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SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCK). DAILY-$30 per nunin.

WEEKLY $18 per ar. The mtos per quarter and per meusra, proportional. WATSON'S GLYCERINE AND CAR-The daily late is delivered free when the addroms N

accossible to newenger. On coples marit by post an additional $1,80 per quarter is charged for pe

As mentioned in the T's agraph the other day, the American cruiser San Francisco go o tons, will shortly be docked here. She came up from Cavitė, P. L., 10-day.

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ANOTHER case of plague, making 13 since January 1st, has been notified from No. 12

health district, where an infected budy was found in Reclamation Street, north Yaumati NIKEERMEYER and Marx, youthful bandits of Chicago, have been sentenced to death on charges of murder. The former admitted hay ing killed 23 persons, one for each year of his life, and having wounded 17 others.

SIR MATTHEW NATHAN

DUK HERE IN AUGUST:

The acting Colonial Secretary kindly informe

We have received from Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co. a couple of sample tins of Gold Reef cream, and can testify to its worth. The cream is the product of the finest fresh milk of cows, preserved in all its natural dichness, and is entirely free from preservatives, and being sterilized by a special us that it is understood that, according to pre- sont arrangements, Sir Matthew Nathan starts process will keep good and sweet under from England for Hongkong in July next. the most trying conditions. It is the nearest market and, b ing really genuine-absolutely 7HE CROWN LEASE dispute. approach to 'fresh' cream ever put on the

free from preservatives-is delicious with fruits, sweets, tea, coffee, atċ. Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co., are so'e agents for Hongkong, Southern China and Manila.

MESSRS, Molchers & Co. announce that to those exporters from China, Hongkong and

JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT.

His Lordship the Chief Justice concluded the hearing, at the Supreme Court to-day, of the action brought by Cheung Kam Tin alias

BOLIC SOAPS effect a saving of 503, | The postage on the weekly issue to many part of the product on increased during the past month by Japan to Europe, or to ports via Europe, who, Cheung Yung against Mr. C. Ewens, soliciter,

owing to the large size of the tablets. They are made of the purest ingredients and are elegantly put up. Our Carbolic Dog Soap is the best thing-of its kind in the market.

WATSON'S TAI YEUK'FONG HAIR

WASH prepared from a recipe of the late

Dr. Ayres, continues to give much satis-

faction to those who use it.

WATSON'S.

ORIENTAL

HERR F. O. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his March circular on the beet sugar trade, states that the

Single Copies Daily, ton cunts; Weekly, twenty- will show a cu-plus of 98, 00 tons.

265,0 ms, and estimates that the campaign

world is 30 conta per que, af.

five Cauta,

he Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1991.

THE WAR.

It will be seen from telegrams received by from our correspondents in the North, at the seventh bombardment of Port

thur took place yesterday morning, though DENTI-th what effect we are not yet told. Accord ito a semi-official report to St. Petersburg, circulated in the city this forenoun, miral Makaroff, who relieved Admiral do not keep the teeth white and clean, Werck, in the command of the Kussian fleet

FRICE. In the early days of the Colony the

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public used no other Liquid dentifrices

recommend the above preparation to all,

Port Arthur, was killed and the battleship trupuzlash sunk. A Yokohama telegram, and especially to those who are heavyspatched shortly before noun to-day,

smokers.

wever, says that the report of the sking of the flagship with the Admiral

d Staff is received in Japan with in We do not wonder at the edulity.

A. S. WATSON & CO., pticism of our Northern friends, even

LIMITED.

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ough the prowess of the Russian fleet, when itted against a far stronger and numerically

We hear that Hongkong is to have another boarding-house.

This should be welcome news to those the exigencjes of whose business require their residing within easy reach of their offices. The next few weeks, it is believed, will see this new bouse started

At the Police Court this morning, two chair coolies were fined £5, or 14 days' imprisonment, for jostling passengers at Blake Pies, and molest. ing them in search of fares. They were also warned that they would be dealt with more severely on a repetition of the offence.

