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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD 1907.

A Poking dispatch reports that the British

INTIMATION

of GLADSTONE's celebrated Home Rule

LIMITED

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

CHEMISTS

Act, with a little extra pap admixture for 217 deaths. There was only one last week, and Minister has profeeted against the catablishment TELEGRAMS.]

The plagus totale at date are 222 cases, and specially good children, Mr. REDMOND two yesterday. Two Europeans are down with

(one sane imported);" enterio looked upon himself as victimised. He had expected to be made dictator, he was only

.E. the Governor has decided that the

of the Prepared Opium Bureau by the Llang kiang Government In Kiengen province, on tha ground that a Government monopoly of this kind is contrary to the Anglo-Chinese treaties, Russian wanted in Shanghai to anewer a charge of forgery shall be given up. Yesterday It is reported that Viceroy Yuan Sbil-kni French mati, taking the prisoner in his charge-cash copper conts in his province of Chihli, Detective George Watt left for the north by the be asked the Central Government to be allowed to suspend temporarily the minting of

A. S. WATSON & CO., confirmed as agitator general. Now, of course, and this is the lesson in statesman ahip that neither GLADSTONE, nor any of bis disciples were over capable of learning, it is the easiest and simplest thing in life At the Marine Magistrate's Court yesterday owing to the large nocumulations of that vain to make a people, especially an excitable and Commander Basil H. Taylor, B.N., Marive at present in the Provincial Tressary. Any inexperienced people like the native Irish, Magistrate, dued the masters of eight cargo excessive surplus of the coin will lead to the

cheapening, of this currency in the province, discontented. There is no necessity Loboats $10 each for lying alongside the .. →Alais“ in pech a way as to book free make bad laws, no occasion for hersh.

nocess to the northern fairway.". treatment or injustice. You may sit at your ease at home, or utter a few words from your place at St. Stephens calling your Irishmana a member of a

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down-trodden

The "Sinwoopao" states that it is reported from Peking that the Walwapa in the egotia fiona with the British Minister, concerning the queation of indemnifying British subjects for

about two years ago, is willing to waive its rights and pay the indemnity as a preliminary stop.

H- là hạ Ching Heiang. Chinese Miuister at the Hague, has presented a strongly worded prolost at the action of the members of the Peace Confereuss in patting down China as a third-class Power, His Excellency, desinres tats Chins has paid her quota towards the expenses of the Conference in the same ratio s the fastics of placing his country in the Hat

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ANGLO-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT.

LONDON, September 2nd. The Anglo Russian agreement has Leon signed.

PERSIAN PREMIER ASSAS- SINATED.

POLICE COURT.

Monday, September 2nd.

BEFORE ME. F. A. HAZELAND (FIERE. FOLIOS MAGISTRATE},"

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SERIOUS ASBAULT CABY,

Four natives were charged with insult causing grievous badily harm. The circums stance, na rolated by the Police, showed that * native named On Sing went to the Wanchai

Market on Sunday to buy some pork. He chose a piece, which was weighed on the stall- holder's scales and handed to him. But On believed in no scales but his own, which be carried with him on this occasion. After weighing the pork he said it was two ounces short. The stallholder denied this, saying that his scales had been tested only a few days ago. After considerable argument regarding the two ounces of meat a quarrel arose. On threw The Persian Grand Vizier, H.E. the pork at the stallholder and ran away. The latter gave obase, and when he overtook the

sinated.

LONDON, September 2nd.

An Elegant Preparation for the Toilot and people, and, the thing is done; and the role losses sustained during the riots in Shanghai one of the first-class Powers, he does not see Mushir-ed-Dowloh, has been assas-complainant it is alleged that On drew a

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of injured innocence assumed as if it were the most natural thing in life to bo oppressed. In fact few things prove how completely unready, as yet at all events, your true born Irishman is for salf government as this perpetual imagining of oppression. Once let the disease of imagined maltreatment get bold on

a subject, medical records will tell us, how impossible, almost, it is to eradica the notion, even from minds ordinarily sane Once it gains the mastory in a weaker subject, it generally succeeda, in following the patient to his grave. Of course the

of the third-class Powers.

