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TUESDAY, KABRUARY-S-1014.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.

(Reuter's Bervice to the China Mail.) (Bautor's Bervice to the China Mail., | (Reuter's Service to the China Mall.)

LORD STRATHCONA'S WONDERFUL AVIATION

ESTATE,

MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.

LONDON, Feb. 3

The lata Lord Strathcona left his Scottish estates, valued at hall a million

FEATS.

LOOPING THE LOOP FOURTEEN

`TIMES.

LONDON, Feb. 3.

Mr. Hamel, the well-known Boglish sterling, to the heirs succeeding him in Aviator, while aeroplaning at Windsor the title: £200,000 to the Victoria bafore their Majestise and other mem- College, Montreal; £100,000 to thebers of the Royal family,looped the loop Victoria Hospital, Montréal; £100,000 fourison times and made two wonder- to Yale University. Other legacies have ful double turns, been lali to English and Scottish Universities and Charities and the re. aidue to his daughter, who is Lady Stratheons.

now

RESIGNATION OF MR. JUATICE BUCENILL.

LONDON, Feb. 3. Mr. Justice Buckmill his fasigned owing to ill-health..

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Their Majestio congratulated Mr. Hamel,

BRITISH POLITICS.

The Liberals Jubilant.

LONDON, Feb. 2. "The Liberals are jubilant over the result at North-Wast Durham, and de- clare that it is a splendid victory for [The Hon. Sir Thomas Townsend Home Rule and admis that the South Buckall bad been a Judge of the African crisis infuenced the Labour Queen's Bench Division of the High court of Justice since 1899. He was

vote. The Unionista emphasise the born in 1845, the second son of Sir J. C. | larganess of the Labour vote. Bucka ill, F. R. S., and in step-father of the Hon. J. A. S. Backnil, Attorney

·General of Hongkong.—Ep.)

CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA.

www.y

LONDON, Fab. 3.

A telegram from Johannesburg states that the M. C. C. drew with the

Transvaal.

THE FRENCH FINANCIAL

PROPOSALS. ·

LONDON, Feb. 2.

M. Caix piritedly defended the Anancial proposals, and repasted that the norms! permanent expenditure should be covered solely by the manual. resources of the Treasury. The new taxes did not mean aggression against, Ray class of citizens but simply fiscal Justics.

FIERCE GALES IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, Feb. 2. The costs have been swept by fierce Kalen

Altogether 19 perions are reported to have perished, including the nineteen -members of the crew of the wailing Towel Arra, which, as reported yester day, was wrecked near Falmouth.

A TOWN DISAPPEARS.

LONDON, Feb, 2. A terrible catastrophe has been closed by the doods et Babia, says a telegram from "Rio de Janeiro. The down of Noyslage has disappeared, and many others have been devastated.

Many persons have perished, and enormous damage has bean done,

DUBLIN STRIKE ENDED.

Larkin's Union Repudiated.

LONDON, Feb. 1.

The Dublin atrike is finally ended, "The builders are resuming to-day, and bire siznad an agreement repudiating Larkin's Union.

TURKEY AND GREECE.

Pourparlera to be Resumed.

LONDON, Feb. 2.

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Proceedings will be resumed to-day 41ya a telegram from Constantinople

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ROUND THE WORLD AVIATION.

▲ £20,000 Prike offered.

LONDON, Feb. 2. Heuter's New York correspondent talographs that the Aero Club in. nounces a prize of £20,000 sterling for a fight round the world. The fight will take place in connection with the San Francisco exhibition in 1915, and is to be completed within ninety days,

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A BRITISH NORTH BORNEO LOAN.

LONDON, Feb. 2.

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A British North Borneo loan of £500,000 at 41, per cont. has been isped.

LORD ROSEBERY.

LONDON. Feb. 2 Lord Rosebery is programing satisfactorily.

THE LONDON BUILDERS' STRIKI.

LONDON, Feb. 3, There is no improvement in the state of the London builder' strike, both the matters and the men being very deter mined.

TEACHERS ON STRIKE.

Eighty Schools Closed.

LONDON, Feb. 2.

GERMAN SOCIALISTS

ACTIVE.

TROUBLE IN BRUNSWICE.

LONDON, Feb. '3. Reuter's Berlin correspondent tale. graphs that Socialist mass meetings," held in Brunswick to protest against the existing franchise, resulted in collisions with the polise.

Many people were injured, Dupe Ernest refused to allow the the castle gates to be closed,

M THELUHINA MAIL.

JUNK ROBBED BY PIRATES.

