Intimations.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY,
A. S. WATSON & CO., ing safe investments rather than outlets for
LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
RAINIER BEER
SPARKLING
-İNVIGORATING
HEALTH-GIVING.
During the Hot Damp Weather when
Heavy Drinks are out of the questions, one's naturally thoughts turn to "RAINIER.”
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Tu¤ P. and U: Company's steamer China leit Lahdon on 20th ult with the following specia for Hongkong: Doll 1, silver, £97,100, for making fast to the steamer Glenfarg,
while that vessel was entering the harbour
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with the result that progress in every department of public life increases every day. From the various reports which wo have published from time to time, it is evident that those in Canton having ready money at their disposal are seek
speculation. In the case of the Canton-carly this morning, a sampasman was to-day Hankow railway it is possible that many of the Cantonese were led to take up shares in the belief that they would be well on the way to beconic millionaires in a remarkably short period.
But that view, though per fectly comprehensible in the case of coolies unable or unaccustomed to balance possible returns on a large capital, was certainly not emphasised by the leaders of the people, for their sole or, at least, their main idea was to control the railway as a popular undertaking worked and manned by the people for the benefit of the people. It is seldom, indeed, that a railway is a very productive milch- cow from the shareholders' standpoint, but
A Fax-occurred at Penang on 9th inte The scene of the conflagration was Chulia Street, where the biggest pawnshop in Penang, belonging to Chup Hin Thye, was gutted The loss, which is said to be covered by in-
surance, amounts at least to $120,000, FOR removing 51.45 from the trousers pockets of Sanitary Inspector Butten when he called at No. 5, Morrison Hill Gap yesterday to remove. soiled linen, a washerman, oi No. 13, Jardine's Bazaar, East Point, was to-day sentenced to three weeks' hard labour and six hours' stocks at the Police Courl.
AUGUST 21 1906.
THE "SAINAM" PIRACY.
HOME PAPER COMMENTI. The outrage on the steanier Saiwum on the West River will bring back memories of the tragic occurrences that took place more than ente old and of other similar
once on the Who Sparta Canon delta, ever
HINIS 10 HONGKONG MARCHANTS,
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THE VICTORIA COMMERCIAL AGENT. Mr. R. B. Levien, the commercial agent for Jajan and the Far East for the Government of Victoria, Australia, is at present in Hongkong
with the object of furthering the interests of
CANTON DAY BY DAY
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
[From Our Dươm Correspondent.]
Canton, 20th August,
There has been considérable discussion be.
tween the Nam Hoi and Fun Yil Magistrales,
on, account of the sum which was offered by the Abbot of the Kun Sin Monastery, belonging
to Nam Hoj District, to the Pan YU Magistrate, towards educational expenses. The Nam Hol Magistrate claimed that the money should have been sent to him.
AN EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENT: Mr. Hui Chi'Hang has been appointed to the i
THE SAINAM" PIRACY,
As several pirates have been captured and taken to the Nam Hoi prisen in connection
to the present day, remains a pirates' nnst, in- the business section of Victoria. Although ordered by Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Mingis-tested with hurdes of boats that are frequently Ma. Livien has his headquartere in Kobe, Jn peaceful trades one moment and piratical'èraft | pae, he is also empowered to promute the tracy, to pay a fine of $5.
the next. Their calling is sometimes lucrative commercial connection of Victoria with Hong- but often precarious, and their fate often un keng and South China, and while he finds that enviable. Not long since a local mandarin, merchants in this Colony are sufficiently alive. finding it impossible to capture a band of de to the importance of pushing colonial trade to predators, caused a proclamation to be issued, its utmost limits, he mentioned, en passant, offering a free pardon for all their misdeeds to that he has received inquiries from two Austra position of a Weiyuan in the Educational De tian firms which may interest Hongkong busi.partment through the influence of the Provin- those of the gang who presented themselves at
One fire desires to obtain cial examiner, U Sek Mui, of whom he is an his yamen. Trusting to these assurances, ness houses.
