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Co-day's Advertisements.

NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP

COMPANY.

TEWARDESS WANTED,

STEWARD

Apply, with copies of testimonials to

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DODWELL CARLIGA T

General Agenin.

Hongkong, yib June, 1898.

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED.

FOR TAIWANFOO.

"HX Company's Steamship

THE

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1898.

Intimation.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

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SOLE AGENTS I HONGKONG,

AND MANILA YOR

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Captain Pearce, will be despatched as above on THURSDAY, the 9th insisnt, at to A.M.

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Agents.

Hongkong, 7th June, 1898,

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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, · LIMITED.

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FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW.

*HE Company's Steamship

THE

"THALES,"

Captain Bathurst, will be despatched for the above Ports, on FRIDAY, the roth instant,

TO A.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. General Managers.

Hongkong, yib June, 1998.

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED.

FOR SHANGHAI.

THE Company's Steamship`

"SINGAN,"

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Captain Jamieson, will be despatched as above

on FRIDAY, the 10th instant, at Neon.

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Hongkong, 7th June. 1898

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"KWEIYANG,"

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i la requested that all cosmolotion relating to Subscriptions, Advantages by fidemed to the "Managar, nghy Zatment to mentorial menttar kole samt to "The Editor and Coopamacion de E paskotin me be competed by com, nama kad nóchase of the LEEDEN, NOR May publication | bit na oyidanes of good tattoo andamadim.

While the bone of the Enchong Dalek wil alan Folder pabela Summer Land Der Cudnenty, and aston Chad

Su open that the date discussions by correspondents of all quandona, die Mäljer dan set is gay. way, hold: khusalt, sgpbullybe ter

TO ADVERTISERS. Adpurslairs in raquenced to forward að sotless feianded for in that day's fause not later than Three a'Clock sỜ ÁLL "wego estank the marty, peshilenciod of the perus.

"Adversiooniaces and Babsesizations which are not ordered for a fand parfod will be continued veill countermandad

- 234 Emglong Tuigrală has the largest circulation of any magnich pewspaper publibed in the Far Heat, sond te thurstee the "The Heughange. Tilaydlike sumber at the Telephone

BIRTH.

the wife of CARZ WOLTER, of a daughter,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

H.M.S. Plover. Avalved here yesterday from Labuan.

Fon assaulting a dock employee with a chopper a coolls was 10-day sent to gaol for fourteen days with hard labour.

A MARINH hawker was sent to gaol for fourteen

THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ended June 5th are :---Europonas, 204'; Chinese, 1,1411 total 1,345.

THE Hyogo Kencha has been directed by the Tapanese Government to inquire the where abouts of the Japanese man-of-wark-men who

visited America in the Kaurie-marú in tha

THE WAR.

According to a letter from Generál Aguinaldo dated May sit wiliten to one of his friendu kere, tha rebola bava captured the villages of 100t, Dasmarinat, Rezule, Mendez, Mari- fondor, Basile, Alfonso, Hagalleras, Amades, Tasza, Carmona, Trions, all belonging to the Province of Cavite. The rebel tender before

with shiploads of useless from, and--worse still --renditions of Jabbery from the commencement. The stacks of fron are silli to be seen there, anmoyed by the bombardment and lastlag which they did so much to faciiliato.

There is not much to be seen in the arsenal

now. The engine shop is kept in good order by the Americans; it is small, but good. The machinery masily bears the names of English makers, and has been mainisined in a gatis. factory state of repair. All the resi, magasines, officers', quarters, hospital, and barracks, had

no withdrawing, ihon by the reb^fs. Here and

| days to-day for stealing twenty-one hemp sacky / #ixties, when that versel was under the command | starting`to fight neṣollated with the Span een looted and relaoted, frat by the Spanlarde

from, a Thiel Strest store,

MAJOR Arthur G. Churchill, zaik Lucers, has been selected for appointment as temporary. Military Attachỗ at Tokyo.

IP KAN, #ged 16 was to-day sentenced to receiva sing strokes of the birch for stealing a tin of uslik from the Artillery Barracks.

