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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. SECOND EDITION

[COPYRIGHT] DEATH OF GENERAL BOOTH

Beuter's Barolos to the China Mail.)

LONDON, August 26. Increased anxiety is felt regarding General Booth, His strength is failing.

COMATOSE CONDITION.

LONDON, Aug. 21. General Booth in a

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condition..

Custom

THE END.

LATER.

Gateral Booth died at 10.20 last Levening

His Life and Activities.

"General," the Rev. William Booth.

•D.C.L. Oxon, was born at Nottingham on April 10, 1899. He was the only son of n builder, and was educated in the city by a private theological tntor of the Biechodist Now Connection Church. At the age of 18 be announced his conversion, and

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THE NINTH TEST MATCH.

ENGLAND'S FIRST INNINGS; 14,000 SPECTATUES PRESENT.

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THE PEKING "CRISIS,”

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

DISSATISFIED.

The Government Unennoarned.

(Reuter's Servise to the China Mall.) | (Router's Service to the Chima Mail).

LONDON, Aug. 21.

Lospos, Aug. 21.

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THE LATE GENERAL BOOTH.

HIS LAST MOMENTS.

The ninth and last Test Match," A telegram from Reuter's correspoo- which is taking place between Eng-dent at Feking states that the National land and Australia, was continued at Assembly declares that the explana~}{Reuter'a Service to the China Mall.) | Kennington Oral yesterday in showery tions given of the decapitation of the weather and in the presence of 14,000

unsatisfactory, generale aro persons.

demands the attendance of the Premier and the War Minister to-morrow.

The wicket was very soft. England, on their first innings, were all out for 245, Minnett capturing wickets for 34 runs.

When stumps were drawn, Australia had made 31 runs. For the loss of two wickets:

A RUSSIAN TRAGEDY.

OFFICER SHOT BY SOLDIER.

LONDON, August 21.

and

The Government are remarkably unconcerned in the face of the violent hostility, and are prepared to take

strong measUTOS,

They maintain that they possess proofs of the guilt of the two generals who were executed.

Meanwhile the southern papers aro fanning fames on the party strife.

THE ALBANIAN UNREST.

THE TURES ACTIVE.

A telegram from Warsaw states that a soldier in the Engineer Corps, under sentence of arrest, entered the Bat. cf Colonel Price Nicoll Tumanof and ('Reuter's Service to the Chino Mall)

LONDON, Aug. 20. Reuter's correspondent at Salonik states that thres Turkish divisions are concentrating at Kiuprili to attack the Albanians failing their submission.

immediately started to preach in the open (Router's Service to the China Mall.) air in his native city. Entering the minis try in 1832 he was appointed a travelling the was later appointed by Svangelist And Conference of his Church to their ordinary cirepit work, This sphere he did not and a enpgenin to his taste, and after sub- mitting to it for gone years, in 1881 he resigned in order to a travels through shot him through the lungs. He also

again giro himself to evangelistic labour. the country led in to London. and the shattered" a princesses! leg." Officers "destitution of the castore portion of

its population on greatly impressed him rushed at, and killed the assailant, that on July 5, 1860, he commenced using their revolvera, a special effort on their behalf. Wat first styled the Christian Mis ion, but in 1878 it developed into the Balvation Army. The Army under his

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in 50 countries and colonies, with about 21,000 officers and

24.00 with the Aryees. In eon-

General Booth,

THE INSURANCE ACT.

FIRST PASSIVE RESISTANCE

CASE.

AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT.

A message from Constantinople reports that an agreement has been

organised great sccial work for the benefit and reclamation of the subinerged

And criminal classes Prominent London Liberal Fined reached between the representatives vicinus starting which always has received the support of Mocial work the charitally inclined.

Lornos, Aug. 21.

has become an immense uiisation, and Reuter's Service to the China Mall.) in connection with it there are over 900 ancial institutions. In tham during twelve

million

lios peres found a months and arer eleven million in a's were servei

bed,

The first Passiro Resistance esse

of the Government and the Albaniane, the latter having begun to return to their homes.

to the needy. General Tooth was the authurauder the Insurance Act. involved a GRASS CLOTH TRADE MARKS. of a number of books on sucial abjects, prominent Walworth Liberal named

the best-known being

In Darkent Eng. Sand And the Way Out," which propounded

scheme for the abolition of the

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England. in And criminal, Among the periodicals and newspapers controlled way "The War Cry" which,

Hurlock, who was fined £5 in con- nection with each of three summonses for which he appeared.

