LORD ROBERTA' "Reminiscences of India" will probably be published during the current month, It is said the book is to cantato excellent por. traits of Load Clyde, Oqram, Nipler of Magdala, and the Amir of Afghanistan,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1896.
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The "Apcar" liner Lightning, Capt. J G Spence, with the Calcutta malls to 28th alto, arrived in harbour last evening. We take the following items from our Caleuita exchanges
IMPENDING PAMINE.
SIMLA, October 20th. Distresslag reports continue to be received from all parts of the North-Western Provinces and the Panjab of increasing scarcity in some parts. The people are giving away or selling their horses for mere nominal sums. The price of gralu is still rising.
POONA, October agth. · While Lord Sandburst was on his journey from Satira to Mahableshwar recently a number of poor people of the villages approached the carriage of His Excellency on the road and begged him to protect them from famine. His Excellency replied in an encouraging manner, and said be would do everything in his power to give rells. The people expressed their satis- faction and went away.
ALLAHABAD, October ayth
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MARITIME DISASTERS.
TOTAL LOSS OF TAE LUZJN.
THE DONCASTER ST, LIGER. The Dancatter St. Leger for 1898 has closed with two hundred and twenty-two subscriptions, IN thele Weakly Circular dated Manila, gib a compared with two hundred and forty-seven November, Messrs. Warner, Barnes & Company for next year, two hundred and twenty-six for the present year, and one hundred and ninety. report that the steamer Luzon early on the sgih Masila, collided off Cape Santiago with the on its old prestige, as there is no inducement October, on the return voyage from Leyte to six for last year. This cxists solely
Santander outward bound. The Zugon aank | for owners to patronise It, considering that almost immediately; but excepting one China- | not a farthing of money is added, the race man there was no loss of life. The Santander belog simply sweepstakes of twoDIY.RVA returned to Manila for repairs.
THE FOUNDERING OF THE TAIP.
BOMBAY, October 20th.
A telegram from Colombo this morning states that the Toff, Captain Dowle, left Mauritius or the 23rd September at 1.30 p.m. On the morn- ing of the 24th at 4.30 a.m. the ship began to Ust to port in a strong wind and confared_sea, and the fires west out on the port side. They could not lower the starboard boats, and the port lisboats were washed off. At 7.30 am. the sailing ship Caradoc, hoand from Mauritus to Calculta, came in sight to leeward, and, being signalled, sent cut her boats. In the meantime Captain Donie put seventeen of the passengers. and crew in two of the stern boats, and just after the Taf turned over and sank; fifty-seven of those remaining were all picked up in the water by the boats from the Caradoc. Three
Captain attributes the loundering to the cargo shifting.
LATER. following
In my previous message, please make the corrections:-The Captain, thres engineers, forty-ales of crew and nineteen passengers were loaded at Colemba
as stated in the first message. number of lives lost is venteen, not nineteen,
maintain themselves during the next six months. He quoted the Vagrancy Act, Ordinance 12, of 1888, section 21, probibiting the landing of destitute perrons hire, without due enquiry being made as to their means of sabilstance for six months after. The plaintiff In this cano and the seven others were all stowaways from Kobe It la reported from Peking that Sheng Hasan- and one of them said he could not pay his pass- hual, Director-General of the proposed Peking. ags. He had only $ti on arrival here. It was Hankow Rallway, has undertaken to the Minis-distinctly and directly contrary to law for the captain of any vessel to land people not Chinese ́try of War to complete the railway in question here witbout means of subs'stence for at least within ten years, and that the outlay will be six months and the master was bound to make some fifty million tuels.
