half starved and in rags (like Washington's raw recruits of 1778), had recommenced the struggle. begun in 1852, and for two long years had been engaged in a desperate and unequal, fight | against the Spanish. When they had the mis fortune to fall into their enemies'. hands, they never escaped with their lives, and they were exposed to the cruellest tortures for the smal lest offences or for no offence, not even wonen, children, or non-combatants being spared. In judging of recent events, it is well to remember theac facts, which were brought to the notice of English readers in a suggestive article appeal ing in the Contemporary for Nov, 1898.
When the Americans, to avenge the loss of the Maine, stormed Santiago, and captured it after a series of blunders unprecedented in the bistory of modern warfare, in their reports from the scene of action, they not only jealously dis. allowed the Cubans any share in this result,
but went so far as to accuse them of cowardice and theft, which charges have been since com pletely réfuted.
To thuse whb are acquainted with all the inner workings of the campaige, it is well known that the Cubans rendered inestimable services to the American, both before and during the siege. Nevertheless, these mati- cious reports obtained ready currency, and prejudiced both home-staying United States citizens, and Europeans generally against the Cubans, that paving the way to the demand for annexation, in direct contraven- tion of the suleinn pledges in favor of Cuban independence given by Presidem McKinley and by Congress to a too-confiding people, and turning into sheer rhodomontade the loud appeals to Liberty and to the cause of the down trodden, which had been the theme of the American Press previous to the military occu- pation of Cuba.
That is one example of “How Americans. nake War."
And now another. After leading the Filipinos to believe, through the agency of subordinate oficials (in order to sectire their co-operation), that the United States had come to aid them chase away the Spanish, to free them from an intolerable' yoke, and to establish their inte pendence, the Americans now propose taking possession of the whole group of islands and exploiting then for their own use,
The poor wretches, believing the Americans to be their friends, had a rude awakening from this food delusion when they found themselves bought from Spain like so much caule for a Certain sum, neither their opinions nor their wishes being consulted. The natives fired with a just indignation, entered upon a fresh struggle with the United States, this time the odds be ing overwhelmingly against them. To every advance made for peace the Americans have arrogantly demanded "unconditional surrend ," auff the struggle has been renewed. Even the most indifferem have been forced to admire the park and pertinacity of these "savages," although the thy is gone by apparently when aus spart of generous sentiment can be aroused by the Spectacle of a brave and spirited mice fighting for the preservation of its naural rights. Yet these so-called savages have kept the Americans at bay for months, and the struggle is, nut over. The Americans are reponsible for the massacre of thousands of Filipinos, in realify for more deaths in a few months than the Spaniards in as many years. When the war is finished, the "savages" are to in civilised by military rule, by the introduction of rough-and-ready American ways, such as the lynching af inoffensive foreigners and negroes And the distribution of human flesh as sou-- venirs, also by the establishment of hundreds of drinking saloons, with the accompanying im morality and the excesses of ill-disciplined troops, by the exploitation of the natives and of their lands, through the action of all devouring trusts andsyndicates, by Labourrints, corruption in politics, and by interference with national customs, in the.name of religion.
This is "How Americans Make War."
Pitss
The Americans are proverbially thin-skinn. cd, therefore one is not surprised to hear that they deeply resent the adverse comments ed upon their troops in the Paris Figare of re- cent date. But if they intend posing as a world- power, they must accustoar itemselves to the drawbacks of the position.
However, if Admiral Dewey is correctly reported as having said at Trieste that "our next war will be with Germany," and if he represents the general feeling of his country. men, we may be sure that the Americans will soon have plenty of opportunity of learning how to make war, as Europeans understand it. "To lick creation," as our cousins have it, is "a large order." To force American civilisa tion on the effete nations of Europe" (to quote the New York Jourmily way not prove so easy an undertaking, and the feathers of the Amel can eagle may become somewhat refsted in the process. In the meantime, let us hope that the small nations who ask no more than to be allowed to work out peacefully their salvation will come by their own.-Yours, &c,
Aug. 1.
C. MELVILLE.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1899.
mander Iwamura, and other Japanese officers. f, steamers was, we believe, mentioned by Mr. This is the fifth torpedo-boat, destroyer con Spencer Pratt whilst he was in Singapore, but structed by Messrs Thornycroft & Co. for it had only been iñentioned as a possibility. the Japanese-Govemment, her dimensions boing-length, 210ft, beam 19ft 6in.
