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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1899.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
is requested shut all communications relating to Sale- serijalny, Advertisements, &e, he addressed to the * Mangre, Hanghong Teligraph" and not to the Editor.
Letters au Kalktoriai matters to be sent to "The Kelitor" anet individual tacosley of the wall
Eleven hundred have left in the last forty eight- hours for Durban.
„Anfaltempt`was made to hold a widely advertised anti-waw and pre-Bour demonstration in Trafalgar Square, but thousands assembled undertig the same and afdressed the writers, hot necessarily Waving Unlow Jacks, singing the National Anthem, Cheering Mr. Chamberlain and his. sing President Krugeri
Comusanisations Itended for publicaține pana be acesija-
for junttivation ; but as evidence of goat fall..
Whilst the columns ofibe #Zongbong Tetçapit sejl always be open for the teir discussions de cani esposadenia, of all quest Ewas afectin : interests, it must be disringly under
Har the Effur des not in any way hold himself
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the Club will be held at the Chen House, wesponsible for aprini as thus expressal TUESDAY, the 3rd October, 1899, at 5 17546. for the purpose set forth in the Notice posted- in the Hall of the Club.
By Order,
C. R. GRACE. Secretary.
Hongkong, 25th September, 1899.
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FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND
CALCUTTA.
Tue-Stemiship
"CATHERINE APCAR, Captain J, 17. Olifent, will be despatched for the above Ports, on MONDAY, the 2nd October, at 3 P.M.
For Firight or Passage, apply to
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Dal,
Agents..
Hongkong, 26th September, 1891.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED
FOR TIENTSIN.
THE Company's Steamiship
"NANCHANG,".
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Alyemisery, my motivstek da komąð all with es caterede? free jacuation in that day's issue 101, later than Three si°C'log' sodis dog kopetusd the buły pellication of the paper,
Aleras mens and Sidecripious which one me dead
dog a fixed perlost will be contitinesd aucil counteras,alrı!.
The Honghong Telegraphishas shoe fargest circulation el any English
thefore the paper pistilisted in the Far East, art is
medium for Advertisers. Teitis.eu le
lent on applications.
BIRTH ciner
Die Gelat
Tohier zeigen an Capt. 1. PETERSEN und Frau geh. Paulsen,
Hongkong, 25. September, 18yg, [226
The Hongkong. Telegraph
Hongkosu, TrESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1899.
THE TRANSVAAL.
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THE HONGKONG RIFLE
T ASSOCIATION..
There was a large attendance of members at the range on Saturday. Thirty members. taking part in the compétition for the Pearson Cup. Corporal His R.E. wing 3 points scored his second win on 'the Cup with ́ à total score of 93 reduced to 92 following are a few of the
scores;
Corpt. Hills, R.E.
THE CHINESE IN THE PHILIPPINES. It is stated that the Washington Government bas instructed fienend Oijs to admit chinese | Sgt, Ilowery, R.E. to the Philippines and intimated that General Otis has excvealed his authority in excluding
them
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatorý report saaYNİ In the 26th at 11.55 am. The barometer is inclined in fall on the China coast, and to rise in the Philippines. The depression segms to be still lying to the E. of Formosa, Apparently moving very slowly. Gradients, slight to male. rate für N. and N.Ex winds on the China cost. FORTCAST:---N. or varying winds, light; fine.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Turki. was 2.10.visitors to the City Hall Muram last week, of whom 195 were Ea ropeans.
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The oder day we remarked thật the sympathy of the fox sympathisers of the oxfairscat was rapidly bring alienated A PRIVATE telegram was received this morning
owing to the very vacrilating poliry adopted in Frongkong stating that the messenger hy by President Kaina - a pory of irritation, rare between the New York Beening World the day a concession granted, the next the fand Louion Evening Post, particulars of which Comeession rescinded and so on. Thiwe veemly gave, has been postponed.! Labortive meeting of the anti war and pro- -
Captain Falayson, will be despatched above on THURSDAY, the 5th October.
For Freight or Passign, apply
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
Agents. Hongkong, 26th September, 1899. [+229
SHEWAN, TOMÈS & COS, "NEW YORKT LINE.
FOR NEW YORK, VA SURZ CANAL.
