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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY OCTOBER 5 1905.

DEATH.

On 24th September, at Kuling, MARION JOAN, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. EVERARD FRASER, Hashow, aged three years.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONOKOKO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1995.

PEACE TREATY 'RATIFIED.

The Treaty of Peace concluded between Russia and Japan at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been ratified by the Japan

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ese; that was the welcome new flashed over the cables of the world but a few hours ago and published by us in the forenoon. The conditiom made públié a month ago have already been printed in our columns, and although it has been stated that there were other conditions which, would not see the light of day for many a long year yet we learn that Reuter's Agency was recently requested to state on the highest Government authority (1) that there are no secret clauses in the treaty; (a) that there is no secret treaty complementing or supplementing the Treaty as made public; (3) and that there is no secret arrangement whatsoever, between Russia and Japan. But with the conditions, public or concealed, the world outside has little to do. There concern the belligerent parties, who may be supposed to know bet ter, even than the "man in the street," how their national interests miny best be guarded. What does concern us is that a terrible war which has lasted one year, six months and twenty-one days is at an end, and has, more. over, been concluded amid no sense of scenic spectacle or dramatic climax.. Months ago all doubts as to the issue were

dissipated, and the ascendency of the Japanese arms was asserted on, sea and and without possibility of dispute. But

A COLOSSAL equestrian siniue of Ganeral Sir Redvers Huller, subscribed for by 50,000 ad mirers in all parts of the world, was unveiled at Exeter on 6th ult, by Viscount. Ebrington, Lord Lieutenant of the county,

SIR Ewen Cameron has continued to make excellent progress, and is now able to indulge in grouse shooting for half a day at a time without undue fatigue. Another month of the Bima progress will see Sir Ewen as well as aver he has been.

IT is announced that the new Viceroy of India, the Earl of Minto, and the Countess of Minto will sail for ladia on October 20. This is a day later than that fixed for the departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales for India, but the Viceroy will arrive in Bombay'three or four days before the royal visitors, who are to wit nets en roule some avolutions of the Mediter ranean Fleet off Genoa. Major F. L. Adam, 1st Scots Guards, has been selected for the appointment of Military Becretary to the new Viceroy.

A BIG male orang-utang arrived on the 7th ul: FRENCH lade-China seems to be going through at the Zoological Gardens, having, come from a period of reforii activity. Wo know of the the Botanic Gardens at Singapore, where he has agitation caused in military circles occasioned been in captivity "for-seven years. As he is by Japan's successes in the war. Now M.

that be will do well at the Zoo. used to captivity, strong hopes are entertained Clementel, the Minister of the Colonies, kas submitted for the signature of the French Pre- sident a decree for the organisation of the Justiciary in Indo-China. By this a fourth Chamber of the Court of Appeal is constituted to deal specially with appenis respecting natives. It is sought by this to give greater confidence in the law to nhtivé population. At the same time native methods of execution will be reformed; the slow death and strangulation will be replaced by decapitation. All corporal punishment is abolished.-L. & C. Express.

It seems that the Bellew-Christie fight created codside ble indignation in sporting circles at Tientsin, The China Review refers to it as "a faked up fraud,” and says that whatever ex-

WITH this issue we present our readers with a supplement giving a full-plate picture of the ill-fated French cruiser Sully as she lay perch ed on the rock is Along Ray before the (typhoon of the 27th September, which broke her in two and rendered the salving of the magnificent warship hopeless.

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REUTER's Agency is requested to state on the highest Government authority (1) that there are no secret clauses in the Peace Treaty ; (2) that there is no secret treaty', complamenting or supplementing the Treaty as made public: (3) that there is no secret arrangement whatsoever between Russia and Japan.-L. & C. Express.

the submarines Perle and Esturgeon, and The Franch cruiser Foudre having as board esconing six torpedo boats and one torpedo destroyer, should have arrived at Saigon, The Foudre, which is making her second trip to the East, is commanded by Capt. Nicol. She has a displacement of 6,600 tons with 10,000 house power; carries 17 gune and has 367 officers and men on board.

