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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12

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LOUAL AND GENERAL.

THE French mail of the roth August was de- delivered in London on the 9th instr

THE OX, Emprise of Japan, goes into."TTE WORK" | Hongkong and Whampoa Company's dock naval yard to-morrow, for her periodical overhaul, inspect such tion, and painting.

Augus but lightly

THREE cases of plague have come to the notice | torpado boats TH, R, H. PRINZ Carl Hohenzollern is un board of the authorities since, Saturday at noso, Basin. Al The Elitor will not'uulertaku, to be responsible of the German muil steamer Sachisa, duo here.) Dunog:the week ended, roth inst; there were order and taking part

brep fatal cases.

any rejected MM; nor to return 'usiy Camelbation..

SÜKSCHIPTIÓN RATES (IN ADVANCE).; FAT-3300 per иnatin.” WKERLY-813 per annum,

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WINK AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS: The me per quarter mail por mensers, - proporcional. The city imag is delivered free when the addrew is

ESTABLISHED A.n. 1841,

THE FINE

MELLOW

FLAVOUR

OF OUR CELEBRATED

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BLEND

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

WHISKY.

IS ATTAINED ONLY BY

Great Age, being thoroughly matured and Superior Quality Uniformly Maintained.

accesible to monger. On copierent by post an additional $1.80 por quarter in charged for postage. The portage on the weekly sene to any part of the

world 1430 cents por quaitor, Single Copies Daily, ten cents ; Weekly, twenty-

Ára cents.

on Thursday next, at 6 am,

SOME Chinese were killed and others wounded in the native city of Linoyang, and Department Magistráte Shen of Liaoyang is missing,

IT is officially communicated to the Japanese Government that if has been decided to affect the disarinument of the Russian cruiser Diana, Bow nt Saigon, sheets, me tortu ja

i

We are informed from the office of the Colonial Secretary that, the meeting of the Legislative Council has been postponed from Tuesday to

he Honghong Celegraph Thursday at the same hour.

HongKong, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1994.

CONJECTURAL FACTICS.

• There cannot be much doubt that when' Japan opened the campaign she set herself the task of driving the Russians out of Korea and Manchuria, and with this end in view she has been carrying out her plans with a brilliancy of forethought and action totally unconceived by Western nations. But now that the winter is fast approaching, when advance over the snow-clad mountains, aud

repair in the

Caro in:

now going on without cassation. ➡Chi

THE SW Arration dipcar is now in the Cos mopolitan dock, having her rudder and stern-OME particulars of the food consumed on a post repaired, which she damaged in the River round voyage by one of the famous White Hooghly or her last voyage from Calcutta, by Star liners have been published by a Liverpool coming in contact with the moorings of a buoy paper. The list of the chief articles

followsBeef (fresli), 36,000lbs beef (corned), ON Saturday morning two coolies were charged colbi pork, boolb; fresh fish, 2,500lb; pick

1,5oolb; mutton, 9,005lb; lamb, by Constable Price for smoking in the Court.. They were released on bail of $1 each to ap chickens, too couples; fowls, 300 couples: led fish, etc, la barrels, eggs, 1,200 duzenj part due did, and he was discharged with a caution; the other did not, and his bail was estreated,

yeal,

tucks, 200 couples; geese, 6 dozen; grouse, To brace; turkeys, 110 apples, 40 barrels ***** oranges, 400 boxes, each of 400; potatoes, 33 tons; carrots,and turnips, at tons; cabbages, gallons; bread, etc, 40 tons How much wine oo; onions, 1 ton; cheese, I ton; milk, 750 spirits, ale, and stout is drunk on board, wa estables and drinkables consumed, and the

LEGRAMS.

THE WAR

THE FIGH

JAOYANG.

JAPANESE CASUALTIES)

Mr. M.Noma onsul for Japan, has kind- forwarded to us the following telegrams: Tokio, 11th Sept 5.25 p.m.

Our total casualties at Liaoyang.

17,539, whereaf on the right were 4,866, on t since the 26th August, were estimated at:

one centre were 4,993 and on the left were 7,68Y

Officer killed were 336 and wounded

were

THE RUSSIAN RETREAT

Tokio, Toth Sept., 10.15 p.m. Marshal Oyama reports that the right;

A TELEGRAM WAS received in town to-day, by THE case against Sam Newman, in the con- Jaunes Young, commanding the .a. Sisang, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co., that Capt. sular court at Tientsin, has been settled. of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, Newman was arrested recently in Cheloo on had to be put on shore at Singapore on account would rather, not say, But to carry all the telegraphic advice of the United States Consul of illness, his place being taken by bir. Liddell, at Tientsin, and remanded there in custody of chief officer. The Suisang left here ten days" men who cook and serve the food, would rearmy occupied Yental colliery and Yumen

a United States Marshal for trial, on a charge of fraud.