HE New Steamship
THE
APING STEV—
Captain C, de La Pervelle, will be despuheil for the above Purt, on TIRSDAY, the roth,
October.
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us to the death of a man, supposed la be either a Portuguese or Filipino, whose lindy was rergutly found drowned, was held this afternoon at the Magistracy. No evidence could be obtained concerning the manner of death, so His Honour returned the verdict of [* Frund Drowned.”
Bor party has proved an entire tailine, showing the number of cases of We are told that it was widely advertiser, Coninuicable Diseases which have been and you it only resulted in a grand demon- notified as devaping in the Colony of Hong. suation of "sympathy with the Uitlanders, ail kong dining the week ended the 23rd Septem the more marked because unsolicited.
Hat
ber are:- Bubonic plagne, cases and dearth
• Pabeineting been called by the war party it i
16. Enteric fever, a gases would-not have entried--imary-so-mich ¦ weight as expressing public opinion: on the other hand the minstration was inaugurite | by the opposition and resulted in that opposi For Freight, apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co
tion being utterly swampal; buried out of Hongkong, 26th Septrube, 1892
Trazoa 1 sight, by the spojataneous outburst of nation. al feling. It is not often that Englishmen Jake to wasing Unió Jacks and singing the National Anthron in a publie ́sopuare'; we are Inally fou stolid and phlegmatié for such artions, and so the denimstrafjon earstes all I the more weight It is evide tothat the won party is much more powered than was ine Faghish, and even shoull Mr. Cu sMBERLAES months' imprisonment for having in their İyish to retrvat he will did that if with new
passession 119 rìiffes and 21 bayonets on board") The most difficult to do so with honour oriheir junk without a Beener, on the 26th inse
Sitistaction te huuren ur the ragain. The ams were forfestual,
NIPPON YESEN KAISHA.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEEN.
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FROM MIDDLESBORO, ANTWERK, LONDON, COLOMBO AND SINGAPORE.
THE Company's Steamship
“BINGO MART,
having arrived from the alive. Ports, Consigners
of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods,
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TASI. PPK, mister of a junk, La San, and 14 Yan, seamen, were this ingrning at the Magis frar senteerd to three months and two
are being landed and placed their risk in the dy as is shown by the firt that supstine being 31 2.39 this afternoon "a pirtion of the first! Hongkong and Kowloom Wharf and Godown taken by the War office to inerce the Southoor at No. 113. Wellington Street, gave way Company's Godowns a Kowloon, where each Mican force, wilt thousand men. This and fell into a Chinese bookseller's shop under- consigninem will be sorted out mark by murs evidently prints towards the 'demaneath injuring five people, two so severely that and delivery can be authed as soon as the
writ Bl goods are lande 1.
be considered by (46) Optional Goods will be kade here unless | Cabinet Council on the 29th instant, being they were obliged to be taken to the hospital The tarner of the shop was busy all the after. instructions are given to the contrary, before of a final and most uncompromising nature. Noon, TO-DAY.
that President Kronor will have the opin noon in removing his good off the premises. Goods not cleared by diêc and October, will | given him of either accepting them in their be subject to venl
fentirety or having tugun torred man lijne by And agidh mo s are not wanting either the the Boers tate mequally determined not to give in, that they are willing and reads to night for whet day consider to be their rights, and are by no means inclined to graát to the Lidah rs a voice, in the managemen of affairs.
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All ship-tlamaged paylage, innst lay left in the Godowns where they will be examines a MONDAY, the 2nd 4tober, and TIRS. DAY, 5th October, both days at to AM, upon notice of such damage being sent in beforehand to this offer
All claims mast reach the undersigned before the 5th Octola, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance has been effected,
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Hongkong, 26th September, 1879.
Intimation.
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Mr. Watso
Mr. Marshaff
Sapper Clarke, &C Mr. Sac-kwood
Col. Sgt. Jones K. W.F.
Mr. Toller.
Mr. Pidgeon
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WINNERS U SPOONS,
Mr. Stackwood Carpl. Hills Sgt. Bowery Mr. Pidgeon
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY
OF CANTON..
The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the twenty-sixth ordinary meeting to be held at the Society Offices at noon, on Thursday, 12th October,
1899:---
which knives and revolvers were used. Moay persons, and among them policanien, were wounded?
