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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 1905.

NOTICE All communication intended for publication lu "The HONGKONG TELEGRAFH", should be addressed to The Militar, 1, Ice Hours Road, and should be accompanied by the Writer's Name and

Adira.

A. S. WATSON & CO., Onlinary business commumautions should be auldrowned

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT

MERCHANTS.

ESTABLISHED,

1841.

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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

EXTRACT:

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IN PRESENTING YOUR BRAND

to The Manager.

The Editor will not undertake to be responsible for Ray rejected MS., nor to return any Contribution.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). IALLY-$30 per annum. WEEKLY-$13 per annum,

The rates par quarter and per menem, proportional.

builders, and as a result the Hongkong Dock Co. secured the contract at a figure which it was impossible for the firms at home to underbid. Similarly, did our Company obtain by public competition the order from the U. S. Government for the Fathomer,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MR. John Anderson (Straits Settlements) and Mr. José B. da Silva (China) have been elected Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute.

TURE TUNICS.

Following are this morning's times- White Elephant and Yellow Peril opencu the ball in moonlight gallops, 1 mile; 43 1/5 1.22, 2.01, 2:36.

THE amah, who fell from the window of the (7), (?), 2.30.

Diocesan chool, succumbed to her injuries fast night. The usual inquiry into the cause of the occurrence will be held.

IN the action Yau Sre Loong v. Tung Tai Tsung Kee, his Bonour gave judgment for the plaintiff in the first action for $74.55, the full amount claimed, and costs; and the plaintiff in the cross-action for $6.37, which did not carry costs.

which was handed over in its finished con. |dition to the Philippine Government as a craft, the like of which it would have re. dounded to the credit of the best firms of builders to turn out from any yard at home or in the States. It will be seen that Hongkong is in the unique position to hold its own against any and every com The daily issue is delivered free when the address ietitor, and now that the Tanjong Pagar Co. is on the eve of being expropriated by the Home Government under the second of the two theories advanced in these columns a WE regret to hear of the death of Mr. Anasta few weeks since as the ground for the justifi-sius Jones, who 'been for 26 years a director able action of the Colonial Office, we feel of the London and Coty Bank. He was also certain that the position of the Hongkong on the London Committee of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, it being Dock Co. will remain as unassailable as it the custom for one of the directors of the London has been in the past. Guided as it is by the and County to be on this committee. policy of maintaining its numerous establish- ments up to the high standard of efficiency they have attained, we may claim, without HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1905. hesitation, for this concern, the credit of

being second to none in the East.

Accomible to mesenger. On copies sent by, post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the

world 130 cents per quarter,

Single Cople, Daily, ten cents; Wuskly, twenty.

five coats.

The Hongkong Gelegraph

TANJUNG PAGAR DOCK CO.

The following circular was issued in London, under date Dec. 2oth, to the share- holders in the Tanjong Pagar Dock Com- pany, Limited-

I bey to advise you that we have just been informed by the Colonial Office that, in view of the peculiar position occupied by this com- pany al Singapore and the public interests that are involved therein, it has been decided to ex propriate the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, "I HAVE TAKEN PLEASURE | Limited, and to vest its assets in the Colonial Government. The Colonial Office further state that the Governor of the Straits Settlements will prepare and introduce an Ordinance for this purpose, will provide for settlement of the terms of expropriation by agreement, or, fail. 1 nun directed to assure you that, in common with the Board, this committee will use every means in their power to safeguard the interests of the share holders in this company. By order of the Committee, I am, &c. Lewis Fraser, Secretary I COULD of the London Consulting Committee.

(WATSON'S CELEBRATED E.ing that, by arbitration.

BLEND) AS THE FINEST

SCOTCH WHISKY

PROCURE."

In another column we reproduce the edi- torial comments on this circular, printed in the Straits Times of the 18th inst. It will be observed that the writer remarks that "rather than risk the heavy charges of A. S. WATSON & Co., the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, [steam-

LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

ESTABLISHED 1841.

