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THE INDIAN FAMINE.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM FROM THE VICEROY

His Excellency the Governor has received the-following telegram froux the Viceroy of India:--

During last Indian famine your Golony subscribed generously Much worse famine now, 41 million people on relief, help urgently needed. Can you give any?

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1900.

select two prilice persons of good repute and well-known audition for the above purpose, report the same to the Throne, and awaitour sancting thereit.-Y. C. D; Nras.

NORTH-WESTERN SHANTUNG.

February, th

THE SITUATION

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In this province is disappointing to all friends of China. 1 was confidently expected when Tuan Shih-kai took over the reins that his "VICEROY.", well-known firmness and ability would be mani- [With reference to the foregoing His Ex-fested almost before he had time to get into cellency earnestly appeals to the generosity of office at all Everything has turned out like a Proclamations have been the Hongkong puble to afford such relief as is morning dream in their power to our suffering fellow-subjects issued in abundance not from the Governor In India, who are the victims of an unparalleled only but from Taotais and military men of famine. Subscriptions will be received by Sir sundry ranks. The phraseulogy of these o Thomas Jackson who has kindly consented to ductions leaves nothing to be desired, unless it might be a little exterial carrying out of their act as Honorary Secretary and Treasurer.

teurs into action. A booklet written by thetis trict magistrate of the Wuch country on the edge of Chilli has been circulated all over the province as a warning to the multitudes. It contains an elaborate history of uprisings like the present lig Knife and Boxer Rebellions for many generations pas, in which it is ple- monstrated that all that went into these enter- prises sooner or later were extinguished. But the display of this brochure has a very exacer- hating effect on the Boxer fever, and only makes them what their swords the faster, and the sharper.

STIRDALE, P.S. & A.D.C.

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

"SAILORS AND SOLDIERS FAMILJES' FUNK"

The Undersigned begs to acknowledge with thanks receipt of the following subscriptions to the above Fund.

T.JACKSON...

Hon. Treasurer, Further subscriptions will be thankfully

received.

.......$97.579.00

5,000

Already acknowledged Hongkong Government... Commander-in-Chief, Officers & Men

H.M.S. Centurion

J. F. Reece

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Ar Ameriean?

Paul, Schabert.

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CTC BEST

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1,294.75

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ACCIDENT TO THE SULTAN OF JOHORE.

SINGAPORE, zoth February, A rather serious accident happened yesterday evening to H. 11, the Sultan of Johore. He had been taking part in a game of pallo on the, Tyersall ground, and about half past six got into his trap to proceed to his resilence. The horse immediately began to turn restive, and the Sultan got out of the trap to try and pacify the animal. He was standing close the horse when it reared up, and one of its hoofs struck the Sultan on the head; before he had time to get clear, he was struck a second time. Assistance was at once theoming, and as the injuries were, rather severe, His Highness was conveyed to Dr. alloway's re sidence in Orchard Road and it was found he had sustained a nasty scalp wound, and cuts on the right cheek and the lips. After being medically treated, His Highness was taken back to Tyersalt, Dr. Galloway remaining in

altendance some time.

This morning we are inferned that His ghness will have to keep his bed for several days, butunless complications ensue, no appre hension need be felt--Straits Tintis.

SCENES IN NOWTH CHINA.

THE INDUSTRY OF SHANGHAL

At the jeesout the main gateway at hina is Shanghai, and a very fine cnyit is, remarks Mr. Charles E. D. Black-in-austicle entitled A Trip in Noithera him." in the Haterinster Review is fifty-five years ago that it was opened a foreign inile, and since then its de vetopent has been raped. That it was act always the principal port in this part. Sne two thousand years ago Quinsam, now sorve eighty miles inland, owing to the silting up of the river, was, the chief harlagur, and, curiei ly

-PERING -THE-TOUNTMN_OF_TROUBLE It is now as certain as anything can be which no one can prove, that the mids of al the trouble has been in Peking. The boast that there were "Secret Orders for die, formation of the // Chian of which we used to hear last suminer when it, was in its cradle, seems to he substantiated by the Janus-faced edicts issued by Her Majesty, which were preceded as is now known by a secret not in Yuan Shih-enough, at a much later perind, Defoe makes Rabinsan Chrison land at Quiachang," as he k'ai to beware how he made indiscriminate arreats, and how he provaled the people calls it before his, visit to Nanking. It was Every Chinese knows that things are not only about thaty-five years after the Noman - quest that the Chinest remwved the Custom- not what they seem but not what they say, and

house to Shanghai, and the advent of the especially inluperial proclamations and edicts.

