THE HO
Today's Advertisements,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO
LIMITED.
FOR AMOY AND TAMSUL
THE Company's Steainship
*** FORMOSA
"Captain · Douglas, will be despatched: for the above Ports, TO-MORROW, ihe 16th instant,' at 10 AM
-For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LÁPRAIK & Copi
General Manager
Hongkong, 15th June, 1899.
CHINA NAVIGATION, COMPANY,
LIMITED
FOR TAKOW."
THE Company's Steamship
"NINGPO”
Claims
A S. WATSON & Co., besides the bigness of
LIMITED.
*IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS
their industrini sundertaki
SHERRIES. he is also ermiselous that it has been going at the Lyceum Theatre Shang
"What impressed, me most about the equ- cated Muscovite, however, was his extremé nervousness. He is conscious that bis country has logged behind Westrn nations,
forward this la decade by leaps and by Per Ior. Case bounds; he wants to know what you think of him and his country. The only other people I know who are so sensitive to triti cism are the Americans. Both Russians and Americans have a childlike glee if you praise them. If you dispraise them their first thought is that you are insular and Ainappreciative, and then they show an in- elination to sit down and cry with vexation, not because they are not proud of their country, but simply because they are supersensitive.
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$10.80
[797a
Capsule
C-MANZANILLA, PALE White NATURAL SHERRY, Capsule
Captain Phillips, will be despatched TO-
· MÓRROW, the 16th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.
Hongkong, 15th June, 1899.
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUL THE Company's Steamship
HAIMUN"
CG-SUPERIOR Old Dar, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, Red Seal Capsule
D-VERY-SUPERIOR OLD PALE DRY, choice, old wine, White Seal Capsule
E-EXTRA SUPERIOR OLD ALE Day, very
finest quality, Black Seal Capsule - ( Old ·
Captain Milroy, will be despatched for the | Bottled) above Pons, on SATURDAY, the 17th instant,”
at 10 A.M.
For,Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,
General Managers.--
Hongkong, th June, 1899
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CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITEÐ
FOR SHANGHAI
THE Company's Steamship
*** HUNAN)".
Captain Frazier, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 17th instant. For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hongkong, 15th June, 1899.
12.00
20.40
B. C, and CC are excellent dinner
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
fluence in the cause: the Centre of Luzon.
TO-NIGHT Mesars Dallas and Drainatic Company make their reappeamince Dion Bocicault's Celebrated Irish Draina "Con the Shaughn his talented company whigh treated, such a favourable impression during their previous visit, have added further laurels to their reputation" throughout Japan. Irish drama has always been extremely popular and should draw crowded houses during its run in Shanghai,
and
Ar the request of Governer Liu of Chekiang, HE. Sheng, Director-General of Chinese Telegraphs, has given instructions for the lay ing of a telegraph line between Wenchow and Taichow on the Chéking sea coast. This will enable Governor Liu to put himself in immedi-" ate, comingnication with all important points THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
Flying between Hangchow and the coast, a step. LONDON, June 13th rendered all the more urgent owing to the Famine and disease are making fearful critical state of affairs now in that province, ravages in the Eastern provinces of Russia,Work on the new line will commence by the The recent cold has ruined the crops in the middle of the current month and is expected North and Centre, and drought has ruined them to be finished in a fortnight. in the South
BESIDES the Italians, it appears that the Chinese officials in Chekiang are also closely watching the movements of the Franch in that province, caused by the fighting and rioting
WEATHER REPORT.
paurship, arid the
for them all He will Emdrabas well, as, the material
mmandi
and' jent
If the sufferer had been an enlisted man, he would have had no redress, No-cout would have been open to him. His comindes could not help him in any way without committing a military offence, alf-h military superior he
bed to al perhaps
would"
beti a mar His service. gies dos encroachijng:
the
and surely the greatest of these indral forces the silent but steady progress of
you wot permit me I will read to lines from the History of the Nineteen tury, by Robert Mackensie, whom I think you will consider an impartial und broad ininded torian if you peruse his writings. quoted the passage three or four years ago when I had the meeting of the Lendon Missionary Society honour of taking the chair as the Centchary this Colony, because it scented to me that it hupg might be well-in cite the "testimony of the
wash historian rather than that of more interested garment was suspen parties. He says In the foremost mink of or not Anyhow. powers destined to change the face of the world sented their appeara be regarded as products of this Century, and he pulled stand Christian Missions. These may almost from the risk.
