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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Card mounts and card board in the very latest designs at Le Munyon's Advt.
THE police report that late yesterday evening a steam launch collided with and sunk a caro. junk. A Chinese woman died from shock,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1903.
TELEGRAMS.
(Renter's)})
Disaster in the Sandwich Islands.
LONDON, February. 9th.
A tidal wave and hurricane swept over the Society Islands on the 13th January A NATIVE.Cook employed at the Government by which 1,000 natives perished, and Bo is- Civil Hospital, was charged with stealing Sion, | lands were devastated. the property of Mr. G. G..Burnett, senior clerk
at the Post Office. He was sent to prison for four m nths.
A CHINESE workman employed on board of the United States transport Sh rman, now undergoing repairs in No. 1, drydock, Kow.
loon,' fell from the side of the ship and sustain- ed injuries that necessitated his removal to Hospital.
AM RRIAGE will shordy take place between - Mr. Lewis Johnston, the new Postmaster" General on his way out to Hongkong, and eldest son of the late Mr. W. Jahnston, M P. for Ballykilbeg, and Miss Jones-King, of Castle Ardglass,
There is nothing photographic that you can- not get at Le Munyon's. See his new mailing envelope. Advt.
The United States-Anti-Trust
-·· Bill.
TIENTSIN DAY BY DAY.
{From Our Own Correspondial.)
ROOSEVELT AND SILVER.
If President Roosevelt hopes to be the choice of the whole people instead of being TIENTSIN, 37th January.
the candidate of one party for a second term, The Volunteer affair with the medals was by no means fizzled out in a mere meeting (says the N. C. D. News), we can understand as the and a vote of rejection of the medals, minus his coming down into the arena the clasp. The whole corps are determined to champion of that forlorn damsel Silver, for his fight the matter through, as they believe they can will no doubt commend him to the are confronted with an act of deliberate in-silver wing of the Democratic party;, but justice or the part of some persons outside the that it can have any other lasting effect is inconceivable. Silver has ceased to be a War office. If investigation conclusively
precious metal, and has fallen to the law proves that the differential treatment of re-
estate of being a by-product of copper mines The House has passed an anti-Trust Billgulars and volunteers was the act of the Home which requires the great industrial combina. Authorities nothing can be done but iaveigh and lead mines. It was announced some time ago that with the adoption of modern methods of mining, silver could be produced re- tions to disclose their articles of incorpora- against those authorities in print with all a tion and financial compositions and condi. Britishers gusta, tions. The Bill prescribes restrictions and
uneratively at the rate of 24 ounces to the sterling, or the equivalent of tenpence aa ounce. The only possible way by penalties. Strenuous efforts are being made to induce the Senate to reject the Bill.
which stability in terms of gold can be assured to what is only an ordinary com inercial cominudity as s er has become, is for the Governments of world to buy the whole product and loup (as the United States once tried to do) o estroy all the str plus beyond what is required for subsidiary coinage or the arts.
CORRESPONDENCE.
"We do not necessarily endorse the opinions exprcised by Correspondeuse in this column.)
THE HONGKONG DERBY
To tur Kintok by the "Hongkong Telegraph."
Six-In your account of the longkang Der: by last evening you state that, "Diamond came No plague cases were reported during the day to grief, his rider being accidentally thrown ended noon of 7th inst., but for the two sub-pff the saddl." This was not the Ease. Din. sequent diys, terminating at noon on Monday, rond was going fit and well around the corner two further cases were notified, making a total when he was crossed by another horse and of 18 since January 1st. They occurred at 5. thrown to the ground, his fire-legs catching in Upper Rutter Street, and 530, Queen's Road; the crossing horse's hind legs. Thanking you
in anticipation,
West.
Pard
THE last performance of Paul Jours was played by the ill pujians 1 st night, and tos night, Thursday and Friday the Company will produce 4 Gaiety Girl: The last two performances will be on Saturday nexi, after- noon and evening, when 77.JZ.S. · Pinafore' will be on the boards,
Yours, &c..
Hongkong, 11th February.
OBSERVER.
“ĶIA 79; HÄRLEY STREET”
LADY JRUNE'S INFLUENCE AT THE
WAR OFFICE.
