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Philipinos ever came to blows at all. Had any definite line of policy been followed by the United States from the outset it is exceedingly improbable that they would have found themselves in such a homets nest as Manila and its vicinity is now proving to be A. S. WATSON & Co., we earnestly trust that the arrival of the Commission at Manila will be the signal for the cessation of hostilities and that the The Magistrate of the Mixed Court, Mr. Cheng, result of their labours will be an amicable-who is a man that invariably-tries-to-do his settlement of the vexed question now con duty and has introduced many long-needed fronting the Americans in the Philippines. It reforms into that tribunal, finds it hard work would mean the saving of many valuable cleansing the Augean stable on the Maloo, lives and much timo and money.

says a Shanghai paper. The other day he detected one of his confidential clerks making free with the treasury by doctoring the amount of fines that are paid into the Court by the Municipal Police, and two hundred Mexicans have thereby disappeared. To-day Mr. Cheng gave the inspector of each, police station a memorandum book in which the police are to enter daily the fines paid into-Court which he will check and sign hiraself.

We notice that our Northern contemporury, the THE VILLAGES AND THEIR China Gasttic, has taken a glimpse into the WATER SUPPLYSN fun and publishes an Anglo Chinese Con vention of 22nd February, 1909, whereby joint British and Chinese Jurisdiction is established in the Yangtze Valley, the rebellion having been quelled by British troops.

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POLONEL ELSDALE, R.E. has kindly consented to deliver an Address, on #OUR NATIONAL WEAK POINTS," in the ST. ANDREW'S HALL, on MONDAY, the 6th of March, at 5.15 P.M.

The MEETING will be open to the Public and Ladies are invited.

H.E. Major General GASCOIGNE, C.M.G. will take the Chair.

HENRY E. POLLOCK,

Hon. Secretary. HONGKONG ODD VOLUMES SOCIETY. [298a Hongkong, and March, 1899.

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

UGANDA.

AMERICA AND THE PHILIP PINES

the meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Professor Alfred Russel Wa Boant this afternoonWorrespondence was the disappointment and sorro submitted concerning the water supply of the common, he is sure, outlying villages of the Colony. On the 31st English and Americas January the director of Public Works wrote as being pursued by the Governmente follows to the Colonial Secretary

States towards the people of Cuba". ***** Referring to the vote No. 14 of $1000 under Philippine Islands, "It 13: the head of Public Works Extraordinary that people who fight strel page 47 of the estimates for 1809 for against powerful oppressors. wells in villages not yet supplied with it and that such a people should water,” I have the honour to request authority, till the contrary is proved, to be to expend this money at my discretion in sinks it. ing wells in the villages where they seem to Both the Cubans and the Filipinos have done be most urgently needed I have had particuikis, and both with a large measure of success, lars collected regarding 15 villages on the requiring courage, patrescism, and a consider Island of Hongkong and 1 in British Kowloon, able capacity for organisation and comblaed where wells are needed for an improved water action. The case of the Philippines is in some supply. Of these the old and new villages of respects even more regrettable than that of Little Hongkong, Pokfulam Village and Apli Cuba. The war there was only for the purpose and thus

chall seem the most

pressing cases, and of crippling the Spanish Considering the

LONDON, February 28th. -In the House of Commons Sir Charles Dilke

propose to take them up first. Where no wells moved to reduce the vote for Uganda in view

exist I propose sinking in the locality most suitable, and if water is found at a reasonable of the unsatisfactory position there, Mr. Bro-

depth lining the well with mascnty or brick- derick said there was no cause for anxiety in

work, providing a parapet wall round it and the present position and that the country had

A STRIKING instance of the daring of the des- wooden cover Infother cases existing wells settled down considerably. The object of peradoes who are, infesting the Yangtse is will be deepened, lined with concrete and pro Col. Martyr's expedition was to explore and to reported from Kiukiang. About ten days have seen in the colony are able to pollution tected as in the other cases. All the wells 1 plant posts on the right bank of the Nile in

a farge Chinese gunboar was actually boarded from the surface surrounding them, most of order to connect Uganda with the Soudan andand robbed by a gang of these gentry. The them are in a dilapidated condition, and in ultimately to join hands with Col. Kitchener. craft was at anchor, near the embarkment about this season, afford but a scanty and extremely Sir Charles Dilkes' motion was rejected.

z miles, from the city, and the captain and suspicious-looking supply of water 'bulk of the crew being ashore only two men were left on board. In the night the robbers stofe quietly on board, finding the two sailors The Observatory report says On the 2nd asleep tied them up and gagged them with a at 11.50 am: Pressure is high over China, and handful of raw cotton. The thieves then pro- the barometer has risen on the coast generally.ceeded to carry off every portable article from The low pressure area probably lies in E. Japan, the craft and got comfortably oft with their lost Gradients slight to moderate with fresh mon-

When the captain returned Late he found that soon on the const, and in the N part of the the two sailors were lying dead with their China Sea. FORECAST :—Moderatè N.E. winds; mouths stuffed with the cotton which had evi. | fair.

dently choked them.- China Gazette.

