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Mr, Jones-Huglies is in the Hospital very seriously ill. His my friends will be pleased to hear that he is now resting more comfortably.
Gymkhana Postponed.
This morning at the Magistiney Me. Huzolani fined two men $25 or one month each for putting Time in a stream at Wongnoichung. and thereby-killing two geese,
Shafi Kuch N. Co`
The 43 Kai-fang, which arrived here today from Manila, roports that a fireman committed suicido by jumping overboard somewhere between longkong und Manila.
SPECIAL
TELEGRAMS.
THE STRIKE.
·ROYAL COMMISSION. PROPOSED,
CRIMIN L SESSIONS.
The Criminal Sessions opened this morning at the Supreme Court, his Lordship the Chief Justice Sir Francis Piggott, presiding
Charge of Shooting. Leung Kwai was indicted. fair counts, of altuoting Clung
On being asked to entorher plen, prisoner said: "If you ask Chata Pai, he will tell you all then pleaded not guilty to tho about it." (Laughter). Prisoner
charge.
The foreman-How old is the Prisonert
Tho Attorney-General-She i pposed to bo twenty-six, but sho
Kwai and Loung Lo at Mongkok doesn't look it... on the 18th July, last 'witle intent | Proceeding to mildross the (TER "TILLGRAPH" CORPONDENT to main and disable. Hon. Mr. Jury, the Attorney-tieneral sail, Fillis Circus.
6. G. Alabastor, Attorney-length prisoner hul got posses- London, Angust 17,0,0... instructat by. Mr. II. . Agud elungo of programme
sion of the chili out-of, the will take play "to-night inelud The Gymkhana which was to ing that rett speel Dick The Government proposed that Pennys, Jr., appeared for the Colony, so there was no chargo luve been held to-morrow has Turpin's Ride to York and the Royal Commission be convened and ontered a plou of noty, as apparently the child had Crown. Prisoner was undefond of stealing the child in the.Co- been postponed tiff the 26th inst.death of Bonitio Black Bess. Alr.
been taken with the mother's Fillis has played this for 35 years to inquire in the grievances of the guilty on all counts,
The following jury was enrrived at midnight with, the consent, diarly in June prisoner' laking the part of Dick Turpin. will contain a host of new and but the masters accepted. The first part of the programme
Pailwaynien. The men refused, panelled:-Messrs. D. H. Donnel-
sensational acts.
Stealing Clothes.
A man was sentenced: to six wk hard labour for stealing five pieces of clothing from, a ants in Second Street, at the
·Magistraty to-day......
H.K.S.B. Meeting-
Admiral LI Chun.
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(* A göneral strike has beon de.
WARSHIPS ORDERED TO
The C. N. Co.'s ss. Kailong, clurad, The ordinary half-yearly meet- which "arrived here, to-day from ing of the shareholders in the Manila, reports that on the night Hongkong and Shanghai Bank of Ang 2nd after loving Hong London ing Corporation will be hold in kong for Mamila the vessel got the City Hall tomorrow at noon" into a hurricane, and was love to For 12 hours, but weathored the gale without any inconvenience and arrived in Manila a day late. Thess. Rubi which left long- kong the same time, har to heave to also, and one of her bonts, was;
general shaking up.
Yesterday the Canton civil and military officials paid a visit to Admiral Li and found to wax much improved. His temperature are healing rapidly,
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ly (foreman), A. H. Silva, Child at a shop and spent the Meyer, A. F. Lang, II. P. Thomas, night there. She tried to sell the child, but on the 18th she was S. A. Sophier, and S. Hidden..
The Atorney-General stated found by the mother in a house
at West Point with a man. that the prisoner was charged the following day she was or with shooting a Chinese con- 3,000 troops have arrived in stable and district watchman resol. The child was still mise- The four counts under which g, and from the descriptions given in the Police Court, it must prisoner was indicted weco
be inferred that the child which merely variations of tho
had beca seen in the possession principal charge: The facts of prisoner was the missing child. the case were that at seven o'clcek ; on the evening of the 18th July, child stated that tho prisoner took The mother of the missing thrae Chinese constables-saw prithio child out of the house to buy
onor and some other men walking
swout-monts for her. along together. Their suspicions Prisoner did not say slio wan wore aroused and the prisonor was
going to take the child to Hong- were found a loaded revolver and have allowed hor to do so. lagger. After walking a certain Fistance to the Police Station, he guilty by a majority of six to one The jury returned a verdict of tavo a jerk and released his queen sentence of five years' hard from the constalde's grasp. He
labour was passed. then produced another revolver Find tried to shoor, but missoul fire. He was intercepted, while running
way, by the district watchmasto And gain tried to shoot, but
London, August 17, 6,30pm,
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On the fouridenth of this month fourteen coolies-ivere arrested by fourteen constables for creating listurbance, in Stanley Road. The case was adjourned at the Magis
ay to day till Monday,
Canton-Kowloon Railway
As soon as the rond is opened for through trallie nest, Tour trains will be-run cach day Two last ones, Expresses, and we low ones; this will bring Canton within onsy reach of
Hongkong,
Typhoon Warning.