We understand that the statue of the Prin

It is asmï-officially announced that in scoord- cess of Wales, which Mr. H. N. Mody has anoe with the recent decision of the French generously undertaken to present to Hongkong, Government, the Chief Raident in Arasm on is now well is hand. The soulptor, Mr. Geo, E. Fals 39 had King Taubtai conflood in bis Wade, has been promptly favoured with the palace, and pr ended to form a Council of necessary sittings by H. E. H. the Princess of Regency, costing of the Corano of Walos, and it is probable that the statue will be-Ministers, under the presidency of the Minister cop'eted and sent out not very much later of Justice. The Cousisil of Regency will at than that of Her Majesty the Queen, from the once assume its functions under the control of same stadio.

the President. Thema steps were taken without any disturbance of order.

An interesting sample of Chinese superstition is presented by the story of the fellow employess

While members of the Stook Exabanga wera”

OBITUARY.

Losnox, September 2ad. Colonel Fitzgeorge is dead, aged 60 years.

Fitzgeorge, K.C.V.O., C.B., was the third son [Colonel Sir Augustus Charles Frederick of H. R. H. the late Dake of Cambridge and Mrs. Fitsgeorge. He joined the First Bine Brigade in Onnade in 1965: was A.D.C. to Lord Napier of Magdala in Iodis,

knife and began to hack bis own chest with it. He was arrested, charged with disorderly conduct, and released on bail: Then be told the police a number of men had sasaulted hina and injured his spleen. He was removed to hospital, whare it was found that the spleen was ruptured, and an operation was performed. Om information supplied by the injured man, the four defendants were arrested and charged, and this case was remanded.

THE HARBOUR STABBING, AFTRAT. Thomas Dean and Charlos Reilly again appeared before the Court on the charge of maliciously wounding Mr. G. G Thyrne on the B. Indravelli on August 30tà. The chargez

worst thing the physician can do under the of the diver who reasntly lost his life in the waiting for business in the Rhodesian market to 1870-75; A.1.C. to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales against the other three defendants were with-

circumstances is to try and humour the weakness. The wise physicion seeks to engage the patient's attention on other more profitable things, but this is what a government like the present, whose only bond of union is that each man_bas_xot_a_ grievance of some sort or other, however disalmilas, finds itself, as a government, utterly unable to grasp. I don t know, said a gentleman of this calibre in the days of

harbour and their Europasu employer. · Before the capture and slaughter of a turtle, and it i the fatality this geleman had taken part in reported that the rest of his employees have threatened to leave his service, unless he promises not to meddle any more with the water joss."

We understand that certain alterations in connection with the working of the Sanitary Department have now been made. In each of the tem fiealth distria's there is now only one

a

begin, some of the younger ones (ways the Financial News") managed to get hold of sheaf of long grass, which they stuck between the interstices of the floor boards in a grave-like parallelogram, and pht apa notice, Keep of the grass, evidently intending the spot to be taken for the burial-place of the department, The grimly humorous idea orokod much laughter, and led to the observation that if other markats did not soon have some life instilled into them they would all nead tombstones,

secretary and equerry to H.R.H, the Duke of on his Indian tour, 1975-6; and was private Cambridge, 1898-93)

[N.-C. Daily News' Sarrion.]

CHOLERA IN THE NORTH.

TIENTSIN, August 26th The cholers spidemio has resulted in 127 deaths At Tongshan thero baro-boon fifty

A sirenlar has been sent by the Manghe ter five, in the Italian Concession the number is

drawa.. Mr. 0. F, Dixon (of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings) prosecuted..

