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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1892.

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THE request of Li Cheng-mow, Admiral of the Yangtze, for permission to retire from the public service on the ground of health, be having already been granted three months leave of absence, which had not restored his strength, has been granted by the Emperor in a special

decree.

OUR Shanghal mering contemporary bears from a correspondent at fchẳng that the river was steady there, though falling rapidly lower down. New balldings were progressing rapidly, and there was plenty of cargo going down, while the steamers ware coming up fall; The weather was still very hot.

And some of the residents word very weak from dysentery and fever, The Secretary of the- Po-foni Minlog Co. Ltd. informs us that a basis of settlement has been agreed to between the Panjom Mining Co.Ltd. and Mr. Louls, attorney for the London company, and an agreement will be sent to London for ratification. In the meantime, possession of Jalis Mine, including all machinery, buildings, Mining Co. Ltd. an from the 1st instant: and plant &c. has been handed over to the Punjom

tortume change of all operations. The terms of the settlement will be submitted to there- holders at an ELI

early date.

to the break of the forecastle head. There be had a few words with the mate, which he could not remember, and the mate struck him. Witness struck bick to self defence, and then saw the second mate coming with revolver. The second mate got hold of witness by thoarm, and both fell off the forecastle on drek struggling. Then the captain, mate, second mate, steward batswain, baitwain's mate and others seized him, put him in Iran, and fastened him to the stanchions in the Tween deck. Witness and the others were kept there unifl the police sizived, and then were taken ashore and sent to gol fur nine der They made statement, simile to the present ev dence, and they were told by the piler sergeant at Macassar that it would be forwarded to Hongkong,

one of the papers to a Chung Mow, Now1248 and be lost. It. It was not later than 415 am, when I anired on the scene of the murder. The body was quite stiff and cold when I first saw it. The traces of blood to the vicinity did not assist me in forming an opinion as to how the marder took place. There was a gas lamp about 37 yards away, from the body, Soma bashes threw shade over the spot where the body lay. My action was called in severs upp's of blood and four Chinese shoes in the vicinity. The shoes in queation have been produced. la Court, At. 6.a.m. I. returned to the spot where the body was found fromthe West Point Station with Inspector Mann. Sme of the spots of blood were lige the right hand, though not cut, was stafited with blood. The scene of the ward found in drain rear the scene of the murder. I noticed a spot of blood on a carb-stone about vos yards from the place where the body was found.

bears. This moming the two prisoners should have come on board, but they did not do so, o the coolies wanted in leave the ship. While in an exelted, state the police come en board and I went on shore with them.

It was not necessary for the prisoners to sign the to be signed by

ingreement because it purported wit

Mr. Chater.

Robert Barclay Joyre Secretary of the Socied den.Charbonnages se Tonkin, and clerk in M C-P. Chater's effice, sisted--I are the document winged. It was never fasued hy our office and know nothing of the pileners, I never authorized them to engage erolies for nas raines. ant. We are making an agrement with a con- or any other plsce. I don't know the complaine tractor to supply colles for the Horgny mines, We have an agreement with him (Lf A Pa) to supply cooltes for the mines, or rather to work the mines. I produce the agreement, 1 ts 1. The coalies would be supplied by engroșied. contractor and not by our office. My office advanced

́day and," for fan, tore off one of lin·leg) Mr. Blamey will leave Singapore framediately send defendant was standing at the pl. but with the murder When going along Team West to the mapie money to Li A Poto ship coolies

A BRUTAL, heathen who caught a sparrow yester was arrested by a Sikh_constable and charged with brutally ill-treating the harmless creature. The police proved the case up to the hilt and the culprit, a coolle of 35 years, War sentenced to pay a fine of § $to or gode gaol for six weeks. He elected to da his "time." STEAMERS bound northward are still fighting shy of Professor Doberck's typhoon, which fi

THE Singapoto Free Press of Sept. fat has the following: Mr. Catchick Moses, patriarch of the Armenian community of Singapore, and founder

Cross-examined by first defendant and by the Chart:-Witness was not told to put from on himself, por did he refuse. Dld not say he could lick defendant.