A BILL for shortening the term for exchanging silver yen to the end of July next was submitted to the Japanese Diet on the 19th sitimo. Owing to the loclemency of the weather the departure of N.T.K. 1.3. Diego Mary for Lon don, &c. is postponed till to-morrow, HI NOOD,

Sim Henry Blake has obtained an extension of leave and will not take his departure from | England till early in October. He has sppolated

Viecount Solrdale his A.D.C.

Am entertainment was givin by the Shanghai Juvenile Surprise Company at Shanghal last week lo benefit of the wounded at Manila. The But proceede amounted to $axt,

Two man charged with....asmaling another at Hung Hom were to-day fined $y or twenty-eight | days and $5 or fourteen days respectively. A witness named Kong Kwong was fined $1 or fourteen days for lying in his evidence.

A MAN charged with illegal possession of opium to-day was discharged owing to want of proof Mr. Grist defended secured. The case against him was not at all clear or defiolis and his Wor- ship mid the only thing he could do was dir- charge accused.

"Oox" Paul Kidger, is to be represented in bronse by a Detch sculptor. The statued figure will wear a tall bronze hat, which, if Mme

the top so that it may catch and hold rain. Kröger's wisher atë observed, will be concave at

water for the benefit of thirsty birds,

A RIPORT has reached Shanghai fraza Peking „that the Trungil Yame's has inclined a favoni

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of Cennt Katro, and walling 'under the instruce tion bi the Tokugawa Gyvernment. Mr. Takeda, this Secretary, as referred the matter to the Koba City Office.

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officers in charge of the forces in the above

leges. The first engagement, tesk place in there, the buildings show a great devastating the village of Kawit on the 28th May, the rebels shot-hole through and through walls and capturing on the morning of the same day 19 floors, a big pit deg in the earth at one and Spanish soldiers with arms and ammunitions Corresponding to "huge gap in the rooi “nd rafters at the other end of a ballding. But and, towards the evening they kommed in 193

there was very little shalling of 'the place. The Tux directors of the London Missionary Society Cazadores and yo loyaltnatives and Velus. Sangley Polat battery of comise was hexylly teers. In this engagement four have been bombarded, and its magazine blown up, but (*17% a kome paper) havo opened a special fund

about £3,000 will be required—to enable their killed on the rebel side and 16 men with Cavite Point was almost left alone, missionarice to enter the hitherto closed province an officer on the Spanlib alde. The fight be pitiful and horrible tale. The poor old Castilla

The Spanish ships in the bay, however, tell of Hunan, Contral China. The members of the came general in the province of Cavite, the re-in the worst, though she shows the least, fas Are days fighting the la now almost enthely submerged. She Hankow Mission have for many years beansult being that after working and walling for the opportunity, and - more than 2,000 Spanish soldiers were taken

wax. a mondan, cruiser, and all her wood-work now that the province is about to be throw prisoners with their officers and the Spanish metal akeistos, the ribs and frames, fannels, burned to the water's edge, laawing only the open it will be possible for missionaries in the General Leopoldo Plus, Governor of the ventilators, ash-heists, and gun-shields, buttored, very near future to reside there with, we hops, Province al Cavite surrendered and handed to pesforated do thousand spots, hammered safety. The directors have pledged themselves Aguinaldo his sword, revolver, and gölden belt and twict:T'out of position and simast out to send out two missionaries without delay, one with a latter in which he stated his surrender. of all recogalilon. She is a wonderful, terrible textimony of the destructiveness of modern of them to be a medical man, provided guaran. Meanwhile Aguinaldo sent his nephew and weapons, wall handled Wall bandfed-that tees of support sufficient to cover initial outlay Messes Mascodo and Mastinë (other rebel officers) the point, for she has yet guns on board that to the Province of Lalaguan and they havu might have done sa much to the Americans, on passages and houses and the estimated exi penditure of not less than the first five years surrounded the villages of Bioeng. San Pedro, instead of allowing them to proadly show their

paint unscratched. The Castilla's funnels must the amount stated above--is repelved. The Tasso, Ross Cabayan. Aguinaldo's General have been strack some hundreds of times; and | find has been warted by a döastion of £1,000,