A telegram was received at Portsmouth, 21st fast, from the Admiralty directing the Terrible, first class cruiser, to proceed to China when she is ready for den The vessel is at present in the hands of the dockyard officials. This will be the first time the Terrible has done service on a foreign station, although she has been in commission since March, 1897. The Terrible will go out to relieve the first-class cruiser Powerful, though this latter vessel will not await her relief but leave the station early it the second half of next month. On her arrival. in England her captain, the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, will take up the appointment of chief of the Stati to Admiral Sir John Fisher on the Mediterranean Station. The Terrible is at presunt receiving new condensers, and is ex- pected to be ready on September Stie Tor sea.
It was kanwa Same koe ago that Sir John Fisher was wisions that on the Mediterranean Station the position of Chief of Staf should be kept distinct from that of Captain of the dag. ship, and if rummur is to be trusted he has had his way, 14 generally accepted as true, states a naval correspoylent, that Captain the, Hon. Hedworth Ladabton, at present in com mund of the Peerful on the China Station, is to be, Sir John's chief of the stati, and will be entirely independent of the command of the Renoten, which, as every one knows, will fall at an early date into the hands of Captain P. F. Tillard, who connaundest the St. George during the recent manoeuvres. There is enough for the two officers to do, and to ask eme "MAN to fulfil the duties of bóth posts on such a star tion as the Mediterranean is to impose on him a task beyond his strength.
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Miscellaneous,
his announced. in Berlin that Madame Patti has received an offre, which she will pres bably accept, to give two ronerits in the Ger man' capital 'in the course of the winter, Tris also stated that she will be paid at the rate of Lhan a cobrest. These figures, if correct, att Af course, high for Berlin. 1 Madame Patti has frequently received more.
For every cop-
vert at de Alert Hall the great prima donna leas for several years past been paid eight lunded guineas, apart from the cost of a peceat train. In the stited States, during her last two tours, she was paid at the inesampled rate of a thousand guingas a comment,
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Clearances at the Harbour Offies. Trifor, German str., for Saigon. The Petit Bleu, a well-known Brussels news. P. C. Kino, British str., for Swatow paper, has performed the feat of producing an Kong Pak, British str., for Canton issue without the aid of one compositor. The Argeldie, British str., for Shanghai. accompany 16 pages of illustrations was set up Cheang Chew, British str, for Amoy comps" went out on strike, and the news to..Pak Kong, British str., for Canton.
newspaper. Then the whale was reduced by Kai Lum, British steam-launch, for Macso on a typewriter. The single written sheets and Chanshan, British str., for Swatow. pictures were pasted on a large cardboard Triumph, German str., for Hollow. corresponding in proportions to the size of the Hailan, French str, for Pakhoi. photography to the actural size, and from the negative a print was made on a sensitised sheet of zinc. With the aid of nitric acid the type and illustrations were etched in, and the result was a complete solid form ready for the press,
here up till now, it is probably destined to grow A NEWSPAPER WITHOUT TYPE. in public favour. Incidentally, it may be men- tioned that, at the annual meeting of the Shell Transport and Trading Coy, held last month, Trained Nurses for Singapore. fear was expressed that the trade in Batoum to justify the Provisional Committee in pro-, Government, would soon be confined to ships Sufficient funds having now been promised, owing to the action of the Russian ceeding with the scheme for getting nurses lying the Russian flag only. It was stated, from England, in accordance with the resolu lions passed at a Public Meeting held in the of their own in Cotie capable of dealing with a however, that the Company fortunately were not dependent upon Russian oil, having oilfields Town Hall on the rotte April, a further meetingillion tons of crude oil annually. of subscribers and others who are likely to be interested in the unverment is called for Monday next, the 25th instant, in the Town Hall di and make other arrangements to carry out the 5 pm, to appoint an Executive Committee, jet for which the funds have been sub-
scribed.
scribers, if the meeting now called anthurizes The suggestion is to publish a list of sul- the Excentive Committer to do so, and that event the Hon. Secretary proposes to com The Hauste C, Stringer is the Chairman of municate again with the Press on the subject, Provisional Committee.
Selensing.
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According to Mr. Clifford's annual report for 1898 The results obtained during the year by the Selensing Company, which" has now made over postions of it vast concession to various subsidiary symilicates, have been less satisfactory than duse of 1897. The Company | has considerably increased the mumber of its European employees, and has recently stone some vigorous prospecting work. Its output of gold, however, fell off during the year by near ly quadbundes, though the winnings of 1898 | were still considerably in excess of tluse of"). 1806. Towards the end of the year several new finds, some of which are believed in be of! permanent value, were discovered, and I hope hat the record of this Company during the present year will be more fortunate than was been in 1895.
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British American Soldiery..