By second defendant:-Witness was certain could not remember what Kea, except "Go away." Witness did go away and returned, and was put la frans immediately and struck side of the deck they stood on; could swear the with revolver, Witness nature which second mate pointed revolver at the others, and struck witness with it of the old established house of Messrs, Sarkles Arthur Edward Towsey, A. B., gave corrobora- Monday, having been born on the sobathers, and on his return saw the two mates August, 18:3. He arrived in Singapore in 1879. waiting by the gang-way, and the first mate put socl for five or six years was in the employ at itons pa witness, Sat down on deck, and saw the calents Busitada Co, and beyond revisiting mate go over the ship's side to the wharf Calentis in 1834 has spent 64 years of blu long to iron other men. Saw scuffling on deck, 1.fe to Singapore. In 1840 he established the and saw the second mate stilke Goard, firm of Messrs. Sarkles and Moses, which under who was sitting on A spar on the port bis personal management, and recently, under side of the main deck. bis sons, has continued to prosper. Mr. Moses all taken into the tween deck, and from They were then is father of 5 children, 3 sons and a daughters there straight to the police station. After shout and some time this year celebrated the golden seven or eight days in the lock-up wilboat jubilee of his marriage,

any bearing, they were taken before three ger tlemen who took down their statements, and,

have fallen

John McLeod, FC, 104, tal--I was ordered to look for anything I could find la connection to East in Queen's Road West I av:iced the His Warship-I think I will adjsura DOWICH cleaver, or meat-chapper, produced underthecard-" Inspector Stanton-I would mention that stone. It was covered by the carb-stone and was Sergeant Hadden found abrut 120 other coolies chopper was reiting on a kind of ledge lu about g feat inside the month of the drain. The on board who were there under false agreement, drain. Had it been drain. It was covered with tearing in the Aveckis as I desire to call kim

the

One of the prisoners-) with the Court to slightly pushed would stop Te Apang, who is Li Apa's fakt, from clotted blood and had some human hairs stuck as witness: to it, or rather the blood spattered aboutit. The the body. It is the kind of chopper used by pork-butchers. There is nothing on it to show to whom it belongs. I did not see any spots of blood between the spot where I found the chopper and the body of the man. I gave the chopper to Inspector Maun.

reported to be bent on paying Hongkong a visit | and Moses, celebrated his eightieth Hirthday | tive evidence. He had been on shore with the cleaver was found about 105 yards from marrow morning" Bail fä two sureties of $150.

of courtesy. And they are whie. Even in matters of navigation, discretion is the better part of valone. Better lose a day lyfog sang la barbour than risk losing dozens of lives and a valuable

ship.

A few days ago a little girl living in the house accopied by Lal Achl, the compradore of the City Hall, in Cheng Wo Lane, while attempting steal some food from an upper verandah, slip ped and fell about 40 feet into the yard below, fracturing her skull so badly that death ensued five days later. To-day Mr. Wodehouse' held an faquiry into the circumstances and recorded a finding of accidental denth.

In the Supreme Court this morning the Acting Pulane Judge, Mr. H. E. Pollock, gave judgment for the plaintiff in a summary jurisdiction salt, brought to recover $30 as damage caused. by defendant having overstated the area of a small lot of Crown land which he sub-let to plaintiff. The case was not of ureat importance, but it is the best they can do in the Surpreme Court Just now.

Tur Peking Gastite of August 4th notifies the

wing appointments 1.-Chang-hsu, Governer of Huuao, trans- ferred to Shansi,

2-W¤ Ta-cheng, appointed Governor of Hunan.

in the Grand-Secretariat, with the rank of a 3-Chang-in-appointed Under Chancellor Vice-President in the Board of Ceremonies.

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TO-DAY'S SHIPPING RETURNS.

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Singapore.

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Macao, &c.

Aggregating 7,ong tons, register.

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before Mr. Wodehouse at the Police Court this A HANDSOME Young' gan lescar was brought

afternoon and charged with committing an inde cent assault on a married woman in Wanchal a THE Mercury's Chinking correspondent writing couple of days ago. The married woman in on August aỗth says:—On Wednesday morning

that the accused committed the when the steamer wensong was near Plover question stated

sault while · sha

WIE Point; those on board obierved a large-native

sitting on her door step" and when she went, indoors "to a recent boat, which had been capsized during a heavy squali, and which was floating bottom-up-Her statement

avold him be followed and pulled ber hair.

was corroborated by some distance from the steamer. A boat was at old woman, A Sikh constable stated he found once sent away from The Yuanrang in charge of

the accused surrounded by an excited crowd of the chief officer, Mr. Thom, which'succeeded lo Chinese near MacGregor barracks two days ago rescuing four men and a woman from the wreck

