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share of these terrible visitations, but in the Far East the greatest sufferer has been Japan, where the oldest resident" could compile a list of such disasters as have occurred in his own lifetime which would appear sufficiently formidable. The experi
of Italy. howover, have in the 00., ences
aggregate been far worse. Calabria and Sicily, the scene of the present devastation, have suffered often, but apparently never ao severely as on the present occasion. It
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is perhaps too early yet to form a very trustworthy estiuaste of the loss of life, We are inclined to think that a telegraphio error was mado in the message reporting 800,000 persons to have perished by the disappearance of the island of Lipari The island is only eighteen miles in cir- oumference and the capital town has population of not more than 12,000. We have no recent statistics for the whole of the jaland, but we are inclined to think that have just unpacked our SEASON'S CONFECTIONERY imported 30,000 would more nearly represent the from the leading Loudon, Parisian and Population. The whole of the Lipari group of islands is included in the province of Messina, which at the last census had population of 548,898. The inhabitants of CADBURY'S CHOCOLATES. the town of Messins itself, which is reported
We
HIGH-CLASS CONFECTIONERY.
American Houses.
NEW
IN FANCY BOXES: CHOCOLATE ALMONDS, CHOCO CHOCOLATE
LATE WALNUTS,
E LA REINE, ANHIA CHOCOLATE and others, in Great Variety.
to have been practically destroyed by the sarthquake, numbered about 150,000, and the town of Reggio Calabria, which suffered to a like extent, bad a population of 45,000 Not all these bave perished, however, for the telegrams make it clear that there are thousande in these towns who are homeless
home on holiday on Saturday, Several changes TELEGRAMS. and transfers in the police are pending.
A Chinese was brought before the Magistrate yesterday on a charge of stealing clovom pawn- tickets from the dead body of an unknown
thinese woman.
The return showing the number of communi cable diseases reported daring the week onded 2nd January contained three cases, one each of plague, cholera, and enteric fever,
The Ministry of Finance has denounced to
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ITALY.
·SYMPATHY FROM JAPAN.
TOKYO, January 4th. An earthquake fund to assist the
sufferers in Italy, is being raised in
the Throne a second class secretary of the Department, Kai Yin, for asking for extended leave of abeonice on flimsy pretexts, as it has Japan on the initiative of the news- been discovered that the accused officiat is using papers. his leave to continue his opium smoking habit. Their Majesties the Emperor and As a punishment for this, Kuei Yin has been ordered to resign.
Empress have wired condolences, and have also forwarded a contribution of Yen 10,000.
Grand decretary Chang Chih-tung, who is also Comptroller-General of the Affairs of the Ministry of Education, line issued a circular to the Viceroys and Governors of provinces to dismiss summarily any foreign teacher in the Government schools whe may in any way mis- behave himself, or set aureasonably towards the scholars.
Hie Highness Prince Ching has been appoint- ad by the Prince Regent to superintend the con
atraction and repair work of the Ta Cheng yü Manselenm; where the remains of th Emperor Kuang Hau are to rest. The Man- soleum in question has been in process of con- atraction for many years in preparation for the Imperial occupant.
A fatal affray between two coolies of the Commissariat Department took place yesterday morning. The men had quarrelled and one
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RELIEF MEASURES IN EUROPE.
LONDON, January 3rd.. The fund opened by the Lord Ma- yor of London in aid of the relief of the great calamity which has over- taken Southern Italy and Sicily now amounts to £24,000.
President Roosevelt recommends
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, January 4th.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIE FRANCIS..
PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE).
ALLEGED LARCENY AND RECEIVING, L Tau and Kwat Hing were indicted on charges of larceny and receiving. Prisoners pleaded not guilty. and the following jurers war oupanalled:---H. Gittins (foremaa). A A. Kennedy and H. J. van der Bosch. Morfey, J. Diclos, G. Rapp, H. E. Craddock. El
The Hon. Mr. W. Reos Davies, K.C., At. torney-General, who was instructed by Mr. Dennys, Jr., from the office of the Cron Solici
tor, informed his Lordship and the gentleman charged with stealing a large amount of oloth of the jury that the prisoners in this case were ing, and with being in possession of stolen property, well knowing the same to have been stolen. The owner of the property was the master of a blacksmith shop in Wing Lok Street. He would tell the Coart that when lie arose on
MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Monday, January 4th.