the name of a reliable Hongkong merchant intimate friend. It is reported that, when the Provincial examiner was coming to Canton, number of the pirates presented themselves at The yamen, and were immediately put to death who would be willing to deal in marble. It is
Mr. Hui Chi Hang proceeded to Tientsin is stated that the marble in question can be byling chi." The people were so enraged at the pirates that before some of the culprits landed here at a cheaper rate than Italian order to meet him and show the intimacy
existing between the officials, reached the place of execution they set upon marble could be imported, so there is no reason them and carried out the execution on the why we should not, all live in marble halls. public street. Precautions are taken on all Another concern in Australia wishes to receive foreign steamers of an elaborate nature, but in shipments of sandal-wood. Should any firms
outrage, they cannot always cope with the numbers and resourcefulness of the pirates. Details are not sufficient in the present caso to apprise us whether the usual trick was resorted to in this case.. that course is for the pirates to ship a number of their gang as passengers, who, at an agreed point, overpower or murder the crew, and steer the véasel to where their confederates are waiting' in junks. We may be sure that the Saimum adopted all precau Vans, for she is owned jointly by the Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Company, the China Navigation Company, and the Indo- China Steam Navigation Company, than whom there are apne who know more about the run- Bing of steamers on the China coast and waters. Express.
on these poims they are advised to communi-mander, Li Tsun, sent a despatch to the Nam.........
Hoi Magistrate suggesting that the six pri cate with Mr. Levien, whole address is the
soners should be tried along with the recently captured pirates, now in his own Yamen. No
THE Alacrity, despatch vessel, attached to the it is generally a sale investment unless gross China Squadron, will be re-commissioned next occasional cases, like the present Sainam in Hongkong desire to make further inquiries with the attack on the Sainam, the Naval Com-
months, says the L. 5a C. Expressof zoth pit, the new officers and crew proceeding per the cruiser Terrible to the Far East-along with the other reliefs for the sante station. The Terrible will leave for Hongkong on 24th inst. THE inhabitants of Formosa have agreed to
ly mismanaged or subjected to corrupting influences. While a railway scheme is sup ported by all classes of the population the fotation of a water company does not appeal with such force to a community which, speaking generally, is ignorant of the advant ages to be derived from an adequate service of fresh water at all seasons of the year. As present, Canton is dependent for its water supply on the muddy stream which forms
creet three marble statues of the late Ceneral
Kodama in commemoration of his services as Governor-General of Formosa. The stalars hive Uzen ordered from Italy, and de to be set
up in Taipeh, Taichu and fainan. in Taipeh the home and habitation of thousands of the statue is to be erected in the park on a with all manner of objectionable sewage,
Chinese. Naturally, the water is polluted | granite pedestal,
use on the steamers of the two companies be
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and probably half the diseases which afflict A RANGEMENTS have now been made be. The inhabitants of. Canton may be traced to tween the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company and the Hamburg-America Line for the consumption of foul water. Certainly, joint tariff with interchangeable tickets for the intelligent and better classes will, for their own sake, adopt measures to purify tween Shanghai and Tientsin. It will be pos- the water before using it for domestic pursible therefore for passengers to make the four poses, but the mass of the people have journey vió Chingwantao, and return for vària- the means nor the inclination tion by way of Cheloo and Tsingtao or via | neither
10 filter their daily supply, and only 4.20 the universal habit of the Chinese of quen. At the instance of Constable Calliford, of Bay ching their thirst by draughts of tepid tea View Police Station, Messrs. Meyer and Com- 16.50 in the preparation of which most of the dis-pany, owners of the Petroleum Works, Northquently no sufficient protection is accorded
Per Case, of 4 duz. gunris... $16.50
Per Doz. quarts
Per Case of 6 doz, pints
Per Doz, pints
4
2.75
ease gets are destroyed or rendered inno. cuous-as prevented the outbreak of fresh epidemics. Although the new company is to begin operations with a capital A. S. WATSON & CO.,|$200,000, it cannot for une moment be sup.
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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 18th August, 1906.
KOTICE,
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posed that the capital_(will-renizin at that figure. A waterworks sclieme of any mag nitude implies an expenditure of at least $2,000,000, and even then it would only be in the first stages of development if there was any intention of providing a general supply for a city of the size of Canton. The probability, is, however, that the promoters
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The rates per quarles and por matem, proportional. The dally imue is delivered free whys the address is accovible to momenger. coplant by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for stage The postage po the weekly immun tá any part of the *world in 80 cents per quarter, Single Copies Dally, to cents: Weekly, twenty-
fire cants.
DEATH.
