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foreigners in the country. The Standard' e special correspondent at Tientsin gives colour to these alarming reports by telegraphing that everyone is talking of
Mr. Cairns, Insulay Surveyor, of the Fort at the anti-foreign movement believed to be Manila, has come to Hongkong for the purpose inevitable within the next few months," of purchasing boats for the Customs Bervice
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Mr. Charles MoCague, of Pittsburg, Penn alylvanis, general trafic manager of the great steel trust, has crossed the Pacific on the Siberia
to visit the Asiatic centres of commerce,
The Governor-General of French Indo-Chins tion of a railway from Annam, through Laos, to connect at Ubon with the Korat-Bangkok Koe,
has decided to set about forthwith the construc-
Acording to a London, telegram in the
N.-C. Daily News, the Standard states that the Kladive of Egypt has accepted an invite tion from the Kaiser to visit Ferlin this sum-
mer.
In the professional pairs at the Tennis Tournament we gave it that H Pinckney and F. H. Yeats we beaten by E. J. Grist and Wei On. This turns out to be a zistiko; Messrs. Pinckney and Yeats were the winners. With reference to the statomont which appeared in our yesterday's fasue that the Lilli- patians had arrived from Manila by the Rubi after a protracted voyage," we are informed that the steamer came across in 53 hours, which is very good time.
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
KING EDWARD IN FORTUGAL.
LONDON, 6th April.
At à State performance of the opera at Lisbon on Saturday, the entrance of the Kings of Portagal and Great Britain was the algual for a tremendans Anglophil demonstration, the audionos, rising up and cheering loud and long; the oration was repeated on the departure of Their Majesties.
The German Press is looking at the Royal tour with n jaundiced eye; it sees therein the prospect of new combinations unsatisfactory to Germany, and is sepecially apprehensive of the possibility of the King meeting President Loubet,
THE UNITED STATES IN THE
FAR EAST.
LONDON, 6th April. It is declared in Washington that the United States is incrneslag the Asiatic squadron, considering it a good precautionary measure to be strongly reprosented in the Far East.
STRIKE IN HOLLAND.
Loxos, 6th April. Owing to the Government's anti-strike The lakong who is charged with the man-legislation a general railway strike has been slaughter of a Chinaman at Au Tau, is the New proclaimed in Holland, including the water trans- Terri ory, during the quelling of a trifling port at Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The mail disturbance that broke out there recently, was steamers at Amsterdam are able to discharge, brought up at the Magistracy yesterday and and the strike threatens to paralyse the trade of again remanded.
the country.
In the Supreme Court yesterday evidencə was continued in the daranges sass arising out of the collision between the French 8.8. Eclair
and the Portuguese ss. Hoi-kiang which
occurred on 22nd November list about 100
miles north of Hanna Island.
ecopic fears,' as a correspondent describes them, may to-morrow be fears which THE MACHINERY employed is of the need no microscope. The chief element latest design and most approved type. of danger we think, is in the province of Kansu. It is here where the notorious THE BEST INGREDIENTS only are Prince TUAN and General TUNG FU-HBIANG are surrounded by a very large force who are described as ready for action, and the soldiers we have further been told, toast that their object is an anti-foreign one, and that "this time no one is to escape." The rumour which has been prevalent in Hupeh is that these two lenders are deposing the present Emperor and putting on the Throne this ex-Heir Apparent, Po CHUN, who is now with his father Prince TUAN at Ninghsia in Kansu. They are reported to have sent an ultimatum to the Empress-Dowager to this effect, threatening to take the two provinces of Sbensi and Kansu, and make them a separate kingdom with its capital at Hsian if their demands A. S. WATSON & CO. arenot granted. What amount of truth thereof 20 per cent to shareholders, and the transfer is in this story we cannot any. It will be of $25,000 to reserve, which will then stand at LIMITED,
remembered that before the Boxer outbreak | $875,000. the Empress Dowager, when she wished to depose H.M. KWANG HET sought Prince TUAN's assistance, bribing him with the CHEMISTS AND DRYGGISTS BY APPOINT-promise of taking another Emperor from
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among his suGS.
The present story from Kansu therefore all the more readily obtains fa credence, but it has been current for some time past, and the only comment we can make upon it is that the ultimatum " either gives the Empress-Dowager an un- conscionably long time to consider the demanda, or else the rebel leaders are un prepared to act upon it.
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DEATHS.
On the 1st April, at "Fern Villa," Dublin Road, Singapore, Joan DAVID STUART, aged 42 years.
