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A PLAGUE CASH.

FROM SEYMOUR TERRACE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1906.

CËRNESPONDENCE,

We do not tincemarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in Ubis coltann.Į

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HONGKONG MANNERS.

23rd inst Considerable concern was felt in mercantile circles when it was learnt that "Mr. Jamserjee Ardeshir Chinoy, the well-known Parsee ex change and bullion broker, had been removed

To tur Entor of the "Horocoya Telkurafil.” on Saturday to the Plague Hosp tal, suffering

DEAR SIR-As a visiter to the Colony, and from that fell disease. Mr. Chinoy was in bis

attentant at the Concert given by the Y. MICIA. office as usual and to ordinary health on Thurs- on Saturday last, I must confess surprise at day, but was indisposed on Friday, and his re the ignorance of good manners and coinmon moval on Saturday came as a great surprise. courtesy shown by some of the Hongkong The patient, who, we are glad to be able to state, people. At the close of the excellent pro- is progressing favourably, was removed on gramme, when "God Save the King" was Baturday from his résulence at Seymour Terplayed, one aaturally expected the aud ce to race, which' house he had only occupied since stand while, His Excellency the Gover it and Good Friday, having left his late residence in party retired; but not a un of it, he was jostleit Hollywood Road on that day. It is under- by the crowd and separated from his party, and stood Mrs. Chinoy • and family; and Mr. treated with less respect than would be accorded Chinoy's new partner were achout to leave a real squire in an English village. Eventually Bombay for Hongkong to join Mr. Chinay, but after being more or less hustled downstairs, he it is expected that the news of his diness wil bad to wait some minutes for the remainder of Aut least delay their depurities,

his party to jon hum 1 virtue of his office as representative of His Majesty, it would be only decent respect to allow this Excellency a clear gangway on retiring from a concert rooms hesides showing our Chinese fellow-subjects that we are not quite the barbarians" that they not inaptly describe us. Enclosing my

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HONGKONG FOOTBALL QUAL ZANORË SHTALD.

CLUB DEFEATED BY DIADEM."

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Teams :-Hongkong F,C.; C. C. Tickling, goal Humphreys and 6. E. Morrell, Backs; F. C. Hali, |: "Witchell"ąd H. C. Gray (capt.), malves; W, H. Willkoms, R. Miller, W. E. Lecke, ». Whitamore and J. Mend, for--| wards.

HMS, Diadem: Scott, goal; McDonald (cipt.), and Newman, backs; Youens, Wall and Looker, halves; Lawrence, Connelly, Barr, Matthews and Fowler, forwards,

Referee : Eng.-LA. Forbes.

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. Hongkong, 23rd April.

TRANSIENT.

MACAO POST OFFICE.

the cartilage. Discoloration in this was uni form with the remainder of the soft parts on the right side.

The jeft extremity of the wound was at a slightly higher level-3-in-than the right ex- tremity. The angle at the left extremity was rounded-about right-angled-the incision at the angle being abrupt and clean through the ikin

The right extremity of the wound was more acute being rather less than a right-angle, The incision here was tapering there being Ain, from the completely-divided skin to the whole skin.

upper edge of the wound. The stab could well have been made with a closed pair of scissors or small shears and from the point of entry and the direction of the blow it is highly improbable that it was other than self-inflicted.. The fractures of the cartilage would be made by the impaction of stabbing instrument. Possibly the split at the lower right part was due to the instrument being wedge-shaped. With a pair of scissors when driven upwards, the thickest part of them, in contact with the cartilage, would be below and behind. Possibly also the partial fracture about the middle of the left Tateral cartilage was due to the axle of the scissors being caught there.

The upper edge of the wound was slightly concave with a length of 3-in, along its margin.

The fact of the three wounds coinciding It was cleanly incised throughout its whole ex-points to all three being inflicted by an arm, tent with a slight bevelling in the centre direct the proximal end of which was in a fixed ed backwards and upwards..

position in relation to its distance from the wounds inflicted.

The lower edge of the wound roughly form ed a semicircle. It was in..along its margin, was sagged down and fairly free. The sagging was most marked immediately to the right of median line,

The lower edge of the wound was cleanly incised except that the continuity' was broken by two small incised wounds. One of these was a short distance to the left of the middle line and was 3-in, in length its direction be- ing horizontal and the angle of the incision pointing to the right.

