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Workly, Tarnty

in the 12th April, at the chart, Batu Gajsin Perak, the site of Frasca JoHN BRYANT Barrister at law of a latter.

Un the 16th April, at Perave Hunse, l'enaag.

WATSONS TAL VEUK FONG HAIR | the wife of 6. W. Fyrk, of a son

WASH prepared from a recipe of the Bate

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faction to those who use it.

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Un the 17th Apri, at Halesworth, Bukit Inad Road, Singapore, the wife of G. R DEITE Els, of a daughter.

Un the 1700 April, at Malucca, the wife nt Rev. H. C. IZASH, a daughter.

Two 'dumped' bodies of plaque sictima, found at Sai-Wan-Ho-Shaukiwan, bring-the-nurther | of notified cases, since January 1st, to forty.

ON her voyage from Moji, the s.5, Mfi:quarir, Capt. St. John George, which arrived te day, reports having passed a while comical boy

adr fl about fifteen miles E. of Breaker · vint.

By kind permission of Lt. Col. Iremonger and officers, the land of the 93rd Bern

Infantry will play at the Hongkong. Iniel to- moirow (Saturday) from 8 to 9.30 pm.

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Sons of the Empire" Bradford "Well Gwyn"...............Gerum

The "Totemir „Caryl) & Mockton *base, quold Fusly sell Toe Capel *Stephen Aranas" Songs “.....Heniey

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Sebel

Chest Dervish Churus

God save the King.

1⁄4M.S. "ANDROMEDA "

ARRIVES AT HONGKONG.

Shortly before to am. to-day the large British crui er Andromeda, Commander R. Nelson, which has come out to the China station to relieve H.M.S. Blenheim, steamed into the harbour, and having saluted the port took up her moorings in the Admiralty anchorage The date of her separure front home was fixed for the 25th alt, but dissing to a slight mishap to the machinery she was detained at Ports mouth a 'couple of days, and on the Sunday suppert down the Solent with 703 aboard. This was 103 above her usual com- plement of 600, and is accounted for by the fact that she was bringing out reliefs for some of the gabouts on the China station. It is re

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DISASTROUS FIRE IN KOWLO6.de meanwhile, so that order was nás red

ANOTHER G; DOWN DISTROYED,

A TORNADO OF FLAME

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another hose-brought-into-play.-Theraů could now be no doubt that No. 9 Godown and its contents were: dromed, and efforts were consequently made to assure the security of the neighbouring, warehouses." AL 13,45 Belated passengers on the last Star Ferry the floating fire engine and the remainder boat to Kowloon, shortly after midnight, were of the Brigade, under the orders of Mr. Halli considerably startled as the boat was neating fit, Deputy Superintendant of the Police, the northern side of the barbour, by the sudden arrived upon the scene and rapidly took their and frantic clatter of the tocsin, clanging its place in the ranks of the fighters. Every. appeal for assistance front, the bell that hangs body worked with a will, and no praise is too in the look-out lower surmounting the `rentral heat for the employees of the Godown Co., the warehouse of the Hongkong and Kowloon sailors, the troops and the Brigade. The heat -Wharf-and-Godown Co. Across the muontri Bands

L-in-the-burning-rodown-must-have-bean-terrific, waters of the barbour the metallic clamour ul for the iron bars in the windows went blond appeal echoed and vibrated through the sired, then twisted and crumpled, falling inwards Inight, and, from wavelet to wavelet, carried into the bracier. At 12,50 a picket of marines le ala is to the watches on the warships and in chargé of a' lieutenant, and a manuel with its bount of bronze comes from the bell in the being fallowed closely by other manuels from to listeners in Victoria. Soun' an answering crew, came on shore from the Rambler, these

clock-tower of the city, telling that the call has the battleship Vengeance and receiving ship fighters there is work for them to de, Signais naval and military officers turned out and been heard and understood, warning the fire | Tomar with detachments of men. Several

flash from the Rengeance, the Tamar and the endered valuable assistance, amongst them Rambler, bringing word that help is coming, being the Hon. C. Leslie Stunt CoLG.,

