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LOCAL AND GENERAL, V

The Hongkong Celegraph

A TELEGRAM has been received from H. B. M. Consul, Bangkok,to-day, that quarantine restric;

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 1905.

"GAMBLING GANGS

Hongkong, FRIDAY, September 15, 1905- tions against Hongkong have been removed. :,ployed in the Naval Yard Extension, and as a

THE "MIKASA”

It is difficult to realise that in time of peace and under conditions which were in the highest degree conducive to safely, the flagship of Admiral Togo should have been lost, and, with it, '599 lives. The Mikasa was a modern warship in every respect; she bad weathered the gales of the bleak coast off the Liaotung Peninsula had been in every naval fight and skirmish since the be- ginning of the war; and had proved a valu- able weapon in the hands of Admiral Togo. Yet, when all is over, an accident occurs and a historical career ends disastrously. We have no means at present of learning how the accident which terminated so tragically happened on the Mikasa. The appalling death-rate shows that there must have been some strange agency at work, for even in time of war the sinking of a warship is not necessarily attended by such startling results. When the Petropartorek with Admiral

THE Criminal Sessions which open at the Supreme Court on Monday will be taken by his Honour Mr. A. G. Wise, vice the Chief Justice, absent on extended vacation leave. THE 5.8. Indravelli arrived here last evening, from Chefoo and Chiawantau, with 1,893 coolies on board in transit for Durban, whither she will proceed, after taking in some cargo and necessary stores.

JOHN JORDON, fireman of the ss. Bollenhall, was charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland this morning with unlawfully remaining in the Colony after the departure of his vessel from this port. He was fined $15 or one month.

GATHERED IN," A Yesterday was pay-day with the coolles am

consequence no less than 69 had to face the magistrate this morning at the Police Courts, in "schools of i1, a3 and 35, respectively. In the case of the first "school" Mr. C. D.. Wilkinson, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, appeared an behalf of the second defendant, and sought to set up an alibi, and applied for a 'remand on his behalf for further evidence. Chief Detective inspector Hanson prosecuted

The

THE ACCIDENT 20 TUB "SBEADLER"

NEAR SINGAPORE.

Exchanges to hand from the southern settle; ment give details of the accident to the German cruiser Seeadler as reported to us by wire from our correspondent at Singapore. The Straits Times, of the 8th inst, refers to the accidant in the following terms;---

Misfortune seems to follow the German cruiser Sendler. Little more than a weak aga she went ashore on the Trident Shoal off Labuan and came to Singapore for repairs after being towed off. And now she is hard and fast on the Kent Rocks, ten miles away

from here.

Mr. Wilkinson said that his client was is attendance on a boiler which required watch-

son proved that the man was with the gang ing, at the time of the raid, but inspector Han- at the time of their arrest. The case against the second defendant was (ben remanded, bail being allowed in the sum of $63. rest of the men had no defence beyond the usual "only looking on,' and Mr. G. N. Orme AT the annual meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Foot-fined the first defendant, the leader, $30, and the ball Club the following officers were elected: remainder $4, with the usual alternatives. President, Mr. J. L. McPherson; secretary and treasurer, Mr. M. Bishop: captain Mr. A Hamikou; and vice-captain, Mr. A. S. Kemp thorne. A committee consisting of the officers and Messrs. W. L. Weaser and Le Breton game with money, dice, cards and other para having sustained much damage. After coaling

was appointed to arrange the practices and

matches.

THE 200 yards range at the King's Park, Kowloon, will be available for practice from

FINE FLAVOUR Makaroff on board ran upon, three mines two to six o'clock to-morrow and the coinpeti-

AND

MELLOWNESS

ATTAINED ONLY BY

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QUALITY

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GREAT AGE.

Per Dozen $16.50.

tions for the Governor's Cup, "China Mail InCup and Pool will be shot for. Owing to the practice for the Interport rifle match the King's l'ark Range will not be available for member after to-morrow, until Saturday, the 21st

October.

THE SECOND 'SCHOOL-

Next came another batch consisting of 23 coolies, all taken red-handed indulging in a

phernalia before them. Guilt was proved against them all, and His Worship fined the keepers $15 each and the rest of the gang $5 each, or alternative terms in Victoria Gaol,

THE THIRD CONTINGENT.

The Seeadler when she got ashore at Labuan was on her way from Yap in the Caroline Islands to German East Africa, where there is fighting going-on, and she found it necessary le put into Labuan for coal after going through a very heavy monsoon en route, and it was while attempting to make the port that she ran on the Trident Shpal on Thursday, 31st August. Her guns and heavy gear were taken into boats and she was successfully towed off next day by the N, D. L. d.s. Kedah, without

he came on to Singapore for examination and dry docking, if necessary.

