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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19
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The debris of the Oriental Hotel was sold by auction at Yokohama on the 20th ule, The electrio light plant brought 1,300 yan, the con The French cruiser Descartes arrived from tents of the building 475 yen, and the ruins 19 Woosung on Tuesday night. The Portagness! y-n.
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On the 17th December, at thi Poak Church, by the Rev. R. F. Cobbold. M.A., Aones E. BULL. older daughter of ALFRED E. BULL, Clapham, Surrey, to JAMES HELLING, Puschow, youngest son of the lato FREDERICK HKLDLING, Streatham
(325 Surrey,
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, Das Vœux Boan Cl. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
HONGKONG, 19th December, 1901.
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We call our readers' attention to the notice in another column about the closing of entries for the Taikoo Sports on the 21st instant.
Vice Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, K.C.B.. paid a visit of inspection yesterday morning to the Army Ordnance offices, the arsenal, and the magazines.
The match at Happy Valloy youterday between Hongkong Football Club and "C" Co. R.W.E resalted in a win for the Fusiliere by one goal
to nil.
The police report the capture of a gang of mes who went on heard a Canton sailing junk as passengers and when they reached Deep Bay took possession of the craft and robbed the -owners of about $90
For having in his possession without a licen vo 5 pistols and 36 heros of rifle ammunition at Youmali, Chan Pun, a limo carrier, was at the Magistracy yesterday sentenced by Mr. J. H. Kemp to pay a fine of $20 or suffer two months"
hard labour..
Filipino General Isidoro Torres, who was arrested last September in Maails and bukon to Baliuag, where he was tried for mur-
was satenced by a rominission to be banged, but the reviewing nutharity disyered adult in the case, gave General Torres the benefit of that doubt, disapproved the sentence, and ordered the uccised to be released.
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At a lanquet in Mauils on the 3th inst, to Acting Governor Wright and General Chatfoe, the former, in the course of a speech on his ex- periences na a newspaper-man, advised the Manila Presa to use caution in dealing with public affairs.
A Calcutta telegram dated the 20th No- vember says:--News is coming in of ferrible. havoc canad by the cyclone at the mouth of the Hooghly river. A tidal wave six feet high," followed by the storm, wwept away several villages, destroying standing crops.
A Note on the constitution of the now I- perial Cadet Corps has been publisist in Calcutta. Commandant; Majer Watson is Commandout; Sir Ferlab Singh is Hongerary
and Captain Camera is British Adjutant. The Cadets include four ruling chiefs.
The last three days of the work ending the 7th Doomhar were marked by record weather in Manila, the thermometer falling lower flan for many yours past. The lowest temperature, dropped to during the three days was 0.6, while , the averag: for the month of December in those
latitudes is 65,6.
II. E. Yuen Shikai has been endeavoaring to arrange for the discontinuance of the Provision. al Government at Tientsin before dealing with the Manchurian question. He met with strong opposition from the British and German Ministers, and had to leave for Puotingfu without having succeeded in his object.
The Glasgow In'œnational Exhibition, which closed on Saturday, the 9th November, more.
thom
During the six months it was open 11,196,220 realised the hopes of its promters.
visitors were recorded—a number.double that
At the Magistracy yesterday Gunners Ed- ward Griffiths and Michael P. Byeon, R. A., and Private Pryce Pach. R. W. F.. were again brought before Mr. Hazeland on the charge of having robbazi Sundër Dass, a Parsae tailor, of Sat Shek Tongs on Sunday night..the exhibition of 1888. The concluding day Griffin was sentenced to two months and Byron to one month's hard labour. Pugh was discharged.
Surgeon-General. Robert Harvey, C.B., D.8.0. Hon. Surgeon to the Viceroy and Director-General of the Indian Medical Service,
died at Simia on the 1st inst, of peritonitis. In him the Government of India loses one of its ablast offers. General Harvey was 59
SILW a record attendance of 173256. It is estimated that the fros mirplus will press £100,000.
the American authorities..
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S SERVICE,
LONDON, 16th December.
LOUIS BOTHA' REPORTED WOUNDED.
It is reported that Commandant Louis Botha has been severnly shot below the left knee, and that he esosped capture by crawling into the
bush
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY- ENGLAND TO NEWFOUNDLAND.
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Signor Marconi, now at St. Johns, New. foundland, states that he lias received through wires, raised 100 fost by kites, faint wireless signals from a powerfully equipped station near- Penzance, Cornwall.
LONDON, 16th Decombor.
