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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18 1905.

A NOTICIASTESALE All communicatius“ intended for publiestini). In

"The BONOKONO TELEGRAFÍI Should I

|| Inspector to discover those corners, and, if | Tus sumber of Russlan, and other foreign | THE Stangani Samar

possible, to get the offenders severely punish vessels captured in the course of the war has 'era and japanese addremad to The Editor, 1, Ten: Honsa Road," and

ed. On the question whether the occupier reached fifty-four. To these bave to be added over the cotton d should be accompanied by the Writer's Name, and

will used for the purpos of a house should be punished for the act of mount to a considerable number. It

the refosted voisold at Port Arthur, wh Address Orfirmy rising som indenting should bodromeda servant who knowingly and wilfully contra- that the smaller, steamers will be alloited to the

to The Marsger, B The Editor will not widertake, to te respousiste for

Naval Biations and Harbour Offices, while the any rejaciod 118, nor to retain any Contributing:

larger oces will mostly, be sold by tender,

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). DAILY $80 per annum. ", WERKLI—$18 per annum.

venes the Sanitary Laws, that is a legal point of some interest. The common law says that an employer is responsible for the acta of his servants; but it would certainly be a The rates per quarter and per menseni, proportional hardship if the occupier of a house had to socesible to mesenser. On copies sont by pri upay for the negligence of an ignorant or dis Additional $1,80 per qarter is charged for postage. obedient servant, who, in order to save The stage as the woerly lane to any part of the himself trouble, threw the household refuse

world b 80 cents per quarter. Single Capim Dally, ten centa: Weekly, twenty-into the street, or concealed it in the nearest

The daily imus in, delivered from when the widrom in

frecents,

BIRTHS.

At Falkirk, N..D., on the 16th instant, the wild of J. H. PATERSON, of a son

On 6th Inst., at Chinanfu to Mr. and Mr. F. DECARI, a daughter, (stillborn), Y. MCGINNIS, Luchoufu, Anhui, a son, Griffin On 7th init, at Luchoufu to Mr. and Mrs

Roberts.

hole in the ground. However, that is con- tentious matter which is better left to the magistrate; but it will be interesting to watch the proceedings should a test case arise on this point. The discussion at the & Co.'s complaint proved that when ques- Sanitary Board over Messi, Lane, Crawford

auction of the Board there is no hesitation tions of this character are brought to the

in dealing with them right off the teel. We On rith inst., at Chinking, China, WIL-trust that it will spur tire sanitary officials to LIAM IAW ALLAN, Assist int Engineer, Shang keep an eye on the back-lanes in future, hai-Yanking Railway, aged 26 years.

so that similar complaints may be rendered impossible..

Foochow, the wife of C, H. M. BALFOUR, of a och lathe, at the Hongkong Pank House, daughter.

DEATH.

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTONER 18, 1905.

13:

| stated | the lenißiled village. The

facture satin out of waste has from time to time been used as barracks,

Some good sport is expected at the St. Patrick's Club to-night, when the Challange Match will lake place between Mesir, P. Roza and M. known in the Colony, and the game of 300 up Leong The ability of the two players is well should prove interesting. Arrangements have been made for the game to take place at 8 pm

an as to suit both players and those: interested

billiards

INTELLIGENCE has been received that M. leau will be leaving Marseilles shortly for Saigon to resume the governor-generalship of French Indo China, i will be remembered that M. Beau went home in July, it is said that his

service, from which he was detached when ay at Saigon will be a very short one as he is to return to Europe to re-enter the diplomatic. French Ambassador at Peking to succeed M.

