Telegrams.
HONGKONO TELTGRAPH
"BERVICE...
GOVERNOR OF KANSU.
TENDERS RESIGNATION.. By courtery of the "Sheung Po")
Peking, 18th April.
The Governor of Kansu, H.E. Chan Kai-tai, has memorialized to the Central Government tendering his resignation.
EUNUCHS
PRINCE REGENT'S WANT OF CONFIDENCE.
[Py courtesy of the Cheung Po,"]
Peking, 18th April. The Prince Regent bus asked the Empress Dowager not to allow the eunuchs to go in and out of the Palace.
PROVINCIAL TREASURIES.
DISCHARGE OF OFFICIALS.
{Bÿ,courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY APRIL 19 1909.
Sensational Raid.
HOLDERS. OF SECRET MEETING
ARRESTED..
ABORTIVE CONFERENCE OF SHIPYARD,
MECHANICS. Vä
An imporast meeting which was being held by a large number of native shipyard mechanics at the Chul Nam Hojat, which is situated 433, and 425, Queen's Road West, was number of arrests made. The information that broken up by the police last night, and a
the meeting was in progress was conveyed to No. 7 Police Station by an informer, who, had been on the look-out for several days, 21 the congregation of the mechanics was expected some time last week. It did not come off, however, the belief being that the ring leaders had expected a raid,`
Late yesterday afternoon suspicion was srouted by the fact that a large number of men, some of whom wara recogoined, were
wanding their way to the hotel, which, naturally, attracted the attention of the in, former, who gave the police the tip to act. When Inspector Robertson and a few detectives raided the building the meeting was in full awing.
In the farge sitting-room were ba tween five hundred and six houdred men, workmen' in the service of nearly every dock" company, and shipbuilding yard in the Colony All of them were seated around tables, drinking toa, and listening to every word which was uttered by a spanker, "who, at the moment, was explaining to the audience the basibess of the meeting
Peking, 18th April. Pending the arrival of the special auditors at the different Provinces,
The police rushed the room and arrested the a number of officials attached to the speaker and two others, while they seized a Provincial Treasuries will be dis.number of documents, which were found lying on a table, "These documents, it is stated, ex- charged.
plain the object of the meeting. After the arrests were made, the meeting broke up quiet. 1y. Those arrested were:-
BOLD BUCCANEERS,
SAVAGE HIGHT ATTACK NEAR SINGAPORE,
CHINESE JUNK RAIDED."
Wu Cheung, & filter," of the Quarry Bay Shipyard, residing at 17, Bulkeley Street, Bungbom."
Can this be the twentieth century? This is the first thought which arises in the mind, at news of a terr ble piracy only a few miles out from Singapore at midnight, nn Thursday, when seven Hylam maricers lost their lives to an athawker, of 13, Queen's Road Central... tack whose unexpectedness alone made i different from the murterous piracles of a hundred years ago, and more, in these waters, 'says the Straits Timice of seth inst. →
-Chu Pak Us, timekeeper of the Hongkong and Whampha Dock Company, Limited, re siding at 161, Market Street, Hungbom, and
Fung Chan Man, an engineer and cigarette.
A Chinese jook left Singapoia for Hainas on Wednesday, but found the winds unfavour- able and on Thursday night dropped anchor between Fulo Tekorg and the mainland of Jobore. The fourteen members of the crew and the four, passengers were aroused from sleep at midnight by the baking of a faithful dog, which they kept en board, but his alarma' was speedily silenced by a ready blow from a long Malay fighting kaife, the canine blood.on which was soon mingled with that of ioms of the unfortunate members of the crew.
A FIERCE ENC' UNTER.
Two prahus bad come alongside the anchor. ́ed juak, and in them were tes men some Chi- nero and the others Malays. They proceeded to strike fight and left among the sailors lay- ing several low within the first few minutes., They then seized the chinchew and proceeded to hang him up in good olà buccaneer style, to force him to disclose the resting place of the most valuable contents of his vessel. This he did, and the pirater, having secured all the booty they could make away with, de parted in the darkness as silently as they had come. The properly reported missing con- sis of $4 in money, gold leaf valued at $80, raw chandu valued at $go, and six boxes of personal effects belonging to the members of the crew, the value of which iɛ not knówn.