Mr. del Pflix was also sent there and they have, that indicates that the ship was simply swept succeeded in capturing some of the above. from stem to stern. But she never hit an American fanuel Judging by the shot-holes, mentioned villages,

Targe and small, on the visible Ironwork of the Garlilla, there must have been hardly a square foot of her whole hall anbit. It is hideous. It friends of peace could possibly adduce. Ta is the most shocking object-leason that the picture a number of man, and boys, cooped up for two hours on a fosting target, to be shot to

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE

"MARCO POLO"

DEATH OF MR. HORATIO NELSON LAP, C.B.

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his ear to the bitter cry of the Customs gieff,

ME Horatio Nelson Lay C.B. died on 4k ult; and that the pay of the indoor staff is to be doubled, that of the outdoor stuff, raised by 66 at Forefill, and though for many years under per cent, and that of the Chinese staff by go para apparent cloud he was one of the pioneers of British inducace in China, and, but for the short- cant. We give the rapor with all resighted jealousy of the Chinese officials, might

N.C.Daily News.

Wa leam, nyy the China Gasella, that the British naginip Centurion and

have been one of the plansers of Chiness pro- rest. Born in 1833, he entered the Consular Service in Chins lo 1840 as a spermatary the Bartour, with several cruisers and gun-tatarpeeler and interpreter to the Magianity vorisis, sro all suchored comfortably inside the harbour of Wei-hal-wel, so that whatever doubts Pay have existed in some quarters respecting 14 depth of water faside. Liskuutio, usa now finally disposed of. We further learn that it is the intention of the British authorfiled in keep the Island free from Chinese.

kwama.

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(From our Special Corrispondent.} *

MANILA, May 25th, 1898. The Bitlah gunboat Stuff! strived to-day from Hongkong with mills. which it was thought the American Admiral might not ses

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bits with large and small projectiles, like steel. cind lightning, margling, mutilating, murdering mercilessly. Civilized people called the Chinese and Japanese "barbarous," because men were paediessly mutilated on both sides. Barbarous hey were. So is this. All men ard„barbarous avage, and this is a cruel, brutal world.

Not that the Americans ara to blame, any more than any other people who allow wars to occur. The blame in this case is with the foolhardy Spaniards, who well-knew their ships bad not been kep: in fighting order, Thu Carfilla was so old that when she had perforce to venture dat of Manila Bay, to go only thlity miles to Sable the working of the prepsiler-thalt in the tube started the timbers, and the lexiced too fast for the pumps to keep her afloat. She had to be gently beached at Subig, until the leaky tunnel and timbers could be patched up with coment When ber guns were fired, she again whited to fill with water. It was an enormity, time ever to pat such a warrel in the fighting. make men fight such scoff-ship is diaboli. line. It is wrong enough to fight at all, but to calz

The Reina Cristina is less subgterged, lass burnt, and shows more battering. Of her bridge, the bridza imeli ruman's the rest has evidently -only the starboard supports and a foot or two of was blown inte stoms, Rh all who stood there, by anhall which went on and struck the fanaci, hear is bar and apparently exploded inside. The bursting may havs.commenced when the shell struck the bridge, but the velocity of the projectile carried la into the front of Infact, The explosion foxide the fansel most bave wrought dreadful havoq, in the engine-10cm, for besides the fragments of shell and wreckego flying about, the atmospheile effect of the shell exploding would be to explode the tollers, al mail of a certainty,

There is nothing to gain by recounting the In. merable shot-holer in the Spanish ships. It paritra list, showing; (1) number of shots the might perhaps be worth while to draw up a com-

whole Spanish fleet could fire per minuts and corresponding American figurs; (3) number of kits shown on each side; (3) motaboom?

MANILA NOTES. (From Our Reildini Correspondant).

