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very special degree the conquerors of Korea, just as the Tartar- General at Canton represents the Manchu conquerors of China. The assassin in coch case had been for years an exile from his

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than the Chinese authorities how impossible it is to absolutely prevent the circulation of seditious literature, for it is notorious that the secret circulation of revolutionary litera- ture in China is extensive, and the state- misut of the iniscreant that his comrades- were scattered over the length and breadth of China is probably trag. We note in the communication from our Canton corre spondent which wo publish_to-day the doubt which has arisen in some minds. ns to whether the man's story about his being.

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TEIAL FTHE ASSASSIN

(FROM OUR CINTON CORRESPONDENT.)

SUPREME COURT.

Wodronday, April 12t

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Mr. Potter-You will not allow me to pet forward this latter in reference to the questions -patby your Lordship to MF, Howell, who asked If Tatou had not by his industry workid up a good businees for himself?

...His Lordship-No. That was Tatem in

The recent murder of the Tartar-Gonoral is still the general theme of conversation, though BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR FRANCH PIGGOTT 1896. Now you want to introduce Talem in

I am glad to report that there has been no farther violence against the Manchus, and that the City is perfectly peaceful. Some few details of the arrest and preliminary emmina- tion of the assassin may not be without inlorost. It appears that the dreadful dood was observed by a coustulle aamod Chong Ka Sum, and this distanThe policeman thou met a detective man followed the murderer for a considerable who continued to track the man. With the assistance of a constable the detective then arrested him. The man made no effort to

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1909. It is irrelevant.

Me. Pattor-I osa't see how it is irrelevant. His Lordship-Hopelessly irrelevant. Mr. Potter-He was employed--

His Lordship-I can't allow it to waste the time of the Court.

TATAM V. HOWELL. The notion was continued in which John Tatem sued Frederick Howell, chief bailiff of the Supreme Court, før su noroaut sineo disbursements of the defendant in respect of 24th September, 1903, of the receipts and the plaintiffs business of a batelier and com pridoro carried on under the style of the Hongkong Butchery, and for a resolver.

Mr. Pottor-Your Lordship, thinks I should Mr. M. W. Slade, K,C., instructed by Mr.net put this in cross-oxamination F

His Lordship Certainly; it is utterly ir

Mr. Potter-Bat in cross-ozamination- His Lordship-It is hopolessly irrelevant. I am ustounded that anybody should dream of attempting such a thing.

J. H Gardiner, appeared for the plaintiff, and relevant.

defendant was represented by Mr. Eldon Potter,

strugglo or esospe, and told his captors that |ho was glad to be arrested and eager to appear bofore the Court. He was then taken to the Eastern Boction No. 2 Police Station. He was who was instrasted by Mr. C. E. H. Beavis (o! | that you charged o cent a pound more than the

then told to give an account of himself. First be said he was a Mancha, bat listor contradicted

this and said his name was Won Sang Ts'oi, a TOKYO, April 12th. The Embassy appointed to repre-had been an orphan since the age of six, and natire of the Shen Tak District. He said he sent Japan at the Coronation of King that he had no near relatives. When he was George, left for London to-day.

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popular excitement on the great political question on which public interest har hoon focussed by the assassin's declaration. We have referred above to certain points of ed the tragedy at Harbin gune „rtino di patiton, an we zopio List Tile

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14 he was kidnapped and taker to the Straits. There ho laboured for several years on various tin-miuca and plantations. While there he earned an average 60 onte a day, and part of this money he spent an education, for he went to u evening school, where he learned the mandaria dialect and some English. Deing badly treated by a European mine manager he returned to Chise and for some time worked as ncluze minder in Hongkong. He left this

Maasra Wilkinson & Grist).

Mr. A. R. Lowe, chartered accountant, again vrut into the witness-box and was question by his Lordship,

Do you object to my method P-You are quite wrong from the start, sir.

Oh-The only profit made was in Uctober.

What do you say ?--I make the profit in Oc- tober 9786.57, in Norember there was a loss of $48.82, in December a profit of $95.93, and in January a loss of $612.62 The losses aggregat ed 8761.44 and the profite 3882.50, leaving a profit of £120.

