Our public works, and we recognise the import ano. of providing a staff uilcient to carry on the large works now impending,"
I would also refer to the concinding pars graph of my own Memorandam laid on the Council table on 30th November, 1809
"It is useless to plead the insufficiency of the staff of the Public Works Department as a reason for not proceeding with any urgent work or works. Extraordinary works should be provided for by the provision of additional strength for the Department or by special staffs. At present, with much pressing work on hand, the staff is being apparently reduced. It le certainly much less strong than it was loss and the ares of the Colony twenty, ten years ago when the population was me nine square miles instead of four hundred and
mitos." twenty-wine equare
On 4th October, 1800, pursuant to notice, I asked the Honourable the Director of Pubile Works (Mr. Ormsby) the following gasstion "Has the attention of the Honontable the Director of Public Works been directed to the China Muil's leading articles of 15th and 23rd August alleging the existence of jerry-buildings in Hongkong; will the Honourable Member inform the Conncil whether the said allegation is wall founded; and if so, will be state what powers his Departaient possesses to prevent the orection of such buildings; what action has been taken by his Department in the matter; and if his powers are insuficient, is he taking nay stops to get increased powers P
The reply was as follows:" I have read the articles referred to and think there is founda tion for the allegations. The power possessed by my Department are defined in the Ordinances 15 of 1889 and 25 of 1891. An officer of the De partment. assisted by an overseer, inspects build- ing works in progress. The exceptional amount of such work in the Colony at present makes an increase in the staff necessary it this work of supervision is to be thoroughly performed,
and
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table.
MORTALITY IN THE COLONY. The mortality statistics for the Colony for the week ended 28th September show a death-rate per 1,000 of 23.6, against 23.6 in the provions week and 216 in the corresponding week of lant
year.
MORTALITY IN MACAO,
The mortality in Macro for the week ended 6th October was 47. In the previous week it
was 57.
This was all the business.
POLICE COURT.
Thursday, 17th October.
BEFORE MR, HAZELAND.-
THE P.M.-G.*S PRIVILEGESINIORTANT CASE
Hu Kwong, letter-carrier, was charged
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.
The twentieth annual general meeting of the above company was held yesterday at noon, at the offices a. the genera getits, Messrs. Jariline, Matheson and. Ca, the Hon. J. J. Dell Irving in the hair. There were present: The Hon, C. P. Chater, C.M.C., Messrs. H. P. White and F. Maitland (corsulting committee); Messrs. E. Georg, G. C. Anderson, V. A. C. Hawkins, J. Hastings, E. C. Emmett, A. G. Morris, J. M. G. Pereiro, J. Barton, K. MeK. Ross, Hon. J. Thorburn, R. C. Wilcox, J. Orange, Ho Fook, Lo Clang Shan, Cheung Sam, I Kun Tong, Chen Sam, B. Byrum jeu, W. A Cruikshank, 8. A. Joseph, J. Gaosmann, and Geo. T. Veitch (secretary).
The SECRETARY read the noties convening the moeting, after which the CHAIRMAN addressed the shareholders as follows:-
the country. I intend to introduas such a measure at the next session of the legislature, unless before that time there are better plans doyland for fighting anarchy and anarchiem,”
The s popular feeling in the matter may ba gathered from the fate of a Wyoming man, Haus Waguar, said to have expressed sympathy with Czolgoss. On the 11th ult. at Casper, Wyo., he was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. The citizens who did this warned Wagner that if he should rotara he would be lynched. Wagner was knockod down and beaten until he became unconscious, on the previous night, by men who declared they heard him say that President MeKinley got what he deserved, and he was glad of it. On the next morning Wagner denied that he had mude the statements attributed to him, but the indignant oitizons decided that the evidence against him was conclusire. Many peopl wanted to hang him, but it was finally
agreed to ride him out of town on a rail aftor admin- atering a cost of tar and feathers, and this was
от
done.
