To-day's Advertisements.
THEATRE
UND
ROYAL.
INDER the Direction of Mr. ROBERT
BROUCH.
Representative. Mr. ALLAN HAMILTON. LAST FOUR NIGHTS
OF THE
BROUGH COMEDY, CO.
TONIGHT (FRIDAY), May 3rd, NO PERFORMANCE, TO-MORROW,
(SATURDAY), May 4th, (One Night only), ** AN IDEAL HUSBAND,"
A Comedy in Four Acts, by the late OSCAR WILD.
MONDAY, May 6th, (One Night only).
"
21.
SOWING THE WIND,"
A Play in Four Acts, by SYDNEY GRUNDY. TUESDAY, May 7th, (One Night only),
A VILLAGE PRIEST,"
A Drama in Five Acts, by
SYDNEY GRUNDV, “
WEDNESDAY, May Sih,
LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON,
"NIOBE."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1901.
Intimation.
A. S. WATSON & Co., LIMITED.
TELEGRAMS.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM, Special to the "Hangkong Telegraph," THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN JAPAN. THE ITO CABINET RESIGNS. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
YOKOHAMA, 3rd May, Marquis Ito's Cabinet hus resigned in consequence of disagreements on questions of finance.
Received 0.25 p.m. . *- ERATED WATERS Published 1 p.m.
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Box Plans at HIGHEST EXPERT AUTHORITIES.
Late Trains JS
A Mythological Farcical Comedy in Three Acts, by H. & E. PAULTÖN. PRICES:-$3,-$, and $1. THE ROWINSON PIANO Co. minutes after Performance. Doors open 8.30. Curtain
Hongkong, 3rd May, 1901. HONGKONG RIFĻE ASSOCIATION.
Carriages 11.30. [10.1¢
SHORT RANGE CUP AND SPOONS. "HERE will be a COMPETITION for the THERE
above TO-MORROW, the 4th instant,
at 2.45 P.M:
ALEX, MACKENZIE,
Hon. Secretary,
Hoogkong, 3rd May, 1001.
VICTORIA
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. - THREATENED STRIKE OF COAL MINERS.
LONDON, May 1st. At a conference of the Miners' Federation, held-in London,-it was resolved to declare a general strike if the Coal duty is approved by Parliament..
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA,
A report published in-Bloemfontein shows that the mission of the Peace Envoys from the Cape Dutch has been a complete failure.
LATER.
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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 19ot."
NOTES AND COMMENTS. We have lately published numerous clip pings from Japanese papers anent the very unsatisfactory, indeed critical, state of the financial resources of fapan. Our Yokohama correspondent has also written at length to the same effect. Our telegram to day, say ing that Marquis Iro has resigned office on, account of the muddle and disagreement on the financial question, shows that matters 1187€ | have reached an acute stage.
**HAITAN." Captain Boach, will be despatched for the above Pons, on SUNDAY, the 8th instant,
at Daylight.
For Freightor Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 3rd May, 1901.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEÈS,
THE P. & Q. S. 8. CO's Steantship
“JAPAN,”
FROMANTWERT, LONDON, PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS, Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby infesined that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained its soon as the Goods are landed.
Optional Goods will be landed here unless, instructions are given to the contrary before
5 PM, TO-LAY.
any case whatever.
NOTICE.
Our Special Edition is now on sale and may be obtained on application. Price fifty cents. Intending purchasers are advised, to order early Seo advertisement appearing elsewhere. PLACUE appears to be well on the increase. The cases reported from noon on Saturday last to noon to-day umber no less than eighty and the deaths for the same period total
similar amount.
vent is any more barbarous than taking a motibund adule to the Turg Wa Hospital. The Board had better clear its mind of cant, and attend to its own business. A watchman on duty at the convent might prevent children from being brought there, but would not pre vent them from dying."
out a pimit Fines of ton dollars or one month's imprisonment each were feried. T
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STOLEN PANTS.
Cheung, Sau admired Chan Tsats pougeo. pants so much that he helped himself to a They were this morning couple of pairs. valued by Mr. Hazeland as equal to seven days' hard labour.
MANILA papers to date-say-that the insurrec. statement, if it had not come from an official | lunglom Docks, found Chan Tsung, a coolic,
tion in Panay is ended. The surrender of three important chiefs is also reported, General Torribe in Mindanao, General Torres in Luzon, and.Colonel Morfes; also in Luzon.