Even that doon not quite satisfy me. What I moan is that when you started, the February working and store account was to be charged

Mr. Potter (to witness)-You told my friend

other batcher shops?

His Lordship-This is quite diferent. You"- ask leare to recall him on definite grounds. I whether he got together this business. You imagined you were going to challenge him as to

cannot recall him on other grounds than you have stated.

Mr. Potter-I will ask him a question on on that point. (To witness) Might I oek, was it not Mr. Howell who drafted the advertisement for the Hongkong Butchery and sent out the letters-They were on his suggestion.

Did he draft the latters for you to gond to the Pablic Works Department ? No.

What P-No, sir!

Do you sugged Mr. Howell did not draft the

work and came to Canton beat on killing the entirely to Janusry-In my figures I have not letters?We were both preseut. It was done

most prominent of the Mavohns. He formed this purpose after having read and studied, while in the Straits, the revolutionary works of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. He said that he most desired to kill the last Tarter-General Teang-ki, but at the time he had no revolver. Having become possessed of enough money, he went to Hongkong and purchased one, intending to kill his victim while looking at the procession hold when the gambling shops wore closed. Abandoned this intention, as he thought that the murder might be attributed, to aue of the pro-gambling party.

Later on in the day the prisoner was taken

taken working expenses. These are gross profits.

Surely this is a perfectly sound way of arriving at a rengà➡ ? —I have taken it s Rot. In the first month the expenses of the business must be high-They were $150 more than the average.

It is extraordinary that in the first month] there should have been such a large profit whoo were fewer pustourera P-Woll, they ther perhaps did not watch the business (in the following weathe), or they might have had to fight for prices, or they might have lost it in

leakage.

Cross-examined by Mr. Slade, witness maid he';

before the Patrol Burean and examined before had not taken from the lodger accounts the

lean an error in taking them out,, but they The total might be assumed to be correct: amount, according to the figures, owing the butchery at the end of January, 1896. was $3,263.

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They collected more than that on the face of

the Trotai and Police and the Kwong Chowtotal of customers' indebtedness at the end of Brigadi General. He was asked why he did January, but as the results obtained by the the dead, and replied that he wished to rid the other accountant were nearly the same he had country of the Marchas... He was asked where assumed them to be correct. There might have his comrades ware, and replied that they were scattered over the length and breadth of China, but that the greatest number was in Kwong tung. Yesterday he was examined for the third time by Admiral Li, when ho gave the same evidence as "before" It was noticed that his LONDON, April 11th.

dialect was peculiar d'sounded like that of a Message from St. Petersburg Northern Chinese. This has led some people parallel may be carried still further, not states that the Minister for Commerce his tales about bolagen plutionist Bro au

It is the "rent

really is a suchu and

Che takimthe lodger it became appareat that the ledger accounts show more than he has out of spits moonshine nail that the lule officer way killed received by cash sales-It is a very good fault. Does it not show rather serious errors? Does The deceased officer is to be given an imposing it not show, in fact, that they have got cus- Brigadier General aro porcozally superintending else than in these books?--It does not show funeral and the Viceroy and the Kwong Chowtomers whose accounts are recorded somewhere the arrangements. The coffin olone bas sost

only in so far as concerns a punishment has submitted to the Cabinet a Bill- which fits the enormity of the crime, but in for the establishment in St. Petersburg regard to the dissipation of the apprehen of a Russo-Japanese company, to sion that the punishment of the criminal develop closer relations between may become the signal of a popular rising. Korea remained quiet, thanks no doubt to Russia and Japan commercially and increased vigilance on the part of the civil generally. and military authorities, and so, wo trust, will Canton and the whole province of Kwangtung.

Mr. John A. Plummer has assumed charge of Messra Bradley & Co.'s Shanghai office.

Mr. E. F. Townley, District Officer of Upper Porak, died of heart disease on March 29th.

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HONGKONG, APRIL 13TH, 1911.

