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Entimations.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

the price down, but his position is immea- All communicatinus lutended for publication insurably strengthened, in that he has the The HONGKONG TELK/RAPH “should be whole chapter of accidents, all over the addrowed to The Elitar. 1; les Häure Road, and world, on his side. Stocks and shares suffer shoald be accrapmulsi by the Writer's Name and by sympathy, more readily than they benefit by it. A boom in American would not

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THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1905.

WEST RIVER DISASTER.

HONGKONG PASSENGERS.

DROWNED.

was within a few hundred feet of the

TERRIBLE SCANE AT KONOMOON. From Our Own Correspondent.] recent slump has done. The unexpected

Kangmoon, 14th June. turns out to be a bear pomt far more often

Early this evening, just as work was con. than one in favour of the bulls, and the excluding for the day, a dreadful disaster bele perience of the Inst few weeks merely the occupants of a native passenger boat which adds to the heap already accumulated for the benefit of those who sell short rallier, than those who buy long." This applies with striking force to the prevailing local condition. The common complaint of the bulls is, however, that they were not fairly dealt by; they would accept all the ordinary risks attendant on every venture, but they Anglo Coples. Diafiy, teu cents: Weekly, twenty-expect likewise a fair measure of the benefits

The rate per quaiter and jermen, potion) The daily imus is doffveral fece when the addrem

antexible to mesenger. Da cupim sent by pin sullitional $1,40 por quarter charget for postage. The protage on the weekly base to any part of the

world is 30 cents per grierter,

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when these accrue.

The Hanghong ziegraph LOCAL AND GENERAL

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1905..

BULLS" AND "BEARS"

"The question of announcing dividends to

the members of the Stock Exchange before | the general public. has had an opportunity of ascertaining the state of affairs, and the consequent operations which have followed. RAL SHERRY, White Capsule. 13.50 has recently exercised those shareholders in

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Hongkong who are interested in local stocks. Curiously enough, precisely the same point has been attracting the attention of Loudon financiers, although it does not appear that any step has been taken to secure a uniformity of practice in the mat

18.00 fer.

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In one instance, that of the Mexican Railway dividends, the directors announced the dividend at such a time that the Stock Exchange was the earliest recipient of the news, with the result that there was an

instantaneous effect on prices. The outside stockholder was handicapped in his dealings, “D” AND “E” ARE FAVOURITE for he could neither buy or sell for some WINES ALL OVER THE FAR EAST,time after those on the spot had received the first information. Discussing this subject, AND ARE SPE TALLY RECOM-a financial journal writes that the disadvant- age to the outside stockholder might have MENDED..

| been obviated by fixing limits in advance," but "the acute nature of the Bluctuations

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At the Supreme Court this morning the INCIDENTS SEen along thE PRAYA.

Chief Justice (Mr. F. T. Piggott) heard an A big crowd of Chinese and fadians were application by Mr, C. E. H. Beavis (Mésirs. watching the antics of half-a-dozen youngsters Wilkinson and Grisi) in behalf of the debtor, diving off one of the piers on the Fraya East the Kwan Yugu firm of traders, ex parte Li into the harbour. Such a thing as the orthodox Tate Cho, that a receiving order, made on the bathing suit was utterly unknown to them.13th April last, be rescinded. He pointed out The youngsters, keeping, within what they be that the application was made under section 74 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance which appear lieved to be the law, simply made a rush off the pier dresse l in all their Sunday best and ed to have no section which exactly dealt with disappeared in the water. Some of them cut the present motion. Section 74 was the only judicrous figure as they spread eagled in one he could find in the Ordinance to which he tion at all. The grounds for making the ap could refer to cable him to make the applich- plication were, in the first place, that all the otherwise satisfi d--and, "In fact," said Mr. Beavis, I think 1 will bare the application creditors of the bankruptcy had been paid or

salety on this ground." The sole partner of the debtor firm was Chan Yuet Ting, of 6, Ceebra Street, while the only creditore at the date of the receiving order were the petitioner, Mr. M. J. Connell, a broker, of Reaconsfield Arcade of the debt of $5.917.14 had been guar and Mr. J. A. G. Alvos. The payment anteed by a friend of the debtor under a special arrangement and Mr. Connell had no further claim against him. Arrangements had also been made for the payment of respect of which Mr. Alves had claimed, “bile $7,887.46 to the Tung Tang King firm in the petitioning creditor had had calm of $1,000 settled.

