1914-03-17 — Page 6

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

ESTABLISHED 72 YEARS.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS:

WATSON'S E

THE CHINA MAIL,

operty that may be destroyed. At | present, China has quite enough aud more than enough to do to meet ordinary calls upon the public purse, and it would be suicidal from every point of view to take things easily and allow the-White Wolf and his bandits to continue their nefarious and murderous deeds.

Not only is President Yuan anxious that there should be no tranblo kei tween foreigners and China, but he is

NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

cabato camo into port yesterday,

The Italian man-of-war - Sebastiano

}

1014

THE "CHILDAR" PIRACY. BY TELEGRAPH.

FROPERTY VALUED AT $21,192 STOLEN.

The silk shipped from Hongkong by FULL DETAILS OF THE ATROCIOUS EVENT. R.3.S. Empress of Asia on Fähruary 19th, reached New York on March 14th.

Very old liqueur Scotch Whisky.equally desirous that the hatchet Aik weeks this morning for being a stow.

Our Celebrated very old Liqueur Scotch Whisky is a blend of the best Pot Dis.illed Scotch Whiskies. It is of great age, very fine, and mellow. Its superior quality has established its reputation as THE LEAD- ING SCOTCH WHISKY IN THE EAST.

WATSON'S E BRANDY

Finest very old BROWN BRANDY Guaranteed 25 years age, in wood. The finest liqueur. Brandy on the

market.

MOUTRIE'S

1914 MODEL

OVERSTRUNG

Price 385

GUARANTEED FOR

FIVE YEARS; /

INSPECTION INVITED-

S. MOUTRIE & Co., La.

top was inaugurated yesterday. The The night express service to and from

-up train carried fairly large number of passen.ers. puose

A WELL-ORGANISED ATTACK:

HEAVY LOSSES OF, AND DESTRUCTION-TO, PROPERTY.

ma route to Swatow:

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

AN EXTRAORDINARY PARIS SENSATION.

" STATESMAN'S WIFE SHOOTI

HUSBAND'S POLITICAL

OPPONENT.

"Loynoy, Mar. 17 Paris has been excited for days regarding a newspaper duel between French politician named M. Cal- mette und M. Caillaus, the Financial Secretary.

The former's animus was always

A Philippin' was, sont-to prison for

public and the Manchus. It is well- should be buried between the Re-y on board the sa. Manchuria. known, that during the years that route lung i-ling Director General 1/ A recent Presidential Mandate np. Preceded the revolution the, scholar, mining affairs throughout the vaun- In lust night's swua of the Chins the savage nearly found its resting place! of China were very bitter in thei*****

Mail we briefly narrated that an atro in the heart of a passenger who apparent animosity, and wrote and scattered?

etots pirse had taken place on the pre-ly did not realise that his assailant had the most biting satires against the

steuner "Childar" when on the high taining it. He caught his victim's throat marked, and culminated in-charges vious evening on board the Norwegian the power of taking life as well as main- old Government and everything con

seas, some sixty miles from Hongkong, in an iron grip; his murderous face gloat.redecting upon the persoont hondur nected with it. Amongst the books published, which had a wide circu

ed with a murderer's pride as he held up of M. Cuillaux, whom he accused of Yesterday evening a pentative of the knife before sattling it Anally in the using his position to endeavour to Intion was A ** Three Character Classic, if we may use the word up of fate, tries and Company froth the offers and passengers and was given pathy, even in the sayage, though it is on the Income Tax.

petition for the reduction of the natu vessel and had a talk with some But there is som ensure of sym. Party and of changing his opinions this paper called on board, the unfortu-carcam of the unfortunate, pussrager obtain huge sums on the Radical "Classic" in this sense. It was a

| $100 000 20 (65,00 will be heard by the full account of the attack. His story difficult to imagine another pirate, inter- small book, each line of which was

Chige Justice the 24th instant,

M: Culmette was leaving his coluposed of three characters, and it

ceding on behalf of one who has cared to office, accompanied by the novelist, Mahomed Bug was fined $5 this crew and 222 Chinese passengers thetion of his duty This, however, from Madanie Caillaux, who, in the With very little eargu, has"with a full interfire with a compatrios in the exec M. Bourget, when he received n'card bitterly attack the Manchu Governing for refusing to go inside was

tunudar," under the command of Capt. what naved, the passenger's life,, ment. It seems that this book is still etc. He was standing on the step.

cor when requested to do so by the con-Neilson, left her anchorage in Hong

coolest manner, followed M, Calmette in circulation, and in Kweilam, th

kong harbie on Sunday just before noon if they could not be Punished eavily it opened fire with a Browning pistol,

Wings were roughly taken off lingers and into his room, whereabe immediately of Manchester, to PaYzEnid Capital of Kwangi, there are

Ale: Reginală Farver, and Mr. Willisna ok. The weather was squally and there this operation.

and steamed altend for Swatew and Bang-mly neciled a slit with tho knite to help Mcare only daughter of the late ANDREY CHARLES Mong, Engkong. and of Mins shops thut still have it on sale. The Perdoli-known botanical collector, was a salt nae easter.

