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TIENTSIN DAY BY DAYA

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

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TIENTSIN, October 7th. If I should here and there intersperse my news to-day with "last quarter, 308; came in fresh as paint" or something of that sort, you will kindly make allowances for our being in the throes of training season. Ticatsin has the malady father badly cash half-year especially when there is a record bunch of griffins as there appears to be t is Autump. Very few escape infection, and it is a sight for the Gods to see serious Lusiness men, and ly-a-bed youngsters all streaming race-course" trards at 6 a.m. these fine crisp mornings; those who ha e traps driving, but a few enthusiasts who do not possess horseflesh biking father than not be there The training season is the grantes virtue this bi-annual inadness can' boast, It is distinctly benthy for all these folks to be out and about at suatise, and there is the added advantage that in order to do it they, have to relize early at night. But you-doubtless have just the same thing in longkong, "It is worthy of I card however, that since the trouble our race metings have been much bigger events than formerly and if the money changing hands iş any crit rion of prosperity one would say d siege is rather a good commercial investment Older bands du inat regard with favour the up- ward tendency in the booking however, and shake their head over young men taking headers of $1,000 or 3,000 at a loss.

AN IMPORTANT EDICT.

In official circles the most interesting event has been the issue of an Edict which is by far the most promising thing in Edicts we have had for some time. It is dated the ith oth

MOOR.

"We have already issued Edicts to all pro- vinces ordering that promising pupils be sent to foreign countries to study. Recently many have gone to Japan beca se the expense of going to Europe is much greater, and the officials too consider this when they selec students to go abroad, and send them to japan to sare expense. We now onder that the most intelligent and suitable students be selecled for foreign study, and that the officials send them to Europe to learn special sciences, that they may be fitted for the imperial service without loss of time."

APPOINTMENT CANCELLED

A Ceasor nained Ko has just memoralised the Throne against an official named Huang, the newly appointed prefect to a district in Sezchuan He points out that Huang was an open supporter of the Boxers in 1900, and quite as deserving of punishment as any of the officials He say though his offences in the past may be forgiven it is madness to appoint him to a province where Boxerism is in full swing. Owing to this "memorial Huang's appointment has been cancelled.

BWARE!

The recent entertainment of foreign ladies at the Summer Palace appears by all accounts to have gone off pleasantly. In course of time the Litter feeling which these receptions evoke will presumably become dulled, and we shall grow to regard as possibly, he best safe guard against another treacherous attack to accept the Dowager's hospitality. But just at present, and knowing that such thorough rascals as Jungu and Eunuch Li ate in favour of them, one is still tempted to regard this lavish hos pitality as having some sinister intents, Many will argue that having walked and talked with, may even embraced the hitherto un- known "foreign devil" the E.D. and her

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1902.

minions cannot make plans in the future for their destruction. But alas Eastern history bounds in records of treachery as dark as even this would be. We can but hope it may be so, but not with the assurance of sound convictions

On the 3rd inst the Legation ladies, ac companied by virtually all the ladies in the Legation circle, went in chairs to the Wang Shao su, where they boarded four state barges towed by a steam launch to the Summer Palace. On arrival they were conducted by the Eunuch Li and Na Tung to the Yu Lan Hall. After the ceremonial reception the Ems press Dowager left the dias and cordially shook bands with them. They then sat down to a ban. quet in the So Shap Hall. There were swotables, one presided over by the Empress Dowager, Emperor and Empress, the other by Prince Ching, Wang-wen-ahoo, Na Tung" and Ljen Fang. There was a constant dow of convers- tion and much cordial talk between the hosts and their guests. After lunch the whole party¦ wept in boats on the Kiyên Min Lake, and had tea at a plice called Sung Wang Ahao, where the Dowager presented each gust with a painting by berself. She also gave them the usual rings, etc. Among the party were

two or three young girls from Ticatsin,-and-it was speedily discovered that these young ladies could speak Chinese fuently, and in the course of the visit the Dowager was observed chatting away to them in the friendliest possible way, though their command of Court phraseology was probably limited..

CHÊNGTU BAIDED BY BOXERS.

GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION,"

the North Gate The he, gars of that vicinity rushed into the city and shouted" The boxera are coming,” Everybody - alarmed" dropped |- what they had and ran, whereupon the beggars gathered together what booty they convenient- ly could and retired. In the afternoon business was resumed. “

Wednesday, Thursday-Peace again reigns through the city and there is an undercurrent of chagrin that the whole city could be so de moralised over twenty or thirty Boxers. One lesson from this excitement is that the people in Chengtu are not adverse to the foreigners, and that there is now little ́ if any sympathy with the Boxers, who are looked upon as brigands. The feeling is general that when the new Viceroy arrives the country will soon clear up. It is very strange, yet true, that the prosent Viceroy has lost his grip. It will be a great relief to him when his successor arrives, which, according to latest advices, will not be until the 25th.

Business is suffering to such an extent that all the merchants will hail a cessation of the trou- bles.

INDIA'S RELIGIONS.

HUGE TOTALS, AND MAN'S WAR WITH BEAST.

India's weal and woe are expressed in some astonishing figures in the Statistical Anstract for 1901. The vast population of our Empire in the East is almost réalisable when we read that

it contains 158,868 blind people, 196,861 deaf mites, 74.279 insane, and 126,214 lepers. That phrase "the sum of human misery" takes on a new meaning after reading this.

The religious statistics are interesting. The

Hindus outnumber all others with a total of 20711,727; nest come Mohammedans, 57/321 104: aboriginals, 9,280,457; and so on down the list.

Of Christians there are 2,664,313 natives. 9,251 Eurasians, and 169,677 Europeana.

Europeans, and only 305,917 natives. The dis- crepancy doubtless is accounted for, by the fact that a larger proportion of the Roman Catholic while people are missionaries.

India possesses 6,807 newspapers printed in the vernacular.

Writing from Chengtu on the 18th Septem ber a correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News sends the following description of the recent raid by Boxers in Chengtu Monday. At.an early hour the whole city was thrown into a

The Roman Catholics almost equal the state of wildest confusion. The Boxers bad number of all the other Christian divisons put entered the city and were destroying the Great together, their total being swelled by the East Street The people were so panic-stricken 1,127,595 natives set down as Roman Catholics. that had a couple of hundred Men instead of It is interesting to note this in view of the i a cruple of tens entered they might have plus-total-of-only-33-964-Roman-Gatholic-whites dered the city with little resistance, As no. The figures for the English Church are 111,764 one could spank definitely the merchants and people stood behind their closed doors in a state of abject fear. Twenty or thirty mer armed with swords had made their way into the city and directed their course toward the Viceroy's amén. It is said the Viceroy called in his body gutad and closed the gates of his yaman. Whether the Boxers expected to be joined by others who had previously entered the city or whether they were hypnotised and entered the cit duped by their leaders it is hard to say. They reached the heart of the city and almost the donrs of the Viceroy's yamên before any re sisting power was met. They were encounter. ed on one of the large silk streets finally, and an engagement followed in which as many soldiers were killed as Boxers. Following this was a rice panic, as everybody rashed to the rice shops and rice went up to a dangerous price considering that there

were 30,000 visitors in the city...

Tuesday, 16th.-This morning about 9 a.m. Chêngtu was again in the clutches of a panic. The excitement of yesterday had so unnerve the people that on the first cry of alarm they were ready to close their shops or houses. The panic spread so rapidly that in an incredibly

short time all business was suspended and the city gates closed. it was rumoured that an attack was made on the R. C. mission outside

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Last year the wild animals destroyed for the ske of the Government rewards were as i follows:-17,250 beasts and 87,910 snakes. On the whole the animals got the best of the fighting For we read that there were 25,833 human beings, and 91.430 cattle killed by wild beast and snakes last year.

ANARCHIST'S MURDEROUS

THREAT.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.

ROME, 12th September.

A telegram from Lecce to the Tribuna says that a min named Salombrino was bathing at S. Cataldo, on the Adriatic, when he found in the water a tightly sealed battle. Inside was a sheet of paper, bering the following message:

Long live anarchy! Death to tyrants P.8. On the soonest possible day, the Emperor of all monarchs, is donmed to be slain.-(Signed) Austria, the most cowardly, most oppressive of

July, 1902. A Man from Trieste, en voyage for Italy.

in the hope of making something of the mystery; but the boats which cross the Adria-, tir from one of which the bottle was evidently thrown, are legion.

The police have taken charge of the bottle

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