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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1904.

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NOTIORS

are doing in. European and American uni 1 THE French steamer Bourdon went into dock | T. & writer on the 5. F. Press who summarised | Tits other day the British wailing ship Elbe All communication Intended for publication in

The "HONGKONG TELEGRAPIE should aversities is good proot of what others may to day for her periodical overhaul, and inspect the report of the meeting held in connection flew the Police flag at Singapore, and on the addressed to The Faltor, 1, Ice Hasse Road, and be capable of performing. That the coun

tion of engines and boilers,

with the formation of a Volunteer Reserve Marine Police going off to her the Captain should be accompanied by the Writer's Name and try, is in need of reformation will not be

force for Hongkong evidently overlooked the reported that the whole ship's crew were suf Address.

fact that Sir Henry Blake has been for Ceylon fering from symptoms of poisoning, which had denied, and it will be only when a radical extent of damage sustained by the s.s. Agin being Sir Matthew Nathon,

THE surveyors are still busy inquiring into the for the past eleven months, the present Governor at once come an that morning after they had change is made in her educational system, court, and it has been found as yet impossible

had their coffee. Dr. Hupert went off to the that she will begin to realise the vast imto estimate, even approximately, the actual

ship and attended to the worst chick. The remainder of the coffee, was sent to the Govern portance of intercourse with the nations of amount of damage she has sustained.

ment Analyst and on examination was found the West.

to contain arsenic. The case is being investi. gated. Four of the ship's crew deserted on her arrival here, but it is not known if this bas anything to do with the poisoning.......

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). DAILY $30 per annum. WEEKLY $18 per annum.

The rates for quarter and per inoneet, proportional The daily issue in delivered free when the aldre is accowible to monatiger. On mples went by post an Additional $1,80 per quarter is charged for pastage. The postage in the weekly issue to any part of the

worki le 30 sunta per quarter.

five cents.

LOCAL AND GENERAL..

AFTER a lengthy holiday at home Mr H. Price, of Messrs. Price & Co., has returned to the Colony.

AFTER a long absence in the Orient, John Roberts is now giving exhib tions at home, and at the end of the month opens matches ai Edinburgh, to be followed by others at Man chester.

TSEN Chur-hsuan, Viceroy of the Kwang Provinces, sing the troubles in Kwangsi do

Single Copie, Daily, ten cents; Weekly, twenty DR. and Mrs. G. M. Harston were passengers not subside, has asked the Peking Government arriving on the German mail steamer from home this morning.

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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1904

EDUCATION IN CHINA.

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A GRAPHIC description of the destruction of a Russian battery in one of the recent engage. ments is printed on page 3.

to allow him to stay at Zinchow so as to supar- vise the suppression of the Kwangsi rebels.

The many friends of Capt. Jones, of the Heungshan, will be pleased to learn that he has so far recovered from his recent illness as to be able to take a trip to Hongkong from Macao from his holiday in England a fortnight from this morning. Capt. Clarke is expected back

SOME French missionaries have established themselves at Waichinfu in Honan which caused great excitement amongst the ignorant people. Threatening placards are exhibited at public places inviting the mass to protect their own sacred creed atc, against foreign contam- ination. The local authorities seem incompet ent to handle the excited people.-Eastern Times.

AT the Marine Police Court this morning, be- fore His Worship, the Hen,, W. L. Barnes- Lawrence, R.N., Kwok Fuk, Chan Lin, and | Chan Ngan, owners of licensed row-boats were

REGARDING the Reuter telegram, printed in charged by Sergeant Boole of the Water Police our columns yesterday, the following wire to:Į with wilfully disobeying the orders of the Har. the Coblenews, and dated San Francisco, 7th | bour Master, contrary to section 39 of Ordin- inst., is of interest.-Russia and Japan are ance 10 of 1899. - The defendanta mada fast to making preparations to use submarines during the stem of a junk in such a way as to obstruct the further progress of the war. Russia is the passage of boats coming alongside the reported to have three now at Vladivostok and Harbour Master's wharf. The first named others are said to be under construction in a

defendant was fined $5 or seven days' imprisona French Mediterranean port. It is also reported ment, whilst the others were mulcted in the that the Baltic fleet carries several. Five of sum of $3 each, with a like alternative, built at New Haven and the rest at other East these engines of destruction, one of which was

THE Chinaman who was stabbed in the fracas at Tanjong Pagar, Singapore as recorded in Our issue yesterday has succumbed to the to-day. He will resume command of the ern ports,' are now on their way across the wound be received.