From luformation gathered by à Telegraph representative, we learn that the meeting was called with the object of establishing a "trade usion" amongst the engineers and mechanics employed in the Colony. It was proposed, 10 we are given to understand, to raise sufficient, funds, by subscription, so as to protect mem- bers of the proposed guild from any personal difficulty in case of a Bizike or lock-out. In such a position their claims on employers, will receive more attention than they now do,
This morning, at the Magistracy, the three men were charged with holding a meeting, not being for a religious, purpose, without sanction of the Government.
The bearing was adjourned,
A CANTON DAY BY DAY,
A RIVAL TO MACAO.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Canton, 17th April.
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FENG-BRUI
CHEUNG-SHA-WAN VILLAGERS ANNOYED,
Some interesting evidence relating to fang. skut was beard in the Polica Cour, this after- 2000, during the hearing of a casa in which one So Kan, of 54, 56 Uk village, Cheung-nhu- wan, prosecuted a follow villager, So Sau, who resides at No. 50, for cutting, breaking or
damaging with intent to steal, (wogrowing trees, valued at about Sto, the property of complain ant and others.
The facts of the case ware that same time last week the defendant was seen chopplog
down two feng-shud trees at the rear of be boure. The defendant was warned by the owners, but he paid no attention and was very nearly mobbed. After he was summoned, defendant confessed that he did not know the treen warn valuable. The trees were dead aud. he did not think they were of any use.
Mr. Hazeland, after the defendant had pleaded guilty, asked whether he was awarn that the trees were lucky trees-valuable trees.
The defendant,replied that the treas were
beblad his house. The upper parts of them had been blown off by the typhoon some years ago. The trees had since witbered and he pulled them down, as he did not think they were of use to anyone.
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Mr. Hussland-Were the trees pulled down? Police Sergeant Augus—Yes, yotir Worship, The defendant was warned at the time he was pulling them down,
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Why do you suppose he tore 'dɔwn these trees?-For, firewood. The sergeant added that if defendant was warned not to repeat the offence that would settle the matter. T
Mr. Hazeland-It seems that the defendant is not liked in the village?---No.
What about the roots? Can the trees, be enved in any way? -No, they are dead.
Can anything be done to repair the damage done to the villagers ?-No. If he is warned not to'do it again all will be right. The vil- lagers, want defendant to know that the trees are feng-shui and he must not dɔ it again.
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The defendant, who is a palice pensioner, was discharged with a caution
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTIO is hereby given that the THIRTY- SIXTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEET- ING of the Society will be held at iti Hond Office, No. 2 Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st April 1909, at Noop, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, together with Statements of Accounts, to stat December, 1908, and of de- claring dividende, dicks ph
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED. from 1th April to the aist April, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board;
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
Secretary.
Hongkong, 24th March, roog.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE Is hereby given that an EXTRA
of the Society will be held at its Hand Office, No. 2. Queen's Buildings, Victoria, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st April, 1929, at 12.15 PM for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following Special Resolution: NON
"That the Memorandum and Articles of "Association of the Society be respectively "extended, altered and amended so antog read as shown in the priot signed for the purpose of identification by the. Chairs "man of this Meeting and that such "extended, altered and amended Memo "randum and Articles of Association be "hasseforti adopted as the Memorandum
·and Articles of Association of the: So ciety to the exclusion of those heretofore "prevailing."
Should the above Special Resolution be duly passed, it will be subsequently submitted for confirmation to further Extraordinary, General Meeting, of which Notice: wille be hereafter given.
Prints of the proposed Memorandum. and Articles of Association can be seen at tha Society's Offices or obtained on application there,
By Order of the Board of Directors.
ISDN C.. MONTAGUE EDE,
Secretary, Hongkong, 7th April, 1909.
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CHINESE SAILORS MULINE.
SHIPPER RESCUED FROM CHINESE CREW.