On the 1st April, at the Genoml Hospital,
SINCE our leader in yesterday's issue was peaued, we learn that the alleged murderer of YEUNG KU WAN, the schoolmaster, in Gage Street, has been arrested, and was taken before the Police Magistrate on Tuea- day, and charged with the crime. He was remanded until the 15th instant, and will undergo his trial for the deed. If it be proved
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FOR CHINESE.
College.
Dr. J. C. Thomson, secretary of the above institution, sends us a revised prospectus of the From it we note that sixty-eight The Directors of the Taugtsze Insurance students have been enrolled to date (1903); of Association, Ld, will recommend at the ordin- whom twenty-seven have reared on finding ary general mesting of shareholders to be held the examinations more severe than they on the 21st instant the payment of a dividend anticipated, or for other reasons: twenty four are now engaged to study at various stages of the curriculum; and seventeen have siocesa fully passed all the professional examination and been certified it for the practice of their
On Banday next the s.s. Wingchai will run
ou an excursion trip to Macao, leaving her sail wharf opposite the Central Market at 9 a.m. and returning from Macao at. 8.30 p.m. the same evening. A steam aanch will meet the ship on her arrival for the convenience of Kowloonitee.
profession.
ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB,
CAPTAIN'S CUP AND SILVER MEDAL FOR
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In reference to a report that comes from Poking that Russian offers have been made. E. J. to help China to adopt a gold standard, a Lon-Mr. W. C. D. Tarzer 103 don contemporary learns that an alternative
31 entries. scheme, which is said to be entirely practicable, has been laid before the Peking Government from quite another source.
Mr. C. E. H. Barvis... Mr. W. L. Martin
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Mr. A. H. Lowson Mr. E. J. Grist... Special services are being held this week at Mr. W. C. D. Turner St. Peter's Church Queen's Road West, as | Coudr. Nicholson follows-Holy Communion after the service this evening commence at 7). Good Friday the hours of service will be 10 and 7p.u. The Church hunch will visit the ships as on Sundays but earlier in the
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CHARGES AGAINST OFFICIALS IN
THE PHILIPPINES.
THE GAGE STREET MURDER,
CONCERTS.
TROP. KNOSP'S PIANOFORTE
RECITAL
ABREST OF AN ALLEGED PARTICIPANT, Memory hasalmest forgotten the cold-blooded | murder that took place at 52, Gage Street on 11th January, 1901, when Yeung Ku Won, a
It is sincerely to be regretted that so limited Chinese schoolmaster, was shot to death in his audience assembled in the Theatre Royal en class-room by one who was alleged to have been Tursday evening to welcome the talented piano an emissary in the pay of a high Cantoness waestro, Prof. H. Knosp, who is touring the official-killed before the oyas of his young Far East, and has lately arrived from Indo- pupils for nothing else than that he was a Re Chine. It was recently commented in a Loudon former. The clues was assembling for instruction Journal that considerable advance has been in English, and the master, book in hand, wade by all classes of the community in was atting at his desk waiting for the the appreciation of genius since the day scholars to take their state. As they came when M. Paderewski played to empty banches; Luto the room there crept in along with them but that advance han eridently not bean had been placed on the doomed man's head, bad the sacassia who, to earn the blood-money that Participated in by Hongkong, looking to the auditorium at Tuesday's concert. Though resolved to take his life Revolver in band, he only rumours of Prof. Knoep's wonderful walked up to the unsuspecting schoolmaster powera have reached the Colony, these in com and fred at him four times at point blank bluation with the local talent advertised should range. Every one of the shots took effect, one entering the head and the others penetrat ing the tft shoulder, chest, and abdomen, Then the miderer turned and fled, and from that day till now nothing, so far as the general publio are concerned, has been seen or heard of him. It was suspected at the time that more than one man were implicated, and this eas, concerned in the sirocity, and of these two are picion has since been verified. Three men were
dead. The third man, if the surmises of the police are corrent and the case against him can be proved, is in the hands of the authorities and on Wednesday next, the 15th inat, at ten o'clock, he will be brought up on remand before Mr. F. A. Haseland, Senior Polios Magistrato, and charged with being a party to the murder which bus been described.
