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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25

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MARRIAGES. ·

ON 4th September, at Tientsin, EDWARD FINGER to ELSA BALUAMUS.

On 15th inst., at Singapore by the Rev. B. F. West, M.D., A. J. AMERY, Pastor of the Church, of Newton Abbott, Devon, to Mias R. M. ALLEN, of Manchester.

The Hongkong Gelegraph

Hongkong, MONDAY, SKFTEMBER 25, 1905,

TESTS OF SOBRIETY.

During the hearing of a charge of drunkenness the other week the senior Magistrate at the Police Court reniarked that in London one of the tests. of sobriety was for the accused to be called upon to re- peat, for a certain number of times, the words "mixed biscuits." If our memory serves us correctly the defendant in the case in question denied having parlaken too freely of the cup that cheers, and desired to be in formed as to how the police officials knut

rüd'August, was due

the Cricket Club are reminded nal mesting of the Cinb 'takai glace to-morrow in the Cricket Pavilion at s sopni. LAMING

An excellent number of the Far Bastern Ras view is that for the month of September. On the title page is a reproduction of a photograph of the fine statue, by Haggi, of Sir Thomas Jackson, erected in Hongkong,

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THE Foochow ten stamh is said to fairly good, the volumejor. wall with that of last

Reading

RETURN; of visitor to the Cit room for the week endidi the zith inst2> Non-Chinese 159, Chinese 54 Total 213.

MEET NI In a friendly match between the Civil Service C.C. and Police C.C., at Happy Valley on Saturday last, the latter won by 23 runs, the scores being Police 71.-Civil Service 48.

LEAVE of absence on private affair to the neighbouring countries has been granted to Lieutenant F. V. Izird, Royal Garrison Artillery, from 27th inst, to 27th November. His Majesty the Emperor of Japass was on the 15th September pleased to present Admirals Togo and Inouys and Vice-Admirala. Armin, Kataoka, and litaka with a dozen of wine each and a stand of fish.

AT Shanghai the other day, John Sullivan, in the employ of Messias, Heath & Co. was sen- tenced to one day's imprisonment and ordered to pay compensation amounting to £10, be- sides costs, totalling 5150, for malicionaly | woùmding a Chinaman on the aged junk last.

A TELEGRAM has recently been received by the Waiwup from the Imperial agent at Karon (Urga) to the effect that a Russian

district defined by treaty, without having preinar, and was to be received in audience by the subject has opened a gold mine outside the Miss Roosevelt arrived at Scout on the 19th viously obtained permission for the same. The Emperor the day following. She was to leave Agent requests that the Russian Minister be

on Saturday by the Seoul-Fusan railway for communicated with in the'mattor, which was accordingly done.

Japan; en route for home.

A FEKING telegram in the N. C. D. Newer says that the Chinese Government has completed investigation regarding the opening to trade of the Three Eastern Provinces, and has decided that in addition to’Mukden, Autung, and Te- | tungkou, which are to be opened by the slipu. lations of the treaties made with Japan and Great Britain America), Kirin, Ningula, Kingchun, Hulanting, and Tsitshar will be opened.

Tux death bas occurred at Shanghai of Mr. Che Shao-ying, a silk merchant well-known to foreigners there. There is a report in the Settle ment, though with what truth wo (M. C. D. News) are unable to say, that the deceased was the lucky purchaser of the first and some minor prizes of the Nanyang Lottery-re- organised from the well-known Kiangour Lottery-amounting to some $54,000, which was paid to him only two days prior to his

In consequence of the Indian boycott, the sales of Manchester goods in Calcutta are very small, this being effected by substantial reduc, tion in the price of Indian spinnings, which are doing good business. !!

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THE Peking government is now studying the proper issue of an official gazette on the lines of the British Blue Books and Japanese official gazelto, and the new official gazette will soon be -published. The Sinwanpoo.

MESSRS, Yamoza, Adachi and Denison and their patty, who are bringing the original copy of the treaty of peace between Japan and Russia, are expected to arrive at Yokohama on the and October from the United States.

MR. Juliva, Neumano, Commissioner of the Im perial Maritime Customs at Meng-tze, Yunnan, is dead. He was a native of lanover, came out originally to China the firm of Siemisen & C, and joined the Customs service in 1878.

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A TELEGRAM from Pekingstates that tha British authorities have commenced work on a harbour at Wel-hai-wol, with a view to making that place an open port when the war is over. The message adds that the Chinese Govern "ment has agreed to this measure

The Chinese

ACCORDING to the P. & T. Times a scheme auxious has been started of a Patriotic Contribution " fund, to pay off the Indemnity by a popular Russian subscription, which is to be started in Peking Railway. and cover the entire empire. The money is to,

IT is reported that the Chinese Government la be raised, without coursion, within a year.” ⠀

contemplating the appointment of consult for the protection of Chinese in the Australian colonies. Hitherto the Chinese in the colonies. have been able to get along without consuls, and it is difficult to understand why it has been suddenly decided to make appointmenik. Za and

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Shanghai, 26th September 12.15 p.m.