Captain, and Commander Gaunt, of the Ven-, geance As is usual on these occasions the handy man was to the fore, and from the wit and good humour displayed he seemed to take the arduous task as a pleasant outing.

ported that in the Suez Canal she was delayed, in he later Lies; twenty-four hours hy the the bead grounding of the s.s. Dromonly, the vessel from quarter Staff of the French army in Tonkin, Kuruches. While riding at anchor there, a very

„Major Charzy, who was

has lef Hanor for the front, the Government of Indo-Clima hastag appointed hon oft ché with The Russian fraq s This officer is a son of that famous sonder General Chaney, who, in the winter of 1874, wab the improvised Army of the Laure, offered such serious resistance to he German Armies, retok Orleans and very nearly succeeded in relieving Parts

WE regret to repon the death, which took place last night, i the Civil Hospital, of T. H.

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strug pale came on, and this was followed by a most violent sand storm, the Andromed i bere self being grounded. She was got off, how. ever, with butle difficulty and then had another slight mishap when starting. When nearing Columbo she passed the US, cruiser Kentucky. When the English boat left England it was understood that the Kentucky was to intercept two American cruisers on their way to Manila, round the Cape.

The Andromeda is a formidable looking

that assistance is at hand.

A VEIL OF DENSE BLACK SMOKE. Stepping from the ferry to the warf, then on into the road, one is surprised at seeing no signs of a conflagration, and, for a few seconds, there is a suspicion of a false alarm. Were it not for the continued, frantic appeal from the bell, the din of the police whistles, the scurry.

The Hongkong (elegraph Cindley, Inspector of Polace, who had been lives:el, with four funnels and two masts, the ing figures dimly perceived on the corner of that now inundated the whole interior began

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1994

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

for some ne. The funeral takes place at Hap y Valley to-morrow aternoon, at 330. inspector Gid:ey had been in the service for fifteen years, having come out to the Colony in 1889. He was a very popular othcer, and the greatest regret is fell throughout the force at his untinely demise, the deceased being only thuy-four years of age at the tune of his theath. He leaves a walow with whom much

yupathy is felt.

WATSON'S ORIENTAL.

FRICE. In the early days of the Polony, the

public used no other Luguid dentaithers

do not keep the teeth whate and clean!

recommend the above paepatation trail.

and especially to those who a Beavy | Arts Shella was charged with not returning * BEHAV│86, in a notay and disorderly manner to the House of Detention, as required to do in the charge-tuom and compound of the Cen- sinokers.

e-terday evening. He was sent to one mob'stral Police Station," was the fastest, and tourth,

As mentioned by us at the time of her departure for Brue, the King diired will return again to the station where she will remain.

Pumprisonment

Mr Arthur Clearcut Smith, of the Ceylon I WD, sun of Sir Cean South, Miti, and

A. S. WATSON & CO,mily inversion of the Straits Settlements

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AMONG a 10, id vagrants, who were, this dung, remanded by Mr. Kemp was one Iowa, a seaman out of empty, who, it wil be merahered, some weeks ago, imed to commit suicide by eating his throat with the cover of a jam tin, in the Victorta Claul, and

tor who he was sent to a ten of incarceration in the same place.

CONTRAL IS have recently been signed between representatives of the Austro-Hungarian overnment and certain sms on the continent La the murdate supply ed some five million Badges, and filty machine guns of a special Type

As it was found impossible for the orders to be completed by native firms within the sperthed time, they have been placed with bams outside the dual monarchy.

It is afturmed in certam sa al quarters a bane that a Convention has either been of i

about to be signal between various lowers and China, attaling not only the tentorial megrity, but the commental interests of that it will most probably be found, *untry. should this Convention be published, that

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in Pekin, Eu,and has been able of late to play a part of greater importance in Par Eastern allatts than has uten the case for many years.

Ose of the saddest examples of how friend. ship may be broke up by war is uvided 0 the case of can. Murato, Chief of the Staff of the Japanese Any in Korea, and Gen. Lievitch, Gen. Murato was formerly Mantary Attaché the Japanese Legation it St. Petersburg, and made many heads among the russian stuff. By a gum concidence, Gea. Linevitch, the munal intuste acquaintance of the Japanese aitu bus, will now hold, in the opposite damp, the corresponding position to that filled by his

quondam freud.