The Directors have now to submit, to the Shareholders a Report of the basiness of the Soviety for the Year 1898, and for the six
onths ending the 30th June, 1899. 1898. The net Premium collected for, the year, after deducting Returns and Reinsurances, 38 mounts to $2,335,77,47. After providing for a
honus of 20% on Contributions paid in Maywere injured. The officials at the Prefecture Jast, there renmins at Credit of Working Ac count a balance of $450,359,69 as per annexed
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From this sum the Directors recommend the paynient of a Dividend of $18 per Share, equi valent to 36 % on the paid up Capital, of $50 -33 34 25 88 31 32 248787 Share, and an addition to the Reserve Fund of 3231248787,000 raising the Reserve to $1,300,000. The inlance remaining of $210,359.60 they propose 12. Fort, to carry forward and this close the account for
the year 1898.
1899. The position of the Society for the pre- sent year, as far as it can be ascertained, is no follows:-
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30th September,
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V. R. C.'s ANNUAL AQUATIC SPORTS.
water was
Estimate of Lasses to pay...
election.
$1,19495008
by the Anarchists to protest against Anti- The outbreak arose out of a meeting called Semitism. Soule thousands of people assembled, including groups of members of the League of Patriols, the Royalist Youth, and the Anti- Sernite League. There were conflicting cries of: "Vive la République Vive Farmée" and-"A bas les Juifs! As the day wore on the not became unmanageable, there were conflicts with the police, and several injuries were intlicicil upon both sides. The mating was continued in the Rue de Chabrol until one o'clock in the morning, and the mob bumed two newspaper kiosques. Several policemen. of Police give the number of persons injured in the ricts as 380. Only twenty-one were able to return to their 'linines without medicul treatment. Three hundred were taken to the Lariboisière Hospital, and the remainder to the St. Louis Hospital. Excluding the commis saries, MM. Goulier and Donsimone, who were shot with revolvers by some of the rioters, fifty-nine policemen were injured; 150 arrests were made, and eighty of the prisoners were detained in custody.
Later.
M. Guérin, the President of the anti-Semitic League, is still barricaded at Paris in his house, which is surrounded by troops and palice, patiently waiting a surrender. On the 26th, 31. Guérin threw some impromptu ballads and some brickbats at the police. He also fir.d 613,000.00) at his besiegers twice. A black flag was then hoisted from the house, after which there was $1,807,031.08 an ominous silence that lasted for some hours. 505,000.00 It was ultimately discovered that one of the inmates of M. Guérin's household was ill,
The first day's annual sports of the Victoria Recreation Clubs were held yesterday afternoon. under most favourable circumstances, and were
$ 1,302,031.08 though not dangerously. The authorities have well patoniset. The weather was delightfully
been daily expecting him to surrender, believ fine, fund the stand accommodation for spring Mr. C. S. Sharp, Mr. R. L.. Richardson and gradually starved into submission. It turns DIRECTORS: Since the last tieneral Meeting that he and his household were being tators were all that could be desired. The Mr. Ales. Ross have resigned their seats and out, however, that the beleaguered citizen has smooth as a mill-pond except Mr. R. I. Hill and Mr. A. G. Wond have join been obtaining provisions secretly from outside when a bunch passed close by, these doing seed the Board. freemently when they were least wanted, in
by means of a subterranean pipe leading to his particular, when the plunging competitam was of Association, Mr. E. 5. Whealler and Mr. A.'
To accordance with clase 86 of the Articles house. The beleaguered party have secured apgress. With the exception of a few, who, Wood rere, but fer themselves for re- prevented them from tapping supplies from an water from a recent rainfall, but the police have evidently lacked training, the competitors were in good condition and form and some very fait swimming was irremplised, by A. E. S.
adjoining house. Several Paris newspaper offices have been searched in connection with Alves especially, who won the Rib Champion
the conspiracy which has. for its, object the." ship and Members' Handicap Karera lengiles, 1
substitution of a plebiscituy republic" for the swim in two heats, although he almost lost;
present régime. Other newspaper offices have. been placed under surveillance for advocating this race, failing to cater the water two seconds
that assistanceè be rendered to 3. Guérin, ter his handicap points. The most exciting event as the Team Race, R. Lapsley in this came well up to the scratch at "did" the two lengths four and a half seconds 'tess than the next best, which just gave the lange.
