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SUICIDE OF A HOSPITAL PATIENT.
TROUBLED BY A STRANGE DREAM: At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester day. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, in his capacity as coroner, held an inquiry into the cir- cumstances surrounding the death of a Chinese woman who committed suicide on June 19th by throwing herself out of a window of one of the wards in the Government Civil Hospital.
The following were the jury-Misura, E. White, D. Eddie, and A. M. Stark.
The Coroner explained that the deceased was an amah, living in Belcher's Street On June 12th she accidentally fell out of thus window of the first for and was
to the Government Civil pital. It was also alleged that decensed had had a quarrel with her mistress, and was consequently very depressed. When
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examined at the Hospital, she was found to be suffering from a few abrasions and a severe shock, there being no indication whatever that the injuries would prove fatal. She was in No. 15 ward on the top floor of the building and was getting" On June 19th, deceased, on very well either through mental derangement, or depression or some other cauer, threw herself from the Hospital verundab, and when picked up by the authorities was found to be dend. As the Hospital was a public institution it was necessary to hold that enquiry and it was for the jury to decide whether deceased met her death by sonte such cause as that attributed by Jum, or whether anyone was responsible for her death owing to negligenco, such as not keeping the hars of the verandah in
proper condition.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PEESS WEDNESDAY, JULY
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY. ALLEGED THEFT OF A BICYCLE.
John Constantino a Greek cigarette vendor was charged, on remand, with stealing a bicycle, valued at $65, from a contractor in Kowloon.
Mr. J. R. Wood dismissed the case as there was insufficient evidence against the defendant.
POSSESSION OF UNSTAMPED LETTERS.
A Chinese was charged with being in unlawful possession of nine nastamped letters,
It was stated that defendant was arrested by a Preventive Officer in Canton Rond with the letters, which were conciled in his shoes.
3. R. Wood fined, deferidant $18.
BRD, 1018.
OPIUM WORTH HALF-A-PRINCE ARTHUR IN JAPAN.
MILLION PESOS SEIZED AT
CORDIAL ANGLO JAPANESE MANILA
RELATIONS;
RUNNING FIGHT BETWEEN: SMUGGLERS AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS:
H.R.H. Princo Arthur of Connaught when making the presentation of a Field- Marshal's baton to HIM; the Emperor
p
GANG WITH AGENCIES IN HONGKONG of Japan said sa
AND MANILA.
The Manila Cubfenews of the 5th ult states With all the accompaniments of medieval piracy, diguise, rendezvous, hout-chasing and exchange of shots, the Customs Secret Service intercepted con traband opium from the steamer Yuen-
on Sunday morning valued at half a million pesos, opium which the smugglers attempted to land some dis fance, beyond Mariveles, and with which the five men hired to fetch it ashore were caught red-handed. It is expected their Confessions will lead to the rounding up of the “higher-ups "--rich Chinese me chauts and possibly involving ofheinly of with boing, concerned in the armed roh-the Government, occupying, exalted posi
SHOP BONDS NO USE AS SURETY. A Chinese Admiral of Lung Chai- kwong's fret was charged, on remand,
**Sire,—I have it in command from the King-Emperor, hy august mater and Royal cousin, to ask Your Imperial Majesty graciously to receive the baton
field-Marshal of the British Army, which I am empowered to deliver to Your Imperial hand.
In accepting the rank of Field Marshal Your Imperial Majesty has conferred the highest tongue on the
British Army, which is proud to be
associated with the mighty army Japan, whose glorious traditions of self- ancrilies and ardent patriotisin have evoked the admiration of the world.
By your gracious acceptance of the insignin of the highest military dignity of the army of His Britannic Majesty, Your Imperial Majesty will not only exalt the spicit of comradeship animating The story is told in greater detail as Japanese and British soldiers in their
by which took place recently in Woodtions," Road.
Mr. J. M. Hall, who appeared, for defendant, said that as his client had keen in prison for over a month, he hoped the Magistrate would either as a date for bearing the case, or reduce the bail.
ME. D. G. Wolfe said the fence was a very serious one, hut, in view of Mr. Hall's contention, he would reduce the bail to $2,000. The Court, however, would not accept shop bonds owing to the fact that no sooner did something go wrong than the shops were closed down and the guarantora disappeared
AN OPIUM CASE:
A Chinese was charged with being in lawful possession of five taela, five macs, and eight candareens of opium,
Mr. P W. Goldring appeared for the defendant.
