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THE CRISIS IN THE NORTH.

(Froni Shanghai Papers)

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SHANGHAI.

The Manchurian Agreement. A Nasking dispatch to hand states that H.E. Viceroy Liu K'un-yi has received a telegram from Hsian informing H.E. that there will be a delay of ten days' time for signing die Malt churian Agreement and that it was necessary to decide within that time whether to give way. to or oppose Russia.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1901.

unity. But it is one of the evils of our pro-

motion by seniority system.

Li Hung chang is reported to have resigned the plenipotentiarship, and it is believed, Viceroy Lit will succeed him. But whether this is merely one of the Court Circular blunders continually cropping up abour L, it is impossible to say.

FRENCH AT AMOY.

The telegraphic cable which the French are now laying from Amoy to Hanoi, without any attempt to oblain the permission to land the shore end on Chinese territory, is, says the N. C. D. News, que outconse of the agitation. that has been going on for two years in the French Chamber against the hitherto enforced "True Copy" Produced. teliance of France on British cables. As the Another Nankien dispatch further reports Danish Great Northern Telegraph Co, which that on the 3rd instani Lir K'un-yi produced a claims to have the solelight to land telegraphic "true copy" of the Kassa-Chinese Agreeables on the chast of China, has not remons mment about Manchuria to the British and trated at this action of France, it is obvious Japanese Consuls of Nanking, for their in-that an amicable arrangement has been come formation.

to with this company; and indeed it is under stood that the new French cable is to be con- nected with the Great Northern and Russian systems, so that the French in Indo-China and the French Government at Paris will be able to communicate without using British lines at all.

An Alarmist Report.

It was reported in Shanghai mandarin circles on 7th instant to the effect that Acting Governor Yu Lier yuan, of Chekiang, had been recently warned from the North that the Yangtze Com pact of last summer cannot be depended upon in the future, owing to the difficulty of refusing to sign the Manchurian Agreement, which matter had also prevented further peace negotia- tions at Peking," It seems easy to guess by the wording of the above telegram from what source this alarmist report has emanated.

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DEATH OF CAPTAIN CLEMENS.

TEMPORARY INSANITY.

A. Suicidal Choice-The Result of Vice-Consul, on the body of the master, Mr.

Family Influence.

It was reported in Shanghai on Saturday Amongst the local mandarins that Li Hung- Chang's son-in-law, the notorious coward Chang Pei-lun, of Pagoda Anchorage fame, has been jointly recommended by Prince Ching and Li Hung-chang to be Minister to Corea, vice Hsu Shou-peng who left Seoul last autumn to assist at the Peace Negotia tions in Peking,

A Rather Late Recognition. it is stated from Soochow that, after & long discussion amongst the old fogies of the Board of Rites at Hsian to decide upon what linperial recognition should be shown to the descendants of the murdered Tsungli Yamen Ministers, Hsi Ching cheng and Yuan Chang, because of their heroic death, it has been agreed to give official rank-in proportion to the ranks held by the deceased-to two sons of each person, and also to confer upon the four young men the honorary literary degree of M. A., with permission to try for the Doctor or Chinshih examinations when these are held in Peking in the future,

TIENTSIN.

Affairs in the North (Front Our Own Correspondent).

TIENTSIN, March 26th.

An inquest was held on board the German Bicamer Kangping, at Shanghai, on Good Faday morning by Dr. Knipping, German Andrew Paul Clements, who shot himself in his From the evidence of the chief officer it ap cabin when at sea, at midnight on the and peared that Captain Clemens had undressed himself and go into his bunk with his Mauses rifle. He lay on his back, covered with the bedclothes, with his rifle in his hands, and death being evidently instantaneous. The chief had apparently pulled the trigger with his toe, officer heard the report of the shot and looked into the cabin, but seeing Captain Clemens apparently asleep, concluded that the noise must have come from the engineroom, and it was only at 4 a.m., when the quartermaster went to call the captain, that it was dicovered what had happened. The verdict was one of known why Captain Clemens should have shot temporary insanity. No reason whatever is himself. He was in perfect health, a man of much reading and information, and a thorough- ly good sailor, very liked by all who knew him, and entirely trusted by his owners. The funeral took place arthe Bubbling Well Cemetery at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon.-V. C. Daily News,

FATAL FIRE AT SHANGHAI,

A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH, AND FOUR MEN INJURED.

