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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL, 26, 1ỤCÓ.

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

VACANCY.

SANITARY MEASURES.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

TSANG Ynen, a medicine-denter, was fined $25, by Mr. G. A. D. Melbourne, this morning, far bearding the .s. Shaosking without the master's permission.

It is announced that in future the following

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26.

1906.

HONGKONG CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE.

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL VACANCY.

MR. EA HEWETT NOMINATED,

A special general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Commerce was held this afternoon,

4 p.m. in the Old Chamber Room, City Hall. The object of the meeting was to nominate a member of the Chamber 10 take the place in the Legislative Council of the Hon. Mr. Robert Shewan, who bas resigned. The only candidate whose name, had bean ouged with, the secretary in accordance with

the rales was Mr. Edbert Ansger Hewett, superintendent of the 12 & O. 5. N. Co.,

The proposer was Mr. A. G. Wead, of Messrs. Gibb, Livings pa & Co., while Mr. D. Law, of Messis. Butterfield & Swice, was

who was despatched to Canton recently to inquire into the trouble between the officials and gentry, has finished his investigations and left this port for Shanghai this morning by the. 5. Prinz Heinrich. He will ition send his repon to the Viceroy of Nanking, and return to Peking to resume office.

'The 'sanitary conditions prevailing in Hongkong and Singapore are a perpetual source of concern to those who have to spend their lives in these Colonies. Singa pore has lately been alarmed at the terribly high rate of mortality per mille and bas gone to some trouble to find out the cause. menclature will be adopted by the Military Authorities:-"Sandy Bay Gap" instead of Experts are to be secured to examine into

"Mount Davis Gap." "Jubilee Look-Out the sanitary conditions and to frame suggesPost" instead of "Mount Davis Look-Out tions for keeping a check on the spread of Post." disease. The mortality rates longkong Tit lately promoted. Governor of Peking. Singles Copies Daily, ten crots: Weekly, twenty is but half that of Singapore, but of course yuen Shu Fun, formerly tamai in Shanghai these figures are not absolutely reliable; for Chinese in Hongkong, when they feel that dissolution is at hand, make every effort to get into their own country before the end, thereby swelling the death rate of Canton and neigh. bouring treaty ports to the advantage of this Colony. A writurina Singapore contemporary, the Pre Press, has discovered one of the Tris four Chinamen who were charged with causes which make for disease in the herd-setting fire to No. 147, Wing Lok Street on ing together of coolies in the ill-ventilated 8th March last were brought up on reurand and badly constructed houses of Chinese day at the Police Court, fasp. Gourlny pro- design. He remarks that although there secuted and Mr. P. W. Goldnag defended. are natural climatic differences between prama facie case had been leut, and Hongkong and Singapore owing to difference mitted the men to take their trial" at the next of fatitude, the former having a much wider Criminal Sessions. The first three defendants range of temperature than the latter, the were released on bail in the sum of $1,000, and

the master, $3,000 great common sanitary disability from which both towns suffer arises from identical cause. The first of these consists in all the evil 'conditions that are connoted in the expres sive, phrase "back to back building," includ- ing permanent exclusion of light and ait, and permanent retention of a stagnant and foul atmosphere, and its saturation with noi- some organic emanations and products that taust practically decompose in sin. Another of these consists in the overcrowding that with such a rane as the lowest class of Chi-

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General interest will be manifested in the election, which took place this afternoon, of a representative from the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce to the vacancy at the Legislative Council caused by the de- parture of Mr. R. Shewan on furlough. It was only the other day that the Justices of the Peace in Hongkong were called toge ther to elect one of their number to a seat at the Council table. On that occasion there were three candidates nominated but there was never any doubt as to the result, Mr. H. E. Pollock, R.C., having a hugely pepondering share of popular support. Mr. A. Hewett, the local superintendent of the 18, and O. Company, was one of the op posing candidates, and in referring to his nomination we suggested it was undesirable that the Chamber of Commerce should have two representatives at the Legislative Council. nese is the inevitable concomitant" of the The conditions have, however, been totally structural evils alluded to. These two causes changisi by the absence of Mr. Shewan, aggravate each other by an eternal evil action and it is eminently for the good of and interaction, with the result that, even the community that the Chairman of in spite of the notorious Chinese constitutional the Chamber of Commerce should be cleci-tolerance of conditions destructive to health and life, death-rate of Singapore chiefly amongst men of an age that is best able to resist causes producing mortality, runs up to a figure that is, comparatively, amormally high.. And it is only that Chinese joiper- viousness to insanitary influences that helps

EFFECTIVE ed to the higher office. Of course, there may

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Mr. Hozeland said that in this proceeding a

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SERVICE.

