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engaged are particularly desirous that too. bright a light should be shed on the bielterings and unpleasantnesses which have beci a feature since the murder of Baron TON KETELAH first brought into pro- minence the influences at work in Pe king. The representatives of the various Powers who were quite content to scure, each for himself, in the game of muri dering the missionaries in Shantung, found it quite a different thing when the position was brought home to each individually after
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up. She roturnod about nine o'clook and found - that tho "jalousies had been opened from the. viiside.. Blo; missed various articles. She went to ške Barracks and told her husband. 'Her husband nocompanied her back to the house, sail thu matter was reported to the police. Among other things phe lost was a purse which bolonged to her baby. The purse produced was the same. There was no money in the parse. A sowing machine and a clook were also stolen. Those produced were the same, tho had got all the Things mentioned in the indictment back except-... ing the money.
By the Court-She had seen the prisoners about Bergeant Major Crombio's house for some two or three months, a
· SUPPOSED INUENDIARISM AT Police Sergant Bitolio said that on the 28th October he went with the drat prisoner to No. 1. Moon Strict, first floor, where he lived. M that time he was in custody for breaking inte another house. Moon Street was a little over 200 yards from the Marriad Quarlord. We found
Partionlars of the reorganization of the great firm of Harper Bros, American publishers, appear in the New York prints. Alexander E. Orr, who became the parchaser of the property and franchises of Harper & Brothers has associated with him William A. Nush, Stephen Baker; William M. Laffan and Augustine J. Smith, and incorporated with the American Secretary of State as Harper and monthly periodicals issued by the old cu Brothers," intending to publish the weekly and
partnership firm. The capital took 16 82,000,000, divided into 20,000 shares of $100 each. The plan of reorganization contemplates the issuing of $1,500,000 first mortgage par cent. 109 your gold honde. All but $170,000 reserved in the treasury to provide working capital and providing reorganization expenses, The return of visitors to the City Hallie to ho used in paying debts. An issue of Shausi. Tábrary and Museum last week shows that the $2,000,000 fifty your income bonds with voting former institution was visited by 499 non-Chi-power, is provided for, to be delivered to the nese and 156 Chinese, the latter by 211 acu- general creditors at par, the excess to remain in Chinese and 2.314 Chinese.
the treaanry.
Last Sunday wook Shanghai was visited by an extremely high tide The anticipated tide at Woosung in the morning should have been 20 feet 7 inches, whereas it was as high as 25 feet four inches.
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A great fire occurred on the 14th inst. at Hanyang ironworks. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.
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The Chinese report that the Allies have captured two phases from Chilli into
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the second prisen who admitted being the brother of the other man. He then proceeded to search the place and found the things mentioned. and the sewing machine A pawnticket relat in the indictment. except the money, the clock, ing to the clock was found, and it and the so- ing machine were afterwards recovers. The purse produced was found in the pillow box produced, which belonged to the second prisoner. Both the prisoners were then taken into enstody
Chinese Constable Chan Sun, who accom-- panied Sergeant Ritchin to No.1, Moon Street. also gave evidenco.ang, "
the imprisonment, of themselves. For the first time in the records of the guilty city u perfect unanimity of purpose prevailed amongst the ministers within the walls— and that was to save themselves. As soon..... as by straining every nerve a suficiently powerful force was got together to enable their rescue to assume u practical 'shape, it is notorious thut all the old quarrels and jealousine broke out, all the stronger that they has been temporarily suspended. In
The German Consul-General has return deed the scenes to lie witnesswil after the
ed from Nanking. A Chinese official associated, for allied troops it would be a
despatch states that he asked Viceroy Lin mockery of truth to call them, had entered
According to the Singapore Free Press CherKung-yi, first to permit the foreign troops mported from the Leading LONDON Peking, were such as one and each perhaps wisely determined should be shrouded with
was some trouble on the voyage to Colombo of to ascend the Yan,tze, and secondly to stop as much mystery as it was in their power to hama alternately. Tologiums to and from the City of Bombay, which arrived in Hongkong supplies going to Heienfu