A PEKING telegram dated the 6th September says that the Lieuping-chu or Council for Amoy Refarm has nemorialised the Throne that all the officers and men in the military services in all the provinces should cut off their } : queues and wear foreign uniforms similar to the Japanese army-Eestern' Timer.

THE following is the return of visitors to the

passes will be practically impossible, the City Hall Library and Museum for the week

Chinese

79 71 1,945

Total...... 291

1,994

SATURDAY, and Sunday night were prolific in drunk and disorderly conduct cases, and this morning the Magistracy was crowded with a heterogenous mass of humanity to answer to those charges. Fines, ranging from $1 to $10, were imposed by their Worships, while several beach-combers and vagrants were sent to the

question must arise as regards the limits which ending th September, 1901- she has put for herself, not only to end the

Library Museum Non-Chinese................................ za 110. autumn campaign, but to a successful pro- secution of the war. Some weeks back, Reuter's agency learned that the former would be achieved by the fall of Port Arthur and the driving out of General Kuropatkin from Liaoyang. The Russians have since been disastrously routed at Lino- yang, and are now experiencing a series of defeats tollowed by constant retreats on Mukden. Indeed, a Chinese report has it that General Kuropatkin, having lost LiDA GERMAN member of the community was | yang and seeing Mukden is not a fit place to fined $15, by Mr. Kemp this morning, for delend, is now at Tichling where he keeps assaulting alukong outside the Hongkong Hotel A. S. WATSON & Co., a large number of his forces. Here, it is said defence that the Jukorg refused to call a chair on Saturday night. It was stated for the he has commandested the native residences, for the defendant, so he took the infong's hat to extending over an area of seven Chi-look at the number. If that constituted an ALEXANDRA BUILDING.nese in circumference, and Chinese work-

assault then he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Hongkong, 29th August, 1904.

men are now busily engaged in building forts and entrenchments. Therefore, it is apparent that, in the course of the

Price $18.50 per Dozen.

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TELEPHONE NO. 155.

CARLE ADDRESS: "ACHEE," HONGKONG

A. B. C. CODE, «ts EDITION.

ESTABLISHED 1859

A CHEE &

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next few weeks, we shall leard of the fall of

House of Detention.

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Stx house-boys were this morning fined by Mr. Kemp $4 each for being part of an assem bly of noisy men who were creating a great disturbance outside the Central Police Station, on Saturday afternoon. i was proved that they were shouting and dancing about and making a great noice, and their only explana- tion was that "they did it, because others were

doing it."

A RICKSHA coolic was this morning fined $ro

ago on her return voyage to Calcutta.“

INTERESTING figures regarding the imports and deliveries of sugar into London from the commencement of the year to the 30th July, with stock at fatter date, are as follows

1. 1991

quire a vessel so large that not many, years | Ize. hill after fighting on the 4th and sih back it would have been thought quite a big Inst. The enemy's main force is believed ocean liner, he tip

Liverpool across the Atlantic" and back 30ʻis from

to have retired north of the Sun River again.

The natives say that the enemy sent by train over 10,000 killed and wounded.

We buried over 3,000 Russian corpses. The enemy burned, before the evacuation, magazines near the station, but we captured immense quantities of provisions

A VERY curious sight met the ayes of those. 1902

whose business called them to the magistracy Ton Топа Tou Toni Stock,

65,150 113,080 175,930 146,430 | this morning, when Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe look Cane, Jaggery, per cwl.is 1/3 ·C16

his seat. Two Europeans, stripped to their Beet, 88 percent,, £.0.0: 29/0 Java, afloat....

waists, were placed before His Worship to 11/3 --19 B/a Bisfa

answer charges of being drunk and disorderly, and fighting. On the naked breast of one of

nom

A EUROPEAN mechanic imbibed too freely, yesterday evening, and was too drunk to recognize the locality to which the ricksha coolie had taken him. Believing that he had been going in the wrong direction he stopped the ricksha and jumped on the shafts breaking them short off under the foot-board admitted he was too drink to know anything Interrogated by. Mr. Kemp this morning he about it. He was fined $8, of which 55 was to go as compensation to the ricksha owner.

