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extent with those who regard misdoers as more sick than sinful; but a time must come when the danger of carrying this principle to extremes will become apparent A crime is still a crime, even when preceded by epigastric and cephalic symptoms; and we claim no prophetic honours for declaring | that ore day the very symptoms will be dis. covered to be criminal. C'ert sinly much of the modern unhealth represents sins against society and the race; and radically speaking the dyspeptic is often as blameworthy as the would-be suicide.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND Prisoner claims to have concealed the bodies because he was afraid to face an inquest; 'and in addition to this plea, evidence was called to prove insanity in his family. Dr. Forbes Winslow deposed that Devereaux hid what is known as the insins ear" greatly developed.
Pictures of the pisauer in the illustratel papers show him the also slightly prognathous. This appears to be a typical case of the kind in whick Professor Lombroso's theory is "worked to death." The verdict has by now
been given, and we do not expect it would be au acquittal; but if it was, the mischief of this
to many minds. !
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British flag flies from Government House. We understand that Mes rs. BUTTERFIELD AND SWIRE recently paid four dollars a fost for reclaimed land, admittedly inferior to the Godown property, which appears in the books as worth only a few cents a foot. The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Com. pany is in a similar position, having bought land thirty-five years ago at two cents a foot, which is to-day worth from one to a dollar and a half a foot, but is not so valued in the accounts. This writing up
There are too many of theories referred to will have become apparet. of property, as we have been told, is the
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first iustauce of the kind in the history of commercial Hongkong, but there have been plenty of writings dovu. It is needless, and would doubtless be painful, to re- The important thing capitulate them.
shareholders, to
is for directors and
some
bethink themselves whether there are not | sufficient grounds for imitting the laudable! example set by the directors of the Hong- kong Hotel, who have come in lately for comments that were not exactly praiseful; but have now distinctly, if such w.re ever needed, rehabilitated themselves. By truthful valuations like theirs, many misconceptions as to business conditious here may be dissipated; investors present and prospective will know where they are;
us in the same bat to admit these advanced truths with any show of cheerfulness, however; and Professor LOMBROSO'S charitable definitions are bound to
mankind more popular until
Daily Press, 1st September.) and hygiene, physiology and
In the report of the Directors of the Hong- control, spelling heaven h-e-a-l-t-b, and memorising mens sana in crepare sang as its keng Hotel Company, Limited-the nort which is to be considered to-morrow by Golden Rule. That it is not always safe to accept as go pel the discoveries of these the shareh de s-the following paragraph The Company's land and build- scientific stulents of crime seems tous appears:-- demonstrable. We are asked to note that ings property has been, quite recently, the epileptic criminal is characterised by re-valued by Messrs. PALMER and Turner, prognathism, deep and premature wrinkles, and the Property Accounts written up extraordinarily heavy jaws, retreating foreby the amount of the additional value We are (8548,975,78), the Reserve Fund being head, impulsiveness, and so on.
credited with an equivalent sum." This asked to pity, rather than to blame such
Does it then follow that we are to attracted our particular attention, if only and the house commercial will rest on securer foundations, and be all the better praise as miracles of virtue those men who because of its nufamiliarity; and now we
are assured by a property owner of standing for it. What is more, this system of re- have progun: hous jaws, wrinkled and
fact an innovation for valuations should be maintained, and up-to- retreating foreheads," who do not offend? that it is in
consequence; | da'e presentments made at suitable intervals, For of such there are many, some of them Hongkong of mounìous
the duration of which may well be left to occupying exalted and honourable positious and, it is considered, an example that
A simple the discretion of the directors, who prove with exemplary ability and success. It is deserves the greatest credit.
their capability by recognising that this is, doubtless presumptuous of us to say so, in illustration will suffice to show its sign fi-
Twenty-five years ago cance.
after all, the only proper and business-like the presence of such a great name
course to take. Whether it should be every LOMBROSO; but we suspect that his school; bought a house or shop in Hongkong for
$10,000, which then brought him in a rental five years, or every ten years, or something of criminologists have been led astray by an
For the same premises, between or outside those, will depend incomplete survey of mankind. Noting in of $1,000 a year. the criminal class the symptoms of mental he is now drawing a rental of $10,000 a largely on the rate at which the very obvious What percentage is he get ing? If development of the Colony continues to pro- deterioration and physical unhealth, they have year.