on Saturday. The vessel in a stasmor of the. bring about. To some this absence of the
British-owned City Line, and was chartered by war correspondent has seemed an uniniti-
the Russian Gororumont for the transport of gated blessing; and doubtless, seeing how
troops from Odessa to the Far East. is in command of Capt. Jehu Marry an his utility has recently, more than once, béņa more than doubtful, there is something
Englishman, and the officers are all British. to be said for this view of the question. If
She is sailing under the British fag, but she has the Russian tag on the foremast to however, this hus proved wider exceptional cire umstances to be the case, the ex A Kobe paper says that owing to the domand indicate the nature of her work. The story is perience gained in England is that the ad. for coal caused by the operations in China, the that Captain Marr hud occasion once or twice. vantages of having a faithful and unbiassed large stocks formerly accumulated at Moji and to complain to the Russian eflcer in command Mines of the troops that the men were not kept under record of the events of a campaign far out elsewhere are rapidly disappearing. balances any accruing inconvenience. If which Il presiously sleut duwn are being rear control, and when the vessel arrived at BEFORE. HIS HONOUR SIR JOHN CAEEING. Rester was read to the party to whom it hit Colombo, thers was a unisonderstanding, betweon the captain and the Russian officer, and owing to this, the ressol was delayed at Colombo. The differences appear to have bean settled (if the stay is trag), as the City of Bombay has reach- ed Hongkong.
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opened. Thors appears every prospect of a serious rise in price hofors many weeks are ever. Two American boys both in their teons, who Eisgrace on certain of the European were discovered by the Tokyo police smoking Powers, we should have found the task cigarettes outside the Shimbush Railway Station, lore beeh released, but their pipes of the only two that have honestly have boun confiscatel. They were the first sought a cure for the evils actually facilitat-foreign offendere against the anti-smoking law, ed. Neither Great Britain, in spite of her mistakes, nor Germany have anything to lose by the most complete illumination of the stem they have taken, and it is only in the interest of the intriguer that there should be any mystery thrown over their present proceedings. Did this absence of informa. tion apply only to the political aspects of A. S. WATSON & CO. | the movements in the north, we might con. ceive that under certain circumstances it was both justifiable and desirable. There are good reasons for not publishing the of the criminals required till we have
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Viscount Fugiami, Master of the Horse to the Emperor of Japan, is travelling through Europe to purchase horses and eattis of special broads. He has already visited France, and has gone through Scotland and various parts of England, making extive purchases. On October 13th the Vis left for Russia. whence he returns to sapan.
A letter from Tientsin, published in the Universal Gazette, tells of the brutal murder by Boxers of Lo Hai-luh, brother of Lo Feng-lah, the Chinese Minister to Great Britain. He was going from Hou to visit his relatiip. Tientsin, and carried with him two boxes of foreign books which he highly prized. On the road he was held up by Boxers, who, discovering the books in his possession, were greatly incens. ed. They accordingly tied him to a tres, and made him a target for the knives of the rebels passing by, who regarded the affair as a huge joke. A servant who intervened in his master's behalf, protesting that he was not a follower of the foreigners, was also killed.
mues them in our hands, and there is no need to publish plans beforehand of what we intend to do, except in the most abstract way. But these reasons do not extend to what has been actually done, and of which the enemy is more cognizant than ourselves. Becent telegrams indicate that an advance has been made from Peking towards the highlands of Shansi, and that apparently the passes of the Wutai Shan have been occupied; this
A horrible discovery was made on November surely is an item of news of more than
10th by the men on duty at Pombong; near passing interest to both Englishmen and Malolos, mys the Koitla Times. While pat- Germans. It is known to the enemy who rolling, some soldiers came across what was has been driven from his posta, and its undoubtedly the dead body of an American SILVERTHOREK, younger son of publication can give him uo possible informa-soldier. The corpse had been decapitated, and the late Alfred SILVERTHORNE, to KATE, only tion, yet not one word of these movements presented a horrible sight. There was a pan dachter of the late Captain Thomas L.YELL, of Gardyne Castle, Forfarshire, and Mrs. Jas, J. more than of the campaign in the Nether-shot wound through the left shoulder and other CLEMENTS, of Chefio.