8. Florid said he was a fireman on the Indravalli. There was a quarrol on board early on Friday morning. He went up on deck and saw the second defendant with a razor. The second defendant did not speak to him, but the first naked witnoss if he wanted to fight. He said he did not, and the first defendant, "Urawing a knife, caught witness by the throat. and threatened to stab him. The first defendang wanted him to join them, saying they word going to kill the officers and take the

time, which would be about 2a.m.

the Tichborne claimant, whether he is Sir inapoetor instead of iwɑ as heretofore. Three Chamber of Commerce to sconsiderable number unknown, in the Japanese Concession there Captain's money. Both men were drunk at the ROGER or is'at; but this I know, I don'inspectors have been told off to oversee the of houses engaged in the hina and Japan trade have been two.

scavenging work, while another two are in

Messrs. Thos. Cook and Son, the wall known

MACAO.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,

August 3 lat

THE TAXATION QUESTION,

An instructive comment on the recent ol al declaratione regarding the Taxation quation at Macao in the fact that the Chief of the Fazenda is still persistently endeavouring to exercise his own sweet will in the matter, and is thus keeping alive the agitation which other officials

A DIVER'S DEATH.

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afternoon before

At the Magistracy yesterday afle Mr. F. A. Hazeland and jury composed of Mesars. II. 8. Wynne, J. T. d'Almads a Castro and W. R. Clarke, an inquiry was held into the circumstances attending the death of Lam Shek-kong, who was killed at Haughom Bay on the 26th instant, while down in a diver's dress,

Dr. Henley, medical officer in obarge of the mortuary, found, after examination, that the Cause of the diver's death was asphyxia. There were no marks of injury on the body.

Lam Shok, a diver, usid the docossed was removing coal from a sunken junk. was olding the air pipe. Deceased went

Witness

Thomas Knockton, a sailor, said he returned to the Indraselli' early on Friday last with the two defendanta and some other men. The second defendant first left the sampan and boarded the ship, the first following. When witness, got on board he saw the two defendants struggling with two offlor

The case was adjourned until Tansday, when the injured officer is expected to be discharged from hospital.

·TH#' MURDER IN PRENCH STBERT. The four natives arrested in connection with the murder of a Chinese carpenter in French Street, West Point, were indicted on the capital charge, and the case was remanded for a week, Barouz Ma. C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE):

2.

BAILORS IN TROUBLE.

T. Roberson, seaman on the sm. Wyneric, was placed before his Worship on ebarges of

like to see a poor man done out of his rights, charge of limewashing operations. The posiBritish trade marks in Japan which had come

asking that any instances of infringement of In the British city 143 cases were reported This, as a little consideration will show,tions of market inspector have now been under their notion during-recent monthe-might

yesterday. was the inducing motive with Mr. BIERELT, abolished.

be brought under the obærration of the Cham and others like him, to bring in the Irish

ber-with solusl examples. The Board decided Council Bill, avowedly not for the purpose tourist agenta, publish a useful. Het of sailings that when a sufficient body of evidence had been of removing evile but that every Irishman from Hongkong to India, Australia, Europe, collected the matter should be gaudared-by-the- might have the opportunity of doing as he Japan, Canada and Ameries during the mouths Indis, Chins, and Colonist Committee, with a Of course, if the population of on September, October and November. The view to be preparation of a statement for the Ireland consisted only of Irishmen of Mr.at gives the names and tonnage of the steamers, Foreign Office. REDMOND'S, or even of Mr. FAREEL the initials of their owners, the dates of de- parture from Hongkong sud ports of call, and type, there might be something to be said the dates on which they are due to arrive at in favour of a bill esabling them without their destinations. Tourists and others wilt:

outside interference to act the part of the find the compilation vary useful one. Kilkenny cats; but it has been hitherto

