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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21 1011
Yuan's doop intentions, He, has utmost to bring China into friend- boon called the greatest livingly touch with the powers, and ho Chinaman. He has been oxe will succeed because he will real crated by his countryinen and his iso that China wishes him rumoured execution hailed with to succood. Progressive in joy. He has established a modern obedience to the spirit of the
A new daily was to be started. in Manila to-day. It will bo delivered freo.
The funeral of the lato Mr. Ta Foong, compradore of tho Doutsch Asiatische Banki, and Chairman of the Shanghai Ficce Goods Guild, took place with great pomp on the 18th..
Last night's concert at the Son- moq's Instituto was organised by Mr. Webb. A large number onjoy A. S. WATSON & city in the metropolitan provinco times, even if that spirit ho roased a good evening sontortainment. of Clihli, and he allowed that tionary, Yuan Shilk'ai is an op- CO.; LĐ.
same city of Tientsin to bo battered portunist of a clearness of vision by the Boxers. He stands in the that no consideration can dim. oyes of most foreigners as a princo. Should he come again to power, of progress, but he sold his China, will feel once more the master, Kwang Hsy, to the master-hand upon the rein, just reactionary Empress-Dowager such another hand as that of his and gavo over to the excculate-mistress;-but-let-it-bo-re-- tionor's sword the supporters of membored of Yuan Shil kui tlust Kong Yi Wei. Such is Yuan, the he is an indicator, un'illustrator,of proposed how Chief of tho. Wai-public opiniou, never its master. wupu. Lot me briefly tell the story of his rise and fall. ;
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Tho boginning was small, The future satrap of Chihli and can- fidant of the Empress Dowager comes of humblo parentage, and Ineked that influence which helps ambition. But ho found in Li
HONGKONG DAY
BY DAY.
Baron von Babo, Vico-Consul for Austria-Hungary at Chofoo, is visiting Hongkong.
*
We have to acknowledge the
Mr. Chung, a wealthy Chinese sottorin the Straits, has purchased the ground and buildings of the Nanyang Exhibition for thirty thousand taels, and proposes to Mis-raiso a capital of two million taels to start various kinds of industries
Miss Wray of the London, sionary Society leaves for Europe by the P. Eitel Frederick.
Dr. Karl Beruauer, Consul- Gonoral for Austria-Hungary,. Shanghai, is in Hongkong.
Hing Chang a mentor, a friend and a strong supporter, and first- in Koren and then as Governor of Shantung displayed on ability thing brought him to the front, He was at unco strung to with-
In the hockey league finals, stand aggression on China, opon to 105th M.LI, will play 13th Raj recognise the rights of others and 'puty on the U.S.R.C. ground at
whore his ową, 4.30 p.m., to-morrow. unscrupulous ambitions were concerned. Novor has an official prosorved so fine a balance on tho political fence. Translated from Shantung to the great Viceroyalty of Chili, he at once, and with conspicuous
Mr. Dooley, business manager of "The Follies," loft.for alanila to-day. The artistes proceed there on Tuesday.noxt.
Dr. Nord, the Gorman Consul at Canton, who has been on a visit to Hongkong, left for the Slamdon yesterday.
The Bishop of Victoria, Right Rev. H. G. Landor, D.D., is ex- poctod back from Wachow by the sa. Longlang to-night.
success, introduced the most drastic roforms. Tho Peiyang army-a foree' of no mean merit- is of his creation, (and, be it said, the most powerful weapon ho STOUT possessed). The Tientsin gens in PNTS and SPLITS. darmerio, later copied by Poking;
Mr. David Turnbull, suporin- the same city's sanitation, road- A. S. WATSON & making, interior government and tondent of the Shanghai. Dock and Engineering Co., Ed., arrived, a hundred other improvements by the Gorman Mail last evening. are also mainly his work. Really too as unprogressive Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dollar arrived as the frost hide-bound Manchu on the German Mail yesterday of them all, he saw that the times from Shangliai. Mr. Dollar is the manager of the Robert Dollar Co. spolt progress and throw himself, "The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH should beoart and soul into the move- addressed in The Hidhar, 47, Idex Voeux toad, and
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Kwang Ils and the great re formor Kong Yi Wei came to Any refected $13, the fo return any Comffitutions with the Empress-Dowager
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Prof. C. H. Robortson will lecture on "The Gyroscope and its Applications "the Y.M.C.A. rooms, Aloxendra Buildings, on Thursday next at 9 p.m.
