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than at present obtains. The question is dealt with by an editorial writer in the Shanghai Mercury, who, however, is content to give a summary of the memorial and carefully avoids treading on the quicksands of currency affairs. We are told that the pamphlet "bears eloquent testimony" to
fundamental necessity for a stable, coinage which has for generations, indeed for ages, been lacking in China. Ten letters only are needed to define that sine qua ndo C-on-f-i-d-c-o-ce. H.E. Sheng is cridant- ly shocked at the havoc wrought during the past few years by the tremendous issues
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Prince Ito's Assassi- nation.
DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY.
VACCOMPLIEES ARRESTED/
Tokio, October aj. The newspapers spask with the deepest sorrow of the assassination of. Prince Ito, who died of his wounds yesterday morning at the o'clock.
HOW TO SWELL THE REVENUE. Sometimes the Government is accused, of
may be so, but it happens occasionally that the Government, represented by the Public Works Department, is not only acute but, marvellons
The murderer is a native of the province of y "knowing." A case cropped up in the Magistracy to-day which goes to prove that the Government is still keeping a sharp eye on the Phorgan. He arrived at Harbin on Manday been doing so for ten years and more.. Two open air and mingled with the Japaness who' Chinese women farmers; their names in this had assembled at the railway station to meet caso do not matter, lived at. Shek-Ö. They Prince Ito. As the latter was finishing blé ins bad a piece of land on which they cultispection of the Russian guard of honour, the, vated paddy, potatoes and vegetarian fruits, assassin fired six shots at him, three of which Previously, con of the women had been bit blon, two proving intal.
Twa inen suspected of being the murderera bound over to keep the peace against the other, the friction occurring over ibis piece of accomplices have been arrested. They declara land, Last weak the dispute came to a crisis that more than thirty of their compatriots were when one of the parties discovered the other in the plot. The murderer says abat ke asing- cutting the paddy and getting" it ready for inated Prince Ito in order to restore the nation- sale. All this, as the reader will seo, is very al honour which he, the late Resident-General abstruse, but the bumout (to the outsider) had injured, comes later. The crop, had bean sold in ad- vace and there was accordingly a royal row.
The case came before Mr. Hall tax at the Police Court this morning Lad some singular facts were disclosed. It is not necessary to go into the evidence, but it seems that for the last ten os twelve years bail' people have been pay- ing rent to the Government for the use of 19 pieces of land and that land is the sime in each
casa Did the Government refuse tɔ take the
THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY. Piluca Ito's body bag, been sent to Tairon..... Major-General Horvat, Chief of the Harbin
the remains to Kuangchengize. At ovatý statión Railway Staff, and M, Korostovets accompanied
where the train stopped, were bands" playing. funeral dirges, and. Rustiens waaring badges, of mourning saluted the carriage in whica Princs lio's body lay.
Two combatants, and it is a marvel that others
present them in an understandable form.
no new thing in China, except in the form of which occurred at Talkoo just before midnight Also "there are matters calling for criticism the coin, he need go no farther for an exon Saturday. So far as we understand, the case here and there, and it is not to be expected planation of the unpopularity of native has been reported to the police authorities but that this or any other statement can satisfy dollars. When a man has to carry about until one at least of the parties is out of boxpi. those whose views are of schools differing with him a bottle of acid and a weighingal no steps can be taken. from that which seems to have secured the machine in order to make sure that he is not ying at Talkoo sugar works waiting to discharge treasury returns from tested land, and hai yeding, by way of Viadivostok, slept in the Three boats are, according to our information, adhesion of the memorialist." That was to being cheated by every coin handed to him, heavy cargoon of sugar. It is on one of there. be expected,, for it is safe to say there are no
The will jump at any chance to get money vessels, that the trouble arose British craft two men who see eye to eye in all matters which does not need this trouble and ex-—and it affords evidence- how easy it is to connected with this intricate and puzzling pease. Honest money then becomes popular, originate trouble. On those boats lying at the question. The memorial outlines briefly the Men have confidence in it as they have in the wharf, the boatswain is supposed to keep duty. writer's appointment, the inquiries which he Mexicans now in use, or in the notes of the Whether that is according to the law of the made amongst officials and merchant, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. China's new port or not we cannot tell, but the boatswain contrast which he finds between China curreacy, then, whatever form it take, must is believed to have left his post when two offi- with her. 400,000,000 inhabitants and be scrupulously kept up to its official standard, discovered that the boatswain was absent,
cers of the ship, a deck officer and an engineer, their revenue of 100,000,000 with the otherwise it is doomed to failure from the out-
The time was about 11.30 p.m. The second 40,000,000 of Japan and their revenue of set. The problems of mainting, bank-note print- officer proceeded to the crew's quarters, and 61,000,000 yen. He glances at fundamental ing, the amount of currency secessary, and called for the boatswain, Paresthelically, it principles and recommends the foundation the redemption of the present debased colorier be said that we are told the boatswaio, a of a central bank as other countries have age are all considered in the remaining pages Chinamin, bad received what is known as his "walking ticket." The Chisaman appeared FRUIT CHAM- done. "The strong points of the various of the pamphlet with sufficient fullaess to be systems should be selected as a model." It intelligible. The suggestion that the depre- PAGNE.