CHINA ALARMED.

FEARS RUSSIAN

AGGRESSION.

ARMY RESOURCES BEING CONSIDERED,

[From Our Own Correspondent)

Shanghai, 26th April,

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The authorities at Poking aro- becoming alarmed at the aggressive Mr. E. A. Hewelt, as chairman of the attitude which is being adopted' by Chamber of Commerce presided, and among | Russia in Manchurian aífairs. “ those present were.H. M. Tebby, A. V. Apcar, H. M. 5. Nemazee, E. Bishow, D. R. Law, W.

The Empress-Dowager has sent for

D, Graham, F. J.V. Jorge, A. Shelton Hooper, | Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai to give a state- ment as to the condition of the A. G. Wood, J. R. M. Smith, G. R. Medhurst, H. Sutor, F. Hough, A. S. Mibara, H. E

Chinese troops. S. Michael, Wm. Danby, E. S. Kadoorie

Engel, S. 1. Sellact, A. Rumjan, D. M. Tomkins, G. C. Moxon, J. Uwen Hughes, L.

Nissin, (), Ellis and J.J. Leiria.

The secretary read the notice calling the

meeting, and the chairman read the notice from the Government stating that owing to the resignation of Mr. Shewan it devolved upon the Chamber to elect a successor.

Mr. A. G. Wond proposed the election of Mr. Hewett remarking that the candidate was well-known to them all and needed no recom- mendation.

Shortly after five o'clock this morning the verandahs on the first and second floors at No. 341, Queen's Road West collapsed. At the time of the downfall of the verandahs there were between thirty and forty people in the building, but fortunately no one was hurt. The only damage done was the smashing - up of a ricksha that was left under the verandahs

The chairman thanked his proposer and Coolies were engaged in removing the debrisseennder and put the motion to the meeting.

It was carried unanimously. during the morning. The cause of the collapse

was stated to have been the rottenness of the

braps.

THE Opium Porin excise officers made another raid at the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's godown No. 15 this morning and seized five more cases of morphia, Application for the posting up of notices calling for claimants will be made to the Court (o-mor- row. The marks on three of the .cases are

A.AA.Bro 1 and the two remaining cases, square. Inside the square are the marks "E, O. & Co," and under this appear the numeral " 4

4.

The cases are also numbered 3, and

respectively.

be those who denne the position of Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of superior importance and affording greater possibilities than a seat at the Legislative Council, but A. S. WATSON & CO., while the former pusition gives scope for

A COOLIE, was this morning charged before individual ideas to develop and expand, be to keep down the death-rate to even that Mr. F. A. Hazeland with trespassing in a certain LIMITED,

Council Chamber sees those ideas carried high figere. It is admitted that the Governoise on the Upper Levels. The circumstances under which this coolie was arrested and into effect, and gives expression from limements of former days who sanctioned, the

charged proved very interesting. Shortly after In time to the views of the enlightened sec- fatal pattern of land sale allotments, scanty

seven o'chick this morning a well-known local |tion of the population. Moreover, of late frontage, inordinate mile depth, side bygemtlersan rushed into No. 7 Police Station in

the Hongkong Chamber of Commered bas¦ side'and back to back, were dot aware that done little to forward the commercial life of they were designing corpse factories. That the Colony, and even the subject of the se-

they were, and short of moculating the po gistration of partnerships, which recently set pulation with disease virus, they really could Singapore by the ears, in no way disturbed not have done more to secure that result. its equanimity. In Mr. Hewell the Council That is the result with which, when Singapore will have à representative who has a keen has done playing with moles, and reclams grasp of local affairs, and a decided tum fortions, the Municipal Engineers and Health 17 | legislation. As the local head of a famous steamship line with close connections in Hongkong, Mr. Hewett is in a position to direct the attentism of the Government to maritime matters viewed from, the stand