The mistress of the deceased womun stated that decaɛnd had a strange. dream -one night, in which a woman dressed up in red garments told her, "You must go away from this house if you do not you will he killed?" Since that time" decensed had bear depressed" and was constantly assing permission to return to
A furong stated that he arrosted her village. In her chdeavour to leave the house without any one being aware defendant in Queen's Road, while he was she fell over the balcony and was removed carrying a parcel containing the oplag
concentd in two biscuit boxes to the Hospital.
client had Witness at this stage unde a very in Mr. Goldring said his coherent and confused statement, mud.hought the opium for the use of his dling up her answers and refusing to coolies. The faw allowed him five tacle- questione. Inspector Kini said there were five reply "Yes" or " Na "
Mr. Wolfe: I don't think there is any mase, tight candareens in excres of use in trying to get any other evidence the amount allowed from this gone.
to
Dr. W. Mickmay deposed that death was due to rupture of the heart
Inspector MacDonald stated that two of ths bars built round the top floor of the hospital as a means of protection for patients had been broken. Deceased, who was very stout, would not have becusable to get through the opening unless she had forced himsell,
A word attendant stated that deceased used to matter something constantly, and was very depressed.
The Coroner, in summing up, said there was no doubt that the woman deliberately
committed suicide. Presumably, she
forced herself between the broken bars.
The jury brought in a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane."
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE
GALERS ISSUED BY ME. F. C. JENKIN, C.BE
KOLICE SCHOOL.
Mr. Goldring stated that the five mace, candareens were found in another box, which did not belong to defendant
Defindmy, who said he was a member of the American Church, bore cut his solicitor's statement
ME E. D. C, Wolfe said he thought defendant's story was a reasonable one and discharge him. The excess opium was confiscated
BANDAGE CUTTING BY MACHINE.
A USEFUL SHANGHAI INVENTION
follows:-Captain Arlegui, Chief of the Secret Service Division of the Burenn of Customs, knew this shipment was to come in for sine time past, and be had been studying the case carefully, with the resulting coup of Sunday morning, the result of four days of anxious and watchful waiting on the part of his agents,
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lis Majesty King George trusts, Sire, that you will regard his Royal Commis- sion, constituting and appointing. Your Majesty to be a British Field-Marshal as in signal mark of his unalterable friend- ship and esteem. Ho feels that on no sovereign could an emblom of the highest military raak of his army be more fitting- by bostowed.”
WHITE AND COLOURED WASHING MATERIALS
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$10.00 TO $30.00
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H.M. the Emperor of Japan replied :— These dresses having arrived late for the Season's Trade have marked them at very Low Prices to ensure a clearance.
Your Royal Highness's welcome visit affords me a very high degree of gratifica- tion
These agents were sent to Mariveles on Thursday morning, provided with maps of that part of the const und sea drawn to scale. They were ordered to disguise themselves as fishermen, which they did; and to keep in communicating distance of the telegraph offices, which they also dil. Sunday morning, having diligently
His Majesty King George, my august tended their nets for three days, they Ally, may indeed be proud of his army, received the orders which were to make which continues invincibly to hurl bua
the utmost efforts of our encieies. thens fishers of men.
were told to To be accorded the highest rank in look out for the Tansyoming in such an army is a mark of dis Majesty's friendship and rogard which I shall ever from Hongkong, and to meet her will appreciatively value
Highness's hands with tho sincerest pica. out beyond the channel. Twelve meni recive this haton from Your Royal were tained as oarsmu and the agents sure und 1 request you to convey to lis proveeded to the route which the Feen May the King my thanks for the gift miai,gether with an assurance of the my must take in getting into the bash xaited mode of its trans was after midnight, and five men sentiments of attachment which animate the towards him as well as of my evastant in two banons were the agents. At live walies for His Majesty's health and pros. in the morning the Twensang appeared. perity.” ** On the poop was a Celestial, gazing off TOKIO'S OR
The Muror of Tokio, Viscount Tajiri, into the golden dawn Near hig side, proceeded to Kasumigaseki Palace on apparently as wrapped in wonder at the June 9th and presented to HRI
Prince Arthur of Connaught a pair of coming day, was a member of the as-swords as a token of respect from the
Tokio. sung's crew. Near them way a goodly people of.
The longer sword is of ge Court sized bundle and a goodly bunde style and as to be worn horizontally
andle and
Almost without thought, different from the ordinary samurai forsooth,
sword, which is worn edge upward. The and certainly without second thought, blade of this weapon is by Gassan f the Celestial and his companion. Usaka, the same as the one presented by H.L. the Emperor, to the city of Ver lowered it over the vessel's stern. What dun. The amountings represent the was it? Only an empty oil box, with highest workanonship of living craitsmen. The shorter sword is of the Duimio style two empty oil cans soldered air-tight, and the blade is 500 years on one side, and on the other side two rice sacks filled with 1,907 ting of opium, valued at not less than P,500,000.
This
The five men in the two bancas made straight for the bundle and got it inte one of their boats; then they stopped fishing. The Secret Service agents onde straight for the five men in the two bancas, and likewise lost interest in
Araco for life ensued.
A small launeb put out from shore
genuine
old.
TREATMENT OF AMERICANS IN GERMAN PRISON CAMPS.
