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To-day's Advertisements.

PUBLIC AUCTION?

THE Undersigned have received instruc

tions to Sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

SATURDAY, the ist "July; '1899,

At the

CENTRAL POLICE STATION

11 Chests cach containing Jo Balls of RAW PATNA OPIUM and 234 Calties of MALWA OPIUM.

TERMSAs Usual

HUGHES,& "HOUGH,

"Goverment Auctioneers.

Hongkong, 28th June, 1899..

18.45a

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,

No. 340.

THE following Particulars of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on

WEDNESDAY.

the 5th day of July, 1899, at 4 Pat, are pub. lished for general information.

By Command,

JG. T. BUCKLE,

Colonial Secretary's Office,

for the Colonial Secretary,

:

18440

Hongkong, 17th Juné, 1899. Particulars of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Wednesday, the 5th day of July, 1899, at 4 P.st., at Aberdeen, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Two Lots of

for a term of 75 Years.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 1

Intimation.

AT special meeting

payers held on the oth

ACCORDING by the

pedient

Įdar i verme

tota

that it was not

the question of electrical plant and busines the purchase had been made by Sir Charles

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ross

LIMITED

IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS

Dutch

Igations made, engaged in, this time, the base

rath, in which

at people were Central Go-was the house of Yi Chong Kunjan minister and nearly sixty injured, wns's begün

and now an officers in the Guard,

The testimony established, the face that the rzuli aftërah-day's rest, the perpetrators. the dying victims were robbed. Major Hon the outrages were on the war path, the placesy Penningtons said lie stopped two men ingu on which their vengence was wreaked wore form, obably soldiers, from robbing victi

valuables, from opet Russian, 1 Portuguese, increased to three in number, and in addition after the

to the house of Pang han Duk, na ex leader of Andther wlineus gava Chinese g

the people and now magistrate of Euijin

pan is

9

A JAPANESE paper carns that the China Two important sales of Settlement freehold Steam Navigation Company, established under property at Nagasaki have been recently effect die patronage of the Chinese Govemment, has ed. No. 1, Qurd has been purchased on recently proposed to amalgamate with the behalf of the German Government for 38,000 SHERRIES. Osaka Shosen Kaisha. The paper further gen, and the Consulate will be removed thers Jeams that the Japanese Company has refused on the 1st January next. The Convent property situated on the Bund has been bought by By: Messrs. Jarding, Matheson & Co., for the sum

of $1,000 yen.

Per Doz.Cass

B.SUPERIOR PALE DAY," dinner wine, Green Scal Capsule

C-MANZANILLA, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, White Capsule

CSUPPRIOR OLD DAY, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, Red Seal Capsule

D-VELY SUPERIOR OLD PALE DRY, choice old wine, White Seal Capsule-

E-EXTRA SUPERIOR OLD ALE DRY, very finest quality," Black Seal Capsule Old Boltled).

$10.80

the proposal.

THE policing of the Shanghai settlement ex tension antl the collection of taxes in the new area are to commence on the at-July. The extension amounts to over 5 square miles which, added to the 24 square miles of the old settlement, makes the total area of the Cosmo- 12.00politan Settlement something over 8 square

12.00

1440

20.40

miles

SEVEN persons were arrested by the police for being the ringleaders in the kongsi fight that took place the other day in Kota. Six of these were sentenced to one year's, and the seventh to two years, imprisonment. Two of the wound- ed persons are in hospital, one of whom has had his jaw factured in no less than three places.