A STRANGE story of murder of a young man by Chinese girl last week, has for some days past been current among the Chinese community, Police investigation develops the fact that the giri in question accused a young Chinaman of having stolen all her rings, and run away with them. As the young man had disappeared, the friends of the man spread the report that the is, however, that the man has skipped either to girl had murdered him. The general opinion

Canion or Macao, and when he has exhausted his ill-gotten gains at the gaming table, ho will come up smiling, and will probably have to answer to the charge of theft,

ARRIVALS from Port Arthur late month state that no great amount of damage is visible in Port Arthur which can be ascribed to Japan- ese shelle falling in the city, as most of the missiles have landed where buildings are not numerous. The large scores of Kunst & Albers have suffered somewhat, three large shells hay ing struck the buildings occupied by that firm. The mess house of the saine firm also received a shaking up recently from a shell which land

for refusing to take Mr. 4. Samad, clerk anded on its roof. Clarksoe & Co's godowns were interpreter at the Magistracy; to West. Paint, bit, as repared by previous arrivals from Part on Saturday afternoon, he being at the time. Arthur, and much of the merchandise stored unemployed and sitting in his vehicle. The in them damaged.—CAsfoo Daily News. defence was that the man was hungry and the distance was too great. It was proved, how ever, that though he had money to pay for it,

Mukden, which so far as the land lighting is concerned, brings it to a close for the present. Of course, the Japanese have had their plans of the canipaign carefully laid out for a long time past, and it must be certain that they have drawn a line somewhere beyond which they have resolved not to go, and at which their military FURNITURE progress will be stopped. The question that will be uppermost when operations are resumed, is what is the line. That they cannot propose to go on pursuing indefinite- ly an ever retreating army and getting further

MR. John Hirsbrunner has purchased from the and further away from their base is indisput-Taku Tug and Lighter Co., the vacant lot of land to the north of the Astor House Hotel on the Victoria Road. We understand the price paid was something like Tis. 12,000 per mow, the highest figure, we believe, paid for land in Tientsin. We hope to see this "enterpising

DEALERS.

DRAWING-ROOM,

DINING-KOOM,

and BED-ROOM

FURNITURE,

ELECTRO-PLATED,

GLASS, and

CHINA WARES. PASTEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF

FILTERS,

ROCHESTER LAMPS,

he was not taking any food.

AmmunitionsAAA

SHOAL PATCH NEAR AMOY HARBOUR.

them was tattooed a large Cross, with the figure of the Saviour, and with the two Marys. standing, one on either side thereof. It was a strange and incongruous sight for such a place, and at such a time. The owner of a matshed. in Des Voeux Road was put in the witness box, and stated that the defendants came into menced to fight, when he told them to go (ommander C. E. Monro, R.. of H.B.M.S his matshed yesterday afternoon, and com-hal, gives notice that the Commanding Officer The Acting Deputy Coast Inspector, Shang-

away. They did not seem to understand him, Rambler reports the existence of a shoal patch so he called Chinese constable No. 303, who in the approach to Amoy Harb ur, with Chapel ordered the men to leave the shed. They Island bearing S. 8. E, distant 6.1 miles, and refused to do so, and continued fighting, so Chin-ha Point (S. 2. point) beating N. 87a W., the constable arrested the men. He of the distant 4.6 miles. The least water at present Cross kicked the constable, and was further obtained is 3 fathoms at low water of spring charged with assaulting the police in the per- tides. A further examination will be made. formance of their duties, the other, man going. Also, a shoal of small extent, with Quemoy quietly to the station. Placed before Mr. Wolfe Pagoda bearing N. 17. E., distant 6 1/13 miles, this morning they both admitted the charges and Taitan Lighthouse bearing N. 47 W., with against them. The first defendant, with the fathoms at low water of spring tides, All fence, and was fined $1 or one week on the tattoed breasts, had nothing to say in his de- bearings given are magnetic.

SALVAGE.

be:

first charge, and $8 or 3 weeks on the charge of assaulting the constable, in all Sto, or one. month. The second defendant stated that he had his ticket for Singapore by a steamer

If the sales of salvage, stock from all wrecks' leaving to-morrow. He was so elated at get were to bring as much at auction as a portion ting out of the Colony that he had taken auf the R.M.S. Australia's has done, then it glass too much, and it bad, made him drunk would almost appear a profitable business, than fospector Gourlay testified that the ticket for otherwise, to now and again put a ship ashore. Singapore was all in order, and His Worship But the bulk of the cargo should, obro said, that being so, he would bind the man over carefully selected, befo to come up for judgment whenever called upon local requirements. For instance, Melbourne, to dust, should be ever be found in this Colony says a local paper, hats, umbrale, lvo, and again. The first defendant, it appeared, had drças materially would seem to have been in been six weeks in the House of Detention, and particular request, and touchroughĩ much though he had no money when he entered, he higher prices than managed to get plenty of drink every day, when out for the ostensible purpose of looking for work.