It is proposed to introduce the seal into Eake Superior. Seals can live in fresh water, and are found in Lake Baikal. The question is

market and the se ils too. whether there are fish enough to supply the

ACCORDING to the Araf's Peking correspon- dent the Russians have enlisted two thousand Mongols at $12 a month $2 extra allowance. The arms are supplied by the Mongols and come from Germany.-Universal Gazette,

Macao liner,

United States for San Francisco whence they will be shipped to Japan. Great secrecy is

carry them.. being maintained as to the vessel which will

MR W. Stuart Darrison, Superintendent of the China and Japan Telephone and Electric Company, who was suddenly taken ill last Sunday, and carried to the Govern-SOME astonishing figures given by Mr. Duncan men: Civil Hospital, in a state of uncon-Hume at the Conference of the Incorporated sciousness, in which he remained until to will soon be entirely recovered from his stroke, day, is now quite conscious, and it is hoped he and able to get about as usual,

POSSIBLY there may be luck in the number 13. at any rate it was on James O'Brien's THE correspondent at Singapore who sends the magistracy that a berth was found for him thirteenth appearance before Mr. Kemp at

sertion in our columas, "in justice to a lady, and he was therefore remanded to police cus us a copy of a statutory declaration, for in- as ordinary seaman on board the s.v. Kentmere, and gentleman of honourable reputation," is tady to be placed on board that vessel and advised to place the matter in the proper quar-seen safely out of the Colony. Pity a few faction he now secks, and rug no risk of an rid of in the same way. ters where he would doubiless get the satis more notorious beach combers cannot be got action for slander.

The last ten years have made more change BLEND in China's attitude towards outside know. ledge than all the previous cons of time put together. Exactly what goes on behind the walls of the Forbidden Palace; at Peking, we cannot tell, but the Western world has had glimpses of the innumerable Court struggles in which officials from the highest to the lowest have had parts to play. At the present time the Empress is practically supreme, the young "Son of Heaven !' remaining as the figure-head, while his old reforming edicts are being re-introduced cautiously. The Empress sees which way wisdom lies and moves along that way, all the while suppressing-with occasional failure-ber irritation at what she has to do and her pettish dislike of the foreigner. She does not appear to be naturally opposed to all progress, but dislikes being forced in- to it.

This has been evidenced in her IT is reported from Weihaiwei that Messrs. courting of the foreign ladies of the diploma-pleted negotiations for the purchase of the A. S. WATSON & CO., Westernising education. More than two one, and under normal conditions enjoys, a tic corps at Peking and in a scheme for King's Hotel there. The property is a valuable years ago it was decreed in an Imperial liberal patronage from guests arriving from edict that universities should be established points as far away as Singapore, Chefoo and Weihaiwei being the summer resorts of the in each province, colleges in each prefecture China coast.-Chefee Daily News. and schools in each district. The Chinese, however, did not display any zeal in com- plying with theorder as no provision was made for the maintenance of the establishments, The Emperor, however, complained in the strongest terms that no notice should have been taken of the decree, with the result that,

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and husband of Madame Alica, Estey) who MR. Alec Marsh (the well-known baritone,

spent some time two or three years ago in Hongkong and Shanghai, is at present at the stage management of the Three Little Simla. While visiting that place he took over Maids, the first performance of which took

ladies characters were filled by Mrs. Iggulden,

matter in hand and gave new names to the Miss Massy and Miss Bond, who sang and

existing Chinese institutions, and called them acted with brilliant success. Western Halls of Learning. In many of the

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not necessarily endorse the spinions expressed by Correspondenta la this colum.]

A SUGGESTION.