LOOKER-ON in die Japan Gazette learns that one of the few foreigners hitherto remain ing in the employment of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha-Mr. R. Abbey-severs his connexion with the Company at the end of this month. Mr Abbey is an old resident in the country Over twenty-five years ago he came out as one of the staff of telegraph men who gave Japan the beginnings of the large system of wires she How possesses, and he was one of the last to leave the Imperial Telegraphs. "Looker-on! adds that the company have treated Mr. Abbey very handsomely, and he hopes they will not have cause to regret parting with an employé who, in their business relations with foreigners, was undoubtedly of great valite.. Ar the Magistracy yesterday morning a special sessions of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace was held, the business being "To consider an application from one Arthur Henry Harper for the transfer of his publican's licence to sell and situate at house No. 244 Queen's, Road Cen- iral, under the sign of "The Central Hotel to one 13aac Samuel Greenstein. Mr. T. Ser combe Smith (Police Magistrate) presided, and there were also present Dr. Thomson, Messrs D. R. Crawford, G. Murray Bain, W. M. B.

The police offices in two of the wards were attacked olje-in" the centre ward and the other of Hai Dong? It does not speak very inuch for the watchfulness of the police that no one was captured in the act of placing the says

ponths in position

Irish

in, Náme.

BOSTON, May Eşrdə delalil-from-Glasgow, under "officers and crow ected for the Shamrock,

mako" fifty-two men in charge; with Captain sailing unster, A sizing hows it to be composed of sailors und Stwenty-one

A disp

have been On Tuesday evening they were at the same and all game again and the house of Prince Fak was Archie Hogarth somewhat roughly used, more damage havingWringe As been done on this occasion that at either of the cup of the cre ather attempts, about five Kang having been twenty-nine Gemelished by the explosion and a son of the Scotch;. owner of the house slightly hurt, while two At this cabling neither Sir Thomas Lipton cuoles received serious injury nor the Royal Ulster Yacht Club people know It is said that dynamite is the explosive user, definitely the exact day of the launching of the but from the small amount of damage done, Shamrock though from good authority. It is except in the last case, that does not appear stated it will be on June 5th or 6th, Just two

There is probable, but points to stinpowder as the agent days ahead of the Columbia Ther

The only hurt the majority of the house question that confidence is gaining here, and received, wera that the walls, and in some in the present, belief is that the Shamrock, will stances the doors, were blown down.

make the best bit for the cup of any

The commissioner of police is making every effort to find the instigators of the outrages and six arrests have been made, but as nothing could be proved against those arrested they were speedily released.

Arrests in connection with the

- Explosions.

|

challenger.

The Presidential Election PE ST. LOUIS, May 23rd.sk Q. H, P-Belmont of New York has taken rooms at the Planters House for two or three- days, including May 25th Mayasth is the Dedate set for, the; anti-trust banquet at the Just as we are going to dress, news comes Coliseum here Within the two or three days that seventeen arrests have been made in con preceding, including and following that date, nection with the explosions which have been, Mr, Belmonts candidacy for Vice-President on going on in the city during the weeks among the Bryan ticket next year is to be put to the test. whom are six women. Two of those anested (it is known that Belmont is auxious to become s were the injured coolies who it turns out vere Bryan's running mate. ⠀⠀ engaged in making powder, when the whole of the matter exploded. These two men have. since died. Of the other fifteen one has con at the house of Prince Pak Yung Hye, and that some of the men who are under arrest, and the men who have been laying the bonibs about in the streets. There are at the present time eight Japanese policemen guarding the place, as it is at present in the care of, a Japanese subject

CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong,Wines and suitable for invalids and fully set off by tlie gain resulting from the con- retail intoxicating, liquors on the premises fessed that the whole of the plot was hatched

Registry

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.

Itoundary. Measurements."

LOKALITY.

Aber

dern

TH

land

Lot Aberdeen favart

74

Paper Mills.)

75

W

SL.

ft.

1.000 500

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE...

MESSRS, HUGHES & HOUGH have.

received instructions from the Mortga--

gee to Sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

at their OFFICES, ICE HOUSE ST., Victoria,

on

SATURDAY, the 8th day July, 1899, at 12 o'clock NOON.

ALL THAT very Valuable LEASEHOLD PROPERTY situate at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the LAND OFFICE as MARINE LOT No. 110.