Armed with kaiyas and, belaying pins, 18
clouds of smoke made a pear approach diff in the world, will” be installed by the United Contract Chinese sailors, the majority of the Wireless Telegraph Company on the steamer crew of the Norwegian sleamship Hendrik Ibë Minnesot, of the Great Northern Steamship fine. Work already bas begon, and will be completed before the vessel satin for the Orient,
cult as well as the intense beat throwh.out by the blazing structure and despite all the efforts of the fireman the flames rapidly com monicated with the adjoining houses as well as it is reported that the usual ceremonies will with several round the corner of Shantung
March 20, reports the Sivil e Post, be formally performed on the 3rd day of the Road and the Su-gae-bai-ka alley, in which a
The equipmbai will be three and one-half 3rd moon for the commencement of work in number of houses were soon alight. The bri-kilowatts capacity. The battleship Connections, connection with the development of Heung-gade had its forces well divided and attacked, which has the most powerful lestruments in the
chow city, in the district of- feuagchow, near Macao. H.E. Viceroy Chang Jen Chun has expressed his desire to take part in the ceremony, together with Admita! Li Chup and the Taolai for the Development of Native Industries. The Government gunboats Kwong Ching and Kwong Hang will convey the official panty from Canton.
FATAL ACCident at SEA.
On the rath instant, a cargo-beat, fully laden with bricks and other building materials, bound for Canton from Honam, came into collision with a towing launch named Shiu Foo when in the middle of the stream. The cargo-boat was capsized and three men thrown into the river, of whom one was drowned. The remains of the deceased could not be recover ed until two days afterwards, when the corpse was found near the Quich Folly.
PRATAR ISLANDS DISPUTE,
POLICE DESPATCHED, When the survivore came to count up their | losses, they found five men dead on the blood
· bespattered deck, (wo men missing, their bodies having been thrown overboard, and four more wounded, one of whom is probably dead by the time this reaches our readers, as he received frightful cuts on the bead, arms and ons leg. His deposition was taken at the General Hos pitsi, last night, by the fourth magistrate, Seven of the occupants of the junk were prac tically unhurt, and these started to bring their vessel back to Singapore, yesterday morning the chinchem coming oo ahead in a simpan. When he arrived, shortly before four p.m., yes. A telegram was received from the people of terday, a police party put out in the launch Swatow by the Society for the Protection of Lady Evelyn and met the jook of Tanjong Boundary Rights in Canton, in which the So Katong. She was towed into por: and now ciety was urged to strenuously maintain the lies at anchor near the Master Altendant's Pier. Chinese claim for the ownership of the Pratas The lojured men were conveyed to the Gen-Istands. A significant passage in the com- eral Hospital and the five bodies found on monication was: Prates islands there are in board were taken to the Tang Tock Seng Hes Chica, bui no Chinese are to live on them!" pital, where an inquest was beld, this morning. OHASTLY WOUNDS.
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REPORTED DISCOVERY OF COAL MINES."
Two coal mines have recently been disco vered, one in the Ma Chik Ling bills and the other in the Fee Ngor bills in the district of Panya. A merchant named Le Sit Ting has applied to the officials for permission to deve
Day is able to develop only two kilowatte. These instruments are rated at four kilowatts, figuring on this basis, the Minnesota's equip meat would be rated at seven kilowatti.
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
| OTICE is hereby given that the FORTY~/
NTHIRD ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Head Office, No. a Qaman's Buildings, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the at April, 1909, at 12.30 P.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, to• gether with Statement of Accounts to the 31s8 December, 1908, and of declaring Dividends.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 2th. April to the 21st April, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directors;"";
MC MONTAGUE EDS,
Secretary,
mutinied at the long wharf this afternoon, opgkong, 26th March, 1959, reports an Oakland despatch of 16th ult. Ún able to suppress their violence, Captain M. B. Strandwits, in command of the steamer, was rescued from a precarious plight by two depaty sheriffs who had been summoned by the Chi- nein Consul-general.
The arrival of the two peace officers was the sigual for actual mailay, The knives were drawn by the Chinese, who attacked the depu. ty shariffs, Kohl and Clark. The latter drew their revolvers and clubs and beat the motinos crew into submission,
THE CHINA TRÅDERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,
·NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
"Fight continueD IN JAIL,
The crew that› mutinied were taken on the
The 18 Chinese were taken to the country By making a comparison with Pacific jail, where they renewed the conflict. For a steamers already equipped with one and two few moments there was a hard fight between silowatts capacity United Wireless apparatus, the Chinese and the jailers. an idea of what is expected of the Minässeta can be gained. The Bertha, with a one-kilo Hendrick 1bian only a short time ago. The wall set, communicated with Maralifield, Or steamer was manned by contract sailors from when the vessel was crossing Milbank sound, Shanghai on its first cruise between San Fran distance in excess of 1,000 miles. The Neri- cisco, Australia and the Orient, and all but two western, while crossing: Fitzhugh sound, was of that crew were discharged. There two te in communication with San Francisco and fused to join the mutiny, but gave Captain Honolulu. This distance is 2,600 miles. The Strandwitz information of the plot while at sea: Northwestern has only a two-kilowatt capacity
Having signed his crew at Shanghai, Captain Wireless, engineers declare that with the Strandwitz crossed the Pacific to Sto Francisco three and one-half kilowatt capacity the without consual disturbances. A month ago Afinnesota should be able to pick up the land the Hendrichst weighed archor to gather tailons on the coast of the United States when cargo north of San Francisco.