On the 8th November, at St. Andrews Cathe. lauds two centuries ago. has come to the drat. Sing by the Rev. D. Holland Stubbs, front. The war in North China is costati. dral, Singapore, WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, Marine Engi
ally a national one, in which the people of the two Empires are interested even more than their Governments; and public opinion is deeply interested in the result, which if carried out successfully will have far-reach ing effects not only in China but in Europe. In fact, though the soil be China, the questions involved are European, or rather world-wide, and mystery can only aid the powers of darkness.
neer, of Birkenhead, to HELEN MARY, widow of Capt. Arthur Hodge TILLY, late Pilot, Singapore, Or Thursday, 5th November, nt Colombo, Mr
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capture is the forces of WILLIAM T. of
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The
ADMIRAL SEYMOUR GOING TO
HANKOW.
Agia Din, asistant warder at Victoria Gaol, said that on the Sist Outobor the second pri soner obtained permission to write a letter. When he led written this fetler bo imated te to him. The letter produced was the same. Ho recognised it because he winlu on it tlac prisoner's name and number. He delivered the letter to the sentry one Court transistor, said on chity U. Wong Kwok Admiral Seymour proceeds to Hankow the letter written by the second isoner. He he had compared the translation, prodnowi with
on Wednesday, the 21st inst
made two or three slight corrections and then said It was all right. The letter was with referens toy the man being bailed out. It directed the person to whom the letter was writled to take pwold coin which was pastel on the partition above the bed in a certain room, to got it changed into ton dollars odd and to give the money to his-anole to boil him out
SUPREME COURT.
November 19th.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
TON, O.M. (CHIEF JUSTICE).
LARCENY BY A GOVERNMENT BEEVANT Lay Tim, who was charged with larody, pleaded guilty.
Polive-Sergeant Bitchio (recalled) said the
hoon written: The gold coin could not be found though some of the paper, we found on the place indicated
This eloped the onse for the prosecutioni yen
· In reply to his Lordship, the recond prisoner
The Attorney-General (the Hon. W. Meighuidho would like to call his frother, the first. Goddoran, 'Q.C.) said.In this case the prisoner prisoner, as a witness, is charged with stealing a coil of telephone wire, Wong Hung said he had pleaded guilty the property of the Government of the Colony this money and goods from the house of Corporal to the indiótment-this-was that he stole A somewhat interesting appeal before a ro
at Tai Po on 23rd · Decénibor, 1899. · It sosiaS cent sitting of the Singapore Appeal Court was that the prisoner was linnan employed by the this and them bruke pap of the hong The second prisoner was i pledge-man of lils und Pubile Works Department. Evan Dougherty, one in which Musse, Laus Crawford & Co. an overseer in that department, luft six coils of a brother. He only wished to tell his Lord- were the respondents, and Mr. M. A. Samad galvanised line (in connection with telephone hip that the second prisoner Cook no part in the appellant. The latter obtained leave to splaying at Tai For Garly in January he found this prime, Witnow didit hand. He was in peal against the judgment in the suit en giving three missing On Tid December, 1899, Chin the house when the second prisoner was arrester, security for 8309, as probable costs of the coil of wire from the defendant for 20.53. On in the box of the serenil prizor. Wit Wing, master of a mumie sloze, bonght one the parse produced was found in his box and 12th January prisoner and two other men were house. After he had stalou if he put it into ness stole the purse from Corporal Billie's charged with stealing the thres coils. The onse wes remanded for wook and prisoner allowed his box His box was in court (Witness out on bail. Hesabsconded, his we pointed the box out. It was not the same trouted, and s warrant issued; but he was not as that suid to belong to the second pri azrusted till 8th October.
