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On the 6th May, at Paotingfu, the wife of DAVID LATTIMORE, of a 505.

MARRIAGE,

On the 5th May, at Ningpo, the Rev. WALTE'R Roms (CMS) of Taichow, to Miss MARIE LOUISH WOODRETE.

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On the 30th March last, at Beckehhan, Kent, On the 6th May, at Shanghai, JOSE FRAN- CISCO DE ROZARIO, aged 52.

Che Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1906.

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ON MARRIAGE BENT.

When a Korean Crown Prince decides tu become a Benedict then the whole Kingdom is turned into a huge matrimonial bureau.

· Every other odicial is constituted an agent of Cupidi; staid mations call their daughters together and instruct them, it instruction be necessary, in the art of coquery, Proud, autocratic governors beam upon, every pass ing mailen, fearful that they may lose the Royal countenance by failure to honour possible consort of the future ruler. For a space of time, until the Crown Prince has selected the light of his life, all manages and giving is marriage afe decidedly off. It migh thappen that some plebeim would carry away the very damsel for whom His Ropad Highness's heart yearned, and to guard against such a mishap the young men of ́A. S. WATSON & CO., Korea are forbidden to cast sheep's eyes at the Phoebes of the country. It is true that LIMITED,

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The above prices are strictly net. discount of five per cent, previously allowed ou our Whiskies ceases from this date.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, Hongkong, 17th May, 1996,

to Port Arthur.

Or the eleven Chinese cases of plague report. ed to day, eight terminated fatally. The total for the year is now 470.

FRIDAY MAY

DAMAGE BY COLLISION,

ACTION IN COURT..

In Admiralty Jurisdiction this morning, Ilir Honour Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice, pre. siding, and with him Hon, Captain Barnes- Lawrence, R.M., siting as assessor, the case was heard of Chan Pak, Tai, owner of the junk Lin Shing Lee, and the owners of her cargo, versus the steamship Hankow, for recovery of the sum of $14,000 for datuago occasioned by a collision which took place on 19th November, 190g, off Tung Chung, in the New Territories.

Mr. M. W. Slade, instructed by Mr. E. J. Grist, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, appear ed for the plaintiffs and Mr. E. H. Sharp, KC, Tuz editor of Avenir du Tonkin, M. Latinstructed by Mr. H. J. Gedge, of Mesus,., monier, who is also president of the Associa Johnson, Stokes and Master, represented the tion of the French Press in the Far East, has

5.5. Haukar. been created a member of the French Academy.

THE largest railway station in the world is being built at Leipsic. Over £7,000,000 is to be expended on its construction.

Mr. Slade said that the collision occurred

18 1906.

TELEGRAM.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "

SERVICE.

SIR ROBERT HART.

REPORTED RESIGNATION"

ACCEPTED.

CHINESE SUCCESSORS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 18th May, 12.25. p.m.

It is reported from Peking that Sir Robert lant has tendered his

TELEGRAMS.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"

SERVICE.

THE "BEECHLEY" INQUIRY,

MARINE COURT finding.

CAPTAIN AND THIRD OFFICER GUILTY.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Singapore, 17th May, 6.30 p.m.

The official inquiry into, the cir cumstances attending the stranding of the s.s. Beechley in the Wotta

ACCORDING to investigations made by the nearly three miles N.E. of the place where the resignation to the Chinese Govern Passage has been concluded.

junk finally tank. She did not sink immedia.inent from the Inspectorate-General The Court finds the Captain guilty tely after the collision but became water-logged, and drified for an hour or so in the direction of the Imperial Maritimo Customs. | of négligence and accordingly sus---

It is stated that Sir Robert Hart'spends his certificate for thireo months.

Kobe Foreign Rice Guild, the stock of foreign rice on the Kobe market on the 1st instant was 939,291 bags, showing an increase of 232,882 bags on the figures for April 1st,

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of Tung Chung, and was afterwards towed by a launch to the place where she finally rested on

In Original Jurisdiction yesterday the Fall a sand bank, which is quite out of the track of resignation has been accepted. Bench delivered judgment in the case of the National Bank versus Lemaire and Co. His

a Canton slejer, whereas the place where the collision appears, from the evidence of the

Honour the Chief Justice gave judgment for master and owner extracted front him with

the defendants with costs, his Honour the Puisne judge concurring. **THIS is n curious note," said his Honom the Paisne judge in the Summary Count, this morn- ing, in a case for recovery of a sum of money lent; "it gives the defendant the option of re- paying the amount or not, as he likes! You had better amend the writ" (Laughter).