engoley in that respect. The Caplala's justifi- cution was that he had made exquiry and found A CORRESPONDENT wrote to Lord Gearge they had no means. The people were kept in the cables on arrival here and at sen they were Hamilton the other day calling his altention to the suggestion that Russian rale in Turkey cable on arrival, and the agents of the vessel allowed on deck. They were placed in the would be preferabis to that of the Saltan, and (Messrs. Butterfield & Site) were communt polating out that such a concession would faciilcated with. The spents at once reported the tate Russia's designs on India,- by affording her matter to the Japanese Conan, saying the a convenient base for obstructing the Soer Canal people were sill on board and asking if he The Consul's secretary route to India. Lord George Hamilton replied: went off to the vessel and made enquiry as to I am.obilged for your very sensible letter. No the people's means, after which he wrote to doubt your fear of what may occur if Russia Is Mesars Butterfield and Swite saying that he glen a free band is an objection to her having was unable to take charge of them. Before this Constantinople. On the other hand, the Sultan letter came to hand the police had taken the people away. Imprisonment consiliated an now is practically the vassal of Russia. The offence unluan jastified by law, and he argued i be devoted to advances to cultivators to purchase females were drowned and twa saved. The dissolation of Turkey must aggrandise Russia, that the Captain was perfectly justified in this and Turkey cannot be kept together. Such is case. If the stowaways had been allowed to the situation. You may be sure, however, that land, the Captain would have been liable for them. The proper person, the Japanese Consul, the present Government will not riably be
was at once communtested with, and those who came for the men and women only wanted to Induced to take any course which would, either at present or in the fuisse, imperil our Indian pay their passage. Under the provisions of the Ordinance the detention was justliable unill satisfactory information was bad whether they bad means of subsistence. They were only detalard under this Ordinance. The case of the Captain of a German mall steamer, heard some in months ago, was referred to, where it was sought to make the Captela respons slule for a lot of vagrants and the cost of sending them back to Japan. In the present case, had these people been allowed on deck they would have got sphere and the Captain would been personally responsible for them for the next six months and the expense of sending them back, while nothing could be dose to the Japanese for stowing away. In reply to Captain Hastings, Mr. Francis said he would agree to one case deciding the seven others.
Empire.
AMOY NOTES.
(From our Carraipendant.)
AMOY, November 11th. The bubonic plague, which has been raglag all the summer at Chuanchin and adjacent towas, is still causing considerable mortality in that district. At Chuanchuan alone upwards of 7.000 persons succumbed to lis ravages in the pythons. Al Tohms, Fungbay, Soankay and Tobkilon, nat very far from Chung chin, twenty to thirty deaths occur daily from plague, in each of the villages named.
Although the plague is extinct at ible part I am afraid-judging by the opinion of Dr. Yersin, who was here recently-It will give us some trouble next spring.
Five deaths occurred on board the steamer Honglong the day before yesterday from caures similar to those which accounted forthedeaths on board the Chrang Hok Klan, which was querat. tined at Hongkong. The Honglaong bas bad to shift from the inner to the outer harbour for ten daya' quarantine,
I hear that the British Consul (Mr. Longford) at Tamsut issued a circalar on the 31st ultimo camiloning Europeans against visiting Japanese housee dating the prevalence of the plague in the "Beautiful Isle."
LATER.
I have just heard that the sick men on board The Honglong have been landed at the quaran, tive station and the vessel granted pratique. She will all for the Straits with saloco passengers only..
INTERESTING SHIPPING. CASE.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE "CHINOTU," CHARGED
WITH IMPRISONING STOWAWAYS.
At the Magistracy to-day, before Capt. Hast ingy, Captain R. Innes, master of the British steamship Chingis, was charged with having, wblie in the waters of Victoria, harbour, unlaw. fully Imprisoned and detained Mochi Takataka from 7am. on November 12th until a 30 cm. on November 13th, Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., appeared for the defence, and the prosecution was conducted by Mr. A. B. Johnson, Crown
Solicitor,
A plea of not guilty'was'entered, Mr. Francis xylog the charge was not denied hat was jualified.
Mr. Johnson said that the compistasnt was A Japanese seaman who "stowed away on board the Chingtu at Kobe. He was locked in cabin on arrival here on Thurday last and kept there till Friday, when the police came on board. Mochi Takitaka aid he was an unemployed sellor, and worked his way up from Hongkong to Japan. He slowed away on board at Kobe
and was found by the first land second officers when at the month of the river at Foochew. That evening at abon! dark he and another man were locked up in a third-class cabla and six women were locked in another cabin, They could not get out and were kept there until they were taken to the police station on Friday alter
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His Worship rald Captain' Innes bad been most ably and ingeniously defended by his counsel, who sought to show that he had acted purely out of his regard for British law. It was his simple duty a rbip master to have reported the matter to the police and have the people prosecuted as stowaways and no ans knew that beiter than his counsel.