British seven hundred years afterwards gave a Accordingly, the phrases niet leve been oil on the fires. The local magistrates dial thing great impulse to trade, The fondation of this ThelwaThyphave done much less now. The great development was the creation of a toreign Foreign Bureau" in Chinantu has begun settlement, where the Euro cap merchants, operate as a complete Circumlocution could establish their houses of business or 53.15 Office, to the blocking of business. For guildwas. It is amusing to read that when Captain Balfour, the British Consari 231 instance, when specific charges are sent in

those days, suggested that roads of a res of outrages, the demand is for the names 3371 full) with residences of the individualspectable widta Seuld he laid out in the 31.20 alleged to have comtaitted the objection-new settlement,, this was overruled by a Mr. 37.77able arts. If any of the names are wrong and McDonald, who said that the residents were not likely to want reads, and tires all that was 27.63 diese individuals are a mere bundle of aliases 23.10 then there is no such person," and, besides, required were passage-ways down to the jetty, there must be proof that the persons actually wide enough for two chests of tea to pass at Sode thence in person--fall-there-ase-not-nee. Nowadays-the-lhundo princi street. running parallel to the river. is a beautifully forthcoming, then the accusation is "mere waste paper. In other and better days it was maendinized wide road, with side pavements $147,503.14 sufficient to report a robbery and the magistares electric lights, and Panked by a succession of though it best to bestie themselves to find out palatial houses on the land side, and a charming who did it, and catch them. Now the persons belt of public gardens and lawns on the other, plundered as undertake a new branch of in-hordering the bright and somay waters of the

There is dustry and keep directories of the bullies and Whang River.

ajestic blacklegs of every district with recent photos cathedral, a fine comunions club, graphs of them all, to be compared with the plethora of post-offices, one for each of riginals while the looting of one's place is go the chief foreign nations, and my manber ing on. These comparisons should be fortified of shops. The Liggest and handsomest of European but many of the with a bundle of affidavits of the best down these are men for reference, and the case will then be Chinere steps, though less important-loaking, do a very birge trade, particularly in silks and curios. The streets are all crowded in the daytime, and carriages, Purikisins, sedan chairs, wheell surrows, sometimes carrying half a dozen Chinese girls apiere, fe along the Bund and the side streets in never-ending procession. The sedan chair and the wheel barrow are old Chinese institutions, the carriages and the Tickslas are importations from Europe and Japan respectively, but nevers theless the Chinese upper and middle classes have taken very kindly to them, and patronize them freely. The show old wheelbarrow is a very cheap mode of conveyance, and suits the lower clussus.

IMPERIAL DECREE.

1st February VICEROY CHIANG RECEIVES A SNUR

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We have received a joint memorial from Chang Chih-tung, Viceroy of human and Hupch, and Yu Yin-lin, Governor of Hupeh,

lucked into

THE RESULT

with reference to our command last year that "Viceroys and Governors of provinces shall anake all possible haste to investigate the Cus of leaving almost all the leaders unarrested toms, Salt, and Likin departments within their is that they have grown bold, and now defant. jurisdictions and find out what perquisites have Those that have been anested and discharged been withheld from the Government, and also are demanding "exemplary damages" "for what conmomies should be observed in order to unlawful detection, and expect to take it out of divert the money saved into the Imperial the poor Christians who presumptively accused Exchequer." The joint memorialists declare them. The result is such a reign of terror that after careful investigation into these three we have not seen except in the earlier stages departments, in upch province, and an attemp of this rising. There is a profound and a ted reorganisation of the land taxes and universal conviction that the able and accom- tribute tice departments they find that nothing plished Yu Hsen, under whose kind patronage more can be expected from them, as they finis rebellion was hatched and nursed, is to have already been made to give up all their return to be the Goyemar of the province. superflurats revenues. They also complain This we hear everywhere. Never in a long that the Board of Revence has of late years experience was any item of public news so male so many extra-calls-upon-the-provincial-universally diffused. The mere rumour has revenues that now, even with the greatest made the western part of the whole province a economy, they find it most difficult to carry on ship on fire with hatches temporarily battened the regular government work nor have they down. When Yi comes they will be raised and any surpluses now to fall back upon whenever the destructive conflagration will have begun. the exigencies of the time demand extra ex Some of the Christians have been notified by penses. Finally, after careful deliberation the de-runners, accompanied by the local cons- joint memorialists find that all they can, there fable, that there is to be an impressment of six fore, do is that, the Viceroy shall contribute hundred cans to deport all foreigners at once Tls. 2,000 and the Governor and his civil to the

Those who sercoast. subordinates, conjointly, Tis. 7,700 annually, foreigners" me also to be sent away and not which they beg the Throne to accept as a allowed to live on Chinese soil any more contribution from Hupeh province, etc. unless they promptly recant, and the district magistrate is represented as demanding an early reply.

