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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1902.

To-day's Advertisements.

HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION,

Intimation.

·SERIOUS STRIKE AT BARGELONA.

"A serious strike involving Boooo men is in progress at Barcelona, and business is para lyzed. Frequent collisions between the

The 22nd instant, will be for the Short THE COMPETITION on SATURDAY, A. S. WATSON & CO., strikers and troops have taken place, and

Range Cup and Spoons. Ranges 300, 500 Entrance and 600 yards; Usual conditions.

Fee for Cup 51. Firing to commence at 2.30

P.M.

MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE, Hon. Secretary.

Hongkong, 20th February, 1902,

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED.

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FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW.

HE Company's Steamship.

TH

"HAITAN,"

Captain Roach, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SUNDAY, the 23rd instant, at Daylight.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 20th Fehinary, 1902.

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841.

FOR THE RACES.

CHAMPAGNE,

Jules Mumm & Co. Reims as supplied to Imperial and Royal Courts of Europe.

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DRY AND EXTRA DRT. Por, dozen Quarts.........$48.00 Per 2 dozen Pints

....$50.00

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR MANILA VIA AMOY.

THE Company's Steamship

"YUENSANG". Captain P. H. Rolle, will be despatched as above. on MONDAY, the 24th instani, at 4 P.M..

This Steamer has Superior Accommodation for First class Passengers, is fitted throughout

with Electric Light, and carries a Doctor.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

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JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,

General Managers. Hongkong, 20th February, 1902, OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM- SHIP COMPANY.

Co

NOTICE. "ONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship

'GAELIC." are hereby notified that their Goods are at their landed into our Godowns at Wanchai and risk being discharged into Lighters and/or delivery may be had either from Lighters or from our Godowns upon countersignature of Bills of Lading-

Goods remaining unclaimed after the 27th instant, will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance has been effected, v

J. S. VAN BUREN,,

Agent. Hongkong, 20th February, 1902,

Auction.

PUBLIC AUCTION

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ABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY

VALUABLE

situate at

YAUMATI, KOWLOON,

IN 4 LOTS, on

FRIDAY, the 14th March, 1902, at 3 P.M.,

At his Auction Kooms,

...

by.

Mr. GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.

LOT 1-All that piece of ground intended to be registered in the Land Office as Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 911.

LOT 2-All that piece of ground intended to be registered in the Land Office as The Remaining Portion of Kowloon Island Lot No. 911.

LOT 3-All that piece of ground intended to be registered in the Land Office as Section- A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 912.

LOT 4-All that piece of ground intended to be registered in the Lani Uffice as The Remaining Portion of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 9.2.

Each of the above Lots contains an area of 6,375 square feet or thereabouts.

For further particulars, apply to:--

casualties variously estimated at from 58 to 75 in killed and wounded are reported.

LATER.

THL GERMANS AT SHANGHAI,

In the Reichstag, Baron von Richthofen, German Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that a German battalion would still be re- quired at Shanghai owing to the importance of this "point d'appui" to Germany in the absence of a nearer base.

The speaker added that the Government, while preserving Germany's position there, would, as far as possible, consider the finan- cial resources of the Empire.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

DRITISH SHIPBUILDING Ships built in Great Britain in 19or show a tonnage of 5,524,739, which is 82,000 tons above the year ** 1900, which was the previous record. BYE-ELECTIONThe election for the seat at Hampstead rendered vacant by the retire ment of Mr. Hoare has resulted in the retum of Mr. Milvain, Conservative candidate, by a majority of 1,735 votes over Mr. Rowe, Libern! candidate, who polled 2,118 against 3,843 polled by Mr. Milvain.

A TEMPERANCE LESSON: "1," said the temperance man "strongly object to the custom of christening ships with champagne" don't replied the other man: "I think there's a temperance lesson in it." "How can that be? Well, immediately after the first, bottle of wine the ship takes to water and sticks to it ever after.."

JULES VERNE has been prophesying for the New York World the scientific achievements of the twentieth century. Among other things, he mentions, the dynamite airship is to replace the ocean liner, cigar-shaped trains will run zoo miles an hour, the Atlantic will be tunnelled, THE RUSSIAN NAVY has been ordered to the auto-house will become as familiar as the devote increased attention to ballooning.

houseboat, while submarine yachts will carry A high class wine, well known to THE PATERSON FIRE-A Washington shark-fighting sportsmen, connoisseurs and a favourite at Good-telegram to the Shanghe Temer rettes that TWO FRENCH AERONAUTS, Captain the damage caused by the recent fire at Pater-Debureaux and M. Castillon de Saint-Victor, son, New Jersey, agregates over eight million have formed a plan for crossing the Great wood and Ascot Meetings, &c.

gold dollars.