BEFORE HON. COMMANDER BASIL R. H. TAYLOR, R.N. (MARINT MAGISTRATE),
WITHOUT REGULATION LIGHTS, Constable Thompson proceeded against the master of a licensed fishing junk for failing to carry the regulation lights for a junk ander way in the harbour between sunset and sunrise.
ship imposed a fine of 35, in default, 14 day Defendant had nothing to say, so his Wor-
hard labour, S
Worship on a similar charge.
Two other junk men appeared before hin
man had forgotten to replenish his with oil.
One defendant told the Court he did no know his light had to be visible. The second
A fine of $5 was imposed on each defendant. UNLAWFULLY BLOWING A WHISTLE, secuted by Lance-Bergeant Sutton for blowing The master of the steam lanach Esco was prc. the whistle of his launch other than for the purpose of navigation.
the morning of the 7th ultimo he missed four towing some lighters off to the ss. Hupet on Sergeant Satton depceed to seeing the Euro boxes made of pigskin which contained a large the afternoon of the 29th ultim? When the amount of clothing, Information was immer was about twenty yards from the Hupeh diately given to the police, and on the night of ahe blow two blasts on her whistle three times the 17th ultimo a Chinese constable saw the The lighters were towing astern. After they first defendant talking to the second. He also observed that he had something wrapped up in defendant why he blew his whistle and he replied were made fast to the upch witness asked a handkerchief, and, on questioning the first it was signal to someone on the Hupeh to make
the lighters fast.
defendant, learned that it was clothing. The ond defendant told the constable he was going to buy the clothing from the first. The coustable also noticed that the first man had some pawn tickets, and he saw the second defendant snatok them from the first and tear them up. The policeman then arrested both defendants and regained the torn pieces of the pawn tickets. Pawnshops were then visited.
Defendant said he whistled the first time to indicate that he was going to port, the second time to indicate that he was going to starboard, and the third time to draw the attention of the people on board the steamier.
alternative being six weeks' imprisonment. Ha His Worship imposed a fine of 830, the. also ordered the suspension of defendant's
FULLER'S CONFECTIONERY and in a state of starvation. But the de. lifting a basin hit the other with it on the fore- Congress to appropriate half a million and several of the stolen goods found and certificate until he had passed a satisfactory
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vastation is not confined to the large towns. COCOANUT TAFFY, ALMOND
An extensive area has been affected, and DA LA CREME CARAMELS, PEPPER will probably be some days yet before TAFFY, CREME APRICOTS, SUCRE
LUMPS. MARSHMALLOW | the authorities are able to form a very
BALLS, &c., &54 &0.
accuratə estimate of the loss of life involved. The most conservative estimates, however, are sufficiently appalling to draw the whole world's sympathy to Italy in this great misfortune. In Great Britain, in France, in the United States, in Canada and in the Argentine Republic and we doubt not in other countries not mentioned in the telegrams, sympathy is being nobly TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS. expressed is the contributions which are
PASCALL'S FRENCH
CONFECTIONERY. NOUGAT, NATTONA, WALNUT TOFFEE, FONDANTS, CARAMELS &c., &c., &c.
being made for the relief of sufferers.
head. A jagged part entered the le and dollars towards the relief of the suf-identified by the prosecutor as his property, to
penetrated a blood vessel. The injured dan was Laken to No. 2 Police Station and afterwards sent to hospital. He had lost to blood, and, shortly after admission, it was found Dossary to take his dying depositions,
A tilin was given to Professor Ernest Dewitte Barton, of the University of Chicago, by Dr. Amos P. Wilder, American Consal-General, at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday. The gentle, men present were Hon. Mr. F. H. May, The Bishop of Victoria, Messrs. Pollock, Atkinson, Harrie, Turner, Slade, Bayer, Holyoak, McPherson, Elliott, J. R. Wood, Hickling, Consland, Piercy, Red, and F. D. Cheshire, American Consal-General at large.
The mail brings us the news of the death of two old residents, says the Shanghai Mercury.
ferers. This is the largest appropria- tion ever made by the United States towards a similar object.
The Pope has appealed to the Ro- man Catholic Bishops throughout the world to collect subscriptions.
rant and proceeded to search the premises where the two defondante were alleged to live. There
Subsequently the police obtained a search war“.
they found the stolen bags with a number of other articles, and in addition some ropes, pepper, daggers and so forth.
The jury, without retiring, returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners on the secourt count, and his Lordship sentenced each man to three years' imprisonment with hard labour.