Me. Francis:-Will your Worship polat out such a law?
His Worship-There is such a law and cases are frequently tiled here under it. I will not point out the law. Continuing, hasaid the defence was utterly useless and groundless, and he was surprised that the Tapantas Consol had been consulted. He (the Conial) had no teritorial rights here and had the men been French, Ger mans or Turkg the case would have been the samo. The lues that out of tender regard for an Ordinance these people had been detained on board was ridiculous. The Captain's action was quite cojustifiable and the reason was not far to seck. The Captain was a regular trader to and from Japan and he was afraid of getting lato trouble there, but the long arm of japan did not reach to Hongkong Harbour. As a shipmaster be had discredited the British flag in lecking up these people. Japanese women had been locked ep before and most, exorbitant rate were demanded of them. It was an indictable offenes and could be sent to the Supreme Court. He would impose a fine of $75 in each case, with the alternative of two months' hard labour,
Mr. Francia gave notice of appeal and His Warship said it would have to be in writing, Surelles of $300 were allowed in each case,
DEATH OF MR. W. E. R. CAREW,
BUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING,
The recent grant of ten lakhs by the Govern ment of India to the N. W, P. Government will
seed and grata. The local Gavemment expresses the hope that many landowners will help their tenants in a similar way, The Maharaja of Besaren bas arranged to advance his tenants to Benares, Ghazipare, Jaunpore, and other districts half a lakh to assist them to digging catcha wells for Irigating the spring crops. Another half lakh will be spent in the construction of a band at Charla as a reliat work. The advances are free of interest, and are recoverable by instalments over a series of four harvests.
GRAIN RIOTS AT POOWA.
POONA, October 20th. News has reached Poons of a serious slot at Hob!! on Saturday last. Hundreds of the vil lagers went to the grain bazuar armed with clubs and sticks, demanding grain at a certain rule, which the banlar refused. The shops were thercapon looted and the banlas assaulted. The mob then went to the railway station, where large quantities of grain were being despatched to the famine district of the Central Provinces, The police saw the mob increasing, and fearing that the station would ba plundered fired over the heads of the mob, which dispersed them. The prices of grain at POGEA HATC been more than doubled lately. The crowds went to Mr. Plunkett, Cly Magistrate, to ask him to interfere. The Magistrate and others appealed to the baniss, without effect. The moo-con- alderably over a thousand persons-marched through part of the city and cantonment to the Collector's house to ask him to do something to regulate the prices which were causlog Hazva
loc. Mir. Ommansey promised to consider the case and to give a reply. Going back through the cantonment, the mob made attempts to create a lot, but the police dispersed them, making only one arres. All the grain-dealers of the city and cantonment are closed, as also many other shops. The mounted police are patrolling the strects.
TRAGEDY AT KURRACHEX.
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ANOTHER STEAMER WRECKED,
BOMBAY, October 22nd. Mesurs. Cowzijed Dinshaw and Brothers have received a telegram from Aden stating that their steamer Z'una has been wrecked on the Somall Coast in a cyclone on the 14th instant. The crew and pariengers were all lost. Among the passengers were two Parsee Engineers and a | Parsee lady and child.
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
RE THE MIDDLE PARK PLATE.