ISTHMIAN CANAL TREATY RATIFIED.
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The United States Bonnte has ratified the now Isthmian Canal Treaty:
THE MANCHURIAN QUESTION. Great Britain, America, and Japan are exerting str ng pressare upon China to procare the submission to thom of any treaty concerning Manchuria bofore siganture. Japan hns notified the Chinese Government that she will require equivalents for all advantages given to Russia in Mansharia.
SWATOW.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Swatow, 10th December.
AN INTERESTING LOTTERY CASE.
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1901
THE PATTERSON CASE IN MANILA.
On the 9th inst, before the Supreme Court ¦at Manila, for the first time Mr. Patterson was allowed to testify in his own behalf. Upon the usual preliminary questions being answered he stated thub as he was a British subject, he felt that it was incumbent upon him to refuse to take any oath that would bind bin in any way to any foreign country; that he did not dispute the authority of the Culleotor of Cnatonis and | that it was his desire and determination, uni always had been, to keep within the require ments of the law. When cross-questioned by Attorney-Geral Wilflor us to his reason for leaving the ship in Mr. Fiske. Warren's launch instead of folving out the usual programme and going astors on the launch belonging to the Travellers' Transfer Company, Mr. Pat torsor said: I did not then and do not now intend to defeat the law in any way. ANI have to seo to is that my allegiance to my native land is not interfered with." At Judge Willard's suggestion, the Attorney General asked the petitioner what his reasons were for going off in Mr. Fiske Warren's launch, and Le nuswored that it was only a matter of courtesy arising out of his long acquaintance with 31r. Warton. He said that he had been Basured by the American Consul at Hongkong that there would be no difficulty in landing in Manila, and that he would not be required to take the oath.
The cass resolved itself into the following points:
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First, whether or not the Civil Commission has the power to pass laws regulating the com morce of these islands. It is contended by the while on the other hand Mr. Willey has said attorneys for the petitioner that it has not; The Civil Commission represents the Fresident of the United States in those islands, and I do not believe that it it within the jurisdiction of this, court at the present time to make any raling contrary to what the President, desiros - † do. He has the authority from Congress to ast in this manner, and therefore I cannot see what legitimate grounds exist for any one to & seuss or dispute the right of the Civil Com mission to actus a sovereign body, so long as it represents the President and he represanta the people and the government of the United States.
HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM- WAYS CO., LD.
The following is the report for presentation. to the shareholder's at the seventeenth ordinary general meeting, to ba held, at the Company's registered offices, 38 and 40, Queen's Road Central, on Friday, the 27th day of December, at twelve o'clock noon
The net profits for the twolve months,
after paying charges and all ran ning expenses and pukine pro vision for Auditors' fees, amonat to 336,142.89 To which has to be added the balance
brought forward from last account 3,111.77
And from this has to be dednstad ze. maneration le General Managers (5 per cent, ou gross earnlogs)
339,254.66
3,995.76
Leasing available for appropriation $35,258.90
Your General Managers and Consalting Committee recommend that a dividend of 316 par share be paid to shareholders, absorbing $20,000, that $5,000 ha written elf rolling stock and $1,388.48 off stations and shelters; that $5,000 be transferred to permanent carried to new profit and loss account. reserva and the balance, riz.. 89,870.42, be
CONSULTING COMMITTEE,
Mr. R. K. Leigh having resignad, Mr. J. Orange was invited to fill the vacancy and with Rule 15 of the Company's Articles of accepted a seat on the Board. In noor lanes Association, the pressut members, Messrs. C. Ewens, C. W. Dickson and J.. Orange, retire, hub, being digible, offer themselves for ro-also- tion.
AUDITORS.
In the absons of Mr. Fullerton Henderson from the Colony, the nooophts have baan anditod by Mr. W. H: Potts and Mr. W. II Gaskell. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Potts offer themselves for re-election.
JORN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managera, Hongkong, 16th December, 1901.
The following are the accounts :-→
BALANCE-SHEFT,,
LIABILITIEя.