DOUGLAS STEAMERS

CHARTERED:

THE men-of-war in Port Arthur harbour are making themselves useful by sending a few shots over into the enemy's lines. On August

5.5, " HAILOONG," 29th the Bayan, Poresviet, Rutvisan, and Pal- || lada went out of the harbour, and at a distance

of a little over a mile from the forts, and under chi by Sir Paul Chater, to take the that the ss.alloong has been

their protection, proceeded to shell the Japan-expedition down to inspect the condition ese positions. This work was kept up from 6 of the .. Agincourt and Baron Garden, with a o'clock in the morning until noon, The ships view to their salvage. It is expected that the returned to port in the afternoon. The Japan-expedition will start for the scene of the wrecks ese fleet was sighted on the horizon, on this almost immediately.

firm shonly commence building business pre-occasion, just before noon, but no firing was mises on this valuable site.-P. & T. Times,

indulged in by either side, says the Chefoo Daily News. While the Russians were out-

able And in this connection it will not be devoid of interest to learn the view of a Japanese official of position on the matter, who, although he does not profess to know the plans of the General Staff, undoubtedly reflects the opinions of the higher class of officials. According to him, assuming the continued success of the Japanese

As a result of the case reported, in these co-side the Peresulel was struck by a shell from arms, Port Arthur will fall and Mukden be WHITE TURKISH TOWELS. occupied by the Japanese army, and the remums, on Saturday last, wherein a woman the Japanese batteries, killing fifteen mer.

nants of the Russian forces will continue the steamer bound for Canton, and just about to charged a man with purse-snatching on board a retreat to Harbin, This, as some seem to sail, it was proved that she had brought a false think, will see the close of the first stage of and malicious charge, and she was, in turn, the campaign, and the Japanese will then prosecuted to-day and ordered to pay a fine of launch a fresh army against Vladivostok $10 to compensate the man for the detention"

his business. The fine and compensation were being prevented from proceeding to Canton on

COUNTERPANES.

BOOKING RANGES,

KITCHEN UTENSILS, and

HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES.

PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT.

DEVELOPING and PRINTING

· UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS,

GOOD WORK

PROMPT RETURN.

Hongkong, 8th January, 1994.

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E. C. WILKS & CO., MARINE SURVEYORS,

CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND

NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

COLL

OLLISIONS and Damages Surveyed.

Salvage Work undertaken. Ship Designs and Specifications prepared. Agents for the Construction and Sale of Steam

and Motor Launches,

Contract for New Tonnage on reasonable terms

with First-class Builders.

A Large stock of Canadian Asbestos and

Asbestoce) goods kept,

Agents for Messts. Allen & Sons Electrical

Plant and Centrifugal Pumps

Telegram” Addres

MARINEWORK"

Telephone -No. 358

- Hongkong, 3rd May, 1904.

:

SEVERAL famous Corresponpents arrived in towo yesterday, reports the Chefoo Daily News,

5.S. HAICHING."

The Douglas steamer Hatching, which has for sometime been running on the China Coast line, has been chartered on a time charter to a private Japanese firm, and will leave shortly for Moji with a general cargo of merchandizo,

A rumour was going the round of stock and

where tactics similar to those being adopter and loss of time he had been subjected to in the exception of Mr. Lyach, who is bound for shipping circles on Saturday to the effect that

a syndicate had been formed in London for the

of 3rd inst. They were George Lynch, Melion S. C. FARNHAM, BOYD & CO., LD, Prior, John Fox, Jr., and Richard Harding Davis. They are all on their way home with

Dalny. All of these gentlemen have been with the Japanese army, but they have seen very: litle fighting, not due to their owa inclinations purpose of purchasing the dicks in Shanghai. or efforts, either. Mr. Prior states that theIt was, however, believed that the rumour was correspondents have been tied hand and foot in connection with a report, which has been and gagged, mighty near literaily, too, and the going round that Mr. J. R. Twentyman, the operations of the hoops kept as far from their

well-known manager of Shanghai, had ap knowledge as possible. According to his proached a London Company for a loan, on statement, the compaign has been a most

of the docks, with a view to their

at Port Arthur-attack by sea and land -will be repeated. From Vladivostok, by paid. the railway, the official think they will ad- vance on flarbin, which will thus be at tacked from the west as well as from the south, and when that place has fallen their task will be complete. Thus, the Japanese will have Manchuria, Korea, and Vladivostok Arthur fell now the Russians at Liaoyang, insatisfactory one, from the newspaperman's enlargement and general improvement.