The hitherto undefeated Velasquer bad, on the 17th ultimo, to play second fiddle to Galler More, who seems to have beaten him with tolerable case in the Middle Park Plate. There WAS A small field of five, but it Included some of the smartest youngsters engaged this season. Golla More's recent performance in the Rous Plate at Doncaster secured him many friends, and that he was worthy of their confidence has bein amply demonstrated in his victory over the remarkably speedy Velasques. Ha wis entered for fifteen events this year, the race for the M. F. Plats being his last time to face the music as a two-year-old. He appropriated the Hurstbourne Stakes at Sinckbridge, for which he started at sixcy. At Goodwood he won the Morecomb Stakes, and ran a dead bent to Briggs at the same meeting in the Great Las. cashire Breeders' Produce Stakes. His next win was in the Rous Plate, in which he started at 15 to B against and gave Peacock tabs, and a bexting, He is, according to the Aslan, s decidedly nimble youngster and one where fatore will be watched with interent. Pelázquez made his but at Ascot, where he carried off the New Stakes, and at Newmarket he won the July Stakes, following this up with his success in the Prince of Wales Staker at Goodwood and the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster on the 8th
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Kurracher, October 14th. Mr. Eugene Leggett, the oldest solicitor in Slad, and notary public, with an extensive practice, committed suicide here at noon to-day, shooting himsell with a revolver. The deceased attended office 1 al this morning, and instructed his clerk to write to the National Bark, ordering the transfer of his floating account to kis daughter's name, and directing the clerk to personally deliver the letter. Then he drove to the Army and Navy Stores and purchased A revolver. About 11.30 a.m, Mr. Corrie, whose office is in the same building, heard the report and opened the door Imme diately and saw how matters stood, The revolver was lying on the floor and the deceased had a gaping wound over the heart, his chest belog covered with blood. Mr. Curile thereupon summoned the police, who appeared almatian- eously with Mis Leggett, the latter handing bir Curile a note just received from her father. The contents of the letter will probably transpire on Monday, Mr. Corrie then broke the news to the poor girl, but stopped her seeing the ghastly Mr. sight Inside the office. Mach sympathy fu felt for the bereaved family. The deceased was greatly esteemed and respected by, all classes of the community. He was a scand, capable, and
experienced lawyer, and author of several legs! works, while he was a great legal authority an shipping matters,
INDIONATION MEETING AT MADRAS.
MADRAS, October 17ib.
RACING IN AUSTRALIA.
(Recull of the Caulfield Cut.) The CAULFIELD Cup, a handicap of 2,50ǝ sova, 2,000 sav. of the said sum to go to the first horse, 350 10vs. to the second, and 150 Boys, to the third. The winner of any handicap | Ait rack of the value of too sovs. after the declaration of the weights to carry gibs, extra; of 200 sovs. gibus of 300 ov, ziba; of gas ROVE, or upwards, 14lbs., provided that the winner of the A. J. C. Derby of 1806 shall carry in this race not less than weight for age. Penalties not cumulative, except where expressly stated. One mile and a balf, Mr. J. Mitchell's bg Cremorne by Glorious
Nex, Gyra., 81 gibt........
J. T. Caralake's b& Strattare by Grand Flaneur-Crossfire, syr, Fat glbs Mr. J. B. Clark's br e Le Var by Lochiel-
La Valette, 3yr, fat 11lbs Won by a head after a splendid race, La Var good third,
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The New South Wales horse, Cremorne, In ahead of field of twenty-five Jast beating Straightfire to whom he was giving talbs. by a head. This speedy son of A public meeting was held last evening in the Glorious began his career in 1891, when Packeappa's Hall, under the auspices of the be started thirteen times and placed three Madras Mahajana Sabba, in connection with the victories to his credit, viz, the Sire's Produce gilevances of British Indians in South Africa. Stakes at the Marrambidgee T. C. Spring The requisition calling the meeting was signed Meeting, the Nursery Handicap at Rosehill and by over forly sepresentative gentlemen, The the Foal Stakes at Albury, Out of his eighteen Hon. Mr. P. Ananda Charla presided. The engagements in the following year he was hall was filled. to overflowing. Mr. Grandhi, the successful but once bat during his four-year-old representative of the British Indians In South season he managed hit the mark ball's dosen Alles, in his address dealt at length with the times, his wins including the Doncaster Handicap Natal Agent-General's statement to Reuter. The mile, at the A. J. C. Autuma Meeting, when, speaker denied that the Indians were well treated under 8st, albs, he snatched the verdict from in Natal, and quoted eutside opinion in his sup. Alexander by a head, beating a fairly represent thirty-six; he also won the All port. He argued that their legal disabilities stive Gold showed their ill-treatment. Mr. Gandhi repeated Aged Stakes and the Final Handicap of a mile that the railways and tramcar officials treated In- and a quarter at the same meeting, the latter in dians as beasis, and he quoted copious extracts ami, xoses. He wound up