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the constant activity of the Police, the records of the Courts show that the success of their efforts is doubtful, and that the results have been, while diminishing the facilities for gambling and the aggregate amount of gambling, to make what remains still more ruinous, because it is secret and uncontrolled, to create a large and undesirable class of spies "who only inform when they are. not sufficiently bribed, to shake the confidence of the public in the police and to increase so. called private gambling. In Singapore were it not that there are public tables easily

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-MORROW being St. Patrick's Day, a very interesting programmice of music has been arranged to be given at St. Patrick's Club. THE European warders who memorialized 1.E. Sir Jebu Anderson on the reduction of their salaries owing to the rise in the exchange value of the dollar have received an unfavour able reply.

A FINE of fas was imposed on a coolie by Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Magistracy, this morning, for administering morphine to three men at West Point, without the same being

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MARINE ENGINEER LEAVES FOR THE WRECK.

No further news has been received, in

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Hongkong to-day regarding the position of the German steamship · Decima, which was reported in last night's Telegraph as have " tock, and subsequently ing

t wreck near Cape Kami, in become the Hainan Straits. Further information re- ceived from. Messis. Sander, Wieler and Com. pany, the agents of the Decima, was to the effect that the captain and officers are still on board the ill-fated vessel, but the native crew has apparently abandoned her. five was also informed that Mr. J. W. Jameson, inarine and salvage engineer, was expected to leave this port to-day, in the steamer City of Birmingham for the scene. An inspection of the report that will follow as to whether any the vessel will be made by that gentleman, and salvage operations will take place will be await-

A CHINESE Constable, No. 234, appeared be- (pre Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, at the Court this morning for assaulting a hawker in the central district, on the 13th instant. The evidence heard was that defendant arrested the hawker, and on the way clubbed the complainant. Aed with great interest. the station the inspector en duly discharged' the hawker, on the groind that there was no

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. ( he hanghong Celegraph heavy penalties on both headmen and owners charge. His Worship fined the constable $3.

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GAMBLERS IN THE FAR EAST.

The rates per quarior and per mensen, proportional The dally issue is delivered free when thanddros in Recible to mwenger Un cop de went by put an additional $1.81) per quarter in charged for postage. The postage on the weekly lasts to any part of the accessible in neighbouring territories, these prescribed by a doctor.

evils would be still more aggravated." After these extremelyacnsible remarks, which will be endorsed by every resident of any standing and any experience of Far Eastern life, His Excellency suggested that the only remedy which can be at present adopted is to restrict the hours of gambling, under

of plantations, as well as coolies in the agrl cultural districts. Apparently such a mea sure will be adopted, if not immediately, at any rate when the new Farm comes into existence. It is, we submit, scarcely a fair Anybody who has lived in the East for procedure to impose on plantation owners any length of time knows 'perfectly well that the duty of preventing gambling on their among the lower classes the sole amusement estates; it compels tliem to undertake police they have, into which they throw their heart functions with no reward should they suc and soul, is gambling. It may be a ceed in dispersing a gambling crowd, and melancholy fact that the coolie should pre-heavy penalties if they fail to ferret out those fer to dissipate his hard-earned "cash" in infringing the law. It is a well known fact `such a frivolous, nut to say immoral, fashion, that gambling is surreptitiously carried on all but that it is a fact none will question. day and the better part of the night in the Hongkong took the matter in hand some servants quarters of most residences in years ago, and by Orlinance and stern de- Hongkong, but how many employers were crees declared that gambling should be ever able to discover the servants in flagrante- suppressed. The result is, of couse, that delicte ?. It is a nice question how to deal the gamblers, when they are wise, desert the public plices, where they formerly threw their coins, and hide themselves from the prying eyes of the police in secluded and sequestered spots. Buil it Cannot be held that gambling has been eradio-called gamblers are caught, busy at their cated in Hongkong. Every now and again

game, even in Government yards,”

the police suddenly bestir themselves

125, or more,

and make a raid, with the result that a batch of miserable coolies is bated before, the. Magistrate, and each of them is fined the usual 1g, with the exception of the leader, or what-in European circles, is known as the *banker," who is mulcted in the sum of These periodical raids, with the consequent appearence in the Police Court have become so common that nobody in Hongkong pays the slightest attention to (3 the incident, but regards it as a sort of nccessary evil in the Colony. However, it is refreshing to learn that people in the galing by means of Ordinances the Government, of Hongkong have abolished