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SERIOUS STREET FIGHT,
CHINAMAN. BÁDLY INJURED,
A street fight involving injuries of a serious nature to one of the combatants obeurred in
Wanchai on Tuesday afternoon. At Jardines Bascar, so the story told by the police rope, the hammer of a pilo driver became detached and dropped into the water. This put a sadden stop to the operations in progress, and the annoyance of the workmen at the accident did not find solatium in the joers of a number of coolies and beatmen who gathered
ensured at least a good attendance. The expectations of the few music-lovers present were more than realized, as the veteran planist played throughout in his very best style. The personal appearance, even of Prof. Knosp causes one to antic'pate something above the
verze, and be presents * striking and dignified figure on the platform with his long, Howing hair of silver grey. Few indeed, even among the greatest artiste, can go from beginning to end of a long programme without falling in some work or in some movement, below their best standard. It has been said that oren Bubenstein measly always failed in some one movement or other in a recital programme; indeed, to retain a perfect control of technique and an mutired freshness of interpretation is given to very tow. Mr. Knosp showd on Tuesday that he has this rare gift, in addition to his other talents, Beethoven's “* Mondschein donate in particular being played with an amount of what is commonly called Inspiration"; and an encore pisce had to bo given. The whole recital will long ho remembered by the privileged ones present.
Prul Kuoey was excellently supported. Mrs Jewell owns a soprano voice of very pleasant quality; she is also a stylish singer and one whom it is a pleasure to hear. The accompaniments of Mrs. Coggin wero admirable and in perfect accord with the soloists. Mr. Grace's violin pieces were played
rovud. The inevitable outcome was of with ounsammats teclinical skills It only each other with a heartiness that would have could hardly have been improved on. course a row, and both parties charged remalus to bustated that the piano, a Steinway, been commendable bad it been displayed
MISSION TO SEAMEN.
in a peaceful and legitimate cause, Dur. ing the melee one member of the party
Au enjoyable concert arranged by Miss opposed to the workmen we konaked Colett, assistant teacher at the Kowloon British down and kicked into insensibility. Others School, was given in the Seamen's Institute, of the crowd detached themselves and ran Elgin Road, Kowloon, on Tuesday evening. to Ne. Police Station with the in and was well attended. The various items of a formation that a man had been killed. Two lengthy programme were becomingly rendered European constables went to the scene, which and at the closos vole of thanks was accorded hnd now assumed an appearance of comparato Miss Coleatt and those associated with ber tive tranquility, and by the direction of age is the entertainment. The programme vas as witresses arrested three was who were alleged follows
to have committed the nemult upon the Pianoforte Eolo....................
Miss Stewart unfortunate coolie, who was carried to the Song Barney, Take me Home Again, Miss Wilson police station. Here he was found to be in a Banjo Solo Mr. Shoolbred state of collapse, and was at once conveyed 100 Mona Vlas Logan.
o Miss Cissy Low Song
The Desa Bog the Government Civil Hospital, where, though Recitation The Dirty Boy, Miss Dolly Packhous The Promise of Life, Mr. Heyward still alive, be lies in a bad way. It is expected Song that he will pull through, an operation wring Isle of Beauty, Miss Grace Wilson
Club Drill
Miss Vanstone. relieved the rupture which he sustained to his Song When the Roses Bloom Again," Mr J. Logan spleen.
Song Little Cherry Blossom, Miss Dolly Fac-hom Piano Duet
Missis Wilson
THE VICTIM OF THIEVES.
Once again Mr. H. Humphreys has been made the victim of the designs of thieves. On Tuesday night, about half-past seven o'clees,
room commanding the hall, heard the door of
Do it the GiftBkMiss Login
Song and Banjo Solo Mr. Bhoolbred Song the caming,.... Miss Colcutt Song When the Heart is Young Miss Wilson In connection with the Institute, it was in- timated that there would be a pients to Stanley
which may be had at the Institute. On Tues
Singapore, JOHN E. D'Souza, late of Sarawak, against him, be will of course in due tima morning-Kowloon Police Fier 9.30 and 6.30. Wilson, a public 'offcist in the Philippines, Mrs. Humphreys, who was occupying a small on Easter Monday, particulars conicarning
aged 34 years.
The Daily Press.
Botter late
day evening next faollier contert will be given, on the occasion by Mrs. Low, who may anfely ba irnsted to arrange an attractive programme.
THE CURRENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES,
The Manila Cablenses of the Ard inst, more >-- An executive order will be issued this moru-
The first of the cases against William A. The Derby will be run on May 27th this who was charged with the misappropriation of year, 303 colts having been nominated. Latest public fands, has been concluded. The defen- the home opened. She paid no particular market prices to hand were 7 to 2 Racksand, 12 dant was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment attention to the incident, being under the in Bilbid, The Court found that while acting to2 Rabelais. 6 to 1 Plotsam, and 10 to 1 Med. The last asmod is a elt belonging to H. as disbursing officer of the Bureau of Coast impression that a friend was paying a vielt and had simply walked in, Hearing no sound
Chat. He won the Richmond Stakes (Good- the King, and is by Persimmon out of endocard and Transportation be missppropriated however, to denote the presence of anyone, a sum of 19,000 pers. Notice of appeal was he called out to ascertain who was there. wood) and Hopeful Stakes (Newmarket) iast
given.
and followed up the query by walking year.
