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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1905.

On the zed June, at "Ardsheal," Pea", the wife of F. J. BADELEY, of a daughter.

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HONGKONG, SAturday, June 3, 1905.

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exemplified in their practice of never drink- | We regret having to withhold several items ot↑ BUAUTIES OF THE WEST RIVER, ing water if they can obtain tea. He fur interest from this issue. They will appear in ther states that he has "frequently examin.ur edition of Monday next. ed the food actually being eaten by the THE Fute has been replaced in the Kingnan poorer Chinese in this Colony," and he Arsenal dock-yard by: some twenty engineers says that he has never seen them eat any from S. C. Farnham, Boyd & Co, Ltd. The food that had not the appearance of being work of repairing it can begin presently, ¦- thoroughly well cooked," although he has

THE

antouncement made by some of our con been told that beef is occasionally catch, as tempories to the effect that the Secretary of in Western countries, underdone! No State has sanctioned the Government of India's experiments have been made on the subscheme for an imperial Customs Service is pre- An exhaustive, learned, and unusually ject, however, and it is therefore difficult mature. The matter is still under discussing whether and no official statement is likely to be possible interesting report has just been published in to arrive at any conclusion as to the Gaselle by the Acting Medical Officer infection obtains through the food eaten for some time. of Health, Dr. Wilfred Wm. Pearse, Dis the by the lower classes. Indeed, he main subject of the epidemic of plague in Hong. tains that "the infected food theory fails absolutely to explain the well-establish kong during 1994. Medical reports, as a rule, are only read by the outside public-ed fact that the poor classes living under that is to say, those not in the profession conditions of overcrowding, in cheap and

PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.

Year after year as the cold weather ceases

bugs and fleas, should be more prone to plague infection than their more fortunate fellow chizens who can afford to live amidst made to the old question of infection from more sanitary surroundings." Reference is the presence of rats in houses, and Dr. during 1904 to capture and destroy these Pearse tells what measures were adopted

pests. The final conclusion seems to be

The Straits Tims prints the following wire dated, Simla, 26th May lu consequence of disturbances to the Khanate of Dir (Indian north-went frontier) the Queen's Guides, the 24th Mountain niterly, and detachments of

with hospitals, have been ordered to concen trate at Chakra. The force will march for Dir to-morrow (Saturday). As a result of this tribal fighting in Dir, military precautions have been adopted on the Malakand frontier. Jon WyLLE, of 24, St. Francis Street, Wap-

He entered a dwelling-house at No. 14, Mac- chai, was charged before Mr. G. N. Orme this morning with being a ragus and vagabend. connell Road, Kowloon, for the purpose of

A fine series of pictures reproduced by the half-tone process of printing is embodied in a handbook to the West &iver which hay just been published by the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, Limited. It would be hard, indeed, to find, a greater contrast with the numerous written descriptions of the $1 Klang than is afforded by the latte volume which gives us a short, but done the less interesting, account of the chief places worth visiting between Canton and Wuchow-fu. Mr. John Arnold, who has written the book, and furnishes the illustrations, has known the who, in collaboration with Capt. A. W, Dixon, West River long and intimately enough for its real beauties to become impressed upon him and he has consequently provided this readers with a collection of splendid views. The

TELEGRAMS.

[Reuter's

Bomb Outrage in Paris,

LONDON, 1st June,

As King Alfonso and President Loubet were returning from the opera yesterday, a man dressed as a workman throw a bomb. The Cuirassier officers riding on either side of the carriage were unhorsed and one horse was killed; six people were injured.

The King and the President were not hurt.

Later.

outrage in Paris. King Alfonso treated, the Twenty people were injured by the bomb" matter cheerily and is the aliject of much sympathy:

The Reported Loss of the

Gromoboi.”

The Russian Admiralty denies the report

majesty of mountains have caught his of pagodas and temples; and the crowning that the Gramodoi has been blown up.

There is great indignation in Paris and eyes and been snapped" to the best Madrid. It is believed that the outrage was possible account. The interest in this collec-planned in Barcelona, tion of pictures is enhanced by their variety,

and the author has not disdained to include

text is ample, and an apology seems hardly within his range of views studies of water and sky that are of strictly artistic application. The

necessary because in the work the space at his

RUSSIA'S FOTORE NAZY,

THE TRAINING OF HER SAILORS.

