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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY JUNEI 1906.
communications intended for publication in sulitresar i to The Editor, 1, Ico House Head, and
"The HONGKONG TELEGRAPII should to
coolles just when the clean garments are being expected back-betwixt the dusk and the dawn, so to speak. With regard to the
THE Chinese Engineering and Mining Co.'s total output of the Company's three mines for the week ending 26th May, 1906, amounted to
to 19,108.55 tons.
PROPERTY SALE.
abrali be recompoule by the Writer's Name wið | squalid houses, we are told that, with curion. 19.747 38 tons nad the sales during the period. Stokes and Master, solicitors for the mortgagee |
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Ordinary lustress ommunications should be addremos
to The Manager.
The Editor will rot indurtake in bo responsible for any rejected MS., nor to return any Contribution.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). DAINT-350 per annum. WEKELY-$10 per annum.
The rates per quarter and per mehrent, proportional, The daily imue i daltero free when the address is acceuille to morenager. 'Un coplos sent by paME MA aditional $1.80 per quarter is obarget for stage. The postage on the weekly fan to my port of the
world la 30 cents per quarter.
Blagle Caplos Daily, ten cents: Weekly, twenty.
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BIRTH..
At Hankow, on 2nd June, to the Rev. and Mrs. LOUIS BYRDE, Church Missionary Society, Yungchow, Hunan, a daughter,
MARRIAGES.
On 5th June, at Chefoo, JOHN HOWARD
STOOKE to ALICE MARY BALLUR.
At Shanghai, on the 7th inst., COLIN CAMI- BELL STEVENSON O ALICE LOUISE BRNNETT. DEATHS.
At Shanghai, KARL ERNST LUDWIG, only son of Mr. and Mr. G. Fink. Aged 10.
At Ramsgate, on 5th June, SIDNEY DILLON SHALLARD, late Commander P. & O. Co.'s Service, Aged 75.
RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the toth June, 1905 (excluding Whit Monday) Library, noo-Chinese 277, Chinese 136. Total 413.
Total 7,536.
Is Original Jurisdiction this morning, before his Honour Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice, the Li Shing family dispute over the one-six. icenth part of Marine Lot No. 325 and laland No. 3,35 was resumed, further evidence for the defence being heard.
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Under instructions fom Messis. Johnson, vendors, Messrs, Huglies and Hough, anc loneers, put up for sale by public auction, in their sales-rooms in Des Vaux Road, to-day, the valuable leasehold property comprising all these pieces or parcels of ground situate at Victoris, and registered, in the Land Office tion A of inland lot No. 5og, and the remain. respectively as the remaining portion of sec ing portion of inland lat No. 505, together with the messuages thereon, known as Nos. 54, 50, 58, 60 and 67, Stone Nallah Lace, and Not 4, 6, 8, 10 and 1a, Wanchai Road. Area 3,694 square feet or thereabouts,
Bidding commenced at $10,000, and rose by bids of $1,000 to $14,000, when bids varying frol Stoo, to $500 carried it up to $20,100,
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· SHANGHAI FRICTION.
RIOT NARROWLY AVERTED., CHINESE REFUSE TO PAY MUNICIPAL TAXES.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shanghai, 11th June, 2.10 p.in.