shore at this port. The precise place was close alongside the river steamer Shun Les, which a amination shed preparing to leave for Hongkong There was one fat, chubby archin, giving pro- was lying at anchor just off the Customs ex-wild attempt to imitate the up-to-date diver mise of having an aldermin's corporation in and close to the 1.4. Hongkong, so that the accident was witnessed by many of the

matter how he tried he could not sink. He European officials of the Imperial Maritime days to come, who was sadly disconsolate. No Customis, and passengers on the two steamers, it appears that the passenger boat had left Sam jumped in head first and fobbed up like a chung in the early hours of the morning and balloon. le jumped in feet Nrst and bever, He fell in sideways and was, as usual, towed through the network of waterways in the Delta by a powerful tug, which got below the waist. slowed down at numerous places en route to pick up natives bound to one or other of the cities, and villages away back from the river. At Kongmous she took aboard a large This number of natives intending to go to Hongkong, and shonly before entering the West River from the narrow creek which rans

FOUR fatal plague cases were notified to the authorities since yesterday at noon. niakes the total number of cases, 158.

We understand that the billiard tournament in connection with Bl. Patrick's Club has been unavoidably postponed until the 3rd July, when a whist and cribbage tournament will also take | place

CHAN 1, master of a junk, was charged this morning with anchoring his junk in a pince other than a junk anchorage in the waters of the harbour on the 14th inst. Mr. F. A. Haieland fined him S10, or 14 days.

The question was discussed at som length, and his Lordship eventually decided to rescind the order on payment of all coris.

ידיי

THE DEATH OF MR. PAUL BREWITZ

the rebound nearly sent him back to the landing stage. Then two big, strong, sturdy coolies took pity upon him. They each look an arm and plumped into the vasty deep Were they successful in wetting the little street Arab's head? Not a bit of it. Before they through the city, was taken close alongside of know what had happens they were. jerked the tag which proceeded to draw near to the into the air clear out of the water, and the Shun Lea for the purpose of transferring the pas. buoy, or rather boy, who had accompanied sengers. By this time the large boat was them was gaily bobbing around. not even packed with people most of whom had swarmed

pluttering. The fat policeman of the circus on to the covering of the deck, with their who was blown out in as india-rubber sa't and baggage ready to spring aboard the steamer and secure the best place for the journey, splashed his watery way round the arena was She was within a few feet of the ship when a more side-show compared to this youngster. those on the upper structure of the pass. It was a very funny sight, but not ball so funny enger buat rushed to one side, with the as the expression on the urchin's face when he result that the whole of the covering suddenly found that he could not sink. He gave it up

In the death of Mr. Paul Drewit, which we collapsed, slid ver the side and precipitated in despair at last, but not until he had taken a something hike seventy people into the river, terrific leap into the air and landed with a re- The Captain and officers of the Shun Ler who sounding, whack in the water in a final attempt | regret having to record as having happened were on the deck of the steamer, witnessed the to conquer old Neptune's buoyancy. Alas, it last night at the Government Civil Hospital, was all in vain. But as a sample of how any Hongkong loses a well-known and highly. catastrophe and did all in their power, to save the people by throwing lifebuoys body can swim, how salt water is capable of respected gentleman. Mr. Drewitt came to rafts and, in fact, almost anything that holding up the human body, this Hongkong the Colony in 1877 to join the firm of Siempren would float, in the unfortunate natives strugimitation of Pickwick's Fat Boy would prove and Company, and after working with them. Or as a patent life for some years, established himself on an gling in the river almost immediately along an immense draw. side of the steamer. The water all around saving up,aratus he would go down to pos-auctioneer. He continued in this busincos' seemed one mass of hobbing heads and frantic terity as a human wonder. By the law of until 1899, when he went to the firm of waving of aims, the oweers of which implored contrast there was a long, lean, bony indivi. Dartly and Company, and was at once ad- those on the steamer and aboard of the launch dual, whose anatomy was so atenuated that mitted to sign the firm per procuration, and a "rickle o' banes" as an Irish policeman off death. In April of last year he took a trip to save thent. But the freshers were on and the water found nothing to bear up. He was remained with them the time of his the river was swellen ard rushing down at nearly six knols at hour with the result that duly remarked, tie was a living hat-rack, to his homia Germany, returning thence in the current carried many of the struggling steel-lined, copper-braced and lead-weighted. January fast. For several years prior to his people quickly away from all chance of He floated like a brick-at the bottom; and he trip home he held the past of Secretary of the Fortunately, persons ashore had wit had to be restrained from tempting fate. His Club Germania, in the bulding up of which nessed the accident, and within a very short idea seemed to be that by-and-by the immense he was most active and energetic, and did much Customs boat was out and rescued quite à him as light as a fairy, so that he could gambol it has now attained. Deceased, who was 54 years in the briny like some fantastical merman. But of age, was very popular among the foreign Band of the Royal West Kent Regiment on the New Parade Ground, on Monday next, from number of people, while a Chinese gunbont al

it was not to be Loving hands dragged him community, and his untimely death, the im anchor beyond the harbour master's hulk seni

from the scene and patted bins on the back mediate cause of which was heart failure, Is to 6.30 pm -