Mr. J. D. Morrison's nems was ousled for the the good fortune Ireland that though jary which inquired into the oause of death of number, possibly counting merely beads a a diver at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon, majority, are prepared in this respect to About half an hour later Mr. Morrison put in follow Mr. REDMOND's lead, there is aan appearance. When the inquiry was over Mr Correspondents must forward their names and ad-remmit and the number of it is daily Hazelaod asked the late comer why he was not Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good increasing-who are by no means ready to hai in attendance at 215 p.m. Mr. Morrison have been doing their utmost to allay. It is down in a ding dress at 1 p.. hud was disorderly conduct, multing an. Indian wat dictated to by the agitator, and whose inexplained that he was working on the harbour commen knowledge that since the report on the still below at 1.80 when the air pipe parted: | ohman; ess.ulting the police; and 'damaging a and could not get away. His Worship ordered / Taxation Question by your special commissioner Wong Yee-fat was holding the life time and gate to the extent of $9. G. Mitchell and S. stincts and feelings am entirely on the side im to be in attendance at 2.15 p.m. on Wednes appeared in the Daily Press there have been witness told him to pull up. They found the forensen were also charged, the former with of order; who, are, is any respects more day, when the inquiry into the Hongkong Hotel One or two interesting meetings of the Junta line was on!, and were consequently unable to damaging a gaze and the latter with disorderly Fiscal de Matrises. The Junta consists of the resone the diver. Witness, accompanied by conduct and sawult. When the story for the English than the English themselves, collapse upana.

Esorivão da Fazenda and a subordinate official others, then pulled to Yaumsti in a small boat prosesation had been told, Robertson informed having learnt by sad experience the

The Daily Telegraph of the 1st August of the Department, the Attorney-General, to get another diving dress, and when this was

his Worship that he came ashore on Saturday evils of agitation for an imaginary contains the following item- mile handicap Captain Maher, Messrs. F. Remedios, Choi-hong, brought Lam Hing, suether diver, went down night, had a few drinks and at shout eleven nationality, which never existed, nor for a trophy presented by Mr. Raphael and Sia-tang. Notwithstanding that the tax and recovered deceased's body

o'clock tried to get saampan to carry-bim-off to ever can exist. It is time in the inter E. Bolillos took place in the Serpentine on incomes is leviable, nocording to the law,

biaship. At that time he was unable to get one, was run only on the incomes of the professional

so tried again half an hour later. Being ests of these, who though in a minority of yesterday morning. The heads, are actually in a vast majority of the 220 yards straight course and resulted men, the Escriva da Fasends submitted to

again unsuccessful, he took a riesha and went as follows: Teroy Bonnett, 400 sen start, 1, the Junta a list of people to be taxed which

to the Bailors Home. On the way he met the brains and intelligence, that something J. Bartlis, 850 sen. 2, A. L. Kaufman, 900890 cinded the head Chinste "boy" at the Boa

other defendants, and they sccompanied him. should, however tardily, be done by British 3; R. Francis, 400 fee. 4; W. J. Stevenson, Vista Hotel, the wharfinger of the F. C. & M.

They arrived at the Home shortly after twelve atatesmen. Relying on their own right 1,10 sec. 3; and A. D. Johnson, 49 sec. 6. There Steamboat Co, and the man employed by the E. F. Gibson, sabmarine engineer, said the o'clock. The gate was closed and an Indian cool juuk was sunk on the cable area off watchman was sitting inalde, about three yards bands, and amidst the frowns of a section were thirty-four startern. Bennett won by 40 egest of the Company to deliver consigneer of unworthy pretenders to the name of yarde. Is and the sound wan alled the same Istlers and papers at a wage of 312-a month, Kowloon Point in thirteen fathoms of water sway. The ladka, when baked, refused to open of the tax on these pariens and many others, it Witness was authorised by the Government endent be called. The Indian refused, the including the doctor at the Lappa Customs who, to remove all obstructions from the cable area seaman shook the gate, and the watchman blow the Chief of the Fasonds considered, drew his Deceased had been working for him for about his whistle. Chinese constable 150 answered Bevon years, bat during the last twelve months the call, and on arriving at the gate took hold. had done very little diving, as he had taken to of Robertson's arm. The sailor ebook him off the opium habit. Dacessed took the plass of and told him he would go quietly to the the proper diver on the day of the secident, the station if there was ·ÉNY trouble. The latter being unwell. When the occurrence was constable blow his whistle and Chinese reported to him witness went at eace to the constable 36 appeared on the scene. Both wreck. He saw the body brought up, took off-lukonge seized Robertson, but be again freed the dress and reported the matter to the police himself and explained that he would walk the jamming of the air pipe between the side of their batons and struck him about the arme, He thought the sccident was caused through quietly to the station. The Chinese drew

the junk and a wire that was used to keep one and Bally he want to the police station at junk over the other. When the diver found West Point, his two friends following as that his air war out off the probably got farried witnesses, I was an pasible for the defendant and cut the wrong rope....