M. Calmette fell at the first shot, nd Madame Caillaux calmly fired Civil Governor, after consulting with the President, has received emphatic

remolo print on the eșuver nesie Bins Bay |

All this time the boat was making for a four more, instructions that the book and all

where the anchie was solfully dropped, froin, beard M. Calmette muttering Journalists, who poured into the A detachment of junks eams up on the I have only done my duty." such books must be rigorously ́aup-|

approach of thể” Childar "which showed how well the pirates had organised their of Society and a noted beauty, told Madame Caillaux, who is a leader: pressed at once. It is pointed ou

attack. The booty was all transferred to the police nugistrate that she only that at present under the Republic

ling Hoi, and in these the desperadoxndded that she regretted the act and thus junks which seemed to come from wanted to wolind M. Calmette. She would be pleased to hear that he

MARRIAGES.

MORRISON-MORE-At St. John's Cath dral, Hongkong, on 16th March, Kexyern Set i, elder son of the late Jon MOERING

MORE LATKINTON," Hongkont.

Haszer-Suinty,-On March 13, at the Cathedral, Hongkong, by the Rev. Copley Moyle, Chinas HARPER to R EVEL. SUIDPF.

KIPE-YON Bee Leirnes. On March

12, at the German Cosulate and fterwards at St. Joseph Kirche, hanghai.

MEMO FOR TO-DAY. St. Patrick's Day.

General Moma; nude.

THESDAY: March 19-

Non-Chini Fire Ince, Cos. Meating, 12.80 --H.K. Fire Insurance Co.

Meting.

SATURDAY, March 21 ---

Y. M.C A Annual Concert. 4.3) p-Rugby Match H. K. F.C. v. United Services, on Club's ground. 8 pm. -H.K. Football Cub's Annual

Dinger.

*

|Sunday, March #2 --1

9a.m.Excursion to Macao." MONDAY, March 23 :-

6.30 p.m.-feeling of Southolders and Subscribers of St. John's Cathedral in City Hall

TUESDAY, March 24:--

ila--Diawing of Debentures

A ngkong Club,

Wagona, Marh 2-

was trainebat Now, bave left Poking gan trip to the borders of Tibet and

Kanath

A Chinese found yesterday on the hillside near the Sikh Tample with his gebied rond bis neck, has been sons

Is-

After the vessel hail proecided for six tours, and about dinner time, the rum- blings what proved to be the com- nuncement of an attack were board on the bridge and in the officers' muss. No particular head was paid to the noise happens a boat with tween decks a of erashed chairs and tables, as it so

the Manchus are as much a part of the to the Government Civil Hospital. He is the Childar" has, may get a disorderly machu off.

believed to have attempted suicida.

and Hop. "F. G. Agar-Robarts from the

populace as the Chinese themselves. Books, therefore, that are sold-and

crowd of passengers. "In #few seconds, Sir R. P:-Somerville Head, Third the assault had begun. The vessel was ventured abroad and soon released the that she bought the revolver geater. Oner clear of the ressof the passengers was out of danger. She also stated read which still keep fresh what went Secretary in the British Langation at stealthily along the ways with knives things had been, instare un tightly, they

miles from Hongkong. Creeping captain wel his half dazed at. The day afternoon. on in the past are to be condemned Peking, has been transferred to Vienna,ped in their jaws and revolves in list cut into the flesh.

When M. Caillaux Et the Pelica The second offer Station the mob rusked at him. the mess and called upon the officers to recovered under suitable trentment, surrender.

whiting Down with the AasaSBITI. that Sir John ferden, British Minister in Diversion is as times the batter part fented. The parts were discovered in Capt. Nikon realised the only thing Caught like rate in a trap it would to do was to return to Hongkong but Boulevards shouting

The crowds It is instatoil, says the “ P. & T. Times, hard meant death to attempt defence, it was found the engines had been dis. Caillaux.

are narching the Peking, and Dr. Reinsch, American Minis leur and proved so in this in a drawer and four hours later the vesse! tee, will go on an i Chins during the latter part of this month. inspection tour of South