Capital account: 1,250 shances of $100 osob
fully paid upon Permanent servi fand Unclaimed Avidends. Locol and general liabilities Profit and loss: brought forward $3,111,77 Do. for current year 36,149.89
125,000.00
15,000.00
10,990.39
3-10.00
39,251.65
$190,485.05
ASSETS, Formont way, concession and dead of
2125,000.00 stations, Crown letseholds, and buildings Auland Lats 1,317, 1,332, 1,335, 1,831, Rolling stook:
1,835, 1,850 and RB. Lot B) Furniture account
Second-Whether or not the authority of A certain (or rather, as he is not known, an the Collector of Custome cases upon the landing. nacertaió) Chlooman started recently a ficti. of au alien in Manila. It is the contention of tious lottery, the drawing of which, as printed Messrs. Davis and Cohn that the minute Pat- terson stepped on Philippine soil he was no on the tickets, is supposed to take place longer responsible to Mr. Shuster; but the For the year ending 30th November, 1901. in Manila, Cuba (sic). Lista of the monthly government holds that this contention is a 20910 drawings were doly issued, but no winning technicality and although there may be some numbers ever reached this port. Had it not good grounds for bringing it up. it can have The 20th U. S. Infantry had a starp engegeben for an aversight on the part of the vitul influence on the decision of the Court." Mr. Wilday offered several examples illus. ment on the iust.at Lobo, Batangas. They "maiingement" of the said lottery, the latter trating this staud. Among them was the stormed & fortification and ronted the Filipino, would have stil.found many dupes to purchase following:-"Suppose a smuggler should come losing thres killed and inflicting heavy dan its fraudulent tickets. It so happened that into this port and effect a landing unknown to the Collector of Customs. Would that smug ages. The natives have been deeing from Chinaman bere possessed a ticket which shord gler be beyond bis jurisdiction the minute ho Batang and Laguta provinces, all the ports have drawn thethird prize, amounting to $5,000, reached the shore, or would Afr. Shuster haro Fars of age, and withred the Bengal Serviceing ben closed on the 10th inst, after the On presenting the ticket to the people from the right to confiscate his goods and place nim n 1866. He served in several expeditions and "piration of the last day of grace appointed by whom he bought it, payment was refused. under arrest?"
With a view of obtaining his money the holder Mr Patterson, through ignorance or other Mr. Willey also contended that inasmuch as of the ticket handed it to a Singapore Chinaman reasons, failed to comply with the law in.rogard and asked him to use his bost endeavours sad to landing in Manila, he was therefore direct- make the peopia concerned in the lattery pay.ly accountable to the Collector of Customs for his not. He said. Had he come ashore as En passant, I may state that this Singapore he should in the launch designated by the gov man is supposed to be a very questionable ernment as the proper launch for him to ride. character. He keeps a school for teaching the in, there can be no doubt but what he would English language, of which he has bat a very ing the Custom House; and it was through re have boon required to take the path before leay- inferior knowledge, to the Chiasse. Without negligence on the part of Mr. Shuster that the knowing the details of the lottery case in ques- oppertunity was not gives Mr. Putterson at tion, this toan, 1elying ça his British nationality, the time. Mr. Shuster sende his inspectora on wrote an offlsial letter to the local Shion, in-board all incoming ships. Their work on board
old to him a lottery ticket which had won Patterson received merely entitled him to the forming him that a certain Lim San Tee had with cases such as this one. The pass that Mr. is merely casual, and they have nothing to "do
the third prizs and which the lattar refused to riht to leave the ship on boat the Travellers pay. In his letter to the Shien he wont on to Company'e tuch If there was to have been say that he had acquainted the Britial Consal any further inspection he would have heard of
it upon landing."
obtained his D. S. 0. in the Micauzui Expedi tion of 1891..
Richard Cartis, the warder who absconded from Victoria Gnol oz 2th October taking with him 8297 belonging to the warders' mess. was brought bofors Mr. F. A. Hazelund at the Polica Court yesterday and sentenced to siz months hard laboury The excuse he offered to
the Magistrate was that the money with the exception of one $50 note was lost while he was in hospital and that, afraid of the deasequend÷8. he ran away to Shanghai, intending to get work there and refund the money.
SUPREME COURT:
Wednesday 18th Decenter.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR A. G. WISE (ACTINO CHIEF JUSTICE).
THEFT BY A POST OFFICE SERVANT.
Lam loi was charged with having on 23rd stolea certain correspondence, a package, the November, while employed by the Post Office, property of the Postmaster General, containing
205. He ploaded guilty. The number of Staff Corps officers to be sent The Attorney General (Hon. W. Meigh from India to South Africa is fifteen. The Goodmus, K.O.,) stated that the uccused while in the employment of the Post Office had a following aro the officers selected from the salary of about $10 a month. He seemed to | Panjab Command: Lieutenant-Colonel Grover, bave had the opening of the mail-bags sent Zud Parnjah Caveley; Captain Lakin, 9th from Cauton, aid away the correspondence was Bengal Lancers; Captain Corlett. 13th Benga!tained seemed to have provided a temptation
this package that he stole. The money it con Lancers; Captain Stewart, Guides Cavalry: which was too much for him. He stole the Lieutenant Desno. 12th Cavalry, and Lieuten latter and spent the money in riotons living for mat McQueen, 20th Punjab Infantry. A a few days. Then he was arrested. At first he
alterns will also be sent for Mounted I considerable aumber of British Infantry and pleaded not guilty, but now he admitted the
Infantry duty.