Hongkong, 13th January, 1995,

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ship] owners have, in many cases, preferred to get their vessels overhauled at home, or have sent them on to Hongkong to the Kowloon Ducks, though in the latter case it was perhaps a leap out of the frying pan

SHIPPING JETSAM.

HONGKONG INFECTED.

The Colonial Secretary has forwarded to us a copy of following telegram received from the Secretary to the Government, Burma, dated 24th inst.:-Hongkong declared infected; inform shipping firms."

At noon to-day, Messrs. Hughes and Hough, under instructions from the mortgagees, put up for sale by auction the steam-launch Zei Ping. Bidding began at $1,000, and rose briskly to $3550, at which figure it was knock

HERO worshippers and these failing to recall certain incidents in the Boxer campaign of 1900 may be interested to learn that General

Stoessel and a member of his staff caue ashore yesterday morning, tifined at one of our well. known hotels, and returned to the Australien just prior to her departure for Europe,

A FINANCIAL Contemporary seems tickled at the remark of a Hongkong stockbroker, that general business has remained quiet, our market being influenced by the Cricket Match." No cricket match has recently disturbed the London market. A cricket match at Lord's in | some of our recent fogs would have been a unique affair.-L. & C. Express.

Tux japacese are reported to have mide

ed down to Wai Ki, launch-owner. The di-eighteen miles of semi-tunnels before Port mensions of the Hot Ping are: length-63 feet Arthur. Many of these tunnels are run straight six inches: breadth 12 feet five inches; depth towards the forts, and then parallel tunnels were dug in which the men were sheltered and 7 feet three inches, ber grass tonnage being 40 tons. The mortgager was Tsang Tong. The Hiring Star, launch, advertised for sale at the

same time, was withdrawn.

LAUNCH MASTER FINED.

Before the Hon. Captain LA. W. Baines- Lawrence, Marine Magistrate, this morning, George Boole, Water Police, prosecuted Wong Fu, master of the steam-launch Tew for failing to observe the rules of the road in the harbour

on the 24th inst.-G. Boole stated that, at about 11 am. on the 23rd inst, he was, in charge of No. 4 Police boat and whilst cross ing the harbour from Pottinger's Pier to Kow- loon he saw the steam-launch Toth, of which defendant was master, coming down on his port bow in such a manner that if both had kept on their course there would have been a

from which they kept up an effective fire. The digging of these tunnels is declared by Ameri- can and English experts to have been the most remarkable engineering achievement of the present war.

NAVAL NOTES.

The Portuguese gunboat Diu arrived from Macag to-day. She will be docked here for repairs and overhaul before proceeding to start on her return journey to Lisbon.

The cruiser Entrecasteaux is reported to

while leaving Na-Trang Harbour in Indo- have run on a cuck not marked on the chart

into the fire." In reference to the latter collision. He heard two blasts blown on the China and to have sustained severe damage to

statement it is needless for us to assert on what slender evidence the opinion of our southern contemporary is based. The statement, if left uncontradicted, may give rise to etroneuas impressions, which may be prejudicial to the interests of Hongkong. Not so very long ago we printed in these columns the report of a meeting of the United States Merchant Marine Commis sion, appointed to investigate the conditions which handicap American shipping interests in competition with other nations of the world. Ankungst the voluminous evidence taken before the Commission at San Fran- cisco, the president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company laid stress on the importance of the docking accommodation in Eastern waters to the shipowners in the

SPIRIT MERCHANTS, States. He stated before the Commission

HONGKONG,

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FIRST FLOOR,

(WM. POWELL & Co.'s oki premises)..