M. Nicholas Beklemishev, President of the

from a morbid desire to revel in the suffer. often rat-ridden localities, with their beds, the 1st Sappers and Miners, 35th Sikhs, 45th | quaint and lovely treasures to be found ings of others. The report on the plague, bedding and clothes often swarming with Sikhs, 21st Cavalry, and 54th, Siklis, together in the less frequented spots; the beauties however, is entirely destitute of those fea- tures which might be expected to appeal to the unhealthy mind, and, indeed, it deals with a question which is of the greatest importance to every resident in the Colony. and the warm weather approaches, plague CASCA occur, and already upwards of in hundred have been reported since that persons who live under the best sanitary committing a felony, John had fur previous disposal did not permt of an adequate/Shipbuilding Section of the fussian Technical January this year. It is a noteworthy conditions, keep their bodies clean, see that convictions and sentences of six months' each | description of the varied and glowing wealth Society, and a man-of weight with the Grand fact, however, that the native inhabi their food is thoroughly cooked, exterminate recorded against him. His modus operandi was of the vegetation, the wild beauty of the moun Wine, Green Seal Capsule $12.00 tants are less inclined now to get excited | whatever rats there may be in their vicinity, to call at houses and, for a "squeeze," turu on ains, and the magnificent scenery of the river" Department of Merchant. Marine and Ports, C. MANZANILLA, PALÈ NATUS-

and declare war upon vermin generally, such the water-meters in unauthorized hours, per

This is furnished in the 6fty cd. pictures to be persons may walk in the full knowledge that sonating at the time a water official. His lates: found, together with a mop of the river, within vidence can they become victims of plague. Chinese of the poorer classes to erect illegal From the view of Wuchow pagoda by In fact, they may forget altogether that such bitles, and take his "less" for such "permits." moonlight, which makes the frontispiece, to a thing as plague exists, Q.E.D. The re-

the pretty full-page reproduction at the end of the volume, the book is full of scenes which port is a valuable contribution to the medi:

should revive pleasant memories in those who cal references of the Colony, and is rendered

have already made the trip, and tpt many additionally ample by the inclusion of a

to visit the great waterway who have never large number of charts and diagrams. The

yet realised what holiday ground it makes. Acting Medical Officer of Health is to be

Copies of "A handbook to the West hiver congratulated on his production.

when plague is reported than they were a few years ago. Dr. -Pearse re

Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, in the new.

recently read a paper before the Society on the types of battleships and armoured cruisers besi which, according in a correspondent, he show.

RAL SHERRY, White Capsule 13-50 marks that in 1903 "when the epidemic only by some inscrutable decree of pro-move has been to go round and permit the the artistically embossed covers. of the work, I adapted for Russia's new naval programme, in “

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was at its height there was almost a panic amongst the Chinese, and in consequence the exodus from the Colony on the least feel ing of illness was very great.". În 1904, how- ever, that it was remarkable how quictly the presence of the epidemic was viewed by the people. "One seldom heard any native, in rgos, admitting that there was anything more than a trifling amount of plague in the Colony." Altogether there were 472 cases in the year under review, comprising 470 Chinese and 2-Indians; the death rate amounted to 457, or 96.8 per cent, as compared with 88.4 in the previous year, That represented a very high morta WINES ALL OVER THE FAR EAST,lity, the highest indeed with one exception→ AND

that of 1992 when the death rate from pla- ARE SPE HALIN RECOM-

gue was 97.5 of the cases-since 1894 MENDED.

Another curious feature is that, although the epidemic during 1902 and 1904 was milder than usual, the mortality rates were A. S. WATSON & Co., the highest recorded in ten years. After

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dealing with the ages at which patients were affected by plague, Dr. Clarke, states that the age period 5 to 15 years shews this year (1904) more pronoun [acedly than last year the greater, incid- ence amongst females." Dealing with this curious fact, the writer proceeds to examine

the reasons which may lead this result.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

ARCHDBACON and Mrs. Bannister are expect to arrive in Hongkong about the 12th inst.

EROT, G. F. Hatton Potts has been appointed to be a lieutenant in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps,

Ligurs. J. W. L. Oliver and J. D. Danby have signed their commissions in the Hongkong

Volunteer Corps.

A MARKET is to be erected at Mongkokisui and the streets in the vicinity of the proposed building are to be formed and kerbed.

BYE-LAWS. for the licensing, regulation and sanitary maintenance of boarding houses for Chinese emigrants have been made by H.

the Govenor in Council,

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The case was remanded.