COERAN NEWS.

SEOUL, April 2nd,

A dinner is to be given 10-night by the Foreign: Department to the Russian Commas der-in-Chief and staff. The Russian officers will invite the foreign Ministers to dinner on the Russian flagship, and the Corean ministers will be invited on the following day. The reason given for this visit of the Russian officers is sightseeing. So far the the Russian Minister to Seoul has not lodged a demand for the lease of Chinkai Wan.—Asahi,

SEOUL, April 2nd. dismissal of Mr. McLeavy Brown and the affair has been amicably settled.Asaki.

The Corean Govemment has cancelled the

Szoul April 2nd, The Affair connected with the disinissal of Mr. McLeavy Brown was satisfactorily settled at the audience granted by the Emperor to the British Minister yesterday. The Corean Ge- rernment hos forwarded an official note to Mr. McLeavy Brown and withdrawn the notice of dismissal-Matcht..

SNAKE-WORSHIP..

kok, Homeo and Singapore Sold to German Syndicate. 1899-Japanese granted an exclusive Settle

endured a long siege, that they had been | 1899-11 British slips trading between Bang- bereft of everything that they possessed, and that they had hundreds of men, similarly destitute, who were dependent on them. What was their position? Had they come to me and said, "Give us money and food," I could only have replied in the negative, or, at all events, to the effect that I could not feed theirconverts and so they took the law into their own hands. R

has been a case of poetical or primitive justice. But, granted that this sort of justice was admis sible, I do not admit that the missionaries have abused it. I have not heard of a single instance of missionaries looting for any other purpose and of feeding themselves and their converts than that of getting back what they had lost. who were dependent on them. You may cer tainly say from me that in my opinion, if looting under any circumstances is permissible, the looting by the missionaries, as I saw it, was at all events undeserving of the sweeping accusa- tions that have been made against it; and that of the conduct of the missionaries during the siege I can only speak in the highest terms. They were courageous, patient, and self-sacri- ficing, and I can only say that their capacity for organising and their power over their con- verts which was then displayed came as a revelation to me. In fact, had they not been ially increased. with us our hardships would have been mater-

TOBACCO IN IRELAND.

ment at Amoy

TO-MORROW.:

Saturday, 13th April, io.

Chinase 25th of and moon of 37th year

Kwanya

Sun-Riset moist

Seis ......

High water-Morning

Afternoon

Sår, gamin. bhr. 18min. shr. samin." shr. quein. Low water-Morning 7àr, ómin. Afternoonutske, ¿gming ANNIVERSARIES. 1839-Roman Catholic Relief Bill passed. 1858-A native opium smuggler executed under

the walls of Macao as a waring to foreigners. 1854-Arrival of Goremor Sir John Bowring. 1860-Commencement of the American Civil

War.

1895-Presentation of colours to the Hongkong

Regiment 1897-The Hangchow Mint commenced to coin

cashi, 1898-Congress recommend Cuba de declared

an independant republic...

'AGENDA.

TO-MORROW:

Noon-C. & Co.'s steamer. Bermida leaves for

Singapore and Europe. p.m.-C. & M. Co's steamer Emeralda leaves

for Manila vla Amoy.

5

Carga ex Chelydra subject to rent. Daylight-Douglas Cu's steamer Haiching

leaves for Coast Ports. Noun P. & O. Co's steamer Chusun, with Mails etc, leaves for Europe.".

MONDAY, 15th.

|

WONOKai, German steamer, 1,145, Mukle, rath April, Yap, sth April, Lead.—) LOONGMOON, German steamer, 10, T.

cher & Co.

Knoop, 13th April-Canton with April, General-El A. Tading Co HAIMUN, British transport, 636, W. J. Davis, 12th April,-Weihriver via Woosung 5th April WOOSUNG, British steamer, 1,109, M. Dowson, 12th April, Canton:11th April, General -Butterfield & Swire

ARISTEA, Austrian steamer, 2,208, G. M Scopinich, 12th April, Maji 6th April, Coal-Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. LALPOORA, British str. 2,124; F. J. Fry, 12th April Manila 9th April, Rice, etc.-Jar dine, Matheson & Co.