It is stated that the German Consal in Manila has received a communication from a brother of the late H.F. Seymour, drowned in the wreck of the Rio de Janeiro; the brother's name is Koburger, and it appears that Mr. Scyniour changed his name of Koburger, pro- bably for business reasons.
WE shall be obliged if any subscriber an receiving his paper lates or irregularly will write on the Wrapper of the paper the Time of delivery, etc., and forward the Wrapper to the Manager, Hongkong. Telegraph Co., Líby: 50 The wrapper will Queen's Road Central, enable us to check the delivery coolies
ERRATA.
In our Special Edition we should have stated that the Senior Partner of Messrs. Lane, Craw ford and Company is Mr. D. R. Crawford. The tonnage of the fleet of the Austrian Lloyd Steam Navigation Company should be 189,roo, instead of 115,000. We apologise for the
errors.
it may be noticed that we are publishing a gazette of interest to the shipping community generally, giving the names of officers on leave, promotions, transfers, etc. We imagine it will be found useful by many shipping people here, who can see at a glance where their friends are at the time. We shall be much obliged for BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA, General Grenfell attacked the Boers near any information from.aur readers, tending to Halvertsberg where the last "Long Tomkeep the column up to date. in position opened fire at a range of tgh thousand yards. Kitchener's scouts advanced rapidly to three thousand yards, when the Boers blew up their gun and Bed..
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A GooD shorthand reporter is wanted, vide advertisement appearing elsewhere. THERE will be no performance at the Theatre to-night. To-morrow night (Saturday) "An Ideal Husband" will be staged.
THE Band of the Madras Light Infantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow (Satur day evening, from 3 to 9.30 pm.
Honk.....
Selection,
Serena:le.
Walti
PROGRAMME.
Ave Maria"..... The Gzisha
Quand tu Chasteauquid.
* Annie "
Estella. Comet Solo,....." A night in Switzerland "Hume Selection,.
Dot Pasquale "...
Honizetti, "God save the King,'
TRAVELLING by the night ferries to Kowloon is much more comfortable since the Military Authorities have placed pickets on the boats, as the presence of the guard puts a stop to all- rowdyism. We are pleased to see that our re-
After some discussion between Dr. Bell and Mr. Brewin anent the latter's minute,
Mn Osborne drew attention to the Medical Officer of Health's statement that out of 1,000 Chinese infants born in, this colony, only 72, survive for a period of twelve months. That source, would hardly be credible, and he thought it their duty, not unly to endeavour to rescue one of these infants from deal, but he only possible way to stamp out plague-to trace the source of infection. That was the
trace the source of infection, and so long, as these infants were pliced at the doors of con Yents by persons unknown, they could not hoper to trace the source of infection. He believed | with Dr. Bell that it was their duty to take the matter up,
PILFERING AT THE DOCKS. & M. Docking, the head watchman at the. walking off with a couple of pounds of copper nails belonging to the Dock Co. Defendant admitted the theft and Mr. Hazaiand sentenced him to fourteen days' hard labour.
IN FRIENDSHIP'S NAME. Tsang 1, who was convicted of selling sam chu without a licence, explained that he was only watching his friend's stall for a moment. All the same he was fined $35, and paid up. No friend appeared to corroborate his statement.
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A GOOD RIDDANCE.
The President (Dr. Bell) moved that the Board adopt the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1900, and for- ward copies to the Colonial Secretary, for the information of H.E. the Governor, and that the • The keepers of 1st floor No. 151 Hollywood, attention of the Government be drawn to the Road, 2nd floor No. 17 Pottinger street, and marked falling off in the number of vaccinnst floor No. 7 Elgin street, were ordered on or before noon on Monday-next to discontinue tions during the past two years.
the use of such houses as lodging houses for prostitutes.
Mr. Osborne moved as an amendment "that the Board approach the convents with a view to ascertaining whether they can offer suggestions as to the best means of carrying out the sug gestions of the committee in paragraph 5 of the report,"
This was agreed to and included in the first resolution.
THEATRE ROYAL.
"THE AMAZONS."
The
AN INDIAN CONSTABLE' IMPRISONED.