FE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TM¤, 1901 to little more than supervising local bodies and responsible body, and when the Sanitary Board | thef the authoritise there do not see their way protecting life and property. In consequence has reported the hon. member, if he desires it, to withdraw the quarantine against Hongkong, of the great difference which exists between still be furnished with a copy of that report. owing to the Netherlands Cozmal General In The reduction was not pressed, and the item this Colony having advised the Government the estimated and the sofual figures of revenus
at Bataria that Hongkong is still infected by and expenditure in the New Territory daring was agreed to,
Legal Departmenta.
plague. A copy of the letter was laid on the those two years I think the Council is
Discussing the vote under this head, the entitled to some further explanation that that yet givou. The honourable member has been Hoa, T. H. WHITEHEAD mid-With referenco hitherto regarded as a high authority on affairs to the second magistorial enquiry into the del- Chinese, and in a memorable memorandum lapso of housee 32 and 34, Cochrans Street, relating to a petition to the House of Conimous resulting in the death of 43 persons, the Crown from members of the community in 1894 asking Soliciter, in reviewing the evidence, submitted that the persons to blame in the matter of the for an amendment in the constitution of the Government of the Colony, the honour-collapse were: in the first place, the architect ablo momber claimel that most of the ou whose professional knowledge the owner
who gave of relied, und
it were notoriously ignorant
as his opinion, without. Chiness affairs, and that the customs and making any examination at all, that the petitioners
houses were lit and good; socondly, the peculiar requirements of the Chinese were a sealed book to the British residents in the official responsible in the Public Works De Colony, while it was notorious that the Un-partment, who, without making any examina official Members were very ignorant of Chinanation whatever, passed the plans; and Chinese requirements. The difference be. thirdly, the head of the Department, who tween the honourable member's estimates in bad allowed the staff in charge of the duties of the Building Ordinance to dwindle, down gra- respect of revonne and expenditure in the Now Territory and the actual figures realised seems Jually, althongh the work was increasing, until incomprehensible. I would like to know about it consisted of Mr. Crisp. He had actually when the revenue will come up to the estimate. taken away the assistant engineer in charge of In reply, the COLONIAL SECRETARY said the building work and appointed noboby save one overseer, who had just come out to the Colony hou. momber's remarks were not oslenlated to hun light on the question; indeed, they and hardly knew the streets. In this way 32 Ordinanco which had been very carefully If the would appear rather to mislead one.
with infringing the oxolnsivo privilege of hon, member had tried to read the report with framed had been allowed to dwindle down to the object of learning something, he would have mere farce. Mr. Bowler, in conclusion, asked the Postmaster-General of this Colony by seen that the report stated what the probable bis Worship to bring in a verdict, in addition delivering letters in this, Colony from Canton instead of delivering them at the General revenus would be. That revenue had not been to his previous finding, that the deaths of
Post Office. Commander W. C. H. Hastings, raised; it was found impracticable to raise it these people were due to the adding of a to the rotten party wall, and
the Postmaster General, appeared as prosecutor, and Mr. F. B. Deacon defended, for reasons, which the Colonial Secretary did new story not propose to enter into them. With regard that the architect who recommended the
FC Ruthlodge, who made the arrest, statod to the question of land, the hon. member must addition and the Departinent which sanc be aware of the great dificulties which the tioned it were guilty of grom. negligence." that he saw defendant deliver a letter to si furiber appropriations tended as a per- & secret service detective, and Annnzi was Government had lied to oncounter. It had met The magistrate's decision cannot be regarded Chines and receive money for it. his was what aroused his suspicions and induced him to arrest with obstacles which oven one with his (tho as at all satisfactory. The collapse of the
the man. Upon searching the man's letter-bag, Colonial Secretary's) experience of Chinese houses was not brought about by any act of had not forassen. This was the first in.