A few days ago Don Felipe Calderon, into the hall. There she saw Chinamsa president of the Filipino Bar Association of whom the asked in surprise to state his Manila, was arrested on the clurge of the business. He appeared to have no particolaring fizing the rate of exchange between gold and falsification of an oficial document. Calderon Emsiness on hand that is, no business of the silver at 2.55 There has been a gradual rite was fined recently in the Court of First Instanes ordinary, every day type of honest people and in the price of silver wines, the selims of Con- for contempt and coverely reprimanded by the after some humming and hawing told Mgress on the Philippine currency has been an presiding judge for condnot unbecoming Humphreys who understands the Chipere established fact. It is explained by como as a ontleman and disgraceful to an attorney gnage, that he only wanted a chair. matter of speculation on the part of those The conduct which led to the fine and the ing the action to the word, he squatted dealing in money. It is said that many people reprimand was in relation to the Tan Chaco down in one and viewed the lady ofera accumulating large stores of the Mexican The present charges have grown out of the house with the calm indifference of is introduced, they will be able to buy the pesos hoping that when the new Philippine
We are requested to state that entries for the forthcoming Gyukhaus to be held on the 18th instant, at the Happy Valley and Reco course, close to the Honorary Secretary at the Hongkong Club, on Saturday, the 11th instant, at 5 pm. From the programme which appears in another column it will be noticed that the weights in the steeplechase have been reduced to 1st, 10te, for berses not exceeding 14 hde, CERA.
Suit
explate his crime on the gallows at the Victoria. Gaol. It is satisfactory at least that an arrest has been made at last, though not until two years and a quarter. after the HONGKONG UFFICn: 14, DBSVŒUI ROAD Cl. | perpetration of the murder. LONDON OFFICE. 131, FIEHT STREET. E.C.than never, however, and we must congra- tulate the polies on having at length, Horakova, 9th April, 1908.
through information received, accomplished A Few days ago we had something to an arrest Whether the right bird has been say about the alarmist
rumours which caged remains to be seen, but we will hope according to New York telegrams appear that no mistake has been made in the iden- ing in Manila papers have been nud still tity of the man. The crime was one of an are agitating the public in the United exceptionally dastardly nature; the victim Etates with regard to the situation in being a perfectly peaceful and unoffending China. Reports which have been circulating person, who, driven to take up his residence in the papers of Europe have been of an here by persecution in bis sative province, equally alarming nature. A correspondent was attempting quietly to make a living by sends us for example au extract from a training the young idea how to shoot. Lancashire paper which under a general If the right pan has been captured, heading gives three or four telegraphic it will be matter of congratulation also by despatches on the subject from different
reason of the fact that the arrest will serve places-from Tientsin, Odessa, and St.
as a lesson and a warning to other agents Petersburg-all of them agreeing us to the
or tools of the Chinese Government, and inevitability of a great anti-foreign help to persuade them that the British law belion in China in the course of a few has a long arm and memory, even thoughing on the town of one party by the other, and a months or even weeks. Nearly the its administrators are often very slow to whole Celestial Empire," according to the move and extremely difficult to convince. Odessa despatch, "is ramified by a huge If only we can persuade the Chinese that network of secret Boxers' committees, who justice in not to be hoodwinked in this on the troubled waters and persuaded the pages as being very unusual that troops from Hana Went anything in particular, only a chair to
only await the opportune moment, and a Colony, malgré the secret effort of Chinese given signal to make another and more in the pay of the Viceroy of the Two desperate attempt to sweep the detested Kwang, something substantial will have. white barbarians out of the country," been effected towards putting a stop to the The Boxer organisation, it is added, is terrorising of peaceful Chinese residents.. far more widespread and complete, mora powerful and more determined than it was H.M.98. Eclipse and Tabor left yesterday four years ago. The St. Petersburg teles morning for Taku and Shanghai respectively. grams of similar purport, and mention-
Mr. E. E. Elias, clerk with Mosers. E. D. the absurd report that the Japanese Sassoon & Co., died in the Government Civil are taking an active part in organis- Hospital on Tuesday, aged 50, ing the next movement, and that their apies and agitatore are at work in Two more cases of plague were reported Manchuria and elsewhere." Buch a staf Josterday--one Indian, and ous Chinese. This ment hears its own refutation, for if brings the year's total so far up to 204, any movement of the kind is maturmg the Juparese are not likely to find there selves in a position different from other
3 is.