WEATHER REPORT.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE out-pai of uin in the Ulu Langat district, during the year 1898, is estimated at pls. 50,000 (as against pls. 20,000 in 1897), of which pls. 16,610 were exported by the Kajang Agency of

the Straits Trading Company.

THE mortality returns for the colony of Hong- kong for the week ended February 18th showed a death rate of 212 against 16.6 for the previous week and 234 for the corresponding The returns from Macao week last year. showed 47 deaths for the week ended January

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columns, a lecture will be delivered on Monday next-in St. Andrew's Hall, under the auspices of the Odd Volumes Society, by Colonel Elsdale, R.E., on "Our National Weak Points The meeting will be open to the public and ladies are invited to attend. His Excellency Major-General Gascoigne, CM.G., will take the chair.

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THE British Consul, the China Gazelle hears, has notified the Taotai that the Municipal

Council will not permit the semi-official Chinese lottery to be run in Shanghai, and that it they catch it being drawn they will seize and burn all the paraphernalia: The Taotai is not vary friendly to the gambling undertaking, which we believe it is intended to draw in Chang Su-ho's garden on the Bubbling Well Road, outside the Municipal limits. The head of the business is the Tuotai Liu Tai-ching. (the former farmer of the Weising Lottery at Canton) and now heat of the famous Wah Ylk Company of Szechuen, whose fortune Mr,

Pitchard Morgan's Syndicate is going to make

under the terms of the much talked of contract, which we published on 31st December, in con- nection with the Szechden mining concessions,, LADIES who are thinking of, or think they could ever think of, bringing an action for breach of promise of mariage should follow with interest the case of Nelson 2 Tatiforth, just tried by Mr. Justice Day at Appleby. It appeared that the promise was fourteen years plil, and the novel-probably unique-defence MR. D'Arc, we are pleased to hear, has been,

was set up that the claim was barred, like a able to come to some satisfactory arrangements, debt, by the Statue of Limitations. Even if it that will allow of his prolonging his stay, on the reclamation ground, in this cology for, was, which is exceedingly, doubtful, six years urn:scem commns, the fue special av been brought, and this point the Jury presumably found in the lady's favour, for diorama "The Taking of Santiago" and "Destruction of the Spanish Fleet" together of law may go to the Court of Appet. Mean- they gave her twenty-five pounds. The point with many other nutractions are still running while ladies with this particular grievance must and we can assure our readers are well worth a second visit. Those who have not already been

watch anxiously for the first moment at which, should lose no time in going, as a second visit

it is clear that the ex-swain does not intend to is sure to be desired,

keep his promise, and take care that six years: do not elapse before a they bring their action,

THE Shenpao Ningpo correspondent reports. J. Giselle. that the raid of the rioters recently mentioned

THE CONTROL OF THE SLAUGHTER HOUSES.

At the meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary- Board this afternoon a letter was read from the Colonial Secretary, stating that His Ex- cellency, the Governor was not prepared for the present to adopt the recommendation.of the Board to transfer the mods.colony to comrol of the slaughter houses of the colony to the Sanitary Board on the expiration of the present lease to the farmer,

PLAGUE REPORTS,

At the meeting, of the Hongkong" Sanitary. Board this afternoon. Further reports concern ing the outbreaks of bubonic plague at Calcutta and in Formosa were submitted. In reply to a telegram asking whether bubonic plague existed at Taiwanfoo, Her Majesty's Consul there wired in the affinative. A telegram from Calcutta dated February 17th said that two more cases of plague had occurred there. A statement was submitted showing that in the city of Bombay from January 17th to January 30th, there were 1163-plague cases and 955 denilis,

LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

SUPREME COURT.

leading to an early pence inferiority of mice, the success of the natives. against their Spanish rulers was even mors remarkable than in the case of the Cubans, a large proportion of whom are of pure Spanish blood. In the Philippines the two higher native peoples the Tagals and Spanish half-breeds, constitute almost the Bisayans, with numerous Chinese and whole sivilised population, are fairly educated, and by their successful resistance to the established rule and military organisation of Spain. have gained the right to freedom and self-government in their native land. The Americans, however, claim the rights of

