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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 19r¤, 1907.
With reference to the report that the
be the Kalear's fifth soo, Prince Oscar, is about to make a tour in the United States, the newspapers publish a statement according to which there is no question of his Royal Highness going to America. It would soom that the intention existed, and still existe, that Prinos August Wilhelm, the Emperor's fourth man, should
On Wednesday afternoon a coolie employed
in the Commissarias Department was serious TELEGRAMS. y injured. Along with thras others he was carrying a bookcase from the Department to Viétoria Barrasku and rounding a corner near the Barracks his foot slipped and he fell, the bookcase coming down on his head and neck. He was attended to by Dr. Rankin, of the
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The French liner Peitor has been So it is in Chios to-day, where the causo
The brigand chief, Lau Yuk-ting, who lost wrecked off Uruguay, and one hundred of education is less threatened by Chinese The Times Peking correspondent siya on
Eis liberty in sa uusnccessful attempt to extorti prejudios then by the foreign prejudices of April 5th.; The case of the murderous attack money by threats from Mr. Sion Ting. The tko missionaries. There has been less native apon Dr. Horne and Mr. Eadie near Amoy on dentist, at bis house at Wanchisi, and for whose re-action in connection with the demand
June 18th of last year has been settled. The tradition to China on charge of #rmed British Minister was ausble to attach blame to robbery in the Fleungshan district application for foreign knowledge than in anything the local authorities, and therefore made no has been made, was on Wednesday afternoon else, and what success the missionary demand for compensation, but he suggested that committed to prison gouding the decision of effort can boast has been chiefly due the case might be dealt with as na' act of grace. H.E. the Governor as to his being handed 1. શ this native demand for pert of The Chinese hace now made a compassionate over to the Chinese authorities, what they bring, as was also the case allowance of $10,000, (ahoos £1,000) for Dr. in Japan, where their artful pupils Horne and $1,000 (about £10) for Mr. Eadie The offer has been sccepted and the incidentis or patients, to adjust the metaphor-closed. #wallowed the educational jam and spat out the dogmatic pill. In China to, we have no doubt, it is the trenele they want, and not the brimstone. But that the missionaries inerely offer the first to induce the Chinese to swallow the second has been made apparent at the centenary conference at
BATH SALTS. Shanghai. Ove of the missionaries naively This year Macau seems to be suffering very
The embargo on Amarian tinned foods bag been deported. been remored by the British War Olles, and Chicago mest has again beon admitted as a
A notification was circulate in the environ
THE RAND STRIKE.
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ration" for the Army. Exhaustive inquiries! into the method of packing under the new pure Plague appears to be very prevalent at Mac o this year.
We lera that the daily average
food law of America were made by British
LONDON, May 9th. number of cases is now abɔa 50. From Mendyfcere eut to Chicago by the Goretament, and
The Rand strike is sprending. noon to Fuesday noon the amber reported was
it is owing to the satisfactory malers of their 60. It has been claimed that throughout the reports that thenathorities returned to America years since 1594, while Hongkong and Canton for supplies,
PENANG EDITOR DEAD. Macao bor sajrred almost complete immunityment of the Canton Eastern gate to the effect that have suffered severely from plague, the city of
SINGAPORE, May 9th. admitted in a paper that their iro mediate
the Government is desirous of turning that Straits Echo. Penang, is dead, Mr. E. F. Skertehly, editor of RFFRESHING AND INVIGORATING. purpose is more easily pursued among a
quarter into a busines quarter and that owners of rice Balds and other properties unbuilt meningitis. "superstitious multitude" thau among“ au
on are to bring their dea ds to the responsible agnostic, educated class." It was a similar
authorities for valuation. Offeisla were to recognition that made the church unsym- The late Mr. Louis Spitzal's beautiful town
*xamine such deeds in a temple near by. On pathetic towards popular enlightenment in resilence, Inverness House, Hyde Park, upon the evening of the 4th instant a large croad England to begin with: "the
which he spent a smalt fortaue in artistic gathered around the tempie elamouring for a we know, the
fitments and elaborate decorations, is to be sold withdrawal of the order. Both the Kwong The work was only completed a short time Chow Brigadier General and Fun Ya Magiɛ. don't kop. The forlorn hope of dogma before his death, and the whole is in perfect trate deserved much credit for the way they is to control the fountains of knowledge, to order. The property posse-sas several interest-quelled the trouble. SOAPS.doctor the food of babes and sucklingsing features, including a bijou theatre, properly
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Mir. Ethelbert formerly on the Hongkong Telegraph. He was
Forbes Skartehly only 3 years old. He got part of his ed tion at Dulwich endings.]