It has just transpired that 1
riot
The Foochow correspondent of the A, C, D., not having reached the upset price, it was narrowly averted last Thursday
perversity, the houses are designed to pre sent their worst features to the street. Pri vacy for himself and his women-folk being the principal desideratum with a well-to-do Corcan, his dwelling is placed as far from the street as possible, while between his non-Chinese 138, Chinese 2,388. house and the street are the servants' quar- ters, the meanest of them being next to the street. Of course, that is unfortunate for Cotea, because first impressions are general, ly lasting, and the visitor is seldom likely to have an opportunity, of exploring, the in terior of the house of a Corean gentleman who wishes to hide behind a bulwark of out- houses. The country is declared to be rich agriculturally, asthetourist may see for himself if he will only digress from the beaten track. The Corcans have many beautiful qualities if the trouble is taken to find them out, but, of course, the foreigner is in such a hurry to get over the ground in the least possible time that he fails to understand the signifi cance of all he sees. We take it that the New in its championship of the 'country but there seems to be no doubt that what is IN reference to the conference of Ministers and Genro in regard to Manchuria which was held wanted in Corca is' education and clergy: Tokio on the sand ult, the. Perofeu now. Once the people realise the value of couca states that it was decided to restore to China tion they will naturally betake themselves to the administrative power in South Manchurin, modern methods of industry and cast off that irrespective, of the action of Russia in the lethargy and coma which are the bane of northern part of that region. The lease of national life. While the newspaper's defence Linotang, the right of guarding the Eastern on this occasion is not wholly convincing it Chinese Railway and privileges in open ports are, of course, retained by Japan. It is stated shows that there is much hope for the coun-that this course was advocated by Marquis Ito, try in the immediate future, which is all that and that, although a few dissenting voices were raised from the military side, it was finally one could desire.
adopted...
The Hongkong Gelegraph and the people is performing a patriotic task,
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1906.
COREA AND THE CONEANS.
Bitter as is the attitude of the Coreans towards their conquerors the Japanese," and resentful as they may be at the protectorate which Japan, supported by Great Britain, has established over their country, the more progressive of the natives are yet alive to the value of exploiting the Kingdom. They may feign anger at Japan's ways and methods, but they are not above taking a leaf from the book of the islanders. As $18 per dox is allowed on Syphons everybody knows, when Japan decided to emerge from the seclusion of centuries and returned in good condition,
take her rightful place in the world, one of the first things she did was to foster and encourage the visits of foreigners to Dai Nippon. The people charmed the casual tourist, who afterwards discanted upon the beauties of the country, the charm of the scenery, the politeness of the people and alt Á, S. WATSON & CO., the rest of it. There was nothing like Japan,
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and it would one day be a great country. All these verbal praises and magazine articles did more, to bring Japan into notice than half-a-dozen bagmen could
One
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE German steamer Adeishun is reported still ashore off Haeshanshan Bluff, with the German gunboat Luchs standing by,
OWING to the absence of Mr. F. A. Hazeland at Macao, the large Court was occupied by Mr. Melbourne this morning. The small Court was closed.
Iris reported in a Peking lelegram that Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. have applied for concessions for the working of mines at Hengchou, Yung sui, l'aoching, and. Pinches, in Hunan.. A COOLIE was this morning sentenced by Mr. Melbourne, at the Pulice Court, to fourteen days' hard laboury fur stealing from a tobac. conist, on Saturday, one box of cigarettes, valued at $2,20,
Ness writos:-Some fishermen, while pursuing their vocation off the island of Haitong, which is separated from the mainland by the Haltong Straits, recently saw what they thought was a log and at once proceeded to take it in tow, la getting hold of it one of the men struck it at the cad with his hook and in an instant five men and a boat were in fragments and floating Where the mine had floated from no one knows. Can it be that unexploded mines from the north are still floating at large upon the high sea?
on the sea.
CHAN TUK was charged this morning with stealing $80 worth of clothing, and jewellery from a dwelling house in Des Voeux Road West, early this morning. Defendant pleaded guilty to the charge. At about 5 a.m. today defendant succeeded in burgling the houst and removing the goods, lle made his way ca board a Canton steamer. An Indian con stable, who was on duty on the praya, seeing defendant, got suspicious and removed him to the station. In the charge-room of the station they met the owner of the stolen goods, who had arrived there a few minutes previously to repon the loss. Finding that he was caught
defendant assaulted the constable, doing some
damage. His Worship sentenced the defend. ant to three weeks' hard labour on the charge of theft, two weeks' hard labour for resisting the police, and to give the constable 40 cents as compensation.
was bought in.