# sovereignty: obtained by treaty"" and have op parently determined to occupy and administer . the whole group of islands, with a population of over 6,000,000, against the will and the consent

the people. They claim all the revenues of the country and all the public means of trans- port, and they have decided, according to the latest advices, to take all this by military force if who have been justly struggling for freedom the natives do not at once submit. Butthese people are still spoken of as insurgents" or "rebels," --and they are expected, apparently, to submit

quietly to an altogether new and unknown for-- cign rule, which, whatever may be the hone volent intentions of the President, can hardly fail to become a more or leca oppressive des" potismar

It may be askod, what else can the Ameri- cans do They cannot allow Spain to eame back again, or permit any of the European Powers to take possession of the islands, since having conquered Spain they are responsible for the future of the inhabitants, This will be admitted. But surely it is possible to revert to their first expressed intention of taking a small island only, as a naval and coaling station, and to declare themselves the protectors of the istands against foreign aggression. Having done this, they might invite the civilised par tion of the natives to form an independent gov ernment, offering them advice, and assistance if, they wish for it but otherwise leaving mem com-. pletely free. I might be advisable-at first to leave the great island of Mindanao, mostly inhabited by Mohammedans, to form its own separate government and some guanautée might properly te asked for the Inir treatment ¦ of the uncivilised portion of the population

such

as the presence of a few American resi dents as protectors of the aborigines. By some such method as here suggested, the great Re- public of the West night aid in the production A PROMISSORY NOTE CASE,

of a new type of social development adapted to In this case Bernardino de Scuna Fernandes, the character of the Malayan

They race Viscount de Seune Fernandez, sought to might thus benent humanity by giving f

full play paid to the National Bank of China Limited sponsibility in the case of one of the lower recover from Cassumi Moosa the sum of $4,500 to the benige influences of freedom and under a promissory note for which his Juice which inve never find a fair opportunity Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C. (Astructed by Mr. of profiting by the example and the advice of Hursthinise appeared for plaintiff and Mr. E aciers free from the depressing influence of

higher race Robinson (instructed by Mr. Gedge) for even the most benevolent of conquerors..

order to develop their own chare

defenlang.

(Before

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Sir J. W. Carrington, K., C.df.G.,

Chief Justice)

March 2nd

;

Mr. Francis, in his opening statement, snid that the late Count during his life-and- his son continued the business after his death National Bank of China, and during that agency was for some time agent in Macão for the Cassum Moosa, from September, 1893, to 1696, regularly paid interest on this $4,900. These payments appeared in the account books of the agency in Macao and in the books of the Na the administrator of the Count, who had died, tional Bank of China as duly received. How ever in 1896, under pressure. from the Bank, pid the money and the interest then due, and it was for the recovery of the amount theu pald

The United States cruiser Baltimore,cutar carrying the Washington Philippine Com mission, sailed to-day for Manila. It will be interesting to watch the proceedings of the Commission, for it has a peculiar task before it and, as a matter of fact, should have been on the scene some months ago, when the present very unsatisfactory state of affairs might have been averted. Still, it would hardly have been seemly for. the United States to have sent a commission to

THE United States Consul-General at St. Peters- as having occurred near Ningpo was not simply burg refers to pa article in a Russian magazine Manila to decide upon the future govern- ment of the islands before the Peace Treaty dencies. The men who carried flags inscribed Russian steamship line on the Pacific Oceau, a razzin of robbers but was of rebellions ten-setting forth the necessity of erganizing a had been ratified and hence the delay can only be looked upon as one of those unfor(just King) first over-man the northern part of Siberia and the United States; to connect with they were properly entitled to claim that that with the characters for Kun Tao Da Wong in order to establish communication between-although it was not quite the full amount tunate necessities which so often arise to the Tenghua district to the east of Ningpo, where the Siberian Railroad. Foreigners have al detriment of human affairs,

the destroyed many large houses belonging to ready established three new steamship lines, But, what will the Commission do on often captured and only ransomed upon.

wealthy families, the members of which were having Wladiwostock as a termina! point. One of these the American-Japanese-has for ds Arrival at Manila? Will a cessation of hos- tilities bu mutually agreed upon in order to payment of large sums of inoney, sometimes

western terminus San Diego, the most south allow of the members of the Commission as high as Tls. 1,000 per head. The mob then

ern port of Californi, and will work in con- conferring with the Philipino leaders, or will passed through the large village of Zoongnection with the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa the war still be continued and the Come where they committed similar depreda Fé Railroad. The steamers will alse call mission be obliged to ferret out their factstions-and-robbed many of the Li and Kung at Honolulu. The second, the English-Cana as best they can ?. If the former should families. They next captured the abbot of dian, will work in connection with the Canadian RESIprove to be the case then we should say that Buddhist monastery at Chingh and held bin Pacific Railroad Company, and sail from the DENCES on Bowen Road (now in the Commission will be able to do good a prisoner for a ransom of a thousand strings cities of Vancouver and Victoria; two of its course of erection.) PROPERTY "occupied by the work and may possibly arrange matters upon of cash. The country people and headmen, large steamers, about 5,000 tons each, will run