Desert in a balloon. Their belief in the HEIR TO THRONE OF CHINA:-Peking practical possibility of the achievement is despatches state. A leading physician of the based on the theory that at a particular time of Imperial Household has reported Her Majesty year the wind blows steadily from the north east to south-west, so that it would carry a the Empress to be enceinte. If this news

balloon from Southern Tunisia to Senegal or proves true, it may go a very long way to settle the Niger with unfailing certainty, the future of the Chinese throne.

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SCOTCH WHISKY,

Watson's celebrated

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COGNAC BRANDY,

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PORT AND SHERRY,

of the finest vintages.

RAINIER BEER,

pcr

the finest American Beer in the

market.

CIGARS AND CIGARETTES.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY..

THE FRENCH MAILSTEAMER ANNAM

which was due with the mail from Europe this week has met with an accident and has been detained at Suez for repairs. The mail will consequently be delayed, and will probably not

arrive here till about the 26th inst.

..

SOLDIERS STOWED IN BARRELS-A novel method of what appears to be attempted desertion by three troopers of Hussar and Lancers at Canterbury is reported from Sand- wich. It is stated that the men managed to board a goods train at Canterbury and secrete themselves in some empty barrels. Something. wrong was suspected at Grove Ferry, and a telegram was sent to Sandwich, where a search resulted in the arrest of the soldiers.

FIRE AT TIENTSIN: The Japanese Com- missariat Depot, on Victoria Road, has been entirely destroyed by fire. It was a tremendous blaze, many thousand tons of coal, fodder, and

· ARMOR · PLATE TESTS:-The naval au other supplies being stacked there. The thorities at Portsmouth are engaged in a series damage runs into millions of dollars,

of important armor-plate tests. For the first. STRANGE U. S. ARMY LAW-Washing-time upon record the two-inch armor used in top, February 14th-Captain Deeming, of the volunteer service, tried by court-martial for some infraction of army regulations, has raised the objection that, as a volunteer and a citizen, he cannot be tried by regular army officers, and his objection is upheld by the courts. In consequence, about two hundred volunteers, officers and men, now undergoing sentence at various places throughout the States, on con- victions by regulars, will have to be released. -Shanghat Times. CEMETERY FOR CATS-According to an advertisement in La Fronde, the paper written and edited by women, a company has just been formed with a capital of £14,000 to

The Hongkong Celegraph establish a cemetery for cats and other demesin

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1982.

TELEGRAMS.

protective decks, gun positions, and which is to form the splinter screens behind the guns in the central battery of our new 16,500 ton battle. ships, is being tested in proof cells. It has so far shown satisfactory resisting power, Some 4 inch samples of the plates being manufac tured to clothe armored craisers of the Kent class, have also satisfactorily endured the official test.

SHALLWE REACH THIS STAGE? Frederic Villiers, the well-known war artist and corre spondent, a contemporary states, once saw the following sign in a

prominent hotel in an Australian town where water was scarce "Please don't use soap when washing, as the water is required for tea. This calls to mind animals. A grave for three years costs 125,

the late Mr. E. J. Lonnen's story of a similar 6d., for five years £1, and so on up to thirty experience in Johannesburg at the time of the years, which costs £4. The board does not Raid. There was a water famine at that per permit any crosses to be erected, or any names ind-water is always more or less scarce în of owners to be inscribed on the tombstones. Johannesburg-and while he was taking a The cemetery is divided into separate en-aftemoon bath in his hotel there was a knock.. closures for dogs, cats, birds, and miscellaneous at the door and a voice said, "Don't let the water run off when you've finished. The cook A CHARMING STORY ABOUT RATS wants it for the soup to-night,” Nature Notes mentions a curious incident WAS CAPT. COOK EATEN BY MISTAKE which was witnessed at Belper, a small town According to information from Honolulu to not far from Derby. Late one afternoon three rats were seen crossing a yard from the directhe American Press, the old Hawaiian chiefs

animals.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM. Special to the "Hongkong Telegraph.), THE MERCANTILE MARINE.

SHIPOWNERS AND OFFICERS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI, February 20th. ↑ The Shanghai Shipowners have [1998 amounced that they will give their

decision as to the granting or other-or wise of the rise of pay demanded by that

EWENS & HARSTON, Vendor's Solicitors,

or to GEO. PLAMMERT, Auctioneer. Hongkong, 15th February, 1902.

WILLIAM POWELL,

28 & 34, Queen's Road.

THE BEST STORE

FOR

Ltd.

Beds, Bedding, Carpets, Rugs, Cooking Ranges, Stores of all kinds, Household Linen, &c., &c.