British Embassy in Visuns will replace their hands, a few of the outlaws rushed was found unconscious on the bridge but brandishing sticka sind umbrellas and in

The "Five Races" are to be amalga mated into one soliderity, and the way to have this accomplished as soon possible is to forget the past. It is clear that the President is deter mined to do his best to remove all causes of ill-ferling between the Manchus, on the one hand, and also to prevent any friction between the Government and Foreigners on the other.. In this he is certainly acting wisely, and he is to be commended taking the stand he does., He

I can afford to be magnanimons towards the Manchus nevertheless, it is not

stunee Three mounted guard with steamer full speed for Hongkong where reynivers levelled #1 the heads of the police were acquainted with the apost things and threw them on the ground, who was on deck, were shot.

hdd them together with ropes and 1800 when Capt. Facock and a passenger, the unfortunate officers while two others distarily,piracy since the Xamoi" in

The offers were taking their even glasses, bottles and chi dash plates,

definitely withdrawn ou 3 wch 20, and the The Russian troops in Tientsin will be pants that they now and the Peking. Mekden Railway, Yangtsun Tiento Lounge to the tel and Tiantain East, will be taken over by French troops.

Down with

HONGKONG WEDDING.

يرهم

MORRISON-MORE.

A protly wedding was lemp

Hongkong Volur yar~~Bogorvos: men ↑ FUNKYAZI Kue. List theorie£ßen Winter olan bagisqustikka", that with reference to act as a decoy. He got to the wheel the pirates worn nud ́a cap. Imenediately the cathedral had been prettily decorated

The Honkong Yasuto Beneryor deurs in conjunction with the Ato forgive and treat leniently then her the 0.0. C's Inspection will be on Corps Orders of 11th inst. the Rehearsal and Navy.

over whom he has been victorious Thursday 10th inst: at 5:30 p.m. instead No good end can be served by keep-19 Friday 10th

Thunay, March 26-

Stoer brukers' Settling Day.

Satundat, March 28-

MONDAY, March 30:--

11 China Sugat Refining Co's

Meeting.

Moeting.

13.15 a.m. - Luzen Sugar Refining Co's

WM. POWELL LTD. She is Mat.

TEL. 318-

HOUSEHOLD

LINENS

LARGE SELECTION OF

2

white flowers The service was fully, choral and the Res. V. H. Copley Moylo was the officiating clergyman.

Tho Captain Superintendent of Police, Mr. Mol. Mrwser, the Assistant Superin-r. John's Cathedral yor all over the-floor of the, enbin,

Gordon, Viser. Saver, Inspector Phyllis Mariel More, daugh At the amo moment another section Murphy visited the host yesterday. Beebe m nailed the bridge. With revolver in vend the wreckage the police only found Sinalsira, si Mr., 'ohn - ** hand one of the men wom

creeping along the rails in the failing were searched and today a party of where Second Officer Opsahl noticed him on reeipt of news of the pieser time for the occult by Birs. Stedman with ion of Manabester. The cass end of

light. A quick as lightning Opsahl police left for Swatow. ponnecd, upon his foo and-fell into the

THE CAPTAIN'S REPORT. trap that had so skilfully been laid for bim. He jumped on tho shoulders of the

Captain Neilsin, in his report to the like a nine pin. A shot rang out uerras Norwegian flag with a crew of two Euro-gown of irony mnize drared with sitver The bride, who was given away by erauching pirale and bowled him over Police says: While sailing under the Mr. Owen Huger, wore “héâutiful.

scris blows on the road officer 17 a.m. on the 13th inst., I cleared my bodice hemmed with pearls, and fly the bridge-the signal of attack and a pan officers, three European engincoace and embroidered with peris, the huid dozen more of the gang were soon and 64 Chinese hands si told, at about Medici collar softening into a shaped head with the butts of their pistols and ship at Hongkong for Swatow and Bangveiled with i lin of white tulle insertion. belaging pine. I ack to the bonds kok with a bag of mails for Bangkok, a The Full Court train bid an effective under the weight of the blows. His skull meral cargo and 222 passengers. All design of truelovers knots, carried out SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

and erdeked and blood trickled went well until about 0 p.m. when about in ebillon nd pearle and was finished through his cup en to the deck. He was 40 miles north-cast of Mendous Island off with a spray of orange blusoms. - Ta arrived by the Facito Maileamer that buff dead.