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spank at Port Arthur on 1934: She is a vessel of 12,700 1902, and at the time of sinking? plement of 750 men.-ED. He

KARTHQUAKE, SHOCKS

EXPERIENCED IN HONGKONG",

A few minutes before ball past ihren this morning, a shock of earthquake war distinctly felt by a number of residents in the Colony, This was followed half an hour later by, a second tremor. No damage has baso reported.

MORE SHOCKS AT MACAO,

[From Our Own Correspondent]

... Macao, 15th September. AC3778 this morning residents in, and visitors at, Macao, were startled from their peaceful slumbers by a sudden loud and thunder-like. sound, and those who had heard it before at once recognised it as the premonitory-one of

fore the noise died out there was felt a sharp

he was the worse for drink when arrested. Evidence was clear on the point, and a condeath. viction was recorded against the man.. Ja another column will be found a list of cases 17 is stated that Russia has decided to retain in Siberia the majority of her troops now in of drunkenness dealt with at the MagistracyManchuria. The Japanese may be pardoned it ACCORDING to the Daily Report, Mr. Fraser all the differen e, his place in the Gounty team another earthquake. So it proved to be. Be to-day, and these, while being satisfactorily they regard this as a permanent menace to proved, point to the fact that there may peace; but the probability is that Russin is be occasions in Hongkong when tests of afraid to bring these troops home-The with sobriety are necessary. Of course,

as drawal of the Japanese troops from Manchuria the Pall Mall, Gazette pointed out a

could not be completed before the end of this few weeks back, when a man 16 year, as it requires 30,000 tons of shipping to withdraw one division. The expense of this

A. S. WATSON & CO., found, as one was a little time ago, withdrawal will be 200,099,000 yen.

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in the Holloway Road, at two o'clock in the morning, kissing a pillar box and asking it to come home, it is almost waste of time to apply any test, but on the other hand, just because a person sus- pected of drunkenness begins to compose [32 poem in the surgery of the doctor who

called upon to certify to his condition,, the Medical Oficer is scarcely justified in giving this as one of the signs of inebriation. The same journal cites cases to prove that the word-test of sobriety is dangerous to apply, and says that the must satisfactory are those in which the accused is called up to perform certain actions, such as standing on one leg and picking up a match-box, standing without swaying when the eyes are closed, walking across the room carrying a glass of water, hopping twelve feet on the right foot and the same distance on the left, and walking down a chalk line. These are real tests upon which some reliance can be placed, whereas in the word-tests even Member of Parliament may fail. In Hong kong.it is not often that a person before the Court on the usual "Monday morning charge" denies his guilt, whatever allegations he may have made at the time of arrest. The police know pretty well what they are about when taking, intemperate individuals into safe custody, and should there be any doubt on the matter the application of one of these tests should furnish satisfactory evi dence as to sobriety.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Osaka Asaki,has been suspended again.

The new railway round Lake Baikal has been entirely destroyed.

pital at Shanghai, suffering from typhoid fever. THE Construction of a railway through the Khyber Pass into Afghanistan is to be com menced immediately.—Mainichi,

MARQUIS Saionji's address on the peace terms was so moderate that there is likely to be a split in the Selyukai, of which he is the Pre- sident.

Or the 15th instant the Board of Commercial Affairs memorialized the Throne regarding mining enterprize in provinces and an impori. al Rescript has been issued and wired to the Tartar Generals, Viceroys and Governors to the effect that similar to the manner of Viceroy Chou Fu they shall establish a Bureau and prospect all the mines in provinces and the Director of such Bureau will be made a member of the Board of Commercial Affairs and such investigation of mines shall be duly and effectively attended to by the Chinese capitalists,—The Shenpuo.