.......Auberboat, and further assistance from native junks Overture........."Cown Diamoini« **,

notil be had restored nearly half of that which deeply regretted by K host of friends. The

ONE UNAWU MIE tundrát takes place this evening. ......uhland Cousasiance the midst of the drowning throng. Many hevelled tramps, who tooked as if they also Interam 750........"All"

SIR Frederick Treves on 4th, ult. enlivened one of the May meetings by a ten minutes' speech denouncing alcohol as distinctly a poison, the limitation of the use of which should be as strict as in the case of any other poison. In the arduous operations of the relief columns belote | adysmith ike first soldiers who fell out of the tanks were those who drank,

THREE stalwart Indians were placed before MT. G. N. Orne this morning, charged with being drank and disorderly in the public street last evening They candidly confessed that they were very drunk, but stoutly denied that they were disorderly, is Worship said if they were "very drunk" they would probably be disorderly too, and not know it, and they must each pay a fine of $3, or seven days,

rescue

could casily have prevented the orders PROGRAMME of music to be performed by the space of time assistance was despatched. The quantity of water he had swallowed would make to place that club on the high footing to which

A. S. WATSON & CO., being executed." On the general question, the same writer adds "The practice of de- claring dividends before the close of the mirked rannut be condemned in all cases ag ngs were arranged at such hour as

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS

$16.00

WILL BUY A CASE

Of

GREGOR & CO.'S

IMPERIAL

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NOT ONE OF THE BEST,

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I would enable news to be communicated to Descriptive..." The Turkish Patrol “................................ Michielis passengers were rescued and lifeboats, boxes, would have been the beter of a waah; viewed

shareholders and the Stock Exchange at the Select from The Goulailer."..... same time, the system could scarcely fail to

God save the King.

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Sanon

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be regarded as more strictly correct than By kind permission of the Commander of Po the other." The argument as to the declara-lice, the String Band will play the following tion of dividends, so far as local companies programme of music at the Macao Hotel, from are concerned, is analagous when companies 8 p.m. to so p.m., un Saturday next, 17th are under the general management of firms June:- who control the first knowledge of the proposed division of profits of any one year's carnings. A striking instance in point was brought to our notice recently in the com munication of a shareholder of one of the most important stocks on the Exchange list of Hongkong. As a rule, for a short time DETECTIVE Sergeant Wait this morning placed a foreman mason and his foti before Mr. C. N. prior to the declaration of the dividend of Ormie, charged with bla ting stone willout first any company, that is before it is made com-giving the requisite signal, and without erecting

verlute........." Tancred

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Marurka......." Zanot

Walto Polka

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•creens to stop the Aying rack Dr, Hall Wright stated that a shower of blasted rock came with great violence against the wall of his dining room, the force hellig such that, had anybody been about, death must have been caused. The second defendant said he was responsible for the blasting operations and he was fined $30, the first def ndart being dis charged.

and baskets were picked up. At the time of writing it is not known how many lives have been last, but it is thought that the death toll will reach somewhere between thirty and

forty.

THE SCENE FROM THE "SHUN LEE." When the stean er Show Zer arrived from

Kongmone this morning she was at once boarded by a representative of the Hongkong | Telegraph, with a view of obtaining further ́particulars of the disaster. He was unable te oblin much additional information respecting the loss of life which, up to the time of the departure of the steamer from the West River

port, was unknown.