the owner vedring (hem, tore them up the the imposing magnitude which they have is a must gained is altogether recent. Their beginnings real good
unianding='ofilcer and a it bit of a tempers-He were so small is generally to avert hostility by had to pay for the rousers. Tho. Chinese in those who might have been unfriendly There for the purise securing the contemptuous indifferences of the employ combined together, mised a fund are few things in hunan history that wear an exent of no satisfaction being given. He most Istaking proceedings in the aspect of higher moral granair than the open probably would have paid any how when he ing of what are now our great nijssions, One.cooled down bat the fact is the Chinese com or two men sent by this. Glurch and by that bined to unke him pay. spaken eighteen hundred years ago to begin are seen going forth in obedience to a command the enormous work of undermining heathenisin, and reclaiming the world to God. Among the glories of the Century is none greater than this all other enterprises of beneficence must yield to this magnificent attempt to expel debasing Superstitions and convey into every heart, the ennobling influence of the Christian religion. of results, the greatness of which we as yet but dimly perceive. The early sugges tion of missions was received with disfavour When some good men infiled the Church of Scotland to give encouragement to such enter- prises, the representatives of that body declined: Ilie invitation. They, could not well- argue against imparting to heathens that gospel whi Nevertheless, the proposal was unacceptable. it was the business of their own lives to teach
Ond clergyman deemed it visionary, another to the wished the result to be obtained by prayer and BEFORE leaving for Wei-hat-wei, H.M.S. waiting, a third saw revolutionary cies: Powerful took in 2,790 tons of coal, the largest in every form of united-action and trembled for. amount ever taken on board a ship in this the constitution. On grounds such as 1 harbour for steaining purposes alone. Work majority refused to sanction mission
Church of Scotland, by an overw ing night and day the coaling of the ship was Such was the state of things in
at Farinet a pres concluded in 2 hours, at an average speed of that time the attitude of the Chuich
gland should, by 12 tons an hour. Looking at the records of was for the most part much the sajoe. How
purse. the Channel Fleet it is noticed that Boo tons sometimes alleged that the results are still Boraco great Iras been the change since then. But, if ve ven have been taken in at the rate of 200 tons an insignificant, it must be remembered, how, in hand ADMIRAL Dewey, says an American paper hour, but that speed could not be maintained recent has been the effort and how proper which shows his good sense by declining the $roo-per-tun heavy coaling like that of the Powerful. tioned to the gigantic pature of the use to There plate banquet sendered hias by the New York The performance is, therefore, deserving of which that effort is directed. I will no longer for anda Board of Trade. Incidentally be shows that every credit to Captain and officers, and special whose lives have been given to this great and Former stetain you, bit will ask you to listen to those decided he remembers Cogħlank"
praise is due to the Fleet Engineer and staff noble work for the promptitude with which the coal was
loved away
With
Wines and suitable for invalids and a 12.15 pm. The barumeter is above the lalely between the people and R.C. converts The success already attained gives sure promise valuable
deliente, stomachs. and are after-dinner Wines of a very superior vintage. All are true Xeres Wines,
Sample bottles and smaller quanti- ties will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought dirget, from us in the Colony or from [795 our authorised Agents at the Coast
Ports.
THE OSAKA, SHOSEN KAISHA.
FOR:SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUL,
THE Company's Steamship THE
*
"SUMIDAGAWA MARU,”- Captain S. Narekata, will be despatched for the above ports, on WEDNESDAY, the art instant at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, Agents.
Hongkong, 15th June, 1899-
[7982
FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL
HE British Steamship.
THE
"MACDUFF!
will be despatched for the above port on or. the 22nd instant →
STEAMERS,
AKRIDI"
BIRCHTOR"
'MOGUL"
"GHAZEE",
A. S. WATSON & Co., Limited, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
The Hongkong Telegraph elegraph
The Observatory report says:-On the ith normat and continues rising slowly on the Ching coast. Gradients are slight generally. FORECAST-Variable winds, moderate; squally, proving later.
with thunder showers at first, probably in
the district of Taiping, Taichow, prefecture, near Ningpo. It is reported from Hangchow that several French men-of-war have been recently observed cruising in the vicinity of Taichow, and besides sending a Taotaj, named Wd, to Taichow to settle malters the Governor," of Chekiang has also ordered the troops along the coast to prevent French armed forces land unding to aid the Roman Catholics,
LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dows to the end of April the Cuban Philippine wars had cost the United States $300,000,000 (about £60,000,000).
A the special duty men of the 2nd Oregon regiment at Manila have been relieved, pre paratory to the regiment's departure for beme, which is expected to be some time in the very near future.
os account of the recent storm, the river flog
overflowed its hanks and inundated the town of Habankalan. In the district of Binjeuil a bridge was carried away by the force of the waters. The damage caused by the inunction is estimated at $80,000.
