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3.The Fang Kee Trading Company,
Lord and Lady Meath and Lady Violet Bra Queen's Road Central, brought action in the baron arrived this morning by the ss. Ridil Supreme Court, last Tuesday, Arafest G Ber and are the guaste of Hir
the idloge to recover the sum of $172.26, belag Gaverno.
Excellency damages alleged to have been sopralded by
Daring the forenoon Lord Meath, altended The plaintiffs were represented by Mr. H.K. AD.C. Visited Victoria School and Kowloon plaintifs by water leaking into their premises by Mr. E. D. Or Wolfe and Captain Taylor, Holmes, while Mr. E. J. Grist, of Mestre, Wil- School and addressed the papile on the mean kinion and Grist, represented the defence.ing and hopes of the Empire movement,
of both
SATURDAY MARCH 27 1909,
ERMAN MATE DE MAINED Snagers and taggage at: 6,30 pm, leaving CHINA'S ANCIENT MONUMENTS-
Shanghai,at's the beach co "CARES OF OPIUM IN' BAGGAGE" ROOM
Cross-examined by Mr. Carver, he said that It is just six meaths since we first referred the quarter-master and sailor did not examianto, the movamant that has been set on foot for the baggage closely when it arrived. Some the preservation of China's ancient mondmesis
· CAPTAIN CHARGED AT POLICE COURT.. timer other things besides baggage were putio from the destructiva hand of modern vandalism. the baggage room. Passengers baggage usual. The movement has now, taken definite shape, was unable to get away at noon, yesterday, as ed by the company for the purpose: The boxes. cicly and by the last mail from Paklag, where The German mail reamer Fringas lily had the passengers came, on a labst provide onder the name of the China Monument So board of do talle ofchandu, valued at $4,330, no other mark of identification.received a preliminary circular, printed in Eng originally planned, owing to the discovery on had the mark Singapore on a paper label and the Society's headquarters are located, we have reports the Straits Times of 16th last. The skip RECEIVING THE BOXES. per, Captain P. Gosche, was summoned to ap Mr. Henschop the chief officer, said that be objects of the undertaking. A thoroughly re
Ish and French, which sets forth, briefly the pear before the fourth magistrate, Mr. A. do first saw the boxes in the presence of Capt, presantative Committed has been secared, in Korostorets, the Russian Minister, Mr. Huie, The baggege room was kept locked. There the Japanese, and Mr. Ouden it, the French Minister M
These boxes were standing free, not hidden among those who are already register was a great quantity of baggage on board. Obargé d'Affaires for the Netherlands; walle
baggage. There were two ed as members are many of the foreign re identity he
Ping Pit), the Tantal for the Développant off Holmes; were that the plaintiffs had a godown i schools word granted a balls Aister of a ship used for the importation of marks on the main deck as large as the box.
The facts of the case, as "outlined by Mr. Lord Meath's request, the pupils trijo, this morning, on a charge of being the Hawtry in the baggage. room, and noticed cluding the names of Sir John Jordan M
Yesterday, the usual annual heating of the Canion-Hadkow Railway Company was bold when there were some six hundred shareholders presente The Total of Constabulary Wong Sancho Praject and the two District Magis Native Industries (Chan Mong Ting the trates of Nambol and Pas: Yo were invited to atteda. Mr. Ng Kee Chiu, of Shanghai, the re- presentative of the Shanghat Railway Share holders Ualon, was elected to the chair, The accounts of the Company for last year were presented to the meeting, when there were many items which the shareholders desired to that a body of fee members should be selected check before being passed, it was decided to audit the accounts. Most of the shares holders present expressed their opinion that that they would not be responsible for the increase in laties of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
din Excellency and Lord Meath, by Captain Simson watched the finals of the baseball team," after which His Excellency handed to the winning team the Cup pratented by the Committes of Entertainment. ing of the Ministering Children's League held at S1, Paula College,
• 3.30 p.m.; Lady Meath présided at a meet-arga cases of chandu, more than has been away underneath know at the gangway / eldents: bastē known in China in connection"
per af Government House at 8.15 p.m. this even- The following guests have been invited to dia- Ing-Sir George & Lady Errington, General Brandwood, Captain Heathcote, Mr. and Mrs lock, Bishop of Victoria and Mis. Lander, Sir David, Mr. and Mr May, Mr. and Mrs. Pol Henry Berkeley, Mr. Wilder, Admiral Harbor, Flag-Lieutenant Leaty, Captain Fairfax, Judge aud Mrs, Thayer. 3
from Queen's Road Central, to the praya, in Cha Loong Street thoroughfare loading Inspector of Schools, party wall divided plaintiffs' godown from the defendant's premises. On the morning of gth January & quantity of water percolated through this party wall (from the defendant's side) into the godown. A quantity of goods were stored there at the time, most of them being of the unperishable kind; Several cases, however, etc., ware affected and the consents damaged. containing paper, plaster, camphorated balls,
paid into Court, is liability admitted?