TELEGRAMS.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”

HERVICE. RODJESIVENSKY

QUARTERED NEAR KIDTO. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 15th September,

11.55 am. Admiral Rodjestvensky is now quartered at Fushimi, near Kioto.

CANTON HANKOW

RAILWAY.

RAISING FUNDS

TO PURCHASE THE CONCESSION,

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 15th September,

11:55 am.

The Chinese Government. buve borrowed the sum of three million taels froin the British on the security

of the revenue derived from the Cau-

The bottom of the cruiser was examined by divers who reported that she had not been ́ The previous cases disposed of, the biggest badly hurt, and as it was not considered necessary in the circumstances to put her batch of the lol, 35 in all, then took their stand,

into dock she proceeded on her voyage yes. ton Imperial Maritime Customu. completely lining three sides of the Courtroom.terday afternoon for German East Africa.

The Seeadler left Singapore at about half- Sergeant Gerrard proved the arrest of this gang and produced the mats, lamps, cards, dice

full speed. About, balf-past six, without any money ($8,63) found on the space around where past five o'clock and was soon going nearty the men were sitting. As in the other cases warning, a violent shock of the collision was the accused endeavoured to set up various ex felt throughout the ship and the greatest con cusés, as to being there in search of a friend," steraation prevailed on board as her bottom passing by" and "on the way to work, when was heard grating upon a reef. The Stadler, they were arrested. The leaders were fined had run on the Kent Rocks. Engines were

pur.

and sank almost instantaneously, a large proportion of the crew was rescued. the case of the Milan, however, out of a total complement of 735, no lewer than 59 are lost, while the vessel is presumably lying at anchor in a busy harbour. The details of the disaster are so tantalisingly ineagre that we are compelled to search for some explanation other than that given that fire broke out on board and caught the embezzlement in that city, was called on again $23, ten of the players $8, and the remainder reversed and every possibla means was adopted concessionaires on the paymont of

magazine. A warship of the type of the Mikara is specially constructed to witlisland fire. In battle, the vessel is stripped of every piece of material that would suggest the remotest possibility that flames could get a hold on the framework from shell-fire.

tons is protected by every means known to naval architects. Inside and outside the

Tux case in which the extradition of Charles Burel, coffee house keeper, of Haiphong, is sought by the French authorities for alleged

this afternoon before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, $5, all with alternatives of imprisonment. when, on the application of Mr. Hanson, Chief inspector of Detectives, the case was further remanded fur une week, no papers in connec tion with the case having been received from one having arrived 19 Haiphong and no identify the accused.

A CHINESE SCARE.

POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.

BILL AND PLACARD AGITATION,

to get her off, but all to no purpose. She was hard and fast on the reef. Her speed carried

the vessel well over the rocks until her

BOWS SHOWED AHOVÉ WATER. That is to say, so far as can be ascertained up to the present moment, the hull must be on the rocks to the extent of about half its length.

It is announced that the money.

pose of meeting the fund necessitated has been raised partly for the

by the recovery of the Canton-Hun- kow Railway which the Government hus acquired from the American

$6,750,000 (gold).

THE GRIEVANCES OF NORWAY,

Let me now enumerate some of the claims

We ask that equal-importance be given to the advanced by Norway, but disputed by Sweden. two kingdoms in the great seal of state; that Norway should have her own flag; that in Nor- way the of that should come

The Chinese community of Singapore are at Then the magazine of a battleship of 15,000 | By kind permission of Lieut. Col. A. G. Fitton, present being provoked into a state of agitationThe fore part is fixed on the reef and the after 0.5.0., and Officers, the Band of the 2nd Batt, over a recent act of legislation which may lead "The Queen's Uwn" (Royal West to the A. S. WATSON & CO., magazine is defended by armour-beits; it is will play the following yo, West Kent Rest)

the dangerspot of the ship, for if the maga during dinner, at the Hongkong Hotel, to- it will be remembered that among recoming and mail steamers: They are submerged, aur country to the rank of a province. One by

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zine is struck that is the end of the vessel. Yet the Mikasa, resting after winning laurels for herself, her builders, her crew and her Admiral is Lamely--if spectacularly-allowed to become the victim of an accident, It is incomprehensible, and the result of the investigation which is bound to be held in Japan will be awaited with the utmost [31 interest by all who have the welfare of the