But indications rather
point to the origin of all the trouble being a little official con piracy to keep the volun- leers out of what was rightfully theirs. And The volunteers are going if possible to see the matter through. The local military authorities are very much annoyed at the turn affairs have taken, as the application forms were sen in to and, preserinably forwarded by, General Breagh, but whether they were properly filled in, or whether there was any qualification of the application added thereto are points which will never be satisfactorily settled unless the document itself can be inspected as received in LondonThere should be no insuperable difficulty in obtaining a sight of it in the War Office archives should say, and this would settle once and for all the disputed point. The Captain of the Volunteers affirms the form (which was the regulation printed military forms) The military was fully and prop rly filled in. authorities say it was not. If they saw any defects in the filling in, it was surely reason. able and just for them to point the mistake out, and not wittingly forward it in a contrary con- dition to what they knew was intended. Whichever way we take it, therefore the, respon- sibility of the slight upun the volunteers seems to be close at hand.
Of the total trade of the
world, the portion that is transacted with China and Mexico is comparatively insignificant. It might assist the foreign trade of those two countries to sent them financial experts who can show them how they may beneficially fall into line with the rest of the civilised world by
changing to the gold standard, but President Roosevelt vives away the whole question of
"establishing the stability of silver" when he provides that the proposed commission will not commit the United States to any change of her currency system. Meanwhile, to expect any relief from the silver lining to the financial cloud over China is à mere mockery.
DR. PENTECOST AND IRRELI- GION IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS
Concerning the non-churchgoing habits of tise American community in the Philippines, Dr.
OCEAN DAILY PAPERS,
(Concluded.),
To these objectious Mr. Marconi's people say.that "amateur experimenters" who do not know quite what they are about, must expect to find their experiments unsati, factory, and that, in any case, all wireless telegraphy should be under the control of one organisation. They even hint not very obscurely what organisation it should be. This aspect of the subject, how- ever, is quite outside the present notice which only concerns the amazing development in- dicated in Mr. Marconi's interview with New
York newspaper representatives last Saturday. In addition to providing the ocean newspaper with news, he claims to be able to send 200 words per minute across the Atlantic without the use of wires, and his London representa- tive, Mr. Hall, declares that the number of: words which may be sent per minute is really illimitable. It depends entirely on the number of transmitters at work and the proper tuning of the instruments. So far the Marconi Com- pany have made such progress that they have concluded contracts which depend upon their
apparatus on thồ Dutch. and German mail | steamers travelling between Kersör, and Kiet. The passage from Denmark to Germany by this route occupies five hours; and it is in- tended that the steamers shall keep in constant communication with each other and also with
and stations,—Daily Telegraph.
To-day's Advertisements.
THEATRE
CITY HALL.
ROYAL
POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN OPERA CO.
TO-NIGHT,
TO-MORROW, and FRIDAY NIGHT, 18th, 12th, 13th February, MA“ A GAIETY GIRL.”
ability to "tune," and these contracts were inade after a demonstration of its practicability, ! If such be the fatt, and there seems no sound i LAST TWO PERFormances NEXT SATURDAY
reason to doubt it, Mr.Marconi's claim that wire-¦.
less telegraphy will become so cheap and gencial that people will use it instead of the mails may yet be justified. The British Admiralty is an institution which does not as a rule accept
unproved inventions, and they have arranged with the Marconi Company to supply the Navy
with tuned instrument which will preserve a
proper insular reserve in the presence of foreign transmitters, and whose own vihrations
MATINEX AND EVENING.? H.M.S.PINAFORE."
Plans now open at Robinson's. Late trams and ferries during season. Hongkong, 1th February, 1903. [1480
PUBLIC AUCTION.
will decline to awaken a single responsive. THE Undersigned has received instructions
hrab in the bosom of the alien coherer. This is excellent, even though the obligation. of our own ships "speaking" only one at a time must still be adhered to. Meanwhile, in a” week or two the first ocean newspaper contain- ing the world's news of the preceding day will make its first appearance upon the astonished sea. One trembles to think what the effect would have been upon the Pilgrim Fathers if some "Marconied" barque had hailed the
North Atlantic Daily Telegraph on board, with the news of, say the progress of the early stages of the Thirty Years' War, or how their Inde- pendent brethren were faring at home is
in connection with the marriage of the War Secretury to Miss Stanley, a daughter of Lady Jeune. “Vanity For makes the following e-minent on Lady Jeune's "assoriation with whom he imprisoned for charging premium, Pentecost appears to have spoken out with no Mayflower, and passed a copy of the morning's
the War Office →
WHILST ond of the Star Ferry launches was crossing the harbour last evening a Ger- man fell over-board The launch was im- mediately stopped, and a companion jump- ed into the water and rescued his com rade. When picked up, be was in a state of semi-consciousness, and was immediately
W. I ATTE HURY, who was arreste 1 last week accused of having wielded an undue influence and then their release was largely due to the Protestants," says Dr. Pentecost, "do not in England under the stern measures of the
conveyed to the Government Civil Hospital.