MANILA, May nyth. There was fighting to-day at Cavité betweed the natives and Spaniards, and the American ships shelled Eincayen, s Mile to the sast of Cavite where the Spaniards were' Intrenched. We have not, however, heard the result as yatış At Galgalato Station, about twenty milfas out of Manila on the Manila and Dagupan Railway, while the priest of that village, two biher priests and the doctor of Bulecam were wallingM for the last train in, a body of rebela entered tha ́ station snd, killed, the four of them on the fall- Ay platform. Anjattack was also made on the station of Bigas, still oester Manila and a small sum of money belonging in the Rallway Coma pany stolen.

Says the MercHTY and inst.:-The 81. Subwe which arrived here from river ports his way to pass, for fear of a technical breach of to-day reports that at Hankow on the afternoon of the 30th whilst the Italian cruises Marco Fole the blockade; but he made no dificulty what was hoisting one of her after bosts, a sad acel-ever, and said laughingly "A lot of despatches from America, congratulating us on our success dent occurred. When very nearly up to the

airlwed by the last boat and accidentally went davit heads the forward tackle, disconnected from the bow of the boat, which at once dropped ashore to the Spanish Admiral. He sent them to me through the British Consul, so politely vertical and hung by the after end. Both of the

that I think I can do nothing less then let the men who were in the boat at the tima · werd

Spanish mails go through. thrown into (ka-river, one, grasped 'a sopo un

War is gradually held on, the other went astern, and although becoming little by Hitle, more—'—— Icxo' illa buoy was thrown, and the steam pinnace quite foda word that Star, more dirilised: and a rowing bout, sont away with will reason I think we can call it that, eh?" So all the able despatch, the man was not recovarnd,

malls went ashore, and a perfect godsend they were to the poor blockaded Manila residents People who have to work for their living, have to attend to their business in war time as best they can; and, there are business Grma with immenso interests, at etnice, all depending on mall advices cow that the telegraph cables are cui, For a few days the flolia gible was used, messages being forwarded thence by bost to Labuan bot that did not last long for the Americans fund out that the szylalding Spaniards gaya cogarganteadag with their Home Government on way matters, and so they had to apply the closure. The last memage and to bara bem ceolvad from Midds to the bfect that a squadron of four armoured cruisers Hongkong in 1851. In 1893 he was an accompanied by coal-ships and convoying asistant in the Superialeźdesce, Assistant torpedo-boats and troopships with ten thousand Chiness Secretary in 1854, and Vice-Consul and troops had felt Spain, for the Philippines; bat Interpreter at Shanghal in the same year. When. this seems very improba1le, for several reasons. with the incressing trade relations of China to the first place, Spain needs sli ben waisklus with foreigners, the necessity of organising In the Allentic, in the West Indies, in Customs service on European lines was brough! Cuban walera ; It would be pare madees to home, to the Chinese Government, Mr. Lay's | send four amoured ciufers with torgado-boats, ABOUT Gromiles distant from Komore Town, services were pladed at its disposal. In 1855 he, † to the Philippines while, the Americans are Kinska District, Nagano 'Prefecture, a great, therefore resigned kis, appolotment under the blockading Harina, Mareaver, it is not deposit af red ochre has been discovered in the Foreign Office in order to undertake the organisa- enough; the Uolted States quadros here instah called Rombe, nëar Mount Asama. As tion of the Chinese Coaloma at Shanghai. He consists of four good coolier and two aras of about 200 fam ly covered with tha ochr came back temporarily to Her Majesty's service very riclent if small fighting ships, which to a depth of 4 or 5 sum. A villager of Olin 1858, when he was attached to Lord Elgia's If. necessary can easily be reinforced from Ryotaro Koyams, discovered the deposit and mission an Assistant Chinese Sécretary, and be the Pacific coast of America before the Spanish has received applications from dyem whe ass took, with the late Laurence Oliphant, an im- vessels can reach the East, Ten thousand the material. The ochre which is said to be portant part in the negotiations of the "terili soldiers are not so easily shipped, victualleć, At Chemaipo, (Korea) on the 1st June, 1898, of superior quality is quoted at 9 yen per 10 appended to the Treaty of Tientsia. On the watered. and protected on such a long voyage, termination of his labours in this consec without a single harbour of zafuge open to them than he resumed his administrative duties all the way unless the neutrality laws are violst SHORTLY allez midnight keavy rain "gain set] under iku Chinsta Government, and fo 1859 ed. To thinking renders, the story is ton trans- and at 4 mm, toxlay it came down in torrents. he was appointed Inspector-General of the parents and to the ignorant it canles little There was an occasional stiff northerly breeze Imperial Marime Customs, and Jald the found weight, for the bumblest native knows that bat the atmosphere continued still very close nilons of the important service which Sir Robert Spanish official alterances are not to be he and unpleasant. Throughout to-day a fine drizzle Hart, his then assistant, has since developed lieved. was falling most of the time making pedes and brought to such a high stale of officiency. Admiral Dewey was most courteous" and trianism very uncomlestable. The heaviest fail in 1862 Mr. Lay was instructed by the Chinese took place at about s pin, and there were Government to proceed to England and purchase several peals of thunder. The downpour has a feet of gunboals "for the protectes of the dote the gardens a lot of good and the minds of treaty ports and the suppression of piracy," then the Water Authorities who in the Gerefis con- tle all over the coast and waterways of the Hased people last Saturday should be set some Chinese Empire. Os his return to Chies, how