inspection and supervision bon exercised by were found. tempted take over a large tract of whose duty it was and Government." In lowing the section of the Chinese territory and administer i Forhaps Will the Honourable the allerady Gerera! member inform the Council whether any further Government appears to have neglected its duty that fact would strike the he
to be taken in connection with its fall signifoanes, and lumimate proceedings are to provide for the pubbie safety, though the Unoticial Members gave warning of the reduced the darkness in which he now seemed to with that deplorable and avoidable disaster, and insuficient staff of the Public Works exist. The hon, member had referred to expen to that those responsible for the loss of 1900 diture, the Colonial Secretary would be glad to life may be dealt wita in such manner as will Department when the Estimates for
know if he had been able to find any meation cot as a deterrent in the future F before the Council in November, 1899,-****
SECRETARY Baid in the report for instance of the large amount In replying, the CoLONIAL
police that the hon, member had in his remarks care. which he represented had been spent on fully concealed the fact of which he had been stations. If the hon. member would refer to informed at the lat meeting of Conncil-that the report he would discover that the Colonial His Excellency had appointed a Commission to Secretary's ideas as to the policing of the New enquire inte the working of the Public Works Territory were that it should be done on much Department. With regard to the question of more ressonable lines than at prosent. Those The increasing the staff of the Department, it would colonial Secretary, who could not at times
idens, however, were not accepted. be within the recollection of hon. members, although apparently forgotten by the hon. be distinctly beardas, indeert, could none member who had fust spoken, that the late of the other speakers, on account of the Director of Public Works, Mr. Ormsby, had high wind said he did not regard the hon. stated that, with a few slight changes which member's criticisms se rising from a desire The fact were afterwards carried out the staff was quite to further the public interests. aufeiert. H.E, the Governor, however, was remained that the bulk of the report was not surfied that the staff was sufficient, and true, and the Colonial Secretary challenged it was with a view of ascertaining what in the hon. member to point out where he had been wrong. Under British rule," he cronse was necessary that the Commission and cluded, this territory will prosper, and the HE the GoOVEESOR -echood what the money we have expended money which Colonial Secretary had sail as to Mr Ormsby the hon. member seems to gradge will be having stated that the staff of the Public Works money well spent, and will return to us foar Department was sufficiant, and remarked that foll." (Appinuse] ovou so late as when he was going home Mr. Ormsby repented that expression of opinion.
Gentlemen, if you approve we will adopt the usual custom and take the report and accounts as read. It is with much pleasure the Goneral Agents and Consulting Cora- Details of a previous plot against President mittee meet you with a favourable report McKinley are given in the New York Tribune. of the put-turn of the 1900 working: it is on the authority of a Soniator, who is oredited such that, in addition to a por. cont. with the statement that the plot was hatched increnav
in Paterson, about the first of May, and Fauna iu the dividend and the_carrying for- ward of an amount in excess of the previous Goldman, Luis Binestein and other prominent year, wo uro also able to recommend the anarchists are said to have been concerned in it. strengthening of the reserve to the extent of A young sailer, Michael Anunzi, it is said, waa 850,000 in which I feel sure you will conour. the one to whose lot it fall to do the deed. At That fund will then amonct to $1,200,000, that time the president was on his tour of the There is an item in accounts which perhaps West, and Aunnzi left for San Francison, where requires explanation: I refer to our holding of expected McKinley would be by the time ha United States Bonds. Those Honds have bou reached there. But he arrived several days written down from $450,000 to $400,000, whirl aloud and attended several anarchist meetings. is practically par, so that there will be nowhere be met a young man to whom he told his on this 10+ purpose. The young man was none other than count, the securities being manent investment and necessary to hold in promptly arrested, but upon lack of evidence order to allow of our underwriting on the and certain advices from Washington, only the charge of vagrancy was entered against sent time is roughly $193,00 Mexican more The office boy of the Mercantils Bank, who than what they now stand at in our books to have had some bearing upon the matter, He ad- The amount invested in mortgages is larger which was hushed up, the prisoner being The offer boy of the Mercantile B mitted paying two cents for it. Under oross than formerly, and brings in an average rate Koutenced to eight months in the San Francisco examination the witness continually contradicted of interest of over 7 per cent, per annum, and workhouse.
