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WINE AND SPIRIT, MERCHANTS, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

SCOTCH

WHISKIES.

WREALY $13 por naam.

The rates per quarter and par mensom, proportiona!, The dally lus is delivered fros when the addrosa is accomible to momeuger. On copim sent by post a

adional $1.80 per quartor in charged for stage. The postage on the wookly ints to any part of the

world 80 cents per quarter. Slugle Coplo Dally, ies conts: Wockly, twenty-

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BIRTHS,

On the 10th May, at Shanghai, the wife of Mr. MARCO GOLDSTEIN, of a daughter.

On the 15th May, at Shanghai, the wife of G. M. BOYES, of a daughter..

On' the 16: May, at Shanghai, the wife of Mr. SUTTER, of a son.

MARRIAGE.

On the 8th May, at Shanghai, JAMES RANDALE ANDING, eldest son af late Surgeen Anding, to MARY AUGUSTA, daughter of the GREAT REDUCTION | Lale Major Toole, Bombay Army.

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PRICES.

From this date the prices of our popular brands of SCOTCH WHISKIES will be as under-

The Hongkong Eelegraph

HONGKONG, Wednesday, MAY 23, 1908.

U.S. COURTS IN CHINA,

We have noted recently important changes in the U.S. Consular Service in China as a A. TUORNES BLEND........... $11.00 result of the energetic efforts of Secretary

Per Case of a dus.

B. GLENORCHY BLEND (A -

Fine Soda Whisky)

I ABERLOUR GLENLIVET A Fine Peaty Flavoured Whisky)

D. H.K.D. BLEND of the Finest Old Malt Scotch Whiskies

E. BLEND.

The popular Whisky in the Far East

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14.00

15.00

The above prices are strictly wet. The discount of five per cent. previously allowed on our Whiskies ceases from this date.

Elibu Root to cleanse the Augean stable. Efforts have since been exercised in other 1.40directions no less important to American citizens residing in the Orient. The House 12.50 of Representatives is introducing a Bill which has been receiving considerable at tention from the Chambers of Commerce in the States. The Bill provides for the ap pointment of regular Judges to preside over the extraterritorial courts in China, to be under the supervision of the Department of Justice and to have no other duties. The effect of such a measure will be to relieve the Consuls of various Chinese stations from the burdensome and inappropriate duty of judicial service in the Celestial Kingdom. As A. S. WATSON & CO., is well known the extraterritóriḍ courts of China are rose provided by the foreign Powers for trial of their own subjects. Under international law an allen accused of crime in China is permitted a trial by his own countrymen, assisted by representatives of all the other foreign nations who maintain Consulates in this country. In the case of the United States this duly now falls unon The ponds, W, in a majority of cases have neither the time nor the legal experience. for the work.

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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 17th May, 1906,

$16.00

WILL BUY A CASE

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GREGOR & CO.'S

IMPERIAL

HIGHLAND

INTERNATIONAL BANKING.

· CORPORATION..

Following is the seventh semi-annual report to the stockholders:-

New York, April 9.1906. Gentlemen, The management submits the following report, with the corporation's seventh

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE str. Loksang was docked at the Tunkadoo Dock, Shanghai, on the 16th inst.

IT is reported that two steamers were ashore at 3 am, on the 15th inst., 2 miles NW. of Cooper Island. Each vessel was showing two red lights.

LIEUTENANT N. C. 8. Simson, three N. C. O., one native servant, H. K. S. B. R. G. A., left per 13. Catherine Apcar on the aza i instant for Calcutta on recruiting duty. RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 20th May, 1906-Library Non-Chinese 3: 1, Chinese 122, Total 433; Museum-Non-Chinese 123, Chinese 7,125, Total 7,248.

JUST as we go to press information reaches us that a Chinaman-a member of tho crow of the C. P. R. Company's steamer Empress of China has committed suicide on board the vessel this afternoon.

