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TELEGRAMS.

ANTI-DYNASTIC RIOTS.

TROUBLES IN THE INTERIOR,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7 1907.

THE ROYAL VISIT,

This morning His Royal Highness was busi- ly engaged tospecting the troops in garrison, lunching afterwards with the Officers of the 129th Baluchis (Duke of Connaught's Own), the Band of that regiment playing relect airs during the tiffin hour, the inspection duties were resumed by His Royal Highness the Duke

after tiffin until a late hour.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 7th February,

2.35 p.m.

During the forenoon their Royal Highnesses It is reported that the natives are the Duchess and Princess Patricia of Coo rioting in the district bordering be- naught and Miss Pelly made au in cognild visit in Queen's Rond' and spent the time in the twoen Szechuan and Kansuh.

The riots are said to be of an anti-loyment so dear in the Indy's heart,

whether in palace or collage-shopping. dynastic character.

THE SHANGHAI EXPLO. SION.

A STRAITS APPRECIATION.

When one reflects how rapidly the Euro pean part of a tropical community is bound to change, and be reproduced over and over again WOUNDED MAN REPORTED DEAD in a comparatively short span of years, it may

MAY RECOVER.

be considered as an exceptional case, writes the Singapore Frce Press editorially on 1st inst, that the same pen that in these columns,

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 7th February,

2.35 p.m. The man who was previously re: ported to have been killed in the explosion which occurred at the Custom-house yesterday is alive.

Although severely wounded it is believed he may recover.

(Reuter's.

The Lords and Commons.

LONDON, 5th February.

¡CANTON-DAY BY DAY.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, 5th February, 1907. At & p.m. last evening, a fire broke out in druggist shop in San Tou Lan. The different fire brigades a pace appeared on the scens and got the fire under control, before much damage was done. The building where the fire originated way the only building entirely gutted.

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GAMBLERS' PANE LODGED

-- WANTED MORE AIR-SPACE.

Reports having been made to the owner of No,, 16, Possession Street, ku unoccupied

house, that it was being used nightly by coolies as their sleeping quarters-rent-free-he made up his mind that he would investigate the mal-

COMMERCIAL

TO-DAY'S INTELLIGENCE.

ma p.m. Buyers-Unlon foaurances $800, China Fires $973, Macao Steamboats $jo, Shell Trans por 31/9, Hoogkong Hotels S123, Cements

·Sità, lċes Sato, Powells $74.

Sellers-Rongkong-Banks $925, Canton In-

and Manțas $21, Douglases $36, China Sugare

Intimations.

THE

ter, and find out who was getting free lodging rom him. Accordingly, last night, after herances, 5:95, Hongkong Fires $375, China ROBINSON PIANO 'had absorbed' kiu. evening meal, he took 'a

As the work on the construction of the new quiet stroll along the road, like an innocent bind was alleged to have been carried out in wayfater, until he came in front of his pro an unsatisfactory manner, the contractors, Chanperty. Stopping, to light a cigarette, no doubt, he heard voices, and the voices proceeded from Lun Tai & Co, and their properties have been seized by the authorities pending further in-

a room in his unrented house. He being a man of considerable acumen, and being structions from the Viceroy. The oficials of

endowed with an unusual amount of good the Banding Work Department will carry out

common sense, he made no sign to alarm the a survey as to the dimensions and examine the materials used in the construction so as to trespassers but proceeded swiftly to the Central l'olice, Station, and there reported the matter bring the case to a conclusion.

of the illegal occupation of his property to inspector Ritchie. A peste of police was at ante despatched to the scene, and eleven men, who were in unlawful possession of the pic misen, with the object of securing a free and comfortable night's lodging, were taken on the premises. On being airested by Inspector Ritchie's men the culprits put up 525

The Canton Bureau of Education has issued a. proclamation instructing that students of janioragex should not study foreign languages at the same time while they are learning Chinese, and ordering the teachers of all the lower schools of the province not to teach their young pupils foreign languages on the ground that

$130, Raubs 584, Kowloon Wharves $95, Hum phreys Estates $12, Hongkong Cottons $114, China Borneo $10, Electrics $16, Koper 521, China Lights 598, &. S. Watsons $12.

Sales:-China Fire: $971, Hongkong Docks 5140, Humphreys Estate $12, Coments $2th, Light and Power 591.