GREGOR & CO.,

WINE AND SPIRIT point of a shipping agent, a very different

MERCHANTS,

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Officer of that colony will have to devote all their professional ability and technical skill. The undoing of the work of ignorance and folly is ever an expensive operation, and the Singapore Alunicipality of to-day, or- to- undertake to grapple

morrow, is

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thing to the position of the official. He is with the lamentable effects of the un also in touch with the general affairs of the conscious stupidities of dead and gone'

These Community, his membership of the Sanitary generations of Land Officers. Board having given him an insight into the sensible remarks will be supported by needs of the people. On this occasion heall who have given the matter of 'sanitation Whether in years to has no opposition, so that it may not be any consideration. necessary for him to enunciate his views, comm. the present-day scholars will show but from the statement he made at the last then appreciation of their Education in election in furtherance of his candidature we hygiene by preserving sanitary principles are in a position to judge his views and in their abodes, remains to be seen. But capacity to act at the Legislative Council. the Sanitary Board can never affout to halt He then stated that it was 26-years since he for a toment in their work of reform. It is had first arrived in the Colony, and during a great duty which has been undertaken by that period he had been a resident here for the members of the Board; involving the then years. With the exception of two brief health and lives of all in the Colony. visits home, be has spent, the rest of that Singapore has wakened up, and for that time in China or Japan. But having regard- 15ed Hongkong as bis destination he has alongkong may be glad, for disease in the ways kept well in touch with all that was southern Colony can readily be transmitted passing here. He has had five years' muni- to the port and all the watchfulness of the

From to-day until

30th we are giving

per cent. all Cash Sales,

in order that all

an excited condition, beads of perspiration op his forehead and breathing hard, in consequence of his run, He reported that a dead body of a conlte was on his staircase. The police pro- ceded to the house. Meanwhile the "corpse" had disappeled, and on a search being made the "dead man was found walking two streets away from the house: His Worshup said the defendant should be charged with being u roque and a vagabond. On this being done by Inspector Colleu, his Worship sent the coolic to gaol for fleen days.

PORTUNE-TBLLER AND*

FIREMAN,

VICIOUS. RESULTS OF A SEANCE. One of the strangest stories that have been heard for a long time was told at the Police Coon this morning, On the 6th instant, a Chinaman, who was formerly a fireman on one

of the coasting, steamers; went to a fortune- teller at Yau-ma-ti in have his fortune told Since he gave up sea life his financial position has not been what it ought to be, so he gave the fortune teller to understand that he wanted to know everything mostly of the future. The fartone-teller gave him a jar containing some bamboo sticks, and the fireman picked out a stick. Looking grave, the fortune-teller, after informing him of little occurrences that were 10 pass, remarked: "You have not very long of 10 live. You will die at the age thirty-nine!" This settled the fireman. He wanted to hear no more and returned home In a greatly depressed condition. As the hours went past, the fireman, remembering that, ac cording to the fortune-teler he had only five more years to live-he being 34 years old at the time got more excited, and on the 8th SAN FRANCISCO BARTHQUAKE, | instant, he could stand the suspense no longer.

cal experience in Shanghai, which means Sanitary officials may fail to prevent the

judge the quality of our all questions, great and small, including also

wines.

eludo Beer, Stout, Cigar

and Cigarettes.

on

invasion of imported disease.

HONGKONG MERCHANTS CONTRIBUTE $20,000.

In response to an appeal from the Chinese Minister at Washington for funds to assist the

the control of a large police force of Boo, a large volunteer force, à volunteer fire brigade, a municipal gaol, a complete works depart. mnayment, sanitary and medical departments, a form of regulations which are practically the equivalent, of our local Ordinances, and