A Coolie's Disputė.
At the Magistracy to-day Mr. Trancis Eggersof tobinson'ssuin- mono his chair cool who lives in Elgin Street for assault, while the coolie brought in a cross sur- os against his employer allog It appeared from the evidouce ing a like aftence, that there was a dispute over the wigs that complainant had paid
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the Foolle, win in the course of the Jockey Club on the 11th has the dispute seized a piece of wood.
and hit his employer, receiving in exonerated.
Unclaimed Telegrams.
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Administering Drugs administering stupefying drugs. Wong King was charged with nino persons with intent to
Prisoner pleaded not guilty, in missal fire. Upon exami ition of the revolvers, it was that prisoner was charged with a The Attorney-General. stated found that one of the weapons rim which was fortunately was loaded in four chambers, one mparatively rare in the Colony: of the cartridges evidently Javing The anan was charged with ap missed fire. The other revolver lying and administering cortain was found to be loaded in five drug with intent to make it pos chambers; one of the cartridges silde for a robbery to be commit having misso fire. Whon charged instor of a firewood shop at No. in this weapon also evidently. The complainant was the at the Police Station prisoner 11, Aberdeen Street. stated: "I did not fire, I had
o'clock in the afternoon he sent nothing to do with the revolvere of his fokis to fotel wine. The revolver belongs to Ala Kamp, They then all drank the wine and were afterwards treated for dataru whoasked me to tukeitto Canton.".
were seriously stupefied. They poisoning and all of them recover-
a blown exchange. The coolie was ordered to pay $5 or go to The American Consulate Gene-prison for 10 days," cal at Hongkong sends us the Allowing typhoon warnings-
SUCCEEDS SIRA. YOUNG, Mand, August 18, 10.54 m. List of unclaimed telegramis
Typham Pafie lying in the Eastern Extension (Tas “TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT.) Deene about Huffway between Australasia and China Telegraph alie Mariana Islands and Formosa Cony's Office at longkong Singapuro, Aug. 18, 12.50 p.m., [Chonglupyon, Malacon; "Crosliw,
Kuila Lauapor, Framjee · Bou-_-Edward Lewis Brockman, C.Prisoner when charged at the bayern, Tsingtau Radio
fort made practically the
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cal. One of the fokis, Chan Kum, The Chinese constable who book part in the affair gave thst Sessions. He would be called was convicted and sentenced at the
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evidoneo, in the course of which say that prisoner was on ne The gave some routistic illustrations complico of his ani, in fact, hand of occurrence. Prisoner on been naked to commit the decil being arrested said: "I'll shoot by him. you dead!" Witness added: "Ou keeing that the revolver did not utenrod at the last Sessions, in Chan Kam, the foki who was THE AYER PANAS CO..
go of, I gave chaso." (Langliter) connection with the same offence, GUNN'S DEFALUATIONS.
The jury without retiring eleposed that he was a friend of torodnimous verdict of the prisoner and was naked by TU-TELEGRAPH” CORRESPONDENT,
guilty and his Lordship, in:sen prisoner to put some medicine in Singapore, Aug. 18, 12.50 p.m.
Lencing prisoner, said: "You seem ie wine. This he refused to do, to me to bon very dangerous man whereupon prisoner said: "If The Crown is taking the casting except to carry revolvers Witness then consented. He and your occupation seems to be you don't I'll stab you to death!" of A. A.Gina's defaleations. about you. I have no other alter-partonk, of the wine himself and GEN. FRENCH'S REBUKE. on you.
native but to inflict punishonthey all became sturefied.
You are sentenced to had no quarrel with the prisoner Ile sevon yeus' liard labour.
and there was no previous scheme
You sit of bloodthirsty ewards" is the eminent Me._fans-aving W.NA. „bury's desigintion of the F'nionist opposition in the lause of Cim- mous. We call Mr. Lausbury enfiment for two reasons, firstly that he represents a coniuituency in London, and serondily that he is a Tina essassin of Admiral La Jing Station; Hupsong, Nampakhong M.C., British Residental Pahang, protege-of the Chancellor of Exchequer, and if the first does not undergoing a sories of trials. Street, Cholon; Kamiye Mat- brightened his fair escutcheon in the eyes of the habour Party by of splices and the secrets om Wingsing, Lovuku; Konuy, ved Sir A. H. Young is Colonial convey eminence, the second surely does, he has no furthere felusel to betray the names subara Zamboanga King-F.M.S., as been appointed to site-
leading in an attack upon the Government, for the methods they
of his sorinty, Yostorilay he was Sturkton Chl;; Lakarf, Shanghai; are using in sealing with the strikers. Jis natural that he and his hand voile the Arresting un! Ligorio Shungrangon, 18 Queen's Secretary to the Straits Settle.
to the stern repressive methods that hav be Apprehending Department where Road, Manila; Lorena, Manila: ments.