The Puisse Judge-Some money has boca. Mr. Grini denied liability, notwithstanding that some money had been paid in. Hastated that had plaintifs given the defendant notice of the leakage at the time, the latter would have PROTEST BY BRITISH SYNDICATE. been in a position to examine the damage, lo
alead of that plaintiffs complained to the land- A Peking message to the ash ways: lord direct and the party wall was cemented and Negotiations for the Canton-Wachang Rail so far no further damage accrued. It was the way loan for Germany have been successfully duty of the plajatiffs to have at once ascertain." concluded, though the contract is not yet signed.ed the extent of the damage and to have taken The loan was first mooted between Viceroy such steps to minimize matters. Plaintiffs, how. Chang Chih-tung and Mr. Bland, the represen ever, allowed the thing to stand over until gta tative of a British syndicate. Owing to a dis February, when he wrote to defendest.claim agreement of views as to terms, the nogalog $171. Supposing that immediate steps. tiations progressed very slowly and Germans had been taken, instead of allowing the cases to stepped in and took the contract, The ne remain inthe damp, the damage would not have gotiations were conducted by the president of amounted to $15-the amount paid into Court the German-China Bank in Shanghai, and the terms of the loan are said to be almost identical with those of the Hsiamintun, Mukden Railway The British syndicate is indignant at this denouement and bas lodged a protest."-Japan Chronicle.
OPIUM SMUGGLING.
__DRUG_IN-FISH-DAARBLET
The Manila Times, of 17th inst, reports :— Oplem to the value of between P6,000 and' P2,000 was found in some barrels of dried fish on the custom house wharf this morning by Assistant Chief Keith of the Customs secrat service,
Last evening news was received by the secret service that there was more opiuin hidden in bar rels of fish imported from China, as was the smell amount taken a few days ago. In a consigo. ment of eight barrels of fish marked T. three large tins containing 150 packages of oplam which weighed 65 kilos were found in the barrels numbered six, seven ned eight,
As yet the officials do not know positively who the owner of the staff is, but it is believed to be the same Chino who tried to import that which was found a few days ago, both "con signments of fish coming in from Amoy on the steamer Talang last Friday. Two of the men who were supposed to own the opium seized the other day have left the city, one sail Ing on the Rubi on Saturday and the other on the Team yesterday afternoon.
COLLAPSE OF A FACTORY CHIMNEY IN OSAKA.
SEVERAL KILLED AND INJURED..
and inasmuch as the plaintiffs had not taken. reasonable steps to minimize, but assisted to contribute, to the damage, they were ani, enti. led to damages. It was the plaintiffs' duty to prova negligence, and unless regligence' was proved defendant was not fiable.
The Estland Countess of Meath and Lady Violet Brabason proceed to Europe by the .. Bleist to-morrow,
CARGO-BOAT BOKI DROWNED,
FELL INTO HARNOUR, WHILE LOOKING AFTER SAILS.
zged last.
What was indeed a sad accident, resulting is death, took place this morning in the barbour At about 4 a.m. to-day, a cargo-boat, licence number 376, weighed her anchor to leave for Wanchai to load coal. The craft was anchored off the Harbour Department, and every pre The Paisne Judge-Was it slop water? paration was being made for the journey wben Mr. Crist-We don't know. This is a bake the cry went up that one of the jokis had fallen house and under the Sanitary Board regula. overboard. All work was stopped, the junk tions it must be washed out very frequently, was swung round, a search was made, but there and there must have been a crack in the cement. was no sign of the inau, who, no doubt, had --The managing partner of the plaintiff firm=|dimppeared as 100% as he touched the water. was called, and after giving his evidence was The unfortunate fokt was named Li Yau Shing, very sharply cross-examined.
aged twenty-seven, and it would appear that white attending to the sail he accidentally slipped and failing to regain his hold, dropped overboard and was drowned: Up to the time of writing his body has not yet been recovered.