The other small incision was about half-way along the edge from the median line to the right extremity of the wound. It was 3/16-in. lang-direction downwards and to left, the angle of the incision painting in the same direction.

The extreme distance between these incisions was subin. In the upper left part of the T. 100: ERTER O H H THE

wound and partly under cover of the upper 51,-Having tend the contribution of your edge at its left extremity was a small qual Macao correspondent inserted in your issue of lateral lap of inuscle hanging downwards the 18th instant, to the effect that this Post and to the right, (Another belly of omobycid). Office will open all letters arriving here, upon The dap was about in, along its attached which there is a suspicion of containing bank-barder-5/16-in. in breadth and 1/16-m thick, potes, I beg most respectfully to inform you ness. I was a slaving off the convexity of a that such thing has ever occurred in this muscle passing down from above (hyoid bone) Post Office, nor has such a step ever been con.. downwards and to the left. (The thyro-hyoid teinplated.

membrane and base of epiglottis were severed and necessarily the sterno-hyoid and thyrn bryoid muscles).

I shall be thankful if you will kind'y insert This letter in you well-read paper, for which 1 eg in thank you in anticipation. I remain, Sir, Yours faithfully,

Postmaster.

L. A. LOPES REMEDIOS,

Macad, 23rd April, 1956.

We have much pleasure in reproducing the letter from the Postmaster at Macao, That

against our correspondent, in duiness to whom it may be well to reprint the paragraph which Kave origin to the letter from the Postal author. ities at Macao. This is what our enrrespondent wrote on the 16th inst..—

Wab three players substmuted from the original team, including their centre-forward, Bell, the eleven from" H.M,S. Diadem, set down to play the Hongkong Football Club in the final to the Club Challenge veld, ∙stopped into the football arena at four o'clock nn Saturday afternoon, assidst land cheets from the huge number of spectators that unleaded, to disover that the number of goals they, had previously calentated to pre- sent to the home team was not so easily dealt ont. The Club soon followed their rivals into the field, all looking in the piisk of condi- hun, and look up their position at the eastern

even standing room was not available, while around the rupes crowds three-deep gathered. More cheening went up when the julois from the teams, with the seleree, niet in the middle 'of the field and tossed the comm for skies. Tie flagship won, wood the Clih was called upon to delend the goal bating the city. Amante or two later the whistle sounded and the Club kicked off. The leather went to Miller, who was robbed by Connedy and the tail passed to Lawrence. This player sprinted down at a good rage and exbibred a beautiful centre, ere. Hiking diade, a serous mistake by

· zustang out of goal so clear, when the sailors wete making for his gol 1 he result was that he missed the ball and Connelly scored a low shot. Soon after the ball had been played agam the Club were paí to defend, and althouga Mead, Leckie and Williams made several attempts 10 relieve the strong huld, they were pounced upon at mukheid and made to give up their change.

The home ican played a slow and what was more an “unscientific" game. They were show in reaching the ball, they were slow to grassing, and at the best of unes passed to the wrung man, and appeared consed in a scrimusage. Leckie was the mainstay in the centre ime, while Morrell saved a few goaḥ, for the Club. On the other sult, tlmy were one and alt un the alert throughout the match wasting for the chance to get nearer to their opponents' gral. Their backs were on the ball on every occasion, while their passing and dr bbling was the talk of the sterno, gain the Club's 'citadel was stormed and Hickling was called out un one or two OCCASIONS to ward off, which he did benuti- fully. But the ball did not go tar, the Disdem's backs living near at hand and kept the quintetic ling well fed. n this octason, the Club's backs were baffled-through good passing—and the sailors' second and last goal was sealed. In the second half, the homester, bucked up somewhat, while to all outward appearances, the Diadems lagged behind. The Clubs gained some gluund in a break loase and Leckie so beautifully

goal, in the matshes every seat was occupied, official, however, makes a specific allesation

inte Scoit's hands, who, in haste, conceded a corner: la the local team abizmed three corners, but were carefully kept away from be coining dangerous. They hul several chances, where the Diafers inadver enity lett open, buL slowness and lack of push that alternoon was their fault. Final: HM12, Piatłem, z; H, K. F, C, mil