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A. CORRESPONDENT writes Hongkong may at present he termed a "city of impossible thoroughfares." There is scarce. ly any sait of stretch in the main thoroughfares that does not contain its trap for the unwary pedestrian, is the shape of man-holes, while the laying down of piles of unrolled stone makes the sickshis, always ramshackle, more bone shaking than ever. "A bit at a time" would be a good motto for the Roads Department By kind permission of Lieut. Col. A. G. Fitton, D.S O., and Officers, the band of the 2nd Batt., The Queen's Own" (Royal West Kent Regt.) will play the following programme of music during dinner at the Hongkong Hotel, to marrow the 17th jast

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1ST night 54. George Hall, City Hall, presented a very gay and animated scene, the occasion being the A.D.C's dance, which is now becoming an annual function, taking place shortly after the conclusion of their mid- winter performances. As usual, this dance proved a most successful and delightful affair, the Band-the Royal West Kents'the pro-

HUMOURS OF THE SUMMARY: COURT.

"How dare he sue me?" shouted, an irate defendant in the Summary Court this morning, 1 ain the guest of a claneman, and never bought any goods from the plaintiff." Plaintiff swore he personally supplied the goods, for which he was claiming the value, to the defend- ant himself, His Honour said ha most pay up, and try to get half the amount out of his "clansman,"

"A summons was served on me but it does

not bear my name," said an lodian shops Our representa assistant to His Honour, "Mr. Justice Wise,

sitting in the Summary Court this morning.

BIG PHILIPPINES BAITLE.

"Do you owe this money? asked His Honour "No, my Lord, I don't own any money." "Then go and sit down 1"

"Do you want to argue this case ?” asked His onour of a defendant's solicitor in the Summary Court this morning.

"Yes, my Loid," answered the lawyer, "Oh, well," rejoined His Honour, “I may ad, well tell you that I have already made up my mind in the matter."

"I still wani to argue the matter, my Lord, and I think I can convince your Lordship that I am right,"

"Go on then ; but there is another case hera

"I want to argue that too, my Lord, as my in which you are also wrong," (Laughter.)

SIX HUNDRÈD`NATIVES KILLED.

GREAT GALLANTRY OF AMERICAN TROOPs.

The story of the fight in the Philippines, in which the American troops attacked and cap- tured a strongly-fortified position held by 600 fanatical Moros, is told at length in the latest papers from Manila. The fight of Mount Dajopinion is that I am not wrong, and I hope to received the commendation of President Roose bring your Lordship to my opinion.

"All right, I'll hear you"; and a day was It seems to have been a fierce struggle, velt,

set for hearing. all the Moros being killed, while of the Ameri cans 18 were killed and 52 wounded. The greatest praise is accorded the naval detach ment and the constabulary.

A HAND OF OUTLAWS. According to General Wood's account, the action was an incident to the destruction of a biod of outlaws, recognising to chief, who had been occupying the submit of Mouni Dajo for the past eight months. The sullan and yariaus dattes had made numerous unsuccess.

ful efforts to get them out. Major Scott, governor of Jolo, had worked unremittingly to this end. Since his departure, especially, they houses and buildings, including the target range h'd been raiding friendly Moros, and burning buildings at Joto. Through their defiance of authority they were stirring up a dangerous condition of affairs.

UNPAID HOTEL BILL.

When the name of F. E. }, Bishop was called in a case in Summary Jurisdiction this mora- ing before His Honour Mr. A. G. Wist, Puistie Judge, in which Mr. J. W. Osborne, proprietor of the Kowloon Hotel, sued him for recovery of the sum of $21.50 being money due by defendant to the plaintiff for goods and supplies furnished to the defendant, there was no response; the defendant was not present. Mr. Osborne proved his claim and his Honour"ɛavo judg. ment, with costs, for plaintiff.

A DISŪBEDIENT LOOK.

REFUSED TO MAKE THE COFFER.

