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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 121a, 1902
of steamships between New York and the ports of Asia. For the present the com- pany, which will go by the name of the American Asiatic Steamship Company and will be represented in the Far East by the A. S. WATSON & CO., well known arm of SHEWAN, Toms & Co.,
LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
SEEDS.
General Fukushima kanded in Colombo from ↑ the Inaba Maru on the 20th it. He was to leave in a fow days time for Tuticorin and India. Later on he was ty proceed to Japazi via Caloutta..
to the Persian Gulf under the command of the
A despatch dated Simla, August 27, says: The number of plegne deaths in Indis has increased during the last week to 4,371, the Betabay Presidency reporting 8,111, Mysore 195, and Hyderabast 143.
TELEGRAMS.
"DAILY PRESS” SERVICE.
FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
SINGAPORE, 11th September, 2.42 p.m.
THE TANJONG PAGAR MURDER
CASE-DEATH-SENTENCE.
The Frenchman Joseph Gouin, an escaped
THE SINGAPORE WATER PAMINE.
POLICE COURT.
Thursday, 11th September.
BEFOER ME. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICH"
MAGISTRATH).
ALLEGED ATTEMPTED FRAUD OF THE HONG-
BAG
KONG AND SHANGHAI BAKE, The hearing of the charged against Saul Levy was resumed at ten o'clock.
We beg, to announce the arrival of Our even greater significanes. A point which is 14, Madras Presidency 163, United Provinces convict from New Caledonia, was sentenced for upwards of half an hour. The quarrelling deposited between 16th April, 1902, d. 7th
New Season's
FLOWER
AND
VEGETABLE SEEDS,
Which are of the finest quality, obtained
from the best growers in England.
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will of necessity charter steamers for its The Shab, as a beginning of the reorgani use, but in time will either buy vessels ortion of the Persian Navy, bas just purchased (as our correspondent reports, but this is the yacht Selika, which had made an expedition doubted by those who should know best Antarctic explorer, Commander de Geische. Hongkong) build special boats for the new line. The importance of such R venture cannot be overestimated, and when, as must one day happen, in epite of all the opposition now offered, the Isthmian Ca nai is actually constructed, the service will be of not alluded to in our telegram, but which most certainly must be taken into account, is that the firms who make up the new com bination are the same as those which are interested in the Canton-Haukow Railway, now netually on its way to becoming a fact. The American Asiatic Company, we learn, in view of the present high rate of freight age, intends to carry out its own material for the construction of the railway, the building of which, we cannot doubt, bad some weight at least in determining the various firms interested in starting their new scheme, It will readily be seen how immensaly the new project affects Hong. kong. If it succeeds we have a most serious writing on the 7th ult, with regard to Germany's
A Benter's telegram from Hamburg, dated August 7, says:-Experts of the Hamburg. America Line and of the North-German Lloyd' have proved and signed jointly minutes to the effect that the steamer Deutschland, of the Hamburg-America Line, still holds the record of the fastest trip nerose the North Atlaatio, and that the calculation made by the master of the steamer Ermprins Wilhelms, of the North- German Lloyd Line, according to which this steamer should have beaten the Deutschland,
was erroneons.
The Ferlin correspondent of the Times,
y-The truth underlying all this leather
Aan keynote to how some ignorant and doubt- Jees mischievous Chinose feol on the matter, the Straits Times remarks, it may be noted that's notice was posted upon the walls of the Chinese protectorate last night offering a reward for the Governor's head! The police, it may be added, are not in the least alerged over this Interesting incident, and little official attention has been paid to it.