Nominali-National Banks $51, lado-China $87. Shanghai Docks Tis: 107, Hongkew Wharves Ths, 233, Hongkong Lands $107, West Points $set, China Providents $8.70, Dairy Forms $163, Tramways $315,

3.30 p.m. Masers, E. S. Radoorie, & Co`notify the following further change in the share quota- lions to-day

Union Insurances..........$810 vales,,

1.

TO-DAY'S. EXCHANOF.

savenieto years ago, extended a cordial wel- they are too young to study, such languages, bail each and were released, This morning London-Bank T.T. come on behalf of a loyal community to Their until they have a good knowledge of the verna they were placed before Mr. C. T. D. Mel

Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, is once more privileged to dia sign. Then the Duke had made for himself by his devation to his military profession, by the high soldierly capacities he brought to bear on the discharge of his duties, and by the warm interest he took in the welfare of the soldier, the reputation of being an officer to whom the highest executive and administra tive command was open, on strength of

charge that pleasant duty on a second occa-

cular language.

A Shanghai leiter received here states that 1.E. Shum, Viceroy designate to the Yun kwei provinces, has informed the Government that he will start from Shanghal for his new post at the end of the first maso, next year.

6th February.

The Canton Government Paper Manufactory has sent out different specimens of printed forms and stationery which are to be used in

all Government departments throughout the military merit alone. All that the nation province Yesterday, H.E. the Viceroy is has fully recognised long ago, and seven-sued a notification to all Government offices, that from the 1st day of the 1st moon, next teen years ago the Duke completed his term

year, all Government departments are to use of duty in command of the Bombay army, Mr. Churchill, speaking at Manchester, any of whose units are second to none in the said the Peers had deliberately provoked a entire Indian army, and no few of whom have constitutional struggle and the Commons the repute of corpsedélite, hard to equal any. would take up the challenge without hesita.where, even if pitted against any European Lion, Parliament would meet the conditions army. Since then the Duke has added to his of war. We had outlived the times in which splendid record the admirable work done as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland and' in com. the House of Commons could not make their power effective without a general elec-That is not all, by any means. For the recent applied to the Bureau of Conimerce, Industries |

tion, though that was inevitable in the end.

mand of the First Army Corps at åldershot. reorganisation of the Army implied in the abolition of the office of Commander-in-Chief so long held by the Duke's Royal uncis, that At the trial of Mr. Thaw in New York, the grand old soldier the Duke of Cambridge, bas defence pleaded hereditary insanity.

been the means of conferring upon the Duke of Connaught the high and responsible Office

The Trial of Thaw.

THE WRECKS AT CAPE

-VARELLA,

the new printed forms and stationery.

Yesterday, the Viceroy ordered Commo. dore, Yau to proceed to Hongkong with the Chinese gunboat Foot Po to meet the newly. appointed Lieutenant Tartar-General of Can. ton, Li Kwok Git,

Уевменіну, a Hongkong merchant, Mr. Yip

Yin, of the Hongkongform of Wah Yik Company and Agriculture, of Canton, for permission company, with a capital of float a $1,300,000 to build an electric tramway at Kongmoon in Sanwai district. The Bureau has now written to the Sanwui Magistrate in- quiring about the undertaking, and inquiring if

of Inspector General of the Forces. The the scheme would in any way he detri- function of the Inspector-General's departmental in future railway undertakings.

Certain merchants of Canton are at present ment must be presumed to be to maintain, by By the 18 Rajaduri, which arrived from

dtat of, effective surveillance, the efficiency of forming a company to run several steam Ilangkok yesterday, later news has been re-

every branch of the army as a fighting machine. launches between Canton and Fatshen, for the ceived of the wrecks of the sa. Yungkoi and The Chief of the General Staff and his power-purpose of carrying merchandise nad passen the tug Robert Cooke at Capo Varella. The fully minnned department inust deal with such Hers, especially the former. "salvage steamer Protector, which went down

about a fortnight age to attempt to refloat the stranded vessels, is unable to commence opera: tions. The prevalence of the string monsoon with strong wind and heavy sea renders any attempt at approaching 100' close to the wrecks extremely hazardous. It is not believed that the monsoon will moderate until early in April In the meantime the wrecks must be

matters as plans of campaign, mobilisation,

military intelligence, direction, of military operations, and so on. But it is the function of the Inspector-General and his staff to keep the army up to the highest point of combatant perfection attainable, by dint of that inspection and report that acts as a conscience even to the most keen commanding officer. In this respect the uke of Connaught and bis cap-. left where they are, and the hope is entertainedable staff should be looked upon as the great that no further damage will result during the

vivifying infidence in the army. And this can be

·Protector's period of enforced idleness.