Motion in the Courts.

Mr Justice Gompertz, sitting in Original Jurisdiction this morning, continued the

proachings & millina cruise to consider un application to state a 1, 2, 3 and 4, and Nos. 95 to 28 of 1911 of

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LONDON, August 21.

URCHASER of one Novel General Booth was unconscious for

His last words at $1.00 becomes a mem- forty-eight hours. referred to "promises of God," and he said repeatedly "They are eure, ber and is entitled to exchange if you only believe," He joyfully came for any other novel on referred to the prospect of meeting his wife and daughter. It is under payment of 20 centa cash, Hong stood that he has left sealed docu- ments bearing on the future of the Salvation Army and his successor. It is thought that Mr. Bramwell Sam Briggs: His Book, by Richard Marsh

"A Semi-Detached Marriage, by Margaret

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Legge The Go-Between, by Mrs Coulson Ker.

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The Daily Telegraph's New York correspondent states that Miss Eva Booth attempted at the last Anne of the Barricades, by S. R. Crockett. moment to reconcile Mr. Bullingtou The Sea Devils, by J. Blouodelis. Burton.

Exotic Martha, by Dorothea Gerard. Booth to his father, but 'was unsuie-In the Vortex, by Olive Holland. cessful.

George Wendern Gave a Party, by John

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DESTRUCTIVE RAINS IN The Common Touch, by Austin Phillips.

ENGLAND.

LOSS ESTIMATED AT £5,000,000.

(Router's Barvica to the China Mail)

LONDON, August 21.

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The Rhodesian, by Gertrude Pago. The Lewpond, by Charles Marriut.. The Big Fish, by Marriott Watson.

The Touchstons of Fortune, by Charlen

Major

The Adventures of a Modest Man by R Blind Down, by Horace A. Vacheli

W, Chambers,

The heavy rains have been especi- The Grey Terrace, by Mrs Fred Reynolds. Iv destructive to the bay crop. AA Lost Interest, by Mrs Gonge Wamyas, common sight is to see ducks swim. The Quest of Glory, by Marjorie Boren

Heritage, by Valentina Hawtrey. ming in the fiells among the floating Julia France, by Gertrude Atherton, hay. It is estimated that the loss will not be less than five millions sterling..."

Contrary to expectations, there is a glut of English apples at Covent Garden.

CHINESE NEWS.

JOURNALISTS TAKE ACTION.

(Wah Tea Yat Po's Service.).

Emasoner Aug. 21.

All the members of the Press, who are also members of the Union Sworn ·

The magistrate ordered the con-hearing of a motion for the register of Society at Shanghai, held a meeting in batione languages has a circulation tributions to be paid, and consented trade marks with regard to No. 70, 1911, the Cheong Oneden and decided to

undertook foreign spheres of operations. He had case for appeal. dve times visited the Laited States and Canada, three times Australasia and South Africa, twice ludia, onco Japan, and avers! times almost every country in Europe. He married in 1855, Catherine Mumford, who died in 1800 learing-three sons ad four daughters.

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THE CANADIAN MINISTERS.

"'RETURNING TO THE

HOMELAND.

(Bouter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, Aug. 21. The Hou. Mr Hazen, the Canadian Minister of Marine, has sailed for -Canada.

The Canadian Premier, tise Hon. Mr R. L. Borden, returns in a few days.

DR. SUN YAT SEN.

A YARN FROM SAN FRANCISCO.

(Reuter's Bervice to the China Mail.)

LONDON, August 20,

A message from San Francisco atates that the son and daughters of Dr. Sun Yat Sen who are at present in that city allege that their father was Aminatadut Peking by troops sup posedly under the crders of Yuan Shih Kai. The report is anconßrated.

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LONDON DOCKERS'

STRIKE.