Two excise officers were charged with wrong- Tally executing a warrant in a case of a search for suspected opin The story for the pro-

รา that the men 123

to vacuate a search warrant at No. 6 Lau U Lane, un the 17th inst, placed a small un of opium, with the intension, as it is alleged, of "Bading " Luc muuta on the premises and having the "possessor punished. Lispector McNab had

the men Deidre Mr. trompertz this morning, when alter turnal evidence of the arrest of the setesdants ball been given by Chinese Consta ble 137, in their house at First Street, Inspector McNab applied for a remand to enable him tu secare is wunesses and the evidence in the The case was remanded, bail being fixed

at 150 each.

charge against Airs. Kennedy who created a disturbance in Zelland House, the other

evenug. Not coment with being fined $io, with the alternative of seven days' gaol, and bund over in the sum of $100 to be of good sehaviour for six months, it appears she bad rouble with a rieksh i coule, with the result

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THE FALL OF THE FLAME. Nine engines in all were now at work upon the godown, and the steady stream of liquid

o tell, and which, if it could not save the the praya and Elgin Road, there n peared no evidence of a fire. Another minute though and contents, prevented the flames from reaching this was not wanting, for going on towards

The adjoining co structions. When all dan Godown No. 9, from an open door in that

ger of the conflagration spreading was over, buildig, comes a sinister lare, and, on ap.

some good and rapid work was done at preaching it is seen that the interior of the shoreing up the lottering walls of the ware warehouse is a mass of flames; which slide

house. At 1.45 .m. the fire was completely under control, the flames having subsided; and twist along the floor, laparound piled bales, writhe and lick the sticks of cases, first though the interior of the building was a confused mass of incandescent debris, upon blackening then engulfing each successive ob ject in the greedy maw of the fire. The steam

which the ceaseless streams of liquid from the engine of the Company is being repicly placed engines fell with a sizzling hiss. As the need for action, Europeans urge on the coolies to lay

for their presence coased, the engines with their out the hose, which is being quickly unrolled

crews were withdrawn, so that the latter might in sinuous windings over the asphalt. With a cajoy a few hours of a repose right justly gained. Depot comes upon the sc ne, and Sergeant showertig water on the smoking mass of ruins. clatter and a rusli, a manual from the Torpedot daybreak only the floating engine and the Godewa Company's steamer remained, still

In the early hours a portion of the wall at the rear of the building fell outward, the wooden shores proving too weak to support the great weight, and some damage was done to a corrugated iron godown, containing cotton in bales, that is a lew feet away. The goods stored in No. 9 Godown consisted mainly of cocoa-nut oil and arracki

latter having fighting tops. Her defensive and affensive armour are of the highest class, and she will no doubt be an acquisition to the China quadron. She is a first-class cruiser of 1100 tons displacement, and, in dimensions, she is 435 feet long, 69 broad, and 231 deep. She was built at Pembroke in 1897 at a cust of bo1,356, and her consists of 10 six-much guns, 12 twelve pounders, three-pounders, and 8 Maxims. In addition to hes formidable appearance, she is one of the most up-to-dale vessels in the Navy, and is one of the best of her class. She ished with electric fans all over and has Belleville tubes. Tier present trip from Potts- steaming some twelve konts an hour but, in truth was done as economically as possible,

full meam, ber daily consumption of coal is Lovett and his Sikh watchman from the Naval about 220 tons: She has a coal capacny for Yard police work with a will to be first in the 2,080 tons.

The peculiarity of the engines is fray. Suddenly a window on the corner falls that they require very little water and enormous in, and a column of black reeking smoke is fres. But, despite this heavy expenditure of driven out.