MANY will regret to learn, says the Shanghai manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Meicum, that Mr. H. E. R. Hunter, the popular ing Corporation, leaves next Saturday for Hongkong, Mr. J. R. M. Smith, the chief manager of the Bank at Hongkong, is going ;home on leave and Mr. Hunter takes his place' thera Mr. W. Adams Orams, a well-known former resident of Shanghai, will take tempor ary charge of the Bank here. We heartily congratulate Mr. Hunter on his deserved

promotion.

RENANDED from yesterday, the case in which

1906.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT.

SUCCESSFUL BID.

Bids were opened yesterday morning, sayı the Manila Times of 16th inst., at the Burenu of Supply for the furnishing of 20,000 barrels the well-known Green Island brand of cement was tendered by its local agents, Messrs. Wm. of cement. Only three bids were received and

H. Anderson and Company, at a figure con- aiderably lower than sither of the other two

bidders.

TELEGRAMS.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”

SERVICE,

EMPEROR INTERVENES..

IMPOSSIBLE CUSTOMS CON- DITIONS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 23rd May, 12.85 p.m.

The British protest regarding the

appointment of Commissioners to the Customs has been presented.

All the Ministers are at 'one with the British representative.

"The bids opened were from Messrs, Peabody and Company who offered the Atlas brand at 5.61 per barrel; Messrs. Findlay and Com- barrel, and Messrs. W, H. Anderson and Com- pany offered the Aisen brand at P478 per pany the Green Island brand at P4.299.

The contract for furnishing the supply will a street coolie was charged with stealing a life-probably be awarded to Mestra. Anderson and The plague epidemic shows no signs of abate buoy and some rope from the Army Depast- Company. meot. To-day's list is a heavy one withment, on Tuesday morning, came on again far twenty-three cases recorded for the twenty-four heating before Mr..F. A. Hezeland this morn. hours up to noon. All the patients were Chi-ing. The coolie denied the charge, saying that nese, seven of whom are under treatment,

he was walking along the road, when the Indian watchman walked up to him, put the The Osaka Shosen Kaisha is negotiating a foreign loan of Y 10,050,000 from au English lifebuoy round his neck, and went away! syndicate through the medium of the Credit Evidence was heard, and his Worship imposed Mobilier. The money is intended for the can the usual sentence of three weeks' bard labour version of debentures of high interest and the and six hours' stocks on the accused. extension of the company's service. It is ex-Some time ago an official recommended that pected that the interest will be 4 or 5 per cent, Prof. Jenks should be engaged as an adviact -Japan Chronicle.

on Chinese financial affairs in order to improve the banking business and the circulation of paper moncy, etc. The proposal was referred to the Council of Finance, the Board of Vladivostok the other day regarding the pro Revenue, and the Waiwupu to memorialise and another pair of gold earrings worth $25, Customs Service aims at securing the Customs

after full consideration. The Prince and

THE Japan Chronicle is informed by a Kobe frm that lelegraphic inquiry was made at

pects of travel ever the Siberian Railway to Berlin. The firm received the reply that the railway service has greatly improved and that the journey between. Vladivostok and Berlin is now done in eighteen days.

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TOSHINARI Umetsuchi, an accomplice of Shidara Hisashi, a director of the late Toa Life Insurance Company, of Osaka, who forged hundreds of the Shosen Kaisha shares about a year ago and absconded, was arrested in Seoul a few days nga. Matsuwo Magubei, living in Nichi-Yokebori, Osaka, and three other ac- complices" were arrested in Osaka on the oth'. inst. Shidara, however, is still at large.

CHAN Yau, a conlie, residing at No. 78, First Street, who said he was unemployed, was Police Court this morning, with being in un- charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the lawful possession of ore bag of flour, renson- ably suspected to have been stolen, yesterday Defendant said the flour in the bag was only weepings. He was not believed, and a fire of $10 was imposed on him by the Bench,

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ministers cancerved discussed the matter, but as a President of a Board opposed the proposal there were almost no other authorities to sup port the proposal and is reported that they will jointly memorialise after a few days, Sintuanpao,

DAMAGE BY COLLISION.