THE Hon Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole. Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals
Price of a Smoke" M. J. Patell
stowed away
|
Longkong, June 15th
Opi erritory. w
requiring
more tow thek
Borned Farmer the Chin to incre Chines the p
kong
The Rev. C. Bennett said that at the begin niing of the present century China was closed to the gospel. but what did they see now, in As General Black's name has been mentioned.
Kwangtung? They found native cliurclics in many cities, and they found in them over in connection with the Kennedytown-Aberdeen 9,000 Christians-not including the Base section of the proposed and round the island Mission or the mission to the Hakkas we reproduce what the General said on the simply Cantonese Christiang and he fou subject. In his letter, to the Jubilée Committees that these men "subscribed over $12,000 suggesting the construction of a road from the support of their churches. He wanted every year in the. Kwangtong province towards: Wanchai Gap to Wong nei-chong Gaping them to notice that, because sonic people said memorial of the Diamond Jubilee he wrote that if foreigners were to withdm from "Although it would be out of place to criticise Chinese work the congregations would relapse off
And that in a few years.
would dis the scheme for the construction of a road round car from China. Nothing. the kinds the island, the utility of which I readily con- former times the Chinese were supposed cede, i take exception to the statements made worship the almighty dollar and to place as to its defensive value, because our troops accumulation of wealth in the first-place would move on the inner line, not on its cirward and showed their self denial and incumference. As far as we know, this is the to maintain, the Christian cause in the
only opinion that has been publicly expressed of Kwangtuhy gospel was-yen by the General.
people of Kwangtung in various was the preaching in the open air, ingin chapels, and so on, but most interesting fexture perha efforts of the natives then known to the heathen around them the
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1899.
NOTES AND COMMENTS. We strongly connnend to the attention of our readers to an extract from the third nun ber of The London Letter which we take the 1890-
liberty of publishing. It contains a very ...About joth June clear and a very plain spoken expression of
7th July,
opinion from the Jous DowŃrigin, who- and July 5th Aug
ever he may be, on the nature and value of. both Aug;
the recent convention between Russia and A GERMAN paper gives the following method England upon which our statesmen, and of detecting small cracks in steel tools: The LIMITED. especially Lord SALISBURY, are priding
themselves so much. The convention is of tool, near the cutting edge, is to be dipped no practical value whatever and its signature petroleum, which must be rubbed off clean by Russia has only been a sop thrown to the the surface then wiped with chalk. The petro Cerberus of English public opition to throw leum, which has entered the fine cracks sycats the British public off, its guard while the out on the chalk and the rent is visible in its astute Russian is crossing the barriers which whole extention
"COMMONWEALTH
For Ereight, apply to
DODWELL & CO., Be Agents, Hongkong, 5th June, 1899.)
THE MOGUL LINE OF STEAMERS.
FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE AND
YOKOHAMA..
THE Steamship
Captain
!DRAZMAK"
Isona
he should never have been allowed to proach
will be despatched for the above,
A peculiar law case is in progress in. Eng. ports, ou FRIDAY, the 23rd instant.
land, and one of the decisions given in its For Freight or Passage, apply to
of no little international interest. A man BODWELL & CO., LIMITED, named BURROWS, who was wounded in the
Agents.p
JAMESON raid, brought an action against Mr. Hongkong, 15th June, 1899 [799a Ruopts for damages Mr. Risopies cooly pleaded that BURROWS could not bring action, as he was particeps criminis, This view was not adopted by Mr. Justice GRAN THAM, before whom the case was heard. He argued as follows
THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. FOR MARSEILLES, COPENHAGEN. AND ST. PETERSBURG. HE, Company's Chartered Steamship
NORDHAVETU
THE
Captain Olsen, will be despatched us above on or about SATURDAY, the 24th instant. For Freight, apply to PINA
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co., Agents Hongkong, 15th June, 1899
(771a
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
NOTICE
ONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship CONSIGNEES of CARGO ber jegme
CITY OF PERING
The above Stearner having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Ladings for Countersignature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel the landed and stored at Consignees risk
SVAN BUREN,
Agent. Hongkong, sth June, 1899,
[expense
AN APPEAL.