Teat
The prizes were ton view in the Club's gymnasium and consisted of cups, fruit-smunds. trophies well worth the trial of winning. The vases, spoons, watches, et, all of which were Psident of the Cluz It. E. Sir Henry Blake,
G. C5 M. G., the Hon. 1. H. Stewart Lockhart, r. M. G. and the Chairman of the Club, som - mander Hastings, R. S., were present.
Umpires: Messts. A. Denišon and E. 1, Sanders.
Referee Mr. W. Armstrong. Startar. Mr. G. A. Caldwell,
Officid Timekeepers Mr. M. A. de Souza. Handicappers-Messrs. F. Lanumert, Meek, W. Armstrong,
A. E. S. Alves
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CLUE CHAMPIONSHIP -3 LENGTHS), TWO PRIZES, A A. Alves AVhite, Lapsley, Jonge, and Hance also competeit. The race was rather an easy one for the winner, who covered the distance in a işin, 14 4/5 secs, bouting the second man by
yards,
PLUNGING, TWO PRIZES 8. Lapsley........ --FM. Roja Pereira
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There were eleven competitors. Infor
Tii. China, Mutual steamer Chington, whicħ was ordered to leave Singapore harheur without Luling her passengers, for a breath of the quarantine regulations, has arrived back at Andy. She had on boardra number of émulies! from that port for the Straits and her leachately for same of them steam launches passed al quapustine regalations das in having callert near by when they were in the water and ensilerably handicapped them. Efforts by at binghong in the tagage, the immigration of Lapsley and F. M. Raza Fereira in the first Chinese futa the Straits from Hongkong being round were the best the former doing 44 # to at present probiḥsites,
ing, and the latter ins. less.
MEERS RACE POUR ̈ ̄ ̄ĶENGTHS).
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AUDITORS: Messrs. J. H. Box and W. Hutton Potts retive, but after themselves for re-election.
-K-SWRENLER,
Chatman.
Hongkong, 21st September, 1899.
MAIL NEWS.
The Transvaal., In the couse and clivered at Bir mingain the 26th August, Mr. Chamber fenly. The said that President Kroger, in is dwelt at samme length upon the Transvaal making answer to the communications of the
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The Soudan. News has been received from Khartoum relative to the movements of Major C.-G..
who, for some time. past, been engaged in specia. service for she. Ely puss Government. Major Martyr has established effective occupation along the Nile northwards froin Liganda to Rejna. He reports that the. tribes are friendly.
Titish Government, had dribbled out cach Lord Kitchener, the Governor-General of reply in a manner resembling water squeezed the Soudan, opened yesterday, the new milway brun a sponge. He had proposed, and was bridge across the Atbara. He congratulated proposing conditions which he will know it the American engineers entrusted with the was not possible to accept, and, in addition, he contract upon the energy with which they had was presenting, in every way conceivable, a carried out the enterprise. He regretted that satisfactory investigation of the new franchise the short notice had proved an obstacle to legistation The patience of Great Britain in English engineers undertaking the work. It the present crisis had been unparalleled, espe- appeared, Lord- Kitchener said, that the rela cially when it was taken into consideration that tions between labour and capital were not of the relations existing were those between a para
a character to inspire that sufficiency of con- mount and a subordinate State. Great Britain,fidence that was required in establish the plant Mr. Chamberlain asserted, could not ask for, that was necessary to maintain Great Britain's bodied in the moderate proposals of Sir Alfred trave been ordered to regard Captains Voulet and could not take, dess than what was em pre-eminence in regard to such works.
The French authorities throughout Africa Milner, which were with such skill and tact so Jovibly placed before President Kruger at the and Chanoine, who were responsible for the Bloemfontein Conference The issues now
recent assassination of Colonel, Klobb and ¦ were peace or war, and either would come as a
Lieut. Munier, in the French Soudan, as rebels. relief in the removal of a common difficulty, The consummation of the independence of the Transvaal, said Mr. Chamberlin, was in the hands of Presidens Kruger. Would he at the eleventh hour speak the necessary words, fur the sands were running down the glass?