The crowd had already surrounded the mat- shed, where the trophy was to be presented, and addressing the winhing team on behalf of his wife, Commodore H. P. Williams, in a few

The damaged thyroid cartilage stood out in the centre of the wound. In the median line at was deficient in its upper two-thirds and in the lower one-third it was cleanly split through

in, to the right of the median line. Left lateral portion of the thyroid cartilage, At its upper anterior angle the tounded edge we thirds of cartilage) was fractured and was deficient. The whole anterior edge (upper ged. The exposed surface of the basure in the upper one third was directed to the right and slightly forwards. The fracture in the lower part was at right angles to the cartilage suface. A slight distance about the centre of

cartilage with partial fracture in cartilage Jun-

a line for 2-in

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Such would only be the case when the wounds were self-inflicted. This, together with all three wounds being at the, common site of suicidal cut-throats, points strongly to all three wounds being self-inflicted.

11 the stab were inflicted by another hand, it would be most unlikely to strike the same spot, and supposing that it did one would expect to find some injury on lateral or posterior walls of larynx,

The discoloration being less in the upper left age of the incision is explainable by the all back into normal position nearly and close wind being deeper there and the flaps would the wound off from the air there to a certain extent. This would be more so with the patient lying on his right side,

EXAMINATION OF CHINESE DOCTOR On March 4th at the yamsen of the Provincial Judge Yu, I examined the Chinese doctor who attended Chiang till the time of his death. Mr. Quirinbach of the American Episcopal Mission acted as interpreter and Judge Yu was also present. The doctor being the third to be call- ed in to see Chiang first saw him between 1 a.m. and 3 am, on February 23ed about six hours after the wounds were inflicted. He found him in a weak and dazed condition in the Roman Catholic Mission with front of his clothes saturated with blood. The previous doctors had been unable to stop the hainorr. hage. He checked it by the application of plasters and medicines,

Be stated that when he first saw him the wound in the neck was gaping widely to the extent of over an inch and he was unable to speak. Throughout the deceased brad practi of liquid diet, but seems unable to have swal cally no cough. He was fed with ten-spoonfals lowed much,

"I bear, but with what degree of accuracy il he free edge was an acute angle:site/wallow, After three days' attempting he re.

has not yet been ascertained, that the local Past Office will, ander suspicion, open'all letters wang arthis city which may be supposed to contaia foreign bank-notes. These are liable to confiscation if found enclosed in letters." This is certainly, a retrograce step. The idea is to discourage the remittance' of uney to Marzo otherwise than by means of the recent- ly instituted money order system."

There was no positive assertion on the pan of pur correspondent, who,' m matters concerning the Portuguese coliny, has shown himself particularly well informed. That our correspondent bad good grounds for the report he made on the 16th inst, will be fearat froti the fact that, on the 20th inst., following our first report, aur sewvor morning contemporary substantially corroborates the existence of the report in the following paragraph :-

We are assured by a private, correspondent of the truth of the report that the Macao Go- vernment has decided to open all letters in which Hongkong bank-antes are likely to be contained; but we still besitate to believe it. Whether to favour a Macho bank, or to encour- age he use of the new posiat orders, buth of which explanations are advanced, the idea seemys ridiculous. We believe the British Post Office legally has the pawer, to intercept ned deal with suspicious letters, but the public. is not alarmed on ajred by that. Probably an official statement Will soon be forthcoming from Macao, to allay excitement."-Ed, 11.3.7

THE DEATH OF MAGISTRATE

CHIANG, OR NANCHANG.

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The following are the report's of Dr. C. H. Dwe, on his examination of the winds from which Magistrate Ching of Nanchang died on the 1st March lasta.

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Nanchang, 3rd March, 1905. Sir, have the honour to report that I have this day ex muined the wounds in the neck of the deceased Chang-late magistrate of this city-which are alleged by the Chinese to have caused his death. he Chinese. officials state. that the wounds were afficted on zand | February about 7 pm, and that the man died

Deceased was aged about sixty years.

by pain and the doctor had great difficulty in Each attempt at swallowing was accompanied exhorting him to make convulsive efforts to fused to make any more efforts for two days and had treated several similar cases with divided aic passages in the neck.

CLAIM ON A PROMISSORY NOTE.

ABSENTEE DENTOR

23nd inst.