ALLEGED BOBBERY.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
LONDON, January 4th.
Chan To, Tae You and Li Kai were arraigned on a charge of robbery. Prisoners donied the Few persons are now being re-
charge, and the following jury was empanelled covered alive from the ruins in the. T. Richardson (foreman), 8. G. Fenton, devastated districts.
8. Swart, R. Abraham, E. Raymond, G. K. Harton and R. Aitken..
When it is deemed certain that no
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Another case of armed robbery in the city has been reported. On this occasion the victim was an old woman who was robbed of a stal eam of money and some jewellery.
Captain" "Mitchell Taylor, A.D.C, to HE the Governor, returned to Hongkong On the Mongolia on Saturday from Japan. looks greatly improved.
He
"Thanksgiving and humiliation" was the connection with the universal week of prayer subject of discussion at the first meeting in opened yesterday. The Rev. C. H. Hickling led the discussion,
Petty thieving and matching from the person have been very rife of late. On Sunday to fewer than three cases of snatching were reported at the Central Police Station between
9 and 12 o'clock.
A rhinoceros hern, valued at 850, was stolen from & shop in Bonham Strand on Sunday. Three men entered the shop and while two engaged the attention of the shopkeeper the third got away with the horn.
--Britishospital, a St. Petersburg dispatch says continues to pour into Siberia in a remarkable way. The intest announcement is that the famous goldfields on the Altad have been sold golifields on the River Leus and mining con- to a British syndicate, which has also acquired cessions in Saghallen.
as a partner in the arm of Messrs. Adamson Bell & Co. from the sirties to 1890 when the firm closed its doors. He was well known in. other ports in China where he has still many old friends who will regret to hear of his demise, Mr. Wm. Morrison Harvie was well known in the nineties as an importing and commission agent here and in Hongkong.
In connection with the campaign against promiscuous spitting, it is interesting to note that K. E the Governor has forwarded a Promisenons spitting is blamed by American minute to the Sanitary Board on the subject, authorities for having been responsible for the deaths of 77 people in New York who succumbed to consumption. It is stated that the tuberculoats germs, spread by promissaous spitting, attacked them when their systems were receptive. The New York Life Insurance Company point out
that the peril is widespread because the evil of careless spitting is widespread. Until public
sentiment condemus spitting as an utterly vile and loathsome habit, the hoary percentage of deaths from consumption must continua.
ruins will be smothe red with quick. lime, &c.
The Attorney-General informed the jurors
Court on a charge of robbery with violence. The affair took place at 37, Kowloon City Road, at about 7.15 on the morning of November 21st. The inhabitants of the house at the time the It is estimated that it will then be robbery took place were four women. The owner, necessary to leave the places undis.aman, had gone out to work at seven o'clock. turbed for six months.
Two storeships with supplies for the American Fleet, now at Suez, have been diverted to Sicily.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
LONDON, January 3rd. Rear-Admiral The Hon. S. C.J Colville, C.V.O., C.B., has bean pointed to the command of the Cruiser Squadron,
FIRE AT KOWLOON
Ne little excitement prevailed in Kowloon yesterday afternoon when the report of an explosion was heard from the vicinity of the ailway meat-ahede near Bunghom village. Then it was discovered that fire had broken out in one of the matsheds and ignited the stored gunpowder. The fire engine from the electric power station and the European and Indian soldiers promptly turned out, but six or seven matcheds were destroyed before the flames were subdued. Two of the matshoda contained cement.
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CHINESE IMPERIAL EDICTS.
A woman named So Mui would tell the main facta connected with the robbery. She would say that on the morning in question thres men
On December 31st theourt at Poking is med a number of edicts affecting the position of them called out "Here is a basket for you."(Chinese Daily Press) yesterday received a wire walked up stairs to the second floor, and one of certain officials. The Chung Ngoi San Po She was sitting on her bed when two of the men from Feking giving the text of these edicts. entered her room, the other going into the enhicle of another woman. Sa Mai asked him, a
DISMISSAL OF TUAN SHIH XAI. where he was going, hat at that moment she was Kai had held the important posts of Grand The Arst decree issued stated that Yman Shih seized by the other two men who pulled two Secretary and President of the Board of Foreign bangles off her right wrist. The neigh Affairs under thelate Emperor. Anofficer of such bours hearing a ucise, gave the alarm, and the ap-robbers made off. Witnesses would say that all great ability and holding posts of such respon- First the men were armed with knives, and one of the ability should render assistance to the Throne, 'women was slightly wounded in the breast. As but on account of spre feet Ynan moved with for the Attorney-General understood, the great difficulty. Being this unable to take statements made by the prisoners to the charge of affairs he would be relieved of his about the time of the robbery, so it appeared to police implied that they were at the premises village and endeavour to cure himself.