DAILY DISTORBANCES.

the Wo Lee fim. The motion was made in telegraph to Yuan Shih Kai demand- the case of the Wo Lee Brm v. the Laming an explanation for the execution Fat Shing fim.

of the two Gencralz, ChaaTsun U and Mr C. G. Alabaster, instructed by Mr Fong Wai, of Wuching. If the G. K. Hall Brutton, appeared for the spreply is not satisfactory they wil plicants, the Lat Shing firm, and Mr Lelegraph to all the members of the Eddon Potter, instructed by Mr Otto Kong Society throughout the country to re- Sing. for the Wo Lee firm, the respondents.sign their official posts and constitute

an army for the invasion of the North. The members of the Union' Swor Society in the Consultative Chamber

A witnees who had been connected with (Reuter's Bervice to the China Mail.) | the grass-cloth trade for many years wat called by Mr Alabaster this morning. The Losdos, August 20.

witness supported counsel's statemens that the characters applied to their cloth wore have threatened to dissolve the Cham- comm o to the trade, and said when beber, was employed by tho We Lee 'and two) other firms they all used the book-roll trademark with the addition of the firm's

All the firms used the character

Daily disturbances take place at Tilbury Locke, the anionists attacking the free labourers.

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A MYSTERIOUS FIRE,

A mysterious are occurred yesterday in a jute warehouse, many thousand hales being destroyed.

THE EASTBOURNE TRAGEDY.

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upon the labels produced.

Mr Potter rose and aid though he was not objecting, he wished to point out that the plaintiff was not asking for the book- roll to be expunged. The claim only applied

to certain of the characters.

Mr Alabaster said his evidence proved that not only the book-rull, but the characters alan were open to the trade. OFFICER UNKNOWN AT WAR His client was not using the book-roll,

OFFICE.

beenuse he marked his goods with the double peach mark.

(Reuter's Service to the Chins Mail.)

LONDON, August' 20.

It appears that the woman murdered

of Eastbourne was Captain Murray's

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Amongst the cases heard at the Magis.soldiers in the Generals' command wife and-the-woman injured wat her tracy day before Mr. E A Irving mutinying General Li sent particulars sister. The children were his, one by and Mr. C. D. Melbourne were the fol of the crimes alleged against them to the wife and two by the sister Relatives state that Murray, whose antecedents are obscure, had attacks

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The War Office knows no officer of the name, but it appears that he had

A later message from San Francisco. been in the army and served in India. tates that the rumour as to the

lowing:-

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FALSE PRETÉNCR.

A Chinese, who was not of robust up.

Yuan Shih Kai, with the request that he would recall them to Peking as

pearance, was brought up upon a charge military advisers and have them

of obtaining food by false pretenges.

According to the evidence he entered

a house in Hollywood Road yesterday, nad ordered food to the extent of 62 cents, The 1noney was baked for when be had finished his mesi, but he said he

executed on arrival.

DR. SUN YAT`SEN..

Dr. Sun Yat Son was half-way to Peking when the news reached him,

assarination of Sun Yat Sen je un- THE PANAMA CANAL had no money. The police were sp. and be immediately returned to Shang-

founded. It originated from placards displayed in the Chinese quarter announcing that Dr. Sun had left: ∙Shanghai on Sunday for Peking despite

the entreaties of friends.

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FARMED ROBBERY.

Theft of Jewellery and Other Articles,

prised, and this morning he was sentenced hai, to three weeks' imprisonment with hard Ishour, in addition to four hours stocks.

NOW THE JACKET WAS LECOVERED, A Chinese mad charged with stealing a jacket on the 17th inst. Yesterday the owner accidentally met hira in the strocf and found him wearing his coat. He seized hold of the man and demanded that he should give up the jacket. The man did so, and when questioned as to why he was wearing it, said he intended to raise a good price for the article, and to test the validity of the free tolls then recompense the ones for it. LONDON, August 20. provision, and mggests the insertion A sentence of three works hard labour The London correspondent of the of a declaration that nothing in the end four beurs, stocks was inficted. The Birmingham Daily Post states that BU willimpair the privileges acquired Governmont is contemplating pro- by foreigners under treaties. claiming the four Unioniste counties

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LONDON, August 20. President Taft in a message to Con gress urges an amendment to the Canal Bill in order to permit foreign nations

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