Rear-Achiral Broanson, F. S. N.,quickly bound hand sad foot though this Chinese waters, score 50 passenger talle veil wir prettily Estunod to a bondesti

was hardly nécessary as Optahl was more armed with revolvers and daggers rushed Manchuria yesterday and is staying at

the bridge and knocked down the second of the same flowers; and the bride carried the Hongkong Hotel

Down in the hold the pirates had taken officer, who was on watch, with the butt lovely bouquet, spmmand of the engines and another, had a revolver, and took charge of the

A

-

8 pm.-0s and Cambridge Dinnering alive old nnimosities between the

Hongkong Botal.

two races, us sooner or later there. might come an opportunity for the gardener was charged with stealing

Before Mr. Word today a Chinese

into flame. We are glad, therefore, Fak. Mr. Wood sentenced him to three smouldering fires disastrously to kindleck, the property of his employer, Mr. TP. Pongre, residing at No. 107, The to see that the President is so well, the imprisonment and four hours advised, and that he has the locks. magnanimity to take the more sensible course. In so doing, he may perhaps be unware of the fact that he is following a course similar to that of Great Britain regarding South Afrios: and that great country, in consequence, is to-day, within a com paratively short period of a protracted and devastating war sod despite internal labour troubles, in a state of the joint achievement of Britou and cohesion and rupid advancement-

HONGKONG, TEɛrday, March 17, 1914.

Y

CHINA AND FOREIGNERS.

NATURALLY President Yaan does not want to be implicated with foreign

NERVIETTES & TABLECLOTHS nations, and the recent outrages in

TO MATCH.

TURKISH & HUCKABACK. TOWELLS.

SHEETS, BEDŠPREAD 1,

PILL 'W SLITS,

LACE CURTAINS,

• GLASI.CLOTHS AND-

DUSTERS

on the alert, and are advocating the

operation.

NEWS OF THE DAY!

The calen ar of the March Crimient

your,

and was well-known.

credit. N

master's cabin

The three little maids in attendance on the bidethe Miews Alwan Owen

black list..

making a tour of parts of the East, is now

Colonel G. E. Pereira, who has been charge of the wheel. Then commehed hip. The others attacked, the captain, Hogben,ad Bridget and Kathleen- the work of looting. Erything was the chief officer and engineers, bound Phelipore pretty Ranney Trucks of his way linné via San Francisco. He stolen that was of any value. Not them hand and foot and placed them in peach pink satin with cream frilled Schue it in stated, return to Cinns next are inch ju the whole of the ship did the wheel house at the stern of the sisip and broad beni lilack velvet Lace caps the desperadoes overlock. For six solidly placed the remainder of the pawith risettes of velvet and hanches of pink hours they raastcked the votel Cabins, gers and the crow below, and put one trda ATthe finishing chanh, td Anhui, in which a Norwegian mis- Boer acting together in sensible cö- Jumes Donald, a director of the Standard flors were littered with papers and splin. and when about three miles north of charmeus, d'aped with black lace an

Lucker, berths, alley ways helped to!

the hatch covers. Having full eranmind-

resy drinky costume. News was received last week that Mr.well one dage heap of wreckage. The of the ship, they staged into Blus Bay,

Mr. Fr.cia Berington was the best man, sionary was killed, another wounded,

Mrs. More's

Moro's gown was of Parma, riolet and some foreiga property burnt by

Oil Company, had died in New York word. Cushions had been torn to Triple Island they ransacked the vessel ofidised silver trimmings over veak. the rebels under the lead of the White

Mr... Donald, who was in charge of alij shrods by the pirates, in their mad hurry f from stem to stem and stolo beg of creaza,lace, with a ↑ Wolf have caused him a good deal

the China business of the company had get into the seat drawers. Shelves aile value unknown, a quantity of gin the resep ion at lauriston, and when the A large number of greste atumded Indin several visits to this country, where were pulled down and trampled upon: seng valued at $500, jewellery worth newlywedd de ir left on their honeyminen of anxiety. In what may be termed

he visited all the Standard Oil branches drmer and lockere burub, open and in | $1,006, ciċthing valued at $9,920, and they were showered with confetti. The a general edict, the President not only deals with this particular caso, bur

wushe gives battered in by crowbars and money to the amount of 914,850, total bride's travelling dress was of predored other weapons. The

value $21,102. Two Chinese come along jewelled embroideries, with black h

blue brocade with a chiffon onvinga and instructs all the Governor-General Besions, which opens at the SupremeCall's I.T., who is to join the General gingerly upended on a couple of nails abled the engines and drew the fres Captain 11. D. Goldsmith, Duke of presented a terrible sight. In one corner side the ship and, befoon leaving, dis- throughout the Republic to takr

Court to-morrow morning, includes aight Staff at the War Ofice, passed out of the wore, the remains of his private book The pirates spoke English, Ping Hoi, and special cure that such dangerous with forgery two with robbery by two or D.C.LT. from Sindhurst 10 years ago, to pieces. His bunk we splintered! and

cives Five prisoneraro charged together Staff College Juzfgerig He entered the case. atrocities against Foreigners" are more; and five, in two separate es or, with for tro yake with the Egyptian Arms, the whole place turned upside dow

His jocker was literally bashed Hakks.