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FRANCE AND JAPAN IN THE FAR EAST.
LONDON, May 7th. M. Pishon confirms the statement that
THE BOARDING HOUSE MURDER.
A different aspect has ban thrown on the murder of a Japarose in a botel in Connaught Road central by the fact that in addition to the four mon charget with murder seven others are charged with being accessories after the fast Yesterday, after Tovarni remaade, the prosecution was opene i Imfore Mr. Hesland conducted the case for the polios, and Mr. P. W. at the magistreoy: Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse
Goldring appeared, for the defendauis.
Mr. Wodehouse stated that about 9.30 p.m. on 4th April P.C. Coulin was called by the inmates to the house, 59 Connaught Road Cen" tral, and on entering found on the vera wish of the third floor the deceased, who was severaly woanded. He was at once removed to the hospital, but died on the way. Deceased as a man of doubtful character-in fact, he dosit in Japanese women in the Colony. On the 3rd April, the day before the murder, he brought thren Japanese girls to the hoarding house in Connaught Read Central, and on the following aight, between seven and eight o'olosi, be reterned to the house; accompanied by the Arst defendant. whe remained ob the second floor, while the deceased proceeded up- stairs to the third floor to see the girls. About an hour later the second, third and fourth defend ants came to the house and joined the first defendant on the second door, where were also
drink, and beer was brought from the ice chest the mistress and sensant boy, both Japanese, The fourth defendant asked for s.mething to
by the boy. The deceased came down from the third door and joined the party. They all sat dowu at the table, the fourth defondant
and deosssed sitting together on a mat while the others occupied okaira The fourth defend ant offered docessed a glass of beer, and tha police alleged that while he was in the act of drinking this the four mou set upon him, The mistress rad the boy were frightened at the quarrel and ran upstairs and shut themselves in a cookhouse. After about an hour's absence the mistress returned to the room and saw that the four defendants were still there. She noticed
The remains of Major William Murray, and we have seen how teanciously it can supplied with stage proscenium and dressing of Ossoming Manor, Miltum, near Lyming fight to told this last trench. Ecclesiasti-rooms, sumptusa ly fitted and capable of stating ton, were cremated at Woking on April Franca-Japanese negotiations, with a view blood on their clothes and there were signs of
early seventy peres. The sale her bean entrusted to Messrs. Hampton and Sons.
3rd. He was eighty-seven years of age,
cism is under notice to quit, however, in British schools, the German educational
and formerly belonged to the 9th Regiment, to the recognition of French iüterests in the After a year'u deliberation, the Thuringias and after that to the 10th Humars,
His death Far East, are progressing at Tokyo, although ayten sued it long ago; France is even
Great Northumberland Strost the conclusion of the negotiations is not more eaancipated; Switzerland was a
Governments bare sanctioned the plea of the recalls the Sanate of Jena University to admit women to tragedy of July, 1861, which has been described considered imminent. pioneer of non-sectarian instruction; matriculation on the satas conditions as those in
as "the bloodieat hand-to-hand fight on record." American public instruction has bean a
vogus for men. In future, therefore, women
Major Murray was inveigled into the office of a model since it knocked that eleg off the with the necessary qualifications may follow the
med moneylender, who shot him twice, after wheel; and Japan's case we have already for the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence of a pair of tongs and a large bottle, the Major ordinary course of study at the Jeus University which s terrific combat ensued. With the aid mentioned. In China, fortunately, there is little prospect of the important work of cass in Prussian Universities, women had be a some passing workmen contrived to escape Medicine, and Philosophy. Hitherto, as is the felled his would be arrsesin, and with the help of education being a hampered. A repre-admitted to Jons only as "auditora" at the through the window. Howeaveyed to sentative committee of missionaries is now Philosophical Faulty, Baden and Bavaria Charing Cross Hospital, whither the police soon considering how to get a Christian Duiversity being the only German States, which pingad brought his dying silent. At the inquest a
verdict of justifiable homicide was returned. establish d in Ching, bat even pro-missionary women on an equal footing with men. journals are against it. The N.-C. Daily
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harmony would be the oreation of a University looking for its support entirely to foreign sources. Its presence would be a perpetual humiliation to Con
Christian students are not debarred from Chinese higher colleges and provincial
By kind permission of Lieut.-Col.. W. Scott Moncrieff and Beers, the Band of the Third Battalion "The Duke of Cambridge's Own"
programme of music during dinner at the Middlesex Regiment) will play the following
Hongkang Hotel, to-morrow evening: Overture........French Comedy,... Kels Beis
False........... Selection.....