Englishmen had their title game of cricket. even, after the conclusion of his mission, serious

Under a blasing tropical sun, with the Amerle differences of opinion occurred between him and

can fleet in the Bay, a bombardment imminent. FOR a long time past thefts of coal from Ughters Captain Sherrard Osborn, R.N., who had gone

and the nailves on the point of rising to mas sacre the whole 'crowd, for that is what it in landing vessels have been a great frouble to out in command of the new flotills on the

likely to come to if they do the, a little shipowners. Often so much as 20 tons shortage one hand, and Prince Kung and the Chinese

of cricket is arranged between Maulls and the has bean di covered in a ship's loading on and Ministers on the other, Mr. Lay with rate

Immortallis team—and comes off too. We have valat her destination and some firms" estimate foresight insisted that if the reorganization

some grad men here. Ormand of the Hongkong their losses at 15 tons per diem, P. C, Hammond, of the Chiness navy' was to be really effectual

and Shanghal Bank, well-known in Singapor of the the Water Folles while on harbour duty the European officer in command should be

and other places, was the wicket kooper lor last night er ght three cargo boat women placed only under the orders of the Emperor,

| Manila and weil he kept wicket. - I have never Been work better done. Wright of the Teli healing cóti from a J. M. Ughter off East whereas the Chloess Government, drænding the

At the end of the peniosnia are two points, a graphs, also known in Singapore, bowled at ena Point into their cralt. The officer also found lofluance he might thus acquire, were bent upon laige eze outside named Sangley, and a imulierend all through and did capitally. Here is the a net between two of the lighters into which subordinating him to the authority-, to the 90c, Cavite proper, on the Inner alde, Jutting mat between the upper and lower parts of Cavite heskatafal of small Japan coal had been empted, obstruction, of the provincial officials. Six Bay. On Sangley Point is the slipway for se The culprits were arrested and to-day Caplata Fis erick Bruce, the British Milator at Piking, pairing ships, and a small battery of two Krapp THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Hastings ventasced them to 14 days hard declined to support Mr. Lay and Capiata Osboro, frem, guns. At Cavite arsenal several of the The American renewed the bombardment of labour sach. The police understand that there at As, many years later, his successor declined very oldest type of Armstrong-male-loading

ix-inchei are many shops in Wanchal at which be stolen to support Captain Lang, R.N, when he, too, in orasment, with symmetrical mounds of round Wright Bedwo

guns are moonted. apparently for his turn demanded a foller measure of executive shot Alongilde. In the -arsenal enclosure are Santiago de Cuba on Filday, damaging the batteries. The skip Merrimac which was sent | coul is sold but detection is very difficult, Into the harbour for the express' purpose of

kad administrative independence than it suites halldings of the usasi sert, machine sheds, sin blocking the channel was sunk by a Volunteer The Brilib Cansel af Masilla is a very well- be incompetency and corruption of Chinese munition stores, etc. When the arsenal was NOW READY.