Mr. Grist-Now, your godown is on a slightly lower level than the defendant's premises? Yek
And there is a staircase between your godown and the premises of the defendant ? -Yes. a year ago.
When did you purchase these goods ?-Over
And they have been in the godowa ever since Yes..
Were the goods in tin-lined cases?—No, And you placed them on the ground?—Yes How long have you been dealing in this class of goods?-Over a year.
Is your floor of cement?—No, tiled.
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THE UNITED STATES.
TARIFF. REVISION,
crowded with officers from the ship and repre- santatives of Messrs. Bean Meyer and Co., the local agents for the Norddeutscher Lloyd.
were brought la by the chiolingu; he proper seen in the police courts at one time for years, men
Captain. As soon as the magistrate had taken were brenghi la by the chinting the Open Farmers and Mr. D. Y. Perkins for the bis saat, Mr. Perkins said:-1 understand that a warrant of arrest has been issued My learned friend must have beau for for the detention of the Princess Alice. getful of the ordinance when he applied for such an arder. The North German Lloyd men-of-war, and should be considered as such, mail steamers are, to all intents and purposes, by the ordinance. I therefore demand, ask should way, for her immediate release.
He then proceeded to read the Ordinates fo detail, but was interrupted by the magistrate, who said that a clause-referred to was no longer in force.
Printer Allge at Weosung Witness received at Wooring: Massage mater, and that the two cases were inken on board the steamer
baggage
them from the chief cook of the steamor and stowed them in the baggage room. The chief he put the labels on them. He did not know cook told him that they were for Singapore and
no suspicion it was chandü. He thought that what the contents of the boxes were and had they were ship's stores. He did not know down. On arriving in Singapore he placed opium when he saw it. The boxes word palled the cases on deck at 4 am. They remained Rallas Hotel arrived who, ha understood, on deck till 9 am. Then the runner from was to take them away. He did take them eshore and loaded them on a luggage van but brought them back because they were leaking. It was 11 or 12 o'clock when be Mr. Carver explained that there were, in leaki any case, certain formalities which had to be
returned them, saying that he could not have effected, under the section, and these bad not Witness took them back to the luggage room them because they were leaking too much. been attended to. Certain copies of the Government Gazelle'which he did not have at
and reparied, their rature to the chief cook band at the moment, but had sent for, would hoy then proceeded to open them to see show that the convention referred to by
what was broken inside. They found several counsel for the defendant had been abrogateway because the steamer Argo brought bag of the tias leaking. Witness was then called ed in any case, the ahip was not under gage from the Datch Mail from Batavia which seizure.
he had to receivo. The cases were leaking he received them back. when he first sent them ashore as well as when
QUESTION OF SEIZURE,
Do I understand that you do not intend to seize the steamer? asked Mr Perkins-That depends. If you will give an undertaking that the fiue that is if any fine is imposed-will be paid, I shall withdraw the warrant,
The warrant has been illegally issued and cannot give any such undertaking, replied Mr. Perkias.
The magistrate stated that he believed that the warrant was perfectly legal,
Mr. Perkins asked him to take a pic of his objection.
Washington, March 18, Congersman E-Payne, who was active in framing the McKinley and Dingley Tariff Laws, introduced to-day in the extra session of Con-entrance. Is there pot a certain time of the year when gress, a General Revenue Bill to meet the spe every tiled floor in Hongkong is damnp?-Icial object for which Congress is holding this don't know.
Was the floor damp?-No.
When you opened the damaged cases did you take out the goods? -Yes, to examine them.
And you replaced them in the cases, and left them there?-Yos.
And you made complaint to nobody ?-Why not?
To whom -The landlord.
Did you ask him to pay you ?-He said that if he was to blame ho would compromise and pay me something.
And you refused to accept the amount ?-No. He would not pay afterwards.
Before that you never communicated with the defendant No.
Can you actually tell us how this water came into your godown?-Well, I can't say, but the wall is constantly damp.