Tseung Sam, a lodginghouse keeper of 21. Kowloon Tong, charged Kialimit Khan, ant Indian Constable, with assaule and disorderly behaviour. Defendant was foed $25 or six weeks' hard labour. He closer the latter,
''THE DUMPING OF DEAD BODIES,
At yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board correspondence was submitted relative to the 22nd-ult, Dr. Clark wrote to the Colonial the Medical Officer in charge of the Tung Wah Secretary saying that it had been alleged by Hospital that the Chinese were being frightened away from that institution by a European and
Last night the Brough Comedy Company produced Pinero's farcical comedy Amazons to a full house. As this play was staged by Mr. Brough when his Company Lastinping of dead bodies in the street. On the visited Hongkong, old theatre-goers will not need to be reminded that the whole plot of the plece hangs on the fact that the Marchioness of Castlejordan has no sons and so has brought up her three daughters to be as masculine as possible to make up for the deficiency. The varinus little incidents that arise from this keep the audience in a bubble of merriment throughout the play are most amusing and from start to finish.
There was a full house last night and His Excellency the Governor, Lady and Miss Blake and the Government House party honoured the performance with their presence. The applause was frequent through out the evening and everybody. present appeared to be enjoying him or herself to the fall. The only fauft we have to find with the piece, and this is a very big one, is that Mr. Robert. Brough is not provided with a part. We missed him greatly last evening.
some Chinese and Indian constables stationed there by the Board, and that the Chinese were. consequently putting the bodies in the street. These officers were withdrawn a month ago, but without achieving the desired result. Ife asked if the police could do something to pre- vent this dumping of bodies and suggested that could make a thorough house-to-house inspec cigid young and energetic European coustables tion once a week of the Wangliai district. Con- inning, he pointed out that his suggestion in a fetter dated 28th January did not appear to have been acted upon, and it was quite impos- sible to stay the progress of an epidemic when no information was forthcoming as to the addresses of a large percentage of the cases. The suggestion referred to was to the effect that, with a view to preventing the depositing of deal bodies in the streets at night, the police patrol of the Wanchai district be augmented for the time being by swearing in as special constables perhaps filty indians belonging to one of the native regiments stationed here, these meo, ean officer who should visit each of them at least once every hour.
As application to erect two water-closets and marks on the subjects were attended 10. Ladies appreciated and. we think it a pity that she has further, to be, controlled by a mounted Europ--
three urinals at Thomas Grill Rooms was re-
fused at yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary
Board.
Ac yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board an application for permission to construct a
small room over the backyard of the Soldier's and Sailors' Club for the caretaker of the Home was refused."
An audacious fraud has been perpetrated by an American named S. Rich on the Kobe branch of the Russo-Chinese, Bank, says the Japan Daily Herald. The swindler applied
can now pass to and fro between Hongkong and Kowloon at night without being subjected
to annoyance.
Mrs. Brough, as Lady Noeline was, as she always is, beyond praise and the other two principal ladies Misses Noble and Temple, together with Mrs. Brough made as charming set of masculine girls as it has ever been our lot to see. Miss Noble's two songs were much not been able to make more use of her pre ty voice hitherto. As for the other characters, they were all very ably sustained between the different members of the Company. We can. not draw distinctions, for Mr. Brough's Com We have received from the Daily Press office pany are so level, and so thoroughly good that n re-print in pamphlet fonn of Mr. A. Michie's it is only the fact that one or other happens to lecture on "The Political Obstacles to Mis-get a good part which enables a big hit to be sionary Success in China." This lecture has made. already been-published in the local press, but it was well worth preserving in compact form, as being a fair-minded and impartial criticism on missionary enterprise in China. This the Daily Press office have done in their usual neat and workmanlike manner, with clear print
Japan has been going ahead too rapidly; her resources have not kept pace with her expenditure, which has been very heavy lately, especially on the Navy, and also into the Kobe branch office about the 15th ukoon good paper. The price is only 25 cents. connection with alfairs in China, and the for an advance of ten thousand yer on mer maintenance of an army there, Japan is chandise alleged to consist of silk-handker also spending large sums in preparation for chiefs which he had consigned to America. resisting any further Russian aggression, and if she really means to resist her powerful The Bank accepted the application and made an advance of ten thousand yes. On examining antagonist, she will have to be prepared to spend further enormous suns, in providing the merchandise afterwards, it was discovered that the so-called silk handkerchiefs were no for her army and navy,
other than earthenware and sundry goods valued at Y150 in all. Mr. Ch. Poirson, of the Yokohama branch, of the Russo-Chinese Bank, as the result of communications with the Kobe branch, brought a charge of fraud against the swindler in the Yokohama Chiho Saibansho on the 19th ult.