TAIVO MARU, Japanese str., 743, S. Kakimi,"

12th April,Chefoo 7th April, General.➡ Order,

Clearances at the Harbour Office. LA Rhone, French str., for Canton.. Kongnam, British str., for Canton, Kwangite, British str, for Shanghai. Phranang German str, for Bangkok, Woosung, British str., for Shanghai. Charterhouse, British sir, for Amoy. Kutsang, British str., for Singapore. Suliberg, German str., for Amoy Esmeralds, British sir, för Amoy. Laipoora, British str., for Asoy.

Departures. April 12, Thales, British str., for Swatow. April 12; Australian, British str.; for Timor..

April 12, Phranang, German str, for Bangkok. April 12, Inaba Maru, Japanese str, for Kobe. April 13, Awangler, British str., for Shanghai. April 12, Hikosan itaru, Jap. str., for Kutchi

notzu.

April 13, Hormida, Italian str., for Singapore, April 12, Trym, Nor. str, for Chefoo. April 12, Woosung, British str., for Shanghai. April 12, Kwong Sang, British'str., for S'hai. April 12, Independent, German str, for Canton. April 12, Emeralda, British str., for Amoy, April 12, Kutsang, British str., for Singapore.

Passengers-Arrived.

of a novelty, but here are two well-accredited Snake-worship in Penang seems something instances which have just come to our notice and which both present features of interest. The other day, in going over the trace of the proposed Hill Railway, Mr. Barnett had his attention drawn to a thriving young mango.

The Dublin correspondent of the Pall Mall steen tree near Moniot's, Road, in which one Gazette says in a recent number:-The to- of his men informed him a snake resided,bacco experiments were promising, the best tended, fed, and worshipped by a Chinaman results being obtained by Colonel Everard. Mr. Barnett sure enough found the snake ployed by the Department, "the cultivation of squatter who lives near. Approaching the tree

"Here," says M. Lecomtet, the expen em- comfortably coiled around the tree, but not the tobacco was quite satisfactory. Many being an expert in snakes did not make leaves were damaged in transit to the Depart- more than a casual examination of it, nor

mental curing station at Glasnevin, and, in. fully marked with a yellow band, and 45 is he able to tell us its species. It was beauti- consequence, passed into the second class. In spite of these drawbacks, the 1.800 plants thick as a man's wrist. The Chinaman pro- raised at Randalstown gave 14,066 leaves, of prietor of this novel deity, however, was inter- which 3,320 are placed in the first class, and viewed, and he stated that it was his joss, and 10,749 in the second class. The total weight. S. K. steamer Saito Mara leaves for

3 p.m.--Public Auction of Crows Land. also thus became sacred to the extent that no that the stake made its home in the tree, which of the dried leaves is 351 lb., the leaves of the

Tajkao. first class weighing 961 lb., and of the second fruit of the tree was ever touched. Some day, 255 lb. This result is satisfactory when we

5 pm-C. M. Co steamer Perla leaves for perhaps, some profine person may come along remember that the varieties tried-namely,

Manila. and cat of that tree, which for all we know Havannah, Ornhoc, and Kentucky-are very may be the tree of knowledge of good and evil. poor in leaves of the first class." M. There is, however, no evidence whatever. of the Lecornet publishes a table which shows that saake acting the role of the serpent of Eden, experiments were carried out last year at the tendency of individuals nowadays being to twenty-five different places in every part of snake remains there. That our celestial friend which, at the beginning, were not conducted Noon-N. D. L. Co's steamer Konig Albari Todd, Chow, Messrs, R. Kondo, T. Kawada, let, the tree severely alone as long as the Ireland. In nearly a these experiments, from the fact that, poor squatter as he was, no says M, Lecarnet, was made much too late; appreciated and valued this reptile is apparent under expert advice, the planting out, as a rule, bribe would affect him. An offer of fifty dollars in fact, too late to give the experiments the least chance of success under almost any con-

TUESDAY, 16th. p.m-Opening Performance of the Brough

Comedy Co, at the Theatre Royal. Cargo ex Inaba Maru subject to rent.