George Henry Ardron, the European In The same paper also says:-The inevit-charge of the Sasings Bank department of able oscarred last evening (the 2nd inst.) the Bank, said he did not necessarily as the cash or noted received from depoaltors; when two opposing parties of Chinsmen add Malays-both clamouring for water-enter that was the duty of the shiro, Wai Ying. ed Into graesome conflict at the bydrant He knew the defaudant as a depositor in the Street, and the fight for the water lasted had 3344,70 to his credit. The $346 was money opposite the Victoria Bridge School, Victoria Savings Bank; bis pass book showed that he
started at about half-past four o'clock, half an August, 1902, inclusive, and the 70 gente was hour before the time for turning on the vesper the amount of interest; nothing had been drawn hour's supply of water. All the men had out by the defendant. At 10.5) am on 3rd backets, and of course the row originated in a scramble for the first serve. In less time than September witness saw the defendant standing it takos to write it, buckets were orashing on
at the counter of the Savings Bank. The shroff came to withsas with a $50 bill purporting the heads of the water-collectors with a loud din, sticks were freely requisitioned, and stones
to be issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and draw his attention to it; the colour was LONDON, 10th September, 6p.. were flying about in hundreds. Several-men:
were slightly injured. One was taken to the note in Court. The defendant was standing at a very pale heliotropo, like that of the thirteen.
hospital by the police, and released,
took the note to the cash department. Whon the counter, whers witness left him bilet be
and witnow afterwards heard him say to the he went back the defendant was still there,
shroff something like "Fassoon.";" the shrom replied to the effect that he was huey, About twenty minutes afterwards words were again exchanged between them, but what they were
to death at the Assizes to-day for murdering a Chinese ricksha-paller at Tanjong Pagar
on the 6th July.
[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT]
NEW AMERICAN-ASIATIC LINE- MESSRS. SHEWAN, TOMES
THE AGENTS.
The American Asiatic Steamabip Company- is about to start a service of steamers
The Singapore Free Press of the 4th inst. | writes:~Onu fact with regard to the water Ismine seama to bave hitherto escaped notice, and that is that lost weak the death rate was lower than that of the corresponding week laat year, the figures being respectively £3.65 and 49.88. Considering that the rate has been very
Customers are recommended to send their competitor for the trade of Canton and the attitude over the Shanghai garrisons question, between New York and Asiatic ports, using high of late, the drop at such a time as the witness could not say. Subasquently witness fresh impetus given to that trade should and prunella is that the German Government chartered ressels until specially built liners present cannot fail to be hailed as a satisfactory wont round to the defendant and asked him
orders as early as possible.
CATALOGUES, WITH PRICE LISTS,
AND
HINTS ON GARDENING,
May be obtained on application.
AND
country beyond, but on the other hand the
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be such that Hongkong and British mer chants must benefit materially from the share which they take in it, unless they are to prove utterly lacking in enter. prise. In this connection should like to ask ance Bore, What of the Kowloon-Canton Railway? Is it ever to become a reality, and if so are the promoters going to wait until Canton trade has been, CLAY'S FERTILIZER far as possible, tempted to go in other directions? It is many years now since we have heard talk in this Colony about a line between Kowloon and Canton, the name of a very prominent firm being mentioned in connection with the scheme. But it is evident that the firm in question is not Vory anxious about the matter. Did Hongkong A. S. WATSON & CO. belong to another nation interested in the South Chipa trade, doubtless the railway would have been built by now, and probably by the Government itself. Of such an idea would not be in consonance with the history of Hongkong, built up by British merchants in spite of the discouragement of the Government instead of the being aided ONLY communications relating to the news column by Government to the best of its ability.
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On the 4th September, at "Woodside," Grango Road, Singapore, the wife of RowLAND ALLEN, barrister-at-law, of is son.
MARRIAGE.
On the 10th September, at 8. John's Cathedral. by the Boy. F. T. Johnson, CHARLES EXINGTON, only son of U, E. V. MERRALL, of Brentwood and Bradford (Eng), to Grx, oldest daughter of DANS CHEE, of longkong and Sydney (N.S.W.), [2445
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It is easy to point with complacency to what has been achieved here. We bad no serious rivals in the past. We have now at least two, one commercial and the other political. Neither America nor France is likely to be half-hearted in carrying out its schemes.