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The Kent Rocks are about ten miles from tant from the ordinary route followed by trad. to serious consequences, and which the Singapore and about half in mile to a mile dia-

being about six feet below water, but they have deep water all round-something like 18 lo 20 feet. The Setadler draws about three fathoms. She went ashore at high tide,

mendations made for effecting an improvement of the health of the Colony was one to the

effect that in all cases where deaths were un. registered by a certified medical practitioner a post-mortem examination should be held on the body. This proposal was discussed at the time but nothing more was heard of it until Owing to the Band having a later engage now, when a certain section of the Chinese are ment the hours will be from 7.35 p.m. 10

up in arms agaitist this system, which they 9.10 pm. instead of the usual time.

say has been put into force and is being practised at the present moment. The town is FLOODED WITH HANDBILLS

We regret to have to announce the death of

When all atteinpts to get her off under her own steam had failed, she was lightened for ward and preparations made for another effort at refloating her at high water this morning, at sevoo o'clock; and a boat was despatched back to Singapore for assistance. The attempt, however, proved unavailing, and to-day she

Japanese at heart, and by that large body of Mrs. Brazil, wile of Sergeant Brazil, of the calling upon the Chinese and the Moham. remains hard and fast,on the rocks,

men, particularly in the Far East, whose duty it is to acquaint themselves with the

minutest affairs of naval life.

JUNK LIGHTS.

of

Hongkong Police force, which occurred at the Victoria Hospital last, night, Sergeant Binzil came back to this Colony in the beginning January last from furlough at home, bringing with him a bride, whose loss he is now called upon to mourn. Mrs. Brazil was taken ill with

a

Tutus anemoon His Excellency the Governor, was "at home" to the children of the soldiers of the Garrison, at Mountain Lodge, Peak, the parents of the children being also invited, the total number of acceptances being 160. The beautiful grounds surrounding the house were entirely given up for games, and in special marquees erected on the lawns all kinds of good things were provided for the guests, young and old. Races were run for prizes, and things so

souvenir of what to them must have been a very

medans to combine and co-operate in resisting this practice of post-mortem examinations and appealing to them through their religious feel- ings to assist in getting it stopped.

The problem is a very delicate one for the

When news of the accident was brought to Mr. G. Kiliani, the German Consul General, he advised Tanjong Pagar Dock and they des patched

TUGS AND SALVAGE GEAR

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Norway should not be a Swede, for this post all official documents; text the Governorst filled otherwise than by a Norwegian reduced one the Swedes yielded on all these pointe, but not without long resistance. While Norwegians were admitted to the diplomatic and consular wervices of the union, we could not secure what we had most at heart, viz., the conduct of our own foreign affair. Finally, a mixed commis. sion, made up of Swedes and Norwegians, was appointed to settle this and other matters in mission sat from 1839 10. 1844, but accomplished dispute between the two countries. This com nothing. Sweden refused to grant our de- mands. A second mixed commission sat from 1865 to 1869, but with no better results. The Swedes made it a condition before they would make any concessions on oiber points that Affairs. The Norwegian Storbing refused, lo Norway accept the Swedish Minister of Foreign 1885 the Swedlib Parliament regulated by law the conduct of our Norwegian foreign affairs, which up to then had been a royal prerogative, and which now. of Foreign Affairs at Stockholm We saw in this act a direct violation of our rights. To our reiterated demand that we be allowed to participate in the conduct of the nation's foreign policy we were always given the same reply, viz, that we must recognize the Swedish Minister in these matters. In 1896 came to. gether another mixed commission, which was divided into several factions and which accom plished no practical results. Finally, an abor- live efforts was made to give lõ each country, A consular service of its own. This time the

Government to handle, if, as the Chinese to the striken cruiser. To-night between seven was put absolutely in the hands of the Minister agitators allege, the system has been adopted of and eight o'clock, when the tide is at its high holding such examination of all bodies in cases, it is expected things will be in shape to permit of another attempt being made to get where a death certificate has not been granted the vessel off. So far as can be learned the by a recognised medical man. One prominent cruiser does not appear to be making water Chinese who disclaims any knowledge of the very seriously, but it is certain that she must origin of these handbills, asserts it as a fact that have sustained great damage to her keel, most of the deaths that occur among the Asia-which bad already been injured when she tic population are uncertified, and that there- fore if the regulation is rigidly applied nearly all those who die in Singapore would have to be examined.

went on the shoal ut Labuan,

The tides at present are rising at a rate of about three inches a day so that there is that circumstance in favour of salvage being suc cessfully accomplished; but expert opinion points to the operations being of a very diffi. cult nature. Her guns and other movable

The bills which are being scattered broad cast throughout the town are very violently and hysterically worded; and while not actually inciting the Chinese to violence in order to

armament and heavy gear will have to be gain a discontinance of these post-mortem lightered into tongkangs before she can be go1 examinations the language employed is nol calculated to make for

PEACE AND GOOD ORDER.