his career as a to prove his statement. He instanced the case of four-year-old at the Sydney Tarl Club Meeting Indian who was thrice disturbed by tallway in May, 1893, with a credliable win in the officials in a single night's journey. The Immi-Qusan's Birthday Cup, when he got home shaid grants remained in Natal in spite of the ill-fronty-three others. Straightfire, who ran treatment. He demanded the intervention of him so close in the Caulfield, being among the the Home and Indian Goverments with regard beaten brigade. There were one hundred and to the legal disabilities. Resolutions were thirty-seven entries for the Caulfield Cup and passed expressing sympathy and appolating a there were twenty-fire starters, committes to draw ap memorials requesting the Home and Indian Governments to stop emigra tion to Natal if the new Immigration Act could Letters and telegrams of not be repealed. sympathy were received from any parts of the that Presidency. Mr. Gandhi leaves to-day for
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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUR:
Tacoma (Tacoma) to-morrow, American (Belgie) 16th imat. - German (Sackten) 19th lost. American (Peru) 23th Inst, Canadian (Empress of Fadam) 1st prox. American (Coptic) int prox. Tacoma (Victoria) 4th'prox.
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pounds nach. It is thought In English sporting circles that it would be much better to add three thousand pounds, and have an entrance | THE O. & O. 5. S. Co.'s steamer Belgie, with of five pounds each, to be the only Hability if mails, etc., left Shanghai for this port at 3 p.m. forfelt is declared by the last Tuesday in the March of the year after the race has closed, and on the 12th inst. that there be a sweepstakes of thirty pounds each for every horse left in aller that date. All The steamship Port Adelaide left Singapore for the added money would be gat back by the this port to-day, and may be expected here on entrances, and, supposing that two hundred or about the art last. horses were left in, the race would be worth alże thousand pounds.
FUNNING RECORD,
The chief event of the American Athletic Union Championship, held at Manbayan the other day, was the 440 yarda race, which pro- duced a sensational battle between T. E. Berke, of Boston, and B. J. Welers, of New York. Considering that ike track was in bad condition, the time, 48 4-5ih srca, will itself explain the Erilliancy of the running. Wefein won the 100 yards in the good time of 10 1-5th neck, and he also pulled off the 250 in 23 reči.
ENGLAND AND Russia among DARK MEN.
There is one link-or shall we call it resem. blance?-between the Engilah and the Russians in their external action. Both can manage the dark rices of mankind without the squre of
THE Imperial German Mall steamer Sachsen, carrying the German mails with dates from Berlin to the 19th nito., left Singapore for this part t daylight to-day, and may be expected here on or about Thursday, the igih fast,
SHIPPING RETURNS From 6 pan, yesterday to 8 pm. to-day.
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exhausting effort, and both therefore tead Deuteros towards a perpetual extension of their dominton | Selldarg......................... over those races. Whatever happens to either Nord of them, and whatever professions they may Skild make, both ara perpetually receiving the sab Hothow mission of new triber, and nettber, when onca the submission has lasted a few years, are much troubled by insurrections. The curious amalgam of pity, contempt, physical dislike, and desire to see justice done which constitutes British fesling Radnorshire moments towards all but white men, produces line of Palawan conduct which, when once fairly understood, Bombay stems to incline the dark masies of the world Chingf to acquiesce lo Baltish arcendency. They seldom or never likethelrrulers, whose coldly proadregard chills all enthusiasm for them, and they occa- slonally resent their industrial demands; but they greatly respect the audacity which falsts Do their submission whatever the numerical odds may be; they are aware that justice is intended if it is not always done; and they are seldom, almost never, so provoked us to feel that eman. Cipation would be worth the terrible struggle through which alone it could be obtained. The war of the dark peoples against the British la never, therefore, a war to the death, and of passive resistance there is exceedlogly tile. The truth of this statement has been mani. feated throughout British history In India, untive leaders, however successful, never succeeding in rousing the real people, while province after province, often equal in ures and population to a great State, after trying the ordeal by baitle once, or is the cases of Mysore and the Sikh kingdom twice, has sunk back half-gulles, bal. contented, but for all political and social par poses acquiescent. It has been shown in Egypt, where, if "Europe" would leave things alone, we could fovern the Valley of the ille from Alexandria to Khartoum with five thousand white regulars, a small force of mobile artillery, and twenty thousand black troops, who would be just as trustworthy as the soldiers from Great Bilialo. So strong is this disposition among dark men that the greatest difficulty of the Khalifa arises from
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Lombard.