INDO-CHINAS

Mesars. J. A. Sullivan and Co. write under date Shanghai, 8th June

The excitement of the past week was caused by the fall in Indo-Chinas when it became known that only 6 per cent dividend was to be paid for one of the best year's workings of record. At least to per cent, was expected, and local shareholders are keenly disappointed, From Hongkong "telegrams have been dis patched to London expressing dissatisfaction. The long list of changing quotations at foot will show the slump which occurred. To-days there is a slight rally caused by shons coming in to cover principally for July, Maay trans- actions have been banked in Indos, but all at dropping rates, the shares.eing sold presum ably-by those who had arst knowledge of the small dividend of: 178. subsequently declared, For June sales at Tls. 8s and 11s 73 74 are announced. For July, a big business has heen done at Tis. 85, 84, Ti1, 83, 87, Tls. 64, 85, 83, 83, 84t. Tls. 841 8, Tis, 83, 81†, 83, TIL. 80, 78, 75-74, 73, 72, 73, 74, TIL 741 75, 70. August shares are reported at Tis. 16. September at Tis, 75, 76 December at Tis. 77. Hongkong market was unsettled all jast week, but to-day has steadied, and shares ats in demand at $165.

the proceedings wile supreme disgost. It orter be put down by (lact o' Parliament" said ane, and his mate replied that it was "most indecent" and "where was the po-lis "Not for them the watery way; had it been beer, now, there is no saying; but water-they weren't having any. At Bowrington Canal the elite of youthdom had assembled. They had a bathing machine, and they actually wore bathing-drawers, to the open-eyed amazement of the onlookers. The bathing machine was the old house-boat which is moored in the million and a half dollar Cand. When they entered, they fought for a window to that In reply to his questions our representative people should see them from the shore. Then was informed that the accident took place they made a plunge, and the residents in the shortly before six o'clock just as the Hongkong houses opposite crowded to their balconies and Stan Lee were taking their last lot of pas vainly hoping that there would be a thrilling sengers aboard and were preparing to leave for rescue. But that gallant policeman who has this port. The passenger boat was within twenty saved so many lives in Hongkong harbour was feet of the Shun Zee and, according to the officer absent from the scene, otherwise we might interviewed, in reinne:s were Blanding on have witnessed his brave act of diving into the the edge of the roof of the boat ready to spring water, uniform and all, and hauling out the aboard and secure gond berths for their pas youngsters one after another. It would have sengers, when the craft began to heel over, been a record for him. The Royal Humane Owing to the covering, being arched, and Society, could scarcely have refused two or slippery on account of constant wear the men three medals, if the facts had been properly were unable to recover themselves and it was reported to them. And there was a scribe there, on this account that the roof heeled over still ready to give the needful colour to the story, BARON Roman Romanovitch de Rosen, State further and finally collapsed on to the edge of ready to speak of the "breathless silence, the Councillor, Chamberlain of the Imperal Couit the boat and slid off into the water. The sinking for a third time when the gallant and a Knight of the orders of St. Vladimir, life buoys in the forward part of the Shus rescuer clutched the drowning man (bound to A CHINAMAN who had all the appearance of St. Anna and St Stanislas, the new_t ussian Lee were thrown overboard, but as the

be a mas and not a boy) by the hair," the having been very much “done up" in some Ambassador to Washington, belongs to an tide was running away to the stern this ugeny of the crowd, as they witnessed the

way was carried into Mr. G., Orme's Court ancient baronial family which has given to amidship were promptly dropped over she struggles of the pair," and finally the "rjum this morning, by two companions. He was Russia many distinguished generals, diploma sid, and then a raft was thrown in the diest plant shcut of applause as the rescuer the complainant in a charge of assault against fists, and writers. The Baron is an accoming people. Thay over euch ulted baway and rescued reached terra-cotia as the another, Chinaman, a very week and mild look

su rapidly that it was not of much use; but the

Hoeging youth. Mr. O. D. Thomson appeared for speaks English, French, German, Italian, and number of lives, while a rope thrown over the have been a beautiful touch of nature in the the prosecution and asked for a remand, which plished scholar and a talented musician, Hefe buoys were responsible for saving quite a publican used to call it. Of course there would pangaka Japanese as well as Russian. His wife, stern of the steamer did good service as description telling how the gallast copper was granted till Saturday morning, hail being Baroness Elisabeth Alexeevna de Röten, is it was icized by three men who held on modestly slunk away and protested that he was allowed in the sum of $10. daughter of General Odintroff, who was for it until rescued by a boat. The native an Englishman, and England, not to say tha sampans kept a sharp look out for any stray Captain-Buperintendent, expected every police. many years Governor-General of Nijni-Nov- gear or baggage a d seemed more intent on

man to do his duty. If that wouldn't fetch the good. Baron de Rosen has been for a long getting personal property than the persons time in the foreign service of Russia, and was themselves. There were about eighty passen Minister to Tokia from 1953 until the outbreak gers and runners thrown into the water when the roof collapsed, and of this number by far of the war with Japan