SHANGHAI PAPER HUNT..

'ACCIDENT,

DEATH OF MR. PEARSE,'

A very sad accident occurred during the progress of the Paper. Hunt Handicap on Satur day afternoon, reports the N. C. . News of the 8th fast, whereby Mr. D.(F. Pearse was to badly injured that he died at the General fos pital at 12.15 a.m. on Sunday. Mr. Pearse was riding in the hunt on the Verman Creek line when his pony stumbled and fell some yards in front of a dry jump, precipitating his rider into the jump. It was immediately seen that Mr. Pearse was very badly injured, the lower portion of his body being quite paralyzed. Se .veral gentlemen in the hunt assisted to remove him from his position and there were doctors present almost immediately. The injured rider was curied to Nanyang College, an ambulance' was sent for, and on this he was conveyed to the General Hospital. Severe as were his in- Juries, Mr, Pearse was conscious until quite

the better understood when we note that H. R.

The Japanese Consul at Canion bas sent a

dispatch to H.E. Viceroy Chow informing him

boume, on surrendering to their bail, and set up a somewhat curious defence. From their story

it

appears that the first defendant, who is making arrangements! for carrying on the "Shake the Dragon game during the Chinese New Year) had rented No. 14. Possession Street, the house adjoining the one in question, but having en- gaged the other defendants to assist him in the "Diagon" operations, and taken them to live with him in the meantime, be found No. 14 too reall to accommodate his big family, so,& without going through the formality, of saying "with your leave to the landlord, be quietly

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vacated No. 14 with his suite, and took posses- sien of No, ig, which was a larger house. He produced a paper, said to be a receipt for rent paid, and it was all so sweetly simple and innocent that the searchers after cheap lodging Bank of England rate.........

being returned to them. were all discharged, their bail money, of course,

ECHONS OF THE SQUALL,

BODIES FLOATING IN THIS HARBOUR.

Although it is nearly a fortnight since the severe and death-dealing squall swept over Hongkong yet the harbour police are still being kept hasy handling dead bodies. On Monday last four corpses were picked out of the harbour; on Tuesday five more were re- covered; and yesterday a similar number were seen drifting into the harbour, making a total of fourteen badies recovered in three days. The remains were removed to the Kowloon morgue, whence preparations were made for burial. Identification` was absolutely impos. sible owing to the condition of the bodies. It

is believed, however, that the deceased were

that a certain Japanese theatrical troupe formarly the crews of deep sex fishing jonks intend to hold a Japanese theatrical per and that their craft were destroyed during the formance during the Chinese New Year holi-disastrous blow of the 28th-ultimo. They have days in the western suburb, and asking him to Kive the necessary protection to the troupe during that time. In reply 1.E. Viceroy Chow

beea flouting about for some days and the sudden change of the tide brought them into this port where they were taken charge of by

stated that when ex-Viceroy Shum was in the police. office here, he had refused, several foreigners permission when applying for similar privileges

on account of the fear that a disturbance might be raised by the people, and that he is in this instance obliged to treat the application in the

same manner

A fire occurred this morning, at three o'clock, at Wai Pin Street, inside the City. The fire occurred in a woodware, shop and destroyed three buildings in all.

IMPERIAL CHINESE RAILWAY ISSOR.

THE CHINA, FAMINE.

OFFICIAL OBSTRUCTION.

Suchico, February 1: I have returned from a five days' journey through the country on the west of the Canal to the hsiens in the district of Suining towards Suchou and suchoufu, and northward towards Chiupeichou, Tusan and Yaowan. These parts are denuded of transport animals; they are ex- tremely difficult to traverse, and lawlessness abounds.

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To-day's Advertisements.

ONDON AGENTS want to represent Manufacturers of Chinese Embroideries, Correspondence' English, French or GermaD.

Address

ETTLINGER & CO., 37. Gutter Lane, Cheapside,

London, England. (207

PUBLIC AUCTION.

"HE Undersigned have received instructions

to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, .

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

מם . . .

SATURDAY,

the 9th February, 190%, at it A-M., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road, corner of Ice House Street,

A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES,

Comprising

SEXTANTS, PICTURES, MACINTO. SHES, HATS, CLOCKS, UMBRELLAS, BILLIARD BALLS;

.' ALSO

VALUABLE GOLD CHRONOMETER WATCH by Yates, Liverpool;

AND

A quantity of ENGLISH GOLD WAT. CHES, DIAMOND RINGS, CHAINS, &c.