,

afloat.

proposal came from Sweden. But at the last moment she imposed conditions which a fres country could not accept. The patience of Norway was now wom but..

be

To these various causes of discontent should.

added the embarrasing situation often

occasioned in Norway by the intrusion of the King and Swedish Government into our home politics when not to the taste of Sweden." More than once our Governing has had to The Stadler is a third class steel cruiser complain of the King's Interference quite with» with twin screws, one funnel and two manis, out our request, with the growth of the pailia- Is it not a pity, is the question in effect Her length is 346 feet, beam 36 feet 5 in, and mentary regime in our country based on as asked on the handbills, that the bodies of

1821, we abolished all titles of nobility, down dead Chinese should be chopped and mean draught 15 feet. She was built at Ham-vent, so rage, from the moment when, in their souls disembodied and spirits denied the burg in 1843. She has a displacement of 1640 to 1884, when we rejected the absolute velo tons, an indicated horse power of 1700, and a power of the King, the governing classes of pleasures of heaven and consigned to eternal speed of is knots. Her coal capacity is ago Sweden have tried to exert an uninvited to Hades. For, of course, it is an article of be

inch deck over her vital parts and elsewhere

BEFORE MY, F. A. Hazeland this morning lief among them that the soul of a disem-tons and she is fully loaded. There is a three fluence in our nation. Bjornstjerne Bjornsen. bowelled and dismembered body cannot enter 1.1 inch deck of steel. Her armament is eight another cosmopolitan lot of vagrants coo- 4.1 inch quick-firers, five pr. revolving can-isting of two :cots, two Americans, ona Ja- into the joys of the aller life.

non, two .311 inch machine guns and two panese, and an Argentinian was brought up, all torpedo tubes. Her complement is 130 all told. of whom were charged with being found on the streets of the Colony without any visible means of subsistence. They were remanded to the THE SINGAPORK MURDER, House of Detention.

type of low fever some time ago, and as she If the Merchant Shipping Amendment appeared to be making no progress towards Bill, which passed through committee of the recovery she was removed to the Victoria Has Legislative Council yesterday, adequately pital, where she gradually sank, until last night deals with the question of junk lights it will she passed quidily away. Much sympathy is certainly prove a boon to the shipping in the felt for the husband in bis bereavement. harbour. Time and again, when questions of collisions have been before the Courts, in which junks were concerned, the chief point has turned on the lights carried by the native craft. The Judges of the Supreme Court have repeatedly animadvered on the character of the lights displayed, but without having legal provisions permitting the junk inspectors to deal with offenders in this PREMIER CIGAR respect, the remonstrances have gone practi-managed that each child present received a cally unheeded. Recently a case came up delightful time. His Excellency, assisted by before the Paisne Judge, the owner of a his A. D. C., Captain Arbuthnot-Leslie, and steam launch being sued for damages as the Mr. R. A. B. Ponsonby, Private Secretary, was, result of a collision with a junk. On that as usual, indefatigable in looking after the wel- occasion there was produced in Court the fare and comfort of his guesta. lamp which it was alleged had been burn Ma. G. N.. Orme gave his decision-in the case ing brilliantly at the masthead of the junk.in which a merchant in Bonham Strand was A more dilapidated specimen of a lamp charged with keeping a common lodging house it would have been impossible to imagine, without a licence. It will be remembered that The wick was a picce of twine, and two sides in this case Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., instructed by Mr. C. E. H. Beavis, of Messrs. Wilkinson of the lamp were gone. Yet the occupants and Grist, sought to prove that as the house of the junk strongly asseverated their con-

was not maintained for gain or profit it could viction that the lamp gave a brilliant light,|not come under the category of a common and even suggested that it was as good a lodging house within the meaning of the Odin. lamp as the searchlight in front of steamers ance, inasmuch as the propietor used it for passing through the Suez Canal. Anybody philanthropic purposes, those who could pay

being called upon to do so, but those who the authorities has not been decided upon, in a local paper yesterday, says the Strait, FitAssistant of the Hongkong Observatory- who saw this paragon among lamps would could not pay for their night's lodging being though no doubt stringent mestures will be No. 1 - $2.75 - per 100 have laughed at the idea that such a lamp given the same free.--In giving his decision taken to deal promptly with the agitation in its

