Februar 23, 1901.1
THE GOOD TEMPLARS.
At the usual weekly session of "The Red Dragon Lodge,” No. M. 65, of the Independent Order of Good Templars, held in the Soldiers and Sailors Home on Tuesday evening last, the following three resolutions were adopted
1That this meeting recognises the fact that this Jubilee year of the Good Templar Order finds it the greatest Temperance organisation in this country and in the world, numbering as it does more than eleven thousand branches located in one hundred different countries and States, and having an increasing membership of 100,000 adult and junior members within its 2,100 lodges and temples in England alone."
2"That we rejoice that since the Order originated in New York State fifty years ago it has promulgated temperance teaching at hun dreds of thousands of public meetings; that it has administered its total abstinence pledge to many millions of persons (about 1,500,000 being thus pledged by it in England alone dur ing the past 32 years); that it has circulated scores of millions of pages of temperance litera- ture and now publishes over fifty magazines and newspapers in various languages; and that it has feclaimed tens of thousands from intem- perance, and prevented hundreds of thousands from over giving way to drinking habits."
3" That inasmuch as the order has also by ita discipline and educative influence uplifted multitudes to positions of greater usefulness in life, and has belted the globe with a beneficent girdle of sobriety and fraternity, we reverently thank Almighty God for the successes thus vouchsahed to us, and while dedicating ourselves anew to this great work, invite all friends of humanity to join with us in our efforts for a sober country and a sober world."
TIENTSIN NOTES.
The following items are from the P. & T Times of the 2nd inst.:-
The Magistrate of Yung-ching-hsien, Mr. Kou, has recently arrested and executed a num-
ber of Boxers.
A portion of the western wall of the City has been levelled. The Chinese report finding an ancient tablet buried in the wall, but the characters are too worn to be decipherable.
Reports reached Tientsin, on Thursday, that Li Hung-chang was dead, and that Yuan Huih- kai had been hastily summoned to Peking. As Li has been dead or dying a few times already, we await confirmation.
Shanghai and not local time is observed on the railway now, and the railway clocks are therefore about twenty minutes faster than local watches.
The Chih-Pao claims to have received from a man recently arrived from Shensi on Govern- ment business, that the Emperor actually left Haian on January 15th for Lo Yang-hsien in Honan, and will not return to Peking till the second or third Chinese moon, bapteme
The Japanese have, we hear re-arrested Mr. Chi Hsin, who was supposed to commit suicide, also two of his associates, Chu Chu-yi, and Chu Sun-li, sons of the late Hsu Tang th Prime Minister who was so prominent in th appointment of the Heir Apparent.
The Chih Pao has it that the demolition of native houses against the southern wall of Pek- ing has been ordered, Tls, 10 for each being paid as recompense, as it is intended to carry the railway (or electric tram?) along there. We have not heard anything about it.~-
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
which is outside the ('hun Mộn, and the soum of the Chinese En
are congregating there The states, a prominent Boxer leader. Chinese Judge in that district was, he also
THE STRAITS GOVERNORSHIP
The Singapore Free Press of the 17th inst.
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Yamen, now occupied by the Provisional Gov standing mystery about the Governorship
Towards dawn on Thursday the Viceroy' ernment, was discovered to be on fire. Judging this Colony is at last golved. Sir Alexander From what is now understood, the long by the rapidity with which the fire spread and Swettenham, who will have had the probably the hour at which it occurred, it seems hardly unprecedentedly long period of a tenure of one likely to have been accidental. The loss of pri- year and three months as Officer Administering vate effects, and we believe also of official re- the Government, goes home presently on lea Lieut. Bauer among others losing their kit. again returns to Ceylon as Lieutenant-Governor cords, was considerable, Col. Mochler and Eventually Sir Alexander on coming eas of the day in Tientsin City lately, some reviling now retires. The Resident-General of the
Rather vicious placards have been the order in succession the late
to Sir Nool Walke compradore of the Provisional Govern Federated Malay States, Sir Frank Swetter alive; and others prophesying that when the the 16th February, will remain at Singapor ment Bank, also a co-worker of his, who is still ham, who is due to arrive in Singapore about Chinese officials return to Power, all who have as Acting Governor and High Commissioner been connected with the Provisional Govern- F. M. S. until the arrival of Sir Arthur Have- ment, foreign or Chinese, will be "flayed alive," lock, Intely Lieutenant-Governor of Madras, and similar amiable suggestions. Feeling is who is to be the new Governor of the Colony said to be rather bitter against Provisional Sir Arthur Havelock left Madras about Government because house and other taxes have Christmas and went home on leave. He is been levied, in addition to which the Chinese understood to be dus in Singapore in July, when, police and others have made little transactions Sir Frank will revert to his own post in the on their own account, which has fallen heavily Native States. As regards Sir Arthur Have- prevalent too in consequence of the levelling of alluded to in this journal before his departure on the people. Some indignation has been lock's chances of coming here, these were the wall.
from Madras for England.
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THE PEKING TRAGEDY.