igress. The practice, or the temptation at connected cause and effect without stopping he acts as so many of the local companis to consider if peradventure similar symptons are acting, and retains the old-time valn-all events, elsewhere, is to take too generous are not also present in the non-criminal. Įtion, he must admit to drawing something | a view of the value of th assets of the share- hollers and it may be taken that the fact There are prognathous and wrinkled bonest like one handrel per cent. per annum; at men, and there are eccentric and semi- which the popular autery at high reats that it has been left to the directors of the a maiter Hongkong Hotel to inaugurate the change, insane men whore morality and deportment should gain in force. But as are above suspicion. Other psychologists, of fact, he finds that he can sell that pro-indicates the conservative methods of Hong- not enthralled by this clue of dis sase and ¦ perty for $10),0 m; that is now its market kong managers. But t ignore the very real and substantial appreciations of values that criminality, have noted how thin is the value; and his rate of interest is by no divid ng line between sanity and insanity. I meaus extortionate. Those who might buy have come about here, as so many of our was public companies are doing, is to carry Genius is akin to mainiss," even the it to-day won'd ver ́ainly not say it nius which lives usefully and never forfeits! While it stuck to its former, out-of-date caution and conservatism to an improper At least, such is our the respect of society. SCHOPENHAUER's, valition, the Hongkong Hotel Company and unwise extreme.
was allowing the impression to gu'n ground ļopinion, backed by that of others who have denial of man's power to mend his character is on a par with LOMBROSO's theory that he that it was realising extortion ite profits, !given thought to the matter; an l at forth- cannot successfully fight the forces of which in tura give culoar to the suspicion coming meetings, we have no doub, that heredity, both like mischievous, The that the hot I rates must be jequally high. further confirmation will be affordel by After toulay, all conceruel injust know just shareholders, stimulated by the timely and Church knows better when it declares that
what is being earned on the present and well-co isidered action of the Board of Dir- we are all inherently criminal, and encour-
It are le l ages us to strive against these so-called, red value of the company's afsts; and forectors of the Hongkong Hotel "natural tendencies. Doubtless there that the directors will in time reveive all
only an example ani a start. might be some entomoid LOMBROSO to tell the credit that is due to pioneers of sound Other en upani s his fellow moths that their prognathons ; firince in Hongkong. antennæ impelled them to fly to the; will no doule follow, as they shoull, for cand'e flame; but as we sweep away the, although an apptrout belittling of earnings
foolish moth.'
seem a dangerous experimen', the shrivelled corpse ve say If its act injured any other than the stronger reserves shown, and the esuden ce if i created by » knowledge that there are assis individual cremated, we would call criminal folly. Which patable makes a more tangible than speculative, inst to
to strengthen the market. It dues; fifting end to the discourse.
not need to be a very old resident to see It should perhaps be explained that the
that some other companies are occupy- frego ng editorial comments were apropos som- evidenc in the case agaiust Arthur Dvereaux, a like position to that ju-t vacat i by u chemist's assistant, charged with the murder, the Hotel Company. The Hongkong and of his wife and twin babies. He conc aled the i Kowloon Godo và Company values its land three bodies in a tin trunk, which he seul to a at something like two and a half cents a warehouse "to be called for."
square foot, whereas its market value must
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Although the significant fact was proved that
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THE PEACE TERMS.
(Daily Press, 2ul S.ptember.) After waiting a day or two to see if the
termination of the sur rising
peace of it negotions would become loas lys ery, we are still, like the people of Peking, in a state of a niza neat. Regard- ing th› civilise l world as the jars, Japau Las p'a miff, and Russia as defendant, there verdict that an almost unanimo is
The Times plastiff was entitle line sta waid there was no reason why Japan should not got then. Ye now th: news co'nes, Iwell wathoticated, that not only does
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the prisoner applied for a situation and descrived, be, as shown by recent dealm.saud awards, i Japan not receive an indemnity, bat that
himself as a widower with one child several
mure like seven to eight, dollars a foot.
it has waired its claim thereto. In view of
days before the tragedy, when, as a matter of This value is not au unstable factor to be the respective situations of the belligerents
fact, be had a wife and three children, the defence is being set up that the mother
killed the twins and then committed suicide
at all chancey. Laud may avoided as appreciate in Hongkong, but depreciation ot to be looked for so long as the
-one uniformly successful on land and sea with almost unlimited credit, and a people,