of an American THE Austriah convelle Aurora, 1,379 tener the St. Louis, which sails from New York News has been received here of a despe- | arrived at Sisgapore, en voufe to Hongkong, on rate engagement between the Japanese - the 'gih fast, troops advancing from Tokoham towards Taiwanfoo'and the insurgents.

Amor, July 18th.

Noon.

Hakkas attacked the Japanese near It appears that the "Black Blaga" and Tokoham at daybreak yesterday and desperate engagement engle resulting in several hundreds being killed on both sides.

The Insurgents fought very gamely, exhibiting the fearlessness of fanatics and the ferocity of wild beasts. They fell upon the Japanese to overwhelming numbers, and but for the superior skill and splendid discipline of the latter would have com- pletely annihilated them

A warrant wis luned' (kis morning against Mr. W. Humphries for having failed to attend the Celminal Sessions althou cited in the usual way to do 89.

THREW be a meeting of the "Odd Volumes F to-morrow evening at 915 p.m. at the Mount

Austin Hotel at which Mr. T, Cowen will lecture on the China-Japan war,

MR. TAO, the new Shanghai Mixed Court Magistrate, has received orders to take charge on the 16th, and Mr. Sung is at once to repair to Naoking to consult with the Pantal

10 Southampton. Sie Jallan doubt'ess signed this when exhilarate with jy at the end of fast voyage; but he wishes now he had spurned the document, for the owners of the English fine that docks at Queenstown have accused him, of 'booming the American line, and they have even carried the matter into Parliament. Now,

the Frisco Chronicle, the crowning bumilla tion consen in the comment of certain English journals, which declare that he has been made the victim of a shrewd Yankee trick. In precisely the same manner as Sackville West was "done in the eye."

THE Yorodau Choko naserts that Russian men- ni-war are engaged in carefully surveying the

Hongkong TelegraphThe Japanese are retreating from Tokio: The Rasian squadron, which has maintained égabout, and of Port Lauchl

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1895.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

We note with very great regret that & Pill has been introduced and read a first time by the Legislature of New South Wales to extend the Chinese Restriction Acts. sa as to include Japanese, Javanese, and Kanakas, and that the Australian press approve of and support the measure. The Sunday Times waxes eloquent on the evils attaching to the unrestricted admission of Oriental races through divergence of opinions and practise in a'l questions affecting health, morals, customs and _habits,__We_venture_to_suggest for the consideration of our colleagues in Australla

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so long a menacing atitude at Cheloo, has now scattered, the majority of the ships going to Viadivostock, and five remaining in northern Chincsd waters,

in north rly and westerly-directions, The insurgents are advancing in great force on the Japanese entrenchments at Tekcham, where another." desperate engagement will probably take place in

THE French steamer Canton, now under a day or two. They are also advancing "charter" to the Russian Government, arrived along the road leading to the capital.

here last night with 680 Rusalan military officers (Tokoham is a walled tity in North FormOJK

about 60 miles SSW. ef Talpehfa, the and men, including sprinkling of Don capital and seat of government, and Teck-Cossacks, desilaed for Vindivostock. cham is started about 70 miles S.W. of the capital and about 45 miles almost due West of Tokobam.}

600 JAPANESE ́SLAUGHTERED. JAPANESE OFFICERS ORDER

"NO QUARTER.." : GREAT EXODUS FROM TAMSUL

SMALL TWO-STORIE BUILDING that they had better reconsider the question AN ENGLISHMAN HALF KILLED

gate of 'WEST VILLA, Bonham Road. GODOWNS In DUDDELL STREET,

No. 17, SHFLLEY STREET.

Apply to

BELILÍOS & Co.

[955

Hongkong, 18th July, 1895.

BROWN, JONES & CO. ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE AND

DEALERS IN

HONGKONG GRANITE CEMETERY MEMORIALS. LETTERS CUT AND FILLED WITH IMPERISHABLE LEAD CEMENT.

Huima ions. DAKIN CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED,

VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

HONGKONG.

AERATED WATERS.

SIMPLE AERATED WATER,

SODA WATER.

GINGER

INGER ÅLE,

LEMONADE

SARSAPARILLA.

carefully before they include Japanese generally in their Bill. Japanese labourers may be excluded on economic grounds, but Japan will not long rest quiet under any far-reaching ban. They have travelled very far on the road that leads to the. pleasant places and ways of civilization, and they are already one hundred years ahead of the Chinese as far as general progress is concerned.