Song Cavatina
for
"La Svengali."
Roeder "Yeomen of the Guard," Sullivan
St. Agnes Eve,
Suilivan
1 Clarinet “Anna Bolean,” Donizetti: Two Step Mosquitos Parade," ... Whitney Selection...... "The Earl and the Girl," Monck: Melody in "F"
Rabinetain
A Vevey correspondent, describing the serious
AUSTRALIAN DOGS.
PRINCE FUSHIMI'S VISIT,
LONDON, May 7th. Pee Fushini has arrived in London, The Prince was welcomed by the staff of the Japanese Embassy, the Prince and Princess at Wales, the Duke of Connaught, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, and Edward Grey.
LATER
Sir
་
Prince Fushimi accompanied by the Princess of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, and Prince Arthur, drove direct to Bucking Prince took tea with the King, who received ham Palace, followed by the suites. The
(TO THE EDITOR, "DAILI PR259."]
knowledge canine of your Paisne Judge, I BIE-If it is not irreverent to reflect on the would say that in your report this morning His Lordship seems to have been a bit mixed in him with great state, and extended the most the dog case.
hearty welcome. The King returned the visit at St. James' Palace, and conferred on Pridec Fushimi the Cross of the Order of the Bath.
A "dingo" is the Australia: wild dog, irre- claimable, of no nee to man.
A "kangaroo-dog" is dog specially bred from deerhound stock, to hurt that marsupial.
A "osttle dog" seems often to have a strain
Yesterday's proceedings have been the
a straggle having taken place. The first and Japanese clothes, had taken off their kimonos, fourth defendant, who came to the house in
and were dressed only in singloteand loiu plnths. The third defendant, who wore European clothes, had made no change in his dress. A few remarks passed between the mistress and the four men and the latter left the house, About 10.30 that night the second, third and fourth defendants went to deceased's horse at 34,
She told them
Queen's Road East and asked the woman abo lived with bit where he was that she did not know, and they proceeded to search the house for him. They appeared to
be excited and angry, and said they would kil him if they found him. After they bad finished searching the house they went off, taking with them some swords found on the premises. In the early morning of the 10th April the second and third defendants were Hill Road, and the day following, the first arrested in the Baddhist temple in Morrison
to go to Singapore, on the second floor of the defendant was captured just as he was prepazing house at 58, Connaught Road Central, fourth defendant was not arrested till the 19th
The
ultimo, when he was found concealed in the coe! busker of the s.. Yengmo at Quarry Bay.
universities, we believe, so long as y disturbances which arose out of the strike of \ of “dingo" in him, but I am not sure that it text for further most cordial articles in the cocossories were charged with. If the police
On account of an attempt made by the strikers
and also to the Peter's and Kohler's works.
Mr. Goldring said he was not going to mak very much but he would like to know what the
dividual fancy and demand. $150 is not an to the Franco-Japanese understanding,
Standard, Morning Post and The Tribune.
were not going to make out a strong casa Dog prices depend on the supply and an in- extravagant price for a kangaroo-dog; it would which as
The Standard gives a tribute of welcome against there he would sek hie Worship to
consider the legal point straight away.
His Worship replied that he could not consider Wise says 95 is enough for a " never buy a trained cattle-dog.
a supplement to the Anglo- the legal point in a cass of marder until all the Japanese alliance is in every way satis-evidenos had been given.
import bere.
Mr. Justice yo," in Hong-
Tou Dollars (21) is the common price for mere pappies of that breed, however, and a
grown dog, delivered in Hongkong, might be
worth anything.Yours &c.,
VEE JAY AUST..
CANTON.
THE BRITISH NAVY.