HOMEWARD-6th Nov.-Prins Henrich, 10th November-Natal, Nesto.
SCOTT'S Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oll with Hypophosphilies, la more reliable as an agent in the cure of Consumption, Bronchitis and General Dability, than any other remedy known to medical science. Read the following:"1 have prescribed Scott's Emulsion, and have also taken. It myself, and can fully endorse. the oploton that it is both palatable and efficient, and can be tolerated by almost any ons especially where Cod Liver Oil lisait cannot be horne.' MARTIN MILES, M.D. &c., Stantonbury, Backs. Any Chemist can supply it—Sola Agents for Hongkong ard. the Empire of China 1-—-Watkins & Co., Hongkong---[Advt.
Auction.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
No. 414
Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, follower Particulars and Conditions of to be hald on the spot, on
MONDAY,
A negro gentleman, whose experience la Africa has been of a most extensive and exceptional kind, tells us that everywhere in the East, West, and Centre he found among negroes, who to him talked confidentially, the same decision, that, Engilah role was endurable, and that no ather white rule was. It seems almost certain that, if Europe permitted, we could govem from Alexandria to the Laker, and that, though our troubles might be various and great, Insurrection, even local and sporadic insurreciles, would speedily cease to be one of them. It will be the same in South Africa x1 10ọn as the Colonists fall back on the permanent and sound British principles, that the only temptation to work shall a wage and the only coercion the pressure of natural hunger and taxation. At present the Colonists procure labour, especially for mines, by pressure on aniive chiefs; that is, In fact, they impraes labour by aid of the chief authority at about ball the rate which would bring volunteers. It is impossible to estimate the advasinge which this readiness of black and brown peoples to obey them gives to the British people in their advance over the world, Not the 15th day of November, 1896, at 3 P.M., are only does it set as solvent to resistance, pablished for general Information. but it makes It easy for to rela By Command, entire armies of auxiliaries, who se very
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Own troops, nearly who are much less costly, who are up to a point La trustworthy as our own, and who if they rabel, is has happened once là our history on a gresi scale, do not draw with them the elements of a popular revolt. In the great Matlay of 1857 repeatedly happened that with troops in fall and successful revolt the peasantry ten miles off were paying their taxes and thronging the Courts If nothing had occurred. If we would grant to the dark men even a decent chance of rising to for a command, sy even of cavalry only, so as to tempt their natural leaders to become soldiers, we might with ease form a colonia! army ol Indians, negroes, Sondaness, and Zular of two hundred thousand men, the equal of any troops, in the world, except perhaps a very few plaked regiments of Pomeranians, Guardsmen, or Zouves.
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J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 31st October, 1896.