It has been estiunted that there are at least 1,000 British subjects fuot naturalised. Am ericans) now serving in the Army of Occupation in the Philippines. Some have been in the other organisations of a similar kind. It is British Army, Navy, Cape Mounted Police, and satisfactory to know that up to the present all have given general satisfaction, a very small any serious offences. Several of them are percentage having been court-martialed for kdown to have "jumped the British service, but as to whether they hal gained, or thought they had gained, anything by the change it was
possible to ascertain.
Electric Lighting for Singapore.
It will be remembered, says the Singapore Five Preis, that the Municipal Engineer com piled a repint on lighting Singapore, which was. to be submitted to an electrical expert at home to report on. Mr. H. R. J. Burstall, MIRE, MUM. and M. LEE.. was selected for the pur pose and his repent has reached Singapore, and + published by the Municipal Commissioners. It is necessarily of a technical nature, but some parts will be read with interest.
The district proposed to be supplied bas been divided into a central district, and an external district, the latter extending over wherever the gas mains go now. The houses in the central district are in part of the are closely built, but for the greater part of the external area they are widely separated. The number of lights to be expected per yard af road must be very small, and therefore the gest of cables is high in compurison with that in moss European, installations, For this reason also it will be necessary to use the high- racing the weight of supper in the mains. Lest safe electic pressure for the purpose of
Exploring Abyssinia, Captajn Welly, who recently made a journey of exploration through Abyssinia and the regions of the south-west of that country, has arrived at Cais. Starting Too Berbera, Somaliland, Jast September, with a Abyssinians and Somalis, Captain Well first proceeded to Hartar, and then to Adis Abel. There he collected' a caravan and stick South skirting
For the central district a law tension on the wear shores of Abyssinia lakes. The last tition current system, with underground į of these, Lake Dha, is surrounded by mountains mains would be best, and for the external dis user ro,oroft, in height. The country from this
trict a high tension alternating current system, point was practically unexplored. Captain houses. The electrical pressure, for the central with overhead mains and transformers in every Welby found it very fertile and thirkly populat ed by Gallus, who are tributary to the Abyssin
district is proposed to be 250 volts, enough, if ¦ Jans." It is purely agricultural, and the nativesse wires are toucheal, to give an umpleasant
any of whom had never seen a white matt be
But not sluggets shock in healthy persous. fore, were everywhere friendly, Continuing hus journey to the Noth end of Lake Ralph Captain Welby satisfied himself that the River Wamo runs at the lake. One tribe met with the Trikan, who were of immense stature, anst of the me being seven feet in height, They had long hair extending to the waist, and waited A disastrous explosion took place on 18th like felt. This they generally wear turned up inst. in a good pit in the Garw Valley, neur in such manter as to form a receptacle for Neath, in which about fifty-men-were-emplined--small tiles and nickicks, the ends being as a right shift. The exploring, pauty brought maily twisted into a tail with a thin stick, about up nineteen bodies, and of the injured one which they are very particular. man died a few hours after reaching the surface. Naked lights were used in the fit, and were considered safe, as although the presence of gas had been noted the coal was very wet.
In accordance with the express wishes of the Pope, a pilgrimage of English Roman Catholic with visit Rome early in Uber, and will be received in speriat audience by the Sovereign Pontif. The pilgrimage is bring organised by the Catholin Assie jation, nad. Very practical interest is being taken in the project by the Earl of Denbigh, the president of the organisa
on. Many prominent English Romanists have expressel their willingness to take part in the religious functiun,-which-will be-hell-on the anival of the pilgrims at St. Peters.",
Stopping or his journey to the Soudan at Kench, near Lugor, the Sirdar has purchased there a large white she donkey, which he is presenting to the Queen. The animal stands thirteen hansa high, and is a most magnificem specimen of a peculiar ace of donkeys which are gradually disappearing from the "country, It is of the same type as the male ass already owned by Her Majesty.
About 130 of the London County Councils trau-horses have been registered by the War Office for use if necessary for military purposes in time of war. The scil subinitted goo horses for the inspection of the army authorities for this purpose.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
From Straits papers). Singapore Rowing Club. The annual general meeting of the Club was held in the Pavilion on September 17th, there being bat a poor attendaner. The Hon'ble W. R. Collyer took the chair, and the report and accounts were passed without question.
The election of officers resulted as follows: .. President: Hon'ble W. R. Collyer. Vice President: E. Scott Russell. Captain: R. Scouter.
Committer: The aly, and Messrs. Davies, Bland, Robertson, Roesse, and Tregarthen.
Discussion following afterwards. Mr. A. W. Davies was commissioned on behalf of the (Of London and New York.) Club to enquire into the kind of beats used
racing in Hongkong, Shanghai,, Købe and Yokohama. the cost of them and whether it would not be possible to abtain boats for the
Filipino War.