INGS.-A Canton, China, on August 16th, JOSEPH INGS, M.), Ch. B., (Edinburgh), of the New Zealand Pres, Mission. Aged 30 years, 1854
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persa.
Point, were summoned for permitting a quan- tity of petroleum, or petroleum mixed with water, to be discharged into the harbour on the 16th August. A solicitor from Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon, appeared for the defend ant firm and applied-for-a-remand, which was allowed by Mr. F. A. Hazeland,
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EIGHT out of every ten smashed heads that take place ai West Point nowadays are simply through fights over the water supply. Last night u.hawker went to a street hydrant to fill his buckets with water. A stranger, also carry ing two buckets, made for the hydrant and attempted to elbow the hawker away from the hydrant in order that he might get his buckeis filled first. The bawker resented such rough treatment and told the stranger so: The stranger turned on the hawker and banged him over the head, necessitating bis removal 10 hospital. The stranger was arrested and this morning, ou a charge of assauk. He was was placed liefore Mr. F. A. Hazeland,
ordered to pay a fine of $7.
In the notes from the native press appearing in the Shanghai Times, it is learnt that, since the dating robbery and foul murder perpetrated an the 's,s. Sainam in the Canton River, the British Minister at Pekin' has repeatedly lodged complaints against the Viceroy of the two Kwans. He said that he learned from the Governor of Hongkong that the Viceroy always makes very light of foreigners, and conse them. The crime would not have been com- pitted bad he thought better of Europeans, and the whole affair was due to the slighting of foreigners on the part of the Viceroy. It is said also that-the-Minister seeins to ask for a change of Viceroy in Kwangtung.
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THE HUNGHOM MURDER.
PRISONERS ON TRIAL.
Hongkong Hotel As the commercial agent of Victoria, Mr. Levien has a fund of information which should prove of value to those desirous of extending their business connections. He is only staying a week in Hongkong but will make appointments with all who wish to sug gest methods of increasing business or meeting Chinese requirements. `..
The three coolies, who are alleged to have murdered a man at Tok-wa-wan, Hunghom, un the 15th instant, were placed before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Potire, Court, this afternoon.
Atz, P. P. J. Wodebou, Assistant Superin. tendent of Police, and Sergeant O'Sullivan, of: Bunghom l'alice Station, prosecuted, and Mr. R. A. Harding représented the defendants.
Dr. H. Macfarlane, of the Kowloon mor
mary, spoke as to the result of the post mortem examination he held on deceased the day following the tragedy. He said that although death was due to harmorrhage, following the rupture of an enlarged spleen, A ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, there were no external wounds on the bedy of the deceased. The doctor was of opinion that death could have been caused by a bine. On his cross-examination, Dr. Mcfarlane spoke as the spleen complaint. A spleen could be rupte ed in many ways. It could be dose, as he already said, by a blow, or a fall, in a tussle,
ON THE KOWLOON SIDE,
their possible clientèle before embarking on a ́more ambitious venture, and $200,000 is quite sufficient for the preliminary operations. The example of the Shanghai Waterworks Company whose venture has been attended with complete success has, doubtless, been a strong incentive to the Canton promoters to proceed with their scheme, and the fact that the capital was over-subscribed within a few days to the extent of the amount re- quired, $200,000, is an evidence that there is a real and firm belief in the prospects of the company. Everyone who has given a moment's thought to the matter will agree that the opinion of the investors in the soundness of the undertaking is well founded, A system of waterworks will not merely addment was 16.d to the amenities of the city, but also con Tribute to the welfare of the people. In
At the last meeting of the Sanitary Board an application was submitted from the Right Rev. Bishop Pozzoni, for a site for a Roman Catholic
cemetery on the north side of the harbour,
This application was submitted to Govern- ment, and at the meeting of the Sanitary Board held to-day the following reply from Govern
Colonial Secretary's Office, 15th August, 1906, most cases the municipal authorities find of the gth inst., forwarding a letter relative to Sir-With reference to your letter No. 145
The Hongkong Celegraph it advantageous to control the water supply, the appointment of a site for a cemetery on the
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1906.
CANTON WATERWORKS.
bul perhaps, it is better that in Canton the north side of the barbour, I am directed to system should be under the direction of a state that it is regretted that it is not possible private concern, managed by business men to make provision in the 1907 estimates for the in the interests of the shareholders and the heavy expenditure which will be involved in the formation of a cemetery at Kowloon, to customers. The probabilities are, more
SANITARY BOARD."