We hope that an eye is being kept, and a sharp eye, on the Chinese newspapers published in this colony and so largely circulated in Canton and the neigbour- hood. The Chinese journals.published in Shanghal and especially the Sin- Wan-Pa published within the foreign settlement, is Industriously circulating lying reports of the disturbances in the central provinces

Amor, July 18th.

4.20 p.m.

the

recent Tokoham are

Further particulara of disastrous engagement now to hand,

It now turns out that a large body of Hakkas and Black Flags," who had been giving the Japanese a good deal of trouble, invelgled 800 of the latter into an ambush and then attacked them causing them to retreat after a desperate engage- ment. In which several hundreds were killed on both sides; the Japanese lost about 600. The insurgents followed up the Japaness, and, encouraged by their success, fought desperately, ultimately dislodging them from Tokoham and driving them northwards and westwards,

As soon as the Japanese Commander saw he had been deceived by the of China and of the causes that led to them insurgente and that his men were being and vilifying the missionary bodies and their flocks most shamefully. They are also rapidly slaughtered he gave orders that doing all in their power to Incite the people no mercy, should be shown to the enemy,

to further disturbances. Two of the Chi-

RASPBERRYADE, &c. newspaper, should be specially told of

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS Are made under the constant supervision of a daly qualined English Chemist and will bear compa. rison with the best English Manufactores.

Special terms to HOTELS, CLUBS, MESSES and

other Large Consumers.

Any complaints should be addressed to the Manager.

Hongkong, 3rd May, 1805.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED,

(12

CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

Is fitted with the best English Machinery,

by

THE China' Gaselts understands that several Important changes are pending in the Customs, necessitated by the disorganization of the service in Korea and Formosa. Mr. Cartwright has returned to Shangbat from Peking, where he bad gone at the orders of Sir Robert Hart, and has now definitely resigned.

We are requeried to state, and have much pleasure in so doing, that the Treasurer of the

Kowloon Instate begs to acknowledge with many thanks the sum of $118. (one hundred and eighteen) being the proceeds of Mr. G. G. Brady's entertainment on July roth in aid of the

faids of the aforesaid Institute.

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Ma. W. D. Graham was fined $1 at the Police Court this morning for refusing to get off a tram- car when warned by one of the Tram Co's

employees that the cir contained the legal com- piement of passengers. The defence was that others were allowed to infringe the regulations alo de 10.. and defendant saw no reason why he should not

Ar the Police Court to-day Las Kan. Ung was charged with injecting morphine leto and of his fellow countrymen. Mr. Wodehouse imposed afina of $50 but as the hapless "doc" couldn't pay up and didn't get a chance to either beg.

Asylum now" and will, in all probability, remain borrow or steal that princely sum, "hes in the

there about eight weeks.

Af the Criminal Sessions this morning Chinaman named Wong Hing was sentenced

We are aware, says the Broad Arrow that formerly certain regimente, in order to keep up the Mess, sought ta' disconraga matrimony by Imposing a fine on every officer who became a Benedi k One of the Household Cavalry Regimente, however, goes even farther, and has established a sale according to which no married or engaged officer is admitted to the regiment.

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difficulties encountered by the lavaders who are making headway'on the slow and sure principle, All are agreed, however, that in no case have the Japanese gone in for a "war of extermion. don Every opportunity has been, and still is given, those under arm to disperse. Native prisoners are disarmed and then released,

The Japanese took pistession, pl Teckcham on the 23th ultimɔ with very little loss on' either alde, and are now in fall possession of that Imperiant district, the Hakkas, apparently having had enough fighting for the present. The maxim and machine guns seem to have made a great impression on the insurgents and their deadly effect startled and bewildered the hard and badly equipped hill-mea. la ate place "of them barred the advance of Japanese from behind a ridge. several thousands Their General "was carried up and down the fines in his tedan chair with tom-toms and gongs going encouraging his men to fight to a finish. All of undden a well directed shell sent the General and his bearers into "Kingdom Come and then his valiant warriors balted into the mountains as fast as their legu could cany them. An Amy Corps was to leave Keelung la transports on the goib ulimo but, ti appears, did not get under way on time for the reason that certain transports did not turn up at the expected time with reinforcements and much.. needed light clothing and sun helmets for the troops. The Japanese troops arrived here la their heavy winter clothing and naturally find la these sunny regions that the climate of Formous is unsalted, to such commissariat arrange, menta ss had been made, and it therefore became necessary to call a balt until fresh provisions and clothing alred. This accounts for the delay which hitherto appeared inexplicable.