WEDNESDAY, 17th.

leaves for Southampton.

THURSDAY, 18th.

Per Taiyo Maru, from Chefoo--- Chinese. Per Charterhouse, from Singapore-300 Chi-

Departed.

nese.

Per Inaba Mare, for Kobe and Yokohama Prof. S. Miyoshi, Surg. H. Miyakawa, 1.3.N.,. Drs. K. Kitajima, J. Tsudzuki, M. Yamagama, Capt. and Mrs. Mcl.cllan, Mesdames Abrams,

K. Takayanagi. K. Fuji, K. Tomita, R.Gallo way, W. Rowley, S. Fumanoshi, P. Joss, M. Shimoda, K. Izawa, H. G. Oxley, D. Hender Takasaki, Okabe, Le Kum, C. Miura, and W.

was rejected with scorn; yet people have donetion of soil or climate... Now, however." Noon-Extraordinary General Meeting of the Soni, H. Onkura, N. Fai Hing, T. Nozuki,

results,

he adds, "that the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland can supervise the tobacco experiments for 1901 from the beginning, every care will be taken to secure a thoroughly genuine and trustworthy test, on the results of which a definite judgment can be formed as to the possibilities of tobacco culture in this country."

COLONIAL WIT.

Towards the end of last month, says a writer

in Ta-Day, the Railway Pioneer Regiment (a ical engineers from the Rant) were engaged volunteer force composed of mining and mecha in constructing a "deviation" line at one of the that yearly, on the fifth day of the first moon, converting the bridge into scrap-iron. Cluse by Most surprising, however, is the information many drifts where De Wet bad busied himselfin when the Hokkieps assemble in large numbers the river was a large "surprisingly clean" Boer for special services, the number of resident farmhouse, which was promptly occupied by the snakes is greatly increased by additions from corps commanding officer, an Uitlander, whose. the jungle. These visit their sacred brethren, yearly salary at Johannesburg in ante-bellum quantities, and then, like the Amb, steal sovereigns. A whisper as to his comparatively partake of the food brought for them in large days ran into thousands of Oom Paul's. silently away" and are seen there no more till luxurious quarters reached, in an evil moment, the next few year's gathering assembles.oyercrowded and comfortiess Bloemfontein, Penang Gazelle

much worse things for much less money.

There is a Chinese temple at Sungai Kluang, beyond Glugor, where we are positively in formed a number of snakes are kept around thejoss. They live in a walled, roofless space, and from long association with the idol, receive worship along with it. The joss protects them, and as the Chinese pay their adoration to their deity they feed the snakes which surround it. Those officials of the temple whose duty it is to collect money for what we should call "church expenses" are accustomed to carry At 5.25 on Friday morning, a fire broke out

with them one of these holy snakes, as a sort Since my last letter, news reached here of in a native tobacco shop, No 159 and 160ation but as a guarantee of good faith. This of letter of credit, not. necessarily for public- Peking Road, near the corner of Shanse and another sad murder of a Missionary between Yangtsun and Lofa stations on the Peking line. promptly upon the scene and rendered excel-up by other churches with extremely practical Peking Roads. The Brigade as usual were is rather a good idea, which might be taken: Mr. Stonehouse a Peking Missionary of the Lon-

lent service. The flames caught on to houses don Mission returned to his work soine months ago, it is stated with the British Minister's

on the opposite side of the road and gave the sanction, and was engaged chiefly in distribut

firenea a hard battle. They also spread to the ing such relief as had been assigned to the

Shanse Road Bridge and streams had to be villages who had suffered from Boxer depreda-played in order to save the bridge from destruc- tions. The districts he had taken charge of in

tion, this was fortunately done. There was the place of Mr. Grant who had gone home,

a good supply of water which enabled the were distinctly quiet and being more or less