The Property which is known as Nos, 66, 67 and 68, Praya East and Nos. 68 and 70, Wanchai Road is held for the residue of a termn of 999 years from the 11th October, 1859, at the yearly CROWN RENT of 667 10s.

Further Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be obtained of

Messrs. DEACON & HASTINGS,

•Vendor's Solicitors,

35. Queen's Road

and of

Hongkong, 28th June, 1899.

The Auctioneers.

[8432

PRELIMINARY NOTICE OF SALE

VALUABLE

LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, Situate at WEST POINT, Victoria, Hongkong, MARINE LOT NO. 184, Next the Gas Works, known as "HOWARD'S GODOWNS".

To bé Sold by PUBLIC AUCTION;··

TUESDAY," the 18th July, 1899, at 3 o'clock

in the Afteroon-precisely, on the Spot, HOWARD'S GODOWNS,

Praya West. For further Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply to

or to

M. J. D. STEPHENS, Vendor's Solicitor, Messrs. HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers. Hongkong, 28th June, 1899,

840a

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI. THE

HE Company's Steamship

"HAIMUND Captain Milroy, will be despatched for the above, Ports, on FRIDAY, the 30th instant at.11.30 A.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

·DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Ooy! General Managers. Hongkong, 28th June, 1899,- 1. [8470

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SHANGHAL

THE Company's Steamship

"U"-KALGAN"?

B, C, and CC are excellent dinner

D and Eare delicate stomachs. after-dinner Wines of a very superior vintage. All are true Xeres Win

Wines.

Sample bottles and smaller quanti. ties will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.

THE amount of silver pieces that has been exchanged with gold in consequence of the reform of the currency system in Japan 75,093,822 yen. By selling the exchanged p, ices, the Governinent has effected 69,606,350 yen, thus losing 5,297,582 ven. But the loss was version of a portion of the silver into subsidiary coins, which has amounted to 5,651,961 yen? This degree of Bungaku Hakushi (correspond ing to Doctor of Philosophy) has been conferred upon Prof. Florenz, of the Tokyo Imperial University, who had presented an essay to the

Faculty of the University and applied for the degree. He is the first foreigner who

* Fragments of a Wreck.

Pet been recovered, an

LONDON, May 23

We only guarantee our Wines and has received adegree in Japan. That a Greenstein. The Chairman said Greenstein the people of Ka Poo and "Heung Tuk in the including boxes of guncotton and a board with

foreign scholar of "Prof. Florent's standing should have applied for a Japanese degree, is certainly to the credit of the Iniversity.

Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast«A FAIR of Spectacles will doubtless attract

Portsmo

A. 8. WATSON & Co., Limited, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

DEATH.

On the 28th instant, R. C. VANIA, Merchant, aged 60, died of Acute Nephritis deeply regretted.

Funeral will take place at 7 ani, to-morrow (Thursday),

Bombay and Surat papers please copy. [8480

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1899.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE

TRANSVAAL.,

LONDON, June 26th. Various reports are current pointing to active mediation on the part of the Cape Africander Leaders, and the Free State politicians:

It is reported that President Kruger is about to submit to Sir Alfred Milner a proposal for granting the franchise to Uitlanders after a six years residence in the country, with retrospec tive effect and also to abolish the present

naturalization clause.

Arthur, and C. W. Duggan. Mr. Gedge appeared for the applicant and Mr. Grist for

was a Frenchman, and had a license at Shang hai for a year and a half. There was no police objection. The application was granted,

QUARANTINE AT PENANG.

a curious crowd to the City Hall on Saturday night-despite the fact that the weather is not,

The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce just now, of the pleasantest-anxious to note informs us that the Government have received the difference between Dallas & Musgrave's a despatch from the Colonial Secretary, Straits rendering and that of other impersonators of Settlements, dated 15th June, forwarding copy Sydney Grundy's popular comedy. The of a Government Notification of the 14th idem, declaring Penang to be infected on account of Reserved Seats Plan, at Messrs Robinson's, is, bubonic plague and Imposing a quarantine of so we hear, rapidly filling up: The evergreennine days on arrivals from that port.