MR. ROOT'S PLAN. CAMPAIGN TO BE PUSHED WITH VIGOUR,
AN INCREDIBLE STORY,
WASHINGTON, Friday.
Sandakan Notes.
I regret to have to report that Mr. J. 1. G. Whealer, Superintendent of Telegraphs for British North Bouco, died at Lanag, on the inabatangan River, on the 5th inst. after an exceedingly short illness. Though deceased was but 36 years of age he was an old servant of the North Borneo Co, by whom his valuable services were highly esteemed. The body was brought to Sandakan by special launch, and was buried here on the fath inst. men Tial service was held on the toth. This is the third if not the fourth death of the pioneers of telegraphic communication in this territory. the deceased-leaves a widow and 3 children to mourn his boss,
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C.5. 5. Manila" has been in here again, for chal and stores, and reports things more settled round Balabat way. Her officers liave been very, hospitably received here, and seem to highly enjoy the viss us the pr
Street lighting is proposed to be by 2 candle per electric lights at 90 yards distance; the rincipal streets to be fit with are lamps with 2,000 nominal candle power, at about 100 yards apart. *This will give ample light_for_traffic.!
business purposes, and is also the beat means of popularising the light and obtaining consumers of the best class, to say nothing in the improvement in the appearance of the the arc lamps at 41 pat, or all of them, replac own,"1-night-be advisable it cut off halt
ing them by, incandescent lamps on the same posts, till dawn. In M. Burstall's opinion electric light could be relied on to light de whofe of the streets in both the central and external districts, although it might not he advisable to at fiest light are than the central
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The figures for the central scheme are:- Capital cost for 20 miles of streets, low tension, underground.mains; 10,000 private lamps of 8 ep., & are latops and 350 incandescent for public lighting, with high speed plant £57.417 with low speet plant. 259,817 Exclusive of legal expenses and pro-
fessional charges Estimated Income Estimated Expenditure
£10,620 Z 5,770 Balance to pay interest, sinking find,
rent, rates, taxes, Insurance, &e....£ 4.850 For the external district the estimate is 1000 eight candle power private lamps, and 550 street lamps of 32 cp. The machinery would be under the same roof as the central Following on the news of the determination machinery, the mains highly insulated cables nf ex Governor Beaufort not to return to British slung from steel suspenders on all wooden North Bomen, tears that the Government posts, the mains being taken into the pre- Secretary, E. P. Guerin, Esq., alse intends resigning the leaves for Manila on Saturday, suppheil in a lock-up fire-proof chamber, in- mises of each consumer and a converter en soute for Hongkong, thence going to Lon-essible to everyone but the proper officials. don at once. This duil loss will certainly be deeply felt here--Singapore Free Press.
Divorce Court Statistics. There is an increase in the number of divorce petitions, hat, says the base dagazine, it is slight and quite insufficient to justify the apprehensions that are so freely expressed by reclesiastical controversialists as the extent which the divorce art is being taken for judicial separation continue to decline, adranings of On the other hand, petitions Apparently it is between the tenth and twentieth crisis ending in the dissolution of marriage lies. years of unrried life that the great danger of a
Another point discussed was the idea of related to marriages that came within those Thirty-eight per cent. of the petitions in 1898 building a pontoon and beat-house on the limits; 2 per ceat, were between five years lagoon at Tanjong Khu. It was resolved that and ten only 4 per cent, for twenty years and the new Committer, with the permission of Swimming Clab, look over the ground at the wards. The chief classes to which petitioners back of the Swimming Chal premises, with a desters in articles of food, publicans, intel
for divorce belong are tin numerical order) view to building a pontoon and bout-housekeepers, ele, engineers and architects, and there.
Club from there.
Mr. Elihu Root, the new Secretary of War, although only a couple of days in affice, has determined to push the campaign in the Philippines with vigour, and is showing his subordinates that he intends to be actually, as well as in me, the head of the War De
The Mines of the Peninsula. partment. He has decided that General Otis freedot least 40,000 effective troops to crush
Mr. Nicholson gives some rettims of mining the rebellion-and-y-Cusblein fn pince 1-for-1807 and 1898 in the N. S. Government 40,000 men in the field General Quis's total Gaselle. force will be brought up to 50,000.
P'ERAK.
1897-
1898
bricketer sammen, actors, and musicians To the very poor the divorce court is, apparently.
a practically inaccessible tribunat."
An Elephant Routed with a Pick-Axe.
Mr. Root has gone to Jake Champlain to
A thiilling story of derring de, thoroughly consult the President, and see what arrange.