THE Tokio correspondent of the Dally Chronicle states that the Japanese feel con fident that they are able to take Port Arthur at any moment, but purposely delay making the foal assault. The contention is that if Port

Mukden, and other stations in that part of Manchuria, would promptly retire upon Harbin, That would seriously disconcert the Japanese plan, as they wish to strike both places-Port Arthur and Liaoyang-simultaneously, and to settle the war one way or the other, for this year at least.-We have since beard otherwise.

point of view

and

The

the security of the

It is also understood that negotiations were in progress for the sale of the Old Dock pro variously reported to be ibree-quarter to one perty to Japanese, and the purchase price is! and a quarter million tacis.

THE WEATHE

in their hands, and will then be able to fortily themselves while the sea is free and open behind them, there to await in security

A long standing feud was settled in a fistic way either the attacks of a fresh Russian army

yesterday, between two persons prominent or peace. We see then, according to this

among the employees of two local houses.. The authority, that, Vladivostok and Harbin are

spot selected was secluded even from the eyes their termini, and the Siberian Railway be

of a vigilant few who knew how the difference tween the two the limit of their advance

had to be determined, and the preliminaries On Wednesday last a foži employed in the were It is well known that Japan desires to get shop of a general dealer, at 131 Wellington Marquis of Quechsbury."-

arranged without regard to the The following report is from My rid, once and for all, of the Russian menace Street, had a quarrel with his master, over the was conducted on: lines familiar to our vatory

copiest | mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongk in the Pacific, and wants the Amur to be ever-vexed question of an increase of pay. The forefathers and the result, apparently. On the 11th at 6,39 pm. orders were issued their boundary in Asia. Should they not application of the fobi was refused ander the satisfied, the disputants that each was entitled to take down the red 5. Cone. retain Vladivostok it is certain the Russians isual plea of "hard times," and in revenge the to soms respect, if only in an athletic sense. On the 12that 11.25 am will not be permitted to keep it as a fortified man put some chairs in the upper verandah, A thoroughness, rarely associated with pro-risen throughout China and the Ne place; and more than likely it will remain and set fire to them, with the intention, as it fessionalism, characterised the proceedings, fallen slightly in Si Japan and the as at present the commercial outlet for East was alleged, of burning the house down. The says our informer, and the partisans and Philippin ern Siberia. Future developments will infire," however, was discovered before more spectators were regaled with an exhibition less Gradients are slight on dicate the precise plan of campaign to be than a trifling damage was done and promptly artistic than evenly matched. The lighter light NE wi

1. The faki, who tried to make a weight after followed by Japan after Mukden has been bolt of it, was arrested and placed before Mrroundy, impressed on his opponent that ninge

extinguished.

something resembling eig mosa Chann captured and Port

Arthur

fallen

to their Kemp, this morning, when the case was reways of

dispute are as satisfactor manded for evidence on both sides,

[58 handa.

he baromete

|

of trade. One c

told, the cost pric

$inghe usual way material, we are

was £68 brought 140; a case of hate (32 109; and a case of umbrella silks whocked down for £46 105, a sum much abo their cost value In each Instance. So far so good, and if the whole of the salvage could have been disposed of to equal advantage, there might have been compensations that would have gone financially loss. But, on the other hand, the gain on some distance towards making up for the main

special lines must be always more than equalis ed by the loss on others. Thus, in the present case, we find that at the second salvage sale three Humber motor cars, apparently in per fect condition, were sold for £130, 120, and 195 respectively, although the invoiced price of the last one was £253. Do the whole, per- haps, it is just as well to keep the ship intact as long as possible, and allow the consignees to distribute the cargo by legitimate methods:

Shipping and MAILS.

MAILS DUE

French Australien) 13th inst. German (Grelienau) 12th Inst American (Doric) i5ih inst..

German (Sachen) "15th insti

Indian (Lotsang) 20th zast. Canadian (Athenian) 20h Inst American (Coptic) 7th prox

The Silk ex CP R. C0.05, at. New York'on toth ins".

The P."201 Singapore for this port on 7th

The P&O S. Singapore for this part on roth in

this port via usual, porta ol

on 518