Doumer as Governor-General of Franci» Indo-

China,

chiefly to blame,

A STRANGE and unfortunate incident is report of the principal shipping firms in Japaned to have occurred while the British squadron were taken over by the Government for the transport of troops to the mainland, In

consequence, these companies chartered all the vessels that were at hand to replace the subsidised boats. At the present moment the Osaka Shosen Kaisha has 17 foreign vessels under charter; the Nippon Yusen Kaisha has 25-making a total of 42 vessels. with an aggregate of 88,498 tons. In addi- tion to, these the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, the Hokkaido Colliery Company, and several individual shippers have charters on foreign vessels, so that the total tonnage under charter should be fully 100,000 tons. A Japanese contemporary states that in all probability the charters of those vessels will be continued until the withdrawal of the Japanese troops from the war area has

NORTHERN Journal says that Hobson, Commissioner of Customs hal, in to proceed to South Africa fate the grievances of the cooli Mr. Hebron, on whose should

ibe laid

the task of carrying out the Huangpu Con Yancy Scheme, knows nothing of this commission.RE

ited

-THINGS-must be coming to a strange pass in Hongkong when destlintas, driven to begging the streets of the Colony,, propose to take chair to the House of Detention Yet this is what one of the genus beach comber wanted, to do last night. Asking a gentlemen for a

few cents to get something to eat, he was ad vised to go to the House of Detention, when his amazing rejoinder thereto was, what ought

to pay a chair, air, to take me there?

visitors to tadia a few days before the Viceroy at the arrangement that Lord and Lady Curzon will have the honour of welcoming the Royal hands over the Governor-Generalship to his

successor,*****

A ROME cable says:According to dispatches from Turin, the clerical newspaper; II Momenta; assures that after the ratification of the treaty of peace between Russia and Japan, Emperor was at Osakn. A funeral procession which Muishihito will go to Europe, in response to an by a party of the bluejackets, and the latter, visiting London, the Mikado will go to Italy, was passing along Hon-machi was encountered invitation from King Edward of England. After not unnaturally, having regard to the great Germany, and perhaps France, making short: contrast between Japanese and Western func stays in Rome, Berlin and Paris. A part of nificance of what they saw, and mistook the fuhim on his trip to Europe and the English and tions of this kind, failed to gather the true sig the squadron of Admiral Togo will accompany neral cortège for a procession in their honour. Japanese seamen will thus meet. This report, They therefore grected it with shouls of which ?i Momento declares to be authentic, is "banzai," and one of the sailors, leaving his much commented upon, rikiha, attempted to seize some of the flowers..

...

HO

RETU

TO HO

Shanghai

2:15 pm

Admiral Sir Gerard, Noel

China Squadron will be North for Hongkong on ori 18tli November.

AWAPANESK PRACE ENVOY

MEETS THE EMPEROR

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shunghai, 18th October

2.15 p.m Baron Komura lias had an audience of the Emperor of Japan to whom li gave a full report of the peace nego- tutions.

FIRE AT SUOCHOW,

[From Our Own Correspondent.),

Shanghai, 18th October,

2.15 p.m.

A great fire is reported to be rag-

Looth, we capila corner apre loc, lus ing at the Treaty port of Soochow Kinngs, renowned in. former days for its magnificence, lies about 70 miles west of Shanghai-Ed, H.K.T

THE "LUCIA, VITIORIA!!

OVERDUR.

FEARS ENTERTAINED AS TO HER SAFETY

IT is understood that Lord Curzon will receive the Prince and Princess of Wales on their ar The increasing employment of foreign seamen rival in India. He will probably meet Lord in the British Mercantile Marine is again next day, This change of plans, it is generally Minto on the 17th prox., and sali from Hombay tracting attention. A Parliamentary rotura

believed, is mainly due to King Edward's perlis Majesty expressed himself as AFTER THE WAR.

shows forty thousand foreigners employed, as against one hundred and seventy thousand personal wishes, and there is universal satisfaction fully satisfied with the result of There is an uneasy feeling in shipping lascars. If foreigners earn on an everge one sons of British birth, and forty-one thousand

Baron Komura's mission. INSANITARY DONGKONG.. circles that the release of the steamers pound a week, then two millions are paid per

which were chartered by Japanese, firms on In calling the attention of the Sanitary the outbreak of the war may have a decid-which necessitates, a low scale of wages, is bold annum to alien senso. The war of freights, Board to the foul condition of the lane ally adverse effect on trade in the Far East, the side of their buildings, Messrs. Lane, When the war began, the subsidised vessels Crawford and Co. did a service to the com. arunity in general. It is a well-known fact that although the main thoroughfares may b all that could be desired from a sanitary point of view, the lanes and alleys which are hidden from the public gaze are frequently nothing more or less than breeding spots of disease. The Chinese coolies and servants, splits $2.40 secure in the knowledge that they are likely to escape the eye of the sanitary officials, and trusting to the apathy of the residents in the district, quietly dump all their refuse