CANTON,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

April 11th. CORONATION FESTIVITIES-MEETING AT

2800

Many Manchurian puurile araon duty at ̈ the Tamen, and the guards at all the city gates have been muali strengthened, but, as I paid' above, nothing in the nature of a disturbance las takes place. I reported in my last letter that an attempt had been made to burn down the Yamen, but further inquiries failed to con firm this.The deceased's chair-bearers and guards who acted in such a shameful manner Last evening a wosting of the British com, have all teen arrested and are now awaiting arunity took place in the Club Theatre for the tril The Viceroy has telegraphed the news of purpose of discussing how the forthcoming the assassination to the Viceroys of the other Coronation is to be celebrated. The meeting provinces, and consolatory replies have been was presided over by the British Consul-Gauen.romired. His Excellency has also sent off a After the meeting had been declared open, the detailed assoqat of the occurrence to Peking. Consul General suggested that Mr. Sly, the

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between us.

You suggest you canvasseil for customers yourself?—I certainly did; -

Did you get thom-Sometimes. I was successful and sometimes I was not.

When did you canvass for, suste môre ?--In 1896.

What time ?-I cannot tell the date. You did not canvass before 1898 P-Possibly I might havo one.

What did you do P-Ispolo to my friends in business and told them I should be plensed to hare their support.

And that is all you did?—I did all that I conid.

of

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Re-examine I by Mr. Slade:

Were you in a position to bring a good deal business to the Butchery by being steward

of the Mt. Austin Hotel?—Yes..

And it was through your instrumentality that you got the custom of that hotel ?-Yo#.

And as stoward there you were brought in contact with a good many residents P---Yes. –

F. Fisher, Sanitary inspector, said that in':

during the first fow onths the Hongkong Butchery ws in existence' he assisted Mr. Howell in going through the books. He recalled a welding at Die. Tuwell's use for the

the ledger P-Yes, they collected $3,600, prob. 1895 he was bailift in the Supreme Court, and ably from cash takings,

How could that be?-Recoveries.

that.

It infers that? No, not necessarily. His Lordship-Them are the figures wnich"? you have taken from the ledger?

Mr. Sinde-Yes, $3,253.

His Lordship—-Mr. Lowe miskos 83,500, Mr. Sinde-These are collected from the cash books What I cannot understand in how this difference is accounted for.

Witness--he inference to me is that there

purpose of seeing how the business stood and he formed the impression then that it was a losing concern.

Cross-examined by Mr. Slade:

I suggest that you memory is defective, and that you weaver there at all—0, you, I --was thofé. ---

A. W. Hill, assistant bailiff in the Supreme Court, said he remembered an interview which Mr. Tatem had with Mr. Howell at the Supreme Court on October 4th, 1904. Mr. Tatem said be wished to speak privately to Mr. Howell, and the latter aid he could say what he had to say in the presence of witness. Tatem told Howell that the socounta

the latter had giron him were all right and the former naked Howell to draw up a note which Tatem said he would sign. Howell replied: "You have your solicitor. I will not go behind his back. If you go to your solicitor and get him to sign it, then woll and good."

Cross-examined by Mr. Blade You are very positive, Mr. Hill You are Howell's brother-in-law

is some mistake in taking out the balance. The asumption is that the balances are wrong.

His Lordship-The figures are very import ant, and it is better they should be checked.

Mr. Slado-The astonishing thing is that they have not been put in."

prove that... Potter It is for my friend group that His Lordship-Do you moan toʻmy that Counsel cannot take out figures and put them

Mr. Potter-1 say that Counsel cannot take out figures and put them in as evidence.

His Lordship-I cannot understand your attitude. The figures are taken out by Mr. Slade and pat before me, hot aš ovidence,

to be called, and I should have thought he was Mr. Potter-Au ́oxpert accountant was going

the person who should have done this work.

His Lordship-It does not matter whether

The Bandmann Company last night played *The Quaker Girl," and received the appro-Postal Agent, ha appointed Secretary The OBSTRUCTING A STEAMER.. kation cha Tazge house.