Hungur Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice, Ia Original Jurisdiction this morning, His presiding, Fung Chun Yucu sued Tong Tsit

Man and users, for recovery of the sum of 19,737.40, being balance due to plaintiff by the defendants on a promissory note for $10,000, dated 30th October, 1905."

Mt. E. H. Sharp, K.C., instructed by Mr. D V. Steavenson, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and

cacen, appeared for the plaintiff, the defend acts neither appearing in person nor by repree

sentation.

the 11th inst., be posted upon the door of the Mr. J. Leonard, Court bailiff, stated that, on Supreme Court three notices being (a) notice of order for substituted service, (8) notice of substituted service, and (c) notice of the set- tling of the case for hearing on the 23rd, inst. (to-day),

Charles Hent, a clerk in the office of Messrs. served notices at No. 67, Queen's Road Cen- Deacán, Looker and Ceacon,' said that he

tral, on the 11th instant, giving notice of sub- stunted service, and the setting of the case for trial to-day.

Fung Chun Yuen, the plantiff, said he was a budding contractor at No. 5 Old Bailey. Bank, but retired from that partnership on 30th Formerly he was a partner in the Hong Yin October, 1905, and sold his share, to the de- fendants.

Mr. Sharp: Your Lordship has the agree ment bearing cut that fact before you.

Witness, continuing, said that was the agree ment then entered into. He lent the Bank on that occasion $10,000, and received a promis- sory note for that amount,

Mr. Sharp: will put in a certified copy translation of that note, my Lord.

Witness said he had nude several demands for payment of that note, and on November, 1935, he received $400. He had asked defen- dant for the balance, and he promised to pay In the beginning of this year, but he had failed

to do so,

Mr. Sharp: That is the case, my Lord, and tiff, for the principal, interest and costs to dale. I will ask you to give judgment for the plain. His Honour. Yes, judgment for plaintiff with costs:

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RIOTOUS HOUSE COOLIES.

ASSAULTING THE MISTRESS,

RIDICULOUSLY INADEQUATE PUNISHMENT,

21st inst.

at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, No. 60, Dés Vœux U Sam and V Sing, house coolies, employed

this forenoon, with behaving in a riotous and Rond Central, were charged at the Magistracy disorderly manner at the hotel, and also with assaulting their mistress, Mrs. A. Comar. The defendants denied the charge. Evidence was heard to the effect that defendants were ordered by Mrs. Comer, who is ill, to do some particular work. They refused to carry out the order. What occurred afterwards there was evidence to enlighten the Court, but defend- Mrs. Comar by the hand and struck her anis were alleged to have caught hold of several times on the face with a wet rag.

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Alex. Comar, the son of the proprietor, said that, when he went to protect his mother, the defendants "went for him," and he was still feeling the effects of the coolies' handling, first, by four. The first defendant said that he was struck

penple. that swelling on his forehead?

His Worship-How did he come to have

Alex. Comar-He broke a screen and it foll on his forehead.

His Worship-You don't want me to believe that. Can't Mrs. Comar allend Court?

Insp. Warnack-No, your Worship. Her husband says she is dangerously ill.

His Worship said he found the charge proved, and fined the defendants $3 each on the first charge. The second man had to pay an extra $5 for the assault.

LAUNCHES IN COLLISION

IN THE HARBOUR.',

21st inal. A collision took place in the harbour this morning, west of Blake Pier, which resulted in serious damages occurring to a launch,

How the collision happened, we are unable to ascertain definitely, but it was reported that the launch Emerald, owned by the Green Island Cement Com pany, in leaving her wharf for Kowloon, was run into by a Chinese-owned launch, the name of which we were unable to obtain. The Emerald sustained the worst damage, by having her bows stove in, Wo are informed that the damage was more or less below waterline. Soon after the callison, two other launches were bailed and the Emerald was taken in tow and subse- In Summary Jurisdiction this morning, beforequently beached. The extent of the damage His longer Mr. A. G. Wise, Puisue Judge, to the Chinese launch is unknown, and it is

DISPUTED CLAIM FOR WORK.

PAYMENT IN KIND.

