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rialized the Throne for one month's leave to return to his native place before coming to Canton.
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who is a very powerfal censor in Peking, wa very angry over the drastic measures taken against his brother. He has memorialized the Throne against all the present civil officials in Couton. The text of his memorial has not reached Canton yet.
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THE SHANGHAI SHOOTING CASE.
We gire below some extracts from the evidence that led to the conviction and sentence of eighteen months' imprisonment, in the Shanghai shooting case.
BANKER DISAPPEARS. The proprietor of the Yick Shing Loong Bank in Kwong Fu Chin Street closed up his bank yesterday and absconded. It is said that he entered into many contracts with the reform- ere up country to supply them with firearms and ammunition and received considerable sums of money from them. The time for delivery of the gords is about to fall due, and as he had no intention to carry out his contracts, he adopted the best scheme (as the Chinese say) out of the possible thirty six by which ons may extricate oneself when in trouble. He ran away.
The news having come to the knowledge of the local authorities they caused the premises to be im. mediately seized and searched in the hope of obtaining some clue which might lead to the people from Hongkong. Owing to the scarcity | picking up a word or two of evidence or argu-
arrest of the reform parties. They are keener after rebels than rogues.
A CHARITABLE UNDERTAKING.
Owing to failure of the winter rice crop in certain districts of Kwangsi through want of rain, the price of rice has risen considerably in those districts. Tin, Taotai of Kwangsi, has requested the wealthy merchants there to raise capital and form a syndicate to import rice from Canton and sell it at cost price to the people of those districte. Tin Taotai is prepared to place large sums of Government funds with the syndicate to assist them in this cbaritable undertaking. The Chan We Bank in Nanning has been appointed bankers of the syndicate by Mr. Tin to remit money to Canton for transaction of business.
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BEHEAD EIGHTY NINE.
Chu, Taotai of Ko Chow Prefecture, cabled to Viceroy Shum that the prisoners over 100) of the Tin Pak City (near Sui Tung) prison mutinied. They broke the prison doors and made their way into the city where they stole the firearms and ammunition of several military stations. Soldiers were immediately despatched to capture them. The prisoners fought most desperately. In the fight five prisoners were killed, 92 captured and Il escaped. Ctu Taotai req tested Viceroy Shum to cable instructions to him to act in the malter. Viceroy Shum
cabled the following instructions:-" Behead 89 prisoners. Do not execute Poon Sin Choong (ringleader), Leung Fung Chun (military bachelor of arts), and Yeong Ab Kee.
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October 1st.
NOTABLE ENGAGEMENT.
His Excellency Viceroy hum's daughter has Feen betrothed to the son of His Excellency Yu Sik-mui, late Literary Chancellor and Inspector of Colleges and Schools of Canton. The celebration of the engagement took place yesterday. Both officials are natives of Kwangsi. All the local authorities called at the Viceroy's, Yamen and offered their congratulations.
MORE RESULTS OF OPPRESSIVE TAXATION.
News reached Canton yesterday that a riot broke out in the Ching Yuen City through the pork dealers refusing to pay the new tax imposed by the pork monopolists. The mob stormed and destroyed the Tax Bureau. The Magistrate was compelled to send out an armed force to disperse the rioters.
WORK FOR SHIPBUILDERS.
Recently numerou, robberies were reported to have been committed within the harbour limits on the river. This has come to the knowledge of Viceroy Sham, and in order to have a sufficient patrol force on the river to cope with the robbers, His Excellency immediately gave instructions to build eight more steam pinnaces for police to patrol the river. Ship builders' hands are now fully occupied on account of the recent typhoons. Unless the Chinese Government is prepared to pay a high price to build these vessels, am afraid the floating population will have to wait for another year before they can obtain this additional pro- tection.
A FRATERNAL CENSOR. Chan Ting-benog, ex-Editor of the Ah Chow Po," was imprisoned by Viceroy Shum some time ago for publishing a libellous article against His Excellency. The press was seized and confiscated. Poor Chan is still in prison, although every effort has been made by bis relatives and friends to obtain his release. It is reported that his brother Chan Ting-kwai,
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October 4th.
RELIGIOUS PROCÈR JON
On Sunday next, the 7th instant, the annual feast of the Holy Ros ry takes place in the oldest church in this city, the Domingo's There will be the usual procession in the afternoon, and no doubt it will attract many
of river steamers, I do not think that there will be an excursion this year.
DR. CARREIRA D`AZEVEDO, News was received here by wire of the death in Lisbon of Dr. Carreira d'Azevedo. The deceased belonged to the Portuguese Navy, and was for some years the medical officer of the navy at Macao where he made many friends and where he also married. Dr. Carreira, as he was
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better known by his friends, practised his profession
some time
in your and colony,
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popular there Much sympathy is being felt for his sorrowing widow. who was a Hongkong lady.