Tons Value, Tons Valehorn Briton, reaches the Curr. Malay Mail) exemplifying the matchless courage of the true ments can be made to procure the necessary Gold......... 1,100 oz. 3.448 1,200 0% 3007 from the wilds of Semipam, where they maine reinforcements. Mr. Root, it' is believed, will | Tin ........ 13,459 7,38,839 10.304 recommend General Otis's recall, or at least
725.028 for bill, and where any ferocious beasts do Tin Ore... 8,490 480,895 9438
627.66 powľby night. the sending of another general to assume
SELANGOR. supreme command.
A certain elephant, of the male persuasion, 7.489 444335 5.636 387.202 and amorous proclivities, has been causing
595,970 10,85y 745.995 NEORI SEMBILAN. 1,215. 73,40 2253 102,307 1,793
The new War Secretary's vigourous grasp of
Tin
the probleme confronting the War Department Tin Ore al 9,918 greatly encourages the men, who hope to see
the war brought to a speedy conclusion.
PARANG:
- 784 31.790 6,074
65.5.30
ch ananyance to the Liang Lands, Limited by his undesired attentions to soine tane females. One night he roame over to Sem- pam, so the story goes, and wandered into the 12329 store of a certain gentleman there, feasting regally of the supplies of rice reserved for the 359 consumption of the coolies,
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7174
Tin Tin Ore.... 908 Gold 20146 04. 89.542 22,526 oz. 89,078
A private letter received from, an officer at Tin Ore... 1.704 Manila says the Filipinos would much rather see the Spanish return than the Americans re- main. Some of the Americans, he says, have deliberately swindled native merchants by palm ing off on them Confederate money. "Members * of a battery went home leaving in the hands of merchants thousands of dollars of worthless orders, and to inake matters worse, the writer gives the name of a well-known, battery com- mander, who is said to have made himself responsible for the orders and then to have evaded payment. The story scoins incredible "and na dobbe for expiration will be forth
coming-Daily Chronicle.
Aroused by the noise, the guardian of the place awoke from his slumbers, and undaunted by the fierce aspect of the brute, sinote him right heftily on the head with a pick-axe. The intrepid bearing of the biped secnis to have so wed the tasked monster that he withdrew trumpeting into the jungle, and the coolies' provisions were thus saved from destruction.
With this system it be quite possible to supply the mutlying districts, even beyond the limits of the present gas mains.
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SHIPPING REPORTS.
Saigon, reports-Light moderate smooth sea Captain Jones, of the steamship Sishan, from. and ine weather throughout,
from Marseilles, la Saigon, reports:- Fair Captain Vaquis, of the steamship Toukin, weather all the way from Marseilles, one of the screws was damaged passing through the Canal which delayed the ship two days in Colombo where repairs were made.
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
„SEPTEMBER.
Metrowolagical means basest on fifteen years obscivations to 1898.
B: rometer Thermometer Humidity.. Rainfall
Kwang-siz Sun-Rises
TO-DAY.
.29.814
50.4
8.33
Tuesday, 20th September, 1899. Clunes 22nd of Stå moon of 25th year of
shr. Soutu. $275
Ja, tila,”ogin, Moon Zart Quarter toår, 30 azn. High water-forming - ohr. min. Afternoon ahr. (Surin Low water-Morning
Shr, 16min. Afternoon shr. min. ANNIVERSARIES.
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Departures.
Sept. 6, Nanyang, German str., for Swatow. Sept. 26, Bygilo, Norwegian str., for Chefoo, Sept. 26, PC. Klao, British str., for Swatow. Sept. 26, Eastern, British str., for Shanghai, Sept. 26, Kaifeng, British str., for Canton. Sept. 26, Toukin, French sr, for Shanghai. Sept. 26, Pisa, German str., for Singapore. Sept. 26, Abergeldie, British str., Shanghai. Sept. 26, Sabine Rickmers, British str., for
Fonchow.
Passengers-Arrived,
Per Sishan, from Saigon-72 Chinese. Ver Bingo Maru, from Singapore-100 Chi-
nese.
Per Patami Mari, from Nagasaki for Hong- kong--Miss Mansfield, and Mr. S.. Fukuchi. For Townsville-Consul K. and Mrs. Jishima, Mr. and Mrs. D. Patience, Miss Hancock, Messrs C. C. Bray and S. Kaneko. For Syd- ney Mr. F. G. Sale. For Melbourne-Mr. S. Wheeler.