ACTION IN COURT.

"BOT TO BLAME."

In Admiralty Jurisdiction this morning, his Honour Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Instice, pic- siding, and with him Hon. Captain L. A. W. Barnes-Lawrence, X.N., Marine Magistrate, sit, ting as Assessor, judgment was delivered in the case of Chau Tai, the owner of the junk Lin Shing Lee, and the owner of her cargo, versus the s.a. fankow, as follows:

His Honour said that there were two ques

tions for them to consider upon the evidence; first, whether the junk was to blame for not AT the laternational Chess Club, Shanghai, on carrying the necessary regulation lights; the 16th inst. splendid pawn play and the and secondly, whether the Harlow was to judicious sacrifice at the critical moment of a blame, for the collision. No consideration took for a bishop and control of the board won could be given 10 the statement made for for Mt. Souza the second of the five games with the plaintiff that junks invariably evaded the Mr. de Jesus in the final of the Shanghai Chess regulations, and sailed at night without lights. Championship. The third gaine, which will be But at any rate, on the evidence, he came to decisive if won by Mr. Souza, will probably be the conclusion that the junk did not carry any played to-day at the Club, says the W. C. Iights. As to the question of the default of the Harlow, mar question must be looked at from two points; first, he must look at it from the stand-point of a lawyer; and, secondly, from that of a judge. But as he could not accept broadly the sailor's evidence, to arrive at a proper con- clusion he was assisted in the trial of the matter at issue by a naval nautical assessor,

Taking the second officer's evidence, he states that he saw a dark mass, and took bear- ing and found it was of his starboard, bow, about a mile away and he proceeded on his course for two minutes, during which time he must have known that he was going into dan. gerous proximity to that dark mass, which he his second bearing, attheend of those two min.

By kind permission of Lt-Col. Aitkin and Officers, the Band of the 19th Infantry will play the following programine of music at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner, on Thurs day, the 24th inst, weather permitting:-

March

"The Queen's Guard "Will

‚“Light Cavalry" "Sobre las Ola"

Waltz .... Selection...... Corney Solo"Filees Alanuali" Patrol............. The Phytosa trigade"....Mydleton God Save the King.

The (yehid"..........Monckian

A coolin named Ho Hee was arrested this

A WILD YOUTH.

APPROPRIATING 1115 FATHER'S GOODS. Abdul Karim Dalbasha, an indian lad, about' nineteen years of age, who has just left Queen's College, residing with his father, who keeps

grocer's shop at No. 51, Hollywood Road, was arrested last night in a house of ill-fame al

The Emperor has issued a réscript to the effect that the appointment of the Commissioners will not take effect immediately.

[Straits Times].

London, 14th May. Shek-tong isui, on a warrant taken out by his

The Timer correspondent in Peking says father charging him with stealing one gold

that it is no secret that the appo'ntment of diamond ring valued at $150, ona gold finger ring valued at $15, a pair of gold diamond ear rings worth S90, five gold battoos valued at $40, Chinese Controllers in the Imperial Maritime

revenue for outlay on military reforms. to al value 5310 The lad, who is said to have

Advices from Washington State that Mr. been spoilt, is alleged to have been doing this for some time past. In former cases the Rockhill, the United States Minister in Péking, servants have been flamed for roguishness, but has informed the Foreign Secretary's depart. · on one or two occasions suspicion fell on him.ment there of the spining of diplomatists in Yesterday morning, Dalbasha returned home, Peking regarding the Imperial customs ap- and, finding no one there, he asked the servant pointments decrce. girl to bring him his mother's jewel-box. The girl obeyed the order, and the lad removed the jewels mentioned above and left for the place at Shek-tang-tsut. When the police went to Shek-tong-tsui, where they arrested him, the jewels were found in his pockets. He was removed to the Central Police Station where lie was charged by Inspector Smith. He came up before Mr. F. A. Hazeland this morning and pleaded guilty to the charge.