Great Britain, it is true, agreed to pay the expense of sending the Japanese troops for the relief of the Legations at Peking, but such matters are not concluded in a hurry, and Japan is evidently pressed for ready money, Goods not cleared by the 9th instant, at 4 casli in hand. The increased taxation pro P.M. will be subject to rent.
posals, even if the country can stand them, No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in are belated, and should have been looked to All damaged Packages must be left in the long ere this. The enormous shipping sub- Godowns and a certificate of the damage obsidies paid to some of the Japanese steamship lines handicap the finances of the Govern-" tained from the Godown Company within ten days after the Vessel's arrival here after whichment to a great extent, and we should think no Claims will be recognised.
H. A. RITCHIE,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 3rd May, 1901.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. THE Steamship
1
:
"CATHERINE APCAR," having arrived from the above Parts Consignees of Carge are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge will be landed
at once.
Cargo remaining, on-board after the 6th instant, at 2 P.M., will be landed at Consignces' risk and expense into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whari and Godown Co., Limited.
Consignees of Cargo from SINGAPORE and PENANG are requested to take IMMEDIATE DELIVERY of their Goods from alongside; such Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and
expense.
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co Agents, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1901.
AN APPEAL.
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THAT romance is still to be found, says the Post-Intelligencer of Seattle, in the Twentieth Gabrielle Le Heueron, who, as Mme Moury Century, is shown by the history of Mile, sailed for the North, recently on the steam. ship Senator, with her husband. Mine. Moury, as she must now be called, is a Parisian girl of good family, who was making a tour of the Shanghai she took the ill-fated Rio de Janeiro world with some friends of her family. At for San Francisco, only to be landed half dead from exposure at the Golden Gate, without friends, clothes or money. The gentleman who is now her husband, happened to meet her boat at the wharf and fell in love at first were married soon afterwards, and are now on sight with the beautiful shipwrecked girl. They their way to Dawson City,
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH'S REPORT.
The report of the Hon. F. H May and Mr. E. Osborne, the committee appointed by the Health's Report for 1900, which was laid on Bold 10 report on the Medical Officer of the table at yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board was as follows:-
The following minutes were appended:- Hon. F. H. May! In the absence of the slightest assistance from the community it is very difficult to stop this practice. I have tried special, patrols without result. The people watch the police go by, and as several families done is to put the body out in front of the house generally occupy one house, all that has to be and then for all the inmates to deny all know- ledge of it. I have now offered a reward of $2 for every case of depositing a body brought by MPBroughthe police. I think the house nearest to the Alr. W. T. Lovell.
place the body is found, in Victoria at any rate, Mr. Levile Victor. .......Mr. Reginald Dartrey should be disinfected, or take the nearest three ..............Mr. Grattan, houses and see how the Chinese like that,"
Mt. Mario Majeroni, Mr. Hands, Onista Poacher). Miriam, Marchioness of Castlejurdan, Miss Bessie Thompson.
Ter
fr. Bronch Miss tirace Noble. Miss Temple. Alus Rochfort
There will be no performance to-night and on Saturday Oscar Wilde's. "An Ideal Hus- band will be staged. We append the caste :- CAST OF CHARACTERS: Galfred, Marof Twechways... Tarrington, Viscount Litterly André, Count de Grival.... Rev. Roger Minchin Fition ( (aniskeeper)
Ynaat (a Servant)
Lady Wilhelmina Belturiet
Tady Noeline Belturbet
"Sergeant" Shuter
Lady Thomanins Belterlet Daughter
SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY: Acts 1 and 11 The Tangle, an overgrown comer of Overcote. Park, Act 11-Ten Gymnasium Over- cate Hall,
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AT THE MAGISTRACY.
·SERVED HIM RIGHT,
A Chinese Clark, of very unprepossessing appearance, charged a British. bluejacket with assault Complainant's tale was that he had just come out of the Hongkong Hotel, at one o'clock this morning, and met the sailor, who the sailor's desire to a coolie, who was given wanted samshu. The obliging clerk interpreted thirty cents to obtain the seductive beverage: The sailor then wanted to keep the clerk as security for the thirty cents and, on the latter objecting, struck him on the nose. Defendant didn't appear to be damaged at all, unless a most decided squint had been occasioned by the alleged blow.
him to the Star Coffee House for the
Ws notice that the Godown Company are facing the seafront of their buildings at Kowloon with cement instead of stucco, for some height above. the ground. This will not only improve the it would be very advisable to consider the appearance of the buildings by doing away abolition or reduction of these subsidies, a with the peeling to which stucco is so liable, matter to which we have referred before.