23rd'inst.

ning to left and slightly up indicated by a rest. I got rapidly worse. The doctor stated that he the mach disputed and many times adjourned stated that, if there was any, it was not of a

Right lateral portion of cartilage.-At its opper anterior angle there was a portion of 7/16 in. at base completely fractured inwards and being heid as a flap, only by the lining. membrane of cartilage. The anterior ge uns down in a jagged fractured to kened line to the split on right of mestian live below,

The fracture in the lower quarter of the car- tilage was clean and concave towards the left, the concavity being slightly inclined down wards.

The width of the deficiency in cartilage varied from in. to 3/16-in. in middle line. The gap is not absolute y in the median fine, the greater portion of it being to the right of the median line. The lateral halves of the thyroid cartilage were readily separated and the interior of the larynx with false and true chords exposed to view. No injury of the Posterior wall of the larynx could be felt or could be seen with a good light from lens. The finger was passed upwards over the upper border of the posterior wall of the larynx ca into the lover pharynx but no injury of the posterior wall of the pharynx, could be felt.

The whole of the posterior surface of the epiglottis was felt to be quite smooth, rounded and soft-it was also examined with a mirror.

Also the finger was passed around the upper part of the posterior wall' of larynx into the tesophagus which was uninjured.

DEDUCTIONS FROM CHARACTER OF WOUNDS.

The leit extremity of the transverse incision being abrupt, deeper thau the right extremity (as indicated by the flap of muscle being cut down) and the fact of the right extremity laper- ang off, indicate that the instrument entered strongly and sharply on the left side and was withdrawn on the right. This indication, toge ther with the left extremily being higher than the right and that the level of the incision (the upper larder of the thyroid cartilage) is the usual place wounded by suicidal cut-iliruats, l point to the wound being self-inflicted by the right hand. From the fact of the wutad being cleanly, incised a fairly sharp single. bladed instrument is indicated as causing it.

The lower edge of the wound being 2-in

I take this statement to indicate opening of the windpipe or layox as a favourite mode of suicide among the Chinese.

At this interview, having made a complete rough copy of report from the notes obtained the day before at the examination of the wound, utiouted to the Judge-Yü¬that I would like to confirm my written report by another short examination of the body.

case in which Ma Chin and Li Cheong sua the Kwong Ying Lung im for recovery of the. sum of $103.85 being the balance of a sum due for work done and material supplied by the plaintiffs for the defendants, was again called

on,

Mr. R. Gardiner, of Mr. O. D. Thomson's office, appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. R. Harding, of Messrs. Ewens, Harsion and Har ding, for the defendant.

serious character,

A DEAF WITNESS.

21st inst. An Indian excise officer of the Opium Farm arrested a coolie last night and placed him before Mr. F. A, Hazeland, at the Magistracy of ithcit opium. this morning, charged with being in possession

After the Indian was shown the witness-box, he continued quite listless, regardless of ques tions put by the Court, and to all outward

This was the case in which the defendant He objected to this on behalf of the relatives,

claimed payment in kind (rice supplied). Paia. hat soon after stated that if the balance of my

tiff admitted receipt of rice, but gave no receipt evidence was in favour of murder, that he would be able to persuade the relatives to per

for it though it appeared in his books, and the inatter was twice referred to the Court

March 5th-the Judge informed me twice-payments in rice. mit another examination. The following day straff to look through the books and trace thence seemed perfectly deaf.

His Worship-Are you deaf?. Witness-Yes. once through the Consul and later through the'

Kwong Ying, defendant, was called and said Chinese secretary at parting, that I might

he was the managing partner of the defendant examine the body again whatever thought. He paid rice to the plaintif on the 27th the case to be.

January, and had a receipt for it."

His Honour: This is not, translated nor cenified. You had better send it to the Court translator.

the wounds in the neck of the dead Chiang On March 6th at 10.30 am. I re-examined

cular attention was paid to the damage done. and verified my rough written report. Parti.

to the thyroid cartilage, and to the absence of wounds on the posterior walls of the larynx, pharynx and epiglottis.

CONCULSIONS. My theory of the sequence of events is as follows:

Mr Harding said on the 22nd December the man paid 5600 in cash and' that was acknow- ledged.

His Honour: How much did he owe on the 27th January?

Defendant: $102.