saidiet that in our surveyors aro melt.
instance there is ample margin against the advancas made. As regards the current year's working to 30th September, losses have been somewhat beavier than last year, but the balance at oredit atands an 3509,591, sud. I am pleased to say that the further losses incurred since the publication of the report have been 1- important. If any stureholder desires further
shall be glad to give it. internuation
There being no questions, the CHAIRMAK moved that the report and amounts as presented he adopted.
The matter is engaging the attention of the i stance where a Wastern Governmen: had at.od, and could have been prevented had proper | soventy-six letters and thirty-six oonts in monoy Pacific Coast. Their market value at the prehim. The condition of Mrs. McKinley is said
been appointed.
were
H. E. GOVERNOR said that in this matter the hon. meiler had a perfect right to say the
Inspector Gidley testified to the man being brought to the station. He declared himself a The ACTING ATTORNEY-(ENERAL~With letter-carrier, and in his posession 76 letters were found; in his bag which bursa tag stamped reference to the question which has been put by the hon. member, I have advised the Govern with a 48 cents stamp, were found 36 cents.
Comandador W. C. H. Hastings stated that ment upon that point, and the conclusion I came to was that there was no chance of athere were no dative shops who undertook the presoention against anyone for manslaughter delivery of Canton letters under hie sathority. resulting in a conviction. Therefore I advised It used to be the pratics, but there was no the Government not to enter into any prosecn-statutory authority for it. By every mail a tion for HEAD-May I ask who defendant, containing letters, and stampa are. number of hags arrived like the one found on ther it was constitutional that the wine magis-affled on the leather tag attached, of a value trate should have presided over the second corresponding with the weight of the letters in ouguiry, seeing that his brother was one of the bag. The letters are weighed to me that
the most important witnesses.
they do not exceed in weight the value of the The ACTING AFTORNEY GENERAL The stamps affixed on the tag. Hitherto there had magistrate need not have prosided if he felt he been no means to discover whether the carriors who delivered these letters did not so deliver account, which had not could not de so fairly.
Hon. T. H.
every
Mr. V. A. C. HAWKINS seconded the motion
with a few complimentary remarks on the was assured that the policy of strictly writing splendid working of the company and said he down the assets adopted by the management, would be for the ultimate good of the Company, and trusted the same line of conduct would be continued. The proposal was carried, nem, con The CHAIRMAN, in referring to the necessity too, alluded with regret to the resignation tendered by Mr Gillies, who intends to rotire from business entirely.
The comraissioner for the state of New Jersey to inquire into the killing of King Humbert by Bresci, is quoted as saying
My investigation of the Bresci affair has shown plainly that there is a man in this country who is the arch-conspirator in all these arasinations. I cannot now give his name. I sent all the evidence to the Italian government. Who was it that gave to Bresci and his colleagues the money necessary for them to accomplish their deads of violence? The answer to this question will give the name of the most dangerous man in America to-day."
An attempt on the Duke of York, while he was in Montreal, was, as our readers know,
The World of the 12th ult. stated that a feared, but fortunately nothing cane of it. report had come from Montresi that several anarchists had arrived there for the purpose of assassinating the Duke of York when he came to Montreal. Gov, Voorhees, of New Jersey, corroborated the report. The conspiracy way been unable to locate the conspiratora.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
This concluded the disenssion, and the various letters on their le which is at present of Elling a vacancy in the consulting commit-batched in West Hoboken, he said, but he had
items of the Bill, with some altorations, were sgread to.
The third reading was not moved.
QUIETNESS IN THE NIGHT.
The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL movod the third reading of the "Bill" entitled An Or- dinance to amend An Ordinance for the botter
The present Acting Diretor of Fablic Works, argen wo that up fill the proms there had ants of the Town of Victoris and its vicinity
dred.
labour.
ent.
during the night time (No. 17 of 1844).