Did you see water coming into your godown? Mr. Grist (loudly)-I am asking you the question, "Answer the question yes or no?
Yes.
The Japan Chronicle of the 13th last, repbits: About 1.20 p.m. on Thursday (the ith Instant) the heavy iron chimney of the engine-Why not? If I had not how would I know? room of the Keiban (Kyoto-Osaka) Electric Railway Company, which is now being con- stracted at Joboku-mura, Higashi-nari districi Osaka, collapsed with tremendous-aoise, Several men who were at work there' were killed or injured and the windows of houses in the vicinity were smashed by the concussion, The chimney, which was 172 'feet high and 66 faut in circumference, had just been erected by the Osaka Locomotive Manufacturing Come
And you took no step to remove the cases?
if I didn't all the goods would have been destroyed.
They wore already wet.
But why didn't you remove these cases?
When you saw the water, coming in, can you tell us why you didn't communicate with the
session. The Bill would permit of reciprocal free-irado between the Philippines and Ameri- ca, with a restriction placed on the amount of sugar and tobacco admitted free.. It provides for a general revision of the American tariff on a downward scale, decreasing the duty ou refined sugar. It also includes an in heritance Tax, the issue of Panama Canal Boods to the extent of $40,000,000, and Trea sory Certificates amounting to $350,000,000, making up the revenues to the $300,000,000 necessary to overcome the deficit for 1910, The proposed Internal Revenue does not touch liquors, but increases the taxation on cigarettes to sixty cents per thousand.—N C, D, Nowe,
PRICE OF A BROKEN NÒSE.
VISITED BY POLICE.
Mr. Hawry, second assistant superintendent of palice, then gave evidence of the seizure, saying that be visited the Princess Alice at 1 p.m., yesterday, at Borneo Wharf and found two cases in the baggage room. One of them had been opened, and contained tins wrapped up in a guany bag. Signs of opium were, visible on the ship near the baggage room
What do you mean by siges?-Drops. Witness went on to say that the first drop he saw was on the step at the gangway, outside the baggage room, and others were visible on the steps going down into the room. Chandu had been leaking, and the box and bag were meared. Witaess took the chandy to his office and called the Farmd tester, who told him that it was Shanghai opium. In the unopened box there were sixty-abe tins and in the one that was opened there were twenty-nina. In the gunay bag there were six tins, nearly empty, apparently from leakage. Sixteen of the tins were subsequently opened and the contents emptied into a big tia alter it had been weigh ed. He knew that the tonnage of the Princes Alice was over 500.
We admit that, ejaculated Mr. Perkins,
OPIUM NOT GAMBIER. Witness went on to say that the chief officer of the vessel explained to him that he thought
AN AMERICAN'S EXPERIENCE IN AN EATING the chandu was gambier.
HOUBE.
23rd Inst.
A dispute over the price of a chicken caused some bloodshed in the Central district yester day. The partics appeared in the Police Court, this morning, to have matters adjusted. that an American civilian made his appearance According to the evidence, it would appear
day afternoon;
Questioned about this, by Mr. Perkins, Mr. Hawtry admitted that he used the expression In the present tense. There was 'n splotchi on the deck and when the Chief Officer saw this be asked: This is gambler, isn't it? The baggage room was open, but the part into which he had to go to get the opium was not anable him to get in. casily accessible. A door had to be opened to The court was interrupted several times by where there has been a continual uproar of late. There is always a large throng of loafers there, many of whom should be attending to their duties, who chat and laugh and quarrel, apparently without let or hindrance,
Sheikh Abubakar, head chinting for the Opium Farm, who had accompanied Mr. Hawiry, gave corroborative evidence.
him that the chief cook had some cases for him, When the rander went on board, witress told.
he asked the chief cook what the contents were. On the voyage down, as the cases were leaking, If they were not for an employee of the N. D. ricky condition. Witness suggested that they L. he would not have received them in their might contain syrup. They were not leaking in Shanghai, however,
liquity of the Chiness Empire, and by the sight. with literature, diplomacy and commerce. It imaginations stirred by the immemorable an of the relics which it has handed down to the present day, will signifg. their interest by en rolling themselves as members of the Society,
of correspondence and printing. The work. for which the annual subscription is no more than one dollar to cover the expanses of the Society can only possible number of correspondents, on condition of all parts
parts of the Empire, through whom ation regarding the location, history and con it may collect and disseminate inform dition of monuments. By this means it should be possible in courts of time to create a body of public opinion, first among foreigners, and thence among Cblade, for the protection of what is unique and beautiful.