The Philippine Question.
| are of opinion that such a Step is absoluut perty is the Kowloon city, was on the 2 by Mr. A. Denison. First and second in each in the louse-of Lords, on July 29th, stated that nounces that he is convinced that the end will
neressary.
The evalus om Jolinaslang sleeps | that its inhabitants despair of matters, Men.do.not deam their business for milling cases, Dor do, mereliais g
far as to Invicade their premises until, they
Vet it is a great pity that start assaulted by five Chinoman who dis- puted his right to mark out the property for such a life rare as the Hours Should And it impossible to live amicably with the British registration at the Hongkong, Land office. To in South Ame They trekked to the slay at the Magistracy the case came before } A. S. WATSON & Co., s exampletely, when the British Les
Tran-stal with" their herds. Nifting their | Mr. Gompertz. Two witnesses who saw the assault and afterwards supported complainant Lover Cape Colony from the Finch, Hat theshome, were alité to identify the prisoners, who Valid mod anek far enough. The Bedsh in their statement said they refuson to allow Vadvance, although slow in doing so, dens the hand to be marked but. but that the knock. took them and now Bur question arises intre un complainant's bead was an accident. They more as to whether the Boers are to be were all sentenced to two months' imprison. British or Burch. They did not wish to
men with hard abou march with the finese au-ultra-conservative
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MISS JANET WALDORF'S FAREWELL.
On Thursday night - nust, at the Theatre
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heat to run in final.
Heat 1
A. A. Alves, owes 26
1. 1. R. Hance, owes 15..
P. W. White, “De".
J. M. Roza Pereira, owes to
J. Grant Smith, awes i
Heat 2
F. Jorge, nwes 13. R. Lapsley, owes 21. J. Mills, "Gio."
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His tour among the islands of the archipela-. go has convinced him, he says, that the Filipi- nos are capable of extensive self-government, and he has so advised, the President in his report.
DEWEY'S AND SCHURMAN'S VIEWS.
WASHINGTON, August 22nd. Mr. J..G. Schurman, President of the Philip to. A. J. Balfour's simile to the effect that, after having been in, consultation with Presi- M Cluberlain then repeated the Right pine Commission, has arrived in Washington if all the resources of diplomacy were ineffecdent M'Kinley and Mr. Hay. On his arrival. tual to untie the knot, other means must be at San Francisco from Manita about a week. faued to untie it. The speaker also gave utter- ago, Mr. Schurman refused to say anything Handicap. Two prizes. First prize presented ance to the warning of Lord Salisbury, who about the Philippine situation, but he now an
President Kruger's systematic encouragement come shortly.. of racial feeling was reducing the English to the condition of a conquered race. Mr. Cham berlian also said that the Transvaal crisis had demonstrated the unity of the Empire. If a rupture occurred, it could, with truthfulness be declared that everything in the power of
HOTES OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. Great Britain had been done in avoid the Mr. Schurman is hopeful of a seittement precipitation of a confiet. In the present other than by force, and, though he does not situation, the British Nation stood as ont say so publicly, yet I learn he believes that
on, all the
colonies and dependencies | there would now be peace in the islands if he being on the side of the Mother country, and his confrères on the Contiuíssion had been shoulder to shoulder with her in the task of given larger authority. Mr. Schürman's views maintaining the honour and interests of the about the Filipinos' capability and a peaceful Empire. In conclusion, Mr. Chamberlain solution of the difficulty are shared, it is known, declared that, if the Transvaal much longer by Admiral Dewey. delayed the reforms demanded, the British
The President has been in conference with Government would not hold itself restricted to General Merritt and General Miles, and the its previous offer.
result of the conference is the announcement General P. J. Joubert. Vice-President made to day by War Secretary Root that and Commandant General of the Transraal, General Otis will not be relieved from his com impossible to rid the Boers of the idea that Post Cor Rail, and that he is now seeking a pretext to Mr. Chamberlain was involved in the Jameson
annex their country. General Joubert also says that he desires peace at any cost, except at the sacrifice of independence. General Joubert has issued instructions forbidding the forcible enlistinent of strangers.