IT IS WIDELY RELIEVED

**Follow

A very chaincteristic sight is the a Sikh

policeman, with his dogtrolol unic and crimson turban. These have been introduced into the British settlement béna india, and its certainly gratifying to see this British emblem of law and order. If you walk along the Bund as far as the French concession, you find your. self in a different rene. The names of the streets are there all Firm h, inscribed on those blue enamelled plates than you see at the streči Corners à Paris.

name of the baker stamped on in red colour, and a roast duck which 'a man was carrying home had a large red stamps marked on i This, I think, might supply a bine to some of our legislators who, in discussing the practi cability of stamping the place of origin on goods, declared that you could not mark a rump-steak. MA Simpson gives a list of sign. bonds which display a strange mixture of poetry and shop: "Tea Shop of Celestial The Honest Pen Shop of L}," Principles," "Good and Just according to

leaven,"

The Steel Shop of the Pock-marked Wang," nad an oil and wine establishment is the "Neighbourhood of Chief Beauty.”. An opium den was somewhat inappropriately labelled

styled "The Mutton Shop of Morning Twilight', The Thrice Righteous," and a restaurant w

HOW A TRUST WAS FORMED.

JUGGLING WITH MILLIONS.

The Washington correspondent of the Chiago Post gives Mr. John W. Gates' account ed how the American Steel and Wire Consoli-

dation with a capital of geocoooo gold dols. was formed, a story of considerable interest as illustrating American millionaire business methods. The story, says this correspundent, was not told in lasasting spirit, but the recital was nevertheless pne of lively interest as ills trang the whirlwind methods employed in orgatsing a gigantic enterprise and getting it under way. Mt. Cates and Cel Elwood had

realisett a hunch of millions "out of Federal steel, and the former had laid his plans for a trip arquil the world with his wife. One day white sitting in his office in, Chicago chatting with Col. Elwood, he was called upon the telephone by an acquaintance in Pittsburg, advising bini that the owners of a big wire milling company had fallen out among them- selves and would sell. "If you want to make a trade, bring on 100,000 duss,, and I think you can get the property," said the man at the other end of the wire. Inasmuch as the mills

were worth at least 2,000,000 dils, the temp tion was strung to buy them. The two mil lionaires who had just laid down liusiness cares concluded to take the property "for a lyer"

The next evening they were in Pittsburg, and snugly reposing i bir fiales' card case was a cented cheque for hi00,000 dols. They had an allaight session with the owners of the wire mills, and at five o'clock in the morning they Ind the property and the former stockholders carried off the big cheque. The party repaired to the Duquesne Llub for refreshúsents. There they met the proprietor of a big wire mill up the State, and to him the story of the night was told.

If you fellows have money to burn you'd better buy my mills," he said hanteringly."

Silat will you take furtom responded. "Nine hundred thousand dollars," was the

Mr. Gates.

answer.

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Sun-Aires

"Sat.

High water-Morning

Afternoon Low water Morning cos

ohr. 24min. bar. min. Shr.jamin

Shr. 7min. ahr. ismin Afternoon ... 1hr, 27min.

ANNIVERSARIES,

February--maja, Bingo Mar, 20th Feb -Annam, Benolder, Yangisse, Glenfargj Serbia, Tamba Maan, Sibiria, Drummond, Karlsruhe, Koria. 23rd February-Antenor.

Homoward-9th Feb-Diomed, Horvich Hall 13th February—Inata Maru, Mazagon. 16th FebruaryAmbria, Sarnia, 23rd Feb,

1851-Pitched battle in Aberdeen Bay, Hong-Indravelli.

kang, between pirate junks and Chi- m.se gunboats. 1876-Capture of the Sulu capital by the

Spaniards.

TO-MORROW.

*་

Thursday, 1st March, 1900. Chinese-rst of 2nd meow of, 26th "Year of

Kwang-sü. Sun-Rive

6hr, 23min. Sets

ÓA, amin. High water-Morning zohn, zmin. Afternoon pa rohr, 57wth, Low water Jornings går omin. phr. 28min.