On board the ss."Tjilatjap a Chinaman died suddenly yester day evening. The body was re- moved to the mortuary for ex- amiantion as to the cause of douth,
residues without oven to the extent of impri Lt. A. C. T; d'Almeidų, Lt. C. soning the Dowager. At the de Sousa Loal, and 50 sailors, all
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is on the weekly issue to any part of releventh hour he exploded the of the Portaguoso cruiser Repub-
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world ir 11 cente per quarter.
five car (for cash only).
CRIMINAL SESSIONS. '
TO-DAY'S SITTING,
FORGERY.
In the Chief Justice's Court, the
Whon originally charged, tho defendant denied, the indictment rolating to the forged receipts for rents, but pleaded guilty to the throo counts ro embezzlement, and his Lordship postponed the sentence until this morning in order that he might road the depositions.
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The first prisoner pleaded not guilty, while the second prisoner pleaded guilty,
The Altornoy Condral said that
-Away,
after a short summing up, the jury returned a verdict of guilty
COMPANY MEETING.
HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT 00., LD.
Tho Criminal Sessions were re- prisonors, wore olurged with arm-
The 89th ordinary half-yourly sumed this morning before the ed robbery-acrime only too com- Chief Justice, Sir Francis T. Pig-mon in the colony. On the day gott, and the Puisno Judge, His in question, undor a ruse, the Honour F. A. Hazoland,
first prisonor with othors entered meeting of the Hongkong, Canton a house in Winglok Stroot and and Macao Steamboat Co., Id., assaulted the inmates. The Polico was held to-day in the Company's first prisoner displayed much, first caso called was that in which west son on the scene, when the oflico, fotot Mansions. Mr. It the defendant was Loung Ho Chun, humour by helping the police to Shewan presided, and thore who yesterday was charged with arrost the second prisoner, who in were also present:-lossers, 17. A. uttoring forged receipts for house, rents to the amount of $56 and his turn gave the whole show Gomes, II. E. Siobs, C. R. Lonz also with having ombozzled three Evidenco was thon led, and H. Armstrong, G. Friesland, E maan, F. Liob, C. H. Ross T sums-$85, $160 and $78 re- receipt of the current passenger apectively-bolonging to his om-
R. Fuhrmann, (directors), Dr. J. train schedules for the Chicago,ployor, Chan Chan Ngan. Milwaukoo and St. Paul Railway,
His Lordship said ono prisonor W. Noble, Messrs. H. R. Gazdar, from Mr. G. H. Gorso, jun, gen-
had already been sentenced to J. Arnold, H. W. Looker T. E... cral Oriental agent, Shanghai.
Hough, J. M. E. Machado, A. H. M. five years. Ito would order him to undergo a further torm of five years, making ton yours in da Silva, M. S. Northcote, F. B. all, and to be whipped with the Marshall, A Denison, T. Chris birch 24 strokes within six tinni and W. E. Clarke (secretary), months of his incarceration. As The Secretary having read the regarded the second prisoner, his notice calling the meeting, Lordship thought he was merely
The Chairman said -Gontle- the tool of the first prisoner, and would therefore soulence him to men,The report and statement of accounts having boon in your two years only.
Chang Yu Ling, Fu Yao and hands for the usual period, we Loo Sung were indicted with hav-will, with your permission, take ing on the 19th January inst, at them as road. The result of the No. 57, Connaught Road West, half year's working compares. assaulted the inmates thereof, put in ourably with the two provious The Attorney-General stated thom indanger of their lives, and half-yours, The depression in the that the prisoner had not been robbed and carried away $2,000 Hongkong-Macao traffic luts boon charged with the full amount in money and articles of jewellery accentuated by recent troubles in tho sister Colony. The Hongkong- which he admitted that em, to the valus of $2,800.
Wuchow direct line has been, bozzled, ns, to prove that, it would have been necessary to call a great
worked at a profit, but the number of witnesses. Therefore
Canton-Wuchow Line has. not baon so successful. Turning to the report and statement of ac- theo was only charged with the embezzlement of the three small sumis mentioned in the indictment. The prisoner, on being asked if
counts, you will note that wo have and installing same to the value he had anything to my stated
charged the cost of the new boilers that he knew nothing about the
of the steamer Heungshan, as it is forgory. The receipts were given
special expenditure on the vessel and cannot be regarded as current. to him already signed.
there.