E. Herbst, wes 13
A. E. S. Alves, nwes 24
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The first heat was well won by A. A. Alves int min. 42 secs. The second heat was much. shower, Jorge failing to do better than to secs. inore than Alves, although he received 7 secs. start of the winner of the first heat. Owing to
a mistake on the part of A. A. Alves, throughs a grand struggle for supremacy, and Alves just reached home one-tifth of a second in front of Jorge The last named swain a plucky race. Time for the final was given as 1 min. 30 secs. FOUR LENGTHS Army, Navy, and Police.
Non-members. Two prizes --
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The Bubonic Plague. OUTBREAK IN RUSSIA.
people, conservative they hoped to remain to the lget, but rivilization was ton strong, for then an overalelmeil them Bke a ful The pastoral and simple existence which "they-la) was doomed by the discovery of
guld in the Transvaal. then there had Royal Miss Janel. Waldnel will give her last which he lost two seconds, the final resulted in declares, in a letter to the Press, that it is tuand, at any rate for the present-Alorning. been nothing much to attract the Uitlander, performance as Panhenia" in Ingomar a but the golden harvest to be reaper suom. role in which she has received her most con- bragght Them Blocking by their thousails, | plimentary notices, in the cities of her own and with them came civilization, the telecountry, Honolulu Yokohama, Tokyo, and graph and railways, things of which the Shanghi. It gives her scope, and opportunities
to show all that is best in her work, Boer had arver felt the want and for which he had no desire. At the Boer cannot. wek further: he is surrounded by colonies of These SLEDS are supplied to us the great, Powers and sees that he has to by the best growers' in the World. ke his last stand in his own country; he has no avenue of escape left open to him, as It is particularly requested that care in the case of the advent of British pule in -be taken when sowing: and super-Cape Colony. Buifer down to a plain hard visión exercised over Chinese gar-itself into a combat between progress and fact the Transvaal question simply resolves
deners, whose incompetence in deal-progress. ing with the seeils. may sometimes lead to disappointing results:
CLAY'S FERTILIZER Supplies natural nourishment to the soil.
A few extracts from contemporaries will give an idea to intending patrons what to expect fans Miss Waldorf on Thursday.
Lance-tnr. J. Doodson, R.W.F.... Pe John Roberts, RAV.F.
2. Lance-Sergt. R. Burrell, A.P.C... 3 The winner had matters all his own way, and counts, but only three competed. It is a matter of surprise that there should have been such a spat entry out of so many men as there are in the regiment.
BRRLIN, August 22nd." According to reliable information from St.. Petersburg received to-day at Calsyne, she- Sibarium flagun has broken out in the district. of Samara, in South-east Russia. Several re district, and they have already isolated "the town of Zaryzth.'-
girl gradually taming the surgery of the Goth,
The A. C.. Dinily News says:- The Greek won easily in 1 min. 57 secs. There were five monopoly, but to reduce the price of dýnanite: giments have received orders to proceed to the while herself yielding to the attraction of the true manliness which her words evoke, was | splendidly portrayed by Miss Janet Waldorf and energy, the truthfulness and charm of their and ably seconded by Mr. McGregor. The Gre.
representation brought down the house.
The Boer does not move with the tips dorf was most pronunced success as a The Japan Advertiser remarks:---Miss Wal while his neighbours do. It sounds hard, but farthenia, clanning and graceful, poetic, is, nevertheless, true, that nowadays no people synepathetic, and forceful. Mr. McGregor's can live their own lives in their own way. Jogomar" was barbaric in its strength, al- There are always the outsiders to be consi-though never losing the poetic touch." dered and, sooner or later, the outsiders will It is, we are sure, with sincerest wishes of make themselves felt. Progress demands that the Boers must follow in the grand march of civilization or ge. If they are capable of holding ont against us this time the end may be postponed for a time, but it must conic soon. It is pitiful to think of frous an ethical point of view, but it is one of the laws of Nature and Nature's laws brook no interference. Ir is merely a case of the The Best and Cheupest Machines in surgival of the filtest..
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THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS.
LONDON, September 24th. The War Office is making preparations to raise the force in South Africa to 50,000 men.
The uneasiness to increasing at Johannesburg and Merchants are barricading their premises,
success that Miss Waldorf will feare Hong- kong, where she, coming as a stranger, has been received so kindly; already she has a warm spot in her heart for Hongkong. The company will be assisted on Thursday by mem bers of the Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Com- pany, and Ingomar will be given with the full cast correctly costumed, on a well-set stage under the direction of Mrs. A. Dow Curtier, Trumeurs will be mailable siter she perform
ance,
THE PLAGUE.