TERMS:-As usual,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, 7th February, 1907. [208

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

SOUTH AMERICAN LINE. REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE BETWEEN HONGKONG AND CALLAO AND IQUIQUE VIA JAPAN FORTS.

The following are the prices of foodstuffs per catty:-The poorest rice is 50 to 66 cash; wheat is almost unprocurable, but in a few places fetches & cash; bean cakes 48 cash; tweet potato leaves 16 to 33 cash. The people are eating stewed' bark mixed with garlic. Will be sent to VALPARAISO if sufficient

Ai Chinpeichou the official ten days ago fix. ed the price of wheat at 1,600 cash per ten (about half a bushel) while the neighbouring markets had been selling it at over 2,000 cash. Capt. Hollman, TUESDAY, 26th March, at perten; consequently the place is destiture of food stuffs.

H. is also President of the Selection Board. which bas to decide all questions of promotion, this so important a miller in the higher grades of command. Now that the appointment of Commander-in-Chief has been put into com mission by the formation of the Army Council, we may well took upon the Duke of Connaught as the first Soldier in the Army from the Ex. ecutive point of view. It is in this capacity that H. R. II. visits the Fat East Just now, although it is correct to say thist to-day the Duke and Duchess are rather Royal visitors,

The L. &C. Expres of 11th inst, saya:— the Duke's real military work being undertaken

On 9th inst the Hongkong and Shanghai in the return journey a. fortnight heece. We Banking Corporation invited subscriptions for think we can hardly do better than repeat what £60,000 5 per cent. Sterling Boads of the Im- we wrote seventeen years ago, in the days when perial Chinese Railways, Shanghai-Nanking the Good Queen Victoria was still upon the line, being part of a loan for £3,250,000, of throne, on the occasion of the last visit of the which £1,250,000 has been issued. The bonds Duke and Duches of Connaught to Singapore,

are too cach, and the first coupon for on their way home to England. We then said being interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per an- in these columns, of the Duke, as a soldier:— num on the instalments, will be payable on The Doke of Connaught by the circum. June next. The subscription price is par stances of his carrer has served to bring the and the loan is for 50 years from June, 1903, Royal family into fuller touch with the English but the bonds are redeemable at six months people in one point. The English, more than notice after 1 years, and up 10.25 years at David Francis Pearte, was twenty-years of any other nation, have to find careers for their 1028 per cent, and after 25 years at par at the sons abroad, and to no small extent within the option of the Chinese Government, In addí ngo. He arrived in Hankow about three years Tropics. Hardly & family among the Queen's tion to the unconditional guarantee of the loan ago as teaduster for the firm of Messrs. subjects but has at least one member or close by the Chinese Government, both as to princip. Rodewald and Heath, and at the expiration relation abroad in the Great Britain lying far af and interest, it is provided by the agreement of the last two Hankow tea seasons he

outside the limits of the United Kingdom, that in the event of default in payment of in places apparently prosperous with stacks has come to Shangbai to assist in the pur The errant life of the Navy is familiar to re-principal or interest, the whole of the railway of straws, where animals are found, the chase of green seas for his firm in conjunc presentatives of two living generations of the with all its appurtenances, shall be hand- tion with Messrs. Geddes & Co. He joined Royal Fam:ly, and the Heir Apparent made ed over to the British and Chinese Corpore people are without grain and are starving Light.. A duly qualified Surgeon is ca tiet on

Jate in the evening, ་

the Light Horse, S.V.C., ás a trooper in 1905, and was a popular member, while his keenness for riding took him to Amoy where he rade in

and friends in England.

'JAPANESE. WAR DECORATIONS.

FURTHER HONOURS.

same years ago ao important tour through ation, to be dealt with by it in such man- large portion of India, u experience this his ner as will ensure the proper protection of the own eldest son is now repeating, and an interests of the hondholders. The loan agree experience which is an indispensable educa- ment provides that in any negotations between tion progress, to the ordinary course of nature, the lot must

a irince upon whom, in the Railway administration and the British and Chinese Corporation, the Corporation shall re- one day fall to wear India's Imperial crown. present the bondholders and be empowered to of the Soldier-Duke is act on their behalf.. It also reserves power to

Dogs are being caught by the starving people at night time by n cans of an arrangement with spring and hooks which are baited. To pre- vem their howling, the dogs are drugged and then killed and eaten.

Noon.

inducement.