Before His Honour Mr. A. G,' Wise, Puisne Judge, sitting in Summary, jurisdiction this morning, Abdul Rahman, a cook, in the em play of Jau Mahamed Mir Ali, an engineer, arrears of wages amounting to $23.30, at the

When Mr. Justice Wise expressed his game, the fluor, and hast but not necessarity capture of Mount Dajo, a lava cone, 2,1oo high,sued his master for an alleged balance due for

least, the supper, left, absolutely nothing to be opinion yesterday that there seemed to be desired. The dance partook of the nature of a far too much procrastination on the part of Fancy Dress Ball, and costumes - worn in the bar, His Honour was expressing a home Princess Toto were very much in evidence.

truth which has been held by laymen wie For being concerned in a gang robbery in peruse the newspapers. Of course it may, Singapore, a coolie was sentenced to 14 yenis be considered presumptuous on the part of hard labour. On hearing the sentence prisoner the layman to have an opinion on the sub'excitedly protesteil his innocence and loudly jeet at all, but when he reads case after case only to find that in the end, for lack of sume document, or berance the uny received instuctions a week ago, or for a thousand and one other reasons, one side is unable to proceed, and "the case was ad

unnecessary delay somewhere. It can well be understood that one of the leaders at the Hongkong bar occasionally is in a quandary to find time to appear in all the cases in which he is briefed, but even then it should

appealed for mercy. When this was of no avail he endeavoured to pull his tongue out Tan warder in charge, being unable single handed to remove the prisoner, the police stepped in, and it took two European sergeants, the warder and two natives to force the man down below. Eventually be became so violent

His shrieks and waits disturbed the Court for

some time.

SCENE OF THE FIGHT. The action at Mount Dajo, near Jolo, began on the afternoon of 6th March and lasted until the morning of 8th March. It involved the with crater at summit, the cone extremely steep and rugged, the last 500 foot lying at an angle of from 50 to 60 degrees, the last fifty feet practically perpendicular, approachable only by lava ridges covered with heavy growth oftimber, strongly fortified. The fortifications were generally invisible from a distance.

IMPREGNABLE SITUATION.

The oporations were under the direct charge

rate of $10 a month.

The plaintiff said that he was engaged by defendant as cook at Sto a month to include food, and wages were due frunt 1st January to 10th March. His master got drunk and struck him, gave him a whipping, in fact, and so plaintiff left bis service and brought this suit to recover the wages. Defen

of Colone). W. Duncan, 6th Infantry, whodant said he did not get drunk and he did not was placed in command of All-traps in Jolo whip the plaintiff he was disobedient and so and directed to take the place and capture and he dismissed him. destroy the hostiles. Fe handled the situation well and is entitled to commendation. The officers and men behaved splendidly. The

the Americans bad ever had to take, and he

believed the natural difficulties were as great as they had ever been called upon forevercome, on the Philippines or elsewhere,

DEFENDERS DECIMATED.

His Honour-flow was he disobedient?-L

told him to do something and he said he would

not do it.

• His Honour: But what did you tell him to do. That makes all the difference. I told him to make some coffes for me, and he said he would not make it as he was tired. I thea told him if he would not make the coffee and

obey me he could get out of my house.

His Honour: Do you owe him any money?

The defences also were very considerable and resistance was literally to the death. All the defeinters were killed. As Bear as could-No, my Lord. On the 1st of every month I got my salary- and then 1-paid the cook the same day.

satisfactory to realise that in one respect at least, Hongkong, in consequence of its legislative acumen, is regarded as a paragon

Li YAU's presence of mind did not fail himi *of virtue, iu Perak. And the argument of

when placed in a warm corner yesterday after- Hongkong's higher morality is employed to

noon, but his trick proved disastrous. Lientered cast reflections on the vicious habits of the be remembered that a leader in London a house at No. 265, Connaught Read West and, lower class of natives in the Federated discovers that it is possible to attend half-a-finding nothing valuable to steal, unhinged a door and was about to carry it away when the Malay States. Recently a number of highly-dozen cases in as many Courts on the same occupier of the flat entered. Li's excuse was respectable people in Perak addressed a day. In his case, he appears at the crucial that he entered the wrong building, but the petition to the British Resident asking him | moment, leaving his juniory to deal door over his shoulder gave him away. The to use his influence with the High Commis with the minor and trifling points.2. But occupier was in the act of collaring Li, when sioner, Sir John Anderson, to secure the there is no delaying cases, no begging for suddenly Li let the door fall on the master's suppression of gambling by the abolition of postponements. Admitted that London is toes and bolted. A chase ensued and Li was the gambling Farms, and they cited the not Hongkong, but, probably the ratio of captured. This morning Mr. Hazeland sent beneficial effects which had resulted in actively practising lawyers to cases in Hong him to gaol for fourteen days, with hard labour. Hongkong and Singapore by prohibiting kung is quite as great if not greater than A CAPITAL, entertainment was given at St. the gambling evil. It is rather amusing to that in London. At all events, if only Joseph's College last night, when Professor read about the moral and material benefit from a newspaper point of view, "Mr. Ryder gave an exhibition of conjering and secured by the people of Singapore through Justice Wise gaye siterance to one of hypnotism in presence of a crowded nudience troops were greeted with yells of derision by i

the prohibiting Ordinance, when it is re- membered that natives daily journey to johure-only a few miles away, but outside