COLONEL Gaetke, who was a war correspon and garbage in these by-paths and allow it

dent for the Berliner Tageblatt with the Rus to accumulate until it becomes a meniace to

VICE-ADMIRAL Urio, Commader of the Second

sians in Manchuria, writes in that newspaper the public health. There are some back

Squadron, reports that a Japanese warship, ex-

a reassuring article, as far as Great Britain is A. S. WATSON & Co., lanes in the city, even in the very heart of

mined and captured the German steamer concerned, regarding the possibility of India Carlus (2,336 inns) at 4 o'clock on the after: Colonel Gaedke bases bis calculation on the Hongkong, which are a disgrace to civilisa

noon of the 7th, at a place near the eastern resistance which would be offered by the Af tion, and might, without abuse of language,

passage of Tsushima Strail. The vessel was ghans, and he estimates that the Russians be described as veritable "sinks of iniquity."

bound for Nicolaievak. The Imperial Head would require 650,000 men to cross Afghanistan The average coolie would appear to be

quarters have received the following telegram and begin the invasion of India with any pro immune to offensive odours, for he can live been completed. But when these vestion, a Japanese warship captured the Norwe-correspondent considers that the daring project from Takeshiki:-After the proper examinaTM speci nf success. Hence the German war amid surroundings which would seriously sels are released, a very serious situs-glan steamer Arufrid (the tonnage is not cerint (eneral Skabeloff and his successors in affect the health of a European within a tion will arise. Even the Japanese ship-tain in the neighbourhood of the western pas. Central Asin for an invasion of India is utterly [32 week. The Medical Officer of Health who ping agents are beginning to realise the sage of the Tsushima Strait on the 7th. The chimerical.

visited the lane referred to by Messrs, Lane,danger which these tramp steamers may vessel was on her way to Vladivostok. Crawford and Co. admitted that there was prove to Japanese. "It is feared that when | every justification for the complaint, and pro. their charters expire they may compete IIMONOSEKI Telegram to, the faticht ceeded to make certain recommendations against Japanese vessels along the Japanese states that the captain of the Norwegian for the abatement of the nuisance. But coast, or between Japan, Korea and China, Mitsui Bussan Kaisha and left Moji for Hong steamer Tholia, which is under charter to the it-will-strike the reader as somewhat as they have gained much experience-in-kong on the Bil, noticed a japanese girl walk. curious that such a complaint on the part these waters.". There was never a truer ing on deck on the evening of that day. He of Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co. should word said. These unchartered boat will at once ordered ao investigation, with the result 34,. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL that it should have been justified by the head Japanese lines and it is difficult to see how

have been necessary at all, and especially undoubtedly compete with the regular that forty-eight girls were found slowed away in a coal bunker. The vessel immediately of the Sanitary Department. It is the duty anybody can prevent them. They will also led to return to Moji, but in the morning, of the sanitary inspectors not merely to accompete with the vessels from Shanghai and Japanese and a Chinese sailor, who are said to

before, Mutauia island had been reached, cept it as a matter of course that the lanes Hongkong, trading to the north, and the have been chiefly responsible for the smuggling are pure and sweet, simply because the front pressure of their presence will be quite of the girls on board, jumped into the sea and of the house is kept in good order, but also as severely felt here as in Japan, Never have since been missing. The girls were to ferret out the likely and unlikely places was that casuistry that competition is the handed over to the police authorities at where insanitary conditions may occur. In life of trade" more clearly exploded; than in this case the lane was between two new this case; instead of being the life it may buildings; what then must be the condition prove the death of the trade carried on by of things in those parts of the city where reputable shipping firms. It is just possible lanes have existed for years? Householders that a way out of the difficulty may be found, generally have little inclination to rush into when the chartered vessels are released, and print or to write to the Sanitary Board about for the sake of the shipping trade of Hang- |their grievances in respect of insanitary con- kong we carnestly trust that such a way will

ditions prevailing in the vicinity of their be found. dwellings. They go on the principle that it is better to bear the ills they have than y to those they know not of. Undoubtedly