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read a third time and passel
This was all the business, and the Council adjourned.
.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held immediately after the Council, the COLONIAL SECRATAET in the chale. »
in
The Chainman-As hon members of the Committee are aware, the pavilions at the Peak have been lent for some time to certain parties, and have been used for the purposes of the Peak lab. These pavilions were formerly nised as a sanatorium or summer resort for Government officers, and these officers have petitioned the Government that they revert to their formerstatus. His Excellency lus approved of that, and the Peak Clat has received notice. The pavilions want repairing, and the estimated cost of repairs will be $1,500, the sum now brought before us.
come in the bag. The
in vogas of sending letters down from Canton and only paying according to weight of the bulk, causes a loss to the Goverment of from $15,000 to $20,000 annually.
Mr. J. HASTINGS proposed that the tempor The defence then called an accountant inary appointment of bir. H, P. white in place of the Kain Koi Ke shop, who stated that Mr. Lewis be confirmed, and that Mr. D. E.
committee in place of Mr. D. Gillies,
The Hon. J. TRUBURN seconded, and the proposal was carried unanimously.
the delivery by Chinese latics and be to
of letters from Cantou. It was his practice to take such bags of letters as the one found on defendant from the post office, and subsequently to deliver the letters. The letters were prepaid by stamps affixed to the tag, and this postage was collected from the addresseen. The defendant was a foki of witness, and delivered letters, and was instructed to collect the postage dus. There ware from ten to twenty shops carrying on a similar business: The bag in question came down about a week ago. For large letter four cents was charged and for a small one two senta.
similar views. As to was present voting of money, that and spending it were two been no revenus derivable from the New Terri very different matters. It was almost impossitory; it was entirely a question of laying One important source of revenue in ble to find labour on which to spend it. It must the New Territory would be the land tax, be within memory that in the earlier part of the summer work in this Colony was almost and the Land Court had been established entirely stopped because, instead of three for the purpose of settling ownerships and thus thousand workmen to do the work, there wers, hastening the time when the tax could be His Excellency had been told, not three hun levied. But the task was a very dificult one That very difficulty was now being because there were so many different claims to experienced in connection with the re-building hear-clan claims, family claims, individual of one of the police stations, and the Dires- claims, all kinds of claims. Until the man to
There was only one minute to ba considered, tor of Public Works had been appealed whom the land belonged was found, the Govern
which the Governor recommended the Council to vote a sam of $1,500 to, cover the to again and again to procuro the necessary mont, much as it desired and was entitled to revenue, could not say We want so much on
Mr. Deacon olaimed that his client had com- As to the works that would in the near future devolve for their execution upon this land. There was only one way of dealing cost of repairing and effecting certain altera-mitted no offence under the Ordinance. The with a man, and that was in a just way. (Aption to the Government Pavilions at the Peak Postinester-General himself admitted that it the Department, did the hon. member mean to
had been the custom to deliver boga of Chinese plause.) Much money had been spent on the suggest that the Government should at once
letters to shopkeepers, who in turn re-delivered appoint a number of permanent offers to enable Now Territory. There had been the cost of
them piecsment Other evidence had shown the Department to carry out those works the road to Taipoo, and that of the establish were ab
that defendant's employers had carried on such That was not the policy that had been adoptel. ment of police stations, which
the lives and On the contrary, if it was possible in such works solutely indispensable if
business for ten years, and also that other for the Director of Public Works and a reason. property of people in the New Territory were able staff to supervise them, that would be done; to be protected. Then again, the Government
shopkeepers carried on a similar business. This ant in assuming that he was doing the work then, when the work was finished, the Colony had been obliged to spend a large amount of
established the custom, which justified defend. on behalf of the Postmaster-General. More would not find steel with an officer or officers model odreda os of coast, and a large staff launches to prevent piracy round the two hundred
over sa soon as the letters left the custody of for whom it had no work. This matter of the
the Postmaster-General, according to the supervision of buildings, was ons that His had had to be engaged for the purpose of
Ordinace, they ceased to be correspondance, the demarcating property and so facilitating the Excellency had gone into very closely, and me settlement of questions of ownership of
postal anthorities had no power over them, and to the responsibility connected with the lamen
tion of all thie, was there
the Postmaster-General's rights and privileges table collapse of houses in Cochrane Street, the land. In
censed at the time the letters left the post office. Attorney.