His Honour: Your books don't show it. They only show 560 odd,

Defendant:

There were two different busi-

Firstly-Chiang cut his throat with a knife held in his right hand. Then with the head expesses and the accounts were mixed up, tended moderately, the wound would gape to the extent of half an inch.

pipe with a pair of scissors or small shears Serondly-le endeavoured to cut his wind- but only secceeded in inflicting the two small incisions, in, the lower edge of the wound. He found the thyroid cartilage 100 laugh a structure in be easily divided. Failing this he tore open the wound with his fingers on the lower edge and with the neck extended. Thirdly. Stabbed himself with the closed scissors or small shears held in the right hand. The course of, events after the infliction of the wound was:

I.-Patient was allowed to become very weak

well chosen werds; congratulated the winning as a result thereof on 1st March about 10 a.m. longer along its margin than that of the upper by hemorrhage of six hours.

team on their victory and remarked that i gave Mrs. Williams great pleasure in present- ing them with the Shied. His concluding remarks were: "The best team won. Welt done for the old flagship."

At the time of examination (3 p.m.), be bad beza dead fifty-three hours, 1 found him swathed in Lotion wool and bandages fully dressed, and lying in a coffin.

The bandages and whot were removed, so that the front of the neck was fully exposed. In the middle of the throat there was a wide

The Shield and medals were then presented by Ms. Williams, and after the presentation, she was handed a pretty bacquet of flowers, with a silver holder. Cheers ter "The Come | Raping wound. The remainder of the skin di modote," "The Club," and "The Diadent" were called for, and the proceedings thed terminated.

POLICE COURT CASES.

HONGKONG DISORDENLIES.

neck and that of face were free from any wounds, bruises, or other signs of violence. The Chinese stated that there were no wounds

mdge, and the lower edge sagging points to the lower edge having been stretched-presum→ ably pulled down. The greater sagging to the right of the median line and the presence of pit immediately above it point to the straich- ng force having been applied mostly on the right side-probably the fingers of deceased.

The presence of two small incisions in the margin of the lower edge of the wound, the direction of Both being inwards and towards each other, points to a second, wound having been inflicted by a two bladed instru-

ient-subsequent to the transverse incision. The second wound presumably' made by a pair of scissors or smail shears, was probably inflict- ed before the lower edge of the wound was pul- led down. The lower edge would then be lairly tense and clean incisions could be made whereas if the edge were stretched and sagged by pulling down, probably the skin would fold up under the approximation of the two blades and more than two incisions would be made.

on any other part the bodyanne on bands or wrists. The officials stated that Chiang was right handed. The skin was cold, moist, and flaccid and quite clear except for a few patches of yellow dried (postmortem) skin. There was one oval patch three-quarters of an inch by 23rd jest,

half-an-inch-one-inch-and-a-half above the Gunneis James Cassidy and W. Į. Garrett, middle of the right collarbone. Over both of the RG A, were both prosecuted at the collar ones the skin was dried and yellow, Police Court this morning, at the instance of more extensively over the left collar-boat. The Lance-sergeant Haker, charged with behaving elevator muscles of the lower jaw and the in a disorderly manner whilst drunk at S. H. muscles at the back of the neck were quite Maricar's cycle depot, No, 43, Queen's road flaccid the absence of rigor mortis substantiat East, early on Sunday morning. Defendants, ing the slow and gradual death of deceased. it was staled), attempted to gain admittance tú STATEMENT OF CHARACTER OF WOUNI), complainant's shop, and because they failed, to the midale of the throat was a wide gap they started banging the dour. They pleaded | ing horizontal wound-z-in, horizontally by guilty and Mr. F. A. Hazeland fined theas $5 | 11-in, vertically median line. The wound each

exposed the whole of the vertical anterior Frederick Harnett, of the West Kent Regi- aspect of the thyroid cartilage (Adam's apple ment, pleaded guilty this morning at the Palice and portion below) in the centre, and the soft Court to being drunk and incapable on Peak parts laterally. The thyroid cartilage was damine than that on the right. Road on Sunday night, He was fined $3, aged mesially,

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2-He obtained practically no nourishment and rapidly got weak until he died.

His Honour: But you can't mix up, two accounts. This man is entirely to blame.

Mr. Gardiner: It may help your Lordship in arriving at some decision if I mention that we have had to sue this same defendant on the second business..

