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THE MACAO BUMOURS.
Since the Hanghong Telegraph first an- pounced, on Wednesday evening, that the hearing of the case for the estradition of the now notorious Ex-Nam Hoi Magistrate Poi was attracting considerable attention by rea-
MR. John Roberts is playing at the Lusitano Club at 9 p.m. to-day, and at the Bowling Club at the same hour on Tuesday.
THE King's Exequatur empowering Mr.Armin Ilaupt to act as Consul for Denmark at Hong- kong, has received His Majesty's signature.
THE name of Mr. G. A. Watkins has been added to the list of persons exempted from the operation of bye-laws 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.
SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1904. -
THE MACAO EXTRÅDI. TION CASE.
DEPARTURE OF THE CHINESE FLEET.
DEFENSIVE MEASURES RELAXED.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Macao, 27th May, 1904.
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The counter-measures adopted by the Portuguese Government to meet surprises It will be seen from an advertisement appear. have had their desired effect. The Chinese ing elsewhere, that it is proposed to lose theflect that was sent down from the provincial Hongkong Russo-Japanese War Fund on 4th capital, ostensibly for the purpose of a naval June. Ivending subscribers are requested to demonstration, has left the harbour. It notify Mr. J. R. M. Smith, the hon, treasurer,
consited the following vessels:- before that date.
H.E. the Officer Adimaistering the Govern ment has been pleased, under instructions from His Majesty's Governniest, to recognize Gen, Edward S. Bragg, Consul General for the United States of America, as in change of the nterests of the Republic of Panama in Hong- kong pencing olher arrangements.
The Reading Room of the European depart- ment of thre Y.M.C.A. at the Alexandra Baiblings, is now open to members, with a fine selection of magazines, etc., on the tables.
The inaugural secepunt will be announced as soon as the contractors get through with their work on the remalonije ranms,
"JACK" London of the tearat syndicate of newspapers is in difficulty in Korea, having been arrested by the Japanese military authoti ties in Wa, and marched from the column of the anny with which he was encamped "way buk" to the rear, on a charge of using his fists too freely on a Japanese soliher. --Chung-
kuh Pa, of 600 tons and 150 i.h.p., com- manded by F. F. Kew and a crew of 60; 5 guns.
Chun Tang, of 10 tons and 75 i.hip, commanded by Li Kau Yeng and a crew of 5o; gons.
Kwang Yok. of 535 tons and 250 i.h.p., commanded by Liu Kok Cheng and a crew of 24; 3 guris.
Lino Fu, torpedo-boat, of 50 tons and 700 i.h.p., commanded by Tsao Yu Mun and a crew of 24; 2 guns.
Lin Cheong, torpedo-boat, of 40 tons and foo i.h.p., commanded by T. I. Chan and La crew of 19; 1 gun.
The only vessel now in port is the Fuh Pe.
ENTRADITION PROCEDURE.
Curious to relate, the judicial procedure in connection with the extradition of the ex-Nama Hoi Magistrate Poi is being con. ducted by the Acting Chief Justice Pesanha I mentioned Dr. Poiares in error the other, day--a mistake that is reproduced in your evening contemporary) with closed doors, A NOTICE, kem the Home Offee, s published's wired to you yesterday, an application by in the Gazette, e dhug the attention of ship the Counsel for the defence, Mr. A. J. Basto, to appear at the secret bearing of the investi- gation was refused. A like application from the Attorney General was similarly dealt with. So unlike the proceedings in a British Court where a criminal action is heard in open Court, the Portuguese conduct the in- vestigations in a case of extradition in pri
son of the attitude of the Viceroy of the Two Kwang in demanding the immediate rendition of the alleged criminal, some of our contemporaries seem to have associated themselves with the most alarming rumors. The Chuan Mart, for instance, gleaned, | kái Times. from some remote corner of the Colany,
a statement that the Chinese had threat-
ened to bombard Macao, while the Past appears to have endeavoured to confirm a
report that the Portuguese Settlement had declared war against China. The assistance of the Portuguese Consul-Ciéneral, Mc. 3. 4. Komano, was sought, but until fast evening he was unable to set at rest the minds of some An assistant will be on duty at all times to alarmists. He then stated that he was in receipt at a cable to the effect that there dispense prescriptions.
was no foundation for the Macao rumours. We are sorry to disagree with the informa- tion contained in that wine, and have no
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reserve, that despite this contradiction, the precautionary measures taken by the Portuguese Government in Monday and Tuesday last, were with a view to coping with any untoward incident that might arise
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connection with the demand of the Viceroy, followed by the strange vist of the Hittle Chinese squadron. This is burne out, in part, by the basty return of the Portuguese cruiser from Shangha However, the
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builders and others to the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870, sections 8, and 23, which indicate their duties and liabilities in the matter of building and equipping ships
which are intended to, or may, he used in the mubtary or naval service of Russia or lapan.