Brigade, with fifteen streams playing, to get the contiguous to the railway line, and within easy

fire well under by about eight o'clock. In all, distance of the British outposts, might have

sixteen houses were totally destroyed and been considered safe enough. Mr. Stonehouse

three badly damaged by fire and water. As had his headquarters at Tonan and had crossed

usug the panic among the Chinese was great, the river and been to visit a village called burning house by jumping from the verandah and four men in attempting to escape from a Hsinan and was on his return to Tona. As they neared, the ferry his teacher drew his

into the street were badly injured, one so badly attention to the fact that a party of army men

that he had to be conveyed to the Shantung Road Hospital. Although no report was made were already in the boat and suggested he had

after the fire of anyone missing, the police better wait. Mr. Stonehouse did not, however,

found the charred remains of a woman on see any cause to feat the men and went on, had Saturday afternoon among the ruins. She bas his cart put on board the ferry and apparently entered into conversation with the armed men.

been identified as a widow who resided in one It is believed he pointed out to them the danger suffecated white endeavouring to make an of the houses, and is supposed to have been of going about with arms and that if foreign' soldiers saw them they would certainly be

escape. The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained. The property was insured.. killed. The men put down their arms on the boat and went away, but soon returned with several more armed men, who speedily showed they were angry at why the Missionary said. As they became threatening Mr. Stouchouse appears to have assured them that he did not want their arms or to interfere with them, and advised them to take their rifles and go quietly away. But they either thought he would in-

OTHER FIRES.

On Saturday morning at 12.45 o'clock a fire was signalled in the Hongkew district. Through some mistake the fire was reported to be in Boone Road, but was afterwards found to be in Li Hong-kew, some considerable distance away, where the firemen found some straw hits burning and had to stand and look

to obtain a stream. The huts were destroyed, On Friday morning at one o'clock a large fire was reponed outside the South City Gate, but was found to be among some straw stacks, and was extinguished by the natives. No alarm was given in the Settlement.-N. C. D.

THE SIEGE OF PEKING.

Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co., Ld. at their offices.

FRIDAY, 19th.. Daylight-N. Y.. K. steamer Sanuki Maru

leaves for Marseilles and London. Daylight-N. Y. K. steamer Kasuga Maru

leaves for Japanese Ports. Cargo ex Lowther Castle'subject to rent.

TUESDAY, 23rd. Noon-T. K. K. steamer America Mart leaves

for San Francisco via Shanghai, etc.

WEDNESDAY, 24th.

Noon-C. P. R. steamer Empress of India Daylight-O.S.K. steaner Auping Maruleaves with Mails passengers etc. leaves for Vancouver B.C.

for Coast Ports.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE.

American (Auterica Maru) to-morrow. Tacoma (Olympia) to-inorrow. English (Coromande!) to-morrow." Canadian (Empress of India) 16th instant American (City of Peking) zoth instant. American (Hongkong Maru) 7th prox. '.

Empres of Japan, arrived at New York on The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s R.M.S. the ith inst..

sailed from Tacoma on the 10th inst., for

The N. P. S. Co.'s Vladivostock.

Steamer Braemar,

in New York on the 6th inst., and the Silk ex this Co's steamer Vittoria, arrived in New York on the roth inst

The N. P. & Co.'s steamer Tacoma, arrived

form against them or frum the first only sought f.on, as there was no water supply near enough Among their converts were men of all sorts of tesimal contraction of his left eyelid) "least of from Tacoma, for Japan, and Hongkong, on the

DISTURBANCES AT SHANGHAI

an excuse for their cowardley work, as they fired upon him. He tried to hide beneath his cart, but they stood quite close and fired into him five times and then, the forry having been by this time pushed across, everyone ran away. The teacher who had meanwhile made good his own escaps and crossed the river higher | News. up, came back later, found Mr. Stonehouse still-alive But mortally wounded and con- veyed him to a neighbouring village named Nangtaiho, where he died that night. This man also notified the uoops at Lofa of the. occurrence, and it was wired down the line Icom there to Yangtsun and on here. Cavalry immediately left both places for the scene of the murder and as soon as the body had been secured, the villagos op either side of the ferry were promptly burned down. The murderers must have been perfectly well known, as they coolly went on to a large

market town and spent some time there.and returned the same evening by the same ferry, and all went about in broad daylight fully armed. They are presumably either troopers or I Ho tuan who have terrorized the neighbourhood.It is considered a pity that head men of the villages were not secured and inade to give up the culprits instead of simply burnt the villages down, but truly it is one of lose cases when it is hard to decide what should or should not be done,