The following returns of the average amount of Bank notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st ult, as certified by the managers of the respective Banks, are published in the Gazette

Average Specie Amount. in Reserve.

as follows:-

24/MINICH

$3,700,310

Banks. Chartered Bank - of

India, Australia and China, ...... Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Cur- paration,

15,567,47 National Bank of

Chin, Limited,...... 13:719

$2,200,000

can be obtained for sixty cents at Mesars Brewer & Co., Measts. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd, A Chee & Co, or at the offices of the Hong kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co.,

Limited, in Queen's Hand Central. It should be mentioned that the book was printed and bound, and the half tones made by Messr. $1,000,000

Hood & Co. Ltd. of Middlesbrough. They have ico,000 certainly issued a finished work that can com

pare most favourable with any that we have Told,......$18,963,876 $13,300,000 yer seen.

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that all the world knows that the Battle Fleet, as a fleet, is annihilated, and that the Japanese officials

at

this

port hava announced that the roule between Hongkong and Japanese ports is now quite safe, there appears to be mill found some seamen uhdurate enough to think the risk of going North too great. On this ac count Captain Jones of the ss. St. Kildəre,

prosecuted 20 members of his crew for refusing to proceed to Japan, and though the position was explained to them fully both by the Captain cizzant with the result that the Hon. Captain had ne option but to send them to three week imprisonment..

and the Harbour Master, they remained recal-

THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY.

REPORT FOR 1994..

for the year 194. Dr. W. Doberck furnishes In his report on the Hongkong Observatory

my items of interet concerning the working of this important institution at Kowloon. forecasts with the weather subsequently expe. Dealing with the comparison of weather rience, he strites that the result was, success 45 per cent.. partial success 43 per cent, par- a failure i percent, and failure o per cert offices and taking the sum of teal and partial success as a measure of success, and the sum of :ctal and partial failure as a measure of

ed some new and rather original (deos...

The correspondeul, says the extens.vn new construction declled on by the Russian Government makes it imperative to ascertain down. While giving due weight to the lessons. without delay the types of ships to be laid

of the present way, the auth r among Russian naval architects, insists on the su preme importance of a factor hitherto ignored by Russian constructors, the "sta-shyness" ̈ of the population from which the Russian sailors are drawn. This great lack of barn scamen would seem to be an insurmountable

obstacle to having a fleet at all, but the autkor principle that the ship must be adapted to the solves the problem by laying down the new personnel. For the Artillery duel with vessels of their own class, ships of the line, must have a large number of the heaviest guns, while to repel the attacks of torpedo craft generally, and even semi submerged torpedo-boats, they must “ be well found also in quick-fiting automatic guas. Unlike many specialists of the day, M. Beklemishev holds that the displacement should

however, as cusuring a handier type, which h be moderate, about to ou tons, a conclusion,

again bases entirely on the inadequate experi. ⠀ enco in seamanship which he regards as any

must not be forgollen, he says, that the Rus ineradicable defect of the Russian tailor. It

sian fleet owes whatever success it has had to its

He holds to the opinion that many of the THE Bishop of Victoria, Mrs, Hoare and family L.A. W. Baines-Lawrence, Marin: Magistrale Following the method used in meteorological also presents great difficulties A bot too high

girls between 5 to 15 occupy inferior or will leave for England, via Casada, by the menial positions, that they may be compelled | Empress of India on the 21st inst. The Bishop

to sleep in any odd corner of the house, and hopes to return to Hongkong in the early JOHN MURPHY, a seaman on board the P. &☎: { failure, it follows that 88 per cent, of the wea. worthiness and steaming radius it should he

that, therefore, they are more liable to infection by rats and other vermin than females of more mature age. The question of the dumping of bodies in the street which recently exercised the attention of the Sanitary authorities-is casually touched upon by the Acting Medical Officer of Health. No new facts or suggestions are forthcoming, and apparently it rests upon the vigilance of the police and Sanitary Board officials to prevent the recurrence of what threatened to became a habit amung the poor. And, again, the benexplence of

of next year.

SYDNEY R. Gebles, aged 18, an English sea man of the Queen Louise, was drowned while bathing with some contades on Wednesday last, and the body has been found saling in the harbouruð Bank Wharf,

AUSTRALIA, with a population of 4,000,000, in burdened with 665 members of parliament with salaries aggregating. 246,000. She maintains 14 Government and Parliament Houses. Her Governors cost (22,000, and printing (chitfly Hansard reports) £118,000.

5.5. Malta, was charged before Mr. G. N. Orms this morning with being in unlawful pos ession of silk, said to be part of the cargo of the ship. For the prosecution it was aleged that the chief officer found defendant in the 'tween deck, with some silk in his hund and a case partly broken beside him. Defendant said he did certainly have the silk, but is was foued by him on turning over the case, from which it had evidently fallen, the box having been partially broken in shipping, or lowering into the hold, He was in the bold to superintend the discharge of the cargo, and on finding the falling from a case he was going to tell the Chief Officer, when's Chinaan delayed him, and the Chief the silk. An officer from the ship said defend ant had been in the vessel since February and had so far borne a very gooit character. Mr. Orme sent him to one month's kard labour.