OUTRAGE IN THE BEUNG-

SHAN DISTRICT:

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THE KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY.:

AN ENGINE DISABLID,

WAG

Fahing junk, No. 931 F.Q.. whilst on a

A mariona accident, wa learn, journey to Tai O from Tam Chow, wa narrowly averted on the K.-Q. Railway looted by pirates when anchored at Eis week. On a train neating Fanling in the Hausgaben district: A boat contain station, something was found to be wrong ing sight man armed with rides drow with the, engine, and, om'sxemination, the alongside and boarded the junk, frightens {crank shaft wasfound to be broken. A spare ing the crew and making of with 880 in engine was sent to take on the train, and. money, 840 worth of clothing and four the disabled engine was removed to the muskady, powder sad shot valued at $15.

workshops at Hang Hom. It will be some. months before repairs can be completed. Au inquiry is to be held into the mass of the mishap.

FORTUNE TELLING SIKHS.

Remanded an a Ball of $100 each.

Before Mr. Haroland at the Magistrsoy this morning, two Indiana, Jana Singh and MURDER MYSTERY IN BRUSSELS. Nach Singh of the Sikh Temple, Wanchai. were charged with unlawfully pretending to tall fortunes, or "with subtla craft and palmistry" endes tour to impose on John J. Lysaught.

A Landlady's Fate.

Search For Missing Man.

Bauska, Jan. 7. The Rue Lime, in the St. Jossa ten Noode quarter of Brussels, was the score for the porprator which an active on Tuesday evening of a revolting murde

search is being male, not only by the

Belgian, but also by the English palce,

de there is reason to believe that the criminal is Englishman, and has effected his escape to England, says the Braseris Correspondent of the Daily Telegraphs. The victim of this atrocious erine is a Frenchweman named Mario

Souvain, 35 years of age, who gained nivelihood by letting apartments. An attractive, obliging woman. Madame Saurain was a distincs success as a land lady, and it who had pre fault, it was that of boing too confiling. For lodgers and restaurant water, and if one left, wese mandy shop assistants and botol Madano Sanvain had little dificulty in finding another, and rarely troubled about | refereneza. On one occasion she was robbed of a sum of 1,500, by a lodger, who broke open her wardrobo, and at that time a police officer warned her of the danger she ran by living amidst lod. gers of whom she knew practically no thing, and whom she accepted rather

only. This chesteemmes on your part," the officer said, "may prove fatal one of these fine days."

THE DISCOVERY.

作

Ms. Lov. D'Almeda e Castro and Mr.

who were remanded an, baik until, Thursday J. E. Gardiner appeared for the defendants merning

ST. STIPEEN'S COLLEGE.

Archdeacon Barnett Resigns.

Immediately after roll call yesterday. the Wardon (Archdeacon E. J. Barnett) in portant announcement to make with refor addressing the students said he had an im- once to St. Stephen's College. Some of them remembered tant eleven years ago baiste the pre ent building in which they ware assembled had hean erected, College was started with six scholars, one

we then naturaly limited ennisting of whom (Mr. To, the Bureas) was present that morning. The berghing of himself and Mr. A. Mackenzie. Shortly afterwards Mr. Ng Tim Po was added.

Those first six students of the

the

bail was fixed at $100) each. He observed On the application of Inspector Morison,

that there was a lot of this ant of thing wore holding bonourable positions Since

going on.

murderer, whoever we may be, was eri dently well acquainted with the habits of his victim, for othing in the room was disturbed or broken; his sole object had been to empty her large pocketa. She had doubtless been got into the room on some specious pretext, and then quick by strangled and robbed.

What had become of the fermer occu- pant of the rocras gobody was able to departure, and a description of him was say. He seemed to have take: o hurried sent round, particularly to the police at Osterd and Antwerp, so that passengers leaving by the boats might be carefully scrutinised.

FINDER-PRINT CLOZ. To-day the body of Mindaine Saurain was taken to the hospital for an autopsy. Probably valuable clues to the identity of the murderer will be found in the very

bad now gone out into the world and all that time he

he bad

roon me hundreds of scholars To out from the Collage Some of them

bare gone into business whilst others have gone to America and to England to tinue their studies and are doing well. Ose of the them holds a strong pition in. the Government in Peking: another re- turned the having taken his degre

other day

to

after Hongkong of B.S4.

in the Landan University in chemistry, and they would have address from him very shortly. There were the pleasure of listening to an

others who were doing well in the their old College. Hongkong University and doing credit to

Ashe looked back ever thoas elever years he felt that a good portion of his life College. had been associated with St, Stephen's

bnd had

During the hat fits years other work besides attending to St. Stephen's College. He was a member of

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the Church Missions y-Society who sent B41 world. He WAS DAT the Society's Secre misaineries to nearly every part of the tary in South China and hat good deal of work to do in that connection. The com- bined work however was more than ono man