Consul-General stated that at Home the Corona

Before Commander CW: Beckwith, RN, It is understood that Mr. L. P. Ebden, who tion would be held on June 3rd, but in certain has been appointed a Paisné Judge of the overseas possessions a later date would be fired at the Marine Magistrate's Court yesterday, the in F

masters of seventeen steam lanughes were Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, will-and be made kaown to the public in the near

fatore He further stated that a sum of $66.00 summoned for lying alongside the 3.8. Cath be stationed at Penang.

remained over from the King's Birthdas erine Apcar in such a manner as to cause In account, and saggested that this sum te utilised obstruction to the steamer, to partly defrag the vzpouse of the forthcoming

Constablo Roddick informed the Court that fectivities. He further suggested that the called to the Catherine Apear by the police on the afternoon of the 6th instant he was preceedings commence with a'soleum zerrice in the Church. The Cousul-General the called on

Ang boing hoisted. When he got along

WHILE it is reassuring to learn that the dastardly outrage committed at Canton on Saturday has not been followed by further

Yesterday at the Magistracy. Mr. Wood sent violence against the Manehus residing in onced a, Chinese to two weeks' imprisonment the southern metropolis, the testimony of with hard labour for being in unlawful posses- our Canton correspondent that "the crimesion of a bundle of clothing. appears to have aroused very little spirit

I was not at that time.

Yes, I am

Yes, but.

Perhaps you were hoping to ba-No, I never knew about it at that time.

At that time you had no particular interest- in Howellf-I had a certain interest, I know a lot of things that were going on.

That was in 1904. We are now in 1911.. You say positively that yon romomber, the2 particular conversation ?--I do, because two or three days afterwards it was taken down and

of indignation" and that most natives to fined the mastors of heren fishing bonts 83 each and seconded that a committee he appointed to end cargo boats, and when he began to take you thought so or whether you didn't. The gone over for the other case in 1904.

At the Magistrany yesterday Mr. Halifax the meeting for suggestions. It was proposide he found some twenty team launches

whom he had spoken on the subject "ap peared to rejoice in the fact that there is one Manchu the less," is, to say the least, very ominous. Consequently there will remain a feeling of mucasiness about the permanence of penco and crdor in a city notoriously honeycombed with secret su- cieties of anti-dynastic sympathies for some time after the miscreant has been finaly dealt with, and the situation will need the most_careful watching by the civil and inilitary authorities. This is not the first time that a Manchu official has met his death in a similarly foul manner. The assassination of the Governor of Anhwei, a

for failing to display the regulation between sunset and sunrise,

lights

We are informed that subject to audit the Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd., will pay a dividend of 12 per cent, and a bonus of 1 per cont., for the year ending 28th February, 1911.

On the arrival of the steamer Seang Choong in port she was boarded by Sergeant Grant, who found aid Chinese passengers, in possession of quantities of opium. They were charged before Mr. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday, con- voted, and paid fines totalling $177.

INGKONG TENNIS LEAGUE.

fact remains they wore takon put by Connxel, and we will bare thom verified in the Registry

Mr: Patter id he wished to recall Mr.Tatem to put some points which had come to his know- lodge yesterday. The information, be thought was material to the case. It had been suggest- ed that Tatem had by his industry worked up a substantial business. He was going to put in certain evidence which might lead his Lordship believe that Mr. Tater was not so industrious, His Lordship--I thought Mr. Howell admitt-

to

it

- His Lordship-What case?

Witness-Tatem' S. "Howell. I took notes of that conversation.

His Lordship-You made notes P Witness - Yes. -

Mr. Sade-I put it to you that the sugges- tion was that Howell asked Tatem to sign an acknowledgment?—No.

Anl offered if he would do as to pay half his solicitor's casts P-No such suggestion was made at that time,

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receive proposals. The Postal Contrissoner (Mthe names of the launches they cast off from Shields) proposed and Mr. Hogg seconded that the ship. The vessel had by this time arrived all British children be presented with a suitable at her boy.