but will prevent the seawater from penetrating
The bluejacket denied striking the man. He The cutting from the Kobe Herald which the walls in a typhoon, During the last typhicon- We published last night, headed "The Scare
the waves were breaking over, the Praya and
said that he met him and asked him where he in the Japanese money market" gives any thing but a hopeful view of affairs, although running up the walls of the Godowns as higli
could get a bed and a drink. Defendant referred
whom the bluejacket paid thirty cents. curiously enough, it says "it is believed the asthe eaves in some places. Hence it is
bed and sent a coolic for the drink, trouble is now over." We read that the easily to be seen that facing the walls with
"We have considered the annual report of the As soon as the coalie had gone complainant President of the 79th Bank was arrested oncement form height of twelve feet cannot fail Medical Officer of Healths for the year 190, and remarked that he would not come back and have to make the following remarks upon it: offered Defendant ten cents. Defendant then a charge of fraud connected with the Bank, to be an improvement. Typhoons only come
Reduction of Excessive Height of Build-looked about for a policeman and complainant and following on so many scandals with at irregular intervijls, but once a wall has been regard to business concerns and the various well drenched with seawater it remains datipings.-The Sub-Committee of the Board which bolted, presumably hitting his. head against allegations of fraud in dealing with municipal for months. The cement will prevent this, as is reporting on sanitary improvements has made a verandah pillar.. He then had the bluejacket
a recommendation on this subject which has arrested. contracts and other matters; preferred by the water will be prevented from penetrating to been forwarded to Government, after being ad- Mr. Hazeland told the Chinaman that he various individuals against others, many of the brickwork;
opted by the Board.
had no business to be mixing with sailors at them highly placed officials,, it does not in-
one o'clock in the morning and that it, served spire one with confidence in the future of A TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted in Saitama-
him right. Japan, and will-not-tend to increase her Ken on the 17th ult, says the Japan Daily credit with European Governments, as being fail. A man nämed Yoshikawa Ichizo, living a Power with whom it is advisable to be on is Kami-mura, Ozatogori, Saitaina-Ken, killed
his whole family of seven persons about friendly terms.
p.m. and afterwards hanged himself in the kitchen. In the morning the neighbours
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It would be advisable if Japan would adopt the motto festina, lente, and give her income time to adjust itself to the needs of
Resumption of Insanitary or Obstructive Buildings-The same remarks apply to this question.
The bluejacket was discharged,
SURVEYORS ASSAULTED:
Mr. E. Osborne: "Disinfect the six houses. on each side of the corpse on both sides of Iand. If that doesn't stop it, fine the occupants."
Mr. A. W. Brewin Fining the occupants. would be preferable to disinfection. To make disinfection a punishment' will only make it: more obnoxious to the Chinese. The Govern- ment should be requested to ask the Govern ment of India forinformation as to the method of combating the plague in that country, 1 believe that fliere was there the same united opposition to the enforcement of sanitary mea sures as there is here.""
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Mr. Oshome suggested that as whatever had been done in the way of stamping out plague, members of the Board might express their had met with Chinese objections, the Chinese
views.
Mr. Chan A Fook pointed out that the Chinese Commercial Union had gone to a great deal of trouble to make the Chinese acquainted with the rules and regulations. He thought that fines levied on the houses near. which a dead body was found would be a hard- ship,
Dr. Bell was-of-opinion that something nust be done to check this practice. He suggested die lining of the inmates of the houses on both sides of the street in the vicinity, where a body from Chinese lodging houses. was found. He was sure most of the cy
A man with plague did not die suddenly, and these keepers knew well that if it became. known a plague case becurred on their pre- mises, the house would be disinfected To prevent this, the sick man was bundled out at the first opportunity and left to die in the street. He was in favour of the suggestion to disinfect stir these people to keep a watcliman to see tie houses opposite, and thought that would where the body came from. The practice, un- loss vigorously dealt with, would continue until someone got ten years' hard labour or perhaps was bung. He believed that the lead- ing Chinese had tried to do something 10 ameliorate the evil, but it was an evil that required, as he had already said, the most. stringent remedies.