Afternosn ANNIVERARIES

Palmer,

1842-Surrender of Guide by "Lieut. Col. 1862--Public Meeting decided to establish a

Voluntee Corps 1871 The German Army entered Paris.

1885 · Bombardment of Chinese forts by French

BRON-OF-WAY,

chow.

*

1986 Chinese gunboat Sizi-žsiu last`aff Nam 1597 Gold Standard adopted by Jayan. 1848-Chinese contract loan for £16,000,000

completeel.

Ash Wednesclav.

AGENDA ཡ

*LO-DAY,

6 for 7 pai. --Band practice.

TO-MORROW.

Diocesan School, Term Contrerées. Cargo es Sturligar / subject to rent.

Noon--gkong Fire humance Co. L.

—ellices—

Thirty-first Ordinary Annual meeting at Tartine, Matheson & Co.'s offices. 3pm-Creggan, sold by auction by Mr. II. N. Mlowly, at Messes. Sasstar & Co.'s p.m.--Meeting of the Legislative Council.

ILK.V C. ORDERS. 5.30 p.m. Trumpeters Class. 50 pA, BC Co.'s Company

Drill, at Head Quarters.

3

I

8.30 for pan.--Regular Meeting of the Zeland

Lodge.

FRIDAY, 2nd, Nonn-N. Y. K. steamer Mitka Mfaru, tenves

for Bombay Colomba, 3pm Messrs. Sason & Co.'s steamer Catherine Afer, leaves for Calcutta. 8. steamer Vesang, leaves for Manila, C. N. steamer Nunghiang, teaves for Manila.

H.K.V.C. ORDERS.

1. C. S.

Adjutant, at Head Quarters.

Shipping.

Arrivals. TETARTOS, German steamer, 1,578, T. Desler, 27th Feb. Saigon 22nd Feb., Rice- Siemssen & Co. LOONGMOON, German steamer,

4,245, F Schulz, 28th Feb,-Shanghai 15th Feb., General--Siemssen & Co.

THALES, British steamer, 879, W. Passmore, 28th Feb.-Taiwanfoo 24th Feb., Amoy chih, and Swatow 27th, General-Douglas, Lapraik & Co.

Roseria, British steamer, 2,039, C. C. Talbot,

R.N.R., 2801 Feb.-Yokohama 21st Feb,,| Mails and General.-P. & 0. S. N. Co. MAIDZURU MARU, Japanese steamer, 667, T. Ogata, 28th Feb.,-Swatow 27th Feb., General--Outer.

TOYO MARU, japanese steamer, 1,548, K. Sakai, 28th Feb.,-Moji 22nd Feb., Coal... Order.

CITY OF LONDON, British stentner, 2,056, R. W. Scarf, 28th Feb.,-Saigon 24th Feb, Rice. Dodwell & Co., Ld GLENFALLOCH. British steamer, 1,434, Peters, 28th Feb..-Singapore zand Feb., General, -Joo Tek Sing.

Clearances at the Harbour Office. Honor, French str., for Haiphong. Afterton, British ship, for Astoria. Alesia, German str., for Saigon. Hakuni Maru, Japanose str., for Amoy. Laongmoon, German str., for Canton, Deuteros, German Str., for Saigon.

gram, British str., for Canton, Sabine Rickmers, British str., for Swałow. Haihao, French str., for Toihow. afacher, British str., for Swatow. Kemura daru, Japanese str, for Saigon, Glenfallock, British str., for Amoy. "Kadt" "Lin, British steain-launch; for Macaco Samshizi, British steam-launch, for Wuchow..

Departures.

Feb. 28, Hanoi, French str., for Haiphong. Ech. 23, Lobsang, British str., for Shanghai.. Feb. 28, Tatogami Maru, Jap, str., for Moji Feb. 28, Formos, British str., for Swatow, Feb. 28, Pooksung, British stt, for Cahton. Feb, 18, Suutone, German, str., for Yokohama, Feb. 28, Deuteros, Gerinan str., for Saigon.

28, Longmon, German str., for Canton.

Passengers-Arrived.

Fer Thales, from Coast Ports-283 Chinese. Her Rosetta, from Japan-Mr. and Mrs. Solidge and child, Mr. Buckingham, Capt."

Japanese.

It's a go," said Mr. Gates quick as light. nin, and a deal involving nearly 1,000,000 dels. 5.30 pan.-F. B. Compang Drill, under the Seats . . . flocking, 28 Chinese and 1

The two was closed in less than 60 seconds. Chicago men communed briefly and Col. Elwood remarked: "John, if we are going into the wise business we must have a base of supplies. Beller see if we can't buy the Cleveland rolling mills."