Monen) The box was kept on his hat W His Lordship, addressing the prisoner, said He saw the polles find it. They found in in the police wept to his house he saw the purse. he had vaid slab for this offence, bring his box. How them take it out of his bas deposited that moneys und run way. The His box was locked when the police come Ho fore he would pass a somewhat less sentence had lost, the key and then a man living in than ho otherwise would have dono. Bat the printer ought to know that whether he was sine house forced it open. He told him to do. employed By Government of anyone else he so. The other box, produced belonged to the must undergo imprisonment for four mentis prisoner himself opened it with a key, No- morning the police came. "The second ought not to steal his employer's property. He second prisoner, He saw it opened on the with hard labour.
thing which had been stolen was found in it. found in this box. There were poll asing stolen. He was quite positive that the pure us not o hit them in his box and somebody forcel
pesi and 5301, the taxed costs of the action, Against this latter condition he also obtained leave to appeal; and the judges decided that on such security could be ordered by the Consul cept in so far as the taxed costs bero male up for fees actually paid in the Court. They would not allow either party sosts in the appeal. The appeal in the suit was then taken in Milchling had obtained a piano from the plain tife on terms to pay $20 a month. Te traps. ferred it to the defendant and left Bangkok. The plan was sold by the defendant through a firm of auctioneers, in whose lands the proceeds were stopped by the plaintiffs, and w were joined as defendants. The question at Lewan was whether the agreement between Milchling and the plaintiff was in agreement to purchase, under the Factor's Act or a merely monthly kiring on the now usual hire and purabaas system. The case was argued by the same Counsel as before, and juflgiant was served.
PEKING.
[PCOM A NATIVE COELESPONDENT.}
Peking, 37th October.
MOVEMENTS OF-THE-ALLIES, D
The Allied troops have reached Psotingfu where they were kindly received by the local officials, acting in accordance with HD. Li Hang-chang's instructions. Many of the troops returned, but some will winter at Fastingfa. The British have paid a visit to the Western Imperial Tombs and have their tags hoisted
there.
THE OFFENDING OFFICIALS,
THE THEFTS FROM MILITARY PREMISES
AD WANCHANA There were two counte in the indictment against Wong Hung And Wong Ling bal, vis, housebreaking, and receiving stolen goods. The prawns are brother, The first picaded guilty and said he was the only person who committed the crime. The second pleaded not guilty. The first prisoner was accordingly
told to stand down. 1 (
open his box and stole them. MAR
the
On being cross-examed by the Attorney General, witness said it was not a fact that he had arranged with thig scoal prisoner to get while he was in prison. He wok all the things him off on condition that he helped his poople
Iway himself.
His Lordship-Mr. Attorney-General understand you don't, propose to proceed with the first count against the second prisoner,
The Attorney-General-I think I had better proceed with them both, my Lord.
The jury found the prisoner guilty and ho was sentenced to nine months' hard labour
The first priser slse pleaded guilty to two other charges, iz, entering the lone of Ser The jurors woro Mosare. A. M. V. Sokung gaant Major Crombinat twq oʻglock to the mera- mann, de P. Burres, A MoPherson, Thorinsing of the 29th October, and stealing a telescope Banks, J. 31 do Silva Rosario, V. C. C. valued at $58 and a tiger's skin valued at 13: Herbet and F. &. Chnunette
and oztering the honse of Charles・ngustun evidences pointing to the fact that the man buil been murdered first and his dead body after-
The Attorney-General aid that on the 19th Wilson on the same morning and stealing thro- wards mutilated. The only elathing on the
October there was a housebreaking committed from a quantity of clothlug, etc, body was a white cotton undershirt with short
on the promises of 25, East Block, Mansed The Attorney-General protgesd plan sleeves, and nankeen drawers. The body, al-
Quarters, Royal Engineers, Wanchai Thore showing the situation of the block and the though believed to be that of an American
were various houses round there central shrubbery close by. He added (list 1 was block and two houses each side. One of discovered early on the morning of the soldier, could not be identified. Enquiries were
these houses was coaded by Corporal 28th October that the rims attached to the sky- made among the natives in the vicinity, but
Eddin, of the Royal Engineere, who lived there light it: Bergeant (rome house had kogus with his wife. It seemed that on the night of broken. The police ware informeil, and e num- of course nothing could be learned from them.