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few years back. He avers that Al his sco tences were endorsed by his superiors, suck as the viceroys, governors and other higher officials then over him. None of his sen- tences were appealed against at the time. Included in his statement, I am assured that Poi has furnished a list in which he does not appear alone as those who were mulcted by Vicersy Hsen. The list is as follows:-
Chan Kwei-lin, general of the Kwang-si division, $100,000.
Li Sai-kwei, $500,000; of which $300,000 has been paid.
In Hu-chan, mandarin of the Salt Depart ment, $100,000..
Pei Ching-fus, ex-magistrate of the district uf Nan-hai, $120,000.
Lu Kau, $120,000. Besides this amount he is said to have made a loan of $200,000 which has not been re-paid him.
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SERVICE.
THE WAR.
PRIZE COURT DECISIONS
OTHER STEAMERS CONFISCATED,
YORONAMA, 28th May,
11 a.m.
The cases of the following captured steamers have been decided before the Sasebo Prize Court, and the ships are ordered to be confisented, viz. the Muludon, Manchuria, Rossia, and Argun.
TUNG
It is reported that Foi is much impressed with the method of the present inquiry. When told from the Bench that be was at liberty to make the fullest statement, even | THE BLOCKADE OF LÏAO- though such statements might bring in the names of the governors, viceroys, or the Emperor himself, he remarked that Western justice was truly admirable; for, in his own country no one dare utter a word derogatory of a higher official; he did so at the risk of summary punishment.
THE CATTLE OF THE COLONY.
Admiral Togo has succeeded in blockading the Lixotung Peninsula from the South of l'itsuwo to l'ulan. tien.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHTA
NORTH CHINA SERVICE
SUSPENDED
ON ACCOUNT OF MINES:
In his report for 1973, the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, states that cattle have been plentiful throughout the year, and there appears to be no difficulty in obtaining a regular supply of useful bullocks from the mainland. The imported cattle have been of
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has good quality, the majority of which, however, are only housed prior to shipment to the suspended its North China Service been brisk all the year. One case of anthrax Philippine Islands. The export trade has
on account of the floating mines occurred at the Depots while cases of foot-and-which lave become a source of mouth disease have also occurred during the
danger to navigation.
year. The latter disease as sean among pare
Chinese cattle assumes an exceedingly mild form, and Mr. Gibson says there is reason to believe that many cases entirely escape notice. In June a serious epidemic of a hæmorrhagic septicemia appeared, and a special grant was given by Government for its investigation.
The total number of cattle admitted to the dépôts at Kennedy Town during the year was 57,093, an increase on the previous year of 19.162. At Hung Hom 6,397 were admitted as against 5,065 of the former year. At Ken-
VALUABLE STRATEGICAL
POSITIONS
OCCUPIED BY JAPANESE.
Japanese troops, with the co- operation of the navy, have succeeded in carrying valuable stratégical posi
DUKING last year the Colonul Veterinary Surgeon visited the greater part of the cultivatedvate. The judge takes down prisoner's state. and in the New Territory, principally with a
mnts in the presence only of the Court Another view to finding some stable land for caute interpreter and two witnesses,
he was most favourably curious thing appears to be that the charge tabing porpses. impressed with the plateau on Lau Tao Island, is not specifically formulated against the but there, although, grass is plentiful in the prisoner. In the case in question the mannedy Town 37 cattle were rejected as unfit for tion at Kinchou and Nanshan. rainy season, yel, he says, during the dry season is told that he is "wanted" by the Viceroy food as against 652 in 1902. This figure is there is not enough water.
We have to acknowledge, with thanks, a batch_ of the newly started Chejoo Daily News, which
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"will not be an 'organ." be 1 'will advocate any- thing to benefit the community which sustains its life. It will be a strong believer in the Mexican, or any oiber dollar-when the dollar is in sight.” Judging from the first eleven
numbers it should catch a good many glimpses of the indispensable, for it is well printed and readable, while advertisers are already encroach. ing on the news preserves.
A FEW days ago as Mrs Stuart, the wife of Captain Stuart of HMS. Vengeance, was journeying from Wonsung to Shanghat she lost a valuable pearl necklace valued at £2, 07, The necklace is a family heirloom, says the Mercury, and its loss is very keenly felt. Mrs. Stuart took the train at Wessung and after arriving at Shanghai, she took a carriage and went direct to the 5. C. C. pavilion, where her loss was discovered. The necklace had a gold horse shoe with five large pearls in the centre
became unfastened either in the train or in the carriage and shipped to the floor without the
17 is stated on good authority that the garrison as a clasp, and the supposition is that the clasp
at Port Arthur does not number over 2,000 men.