It is often argued that the foreign troops will Dever succeed in maintaining order in the cup try and suppressing brigands, but an instance has been forthcoming the past week which refutes this idea pretty successfully. Last week ajunk load samshu war beded by pirates on the way down to Taugkutothes.a. Lienshing | and some packages stolen. The matter was reported by Jarding the shippers to the Pro- visional Government through the British Con- sul, and within the days the whole of the property was recovered. The Japanese believe, patral that section of the country and they promptly sited the headmen of the village and the stolen property was equally promptly returned, but the pirates themselves have not been handed believe. Probably one or two cases like this will settle matters.

The Brish Consulato neral has to-day been handed over to Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Campbell goes to Pazing Very generalTe gret it felt that it has been necessary to transfer the Consulats to other hand, as Mi

RIOTING IN THE SETTLEMENT.

At 315 pm. yesterday, says the M. C. D. News of 8th instant, a number of French soldiers began creating, a disturbance at the corner of Boone and Chapeo Roads by knock ing native women and ricksha coolies about, The police on interfering with them get badly, of these men and took thein to the Hongkew mauled, but finally succeeded in arreting six Police Station, where Provost Marshal Major Watson took down their depositions, and those of several witnesses.

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and before many hours the Colonel was favoured with a service telegram which read. "The DO.R. wants your house." The erst- while Randite, puzzled beyond measure, handed the cryptic message to his adjutant, who, after MISSIONARIES AND LOOT,

much searching of a fortunately available Army Writing from Tokye on Jan. 12, Mr. Safford List, gave as his version that "the Director of Ransome records in the Daily Express a con. Railways Colonel Girouard, is going to commandeer our house." "Will he?" said versation with Sir Claude Macdonald, in which the indignant Anglo-Afrikander, "ne bally his Excellency is reported to have said-

The normal population housed in the British blue nose' is going to tum us out on the Legation of Peking is between-seventy and eld. If he can sling round a bucket full of eighty people, but during the siege we had goo The D.O.R. can G.T.H" Thenext day here capital letters, so can i Jest, telegraph back to take care of and feed. The greater part ofceived another communication from the Orange these were missionaries and their converts, Colony's capital, ordering him to present him. Their behaviour was excellent; in fact, we derived much material benefit from their pre-requested to explain what he meant by for- before a beard of inquiry. At it he was sence. The American missionaries, in parti-warding such a grossly insalting message to cular, developed a wonderful capacity for organisation. The missionaries of course all

an Imperial officer of high rank. "There spoke Chinese, and had a great power over

must be surely, some terrible' error in trans- their people, and among them were a number

mission," said the innocent person from the of doctors, whose services were invaluable.

Golden City; "I hope I am incapable of insul ting any brother officer, and" (with an infini trades, with the result that not only were people fed with regularity and system, but

all a brother colonial." “Bul," said the P. and the routine of life was so perfected that we satisfactory sanitary arrangements were made,

sident of the Board," your wire runs, The could even get our boots and clothes mended.

D.O.R.. can G.T.H. Now, telling anybody to go to that region means in the service a court I know nothing as to the accuracy of that manial" "Quite so," responded the Colonel, telegram to the effect that Sir Ersert Satow

"but you see the message means. The Dir had stated that the Christians must not look

ector of Railways can Get The House Tableau for compensation, as they had indemnified themselves by lode; but in any case looting has been general. As far as the British Army is concerned our men have done their fir share. Had we been alone we could have- controlled our men, but our Tommies are not angels, and it was too much to expect of them that they should keep their hands off when they saw the Rusalling the Geruans, and the however, organised their looting at an early French helping themselves. The British, stage, and everything had to be brought in and sold systematically by the looting com mittee: The behaviour of the Japanese was excellent, but when they take aviuous tone. by maintaining that of all the Powers they were alone in stopping their soldiers looting at an eatly date, we must remember that when they first entered Peking they made a bee-line for the Treasury, and took everything they could lay their lands on

NOTANDA.