is imperative, he thinks, that the new bank ciated copper coins should be called in at and the new currency come together. The the rate of 125 to the dollar, and the loss addendum deals with previous efforts to pro- borne by the government so that it should vide China with a dollar currency in various not fall on the people," sounds, altruistic provinces and remarks that though the num enough. But wė (dɗercury) might ask, Why ber of places where dollars have come into should the people lose the 25 per cent use in the country has been constantly in Who has profited, by that ? Excellent ad- Creasing, the import of Mexican dollars has vico is given respecting the development, as fallen off within recent years, the inference soon and as fully as may be, of all possible being that the native dollars, already coined gold, silver, and copper mines. In any case have begun to oust the foreign article. It it will be necessary to float a load to supply cries of the Chinamen, advanced menacing. is noted that the attempts to introduce the initial metal, but after that the more
ty. They were armed with all mooner-of tael coins were unsuccessful
on each
China can develop her own bullion the better missiles, including iran bolts, basins and, and every occasion. No explanation: is for her. If, as is suggested, all her, taxes, in fact, whatever they could put their hands on offered as to the reason why, but the probable duties, &c., are made payable in the new cop- One of the engineer officers jumped to the explanation is the old law that a poorer our age, the new departure would soon become a wharf and made his way to the adjacent ships, rency effectually keeps out or drives out a
success and the coinage get into circulation.asking for help. Bath the Dutch and British crews of the vessels went to the aid if their richer one. In the appendix the writer goesAs may have been gathered from the fore- iato further detail regarding currency and the going the pamphlet deals. with generalities bates on which it may be built up. All these only. There are endless detalls which the are matters, which do not necessarily affect memorialist himself probably knows nothing the main issue, which is the habilitation of about, but which must be carefully consider- Chinese currency. In passing, we may note ed, each in its proper place, if the structure that the suggestion that China's revenue can of China's future finance is to hold together, properly be compared with Japan's will not
and not fall to pieces bringing down with it hold water, for the simple reason that the the whole national credit in one tremendous system of government in one country is smash. It is something to know and rejoice Guaranteed to be made from the radically opposed to that adopted by the
over that an important Government official in China is concerning himself with the pure juice of sound ripe fruit.
question but it yet remains to be seen whether this addition to the voluminous papers on the reform of China's currency will bear fruit.
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olher. But it seems a failing which Chinese students cannot get over. Coming to what may be described as the basis of his thesis, the writer deals with the subject of paper money, which he holds should be issued from the national bank only, all such notes being "payable to bearer on demand" and a sufficient reserve of bullion being kept for that
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
prevails in Yü 10 in province,
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THE English mail of the and. October, was delivered in London on the 35th October,
A CHINESE 20th was this moralog bound over in the sum of $15 to keep the peace for six months for using abusive language towards a European woman.
A DEPORTED Chinaman from Java wasawarded six weeks' hard labour this morning for stealing the luggage of a Chinese passenger on board the sa. Tjillwong.
20, $10, and 55, are recommended, but their is stated that much pestilential sickness memorialist,introduces a 'saving clause here. He says, "Preparations should be made at once for the determination of the value of the proposed issue of gold coins, although: on account of the scarcity of gold it may not be possible to issue them at once." It will be seen that the writer takes heroic bounds when he begins to deal with his sub- ject. For example, bis idea of limiting the issue of bank notes to the national bank alone it open to argument. There is not a country in the world where the national bank is sole arbiter what notes shall be issued. The point is that the law should THE Government has telegraphed to Vicoroy Yong Shu-hion in Canton, ordering him to Have power to loterfere where private banks seek to introduce mole issues without mak-inspect the Yulin harbour with a view to its
conversion into a naval station, ing due provision for their redemption at their face value, Mr. Sheng apparently
·passes over that point and proceeds to con rider the possibility of a gold currency, with out taking the first step towards that end of establishing the present or nationalized cur- rency on a gold basis. In other words he would have a gold reserve before he had a gold standard. It is probable, however, that he does not altogether miss the usual pro. cedure for he says that the great object is "to make a fixed rate of exchange between its (China's) currency and those of foreign,
A RUMOUR is abroad that a scheme is well under way for establishing an extensiva sugar refinery on the left bank of Suogari under the joint management of some German and Chin-
ese merchants,
THE Agents (Messrs. Messageries Maritimes Co.) inform us that the cargo of silk shipped on board the ss. Polynesien which left this port on the 28th September was delivered in Lyons on the 30th ulto.