THE contract for three patent, slipways to be laid down at Hongkong has been placed with Messrs. S. and H. Morton and, Co., Leith, One of these slipways is to the capable of taking up vessels 400 ft. long by, to ft. beam and of 2.700 tons weight. The other two are for vessels 200 ft. in length and 40 ft. beam and weighing 7,000 tons. All are to be driven by electric power.

70 ASSASSINATE OFFICIALS

ÎN CANTONS

AN.

MAN OLD FLOT REVIVED, Writing from Cunton on the 3rd lust, 'a core respondent says The Hongkong Telegraph of Öct, and contained 'a 'news item to the 'affect that news had been received in Shanghal that the military authorities had; arrested''a-man

a foreign clothes who is concomed dressed in. a plat

Aisastinate comé ́officials, Parhaps. this paragraph has reference to the rumours in circulation in Canton durin

during the

past few days. are concerned with bas of the Tierrosted in connection with the ylle. mes placards put up at the time of the visit of the Taft party. The name of t this man and he belongs to one of the missions in Cantou Within a few days it has been stated that the real charge against this man is that he was im plicated in the attempt to blow up the Gover nor's yamén several years ago.

I think there was only ous man suffered death for his connection with that plot. But the officials knew that there were many more concerned in

man who was caught was called Sz King U..

TELEGRAMS

** HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SERVICE/

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

THE END OF THE WAR.

PEACE TREATY RATIFIED,

BIROK" KALED.

From Our Own Correspondent.

Shanghai, 5th October,

10.05 a.m.

The Treaty of Peace concluded b6-

the attempt to assassinate the Govamor. The tween Russia and Japan at Ports- Be was tortured, but refused to give away his mouth, N.H., has been ratified by the friends. He was promised a light put the Japanese. ment if he would give the names other conspirators, but he went to death faithful to his friends. At that time, a Roodly number of reformers" found it very

The state of siege, which was de- conveniant to live in Hongkong and Macar.clared soon after the outbreak of war

i was months after the affair before many of them returned. The offici is have not forget in Nagasaki, Sasebo, Tsushima, and all along. Now it is said that this man Ma ten the movement, and have been on the watch

has Hokkaido, has been raised. given away a good many reformers and among

in the plot a number of years ago.".

good many..

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THE HARBOUR MYSTERY.

BODY FOUND AND IDENTIFIED.

cuse there may be for both Bellew and Christie, there is any truth in the rumours or not, it is the number several who were impather the result remains the same, viz., the finish of

ing of the good name both men have previous at the present time. If the Viceroy gets on boxing contests in Tientsin, and the besmerch-certain, that there are a few of the advanced thinkers who are not very easy in their minds ly had. Bellew's tactics were inexplicable and the track of these men he will make it hot for a Christie's inexcusable, adds the paper; whilst the referee did not hold the confidence of the public and bungled sadly the second time Bellew fell down, only beginning to count when some one shouted 'Count. The Tien- tin, Timės says that Bellow was not "playing the same and as for Christie, it is very regret table that he, who came to Tientsin with a clean record, should so far forget himself as to of Christie in the roper at Hongkong, the question of striking a foul blow is very

the decision much open a man who can bungle in the counting. Through the medium of the Tientsin Times Christie denied having lost his temper or baving struck a foul blow, and "udds that be

me. He further says that he had staked A does not consider Bellew was down at the

$1,000 of his own n bey on the fight, and was not likely, therefocepto do anything to forfeit

-strike a man a foul blow. What we have seen

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE

REJOICING IN JAPAN.

CELEBRATIONS BY THE COMMERCIAL, COMMUNITY.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 5th October, 10.05 a.m.