The China Times, the new Peking paper, published the following as an extra on the 30th of January :-
day night at the Hotel du Nord, Peking. The A most painful tragedy was enacted on Mon- guests at. the hotel were finishing dinner and were still sitting at the table, when, shortly after 9 o'clock, three shots were heard in close proximity to the dining room. The manager, Mr. Diedering, at once ran to the spot where the shots appeared to have been fired, and Was met by a British bay Cavalry, who came out of one of the lientenant, Mr. Denning, of the 3rd Bom private rooms, staggering, and exclaiming "I a doctor to be sent for, and the wounded man Mr. Diedering at once ordered was handed over to his care.
am wounded!
Inside the private room a dreadful spectacle lying prostrate on the floor,. still living, but at presented itself. A husband and wife were the point of death. Nothing could be done for them, and they shortly afterwards expired.
It appears that three rooms had been en Lindberg and for her maid. Capt. Lindberg, gaged at the hotel, for Mr. Denning, for Mrs. a Danish officer well known-at Tientsin, and formerly engaged there as military instructor for Monday night's train and repaired to his wife's the Chinese troops, arrived from Tientsin by the room, showing no indication of what was to come. He shot his wife through the chest, then pointed his revolver at the officer, whom he shot over the left hip, and finally shot himself through the right temple.
Captain Lindberg was about 32 or 33 years of age. appearance, was about 26. Their bodies were His wife, a Danish lady of attractive taken in coffins to the Temple of Heaven railway station yesterday, for conveyance to Tientsin by to-day's train,
Mr. Denning, who was stationed at Tientsin. lies in a critical condition.
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Our contemporary also says:-While in Ceylon as Governor Sir Arthur Havelook's emoluments were Rs. 83,000 per annum. £8,000). Here in the Straits Settlements where Madras his salary amounted to Rs. 20,000 (say the status of the Governorship has been recently $5,000 entertainment allowance. raised, his annual pay will be £5,000 pln.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI DO
BANKING CORPORATION:
of shareholders of the Hongkong and Shanghai⠀
The seventy-first half-yearly general meeting → Banking Corporation was held in the City Hall⠀ Chairman, presided, and the others present were, on Saturday, the 16th inst. Mr. N. A. Siebs Messrs A. Haupt, P. Witkowski, P. Sachse, R. Slade, D. M. Moses, Hon. J. J. Keswick (Direc- M. Gray, R. Shewan, A. J. Raymond, H. W.
Captain A. Tillett, Captain F. D. Goddard, H. tors), Sir Thomas Jackson (Chief Manager),
C.M.G., Ho Fook, C. 8. Sharp, G. M. Bain, J. N. Mody, F. Henderson, Hon. C. P. Chater, H. Lewis, R. C. Wilcox, R. K. Leigh, J. R.-' Humphreys, E. Georg, S. Hancock, H. A. Michael, G. L. Tomlin, M. J. D. Stevens, H.
L. J. U. Anderson, C. Palmer, E. S. Joseph, Chinoy, J. N. Chinoy, C. J. Gonsalves, A. Sharp, Dr. A. S. Gomes, B. Layton, R. T. Wright, A. G. Wood, E. Pabaney, D. D. Gander G. H Smith, W. A. C. Cruickshank, W. H. Ray, J. Medhurst, 8. 5. Benjamin, E. Kelly, J. R. M. Kennedy, W. Lysaught, Lau Wai Chuen, Chau. Sui Ki, Sham Kim Sai and others.
the pleasure of laying before you the accounts The CHAIRMAN said :-Gentlemen, we have
large balance carried forward on the 30th June of a very successful half-year's working | The
the handsome profits realised during the half- in profit and loss account ($1,717,543.29) and year left the directors with a very considerable sum to dirtribute for the period ended 81st they propose to pay a dividend of £1.10/ December, 1900. Subject to your approval,
per share, pay honus of $10/per place to reserve fund 81,000,000, and car pass a bill- interdicting the use of sake by lads also propose to give the staff of the bank The Japanese Diet will probably be asked to forward the balance of $1,410,272,65. They We hear that during the Siege both the offence against this law-which its projectors will be seen that the Bank continues
under age. It will be provided that for every a bonus of 10 per cent, on their salaries. ~ It Bussian and French Ministers burnt their desire to put into operation from 1st April-a perous career. Its business is diplomatic papers. We cannot possibly con- fine of 1.95 yen shall be inflicted; that parents increasing, necessitating our continuing to ceive the reason for the destruction of papers or guardians allowing minors to drink sake shall to our reserve funds, which are so whch could not have contained matter that the pay a similar fine, and that publicans selling ditional capital on which whole world might not have known!!
The Chik Fao states that now that the Em- be fined 10 yun. Such a law would be very Bank's own funds
sake willingly for consumption by minors shall any dividend. It is a press Dowager finds the troops are not lay- difficult to enforce, the Japan Mail mys. The proportion to the fun ing Peking, even though the terms have been interdict against smoking by lads under 20 has to its safe keeping. Our capital signed, she declines to return to Peking, and produced a certain effect, it is said; especially of dollar is pleased at Viceroy Chang's suggestion that among the school-going class. But in the lower laye the safest pla her to go to will be Ichang. orders (parents have not lent their assistano curious story is | by a correspondent now resolutely to enforce the reto, and it is obviously
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saw two Bozers, impossible for the police to exercise any in the American tive scrutiny. The will be the same day. No foreign sol- | sake. Nevertheles
would certain! quarter stitute a partial
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