LONDON, May 7th. Capt. Craig asked in the House of Com- mons,' whether, in view of Prince Buelow's
statement, Great Britain intends to proceed immediately with the building of a third Dreadnought. Sir Henry Campbell-Bauner man said in reply, that Great Britain, like Germany, desires to avoid any action em barassing to another Power, and that he was not prepared at present to make any further statement,
are willing to heed the Confucian observances Swiss chocolate makers. ways: "The strikers is more than a resemblance. and to render unto Caesar the things that paraded with the intention of marching to are his. The missionaries, however, instructMontreux, where there are other factories. They them that they cannot conscientiously bow left Veway carrying a red flag, and were followed to the tablets representing royalty. It by a company of infantry. At the Hotel du is too late in the day to advocate reference
Lac they were Mupped by troops, who seized for royalty, or regard for the divine right with a revolver was wounded by a bayonet thrust/kong, I will give him 86 for as any as he can factory.
their fig. One man who threatened an officer CONFIDENCE trick men, and other persons of kings," but the missionaries ought to who prey upon their fellows, require be the last to discredit it. A student with to raid the works of Mosers. Neals, whose men
The particular dog in this came in a kangaroo- irexperienced victims, else is their occupation gone, fortious importance to such formalities is little military guards were fur shed to those factorie,
an intellect capable of attaching conscien-abowed no inclination to join the strike, strong. I would not give 2150 for it, as I consider
it undersized * burnt child dreads the fire." In likely to benefit by instruction in any beginning with this illustration, apropus university; there would seem to be a crack
The American Constitution is like the missionaries and education, we do not in his head to begin with; and that there British, a good deal more talked of then un- want to suggest that there is a personal are missionarios who ean fues about auch derstood. The many Irishmen who still flook analogy, but only that-the bad men and he unimportant trifles only shows how unfitted good men hare vae requirement: they they are to teach. The mere proposal to depead for success on a constant supply found & University, from which of new material, We do not want for a Christian students are to be excluded, is moment to suggest that there is anything sufficient proof for us that the educational in the missionary interest in education seal of missionaries is a pretence; it is the in China that suggests the confidence trick, wolf of propagandism in an educational but we are going to try to show that it is sheepskin; and it debars them, we maintain, too much to say, as has been claimed, that from the honour they claim for work done,
the pioneer work in modernizing the and from sympathy for work projected. educational system of Chins entitles thei missionary body to the fullest meed of honour." We say that they are not entitled day. to claim or expect praise or honour, for their interest in education has been and is directly a se intereat their enthusiast for their own theological opinions. If they educate the young Chinaman, it is because they desire to "convert" him. They are, we
BOD-
The 21st plague fatality was recorded yester
Public billiard tables in Perak are to be licensed from July 1 at the rate of 85 a quarter.
The
making the game of Bridge illegal.
The Utah Legislature bos spacted law penalty in fixed at five years' imprisonment.
The opening sentence in a recent leader in
duly
(FROM OUR CORZESPONDENT}
supposed to know the Constitution of the to the States, and seek naturalisation, are ai] States from A to Z. And of course, they candidate for naturalisation was asked first do not. Probably the case is typical in which the meaning of a republic, then of a monarchy,
May 8th. then several other simple questions, and
THE FATAL EXPLOSION. wed complete ignorance upon all. At last
Chan Wai Po of the "Fong Bin" Benevolent Constita tion
wearied official banded a copy of the Society has allocated a large sum to be spent in "Take your friend outside," he said, "and powder magazine explosion. He has also taken to the applicant's sponsor.recovering corpses from the rain of the gua
instruct him a little." The two were absent photographs of all the unclaimed bodies, to be has been settled. squarter of an hour, then returned beaming. exhibited at the door of the various benevolent "It's all right, sor," said the sponsor; " I've institutions for identification read the Constitution to him, and he's very pleased wid it"
the
the homicidal Thane. Feoling runs high in
MINISTER LIANG'S RETURN TO CANTON, "Sir Liang," the Chinese Minister at Wa
's family very soon. It is stated that his term shington is expected to arrive in Canton with of office has expired, and that he returns to Chins to await another appointment.
EXEMPTION OF RAILWAY
FROM DUTT.
MATERIALB
CANADA.
LONDON. May 7th. The strike of coal miners in West Canada
MISS ELLEN TERRY.
LONDON, May 7th. It is announced that Miss Ellen Terry
the leading man was sccretly married to Mr. James Carew, of her Company, at Pittsburg, on the 22nd March. Mr. James Carew was 32 years old at the time of the
Viceroy Chow has been notified by the Board of marriage. Agriculture and Commerce that no duty should rule in all other railway districts of China. for railroad рагровая. This will also be the
CONTRIBUTIONG TO EICE FUND.