Cases reported to 25th instant
Do do.
during past 24 hours.......
Total... 1,468
Deaths reported to 251 instant 1,411 - Do..
do during past 24 hours...
Total 411
The Russian Government has decided to restrict umffic on the Volga, a measure that has seriously affected Nishni Novgorod Fair. Strict silence has been imposed on the Rilasian news.
The Transvaal Volkstand, by eighteen votes toaine, has decided to maintain the dynamite A special significance attaches to this decision in view of the fact that Mr. Chamberlain has repeatedly argued that the dynamite monopo ly is contrary to the convention. According to a report received from Pretoria, the burghers "A" TEAM 1.
of Klerksdrop and Niger () have pronounced R. Lapsley, Capt. - A. Z. S. Alves, Capt. strongly against the dynamite monopoly. It papers-Morning Post. J. II. R. Hance
is stated that they have gone to the length of A. Humphreys
declaring that they will refuse to fight for the J. M. Rom Percim
Republic unless the monopoly is cancelled. F, W. White + F. P. Mussa
TEAM RACK.
*B TEAN 2
E. Herlist F. 0. Bain ....F. G. Chunnell C. E. A. Hance A. J. Mackie
"C" TEAM 3 A. A. Alves, Capt. H. A. Lambert F. M. Roza Percin K. Henderson
J. C. Loga
. A. Loureiro
British agents have informed the British farmers of the Transvaal that they can dis regard the prohibition imposed by the Boer Government in regard to the exportation of cattle. Volunteer defence corps are being formed at Pietermaritzburg, the capital, and Durban, the chief port of Natal
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"How Americans Make War”.
CELTA REJOINDER: The Editor of the Daily Chronicle SIR is with pleasure that have noted: the impartial spirit, hanifested in the critical review of "The American-Spanish War and "The Rough Riders, under the liste Ameri can Officers on Themselves, which, appeared" in your issue of the 28th, ult. Although no doubt unintentionally so it is a kind of answer. Outbreak in Paris. This was one of the most interesting events
to Mr. S. Crane's letter to "The Dally Chroni of the day, for at one time, through the failure
This has been another eventful week for cle" of the 25th ult, and by drawing attention of Hance to come up to the scratch, "A" team,
France. Apart from the great trial proceeding to the part played by the Cubans during thes which had kept the advantage from the start,alling the worst days of the Commune, took nutrageous statedenta reproduced at
at Rennes, scenes according to many accounts, siege of Santiago, does much to disprove the "fell behind "B" but Lapster cane atong a
the saver of his section, and-" A
place in Paris on zoti ulto. The mvolutionary in the pages of almost every English news declared the winners by just a fraction of time still holds out in the Fort Chabrol, organised a American correspondents, apparently for the tean were Socialist, annoyed by the fact that M. Guérin paper. These stateipents were fabricated by "B""steam.took second place.
demonstration against the anti-Semites-is-the purpose of facilitating the disk of acti-morifica Place de la République. Owing to the inter- tion so ably carried out by those who took the perate language of the speakers, the police smallest part in the fighting, the writers of the broke the gathering up. Small disturbances innumerable magazine articles of the past year. followed, but ultimately the inob gathered in not to speak of the modest records of heroes of force, invaded and pillaged the Church of St. the stamp of Roosevelt, Hobson, &c, who were. Joseph in the Rue St. Maur, tore down images determined that the public should not readily and pictures and dragged out chairs, and burn forget their deeds of valour ed nearly all in a pyre outside. The police. During last sumiiner no abuse was too virus (- arrived after the affair and made many arrests, lent, with which to balabour their allies, the but later on several street figlits took place in | Cuban revolutionaries, who, badly equipped,"
PROGHAMME
Today's programine comprises Champion ship of the Colony Greasy Pole; Swim under water Boys' Race; and Water Polo (Royal Artillery and R.W.F.).
TO-MORROW'S #ROGRAMME, To-morrow's programme comprises:-Mein- bers Race (3 lengths) Handicap: Running Header from spring-board; Boys' Race.(under 11 years); Water Polo,
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