could have been visible at two cables' lengths, Mr. Orme said he was of opinion that the pre-incipiency. but not so the junk-owner. When this demises did come within the meaning of a generate example of a light was exhibited to common lodging house as set forth in the No. 2 - $2.50 per 100 the Court, the Puisne Judge remarked that Ordinance, it was left to the discretion of the Chief Sanitary Officer to exempt certain houses he had frequently commented on the charac from this category, but in this case it was the ter of the lights borne by junks in Hongkong Sanitary officials who were prosecuting. He harbour, but without avail. What wonder therefore beld that the premises did constitute No. 3 - $2.25 - per 100 was it that accidents occurred under these a common lodging house under the Ordinance, circumstances? The junks were a menace and therefore must be licensed--Mr.Beavis ask to the shipping of the port, and a danger to ed His Worship to fix a period within which the those on board. Now that the Attorney two weeks from date. He remarked that this licence must be taken out, and it was fixed for -General has taken up this question of junk

was a very important matter, touching the in- lights it is to be hoped that a salutary law terests of hundreds of houses similarly situated will be passed requiring the junks to exhibit in the Colony, and it would in all probibility lights which are really lights, and not glim go further-Mr. Orme said that Mr. Beila's mers in the dark-which might be mistaken client should be given to understand that in for shadows on the water. The question is finding that his premises did constitute a "common lodging house," it carried no reflec one which every seafaring man refers to in tion against it of its proprietor, and Mr. Beavis no uncertain tone, and it certainly is high said he would see that that point was made ➡7 | time that their grievance was rectified. | abundantly clear to his client.

Gregor & Co.,

SOLE AGENTS,

Hongkong, 8th July, 1905."

That there is a well organised body behind the movement is apparent from the energy with which the agitation is being pursued. Hand. bills are dropped in at every shop door, and placards are also posted on the walls in various parts of the town. The Stralis Times says that the matter was reported yesterday (7th inst.) to the President of the Municipal Com. missioners, Mr. E. G. Broadrick, and also to the Chief Police Officer, Mr. W. A. Cuscader, but so far the line of action to be adopted by

tion, it may be, has never been directed toward

A BASELESS STORY,

With regard to an account which appeared

Times of 8th inst., concerning the murder of Private J. Short of A. Co, Sherwood Foresters,

we are informed by the Police, authorities that there is no truth in any part of the story, with THE following appears in the Association Bulletin, published weekly by the European the exception of the statemeal, published by department of the Young Men's Christian Asus at the time of the discovery, that the nur- sociation, of Hongkong:-There are many dered man's body was in the Regimental Swim- men is this Colony who might be enjoying the ming Tank at Tanglin. Even the date River privileges of the Y. M. C. A., but whose atton is wrong, as the 29th of July was a Saturday them. New men are continually arriving so not a Friday. The tale of the half burned re- that it is almost impossible for a small member-mains of a rikisha having been found in the ship committee to focate all, or even a majority neighbourhood is wilbout foundation. After of them. We shall urge our present members investigation, Mr. Hooper of the Jinrikisha and to give their active assistance andto make it a possible. We are still below the number there is no rikisha missing. The many point to introduce as many new members as Hackney Carriage Department declares that necessary to the successful working of the was alleged by insinuation to have committed Association, but trust that the hearty co-opera- the crime and to be in hiding was at his work tion of the membership will remove this yesterday. That Private Short was murdered difficulty. Now is a most opportune time to join as with the return of cooler weather the is made clear from the marks found on the Association will have much more to offer. The body, and it is for the Police to get to the bot- Glee Club made a good start last Wednesday tom of the affair. One circumstance that is and will hold weekly practices. The Football known is that, on the night when the murder: is about to open. Tennis courte i took place, a European was seen pulling two be provided. Beginning with the first week la October there will be a series of social even gher Europeans in a rikisha in the neighbour.

hood ingy, lectures and debatas Join now,

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THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, On the 14th at 5.10 p. The depression bas entered the coast near and to the South of Foochow

On the rgth at 12.5 p. The barometer has risen over the China coast and Formosa

Gradients are slight and moderate. SE, winds will probably prevail in the Formosa Channel and moderate SW. winds over the N. part of the China Sen. M

Forecast-moderate SW, winds ; unsettled, qually, probably some showers.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUL

German (Willshad) 18th inst. Australian (Chingfu) 18th fast, Indian (Nautang) 20th lust, Canadian (Empress of China) 25th int American (Mongolia) 28th inst.

The I. C.S. N. Co's sa. Nanjang from Cal· cutra and the Straits left Singapore for this port yesterday, at 5 pm.

The OS. S. Co. & C. M. S. N.. Co.'s $3, and is due here on roth Instruct Dardanur left Singapore yesterday, at 6 a.m., The Imperial German Mail as. Prinz Hein- rich which left here on 18th silk, at noon, arrived at Ganos on 14th inst., at 4 pm;