The more fact that children de hot resemble their male parents is not sufficient ground on which to insa a denial of filial relation, according to Judge Crossfield, Manila, who has ordered the cus toms authorities to release Tan Chong Tioco and Tan Ning Kiang, two Chinese boys who had boon held for deportation..
1.M.S. sloop Clio with destroyors Virago, Hart and Handy have gone to Mirs Bay for 5 practico. The Monmouth
came out of dock this aftoracoh.'
BILLIARDS.
The last game in the third round of the Grand Hotel com- petition was to be played lust night but Mr. Porey scratched to Mr. Phillips.
This morning his Lordship, ad- dressing, the Attorney-General (Hon. W. Reos Davios, K.C.) said that roforonco had been made, to the fact that the prisoner Ind ombezzled sums to the amount of $10,000. He was only charged now with the embezzlemont of threo small amounts.
Prisoners pleaded not guilty. Mr. Potter appeared for the third prisoner.
The Attorney General, in open ing the case for the Crown, said that that was another of those audacious cases of robbery which constitutod a great dangor in this colony. In the present sessions of these cases were des many cribed
as attempted robberies.
Ilis Lordship-You aro only Owing, no doubt, to good luck ropain. The heavier cost of re-
charged now with embezzlement,
pairs than has been usual in re-
The prisoner statod, further, of the crime had gone away with cont half-yearly accounts is due to
that he had nothing more to say with regard to the charge of om bezzlement.
His Lordship passed sentence
of four years' imprisonment with
To-night Mr. Thornhill will meat Mr. Kodward in the somi-hard labour. final, and to-morrow night's semi- final. will be betweon Mossrs. Phillips and Bell..
SOLDIERS.-CLUB--
TOURNAMENT,
The first two matches between the Police, in the above compoti- the 83rd Company R. G. A. "and tion took place last night at the Soldiers' Club. The first game was between Corporal Heatley, of the R. G. A., and Sergt. Ball of the Palico. The game resulted in an easy win for the R.G.A. man- 250-140. The bost break was made by Hoatley-23.
The next game was between- Quarter-Mastor Sergt. Barnfather and Sergt. Murphy. The game
50 points.
"ASSAULT AND ROBBERY,
Two Chinese, by name Chung Yuen and Lau Soo, were brought
stallation of now boilers in the
in many cases, the perpetratom out doing much harm. On the decking the Hongshan for in- day in question, at about 3 p.m., last quarter of the year instond an amah in the house oponed the of the first quarter of the gurront
year. The income from invest door in order to go and got some hot water to make tenments shows a slight decrease with, when a number of men compared with recent periods rushed in and proceeded to gug which is due to the repayment, the women in the house and of a large loan on mortgage in
up on a charge of having on 28th ransack the premises. They sic-July, and as no other good mort January last, at Kowloon City,
asurultod an old Chinese woman, i Chan Yuan, with intent to commit robbory.
Thoy pleaded not guilty.
Mr. C. G. Aldaster (instructed
by Mr. 11. L. Dennys, junk, con- ducted the prosecution on behalf; of the Attornoy-General. ・・
The following jury was em panelled:Mosara. E. J. da Roz, A. McKirdy, H. B. Bridgor, F. T. ¡ B. Jorge, A. Foslior, W. Pringle, jun, and P. W. White.
Single Spies, Daily, ten tents. Workly, twenty plot to dethrono her to that lica, loave by the Prinz Eitel resulted in a win for the Police by sitting in hor house at Kowloon
The object of this paper is to publish correct information, to 'serr's the truth and print the news without fear or Javour.
BIRTH
Souza-On February 15, at 36 Haskell Road, Shanghui, to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Conceicao de
Souza, a son.
THE
Hongkong Telegraph
Tomacono, TUESDAY, FRB, 21, 1911
YUAN SHIH K'AI.
(BY ONE WHO KNOWS HIM.)
great lady placed his mon at Friedrich for Gibraltar at day- her disposal, and Kwang Hsu light to-morrow.
lost his throng in all but name.!