The German ganboat Tucks left for Chefor yesterday,
Mr. Brodrick has informed Captain Jesse), in answer to a question, that the Way Ofice authorities are experimenting with new beda for guard-rooms, and they hope to be able to add to the soldiers' comfort when on guari, The present bed consists of sloping planks with a wooden hosd-rest.
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are ready. The promoters of the new
ment that gratitude to the Yangisse Viceroys company include the following firms: mortality returns will show a decided increase left the Bank with Sergeant Watt, who return-
for wasons of its own, is in no hurry to with: draw Ita garrison from Shanghai. The argu-
demands the withdrawal of the Western troops is not likely to meet with much response in Germany, the home of Realpolitik. The Germen Press hus been lavish enough in its compliments to the two great Chinese statesmen, but when they ask for practical recognition of their serving the genes of their request is ignored, and it is even suggested that the question has been raised at this early stage through English jealousy of German commer. cial competition.
GYMKHANA.
A gymkhans will be held on the Hoppy Valley Racecourse on Saturday, 11th October, weather permitting. The events comprise a mile fat race, open to walers not exceeding 14ads. 3 inches, with penalties for previous winners and allowances for unplaced ponies; a steeplechase, pen, height not to exceed 14.3; a jumping competition over hurdle, water, in and out sud post und rails-limit as to height 14.3; tent-pegging; a polo pony race; and a costume 1800. The official programme will be published later. We are informed that practice jumps are to be erected on the piece of ground to the west of the football ground at Wonguefokeong, so that intending com. patitors will have the opportunity of schooling their horses over jumps similar to those to be used on the day of the gymkhana.
THE SUNKEN PAKSHAN."
on
Messrs. Kountze, Vermilye, Brown, Belmout, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. The Oriental agents will be Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Co.
sign. There is no doubt that when the rain what he wanted, and be replied. “I go Sassoon;" comes, as come it must in good earnest, the
I come back one o'clock."- Later, the defendant- on the present figures. It is generally so in the d afterwards with thirteen notes, also purpor- case of heavy rains after a prolonged dranght,
ting to have been issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
THE BEACBCOMBER.
Many people have been again ĉomplaining of late about the unwelcome and unsavoury {The American Aniatic Steamship Company attentions forced upon them by beachcombers, has just beau registered in New York. The of whom there seems to be a plogue more than tail designations of the firms mentioned are ordinarily in the Colony at present. They Messrs. Kountze Brothers, Messrs. Vermilye make a practice of insinn ting themestres into & Co., Mesars, Brown Brothers & Co., Mesars. offices and other places of business and entreat A. Belmont & Co., and Cornelias Vanderbilt. ing the occupants for 15 cents for God's sake Masers, Shewan, Tomos & Co. are the managers(15 cents can buy a substantisi tot of whisky of the Company in New York as well as the in the outlying drink saloons). The police do Eastern agents. The above are the firm's in- all they can to deal with the nuisance, bat really terested in the Canton. Hankow Railway, the some more stringent remedy is required than material for which will all be carried 1.om the bonovalent punishment of the House of America by the Company's steamers. Vessels | Detention in curbing the licence enjoyed by will be chartared as required, and the Company these undesirable visitors, may buy others. Our correspondent's state- mat about "specially built liners" is in the circumstances Jurdly likely to be accurate, we learn. This Company elect to skip the railway material by their own steamers because of the present high rate of freightage.-Ed, D.P.)
-REUTER'S SERVICE.
LONDON, 9th September.
THE ST. VINCENT ERUPTION. Rabaca River, St. Vincent, is still a stream of Bre & quarter of a mile wide, throwing up columns of steam, mud, and pebbles. The land has spread further stewards. The Bonfriere appears considerably lower, a mass from the summit having evidently been blown off.
LATER. HAYTI THE LINKING OF A WARSHIP. The general opinion is that the action of the German warship Panther will have a salutary affect upon irresponsible fighting politicians of the Haytian stamp.