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Us Kong, a merchant,' of No. 151, Des Vieux Road West, was arrested last night on board Canton, steamer and removed to the Centra Police Station for being in possession of a sword without police permit. He came up this morning before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, and, admitting the charge, was fined $15.

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The Chinese Commissioners, Tich-

Lang and Tang Shuo-yi will, accord- into report, be appointed to the post rendered vacant by Sir Robert's retirement.

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[Our exclusive Shanghai despatch printed in last Wednesday's Telegraph furnished the explanation issued by the Chinese Govern ment with regard to the appointment of Chin- ese officials to be High Commissioners of the Impérial Maritime Customs, ft. stated that the Commissioners have been appointed sim- ply with the view of preventing complications arising in the possible event of Sir Robert Hart's retirement.-D., .A.7.}

It also finds the Third Officer guilty of gross negligence and orders. his certificate to be suspended for a period of one year.

[The steamor Beechley stranded in the Wetta Passage some time since. The Beechley, it will be remembered, only got off the rocks after jettisoning a large quantity of cargo. Sho arrived at Singapore on the 4th just in a damaged condition, without the assistance of the salvage expedition despatched to, her aid, She got off the rocks before the arrival of the savage party-Ed, H.K.T.]

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[N. C. D. News] The School of Constabulary.

Peking, 13th May, The movement in favour of "Chine for the Chiness" has caused a question in regard to the re engagement of Mr. N. Kawashima, Director of the School of Constabulary, whose term shortly expires. In view of the difficulty which has arisen Mr. Uchida, the Japanese Minister, has postponed his departure.

The question is engaging the attention of foreigners here, equally with the appointment of the High Commissioners of the Customs.

The German Ambassador at Tokio.

Tokio, rath May. The German Ambassabor, Baron Mummi, on board the cruiser fansa, arrived at Yoko. hama this morning and proceeded immediately to Tokio.

same care and difficulty, to have actually taken place is directly in the track of steamers from Canton to Hongkong. The junk-master stated that the wind was very light at the time and he was bearing up North-West in order to get as much out of the light wind as possible and have a clear run to Macao. He first observed the lights of the flankaw some 20 mmutes before the collision occurred, when the ship would be about three miles away. At the time, between the junk and Pillar Point, were several fishing and other hats, but although there might have inconvenienced the fankow there was plenty of 100m for her to have proceeded safely on the

VIEWS OF THEN. C_D. NEWS".. course she was taking when first observed,

It is regrettable that in a matter which of which course would have taken her between the junk and Pilar Point. But when nearing necessity causes such interest, mixed with a the junk, the Hanka appeared to suddenly certain amount of anxiety, as the future control, TANG-KI, a quòlie, was prosecuted before Mr. alter her course to starboard, doubliess with a of the Imperial Maritime Customs the actual C. A. D. Melbourne at the Magistracy today, view to getting entirely clear of the several information available is still of a meagre de- for unlawfully dealing in Zut Wai and Sen vessels she was approaching and seemed to be scription. Since the promulgation of the very Pru lotteries, in the Colóny yesterday. When coming rapidly straight for the junk. No doubt brief Imperial Decree of last Thursday, the N. C. D. News of 14th inst. says, no further defendant was arrested and removed to the those on the junk, seeing the danger they were police staties, he was searched, and several, lost their heats, and although the master of direct intimation has come from the Chinese tickets relating in these two lotterics were the junk who was steering insisted that he never Government, Our Peking telegram this morn- found in his pocket. He was fided $25.. altered his 'course in the slightest degree from ing states, however, that the British Chargé d' the time he first saw the lights of the Hankow Affaires and the American Minister have made to the time of the collision, it would seem to be formal protests to the Waiwupu, while the highly probable that just before the collision he French and German Ministers, as less directly put his helm hard down, or let go, with the interested parties, are represented as regarding result that she ran up into the wind, for it is the matter with smaller concern. Beyond that certain, that the junk was struck on her port there is only the gossip of local Chinese circles bow, and it would appear to be absurd to sup- where it appears to be considered that the retire- pose that had her head been precisely the same ment of Sir Robert Hart, inevitable in the as it was ten minutes before the collision, natural costrae of events before very long, is when the lankaw was approaching on her being made the occasion for the introduction starbeard bow, the Hankow would have crossed of more active Chinese control at the head of village near Hiroshima, owing to the trick preventive measures taken, attacked the police. A COULE was this morning charged at the and struck her on her port how. The master of the Sei ce.