The commercial community through-

When at 2 am, on thäʻzrd Inst., J. Everling, seaman from the ss. Nitisdale, walked into the Central Police Station and reported to the inspector in charge that, while sitting on the Praya wall, near Pattinger Street steps, his comrade, Charles Brosten, suddenly jumped into the sea and was seen no more, the prout Japan are holding general cele to doubt, and especially iflice were rather inclined to took askance t

04 the point rested with the story. But the matter was taken in hand brations on Friday, the 8th inst, to Everling had gone on board and the veste ark their nifeigned satisfaction had sailed, so it could not be ascertained if any of the crew were missing beyond the two men who were imprisonest on Monday, by the sharp look-out was kept about the harbour Marine Magistrate, for continued neglect of duty

when the war was morally won there was no visible conclusion, and it was mainly through the instrumentality of pis. 5oo President Roosevelt that the belligerent

nations were induced to appoint pleni-Limited, launched at Aberdeen a steel screw * Aug. 31 Messrs. Hall, Russel and Co., Do... (2 splits $28, splits $2.40 potentiaries to settle the terms on which passenger and cargo steamer for the Indo- hostilities might be concluded. Two months China Steam Navigation Company, Limited, to ago to-day the first meeting of the peace be employed in the Worth China trade. The plenipotentiaries was held on board the vessel dimensions are 1-fength overall yacht Mayflower, at Oyster Bay, New York, 275 ft readili, 49 ft. ;and depth, 72 ft. 10 in.;. He adds that he has never before had n fout and although at the outset the feeling was

with a gross register tonnage of about 1,130 given against him. Mr. Bellew, does not desire to make any public statement, says the Zimer, tons. The steamer was named Koen-Shing generally pessimistic the discovery that M.

but his view is naturally the opposite of that | de Witte,--who throughout the war had done

above quoted, and is in support of the referee's his best to stop further hostilities by constant representations to the Tsar,had full cre- dentials to act on behalf of his country, the documents not containing. the reserva- tions usual in such papers, this discovery pul somewhat different complexion on the outlook." On August 7th the conference was officially opened at Portsmouth, and 'after continued "mark-time" of the negotiations there came a report that the proceedings had been stormy in character, more calculated to ein- bitter the relations existing between the two

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ences, On August 6th, the St. Petersburg correspondent of The Times reported that, according to the best information, there was little doubt that President Roosevelt's

gallant effort in the cause of peace had failed. But the hour is darkest before the dawn. Three days later it was announced that Japan would make fresh concessions to Russia, and a month ago these permitted the declaration of peace which was signed by the Japanese and Russian plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth on the 5th September. And now that the war is over, one must remark upon the news tele- graphed by our correspondent to-day as being a happy consummation of the task which President Roosevelt set himself just after the crowning disaster to Russia of Tsushima, and as showing in a remarkable way how the intervention of one determined man may put a term to hostilities even under the most unlikely circumstances,

A CLAIM arising out of the American bayatt has been disposed of at Shanghai. The plain. tiff was at one time the managing directorní Chang Se-be Gorden Co., and he claimed Taels 10,000 damages from King Chung-kee on the ground that the latter had injured him by. patting the boycott in operation against film,

and Inciting his native servants to leave his employ. The plaintiff, a Mr. Mooter, got judg.

ment for Taels 1,000 and costs.

PROGRAMME of music to be performed by the Band of the 129th Baluchis, on the New Pamde Ground, on Monday next, from 4.30 to 6

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Overture..........."Flotte Blush".Suppe Marurka.......A Plantoit "enge Kuhner Valeo............" Fahrwahl.....Casoline Gothin Selection..." Reminiscences of England "... Fred. Godfity Songt .." Good Night "

..Kuchen flaw:...............“ A Summerfidy)"......Nell Morst

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decision.

LADY BLAKE.

AN APPRECIATION,

with the terms of the Anglo-Japan. ese Allianes recently concluded.