THE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN CONVENT CAINE ROAD, begs, most respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong-and the Post Ports, for their kind tronage and support, und desires to late that will be ple d to receive orders for all kinds
Idre
10.order, and Cuffs
clothing Chif Embroidery
i
THE second engineer of the Zafire, Amos Hadaway, who arrived from Manila, on Tues falling from a verandab at Mrs. Lewis's board day, was killed early, yesterday moming by
these very men were theenien swho,
which they had received themselves
report "of work of the, Church
whom were co
Socie
THE German authorities at Kinochou have come to an arrangement with the Foreigning-house at No. 3. Wyndham Street. He had The Rev. El Lloyd gave, an en Chinese Customs to undertake the control of been wandeling about town during the day, Society in the Funkien province. trade in the German territory, and a very wise and returned to the boarding house at about in that province, there were nearl decision this is, as the experience of the Foreight o'clock on Tuesday night rather the worse tians, and cign Customs will be the gain of the German for drink. At about a quarter past one-yester the Churc Authorities in facilitating the trade of their day morning Mrs. Lewis heard a thud, and on "of recent concession.
going to see what was the matter found that very deceased had fallen from the verandal'n dis all tance of about 50 feet on to the street. His instantaneous The body was moved to the skull was battered in and death must have been:
mortuary by the police on their being informed of the occurrence
THE proposal to build-Admirál Dewey a fine home and settle a fortune on him recalls the fact that several heroes of the Civil War were Philadephia, Calena and Washington, and Shernian, Sheridan, Farragut and Porter were either domiciled or given large sums of money. As Dewey is a widower he may not choose to maintain a private residence, but he probably would not mind owning a fine rentable niansion for all that
*** | similarly rewarded. Grant received houses in
CENTENARY OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
CARRAN INTERESTING MEETINA
As the expedition in question is alleged to have been something in the nature of a high day robbery, I am surprised that the defen dants did not refer 10 the case of Everet Williams, mentioned in Lindley on Partner ship fifth cð, 101), which it was said was a suit by one highwayman against another for an account of their plunder, the bill alleging that the plaintiff was-skilled-in dealing in several commodities, such as plate, rings, IN consequence of the increased populanty of wiches, purses, &c, and that the defendant applied to him to become a partner, and that, 3 fesh diet and the extension of the armainents -after dealing together at several places, such as which has necessitated the use of more horses, Bagshot, Hampstead, Salisbury, etc., they we learn from a Japan contemporary, that the differed -ns to their respective shares, and number of horned cattle and horses reared in an account. The bill was dismissed with Japan has been considerably augmented. In Costs, because it was held that they were 1897, the number of cows and oxen exceeded both particeps criminis, and so plaintiff could 1,210,000, and the number of horses 1,592000 not, recover, Perhaps it may he that the Cows and axen are most numerous in Okuyama learned counsel were afraid to refer us to this case lest the same results should happen, viz, prefecire The number of the homed cattle that the counsel who signed the hill was made. slaughtered for food in 1897 was 158,504, and Avere fined £50, and the plaintiff and defendant to pay the costs of the bill, and the solicitors the number of pigs 7,034
were both banged.
so the suit in. Chancery was tustituted for
It BenRows wins his case, Mr. Rones may be subject to a long line of this sort of suits The British press accepts Mr. GRANTHASUS view as correct
G1,00M was cast
Military circles morning the death of Sergeant scy, of the 55th (South
The deceased, who had sixteen was a smart, soldierlike man, weigh fifteen and sixteen stone and was
bered so
Latulele, besi
The Japanese liave adopted a new code of health the very last man one- of laws, which is formed so much in accord- to have ance with Western ideas that Europeans and good Americans have no reasonable excuses for,one refusing to submit to Japanese courts, French and German law has reliefly been copied The objection to the English and American
estem was that
lified, un- iformit impos
half
at the
Lyery ear
inspired h two camp shad ind (marked
Chinese Tale occasi publicly
clergymeti
Church Missionary Society, a public-niceting
In connection, with the centene of the Hokchb was held last night in the City Hall, The Hon. W. M. Goodaan presided, and he was supported. by the Bishop of Yiptonia, the Rev. Li Lloyde Rev. T. W. Pearce, and the Rev. R. F. Cobbold thes the Rev. C. Bennett, the Key F. Flynn, the Special services were also held on Sunday, at the St. John's Cathedral, St. Peter's Churc
Cowloch flowin
Fand: kont (Seaman's Institute and the Naval Li Lloyd preached at the eleven the Peak Church. Ar the Cath
Rev There and the Right Reva the Bishop the evening service. Ons
Melthere was a meeting at the
Kowloon The Bishop of this.
and Rev Lloyd spoke on Work McKenThe Chairman at last night's necting said
lery When I was asked, a few days ago, to lake
vice, chair at this. Interesting meeting, held memoration offshe Centenary of the Missionary Society, il could not but feeli great, if undeserved, honour was conferred. mol consented, not only becapte, at the pr sent time, it becomce us all, clergy!
veen
obey our Bishops; but because
sympathy with the obje
as well as of other Ch
fobjects and
kapw
were t
to make
onary
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DISA
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