Per Tonkin, for Hongkong from Marseilles -Messrs. Debeaux, Hansen and Reitan. Fron Singapore Messrs. Bertlett, Robertson, Toon, Seng, and boy, Weng -Yoh Hang Loh Geob, Chong and hoy, Lob Keng Ton and boy, Lagare Letborito, Lena Westmann, Contzomiti, Samuel Tsrail, and Mrs. Mary Fix. From Saigon -Messrs. Boisin, Gabriel, and 158 Chinese. For Shanghai from Marseilles
Messrs. Bishop, Pilcher, Mrs. Maton, Mr. Mor puyo, Sister Marie Therese, Kendall, Burns, Sisters Augustine, Heline, Vicent, Revs. Zelierem, Pisteme, Sorther, Deley, Arond, Sisters Marie Josephine, Louise, Genenere, Jeanne, and Miss Louise Vidal. From Port Said Mr. and Mrs. Licearo, a children and servant, and Mr. Omari. From Singapore- Messsrs. Bitchato, Camel, Salvador, and Swith. From Marseilles-Rey, Ginet, Bles saber, and Ribat. For Yokohama-Messrs. 1854, Lord Napier aniyed at Macao danger-Duachana, Borsharta, Alkan, Mrs. Bontard and
ously ill.
daughter. Mrs. Mills, Revs. Bonnean, Laden, 1841 Transport Verbudda wrecked on the and Hirth. From Colombo--Mr. Merichi.
coast of Formosa.
Fana Singapore--Messrs. Norea, Van Hunt, 1981-Typhoon on the coast of southern Japan, and Sakagawa. From Saigon-Mr. Mazich.
Per segno, from Singapore-Mr. Galluzzi Alfredo, and 47. Chinese.
1898-
in, which the British steamers, then one day out from Nagasaki, on her passage to Shanghai is supposed to have foundered, with twenty-six Euro peans and several antives on board, Wholesale repeal of Chinese reforms,
TO-MORROW,
Wednesday, 27th September: 1899. Chinese-rd of Sth moon of 25th star of
Kanang-si Sun-Alter
Sela
Aftersioon
High water--Morning
Low water-Marning
shr somun bhr. omin kr. 53min.
ohr 48min.
Afternoone No Inferior high-nof low water.
ANNIVERSARIES. 1992--George Cruikshank born. 1840-t'ommissioner Lin degraded. 1851- Treaty of Commerce between England
and Belgium. 1873-The American dollar assayed by the 888- Destructive typhoon in the China Sea.
south of Hongkong. 1892—British barque Mariez lust'on Cmigic
Island, Korea.
Chinese Government.
1894 -Death of Dr. Raimundi,, R.C. Vicar Apostolic of Hongkong, Japanese steamer Jodagawa" Miru "wrecked near Hakodate. 1898-Sir II. Kitchener promoted in the peer-
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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE. English (Parramatto) z9th inst. American (oric) 30th inst. Covadian (Empress of China) 4th prox. American (Nippon Maru) 10th prox,
Departed.
Per Tonkin, for Shanghai-Mrs. W. Miller, Messes. W. Armstrong, T. Mitchell, H. Piry, Ngan Seu-Chor-G-E-Cardoso, G. Williams, and W. Kay. For Kobe--Mr. Ng Hok Hing and child.
For Yokohama Mrs. Jocelyn, Messrs. A: Troval, Yeong, Young Fook Cho, and M. J. Johannes.
STEAMERS EXPECTED
Names.
From.
Dur.
Parramatta Singapore Sept. 29th Andalusia
Singapore, Sept. 29th Doric
Shanghai
Sept. 30th Empress of China. Vancouver......Oct. 4th Hiroshima Marn... Moji...
Oci. Ist
San Francisco... Oct. toth Nippon Mar
are now published fe: these columns, and in to coins respect
We would direct the attention of shipping firms to the
so
fully unge the managers of shipping firms to give ordern ta the clerks to furnish this office, on the forms already sup plied gratis with the latest available information every day.
PROJECTED SAILINGS.
Ship.
Abergeldie Airlie
Destination.
Dule.
Portland, &c. Sydney, &c......
Now, tith Oct. 2nd America Maru...San Francisco, &c. Nov. 14th Andalusia....
Havre, &c. Nov. 15th
Argyll
Bavern
New York, &c... Strails, &c.
IQk, desp.
Nov. 8th
Belgian King...San Diego, &c.
Oct. 31st
Bingo Maru......Japan
Sept. 28th
4
Breconshire
Victoria, B.C.
JOct. 28th
Calclas
London...
[Oct. 17th
Candia
London, &c...