IRISH LAND RILL.
7th.
The decision against the revival of "The Mikado" at the Savoy is having important rezulte, says a facetions contemporary. The Scotch are asking why their late monarch Mac Boil should be beid up to sontuwely on the boards of an English theatre. Petitione are already being signed at Aberdeen, Peebles,
desist from his contemplated impersonation of Copenhagen against Mr. H. B. Irving, our At the conclusion of the banquet at the Inatest Hamlet. Patriotic Danes object to Chamber of Commerce on the 5th instant, very
fund for the cheap sale of rice to the poor, Swire, and the Bank of Indo-Chins, are the legislative power, but controlling eight And yet we Messrs. Herbert Dent & Co., Butterfield and 24 nominated members, possessing no
most prominent subscribers.
departments of the Administration, in- cluding Local Government, Agriculture, and Education, but not that of the Supreme Court and the Constabulary.
LONDON, May Mr. Birrell has introduced an Irish Land
submit, no wore concerned for education | the. Moulment Advertiser appeared as follows and Ben Mao Whuskie, urging Mr. Tree to be levied on materials imported into Canton | itself than was Bishop Horster in 1795, Capt. Lee, L.A., arrived last Monday as who did not know what the mass of the Spotul Plagas Officer, and it was quite time he people in any country had to do with the died (did)." The apology for the error laws but obey them." In England up to appeared next day. comparatively recent date the Church was slow to heed the demand of the masses for the teacher. It was not are that for the Chrysanthemum Show to be held English are so spathetic that we allow the intelligence should be universal. Wheu towards the end of this year, the other for the representatives of Rishard II., Charles T., ibat demand became too strong to be general show in the latter part of February Jask, Henry VIII, and other ralore, whose next. Intending exhibitors will find in them characters would debar them from membership 'ignored, and the Church took it up, it was the usual information required by them in of the National Liberal Club, in our with the intention primarily of con- advance.
metropolis!
We have received two provisional schedules being reminded that they ence possessed a liberal contributions were made towards the Bill establishing a Council of 82 elected and
from the Hongkong Horticultural Society, one
Bomi-insane Crown Prince.
At
Own
CUTTING ELECTRIC WIRES
stabulary, in the North Gate, two men were short distance from the School of Con- Gught cutting electric wires, and handed to the Police.
It was intimated that his Worship would st every afternoon until the case was finished.
Evidence was then called for the prosecution, and the case adjourned.
RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
April 5th-An Imperis! Decree issued pr Following was a Time wire dated Peting Monday transfers the negotiations for the Tien-tain-Yang-tao trunk line from the Minis- Anglo-German loan for the constraction of the try of Communications in Peking to the Viontays Yasa bih-kai and Chang
Chik-tung, because he is a native and chief of the gentry the former because he is Viceroy, the latter of the Chi-li provians,
Thus early the new Ministry of Communics tions has failed to realise the hopes with which ita creation was welcomed. Other resess than the death last week of its president, Chang Po-hai, are needed to explain the policy of retransferring the negotiations for a railway of national Importance to the provincial authorities. There is no reason to doubt that Yuan Shih-kai desires the railway to be hailt, but Chang Chih- tung only last January memorialized the
Throne against its construction, chiefly on the ground that it would impair the earning power of the Peking-Hau-kou railway, from which it is parated by an average distance of nearly 200 miles. The preliminary contract for this railway 1899, and the negotiations for the final ean- losa of £7,000,00) was signed on May 18th, tract were continued over several years; towards the end of last year they were within sight of completion when they were delayed by the greation of the new Ministry, and now they are indefnitely postponed by being taken out of the hands of that Ministry.
The route of the railway will be for one-third of its distance through the Kisng-su province a fertile and densely populated country, a portion of which is new, unhappily, ravaged by famine due to the dissetrous Goods Its construction famine-stricken inhabitants, and would alleviate would give employment to large numbers of the the immense suffering of tens of thousands who ment, indifferent to the sufferings of its own are perishing because of the absence of adequate means of Isomausioatien. The Chinese Govern-
because of its association with foreign capital people, obstructs the construction of the railway and supervision, vet sactions pitiful appeals to which would never have attained its present char.table foreigners for relief of the distress proportions had the railway been in existence.