WITH a rapidity which threatens to rival the notorious growth of mushrooms, railways are springing up all over Korea. The latest scheme "comes from the Province of North Chulla where

REAR Admiral E & Pos will take over, the command of the East Indies Station at. Bom. bay, on the 26th of next month, having hoisted his flag on the President on the 20th of this month. Admiral Poe will have as his Flag Captain, Capt. D. R. L. Nicholson, who has been in charge the signal school at Ports month since January, of last year, and as his Flag Lieutenant, Lieutenant C. Goolden, who has been serving for the last three months in the scout Sentinel-Ceylon Independent. There is much of local interest in the Septem "ber number of the Victoria. Recreation Club magazine. From it we learn that Mr. R. Han cock was asked to appear at Lords' for Middlesex against Essex, and he says it was a great dis appointment to him that the wire asking him to turd out was sent to a place where he had been staying and just left, and it was only posted to him by letter-post, instead of its contents being telgraphed on, thus losing a day, which made being filled by somebody else. WHILE order has been restored in Tokio, it is shock the direction was felt to be from stated that the public confidence in the policeweat to east. The shock fasted for about three has been greatly shaken, and peace is main seconds, Then, almost immediately after, The Viceroy of Liang Kwang, has been order-tained only by the self-control of the people, heavy downpour of rain falt ed to make a detailed report of the present Under the circumstances, it is considered pro condition of affairs in Kwangsi, as the Empress bable that the Law of Seige will not be with Dowager fears the rebellion there may be lost drawn before the return of Baron Komura sight of in concern about Manchurian affairs.

next month, or rather until considerably after the Baron's return. While the body of the It is reparted that Viceroy Yuan recently drew people may be led to act reasonably, it must up a table showing the income that might be be remembered there is an element which derived from each province by the institution of would delight in stirring up trouble immediate a poli tax. But a high official in Peking has by an opportunity offers for inflaming the discouraged the idea as certain to create public mind-In the rioting 20 inspectors of trouble.

police; 356 constables, one soldier, one gen- darme, and twelve fireman were injured; No polica were killed." Of the rioters, three were killed, three died of their wounds, and 387 were injured more or less, seriously, according to the Mainichi-Abbé Baletle, pastor of the R. C. Church at Honjo, Tokio, claims 50,000 yen for the destruction of bis church by the rioters, and the Rev. Mr. Bergstrom Claims 25,000 yen for his church. Th

the Timer correspondent, with Gen. Nogi's army, Mr. Washburn of the Chicago Daily News, and Mr. Richard Barry of Collier's have. all arrived in Newchwang from the front.

HE YUAN Shih-kal opposes the scheme 10 re-purchase the Chinese Eastern Railway, ad Japan will be against it, and it will hurt Japan's feelings. Moreover, though China may be able to buy it back, as China has no available capital she must raise a loan from some For eign Power, who will thus obtain control of the line.-N. C. D. News.

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the arrangements for constructing a line be- AT Manila, on Thursday, Judge: Sweeney dis tween Kunsan and Chanju ses said to be pro- missed the suit of Francisco. Reyes ceeding satisfactorily. A joint-stock Company Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

The Sonyo Railway Co.'s fast steamship with a capital of Yen 300,000 is to be formed, upon motion of plaintiff, a private settlement service between Shimopoicki and Fusan was and the work of construction will begin as having been affected. The suit was for the re-opened by the five new steamer Iki Mars, soon as official permission has been granted,covery for 380,000 peros, damages, alleged to 1,600 tons, on the ith inst. (ii) The embryo Company announces in advance have been sustained by plaintiff through the that they expect to be able to pay a dividend at refusal of the defendant corporation to allow the rate of twenty per cent.-Seoul Friti

him to make use of certain notes in meeting drafts on Spain.

The following telegraphic information, dated the 10th inst, has been received from the Sumatra Director and Manager of the Maat schappij tot Mija-Bosch-en Landbouwexploita lio in Langkat, Ed.:--

A minor-shock was experienced hall an hour Inter. The recurrence of these two shocks takes place a fortnight from the last on

CORRESPONDENCE,

We do not necessarily endorse the opleious expresómi,

Corresprodania In this colume. ]O

THE KOWLOON HILLS.

TO THE EDITOR, op'tan ↑ Hokgrana TELEOTAPK. SIR-I see from your issue of the zest inst

the

that in his speech at the Legislative Council the Hon. Mr. Gershom Stewart referred to the planting of the Kowloon hills and the protect 90 that trees, afford to the soil, which is of ling, other course very true. But gras, inch short herbage, tends even more to bin soil together and prevent it from being washed away by violent rain. The Afforestation Da partment have done, and are doing, splendid work in Hongkong and the New Tor but they must be constantly hindered in efforts to obtain a less barran landscap Kowloon by the swarms of destr trious natives who comb up the the roots with their carved Teeth

I believe these people account

Macao, 23rd September,

CAPTAIN Bougouin, whom the Japan pardoned after his convict

of the Japanese Military Sec

· VESSELS FINALLY CONFISCATED.'' sure for those "red-bended" have been finally confiscated by the

The following vessels with their cargoes loon bills. Are they still

prize | around wherever, they choo courts at Yokosuka and Baseho; British- | fowls ?—Yours, etc., --- AT a regular meeting of the St. Andrew's Dollar, 4.216_tones Warfield, gagstones Chapter, held cu Saturday, the following Apollo, 3,829 tons; Silviana," 4,187 tons; AUE- principals and officers were installed M.E.Z. trian-Burmak, 3,071 tons; Stam, 3,160 love;