Taking the first train out of Pittsburg they proceeded as fast as steam could take them to the city on the lake. That evening they broke in on the owner with the blunt statement that they had core to buy his property, which in churled rolling mills, steamships, docks, iron and coal mines &c.

"But I don't want to sell," he protested, "Still," he said, hesitatingly. "I would like to hear your proposition. What are you prepareci to offer?"

SATURDAY, 3rd.

The Punjom Mining Company's call of $110

hear interest,

Noon-- & O. steamer Clyde, with mails,

leaves for Europe. C. & M. steamer Diamante, leaves for Manila. 3 pan.The British India S. N. Co.'s steamer Comosta, leaves for Rangoon, Englishi mail from Europe due.

9 pm-A D, C., "Yeomu of the Guard," at

City Hadi..

I.K.V.C. ORDERS.

•

3 jam.-- Commandant's Parade. All members should endeavour to attend, Rehearsal for General's Inspection of Corps.

SUNDAY, 4980

* Five million dollars cash," was the reply. And then Mr. Gates added: "Five million dollars is a big bunch of money. Better think Cargo ex fata subject to rent. it over."

"I want more Dioney," expostulated the Gleveland man.

1 give you 5,000,000 dels, and not a

It looks as though we were in the business,"

said Mr. Gates.

"A fair nucleus," responded Col. Elwood. "Let us go home.

"We will dollar more."

The gentlemen met later in the evening and before midnight the trade was closed, the old nwners stepping out and the new stepping in. The "cleaning up" yielded 2,540,000 dols, in cash, so that the property really cost Gates worth and Elwood 2550,000 dols. I was from 7,000,000 dols. to 8,050,000 dois, withou the cash. The next morning the Cincinnati Enquirer had the story of the Pittsburg deal, The industries of Shanghai que very impost- and the telegraph bought an offer of some ant. Besides the inely local trades such as

valuable wire plants in and near that city. Mr. printing, baking, ice-making, the supply of gas, fates repaired at once to Cincinnati and Cut electric light, water, lea, and such semi-local Elwood hastened East to negociate for valuable businesses as fumiture-making and carriage plants in Massachusetts. Forty-eight hours Now, owing to the difficulty of obtaining

building, several manufacteties are to be found later they met in New York, and un comparing sufficient money for Imperial expenses which

whose products, afe intended compete withinotes found they had invested 12,000,000 dots. the present crisis demands of us, we command-

those of the world at huge. Among these are of their cash in wire-plan(5 All that happened ed our Viceroys and Governors to probe the that Yuan Shih kai has been bought over by shipbuilding yards, silk lifures, coton ginning, during the week between Christmas, 1898, and various departments under them to find out foreign money, and that his proclamations are what sums had been pocketed by their subor therefore "fitious" las recent case a head-spinning, and weaving mills, paper mills, the New Year, 1899. dinates which rightly should have gone into man of a village where there is a dangerous match factories, photo Integer.gic works, acid the linperial Exchequer in order to stop dis camp of Bosers, told his townsmen this, and in works, leweries, and aerated water manufac honesty and frand and also to prevent dis a short time the proclamation was in shreds, tories. All these industries benefit the nation honest officials from battening upon the masses. The book of cases inentioned above he has materially. There are beles d to be 20,000

women engaged in the work of preparing lowl They cannon balled to Chicago, and in less We had no desire that these Viceroys and suppressed altogether. All the magistrates

feathers for export, in cleaning rotan and sitt, then another week, arrangements were practi- Governors should scrape from the people for that we hear of have adopted the happy plan these sums to satisfy the Imperial Exchequer of having all the leading men cerify that he

cally consuminated for the giant consolidation while from the schools of Shanghai there now kw as the American Steel and Wire capital We simply claimed our right. If there are He Chuan is non-existent in their village at

proceals a perpetual stream of English-speak. 90,000,000 fiols, January, 18, or a little over actually no perquisites or surplus to divert present, under penalty of being themselves ar into the proper exchequer the duty of the rested in case anything turns out to be wrong But candidates for posts in the Telegraph, three weeks from the date of that teleplant conversation between Chicagoand Pittsburg, the said Viceroys and Governors should be to say why shouidthey believe this particular falsehood Customs, and Naval services of the Chinese

Government.