PRIZE HIGHT
AT THE CITY HALL
Wis
Notwithstanding the fact that it turned out very hot on Saturday night, a very fair audience assembled at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, to witness the "counterfeit presentment of the Britt-Nelson prize fight," and a very enthusiastic audience they proved. The living pictures, ralling along, showed clearly and distinctly every feature of the fight, and were so steady that many faces were very plainly seen from the front rows. So very realistit the whole thing that it required very line imagination 10 persuade one that he was actually witnessing the very fight itself. Apart from the actual subject of the pictures them selves, the state, bordering on perfection, to which has so far been possible to bring these "living pictures," speaks of the vast possibilities and many uses to which this new art may be put, and if the films and machines continue to be improved with such great strides as has been the case hitherto, who shali prophesy what is or what is not in store for future audiences? with improved gramophones, and other phones, we may yet witness full performances
it
of Grand Opera, here in Hongkong.
The fight will be fought over again to-night, and should attract a very full house, atit
deserves to do.
ASSAULTING HIS MÅSTER,
This case in which an assistant tailor, em played at the shop No. 15. Wellington Street, was alleged to have assaulted his master by throwing him down the staircase of the build- ing on the 7th instant, and breaking his arm,
on the outskirts of the settlement.
The Representatives of the Muni. cipality wore engaged in the collec- tion of Municipal taxes, and in making their calls subinitted demands to ratepayers who claimed that they were residing outside the Municipal limits and were not, therefore, liable to be mulcted in taxes.
Tact alone saved the situation, matters looking very black for a considerable time.
[N, C. D. News.j Russian Interest in Mongolia.
Peking, 6th June.
In connection with the establishment of a Russian Consulate, at Ulyasotni, Mongólia, Mr. Pokotilow (Russian Minister) bas demand- ed of the Waiwupu permission to put up tele graph lines between Siberia and Urga in order to facilitato communications between Ulya sutai
and St. Petersburg, or to build bear by Russo-
Chicasa co-operation Railways and Mines in Manchuria.
Tokio, 6th June. This morning was issued an Imperial Or. digance to authorise the private managemant of the Japanese rallways in Manchuria. A new company will also undertake the exploit. ing of the Fushun colliery. Chinese will be in- vited to subscribe according to the Treaty of Peking.
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Japan in Manchuria.
Peking, 4th June. The Russian Minister has warned the Chi
nese high officials that the real object of Japan in sending distinguished Ministers and states- men to make investigations in Manchuria is. that she may seize all the interests there. Thus eventually Japanese influence in Manchuria will become ten times greater than that of
was continued before Mr. F. A. Hazelaad, n the Magistmcy this afternoon. Inspector Rit chic prosecuted, the defendant being repre sented by Mr. R. A. larding. The complainant said he was master of the shop and that de; tendant was paid according to the amount of work done. On the day when he asked for a joan, no money was due to the defend AFIRR relieving the quarter-master of the s.5,
ani; moreover, he had not finished some Tak Hing of his only blanket, during a recent trip from Canton, Chan Chu, an unemployed, work which had been given to him, nad accord-Russia before the war. retuned to the ship yesterday afternoon, 10ing to the account book, defendant had already see if there were more articles that took his fancy. On this occassion Chan did not meet with any success. No sooner had be gained the deck of the Tuk Hing than he was re- cognised and pounced upon by two of the crew and removed to the quarter-naster's cabin. There the unfortunate Chap was searched and in
have achieved in double the time. (34 of the features which struck the foreigner
in Japan was the cleanliness of the SONG Hang, a hawker, was charged before people and their love of order. It would Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, at the Police. Court seem that the people of the Hermit Kingdom this morning, with being in unlawful possession are now desirous of curbing the increasing of a quantity of copper wire, at Hunghom,
overdrawn. Words followed, and defendant yesterday. Defendant said he bought the wire
*ruck out al complainant, the latter eventually power of their protectors by endeavouring from a friend, but was unable to give the COMPETITION..