Specially

that he could have all his ships docked and overhauled in Hongkong at 55 per cent less than what is costs in San Francisco. More over, he asserted that the Pacific Mail Com pany would rather have the cleaning and painting of their ships done in the Orient, all other things being equal, because-and be regretted to say it—the Chinese labourers did better work than the Americans. That the charges in Hongkong for the repairing and overhauling of ships with the same degree of efficiency must necessarily com. pare to the advantage of the local docks as against the home yards, there is no question, since the cost of skilled labour is so infinitely smaller here, in Hongkong,

Recommended: where Chinese for the most part are

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Tow's whistle, and he then blew one blast on his own, to denote that he was going to star- board, which he did slightly. The defendant then again blew two blasts, and witness blew one blast and kept more away to starboard until he saw defendant was getting too close, as he kept on starboarding his helm, and then witness had to go to starboard to avoid a collision. The master of the Tore showed by mandels that the Tow did not make allowance for room for her to clear the police boat, which had to pive way, when by the rules

defendant did not seem to understand a

her bull. The cruiser Quichen has been selected to replace her. The Débats calls-at- tention to the weak state of the French baval

furces in the Far East. The D'Assas, it says, had lamentable voyage oul, and arrived in a very damaged condition. The Descartes, after convoying torpedo-boats, reached Saigon with one engine useless. The Sully, sent unfinished, has several times narrowly escaped running around. She will have to go into duck, buí as the work cannot be done at Saigon, owing to the want of room, the cruiser must either

wait or go to Hongkong. To crown. every.

of the road, he need not have done so, The thing, the Chuleaurenault has now been dis. strict interpretation of the rules of the road.abled for several months. Such a situation, The defendant was warned to make himself that journal says, is intolerable, better acquainted with those rules, and was fined $5,

Mr. Basil Taylor, Assistant larbour Master, prosecuted Sa Fuk, assistant master of the steam launch Cheong Ching, upon a similar charge to the above. He stated that about one o'clock on the 24th inst. he was in the Harbour Department launch Daisy, return- ing to the Harbour Master's pier. As he neared the Stanley he saw on his starboard side the defendant's launch coming down from West to East. Witness had no room to turn so he blew two blasts on his whistle and weal

full speed astern. The Cheong, Ching came out from behind a junk, put her launch eight points to starboard, and as nearly as possible ran into witnesss launch. The assistant master of the Cheong Ching showed that he put his helm to starboard quite needlessly, and evidently became confused. He was warned to be more careful in future, and was Fined $5.

THIS afternoon at the Magistracy, Mr. Gompertz held an inquiry into the circumstances touch- ing the death of Ab Mui, a girl aged thirteen years, who fell from the verandah of a house in Yaunui, subsequently succumbing to her injuries in the Government Civil Dospital. The evidence showed that the police raided, the house on account of information that three girls

deceased tried to escape, and in so doing met her death. The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure, while attempting to escape from the police.

FOR the first time in history a Chinese was born in Vienna a few days ago, the son of the artisans employed as

and mechanics Chinese Minister, Yang Cheng. under technical and practical European supervision. Times out of number has it been publicly stated by private shipping firms that work entrusted to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. is in every respect equal to the best of its kind turned out in the home yards at much greater cost. And we believe we are correct in stating that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hold | were being kept there against their will. The 18.00

the same high opinion of the labour and (a white wine of exceptional bouquet). workmanship accounted for by the Hong. kong Docks. We have it on the authority of the Chairman of the Company, in his speech at the last ordinary meeting, that Two dastardly attempts were made to wreck the contract made with the Admiralty in some tram-sats on Des Vocax Road, West, at December last [1993] for a thorough refit of about ten o'clock last night. In the first an II.M.S. Glory was successfully completed iron bolt was laid in the hollow of the rail, within the contract time, to the satisfaction about eight inches long, and as car No. 20 went of the Naval Authorities." The nature and over it the jar caused all the passengers to start. extent of the work on the battleship were, up, when the cause of the trouble was dis until then, considered of a magnitude and covered. The car, after the obstruction had description to be carried out only at Ports been removed, went on its way, only to expe rience a second jar at the corner of Wing Lok mouth. Quite recently when the Joint Street, and there it was discovered that a row River Steamboat Companies contemplated of pebbles had been laid in the hollow of the an addition to their fleet of steamers, tenders rail, No arrests were made, but Inspector [33-qwere invited from home yards and the local Collett has the matter under investigation,

N.B-All our Wines and Spirits are bettled at

imac, thereby ensuring to our Customers ail the mdvantages accruing from bottling done at home under the direct supervision

of the Growers and Distillers as compared to bottling done in China by Chinamen

at the service of European Firms. Hongkong, 31st December, 1964.