Pink Dominoes" is billed for Monday.

W. E. NAPIER, the boy chess-player, and the best player of his age in the world, while en reate to Berlin to study music, stopped in London, and, of course, says the Literary Digest, visited Simpson's, the famous resort of the chess-players of the great city, F. J. Lee, who ranks among the fest English players, suggested playing a game with the boy, and the boy won in fine style. Mr. Lee could hardly understand how he could be beaten by so youthful an adversary, until he learned that this boy was Napier, whose reps tation had preceded him.

VISTORS to Leadenhall Market, London, the other morning, saw the novel spectacle of four frozen Siberian beats exposed for sale in a shop. Although they had been dead some three months their skins were in splendid con. dition. There was a male 9 ft long and 5 ft in girth, a female 7 ft. long and 4 ft. in girth, and two cubs. The male weighed 4 cwt., and the female a hundred weight less. The consign ment was in the nature of an experiment, and if the results prove encouraging the enterprising salesman intends embarking on a regular trade in bears. Many Parisians relish bear's meat, and it is therefore concluded that it should not be disagreeable to the English palate.

WEATHER REPORT. The Observatory report says:On the 28th at 11.25 aan. The barometer has risen slightly on the China coast. Pressure is highest in the

Vedra neighbourhood of the Loochoos, and low pres sure, in some part of which a depression may THE time that Colonel Mainwaring bas had be forming, appears to extend from the middle the pleasure of Commanding the Hongkong part of the China Sea across the Philippines to Volunteer Corps has been short, but not the Pacific Gradients slight to moderate for uneventful. During if "BD and S.F. winds in S. China. FORECAST-Fresh Companies have been formed and the S.E. to E.. winds; squally, showcry.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ir is reported that the riot in the south Korea has been put down.

THE Suez Canal directors on Wednesday de clared, a dividend of f100 net. The previous dividend was 197, 62c....

A MATCH factory at Kobe, owned by a Chinese, was destroyed by fire on Monday week. Five buildings in all were burned. The loss is estimated at Yen 7,000,"

strength of the Corps raised to over 300 whilst on two separate occasions he has had the honour of commanding the Corps whilst em. played on service with the Regular Troops In bidding the Hongkong Volunteer Corps farewell, Colonel Mainwaring hopes that it may have further opportunities of showing its loyalty and its excellent discipline and drill, and he is sure that it will ever acquit itself with honour and continue to be looked upon. by the Colony with pride and affection.

SAVAGE South Africa is the feature at Earl's Court this year. The show in the Empress Theatre, consists of a series of tableaux, the first of which is a representation of the last

WE hear that Mr. U. Nervegena has com menced an action in the Supreme Court against the proprietor and publisher of the Tsun Wax | stand of Captain Wilson, the leading character Captain Bennett, will be despatched as above Pai Po for $7,000, being damages for libel... being sustained by Mr. Frank E. Fillis, the

on FRIDAY, the soil instant

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents gkung, 28th June, 1899

[842a

FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND CALCUTTA THE Steamship

director of the entertainment, who is supported

and fifty white, supernumeries. Two hundred natives, and the same number of horses, also figure in the scene; Matabele, Hasutes, Kwazis, Kafirs, Transvaal Doe and Afrikanders all being repre the Malabe

THE Bureau of Technical Education in the Department of Education, that was abolished by fourteen officers and others, all of whom under the Okuma Cabinet, in Japan, will pro-have seen active service, and by two hundred

re-established in the next fiscal year. bably be PRIVATE ADCROPT, of the K. O. Regiment, has been committed for trial at the Singapore assizes on a charge of criminal breach of trust as to a bicycle belonging to the K. O. Cycle Club, TWELVE hundred houses, including several with a Japanese Government buildings, were destroyed. This scene by fire on Saturday night last, at Ono, Fukui of feats of hor provinces Loss of life is also reported, but the and shooting, (846a number is not stated.