The man said the woman assaulted him with The unfortunate people were taken on board the

the bamboo produced. Inspector Baker spoke steamer where they were carefully attended to

to the woman charging the accused with and subsequently put on board a native boat assault. He said fully two or three, hundred for conveyance to their homes.

followed the accused to the Police Station. Ho

supposed the woman

sitter took it from her. In defence the wiry Indian said the woman had only, herself to biarae, for the assaulted him and when he and fell on Result-85 or 14 days hard labour. her into custody she ran away

down,

CRUSINO again! We bad only got fairly

started on our crusade against Volunteer Ham-

bug, a little chapter of fecal history in which Mr. C. J. Holliday and ex-Captain Francis, requisition from our very too much intimate Q.C., play leading roles, when a polite

friend, Victoris, by the grace, etc,etc., was pollicly handed to as by a pampered minion at whose execution under solemn circumstances we hory to assist at no far distant date. And as Vicky, when she sends her invitations on blue paper of a certain style, like "She" in Rider Hag: gard's sensational novel, must be obeyed, there was no alternative" but to give the would-be Volunteer Reformers a boliday, and face the music. It didn't amount to much, but that, as

Mr. Rudyard Kipling ( most consum jackass, by the way) is so fond of had better another story. Holl day and Francs order a copy of to-morrow's Telegraph early in the day or they may be disappointed, as we only | Intend printing a thousand extra coples,

man

ur

the

tick and

then sent them on board.

By the Court-There was a gord deal of noise, coolles working, but witness was certain words passed between Guard and the mate, who then rushed forward and they fought; could not be aura who struck first. Was certain the second mate struck Guard with a revolver afterwards. Withers was sober, but would not any for the

rest.

•THE • IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY.

Mun Chang chandler shop saldaar the body Chung Mo-bl, coolle employed in the Stn of the deceased on the 27th altimo at the mortuary. I went there with Inspector Mann and Stanton. I identified the body as that of my elder brother, Chung Ho He WAY 36 years of age at the time of his death and was the proprietor of an eating touse at onc time. At the time of his death he was a hawker by profession. He hawked wares in Yau-ma-11 Street. I last saw him alive 20 days before his and Shay-ki-wan.. He lived at No. 124 First death. The letter produced was written by me The deceased lived chiefly in First Street, but to the deceased. I wrote it about 20 days ago.

sometimes at Fat-a-too.

Chung Chia, elder brother of the deceased, corroborated the-last witness and added that at time his brother kept an eating house in one Hongkong with his father. On the 24th almo he is the deceased in First Street.

His Worship adjourn the case til! To to for first prisoner and two in $100 each for the second. The man To Apang to be subpoenaed in the usual way.

IT WAS THE SUN''

true story for the special benefit of the Dally

This is not a patent medicine advertisement,, as might be thought from the heading, but

Prett

Once upon a time seven brethren dwelt in the City of Dreadful Smell. One was Ewo, and one was Nipsu, and one was Kinchin; and the four others were nobody very much.

words to that effect,

And Ewo aald unto his brethren-Let us DOW and hunt, and shoot, and have a day out, or And the brethren wald that it was good, So they got themselves ready for long journey, even a Sabbath day's journey; they the drink. took meat and drink, with a strong accent on

forth, and went down to the sea in a great ship, And on the morrow at daybreak they did set

erca

a Hakka ship and the smell thereof wis And they did voyage-a great way from the exceeding great pad City of Dreadful Smell, even unto a bay whera are many wild fowl and birds of the air.

And Ewo Hied up his voice and spake, saying:

(

John Haggarty, A.Bald he was not one of the Eve who, went ashore. While he was at dinner the second mate said there was going to be a row on board. He was at the break of the forecastle head when the men came on board. The mate told Geard to go below. Guard went below, but returned. The second mate went on the wharf and pot handcuffs on the other three men. Then Guard and the mate had a fight, the

the forecastle head to the main deck. The mate latter striking first. Then the second mate came up from the wharf and struck Guard, who fell from.

wept down, and struck him again. The second mate ziss jumped down and struck Gard with THE REGISTRAR. GENERAL AND dinghy, that we may go ashore nad alay every...

Inspector Mann, recalled, I apply for a remand for a week.