À curious rumour comes from itangcon of a mysterious disappearance of a whole Burmess
with the facts of the case and he therefore
Attornoy Charles A. Davis, associate of petitioned the Shian to enfores the payment of Attorney Cohn in the defence of Mr. Patterson, the 35,000. This Chinese official took for granted contended in his closing argument that Act
falsehood, and incarcerated Lim San Tee pend-advanced by Mr. Davis are as follows the statement, which I am assured is an utter No. 265 is wire wires, beyond the soope of its power for two reasons. The two reasons 10g further enquiries. The latter's brother, who is a inerchant in Hongkong, on hearing of the arrest, came up to effect his release
CONSULAR INTERVENTION,
His Lordship said that recently he made a remark that he thought it rather a pity that
This merchant on his arrival from Hong cookies with $10 a month should hold, such kong made every investigation into the affair, responsible positions in the Post Office. It was forwarded to the British Consal an epitome a temptation to them. Something had gone of the case, and, further informed him that that coelies ran the show. You could not wrong last month 100, and it transpired then
the whole is the oatcome of some trouble expect to get very much for $10.
existing between two different clans, to one The Attorney General remarked that thereof which his captive brother belonged. He was no doubt poor supervision, but at the same therefore appealed to the Consul to prevail time there had to be letter-carriers to carry the letters and these men always had opportunities upon the Shien to sub bie brother free. But it of stealing them if they those.
His Lordship-Has he been long in the Interpreter Twenty months.
service.
First. That the act is a violation of the treaties now existing between the United States and Great Britain.
Second. That the said not belongs to a class of nots decided by the United States Supreme Court to be acts regulating commerce and therefore void because the power to pass such an act is distinctly within the jurisdiction of Congress and no other body.
Cosis sad stores in hand Accounts receivable Cab and sompradores orders Cash in 1. 48. Kank
in haad
Dr.
To chargon
13,338.43 35,149.43
125.00
404.05
820.30
$14,639.17
1,149.02
15,728.12
$170,485.05
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
To mlaries and wages To maintensive and repairs. To coals and stores......... To interest
To rates, Crown rout, and fire insurance.. To godown and station rent. 82,100,00 Luss anndry rents received ..... 354.00
To office rent and clerks' salaries, &c....... To balance.
19.82.09
2,311,10
8,575.55
7 602.61
*257.68 108.21
1746.00 $,000 00 .30.254.16
$89,027.90
3,111,77 1.00
By emoant brought forward from last year by transfer feos By trafia receipts for the your to date....... 70,915 13
· $83,027.90
THE DAIRY FARM CO., LD.
An adjourned extraordinary general macting Mr. Davis quoted extensively from various of the Dairy Farm Co, Ld., was held yesterday legal authorities in support of the two aboved afternoon at the office, 2, Albert Boad for con ciled grounds, and argued forcefully from his sideration of the following resolution: That view point. He said: "It was zover intended the figures in Article No. 10, Clanes 15, of that the Livil Commission should pass or have the Articles of Association of the Company be the power to pass any laws other than local laws altered to read $1,500 (Fiftoe hundred Dollars," for the government of these islands, Captain A. Pilett presided and there were alon The Supreme Court adjourned after a two present Mr. W.H. Wickham, Mr. E. H. Hiude, hours aassion and gars out their decision as air. G. Walker (manager), Mr. R. P. Moffit corpus, issned on petition of Thomas Toye Tat
the serious part of it is that he is a public
decision, the Supreme Court of the Philippine aervant in a position of trast. If all the coolies
the writ and to order the petitioner responsilde islands, resolved by a majority vote to hismis In these positions went and did the same thing
for the costs of sanie Judge Cooper was there world be an end to correspondence al- together. I think under the circumstanese
a mers squeeze, which the Shien considera as the only member of the Court to dissent it will be sufficient if I pass sentence of two
matter of conne perquisite. Lim Ban Tee and from this decision. The Maniu Times mys years' hard labour.
his brother, although well-to-do, both stres.Now that the Supretas Court has fo THE WANCHAI TRAGEDY,
uously refuse to comply with the Shion fused to grant the writ of habeas corps amount of their Lime, and $1000 in no way Ng Fat and his wife Fung Kung were
there is some interesting specuistion, int -pro- charged with causing the death of a man. in their esting house at Wanchai on the 25th
demand and intend bringing the matter before gress sa to the further developments in the the Total or eventually before the Viceroy at case. It seems 10 be the general trend of November.