Bowrington Saw Milli.

a footing satisfactory to Philipinos and however, showed fight and beat gonge until regularly from these cities to Hakodadi and FLOORS STAUNTON and ELGIN Americans alike. Should, however, no cessa- large force was collected to oppose the daring Wladivostock. The third line belongs to the tion of hostilities take place, then we freebooters and captured four of them. Their North Germon Lloyd of the Bremen Steam- fail to see the utility of the Commission, companions threatened all sorts of dire venge ship Company. Passengers and mails can for they will be unable to gain anything but a one-sided account of affairs, from the fact ance if their four friends were injured, but the that their investigations will of necessity be villagers held on to their prisoners and sent confined to the American view of the situa- them to the nearest Yamen, and the Buddhist tion. We do not for a moment mean to

priest was released by his friends paying the insinuate that the Commission will not ransom deinanded,

Hongkong, and March, 1899.

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do its work in a perfectly impartial man- REFERRING to the last report of the Hongkong ner, but it is a well recognised fact and Shanghai. Banking corporation even the that to just judgement can be made until-

-critical-Invertore-Review-has-no-fault-to-And- "both sides of a question have been heard,

unless the Philipine version, can be but writes:--The excellent dividend statement of this corporation should not have surprised be comparatively worthless.

and

MINING IN ULU SEMENYLH.

followsI have recently had an opportunity The district officer, Ulu Langat, reports as of inspecting certain large areas of land in Ulu Semenyih, applied for on behalf of an Anglo French mining syndicate. Should this vanture proven success there can be little room for yet untouched, will develop into an important doubt but, but that the Ulu of the Semenyih, which comprises a large extent of country as mining district Towards the end of last year have seen samples of gold obtained from considerable quantity of tin was exported from mines in the same veighbourhood.

AFRICA BOOMING.

action had been brough of Shewan, Tomes and Co., said, that in 1892 years past by the lampan workers in the upper Semenyih, and it is well known, that small Anthony Babbington, at present in the firm quantities of this metal have been obtained for was in the employ of the National Bank of waters of the liver, but it hins yet to be proved China as accountant. The signature on the "that gold can be found in payable quantities. witness. He witnessed the signature of Cassum At present six miles in length) into the Ulu of document produced was his to signed it as a Before any extension is undertaken of the road and several promisory noto given by Cnssum to be thoroughly explored with a view to deter Moosa. He saw him sign it It was a joint the Semenyih, it would be well for the country, Moosh and the late Count de Feruandez to the mining the best line for future extensions. National Bank of China for $4,500, they jointly Pinang Gazelle demand to the National Bank of China Limited or order, interest to be paid at the rate of 8 per and severally promising to pay the sum on:

eent per annum, payable monthly. To the best of his belief Cassum Moasa was brought over. young Count. Cassum Moosi tertiinly signed from Macao by either, the old Count or the the note in English, He did not think he could recognise the man who signed it. He ceased to be accountant for the Bank about two years ago. On the issue of the promissory, in thirty days from St. Petersburg, while it re.

note he opened an account himself in favour of Cassum Moosa for the sum of $4,500 He used quires thirty-five days if the trans-Siberian

to be well icquainted with the signature of the route, 1,151 miles of which is made in partially Count, and to the best of his belief closed conveyances on rough roads, travelling ature produced was his in 1897, an increase of": the trip requires fony-five days.. Might and day. By the usually travelled route, By Robinson-So far as he could remems in the leading Sour

her he had never scan Cassum-Moosa before finance shares the date on which this note was signed He -could-not-remember whether the note was cont

reach Wladiwostock vid the Vancouver route"

FOOTBALL.

On the Happy Valley yesterday, afterapon a very good game of Association football was

to Macro and then returned with the signature of Count de Fernandez. The Bank would not have advanced the money without the signature

cember showed tinuos to increase month by month De

The output of gold from South Africa-con-

40,50402, from the Witwatersrand districts, and nother record crushing of of 21,770 oz. from the outside districts, a total of 440,672 oz. This brings up the total South African output for the year 1848 10.55555,009 oz. obtained from the outside districts the total returns from Witwatersrand district amou to 4,305,009 or as compared with

figures have caused and

sharp.