WILDCAL-WE)...

with the result that this morning the Water Police found the body of a European fosung

With regard to the rumour that fireai R. itäin, in the water near Pottinger Street' as the

at the result of the definita Russian evacuation.. place where the min Brotten was reported t have jumped into the sea. The body was of Port Arthur, and also the close understanding · taken from the water and rinsed to the for-with Japan, is considering the desirability of tuary, where it was held for identification. In entirely evacuting Wei-hai-wei, it would appear the absence of any other report of a Europeau that there, le na justification for the rumous : misding, it wasp esumed that this body was thad that have obrauied circulation, beyond the of the seaman, Bioten, and as the Nithidale to terms of the lenso itself. No decision has yet which he belonged had sailed, the police had been actually come to, ind. there is a certa a to apply for a writ of habeas corpus to enable | divergence of opinion as to what step should them to get the two other seamen naw in gnol | be taken. –L. & C. Exbras.. see if they could inentify the body. Dul, pro, lem, to proceed to the Mortuniy to

THE INQUIRY.

Tit annual general meeting of the Hongkong Carinthian Yacht Club will be held at 35, Queen's Road Central (1st floor), on Monday, at 6 pm, when the following is the business to he transacted. To adapt balance sheer for the season 1904-1905. The election of officers for the ensuing year, Mr-E-H-Hazeland-will-wizora Colonial Governor received some offi.duced a letter from. the captain of the Nithi move that Rule 13 be amended as follows the rudder plate shall not exceed 5/16 of an inch in thickness nor tin square feet in area," and any other business,

THE CHINA SQUADRON,

cruiser, Captale R. N. Ommannny; dikang second-class cruiser, Captain 1x Tuffosily Bonaventure, 'second-class cruiser, Captain H. H. Torlesse; and the second-class cruises, Iphigenia, Captain W. B. Fawkner, and Sirius, Captain C. H. Moore, which are under orders for home, on relief by the Flora, now on the station. To these may be added the despatch vessel Alacrity Commander V. M. Hatbord; the sinops Cadmut, Commander H, du C. Luard; and Clin, Commander H. D. Witkin, D.S.O. the Helo, torpedo-boat des to kje ship and was declared a deserter-Johntrayar depôt ship, Captain 1. F. Charlton, and Patterson, an able seams.n on board the her flotilla of thirteen "destroyers," and the Nishidule, said that this afternoon he was taken aine shallow draught gue boats which patrol to the Kowloon Mortuary, and there identified the rivers of the station. the body of Victor Brotten, who was an able seaman on the same steamer. He identified'

It is in no mere formal manner and with no degree of affection that we Ceylon Inde | pendent), today bid an

reunir to Their `Excellencies, Sir Henry and Endy Blake,

The body laying ber identified, this offer.

The changes in the composition of the China who leave Ceylou OPEN three months

noon Mr. Hazeland held an inquiry into the Squadron are now almost complete. The furlough, owing to private reasons into which death of the taan Brotten, whose corpie C. following ships now comprise Iti-Diadem, it would be presumptian to obtrude." Strictly. Lenagan said he found floating in the water first-class cruiser (Fig Captain W. Savory), speaking, we are not conect in coupling her

near Postinger Street pleps at 6.15 p.m. 09 | flagship őt Admirál Fir Gerard H. U. Nos];: Ladyship with the Governo' holiday, but