A CORRESPONDENT Writes-Some time ago we called the attention of the police to a miser. to haunt the precincts of St. George's Build able decrepit specimen of humanity who used

ings, and assail every pas cr-ly with the cry « Taipon, cumsha," at the same time protrud

be counted from the dead, they were about 600 in number. The artillery had to be lifted by block and tackle some 300 feet in position wher the lodgment was made on the lip of the crater. I was impossible 10 conceive a naturally stronger position. The naval detachment ren- dered splendid services and was entitled to the highest commendation, as was the constabul ary whose casualties were 17 out of 44 engaged

A special report to the Manila Timer says: A reconnaissance was made last week. Three- difficu't ascending trails were reported. The

ANOTHER ACCOUNT..

captured a cotta on a low spur of the mountain. The Constabulary ascended half way to the

STERIL

ARTILLERY COMMENDED.

scouted to the top by evening. Five American On the opposite side of the mountain troops soldiers, were wounded by Moros by rocka being rolled down. The Artillery did excellent work, shelling the crater thoroughly. Two

the outlaw Moros. Their red flag was dis those truisms for which he is renowned, and of boys, both boarders.and day scholars. The which render his tenancy of the Bench a catertainment was of a character seldom pre-played on the fifth instant. Operations began sented in this part of the world, and certainly on the fifth with Colonel Duncan, sixth In- pleasure and delight to lawyer-and laten very infrequently seen by the younger genera fintry, commatiding. The attacking columb alike. In this connection, we had occation. It may be imagined, therefore, that the the jurisdiction of the British Colony-osion some time age to remark on the fascinating display of legerdemain-in which

was composed of four troops fourth cavalry, four companies sixth and two companies gamble all they possess, white on every Sun dilatory methods of dealing with cases at the scholars will decidedly become adepis nineteenth infntry, one constabular under cay scores of Europeans crowd the trains the Magistracy. It is highly satisfactory to themselves if they give the attention to the Captain White, and the twenty-eighth Mountain bound to Johore, in order to spend the day say that the Magistracy to-day is beyond science that they gave last night and the

Battery, Captain McClachlin. The troops over the gambling Farmer's tables. Sir John reproach in that respect. It is hardly to be equally mystical results in hypnotism secur

nccupied the approaches. On the sixth in- Anderson sympathised with the object of presumed that such a state of affairs is dus Alogether the entertainment lasted about wo

cd.for Professor Ryder vociferous applause.

stant,the general attack was begun. Captain the methorial, and agreed that if the termina to any diminution in the number of prisoners hours, and during the greater part of that time stabulary and one section of the 28th Battery

Keeler, Fourth Cavalry, assisted, by Con tion of the Farms would lead to the supappearing before the lower Court, and con the audience way raching with laughter. pression of gaming, the Government should sequently we will attribute it to the energy have no hesitation in complying with the displayed by the Magistrates. Themselves. prayer of the memorial; but the question, to Lawyers in Hongkong might therefore taken his mind, was whether the suppression of the leaf out of the Magistrate's book-metaphor evil in one direction would not lead to the cally-and follow with attention the remarks aggravation of the evil in other respects; of Mr. Justice Wise, whose celerity, com- His Excellency proceeded: "Reference is

mon sense and fairness are not to be dising a filthy tin canister, in a filthier maw, a made in the; memorial to the action of the|puted.

most under their noses. The result was the individuel was chased off his "happy hunting

On the seventh instant the attack was renew- British administrations in the Straits Settle:

ed vigorously. Fierce fighting prevailed all ments and in Hongkong in prohibiting H.M.S. Hegua does not go home direct bus viagrounds," and sought new pastures in the vici gambling, and the memorialists urge that the Bombay and, the Persian Gulf. It is under-nity of the Harbour office. This poor morning. The firing was audible at Jolo, A.

wretch who is said, was once a Chinese stood that this is merely making an ordinary

the cause of an accident strong colta at the brim of the crater was taken condition, moral and material, of their equ periodical visit to the Persian Gulf to show the which might have resulted in the loss of by pistol charge. Two more automatics were

pirate; was RECOR & CO. ROVAL-OLD Hymen in Malaya would show steady im not and is not connected with any expectationis own life and severe damage to the put in the field. About thirty-eight consta.