Mr. P. W. Goldring said he appeared for the defendant's father and wanted the case with

drawn.

His Worship What does the police say? Inspector Smith-f the father wishes to

These diplomatists hold that the issus of the decree means the complete overturning of the Chinese fiscal system,

Jubilee Stakes.

London, 14th May. The race for the Jubilee Stakes at Kempton Park, on Saturday last, resulted as follows:

Donnetta

St. Wulfram Ambition

6 уга. 4 yrs, 5 yrs.

8.5 &a 1 8.4 3

Germany Demands Indemnity.

15th May. During the Tabah dispate, Germany pre sented a vigorous note to the Porte, demanding

withdraw the case, we have no objection, your an indemnity of £700 for the seizure of the

Worship.

His Worship-Will the father undertake to give him a thrashing at home?

Mr. Goldring--I think so, your Worship. The defendant was then bound over in the sum of $100 to come up for judgment when- called upon.

SAMPLING SAMPLES.

LINED LOUD

Lui Yan's refined taste for good things land- ed him in gaol this morning. Long experience of foreign, wines gave him a dislike for samthu.

with the result that his employers usually found a few bottles of something gone, when they were required. Lui, was godown clerk to Messrs. H. Price and Company. Yesterday morning, before the manager left for the Crim tnal Sessions, where he was called on the jury, a box containing samples of liquor was opened and put aside. When Mr. Robertson returned and called for the case of samples, he discovered

semi-annual statement, that of 'December 30, morning by a watchman leaving Jardine's Sugar knew all the time was a junk. At the taking of that seven bottles had disappeared. This con-

1005,

slant pilering that had been going on was to investigate matters. It was then discovered

German benzine ship, Odysseus, by the Turkish customs officers, and also the punishment of the officials responsible for the illegal action.

Officials to be Panished. The Porte replied, promising that the officials should be punished and a reduced indemnity should be paid.

Duchess of Connaught's Mothor

Dead.

The death is announced of Princass Fried. rich Karl, mother of the Duchess of Connaught.

Royalty at Thanksgiving Service.

H. M. the King, and T. R. H. the Prince and the Princess of Wales, together with the Royal children and other Royal personages, attended Divine Service at Westminster Abbey in token of Thanksgiving for the safe return of the Prince and the Princess from their, tour in india,

Blue Jackets Attend the Abbey

Detachments of blue jackets from the crews H. M. S.S. Renown and Terrible, under ne

were present in the Abbey, and the Dean of

The uncertainty attending the final stages of Works at East Point with a brass cock, valued

at $12 under his arm. He was promptly re-utes, he found the junk was coming right at him be stopped, and Sergeant. Earner was called to command of Captain the Hon. H. Tyrwhitt, the Russo-Japanese war and the unsettled 'cur- rency condition in the Straits Settlements moved to No. 1 Police Station and charged. | and, ifthebearing was correct, then the junk was that the godown man had given instructions Westminster preached the sermon. made it advisable for us to carry on our. Orien tal business with extreme caution, and the

branches were therefore obliged somewhat 10 curlail their transactions with a corresponding decrease of profit, but meanwhite we have been steadily building up our resources at the va rious points and are now well established in the Philippines, Hongkong, Shanghai, Japan and the Straits Settlements. The Corpo. ration bas naw no office which does not either earn on its own account a fair profit or otherwise render service indispensable to the Corporation as a whole. The ball-year under review is the first for which this statement could be made.

Our temporary premises in China and Japan WHISKY having become too small for the volume of our

NOT ONE OF THE BEST,

BUT

THE BEST!

business, we were obliged to obtain larger and more suitable offices in Hoogkong, and in the course of the next few months our Yokohama

Branch will be moved into a floor secured in a building now nearing completion. We are also in treaty for offices in a new building in

Inspector Gourlay placed the delinquent before Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, at the Magistracy this morning, where he pleaded guilty to the charge of theft, and received sentence of three weeks hard labour and six hours stocks;

LO CHAN was charged before Mr. F. A. Haze fand this morning as the Police Court, at the instance of Arthur Cole, chief officer of the 5,5. Strathmore, with stealing from an board the ship a canvas hatch, valued at £3, yester day afternoon. The complainant said that while an deck he saw defendant attempting to leave the vessel with the tarpaulin under his arm, Defendant pleaded guilty, and his Wor- ship sentenced him to three weeks' hard labour

and six hours' stocks.