His Worship-1 grant a remand until Friday,Behold new, this place is good, and the Canton the 16th, atram

THE PO LEUNG KUK DETECTIVE.

River bath not a better; therefore, ye sons of Hakke, dump the mudhook and lower away the

thing.

a revolver, which he had in his pocket when the men came on board. There were also the. steward, boatswain, and boatswain's mato help- ing to hold Guzid. Guard was sober, though he -Cross-examined by first defendant :-Did not detective who for so many years has faithfallampan ready, wherefore let as in the meantime

had had drink

two men were drunk.

hear Guard ordered to put himself in irons.

Mok Chi is the name of the Po Leung, Kule

sing, about July roth, Guard and three other Firat defendant stated that one Sunday mor

served the Registrar General, and it is he who was to severely censured by Mr. H. E. Wode-, swam ashore without leave. They came aboard

house, Police Magisnate, on July 30h last, in the afternoon, and brought whisky, and got gang to himself as a try and

runner of the Leung 11 hands drunk except one or two Norwegians and privileges he canid Kuk se bolles, rights A week later, on Monday morning, Instead of In the evening they made a great disturbance, working they went ashore without permission Defendant went to bring them back, but saw them go away up the town. Where they came back decided to put them in Irons, Grosid refused, they were drunk, and to avoid trouble t

and said he could lick defendant, drunk or sob Defendant struck him, being a Itte hottempered; Psupposed he would do the sme again. Tried

boatswain and second male came. put the frons on, but, could not, Ther the Gund

Then Kinchin answered and apake, saying: Rear now, my brethren; and thou also, ob Ewo, give ear unto my prayer. The men of Hakka will take a bally wrek getting their ald

ample the commissariat.

And all the brethren said that it was good, So it came to pass that when they”“”“had eaten- and drunk, especially drunk, the miner of the ship drew nigh and spake, saying-Lo, the dinghy blong lesty. Go share can do.

He it was who scised a

But an evil spirit hart entered the beirts of the colle on one seven brethren, and they would not go for their of the Canton steamers and imprisoned him for those in a cell in the rd lewdsoned plags were unsteady and their tongues clave bilo.

pital the roofs of their mouths, bont of Certain Po Leung Kak magnates, And we apake saylip:-The day i' får spent,

B. Leung Kuk authorities, and for the immache sleep all the morn and when the case came before the magistrate his and the right eamh when yo man ca the readit was an ignominings Praling for the walk, not if he hịsha tukiul, hic. Let achow late censure of the Bench was distasteful to many of all right, we will have a dochandaris.

"Chi is particular. Of course theAnd the brethen answer d'and said-ye ne the Po Leung Kuk people and pos-thly even to

"So they had a matlade of dochandairless,

hia Michtins the Protector of Chinear,

We shall certainly be grievously disappolated if we are not honored in the mystic hereafter with side Elijah. The old spirit of prophecy reshare ladder, which he missed-Defendant-syara a balo, harp and golden chair, and a seat along-fell off the forecastle head in trying to go to the through the convenient medium of 1038 of Rakka saw that the even brethren were

And they resented the Magistrate's cri Ichimdald they would not ga home till morning.

Nit came to pass that while they slep, the matters on the Hongkong Rialto has not blow struck after that, but a gash-in-eing chatemporary the China Maid heavy with wines and, the sony of Hakkı put the deserted us; "Joss" is still on our side. Banks Guard's head. Alter the row, the police look over the Megistrare exposure of the Po Leung amarything whatsoever, sive only the fried and For while there was quite Balter seven brethren into the dinghy,, without raiment,. and there are further buyers at that rate, but in the men away, 'and brought them on board Rak's methods of doing good, but it soon died the wine which temalard; for the children-of

with a revolver. when the ship was ready for sea,

Second defendant denied having struck Guard

bave been done to-day at 95 per cent, premtom

benght at as high as 92.45, and they will pro thares offering, And Panjems have been bably be scarce at double that rate before the end of the month. All readers of the Telegraph which overshoots itself and lands a cropper on bave, of course, hesed of that wilting amblifon

with his allies and supporters in London the other side; that's what the Company's once trusted manager Becher appears to have done, attempt to get a fast hold on the Jalle ruine? that RTG to very seriously consider for their own is a question which the shareholders may protection—but the game played has been too transparent throughout. There is money in Falls for Punjom shareholders if there is any honesty in man. We again tecommend holders of Punjom shares wat te past with them; they have little to lose and the prospects of a big-more trouble. retorn are better than ever they have been. Steamboats are a trifs stronger at 25, and