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that principle is wrong; and it is a wrong The American cruiser Cincinnati,hich went which may ultimately not only affect them-aground at Himeshima, suffered no damage selves but may extend to the whole com and was able to leave for Shanghai the same munity. The acquiescence of the neighbours night. She is now lying off Woosung. in this disgraceful state of affairs only leade

Matsure..

pikemad kingrating

Trix following bit of gossip will interest many people in the Far East;"A cable to the New Work World from London says:-it is under stood here that George W. Smalley, the Ameri, can correspondent of the London Time, will be replaced by Dr. George Ernest Morrison, correspondent of the Timer at Peking. Dis. satisfaction has existed in the Timar office over the handling of peace negotiations at Ports mouth by Smalley. Dr. Morrison was assisting Smalley, and while he furnished him with the information he gathered, Smalley wrote and signed all the dispatched. Morrison is said to have known twenty-four hours in advance of the intention of the Japanese Government to waive the claim for indemnity, which virtually meant the acceptance of the Russian conditions. to safe. Smalley of this, but, as he declined refused to send it to the Times. Another cause for complaint, it is said, against Smalley is that, despite the protests of Morrison, he policy of the Times: assumed a pro-Russian attitude contrary to the

Considerable #nxiety, exists in Hongkong regarding the safety of the steamship Lucia, Vitoria, which left Hongkong bound for Chek Ham and Saion on Monday last, the roth inat, under the command of Capt. Boardmann. Under ordinary conditions the vessel should have reached Saigon on Friday night or on Saturday at the latest, but not a word has been received in Hongkong regarding het whe abouts. It is usual for the shipinaster to and the charterers, but up to the present not a graph to the owners, Mendis. Malso and Co.

line has been received from Saigon. The Lucia Vittoria is thus five days which is exceedingly disquieting, and has given rise to the almost alarm. Of couns DOCK companies all over the East have got it 'is, quile possible that cir very modest ideas of the value of their stock may have arisen whereby the vesse but even the expansive heart of Mr. Twenty.tained at, Chek Ham, which is near Kw C. Farnham, Dayd & Co, must, pulasie with such circumstances as would lead to man, the late Managing Director of Messrs. S. chow-wan, but the difficulty is to account for

additional fervour when he reads of the claim tention of the vessel for five daya

"dayan. Even bed made by the Singapore Dock Company upon the vessel been detained for that perlod, Captain- the Government for the value of their property, Boardmann, who is an experienced officer and which the Government wishes to take over as well acquainted with the coast, would have part of Sir John Fisher's scheme of Imperial made an effort to acquaint the owners with defence. The modest value which the Dock Cause of the delay and thereby pre Company put upon their property must make uneasiness being experien even, Farnham's Directors blush, They wan!

non-arrival at Saigon. A shipp

nine million pounds sterling for their dock, or St,coo per share, for stock which stood last month in the open market at Sasol What next?-China Gaxsite.

live who travelled from Sal by the French nail On Friday last_ninter “Lucia Villoria. In """that,

of his departure. That

is, however, diaregarded by thố have considered the matter. It was, scare possible for the Lusts Vittoria to be in Saigon harbour when the French mal left was at Saigon a telegraphic mesinge effect would have been received by the. long before this time. The Lucia' carried a cargo of coal.

We are informed that the Secretary of the Stanghal Marine Engineers!, Association,. Mr. Alberi Lalog, has, under instructions from the General Committee, handed Mr. W. Guild, the chief and only surviving engineer of the ill fated sa, Halakhon cheque for two hundred dollars, as compensation for the loss of his personal effects, through the destruction of that vessel by a mine on the 30th ult. We The Lucia Vittoria was formerly known 20 H.M.S, čumber, and lay for a long period in believe it is the Intention of the Committee to the Association, so that all the members may ship. One of the results of the new Jef form an Insurance Fand la connection with Hongkong harbour being uillised; as a store, consider their personal effects on board ship all out-of-date vessels, was the sale the Admiralty in dispensing with the insured for the sum of two hundred dollars against total loss; the premium on bich will of the amber. On the 4th of Jur be covered by the monthly subscription. This Head Hough and aliqu