to induce Westerners to visit the country, and address of that friend. Ilis Worship fined
falling to the ground. Witness got unconscious after this and could not account as to how his with this object modern hotels are rising in Sung S5.
arm was inctured. Cross-examined by Mr. To all purchasers at Seoul, while the distrust of the people in the
Harding witness denied baming defendant foreigner's good faith is rapidly vanishing
with a pipe. Other witnesses were called our Establishment of $1
But while Corea is no doubt coming forward
one of his pockets was discovered a pawn-ticket showing that there was 'n dispute over accounts and upwards between as visitors' paradise, it seems that the quick
for a blanket. The coolie was given in charge, and a fight followed, defendant hurting his arm June 1st and June 25th time excursionist is apt to be painfully im-ly struck by Mr. Colman's youth ́ul appearances the blanket was produced by the pawnbroker in falling. His Worship fired defendant $5
pressed by the squalor of the surroundings says the Free Press, but his question convulsed and identified by the quarter-master as his pro-for fighting.
will be given a Coupon in which the Coreans exist, the dirty habits of the people, the barrenness of the fields entitling them to enter and the general air of neglect presented by the following Competi- the country. Moreover, the natives are said to be not always so gracious as the
A CHINESE beggar in Singapore, who was ask ed by Mr. Colman how idag he had been out of work, coolly retorted: "How long have you been a magistrate? The prisoner was evident.
the whole Court. Eventually he was found guilty and sent to jail for three months. At the Police Court this morning, Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne fined a woman $10 for cruelly ill treating her servant girl, Sergeant Grant, who made the arrest, said that the body of the girl,
who was about six years old, was covered with bruises, while there were several bruises on her face. This was caused by defendant beating her with a piece of raitan.
perty. In the charge-room Chas admitted
stealing the "covering" and signed his state- ment, but when placed before Mr.. Melbourne, at the Magistracy this morning, he denieu signing the statement-book. After the case had been tried for over an hour, his Worship
adjourned it.
LEUNG Yee, a chair coolie, was charged this marcing, before Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne with (1) behaving in a disorderly manner whilst
one Chan Hey; and (3) damaging property in drunk at No. 11, Graham Street; (2) assaulting the house. Leung pleaded not guilty. On Saturday afternoon defendant entered the res- taurant and ordered a meal, not forgetting
tion. The largest num-stranger coming from Japan would naturally expect. On the other land the missionaries ber of English words
and others who have lived in Corea for years that can be made from see none of these things. They are strongly pro-Corcan, and, protest with vigour against "MARIE BRIZARD."
the adverse criticisms of the tourist; so that Two coolies were charged at the instance of Inspector Ritchie, before Mr. C. A. D. Mel- we have the spectacle of one side being burne this morning, with damaging a lamp. in rhapsodies while the other Jurls post in Aberdeen Stred, yesterday, with a denunciations. The Korea Daily News | tuck. It was stated that defendants lost con. takes up the cudgels in favour of trol of the truck in coming down Aberdeen sanshu. Alter Leung had satisfied his appetite, the Kingdom, and offers a reasonable Street and it collided with the post, doing She got up and started to leave the premises, solution of the difficulty. One of the features damage. His Worship fined them $3 each, The waiter zan, after him, and was informed by
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to get the money to pay for the "chow." The of Corea, the writer remarks, is the unhappy and ordered them to pay 12 as compensation Leung that he was just going down the street waiter said that eung should not leave the faculty of the people, the cities and the for the damage done. landscape to present themselves in the worst INSPECTOR Goulay proceeded against nine-house, whereupon Leung averred that he was a possible light to newcomers and transient teen coolies, at the Police Court this morning, gentleman, and asked whether they thought him visitors. New arrivals receive the impression one coolic being charged with keeping a common a thief, and speaking of the waiter's ancestors gaming house at No. 17, Amoy Lane, while the did not mince his words. This annoyed the that the Coreans are an idle, invertebrate, others were charged with gambling on the waiter and a fight followed, in which Leus g thriftiess and helpless lot. But, all this, we premises. The first defendant was fined $30, came euf second best, and was handed over and the remainder $: each, by Mr. Mel to a policeman with his shoulder bleeding. are told, is largely on the surface. It is true that an amazing number of men at bourne. Similar fines were also imposed upon He was removed to the charge-room of the fourteen coolies who were arrested yesterday gambling at No. 38 Peel Street
Seoul appear to spend their time in aimlessly lolling and strolling about the streets, but they really form a very small CHURIci Kawahara, a Japanese, appeared portion of the population, and the average before Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, at the Magis Corean working man, in the opinion tracy, to-day, charged with behaving in a dis.