the utmost
of time that has elapsed since the idea of the Even within the comparatively short space China Monuments Society was mooted na little progress has been made towards the de- sired end. The first rumours of the Society's mady quarters. Apart from the notes which aims have drawn forth a ready response from have been published from time to time in these columor, several contributions from correspondents in different parts. of China. have recently been received at head. caily as possible. Altogether the organizers quarters and these are to be made public as
solves that their venture is wall launched. It of the Society are entitled to congratulate then. does not come a moment too soon. With every munication with the outside world it is only new district that is opened up for easy com too evident that the tendency of wasion deface- meni is to spread. The closing to visitors of the temple Ta Kao Tien at Feking was noticed. in the10 columas six months ago; and a similar probibition is also threatened in the case of the mutilation are reported at Tainingchon in Temple of Heaven. Numerous instances of Shantung, in the Western Hills Dear Paking
TO BE CALLED FOR.. Mr. Prons, the chief cock, said that he receiv. ed a request to take two boxes at Shaoghal, It did not come from anyone in connection with the ship. It was by letter, and no intima At Singapore he was to send them to Raffles tion was given us to the contents of the boxes, Hotel, where they would await the arrival ofwill expose the antiquities of these cities also to and at Hangchow; while the extension of the railway to Tsinaniu, Kaifenglu and floninfu the person who wrote the letter. The boxes were banded to him on board the tender by a for the Ming tombs at Nanking lids so near to the depredations of memento hunters, The case Chinaman, who brought "no letter. but még». toned the name of the writer of the letterly and with so much force in the letter address our own doors and has been set forth so recent Witness asked, the baggage master, lo take them into the baggage room. After they came back from shore, in Singapore he saw them
ogain.
"He assisted the baggogo master in apopldg them in the baggage room and having examined the contents left them there. When he received the boxes at Shanghal he had no suspicion that they contained chanda. He bad never seen it before. He did not even suspect it when he saw the box leaking here. The man who sent the letter was a steward on board another ship!B of the N.D. Witness had met him in Singa pore about eight months ago Ho merely took the cases to please him because he asked him in a friendly way to do so. It was usual for officers of the company to have boxes forward ed to them in this way on the company's steamers,
that he received the letter in question at Cross-examined by Mr. Carver, witness said Hongkong on his way to Shanghai and tore it up immediately after perusal as was his usual custom. It was stamped Singapors. The steward was on the Singapore Bangkok run and never went to Chins himself.
Ho had never told anyone that he had re ceived the letter from the Chinese steward.
Mr. Perkios then addressed the court, and said regarding the employee of the Co.referred to that his name was in the possession of the
ibat be be not allowed to desert.
ed to us à few weeks ago by Mr. David Free. man that it seed not be further emphasized hero. It serves, however, to illustrate what is, perhaps, the most irriteting of all forms of van.... dalam The visitor who despoils temple or tomb of fragments of stone tracory or carved papel can at least plead that he is only afflicted by an acute form ofthat monia which has given is to a special law of condonation for collect king offer little that can he carried away, bc- are throughout the world. The tombs at Nao. yond the dragon tiles, probably for the most part spurious, which are offered for' sale by the natives of the district and vandalism can sse no alternative for spollation but to leave something of fuelf, place the name of a certain foreign gunboat In the shape of its own patronymic. In one
has been cut so deeply that the sailors must have brought a chisel with them for the express purposa. Patriotic motives may possibly be The shawer is that patriotism should be batter pleaded in extenuation of such defacement.
instructed, and in this particular instince on two grounds. For the name of the ganboat is wrongly spelt,
pang, which obtained the contract for the work.-defendan!?-How-can-i-peak to a man like ip og cating-hound at 7, Graham Street yester" | the great poise and confusion' in the hallway, I políca and the Co, had telegraphed instructions are indeed tha less pliensive of two in that they
that (painting to defendant); he is a different But when you could not get the money from caste altogether, replied the witness haughtily the landlord, who is a Chinaman like yourself, you want to the defendant?- went to the person who caused the damage to pay for it..