Humbry was put up for auction object of the Association; and one which will bidding was secured by Mr we think, be fully appreciated by the members for 40,500 Mrs Masso on generally, and by those running Nons from sel changed the unme to mange hestenicular. The Aurociation, in a whimper dock he hands

mentioned, a young,

Whampoa Compan 270 members and is therefore a strong and wan and Saigon trade well-organised body. Its objects are purely who was formerly maste business and non-social, the well-being of placed in command marine engineers, and the advancement of may be termed her busine their interests,The offices ars at 17, Nanking Vittorio has proved a sound. Road.—N, C. D. Newsang gaya kei sale she was described as a scre

desing an extreme length of 2

treme breadth, 27 feal 5 inc

the flime of the auction that

is surely a very commendable addition to the

"to further inroads on the decency, and clean- SIR Francis and Lady Piggett returned to the to reveal the source of his iafirmation, Smal institution in Shanghai, but it already has over::so that she might engage in 1

Colony from Japan to-day. We understand they are going to take up their residence at Mountain Lodge," during the winter months, LEAVE of absence on private affairs to the neighbouring countries has been granted to. Major L. J. Dopping Heppenstal, Royal Engi- peers, from 1st November to 11th December.

liness of the district by the original offenders. Still it is no argument to say that because no complaint is made, the Sanitary Board's $18.00 oficials can not be supposed to know there is anything to be remedied. On the contrary, it is the duty of the sanitary inspectors to act the part of detectives searching for those cancerous growths which spring up in THE officers and men at the Volunteer camp a single night. The President of the Sanion Stonecutter's Island attended a informal tary Board said that there had been a lot concert fast evening, and spent a most enjoy, of complaints about the refuse from those able time. There was a maxim drill on the offices recently built on the Praya front, and range this morning, and this evening there 24.00 officers of the Sanitary Department had will be a rehearsal of the parade on the King's

Birthday.

gone to a considérable amount of trouble

in endeavouring to obtain an abalement of 1 the perjury case before the Court at the the nuisance." Granted all that, but it is Criminal Session this mersing, the prisoner Li the duty of the oficers of the Sanitary Ping Kwan addressing a witnes, said "You 11.75 Department to take every pains possible to say you never saw me before; isn't it a fact tid the city of foul accretions and to keep that I am your uncle?"-"No," replied, the the city clean and healthy. That is what witness, "You are not my uncle, i don't know they are paid for. The story

you, and never saw you before 14 ore of the housemaid who swept everything into. A PEKING dispatch states that if har

swept ov 14.25 corners, below the furniture, and everywhere officially decided to change the name

except into the ash pan, has (tu fellow in the Lu Han Railway to

Peking Hanko procedure adopted by those who are too

should be. 7 lary, to adopt, proper measures, for the dis- poes of their rubbish," "It Is for the nitary

An interesting little ceremony took place on Bunday morning, the 8th inst, when the mam bers of the Tokiwakai, an association of girls graduated from the Kobe Higher Elementary Girls' School, many of the members of which, however, are now married, paid a visit to the flagship Diadem and presented baskets of flowers to Admiral Noul. When the Admiral came to greet the young ladies they gave three "Banzair, and Admiral Noel was evidently highly delighted and not a little surprised when the party joined in singing the British National Anthem in English. This was followed by the singing of that mandato

says ("Great Greet!), Admiral Noel said that he was very pleased to hear Japanese girls sing the British national anthem, and be visit would long, remain in his me added that, if previous notice had been he would have arranged

The young ladies were then shown

"KIAOCHOW

A Berlin correspondent states that the were attached to the pure Imperial authorities have decided to lacrosse took place bed the the naval artillary stationed at Kinn-chow by tits haight, and it was pany, and a fourth company early next year, or other of the sending out thither in Actober a third com chator might hand the For this purpose a detachment will six office was at forth that way to be formed on: October, f. The officers warde mod maticaalit) and men forming this detachment are: to meet that she cannot bur as the camp at Lockalede to undergo training alge porn will reinforce the naval artillery to the fortified dore, or his? of six days, and on reaching Klao-chow they was only to position Icing the land and the son, and also ations had undertake the ork foldlaying dowelmises of