Until we know detinitely the nature of them and the quarantine oflicer, who fled in Police Court with being a rogue and vagabond, the jaok says he was struck by the stem of the and wandering about the streets at three o'clock Hankowe. This may be so, but could not have protests that have been made, and whether they disguise. Two bodies were consequently left this morning. Hic pleaded not guilty. Mr. been so if the junk at the time was heading are in the nature principally of demands for unburied for two days. Hazeland: "What were you doing in the street north west as

The collision took information, or are lodged as serious objections on knowledge already obtained, it is difficult to at that time?" Defendant; Taking a walk."pisce at 9.40 p.m. on the 15th November,

1905, off Pillar Point, otherwise known draw any just conclusion. But in any case four miles there is no cause whatever for supposing that as Cheung Sha-kuk, about

There was at the time a the entire Customs organisation, which has from the shore, very light north-east wind, the weather being been built up with infinite pains into the fine and clear with monalight. There was

most efficient branch of the Chinese Govern a flood tide running at the rate of one mile an hour. The jouk was heading about west.

ment service, will be allowed to collapse at the north-west, and was travelling at about two mereissuing of an Imperial Decree. The more miles an hour. She carried ons bright white advanced Chinese are, no doubt, innking to the time when they will be able to manage all light visible all round the horizon at the fore mast head, and another white light at the stern,

branches of their own affairs including their about nine feet from the hull. When those aboard the junk first saw the Hankow they Custurns service, but so long as practically the were about three miles apart, the Hankow entire revenue derived from this source is being about half a point on the starboard bow pledged for the repayinent of foreign loans, the Powers cannot "allow any passibility of its of the junk. The junk-master first saw the steamer's white and green lights, and the red light came into view just before the collision. lapsing from efficiency, and that it would de- As soon as the red light came into view, broken generate if the directly, controlling power were mats were burned on board the junk in order in other than foreign lands there can be no to attract the attention of those on board the question whatever. Therein lies the danger, if Hankow, the junk being kept the cost danger there is in the changes proposed. If while those on board of her shouted lustily,

before.

Riot in n Plague-Stricken Village,

A thousand rioters in a plague-infected

Tokio, 13th May.

[Manila Coblenews.] Prophet" Dowie,

A FISHERMAN named Chats Yau, owner of jonk No. 81 34, was charged this morning at the Police Count, before Mr. P. A. Hazeland, by Inspector Gourlay, with depositing the dead body of his fotitieen-year-old daughter, in the harbour early this morning. The defendant admitted the charge, and his Worship remand. in the spring a young man's fancy lightlyed, the case until to-morrow in order in as- türns to thoughts of love,” but it is decidedly | certain the cause of death. ' dangerous to give that fancy free play when a prince of the blood myal is playing the (same game! The Crown Prince of Korea is a widower, so may be presumed he is taking no risks this time. We are not told how he enjoyed the marital state when last-he had a spouse, but it may be certain that his pre.Looking for something to steal" suggested vious experience will stand him in good his Worship. Defendant: "There is nothing for one to steal at that time of the morning" stead now, seeing that he has obtained the

He was sentenced to fifteen days' hard labour, master's degree, so to speak. Doubtless, This concert will be not to marry the pretties! Tux Court of Criminal Sessions, which is held girl in the Kingdom, but to woo and win the monthly on the 18th day of the month, was maid with the meckest 'mother. A Crown adjurned until Monday next, the 21st inst. Prince with a ternagant of a mother-in-law The following is the calendar.:-1. 1. Nang, is no joke, He cannol, stay out at nights Fong Chun, Chin Chok committed for arson. Wong Tai, murdi. 3. Ken Iwakura (a) and dodge the old lady; he is continually uttering a forged banknote, (b) uttering a facing the music, and, after all, a well-aimed forged banknotey (c) being in unlawful posses golden candalabia wielded by the strong atm-sion of forged banknotes. 4. Chan King of an muriated mother-in-law, who fancies manslaughter, 5. Eung Kai Sing and Cheung herself slighted because her footstool is Shai, manslaughter. lower than is warranted by her tank, is quite as effective as a common cast-iron poker in the grasp of a washerwoman. Therefore, Court this morning. "Well, my Lord, they have the port bow of the Hankow struck the port the two High Commissioners are to fill only where the patient only remained three hours,

GREGOR & CO.,

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EXHIBITED,

-Hongkong, srat July, 1905:

as

the prophet says, a milk-and-water mother-in-law is a supreme desideratum. Uf course, there is always the State prison to fall back upon, while the gentleman holding the position of Lord High Chief Executioner might be induced to act at a pinch. but in

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ETHER party present?" said the Puisne Judge when a case was called in the Summary

to come from Aberdeen," said the solicitor for the plaintiff. "Oh, then said his Honner, it was unfortunate that shower came when it did as they would probably be just starting and wait till the rain is uver, I think as neither party is present the case must be struck Then I'll ask permission to withdraw

out."