VICE-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, coin- manding the Channel Fleet, has entertained the German Emperor on his flagship, the Majestic. His Majesty, after inspectin, Gibral- tar, said he was not surprised that the Rock was impregn, bite, de serpissed his expectations,

and is grand," like everything English."

LORD Roberts, speaking at the United Service Institu ion a few weeks since, said that the centre of international gravity had shifted to the Pacific, where the dominating factors in the future in serious complications will be found, owing to the extraordinary development and progress in that part of the world, and the early completion of the Panama Canal.

ELEGRA

HONGKONG TÉLY

SERVICE

THE WAR ANOTHER BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR

(From Our Own Correspondent,)

YOKORAWA, 14th April, 11.45 am.

According to information just from the 1st May to 31st October next, of 36 Queen's Road Central, to recover the sum ceived, the seventh bombardment confine their support and shipments, during of $94.384 dan ges, with costs, and interest Port Arthur took place yesterday.

that period, in the Norddeutscher Lloyd line, they will be hippy to allow a rebate of five per cent on the freight paid as per bill of lading, and to those who, on the 30th Apr 1, 190, whole twelve months to the line, they will confine their support and shipments during the

allow a further five per cent on freights con- tribuled up to 31st October, 1904, and five per cent on those from that cate to the guth April,

1995. To those who, on the 31st October, 1995, confine their support and shipments during the previous eighteen months to the line, they will allow an additional five per cent on freights contributed during the six months ending 30th April, 1905.

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from the 30th October, 1901, in respect of the purchase of land at Kowloon.

IN JAPAN

The Hon: H. E. Pollock, K.C., instructed by A REPORT NOT CREDITED Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, appeared for the plain-

Mr. R. Harding, actlog on a power of attorney tiff, and Mr. E. H. Sharp, R.C., instructed by

for Mr. J. S. Harston (Messrs. Ewens and Harston), represented the defendants.

After the taking of evidence had concluded.

SKIRMISHING ON THE

FRONTIER

ero,

A Router's telegram circulat reporting the sinking of the ship. Mr. Sharp said that the plaintiff alleged that fie Petropavlovsk, with the loss of was induced to make the contract by the de-miral Makaroff fendant's misrepresentation. The plaintiff's

and Staff, is received case was one of fraud inas such as the negii with incredulity. gence referred to is under two heads-neg}}- gence in not getting to know the arrangements, which falls as Mr. Ewens admits he did know, and négligence in not informing the plaintiff of the arrangements and that unquestionably amounted to fraud. He submitted that the plaintiff had failed to prove fraud, and that the witnesses for the defence had actually proved the contrary. He denied that the plaintiffs had Ewens explained that he had a share in the employed Mr. Kwens to act is, solicitor. Mr.

business, and could not advise the plaintiss the knew of the arrangement with the Govern- ment and explained it to the plaintiff. Mr. Sharp contended that the plaintiff's case had failed and asked for judgment for defendant.

RUSSIAN CASUALTIES.

Outposts of the two belligerent armies met on the 10th instant, near the mouth of the Yalu River, as the result of which there were three Russian casualties.

FIGÚTING NEAR WIJU.

MORE LOSSES.

On Tuesday evening an old Chinese woman, living in Kowloon City, was busily preparing evening meal of boiled rice, when she had occasion to go into another room to get some water. On returning she saw an acquaintance, Chinaman, enter the house, and, going to well-known to her she did not in any way mark wards her rice-pot, peep inside. As the man was

bis movements, and the man left without saying anything to her. Shortly after the old woman took her dish and on looking into the pot before filling her dish, saw some yellow substance floating on rice. Skimming this off she threw away, and then proceeded to enjoy her meal.