Dutch-Wilhelmina, 2,791 ions, MẸO CHRIS Fitosk, Juar, Hi Hi Gallons. jas. Graham, J. E.C..Tang Chee, Scribe The C. N. str. Chungking, while at Nikol Daily aggregate out-put of crude

E. M.E.C. Jas. Lochead, Scribe N. Cavesk, has been sold to a Russian Syndicate to petroleum ... ............................................. 87,000 Crude Petroleum in tanks at date..... 150,000 H. S. Wynne, Treasurer C. J. Dickie, P.S. C. trade on the Amur River and to carry supplies Kerosene made since the date of the

Cases: F. Allen, ist Asst. D. J. W. Bly, and Asst. G. for the troops stationed at Khabarovka and

J. R. Lee, Inner Guard M.E.C. W. E. Claret, Nikolavesk. The crew of the vessel, aller à Courrier Saigonnais reporter preceding half-monthly telegram. 80,000 Janitor C. J. Vanstone. The installation care long stay at that port, managed to secure a pas kreatly dispirited and cast Kerosene shipped since the date of

the preceding half-month tele- mony was performed by M.E Companions sage to Chefoo by the steamer Canton, and ever, anid that a dead not had gram.

120,000 Gourdine and Wolle, and both were made returned to Shangal by the C. N. str. Fangfies the vilest kind. He intended

pablic Kerosene in stock at refinery at date.... 61,000 honorary members of the Chapter, e

It is reported that the steamer Smuckin Maru, bitt

(kowĵon: while her way to Tairón fróm, 1 Toesday night, came in con with a drifting mina and was immediatel"ayak Fortessibly they steamer was carrying": no passer

The crew were rescue No. 26, with the exce Chatod Daily News. engineer and chief cook, who are

BULLY "arrived" in harbor

Captain

ATI B.m. on Saturday a young gentleman,We learn from the Cheloo Daily News, of 17th residing in Morrison Hill Road, rushed inst, that the Ballew Christie "will" took into No. 2 Police Station with Chinese place at Tiemtain, on 16th inst. It was not of placard which he said he had just discovereḍ | long duration, for in the third round a foul was MR. A. Chazalos is now in the General Hosnalled to his front door. In great excitement claimed by Bellew and the decision idaty he told the officer on duty that he was sure it awarded him. The contestants entered the The officer calmed bins down, and, notwith side the balance of odds being on Christie was a threat to murder his family and himself. ring with a due amount of backing on either

standing the hour, went for an interpreter who, The first round wout all to Ballew, but Christia after a while," appeared rubbing his sleep; asserting himself in the second equalised The us. Kong. laden eyes. "Translate this placard," said matters and finished the round with points to Haiphong on Saturday the officer. The interpreter took the direful his credit. Early in the third as already, stat unp threatening poster and interpreted it. It was od, Christie fouled Bellow and the decision an instruction to a coolie who was told to was awarded to the latter, knock loud and call out "No. 4" when he called early in the morning. WRITING from Yunnanfu on the 10th August, a correspondent of the W. C. D. New reports that the Lama rising in the M, W. of that pro vince li gaining in strength and importance They are victoriously advancing southward, and the Chinese have proved unable to check thair Advance, Atentie, and Traku have been ovar min by them and it' is reparted that two more French priests have been killed, and and Eng lish botanist, Rumour inclines ose-to hope, | 19,2.0,

DR. G. D. Smith, of Kobe, M. D. of Edinburgh, who came out in December 1903 to act for Dr. Miller during the latter's holiday, died at Kabe on the rith, aged 53.

MR. Harriman sad two members of his party were received in audience by the Mikado on the rath, being introduced by the American Minister, Mr. Griscom.

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HERR Schaefer, a German army surgeon, who was sent to the Far East to study the war from

GREGOR & CO., surgical standpolat, reports that the Japanese that the latter, has escaped together with

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French priest, but that needs confirmat Troops have been sent from, kuru (n thous

The other day. President Roosevelt spent si odd) and they are oing to see

hours in the submarina Planger, resting on the, that way as they cEO DO bottom of Long, liland Sound at

joft. A storm which was raging noticed

In: Along! Bay" and

THE Assistant compradore of the s.a. Maurang were still on the 15th ult, was discovered in the ship's the.

hold in the act of hammering nail into his come head. On the finder examining this would be suicide, he saw that two French nails had been hammered into the back of the wars remored, by a pair of plac siderable difficulty, One nail length and rusty, the other fairly clean. The Civil Hospital for treati

some

through Saigon berly this month to France. He refused to be drawi

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