provement were a similar policy followed in of trouble.

limbs, at least, of a Hiropean gentleman in a

bulary were killed and wounded. All the rickshe, near the Harbour office. The man the Federated Malay States. But all that

was standing quile still in the middle of the troops fought hard, and there was a desperate these administrations have attempted to do MR. Albert Fischer, a jewel merchant, was er

denly rusbed right, across the ricksha One mountain gun and automatics were is to suppress public gaming, and the evils cently travelling from Prome to Rangoon with road, when as a iram advanced, he sud-resistance by the Maros,

a leather bag containing loose diamonds, rubies, coolie, the impact throwing bath men, to empphires, emeralds and gold and silver coins the ground, she ancient pirate just miss. hauled up the mountain by sopet. Beavy wheels by a few inches firing all afternoon. The pack' trains worked way more serious, and the long list of these valued at £20,000. On arrival at Letpadan he ing the tram,

The coolic was a bit bruined, but was

hard carrying, in wounded and returning with given in paragraph three of the memorial, awoke, having heard the carriage door sofily ignore irate, and wanted to do ti ings to the old ammunition. Only twelve of the Constabulary while it applies fully to such gambling, does closed. He saw a man pass out, but could not miscreant, but his fare, who had been able to

were, uninjured, not in the same measure apply to public distinguish his features. A few minutes after save himself from a fall by holding on to the wards he missed his bag and on arrival at splash-boards of the ricksha, found his time ton gaming where the player pits his luck Tharrawaddy towards Letpadan, the bag was precious to waste in that manner, and satis- .00 against an impersonal body like the Farm, found with the bottom cut away and contexts-fed himself with a kick on the mendicant's Anatomy, which leis likely to remember for In the Straits Settlements in spite of the gone. Mr. Fischer has offered Rao,000 for the an hour or two. The mau is a perfect pest,

and the lock-up in the place for him, {16—2 | employment of an army of informers and recovery of the property.

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Colts automatics added to their forces.

His Honour: Thea why has he sued you for over two mouths' salary ?—I don't know I

paid him on the set inst, and, on the and inal he was disobedient, and on the next morn- ing, I cleared him out.

Both sides said they had witnesses, but they were not in Court,

His Honour said he did not believe the plaintiff's story, and dismissed the case.

ARMED KÜBBERY.

PRISONER COMMITTED TO GAOL.

Tai Man, näts Tai Fan Kwai, wấs brought

charged with committing armed robbery, in the Ching Tai piece-goods sliop in the Kwal

ember 15th, 19.4.

up on remand at the Magistracy this afternoon,

Shing district, Kwangsung province, on Nay.

been recorded in these columns,

The particulars of this case have already

Police evidence, was heard, and defendant was committed to the Victoria Gaol pending the Governor's order for his extradition to Canton.

THE WEATHER,

The following report is from Mr., R. G. Figg, First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory:-

On the 15th at 12, o på. The barometer has, risen over S. Japan, the Loochpos and the E. coast of China.

Pressure is highest over the E. coast of China Japan. and the depression is still shown to the NE. of

Gradients are slight to moderate on the Ghian' coast, and fresh monsoon may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the

Chink Sea.TM

Forecast:-fresh E. winds; fair, cloudy,

SHIPPING AND MAILS,

Indinės (Gregory Afcar) 17th lubt. American (China) 17th inst., 4 p.m. French (Armand Bekle) 20th inst. Indian (Latsang) 22nd inst. Canadian (Athenian) 27th inst. Australian (Tolyuan) 6th prox.

The Imperial Gennan Mail £.s. Preussen, which left here on 14th ult., arrived 'af 'Genoa on 14th inst., at 4 p.tn.

The I. C. Co.'s from culta and the Straits left Singapore for this port on 15th inst, at 5 p.

The M. M. Ca's 1.5. Armand Behić, with the next French mail, will leave Saigon on 17th inst., at 7 a.m., for this port

PRESIDENT. ROOSEVELT'S LETTER.. Qa.the folli isiti President Roosevelt ele

The H. A. L. *4. Segovia from Hamburg graphed to General Wood: "I congratulate you and the officers of your command for the brilliant feat of arms, wherein you and they so left Singapore for our port on 15th inst., .., well pphald the honour of the American dag." | and may be expected here on aist inst, a,m,