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His Honour: Then why not let judgment against him for that amount in this case? the other case? (to Mr. Harding): Are you for the defendant

Mr. Harding: Yes, and if I let judgment go now I shall lose my costs in the case, and don't know how the other case may go.

His Honour: Put the shroff in the box. Shroff sword.

His Worship (to the chief excise officer)→→→ You should not employ deaf men to be excise officers.

The Indian was given another chance to proved fruitless. answer the questions the Court; but it

charge against this man. We cannot make His Worship-You had better withdraw the out what this man is saying.

Mr. Hoggarth-Very well, your Worship. His Worship-And see that you get rid of this indian. He is so good for an excise officer.

FIRE IN WANCHÀÌ.

23rd inst. Nos. 65 and 67, Wanchai Road, premises oc- On Saturday night las, a fire occurred in cupied by a Chinese bake house, and carrying no insurance. The alarm was given by a coolie who saw smoke issuing from the win. dow, and the Fire Brigade, under Chief In- Spect Baker, immediately turned out, but as Inspector Gourlay of No. 2 Police Station with his men had already got the fire under, the origin of the fire appears to have been the services of the others were not required. The giving way of a portion of the brick foar of the Arying-room, immediately above the baking

His Honour: Did you examine the defend.furnace, and this letting the flames through

ant's books?

Shroff-Yes, my Lord.

His Honours How much did the books show he owed when he paid the $rez?

Shro: $61. That was 541 overpaid. No mention was made of a second contract.

His Honour said he would be perfectly josti.

The wounds were by no means fatal if Chiang had been seen by a competent medical man. the hemorrhage could easily have been stopped and he would have been given nnurish-fied in giving judgment in accordance with the ment either through a tube into stomach or per rectum.

The Governor stated that Dr. Charles of the American Episcopat Mission was sent for mare

than once and that he refused to come. This is denied absolutely by the A. E. Mission. Dr. Charles would have been glad to have looked after him; he offered his services indirectly through the Provincial Treasurer, he states, but they were refused.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant, (Signed) C. H. DAWE, Surgeon, R.N.,

M.R.C.S, England,

LR.C.P., London,

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H.B.M. Consul,

Kiukiang (at Naschang),

The fact of the test small incision being longer than the right is in favour of the wounds E. C. Werner, Esq., being self-inflicted by the right band, for the right blade would be pressed upon the right side and would act more or less as a fixed point | -N, C, D. News. so that when the blades were approximated, the left would travel through a longer distance on the skin than the right blade. Also a pair of scissors self-applied hurriedly with the right hand strikes that elevation most easily and the blade on the left would be nearer the median The fractured condition of the thyroid cani- lage points to the third wound being a stab made by a narrow, blunt-sided instrumeut after the cartilage was exposed in its whole length by the pulling down of the lower edge of the wound. The absence of incision on the pos- at the Station be was released on bail in the

terior walls of the larynx, pharynx and epig- tracy this morning to answer the charge android cantitage and faded gradually off to a mo- sided, if it perforated so far. The direction of derate discoloration in the lateral saft portions. the stab must have been upwards and slighly The discoloration was leasi marked at the up backwards; otherwise injury would have oc- per left angle of the wound. The edges of the curred to these parts.

The greater deficiency of cartilage to the wound being flaccid, overhung the upper and lower parts of the wound-the overlapping right of the median line points to the instru- being most marked over the lower part. No meat entering from the right side, and a little signs of bruising were present in the skin of to the right of the median line. the edge of ibo wound or around the wound,

NAIL ESTREATED, Sergt. Lee arrested James Smith, a sailor from the steamer Monteagle, on Saturday night, for being drunk and incapable on the Fraya East. Smith was asleep on the road. On arrival

'shroff's report, with costs, and advised defend, ant to be more careful in the way he kept his books in future, or he might find himself in trouble again.

A PRESENTATION TO FR. COLE

MAN, S.J.

A very interesting little event took place on Sunday morning, says the Shanghai Times, of 18th inst., in the Church yard of St. Joseph's Church in the French Concession.

the stacks of dry baskets of bread and biscuits caught fire. There was not much damage done to the premises themselves, it being principally confined to the gonds contained therein, of which it is estimated that some $450 worth was consumed, or damaged by water.

THE CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP HEATS.