sy-General had stated that no respon anything else the hon. momber could sug
Therefore his rights and privileges had not sibility attached to the Public Works Depart gest the Government should have done to obtain revenue? If the hon. member would ment. There was nothing simpler than to my consider for a short time, he would see that in
infringed, as the letters after leaving the post office became simply private property. that the Government test go over all these
the Government to take the taking over the New Torritory it was absolutely buildings, but
His Worship decided that the point of the whole responsibility on the shoulders of the necessary to expend money without any im
definition of correspondence raised by counsel for defence was a very important one, and he architects and contrasters! His Excellency mediate prospects of remuneration. But any had asked the opinion of a gentleman who expenditure that brought the Chinese ander
would therefore reserva his judgement till next British rula was not wasted expenditure, for by
Thursday, to enable him to consider carefully probably knew morn about buildings than any ruan in the Colony, the Senior Unomolal Mem coming under our flag they would be treated
the point raised. with justice and consideration, as between man ber, and he had stated that a hundred men would not be sufficient for the work if the and man. (Applause.) Government was to tako upon itself the respon- sibility of seeing every brick pat in right, every house properly hails. The Commission that was abortly to sit would consider the whole question of the sufficiency or otherwise of the staff of the Public Works Department, and it it reported that the staff was fusuficient, the Connell would have pleasure in granting the funds necessary to augment it.
TBS
Hon. T. H. WHITERɛAD did not press for the reduction of the vote
Colonial Lecretary Department." Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD moved that this vote be reduced by $100. He said-With re- ference to the statement of Revenue and Ex- penditure from June, 1898, to June, 1901, in the New Territory, it appears that the total revenue for those two years amounted to $41,014.83 and that the total expenditure in the same period aggregated no less than $736,571.34. In his report to the Colonial Ofice dated 8th October, 1908, the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, under the head of Rs. Verne, wroteHowever, until further ex- perience has alwn in what manner revenue can he best raised without exciting the suspiston and prejudices of the inhabitants, it would be well to intoriere as little as possible with the present system and sources of taxation. If this be done, it is anticipated that there will be no difficulty in raising at the start an anual revenne sufficient to meet the most of adminis:
Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD-It seems to me very strange that it is estimated it would be possible to collect a revenue of $169,000 year, and in these two years it has only been found possible to collect 340,000.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-It seems to be perfectly clear. You must remember the esti- mato was that a certain amount of land would PPy certain amount of money. So it will, and until that times comes we cannot do any more. The hon. member does not suggest we should insist upon someone paying us money for the land?
Hon. T. H. WHITEREAD-No, of course not. The reduction was not pressed for, and the vote was agreed to.
Public Werke Department,
In moving a reduction of 81(k) on this vote, the Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD said-The state of roads in the Colony in former years used to be favourably commented upon. For some time past the roads in the Ci y of Victoria, Kowloon, and elsewhere have boon for from salisfactory,
in fact, their condition has been characterised as discreditable and disgraceful. As it cannot
The vote was agreed to. This was all the business.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD, A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday afternoon in the Beard Room. There were present the President (Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer), Dr. F. W. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Mr. F. D. Badeley (Acting Captain Superintendent of Police), Mr. Lan Chu Pak, and Mr. G. A. Woodcock, Secretary.