to have struck the watchman, as he was so- tod on a ration chair three yards on the other side of the iron gate.

Telephone No. 12,

BIRTH. On August 24th, at hunghai, the wife of F. W. Srewart, of a daughter.

BIARRIAGE.

On August 28th, at Shanghai, CHARLES Jose HEAD to SARAK ANNE, eldest daughter of the late John Chatham and Mr. Chatham, & Shanghai

DEATH.

On August 20th, at Tientsin, JOHN DOUGLAS

raca

Lam Hing testified to going down after the accident and fading deceased in the hold of the jask. He had made himself past to the side of the vessel. Both the life line and the air pipe were out. Witness released the body and brought it to the surface.

Ross, mate of the lightship "Taku," born October Englishuren, these men even when fawr Pitions in the 1,000 yards Bridge to Bridge The Junta declined to sanction the imposition Deceased and his brother contracted to remove the gate, so Robertson asked that the Superiat-

with, 1865.

Bumerically than at present, have hitherto LCNGKONG OFFICE: 104, DES VOCK ROAD C, preserved for the British Empire this part London Orfica: 131, FLEET STERIT, BC of its possessions. It is an ominous sign of

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an approaching break up that the leaders of disaffection should now be found, not amidst the open exciters to disorder bat in the ranks of a professedly British Cabinet. -

Doubtless some feelings of their duty to THAT Mr. BIRRELL, and the Cabinet acting their country, even when opposed by the in. under the leadership · of Sir HENRY

trigues of a party incapable of comprehend CAMPBELL BANKERMAN should have at the ing the claims of loyalty, still fingers in eleventh hour had the courage to lock up a few of the present advisers of His Majesty Mr. J. P. FARRELL, Nationalist Momber of It is to be hoped that this last incident may Parliament for Longford, North, and forty be looked upon as a commencement of a of his followers, is an item of news that return of the tide, and that the present will be received with satisfaction by all dissaffection, having no ground-work in say lovera of order-only one subject of re-treatment or tangible cause of complaint, gret] remains that he did not do so a instead of being fanned into dangerous your avouer, when there could have been no prominence by ill-considered and disloyal mistake as to the import of the act. As a sympathies, will be treated in a more honest fact the party led by Mr. REDMOND, of and statesmanlike way, and be stasdily and which the Member for North Longford is consistently repressed, as a dangerous and batan insignificant individual, will put auscous weed, fatal to all progress, and down the belated return to reason of Mr. inimical to the best interests of the people BIRBELL, as but a poor attempt at revenge themselves, for the contemptuous manner in which Mr. REDMOND kicked his Trish Council Bill down stairs last May. Mr. BIBRELL hid fatuously forecasted his wretched Bill as --intended-to-give-Irishmen the right of managing their own affairs; which Irishmen of the forcing house species interpreted as applying to themselves personally, the scheme in the end only proving a lame copy

Afzies on August 10th.

Sir Matthew Nathan was to start for South

Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Moore with the Vladivostok on August 25th.

Race laat, wook.

A copy of the Indian Daily Neins, brought by yesterday's mail, contains a reference to the letter of the Astronomer-Boyal on the typhoon which struck Hongkong on September 18th last. eferring to the remark that as rogerd the actual delay in boisting the danger signals, the Observatory was so frequently criticised previously for unnecessary warnings, that short delay in order to make perfectly certain to be wondered at our Caloutta contemporary that they were correct was necessary and of says:-The moral of this latter Anding seems to be that we should treat the official weather forecaster very gently, and not criticise his too frequently or too severely. Unkindness, in eucli cases as in so many others, finde altimately its own puuishment!

pay.

from the Colony of Macao.