The evidence of two sanitary inspectors fol- lowed. They spoke to visiting the plaintiffs' godowo and finding, there water some two fnches deep.
His Lordship reserved judgment.
waiter when seated.
want a whole chicken," he said to the After a lapse of about quarter of an hour the waiter returned with half a chicken, which he was soon eaten, and the Yask inquired what placed in front of the visitor. The chicken the damages and breakages" were,
The magistrale said that he would take till Thursday morning to consider his decision. undertaking to pay any Fine which might be Mesars. Beba Mayer and Co., would give an inflicted, Mr. Perkins. stated, and Mr. Carver Accordingly asked that the order for the da tention of the ship be rescinded.
More than one-third of the chimney collapsed and the building in course of construction at the base of the chimney was crushed by the falling debris, a stack of bricks, piso, being buried. Many people from the adjoining villages were attracted by the tremendous acise made by the collapse of the beavy chimney, and were ap palled by the terribla destruction which met their gate. The groans of the injured men could be beard under the debris. On removing the wreckage two dead bodies were discovered, while, four men, who were severely injured, crawled out. These men had been engaged In rivetting the plates of the chimney when the accident occurred. The injured were quickly conveyed to the nearest house and a doctor In view of the fact that the revision of summoned, but as ons nan terribly injured Chloese laws has been urged by Imperial was being removed be died.
Edict and as, according to the programme of The cause of the collapse has not certainly pecessary measures to be carried qu this year would stem that an effort was made to stop he saw the exhibits at Mr. Hawtry's office,,biven its initial performance qo Saturday ancestor worship, might have been thought in. been ascertained, but it is reported that the In preparation for constitutional government, foundation of the structure was not properly Cours of different grades are to be organized laid. The iron walls of the chimney had been in all the provinces, H. E. Tai Huog.zu erected and were-than-boing-rivetted Sud-President of the Ministry of Finance, deems it donly the chimney was observad to incline to necessary to have qualified Chinese lawyers to
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CHINESE LAW FERS,
Forty ceals, replied the waiter, holding out his hand for the cash.
"No, no, John," the American is quoted as Sayiny
This bill of the fare talkes half chicken makee twenty five cents. I have or der one whole chicken.". And without any further "talkee" be deposited that amount on the table and proceeded to quit the building.
What happened after this is not clear, but it
the representative of the Stars and Stripes from leaving. This the man did not like, and, it was alleged, he dealt the waiter a stunning blow on the nose partly putting that.organ.aut of order,
Inspector Fitzgerald, Department of Weights and Measures, gave evidence as to the weight of the chandu which had been removed from the sixteen tins, which he gave s fourteen pounds, four ounces and six and a ball drams. This was equivalent to 187.7 tabils.
PROTEST ENTERED.
the north, and the next moment it crashed conduct lawsuits in the Courts for the people,less. At the Central Police Station, Inspector also examined the opium which was leaking. bave beeps particularly distipet, but taking into Keep.bp. appearances on all other points of
heavily to the ground. Five men were work ing at the top of the structure, who were all killed, besides those working below, one or two of whom escaped with serious injuries. The damage done is estimated at about Y4,000,
German CONSULATES IN CHINA.
The President's idens of the legal profession are quite crude and inadequate, and it is proposed that a training department for law yers should be formed. Men who are qualified by their learning and good character for the profession will be admitted to this training department and on passing an examination at the conclusion of their studies they will be granted a diploma carrying the title of Adva Gate. They will then be drafted to the various Courts to practies therein. A set of regulations N. C. D. Neon. is being framed to carry out the scheme
Berlin, 18th February, The Budget Commities of the Reichstag has approved a vote to the amount of £8,750 as the Grit instalment of the cost of erection of a C. J. MARCHANT, the Pareo who was sirosted German Consulate in Tientsin. A similar vote in Hongkong last month at the request of the was ruierted he be Reich Mag-all-you ALAGITA SOTES on a charge of disposing of cer,
Lin Tang Yew, the Farm's tester, said that yesterday afternoon. He examined the chándo and found that it was of Shanghai origin. The value per tahil locally was $3. He did not know its valde jo Shanghai
Cross-axamined by Me. Perkins, he said that To say that a policeman was called in need-be opened and examined ane tin orly, but he Gourlay, to his usual peace-making way, asked from the tins in the gunay bags. The words the Chinaman if the matter could not be settled on the tins were.Shangbal and the name of a with compensation.