SAMPLES EXAMINED UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE. The rotura by Mr. F. Brown, Government Analyst, of the number and the results of the examinations made under the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance, 1896, for the quarter unded 30th September, shows that siz samples of whisky and one sample of milk were examined. All six samples of whisky were genuine, but the sample of milk was found to be adulterated.
BANGKOK'S QUARANTINE REGULATION. A copy of
a quarantine regulation issued by the Acting Consul-General, Bangkok, Mr. Wm. J. Archer, was laid on the table.
NO PLAGUE AT TON KAH
A lector, dated 18th September, from Mr. J. Stewart Black, Consul Genaral, Bangkok, respecting plague in Ton Kah, shows that the Siamese Government state that plague has now ceased there. A copy of the lottor was laid on the table.
PLAGUE CASES AND DEATHS IN BOMBAY CITY,
BEFORE MR. HALLIFAX,
UNLAWFULLY ELASTING STONE. Lo Shun, a stone-cutter, was charged with
"bours, to wit at 8 pm., and neglecting to warn persons within a radius of 500 feet of the blast by beating a gong, at Shan Ching Wan. The blast maads was a big one, within forty yards of
unlawfully blasting stene during prohibited
the road.
Defendant was fined $100, or three months' hard labour.
US, SENATOR'S OPINION OF
THE FILIPINOS,
Brown be elected a member of the eenenlting
Capt. . C. ANDERSON proposed and Mr. E. GEORG secunded, the election of Mours. Fullarton Henderson and W. H. Potls as auditore. This proposal was also carried, rent. con.
The CHAIRMAN-This concludes the business of the meeting, gentlemen. Dividend warrants will be sent oui.
THE MURDER OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY.
BOMY DETAILS OF TH CONSPIRACY.
From Beattle (Washington) papers a few more details have come to land in connection" with the murder of the United States President of which are interesting. last month, many The arrest of Emma Goldman was rather dramatic affair. When Capt. Schustier and
Detective Heriz discovered her at the home of one Morris at 303, Sheffield Avenue, she doniod her identity.
"Hello, Miss Goliman," said the captain, os Are you glad to see he entered the parlor.
The O. & O. steamer Doric, with mails, &c., left Shanghai for this port on the 16th inst., at
p.m.
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The M.M. steamer Annam, with the next French mail, will leave Saigon to day, at 7 añ for this port.
The E, & A. steamer Guthrie leaves Manila for this part to-day, and is due here on or about the 21st inst.
The C.P.B. steamer Tartar, from Moji, is expected to arrive at Woosung to-day, p.m.
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"I'm not Miss Goldman: I'm a Swedish woman, and my name is Lena Larson," ans-- wered the anarchist, endeavouring to imitate a OLD Swedish dialect.
All right: I speak Swedish myself," said the police officer, as he poured out a few ques- tions in the Norse tongue.
Miss Goldman did not answer him, affecting to misunderstand. Detective Hertz mean. while had discovered a penholder with tho name * Emma Goldman" engraved upon it.
What does this mean? asked Capt. Schuetler, holding the inscribed penholder,
It means that the guze is up," she said. She then admitted her identity fully and accompanied the officers.
After her arrest Miss Goldman did not hesitate to abuse the wounded President. "It lu, a dirty trick (she said) to charge in the anarchist plot. Mark Hanna has been the artepert test it was the result of an ruler of this country, not McKinley, McKinley has been the most insignificant, ruler that this has ever hod. He nuither has wit nor intelligence, but had been toul in the hands of Mark Hanna. Other presidents have had a or something, but this poor fellow. God heart, nothing is a tool in the hands of the wealthy, and it seems very reasonable for Mark Haus to say
that be was notified of u plot for his assassination. I think McKinley too insignificant for such a thing."