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Mr., Greiser, of the Berlin En 1900, again, he held his Missionary Society, and family trained troops in readiness out are leaving for Europe by the side Tientsin, but though assur- German Mail to-morrow.
Greiser has been stationed at ing foreigners of his protection
Yinkfa, near Canton. maved neither hand for foot to
Mr.
help. Bosoigod by both parties, Among the passengers who Yuan sat on the fence, to return, arrived this forenoon on the s.s. unharmed, when all was over to Loongsang from Manila were Mr. his Viceroyalty, Again ho throw Fritz Lieb, manager of Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co., and Mr. his weight into the scale of C. R. Lenzmann, manager of progress, and steadily augment, Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. ed his personal power. Writor after writer' huiled him as the 6.287 Chinese visited tho City saviour of China, but Fato, for Hall Museum last week. the moment, waitod on him in.
To-night's games will be as follows: Lieut. Aston vs. Sorgt. Cooper and Quarter Master Sergeant vs. Bunford.:⠀⠀
!
cooded in making a haul of two
robbery was planned some time
thousand dollars in money and ages were offering at the moment in approved local stocks and the jewellery to the value of $2,800. part of the money was reinvested.. From information subsequently balance retained to moot the ex- received the Police succeeded in
penditure on the Houngahan. arresting the first and second All the values of our investiments prisoners, and a few days after have boon adjusted in accordance, warde the third prisoner was with the quotations current at arrested. The witness would the end of the year by this transfer identify two of tho prisonors, and of $44,497.10 from investment with regard to the third, the
| fluctuation - dccount. The pro evidence would show that the porties mortgaged to the Com ago in his house. The indict-pany liave been inspected and re-valued by the Company's Turner, the loans advanced slow surveyors, Messrs. Palmer and
a satisfactory margin of safety. The loss by subsidiary coins. dur-y ing the past six months' working amounted to $22,112:22. I do not think of anything olse calling.. for special mention, but should any shareholders require any fur- thor information, I shall havo inuch pleasure in answering any
ments contained two counts-the
first being robbery and the second receiving stolen property.
Evidence was then heard. Case proceeding.
Afr. Alabaster, in opening the case for the Crown, stated that on the day in question about noon the old woman, Chan Yuen, was
'A ROBBERS' RAID. City when the two prisoners came in and asked for a man named Sang Kum, a young Chinese, Chan Yick, who, they said, owed was charged with boing impli- them two dollars. They thon cated in a robbery outrage at barred the door, seized the old Shaukiwan, in the course of which woman by the thront, and gagged an old Chinese woman was as- her. After this, they proceeded saulted and gagged in her house to search her room and looked all whilst the miscreants got away through hor boxes. While they with $650 in cash, a gold watch, trived to get the gag out of her of jade-stone banglos. woro doing so, the old woman con- a pair of gold bangles and a pair mouth and screamed out "Save life." A fellow-lodger in the house, another old woman, heard her eric the prisoners, pet-frightened and and gave the alarm, whereupon
questions, POLICE COURT.
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stealing a quantity of rope from A Chiness' was charged whit Wellington Barracks yesterday; Three weeks hard labour and four hours' stocks.*
manded yesterday for the larceny
The Chinese who was ro
He ploaded not guilty, Mr. Alabaster, prosecuted, in- structed by Mr. Dennys, jun,
The jury, after hearing ovi- donce, found the prisoner guilty of a pair of bangles and two ran out of the house. They were as charged.
His Lordship passed sentence finger rings from little captured by the villagors. The
B girl in No. 3, Circular Puth Way, complainant said that she had of five years' imprisonment with was further charged with boing never seen either of the two men hard labour, in unlawful possession of a watch before. The statement of the -Mr. Aloc Taylor, the billiard
called and the Magistrato passed and chain. Evidenco was then
sentence of six months hard labour on the first charge.
the guise of a Grand Councillor player, arrived in Shanghai by ship. It was "Irish promotion," the Nora. and he knew it, and from the mo-
ment of his acceptance of office, Mrs. Julian Arnold, wife of the waaready for instant fight. The American Consul at Amoy, is ut
the Hongkong Hotel. moment camo with the death of The recall of Yuan Shib-k'a tho Empress-Dowager. Yuan, was to power, foreshadowed in our impeached, disgraced and con- telograms to-day, will bring into demned. He fled to his ancestral the arena of Chinese politics a home ruined to all seeming characteratoncoolusive, notorions Now tho, vory men who enconi- and praiseworthy. The lust, be passed his downfall "strongly, cause no Chinese official, not even support" is recall, In "what
Mr. H. W. Gammon, student interpreter, II.D.M.'s Embassy, Peking, is at the Hongkong Hotel. Dr. and Mrs. J. Joues, from Shanghai, aro passengers by the Prinz Eitel Fredrich for London,
17th inst
RACKETS CHAMPION-
SHIP.