Hongkong, 19th February, 1992.

"

BANJOS

STEWART AND BAUER'S

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20th Century" and ". Thoroughbred

also

WASHBURNS."

MANDOLINES, GUITARS, STRINGS, FITTINGS, REPAIRS.

Hongkong, 28th January, 1902,

THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LIMITED, Hongkong, Shanghai & Singapore,

1953

the Mercantile Marine Officers on Saturday next...

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. AMERICA AND THE DANISH WEST INDIES.

LONDON, February 17th. The American Senate has ratified the treaty ceding the Danish West Indies to the United States.

WEI-HAI-WEI.

Mr. Arnold-Forster, Secretary to the Ad- miralty, states that Wei-hai-wei will still be used as a naval base for many purposes. "

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of a child than a rat, so he opend. the door,

ANOTHER HEAVY GALE raged in Eng- land and Western Europe on the rat inst, and all telephones and telegraphs were dislocated. The Channel servicò was very considerably dis- ordered. The Ostend packet, Marie Henriette, with a disabled paddle drifted in the storm off Ostend for several days, f

BOYS, BEWARE! It is the unanimous opinion of teachers that boys who smoke ciga- rattes, cannot concentrate their minds, and at once exhibit deficiencies in their capabilities for leaming. Failing memory, incontinuity of thought, nervous excitement, physical debility, and muscular.tremor, are to be noted among the early manifestations of the cigarette habit in boys,

LANGUAGE QUESTION IN MALTA: A debate took place in the House of Commons recently on the substitution of English for Italian as the official language at Malta, Mr. Chamberlain announced that he was prepared to formally withdraw the proclamation issued. on the subject, as he was most anxious to remove the pain and irritation it had caused Italy. The friendship between England and Italy, he said, was a national asset of both countries.

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE AGREEMENT: Washington, February 14th-Interviews with members of the Administration all show

that, as far as can be ascertained, Congress is warmly in favour of the Anglo-Japanese alli- ance, and the United States, while making no pledge, will give moral support, for the avowed object of checkmating Russia's schemes for closing the "open door." Practically it is a triple alliance to defend "equal rights for all," but to antagonise nobody,~Shanghat Times,

THE S.S."CLAVERDALE.”

SAFETY OF SHIP AND CARGO. Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. write to us as follows :----

According to telegraphic news just to hand, the report of the 5.5. Claverdale being total loss is unfounded, she has been ashore but got off and proceeded on her voyago,

THE MERCANTILE MARINE.

SHIPOWNERS AND OFFICERS,

A meeting of Officers of the Mercantile Marine was held at Connaught House Hotel last evening at 8.30, and was well attended; several members of the Shanghai Committee

being present.

In opening the meeting the Secretary said - Gentlemen, the object of this evening's meeting is to discuss what further steps are to be taken with regard to approaching the owners with respect to the rise of pay already asked for, As you are aware, a letter asking for the rise was sent in to the various owners on the ixth inst. and this they have utterly ignored. The question is are we to allow our reasonable request to be thus calmly ignored, or are we to send in a second letter and, in the event of its being similarly ignored, cease work?

A telegram has to-day been received from the Shanghai Committee saying that the owners have promised an increate gat have not stated the amount, and, pending further particulars,

the Shanghai Committee has suspended, its meetings.

In the event of our deciding to press ove claim, are we to stand out for the full amount. asked, or are we to accept whatever rise Shanghai agrees to 7. These, Gentlemen, are the questions before us, and if we hope to succeed we must come to some definite con- clusion to-night.

A discussion then followed as the advisability of sending in a second letter to the Owners,

A

tion of the fowl-house. One rat had a ben's are anxious to correct a detail of bistory regard- but the proposal was overruled on the ground egg between its fore legs and its mouth, anding the death of Capt. Cook, the famous that in the event of a wire being received from. was being carried by the other two, one at each explorer. They claim that they have an Shanghai ordering the men out, they would end; that is, they were carrying in their mouths irrefutable series of tradition which absolutely have to await a reply from the Owners and so contradicts the charge of cannibalism could not come out simultaneously with their the other rat with its back downwards. A day

made against the Sandwich Islanders Shanghai colleagues, two afterwards the correspondent, heard a squealing noise in the fowl-house, more like in the matter. According to this new version, Capt. Cook was killed and part of his body eaten, but it was by children and under a mistaken impression that that calabash which contained the famous ex plorer's body held nothing more than pig. The body had been cut up with a view to mak ing an offering to the gods, and the pieces placed in a separate calabash as an offering to the deity of the sea. There, they were discovered by some children, who ate the fesh under the