The breeze catches it, spreads it coal, it is thought that in the case of vessels like u veil, and the scene is wiped out, all is Ike the Andromeda, which are chiefly meant plunged in a thick and choking darkness. The to protect commerce, that outlay is money well moonlit harbour, the lights of the warships, of spent, for the Andromeda is able to proceed Victoria, at the Peak, the whole vista is shut practically at a moment's notice. In twenty away behind the thick, dark curtain. Even the minutes she can generate enough steam to

ships at the wharves, but a few yards away, are carry her, whatever the circumstances of wind and sea, at t..e rate of, say, 8 kno-s an hour, in the gloom, seem like the fantastic figures of now invisible. The hurrying strivers, working

and in two hours can go at full steam. Under some dream picture. Even sound is deadened,' these circums ances, the Brush Navy consider and the shouted, frantic urders come as from it advisable to have the various Andromedasafar; the choking coughs of the frenzied toiles her property had been seired for a debt The €][] the stressels to slip out at 1 sound like the sough at a dying manis another magistrate said that she had had every possible moment's notice to guard commerce. Large chance, and she must pay a fine of $25 or go as her cost is, the

Is only the to gaol fur une month, and also be next hable, fourth in this respect in the British Navy, fur the bond she had brokee, in her own re-

The Powerful, the custhest, built two years cognizance, otherwise there must be another before the Andromeda, in 1895, came to month's imprisonment, it appeared, he added,,741,870, and the Terrible, built in 1898 was that defendant was either not responsible for her actions, or, at least, needed sume restraint

that she was taken to the Central Station,

where her conduct was such as to warrant a

charge being preferred against her. When he case was caled this morning, before Mr. Gomperty, application was made for a remand in antler un allow in the kuly's husband securing legal assist me. This she was unable to do, and returning to the Count, Mr. Comper z ask ed her what she had to say, pointing out that she had now been charged four times and in sach furiented her band or had her bail estreated. She said she was excited, and that

ANNIVERSARY OF PORTUGUESE CONSTITUTION,

the estab

Today being the anniversary . fishment of the Portuguese Constitution var ships in harbour were dressed and a salute red at noon in commemoration of the event. This is the first occasion, we believe, un which the may was telebrated in Hongkong by vessels of 11.M's feet in putt, owing to the presence of the Portuguese battleship Fase de Gaina and the cruiser Adamastor, due regard no doubt being given to the amicable relations subsisting between the Guveraments of Great Britain and that of Portui.

ACCIDENT ON THE "MADELEINE RICKMEKS.“

THREE ENGINEERS NEARLY ASPHYXIATED.

A mishap occurred on board the steamer Madeleine Rukmers on Sunday, which would probably have been attended with much more serious reals than was actually the case, had not medical artd been at hand says the Bangkok Times of igih inst. The steamer was taking To sice from the Borneo Company's Bull, and, shoul 2000, it was observed that the work suddenly ceased. Then urgent signals were made for medical assistance. Fortunately Dr. 1. Campbell Highet happened to be at the

house of Mr. A. E. Suven and he, with Mr.

Stiven, proceeded unicdately on board, and lound, lying on the deck, the three European Engineers of the ship, all unconsciou.. was immediately obvnus that they were suffer

almost as costly, v 4740584. She thard vessel is the partiate, built also in 1898, at a cost of £685,188. Many an armoured ship cost less, though a million sterling is a frequent figure for them. The costliest armoured ship, however, is the new ship, King Edward VII, which cost a fortume=£1,426,266. The other twn new armoured ships, the Commonwealth and Doman on sun ber very close, costing

305,744 respectively.

HONGKONG FIRE BRIGADE.

COMPETITIONS.