MR. Miller, Consul for the United States at Newchwang, has been elevated to the rank of Consul General.
Chou Fu, Governor of Shantung notifies that he has collected Tls. 20,000 for the Red Cross refugee work, which has been sent to Shaughas and he can raise more.
BARON Schilling, the torpedn expert, is said to has gone to Vladivostok to take charge of the
two submarines boats there. Other sub- marines are going out in sections.
Germany, 103.907.
THE Secretary of the Admiralty says that the total tonnage of battle-ships now building and projected is as follows: The United States, PHOTOGRAPHIC 2018: Great Britain, 187,000; Russia, 13,750
DEPARTMENT. DEVELOPING and PRINTING
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last section from Fatshan to Samshui will be opened on Wednesday next, the 1st June.
It seems that visitors have left Hongkong for pastures new. The capacity of the Astor House at Shanghaiis said to have been streiched to the utmost during the past week, and as many as for Naval Officers have had to share onc room between them,
owner noticing it until she reached the cricket ground. The detective force of the S. M. P. are making every effort to find the lost jewel and it is in be hoped that their search will prove successful,
TROSE who had the pleasure of seeing "Freear in his famous fnvolties" at the Theatre Royal some tine since will pleased to learn that
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he has returned from the North where packed houses have greeted him night after night. At Shanghai, Tokio, Tientsin, Amoy and many other places big audiences have been mensely delighted, and look forward to the day when he will again favour them with a visit. But longkong has now the first call on his time, and with an entirely new programme Mr. Freear sutends giving performances at the
Theatre on Saturday and Monday, the 4th and
6th June. At first he decided to produce the musical comedy ary Sweetheart, but being un- able to complete the caste has had to make other arrangements. These will be seen from an advertisement appearing elsewhere, and from what we have seen of his entertainment a thoroughly enjoyable time is assured.
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on the general charge of bribery and suborna.gnificant of a better class of cattle being
inported since the chief cause of rejection is THE TROUBLE AI MACAO. tion. He is told to make his statements
emaciation. Al Hung Hom 406 were rejected
before the judge, which he has proceeded to do. These statements together with the replies to the interrogatories from the Bench cover thirty-five foolscap folios. The preli- minary hearing by the judge in Chambers took up three full days of the Court. I un
derstand there are voluminous documents put in by the defendant in his defence, and until the translation into Portuguese is com pleted the case cannot be gone on with. The next step in the inquiry is the examina- tion of the witnesses for the prosecution; there are no less than thirteen of them.
THE DEFENCE.
as unft. The greater number of these rejec tions occurred in the early part of the year, and the exp anation seems to be that many of the cattle which the owners knew well would be rejected at Kennedy Town as unfit were taken to Hung Hom, and also to the fact that many of them were rejected there more than once, ie, they were rejected and taken away and brought back again after a month or so and again
rejected
At Kennedy Town 34.410 sheep and goats
were admitted, an increase of 1.746 on the
MACAO, 29th May,
12.0 p.m. Notwithstanding the contradictions which have appeared in the Hong-
kong Press, the precautionary mea- sures taken here on Monday last can be positively affirmed.
previous year. Swine for 1903 show a decrease of 16,579 since 160,0-7 were admitted, This
The cruiser Adamastor, which was decre se is difficult to account for in a satis-
The numbers dealt with recalled from Shanghai, arrived in factory manner. during the first nine months of the year showed an increase on the first nine months of the roadstead last night. the previous year, but there was a marked falling This may be due to the fact that there was a off during October, November and December. considerable rise in the price of pork at that time. It is noteworthy that with the rise in the price of pork there seems to be an increased
demand for beef by Chinese and for facilities for selling beef.
As far as could be gathered the following presents a fair digest of the statements made by Pui in his defence. He was fined by the Viceroy to pay a sum of $120,000, of which he had paid $50,000. He came over to Macao in order to raise the balance by work on the 23rd of March. It consists of two The crematorium was finished and started cells, on for the cremation of carcases and the sale of certain shares which he held in the Hoi Peng coal mine. The Viceroy the other an experimental cell for the des construed the visit to Macao as an endea-truction of refuse. The attached statement shows the working of the cremation cell since vour to avoid payment and, therefore, an
its opening (9 months):→ attempt to evade judgment, and, accordingly he applied to the Governor of the Colony for his arrest. As soon as he had knowledge of the application he voluntarily surrendered himself on the 11th day of the 2nd
moon.