23rd inst. Yesterday, Sunday, the twelfth 'club race nicating was held by the Corinthian Yacht Club, which two new boats participated for the first time, the danic and the Chanticleer, owned respectively by Mr. Kynoch and Mr. McCorquodale, and both were very well in line, the Chanticleer taking second place ip the second race.

The meet comprised two races, one be- ing for the one-design class, and one for the cruiser class, the latter starting at 11.45 Am. and the former at noon, and thus the cruiser 'class were able to finish within the time limit, the extra quatter of an hour making a difference. Unfortunately the day which had been fairly favourable in the morning, turned out but a poor one for yachting, and thus the anticipations of a good afternoon's "sport" were not altogether realiz. ed. The Corinthian Club appears to be forging ahead, and constantly adding not only to its members but to its fleet, and bids fair to, become one of the prominent recreation clubs of the Colony.

In the first race which had no result the following yachts took part:- Hibernia

(Mr: Gibson) Ariel

It took the form of a presentation to the Rev. Fr. Coleman of a bicycle and accessories to enable him to get round amongst his par- ishioners with less, difficulty than he has hitherto experienced, especially for sick calls which may be a very long way away. The bicycle was bought by means of a sub- Two Chinese women, of three years' acquaint-scription raised during Holy Week by two ance, got out of friends on Monday afternoon, energetic members of the Congregation and with the result that the elder of the two, a the esults of their appeal showed that widow, appeared before Mr. F. A. Hazeland appreciation of Fr. Coleman's good efforts on on Tuesday, charged with assaulting the behalf of his flock is certainly not lacking, younger woman and cutting her thumb. The and ought to greatly encourage him in his complainant, an unmarried woman, residing at good work. No. 5. Shelly Street, went, as she had done English-speaking Catholics have long, felt for years, to make her friend an afternoon call, the want of a priest of their own nationality Her visit apparently was not appreciated, for and Fr. Coleman has, we all hope, come to as soon as the complainant took a seat, the stay.

Mr, Wm. M. Dowdall read a letter of pre- widow picked up a knife, and remarking that (lover?) made a stabs at the girl. The latter, in warmly thanking the donators for their very trying to ward off the blow, got her thumb welcome gift. injured. The defendant was careful to avoid It is perhaps not generally known that Fr, said that the complainant placed her trunk in portion of the Catholic members of the army the subject of the "stolen man," and in defence Coleman jwas for a long time chaplain to a her house. She told the complainant to re 10 South Africa during the war which he went movs her boxes. The latter returned the same through, many times narrowly escaping death The probability is also that the blust-sided night with eight persons to "beat the defendant } in the discharge of his spiritual duties." He is aisyys-radi

to death." Defendant denied having stabbed a real Irish sportsman and we hope that the just external to the lower part of the thyroid instrument had a moderate sharp point to catch the girl she cut her own band. Other women cut of his collar will not debar him from cartilage on the right side was a pit in, deep in the cartilage otherwise the issumment were called as witnesses, and his Worship fined participating in some of the cross country suas zunning backwards between the soft parts and would have slipped upwards and fojured the thefuted widow $10,

The incision was at the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage dividing the skin and superficial structures-small veins, nerves and cutaneous muscle fibres. The whole of the wound was discoloured-it was of dirty greyish black which was most marked

sum of $. He failed to appear at the Máris. i at the fee anterior damaged edges of the thy tattis points to the instrument being blunt the complainant had "stolen" her friend. sestalion to which Father Coleman rèspooded, Andromeda ................................................. (Mr. McKirdy) :

his Worship ordered his bail to be entrested.

Patrick Kennedy, from the steamer Mont- eagle, had to pay $3 at the Police Court this morning for being drunk nud incapable at the "Star" "Ferry Wharf on Saturday.

Tue Kanto-maru, a salvage steamer attached

to the Japanese Navy, will be despatched to Saghalien in May and there be engaged in an attempt to raise the Russian cruiser Novik.

Mest lesion.

Thida...

Gard

........................................(Mr. Craike) ........................................(Mr. M. McIver) This race was called off under the time limit, the boats to cross the line within the allotted as there was no wind sufficient to allow any of period.

In the second race the following took part:==

(Mr. Witchell, for Mr. Pepper) Chanticleer..............(Mr. McCorquodala) 2

May

Anni

Dartin

..........................................[Mr, Stubbing) o