he was put before the Court. His Worship Central Station, his shoulder attended to, and fined defendant $3, and ordered him to pay the waiter twenty cents as compensation.
In the event of ties to \ of the writer, is equal to the Japanese orderly manner this morning on tramcar No. in Hongkong on Thursday for a two nights' be drawn for. All replies coolie in intelligence and industry, and 22, at the Fraya East. The Japanese pleaded guilty. Inspector Gourlay, who prosecuted, It is alleged said that defendant boarded a car, paid his to be sent on Post-cards superior to him in manners
that the people are dirty. Well, says fare, and after his ticket was punched, domand only. Prizes will be dis-our contemporary, it must be admitted ed back his fare, as he had changed his mind that the clothes of the people are in the and did not want the drive. His Worship tributed the 30th June majority of cases very dirty, but then, it is imposed a fine of one dollar.
period
THE COREAN RISING.
DEMANDS OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
The Mainichi has the following message from its correspondent at Seoul:-A police inspector and a.constable are missing from the Japanese
at Hongju. It is belie ed that they have been force which is investithe Corean Volunteers captured by the enemy. The two companies Hongju were expected to make a general attack on the Volunteers' position on the fol- of troops, with a body of police, who arrived at
lowing morning. The result is not yet known. In consequence of the repeated representations made by the Residency-General, the Carcan War Department has promised to despatch three hundred and fifty Curean troops to the north Kyong Sang Do for the purpose of The Volunteers at Hongju have sent a war subduing the Volunteers in that neighbourhood. message to the Japanese troops, proposing to exchange prisoners. In the course of a quarrel a Japanic named Saito Shigeemon killed a Coreas in south Kyong Sang Do, He subsequently proceeded to the office of the gendarmes and confessed his crime,
WITH reference to the recent statement that the N. Y. K. intends to add six new sicamers of eight thousand tons each to its fleet, it is now reperied, says the Kobe Herald, that orders for the construction of lour of these vessels (which are to be of similar type to the Tango Maru) and that the remainging two have heen en- have been placed with the Nagasaki Dockyard, trusted to the Kawasaki Dockyard Co.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
when all cards may be pleaded, it must-be remembered that, as THE Hon. E. Carleloa Baker, the recently order as to simply whet the appetite for more, from Yokobama on roth inst, and will be duo inspected at our office.
CASH LESS 10%
CREDIT LESS 5%
THE Bandmana Opera Company, who open
MAIS DUE, visit, have been in Yokohama, and the papers
Canadian {Athenian) 12th inst. which arrived to-day by the mail speak in
Canadian (Empress of India) 12th inst. glowing terms of the ability of the artistes. So
English (Delta) 13th fast., 6 p.m. great was the demand for seats that the visit
American (Dorte) 16th inst. to Yokohamt had to be prolonged over the
Indian (Sulsang) 18th inst. previously decided upon. The Box of
The Imperial German Mail s.s. Stydlite Curiar said "Every night this week the Public fall has been crowded with audiences which have heartily enjoyed the charming perform left Colembo on 9th inst., p.m., and may be ex ances of the above named Opera Company, pected here on roth inst., am.