The allegation made against him was that he had been a corrupt magistrate. As rejoinder, he begged to be informed in what action he had failed to respect the dictates of justice, and called upon the prosecution to show in what instance he had permitted himself to be suborned. Por states that for several months a commis sion has been investigating his magisterial acts; many witnesses have been examined and
some have subsequently even been incar cerated with him. Notwithstanding that the charges were not proved he was mulcted in the sum of $120,000. According to him, an the 30th day of the 12th moon of last year, through one Lü, ex-magistrate of Pan-yu. he caused to be paid into the Department of Reorganisation $30,000. In the and moon of the current year, through one Liu, ex- magistrate of Pan-yu, he again paid into the same department $10,000, and relinquished the title to two houses of a value of $7,000, May, 27th. and books, frames and valuable curios Plague is on the increase in and about Can-worth $8,000. While at Macao he sent to ton. The death rate in the city cannot be Taotai Li shares in the Hoi-peng coal
CANION NOTES.
PLAGUE.
Goats, 84, Swine. 314; total 751. Condemned meat, 7.442 bs. Condemned goods from mar- keus, ton (about), Amount of coal used, 59 tans 18 cwt. 7 Abs.
Carcases cremated:-Cattle, 353 Sheep and
A few experiments were made with the refuse destructor cell, but its use has since been abandoned. The cremation cell has given no
THE HAPPY RETREAT.
ALLEGED MISUSE OF PREMISES.
This morning Inspector Collect summoned Chan Wai Chau, proprietor of the "Happy Retreat" in East Point district, before Mr. Gompertz for alleged contravention of the con- dilions of his licence, by allowing undesirable persons to remain on bis premises. The charge was brought under section 31 of Ordinance 14
of 1898.
Sergt. Kerr testified that, he visited defend- ant's premises, on the 19th inst, and found the
people complained of.-Inspector Collett stated that one of the terms of de- fendant's licence was that he should not
trouble in working. When heated and going allow such persons to remain on the pre- the coal consumption. is not great, and car
mises. It was proved that defendant did so, cases are burnt to a blackish grey asb. Reck-
for they were all taking refreshments, at the oning the amount of condemned meal, 7442s, as equivalent to about 11 animals of time, which was conclusive evidence that they 6f0 lbs. cach, gives a total of 762 animals were "remaining" on the premises-The de- cremated with roughly speaking 50 tons of fendant said he had no intention of contraven
coal or about 1.57 cwt, per carcase.
revenue for the year amounted to $79,040 00 that it was impossible to know what character:
Kenndy Town: laughter-house. The totaling the conditions of his licence, and remarked!". made up for as follows:-
his customers bore. If they came in and be- 27,683 castle slaughtered... 6 40 cents each...8 9,073.20
haved in an orderly manner he could not turn 18,577 sheep & goats
***, 3.774.20 +33.539 wine
46,061.70th "m out on the mere suspicion of their being 34,907 castle 13,097 theep & goats
1970 improper persons, for fear of the consequences $5.378 swine
1,597.80
to himself personally and the effect such an $79.05.10 action might have upon his business.
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revenue of $5,012.50. The only totals less than This shows an increase over all on last year's
last year are swine. In 1903 swine contributed $53.049.70 but this year swine only contributed $47,589.50, a decrease of $5,63azo
Mr. Gibson calis attention to the preval ence of the distoma hepaticum among caitle, and says it is rarely observed here in the pig and sheep. In Britain the sheep is the chief sufferer, and the condition brought about, usually known as liver ret, is frequently a fatal one. In the cattle here, however, the disease appears to be less deadly, since in the livers of at least 75 per cent of the adult cattle killed in the Slaughter-house these parasites bepaticum can only multiply in conjunction with undrained land with surface water courses, and the little steams for irrigating the rice fields offer ideal breeding places for this parasite. The cattle are largely pastured on. the raised gray banks between the paddy fields beside the irrigating streamiets, and are disease. This parasite is not directly.com
Ir is reported that the German Navy has constructed a large floating dock at home for very high, as the coffin shops are well supplied mines valued at $22,000; this, he stated, are found in the bile ducts. The distoma
the Asiatic Squadron and that it will be with coffins. On Honam, the scourge has despatched shortly for Tsingtao. The floating been claiming many victims. dock is composed of 14 pontoons and is
tous displacement.
THIEVING.
was transmitted to Chow, ex-prefect of Kwang-chow, to be delivered to the Depart- ment of Reorganisation. The Viceroy's fine Some very extensive robberies occurred in, the $10,000 was accompanied by the inti- mation that if, by the appointed time, the
Agenis for the Construction and Sale of Steam capable of accommodating vessels up to 16,000. Thieves have been unusually busy of late.
and Motor Launches.
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from Dr. Volkovitch, who was drowned on the @honograph was taken away from house memorialize the throne for a rigorous pun- [.municable from oxen to manifatpam, same day, for Kobe' where she-la duer.
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ishment on the undertook to produce the ment when required. Venalty against him are attri zuata to his
exceedingly rare among pure brod Chinese:
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