"The 4th inst." - It was identified to him at the x.co, X.CMO., commanding the squadron j' Laly Mike has identified herself with her Kowloon Mortuary by j. Patterson and J ·Hogue, first-class 'armoured cruiser, Captain husband in all good works, han manifested such Montague, at 2.15 pm. to-day, as that of Victor E. G. Shortland; Suliej, first-class cruiser, complete sympathy with the aims and aspira Brotten, ablese outlies.s Nithedalt.--In | Captain W. Granți Andromeda,ifiral-class tions of the people of this Colony, that we, may apector Langley said that about 3 a m'on the be forgiven our little breach ofetiquette. Offi 3rd inst, a report was made by one Charits cially, the wife of the Governor is a cypher Everling, of the ... Nithidale, to the effect without any official standing apart from her that half an hour previously, he and his husband. Considering the posibilities of good ship-mate Brotten, were sitting on the Pray that exist and the zealous manner in which, wall, waiting for a boat to take them to their generally speaking, the wife of the Governor ship. Brotten suddenly jumped into the applies horrelf to improving the existing con- Barbour, and his cominde did not see the ditions amongst her own sex it is time that the body come to the surface. Witness also pro cial recognition of her acts and drew a separate date to the Harbour Master, dated the 3rd insi, salary for the good she does. Lady Havelock, slating that the man Bretten bad not returned Larly Ridgeway, and Lady Blake bave all earn. ed the deep gratitude of the women of this country by their sympathy and by their efforts attempis may have but to unite the different, communities. These mer with bus partial, success in the past, but the fault has not been on the side of the Governor's the body to P. C. I enaghan, and a doctor of wife. To Lady Blake, therefore, who has striven as energetically as any of her prede cessors to bring about greater unison and har mopy and who has set such a bright example to lesser luminaries in Society, we say good- for the useful work she has accomplished dur bye with feelings of very cordial appreciation ing the year and nine months at her Lady- The inquiry into the circumstances attending ship has been in this island. Her influence the fire which took place at No. 19 Des Voeux as always been exacted for good, she has done Road, Central, on the oth ult, was continued her best to encourage those interests and in. before Mr. F. A, Hazeland this afternoon, Mr. destries, which properly fall within a woman's R. A. Harding appearing on behalf of the domain and by her charm of manner, gilts as a owner of the shop, and Mr. H. W. Looker, of hostess and breadth of sympathy which no Messrs. Deacon, Lonker and Deacon, for the racial distinctione could narrow, Lady Blake insurance companies interested. bas atinined a popularity wherever she has gone Lau Sin Wan, recalled, stated that the coolies *AMICUS," writing Team Tokio to the Japan and isw Governo's' wives have travelled no Chronicle records an incident illustrating extensively that cannot bui' be a source of peychological principle that underlies religious great sailsfaction to her and to ir Henry Dlake. enthusiasm of a certain class of missionaries. We hope to see her Ladyship return with. His CAPT. T. Y. Greet, lately commanding the He records as a fact that during an outbreak of Excellency on December 3rd and trust that she battleship Ocian, has entered on his duties as lawlessness in that city these very missionaries will greatly benefit in health by the brief away their wages were paid. There was some Captain of Chatham Dockyard and King's were the first to flee for their lives, leaving their change of climate and scenery which she is Harbour Master in the Medway.

sheep behind them. It was only after a strong shortly to enjoy, remonstrance sent to them by their native helpers that they returned to their station, which was then strongly guarded by Imperial soldiers with glittering 'bayonets set on their murata-sifles. This little story reminds us

LOCAL AND GENERAL

THE French mail of the gth September was de-

livered in London on the 4th inst.

THE King has been pleased to approve of Don J. Gascon Gonzalez de Bernedo as Consul of Chile at Hongkong.

MR. Warnford Lock, formerly Manager of the Raub Mine, is about to make a tour through Tringganu and Kemaman,

THE Magistracy this morning presented almost a deserted appearance. There were so fow, and those paltry, cases that the time of the 'magistraten was taxed for the shortest period on record...

A SUGGESTION was recently put forward that Chinese coolies should be imponed for inbour in Burma. A report, received not long a fiom His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Amoy referring to this proposal, states that, while there is no contract emigration from Amoy Amoy to Singapore, whence they are drafted some 70,000 colier find their way yearly kom far, labour in every direction. All mining is the Federated Malay States is carried on by Chinese coolies from Amoy and neighbouring ports, and natives from Amoy should be well suited for shallow alluvial mining such as is carried on in Maliwun." The Consul suggests that fall information regarding the terms and conditions on which these Chinese labourers are willing to work in the Federated States would be obtainable from the Protector of Chinese in Singapore.