Oct. 24th
... Nov. 15th
The tables of estimated income are made up HONGKONG AND WHAMPOS DOCK RETURNS, on the assumption that the whole of the lamps Isla Cuba........ provided for are connected up with the mains,
at Kowloon Dock. which of course would not be the case for some Isla de Luzon time after the installation had been at work; H.M.S. Boneventure. how long will depend on the way in which the Feikeo light is taken up by the inhabitants, which Legachi.. charged per unit. avain would very largely depend on the price
Nanshan From the tables we give the following Kingpak. Capital Cost of Central District Scheme 37,417 | Tai berm figures relative to cost, &c.
Simla
Salaries, wages, &c., annually
.. with low speed plant 59871. Juan d'Austria Total annual expenditure Cost in pence per unit..... Capital Cust of Whole Scheme, somiles streets; two systems; buildings Ergono; high speed...
do. clo huldings £23,000; low speed. Exclusive of legal and professional charges......
Total annual expenditure
2,721
5,270
Taiyuan 2.564 Suevia
£104,020
Carlisle City......San Diego, &c. ...Dec. 15th Carmarthenshire. San Diego, &c.
Catherine Apcar. Singapore, &c......Oct. 2nd Challenger New York'
Qk, desp. China
San Francisco, &c.Oct. 3rd City of Dublin... Victoria, B.C.......Oct. 14th City of Peking..San Francisco, &c. Nov. 21st City of Rio San Francisco, &c. Oct. 27th San Francisco, &c. Nov. 4th San Francisco, &c.Oct. 10th
Coptic
Doric.
Emp. China.Vancouver, &c......Oct. 25th
Cosmopolitan
Aberdeen'
Emp. India..
Emp. Japan
ཤྭ
Esmeralda ..Manila Futami Maru
Gaelic
PASSED THE CANAL. Outward 25th August - Glaucus, Siam, Vladimir. 29th August Andalusia, St. Mary, Odessit.
1st September Benlarig, Algua, 4109,520 Binge Maru, Omba, 5th September-Glen
·£9,016 shiel 3th September-Shanghai, Puritan, Jus th September-ney 15th Sep Cost of various systems with hau Speed plant. | wensber -- Samuki, Maru, Siberia, Spithead Combined bigh and low tensio 109,520 | 19th September---Monmouthshire, Lady Joiery, Love tension throughout, with all"
22nd September----Malacca, underground mains ....
£135,000 Homeward--and September - Beavoirtic,
Cost in pence për unit.....
do.
2.221
underground High Tension thoughout do do... £11,000 Cential and overhead External. £12,000
A TRUE SNAKE STORY.
The scene was Malacca. Tinie, after dusk, about 7 pm. A gentleman, accompanied by a couple of ladies was walking along, Battery Read. His vigilant eye fell upon a'snake coiled up on the roadway. Fortunately no one hari trodden on it. Warned to stand clear the gentleman, who was not a little excited, shouted for some one to bring a stick. A little crowd gathered breathless with expectation. The stick was brought by a willing land, and our Mr. Spencer Pratt's Scheme.
friend straightway went for the reptile in his Mr. Spencer Pratt, late Consul-General of the
best form. He hit it savagely across the United States in Singapore, has, it is stated,
iddir, hanged it on the head, and walloped it. transmitted to the U. 3. Department for Foreign
har generally, as it squirmed and jump- Commerce a copy of a letter addressed by himn
cd beneath the blows that were rained on it. to General Otis, at Manila, in which he states
A pause to take breath, and as the animal now that upon relinquishing his position in the Langkat v Russian“Oit...”
Jay limp, to all appearance dead, our friend consular service he contemplates the establish- By the Siak, there arrived in Singapore, approached ment of a line of steamers under the American to-day, the first consignment of about 300 the ched cautiously, ready to spring back if
should threaten hostilitics. It was flag to ply between Singapore and the different tins of a new brand of oil from the Batch pretty dark, but a more minute examination, ports of the Philippines, especially the southern Indies. It is known as the Dragon brand, before the eyes of the crowd attracted by the ones, which can be reached with special facility and is refined by the Mining and Forest shouting and the combat, disclosed that the evil hy way of British North Borneo. Such a line Exploitation Company of Langkat, Sumatra, ophidian was nothing more than an old of steamers, of sufficiently light draft to enter who possess oil fields capable of turning out kicking-strap, dropped from some worn out the shallower island harbours, would, Mr. Pratt from 60 to 100,000 cases of refined pertroleum horse-harness! It is quite dangerous now to thinks, be useful for the transportation of troops per month with every prospect of constant allude to snakes in the presence of the gentle- The 30-knot torpedo-bont destroyed Kagera and supplies. The boats would, in the first increase, the supply of oil being unlimited. man, who did not find it quite so easy to explain was launched from the yare of Messrs: John I.place, be at the disposal of the Government, and The "Dragon' brand is to be shipped here to the ladies present the necessity for such an Thornycroft & Co, of Chiswick, on 23nd inst., serve, secondarily, for the convenience of the regularly; and, as it is proved to be of expenditure of alarm and militant energy-- by Commander M. Kondo, assisted by Com public. The establishment of this line of superior quality to most of the oil handled | Singapore Free Press.