Mr. Pollock said that, so far as Mr. Ewens Very shortly afterwards she was taken ill, with

was concerned, he was satisfied from the evid- severe pains, and then commenced vomi.ingence he gave that no misrepresentions were A doctor being called, she was given an emeric, made by defendant with the intent to deceive which had the desired effect. A search was the plaintiff, but there were other aspects of

On the 12th instant, Russian and made for the man, but he had dis ppeared, the case which have to be taken into considera- Japanese outposts collided to the gathered up and is under analysis. The woman position as manager of the China Commercial knows of no reason for this attempt on her life. Company, and amongst the powers he possex fire took place.

sed was power to increase the, capital of the

Twenty-two Russians, including an Company without calling a meeting of the shareholders. Mr. Ewens stated that he in-officer, are reported as having been formed the plaintiff that he could not act as bis solicitor, but both Mr. kumjahn gud Sin Tak

killed. Fan (Mr. Ewens' clerk) said that what they

the plaintiff could get another solicitor if he liked.

reater force, under Vice-Admiral Togo's hours. His performance at the theatre yester-leaving no trace. The yellow substance was tion. Mr. Ewens occupied a somewhat singular west of Wiju. A sharp exchange of

HONGKONG DISPENSAR ommand, is taken into account. Consider ng the inferior squadron with which Admiral Makaroff has had to fight, the probability of his defeat is not at all unlikely, but that he should so dispose his fleet as to place it at the mercy of his foc is a contingency of

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CHINA WARES. PASTEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF

Ar the Theatre Royal this evening Prof. Zancig is giving a demonstration in hypnotism, and, for to-morrow night it is announced he will put a hypnotized subject to sleep for twenty-four

should attract big houses during the few days day evening was thoroughly enjoyed, and he

that now remain before Mr. Leavitt brings his Hongkong season to a close.

was whispered on Blake Pier last night that improvements are shortly to be made by the addition of some seating accommodation. At

LODGINGS IN A PIG-STYE.

casual

The Japanese sustained no cas

which his reputed strategy is not capable. present that is badly needed, for, as the nights wild-looking, unkempt, ragged Chinamen and remembered him saying was to the effect that ties in either encounter z

Japan refuses to credit the tale, and little wonder need be felt that doubts have been expressed here that the Russian officer in supreme command has met his death at the hands of his foe in the very first encounter he has had with them. Our earlier cables sent from two different sources, viz., Weihaiwei and Shanghai, respectively, put down the time of the attack as on the morning of the 13th, when, according to the report furnished by the commander of the Espiegle, heavy cannonading could be

heard from the Gulf of Pechili. It is not

FURNITURE unreasonable assumption to surmise that no decisive result was then obtainable from the DEALERS. information which forms the basis of the reports transmitted through the British sloop. Had any definite news been ascertainable we should have heen informed by our correspondent at Weihaiwei or, if the Japanese had had the information, Hong- kong would most certainly have been served with the news by the efficiency of their Consular body, through whose courtesy the Colony is indebted for so many de tailed reports since the first outbreak of hostilities. Nor would we discount the excellence of the information transmitted over the wires by our representative at Yokohama, whose statement that Reuter's KITCHEN UTENSILS, and

report is not accepted as gospel truth lends HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES.

considerable weight to the generally express. PHOTOGRAPHIC ed belief that the gallant Admiral in con-

DEPARTMENT.

FILTERS, ROCHESTER LAMPS,

WHITE TURKISH TOWELS.

COUNTERPANES.

COOKING KANGES,

DEVELOPING and PRINTING

UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS.

GOOD WORK.

FROMPT RETURN. Hoogkong, 8th January, 190f"

CYPRIDOL CAPSULES.

RTASMINA

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mand of the Russian naval forces in Port

Arthur has not been killed in the naval engagement of the 13th.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LADY See, wife of the Premier of N. S. Wales, after a long illuess, died on the rétás ult.

MEMBERS of King Edward VII. Lodge No. "HE MODERN REMEDY for CON- | 910, R.A.O.B., give a ball in the City Hall this THE

TAGIOUS SKIN DISEASES does evening. not salivate or affect the gums like Mercury. Doctori recommend them:

BOTTLES of so Capsules...$1.75 each

ALANGTORES HAD AT ·

THE PHARMACY

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QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

Hongkong.

A STEVENSON,

hemist,

Registered by the Pharmaceutical Society. Hongkong, and April, 1904.