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of ne farr-prints which the polle die. covered on the unbroken pinconez lers and gå other objects. Inquiries made at various badging houses and other places This prediction was realised sooner in Brussels have so for led to no result, nght to give bia whale time to that work. shan the officer expected, Shortly before and a wireless message received from The education of your men wat & most right a'cock on Tuesday evening & poüce- Ostend-Dover packet Maris Henriette important thing and if one intended to man named Dubiez, on duty in the Rue stated that there was nobody on board look after the education of young mon Linné, passed Madame Sauvain's house, responding to the description of the properly ha mact have his whole time and and noticed that two men wern standing sssin circulated by this polica,

give his undivided attention to it. For outside the door, which was open. He

That the crime was premeditated ap- do his best but with other calla so preasing the last two years he had been trying to questioned thern, and learned that they pears to have been beyond doubt. The be had not had the time and strength to were former lodgers who had returned to man styling himself Welson had evidently give to the work of the College and so for procure some small, articles that had been made his preparations for departure" be ↑ the lut twelve months he had beer foeling left, hohind. They had been unable to foro summoning the land:ady to his room. bald not de thong two great work 885

taking charge of the College and sino acting obtain my response from anybody in the In his hurry to get away; however, be

as Secretary for the Church Missionary house, and they asked Dubier to enter had left behind his umbrela, and this, Bricisty. with them.

in addition to the pinewinez which were At that moment a female lodger ap. used by an extremely short-sighted man, peared on the scene. She entered the will be of great assistance to the polico. home, and sought for Madame Saurain Apparently Welson, or Wilson, had taken in the concierge's lodge, in the kitchen,

other precautions to conceal his identity. al chewhere, but without finding her. His omission to register is important, She then went upstairs, and found but there are other indications of a desire

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Last year the Archdesoon said he wrote home to the heads of the C.M.B. resigning both positions intimating that to was quite two offices should they so desire. They had willing to

to contines in one

one or other of these replied regretting the news and saying that someone had hatter be appointed Wawien On receipt of that latter he called toget

together the College Council which has Chinese

English

light barning in one of the fargo bed to areate a false scent in the event of contamen upon it as well.

rooms. Pushing open the door, sto saw a woman lying on the floor near the bed, but she was unable to take more than a hurried glance, because she was frightened by the furions barking of Madame Siu. Eighty cohools in Herefordshire, ac. | vuin's litla dog, which was also in the commodating five thousand pupile, bayer. The lodger then called Dubiez, but he too was unable to enter the room, been closed in consequence of a strike

as the dog gronted fiercely and showed by the tenshers for bigher rats of his teeth. He saw enough, herrer, to wage.

eonvince him that a crime had been com mitted, as the woman on the jer sa certainly dead. her hands and fee. being bound and her that showing signs of strangulation.

-BRITISH-NAVY-ESTIMATES.

An Increase of £7,000,000,

LONDON, Feb. 2.

The Daily Chronicle says that the Navy Estimates will be in the neigh

Duble immediately wit for the com missary of the district, who arrived in cranpany with his assistant and a doctor. The dog had not left the body of his mis anybody who approached to was killed by tres, and as ho showed signs of biting

inconvenient inquiries. Ho stated that lio was a dental mechanic, and that his consulting-room and workshop were in the Place Bouppe. Nothing of the kind. is to be found there.

It is not karn how much money was stolen from the murdered woman. After being the victim of one robbery, Madaino Sauvala obtained a savings book book, and kept only a small sum of money in the house. This, as already stated, was corevaled in a largo pocket som to her underskirt, and it is thought that the murderer's booty may have been between

£20 and £30.

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Discovery of a Photograph.

Two officers of the Belgian polies were urderer of Madame Sauvain. in London yesterday trying to trace the

them to consider what was beit to be done and whom they would like to succeed him. They decided to nom

to nominats tho Rav. Collega) to be Warden. The wish A. D. Stewart (AB present of St. Paul's

Committee and ther approved so that Mr. Council was placed before the 0.1-9. Stewart would be their new Warden.

FO... will be very hard for me" mid the Stephen's, hat if I felt I could do my Archdeacon to break away from St. duty to you by romaining Warden. I should certainly do so. In obtainine tinguid the urrican of Mr. Stewart he was sure they falt they were getting a very good man and he racis very warm woleme from them. was certain that when he came he would All: Mr. Stewart leaving St. Paul's College would mean a vacancy there wlan and to this

is post the Rer. C. B. Sheon (Chaplain of St. Stephen's College) had boon. apprinted. These changes would not take place immediately forthcoming examinations and renal for

They be

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bourhood of £50,000,000, with Supple. { a blow on the head.. from a truncheon, were assisted in their efforta by Inspector work to students to upset their ears

mentary Estimator of £4,000,0000, making a total incrssss of £7,000,000.

in connection with the diplomatic re.