Naval And Military.
The cruiser Liguria has left Spezzia to join the Italian Squadron in the Chinese waters.
New crews for the tib.d's Handy and Hart on the Station will be conveyed to Hongkong by the Terrible
Dárdauns.
Shipping.
Orestes Parramatta
Nov. 22nd
Sept. 27th Sept. 30th
Thursday Is, &c... Sept. 29th San Francisco, &c. Nov. 30th Haiching Swatow, &c..........Sept. 27th: Heidelberg....Havre, &c. Nov. 5th
.Oct. 3rd Hirushiina Maru, Bombay, &c...... Hongkong Maru San Francisco, &c. Dec. 9th.
..... Nov. 2nd Java...London... Kagoshima Maru Kobe & Yokohama Sept. 29th König Albert Straits, &c. Dec. 13t Kosai Maru Vladivostock, &c... Sept. 28th Maidzuru Maru...Swalow, &c...Oct. 1st Monmouthshire. Portland, &c. ......Oct. 7th Nippon Mars...San Francisco, &c.Oct. 19th
...London...
Sept. 31st ¡Shanghai
.Sept. 29th Ping Suey. New York, &c.....Oct. 5th Preussen....Straits, &c. Jan, oth Prinz Heinrich...Straits, &c. .....Dec. 27th Queen Adelaide..Victoria, B.C....... Nov. 18th TxKIN, French steamer, 2,327, A. Vaquier,
Robilla
Japan
Oct. 1st 25 Sept.--Marseilles and Saigon 23mi Sachsen .... ..... Singapore, &c......Oct. 15th
Marseilles, &c.. [Oct. 6th Sept, Miils and General-Messageries Sado Mara Maritimes. TRIUMF, Gernian steamer, 675, A. Rieke, Sarpedon
Dec. 9th
25th Sept.,-Pakhoi and Hollow 24th FerAMI MARU, Japanese steamer, 3,381,
Sept., General-Jebsen & Co. Thpm, 26th Sept.,-Japan and Nagasaki 2nd Sept., General-Nippon Yusen BINGO MARU, Japanese steamer, 3,500, George EP. Cook, 26th Sept.,--Singapore 20th Sept., General Nippon Yusen Kaisha SISHAN, British steamer, 845, A. Jones, 20th Sept.-Saigon 2151 Sept. Rice.-Bradley & Co.
Kaista.
& Co.
Arrivals.
|
Saint Brene
Serbia Shanghai St. Mark Suevia Taiyuan... Tamba Muru Thyria
Tsinan Valetta
Victoria, BC.
London.
Havre, &c.
Japan, &c.
OCL 3rd
Oct. 30th Oct. 6th
New York, &c......Qt. desp. Havre, &c.Oct. 19th Port Darwin, &d...Sept. 29th ...Marseilles, &c.... Oct. 1st'
San Diego, &c. JOct 15th Shanghai, &c. ...Sept. 3oth Europe, &c..... Sept. 30th
How to gain Flesh and Strength. Take after KAGOSHIMA MARU, Japanese steamer, 2,706, R. each meal about a tablespoonful of Scott's Nunome, 25th Sept, Singapore oth Sopt, Emulsion of Pure Cod Live Oil with Hypo- Cotton, & Nippon Yasen Kaisha. phosprites. It is almost as palatable as milk SALAHANJI, Danish steamer, 1,35, G. Anema, and easily digested. The rapidity with which 25th Sept.-Moji zoth Sept., Coal.-Meyer delicate children and sickly people suffering CHINA, German steamer, 1,113, P. Voss, zuth and thrive upon this diet is truly marvellous. from weakness and wasting diseases improve Sept., Canton 26th Sept., General- As a remedy for Consumption and Throat BISAGNO, Italian steamer, 1,509, 1. Maganzini | other preparation in the world. Any Cherolst
Siemssen & Co.
Affections and Bronchitis is unequalled by any Dante, 26th Sept.-Bombay 9th Sept., can supply it. Solé Agents for Hongkong and and Singapore 20th, General-Carlowns the Empire of China: Watkins & Co, Hơng.
kong Adul
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