constituent properties were duly turned in and so in so many words and not seek to make more than the innumerable others with which

the steel and wire stock was distributed accord- up in a roundabont way. Yesterday Yu Chang, they have been familiar since the movement Governor of Honat, on behalf of himself and began? So they all with one accord give the gathered together there you will always finding to arrangement. This, in brief, is the in bis subordinates offered to contabute annually desired written proof, which is then sent on to sport, so it will be no surprise to learn that the side history of one of the "lightningest" deals

Kace Club at Shanghai was formed about forty" for its magnitude ever negotiated. Tis. 100,000 to the Imperial Exchequer, a sum the capital. To the complaint that the outbreaks -from their own pockets and not the result of continue. bat the camps drill by night all there years ago. The stamina of the Chinese poutts is extraordinary, as is illumined by the- perquisies, etc. But as this money would time, there is the conclusive, reply that there

weights they carry, the official standard being necessarily be taken from the masses, who are no campins per official report or file. ten sinne for twelve hands, and three-pounds would thereby suffer, we must decline this see no reason to modify the previous long-

for every inch above, and the high scale of money. To return, however, to Chang Chilformed, often-confirmed, and now more than

weights must be maintained in consequence of tong, he must remember that with his numerous ever self-evident conclusion that unless some-

so few anualeur jockeys being able to ride schemes he has during his many yeafs Viceroy- thing is soon done to stop this great and ship expended myriads of taels belonging to dangerous movement it will drive every foreigner under it. In the early days the ponies all came from Mongolia, several hundred at a the Imperial Exchequer; does it then wish us in North China out of the empire, an end for to believe that, in all. Hupeh, he cannot find a which it has been consistently and deliberately time, but now they come in small lots from Tien'sin and Chinking by boat, and are snitel single instance of dishonest appropriation fostered-N. C. D. News.

by auction, the prices averaging anything be- Teen 3 and 6o. Unlike The English race- horse, these ponies have no pedigree, and seldom arrive until they are at least seven years old, so a purchaser has fiule to go by except shape.

of the funds or legal taxing of the people for the sole benefit of the officials?. Yet

LAWLESSNESS AT POOTUNG.

We

he has the effrontery to offer a few thousand. tacis as fa contribution"-as if we required

SHANGRAI, February 23rd. "auch "contributions! We hereby command

The Echo de Chine has a story of a fight that both Chang Chih-tung and Yu Yin-lin be between the brigands of Pootung and a stemly-reprimanded for their conduct and int formed that we refuse their money.. In future party of peasants, in which the brigands had

and in making lucifer matches and cigarettes,

Wherever two or three Englishmen ne

SHIPPING REPORTS. ·

Captain F. Schultz, of the steainship Loong- wrop, from Shanghai, reports Fine clear weather, light easterly wind and calm from Shanghai to Chapel Island; from Chapel Island to port foggy weather, and strong E.N.E. wind.

Captain W. Passmore, of the steamship Thales," from Coast Ports, reports:Taiwanfon to Away light variable winds, smooth sea and hazy Ainoy to Swalow same weather; Swalow to port strong and increasing N.E. breeze, high sea, overcast and dull. Vessels in Amoy Wenchow, and Westphalid. In Swatow Chihli, Sishan, Trym, and Dr. Jians Jurg Kiar,

NOTANDA.

CALENDAR.

FEBRUARY,

Meteorological means based on fifteen years' observations to 1898.

Barometer do

Thermometer. Humidity.

Rainfall

20.141

-57:3

.79.0 /*-76

MONDAY, 5th. Noon-C. N. steamer Changsha, leaves for

Australia. Noon Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and

Godown Ca, Meeting of share Folders, ne Company's offices.

Ver Loangmoon, from Shanghai---Mrs. Witt and children, Miss A. Lehmann, Messrs. S. Voelker, d. Mueller, F. Reiber, L. Biller, Ar Beyer, Ch. Haliz, A. Paraginer, and Long Che Loong, and 130 Chinese.

STEAMERS EXPECTED.

Names.

Clangsha Mike Maru...

Doric Thisang

Partamatta

Goodwin

Algua

From

Due.

To-morrow To-morrow

Japan. Japan

Shanghai...Mar. 2nd

Singapore ......Mar. 2nd

Singapore

Japan

Moji...

König Albert ...... Singapore. Bayern. Japan Nippon Maru...... Japan Biagno

......Mar. 3rd

Mar. 5th

Mar. 5th

Mar. 6th

Mar. 6th

Mar. 8th

Bombay......Mar. 15th City of Rio de Jan San Francisco... Mar. 17th

the counowef shipping firms to the

style in which "Steamers Expected!" and "Projected Sailings"

(About; S. T. & Co's steamer Morzen, leaves siewow published in these entrants, and in so doing respect

for New York.