and there was a rat on his back, with the egg as before mentioned, and two others endeavor ing to raise him up and take him away. AN UNPLEASANT PREDICAMENT One of the largest boarding establishments in Shanghai was thrown into a state of consterna tion on Friday evening on account of China New Year, says the Shanghai Times; the entire gang of servants disappeared, after having impression that it was pig. The natives still pocketed their January wages and New Year point out the spot on Kone, Hawaii, where this

cumshaws" into the bargain. They are to be is said to have taken place. apprehended and haled before the Mixed Court

to ba

on Thursday. It is by no means unusual to COST OF LONDON GOVERNMENT have desertions on a small scale at this time of The gross cost of London government every the year, but when it comes to two or three year is calculated at 13,391,379, but to this enormous figure must be added a sum of dozen hungry boarders being left to starve, clean their own boots and empty their own. £2,611,494, which gives a total of £16,002,873

head of population. The wash basins, the customary native salutation or about £3 125 per he

borough councils spend £2,884,850; the hoards. "Kung-yi-fat-joy" is turned to sorrow! The Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg is WHERE KIPLING IS STAYING:-Mr. 2,402,951; and the London County Council

of guardians, £2,513,714, the School Board,

4,247,86% No single local authority in London, it is asserted in the new edition of the "London Manual," ever levies na rate which

dead.

OBITUARY.

ENGLAND AND JAPAN. THE CILMOUR ASSAULT CASE.

Rudyard Kipling is at present with his family at Woolsack Cottage, a charming little re- treat in a corner of Mr. Cecil Rhodes' estate at

It was then proposed and carried that the Southern Officers should stand out for the. full increase demanded, and that a tele. gram announcing such decision should be sent to the Shanghai, Committee immedia- tely after the meeting and asking for a decisive reply as to the Shanghai Committee's intentions, as the men here were dissatisfied. with the vague, wording of the message. received that day. In the event of the reply- being to cease work that the cable be sent on to all ships in port and the twenty-four hours' notice decided upon by Shanghai be immediately given to the Owners, Canton and all outports served by the Southern vessels being informed,

A proposition regarding the advisability of the establishment of a Bercantile Marine Officers. Association at Hongkong was carried un- animously,

The meeting then adjourned...

At a meeting held at Shanghai on 10th inst.,, decisions were come to at which 40 officers were present the following

To give Owners till the 17th February to

reply to letter.;

"If no reply is received to send a final letter

Rondebosch, near Cape Town. Toda fairly represents its pwr

its own expenditure. In the in, requesting favourable reply by the 21st, Lord Lansdowne stated in the House of ature dwelling-place was built by Mr. Khodes, Lords that the Japanese Government had some years ago, as a sort of hermitage when first place, neary every authority receives some failing which we shall be forced to take such replied to the British representations in re- he wished, as he often does, to be quite away portion of the imperial subventions; and the measures as we may deem necessary ference to the Gilmour case, and that the from all human society. On the occasion of rates levied for the London School Board,It is father agreed that officers shall leave responsible officials would be punished. If Mr. Rudyard Ripling's first visit to the Cape, and the Metropolitan Police may be taken to their ships in the Outports if a strike is agreed Mr. Gilmour wished for redress he was re-

come few years ago, says To-day, he was represent the balance of their annual expend. commended by the Japanese to proceed much struck with the beauties of this spot, and iture. But the rates of the two other county

against the officials by whose misconduct be had suffered. The British Government thought the proposal scarcely met the justice of the case and had asked Japan to recon sider the matter, and if possible indemnify Mr. Gilmour his costs in the case.

CRICKET.

THE FOURTH TEST MATCH,

February, 18th. Australia has won the fourth Text Match by seven wickets.

Mr. Rhodes at once offered to place it at his authorities the London County Count and disposal whenever he desired to occupy it, the Metropolitan Asylems Board with the result that the poet has been there the former) are used to" "raiso",

Bums not spent by them, but distributed among three times since. As his friends are aware, the various boards of guardians Mr. Kipling is by no means of a robust con- stitution, and he finds the dry, bracing air of the equalising expenditure. The County lower slopes of Table Mountain, on which moreover, levies the equlisation rate, the affect Woofsack. Cottage stands, of great benefit to off which is to spread a certain portion of

that him. It was in this spot, by the way, sanitary authorities expenditure rata

'the whole county much of the row famous Kim was written,

TOTTAM & CO NEW HATS for the

RACES.

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has not

a cable to that effect. hoon on the 20th a favourable reply received all officers in port will notice their Captains; and: on the 21st at noon.e be sent to

Mr. Black Mr. Hyde

Go.

Fover

and

to be sent to:

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NEW SCARVES and;

"TIES for the RACES.