· party should object adopted. it is only fuing that he should raise his voice in protestAfter suffering torture, he at last Hamburg Reinsdorf Consul he was tried by Taotai Chan Mai Rickupora-taptain Steamer; and even vituperation, kont the doors of these, peuple lies the respon- sibility for the disastrous state of allairs which roikase the names of three of his Messageries Armand Bobic, Sai- at, home at the present the. We have no hesitation in making this emplices.
gva Samyikoo Hotol China, -assertion far we know from personal knowledge that such is the Alleged Armed Robbery. Saigon Sanguncha, Nanuliah;
case. We have stood an Tower Hill, in the dinner hour, and heard the Sergt. Brazit prosecuted fire
Yusanhsong, Cholon; 9946, rough eloquence of Will Crooks, Will Thorne, Jack Williams and amica at the Magistracy to luy, in a 9306, 0850, Weihaiwai, host of others holding forth in burning tones to the tremployed and ease of armed robbery. It is List of unglainel, telegrams unemployaisle idlers of the city, we have seen the same thing in the sad that those men armed with lying in the Great Northern Tele- provinces, we have read their literature al generally noted the in-lippers went to a rouse at Cha graph Company's Office at Bong- Hammatory nature of speeches, the glamour of which has held crowds | Lu Kok and gaining a Imittance Kong of the ignorant in a stats of awe, - "These people for the last toir years while only awonta was there, Divote, Yokoluauu; Keochong, have been endeavouring to stir up strife, with capital, little, recking tro alleged to have stolen $150 Yokohama; Kungtienchong, Woo- that the thing they abused most is responsible for the livelihood that the woina's son hind brought gmsimkok care of China of 80 per cent, of England's inhabitants..
On the hunds tomo from England and also 90 Hotel, Swatow; Liton, Wladivos blood of those who have been killed or injured during not finished when we went to press. Club, Kobe, of the Labour Party and the Trade Unionists, lies the worth of clothing. The case hud took: Shoparison: Army Navy the last few days. What they have boon wurking for, for the last doende has come about, but the results ip to the present liave beoni different from that anticipated with a blindness that in other circum- stances would be laglable, they have ignored the fact that their
the Royal Military Academy it was charged with armed. robbery "Quemy was preparing, as fast as they themselves, and the bold ally opened on July 19 by Lord
Woolwich, administered a caustic at 49, Queen's Road East. Pri A GROUNDLESS PANIC. announcement of last week that a lock-out would be started on Shellied. The premises form one
robuko to the corporals of thequer pleaded not guilty.
Target Practice Alarms Villagers. The Attorney-General stited Monday unfess the strikers roturned to work reduced the feverish-
senior class, who, Colonel Graham Thompson, the commandant, re- that prisoner was charged with [THE "TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT.] noss of a rather peaceful strike to the imbocility of rioting. The of the largast of blocks in
"The trial of tho' native priest, ported, had not given him as the company of three other
committing an armed robbery in 1 strikers themselves have brought about the present state of affairs Europe and are eleven stories,
Canton, August 18. The Commander of the gun-: By the wilful obstraction of the facilities for food supply, they are high, with a floor area of 10,000 who was arrested some weeks ago whole that co-tration issue men on the morning of the boat Kiang Ku has tolegraplied tion against the masters and the whole of the community who-do not lower is the largest in the world, fa boother clerie from the hat which he expeetod and was accusTM { carrying à bucket of mor- Chun that some few days ago, a starving themselves, and exalting themselves into a state of infuriature yards. The clock in the white Funroying the dead body of or in maintaining discipline 27th July Jast. The prisoner wne to His. Excellency Admiral Li
The dials, which aro 250ft, from ty to the Fronch Concession, soo oye to eye with thom. Threats and actual attacks against the ground, are 25ft, in aliameter, has concluded. Sentence of death | od this as a. vory serious mat-going to carry out repairs to the chored off Young Suen Kiang, the property of citizens, street fighting and general lawlessness and the minute bands are 14it.
General French said he regard far, with which, he said he was foreign zunboat was seen all- Is caused the military to be brought out, and though it is necessarily regrettable that bloodslind should ensue, we have no long and 3ft. broud. The clock) was passed, and has received thefer, and if stich, conduct was the women in the house, gagged| Commandor in charge went ashore house. The men then assaulted Shun Tak District. The foreign
ensure the safety of the peace-loving section of the community. The labour party do not. They anticipate au imediate submis- sion to mob rule and in'their impotent fury are doing that which is calculated to weaken the hands of the government, and the mon doputed to endeavour to bring about a settlement.“
Largest Clock In the World. The new premises of the Royal Liver Friendly Society on the Pier Head, Liverpool, were forme
thirty years.