set.
the fire from all sides ånd streams of water were kept continually pouring on the flames which steadily ate their way along the neigh. bouring houses, The roofs of several fell in with a resounding crash and it was six o'clock
As the battleship Connecticut holds the long- before all dauger was over sad the fire showed signs of being under control, in the mean distance wireless record for the navy, it is ba time great excitement prevailed, in the neigh.lieved the Minnesota will be able to break all bourhood and vast crowds gathered to view records from steamships, the proceedings.and the police had a difficult task in maintaining order among them. The occupants of the various houses made desperate effort to save some of their effects "and" - thera were several Darrow escapes, especially among the occupants of large lodging hoose which also went up in smoke. While the excitement was at its height a woman's screams were heard, and the figure of a native woman was seen standing at the win dow of the upper part of the basket shop shoot. ing for assistance, being entirely surrounded by flames. It was impossible for a ladder to be placed in position and at one time it looked as if the woman was doomed. Suddenly, how ever, Constable Dunde, No. 86, resbed into the burning house sight through, the smoke and fimes. Stooping and shielding bis face with his hands, be made his way upstairs and acizing the woman he brought her down and soon had her is a place of safety, his appearance with his burden being greeted with cries of admiration
* The ringleader incited the other 15 seamen from the large crowds of Chiners who witness. A wireisis telegraph system will be establish- ed the gallant action.
The woman suffered only a few slight turns, immediately, according to information received to join him because, he said, they wore ili Captain Strandwitz and the white officers had very severely bases while most of his hair was graph Company. It is planned to build a cheio singed off and his clothes completely ruined. of stations extending from Vladivostok to trouble with the malcontents, but no attempt
at bloodshed was mada during the voyage, His injurion were dressed at the Shantung Adep
Kubwing that as contract Chinase, they could Foad hospital after which he returned to his. For this purpose two representatives of the quarters, In all ten houses were totally desUnited company will leave the New York office not be landed here, Strandwitz went for the troyed and damaged in the thres roads and the in a few days with sets of portable Instruments Norwegian and Chinese consuls as soon as he lass will be rather heavy, but most of it is cover-for demonstrating purposes. These mas have made harbour. This afternoon the Chinese con ed by fosurnace in various companies. The made a study of the Japanese and Chinese sul general went to the vessel and warned the heaviest loser will be a skin shop which languager, and have familiarized themselves mutinous crew that they were under contract contained about Tis 3,000 worth of skins, etc, with the telegraph codes used in the far East; and must fulfil it. His advice was disregarded, The lodging house loss will also be extensive When this new system is establised it will be and Strandwhs solicited aid from Sheriff and the contents of several general goods shops the only foreign wireless in the Orient. It In to Barat, “wareslio badly damaged by both fire and waler:: bandje the shipping of the Pacific better that
Det Sub. Insp. Fitzjbbon, who is investi: this move bas bran made, As negotiations are Strandwitz said to-night that his craft carried gating the cause of the fire, arrested the owner of the basket shop and charged him at the ow on for equipping the Pacific Mall, Canadian a crow of 32 cen, zo being Chinese. To obtalo Mixed Court this morning, after which a remand Pacific and the liners to be operated between this class of seamen, the vessels go to Sbange "was asked for which was granted. The accused the parts of Puget Sound and the Orient by the hal, which has been Strandwire recruiting
onder of that place as well as several others it has been deemed necessary that wireless said the fire started in the skin shop while the 'Chicago, Milwaukee and Prget Sound railroad,
stata that the fire broke out in the banket shop, n If wàu 6.15 mins. before the roadalware finally sistjons be established in Japan and China,
Another consideration in the transpacific
NORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, No. 2, Queen's Buildings, Victoria, Hongkong, on WRDNESDAY, the 21st April, 1909, at 1245 PM, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following Speciał Resolution -
TOTICE hereby given that an EXTRAS
"That the Memorandum, and Articles-of- "Association of the Company be respec “tively extended, altered and amended so “as to read as shown in the print signed "for the purpose of identification by the '"'Chairman of this Meeting and that such "extended, altered and amended: Mema: #randum and Articles of Associațioa ba #beaceforth adopted as the Memorandum *"and Articles of Associatión of the Com
"pany to the exclusión of thoms heretafora. **! prevailing."