chop or person. Ordinarily, smuggled chandu gives me $40 I won't proseculd i "
Yes," said the Chinaman quickly. "If he came in flat lins without labels, but there - WAS.
he cried. "Do you want me to buy you a new This was too much forthe American, "What!"
a case before when chandu came from Sheng hai in round tins with labels. Three and a nose?, Think of it, S40 for a smashed nose!!!
half or four months ago a D. P. O, arrested. The Chinaman would not accept a cent leus, then put up with the result that the accored appeared in
man at Tanjong Pagar with Shanghal oplam
the Police Court, to-day, charged with assaulty for which he paid $7, and to the waiter's astonishment only $3 compensation was award
"RETURN OF VISICOM (Ema City Hall Library
It is only fair to add that Chinese visitors ta the Ming tombs have been apparently possessed with a passion for inscribing their names almost equal to that of foreigners. There inscriptions
are written, not curved; and because, Chinese characters must seem to harmoniza better than Roman with Chiante monuments. But lo so fas-as the ultimate responsibility of her posses sions devolves upon China herself, the nation as a whole cannot escape blame ; and until the native authorities, are, wrought upon for the protection of the national heritage, the efforts" of a foreign society can leve but partial success, But for the manifest absurdity of attempting to * THE STAR CINEMATOGRAPH.
gauge Chinese methods of thought by western, it might be suggested that the people that forbids the least disturbance of any natural OPENING PERFORMANCE Last night, feature of the landscape wherein the local superstition of fengshui" may trace a tutelaty 23rd inst
spirit, is strangely inconsisioni in its neglect The above cinematograph, which was to have
of relics which, as a visible embodiment of night, but which bad to be postponed owing to appeal to its one predominant belief. The the light having failed, opened last night with national treasures of art is the more cost- seeming disregard of the Chiness for their combination-of-vaudeville-turas before a moderately filled house. The films which were trast that it offers with their eagerness to „spicuous, at the present time for the con- presented to the audience cannot be said to consideration that it was the first night, it is the manifold pitfalls which best China's contact with foreign observation. Of all but right to make some, allowances for this pathway to day, as she turns from oriental mol- drawback, which should be capable of improve bods to western no danger threatens her mare ment datil arrangements are perfected. Parti closely than that of grasping at the shadow to cular mention should be made of Baby Daughtry, who entirely fulfilled all the attrise the substance, it might be argued that the Chinese mind has a different connotation botes claimed for her by the management. Her for the word reality, especially as applied to the manner on the boards was easy and the little profits derivable from railway construction, performer was absolutely free from stage fright from that of the European, But when shé au- Her sheath gown performance was much appires to Westere ideals she must be content to subject being the fortunate possessor of a clear stretching out her bands for what she has preciated, while her songs were excellent, the be judged by western standards; and to be enunciation, The little girl is veritably the not, while neglecting the things that she has, personification of juveello talent and we can assure readers that a visit to the latest clad cannis, is a very unpractical interpretatigees
be they monuments, temples, roadways or a catablishment to see the clever gazete fascias olistarmall CD. Now formance of a clever child would certainly be jonge, m Vers Vaughan and Loitis Oatley, besides Me THE officers of the steamer Inumic, of the A well repaid. The other performers are Mises
Linton David, whose capabilities as a planist | Bankline, which reached British Columbia last cannot be questioned, an
month from Japan with 2,700 tons of general freight, ware puzzled by a strange phenomenon encountered during the long voyage of ar days NAGAKO KASABA is a Japanese; but that could from Yokohama, with a succession of almost les carpooter, residing at zy, Praya East, charter freighter. On February 8th. at 8.5 a.m. when easily be discovered by the name, Nag, who continual, gafce retarding the lightly-laden ad a ricksha last Monday night, and started ont in 163 W. 50 N. with strong hurricane off the coolie Nig could not find any amuse sea which sant big rear sweeping over the touring the town But when it came to paying blowing from the south-east and a very high- ment in that and said in: The coolin naturally bow and along the waist of the sain, the made a noise. Nag made a doise also, but wind suddenly died away and the sea fell with much more sarices noise. He overturned the almost abrupt saddenneys to glassy calm, the ricksha, and gave the coolie a small, but gentle, barometer at the same time rising 610th of an lesson in the noble art. Agala the coalie most inch, from ag.xata 2977. The strange pheno foolishly protested so londly that a policeman manon was noted in the log, and was considered came up and placed the Nipponese in custody the strangest occurrence experienced at sed by On Tuesday morning, Naganokwalcharged any of the steamer's crew T with refusing to pay legal hires damaglur af col down to shree kun rickass to the extcst of $160, and atrading disica