CATHERINE APCAR Captain J. G. Olifent, will be despatched for the above Ports, on TUESDAY, De 4th July,

For Freight or Passage, apply to trans

DAVID SASSOON,

& Co Agents Hongkong, 28th June,:1899. --

NOTICE

of the

A EUROPEAN employed

got lost in the jung four days search be. hollow of a great

half

chaing nuues

the Mat Land:

THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE'S. REMARKS IN THE HOPKIN'S

· CASE.

With reference, to the remarks of the Acting Chief Justice, in the case of Regina 2. Hopkins, with regard to the subject of "bribery," the

facts are as follows :

Advices from St.. Bride's Bay, Vales, tell of thu discovery there of the wreck of the French bark Marshal Tannes, Captain Les Petit, ishich sailed on March 28th from Swansea for San Francisco on her maiden voyage. A body, supposed to be of the steward of the vessel; has The Marshal Tanner was a new vessel of Native Rising. 1711 tons, A few days after leaving Swansea News has reached Seoul to the effect that she was reported lost, quantitica of wreckage, South Chulla Province have risen in rebellion the name Afarshal Tannes on against the magistrates on account of the harsh washed ashoro at Broad Haven, Wale treatment they receive at their hands, Calling thought at that time, from the app themselves Young Hak Party The the wreckage, that she had blown up. Authorites have telegraphed to Seoul for soldiers to be sent to assist in putting it down.. In compliance with this request: the War Department have issued orders for the Kang Wha detatchment 10 sent down immediately which order has been carried out with all speed and the soldiers left for Chemulgo on June 11th, arriving there, the same day, since which further nows has been received that twenty of the ring leaders have been captured and this check is likely to put down the whole affair without the help of the military, so liat the orders for their departure have been cancelled.

Illiterate Soldiery,

Kill the Nigger

JOPLIN (Mo.) May: Isl. Andrew Woods; a negra barber, was killed in Main street here at noon to-day and three men were accidentally shot during the melee.

Dewitt Leppard, foreman of the Chicago consolidated mines, and one of his men were Seding walking along North Main stre

ard asked. Wood's wife standing in a door her jestingly if she was going to where upon she struck him “blow-with", hep fiat, nocking him off the sidewalk. He returned the blow and wer on bis way with several companions, They were overtaker in the next block by Woods, with a pistol in his hand. His wife told him that the man wearing a white hat

for in

information Woods struck had struck her

Without

His Majesty early in June last reviewed the whole of the troops of the city-together with the students of the Military School. The regi meats presented quite a pay-we cannot say with the isoking for a formal roc imposing appearence; in their new uniforms purchased for the occasion, and which will be a white hat He struck another, and finally bit Hopkins, with a view to get Fung Koo Sanused when Prince Henry of Prussin visits the Leonard, knocking him down. Some one in and some other Chinese to join him as partners Capital. His Majesty expressed himself as the crowd ened Kill the nigger when and provide capital for the business to be called being dissatisfied with the way in which the promiscuous shooting then began. Woods was The Mutual Stores" which he was promoting soldiers went through their drills and especially shot in the shoulder and leg and Leonard sent gave to Fung Koo Sau a statement written by with the fact that out of a muster of seventy a third bullet into the negro's heart Three by- himself, which was put in evidence at the trial, officers only twenty were in any way qualified standers, all white men, were hit by stray bul-

lets-Leonard has pointing out the mode in which it was proposed to drill the troops in their, charge and they onlyGreat excitement suming it would be successful and remunerative. In that statement with reference to Lipton's Agency appears the following pa