Chicago, May 12. John Alexander Dowie is dying. te is broken in body and spirit and his mind is believed to be unbilanced. He is utterly rejected by his wife, family and the Dowieites,

May 14. John Alexander Dowie, the deposed leader of the Zion community, may get well. He is at the home of one of his leading supporters here, and shows wonderful vitality.

THE CONNAUGHT HOTEL.

We are asked to state that, as a wrong impres sinn may get abroad regarding the plague patient who was removed from the Connaught Hotel, 31 recorded in these columns on Wednesday, the disease was not contracted in the hotel

the Sanitary, officials a reniove the bed, bed-

bow of the junk. In committing a breach of the functions hitherto exercised by the Wai- but at No. 4, Lyndhurst Terrace. That fact Article of the Regulations for Preventing wipe, we can see, as we remarked before, a uotwithstanding, as soon as the patient had Collisions at Sea by not keeping out of the way possible advantage even in the transfer of been removed to hospital, the manager of the of the junk; in attempting to cross the junk's head, in contravention of Article 22 of those authority, but that they are to attempt in any hotel took the extreme precaution of calling in regulations; in not slackening her speed or way to supersede the Inspector-General, can- stapping and reversing in pursuance of Article not at present be entertaided as a practi- ding, etc., from the room, when it was carried 23 when approaching; in not keeping a proper cal step. There is nothing whatever in the Im-away to the Prays and there buint. The room look-out, and in not taking proper precautions

was then fumigated and whitewashed, the in contemplation and the Chinese themselves whole liotet also being fumigated, medical would be the first to suffer were it possible of officer giving a certificate that the place as exécution.

such a case all the others-in-law in the the case, my Lord, and I can bring it agato avoid a collision as required by Article 29, the pecial Decree to intimate that such a move is

Kingdom would be up in arms, and such a condition of things is frightful to contem. plate. As already stated, the governors of provinces were ordered to keep an eye on likely nymphs, and they were told to forward the names and description of those whom they considered eligible brides. What a predicament to be placed in! It is to be hoped that the descriptions will be considered private, for the wrath of a would- be consort whose tresses or teeth had been

said the solicitor.

To cite the case of the Corean Customs and clean and entirely free from any infected*,

THE WEATHER..

The following report is from Mr. P. G. Figg, First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory:- On the 18th at 11.30 a. The barameter has fallen over E. Japan owing to a depression day, is now moving into the Pacific to the E. of Hokkaido,

Hankow was in default. As a result of this col. lision, a boy was drowned, as he had been in the CHYANG BING, an unemployed coolic, was hold, and the mast and sail had fallen and cover. placed before Mr. F. A. Haziland, at the Police ed him up, and there had been no time to release Court this morning, charged with being in him as the jack was sinking and they had to get

the retirement of Mr. McLeavy Brown' is, of on finard the lankow. Tec junk bad 4,450 tins

Corca, for unlawful pussession of a counterpane, valued

of ketosine oil on board for Hai Ping, besides course, entirely beside the mark. a $1.50, reasonably suspected to have been

some sugar, matches, and other general carge, its own good, as we believe, has fallen into the stolen. Defendant, on being questioned by nearly the whole of which was carried away."

strong hands of Japan, and it was inevitable the Court, said that a houseboy in Mosque The captain of the junk, called and declared therefore that the control of its Customs should Terrace gave him the counterpane to pawn to gave evidence in currebaration of the open also be in Japanese, hands, as they would ↑ which, having crossed the Sea of Japan yester.

statement, and described the actual position of enable him to purchase opium. He was on the his mast-head light, saying that it was hanging undoubtedly have fallen into Russian hands way to pawn the article when he was arrested. from a cross-piece of iron fixed to the mast had the recent war taken, another course. His Worship imposed a fine of $5 on the coolie. he did not keep his sail so, so that all might There is, fortunately, no longer any immediate see the light. He then described the positions of the flankow and the junk when the latter fear of China coming under the domination Tis afternoon, at the Magistracy, Chan Fong

first saw the former, and showed their respec- of any one Power, or of being carved up into

The high presure area remains over Central the master of the San Cheong marine store tive positions at the time of the collision, by sections. She has the strong guarantee of the dealer's stop, of No. 39. Tung Man Lane, was the use of models.