A bad railway accident occurred at Kwellun-

upwards of Efty soldiers lost their lives. It appears that a train heavily laden wiib soldiers and the carriage ran back and ar, for some, was going up the grade when a coupling broke reason, the brakes failed to act, one of them toppled over and went down 's step embank. ment, kling and wounding nearly all the passengers. The Chinese bave never kept the railway plant and colling-alock in proper order and were simply running cars and engines es long as they would last, and as soon as they became useless they were cast on one side. It fs over a year since any Europeans were 'employed to sapervise the tolling-stock and lines so everything is in a dilapidated and very dis«, graceful and dangerone condition.

long, a steep grade, a few days ago, by which

Everything possible was done for the train to the hospital, a large building about wounded who were carveyed at once by

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mile outside the capital, Talp-fu. was ballt for Mr. Mathieson and the other ACCORDING to an edict of the 5th Instant H.E. Superlatendent Engineers of the line when Wu Tx-chèng. Governor of Hana, lately Com-the northern and southern lines were being constructed a few years ago. The hospital was mander of the Hanan array which gave up

fall enough before these men were carried la Newchwang without a blow to the Japarete, has been ordered to resign his Governorshin and go and it is now taxed to the utmost capacity, con- op to Peking and wilt the pleasure of the talning upwards of 2-0 patients who have been Throne, As Wo Ta-chêng is a froidęd of Wäng' operated on for wounds, etc. The most clean. Tung-ho, the notorious Imperial Te'or, the Uners in the wards prevall, and 'I saw there all chances are that he will fare' much better that the latest appilances and instrumente

the doctors in attendance have s'udied medicine the edict might at fir t sight seem to Indicate.

and anatomy in Germany and they perform EVIDENCE was taken In Chambers, at the British difficult operations with the greatest celesity and

remarkable skill Supreme Court, Shanzhet, on-the-71th instant,

*Was Chi-biüs, Admiral of the Namyang Squadron. In the exre Liang Chun-win v yardine Matheson & Co., which is set down for hearing at an early date The evidence.wag taken de bemeesss and proceedings were strictly The case is brought under Lord private. Campbell's Act in connection with the alaking

of a lighter alongside the steamer Yuenwo in the Yangtze some time ago, an accident through which the lives of certain Chloeze were lost,

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ACCORDING to the Rurikaya Schhola the tots! number of University students to Russia does upt exceed 14, 619, which, counted against the population of 120,000 oco, gires only University students to the million. Ia. Ger. many with 50,000,000 population, there are 5000 University students. The 1. 555 students at the Dorpat University are almost exclusively Germans, and 1.176 at Warnaw are very nes ly all Poles. The largest University in Rasala la that of the capital with 3957' students, St. Petersburg taking the second place with 2,675.

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reference to the deeply regretable death of the THE Yokohama Box of Curtos has the following

1ste proprietor of the popular Thomas Grill Rooms Thousands who have crossed the the Pacific will remember Wm. Thomas former

Steward of the steamer Geelle, and lately the

Most of

It must not be supposed that opposition is at an end. That is not so by any means. There are thousands of Hakkas now under arms and they constantly attack and bamper the move. menis of the Japanese year and vanguard, and murder all straggl rs.

SANITARY BOARD MEETING.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held This afternoon, Mr. F. A. Cooper (Director of Public Works) presided, and there were also present Dr. J. A. Lowson, (Acting Colonial Surgeon). Surgeon-Major Westcot (Health Officer), Cant. W. C. H. Hastings (Acting Caplain Superintendent of Police), M. N. J. Ede and Mr. Hugh McCallum (Secretary),

MINUTES, The minutes of the last meeting wave read,, and confirmed. *-

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WILLA. "The Honourable the Acting Captało Super. Intendent of Police movéð:

"That whereas it has" bean” made to appést named are la an Insanitary condition, and are to the Sanitary Board that certain wells hereafter

likely to prave injurious to health, the sald wellɛ named bereafter are hereby or fered to be closed within the next three days,"

Carried unanimously,

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THE RESULT OF SEGREGATION of persons from houses that ware Infected with bubonic plague showed only three cases of pligte.

THE CHOLERA IN JAPAN.