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THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. We are informed that the fire broke out

ignited by a gas lamp. Men were working in about midnight and was caused by fumes from some arrack (a rice spirit from Java) becoming

the godown at the time of the first ignition, suddenly burst into blue flames. Arrue was when the atmosphere surrounding the arrack

LOSSES INCURRED,

It is difficult at this stage to form a reliable eximate of the damage incurred; though it is likely that it will amount to close upon 10000 Godown No. 9 was insured for $23,005, the risk being divided equally between the Hongkong Fire and China Fire. The building will most probably be a total loss. The contents were, of course, wholly consumed.

room. The darkness is so inteuse that work

in course of being landed from lighters ex 5.5. has to be stopped until bamboo flares are Ight-up and some of the cases leaked on to ed, and the scarlet glare from these turns the

the Godown door thus causing the fumes. The workers into ruddy goes, round whom the importation of arrace is of comparatively re recking, acrid vapour whirls and clings. A puff Geot date, and there seems little doubt that it of breeze and the atmosphere clears a little.

also caused the fire on the roth. it is but a respite however. Again the thick, dark clouds rush out of the apertures in the building and plunge the surroundings into a blackness, punctuated here and there by the rch, red late of the moving torches, through the gloom the flames in the burning building, seen thro gh a shattered door and the smouldering shutters of the windows, seemed like the quenchless fire of some giant brazier. inside the godown the consuming element held high revel, and out of it, through the blackness, came the sound of subdued roaring, like some mighty song of a fire god. The first alarm of the outbreak had been given at 12.15 am, and at 12.30 the pulsating throb of the Godown Company's steam fire-engine gave the opening note of defiance to the roating conflagration. A hissing stream of water was now directed

A BLAST OF FLAME.

Members of the Fire Brigade turned out in tull force this afternoon on a piece of vacant ground immediately behind the Kowshing through a shattered door into the interior of the Theatre, where a number of interesting com

gocown. The manuel from the Torpedo Depût petitions were decided in the presence of H.E.

got to work a few minutes later, and, almost at the Officer Administering the Government, the same time, the sailors from the same run up Mrs. May and several members of the Legisla. with two other steam engines with Engineer tive Council The Government House

Lieutenant Vincent and Mr. Kemp, warrant party, who arrived on the ground shortly after half-officer, in charge. past two, viewed the proceedings from the first floor verandah of No. 170, Des Voeux Road. Superintendent F. J. Budeley was in charge of the brigade, while all the other officials were a'so present. The competitions included the following: (C), despatch box reel; (z, fix by drants, erect ladder and run one length of hose up same; (3). Chinese team competi- tion with small escape ladder an i hydrant hose reel; (4), European team competition with bamboo ladder and hydrant hose reel; (5), combined wet dit with two escape ladders, two bamboo ladders (European firemen). three engines, hoses and reels (Chinese fire men). In our issue to-morrow we hope to be able to ive the result of the competitions.

QUARANTINE.

KWANGSI NEWS.

On account of the plunder and pillage on the Li Lu village in Hauan Kua Hsien by the lately disbanded-regiment known as the Kwei regiment under General Chang, two of the commanders of that regimeal have been ordered by Viceroy Tsen Chun Hsuan to be court marialled and shot On hearing of this order one of the commanders at once committed suicide, while the other escaped somewhere. Soldiers were then sent after him with a view of bringing him to justice, and it was not until the 21st of the 2nd moon that he was captured. He was sent escorted and bound, in chains, to Yuj Taotai's yamen, and, after trial, he was promptly beheaded.

roof of the vast building fell in with a terrific As these reinforcements came up lie whole

In Shanglin Laibing, and the surrounding crash, a burst of fire shooting up thirty feet or regions, the troops encountered some rebels, more into the sky. Eriven by a breeze from and, after some hard fighting, the latter the N.E. the flams shot out from the wis dows itimately surrendered to superior force. The the praya like a mightly blast from a titan csurrcader was accepted, and the troops retired blow-pipe. A streak of fire rushed ten feet out on to their post in triumph. The notorious rebel to the road, roaring over the concrete surface of chef Shen has escaped from Yinchom to pavement, which in a few seconds was red hot.inchow, and there with a few hundred Che young trees planted along the side walk followers they devoted themselves to the writhed and blackened, twisting and dyi: g like devilish work of plunder. Recently, some of live things in awful agony. The sight was now

them in the disguise of merchants went down magnificent. Up from the buildig shot a

o Kwel Hsien to buy cartridges and gun- mass of flames, whishing, interlacing. Dense powder, theirs having been exhausted, but they clouds of thick smoke, with edges red tinted by were not successful in this attempt, for they the blaze, sped over the waters of the barbour or were detected-Tung Wen Hu Poa. enveloped the ships moored at the wharf is a pall. It was a mighty glare, and the bright-