THE TSAREVITCH,"

DETAILED ACCOUNT OF BER INJURIES, Some interesting details are given in the Marine-Hundsches, from information obtained at first hand at 1 singtau, as to the condition of the Tsurevilch alter the battle of August. The vessel was hit 13 times by Japanese 12 in. shells and twice by 8 in, shells, though at very long ranges of from 7,000 to 8,000 yards, whence the perforating power of the project es was small. She was perfectly battleworthy at the close of the action, and in only one case had she her armour pierced, the conning-tow- er, which is of to in. steel, have been perfor. ated by a projectile which killed two officers inslet. There were four hits on her heavy gun turrets, which are of 10.in, steel, but the turrets were not put out of action or the sight ing appliances damaged. There is, however, a crack in the forward turret, but this may have been produced by the discharge of the 76 Lounds which the guns in it fired. Of the smaller turrets containing 6 in. guns, the after port turret was disabled by a Japanese shell, presumably of 8 in. calibre. The most interest- ing hit was one from a 12 in. shell under water, just below the armour belt, abreast of the foremust. This might have been expected to des- troy the strip. But, as a matter of fact, it seems to have been brought up by the 2 in, inner bulkhead which the ships of the Tsarevitch and Borodino class carry, and it only admitted 150 tons of water to the wing compartment, a quauilty sufficient to affect seriously the trim of the ship. Below the armour-deck no damage whatever was done, except by the splinters of a shell which burst in the after- funsel, and which shattered several tubes in

one of the Bellevillo boilers. The battle of August makes it certain that in future, to obtain decisive results, it will be necessary to close to 2,000 or 3,000 yards, and to take the risk of torpedoes.

OPIUM QUOTATIONS,"

To-day's quotations are as follows:-

Malwa New.

"

Old

Older

Fatma New Benarca New Porsiap (Paper)

Per chest

· 1,070 © 4,150 imidiam..© 1,220/1,260

$37

*✪ 719/990-

Bet galloped also in moonlight, mile, 361,

Alarm, 1 mile, 37, 1:12, 1.53, 2,28. Halifax, 1 mile, (?), 35, 1.11, 1.44. Esquimalt, mile, time missed. Fiscal, mile, 38, 1.13, 145.

Black Monday and K. O, S, B., 1 mile, (7), 39, 1-16}, 1.50,

Alladie, 17 mile, 39, 125i: 1,51, 3.27 4/5, 303 3/5, 340 2/5, 4.14. Joined by Hacken Schmidt for one mile, 36, 7.12), 1.49, 2.28, and Spirtle and Caterpillar, 17-mile; (?), (?), '38, 1.16, 1.51.

The Squaler, mile, (2), (7), 36, 1.43 1-498.

The Count and The Loafer, I mile, last,

1.50.

Sport Royal and Wee Macgregor, 1 mile, (7), 36, 1.13, 1.46§.

Phaps und Phaps Not, 1 mile, 35, 1.10, 1.47, 1.26.

Algerine, 1 mile time missed. Pat and Milk, I mile, 36, 1.11†, 1.47, 2.21. Blackbird; mile, 331, 1.08), 1,431, 2,30. Titmouse and Professor, 1 mile, (P), 1 (7), 2.25.

Fife trotted once round, and † inile 39; 1.15, 1.483.

Ching, I mile, 43, 1.23, 2.01, 2.35 cantering. In the following the abbreviation (i) de notes inside course :—

Desperation (i), 1 mile, 38, 1,128, 143, 2.231. Bijou and Pickanniny (i), I saile, 38, 1.13, 150, 2.27, Bijou beat the Derby pony.

Ledbury, The Duke, and Berkeley, † mile, 41, 1.188, 1.51.