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ther forecasts were successful in 1904.

Telegraphic connection with Victoris was interrupted on 3 days, and of course, also during thunderstorms.

artillery and not to manoeuvring High speed, requiring huge engines and their skilful tending, limit of speed must accordingly be selected, allowing the battleship to be manoeuvred in safety by Russian sailors. In regard in-sex-

borne in mind that Russia's iron led fleet: wil}] not have to operate in the open oceans, but in comparatively shall waters, hampered, by shores and h. A ship of 10,000 tons will Dating the year, in addition to meteorological one of 16,000 tons, as far as meteorological there be at a disadvantage compared with register kepi'm about 40 stations on eluid, 11,716 ship logs were copied on third or for causes are concerned, for only a few days in the warded by the captains The jotal number of year the excessive expenditure involved in t vessels, whose log-books were made use of was larger vessel will thus have no chance of being 259 and the total number of days' observation recouped On the other hand, the power of (counting separately those made on board dif. the guns must be developed to the highest pitch ferent ships on the same day) was 11,767. attainable. The side armour must extend to at Professor Hecker of the International Geo- least 10 ft. below the water-line, in order to detic Institute, Posidam, visited the Observatory protect the ship from projectiles striking the for the purpose of making an accurate determ-water at high angles. The author then pro from November 9th to November 25th.

of view the question of cruisers, coming to the

successfully 29 times during the year.

The time-ball failed twice, and was dropped conclusion that the best type for squadron

fighting is that of the Anyangany Turning to the days on which different me-

Acknowledging that the classes of vessels so terological phenomena were noted we find far considered are not suitable for operations that on 25 days fog,was recorded,; on 87 elec-

in the open ocean, M. Reklemishev then gaze. tric phenomena, 83 lightning, 42 thunder, luil, his opinion on what type of ships Russia should corona, and 8 solar han. The maximum tem. the capture ur destruction of the enemy's mer 53 dew, ro cainbows, it lunar halo, 5- lunar. build for this purpose, evidently having in view

44.8, while the daily maximum rainfall for the autonomous" cruisers, the type of which was perature for the year was 1,1,and the minimum chant fleet. He recommended the so-called!

twelve months was 11.135,

the Chinese gentleman who voluntarily THREE Chinames were found in unlawful pos Officer came up, and he was accused of stealing ination of the constant of gravity, remaining ceeded to discuss from pately. Russian point: CIGAR came forward and offered to bury such session of some muskets, in a fun the har budies at his own expense may put bour, and not having any licences or any a stop to the practice. Now we come plausible explasation to offer, they wefined to one of the most interesting sections $10 each with the alternative of one month's of the report-what are the causes that imprisonmens, the arms to be çonfiscated. lead to an epidemic of plague in the DUNCAN Rondelle, a cook on the sailing ship

THE CHARTERED BANK. Colony? Cold or rainy weather, which Jordan Hill, was chared by Capkin G means overcrowded houses, is one reason sug-Kenealy, master of that vessel, with uitwfully China intend purchasing the leasehold property The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and gested by the Doctor; Althy clothing, which disobeying his comes on board the ship on are swarming with vermin, is another; rats the 2nd inst. Evidence was given by defend the building thereon, to be used solely for the known as Marine Lot No. 103, together with and, possibly, food are also mentioned. The ants' wife, who is stewardess in the same ship purpose of managing, conducting and carrying question of the dangers of overcrowding has and the case was adjourned till Monday on the business of the Company. This property previously been discussed and need not be

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SCHEME.

in 1934 the number of transits observed was

worked out by the late M. Kual Such cruisers must possess a speed of not less than 21 knots, is immediately adjoining Messrs. Dodwell. The axis of the transit instrument was very effective armour protection, frst-class- referred to again. There remains, however IB connection with the success of E. Carlos | & Co.'s premises on the Praya.

levelled afz times, and the aziyib and collima artillery, and, acordingly, great displacement. the question of the clothing worn during the and R. Eber, of St. Joseph's Institution, Singa

tion errors, which are less liable: to variation, up to 20 oo tons). They must be accompaint cold weather. It is, the custom of the Chi-pore, in carrying off the Queen's Scholarships,

were determined 17 times by aid of the meri-ed by a numerous flotilla of second-class nese labouring classes to pawn their winter time this School has carried off these Scholar- it may be mentioned that this is the second

dian mark. These observations have been torpedo-boats to be carried on decks made either by Mr. Plummer or by Dr. Do

In conclusion, M. Beklemishes, announced clothing when the warm weather copies and ships. We understand that Mr. Carlos intends A CO-OPERATIVE COMMERICAL TRAVELLING berck, and have been already printed in the a competition for the design of a battleship of No. 1. $2.75 per 100 to redeem it on the approach of winter, studying law, and Mr. Eber medicine.-Strail!