Considerable progress, we are informed, has of late beau misde in the operations for raising the an Pakshan (1,976 tang) which sank in the Harbour opposite the Sailors Home 2nd June. Bhe lies on her side in about fty feet of water. Messrs. Morton & Gibson, who have undertaken the work of strage, have found, contrary to general expectation, that the bottom is hard with only a thin layer of mad, the operations thus being rendered easier. Ent as it is, the silt has caused the divers some trouble. Meanwhile one of the two slings by The stock of gold in the U. 8. Troasury at which the raising of the vessel in propound to be | Washington nów ants to 573 million effected has been put into position and the dollars, and in facressing at the rate of a quar other is almost through. When the slings are ter of a million daily without prospect of in position the vessel will be hauled ever on to cessation. an eren keel and then raised by lighters in the
GOLD ACCUMULATION IN THE U.S. TREASURY.
usual way. Messrs. Morton & Gibeon are to THE MURDER OF A SINGAPORE be congratulated on the expedition and success
RICKSHA-COOLIE. with which their venture has so far boon at- tended..
A PAINFUL INCIDENT.
A peculiarly painful mishap took place on Wednesday evening in the harbour, by which
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The hearing of the case at Bingapore against Joseph Gouin, a Frenchman, indicted on a chargo of the murder of a rickeha coche at Tan jong Pagar by cutting bis throat with a rozor, was fixed for Monday, the 8th inst. Mr. Lowell, barrister-at-law, was assigned to defend the prisoner, and a special jury was to be empanelled,
an infant narrowly escaped drowning.. "Mr. | As will be soon the Rcensed has been sentenced
to death. Gouis, it may be remembered, arrived
CAVALRY ARMS.
By Mr. Hastings The defendant was about an hour in the Bank, waiting at the same place. During that time no staps were taken to pre- vent him from leaving the Bank, except that he was being watched by the Bank's Chinese defective. Witues was af opinion that the defendant did not know he was being watched.
He Wing Chun, second shroff at the Bank, said Wai Ting, the Savings Bank shroff, banded him a note of the face value of 850 which he examined and passed over to Mr. Sharp, sbo looked at it and, in company with witness, went to Mr. Peter's dock and gave the note to kiti. Mr. Sharp handed the note to Mr. Peter. 1
Augustus Sharp, cashier, corroborated this evidence, and alei mild that when he and the last witness were at Mr Peter's desk some one handed him (witness) another note similar to the first. He handed both to Mr. Peter.
George Charles Peter, chief accountant, said he was positive that the second shrof, and. Mr. Sharp banded him a "note sach. The notes produced in Coark were forgeries,
The Pioneer is advocating the acting of on- vary with the rifle and bayonet instead of the carbine, a suggestion which will receive support from many officers of experience in South Africa. Is reyard to the best arm for the os
By Mr. Hastings-The notes were very good valrymen, Major H. P. Walton, of the Bouth forgeries, and likely to deceive anyone without African Constabulary, writing to the Journal technical Knowledge on the subject.
His Worship-Sir Thomas Jackson,
Tue
Mr. Hastings-Sir Thomas Jackson. I beg his pardon,
of the Indian United Service Institution, sug-signatures of Mr. Jackson and Mr. Saxon were gests that he should carry a bayoret on bis per-excellent forgeries.. son and a sword on the saddle. The sword should not be too weighty, but a good thrusting weapon. The shock-tactics of cavalry may be to some extent obsolete, but na a parsning force, and sometimes when a charge has to be under taken, nothing can make up for the want of a Instances have been known in which our men have got right up against the burgher, and the what of a sword and some charging weapon with which they might ride him down has been much felt,
Bword.
A RUSSIAN VIEW OF LEKIN ABOLITION.
Cross-examination resumed-The two points by which wiluss konw that the two notes handed to him, were forgeries were that the colour was lighter and that the numerals. were identical.
Mr. Hastings (showing witness one of the notes) Why does the number lead you to think that this note is a forgery?
Witness-Bevanse both the numbers were
the samo.
Mr. Bastings-But this one note would the number of it tell you it was a forgery ?.
Witness-No.
In answer to another question, witness said the notes were more likely to mislead anyag who had no knowledge of English.