Mr. Carver stated that this closed the care. taken statements from two persons on the bip Mr. Perkins said that bis learned friend had and these persons ought to be called. It was bis duty to place before the court all the evidence at his command. He protested against the way in which the prosecution was I don't think I can force them to call these persons, said the magistrate,
CAPTAIN'S STORY,
Budget Commilles kak rejected a vota for the 1tain jewelry which it is alloyed was the property and Museum for the week' ending the 21st being conducted, Acquisition of the site, which is at present rent-af Angels-Carrillo, was brought back this March, 1999:
ad for the German Consular Service in Choe morning on the Zafire by Detective John
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Library. Museum. Non-Chineseimum 428. 217
Total 645. ·
223 5,533
3.755
Chinese
Capt. P. Gorch's stated that his steamer was a' mall sidamer subsidised by the German Government. She arrived at the wharf, yes. lodge of the boxes in question. He smiled from terday morning. He had no personal know- Shanghal on March 6 or thereabouts. He was miles from Shanghai, Passengers came from lying, outside the Woosung bar, seventeen Shanghal by tender with their luggage. As a rate, there were two men in charge of the gangway, a quarter-master and a sailor. These ware his orders and so far as he know they were always carried out. They had to watch wasterer was brought on board or taken from the ship. He had never heard of passengers aggage belag broken open and searched. He and promulgation. Apropos of this questipo, wouldn't got masy.passengers if that wore the
Walczykowski, of the secret rervice bureau, says the Manila Times of the 15th lnst. Marchant made a hard fight against extradition iT is reported that application for reating and Walczykowski was obliged to remain in government and in Tairen have been quila Hongkong just one month before he was able numerous of late. They have mostly come from to obtain possession of the prisoner The IT will be remembered that some time age ao foreign and Chinese firms of Shanghai and Governor, of Hongkong finally ordered the Imperial Order was lisand urging the compila- other places, who seem anxious to set op in captain aparintendent of business here, says. the Monahu Nichtstekt police department to have the man. placed pressure the Commissioners for Revision of the colony's tion of new Legal Codes in China. Under this Shimbun The have found, howevar, to their aboard a vessel in charge of a representative Laws have been busily engaged with their biter disappointment, that almost every piece of the government Mock Hings Chinese deputies and secretaries and have completed of land worth renting in the whole of the town detective, was selected for this work and ho drafts of a Criminal Code and of Civil and has already been let out to, and is being held was in charge of Marchant until the Zefire Criminal Procedure which have been cum br. certain speculators, leaving them no other entered the three mile zone this moming when musicated to the Ministry of Justice for com alternative than to sub-lease the land from the he formally transicured him to Walczykowski; ment. Copies will be circulated to the different, lalter," "A good many fine lots remain in the Soon after landing he was turned over to the provinces for comment and annotations before grip of these speculators who are looking out
their submission to the Throne for approval: for the first opportuelty to sell the claims on the best torins obtainable. It is believed this stat of things haitressed the authorities to setlon and that draslu msaanties may be taken,
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heriff When Marchant was taken before
Judge Crossfield to plead to the charge against
him, he said that he had engaged Herbert the Government:Intends to direct the Comcare He had been twenty 6ya yairs with the
mir loners to dealt a badly useded set of Lame company, ten of these coming to the Far East, the coolis. He was fined Solin sill, and order the next chat Brd. The launch usually came to the ship with passed to pay the coolie 53.70 compensation, a calm ses vib
Gals to represent him, and was not prepared
to plead until hill counsel attired la counique spalast bribery,
through's
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