It is an open secret that Lady Jeune is the Great Dame why, in journals enjoying much vogue and life information at first band, was on the Army, in a manner, the accusation was To understand true; in another, it was nut. the two things, it is necessary to understand Lady Jeune. Those who do not know her do and thers gossipy comments are moyed by jealousy, tempered by ignorance.
China New Year in the City promises to be a very skeleton feast. The whole of the busi- ness section is paralized by the arbitrary action of the Viceroy. The two luckless bankers
and kept in durance vile after they had paid a
little frankness and force. We are disposed to fine of 71s. 4.500 and Tis. 5,000 respectively, think that some of his remarks will find an have been released at last, but only on pay approving echo in the minds of many among meat of an additional fine of Tls. 15,000 each,
the more thoughtful of our residents "We influence of the Russo-Chinese Bank. Com-
any sense compel our public men to be Chris of the Minorians, but we do feel that it is within our pre- pradore in Peking and one Princes who sent a special messenger down vince in criticise such a unanimous non-religious If this is their from Peking to plead their cause. Yesterday, habit on the part of officials, native bankers forbidding any further business recognition of God it is not a malter to be done with native crders and notes, but wonder that almost the entire American
--- ofthe
community of Manila follow their example, and New Year, when impecunius ones are passing
that while we find the public race courses and
in a free handed settlement of all claims style,
bishops.
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on his arrival at Hongkong by the 55 Poen Sang, for embezzling a large sum of money from a incal firm at Manila, was brought before Mr. J. H. Kemp yesterday morning. Captain Green, of the Manila Police force, asked to have not understand her. They are the majority. I hear the Viceroy issued a circular to the attribute towards religion and the publicatie instrument syntonised with one at our
the case adjourned, and to allow the prisoner out on bail. Bail was fixed at $,000 and the case was adjourned until Thursday.
It is quite true that Lay jeune is a power power. All me and women who have made
Lavin
Wherethedevelopment of wireless telegmphy may end no man can say. The day may come when each of us will carry in our pockets a
of homes, or at our offices, but silent to all others, with which we may annihilate time and distance and communicate with our friends
and subterranean, which now disfigure the
од
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
MONDAY, the 16th February, 1903, at 3 P.M.,
at A “ÕENARA," The Residence of Staff Surgeon Canton, R.N., A QUANTITY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. (Full Particulars from Catalogue.) On View from SATURDAY, the 14th February. -- TERMS:-Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer, Hongkong, 11th February, 1903,
NOTICE:
A
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HONGKONG GENERAL' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 18th February, 1903, at 3.15 o'clock P.M., in the CHAMBER ROOM, CITY HALL, for the purpose of discussing the Question of LOCAL CURRENCY.
By Order,
Secretary.
A. R. LOWE,
Hongkong, 11th February, 1903,
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in the lans; but's ctg in no way, a corrupt these mystic documents from one to the other the fields of sport crowded, the social clubs of the independent of the web of wires, acrial PERSEVERANCE RAD LODGE OF It is the Century, Jintance like her, and like her daugh is nothing shon of disastrous, and if this sort of City in full blast, public business in full swing land. It may even be that a pocket telephone
have just received from the factory the very latest hand cameras. To see
iers, Slis and her daughters, therefore, are at, the heart of great affairs; which is to say that, if any young fellow in the Areny or Navy wants a means to make bis ambition and bis capacity
to fulfil it known to those who can give him
the chaare, he goes to Lady Jeune and asks her to invite him to luncheonor to dinner to mee: the man through knowledge of whoin- through whose approval-he can gain his end;
thing goes on the trodden worm will turn.