The St. Petersburg journal Novos Vremya, writing on the 90th July upon the abolition of lekin, dues, dwells at some length upon the great obstacles which these duties placed in the ay of trade in China, and le confident that inmediate development of the Chinese market pretor when the defendant was first brought to their abolition will be followed by a great and
Sergeant Major Gelab said he acted as inter-
European goods and European traders will the Central Police Station by Sargeant Watt. penetrate into the most distent and inaccessible He spoke Hindustani, which the defendant corners of the Celestial Empire. The Russian appeared to understand, except when the last organ is, however, by no means confident that question was put His answer to it was, after this is a matter for congratulation. The it had been asked two or three times, "I don't terrible events of the year before last have know; God know,” rendered it invevitable that our first thought should be how to remove the causer which led to those events and to lesson the gulf which separates the Chinese people from the represen tatives of a higher civilisation. Needless to say, the abolition of lekin duties does not serve
these ende." England, to whom belongs the
Mr. Master What was the first question you put to him !
Mr. Hastings objected generally to evidence being given of questions put to s prisoner by the police and the answers given by him, except under the proper circumstance of his having
best cautioned.
The question was disallowed.
At Bombay on the 27th ult. the Parsees boat the Bombay Presidency at cricket by 44 runs. The winners scored 191 and 123, while the losere put togsthor 112 and PN The wicket was soaked by heavy rains all the bowlers LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, EC. consequently held the upper hand throughout. The top score of the match was one of the Hongkong, 12th September, 1902.
Parsee tean, named Moherhemji, who made 36 and 25, Greig for the Presidency made 43 and THar the United States of America are 12. Mistry's bowling was most successful. preparing to take full advantage of the changed conditions of foreign trade with
Commenting on Mr. Rivett-Carnas's fiuan- China, resulting from the new commercial cial report on the Badget of Siam, the Bangkok treaty, has been abundantly evidenced of Tiner says:- Perhaps the most significant late. Within the last few days we hare statement in the Dadget is the announcement received striking proof of the efforts which that a system has been introduced under which the States are preparing to make in order the whole of the revenue derived from the to gain as large a share as possible of Siamese Malay provinces is in future to be the increasing trade out here. At the expended solely within the princes in which and Mrs. C. R. Fittock, Kowloon Docks, had
honour of bringing about this great reform, it has been collected Siam is wak ry up to crossed over in a launch about five o'clock, in Singapore by the German mail steamer has had no thought for anything except her This concluded the case for the prosasation, beginning of this week we learnt that the needs of the interior, and the backward bringing with them their three-month-old baby Tangiis, having been picked up off the coast of own commercial advantages. These advantages and Mr. Hastings briefly addressed the Court. steamship was being fitted out at Seattle to Malay States are to have the special attention boy for the purpose of having him christened New Gaines, with three other French convicts she has attained. By abolishing lekia China The defendant, in said, was charged noder sail on the 15th November on à six months' | they require. ?-
at the Cathedral. The child was being carried who hail ascaped from Noumen, the capital of hue thrown the door wide opoa to foreign trade. Sections 13 and 14 of Ordinan o 6 of 1866, and cruise to Russia, China, Japon, the-
by the amak. in reaching Queen's States New Caledonia, in a stolen bost, The German But what will be the result of this? Will not it was an essential slament of the charges that Philippines, the Straits Sottlements, Indio, The Bangkok Times, replying to the Singapore wharf the party proceeded. to disembark. I steamer kindly (P) landed them at Singapore, the host of foreigners who will pour into the the defendant should have known that the notes Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, and Free Frees's representative's remarks on Kelan stepping from the launch on to the wharf stairs, Early on the morning of the 6th July Gonin country with the development of trade call were forged. The onus of such proof lay Hawaii. On-board the Oregon is to carry a tan, which we quoted the other day, saysThe the amoh missed bar footing and in saving murdered a ricksha coolis with a razor at Tau-forth fresh demonstrations of hatred on the with the prosecation. The cass for the defense part of the Chinese towards their uninvited was this The defendant, a hawker, residing party of Americau manufacturers and chief point that our contemporary's representarself she let the baby slig from ber árins and jong Pagar, The coolie was able to leave his collection of exhibits of articles suitable for tire tries to make is that, when Siam seeks to fall into the water between the boat and the risksha and ran to the station, where he died, guests? Notwithstanding the cruel lessons of at 12 Staunton Street, had been living