Canton. Disregarding the fact of the exposure opinion that Patterson, hacked up by Fiske, They pleaded not guilty and were defended of the fiotitions lottery, this incident offers Warren, the Baton lawyer and insurgent docued. No doubt some critics will be the Committee of the Society. Hitherto the Mr. M. W. Slade, barrister-at-law, instructed.a valuable lesson to those who clamour for pathiser who is now in thess islands, will I might mention, that when the Company's
by Mr. J. Hays, solicitor.
was all without avail. At the request of H. M. Conent the Shien held sort of a cross-examine tion, and although he could not adduce any follows: The case of the wit of habens (secretary), and Mr. Ling Wong, AVA
His Lordship-He has pleaded guilty, and Proof as to who sold and who bought the ticket ternon, having been heard and submitted for calling the meeting,
The anticipated opposition in the United Stutes Seunte to the Isthmian Canal Treaty has turned out to be less serious thau was imagined. The most pessimistic pro- phets warned us to look for the possibility of the Anglopbobes in the Upper House family. A family of five mombers, it appears, being able to wreck the Bill and thus delay ware in the habit of offering gifts to two Nate," the Canal negotiations indefinitely. Such the Oashingyse and Komyoshin, giving pre- expectations fortunately have proved to be fernee to the latter. On the scension the family favoured the Ooshingyoo, and whion entirely unfounded. By a majority of offerings were placed on the altar the father sixty-six votes the new HAY-PAUNGEPOTE went out to get some flowers that were close at hand, followed by the other four, but all of thema Treaty has been ratified. As the full num.
have since been reported as missing. The story her of the United States Sinate is ninety, it goes that the Komyoshin Nat was vexed for appears that twelve memberseither abstained | having been so slighted and did away with the
whole family. from voting or were not present; but a seven-ninths majority of the whole House
From an advertisement in another column it has declared itself in favour of the new will be noticed that the Hongkong Bonevolent agreement, and thus the action of the Society have decided to hold a subscription dance on the 24th of January next. Tickets Lower House and the declaration of the will cost $5 each and can be obtained from President have been most emphatically en- tire. Forbes, East Point, or from members of
found at home to maintain that Great and method of raising funds for carrying on Britain has merificed certain interests to the work of this most deserving local organisa
tion has been in the form of a concert, and the oblige the Republic. But, still lacking as we do the full terms of the Treaty, we do present ides of giving a dance is a happy one Bud likely to be well supported. We trust not had from the telegraphic summaries which have reached us that any unreasonable concessions have been made by the British Government. It is not to be denied that
A smart piece of work has just been per the States have a greater concern in the formed by the Army Clothing Factory, at Canal than ourselves, even though we Alipur, mys a Catsuita telegram. An order for undubitably come second in our interest in 800 khaki serge costs and 800 pairs of trousers such a scheme. The rapid signature of the for a regiment proceeding to South Africa was Treaty and its unexpectedly quick passage received by the department at 2 p.m. on- through the two Houses of the United States Saturday, the 30th November. The regiment Legislature can but be looked en as the had already got as far as Bombay, so no time happiest omen of the relations between ordinates went off to the neighbouring villages was to be lost. One of the European sub President RooRvErr's administration and to collect tailors, and went on his bicycle, the British Government. To us in the Far taking a native boy sested-on a pod East such a strengthening of the Auglo-handlebar in front to show the way. By dusk American boid must be welcomed even the factory was in full working order and at more unreservedly than elsewhere. Hence 88.1. on Monday the whole 1,800 garments the satisfactory close of negotiations and ready packed, and sent off to the railway station, whence they were despatched by the the speedy prospect of an inter-oceanic same day's mail train to Bombay for delivery to anal is a matter for deep rejoicing.
to the regiment.
every success will attend the efforts of the
ladies who have the matter in band.
on the
The following jury was empanelled:-Messrs W. H. Russell, J. M. Grassa, E. J. Moses, F Lane, J.H T. McMurtrie, G, H. Dann, and
E. Miror.
The Attorney General stated that the deness."
in question, he still keeps Lim Sux Tee in prison and now demands $8,000, not as a fine nor as compensation for the suspected fraud, but as
the abolishment of the extraterritorial rights which the foreigners enjoy in China.