The Japan Mail says on the subject of Baron
the 18th October Corporal Eddie's wife left the ben of people were set to watch à ray through house locked up at about never o'clock, her has which the thief or flieves roulé, try la escape. band being cut on duty. When she returned at The prisoner was run to emerge from the Nishi's retirement-Baron Nishi has been
nine o'clock in the evening was found that the bushes and was arrested." Bome of the articles allowed to resign his position beause of ill- health. The Baron was constantly confined to Hangyi kas died of disease (? of a broken jalousies had been quoted freau the inside. On stolen by him were found the bushes, 16
looking mand she found that curious articles bappaced that sonie' pajutla, his house during his tenure of the portfolio of heart), Yu Haien poisoned himself. The Princes were missing, and she at once informed her sus on in Wilson holte man the star weig glar had left Foreign Affairs, and his appointment to Peking have boen degradel and will probably die slow band, who reported to the police. It was not foot prints that were found to waigend ex was regurged by his friends as a doubtful experi- deaths by starvation. This only prominent found out who were the offendern at the time,etly with the prisoners Loot Bob the pris Diters had had good duployment and they hart Allment, in view of his impaired constitution man left, who is univermally hated by the Chi- but next door Bergeant-Alajor Crombia had his by taking look of the house all
quarters, and on the 28th October his house Was The hardships of the stage seem to have neer, is Genemi Tang Fahsiang. If the Chi- broker into, as will so that of o mit noted around, alpha min nadspleaded guilty to three Wilson. On that day the fist prisoner, was robberfesherben fet commit to any weakened him greatly, and rest, is praznikeness demand that he be beheaded, he will no The F. & O. steamer Glyle left Singapores absolutely necessary. Mr. Komura, no doubt rebel against the Imperial Government arrested in connection with these rubbor others they did not know even for this port on the 19th inst., of 6 a.m., with Japanese Representative in 36. Fotosour, os and will do wintever he likes with the Emperor He was talk to the Polino Station, and alien to centrenees had a good deal of artisty in the outward English mails, and to dus here on been nominated to succeed him. It is his hands. The Powers ought therefore to be stealing from Corporal Eddie's quarters except
ard Empress Dowager, both of whom are in the house where he lived. There the polles sound the married qutere. He letter a. severe
all the things the prisoners were charged with sentence. the 24th inst., at about 7 a.m.
His Lordship said that a man who did this vellent appointment. Mr. Komar has shown atisfied for the present, and insist on Tang's some money, a clock, and a sewing machine, the kind of thing was considered a very dangerous himself to be a man of remarkable ability and vigour. Moreover, he possesses quite exceptional surrender only when the Emperor is safe back clock and sewing machine, however, being sub character and must be kept from doing win- thing was this. The first prisoner had admitted sentence of the Court was that the prisoner knowledge of Chinese affairs. It would not upon his throne. There will then be no diff.sequently discovered elsewhero. The whole chief of this kind for some time to come. The that he was the man who stole these things, be sentenced to two and a haff your hard have poor possible, we think, to make a happier culty in executing this fellow.
The question, the jury had to decide was the labour in the first ciao mna five years for each connection of the second prisoner with the mat of the other two offences, the two latter to be ter. The prisoners rere brothers and both concurrent and to take effect on the expiration The Ministers of the various countries have wore employed as survey coolies to assist Sor- of the first sentence held a meeting, and negotiations will be opened grant-Major Crombie, of the Royal Engineers. On the suggestion of the Attorney-General in the course of a few days. The Chinese here Then they both lived to other on the first the money found in the prisoner's possesion, floor of No. 1, Mum Strost. The point was ordered to be given to Hira Eddie, being expect the main matters to be settled non; but did the jury think oun brother com considered to be part of the squoy stalen from
bring home whole lot of things, ench her.
Only four cases of communicable disease were reported in the Colony last week, all four of anterio fever in the City of Victoria. proved fatal.
choice.
CHINESE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE
SETTLEMENT.
as to the details, without a doubt these will take at losst a year to arrange. They may be settled in Europe by arbitration.