HONGKONG, No. 1,165, may yet come which, prajecting its vibrations; A LODGE will be held in the FREE- REGULAR MEETING of the above
I have heard it suggested that Yuan is de. practically empty and the worship of God, througli the all-pervading ether, may agitate MASONS' HALL, Zetland Street, on MONDAY,
liberately wrecking trade interests in the City in the hope of thereby crippling foreign trade interests with it, and there seems little question that if the present policy and tightness of silver can be maintained for a year or two, a very big step will have been taken towards depopula ting North China of foreign importers at least,
on the Sabbath day, the houses of worship are
under whose blessing we have become so great Such a people, almost totally abandoned, habits, especially in official circles are utterly inconsistent with the declaration of our honored Governor, quoted in acother place, namely that "The founders of our Government were pro foundly convinced that religion must be up- held for the benefit of the state and that it was
the attuned tympanum of another else the 16th instant, at $ for 5.30 p.m. precisely, where. Or some culminating genius may arise: Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend. who will devise a mechanism so delicate that a Hongkong, 11th February, 1903, (1698
M. S. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THE Company's Steamship
"ARAB,"
graduated scale attached to our pocket tele- catch the voice of anyone the rate of vibration phone will enable us to set the instrument to
of whose vocal chords we have previously as
THE Japan Times says.-The new Customs House at the free port of Dalay, over the establishn.ct of, which some controversies have arisen between Russia and China, was formally opened on the 14th ulto, the Russian New Year's day. China's contention is to bring the Dainy Customs under the control of the which, though incidentally, personal, is always and if produce was simultaneously cut off, as the basis for the morality of the citizen." In certained and recorded in the diary which Imperial Chinese Customs. At present it is under the joint superintendence of the Russian and the British members of the Chinese & Custons.
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primarily towards the good of the State. Why this should be made a matter of blame to Lady Jeune i cannot see. Men must lunch and dine soa ewhere; they naturally lunch and dine acquaintance and influence they desire to where they may meet that other man whose
cultivate.
The Universal Gazelle's Peking correspon dent writes that Governor Wang Chih-chun of Kwangai recently memorialized the Throne an the present condition of affairs in that province,
To put the thing quite plainly: is it and, among other things, he stated that the wrong for a man (even if he be a Dukej, who regions on the right bank of the West River years to go to a war in defence of England,
were comparatively quiet, but the rebels on the
to wish himself put into the way of gelling left bank of the River had again broken out,
there? If his way to the war is via 79 Harley- making Chiang chout and Pinchow their head-siteel, that is the fault writher of himself nor of quarters. In consequence the Governer in Lady Jeune. It is the fault--if fauls there be tended to make Linchow his basis of operations against them. The l'eking authorities were surprised that after having repeatedly received reports of su cess of the Government troops in Kwangsi, the Governor should now report that the rebels had again broken out, showing that his previous reports of victories could not be all true In consequence the Court issued a command to the Govern on the roth ultimo to hasten his operations.
Ten the usand dollars' worth of photo supplies just received on last Empress and Nippo Alure of every description, A Le Munyon's.--Adut,
ANG the passengers per the French Mail
at all of the Department of Government which controls the affairs of war. This Depart. ment should have means of knowing at the soldiers in the county, and of judging their merits fairly. If it have to administer itself (and, incidentally, the affairs of the Empire) by social, casual, means, it stands confessed; and there the matter rests. If the War Office is so inefficient that it yields its responsibility to (or derives the responsibility frum) a salon, that is because the country is insufficiently concerned in its own affair. Every nation has the Govern. ment which it deserves.
"In our day no Great Lady has sought big vicaricus power. In our day it has come to I ady jeune without her having sought it. Her house is the resort of eminent men and ambi-
teriorate.
was attempted in 1991, the attraction of this part for commercial men would rapidly de- Whether, however, the Viceroy or any other Chinaman is so far sighted or patient to work out a scheme of this kind is very doubtful, and I personally question very much his being so astute as to conceine and execute such a bloodless but effective method of "driving us into the sea.”
THE CHINESE INDEMNITY,
the same connection Dr. Pentecost affirms that
"the unanimous babit of ignoring the public worship of God on the part of our Civid ruters and high officials is not according to the best American ideals; it is poor religion; it is bad morality; and worse politics."—Contributed.
THE SUGAR BOUNTY QUESTION.