THE PRAYA GRANDE DAMAGE. After closer examination the damage done to the wall of the Praya Grande by the last typhoon is far more serious than at first imagined. In some places the damage consti-
tules a
source of danger to passers-by. It would be well for the Government at once to set
about repairing the places damaged. If the local authorities have no power to spend more money than the amount voted by the Home
Should the Praya give way, the houses along it Government, they should wire for permission.
also collapse.
may
THE WEATHER,
Two days ago we received notics of another typhoon, but happily it did not come this way. We are now experiencing very nice and excep tionally cool weather.
THE OPIUM EDICT.
The "er. W. A. Cornaby has sent to the Press a translation of last month's Edict which he considers better than th se published. It is certaiuly morn in the toue WA should have expected :-
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Since the Imperial prohibition of opium almost the whole of China has been flooded with the poisoD, Smokers of opium have wasted their time, neglected their employment, spoiled their constitutions, and ruined their households; and thus. for some decades, China has presented a pict re of rer-increasing poverty and weakness. It rouses our deep indignation even to speak of the matter. The Court is now ardently determined make China powerful, and it is incumbent upon us to urge the people on to reformation in this respect, that they may realiz: the evil, pluck out this deep-seated cancer, and follow the ways of health and harmony.
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We therefore decree that, within the limit of ten years, this harmful foreigu muck be fully and eutirely cleansed away. And we farther command the Council of Stats Affairs to consider means for the strict prohibition both of opium-smoking aul of poppy-growing (in Chins itself), and report their deliberation to us for approval."
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THE O.S.K. AKASHI MARU.“
LOOTED BY CHINESE.
The x'eamer Haimun, from Foochow Tamsui and Amoy, arrived yesterday with the Rt. Rev. Bishop Clementi and Consul Paddock among her passengers.
he reported mixed weather. The Akashi Maru, whose mishap we have already reported, to be badly ashore on the North erope Reef. She was abandoued, and being looted by Chinese fishermen.
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There need be no hesitation (said our Shang- hai contemporary on September 21st) in stating that never has the Supreme Court at Shanghai been so densely packed with spectators at any trial as it was yesterday when Peter Hyndman was arraigned on the charge of murder. Such is the interest that has been evoked by the tragedy in Haining Road that many were found willing to stand through long hours of yesterday morning and afternoon for the simple satisfac tion of catching an occasional glimpse of the Prisoner or a witness's head, and sometimes
meal, Others who could not obtain standing room within the court itself found a precs. rious footing against the outside of the windows, but the drawing of all blinds in the afternoon prevented further enterprise in this direction. His Lordship had to call for order on several occasions. The evidence is set forth fully elsewhere and of the trial itself nothing more can be said here, as the hearing has not been concluded, except that Mrs. Rose had sufficiently recovered to go into the wituess box, and the accused bore himself all day with great calmness. It is noteworthy that a jury of twelve was empanelled instead of five as heretofore.
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Peter Sydney Hyndman. bookkeeper, was charged that on Septembar 1st feloniously, wilfully and of malica aforethought he did kill and murder Harry Smith. The trial lasted two days, as reported in our telegram giving the result.
Messrs. C. H. Burkill, C. M. Joyce, J. J.
Dunne, and F. G. Payne preferred to pay to
fines rather than sit on the jary.
The Acting Crown Advocate, Mr. Dancau McNeill, outlined the story of the woman in the case. She stated that she heard that Hyad. man was there and she tried to get away. In getting away she was shot. She stated that she was half-way down the s'airs when she was shot, and the doctor's evidence would be that the wound might be caused by a shot from above, Mr. McNeill proceeded to state that in accused's pocket was found a letter iaforming his father that he was going to be married. Another paper in his pocket was a document in which he disposed in detail of such assets as he might leave behind him. He claimed for arrears of wages against another hotel where he had teen employed, and these arrears he left to Mrs. Rose. He stated that all his property and also this claim was to go to her. The revolver referred t› in that document was stated to belong to Guilfoyle and Hyndman said it was to go back to him. The document was not a will, but simply something to show people how to act should he not be able to not himself. There were several corrections to the document. There was a note at the foot in ink in which accused said "I am not off my head by a long chalk.”
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Most of the evidence we have given before. The most important witness was the woman Mrs. Rose, whose testimony was previously not jobtainable. Although a bullet still remained in her body, sue was well enough to appear in | Court.
She said her husband died in March last. After his death she went to live with her brother in Deut Road. That was about a month after. Witness was living there at the time of this trouble. She was in Mr. Smith's house on September 1st. That was not the first time she had been there; she had been there three or four times She remembered that the boy came upstairs aud said, There is a gentleman down below,' Mr. Smith went to see who it was. He came back and said, "Look out Winnie, it's Hyndman." Then there was a struggle. Witness went out on to the verandah- As witness ЯНУ going downstairs one shot her from the top of the stairs. She did not hear any other shots fired. She had known Hyndman for seven years.
She had been seeing him on and off during the whole of that time. She got a letter from Hyndman on the afternoon before the shooting. The letter produced was the one. After she received
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