Шано
Dr. Wong Wang Han, & Licentiate of the written, the Life and Adventures of Tristram Hongkong Medical College, who has been spf Shandy will ever find a place on the shelves pointed a Registration Officer for Singapore, of every student of English manners and ine Dr. J. M. Handy, resigned, took up his English wit. The Campaign in Flanders new duties there on the 9th inst. took place before the invention of the war
The Tientsin correspondent of the Shanghai The Taylor-Carrington Co. repeated Home correspondent, and we are in consequence Mattes sucrosefully before a large house last Mercury describes the explosion of war junke loft without any connected account of what night. With regard to tonight's entertain
at. Tula (or Ta-lin) thes. The British part of has since been allowed to have been one of ment, Charley's Aunt, the management claims the Footingfa expedition, he says, on their way the most interesting serios of military that this version of an old favourite is the best. back captured several large Chinese war-juuks operations in the seventeenth century. It From what our Indian contemporaries may,
and found them loaded with arms and amuni seems that unless in the future we are going it seems that the principal character in this is tion. The latter having been placed on shore to have a STERF to collect from the soldiers very like the Hibernian widow made so famous was being guarded by Indian ventries, but these were unable to keep back a lot of curious Chi- engaged some nccount of what the British by Mr. J. L. Sheridan in Fun on the Bristol. and German troops are doing in the north Local numbers are introduced to-night, autong nese, mostly boat-people, Suddenly a terrible of China, the closing campaign of the nius- which will be songs by Miss Roberts and a explosion took place, the whole lot of captured. selection from The Messenger Boy by Mr. ammunition igniting. No British wore injured, teenth century is likely to be as great a blank in the pages of history as that whil Taylor. The performance will commence with but five Indians and about a hundred Chinese rám Weihaiwel, on her way to relieve H.M.Eddis of the Royal Engineers. She lived at Triad Society. If that society had been simply
sahart farce-comedy entitled Cross Purposes ware killed besides many injured. Those who ended the soventeenth. It is not that them which Miss Carrington plays the leading witnessed it described the scene as most terrible, operations even in themselves are devoid of
Charley's sunt Up-to-Date will be the sufferings of the dying, the cries of the interest, or that the people at home have repeated to-morrow night, and on Thursday many to fearfully torn, and the smell of barning no care as to what becomes of their forces will be given the farewell performance of the flesh loft impressions which nothing will orsaw
from the memory. in the field, as that none of the Powera season, Trilby
part.
LOCAL MOVEMENTS:
H.M.8. Algerino arrived on Sunday night
Brisk at Eingapore, whither HMS. Figmy is also going to robora H.M.S. Bramble,
The British transport Beico left yesterday morning for Taku, while the Zibenghia and Uganda departed for Calcutta, the Mohawk for Singapore, and the Salamis for Bydnoy,
TEIAD SOCIETY QASEL, A as those without the other brother knowing
Chan Bari, who was charged with being a perfectly well that they had not been properly coma by? The Attorney-General read out a List: member of an unlawmi apciety, pleaded not of the articles which the prisoners were charged guilty. with having stolen. The value, including 24 The jurors were Mesata, J. A. Rumber, A. 128. 11d. in money, was $135. One of the articles M. de Cruz, C. A. H. Westerberger, It T. Head, stolen was a purse, and this was found in & box J. Abrahazo, C. A, de Crs, and J. P. Fonseca. which the recond prisoner suid belonged to him. The Attorney-General said the charge sgainst Kate Eddie said she was the wife of Corpural the defendant was that he was a member of the
the Married Quarters of the Royal Enginers a political society in Cidno they would have had opposite to the end of Arsenal" ctroet. There very little to do with it, but the Triad Society was a little gap between her house and that of had been declared by the Legislature of the Sergeant-Major Crombie. She knew the pri sotony to be a dangerous society, dangerous to soners as Sergeant Major Crombie coolies the peace and good order of the colony,There At seven o'clock in the evening of the 19th was an. Ordinunos which made it an ofisuce to October she went out, leaving the house locked" "belong to the society and u more serious offenco