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The following reperi la from Mr. F. O,"fige. First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory of an incident which occurred, not hundred On the sit at 1. p. The barometer has A FOSTCARD was delivered at the office of the miles from where the maddy Sikiang mingles fallen at all stations, particularly over N. China. Pressure is low apparently, over Manchons, Rangoon Times the other evenlng, which had with the green waters of the Fu River. At this been nearly ten years in reaching the ad-place is a memorial bospital in charge of mis and also over the Pacific, probably to the S.

of the Loochool dresses, having been posted in London opsionaries and one day early this summer, Just: Returns from the Japanese stations are lacking Pressure highest over November rat, 1895. This, we believe, musi when most illness was to be expected, the com be record. The stamp of the Bombay doors were confronted with a notice to their

Gradiente are alight to moderate and fresh Sorting Office bears the date of November effect that as the hot wasther was approaching monsoon may be expected in the Formoss Both 1895.. Bo it has been kicking about India those in charge bad gone to cooler region for Channat and the Ni part of the Chios See [39—14 | all those ypare...

A three months' holiday,

Forecast moderate to fresh B, winds i faly,

Per Cane of 8 Dozen Pints.

Hongkong, 16th Jane, 1903.

the mortuary was also present.

Inquiry adjourned until to am. to-morrow.

THE DES VEUX ROAD FIRE,

INQUI-Y CONTINUED.

THE ROYAL BANITARY: INSTITUTE.

HONGKONG BRANCH.

An examination for sanitary inspectors was held by the Hongkong branch of the above Institute on Monday last and lo-day,

The following candidates were recommendi ed for certificates.-Robert Duncan, Charter Edward Frith, Donald John McKenzie, and Joseph Blake Winter,

The officials were the Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, flon. Dr. Francis Clark, Dr. W. W, Feane, Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., and Capi, Fitzwilliams, examiners Mr. A. Gibson, secretary and Mr. A Carter, moderator.

were engaged there during the day making all kinds of furniture; they did not sleep there. Some of them psed to sleep on the second floor of No.st before they ran away. That floor was alta stocked with furniture. Before the fake's ran

$1,000. On the second floor the plated goods electro-plate on the first floor, valued at over were worth more than $1,000 or even $5,00 Witness

•proceeded

speak of the other goods in the shop and it was not true that the bulk of the gonde albe ground floor were in an unfinished and unpolished condition.

Cheong, Shaq Ping an accountant, of Mars, Fander Weiler and Co, said to had gone through the books produced to ascertain teft Singapore for this port yesterday afte

And may be expected here an oth what was the value of the goods stocked at the time of the fire. If the books were correct; this The M8, S, Gale sa, China arrived was $18,000 add. The value of the plated ware Magile at 9 am, on ath inst, and is upscin was $1,276 and of the other things $4,427. The to sail on 7th lust, when she will be’338 books were properly kept.The valuation in fo arrive at Hongkong early Monday mor the books was higher than the ordinary rate in the 9th

SHIPPING AND MAIL

TAKE PARA VEMAILS, DURIO "Australian' (Empira) 6th inst, pim. Amarican (China) 9ib inst., 'a.m;," Indian (Lightwing) 9th,just. § German (Prinzers Alice) 9th inst.,,noon, German (Bayars) 10th inst Canadian (Athenian) soth inst,, Indian (Lufrang).16th Inay, 10/ The C. P. R. Cod at Empresstof India „Jeft Vancouver on 2nd luște for, Hongkong vis

the usual Porte of Calls from Calcutta

The Apcar Coʻtar Lightning

the books at 575, while similiar, atlicies, wareAlles carrying the Gam sold at 560 at other shops, an

from Berlid of the fath Thursday, at 10 AM, ABE

DRADEPORTE other shops; for instance sofas warn valued in DecThe Play

The Inquiry was here adjourned unil). morow BLLIS PAL/