A house boy has reported to the police Iations of Turkov and Greece, when it is that eme person stole from the arms of

believed that direct pourparlers will be bis child two pairs of bangles valued opened regarding the Aegean Islandı.

IMPEZIAL ANTARCTIC

EXPEDITION.

Vacancies Beinz Rapidly Filled

LOSTON, Feb. 2.

$136.

The authorities were then able to proceed with their investigatións.

BODY IDENTIFIA ),

photographer..

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DANGEROUS TRAIN RIDE.

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Ninety Miles on Butters,

Draper, of Scotland Yark In the room

The Archdeveon mil ho had taken the where the murder was committed the and urged the boys to make the hat two

Krat opportunity of telling them the now Bagian polico found a book belonging to terms he would be with them as Warden In the first place there was no doubt who has disappeared from Brussels. Bo.

tho Englishman, named William Wilson, the best ho bad are known. about the identity of the dead woman tween the leaves was an unframed photo she was Madame Suurain. her face towards the ceiling. Her hands bore the name and address of a London woman was lying beside the bed with curls over acr forehead. The photograph The poor graph dan attractive girl with ringed

and feet were tightly bound by means -of strong cert, and she had been strang- Another link in Imperial Free been the motive for the crime, as the led by feather strap, Robbery had masonry has been forged by the courge pockets which Madame Sauvain

Having travelled for a distance-of secration of the Royal Colonial Institute wore sean to bor uniorskirt, and in rities issued a copy of the photograph tive engine and a passenger couch per Last night the Scotland Yard autho ninety miles on the buffers of a lectio. Chapter, No. 3,568 attached to the lodge which she had kept her money ever since formul in the room at 16, Rue Linné, sively, on the Great Central Railway. bearing the same name, which was estab hur wardrobe lished in 1911. The consecration was emptied and turned inside out.

was rifled, lind heen Brussels, after the departure of William Archibald Coppin, 25, who gave an ad-; Mr. Stackhouse le rapidly filling up England, Sir Edward Lochworth, a ticket, which had boun used on Sunday Suvain. The police also circus rezcatly with intent to avoid payment

performed by the Grand Scribe E, of pod was found the counterfoil of a theatre is wanted for the alleged murder of Ma- charge at

On the Wilson, Kios Welson and Betson, whe dress at Cassidy-rood, Putney, was the vacancies in the party to go to the l by Sir. Waithe Vaugh forgoo, Blast. Hanging on the rail at the bowl at the subjoined description of 2. Pare

tho Nottingham Guildhall South Pole with the Imperial British and the Power Supt. of the bed was a man's umbrele, and onlinm Wilson: Antarctic Expedition Iientenant Har-Surrey, as the other principais, Mr. the carpet, beside the body of Madame

It transpired at at Aylonbiny Coppis board, of the Shackleton Expedition, Few. The principals doignate were the leases of which had been smashed,

Passmora Edwards, and Mr. W. Resbury Sauvain, was a pince-nez, one of the furtivo expression. Hair light brown, bo engine of a fost train, and was sien by -Aged 40 5ft 11in; round, regular fane, climbed at night on the buffer of the commands the Discovery, and Lieut- Hon, Sir Tolin A. Coelburg, Major George

lieved cut dose; clean shaven enant Caratin, of the Royal India S. Becching, and Lieut. Colonel the Har crime wo far, the authorities proceeded cured; usually wears pince-nez. Supposed disappeared in the darkness, and was Exena perter at the first stop (Lelcenter); Having established the facts of the blue, Upright walk, hands wel mond-where the locomotive was changed. He Marings, will be Sound Officer, Lord Bir Nowtan J. Moore. The other offers with their inquiries, which gave the fol- English; spooks English with French thought to have escaped, but the officials Congleton will not na surveyor, and the appointed included Memes. E.Luxmore towing results. The ron in which the recent. A dentist's mechanic. Dressed were surprised on the train's departure Master of Aampill manages the me- chanical plant.

Marshall, Captain T. A. Gley, D F murder had been emitted land been lack and whits check suit, jacket pleated so bim again--this time on the buffer Tuffli. T. A. Bayliss Colonel G... used for about a work by an Englishman, in front and back; black and white cap, of the mad coach. Accordingly Weekley, A. Rosa, Dr. H. Lyster Jane who had given ble name as William yellow boots. Carrying yellow feather gram was deanaichel to the next stop, son, R. a Ababrelton, 7. B. Barres, and Wolson, or Wilson, who, however, had J. Taylor There were altogether twenty Ensled to register bimmelf at the Burocu

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Nottingham Bure, helplessly henribed Night fousdem.

with cold, bo was found clinging in the da La Population. Apparently some 30

handrail of the coach, and was promptly years of age, Wolson had given out that be was employed at a dental surgery.

had been waiting bis arrival. captored by the officials and portion, who

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