LOCAL FESTIVITIES.
endeavour to fad some other way in which to contest the notion of the government in an deavouring to make him take the outh of allegiance. It is even said that Patterson will, if he has not already done so, sppeal to the government of Great Britain and possibly to the authorities at Washington Corinly at the present time he has no recourse in the courts of these islands."
The SECRETARY having read the notice
mesting is convened for the purpose of cau
The CHAIEMAY asid Gentlemen.This. sidering a proposal to increase the directors' fees from $1000 to $1500 per annum Your directors fed themselves justified in bringing forth this proposal. as the conducting of the Company's business occupies & considerable
compensates for the work done; for jaari, frow Board meetings, there ara mattura of impurtanes cropping up every few days, which, izin, to considered and decided by the direptors. affairs were not in so satisfactory a state as they are at present, the directors performed theis duties gratis, but now that things are in a more flourishing conditin, they feel that the lakkurer worthy of his hire. The moiloa before the meeting, therefore, is that Article 10, Clauso 15, of the Company's Artioles of Association, altered to read 2150 Before asking for a secondler, I shall be glad to answer any questions. Mr. W. H. Wickham-I should like to hear the whole clause road.
be
The BronsTART read the clause, which is as * follows: —“The Board shall be eatitied is not
Heinrich carrying the German male with dates each and ery year & sum of tensy uut ex- The Imperial Gorman Mail steamer Arzus apart and receive for their semineraliin la from Berlin of the 25th ult. left Colombo on seeling 1000, which shall be allotted to and the 17th inet, am and any be expected here be divided amongst the directors in suob
manner as the Board
The first dance this season was given by the members of the Customs Club, in their Hall, on ed man went into the eating honse of the accused at 2, Tai Wong Lans on the day in
Baturday the 14th inst., at which meet of the question and ordered and ate some pinces of beef, foreign residents attended Dancing com. worth about four dah each. When it came to the paying of the meal there was a dispute
menced at 9 p.m. and was continued, with a short an to how many pics of hoef he had eaten. interval, until about 3 o'clock the following LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The deceased said two or three, and the prisoners morning, when the company, after spending a alleged four. As the customer want to leave most enjoyable time, troke up and departed. the shop Ng Fak seized him by the queus, The bachelor fraternity, as is usual on suoli threw him down and stasoped on his abdomen occasions, did not leave before 4 a m with hs naked feet as he lay on the ground.
The members of the Relat Club are also on or about the 286h inate China a The woman was said to have assisted in the attack and struck the man with a broom giving a on the promises of their of determine may from time to time handle. The assaulted man died of a ruptured the woman said that she struck the defended great access. spleen. His spleen was of abnormal cisco Friday the 20th inst., which promises to be at Tokohama . 1 p.. on the 17th inst, and loft again at pm, same day for Kobe, where ahe was due to arrive at 3 p.m. on the 18th inst. with the broom handle and that her husband
The N.Y.K.steamer Kawachi Maru (European Line) left Bingapore for this port on the 17th
to arrive hem on the 22 The N.P.stomer Closering arrived at Trooms from Japan and Hongkong on the 18th inst..
The N.Patasmer. Quem Adelaide
Mr. WICKAM conded the motion, and it was carried unanimously.
• The meeting them terminated,
was not there at all. This suggestion the busi The cases of plague reported at Newchwang willing to shield the man by taking the blame twenty-five. Of these one was a Russian and inst naturally accepted. It looked as if she was from the 30th October to the 18th wit. taber ist, and is expected to a upon herself.
the remainder Chinese. Since the first
Che then led Evidence was then led, the first witness being | was reported st. Nawchwang the total number he who described the character of the of cases wax 59 Chinese and 1 Russian with 57 deceased man's
deaths. The Russian case, was the master of a Vladivostock on the 17th fushe Koz izved ni "för scold, but it did not do me any good, turned ons verdict of not guilty and his death eight dead rate were discovered ander Afterhouring farker evidenos, the jury re- militery band.” In searching his residence after
the prisoners were discharged.
all the door.
outta and the Straite, Left Singapore for this The Indo-Cains steamer Latsang, from Cal
port on the 17th inst., at 1 pm.
should have su opportunity to try "Christian
· Mark Twain's view on cures is that a man
Briance, or osteopathy, or any of the healing 441 kried Christian Science once," he said.
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