Society of Musicians as to the work of the have now been supplemented by some similar brain, nerves, and muscles in piano-playing

statistics with reference to the work of short hand-writing. At a meeting of the Incorpur. ated Phonographic Society recently it was stated that to write stenographically at the rale of 150 words per minute involves hearing on an vowels-in the course of every minute, and average 750 distinct sounds-consonants and managing to represent or indicate 12 of them ute means beating about 1,000 sound in sixtyings would be quite useless; but times, bave every second. Writing at 200 words per min. seconds and representing or indicating rather more than sixteen of them in every single second!

the summons against the South China Morning between representatives of the Colonial Office MK. Gompertz gave his decision in the case of AN important conference will shortly be held

ed the locality where the alleged obstruction had ding the usefulness of the Imperial Institute. Post this morning. He stated that he had inspect and the Board of Trade, with a view to exten- tie had been caused, having regard to the consider the desirability of increasing the per- taken place, and found that, while an obstruc-The special object of the conference will be to

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGXona Telebrant." SIR-Now that all our new buildings on

Europesas firms are bearing completion, and that portion of the new Prava occupied by

are going to have a distinguishing name, I. would suggest the extreme desirability and convenience of having a Chinese translation of tho é names engraved alongside the European ones on the exterior of the building. The ad-

quite obvious and need not be enlarged upon. vantages to be derived from such a step are

In the old days, when each firm used to have a ong all to itself, such branding of our build-

changed, and some of the buildings on the new reclamation now contain as many as twenty offices. It would, therefore, greatly facilitate the work of our office boys and coolies if the suggestion were adopted. Should there Chinese, perhaps some special Ghidean names be any difficulty in translating the names into

may be adopted.Yours faithfolly,

Hongkong, tath October, 1904.

PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

condition of the road there which was blocked manent staff at South Kensington by the addi- did not consider the obstruction of such a duty of conducting a more minuta examination with heaps of building material and debris, he | tion of experts, to whom would be assigned the

nature as to warrant the infliction of a penalty, than has hitherto been made into the character It was, therefore, dismissed. Tolice Sergeant or possibilities of the raw material proto-day upon the question of immediately grants If the American people were asked to vote duced by our colonies and protectorates. By ing independence to the Filipinas, says the Adlington was in charge of the case,

this means it is hoped that the home market New York Times, they would vote the pro- would become more keenly alive to the value regarded with indiference by our merchants of many colonial products which are at present

the despatch of experts for the purpose of and manufacturers. The scheme would involve collecting the necessary information and

yesterday, a Chinese woman was arrested for On the arrival of the Heungshan from Macao

she was endeavouring to snuggle into the being in possession of 12 taels of opium, which Colony. She was taken to the station and

being subsequently released on bail of $300 to appear before the magistrate this morning. Of course, she did not put in an appearance when the case was called on and her bail was estreat- ed. The penalty to which she was liable was

the proposal will be dealt with by a Treasury official, who will be invited to attend the conference.

FURNITURE provinces serious attempts are now being it is reported front an indirential quarter in $360, with the alternative of imprisonment, or THE London correspondent of the Manchester

DEALERS.

DRAWING-ROOM,

DINING-ROOM,

and BED-ROOM

FURNITURE.

ELECTRO-PLATED,

GLASS, and

CHINA WAKES. PASFEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF

FILTERS,

made to provide these colleges at the 'capitals, the most recent instance being the opening of one of them in Canton. Our correspondent at that city informed us yesterday that a college has been started in the old Examination Hall, which has been thoroughly renovated, and six or seven teachers engaged to impart a little know ledge of English and some other elementary studies to a hundred or more young men. From other parts of the Empire similar satisfactory reports are to hand, the Tientsin official organ stating that the Viceroy of Yunnan and Kweichow pro- vinces has converted all the private more important public tem- ples into schools and colleges for modern studies. The properties of the various native monks and nuns have been confiscated and sold by the Viceroy personally, three-fourths of the proceeds being used for the up-keep UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS. of the said schools, and the balance given

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KITCHEN UTENSILS, and

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DEVELOPING and PRINTING

GOOD WORK.