There were no questions asked, The Chairman Thoro being. no questions, gentlemen, I. beg to propsse the adoption of the report and statement of accounts as presented.
Mr. Looker seconded.... Carried.
Mr. Christiani proposed, Mr. Marshall seconded, the appoint: ment of Mr. G. Friesland as a director
Carriod.
Mr. Hough proposed, and Mr. Machado seconded, the re-election Of Masara, A. O. D. Gourdin and W. H Potts as auditors.
Carried
that she owed them twc dollars, prisoners at the Magistracy wan that they went there to collect the money, that slie attacked
Allahabad, January 27th.-
The Chairman---That concludos them with a broom and drove The "Pioneer's" London cor the business of the modting," them from the house, and that respondent wires: The second gentlemen. Dividend warrants they were then arrested by the half of the match for the Open villagers.
ARMED ROBBERY,
A Chinose was charged at the Magistracy this morning with
MARINE COURT.
After hoaring ovidence, the jury land botwoon Williams and Mr.
Rackets Championships of Engaro, now ready and may be obtained upon application. Thank Chan Yau, the "No. 2 of the
E. M. Baerloin at Manchester you for your attendance. His Lordship sentenced the pri- yesterday ouded in a win for steam launch Evening Star, was returned a verdict of guilty., charged before Mr. O, W. Book- with to-day with unlawfully failsoners to four years' hard labour Williams by four to two, Wil- ing to exhibit regulation lights in col, and to receive 24 strokes lining is expected to challenge the Harbour on the night of the with the birch. Ife was sorry that Jamsetjee immediately;
the law did not permit him to order punishment by the "cat" in thes excepting the great Li Hung character, will he come buck? A
He pleaded guilty. His Worship imposed a fino of instanco.
ROBBERY. Chang hinigolf, has been respons- the friend of progress or the cold-
$10 with the option of ons ible for more or better roforms: blooded assistant of reaction?
month's imprisonmont, remark Bufore Mr. Justice Hazpland notoriaus, because but for him tho! If I know the man, the former.
ing that it was carelessness such and a jury camposed of Mosere, coup d'etat of 1808, when the Ho will, as he always did, support Thotai Lo Kuo-jui has been ap as this that led to serious col- J. F. Barron, D. Carvalho, W. C. unfortunate Kwang, Hou was thecarrying out of treation—when pointed by the Ministry of Posts lisions. He warned the coxswain Drew, J. A. Ismusl, E. S. Abra- finally "boroft" of "all. Imperial national and personal suicide jai and Communications to proceed not to allow the putting up of the ham, A. A. Alves and A. David-
to Yunnan and Kuangsi to survey lights to be loft to the crew. power, were impossiblo: olusive, the alternative: As President of railway lines. Mr. Lo was to leave
Lanco Sorgeant 109 W, G. Ng Song and Chong Wai were since no man-has yet guaged the Waiwupu ho will strive to the Hongkong for Canion shortly, Oagsill conducted the prosecution." charged with attempted robbery, 'n buddy timo to think
.f
Slanghini, uro passengers by the Dr. and Mrs. Gutherz, of Prinz Litol Fredrich for Singa
poro.
Bon,
:
The very intost golf story comes armed robbery, on the 18th, inst., frour Glasgow. A modest and at 188, Reclination Street, Kow. improving player asked his cad-loon. It appears that the defend- die, I suppose you have seen ant entered the house, which was worse players than me?" There occupied at the time by a salt was a long silence. The question dealer. He ransacked the pre- Mr. P. S. Dixon (from the firm was repeated in a louder voice, mises and wont away with $1385. Then the answer came in a queru- lous tone: Aye, man, A hoard yo; Mr. R. A. Harding) represented fine the first time, but yo máun gio.
of
the defendant.
Coso romanded,