The usual bi-monthly raceting of the Sanitary Board was held this afternoon in the Board room, when the following business was trans- acted
answer has yet been sent to the request.,
DEATH OF DR. INGS.
The Canton mission community received a sudden shock on Thursday last week when it became known that Dr. Ings. had died that morning. He had been suffering from severe dysentery for some days. On Friday his remains were buried in the Christian cemetery, at the foot of the White Cloud Hills, within a few paces of Dr. Kerr's grave: Dr. Ings was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, where his parents still reside. He took his medical course and graduated last year at Edinburgh University. Arriving at the close of 1905 ha studied the Chinese language, and also 'gave much valuable assistance in the Canton Hos
BONES IN CLARENCE TERRACE. The following letter was read in reply to an application for permission to erect storehouses, for the storing of cow bones, in Clarence Ter-pital. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Ings in her bereavement and the mission-community has face ¦---
Colonial Secretary's Office, ́s
last one of its mins! promising young members.
ALLEGED KIDNAPPER
roth August, 1906. Sir, Refering to your letter, No. 19, of the that, I am directed to state that His Ex- rent the application of Mr. Wei Kee and
cellency the Governor-in-Council is unable to
I have, etc.,
ARRESTED.
SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY. others for permission to erect stores in Clar. rence Terrace for storing bones.
Chan Tam, an unemployed coolie, was 1 am to request that you will be good ordered by Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, at the enough to inform the applicants of this decision-Police Court, this morning, to be held in police custody for one week pending investigations (Sd.), T. Sercombe Smith, to be made by the Yau-ma-ti police, preparatory Colonial Secretary. to his trial on the 28th Instent, for kidnapping The Secretary, Sanitary Board.
a boy named Chau Ching from his father's The lion, the Registrar General minuted house, at No. 19, Station Street South, and hold. The Board ought to have seen there was ing him for ransom. About six months ago, the suitable storage for bones before granting the boy's father, a tailor by profession, took in defendant, fed and kept him until the 14th licence,
instant, free of charge. During his stay in the tailor bouse, the accused was acknowledged as one of the family and he was known to the boy as uncle. Late on the night of the 14th or early on the morning of the 15th, defendant disappeared from the house, and it is alleged he took the boy 100, for the latter has not been seen since. When the loss was dis
The Building Ordinance requires all strects on which houses front to have a width of 30 feet in the City of Victoria. These structures would encroach upon the street.
COMPENSATION AFTER CLEANSING.
The following minute by the Principal Civil Medical Officer relative to the compensation for damage done during the cleansing and dis- infecting of premises, was submitted, in which it was said: in accordance with the instruc tions contained in the Colonial Secretary's letter of July 7ih, 1956, arrangements have been made for the payment of compensation for property destruyed or damaged in connec tion with the cleansing and disinfection of pre- mises under section 89 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and under the "Prevention or mitigation of epidemic, en- demic or contagious diseases" bye-laws, when ever the case of infection has been duly report
or a sudden jerk. A spleen, when considerably cd. In all other cases (in which compensation enlarged, could be very easily ruptured. At is not payable) every effort will be made this point his Worship put in that the merest
to leave the premises in a presentable con- dition, by removing nails from beams where shove could ropture an enlarged spleen,
The particulars of the alleged murder wore ceilings have been taken down, by filling in that deceased was supposed to have stolen holes left by removing beans, and by lime something from the defendants, who caught washing, or painting wood-work or brick work him on the street, causing his death. hin, and they were reported to have assaulted which has been exposed in the process of
The case was adjourned until Wednesday, 29th inst.
CEMETERY FOR NATIVES.