The Economist of the 20th of December last A later report from Peking in connection has the following note on the Sugar Conven- with the indemnity question says that on re- tion:-The latest news from Vienna on the ceipt of the reply of the Powers refusing to Sugar Bounty Convention is all too significant, accept her request for the payment of the though we cannot say it is unexpected. Count indemnity in silver, the Peking Government Khevenhilller, the Austro-Hungarian repre again addressed the foreign representatives sentative the Brussels Sugar Conference, in the capital explaining the impossibility of its took part, on Tuesday, in the Parliamentary fulfilling its promise to make the payment in Sugar Committee in Vienna, and explained gold on account of the unsatisfactory condition the position of the British Government. As a misapprehension among the of the finances of the Empire, and this time there was
Vienna Press respecting countervailing duties, asking the Powers if the latter would be able to find out, on behalf of China, the must ad- and Clause iv of the Convention, the Wiener equale mens under the present circumstances Abend-post, an official organ, explains that for saving her from the financial difficulty though Great Britain declined at the Con- caused by the present depression in the value of ference to levy such duties un colonial sugar,- silver. This artful diplomacy on the part of the yet, as England had not stipulated for excep elestials in shilling the responsibility with tional treatment in her own case, the question, regard to this affair to the shoulders of their Count Khevenhüller said, was clear, as only opponents is said to be due to the fact that, the permanent bureau in Brussels could deal prior to the sending of the joint note by the with it. This makes it plainer than ever int Towers, Russia had secretly, and of course this Convention is a very unwise thing, a very independently of the rest of the coun ries con- dangerous movement. From our point of view, cerned, advised the Peking authorities 'hrough it will be intolerable that a foreign commission the Chinese representative in St. Petersburg to (whether we are in a majority or not, and we adopt a gold standard in China for the purposesha | be in a minority), should have power to of tiding over the present financial embarrass- tell us what we shall tax ourselves, and how ment and had intimated to them Russia's we shall treat our colonies, It is to be hoped that the Government will even yet hesitate to ratify the Convention. And as a further example of the complications that have arisen in connection with this unfortunate "Conven tion, Renter's telegram from the Hague may be quoted. It runs as follows :—" With regard to Viscount Cranborne's statement in the Eng- tish Parliament that Great Britain would not penalise bounty-fed sugar from British colonies, the Committee of the Senate on the Bill for the ratification of the Sugar Convention 10-day adopted a resolution expressing its opinion* British self-governing colonies, and that, lo that Article 4 of the Convention applies to the
the absence of and exceptional, provision on this point, England is obliged to impose cous: tervailing duties against them." Truly our Government have made a fine muddle of the business.
Annam, which arrived on Monday were E. Kious youths; first, because they like her Yu Keng, Chinese Ambassador at Paris, and menage; and, secondly, because, being full of his two daughters, the Msses Lizzie and Nellie vitality and goodwill, she is interested in their Yu Keng, Miss Nel ie Yu, is the affianced wife eminences and their ambitions. Whose fault? of Sir Liang Chen, new Chinese minister to Surely no mau's at all. Surely praise to some- the United States. She never wears Chinese onc. Surely praise to a Lady who, in the
absence of any capably systematised official dom in military and other necessary affairs, graciously at all times does her best to help us willingness to offer gold specie if such were to nuddle through. She gains nothing by needed by China for her adoption of the gold doing so-apart from the esteem of all who standard. know her."
The above intimation from. St. Petersburg seems to have lelt on the minds of he Chinese politicians the impression that the Powers would propose to find some means for helping China in the latter's endeavour to extricate herself from her present difficulties.
costume, and was reported one of the band somest and best dressed women'in Paris. She has been her father's assistant since she was 12 years old. During the Boxer troubles, she wrote all the important communications that passed between her father and the French foreign office. The archives of the state de partment at Peking contain many samples of her handwriting. It is said she has always
THE WEATHER. been ambitious to go to her grandfather's
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg. country as wife of her country's representative, and it is believed Sir Liang owes his appoint Acting Director of the Hongkong Obser ment to her influence with the Empress vatory:- 1 Dowager. Their love affair is of two years! standing, but the marriage was not definitely
decided upon until Liang was accredited to China and W. Japan, and probably the depres-he sed mother will call you call me airly dear?
Washington.
THE boy writer of the following is decidedly back ward in his Tennyson. Concerning the late poet. laureate he writes: "Tennyson wrote buleifel pims with long hair and studid so much that
his most gratist poim is called the idle king, he was made a lord but he was a good man and wrote many boads. He loved our dear Queen so much that he made a poim to her Forecast:-Moderate E. wind; dull, misty. I called the fairy Queen.*//
On the 11th at 11.25 a.m. The brometer has fallen generally.
Pressure is highest between the E. coast of
sion is still lying over Manchuria. Le Munyan can develop and print your The monsoon is interrupted in the North, films quicke, cleaner, and more scientifically and is moderate over the N. part of the China than any ons in Hongkong. Ask the people Sea.. about him, and see ifit is not so.--Advi..........
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well as the land to its dominions
Our Copenhagen Correspondent telegraphs that it has been decided 10 instal Marconi
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