crew who wera takoni prfioners.

known member of the Royal Geographical officialdom to concede to him. Mr. Lay contacted, shout thirty your #go, a well-known Kapils merctant (now decossed) obtained a Admirel Sam, son is now commanding the Society. Mr. E. H. Rawson W. ter has been equently resigned his post under the Chinese handsome contract to supply fron, barn, tena, PAMPHLET containing the Sales of Articles by Telegraph's Spacial squadron off Santiago. A despatch to Wash in almost every quarter of the glows as a costul Sarerament is 1864. Captain Osbord returned angles, and to 9, at 8 biedsome prolit, sice and vice-consul under the Foreign Offics. He a Esgland, and the floilla he had brought out | should have Ugured out at $50,000 nes j say, ten

Escond Inning | Ington'saya that Admisal Cerverza with six

‚an Anderson, ↳ Ala vige Correspondent entled "HINDRANCES TO THE DEVELOPMENT | Warships in the harbour will not be able to avoid | Joloed the service la 1862, when be acted as an sant back to Europe to be sold and broken thousand picole at a price which left kits live dollars profit per picul, Aarkow,wbalever may Consul CMaisawah, and flo 1867 he became p. Mr. Lay on his return to London wave been the exact

Badwell, o Kolgar, Bb Wilaht,., o' not ouretanudnána Manjail, Oran, & Wright, a ́OF TRADE IN KWANGTUNG

capture or destruction.

Butterworth, oft d'Anderman, The Senate has passed a war favenue bill conful at Cagliari, Sardials. He was moved tolled to the Barat. Middie Temple. He has create bis gains to $800,000, Joak aizleen times AND KWANGST,"

Come, Wright o rum polaganj Pernambuco in 1876, and in 1879 to Galicfs, sarà or less led a quiot' fiễn for the last thirty" | as much, by the simple expedient of altering the Gordan Vandis, b Anderson... Hattrick, b Kennedy

Jamdedy b Wahtsap residing at Corunna, In 1893 he went to America |þars, though occasionally his sigavons views order into tour fostead of piculs, while leaving Lesson, Ormand, b Wilshi as consul in Carplina, residing at Charleston eplum and the shortcomings of Chinese inordinately large qanatity of iron was being

the price in picula. "Soon it was nojiced that an Mobley at Anderson, and in 1895 was transferred to his present post faldom were given to the pabilo at times, at Mentia. It many ba noted that he is now to hero can be little doubt that, had he been sụp, charge of the American Consulate at Mnolle, an- ated by the Bolish Minister to the melter of well as being British Contul there, and that he trol of the feet that the defences of Chian neurly had the Chinese in the Palliplare also fuld not have proved so dedolent to, say, the condḍnd to his sure,melo and G. Hybristi blou simes of 1876, 1884, sub 1894,

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DEATHS.

On the 4th May, at Forest-hill, London, in his 66th year, HORATIO NELSON_LAY, CB, Info Inspector-General of Chinese Customs.

On the afth May, at 1 Sans Souci Villas, Penang, JOIN LAWSON WHICH, M.D., of Selangor.

The Hongkong Celegraph

Hongkong, TURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1898.

REUTER'S MESSAGES.

THE KHARTOUM EXPEDITION,

LONDON, June 5th. The expedition to Khation will number 30,000 men and is expected to reach Khartoum by the beginɛlog of October.

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with an amendment ixxlög. Tas ten cante par pound.

THE PLAGUE.

Dotlog the 24 hours up to noon, 7th Jane, 3. now essor and 1 death from plague were reported, making the total sincs at January 1.4559,đaya) 1,mõu anem and 1,115 dustin,

what at rest.

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