CALENDAR.

APRIL

Meteorological means based on ten years' observations to 1893. Barometer...ALAY Thermometer Humidity. Rainfall

ANOTHER FRACAS.' took place at 6:30 p.m. yesterday at the corner of Feochow and Tibet Roads. The trouble had its outcome in a house of ill fame hard by, at 5.30 p.m. and the men concerned at the time only numbered four. When the police ex- I much deprecate the ultra-sensational" sticks, and went away, only to return in an postulated the soldiers threatened them with accounts as to lasting that have gone home, hour's time with about 30 or 40 comrades..

and I cannot help smiling at the fact that one They then began to assault native men and

of the gentlemen of your fraternity who was. waxing indignant on the subject had in his and Sikh constables reported to Laoza Police jade teapot, valued at 500! I am among the women for no reason whatever. The native pocket at the very time of his accusations a station and and a strong force of Europeans, looters, said Sir Claude smiling, and here is my Sikhs, natives turned out. Meanwhile the French soldiers stone, not unlike a letter-weight, with some under Inspector-Wilson loot, showing me a small recessed utensil in had taken possession of some debris in connec Chinese characters engraved on it. This is tion with a house undergoing demolition, arm-Kang Yi's ink pot. When I found myself in ing themselves with bricks and spokes of wheels that gentleman's house and reflected on the and alsaulting defenceless women and men amount of trouble he had given me, I could not passing by, and overturning rickshas. Upon resist carrying away a little memento of that hearing the police were turning out in force ingenious stateman, and what more suitable they decamped pellmell into French Town, and souvenir than this ink pol, which, doubtless, he the police upon arriving at the scene found had used so frequently in the course of our they were too late, and consequently no arrests never ending, negotiations. It is only worth a Ladza Bation severely gaslied about the head I value it. As to the behaviour of the mis- werd effected." One Chinese was taken to the shilling or twe, and is my only piece of loot, but and sent from there to the Shantung Roadsignatics after the siege in looting if all looting Trospis A strong picquet, patrolled the is wrong, as in theory it is, then they have been. Nanking Road the rest of the evening and at to blame but there are times when the laws of 18od certain places the police were doubled, but in

"

The N. P. S. Co.'s steainer Taconta, sailed

9th inst, also this Company's steamer Queen Adelaide, sailed from Yokohama, for Tacoma, on the rath inst.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS.

-5.S. la de Luzon at Kowloon finci U.S.S. Bennington...

U.S.S. Yorktown....... H.M.S. Ocean ........

Sty=

Kweiyang

Đinh Sử

Companlade Filipīna Shantung

Chowfa........

Handleres

Ilicos.........

Lung Tsing Hangchoy .....

U.S.S. Concord Colonies

.30.039

620

.85.0 mungar 4.08

Perla Pettiana

TO-DAY. WEATHER REPORT.

Barometer Temperature Humidity Rainfall...

On date

On Juic

19.99 29.93

.92

034

TO-DAY.A „Friday, 12th Abril, 1901,A) Chinese-k of and sigjen öf 27th year of

Kwang-su Sun-Rises.......

shr. 43mini Sels n

11. 6hr: 18ihin. Moon-Last Quarter Fahr, zamin, ami High water-Morning 4kr. 39min. Morning thre 43min.. Low water-Morning......... Skr. 34min Afternoon....lohr, zomin.

173837,000 Christians butchered in Japan.

ANNIVERSARIES."

1837-Captain Ellicot removed from Macas to

Cantos/ 1877-Annexation of the Transvaal. 1874--Loss of the M. M. steamer Vid

1881

Arrival of the King of Hawaii in Hong

kong Death of Margul

PASSED THE CANAL.

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SHIPPING REPORTS.

Captain G. M. Scopinich; of the steamship Aristea, from Moji, reports:-Cloudy all over the Formosa Channel, fresh N., breers with agitating-sea.