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indeed coming right at him... The Hankow was wrong in not taking previous action, p.m. he was going EN.E, 9.16 he sighted the junk; 9,18 he still stood on, the junk still going alicad, 9.19 he poried his helm, and thus the junk was on his port side, and he estimated her distance as being 203 or 300 yards away. But on the figures of the times and the rate of travelling, the Assessor calculated that the junk was about 40 yards away. The second officer said he had heard shouting, but His Honour believed this to be doubtful, in the condition of the wind then prevailing. The engineer had said the engines were reversed at 9.19 p.m. and were stopped at the time of the collision.

then said the conclusions he arrived at were (1) His Ilonour went into the evidence further, and the junk did not carry any regulation lights, and (2) the evidence of the second mate was too fine on some points for acceptance. He could

that seven bottles of the liquor just opened were to be taken to his house. This was done. and when the sergeant went to the godown clerk's house at No. 17 Aberdeen Street, only tree bottles were found in his box. He was then charged. This morning, before Mr. F. A. Haveland, defendant said he stole three bottles only, not seven. He was not the only one that took home bottles of wine; the others did the same. His Worship sentenced the defendant in fourteen days' hard labour.

THE N.D.L. "ROON."

DETAILS OF THE STRANDING.

"Tribune's" Hope, Our Hope.

The Tribune hopes Sir Nicholas O'Coner has not permitted the Turkish Government to separate their ten claims, as such a partial concession could not be considered satisfactory in Cairo.

The simplest cour e, the Tribuns maintaine, would be for the British to delimit the frontier and require the Sultan to respect that delimita

tion,

“Standard's” Opinion.

The Standard and other papers urge the necessity of insisting on an absolute com- pliance by the Sultan with the terms of the ultimatum.

Yes, the Sooner the Better! The Daily Chronicle is of opinion that Muktar l'acha's position is bound to be affected, if the suspicion be confirmed that. be is responsible for the Turkish claims, and

The correspondent of the N, C, Daily News wiring on the subject of the stranding of the Roon telegraphed on the 18th inst:-Detail of the mishap to the Roon are that at 11 p.m. on Wednesday in a dense ing the vessel struck forward. Orders were at once given to reverse engines and go astern, but were unsuccessful rushed on deck. Henvy seas and rains added THE Sinwenpao state that B. E. Linog Tun-

Shanghai where we have outgrown our present | plains which roughly measure 200 by 100 miles/Assessor was agreed that the Hankow contri. There were 102 passengers, who,panic-stricken. that the sooner he leaves Egypt the better.

premises.

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THE latest Changsha news, says the Hankow Daily News, is that the water is slowly falling, but rains continue with slight intermission. not accept the theory that the junk turned into There is very little known as yet of the damage the flunkor at an angle of six or eight degrees. done and loss of life in the surrounding coun-the junk had been carrying lights they must try, as there is no communication, but the rice have been seen on board the Hankow. The in area and are on a much lower level than the buted to the accident by altering her course The building, Sixty Wall Street, in which city of Changsha must be over 15 feet under when she did, and that the Hankow ought to your Corporation is interested, was opened water. A rough estimate of lives lost by a have kept out of the junk's way. Neither

The ex-Russian str. Richa Muru passed on less than a year ago and is well occupied, resident is not less than 30,000. The destitu vessels took sufficient precautions to avoid a

collision, and therefora both vessels were to Thursday at 4 p.m. and made two attempts to its tenants being drawn mainly from tion and condition of the sufferers is terrible and blame. There was one point in the Captain' belp the steamer off, but in vain, the professions of law and engineering. The beyond description.

cyidence to be considered. When the report bad

The passengers were brought on to Moji Wall Street Station of the New York Post

been made to him regarding the sighting of the junk, he had just gone into his cabin and he lightly dressed. They included the British told Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai that the Govern did not hear the report, he ealy heard the Major Boyle and his wife. No lives were lost.