Our London Agents who secured for us this valuable agency write

A

to conduct the business and the reasons for as

When Lipton once comprehends you are the right people he will do anything in reason, meanwhile you have to prove your worth. Lipton is a power to conjure with and you will as their agents be well received by the Admiralty people. They authorise you to bribe and give bonuses to the various heads of departments up to 5 per cent. on any order and if you have to place 65, 619, or £20 in the right place do so, full discretionary power is allowed you. You will also be empowered to buy and supply stores not of Lipton's which can be had cheap in Hongkong, the idea being that you must get into your hands all orders of the fleet, and you will be backed both tooth and bail by Lipton's If worked well there is a chance of getting into. very close relations with Lipton and will prob ably end in your holding large free stocks for ordinary and Government consumption.

It was with reference to the words "They. authorise you to bribe and give bonuses to the various heads of departmente, & that the Acting Chief Justic remarked that such a letter was discreditable to the writer and that such a mode of doing business was also discreditable. His honour did not say or imply that the Mutual Stores had availed themselves of the authority referred to in that letter, nor did he reflect upon the business carried on by those stores, with regard to the details of which no evidence was given

THE PLAGUE.

Cases reported to 27th inst. Do. da duing past

Deaths rep

KOREAN NEWS, Nihilistic Operations

The city of Seoul was thrown into a great on of state of commotion on the evening of Thursday

"in a very indifferent manner. R

The Luperial Guard made a somewhat bet ter show while the students of iffe: Imperial. Military School were entertained at His Ma josty's expense-The Independent,

and trouble is feared, with Winchester, readj violence be attempted.

the negroes

are" arned"

mon should

Men Killed Since the War Began.

~May 33rd

erall says

hich have

inning of

Aashington special Adjutant General Corbin bas prepared this statem

The numberi occurred in the army since the war with Sp 1

LATE AMERICAN NEWS. Big Fellows to Fight at Night NEW YORK, May 22nd. The Fitzsimmons-Jeffries fight is to take place, at night instead of in the afternoon of June 9th The directors of the Coney Island Honol Athletic Club held a niceting to day and United decided on, this condition. Brady said to-day that fifty-three boxes had been sold, the total sum paid for them being 27,950 : Frank Dwyer has received $5000 to het for! Westerners on Fitzsimmons at odds of 8 to

Erne and Lavigne Matched.

BUFFALO,

Mayan Frank Erne and Kid matched for a twenty-roun pounds for the lightweigh bout is to be held in the the Hawthome Athletic of this city on July 3rd. -- $6,000 to go to the winner.

NEW YORK May 22nd. Captain Fisker of the Valo aliletic team to day notified CH Sher 3cha graduate advisory committee, that the challen from Oxford and Cambridge. dual athletic meeting had been cepted. Sheril said that there seemed no doubt about. Harvard sending a formal acceptance in a short time.

Yale Accepts the Challenge.

rmal

Cuban Shrine Robbed

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, May 22nd. The starting discovery was made yesterday that the famous Sitride of Nuestra Sen nili, at El Cobres had been robbed- valued all coo and that the hei statue had been broken off and remov report caused great excitement in where the shrine has long bee attraction. It is supposed healing powers and is

sands of pilgrims front: |i-ra

is entrusted the 9th inst..by the discharge of what seemed lexico and even from

side to be big guns At about to 30 p.m., when the the image with rich

city is usually very quief six distinct discharges:The secret police are strations were heard in every part of the whole of the ver the perpetrator

aunting

five wards, and a very large number of both that an American will be of the foreigners and Koreans turned put to find the the charge of being

cause thereof but were disappointed i éturns? hope to recover

ed to their homes. It turned out, someone had been trying to wren gence on the houses of Sin Ki Ban the

premier, Pik Ki Yang, and, Pal members of the household

Was cau

their ven

icent

and military were

in Porto Rico,287

in the Philippines, boa

General Ous cables as

Adjacint-General.

reconn

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