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Representatives of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, the Crown Prince of Japan and the Korean Crown Prince bave left Tokio on board the cruiser Akitaushima, specially recalled, for
According to this story, which we are assured will be heard in Court shortly, the Chicaman caught hold of a broom, made a "swipa "^at ibo second officer, but missed, merely kancking off bis bat. It is now alleged that the European brought a Malacca cane into vite and showed his abilities by laying the reql-it was not a great amount but big enougTairea to convey Prince Ito's body to Japan. ;/* boalawain tow, with a severe cut on the head.
No sooner had this happened than the rear fus began when the land was planted by greatly shocked by the tragedy: Representa
the
double seat for the patch of ground? Of course Dot; the Government thankfully received the
for small farmers-and held its peace, The
The Korean Court and Government are
of the crew called up from the forecastio by one former and the crop sold by the other.tives of the Emperor of Korea and of the There were "words" between the two tepants of the Government and Inspector Collett was ca led in to adjudicate.
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mercantile marine friends, taking, with them miscellaneous lot of guns and revolvers. They
succeeded in driving the Chinese back to their quarters.
The captain, who had been ashore, returned about midnight, heard the whole story and imme, diately ordered that the Chinese sailor should be sont to the Government Civil Hospital. The mao was suffering from buises about the head, and had lost a quantity of blood. The order was obeyed and in the early hours of the morning the man was taken to hospital. We understand that he is in so danger. The second officer has been badly hurt about the body and legs but he also is all right.
Considering that none of the parties was able to appear in Court to-day there is no proseco. tion as yet, but there seems to be no doubt from the attitude of the Chinese crew that mors will be heard of the matter.
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SHANGHAI RACKS,
MEETING POSTPONED,
We are courteously informed that the Hong- kong Jockey Club has received å telegram'ad- vising that, owing to heavy rains, the Shangbai race meeting, which was to have commenced to-day, has been postponed,
HONGKONG, AND', MANILA,
EXCHANGE OF BYMPATHY.
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A few days ago the people of Hongkong alarmed by the prevalence of malaria, jo cor. tain sections of the city, stirred up the municipal authorities to take some action looking toward the extermination of the pest and the protection
It was then discovered that each of the par
Premier, a Councillor from the Residency- Gadera and the Japanese Attorney-Generaj bave last Chemulpo.
LORD KITCHENER'S SYMPATHY.
·Field afarshal· Lord 'Kitchener, Viceroy. Hsi '
ties had rest receipts going back to 1900 ar farther receipts for the same land, from the Liang of Manchuria and the Governor of Mak
Government. What was a magistrate to do in here circumstances? Like a sensible mão Mr. Hallifax refused to be the Solomon in the
das, have sent meisages of condolence from Mukden.
case and it was withdrawn by content of the Court. During the evidence, it transpired that the Survey Department knew nothing about this around a patch that would only make a decent kitchen garden-but the Goverement, always willing, took the double sent, all the same. has been published in the Greitis.
Littin wonder that the two tsnants of the same
laad made an obstreperous exhibition.
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The Governments of Russia and Chỉòn baye expressed their deepout regret at the sad occurrence.
A STATE FUNERAL.
Tokio, October ab. The announcement of Prince Ito's death A State Funeral will be accorded to the lave statesman, The cruiser 'Akitsùshima with Prince Ito's body on board left Taifen and is expected to arrive at Yokoioka on November 1. Various sag gements of a public character in Tokio and elsewhere throughout Japan hava bess cancelled.
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We are told that the Public Works Depart ment intend to take two months to discover who owns the place there is a doubt whether belongs to the G.verament at all. But the claimants to the land are por quite se happily situated as the Government. The paddy is
THE SOURCE OF TÍK CRIME.“ Prince Ito's assassin is reported to hịve been ripe and in two months it will be rotlen voless it is cleared off the land and sold. Who than influenced by the headquarters of the Korean is to bear the. loss? That was the question lotorgeot movement at Vladivostok, as was the” those interested in the proceedings were asking | care with the assassin of the láta Mr. Stevans each other. But the Government is happy,in at San Francisco. the knowledge that for the last dozen years it The Japanese journalists at Seoul bara adopt- bas been receiving double rent for land planteded a vigorous resolution (? with regard to „the by Chinese and the only wonder is—will it dis-treatment of the insurgent movement). Viscount Korge when the rent owner is found }.