9 p.m.-A. D. C. Yeoman of the Guard' at

Chy Hall..

TUESDAY, Gill. 0. S. steamer Sarpeiden, leaves for London.

WEDNESDAY, 7th.

fully urge the managers of shipping Era tu give orders to their cirka to furnish this office, on the form already sup plied gratis with, the latest availalde information every day,

PROJECTED SAILINGS.

Ship-

Destination.

Dale,

C. N. steamer Nanchang, leaves for Tientsin, O. S. Ca's steamier Nestor, leaves for Liverpool | Akon........................................... San Francisco, &c. Mar. 13th

{‹irect.)

America Mara... San Francisco, &c. April 14th Extraordhry meeting of the Hongkong Land

New York ....... Mar. 18th Investment and Agency Company, Limited at their offices,

China

Navigation Co's steamer Nanchang,

leaves for Tientsin.

S. Davids Ball at City Hall by the R. Weich

Fusillers.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE. American (Doric) 2nd prox, India (Faisanjyj zad prox. English (Parramatta) 3rd prox. American(Algoa) zih prox. German (Bayern) úth pros. « German (Wige Atheri) (ths prok. American (Nippon claru) Sih prox. American (City of Rio de Janeiro) vzth pros.

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The P.M. S. S, Co.'s stuemor Algae, with molts de tele Moji for this port yesterday morning the 27th inst.

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Asturia Australian

Bayern

.....Sydney, &c...

Siraits, &c.

Belgian King San Diego, &c.

Calchas

London..

Mar. 15th

Mar. ib

... Mar, 2nd

Mar, 20th

Mar. 3rd

Mar. 3rd

Camorta ......... Rangoon ....... Candia

.............Kobe.... Catherine Aprar, Singapore, &c...... Mar. 2nd Ceylon ..... London........ Mar. 8th Changsha Sydney, &c.........Mar. sth

China Chingtu

„San Francisco, &c. Mar. 3rd.

Kobe.

Mar. 6th

Cay of Peking... San Francisco, &c.April zust Chy of Rig

Chile...... Columbia

Coptic Doric

Diamante Eng. China

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San Francisco, &c. Mar. 271h Europe, &c... Mar. 3rd Portland, &c. ......April 7th San Francisco, &c. April 5th San Francisco, &c. Mar. ioth Manila

Mar. 3rd Vancouver, &c...... April 4th Emp. India...

April 25th Eup. Japan......!

Mar. 14th Fonclicy Shanghai Mar. 2nd Gaelic

San Francisco, &c. May rat Glenegle

Victoria, B.C.......April 24th „Victoria, B.C. ..... ..}Mar. 1ýth Hakuai Maru Amoy, &c.....

Mar. Ist Hamburg...... .....Straits, &c.

May 30th Heidelberg. Havre, &c. April 6th Hongkung Mara San Francisco, &c May 8th Ichang........... Shanghai... Mar. 4th Kanagawa Maru. Marseilles, &c...... Mar. oth Künig Albert Straits, &c. April 4th Lady Joicey San Diego, &c.

Mar. 31st Maidzeru Maru..Swatow, &c.Mar. 4th Massilia..... Marseilles, &c......April 14th

Mar. 714 ......... Sandakan. Mausang

Mar. ind Miike Maru....Bombay, &c..

Mar. 5th Monmouthshire. Portland, &c. ..... Morven ..... ......New York..... Mar. folh Nanchang .....Tientsin

Mar. 7th

The 1. G. mail steamer Buyeru, has left Kobe | Goodwin via Nagasaki and Shanghai on Sunday the 25th inst and may he expected here on or about Tuesday the 6th March.

The N. G. I. steamer Bisague, left Bombay for this port on the asth instant and is due here on or about the 15th March.

The P. M. S. S. Co's steamer Nippon Maru, with nails &c., from San Francisco to the oth inst., via Honolulu, has arrived at Yokohama, and will leave for this port to-morrow morning vin Inland Sea, Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS.

Dock. Esla de Cuba............

Kowloon H.M.S. Hermione...

Shantung Loyal......

Hongkong...

Germanis. Kaifong

U.S.S. Monadnock U.S.5. Wheeling Chuen Tino...... Hongkong............

Nestor

Liverpool. .......Mar. 7th Nippon Maru...San Francisco, &e Mar, zoth- Oldenburg .....Straits, &c.