Cross-examined by Mr. Sharp, witness said Anglo-Japanese alliance, that her integrity will Cliina, and pressure has increased over the E. be preserved and that every opportunity will Strong NE. winds to gales may be expected charged with being in unlawful possession of one keg of white lead and several steamer's port all his lights were brightly burning, the moun

was high but occasionally obscured by be given her to work out her own salvation.n the Formosa Channel, and the NE. part of hate frames, reasonably suspected of having clouds. There was not much wind, and it was That she will make mistakes in experimenting the China Sea,

Forecast:-fresh NE. winds, showery, squally been unlawfully procured. Mr. J. H. Gardiner, not rising at the time of the collision, nor was is inevitable, but the same benevolent influences of Mr. O. D. Thomson's office, defended, the sea choppy. He knew the collision hap which are ready to support hier in the path of

SHIPPING AND MAILS, Serge, Murison said that he went to defendant's pened at 9.40 p.m. because he carried a watch,

and five minutes later when he was on the flan progress towards complete' national freedom shop on the 7th instant, and found the goods or he looked at it and it was then 945 p.m. will, in her interest an well as in their own, see mentioned at the back of the shop, covered He was steering a course a little west of west to it that she makes no such fatal blunder as to with old cordage and tin sheets. Cross-exam north-west. He was siccting by the land and tamper' yet with the internal machinery of her

not by the compass.

inadequately represented, or whose, dainty feet were characterised as boats, or whose ten-inch fringe had been omitted from the report, would overwhelm the stoutest-heart. No wonder that a governor should be in a quandary under sucli circumstances, and now we read that: "For remissness in this respect the governors of Kyeng Kye, Chung cheung Chulla and Kyong Sang are now on the list for punistinent." It does not appear what they neglected to do exactly, but every one will sympathise with the unhappy

ined: Witness did not ask defendant if he had governors in their sad plight, It is a good

any stolen goods in his possession, Such thing for them that a Crown Prince of goods are sometimes likely to be found in a Korea does not get married every day. marine store dealer's shop. Mr. Gardiner said that, as it had been pointed out, a marine store dealer was quite competent of purchasing such goods. They were purchased in the absence of the master from a marine hawker. His Worship said that the onus was on the defendant to sa tisfy the Court that these goods were not uncompass, inwfully obtained. In order to allow the de fence to produce the marine hawicer from whom they purchased the goods, he would remand the case until Friday next, at noon. Bail $100

The Yokohama Municipality have decided to issue domnestic bonds to the amount of Y2,700,000 which is to be used in defraying the cost of the extension of the Customs accomma- dation, which the Government has guaranteed shall be completed in six years. It is expect ed that the bands will be placed on the market at Y98, bearing interest at the rate of & per

[36-15 cept.

Mr. Sharp: Then how do you know you were going west-north-west? Because I looked at the compass now and again.

Mr, Sharp: Do you know the points of the compass at all? flow many points are there. between West and North?

Mr. Blade: object to that question—it is. an exceedingly unfair one to put to a simple Chinese serman, as he does not, according to Chinese custom, use the English points of the

Mr. Sharp: He gave us one just now. Mr. Slade: He did not use the words; the interprater put the English interpretation on the Chinese term

The case is proceeding.

Cusioms service. We have yet to be convinced that there has been any intention to do so..

TYPHOON WARNINGS,

We are indebted to Mr. Amos P. Wilder U.S. Consul-General, for the following telo- grams received by him last evening and this forenoon, respectively:-

Manila Observatory, 3 o'clock p.m. "Cyclone north of Camarines approaching

Luzon."

"Manila Observatory, do o'clock am. "Cyclone crossing, Luron now in paralle! 16 near Dagupan moving WNW."

The typhoon appears to have approached or entered Central Luzon where a further sharp fall of the barometer has occurred. It is probably moving towards WNWV.

coast,

MAILS NUR. Indian (Namsang) 21st inst. German (Prinz Heinrich), 22nd inst. Canadian (Empress of China) z2nd inst. German (Preussen) 23rd inst. American (Afdagolla) 28th inst. American (China) goth inst. German (Prine Waldemar) 5ih prox,'

The s.8. Idomeneus left Singaporo yesterday noon, and is due to arrive here on the morning of zaod inst.

The C. P. R. Ca's 5.5. Empress of China arrived at Nagasaki at I am., on 17th inst, and left again at 5 p.m., same day, for Shang. | bai, where she is due to arrive at 11 p.m., on

18th innt.