A REPORTED CASE OF CHOLERA. With reference to a death{n–Arbuthnot-Streat

It is reported that as they retreated, the nese newspapers published in this colony Japanese destroyed every house they

to 13 months hard labour for stealing $153.75 | proprietor of the noted Thomas Grill Roɔmeat. are more or less clerically connected chanced to pass and killed every man, with our contemporaries and are, presum-

woman and child they either got hold of on September, 1888, from his Chinese employer. Hongkong, and will regret to hear that he died ably, carefully edited so far as is neces-

or could get a shot at! P

Lau Tong, against whom there were several on the roth. Asa caterer, Mr. Thomas had few equals, and residenta as well as vizitore to sary to see that they publish nothing

The Chinese Inhabitants of Tamsul, | lidictments for forgery, etc., pleaded “gulity" · Hongkong will miss the old man's smiling mischievous, but some Government officer alarmed

the startling news and his Lordship, the Acting Chiel Justice, countenance and his well kept Grill Room, (If there is one suitable besides Dr. EITIL) from the front and having lost deferred judgment on him till to-morrow.

He Was man with

■ Jet' black skin, ||| H‚B.M, Chargé d'Affaires at Tokdə ssal in a "with sufficient knowledge, of Chinese, to confidence In the Japanese owing

but he had a white heart in him, that despatch relative to the cholera in japan which read and understand an ordinary Chinese to their recent defeat, are leaving APPLICATIONS for shares in the Ewo Cotton commanded the admiration and respect of showed 172 deaths out of 1587 CASE.

Tamsul as fast as possible. No less than Spinning and Wearing Co., Ltd. have been so all who knew him. He was an falellectual to examine daily not merely all the news500 women and 400-men-arrived here larrely in excess of the 2,00 shares which the and well read man and it was a delight to hear him talk on any subject. He was papers but all the pamphlets and broad from Tamsul by the Douglas liner Directors at first issued to the public, that they followed to his gave by many of the leading sheets printed and published daily in Formore this forenoon, and this afternoon have felt constrained to place the remaining 3.500 cl izens, an evidence of the man's sterling worth, Hongkong, with a view to preventing the 200 more refugees arrived from the same ares of the company upon the market, This If the good deads one has performed on earth vilification of foreigners generally. port by the steamer Awangeimshlut

́ly, says the China Gamalte, certainly encourage rewarded in the world to come, our old Furopean newspapers have to" register

Mr. Thomson, of Messrs. Boyd & Co's ing to local industry, while it augura badly for friend Thomas is now playing golden harp and singing ballelujah with the best of there their proprietors, editor, printing presses, ❘ firm, has been nearly killed by Japanese Lancashire. The total amount of the capital who have preceded him. His name will not &c., &c. and give security; are all the soldiers who found him outside the lines. will remain as originally fixed, but the greater soon be forgotten." presses used in Hongkong for printing He should not have ventured so far and distributing Chinese sheets of all outside the Settlement for it is well pay to increase the number of pladles to kinds equally closely supervised? We | known that martial law has been pro- shall be glad to hear that it is so, but we claimed and pickets are stationed In every 40,000, while the expenses for overseers, and doubt it.

direction who have strict orders to arrest the riginal number, 28 000, spindies, only as many other items, will remain the same as if any one caught outside the lines.

There is no fresh news from Talwanfoo proposed were worked. and Takao, so it may be assumed that nothing of importance has happened there during the past four days.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

LONDON, July 19ike Returns to date 1-231 Untonists, 37 Liberals, 4 Parnellites, 13 Anti-Parnelliets, sOKĪS.

Gains to date-Unionists 37; Liberals 9

for Bethnal Green.

Mr. Bhowangice, & Paises, kas been returned Mr. Macrojee, the. Partes Member for Flas- Mr. Keit Hardle has been unseated for West

Our special telegrams from Amoy of to-day contain very serious intelligence. The Japanese moving south towards Tai- wanfoo have been attacked in force and driven back from Tokoham, and their position at Teckchàm, on the const dearly due west of Tokoham, is threatened. The MANUFACTURERS OF with regular Chinese troops, but with a Japanese have to reckon in Formosa not

AERATED WATERS. hardy race inured by long contests with UR AERATED WTER FACTORY the savages to hold their own in the field, and with men who have "been trained embodying the latest improvements in the to battle, however Irregular the training, trade.

in guerilla warfare on the northern frontier of Tonquin. We suggeated on receipt of the first news of the organisation of armed resistance la Formosa that the bury, has been unseated. Japanese would be wise to send an unusually large force to Formosa and to Ham (3) and the Right Hon. Siz. John Hibbert operate North and South simultaneously for Oldham. and crush out all opposition at once ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF M. and by the force of numbers.. repeat that advice. Every day any

Three masassina stopped M. Stapsboulof's car. organized Chinese force remains Inriage in Sofie, shot at and stabbed him, almost existence "It will become stronger in severing bath his hands, which have had to be numbers and in self-confidence. Every amputated. His çondisjon is most pays.