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In the course of a summary case is the Supreme Court this afternoon, the following dialogue trok place between the plaintiff's soli. citor and a Chinese witness --
You used to be va frisadly terms with Cap tain Cooper?-Yor, I visited him accantonally. You used to visit hins frequently?—Yes, bat I stopped doing so since he attempted to strike Didn't you suggest to Captain Cooper that a of the public health. As acted in a former losuerich Chinaman abroad should make up a mub | of this paper, little or nothing was accomplished cription to buy up Hongkong ?—No. because so many "branches of the government.
had something to say about what was to be
done to get rid of mosquitoes,
The condition of things in Hongkong in matters of the public health seems to be so
nearly the same that it is in Manila that there should be an exchange of sympathy now and then batween the citizens of the two places.
The conflict of authority in matters of sanita- tion in Manila has been discussed so much in the past and so keenly lamented by those who desire to see the city clean that it it almost like opening the family closet and baving a look at the skeleton to mention the subject," But there quaresometimes when it is good for both the family
The Hongkong Gelegraph countries, and thus to avoid the loss ocoa-17 15 stated that the Ministry of Finance-has--and the skeleton-to-have-the door opened.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVAMBER 1, 1999.
A CHINESH OFFICIAL ON CHINA'S CURRENCY,
So many varied and complicated schemes for the reform of Chinese, currency have been formulated from time to time that it is with some doubt the average reader will ap- proach a memorial submitted to the Throne
me.
Didn't Captain Cooper ssy you were absurd and ought to in the Self-Government Society the Self-Government Society, al Canton? No. I have no connection with
You are a Califomian-Honolulu merchant? - Yer.
CAPTAIN COOPEN'S CLAIM,
́JUDGMENT RESERVED,
To the Summary Court, this afternoon, the case was coolicued in which Captain Cooper, late master of the ss, Tak Bing, brought an action agaior! the Sze Yap Steamship Com- pany to recover the sum of $1,000 as dum›ges. for alleged wrongfal dismissal. Ons month's salary was paid into Court..
Mr. M. Render Harris (of Mesir, Wilkinson
sioned by fluctuations." The question whe. given orders to the Provincial Governmeals to
A few days ago a prominent resident of ther China's-gain under the supposed con- nomination, and they replied that the last them are sections near the very heart of the re- mint copper coins of five, two and one casib de Manila called our attention to the fact that
ditions would be greater than the advantage named denomination was very Ettle used, but sidance districts of the c ty where boles are de. and Grisi) appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. she might derive from a purely silver cur- that the other two should be stick in larger liberately dug and allowed to fill with water in rency is too wide to be entered upon. Many numbers. The Ministry approved of the sugar that the carabaos may wallow in them, authorities think that, particularly in exports gestina.
to gold countries, the gain thus made should more than make up for the loss in fluctuation.. It is upon this assumption that it has been argued by bi-metallists that "the yellow man with the white money would have an advantage over the white man with the yellow money. "
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The same gentleman said that he had frequent- ly called the attention of the health authorities to the fact and asked that the holes be caused to be filled up in some plicer; but was told thatthe bureau of health bad po authority to act in such cases, that there was neither law por ordinance by which the owners of the land could be cam- pelled to abate the nuisances in the interest of the public keulib.
P. Sydenham Dixon (from Mr. R. A. Harding's office) was for the defendants.
Further techpical evidence was called, in the course of which certain allegations were made against the plaintiff, Judgment was reserved. SHIPPING AND MAILS
Sene, the Resident-General, would appear 40 ba qally firmly determined on the line of action to follow though for the present he de- clines to speak explicitly,
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We are courteously informed that the Japané ese Consulate-Generel has received the follow-- ing officialtelegram, dated Peking, October29:-
His Excellency Prince ̈lta'demised at Harbin at 10 am, on the 26th instant and His Majesty the Emperor has ordered that the remains of the late Prince be accorded the honour of a national funeral. C. D. Neus, 1
THE
WHISMANN PROSECUTION.
CASE DISMISSED.
in the Police Court, this morning, the cas was dismissed in which the Café Weismann was charged with an alleged breach of the Liquors Ordinance.
The presiding Magistrato (Mr. J. R. Wood) remarked that the case doobiless arose out of some misunderstanding between the Police and the defendants, which prevented him from coming to a decisión.