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Particulars and Conditions of the letting by
Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 16th day of November, 1896, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of das Lot of CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong,
MRS. CAREW ARRESTED. Considerable sensation has bera caused in Yokohama by the death of Mr. W. H. R. Carew, who died in the Royal Naval Hospital there on the sand alt, The deceased had been alling for some time prior to his death, which was reported to have been caused by liver allments and suppristed jaundice. On the 34th sitime an inquest was opened at the Consulate, Mr. J. C. Hall, Bildth Consul, presiding. Mr. H. C. Litchfield represented the English Govern ment and Mr. Walford appeared in Mrs. Carew's interest. In her evidence Min. Carew stated that her husband had, for some time part, been taking smallquanties of arsenic. The governess, Miss Jacobs, gave evidence that she bought from By Mr. Francis-They were let out for one Japanese chemist arsenic and ungar of lead, day after leaving Foochaw. He had nothing to which the chemist sald was "plenty deadly do with the six women that came on board. polson." Mrs. Caraw said her husband had They were all stewed in the lore peak. He left ordered a bottle of sugar of lead and she gave it Hongkong last month and was a cook into him. The bottles that she gave deceased were malesing after his death from the drawer Japanese bearding house. He had not been to Japan for two years before. He had no money they were always kept in, but subsequently they
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on the floor at the back to pay his passage wlib, but ho had a friend here. wers Ha bad about a dollar and go cents when he of a table
near deceased's bed. On the 20th ultimo her husband sent an amah out arrived here.
with a written order to a chemist. One bottle Dengabo Matani, a boarder at No. 9, Stanley Street, sald ho went off to the when found had about six or eight drops of Chinglu yesterday at the request of Suwads, arsenic and the other was halffull of sugar of lead his landlord. First saw the Japaneen bost Her husband bad told her some years ago that swala on board, who said the Captain wished sugar of lead was good as an external application to see him. The Captain asked had he for congestion of the liver. When she sent come for the słowaways ;, witness said he the arsenic she did it to please her husband more bad and asked what was the passage money than anything else. Dr. Wheeler stated
he suspected the tise pl to be paid for them. The Captain said $10% that
armente The Captain said he wanted that for each one, and caused him to get deceased into the hospi Witness thought it too much and offered $15 total. His office boy brought him as signed $30. Wliness was ordered ashore and the Cap-letter one day, reading as follows: Three
A YACHTING SQUABBLE. tain said he would take them back to Japan. bottles of solution of arsenic in ons week.
Increased public interest is, according to a Another Japanese and the boatswain were Marys Had he known deceased war baking he would have at once ordered him to
London correspondent, evinced in the trouble present then,
between Mr. Howard Gould and the Yacht By Mr. Francis-Witness was an unemployed the hospital and have treated him differently. seaman. He paid his board ashore. Was last | At subsequent silitingas mass of further evidence
Racing Association over the seeming surreptitions Inspection of his yacht Niagara, on suspicion of aboard the Nagato Maru, which he left six was laken, one medical witness aaierling
unfair yachting methods and the New York months ago. Had been to Singapore face, but Mr. Carew told him he took arsenic occasionally.
newspapers are increasing and inflaming pabila did not sell women or take them to and fro. A Japanese chemist deposed to selling a bottle He was to have brought off all the eight stow of arsenic solution and one of sugar of lead to a
feeling by continued, and exceedingly bitter
We dread a litle too keenly the spread of aways and he was given money by the boarding lady who he thought was Mrs. Carow, and ske
comments on the matter. It almost looks as housekeeper to pay their fares. He did not said it was for external use. On zooiker occasion
though the incident was being used to ste up Russian dominion as an injury to those ever M. Carew
the always smouldering dislike of England at a whom it is extended. It is not an injury untii think the women were arranged for to come boy came with a note signed “E
time when Anglophobia counted in influencing they bave reached the point when almost here. The boatswain told them of the people for bottle of artesic and again Miss Jacobs
Vols. The World, which commanded the unlimited freedom is beneficial to them ; It la being aboard the day the vessel suived. He came for sugar of land and arsenic. These sales
English Press for taking the American view of not fojury, for example, In the Khanates, where did not know who informed the police or what were not legal, but he had heard Mr. Carew was the women were going to do. The reason wit using arsenio and could be supplied by foreign