"GLENFARG,

3,646 tons,

"KASATO MARU," 6,100 tons, Capt. W. C. T. S. Filmer, THURSDAY, zşth April, at Noon.

THE Steamship

"GLENFARG,”

Middle-age women and wives are being sold (Capt. Hullman), will be despatched for Callan, for from ten to fifteen dollars and young chil-qnique, via Japon Ports (tiratsu, Kobe and

Yokohama), nn April, 1907.

dren for three or four dollars.

It is remarked almost everywhere that

on green gruel, as they are powerless to

buy food at current rates. It is urgently to be insisted that the Grand Canal is the sole Channel by which supplies can come. The prices rise in proportion to the distanco up the canal, and yet nothing is coming. I find the flour dispatched by the Shanghal commillée

has still not arrived bere. There are various

them the lack of facilities for transport,

officials in refusing to pay the boatmen through

„„„The condition of the people is more desperate cantankerousacts at interference and help. daily.-N. C. D. Newt.

Taking: Freight and Pas engers to other Eastern and Western Coast ports of South

*merica

The above steamer has splendid acommoda. tion and is fitted througliout with Electric

each hout.

For ther information as to Freight and Passage, apply to

K. MATSDA, Manager, York. Building.

Hongkong. 7th February, 1907,

STEAM TO CANTON, -

“HE New Twin Screw Steel Steamer

LARGE AND VARIED

ASSORTMENT

MUSIC.

Comic Opera Scores

and Dance Music.

RECEIVED BY EVERY MAIL.

Hoogkong, 29th November, 1906.

THE ORIGINAL

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Leaves Hongkong for Canton on each Sun day, Tuesday and Thursday, it 9 every evening. Leaves Canton for Hongkong on each Mon- day, Wednesday zod Friday, about 5.30 o'clock : every evening.

This Fine New Steamer has unexcelled Per Case 18 Bottles Accommodation for First Class Passengers and is it throughout by Electricity. Electric Fans

the races. · Although comparatively a recent arrival in Shanghai he soon became known to a large circle of people. He was one of the class of young men that Shanghai con ill afford to lose, his business ability as well as his quiet But the case and assuming manner winning for him different. For years his profession bas re- make a further temporary' issue of £250,000 rumours as to the cason for the delay, among friends wherever he went. Great synipathy quited his presence in India and there he Bonds at 6 per cent. per annum for the pur will be felt la Shangbei for deceased's relations has mada for the time his home with wife poses of paying for the necessary land for the difficulty at the locks and the action of the "KWONG TUNG";;1,238... II. W.WALKER.

and children, subject in all things to the railway, to rank pari pass with the present climatic risks and adverse influences that in- and former issues as regards guarantee and evitably tell sooner or later upon the most security, but to be redeemable at par of any robust English constitution. More than any time on giving six months' notice. The pre- olber of the Royal Family can the Duke ester sent loan is to provide further funds for con- FRED. Cooke, à stokar, on, board H.M.S. At the Imperial Palace at Tokyo, Marshal into the feelings of expatriated Englishmen struction and equipment, and a report by the Astraca, put in an appearance before Mr. C. Marquis Yamagata and a number of military and in the rejoicing over his safe returo home consulting engineers on the present position of A, D, Melbourne, at the Police Court, this and naval officers above the rank of Major-will his Royal Mother share those thankful the railway is included in the prospectus, morning, on a charge of behaving in a dis- General or Rear-Adiniral were decorated by feeling that so many other English mothers According to the prospectus' the subscrip- || orderly manner in Connaught Road Central, at bis Majesty the Emperor on the 28th ult, în

five o'clock this moming, and damaging a have known so well. In a word, the Duke's tion list which was opened on gth inst. was to recognition of their services during the late eastern life has made him one of us," By be closed at or before four o'clock on the Itb. ricksha to the extent of $3. Cooke denied that Russo-Japanese War..

that he knows on better, and we know him bet The Bonds, however, were so largely over he was disorderly, and after evidence had been tor. As soldier he wins praise from his com- subscribed that the list for London was closed beard he was upheld by the Court. Something rades wherever ho goes, and that for the best at three o'clock on the first day? It-in ninted, annoyed Cooke, it was alleged, and his umbi- of all rensous; that he is a soldier first and a that one application alooo was for the sumtions rose until he smashed the rickyha. He Prince afterwards,

offered, Bonds are quoted at 1 parmium,” was ordered to pay the coolie $3 compensation

Marquis Ito and the Ministers of State were also decorated for services rendered by them in their official capacity in connection with the administration during the campaign,

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