The purest ingredients only are used, and the mtmost care and cleanliness exercised in the manufacture throughout,

The water used is proved by reported analyses to be absolutely pare.

For COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties when received in good order.

Counterfoll Order Books supplied on applice tion.

We

sest.

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STAMBOULOPP,

sum in hands at the start will enable the Com

enthe 6th instant, registered as caused by cholera the bacteriological examination by the medical officers proved that it was not a case of Asiati cholers, but of cholera nosivas, cases of which was stated might be expected at this season el the year, an anal

Belegram, KESET'S 1; JEYES' FLUID, Messrs. Watkins & Co. sani. In a tender for

Extor's sop'ylag

dissinfecting told at 3/91. per gallon agafast "Jeyen at zịt jđ the price now paid by the Sanitary Board.

HONGKONG LAUNDRIES,

These.

TERRIBLE Floods on the Han River, loveiving great loss of life, are reported by the Hankew ten days the river. Han has been in high flood, Bill streams in rudely constructed tanks through correspondent of the China Gasstie who writes as follows under date 6th July i-For the past.

|| The Health OMcar raporleds— ⠀

"Most of the washing of the city is done in the and covered with wreckage of all sorts, showing which the water flows constantly, thus conventing what great damage nxuat hava bens done farther Tu London Zaðist kas just discovered that up. In Hankow several scores of boats have the bed of the stream below to to info:med draina Russia wants some sort of cession of territory been sunk, and many lives lost. Although the the valley below the Mint Dams seems to be approach of these freshers is telegraphed down the most ored; the clothes are washed, boiled which will secure to her a Pacific poet, which, from Slangyang, the boatmen me alther noi ; and starched at the preams and 'when the malike Vladivostock, is not frozen up in winter, told about them, or they pay no sitention weather is favourable dried also and then and she would not be disinclined to a cession to till the rash. Is upon them, when, they taken back to the washermen's housen, fa hat by Chins of a portion of Marchurls. We find themselves perfectly helpless. The Han the city to be dressed and ironed. want no pértion of Chios ; indeed, we would not has never been so flooded before within the | Jadaderles atá located on the ground floors of accept it as a glit. For Chins to be unable to memory of the sidest inhabitant, It has broken houses and are fitted with iron tables, a smal the embankments on both sides near Sayang. stone for heating Irons and presses for dieka pay interest on the loan guaranteed by Russia about rod miles up the river, and laid all the. would be an advantage to that Power. But in great plais extending from beyond Shadows, what way could the British investor get back his hall way to Kluklang under water. The entire money if Chios could not repay it ? "Influence, district of Kienl, Mienyang, Talenklang Tion men, Hiachta and Hanyany, with part of says the Dafly News, "follows the momentary Hesakso, are drowned out. Many villages || obligation," Fram what experience, we should have bean swept away entirely with the like to know, is this distinction deduced? Have loss of great numbers of lives, while la others the harvest which had just been gathered

·we acquired influence either in Central or

in was carried away, the water rising that there Sosthorn America from having lest monny to

was no time to get it to a place of safety. No bankrupt American Republics? Influence the inch calamity has befallen tale praelage for fending country enjoys in the borrowing country, many years, and strange to sxy while so large a so long as it is hoped that more money can be part of it has been destroyed by water, the cast of It is parishing through drought. Almost do rata borrowed from the same source. Otherwise the to speak of has fallen for the last three moniks, lender generally loser, not only money but

and the outlook for the poor people is very black | influence."

jadeed,

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Heen, 8 a month was the lowest rent paid for

those vislied, and $14.35 the highest, and the average number of workmen employed was

froners, a coolies and a wishermen. They , alept on the premises, the master fa. a compartment the rest on the ironing tables. The average pumber of places dealt with during..

ach month was 1,000 par establishment.

Thero

la a block of 10 public laundries owned by the Government at Kennedy Road Wantral, one of which I giwa tough plan, Only of these are occupied (Nom. 1, 3, and 2- 10) and it is evident that they are, not popular with the washermen, the two principal reasons being that they are not conveniently stunted for editomers who bring their own wasbing to the Isundries and that there is not sufflaleat drylag ground. Each laundry is supposed to gontíet el

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