the inssit," plots an attack on English the ratives used to punish truancy in slaves with ness went off was because his landlord was chemlats. A Japanese named Robayashi Beika
Yachtamen and English speating methods that blindness. And we do not quite see suficiently asing arsenic. busy. He bad nothing to do with the business, told witness About Mr. Carew
Ukaichi Imoli deposed that he was keeping Another doctor said he had treated Mr, Carew
almost equals the periodical splenetic outbursts the expediency of avoiding a contest with Rus the facts connected with Howard Gould's arriving at some territorial understanding private boarding house at No. 6, Pottinger for a bladder trouble, but had not prescribed the
of the anti-Engilah SMM. Let us know ita for the same area of dominion, and of experienos with the English cade" says the | which would allow us bath to expand without Street. The boatswain came to his house from drugs named. On the 4th inst. Dr. Divers gave
World,"before we talk any more about interference. We are the two peoples of the the Chingts on Thursday night. Witness evidence regarding his chemical examination of
American Cup races. We think an investiga- future, and no doubt may ultimately be boarded the vessel on Friday morning, in com- the viscera of deceased. He found arsenic
Perrell, the accused in the Hyderabad bigamy Hon of the facts brought to light by Mr. Gould forced to came to death-grips; but while A LODGE will be held in the FarmABONE pany with the last wliners," He went off to about the liver and what he thought would
and forgery caso, has pleaded guilty. He arrange for bringing the eight people ashore and prove to be sugar of load. Arsenic ho sald was paying their pastage money,
valesble remedy in some cases and was appeared before the Second Assistant Resident ay atist American gentlemen that it would there is a vast amount of work which, if we Inspector Hanson gave evidence to having widely used. The witcess, examination had set yesterday, and find a petition admiting that he degrading to again enter into a contest could only agres together, we could accomplish HALL, Zotland Street, on HONDAY, the 16th
| Clab.” The Denenven incident, which exalted|into's Canada,' could make of Thibet a com- Brethren are Cordially invited to attend. boarded the Chington Friday.. The Captain bees completed at the time, but he said the had a wife in England last year, and that he with member of any English Royal Yacht In comfort-los lnstance, we could turn Siberis Instant, at 8.30 for 9 pm, precisely, Visiting
Hongkong, toth November, 1896.
[1783 was ashore and the chief officer showed him arsenic found was to very minste quantities. The bus no reason to believe she has since died. Americans more, and probably excited more paratively civilised region, could turn Persia into where the women were. Oss of the doses in the Inquest was adjourned again after other witnesses He has seen a letter from his wife's isther stat- Americans to illecllag agalast England than most profitable garden, and could rescue the Armenians, people with a genius for the
EOTHEN MARK LODGE, No. 354. steerage was locked. Asked the mate to open had given evidence and a Kobe telegram of the ing that she is alive, and acknowledge it to be any recent international incident, is still fresa in the door and he did so. There were six Japanese 13th inst, states list Mr. Carew has been arrested genuine, Perrett also admitted in a petition the public memory, and it almost asema as industrial life, once for all form their oppressors.
REGULAR MEETING of the above women in the cabin. The two men were la la connection with the case, hail being granted, having forged his wife's burial certificate. Ha though the Gould trouble would result in another Nons of ikoss good things will be accomplished. LODGE Will be held in the FREEMABONE" . Mr. Caraw way for many years the Secretary of waved the right to be tried as a British-born virulent outbreak of Anglophobia. It is unlikely by spliting of each other in newspapers and another cabin with the door locked.
Air, Francis, for the defence, said the captain the Yamahama United Club, being very popular subject, and threw himself on the mercy of the that a certain class of politicians would strive to retetek, the only positive result of that offensive HALL, Zelland Street, on FRIDAY, the oth being that we are both compelled Instant, at 5 for 3.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting people on board and not allow them to land sporer in the interport cricket matches, and was everal questions put to him by the Court, and "awa, and kameed of swedene kan novaly provid
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THE MARRI OUTRAGE.
QUETTA, October 25th. General Gatacre, with twenty men of the 24th Belacal Regiment, caught Khallah Khan, the leader, and two other men of the Marri gang, on Saturday morning, on the summit of a mountain 14 miles east of Dalujai station. They were found asleep. The remaining three men, who had gone for water, escaped. The prisoners have been handed over to Colonel Gainsford taken on to Sibl. No less than no persons, cluding two Engilshmes, were murdered by
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