SHIPPING AND MAILS. ness it produced was blinding to such as had Mr. Havre Drotze, Consu'-General for the been siriving in the blackness that had preced Netherlands, kindly informs us that "the Govered il. Millions of sparks, thrown out from the nor-General of Netherlands-lidia has decreed furnace, whirled, eddied and were scattered: that all ships or vessels arriving from Hong broadcast by the wind. Grave fears arose for kong or having called at this port are subject the wharves and the matshed of the Ferry pier, in Netherlands-India to a quarantine of ten and the steamer Aragonia, on whose deck the days from the date of departure from this por golden, burning rain fell in brilliant showers, or since the last case of plague on board. slipped her moorings, gi ded away and ani

The P. & Op & Cat

Ca's 12 Pera left "Importation is temporarily proh bited of chored in the barbour. The sailors with a animal refuse, claws and boofs, animal or shout, rushed their two engines over the hotngapore for this portion 28th inst, at tt kum The N. G.T.5.5. Co,'% 12. Ischia left Singa human hair and bristles, hides, which are un road in front of the go town, and, as they pass pore for this port today, and may be expected tanned and which are salted or cured with, ed at the run, the steamers groaning, creaking, here on 4th prox arsenic, raw wool and rags, bags or sacks protesting at this bumping rush, the long left Colombo on Thursday, and be The Imperial German Mail 22 Oldenburg which have already been used, coming from fames-lapped out of the windows as if string-expected here on gth proxe Hongking or transhipped at this peruso is to consume these now enemies -The two The Impenal German Mail temporarily probibited to import from Hong engines were quickly established close to the which left here on 30th clt, at noon at kong into Netherlands India tapestry and used: Star Ferry Wharf, and soon seat their Genna on 27th inst, at 6 samT embroideries (unfer" they we

ssing streams on to the flaming mass. And The C. P. R. G

arrived at Yokoham med picket of the 1541)->faharaitas and the and left avaincat.

from the same regiment had arrived in-1 where

ing from the effects of asphyxiation, a strong smell of coal gas, which pervaded the vessel, indicating the cause. Two of the men were in a bad state and the condition of the third was distinctly critical. Artificial respiration was RADIUM treatment for cancer has been entire resorted to, and eventually they were all brought ly abandoned at the Cancer Hospital. It was round. When they were sufficiently recovered, | never viewed with much hope there, and a few inquiries as to the cause of the accident reveal weeks ago the last unsuccessful experiment with ed the fact that when the engineers became it took place. According to the Daily Mail, aware of the smell of gas in the hip, they the trials were made at the end with a case suspected something wrong in the bunkers, and containing live grains of radium, covered only went down to investigate, with the result that with mica sh-eting, probably the largest morsel they were overcome by the fumes, and their in any hospital in Europe, and the effect was condition was only discovered in time for them always the same, though it might vary in to be hastily dragged on deck, when signsis of degree. The surface of the skin be ame in- distress were hoisted. All three of the en farmed, a blister formed and dried us, but that gineers were sufficiently recovered to resume was all. Sixteen cases have been under treat their duties yesterday. Further, and more nent, the longest period of a single applica-cautious, investigation showed that some of the tion having been three hours, and the longest coat in the bunkers bad heated fo the point of total time of application having been ab ut spontaneous combustion, and this was promptly twenty-five hours. The only favourable result emedied by a well-directed stream of water. was an occasional cessation of pain. On the The Madeleine Rickmörî was to have ailed on other hand, several patients have complained | Sunday, but this accident delayed her until personal baggage 1384 of an increase of pain.

yesterday, and

MAILS DUE American (Coptic) and prox. French (Ernest Simons) and prox. Indian (Namsang) 4th prox Canadian (Empress of Japan) 6th prox Indian (Suisang) 10th prax.. Agierican (Korea) 13th-prox. German (Oldenburg) 1jih prox.

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