office at once, and would return to his native
be purely a question of whether the jurors were
When the case for the Crown was nearing satisfied with the identification of the mon. completion, and the accused were asked if they defendant said-In reality I did commit this wished to question a police witness, the second crime, but I did not carry a knife. The third prisoner was then asked if he wished to question the witness and replied-I also wish to pontoss but deny entirely about the knife,
Rear Admiral F. T. Hamilton, M.V.O., who has recently been filling the position of Inspector of Target Practice has been given the command of the Second Squadron.
Rear-Admiral A. M. Farquhar, C.V.O., takes command of the Fourth
A Soochow letter to the NC. Daily, New states that there was quite a seare in that city on the 26th ult, owing to a report that had got abroad that anti-monarchist emissaries were conspiring with the troops stationed at the Changmen gate to start a rebellion. To geard Squadron. against any possible outbreak the authorities' in Soochow at once took possession of all the fire- arms in the barracks (cavalry and infantry)
SERVIA AND AUSTRIA.
The
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
LONDON, January 4th. Servian Foreign Minister speaking in the Skupshtina (National Diet) declared the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria Hungary to be a violation of the Berlin Treaty.
THE telegraphie accounts describing the appalling calamity which has overtaken Southern Italy and Sicily go to show that, so far at least as the destruction of buman life is concerned, it is probably the worst
An ingenious theft was perpetrated on the in question, and introduced within the city walls SERVIA DEMANDS INDEPENDENCE FOR steamer Kinshan on the journey from Canton by the water gata some forty inland naval gun- disaster of the kind in history. Certainly on Sunday. A passenger who carried 3700 beats, each armed with a breech loading field the records of earthquake disasters since inside his pillow box found that the money had piece and a machine gun. Detachments of the the Christian era began record none which❘ been abstracted and replaced by a brick, Sus-draws of the gumboats were then stationed at equal the present disaster in this respect, if Pision, however, fell on another passenger who each of the six city-gates and every preparation we must accept the estimates that the
was arrested and brought before the Magistrate. made to quell a rising. Nothing, however, has occurred and it is thought that the reports telegrains have contained. The great
Fire broke out in a godown in Sutherland were set affeat by evil characters to test the earthquake of Yedo (Tokyo) in 1908, Street, near the Ko Shing theatre on Saturday preparedness, or otherwise, of the authorities. involving a loss of life estimated at 200,000 night, but the brigade was promptly in attend has hitherto figured in the records as the by fire. Yesterday morning another outbreak
ance. More damage was done by water tha earthquake which involved the greatest loss was discovered in a medicine shop in Des Voeux of human life, and Peking has taken second Road, but it was extinguished before mish place with 100,000 people" swallowed up" damage was done, in 1781. We can take comfort in the fact that earthquakes attended with disastrous consequences are happily rare in China, which is regarded as outside the
must become independent under Bosnia and Herzegovina, he said,
European control, but he did not desire war.
Exeative Committee of the German Colonial On the 4th ult., at a meeting in Berlin of the Society, under the presidency of Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Admiral von Tirpitz, Minister of Marine, announced that the Govern ment intended to establish at Kiau-chau a high school for (hinese, at a cost of 600,000 marks (£30,000) with a recurrent expenditure of 150,000 marks (£7,500) per Annu The Club shows considerable vitality and financialy also that a thorough reform of the school system
Minister stated that the view prevailed in China as is in a fourishing condition, there being a balance of $204 in hand. We hope to find room ation of the State's methods of government- was a necessary preliminary to the moderate- for the fall report in our next issue.
We have received the report of the Hongkong Chess Club for the past year, which gives the results of the matches played and set forth the programme for the ensuing season.
The
The speech is regarded in Vienna aggravating the situation.
The acensed were then asked if they wished to make statements.
This ediot was written and despatched by the Regent, and Yuan Shih Kai was not given an opportunity of resigning,
Tang Yen Acting President of the Board of A later ediot has been fased appointing Liang Foreign Affairs,
NA TUNG.
Assistant Grand Secretary, to be a member of Another edict issued appoints No Tung the Grand Council,
FOSTHUMOUS HONOURS.