PROMPT RETURN. Hongkong, 8th January, 1904.

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to the disestablished monks. There is no

position down ten to one, perhaps twenty to would vote it down because they are not insane one, certainly by an exemplary majority. They

were asked to vote upon the question whether and because they are not heartless. If they we should make the promise now,' they would

amalgamation.of three of the largest arms and both, her absence apparently saved her an Despatch has been shown a letter written by a independent. The spread of this impression"

Berlin that negotiations are proceeding for the ammunition firms in Germany. It is not at present clear whether Krupps is a party to them, but it is by no means improbable, see- ing that there is no male member of the family to control the firm's affairs since the death of Herr Krupp. In any event, however, the con- racting firms would have to obtain the consent of the Government before amalgamating, they being contractors to the State.

WRITING from Vienna, a friend of his states that Sir Rudolph Slatin intends shortly to pay a visit to England, after which he will go to Kitchener. Sir Rudolph has not been in India for some time as the guest of Lord England for nearly four years, and he has only just returned to his bome in Vienna, after nearly three years work in the Soudan, partly in connection with the business of the Adminis

tration and partly in connection with the Gor- don College and Hospital, founded by Lord Kitchener after the termination of the Khartoum

campaign.

extra $60.

take the trouble to express their will upon a mere question of expediency. The point is really petty, and not worth fussing over. The intelligent Filipinos already know pretty well that if they make rapid advancement they will some time become self-governing, probably very prominent official in the Ministry of the among all classes of the Filipinos, unintelli- Interior in St. Petersburg, describing the diffi- gent as well as intelligent, has undoubtedly A YOUNG Indian watch an was this morning culties of the Tzar in finding a suitable succes increased the difficulty of our position, as Judge sent to two months' hard labour, by Mr. Gom-sor to De Piehve. "Plebve's post," he says, Taft has pointed out. But the harm is dore pertz, for being in possession of property which "has already been offered to as fewer than now, and the mere expression of a belief that he either stole himself or knew to have been seven men, all of whom have refused it for the promise should be made at once is not a stolen, at Yaunati. When taken to the station

reasons which may be well understood. The matter of very much consequence. Certainly he said he bought the goods, consisting of

two men most suitable for the post-M. de it is not big enough to be made into a cam clocks, Chinese female clothing, and brassed to undertake it, for their reforming propening the promise 'now that any difference of Witte and Prince Khilkoff-have not been askpaign issue-and it is only in respect to mak utensils, ip Tientsin; but when Sergeant sities are too well known to the Tzar. reality and substance can be discovered be. Appleton placed him before Mr. Kemp he said we should welcome either of them at the tween the positions of the two candidates. been so busy that he forgot to report his "find." he found them in a bundle on the road and had The goods were reported stolen some weeks pr is the matshed, occupied by a clockmaker, ago, and it was proved that the Indian had to from which they were taken, twice every day. The goods were found locked up in his hax.

THAT a little learning is dangerous was evi denced the other day at Shanghai when some Chinese boys entered the new building of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, while the workmen were at dinner and found an earthenware jar,

school of thought and political action, and Ministry, as they represent an entirely new

rather than diminish? In the course of his Piehve be appointed our troubles will increase we can all see that if a man of the type of poor

letter the writer remarks "that there is not an official in the Ministry (of the interior) who is not now shadowed by police agents, it having transpired that the assassin of Plebye was in close communication with some of the clarks

whose identity has not yet been established."

filled with gas generating acid. They uncorked AT the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr. the jar and put some pieces of zinc therein. T. Sercombe Smith (Puisue judge) the Wing The receptacle was then closed and carefully Mee firm of brick contractors, carrying on sealed. In a short space of time, the force of business at 303. Des Voeux Road, brought an the gas within asserted itself, an explosion action against the Pow Yick firm of 259, Queen's followed, which sent the acid and fragments of Read for the recovery of 5364.61 being in the jar in all directions. As luck would have respect of 19,000 Amoy bricka sold and de- however, the acid did not hurt any of the livered. Mr. F. X. d'Almada e Castro appeared youngsters seriously though some of them were scratched by the fragments of the broken