It has been repeatedly declared that no new tres have been levied and that no intention to Impose new taxation existed, Yet the Escrivan, da Fazenda has this very wook proposed a tax on makers of war candles, the candles used largely in the Churches. There are only a few candle makers in the Colony. matter has been referred by the Fazenda to the The Junts refused to approve the tax, and the

Conselho da Provincia. What confidence can

the Chinese place in the Government, if within mouth of declaring that no new taxes were to be levied, they go back on their word in this manner? The tar on the candle makers cannot realise more than from $50 to $70 a year, and for the sake of getting this small sum the Fazends is ready to stir the smouldering ashes of the resent agitation.

Á- THREATENED LOSH ÚF INCOME.

The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure.

His Worship-I don't believe you did. strike bim. I thought he was lying when he gave biş evidence.

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Mercantile Association of Shanghai

▲ Paris sorrespondent states that Tin Si-hu, have sent a joint note to their fellow Chambers

a Chinese in the service of. Mie. Varadesse, the opera singer, wanted to commit suicide, and.

Proceeding, Robertson said the Chinese co- and associations throughout the country and abroad s'afing that the Parliamentary Associa

The contracta under which the San-pin and he tried to do it three times in, the course of a stables were also telling untruths when they said tion has asked them to draw up a sale of com Pacagni lottery monopolies are held have now fortnight. He first swallowed arsenic, but an he struck them. He shook them off when mercial laws for incorporating into the faturs run out and no tyndicates have some forward ametic prevented blu from dying Then they seized him, because a white man does not constitutional laws of the country, and that prepared to carry them on. It is commonly he took a large dose of opium, but again he was like being caught hold of by Chiraman,

Mitchell and Sorensen told similar stories, fealing the important natury of the work before reported that an offer has been ads for the thwarted. He made a third attempt on July 24, them, Shanghat merchants invite their fellow at Casa da Misericordia Lottery, but I by throwing bunself from the second floor and the former told his Worship that he was

antersland that the nature of it is really s merchants throughout China and wherever proposition for the modification of the terms.

window of Mme. Varadosse's flat. Once more charged with damaging is gate waich he never Chinese are abroad doing business (Unit-d this lotteries are stopped, because syndicates his luck was out, for he fall on the cushions of touched. Stator, Australia, Straits Settlements and can no longer be found willing to take the passing motor car, and escaped with only a islands of the South Facile) to sead represents risk of running them, a serious reduction in alight injury. He was taken to the police station

what will happen then ?............

"burden to him. “Mna Vandgem howls too | The summer this year has been au ungscally much,” he said. "She howls all day long, and trying one, the thermometer registering stI want to die to get out of it" Mme. Vara, times 95 degrees in the shade. There in consolation in the fact that we have not long to desse expressed sympathy with Tin Si-ho, and wait for more tolerable weather;

promised to send him back to Chins

Bergeant Gordon, who was in charge of the told his worship that it was quite possible defendant could not get a pan, as the defendant lost two day's pay for every day he was absent from bis vessel.

I talk of the China Squadron was to-less tires to Shangliai to confer on the subject. It government revenue will be the result. And where he explained why life had become such s ) typhoon signal war hoisted. He believed the

Resident at Lhasa, has arrived af Simla, India, IL.E. Chang Ting-tang, Assistant Imperial armed with full powers to conclude an Anglo- Tbetan Commercii Treaty...

is proposed to hold a Congress here on the 14th- and 15th days of the 10th moon (November 10 and 20) at the Yuyuan Gardens in the Babbling Well Rond, and it is hoped that this invitation

will be universally accepted.

THE WEATHER.

His Worship ordered Rebertson to pay $3 to

Home. The other two defendants were dia- repair the damage to the gate of the Sailors charged.