Some iden of the treatment that Ameri can soldiers are receiving in Gorman prison camps may be gathered from a parents af lutter received by a boy's Minneapolis. He says: We are having the very best treatment. The Germans provide us with thy bost of everything Wo could not be better treated if we were with our own people. There is only one thing we could wish for, and that is to at Lakewood Park." Lakewood Park is a cemetery.
Haying ricovered it, however, the agents 800 pounds, after its bath in the sea.
A new hundage cutting machine bas been presented to the British Women's Work Association Shanghai, by the directors of the New Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. (says the .-C. -Daily Na). A broad roll of gauze is placed in position at one end of the machine, passed through a pair of rollers, the under the knives, between two more rollers, by which time it has been turned fishing. into neatly trimmed strips and thence to another roller, where it is wound into separate rolls. The knives with razor kern edges revolve against the material made for the pursuing agents and open- and make a clean cut, cleaner than most people can do with scissors, and eminented fire on them. The agent drew their straighter. The new machine has revolvers and returned the fire. Fort ben constructed from the idens of Mrs.
sex or fifty shots were exchanged. The launch There was also a bandage winder, for retired, discomfitted and the agen making the cut bandages up into their looked about them, only to had their ultimate closely drawn rolls, another ingenious machine, the motive power of oarsmen bad ducked into the sea, belier.
ing the Hons were upon them, which is provided by a fan motor.
But the agents had been fishernie
now be oarsmen. The pursuit Later reports state that the investiga They could continued with the agents gradually tion has revealed the opium gang to be a quasi corporation with agencies both on the contrabandistas. Presentin Manile and in Hongkong.
On June 16th a haul of 500 tins of ly they were close enough to overhaul
contraband opium was made at Zom them and, in desperation, fearing to be loanga, by agenta Lamby and Petsfor. On the initiative of the Far Eastern "caught with the goods on them,” the This was being smuggled in by Meros The first parade will take place on on the meeting seeing reglers dumped the opium inte "When the last mail left Manila th
and Chinese.
All members of No. 3 Co. (except those on duty) who did not attend for examination on June Clst or 24th will attend on Thursday next, July 4th. Platoon Inspectors will attend."
RECRUITS Beoruits of all units, other than those
attached or transferred from H.K. Defence Corps, will parade under the Sergt.-Major at Clatral Station at 5.30 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays until passed out. Uniform and helmets
Friday, July 5th.
BAND PRACTICES--6 P.M. Fridays, July 6th, 19th and 19th. Tuesdays, July 9th and 10th,
By Order,
T. Houdu, A.S.P. (R) and Adjutant. Hongkong, July 2nd, 1918.
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ASSISTANCE IN SIBERIA. PETITIONS TO ALLIES FROM HARBIN.
Baining we
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was held at Harbin which lasted nine bours (says the Correspondent of the the sea, first cutting it loose from its officers of the Yuensung wore under sum mens to appear at the Customs House for N-17: Daily News). There were present buoy Down it went in 15 feet of water investigation. Tu point at issue is the
alleged
Collector is in possession of ian towns, fembers of the Provisional Siberian Government, the Constituent diver, marked the spot with his practiced information to the effect that the Twen Assembly, Deputies from the former eye. The smugglers were overhauled and made a substantial detour from the Dunia, and mesobers and representatives rested and plastd in the Mariveles ar oud of of several Harbin public organizations.
in closer to shore. If the vessel is found A member of the Duma named Vostrolin jail.
to have been implicated, it is believed. This done, the agente returned to the says the Cableners, that the fine imposed prasided,
After a long, debate it was resolved to tohgraph to the Allied Ministers in spot where the opium had been dumped will be a heavy one.
Wore A RARE COLLECTION OF 850 COINS Peking asking for immediate armed overboard from the banca. For eight unce will be issued,
Uber reports state that assistance to un despatched to Siberia to straight and steady hours Palao dived 2,500 tins of in the original ship
of Different Nations with a Portable sack containing 553 tius valued at about Cabinet and Valuable Numismatic Books P215,000 was not recovered by the Customs spent eight hours on Sunday diving and secret service agents, one of whom, Palaa, for $560 only.. searching the sea bottom before recovering the two that, were finally brought in
The code message which came to Capt.
" and it is Arlegui said 2500 tins, believed that the full shipment was made.
The approximate statement of traff fight against the Bolshovik, and Germans for the treasure, at last bringing It men on the Yuzuking, and that ORG
receipts for the week ending 20th June General Simionov's front says that the triumphantly up with him, after almost are as follows
This Year
Last Year
Receipts
week
8.600 13,305 2734
Aggregate
enemy is using for reconnortring pur- pors thres aeroplanes manned by Ger receipts man aviators. Disciplins in the enemy's ranks has recently been much improved on-account of most of the Bed Guards having been replaced by Germans and Austrians-Henter.
for 26 weeks.
$348,2:3
£44,619 WN 35,4
despairing of ever locating it. His em panions had no little trouble in hauling ing him up with it. Palao weighs 170 pounds; the opium weighed not less than (Continued at foot of next Column.)
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