lt. Docks have been done at 73. In other stocka

wovo to a typhoon in the Formosa Channel which unwelcome visitor, it is confidently. anticipated, is now on a bee-line for Hongkong

the P. and O. Cols steamer Aden has been a detained in Amay harbour, and for the out being the Stanley Awials have been turned-out- to grass. It is very sad--our local muskers have|| gone into mourning but even this affliction must be patiently endured.. And alter all even a typhoon what fee is dreary course and after t-la-dead sick-and-gons-to-roostwo thall see under the brillant electric light that serried phalanx" of grace and beauty in all its pristinowell, yes, Riory All being well, and the typhoon permitting Mr. Harry Stanley's Opera Company wit electrify the play-goers of the colony to-morrow slxht at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, in The Mountebenks," and on Saturday sight (if Mr. RUSSIA AND THE PAMIRS QUESTION. Thomas Empson's word may be relied on) the

LONDON, August 31st. The Roslan Ambassador in London has programme will be a regular parly:er the diction is Mr. Empson's, not ours Meanwhile handed to Lord Rosebery a report with reference

we are nquested to announce, which we do with to Colone! Yanoff's movements in the Pamirs, pleasure, that seats banked for the performance with assurances that Russia intends no aggresangourced for this evening, hold good for the sion affecting British interests in that direction; and stated that the strength of Colonel Yanoff's opening show. force as much over-estimated.

...

HONGKONO, THursday, SepteMBER 8. 183

TELEGRAMS.

The Chinese Ambassador has left Berlin for St. Petersburg with reference to the Russian advance in the Pamirs.....

there are no changes to report.

UNDER the heading Assaulting an Editor," the Prang Gassife of · Aurust 27th says:-

board,

Away and would doubiles have been relegated Hakka cat net the food or drink the wine of the responsible position of Head Distlet Watch kind. Therefore did they slow the grah and the to oblivion Ꮒ . d not the Registrar General scen Chosen People for the celestials rat only meat: Gt to appoint the censured Mok Chi to the That le high, and drink only kermine and fis

men are all ap, ointed by the Rejong ITMAN:Than did they leave the boni with the seven:

man this Colony. Now, the watch y

AS SOON AS

kyle the dinghy with the seven brethren.

His Wor-bip (a complainant):-You' nid the others, after having got drink when ashore with out leave, were most insubordinate, grossly insubordinate on the ship, and the mate and very much wonder-bat they bad at lawfal. it is to the Riglar-r-General that Mek Chi On the monow it came to pass "hat the seven second mate, in endeavouring to prevent you from

whore, minions levy on all Chinese taking entire charge, lost their tempera-I don't keep up the staff, there can be no doubt that the land,

for "voluntary contributions where to bret ren behind the island where then how stones and the ship departed and was seen no mare in authority to act as they did to gret, as yo axes bis appointment, which is to really brethren arose, and saw that they were in the defendants a dollar each. The men to go on of the objectionable nature of the Pa Leung ashamed, and their heads were very stre richly deserve what you got.. I fine the Magistrate, who formed very accurate opinions Together, what they should day for they were punlak

them, but I do it with regret, as you substantial promotion in defiance of the soup, or thereabouts. And they took counsel

Fint defendant-All right, Bir, we will pay speak his mind

Kuk'a modus operandi and did not hesitate to the fine.

And Ewo answered and said:-Babold now, as opportually offered, my bre For long Ume past it has been daly too went not arbore, neither shot we kny duckay but brethren, we did not well last night for me Complainant beg your pardon, Siz buterbient that the Registrar-General has surped we made metry, and revelled in the flowing bowl when i go on the ship again there will only be powers which would be better invested in the until it runneth over; we looked upon the wine His Worship :-Then I will have to deal with but another proof that the sooner Mr. Stewart Is a cold morning, in fact & blooming frost. For-

Police; and this last act id promoting Mak Chila when it was red, until all was blue) and now it Complainant -Well, you may not be able to Registrar General and nothing else, the better blanky tex clipper, and taken our clothes, and Lockhart, is made to perform the duties of a these Hakka men have gone away in their deal with it, for we may be clear away from this will it be for the community generally. place.

guns, and money, and everything,

But Klachla sebaked atying--Nay, but they have left us this, dinghy, and meat and drick. For there be five battles of soda and two sardines.