The question of setting apart a site for a
over, that in private bands the scheme' will cartespond witli the one at Happy Valley, but public cemetery for the villages of Ngau Tau be carried into effect with the utmost des being overlooked in the plans for laying oui Kek, ai Cho Wan, Cha Ko Leng, and yet
patch and that squeeze pidgin will be rigidly taboned. In any event, the Establishe
ment of a domestic water service even on a
Amid the variety of undertakings which are attracting the attention of people in Canton, there is none of more importance to the well-being of the community than the .proposed water supply. In a short para-moderate scale is to be commended. It is graph which we received from our Canton all of a piece with the era of reform which correspondent yesterday it was stated that "Acting upon the suggestion of Viceroy Shum a company has been floated with a capital of $100,000 for the purpose of supply ing the city of Canton with an efficient water service. The capital was over-sub scribed to the extent of some $200,000 in a few days' time. A commencement of
that the necessity for such a cemetery is not
Kowloon. I have, etc.,
(sd.) T. FERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary; Secretary, Sanitary Board
A GAMBLING RAID.
CHINAMAN'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
moon, having been submitted to the Sanitary Board, the matter was seferred to the Hon. the Registrar-General, whose reply, as follows, was read at the meeting of the Sanitary Board, to- day:
disinfection.
Mr. Shelion Hooper minuted: The last part of the minute is not quite satisfactory.
The Hon, the Registrar General minuted: I should like to know the sums spent on this compensation, during, say, the years 1994, 1995, and up to date this year,
The Secretary minuted:
1924-26.03 1905-$119.70 1956-$1,500,co (approximately).
covered, the boy's father reported the matter at Yau-ma-ti Police Station, but no progresk could be made by the police as it was reported defendant had left for, Canton. Yesterday morning the tailor met defendant in the street. The accused approached him and said: "la there any ransom being offered for your son? If there is you will get him back in a couple of days, by handing me the money. If not, he will be sold."The tailor gave the defendant incharge:ut first he refused to talk, when questioned at the station. Once he said the lad was being confined ina house at Mongkok, but when the house was visited the boy could not be found. The same WAS said of Hunghom. Anyway, the contie was charg. ed and reports later arrived at the station that the boy was on a junk at Po Tai Ling, Chinese territory, out of the jurisdiction of the police. The tailor offered all kinds of remuneration to get back his son and even offered to engage a launch, provided the police would accompany him, to look for the bay. It was said that the tailor has despatched men to Po Tai Ling to get back the boy; whether the keepers of the boy will hand him over is another question, but the police, so long as the lid is in Chinese territory, can do nothing in the matter. The outcome is awaited with interest,
Persions in London.
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THE Shah of Persia, says a recent Retiter wire, has announced his intcation of convoking a Legislative Council, to include the elected re FLOOR REPAIRING.
presentatives of all classes, for the purpose of Messrs. Palmer and Turner submitted an
carrying out certain reforms. All the refugees have left the care of the British Legation, with application for the withdrawal of the Board's
claime I have seen the headmen of the quarries. notice for the repairing of the floors of Nos.. the exception of 200 who had personal has arisen in Canton. If things go on at
They say it is all a question of expense. If 17 and 21, Rienacker Street. In making the to attend to. Priests are returning to Teberap The new Persian constitution is welcomed in commercial circles and has the tendency to the present rate, Canton should, within
the burials take place behind the villages the application they stated that the premises were cost, exclusive el coffins, is not more than 40 occupied by a carpenter's, and Ironmonger's enhance the commercial possibilities of the a decade or so, compare favourably with
A Chinese gambler had a must miraculous cents, paid to the men who carry the coffin shops, respectively, and owing to the nature of country. The convocation of the Council gavo cities which have been governed by eŋ.
If the body has to be the work carried on it was absolutely imposri-rise to copsiderable enthusiasm at a meeting of escape from being dashed to pieces in the gut and dig the grave. lightened ideas for a hundred years. Un-terat Yau-ma-ti, yesterday afternoon. Sergean taken to Kowloon a boat has to be hired ble to keep the floors in any sort of repair,
Mr. Humphreys minuted: Withdraw. doubtedly Canton will be transformed, and Appleton, in company with other officers, raid.et an expense of St, which sounds rather
Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett minuted: 1 understood the native city should present an appearasice ed the second fines of No. 185, Station Street, large, and $4 has to be paid to an under-
Mengkok, at one o'clock yesterday. When taker there-the sexton refusing to allow from the inspector's report that the people are Mr. Lau Chu Pak; When was the concrete The Secretary: In 1897. Probably Mr. Wheal.