On 24th ulto, a party of three Indian sur. Mr. Fung Wa Chun did dot agree with the veyors, employed by Government were busy proposal to disinfect the house opposite to surveying the cultivated land around Mui Wo where a body was discovered. He had seen, to the surveying operations and a party of ten or an infant, and that could not possibly have: village, on Lantao Island. The villagers objected close to Mr. Chater's house, the dead body of a dozen attacked the surveyors with bamboos come from Mr. Chater's house. (Laughter.) and destroyed a brass right-angle, value $7. As to what Dr. Bell had said regarding the The matter was reported at Tung Police Station improbability of a dead body having been car and, on the 29th ulto, two men were arrested ried more than twenty or thirty yards, it was assault and damaging the surveying instrument ten feet-- and were to duy charged before Mr. Kemp with just as casy to carry it that distance as to carry mentioned above. The defendants stated that
He thought the best plan would be to station
Urgent Need of Urinals-In June last year a sub committee consisting of the Medical Officer of Health; Dr. Lowson, Mr. Mckie, and Mr. Osborne, made a report on this subject and recommended sites for. 13 urinals. This is a subject which the Board should continue her expenditure. This, we believe, cannot of the unfortunate family entertained suspicion to urge on the Government, as the need for
pressing ve done if she adheres to a policy of a large on seeing the doors of the Intter's house closed. more urinals is becoming more and more We are of opinion that the time has Davy programme, and the heavy subsidising On forcibly opening the doors they were hor [488c of steamship lines. If a steamer will not rified to find the entire family of seven killed arrived to put a stop to the practice of de carn a dividend without a subsidy, then she and lying in a pool of blood, while the master potting moribund infants at the doors of the would be an easy means of preventing this is not capable of defraying her original cost, of the house had hanged himself in the kitchen would be a watch on duty at night but is really a source of loss. Whatever The family consisted of eight persons, includsomewhat barbarous practice.
6. Reservation the destroyed some young and corners scheme of increased taxation may being the murderer himself, his father named THE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN resolved of, plans, for retrenchment of ra tigern, bis wife named Olsaya, four daugh by European Rary Vation in the New Terrifice by dra-ging their surveying chain gorges ters and one son, all of whom were killed in mittee have made a recommendation on this it Mr. Kemp.fined one man' three dollars or expenditure should also be adopted.
ten days and bound the other in a personal band subject. a most brutal manner, probably with a big
of Sas-to-keep the peace for three months. * kitchen-knife. The affair was immediately reported to the Urawa Chibo Saibansho. The procurator, clerk and physician of the Court proceeded to the scene of the tragedy and con- ducted the necessary examinations. The exact cause of this fearful butchery remains unknown, but it is supposed to be due to the murderer's insanity, brought about by his brooding nyer family troubles, as he was badly involved in
respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK
Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Cuffs and Collar renewed on old ones."
Ladies and Children's Under-clothing: C dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, Materials can be supplied, if required.
The Superioress will also be most grateful for any PAPER, or old ENVELOPES to be made into Books for the Children of the Poor Schools,
who are taught by the Sisters.
WEATHER REPORT,
The Observatory report says;~~ On the 3rd at 12:10 pm the barometer has risen over the Sea of Japan, fallen on the E. const of China A depression is advancing towards the latter area from the Westward. Gradients slight for S. and S.W. winds in S. China, Forecast Moderate S.W. winds;
OPIUM
detectives sect policemen in the campers of froin being carried from one street, into another. Mr. May explained that to disinfect a house, unless it was unclean, would not be legal With regard to the stationing of policemen at Carners, he reminded the Board that there was a limit to the number of policemen. He had done his best, and he confessed that he had failed. He concluded by suggesting that the Board recommend the Goverment to, take powers to levy, a fine not exceeding $50 uppa the occupants of houses hearest to the place where body with infectious disease was Three passengers, by the 8.song ice found, in any of the streets of the Gity of Mr. AW. Brewing I do not see that the pleaded guilty before Mr. Hazeland this morn Victoria and in the villages of Yaumati tud practice of taking a moribund, Infant to a conting, to the possession of prepared opjem pita/4 Hup Homes
The following minutes were appended :---- The President: Please circulate. I think, in view of the recent epidemic of smallpox, some recommendations should go forward from the Board on lines such as those suggested by the M. H. in his report"
Mr. Osborne: "Depositing Infants dying of infectious disease at the doors of a convent prevent all possibility of discovering the source of infection, and does not afford, the infant
much chance of recovery."
Chan Iu, a coolie of no fixed abode had a couple of thele, of prepared opium, without a valil certificatesing unable to pay the $10 demanded by Mr. Hazeland, he went to gaol
for six weeks,
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