Mr. Eldon Patter, instructed by Mr. Cłów. ther Smith (of Meista-d'Almada and Smith) appeared for the Café Weismann. Detective Sergeant O'Sullivan watched the case on be half of the J'olice.
"ROBBERY IN MASTER'S PRESENCE.
FREEMASON'S MEDALS DISAPPEAR IN BROAD. DAYLIGÉT,
A certain boose in. Coombe Road near Magazine Gep, was the scene of an exiskor. dinary robbery yesterday afternoon. The robbery was committed at No. 149, Coombe Road, the residence of Mr. W, H. Purcell, shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon, It appears that Mr. Parcell was lying- in kla bed-room reading and while thus engaged, one of the house boys sütered the room and mada towards a chest of drawers where he lingered for some time under the pretence of dusting it. Mr. Purcell naturally did not even give to the "boy" a passing thought and went on reading. The C. N. Cossa. Lisas left Shangbai on It was not till some time after, when he causally pulled out one of the drawern, that he discover- stat ult, and ledus berd on 3rd last.
The H. A: Lan. Silezia loft Mavila on grst | ed that three of his freemason medals ware it, and may be expected here on 3rd missing. He made a report to ⠀ Mount
MAILS DUE German (Klikit) zed inst. Indian (Kumsang) 17th Inst. The P. M. S. 9. Co!« «u; 'Sideria antived at San Francisco on 28th jost.
The following report is from Mr. F.G. Figg, Director of the Hongkong Observatory:-
On the 1st at 11.55 -The typhoon bas'enter, by Sheng Hsuan-hwai, the Junior vice-Pre-, India in cited, as an instance of a countryed Annam to the South of Toarade,” sident of the Board of Posts and Communi- which has a gold standard without a gold.
Barometric changes in other arpis ars anim-
- if this la Izud the shamo of Manita's boulike cations. It is entitled "China's National | currency but it is believed that what answers | portant. Brok and Currency Reform" and it is pub- there might not answer in the case of China.
The area of high pressure" extends from the regulationsis greater than was generally sep posed and the reproach of it must fall on those labed in English by Dr. J. C, Fergutos, With regard to the silver currency the writer Lower Yaogize to E, Japan,
Strong mossoon may be expected in the who have the authority to make the laws that The pamphlet in question contains some contends: This must be national, not pro- Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China govern in the matter. two dozen pages, but as yet its circulation | vincial. There must no longer be an Sex.
Ham is where we reach out the band to appears to have been confined to Shanghai. internecine, conflict between dollar and Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours' ending Hongkong with the fellow-feeling that charac
The T. K. K. sa, Tenyo Baru sulli from Gough Police Station and investigations wens The subject, however, is of equal if; not dollar and note and note. The motto for at 10 a-m, to-day, 2.03 inches.
terizes the victims of the same unkind fate. Yokohama to-day, and is scheduled to arrive at at once instituted by the Sargeant in Orar there the government can't afford to cut | this port on roth fast, fr
chargo with a view to the "boy's" app: greater importance to Hongkong, especially the future is unification. Why native mer- now that there seems to be a revival of the | chants have in the past refused to take native
1.--Hongkong and Neighbourhood, NE. down the brushwood on the Crown lands and The Imperial German Mails,s. Prine Regent | sion. A search was started for the mona winds, fresh; somo rain
the botany department won't let the citizens do ] Luitpold left Shaughst un soth eit, at 8 pm, "boy," who was run in on board, aze subsidiary coinage question, and for that dollars and have welcomed foreign is noted
-Formosa Chaupel, N.E, winds, strong. -
it for fear that they won't do it right. Over and may be expected here today at midnight Canton steamers, on which the thin? reason it should prove of interest to those | but not explained. Perhaps it was felt that
-South coast of China batween Hidegkong here the government has no authority to fill up The Imperial German Mail-sa. Kiatal carry, intended to #acapo... HU WAK AELE who demand that the Government of the explanation was unnecessary, But the ro and Lamocks, same an Nó, v.
ing the German Mails with dates from Berlin of the carabao wallows and the citizens who own Colony should take immediate steps to wlewer (quoting the Mercury), would fail Em. 4-South-east of Chios between Hongkong, the land and the carabaos won't de It→Çadlé malotain the small colins at a higher level his duty II ba'did not allude to the cýn - and Halman, same 21 10. 3.
FORECAST.
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the 6th ally left Singapore on 30th alt, at 8 and detained in Police custody, where he wil ate and may be expected here on grd funty at remain until his appearance before a Magtiikid
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