Now, Nipau

was a lawyer, and

and subtle, even with the subtlety of the devil. And he lifted up his voice and wept with his brethren, and opined. that a number of coolies had been engaged by may become known unto all men, and lacy will. Last night the police received information his face, saying-Peradventure these out doings. couple of Chinese sharpers for service at the laugh us to scorn, Now therefore, let us tell Hongay coal mines under false pretencesald them that we slew many thousands of birds, so pretences belog a document parporting to that our ship sank with the weight of them. be an agreement for two months employ And the brethren were glad, and said it was

ax $7.50 month, bearing be the

good.

take thou this yaro sulf, Granny,

THE WEST POint tragedy:

MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY.

SMUGGLING COOLIES ON THE

AVOCHIE"

THE HON. CP. CHATER'E SIGNATURE FORGED.

To slightly after Sterne's words they mausge things differently in the Dutch Indies, in cases of assaults on editors, Professor Archibald, of Phonograph fame, who visited Calcutta a few months back, was arrested some months ago st Samarang for having assaulica the editor of the Surabaya Courant, who had adversely, criticised his phonograph show. The case came before the court of Justice at Sourabaya on the 28th of June, and the Fublic Lakong No, 323, recalled, exid-1 went on Prosecutor urged the lofliction of a pensity of duty on the night of the murder at to pm. I two months' imprisonment and costs. The found the body and remember the spot.. I had ment counsel for the delence pleaded absence of

Prolast

Wodehouse continued the Inquiry into the dire At the Magistracy this afternoon Mr. H. E cumstances connected with the murder of a colle, named Chun Ho, at West Point us the 24th alimo.

At the

A DANDEROUS species of rocial, parasite known as floating hawkers have systematically, preyed uppa sea-faring men frequenting the waters of this cology for "year"past). They are "fake" jewellers whoze usual residence in In west-end altin, while their stock-id-trade usually defendant's conduct called for some punishment, that spot and am sure that no one was there cellar in Tal-ping-shan or a corkloft in gorditation, and when drewledging that the bo body there. Shortly after midnight I passed The Caur is reported to have expressed great consists of one or two small tin cases partiallyed in favour of the lightest possible penalty thien. The body might have been there before Indignation at Colonel Yanoff's unauthorized filed with Brommagem jewellery. As soon as taking into account the long detection under I actually discovered it at 3.15 am. I discovered aggression to the Pamirs, and in order to avoid these hawkers get on board a steamer they make arrest he bad gone through. On the 36th of it

owing to my: lamp flashing on telegraphed instructions that exploration is not to should they fall to palm off on, por of account extenuating circumstances and the Pro

them

'THE CZAR ON THE AFGHAN FRONTIER QUESTION.

September 6tb.

in question were arrested by Detective Sergeant fill her up with the fearful things that happened, at an early hour this morning was two big brother, race (hold onto Nips--Go to, oh my Fadden, who later on in the day went on board and tell her a dausova tale, they wa saay not be the Avocie and told a number of coolles there put to shume that they were at liberty to go ahe, the Dally Prats, whrue editor/Cook It all in and So they came ashore and wild the yarn to the

a conflict with the Afghans and Chinese, as their way to the officers' quartery to Mirade," and June the Court delivered just taking into it, found the body I did not blow had been brought on board under lesblished in." And it was a 'd coverb In the land," be carried on hayend the Mustagh Mountains- | dollar' worth of ornaments for bont twenty | fessor's long detention in prison, and sentenced By whistle. I saw Wong Si passing by so told The coollen left al paso Pelles Court this if any man Iled--Tell le fò the Pally Press.