"Observations made in 1903," All the transits 10,000 tons, with a speed of if knots, and arme These garments are often padded with cat Times. tou wool and are therefore unwashable.

The project which has for some time been of southern stars have been reduced and a very ed with eight 12-in. guns, 12 rso-millimètre A NOTIFICATION has been issued by the under consideration for making a tour of the accurate catalogue of right-censions of guns, and two submerged torpedo-discharging They get very dirty and may well enough Government of Madras dated the 126 insty Colonial ports with a ship fitted is an exhibition southern stars has been printed as an ap. tubes. The designs were to be sent in by afford shelter to fleas. That the flea maystating that the Governor in Council has direct: of British manufactures has now taken definité pendix 10 "Observations made in 1953. April 15th (ultimo). per 100

be concerned in the transmission of plaguced that the regulations under the Venice shape, and a syndicate has been formed, with They are so distributed," says the dis is not a new idea. Many workers have Sanitary Convention be re-imposed at all the the Earl of Galloway as chairman, for the pur-rector, as to to afford a star every minute THE Vale Foreign Missionary Society, working brought forward the theory that fleas play uninfected Ports of the Madras Presidents pose of carrying the scheme into effect. The for determining the time, and the proper somewhat on the lines of the Oxford; and an important part in the transmission of against arrivals from Hongkong, intimation idea of the promoters is to stimulate British motions of these stars have also been deler Cambridge suissions in India, have chosen No. 3-$2.25 per 100 plague In fact the question of cold baving been received that there had been 20 trade with the Colonies by means of a sort of mired by me, whenever necessary, so that the China and sent a man there to locate the work,

weather which leads the poorer classes to

cases of plague here since the 31st March last.co-operative commercial travel ing scheme oname catalogue can be used for years. The The old Conservative province of Tunan, in a scale which ja likely to impress the Colonial right-ascensions of northern atare cannot be Central China, had then just been opened to rush to the pawnshop for their winter clothes, THE Madras fail hears that Sir Patrick Man buyer with the advantage of dealing with definition and magnilying power of the diagonal its capital city. Changsha, and Dr. E., H. Hume determined here with equal accuracy, as the foreigners. The Yale Mission will locate in which are probably full of fleas, and then on, the authority on tropical diseases, posh manufacturers at home instead of with fore eyepiece is not quite sufficient for that pur is shortly to ar ive. 10 crowd together in their tenements where poohs the idea that the Madras medical authio, igner. Already a number of leading firms have pored tekme the fleas and like vermin have time, and rities have prevented plague from invading the

given their support, and as at present arranged The standard sideral clock by, Dent con- opportunity to germinate, may be taken as city. His theory is that plague will non thrive the ship will sail during the summer for a tinues to give perfect satisfaction, and has un- prime factors in the propagation of plague. below a certain degree of latitude and that Mas cruise of about nine months, during which a dergone no alteration during the year, but the

platinum points, of the contact springs still- After dealing at lengths with the theory of dras is on the right side of the line al demaica short stay will be made at every post of com: require constant attention and repeated read- tion. He points out that plague thrives of mercial importance in the Colonies, as well as justment. They have been cleaned three times infection through the skin, Dr. Pearse pro tiongkong, but does not find anything to feed at two or three foreign ports. Each firm during the year and the adjustment has been exhibiting will have a representative on board, altered eight times, but this is done without and special arrangements will be made by an any interference with the going of the clock. advance agent for inviting the leading mer- The chronograph and the other clocks are la chants of the district to inspect the ship at the good condition and have had no alterations" various pointe of call,

effected during the year.

Gregor & Co.,

SOLE AGENTS,

Hongkong, 716 March, 1905,

ceeds to consider bow articles of diet may become media of infection. The Chinese, he remarks, have long perceived the value (3) of thoroughly cooking their food, a fact

on at Shanghai. Sir Patrick's "theory," how ever, does not accord with Madras medical opi nion and there are places south of Madras (Mysore, for instance,) where plagus flourishes,

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