insist that so import or export duties shall be hurt. Fortunately the child did not strike. The police followed the blood-stains and found trade in these countries. This schenc, imposed in Kelantan on goods passing between against anything in his descent, but fall clear Goniu walking along Kappel Road. He was like that which is to be carried out that port and Bangkok, she is dealing a very into the water. Mr. Fittock immediately jumped saturated with blood and exelt of drink. Goain shortly of an exhibition of American masu.serious blow to British trade and violating into the harbour to save his child, and, happily was a well-built man, between 40 and 50 years factures at Shanghai, seems excellent, Article 12. Really it is somewhat difficult to to relate, was successful in getting him on dry old. Brought up at the Pelics Court, her and other commercial nations would do see what Singapore has got to do with the ground in a few seconds. The anxious parents served his defence until the Assizes. well to follow the example of the United Customs arrangement between Bangkok anda at once boarded the launch again and made all States. Our London correspondent, in the Siamese dependeney so long as "English haste back to the Docks, everything meantime telegram which appears in our issue of merchants and subjects shall have trade and being done that could-be-done to prevent ill to-day, announces an even more significant intercourse in future with the same facility and consequences to the infant. At the Docks freedom as they have heretofore hi" If medical asistence was instantly mummosed, sign of American enterprise. A combina British vessels were carrying goods between and on the arrival of the doctors, the he made no attempt to come to the resous, analysis. For instance, a plant showed the and later, in the tion has been formed by the great firms of Bangkeh and Kelantan they would be the first to father and mother were relieved to learn Mers. KOUNIZE Brothers, Mesare. Vng-object to paying a double duty, and rightly too that their boy was little the worse for his MILTE & Co., Messrs. BROWN. Frothers & By agreeing that a double duty is unneuonary adventure. It seems that the baby's light Co., Meare, A. BELMONT & Co. and Bangkok is not "obstrusting or interrupting clothing served to keep him from sinking during
the few moments that he was in the wafers CORNELIUS VANDERBILT to run a new line commerce" in Kelaatua.
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recently
A ̈steam leunah belonging to a battleship sprung loak bile crossing Portsmouth Harbour, and repidly Bank. Near by an old salt was loisurely rewing a boat, but The launch's crew of three, however, managed to swim to the boat, and as they scruntled on board one said to the boatman, Why did'nt you come and give as a hand? Didn't you see To were sinking? Lorblass yo, said the | boatmau, stolidly, I thought yer craft was one
o them bloomin · enbunarines,
1900, Europe has not been taught to change in the Colony for about eighteen months. her ways, and is still governed in her relations He had family of several children, ous with China by cold considerations of profit and of them the little girl who had been loss. The Chinese character still remains a charged with the defendant and another riddle to her, and she does not find time to little boy, ten years of age, he went round the worry about the solution. But how is it possible various pablic-houses and sold flowers. On one for her to escape paying for this mistake in particular day he went out, as usual, st € 30 in torrents of blood p
the evening for the purpose of selling his dowan A French investigator finds that plants are In Queen's Road he walkong holding a- Rensitive to certain poisons in quantities so Chinaman in arrest, and stopped to look. In minute that they completely bate chemical the Chiasma
effects of sulphate of copper-dissolved in 700,000,000 times its weight in watercatate mame route and of dilution scarcely imaginable, much less bundle lying detectable by ordinary methods. This raises it up, exam the promption that the character of the were beak regstation of a country misy depend on minute quantities of toxic substances present in the soil, father, who was then lying
noticed a small parool, he returned by the dandeal spot: a little The boy picked ifyand found that the contenis find home to him
bed, and
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