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THE HONG KONG HOTEL MEETING

TO TER KOST on ay 'ya HomameNG, TELECHAṀR.” DEAR SIR-isremarks to the shareholders

him 'look after the body; while I went to the Chung Aysa appeared at the Ets in the beller thatabir Russian invasion was cards and solicit orders for repairs to jewellery. It appears that Professor Archibald was kept in Lam Acheung, a butcher, said-I remember had induced him to engage coolles for the mines

And the London Tory Press went into jabllant times their real value, they produce their business him to anne of pure graders and costs.

morning to give evidenica against the men who, a consequence of the advent of Liberal Gover-alches, watch-chalus, sic. And that is. In prison two months before ble trial came on, as the night of the 24th shime. That night I left ment. How . ridiculously small the Times, § reality the chief object of their mission. For was thought he might give the whorities leg the Central Market at midnight and went to the ; zaid-the- décament produced I received from In reply to Mr. Wodehouse's questions, he' is, ball, and no arguments could induce the Court to laughter house at West Point and remained the first prisoner, showed it fospector Stanton on the business card, is falip, Address of old port and antique politica must feel now, if bas, in fact, do existence, at all, all attempts | sllow him his ilberty in the interval. Irascibla ) there until about 1 a m. when I went back. On last night and he told me to come to the Station to recover property, entrusted to these sharpers showman with a gilerance have to be careful my way I saw the body of man, lying in this morning went on board the steamer last are absolutely fatlle. ted to the most in Jays, and it is well to remember that if they the side channel near the Reformatory. I did whose bagus address was No: 60 West Palat, on the evil of their ways to mison, besides belag F-took no special notice of it at the time that the wages mentioned therela would be paid sud cious of these scoundrels, Wong Achon, sort to violence there, they are made to reficct not know whether the man was already with my men and a lot of other coolles. The understanding about the agreement was but whose real habitation was a basement in food and placed under police survellance as

William Stabien, Inspector in charge of the to the coolics taken by me. understood the Tal-ping-shap, bas just been hunted out of the dangerous characters, “adimme Skirt

Detective Department, sald-On the morning of men were to work on the Fal Chi-hing hill next colony by Detective Inspector Stanton, who wa

the 25th ultimo in consequence of a telegram Haiphong at $7.50 per month each; the engage laving been filed against him to depend on TROUBLE ON A BRITISH SHIP to clean Rope Palad or los proceded mens brings to se to molts and pressegrain in sens), fer cash writer one poles of drinka fa

in respect to a

Queen's Road West after sending two Tongain and back to be paid by Mr. somewhat big swlodia in which, miraštis diets,

Chiness detectives and Sergeant Groen, signed the agreement for all the coolles engaged, conseded to be a step fath dight direction and At the Marine Magistrate's Court to-day We went their In Tricks Below the I-engaged so coolies and they are suit on budure to dammend self to every customer,

-fice of drinks zones pawa-broker came off second best. On the | A P

absenten's premises the police found and took Willam. Guard Ashalls are los and Reformatory I saw the body of the deceased I was going down as foreman in large as the decision, ta effect a departure from the possession of a coppie of small tin boses filled second mates of the Bath crisiting his od lying in the dead-hox. Inspector Maud of the works. At 7 o'clock last night one of the Alberto Capting cheptas regards the "chit

et assortment of gold and silver watches and board, at Macerar, on the 18th July last clothing in Court was on the body. I searched ashore. I was to have my ages fixed when I horse as it will be rather hard lines on those false diamond rings, brass lockets and Willets and Hamlin, with salding him on and several policemen were there. The coolies jumped, overboard and hellere, wat pyktem is not, in my oplaton, allogether a wise chains, which now await claimants at the Centre Complainant stated that on the day named the body and took from a pocket two pawn get down to Tanquila, My Votirall, so who do not happen to be in the habit of carrying Police Station. Applications for missing watch he and four others went shoes,Winess tickets, four other papers with writing on them the agreement the prisoners told my nie money about that at the time, and will, Tekk watch-chales and fawellery should be sent in te related on board the air of the forces and a small quilty of tobaco paper and so that agreement weke la Comewhat foot the earsing powers of lani Detective Inspector Stanton without delays

gangway (from the wharf) and walked; akt | produced are those that I refer to 1 handed - dhe men

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

THE 0, & 0. Co's steamer Garlic, with malls, Els es the state for this per, vila Yoko

hama, on the 6th inst

„Ber. Dr. Didik—1 ́ace that the Rev. Brother

Jatics in Foochow in a bappy father again, ar gales in Fortalet nd, wife of his with be able to sport another new silk dress now, MR. WERE, the American Conant at Mahlia, bas, according to the Christian, become a convert to Itism, and is going to Bombay to organises

· Miggion for America:

reaterday's meeting the Chairman of the Hongkong Hotel stated that the new bar-zoom would be ren an's strictly cash basis and that is was intended to reduce the

The reduction

want be