Nomination and Grafton, r mile, 43, 1,231, 1.58, 2.33.

Empress of India Rose, i† mile, 39, 1.15,

Lamarque Rose and lavincible Rose if and 52, 2.271,3.01.

miles, respectively, 381, 1.131, 1.48, 2.24,

Gem Rose, it mile, 341, 1.108, 1.51, 2.26 301 2/5, 3-38.

3.01.

La France Rose, 1 mile, 35, 1.09), 1.44h 2.94/5, 2 54 1/5.

Kosy Morn Rose and High Frequency, 1 mile, (7), 37, 1.13, 1.51, 2.26Į.

Ocean, Policy, and Astra, 1 mile, 353, 7.11, 1.453, 2.20; the first two finished dead-heat

with Astroca far behind,

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TELEGRAMS.

[Reuter's.]

New French Cabinet Completed.

LONDON, 23rd January,

M. Rouvier has practically completed the Cabinet, and decided to adliere te Combe's programme. M. Delcassé remains Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The Riots in St. Petersburg. The centre of St. Petersburg was practi- cally deserted in the evening except for the troops camped in the snow. Some of the infantry has been withdrawn and replaced by bluejackets.

LATER.

Movement Spreading.

The precise whereabouts of the Tsar is not known and is carefully concealed. Large fires have broken out near Warsaw station, and the vast Sevastopol dockyards are on fire. The lighting in St. Petersburg, which stopped yesterday morning, has been again resumed, and the ruthless slaughter of un- armed crowds has horrified the public: Scathing comparisons are made on all sides un the bravery of the military against a défenceless public in contrast to their con- duct in Manchuria. The former mutual distrust between the educated reformers and the workmen has vanished.

EXTENSIVE BUSINESS FAILURE.

ENORMOUS LOSSES.

ALLEGATION OF FRAUD..

A tale of what many prove a most gigantic, fraud has just been brought to light, and from the particulars to hand there is a fear that as a result several prominent Chinese business houses in the Colony may be compelled to close. It appears that a certain Chinese merchant leased from Madame Musso her godowns at West Point, called the flop Yik Godowns, and it was agreed between the parties that Madame Mussa should keep a set of books of the lessee's business, in order to secure better rates of insurance. This was the sole extent of the

Highland Fling and Highlander, 14 mile, 42, 1.22, 2.01, 2.39), 3-14.

Cotswold and Croome, 17 mile, 38 2/5, 1.15 4/3. Musso connection with the business. Some 1.51, 2.27, 2.593.

Ard Patrick, mile, 49, 1.19, 203, 2,39). 313.

Polka and Lyra, 14 mile, 38, 1.16, 1/54 1/5, 2.30, 3.03.

Cascade (i), 1 mile, 37, 1.13, 1.50, 2.25, 3.00. Zodiac, time missed.

Solami (i), 13 mile, last half 361, 1.09). Maréchal Nie! Ruse, 1-mile, (?), 36, 114, 1.47 4/5.

Cebu and Grand Elama (1), i mile, 39, 1.45, 149, 7.21.

EARLY BIRD,

MORE FIRES.

It is but a week since we recorded the guting

Bule time ago, the man, as it is alleged, | fading himself in financial difficulties, owing to some of his speculations having gone wrong, conceived an ingenious scheme to secure funds. He issued a number of what are known amongst traders as "godown war- rants," purporting to show the quantity and description of the goods supposed to be stored in the various godowns under his control, and these warrants, being negotiable instruments with the Chinese, it is alleged that he set about securing all the advances he could obtain on them. He had a patiner in the business, and this man too, it is said, negotiated some of these warrants. In the meantime, a number of the holders of these warrants began to apply for the goods supposed to be in the godown to their account but were put off on various