His Worship fined 15 of the defendants 35 medallion, one side to be engraved with the likeness of the King and Queen and the other each, and the remaining two $10 each. side to contain a suitable inscription. It was mentioned that Hie Majesty's permission was necessary for this. It was then proposed and seconded that Mr. Macintyre, manager of the The aunnal mesting of the Hongkong Tennis Lengkong and Bhunghai Lank, be appointed League was held yesterday at the Hongkong Cricket Club pavilion. Dr. Forestb, the Treasurer, and that gentleman at once undertook president, presided, and thero were also the duty. The members of this committee present Moors Vivoash, Mead, Moblor, were then proposed and the following gentle Base, Hyndman, Wesser, Bay, and Brawn,

ike Clubs

repre- The queue-cutting has lately fallon into great Thomas and Kararaus. Messrs. Bly and Queen's College, Chinose YM.C.A. Wigwam,

met chosen: Messrs. Hogg, Griftus, Garrard, house, and treasurer.

conted

wera Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, Civil Service, diafavour. Many of those who have been guilty Macintyre in their capacity as Secretary and Watson's, Craigengower, and Club de Recreio. of this indiscretion are allowing their hair to Trensnor were also added to the Committes. The Chairman maid that at the end of the first year there was a balance of 83, but they now. to the good, Thire was reason why there DEPARTURE OF COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOvs. the expenses of running the league was very

The Commissioner in charge of the Imperis small. He then proposed the adoption of the you their dissatisfaction at the manner in which Maritime Customs at Canton (Mr. Oiseen) left accounts. This was agreed to

your shop is managed"? Mr. Jadries proposed and Mr. Hyndman His Lordship-I thought you were talking seconded the re-election of Dr. Forsyth as about 1896 yesterday for Tientsin, to which port ha hag

Mr. Slade-It would have been to Howell'a been transferred. His successor i Mz, Masa,

obairman. Carried. •

advantage to liave got an acknowledgment at Mr. Potter-I want to show you that Mr. i that time You. {*

Tatem as manager of a shop is not a successful

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It was obviously to Howell's advantage to get an acknowledgment?-Mr. Howell is Tory Mr. Potter-Oh, no, quite the contrary. His Lordship-Very well.

honest in his work and would not take advan- tiona said that in 1908 he was employed in the Tatom knows the facts of the case.

Plaintiff was recalled, and in answer to ques. tage in any way. Mr. Tatem knows that. Mr. Dairy Farm Co.

You are very indignant ?—No, I am only Did you receive a letter from the secretary speaking the truth and what I know to be the of the Dairy Farm Co, which stated that" the facts.

His Lordship He did not promise to pay half the costs

couple of years ago, will occur to the winds grow again, and tuilless students are being exe Copsal-General thankel those present for had should not always be a credit balance, directors have asked me to write to oxpress to of many readers, and, those whose memoria cluded from the Government schools. No their attendance and the meeting then ended.

go further-back to the time of the Boxersoner does the wind shift in Peking than it

trouble--will recollect the timely discovery of a plot to assassinate the Manchu official who was acting Viceroy at Canton during LI HUNG CHANG's absence in the North a plot which formed part of the revolu tionary plan of campaign by Sun Yar Sex at Waishow. The latest tragedy, in most of ite details, recalls that

takes affect down here, says a Hankow paper,

The police have boon notified that at 10 p.m on the 10th instant three robbers, one of whom was erined with a knife, entered the house of a woman who lives in a village pour Cheungshui. woman obeyed a warning to create no disturbance, and the intruders, after ransacking her dwelling, departed with money and clothing to the value of $51,70.

The

At a special general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commercs and Exchange held on the 4th inst, at which 21 members were present, elected as their representative in the Legislativo Mir. William Wallace Cook was unnainiously

Council

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Mr. Weaser proposed and Mr. Mohler secunded the re-election of Mr. J. R. Wood sa vice-president of the club. This was carried. Mr. Brown was re-elected hon. secretary and treasurer.

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Witness-No.

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Because you and he know the debt was statute barred Yes. If Mr. Howell bad got that His Lordship-If that is the only evidence it note signed Totem would have said that Howell

liad pressed him to sign it.

After some discussion as to the method of is not relevant at all. counting points the meeting adjourned.