THE COLONY'S HEALTH. avoided at all costs. The nativesult with int nt to roh. All the accused and has the Tirsh campaign, 1897-8, his Draft to a value of $10,000 were 818, were killed at the Puklulum Dairy

Hague Notifications Inc:ealing. papers, we are glad to note, are also are Clinose,

Last night two more pigs, valued at

The weekly bill of health covering the stolen and Capt. Nolam himself was Farm and Bunther hously injured. The period from March 7 to 14 and by same care. It is pointed out that

reliovod of $500. On the arrival of the Indo-China tr. most probably the specific object of the Wing at Shanghai from Hongkong on

police, who were on the watch, heard the Francis Clark M.0.H., shows that plague Lieutenant G. M. Bond, who has been tinued their work of destruction. They They were able to asreet two and were 38-notifications, 29 being

Along the corridors the pirates con pigs squeal, and then saw, five men running is steadily increasing in the Colon White Wolf is to embroil the Govern Sunday, the 8th inst., police detectives promoted Captain in the King's Own York had gone out of their way to do damage take them to the Police lation. Mr. bringing the total notificatio ment with Foreign Powers, and by so boarded the reasel and arrested two Purts-shire Lal, was a trooper in Paget's Horse and is was evident from the havoc ran- HOUSEHOLD LINENS doing enable him to grind his own Alves, who recently soaped, for used to the Koylis in July, 1901. He got ship. There can be no particular profit the inen se bhoes, who had been sent to Europe hele so far host

guess, Aswildo Romario and Andronico during the Boer war, and was commision dorod that they intended breaking up the Oliphant, the sistant manager, identifed to 186 and the fatal care aze the more easily and the mare Portuguese gaol at Macan, The prisoners his step in 1900, and has served with the wars beyond an ordinary reach, yet almost

in smashing a succession of lampe that watch. The police are masing inquiries.

persone, including Britisher, efectually. It is also believed that appeared before the Fortagases Consul old blat in Ireland, Aldershot, Gibraltar, every lap had been hurled to smithers Commenting on the fact that a ocloe-

entaria forar, and two died; Foreign Powers night interfere and in General on Monday, charged with baring Hongkong, and Sings pare.

amall-por patients also the general turmoil the White Wolfped from the mustody of the Macao

eone. Carpets were pulled off the floor, tion has been made of trade-mark pic would have the better

authorbies during the present month, and

mats had been out into shiode, water fores, typical of those found attached to pipos serered and bod glothes torn into cotton piece goods chord to native trade oppor- were remanded in custody pending arrange

strips. They wore not only out from booty in India and Afghanistan, ah." American tunity of pursuing his course, and ments for their return to Macao..

but madicionaly destroyed everything that Consul states that the native purchases the mail terri perhaps of driving the present

bay could lay their hands spen of ootton piece goods depend, almost en after Government from their position. At present very little oplace is belas

me of argument Budden death would they make thee elections at the local Post Though this is largely surmise, it is, amuggled into the Colony, but apparently

undoubtedly have been

The scared crew roadbed the hopeless tirely on such pictorial trade marks when tract nevertheless, well-known that in the a largo inde is being done on the frontin GREAT REDUCTIONS IN past there have been those who have and along the cosa in Hongkong Govern

many cases, the and advocated this for their own selfish at the prosent him the Government of mni opium, The reason of this is clear. PRICES,

ends Further, it is pointed out that India is selling opium to the British posson in any case China must be the serions, traty ports and other from evert

UNIQUE ASSOR\MENT

OT

THE EDWARD

DISPENSARY

O. KAMMING & Co., Lv, Chemisele and Druggits

PTIONS ACOCRATEGY

DIRPENSED

Médicinës, 20

HONGKONG

prestige and of money by such dee

lives of oregneers that might be lost has to bestearily paid for, as al

Admiral Foo, of the Chinese Navy, mid official calls upon B.. the Govamoy, the Admial, and Commander-in-Chief this moming Landing at Blake Pier Admiral vor Alde de Camp, and Captain Yeo was federfed by H Excellency the dye, A.D.C. to H. Major General Kelly, A guard of honone with bind WA Soch furnished by one of the Indian regist

RUB IT IN

huddled them blinked at

penalty for bat

Various pro