The usually uneventful passages to and fro of the Star Ferry launches were livered yester day in one instance by a "serap" which took place between two passengers on the upper deck. The bumping of the lunch as it negotiated the guiding piles at Kowloos, an accidental tread-
churlishly accepted apology, provided the mate rial for the set-to. which was assuming the appearance of a first-rate "will" when a peace maker amongst the other passagom larow oil
cious Kowlecites to leave off lamming each other and go home.
the same case.
Calderon's bond was fired at $5,000 gold:
RUMOURED UNREST IN KANSU.
With reference to a telegram which appeared in our issus a few days ago the N.-C. Daily News has the following :----
man who was doing nothing at all unusual. SunEN
After a moment he rose and attempted to walk new pese from the pople in the provinces at out of the hozan by the back door which is an even exchange and then exchange the new directly opposite the front one, but in this he pesos thus ecquired for gold at two for one. Horever this may be, it is true that there has ce of two servants who was foiled by the presence
been a larger demand then usual for the reviewing the strange soone variously. Mrs Humphreys then called out to her Mexican peso in the local market and the price
has steadily gone up. busband, who was upstairs, and when air. Humphreys came down be asked the who again occupied the chair, who he was and bat he wanted. The reply was the same as that given to Mrs Humphreys he did not
remanded till to-day.”
BOMBAY DOCKS SCHEME.
The India Daily News commenting on the
The aunouncement that the Bombay Docks
Bembey Dock Scheme way
event of on
A correspondent writes from Fanobệng ou the Han river, in Hupeh, that a large number of Hapanese soldiers, who had come up from Wachang in brats, arrived at Fancheng on the we are in, boats, arrived at Fanching on the
should be sent to Shemsi in time of pace, and rest himself in. The upshot of the affair was Scbente includes provision for a dry dock, 850 our correspondent age that this unusual that Mr. Humphreys collared the man and sent fest in length has given the liveliest satisfac- incident tends to strengthen the rumour for the police, who took him to the lock-uption in bome naval circos. In the even The Stanhope Gold Medal, for the most provalent in Northern Hüpel that Prince Yesterday morning, before Mr. JH. Komp. Enropean war the position of the East Indies daring resons during the past year, was awarded Toss and Tung Fa-hsiang have sent an Acting Magistrate, he was charged with enter Squadron which would have to be considerably by the Royal Humane Speisty ro ontly to Mr. allimator to the Empress Dowager, to thoing the house for a felonious purpose, and strengthened by additional cruisers and detached battleships and cruisers from other stations, A. O. Henderson, third officer on the steamship effect that she must depose H.M. Kwang Hei
would bo an awkward one. At the present City of Corinth, for a gallant action in the and put the ex-Heir-Apparent Pu Chun, who Bay of Biscay on February 1, 1902. During a is now with bis father Prince Tuan at Ninghsia
time-as we baru stated more than once pre- tremendous hurricane French brig was seen in Kansu, on the throne, or they will take the The CP B. steamer Emprise of Indin arrived | vicusly-ibers is not a single dook on the line to feander, ell on board going down with her two provinces Shensi and Kann and make at Koba at 4 pm on the 7th inst, and left again between Melis and Hougkong, a distance of except one man, who elang to some wreckage. them a separate kingdom with its capital at at midnight same day in Nagasaki, for 0,020 nautical miles, capable of taking in a Shanghai, where she is dno to arrive at mid first claza crniser to make good damages It being impossible to mancha bost, Henderson Heian.
night, to-morrow. went over the side with a line, and after much This same story was told some months ago diffeally was able to get the man on board the and has been repeated from time to time from steamer. Owing to the heavy ses running various quarters, always in almost exactly the Henderson was at one time right under bis own same teras. Parlays there is shongh truth in ship, and only by the most heroic effort mecoed it to account for the depression from which the
Empress Dowager ismid to be suffering.
A letter from Mr. J. B. Michael in reply to the Hon. Gorsham Stewart's recent letter on the Currency Question will appear to-morrowed in effecting the retORA.
LATEST STEAMEROVEMENTS. Togden w
orkisers
The NY. steamer Kagoshima Mars received in notion or casual damages. This (Bombay Line) Joft Binganers for this port on is one of the reasons that first-cla the 7th inst, pm, and is expected to arrive baye not been sent to the East Indies. It is to her on the tabo hoped that the Government will sanction the on the 4th inst. p.in, for Hongkong sit the scheme, which, though costly, will repay itselɛ
Tho C.P.R. steamer Tartar left Vancouver
usual ports of call,
in the and