THE German cruiser Hansa, with Rear Admiral Holhendorf en board, arrived from Tsingtao 'bis morning.

grow warmer, this place is becoming more and more a resort for near-by residents, who desire a short stroll and a breath of fresh air after dinner it would also be a great convenience to passengers waiting for their launches, etc.

THE western slope of Wellington street was rendered lively shortly after the noon hour to

day, when a ricksha, started by some mischiev- ous urchins, was sent careering backwards down the steep incline. The boys, frightened at what they had done, quickly vanished, and it was lucky there was no further damage done than one trightened-child falling in its haste to get out of the way, and a broken handie-bar on the ricksha.

By kind permission of Lt. Col. Iremonger and officers, the Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry will play the following programme of music, at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner, on Friday, the 15th April:----

March........Field Service

...Ord. Hume Overlate...." Stradella

........Pataw Selection.....The Rose of Persie "......Siliv Dance" The Sun Feast".......... Selection....." Little Christopher Columbus " Ivan Caryll Volte........" Gloriede Dejour" Mazurka La Contesse

....Andrew ..Translutar

God save the King.

YESTERDAY morning, while a sampan, con- faining two Chinese women and a baby, was passing the Kamsang's buoy, a steam-launch, believed to be the Yul Fat, ran into her. The sampan was capsized and the occupants, as well as some of their property, were thrown into the water. They were all rescued by another passing sampan, and with the exception of a ducking, a fright, and the loss of a little rice

and some cooking-pots, were not much the worse for their immersion in the cooling waters of the harbour.

At the l'olice Court this morning, before Mr. H. Kemp, acting Police Magistrate, four a small boy were charged with obtaining a nights lodging in a pig-stye belonging to an old Chinese woman, without permission, and with- out paying for their shelter. The prosecutrix gave evidence that this morning she went to make some purchases and, on passing her pig- stye, saw the four men and the boy huddled up and fast asleep. She called a policeman, and

when the men woke they found themselves in the grasp of the law, as represented by a stalwart constables When placed before the Magistrate she stated that the men did not work for her, and had no tight to sleep in her pig-stye. She did

His Lordship gave judgment for defendant with costs.

WATER RETURN.

Level and Storage of Water in Reservoirs on the 1st April.

•

LEVEL.

1903.

1904

RUSSIAN FORCES CON.

·CENTRATED

AT ANTUNGHSIEN.

The principal Russian force, esti- mated at thirty thousand troops, is concentrated at Antunghsien on the

not know them, and had not seen them before. Tytam... 39′ 51′′ below) 45′ 1.". below | northern bank, near the mouth of

There was no lock or bolt to the door of the pig.stye.

overflow Saverflow

Pokfulam..

236a" below) 37 11" below I overflow Soverflow Wong-nai-2 34'2" below) 4' 4" below

3 overflow cheong......S overflow

GALLONS.

1903. 130,070,000

STORAGE

2,400,000 2,319,000

1904 103,740,000 1,150,000

the Yalu River.

DEFENSIVE MEASURES.

Forts have been erected and strong defensive measures taken at Kinling-

soo.com chen and Huisan.

Total........ 133,789,000 101,396,000 Consumption of Water in the City of Victoria and Hill District during the month of March,

Asked if they had anything to say, the first three replied in the negative, while the fourth valubly asserted that the woman had given him permission to sleep there. The woman denied this saying that she had never seen either him Tytam................................ or any of the others before. They had entered | Pokfulam ........................... the place during the night without her know. Wong-nci-cheong ledge. She would never give permission to such evil-looking men to take lodgings in her pigstye. The boy said the other defendants were no relatives of his, but they had been giving bin his rice for some time-when they had any to give. The boy, who had a strong impediment in his speech, which caused his utterances to sound somewhat curious, said he had never worked, but just stayed with the other men and went about with them.-The first four defendants were sent to hard labour for 14 days, and the fifth was bound over, in a persunal bond, in the sum of $25, to be of good behaviour, or in default 6 weeks' hard labour,