Office occupies the ground fluor, and several SOME weeks ago we reported that an Indian large business concerns have leased offices in sergeant, stationed at No. 7 Police Station, as

to the confusion and difficulties as there were no means of calling assistance.

yen, Customs Tautai of Tientsin, and Chinese Special Commissioner to settle the Nanchang murders case, has returned to Tientsin - from Peking to report to Viceroy Yuan-Shih-ksi on the result of the negotiations with the French representatives. It is stated that Liang Taotai

ment had been compelled to allow the French

the upper floors, From the first of May the saulted a hawker, whom he arrested, on the telegraph ring to stop the engines, and then he except that of one seaman who was killed in | demand owing sa force majeure, ...

went on deck. We consider both vessels assisting to launch a boat. No property has building will earn a net income over all charges way to the Station. When the hawker arrived equally to blame, and there must be judgment been lost, the passengers luggage being re- and may be expected, in addition to providing in the station his condition was so bad that it accordingly. good quarters for the Corporation, to show a was feared his spleen had been ruptured, and

fair profit on your investment during the pre-

sent year.

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for safety's sake, the hawker had to ba removed to hospital. After his admission to the institution it was discovered that there had heen a rupture-not of the spleen-and there. was an operation. The man grew worse after the operation, and it was thought that he would

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory:

On the 22nd at sp. The typhoon has moved NE along the coast fuce yesterday, the centre On the 23rd at 11.503. The barometer bas now being on land near Amoy,

GREGOR & Co., corporation, tena nithe present year it be the aged, and the case a sergeant sisen generally, except at Meiaco Sima

19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

Hongkong, 15th June, 1905.

The business of The International Bank of New York has increased and in the latter part of 1905 its capital was raised from $100,000 10 $500,000, the new stock being taken by your

kin paying dividends in the present year.

The Board express their acknowledgment to the officers and employees for their fidelity and efficiency during the year. Very respectfully,

THOMAS H. HUBBARD, Proaldent,

had been remanded. The typhoon is nearly filled up. It appears Gradually the hawker got better, and hit release to exist as a slight depression to the NE, of from hospital was soon expected, when news Formosa. High pressure lies over N. China was received this morning that his alleged and the Sea of Japan,

The wind will probably freshen from NE, ja assailant-the Indian sergeant-who was also

the Formosa Channel, and the N. part of the takento hospital a few days ago, had expired this | China Sea.

Forecast:-NE winde, freshening ; fair, moraing from paeumoniz and consumption.

moved to the salvage vessel.

The damage is not likely to be serious and the chances of re-floating the vessel are hope. fui.

THE honour of being the oldest postmaster in

Carlton-in-Lindrick, Notts, who is eighty-three Eng'and is claimed by Mr. William Scoll, years of age. He was appointed in 1859, and at that time was also the village schoolmasier For twenty-seven years he held both positions, but resigned that of schoolmaster twenty years Ago. Though eighty-three, he can still read without the aid of spectacles, and enjoys the best of health.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS. DUL.

German (Preussen) 24th inst. American (Mongolia) 28th inst French (Oceanien) 28th jast; American (China) 3rd prox German (Prins Waldemar) 5th prox. The ss. Amiral Jauregulberry leff Singa- pore on arst inst., for this port, and is due bere

on 28th inst.

The P. M. 5. S. Cole ss., China will sail from Yokohama on 23rd inst., and will be due at Hongkong on 3rd prox.

The Imperial German Mail 5. Prina Hitit Friedrich, which left here on agih dle, arrived at Ganba ón 21st inst, at 3 pimi