The Hon. the President: New notices to "make good" should be served, but in the
will have to be re-laid. cases where the time concrete has perished it
so wholly at variance with the usual aspect the officers dashed into the room they saw a burial, unless they are undertaken by an sleeping on the ground floor; is this correct? the work will be made immediately." While of Chinese cities that it will shame the large crowd siuing round a table, on the undertaker. I see no harm in a cemetery
LIME-WASHINO.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUE.
Indian (Namsang) 26th inst., 6 p.m. German (Pris Waldemar) 27th inst German (Prina Heinrich) 27th inst., p.m. Australian (Changsha) isi prox. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 4th prox. The P. M. S. 9. Cola 8.3. Korea arrived at San Francisco on zeth inst.
The Beurieuch from Antwerp and Lox- don left Singapore on 16th inst., for this port
The C. P. R. Cofs 1.4. Turlar left Yoko, The returns for the fortnight, eading 31st July, showed that 668 houses were white-hama p.m., on 18th inst., for Victoria and Van washed and cleansed under the supervision of couver. the Sanitary officials,
it may be the case that the shrewd, mer latter into some attempt to ameliorate the
centre of which was gambling paraphernalia, being opened at the site suggested; cemeteries first laid? And who inspected the work? chants of Canton view the company as a prevailing conditions. The new company At the head of the table at the banker- can always be closed and 'plasted. And any sound and remunerative investment for their
has come into being with no flourish of a woman. As soon as the police were noticed way when you get a cemetery you get an open money, it is highly probable that several of
trumpets; it has been floated under the the woman sprang up, dashed the gambling space. The number of the inhabitants in the those who have become shareholders were
most favourable auspices, and we trust that things off the table, at the same time telling four villages in question is about 1,400. The induced to ensure the flotation of the comit will proceed to work with the same quiet
the men to bolt. The rest of the police, who lot in question for this site is a piece of land were waiting outside, came in, and arrested the measuring 330 feet by 200 feet locally called pany from patriotic as well as financial determination to succeed as has characteris
It has been affirmeil on several ed its birth,
inmates, who were in a state of great excite Tseung Leong Tia, and situated at District motives.
ment. One coalie ran to the verandah and No. 3 B., Just at the back of the villages men. occasions that money is light in China, but
jumped into the street-a distance of about tioned, the argument will not stand investigation, for
ANOTHER demented Chinaman, residing at 35ft. His fall was broken in mid-air, for be within a few months millious of dollars have No. 334. Des Voeux Road West, made an struck some telegraph wires and then rolled We note from the Japan Timer that Captain been forthcoming to establish reproductive attempt to take his life at West Point last on to the street, suffering not even a scratch. W. Ekstrand, the commodors of the NY.K. works in the southern provinces, aud there night. He was seen to leap out of bed, saying As soon as he alighted on ferro firma be took flent, who recently retired, bas received as a that he was being chased by a man with a knife to his heels and disappeared. The police then present from the Nippon Yusen Kaisha the seems to be no limit to the investing capacity He gained the verandah and jumped from the secured ten men and the woman, wmbling of the wealthy, classes in Canton. The adsecond floor into the street below. He was charged with being the keeper of a gambling sum of Y20,000, and from subscribers among daring the month of July.there were 60 prose- / inst, and is expected here on agth inat, milan house. She was fined So by Mr. Gompert, officials of the company a gold watch, chais, vantage of joint stock companies is appeal not seriously injured. The police removed him at the Police Court, this morning, and the men and pendant Captain Ekstrand has served
under the Japanese flag over thirty years, Ing more and more to the épna-fide Investors to the hospital and then to the Lunatic Asylum. 53 each.
MACAO MORTALITY, .
The mortality return from Macso for the week ending 6th August, 1906, alowed the mortality to be at the rate of 27.8 per 1,000.
DE OVERCROWDING:
The 1. C. 5. N. Co.'s sis. Namsang from Cal cuita and the Straits loft Singapore for this port on 20th lost, at 6 p.m.
The N. Y. K. Bombay Line sa Colombo Maru left Singapore for this port on 19th inst, and is expected here on 24th lost.
The N. Y. K. European Lines Kawa The return of the inspectors showed that chỉ Mfaru left Shanghai for this port on noth The P. & A. s.s. Aragonia sailed from Moji. cations for overcrowding in the various hesith
and will be due to arrive at this port on 34th inst districts of the City. As a result: 369 persons for Hongkong on the morning of the 19th fast, were ordered to vacate the evercrowded tests.