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Olympia

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Orestes.....

Victoria, B.C.

London

Parramatta. Marseilles, ..

Preussen.......Straits, &c.

Pinz Heinrich... Straits, &c.

June 28th

Mar. 31st

Mar. 26th

Mar. 31st

May 16th.

May 2nd

Riojun Maru......Victoria, B.C... Mar. roth

Japan ****

Besides horseracing, boating is a very fa- vourite sport in Shanghai, and eight-nars may decidedly the worst. From the statement often be seen practising on the Wangpoo River. if the said Viceroy or Governor have, anything in our contemporary. it appears that a rich Last May we witnessed the bust races, which really important to report to the Throne or com Chinese fanter in Ne-wei declined to be black- attracted, a goodly prawd of sightseers to Sam- municate with other officials they may use the mailed by the Pootung desperadoes, and they pan House, as the headquarters of the club are telegraph lines to do so, but they must be spar-called to their assistance a band of other called. It was just about the time that some of ing of their words they are hereby forbidden ruffians, said to belong to Shanghai and Hong, our Cominental friends were making them for the future to telegraph long and prosy diskew. The farmer, however, had been warned, selves a little obanxious over our China policy, patches, which may usually be sent by courier and he proceeded to collect a party of peasants, and I could not help thinking that an inter- and thus economise a large amount in this who, armed with agricultural implements, esting photograph might have been uken of respect.

went to meet the brigands. These latter were 4th February.

armed with guns, revolvers and knives, but the THE EDUCATION OF THE HEIR-APPARENT. peasants, waiting till the ammunition of the In a former decree we a appolated Ch'ung Yi robbers, was exhausted, nished on the band, (Emperor Tung Chili's father-in-law) to be and a fierce fight ensued, in which ten of the Grand Tutor of the Heir-Apparent within the robbers were killed and three mortally wound Palace, and further commanded the Grand ed. MO, the farmer, sent the bodies of the Secretary, Isu Tang, (Chiness Bannerman), killed along with the wounded in a junk, under to be constantly on hand to give his assistance the guard of the victorious peasants, to the sub in the education of the Prince As the Heir prefect of Niswei, in whose jurisdiction the Apparent, however, is just commencing his affair took place, and the Magistate pealsed the studies it is most important in such a crisis to victors for their conduct distributed some have younger tutors on hand to oversee hir firearing amongst them, and gave them a guard

san, Orel 9th February-Kawachi Mdre, Thyra... San Diego, &c... Mar. 7th primary studies and we, therefore, hereby com of a soldiers. Everything is said now to be impress the name of their firm on the biscuits; Chinese 29th of 1st mapon of shit year of Shanghai 1311 February-Bented, Hector, Weimar. Straits, April 18th Yuensang. Manila linea Mar, and" mmand the said Gh'ung Yi and Hau Tung to, qujet in the district, Afercury-N the Chinese go so far as to mark Luns with the

the five or six hundred Englishmen grouped on the bank of the river. In their fannels and straw hats they would have made a very char acteristic picture and a typical presentiment of the perfidious Britishers who some of the European press were at that time for bundling feck and crop out of China.

Speaking of Peking, the writer says that one of its curious features is the extraordinary shop signs and trade advertisements. Mr. Simpson, who visited it about twenty-five years age, remarks on the passion of the Chinese: for advertising. With us biscuit manufacturers

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TO-DAY.

WEATHER REPORT.

Barometer... Temperature Humidity Rainfall

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61

80

8B

0.03

TO-DAY. Wednesday, 28th. February, 1900,

Kwang si

D. Juan d'Austria Hankow

Daphne

Cosmopolitan

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PASSEN, THE CANAL Outward 30th Jan-Oakbranch, Scrotra. 2nd Feb-Gluncus, Glenartney, th Feb.- Heidelberg, Maria Valtria, St. Ronald, Ardris-

Catania, Vindapona, Ansgar, Aniverser 16th

Straits, &c. Lo.idon..

Mar. 3rd

June 14th

Mar. 6th

Mar. 22nd

Rosetta ....

Sachsen ..

Sarpedon

Savola

Havre, &c.

Saxonia

Havre, &c.

Mar. 31st

St. Regulus...

New York

Qk. desp.

Stuttgart .... Straits, &c. Singking ......

Mar. 21st-

Teenkai ... London....... Thales

Manila ...

Swatow, &c

Mar. 2nd-

Mar, igth

Mar, 2nd