A third edict issued eulogised the good work ghao, and promised the appointment of his son done by the deceased statesman, Wang. Won Tand grandson to important official positions.
The first defendant said he had nothing farther to say.
The second said he did not make the gag. It was made by the first prisoner.
The third mean said they went to the house with the intention of robbing the inmates, entered the house, they found them awake, and thinking they would be asleep. But when they that was the reason the inmates gave the alarm.
His Lordship remarked that in view of the interesting statements made he did not think it necessary to trouble the jurors withany reference
verdict of guilty against the three accused, and to the evidence.
The jury, without retiring, brought in a
his Lordship sentenced the first and second to five years' hard labour, and the third defen- dant to seven years' hard labour.
His son, who is now seerotary to the Board of Works and Agriculture, is to be made a taotal, and a more important appointment than he now holds is to be made for the grandson, who is now expectant taotai of Klangen Province.
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MRS. MAYBRICK WINS £500,000 ESTATE.
BEQUEL TO TWENTY YEARS OF LITIGATION.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick and her mother,
of land in Viliginis worth £500,000. Baroness von Roque, have won their suit at Richmond, Virginia, to recover 2,500,000 acres
This land was inherited from Baronesa von Rogue's first husband.
It is alleged that after Mrs. Maybriok's arrest on the charge of poisoning her husband, Mr. David Armstrong, her American lawyer, dealt improperly with the estate,
The decision of the court at Richmond,
earthquake zone." But the past century
IN MEMORY OF QUEEN VICTORIA: Mrs. Maybrick claimed that she signed a has furnished history with at least two bad
document under the impression that it dis. A movement has been inaugurated at Nice, posed of only a part of the estate, whereas earthquakes in China-that in Canton and
The second performance of The Geisha by the enys the Central News, for the erection of a the lawyer claimed that all the property had neighbourhood in 1830, when 6,000 persona
The hinese Government had shown its Portuguese Lilliputians at the lub Lusitano statue of Queen Victoria. The suggestion is been sold to him for $2,000, A correspondent writes regretting that the sympathy with the project by expressing its last night proved another success. Throughont, number of ideas was brought forward, the status Virginis, also instructs Mr. Armstrong to
the result of a competition, in which a large were estimated to bave perished, and that
appouncements with regard to the illustrated readiness to support the new school both by a the play went with a pleasing swing, and the project heading the poll by a great majority. render an account of the administration of the which occurred in YunDas in 1888 when lecture by Mfr. Heinrich Heiland at the German sudaddy and by the provision of suitable sustained applause of the largo attendance was The Prefect of the Alpes Maritimes and the estate to Mrs. Maybrick and her mother. upwards of $,000 persons were killed. Club dil not state that the lecture would be in scholars, and also by admitting scholars from well merited by the small thespiana,
local authorities are much in favour of the The care has been pending for twenty years. Within the same period there have been English. Many English residents interested in the German school to State examinations and to
scheme, not only es a mark of esteem towards It is expected that an appeal will be lodged, At the City Hall last night another successful the British colony, but in grateful recognition and the case parried to the Federal Supreme
of the benefits conferred upon the town of Court formed, would have attended, had they known German Government, Admiral von Tirpits Bismarck, assisted by Mr. E. Danenberg. The sojourns at imiez. The in 1863 causing immense destruction of that the lecture would be in English. Perhaps added, desired to create
repeated and lengthy Mrs. Maybrick, who was found guilty of the property and a loss of a thousand lives, the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society could school as a basis for technical and medical programms merited, but the appreciation of memory by building a well-equipped and Angut 1889, was released from "Aylesbury commercial high attendance was not as large as the excellent colonies have perpetuated Queen Victoria's Liverpool basiness man, at Liverpool saizes in and one in 1880 which, happily, was induce Mr. Heiland to repeat the lecture, if schools and for institutes for political economy those present was manifested by continued of which the King and Queen are patrons.
substantially-endowed hospital at Mont Byron, Prison in July 1904 after having been imprison- BO disastrous. în its effects. his arrangements will permit
A el fifteen years, t French memorial, in addition, will be erected.
She has lived in Amerios since her release
two destructive earthquakes in Manila, ona / the subject matter of the lecture, we are in poste under the Chinese Government. The concert was given by the band of SMS, Fuerat Nice by her Majesto British and American murder of her husband, Mr. James Maybrick, a
not
forestry, and agriculture, to be founded Inter.
applause.