extensive finance, which must relate to an important community representing 8,000 Europeans and 400,000 Chinese. For two years he has been on the Hongkong Sanit-homeless and ruined compatriots in San Fran. ary Board, and for many years he has been Above doo8 not in-closely connected with educational establish cisco, a meeting of prominent Chinese, mer mens, both here and elsewhere. He has served chants in Hongkong was held on Monday, at on the Governing BodyofQueen's College and the Tung Wa Hospital. The directors of the the board of the Diocesan Schood Mart hospital called the meeting and represented over, he has been closely connected with the various Chambers of Commerce in the lead the situation to those present. All promised ing ports of this part of the world, and he to subscribe, but in view of the urgency of the considered that lie was fairly entitled to as case, it was decided to utilise the funds of the sert that he had obtained a very varied and hospital in part and send a first instalment of extensive experience which must be of very $10,000 (gold) to San Francisco, the balance great use in whatever position he occupied. In his own business, and as chairman of the being paid by Chinese merchants. Chamber of Commerce it has been his busi-scriptions are now being collected and ness, he stated, to make himself acquainted when the total amount is known, the with all questions affecting the interests of directors will be refunded the money, so Hongkong; such as the Kowloon railway, the fiscal question, the water supply, the generously contributed by the hospital'in sanitary question and the numberless ques the emergency.

The merchants in Hong tions which must arise in such an important kong, having dealings with San Francisco, community as this. Altogether, we may take proved only too willing to give a helping seat at the Legislative Council, and should hand to their unfortunate brethren in the ensi- prove an acquisition in the deliberations of while Golden City of the west. The first ins

talment was remitted yesterday,

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it that Mr. Hewett is well qualified for a

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Saying to his wife that if he had to die in five years' time, he had better die now, and what was more he would prove to the fortune-teller that he was a liv, he entered his cubicles while his belter-half, paying no heed to his tale, went out. The fireman, when he knew the

Mr. Law seconded.

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Mr. Hewell returned thanks, and said he would do his duty in the fiture as he had done in the past.

The chairman then referred to the terrible disaster that had overtaken San Francisco, and in view of the close connection of Hongkong with San Francisco the Committee had thought right to send the following telegram to the Governor of Cabforma on the 23rd inst.:-

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The Chamber of Commerce desires to tender. to the city of San Franciscu and neighbourhood its heartiest sympathy in dire calamity

has befallen thein."-

The business being conclo led, the meeting adjourned.

THE CHINESE COMMISSIONERS,

TRIBUTE TO THE "DAKOTA,"

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The Government is considering the entire question of the preparedness of the Imperial forces to withstand a foreign enemy.

AN HILAN.

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a company if he fails to take ad vantage of all the privileges offered. The

latest device for the assistance of those who cannot make up their minds to travel is an

mense Atlas of the Western, North-Western and Middle Western districts of the United States and with maps of the whole world in. cluded. is primarily intended to show the country through which three great lines travel- the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railway; the Great Northern railway; and the Northern Pacific railway. Each of the Western States has a page or more devoted to itself, and the smallest hamlets are shown on the maps, which are drawn on a large scale., "Then following We have received copies of letters hom the the maps of the different States there are Imperial Chinese Commissioner, expressing photographs, illustrating the life of the district, their satisfaction at the treatment received ou

with copious notes on manufactures, popula board the steamer Dakom. Both letters are

1ion, railways, and other information which signed by all the Commissioners, Prince

may prove of interest to the settler, the Tsai Tseh, Shang Chi-heng and Li Sheng-to traveller or even the writer. All the western The first is addressed to the Great Northern Steamship Company, at Seattle, and reads as up" in a lively, interesting fashion, and States are what may be termed written

follows: "Gentlemen:-The members of His the mind almost feels at the mass of statis. Imperial Chinese Majesty's Special Commistics presented in the Atlas. Photographs of sinn recently arrived in your city from Yoke Hongkong appear in the publication. Of haina, having travelled from the last named point on your commodious steamship Dakota,

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The second is addressed to Mr. W. W. King. general passenger agent of the Great Northern Steamship Company. It runs: "Dear Sir,

His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Spezial Com- mission having, with its accompanying stall. just completed its journey from Yokohama to your city upon your commodious steamship Dakota wish to thank you personally for the constant care liat you have given for our com fort from the first correspondence with you in October last when arrangements for our travel were begun. We have been at every step con- fronted with evidence that you have been con. stantly and earnestly doing all in your power to make the trip, comfortable and free from all possible annoyances, and all your repre. sentations have been strictly fulfilled."

ÄTTEMPTED SUICIDE:

J

CHINESE WOMAN IN THE HARBOUR.