The S.S. Empress of China.
MURDERER'S AWFUL
.PUNISHMENT.
Execution Lasting a Week.
Warning to "Slackers" at the
Royal Military Academy.
:
Robbery with Violence.
Before the same jury which General Sir Jolin French, inriod the above case, Clin Chong specting on July 19 the cadets of
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persisted in it would be
sary to take drastic pressures,
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to poison the fokis,
The jury after retiring returned
a
verdict of not guilty and prisoner
was accordingly discharged.
The punishment to be inflicted on either in the form of dis exon. The women sereaned, and target practice. The ignorant, vil the murderer is known as Chanmissal from the service or others is attracted the neighbours and lagera, alarmed by the appeart ro courtesy of the Cloneral Tralic
We have received through the Lung, and is low, arvation in a which would affect their future prisoner was caught. The latter of so many foreign sailors, and by subsequently made a lengthy their engaging in target practice, The Labour Party are a set of disappointed mon and the outbreak Railway Co. the following com-
Agent of the Canadian Pacific i
enge; the process taking a-week prospects,
Discipline, he adifed, was at the statement in explanation of his an out and attacked the intru- to complete. in the House of Cimurons was ample exemplification of the fact.munication with regard to the
root of all military efficiency, and, possession of the bucket. ders with guns. Fortunately, the The Opposition aturally supported the Government in the declara-stranding of the Empress of posed at the various gates of the 16 fulfil the sacred duty of keep various intery is whined in the gunboat Kiang Ku states in the The doomal man will be ex-they could not prepare themselves which was called, prisoner at The Commander of the Clince In the course of the evidence visitors osenped without injury. tion that nothing should be done to weaken the hands of those Ching at Caps Nojima on the City. He will stand on a pilo ofing up the great traditions of the stock and feebly remonstrated telegram that Young Sten Kiang attempting to settle a state of affairs, that is disastrous to 27th uit Court of Inquiry was bricks and his head will be thrust British Army when their conditet the nation as # whole,
Thon game Mr. Lansbury's spirited held in connection with the attack of abuse and the Opposition, at the hands of the Guinot stranding, and I am now in re-tuough a wooden cangue, le punctuality or slovenly and un-
there was marked by blurkness, gains to inerminating evid- is not a treaty port and that the protego of Mr. Lloyd George, stands dubbed "a set of bloodthirsty ceipt of a telegram from Yoko will be inble to feed himself or soldiorlike hubits. The efficiency The jury in monaly found men hero. So fh as the forg
ence which was being given Commander of the foreign gan. Did Me, Lansbury for one instant suppose that any hama advising result, which is as to drive away insects whieli may ponded entirely upon, the capa- of seven year hurd labour and never informed the Chinese nu
against him. Cowards,'
boat had no right to Tand hi rational man would, agree to allow the strikors to have their own follows:
of the personnel of an army de-the prisoner guilty and sentence practice was copcerned, he had swoot will in tlie hatter? Did he think, for a moment that the "Stranding duo to abnormiat
add to his torture. Each day ability and energy of its officers, four strokes of the cab wis thorities of same. Admiral Li mob would be allowed to fire landing stages, to attack blacklegs set of tide following typhoon brick from the pile will be re-and the determining factor of sue and be a goneral menace to the public ponce he did ho had a Captain and oflivers entirely moved, and if he does not pre-cess in war was not so much the poouliar idea of the temper of the Govefont and of the opposi exonerated from all blame." viously die of starvation he will number of guns and rifles as skil tion as well. Dobiles Mr. Lansbury will be tauded to the skios
Captain Archibald and the be strangled. It is several years and direction. as a hero, in Labour organs, as a man that calls a spado & spade, but officers of this vessel have indny
ful training and scientifle leading to the sane, right thinking man lie stands confessed an enemy of law friends in Hongkong, who will since a similar punishment was The chief prize, the sword and order and of all that loads for harmony in the workings of the doubtless be pleased to hear of inflicted on a prisoner in Shanghonour, was awarded to Senior community
this eatisfactory result,
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was begged to have the matter Tam Chun Ho, young woman, and ask His Excellency to write Kidnapping a Child- referred to the Canton Viercy, was indicted on a charge. of, hnto the foreign Consul concerned with intent to deprive thy mother petition of 'i's affair, so a 10 bouring a three-yea-c1 child with a vow to preventing a ro of same between the ard June avoid the cropping up of diploy Land-17th July.
mutio disputes":