THE Kobe Shimbun correspondent at Liaoyang sent the following report to his paper on Sep tember 30th:-Lieusbankwas, Motienling, and their vicinities were visited by the first frost this year on September 20th. On the 22nd, there was snow, and ice was seen in the fields, Liaoyang has also been visited by frost and it suddenly became very cold a few days ago. millet has all been gleaned. The roads are Since then it has become warmer again. The

very dusty. Skumisbes take place every now jar. and then, but no severe engagement has been reported.

doubt, as our Canton correspondent points out, that the Chinese seem determined to work out their own salvation. When one realises that the aim of education is to make a mal useful and desirable member of society with enough intellectual culture to impart the necessary polish to the

person, it certainly behoves the Western nations to encourage China by every means in their power. Moral training may be regarded as the foundation of the Chinese educational system, and mental training, the superstruc: ture. For this reason her schools have until quite lately given comparatively little atten- tion to the study of anything else besides the language and the literature of the country. We have seen, here in Hongkong, that in intellectual endowment the Chinese are not Telephone-No. 358. inferior to any other people in the world,

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"OLLISIONS and Damages Surveyed.

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

and Motor Launches.. Contract for New Fontage on reasonable terms A large stock of Canadian Asbestos and

Asbestocel goods kept, Agents for Messrs. Allen & Sons Electrical

Plant and Centrifugal Pumps.

with First-class Ballders.

Telegram Address:

· MARINEWORK”- Hongkong, 3rd May, 1904.

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WE have received from the Portland and Asiatic Steamship Company, copy of the annual number of the Commercial Review, & weekly journal published in Portland, Oregon, in the interests of the milling, grain and ship ping trade of that port. In this issue is a very interesting article from the pen of Mr. H. Reed, Secretary of the Lewis and Clark Cen year. The paper is also replete with inform tennial Exposition to be held in Portland next stion regarding the imports and exports from the port, and other mercantile news of general many excellent photographs of local scenes of intereir to those concerned. It also contains

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. L. Plum mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser vatory:-

On the 17th at 11:35am. The barometer has risen in Japan, and fallen moderately in other directions, 2

The greatest pressure lies over, N. China, and Korea and the least over the Philippines

Group,

Light N.E. Jinds will prevail in the For mosa Channet and moderate to fresh monsoon over the northern part of the China Sen

Forecast-Moderate N.E. winds; fine.

SHIPPING AND MAILS

MAILS DUE Australian (Tsinan) 13th just Canadian ( Tartar) 18th {m[/ American (Korea) 18th iosta ja Indian (Kumsang) s0th inst Canadian (Empress of India) 24th insp American (Siberia) 4th prox.

the plaintiffs and Mr. S. W.To defended Mr. D'Almada in opening the case said that some time before; the foth of last month, the defendants were seen by a broker who unders took to supply them with a certain number THE 13. Lilliä, 1,814 toris, Captain Morris, now of bricks, and the matter was settled. Plaintiffs in the Cosmopolitan Dock, undergoing a took the bill of lading to the defendants and thorough overhaul, is the old Derwent, used as the same was chopped, thus acknowledging a transport for troops from India to South the bill. A few da safterwards, plaintiff sent Africa during the late Boer War She was round a shroff to collect the amount due, when- subsequently sold to Chinese at Saigon, when defendants and they had not yet fuished her name changed, and she was registered counting the bricks. Later on they informed under the French flag. When she arrived in the plaintiff that they had paid the broker in this port from Saigon on the 29th alto, she was question. At the request of the plaintif provisionally registered under the British flag representative of the defendant, want he Line Freach to the British. Before taking up her tective Mutisan, admitted having recei preparatory to her permanent change, from the Pelice Station, and in the presence of De- pin run again between here and Saigon, etc. She bill of lading, but alleged that their dealings will be re-christened Derwent when Captain were with the broker only, and they did mand of her present matter, Mr. E. Morris led, His Honour found Jenkins, of the Shan Company, will take.com kuom the defendants

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