The P. M. S. S. Cols 5,8, Manchuria sailed Each performance has been of such a high they are generally white or of some very appointed American Consul for Foochaw, has the result being that all have appreciated the
to arrive at this port on 21st inst
The N. V. K. Australian Line s Nikko | light colour, they show all the dirt. Colour arrived and has taken over the seals of offics. fact that they were having a musical treat nat
Maru left Nagasaki for this port Direct on 9th ed clothes get quite as dirty but do not The N. C. D. News correspondent says: He likely to occur again, and all have therefore
The P. & O, S. N. Co.'s s.s. Della lell 'Singa. show. At a matter of fact, the journal comes well equipped for the service, having vied with each other in attending every per inst, and is expected here on 12th inst.
formance they could secure seats for." "The quoted asserts, there is probably not a coun- recently graduated from the University of Cali Japan Advert declared that "The largest pore for this port on 9th inst., at noon, with the try in the world where clothes are washed fornia when he pursued the studies of Inward audience ever assembled in the history of outward English. Mails, and is due here on The C. P. R. Co.'s, as. Empress of India formance of the Bandmann Opera Company." so often. So that question is disposed of; commerce. The Americans gave him a hearty Yokohama Public Hall, greeted the initial perreth inst. at 6 p.m.
welcome at the residence of the Rev. and Mrs. It is therefore evident that the Company is arrived at Shanghai, at x am., on 9th insi, and the people's clothes are dirty, but then they.. Eeystone. There is a little disappoint working admirably together and there should left again at 8 p.m., same day, for Hongkong are always at the wash, and probably the ment on the part of some at there being no be large audiences on the two nights that they where she is due to arrive at ro a.m., on 1zik
lask (36 idea is that the average tourist only see the lady at the Consulats at present.
perform la Hongkong,
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The Restless Coreans:
Tokio, 4th June.
It has transpired that the riot at Honyju was the result of a Count intrigue. The prisoners pow number 150 and the dead over 80.
Train Guards in Manchuria.
Tokio, 4th June.
In view of the frequent altacks by bandits in Manchuria, the Japanese authorities have de- tailed guards of soldiers to every train,
Japanese in U. §. Navy,
Tokio, 4th June.
A Japanese steward having been detected drawing plans in the turret of an American battleship, it has been ordered that all un- naturalised Japanese shall be dismissed from the United States Navy.
A Compliment from the Pope.
Tokio, 4th June. Count Katsura, lately Prime Minister of Japan, has been made the recipient of the higliest Order in the gift of the Vatican.
An Ambassador on Leave.
Tokio, 4th Junė. Baron Mumm, German Ambassador, will be a passenger for San Francisco by the T. K. K. S. America Maru to-morrow.
The Emperor at Work Again.
Teking, 5th Inuc.
H. M. Kuang Hsl has recoved from his ill- ness and was present at the conference of Ministers, held yesterday at the Eho Palace, which lasted for two hours. It is understood that the questions discussed were the Nanchang affair, the Customs appointments, and the Russo-Chinese negotiations, Prince Ching explained to Their Majesties the progress of the latter, and memorialised them that unless both Russia and China yield to some extent the negotiations would be impossible.
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The Partition of Saghalien.
Tokio, 5th June. The Saghalica Boundary Commission left Tokio this morning. Hunghutze Activity In Manoharia.
Tokio, 7th June. Mukden messages state that a force of banditti near Changtu pa Saturday afternoon captured 9,000 rifles of German pattern which were being sent by Tartar General. Chao Erh-ren of Mukden' under instruction of Viceroy Yuan Shib-Kai to the Tartar Generals of Kisin and Heilungkiang, as well as sixteen cars. Many were killed and wounded.
A Mysterious Attack.
Tokio, 7th June. It is officially reported that a batch of Chinese regulars invaded the Japanese railway barracks at Kuchenize on the 16th ult, and
injured some workmen,