At about four o'clock this morning a Chinese woman, about thirty years of age, was seen to be making for the Praya, Connaught Road West, as if in a hurry to over get some business. and jumped into the sea. A sampanman heard just returned at the time and seeing her hus. On gaining the Praya she walked to the side,

way was clear, made préparations to enter the next world. Ile obtained his razor, and cut his throat twice, causing a deep and pasty gash-about 5 inches long. His wife had band lying on the flour in a pool of blood, informed the Yau-ma-ti Police Station. Sergt. the noise from his boat, find looking out saw Appleton went to the house (No. 179, Reclama- the woman struggling in the water. He im- tion Street) and bad the thien unconscious man mediately went to her assistance, and dragged transported to hospital. After an adjournment her aboard his boat, Tile woman was banded in the hospital for eighteen days, the fireman | over to Inspector Callett 'jn a semi-exbausted was brought round, and was discharged this condition, but none the worse for her dip. At morning as "cured." He was placed before the Station she was in a hysterical condition, Mr. F. A. Hazeland on a charge of attempted yelling the while, and no information could be suicide. He could scarcely deny the charge, gathered from ber. She was, removed to the seeing the highly inflamed cut on his neck, but hospital, as it is feared her mind is unhinged. said he did not know what he was doing.

His Worship (to his wife)~Have you any Mx. Ifoldane, Secretary for War, says that the friends? Yes. Well, can't you get some of establishment of British loops in South Africa them to give your hTM sband some werk ?--I think is about 20,000 of all ranks. The annual cost of the force, including allowance for the erec, After the fireman had promised the Court tion of barracks, etc., is about £2,400,000. Un that he would not attempt suicide egale, the der present arrangements Natal makes a con Magistrata discharged him with a caution, tribution of £4,000 a year

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character, the Atlas is not up regardless of ex- pense was the result that it is a pleasure to open i A similar Atlas from a booksel; ler's shop would frighten ́a mint of money out of the buyer's pockets, but the American companies quite realise that if a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well. We are indebted to the local agents of the Great Northern Ruil- way Company for a copy of the Atlas, which will prove a valuable acquisition to our refer- 'ence department.

• HONGKONG GAMBLERS.

THIRTY-NINE MEN CONVICTED.

Simultaneously, three gambling raids' were made last evening, two in the Central District, and one at Wanchai, and the police were not lacking in their arrests. Under the guidanco

of Sergt. Lee, sixteen men were arrested from No. zz, Tai Wo Street, Wanchai. Sergt. Marrison secured thirteen men from a house at No. 13, Lower Lascar Row, and Sergt. Sul- livan, added ten more to the number, whom he captured at No. 46, Square Street. The gam blers were all placed before Mr. F. A, Haze- land, at the Magistracy, this morning, on the usual charges, the leaders with keeping com. mon gaming house, and the others with gam. aling. In Sergt. Lee's case, the first two men were fined $30 each and the others $1 apiece.

The leader iu Sergt. Morrison's case had to pay $75 and the others $1 each, while those of Sergt. Sullivan had to pay $50 and $3 each respectively.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

KAILS DUE. Indian (Kumsang) 29th lost. French (Laos) 30th inst. French (Caledonien) goth inst, German (Prine Sigismund) zoth inst. Canadian (Tartar) ist prox.

German (Willehad) 7th prox. Indian (isang) toth prox.

The Glen Line s.s. Glenlochy left Singapore on 25th inst., for this part.

The M. M. Co.'s 9.3. Caledonien, with the inst, for this port. sext French mail, will leave Saigon on 27th

The Imperial German Mail 2.5. Bayern, which left here on 28th ult,, arrived at Genoa on 25th inst, at 7 am,

The I. C. S. N. Co.'s 5,5. Laitang left Cal- cufta for this part via the Straits on 24th' inst., and may be expected here on roth prox.

This C. P. R. Coja sa. Empress of India arrived at Kobe at 6 pm, on 24th inst, and

for Yokoham left again at noon Wednesday, where she is due to arrive at noon on 26th insi, The C. P. E. Co. 15. Empress of Japan arrived at Nagasaki at 7amyon 26th inez, and leaves again at 4 p.m., same day, for Shanghai, where she is due to arrive at ó a m2, on 28th just,