Capt. W, JDavis, of the steamship Haimun, from Wei-hai-wei, ia Woosung, reports: Left Wei-hai-wei ata on the 5th inst, had

had light S.E. winds and smooth sea to Turn light N, to N.E. winds, smooth sea, and cloudy weather to Woosung, arrived there at 4.30 p.m. on the 6th, left Woosung at 10 a.m. on the 9th,

port modemte E.N.E. winds with thick bary about, thence to Lammacks fresh N.E. mon. soom with high following sea, Lammocks to weather. Vessels in Wei-hai-wei -H:M:S, Terrible and Britomart. In Woosing H.M.S. Centurion, Glory, and Orlandi,"

STEAMERS EXPECTED,

Names.

From

America Mari.....Shanghai... Coromandel

Singapore

To-morrow To-morrow

Trieste Suevia

Japan, ... Singapore

Apr 14th

April 15th

April 16th

April 17th

Empress of india.. Japan...... Sanuki Maru...... Japan! April 17th Prinz Heinrich, ...Colombo. City of Peking......San Fmacisco... April 20th Hiroshima Maru... Bombay ...... April 21st Hongkong Marin.. San Francisco... May 7th

We would direct the chentian of shipping firms in the style in which "Steamers Expected" and "I'vnjectang fully urge the managers of shipping bra to give anders is are now published fu these crilumas, and in so doing respect their clerks to furnish this ice, so the forms already sup plied gratis with the latest nemilukis Informations maar daa.

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PROJECTED SAILINGS.

Destination,

Date

April 18th

April 30th

¿April 23rd

April 24th

May 4th

May 4th

Agamemnon London... Ajax ..................... London. America Mara...Sau Frisco, Anping Mar Foochow Antenor............. London...... Asturia... New York

Straits; &... July 25th London.......

April 18th Shangbai, &c. April 24th Singapore, &c..... April 18th San Francisco, &c. May 25th Europe, &c....... April33th City of PekingSan Francisco, &c. April 30th Coptic

San Francisco, &c. Atil rath

Bayern

11

Candia

J

Ceylon

Chelydra

China...

Chusan

Coromandel... Shanghai April 14th Daijin Marg Swatow, &c. April 14th Diamante Manila

April 15th

Doric San Francisco, &c. June 1st Emp ChinaVancouver, &c.... June th Emp. India

Cosmopolit

April 24th

Emp Japan.

May 15th

Gaelic

San Francisco,

May 7th

Clenogle

Victoria, NC.

April 13th

Haiching

Swatow, &c...

113th

Hamburg Straits, &c

June 13th

Hiroshima, Maru. Moji; &c. Hongkong Mani San Francisco, &c

domeneus London

pril 23rd

www-April 16th

April 16th

April 19th

July th

* Ontward-22nd MarchTM-Ceylon Cúlchas, | Andalusia, Segon, Benvairlich, Germanicus. záth - March -— Prine Heinrich, Kostroma, Masconom, 29th Mar - Indus, Shinano Maru Izumi Maru, Victoría, B.C. A... Apell joth Fadrant, and April Ambria, Claudan, Oslo, | Kagoshima Maru Bombay, Sutherland 4th April-Orel, Dardenus othega Marulapan April-Oak Branch, Glinartney, H. H. Meer Kautschou Stralis, &t. Coningsby Gloucester City, Proussen, Nippon Mant San Francisco, &c. Glenturret, Japan, Claverley, Kamacht Maru, König Albert ... Straits, &c.

Homeward and Api-Tonkin, Klauts chosi, 4th April-Ixton Malacca, gh April Wittenberg, Ransa.

Arrivals at Home-3rd April-State of Sade Maru, Sydney, 10th April-Glaucur, Tonkin, Glamorganshirt...

Shipping.

Arrivata.

USE Brith steamer, 177 Dawsonth Apri Sugapore din April:

ritish steamerme

Olympia Victoria, BC.. Poating Shanghai Preusseri Straits, &c Prinzess Irene Straits, &c. Pinz Heinrich.traits, &e Fyrrhus.......Liverpool! Richmond Castle New York' Sachsen Straits, &d Sanuki Maru Mar Shinono Maru

Sibiria

Sobraon,

73 Hav

Marse