of a mat-shop in Newmarket Street, by fire, and pretexts, until the man could stand various No. to in the same street, also a mat-shop, disappearing at the same time. From one fium to-day we have to record another outbreak at longer, and finally made a bolt, his partner. This fire broke out at 4 o'clock this morning, so large a sum of money had been borrowed and on the alarm being given the Fire Brigade that when it was discovered that the warrants turned out at once under Chief Inspector weis bogus, that firm failed, according to Baker, and repaired to the scene. Arrived report, for $700,000 or $80,000 against which there, though there was plenty of water avail. able, the movements of the firemen were great ly hampered through the piles of mats stacked up in the road in front of the burning house. These had to be cleared away before they could effect an entrance. In the meantime the fire men were obliged to go round into Tong Loi Lane, and thus through the back of the house. By that time the fire had made considerable headway, and all the efforts of the Brigade were directed towards preventing the fire from spreading to the adjoining buildings, which were in imminent danger of being ignited, owing to the strong wind blowing at the time, Eventually, however, the fire was got under, without any damage to the neighbouring pro- pery, but No. 10 itself was gutted. As usual in these fires at this season the cause of the outbreak is shrouded in mystery. The place was insured for $10,000 with the Trans-Atlantic, and the Tung On Insurance Companies,

A second alarm of fire was turned in about 10 o'clock this morning, this time the report coming from Caine Road. The Brigade turned out, but had liule to do. The fire, it appears, was caused by an over-heated flus in the bathroom, but af er pulling down the ceiling the flames were soon extinguished, the damage done being estimated at barely $ico. The house is oc- cupied by Mr. W. Robinson.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE. English (Chusan) 28th inst. American (Mongolia) 30th just, Indian (Kumtang) 31st inst. German (Bayern) 31st inst.: German (Sachsen) and prox. German (Prins Segismund) 13th prox,

The Mogul Line s.s. Mucduff from Europe sailed from Singapore yesterday, for this part." The I. C. S. N. Co.'s s.a. Kumsang from Cal cutta and the Straits left Singapore for this port yesterday at 10 am...

there is a small quantity of goods in the go. downs, consisting of tin, sogar and rice. The head of that firm is also alleged to have left the Colony, on discovering the state of affairs. But a very few days ago, it is stated the first debtor went to another firm with which he bad had straightforward dealings previous- ly, and on the strength of his supposed credit induced them to "lead" him a quantity of tin stored in their godowns, but not their property, under promise of return in a few days' time. Be- fore the time had explied the crashhad come, and the borrower, it is said, had done the vanishing act. It is understood that the Wing On Bank is heavily involved over this affair, besides sever af banks of lesser business standing. The Yeung On losurance Co. is also said to be a heavy loser, while but a few days ago the alleged abscon der obtained from Mi Cheng Chow an advance in hard cash of $15,000, Other native firmi, we learn on excellent authority, which stand to lose heavily, are the Fok Kee, 540,00; Fok Su Ting, $20,oco; Wong Choi, $20,000; Fok On, $30,000; Chi Cheong, $40,000; Ming Sun, $60,coo; the International Banking Corporation, $10,000, and several others. While the Mussos have no connection whatever with the defaul- ter's business beyond the keeping of the set of books in English, as stated above, they are do ing all they can to bring order out of chaos, and trace the real ownership of the goods still lying in the Godowns. Further developments are expected as the matter unwinds jtself. Police detectives are now watching the pre mises.

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. J. I, Plum mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser vatory →→

On the 25th at noon. The barometer bas r'sen over S China and Formosa and bas fallen in Japan and over the surrounding seas, The maximum pressure is found in northern China and the least in southern China.

Gradients are slight on all coasts and moderate NE monsoon will prevail in the

Toe C. P. R. Co.'s.5.3. Empress of Japan left Vancouver p.m., on a3rd' inst, for Hong kong-via the usual Ports of Call,

| Formosa Channel, and moderate S ́to W The O. S. S. Co. & C. M. S. N. Co.'s 3.5 winds in the northern part of the China Sea,

Yangisse from the Pacific Coast, via Japan ports left Shanghai on 24th fast, and is due here on 26th inst, pl

7.

Forecast-Moderate S to SW. winds,

cloudy, fair,

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