Vigorous setion was taken immediately after Czolgora's crime to attack the anarchist organi U.9. Congressman Weeks, daring an inter-sation throughout the States. On the 11th view with Manila Times representative, ult., the Chicage police sent urgent messages amongst other things expressed the following to the anthorities at Buffalo, asking them to A statement of plague casos and deaths in opinion, when asked what he thought of the take action enabling the police in Chicago to are little better than savages with a very thin demand was made that either proof of com bay City from 3rd to 16th September was. Filipinos as a people:-The Filipino people hold the anarchists in curtoily. Demand after laid on the table. The total number of cases roneering of mighty poor civilisation. In plicity in the attempted assassination of th
431, and the total number of deaths 514.
expressing this opinion, I take into considera- president or requisition papers be forwarde tion the skill of these people in certain lines, The Chicago police said that they would not be so I also consider the fact that they have pro- able to hold the anarchists unless the Buffalo dugel quite a number of educated and clever authorities took some stepe in the matter. men, men Like Judge Arellano of the Supreme The only answer to the requests of the local Court, for instance. All that I have seen of officials was that a letter with full particulars architecture in these islands credited to the
was on the way from Buffalo. Mayor Harrison Filipino is the nipa shack. I have yet to learn maid. It is pretty plain that there was de
plot of them having built any buildings of brick formed in Chicago. If there was a conspiracy BATAVIA QUARANTINES ARRIVALS FROM
and stone. All that we op of churches, anywhere it was made in the East." HONGKONG.
government boildings, forts, es-walls and A Milwaukee despatch of the 19th ult, says: Witing under date 20th September, Mr. W V. L. Davide, B.M. Cousal, Batavia, states piers, bailt of any other material thau bamboo,Senator Julias B. Roehr will introduce a bill the work of the Spaniards. I have yet to in the next session of the Legislatures to exclude
these THE WELL-KNOWN LIEBIG COMPANY'S learn of a Filipino having built a road in
engaged in teaching the doctrines of lawless. that the best way With signature J. v. Liebig, a new name made from Spaniards, there would not exist in the Philip nos "I believe," he salo, at about £16,000, and this may be regarded as Hongkong should be a credit to us. the income which you will have at your disposal regard to the article in this anomming's Dealy Liebig's Extract of Meat Company's initials, pines a building more pretentions than a hut to fight anarchy, anarchists, and anarchism is to school or built make this class koep out of the state. Every for the first year or two at any rate. It shoull Press, which the hon. member has so quickly LEMCO-ach a simple device to prevent The Filipinos never erected amply suffice to defray the initial cost of a acted upon, the matter therein dealt with has mistakes, we worder was not thought of before. a ship, and everything of this kind of civilisa-state ought to pass such laws, and then ther
[1821-6 tion is to be credited to the foreigners.
would be no open preaching of lawlessness in simpla administration which at first will amenu been referred to the Sanitary Board, which is the
be for want of funds, will the Honourable the Director of Public Works inform the Council who is responsible for the unsatisfactory state of the roads and the condition of the Praya in the neighbourhood of Blake Pier as described In this morning's leading article of the Daily Press?
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-With regard tering
the Now Territory. The expenditure is estimated at $125,000. To cover this outlay to the roads, I am glad to be able to say that I taxation to the amount of 14 dollars or 26 Ed. agree with the hon, member that they are not per head of the population will be sufficient, atisfautery, and the fact has been fully re- and added that when British rule was established, cognised by His Excellency, who has issued revenue would be greatly increased Paragraph orders that they are to be mads entisfac
of
as short a time
the Secretary of State's despatch of 6th tory, and has asked to have a report there June, 1899, reads: It will be seen from p. 13 of on handed in in
£115
Mr. Lockhart's report that the total revenue possible, I am sure that all members of
was
PLAGUE AT BUBAT POET.
A copy of a telegram veporting two fatal cases of plague at Surat Port, Louganou, was Init on the table.
PLAGUE AT CAPE TOWN.
Farther reports regarding the outbreak bubonic plague in Cape Colony were laid the table.
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from, taxution of the New Territory is estimated this Council are anxious that the roads of EXTRACT now bears, in addition to the blue islands, and I believe had it not been for from the state all anarchists and all those
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