Should the sbors Special Resolution, be for cocfirmation to a further Extraordinary duly passed, it will be subsequently, submitted General Mesting, of which Notice will be harcafter given, me
Articias of Association can be sesa, at the
Priats of the proposed Memorandum and Company's officer or obtained on policati there, the tea
By Order of the Board of Director,
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
Secretary.
in the Orient, Because of the great length of L-TREATMENT 18 CHARGED the liner, a long stretch of antenna wire can be Lamber was taken aboard at Eureks, and string between the mass. It depends largely coal at Tacoma. Then the return to San Hongkong, 10 April rocg. one amount of this wire used as to the Francisco Bay was begun and the mutiny
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO, LD. receiving ability of a vessel,
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the criminals, who, unfortunately, are said to lop the mineral sources, but has been refured us Constable Duane had hirʻfice and hands by the local office of the United Wireless Treated, underfed, and their pay was hold back. INVECE Ln hereby given that the TWEN
The survivors, who tell the above story turn ed over to the police four weapons, which they found on board after the pirates left. It is hoped that these may help in identifying bare escaped unscathed, so that they bear, no the privilege. The Panyu Magistrate will pro- marks of the fray-which might help in locating ceed personally to the locality to make an inspection of the mines, in order to ascertain the nature of the minerals before granting the appiciat's request.
them..
The weapoor are two long Chiness knives with narrow blades and bone bandian, an Bas with
A short iron handle, and the, heavy murderous fighting blade already described with which the greatest execu- tion was wrought. One of the "deceased, "Who wat struck on the top of the head with this weapon, had the side of his head cleaved off and the blade cot through down into bls chest, The agent for the junk is Mr. Chew Seng Nee, of 348, North Bridge Road.
THE JAPAN SUGAR CO. SCANDAL,
DOMICILIARY SEARCHES.
Tokio, April 13.— The domiciliary searches in connection with the Japan Sugar Company scandal Have been extended to Kobe. Up to the present two for, mer directors and a cambier have been placed
in custody sm
A palice pasty under Capt. Bower, assistant superintendent of police, with whom are Detect "Jys-Iusp. Taylor, Acting Jorp, Treadgold, of the
Marine Siation, and a fores of palve detectives).
for the scene of the crime at 9 am, to-day, la the hope of finding clusa ay to the identity sequal of the pirsles.
A sumour is about that this prosecution is
'to Bir Claude Macdonald's: representas:
„PIRATES SHIPPED AS CREW.
Spaski of, the
conepi tions to the Premier, but this report is unfound.
Old senidest of Singapore, are Inclined to The present proceedings Rra due to a suit byk2jjh) Buspicion upon the story of the
savers, and it is being and openly that an brought by the sharaboiders as a meat
dandir might stated, of protecting their inter
cleared for trafle and the tired Bremen were able to go home." It might Up mentioned slint thly is the fourth outbreak of fire which has occurred?alace the departure of Dec.slurps the McDowell on Good Friday?
crow the Chinese owest.
cable trade.” Wireless experts any type of Chinese, drawn from the be an easy matter to send Acrograms across of pirates that infest the Facile with stations of the same system on
PARTIETHE ORDINARY - GENERAL" be held at the Company's Office, St. George's MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS BL Building, on SATURDAY, the 24 April,
1909, at xa d'clock Hoon, for the purpose of gether with a Statement of Accounts to 28th presenting "the" Report of the Directors, tos February, 1909, and electing Directors And Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the roth to the 24th April, 1909, both days inclusive
↑ By Order of the Board of Directos,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON Paan Aganti Hongkong, 7th April, 1979.
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