Corning, ing

ET KOWLOON DOCKL Two 8.4" by 10' 3" got at the labours of the Commission those who have followed its affairs. At the last played between teams composed of R. W, F. He did not think he had over spoken to the prospects of another, boom da overclouded

A by thicknees of shell plating. Each will with two a 8 by 7 furnaces and 164 3" exterior, and 242 Interior diameter brass tubes each 7 ft.

Longtain reservoir

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to new. brass boiler tubes 3 exterior diameter bres caviron Main Step Valve Chests with

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Kowloos, HONGKONG RACES, 1899."

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH'S " ACCOUNT OF THE 1899 RACE MEETING

will be produced in PAMPHLET FORM CON- talning PLACED and UNPLACEU PONIES,

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meeting it was specifically stated by the chair-Fifes and Drums and 25th CD. Royal Engineers. the person who was standing-up in dourt

We have heard it said that the question

man that the profits arising from the issue of The Garrison ground was in good condition for the game, and a fast one was played. Up to half ps already been practically decided at be divided at the end of 1898. We may, there led by two goals to one, Riley and Bolstridge of the future government of the Philippines the Chinese loan were still in hand, and would

time the Welsh had the best of matters, and Washington, but this statement we must fase, take it for granted that the £1 per share scoring for the leaders and Lieut. Brown for decline to accept, Had the United States bonus now announced represents a division the Engineers. During the second half, Lieut. definitely decided to force government up: out of such profits. The dividend, however, Brown again managed to get the ball past the on the Philipinos there would have been no of £r tos. per share for the half-year Each team tried hard to gain aupremacy, but Welsh custodian, making the score equal, occasion for the appointment of the present declared, in addition represents an increase the referee blew time with the score standing commission, and it would never have been of sa. per share upon recent distributions, and despatched.

two goals each. Unsatisfactory, as the result Apparently the Americans represents the growth of profits from ordinary may be, it was a very good ending, for one are inclined to give the Philipinos a. business, which has been noticeable in the last

team was no better than the other as far as fair hearing, but how this can be managed few reports. By the placing of $1,000,000 in

play was concerned, without a truce we do not understand. It will be remembered that immediately after reserve, that fund will be raised to $10,000,000, or equal to the paid-up capital, and the whole the outbreak of hostilitics. AGUINALDO asked for a cessation of hostilities in order that of this sunt will be represented by sterling negotiations might be opened and his request securities, whilst the capital is virtually repre was refused by General Oris If the Comsented by silver or securities based upon silvation held in Natal by the Superintendent, of mission intends to go thoroughly into matters. The bank ought, therefore, to be well protected it is probable that the truce will now be now against fluctuations in the relative values granted, otherwise it is patent that nothing of the two forms of currency. By writing off can be done.

$500,000 from the bank premises, that item is

• brought down to an insignificant figure, which As we have before remarked, it is as more than represented by real estate held thousand pities that the Americans and outside the banking offices

G. W. Playfair, chief manager of the Na

Chisunt MossR Cassunf arantee of

BUT PROSPECTS. Unfortunately for the

itors who are: still holding on: to shares they bought

Imp which followed the raid before the great bythe news of renewed unrest in Jolin

Vaal Goverment gave

anders to hold a public

grievances. This, seems to have some of tho Boen nized, a patty

tho

The

certain "discuss

been

CARSUM BARON

(defendant) He had seen him and know! face quite well, but he could not pay whether el Bank of Chiba, Limited, said that in he was the man who signed the hate or not. to the promissory note in question he arra the transaction. Ho as well aequalited not personally the old National Bank of China in

acquainted at the time. The money the late Count The loan Moosa's account under the by defendant, for die late Mossa's guarantee. The sugge absurd. If the old Count bad he would have had no difficulty as at that time the Count was a The account wae closed of the 1896, the $4,500 being paid and was cross-examined by fr

Viscount Fernandez then gav said he was sure that his fath ar two of them: "Mr. Gladstone was the first want of money. He had seen man who ever knew English grammar tho to his father from the New Orl roughly. He was educated at Mr. Rugby'sing for the paymiont of ande school Bismarck was a very clever man to the Bank on the date iron he who succeeded by his father at Viceroy fell whether die father did to or nor Indeed. He invented steel and made fi into and introduce Casium Moosa, of India

Caar proceeding

"ORAMMING" RESULTS.

Official reports may generally be charac terized as dry-as dust documents, but the official record of the last Annual Collective Examina Education contains some gems. Here are one

rate, the procee

the streets, buthapi and damped the excitem

ODA HITCHIN,