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED

BRIBERY,

A PORTSMOUTH correspondent says that some A cattle dealer, named Tsoi Wai, was important naval movement is believed to be charged, at the Police Count this morning, at imminent. Recently the orders for the cruiser the instance of Chief Inspector J. Lanson, of Hawke to transfer her crew to the cruiser the Detective Department, with offering a Lancaster were cancelled, and the Hawke bribe to the Chief Inspector of Slaughter-bourses. ordered to return at once to Portland Orders

Mr. J. Hastings appeared to defend.. were given for the cruiser Venus, at Portland,

Mrs. Watson, wife of Inspector Watson, testi- to prepare for a voyage. It is believed that fied that, on the rith inst,, the defendant called she and the Hawke are destined for the

at the house and asked if the Inspector was at Mediterranean to replace other vessels under home. On being informed that he was out, be orders for China, or to strengthen the fleetstood talking to her child for a few moments, and Several torpedo-boat destroyers were also atter he had left the child banded her two enve- ordered to be ready for sea within a daytopes, in each of which was a Sio note. She took or two.

the notes to her husband when he came in, Witness said that she had known the defendant some years, and he had been friendly with her children. Many Chinamen who came to the house often gave the children small presents, sometimes so cents or even a dollar.

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DIVERS have ascertained that there are two holes in the conning tower of the submarine' boat; A r., which was sunk by the Union Castle Line steamer Berwick Castle off the Nab Light; and that the. electric light was. extinguished. A heavy swell frustrated the raising of the boat by means of hawsets Salvors have contracted to place the submarine

1903.

218,000

1904

Consumption... 64,786,000 68,237,000 gallons. Estimated po-} pulation..... Consumption} per head per day..................

213,900

9.6

9.9 gallons

Intermittent supply in force during the whole

f March in beth years.

AT PORT ARTHUR.

JAPANESE AGAIN BOMBARD,

{From Our Own Correspondent.)

WRIBAIWEI, 18th April,

6 p.m.

Word is brought here by HM,

Consumption of Water in Kowloon Peninsula sloop Espiegle that the Japanese

during the month of March. Yard

1903.

1904.

Consumption....13,043,000 $3,915,000 gallons Estimated po

61,000 66,850 pulation..... Consumption

per head per 6.9 6.2 gallons day........ water is of excellent quality.

The Government Analyst reports that the

P.-N. H. JONES, Acting D.P.W., Water Authority,

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE

Indian (Laisang) 17th inst French (Polynesian) 18th inst. American (Siberia) 1th Inst.. Canadian (Tartar) 22nd inst. 57

The Boston Cola L... Zrement salled from Inspector Wat.on testified that the notes had Yokohama for Victoria and Tacon IN reply to a question in the House of Com

been handed to him by his wife who explained inst mons Mr. Arnold Forster stated that the cost

to him from whence they came. He immediately. The N. P. S. Co.4 L Pin of the Somaliland expedition up to the pre-in Portsmouth Dock. The King and Queen, took the notes to the Captain Superintendent at Victoria on 11th lost, sent time; including the Supplementary Army the Prince and Princess of Wales, and Lord of Police with a report of the occurrence, Estimates 1903-4; was £1,90 у000

Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty; baye

Chief Inspector Hansen testified that the sent messages of sympathy to the relatives of Captain Superintendent of Police handed bim the victims of the disaster. Admiral Sir JA | the, notes, produced, with instructions, to Filher, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth in A charge of bribery was fald against defendant

A COMMITTEE Containing representatives of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and several other public departments met in private addr at Westminster to consider various details of the proposed regulations for the importation of

[384 || Chinese labour into the Transvaal

the Fleet, declares that theircomrades

in actiod cheerfully and ent

arrested.

buy som thing to:

The Imperial Gorman Maila left here on the 16th ulti on Tuesday," the 12th Just4:

warships bombarded Port Arthur

again this morning. A heavy can- nonade could be heard.

Owing to the firing from the forts and the Japanese warships, the Bayan to and other cruisers were tha enter the port.

CONFIRMATION:

From: Our Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI, 13th

The Japanese warships Port Arthu

LiBoked