the greater proportion was rescued. Had it. not been for the fact that the passengers clung the life-saver was absent, so nothing came of

mon property, the operations of the bulls and bears serve to act as a sort of weather-vane, indicating more or less what may be expected in the way of dividends from anyone company. In the special instance to which we allude, however, bulls could not be blamed for the sanguine expectations which they had con- sistently entertained for some time previous ty, in view of the large earnings which the Company in question had derived during the year just closed. But that some section of the speculating public here and in the north- Settlement had an inkling of what the WHISKY.dividend was likely to be was plainly evident from the fact that their bear operations were steadily directed against Hongkong for fully a week or more before the official announce ment of the dividend was made through the columns of the press. On this subject of buils and bears some extremely interesting remarks are made in the columns of a City journal, received by the mail. It is observed that Speculators who elect to gamble on the bull tack-and there are many men who are never comfortable during the brief periods in which they are bears-may well wonder whether there is much profit in their line of action as a general rule. The bull buys with the idea that some definite event will occur to make prices better; either it is peace, or good dividends, or bumper traffics, or some concrete cause upon which other speculators

The passenger boats, of which there are a great many constantly running on the waters are very probably equally well-informed,

at this port, was sank with her full cargo on of the Delia, resemble the hulls of huge jacks Equally bent upon taking advantage of that board, by the Russian cruiser Rion on the gth with the holds divided for carrying passenger cause by realising when the expected hap| May last, in lat. 36 N., longitude 122 East, in on two or three low decks. These boats are

The s.. Copile reports under date, Nagasaki GREGOR & Co., pens. The bull may have two or even three der the pretext that she bad contraband of capable of carrying from one to three hundred passengers, most of whom make their journey strings to his one bow, but this is unusual, war on board. Her cargo consisted of two squatted, on jop of the roof, amid piles of 3rd inst. The Customs Authorities have re- and, in the majority of cases, he sets his face thirds sleepers, and the remaining third timber. baskets and bedding and the hundred and eneceived a message from the Navy Department lowards one object which is to make the The Telaries was on a voyage from Olaru, od packages which go to make up the log: to-day to wars captains of vessels passing the "gage of a native passenger, tos to be hoped Coto Islands that 25 mechanical mines have Wis stock he fancies improve in price. In the Northern Japan, to Tiéntain. The crews that as a result of this disaster the Imper in been'd scovered about 5 miles South East of

all saved and landed safely at Weltevreden, le Maritime Cesiems will take steps to prev same way, the bear selis a stock, trust- which port, it is understood, the craiser: Rion the overloading of these craft and submit [33-zing that a particular cause may drive took them.

boats to periodical inspection,

'HÚT

THE BEST!

34 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

- Hoogkong, 15th June, 1905,

GERMAN STEAMER.

BUNK BY RUSSIANS,

Messrs. Siemssen and Co, kindly inform us that they have received a telegram from their agents at Weltevreden, Java, stating that the s.a. Tetarios, of which they are the agents

Royal Humane Society, then nothing would, and Man's inhumanity to man" would have driven the whole force to the nearest lap. But

to their belongings and refused to part with Next day, after the foregoing events had them it is thought that many more liver would have been saved. The Commissioner of Customs, the Harbour Master and other officials went off to the scene of the accident and made a thorough inspection of the craft and remained on the look out long after the time fixed for the departure of the steamer.

PASSENGER BOATS.

been viewed, a paragraph appeared in the papers stating that a poor unfortunate Euro pean had been fined at the Police Court for bathing on the Prays Easi-which must have been a duny bath at the best. The next to godliness" business cels, no ice, to use an Americanism, in the eyes of the law.

SHIPPING JETSAM.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

·MAILS DUR.i

Indian (Arratoon Apear) 16th inst German (Pilns Waldemar) 19th inst.: Canadiag (Tartar) 20th inst Indian (Sulsang) 20th inst German (Zielen) zoth inst, German ( Sachsex) 2181 İnst." -- -American (Siberia) z3rd inst: Indian (Kumsang) 25th last,

The LC S. N. Co's as. Suitare from culla and the Straits left Singapore for this porti on 14th inst, at 5 p.m.

The Bucknall Line s.s. Bechuana from Lon dos and ports, left Singapore on 14th inst., and is dua bere on zoth inst

The CPR Co.'s EN Empress

Gote Islands, which were lost by the Dimitri lek Vancouver for Hongkong via the usu Doushol

Ports of Call on rath inst