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bined properties, but it is safe to say that, judging by former sales of land in the neigh bourhood of the Hongkew dock, a sum of much over a million taels should be realiz able for both the sites at Hongkew and Pootung,

THE RISE IN SILVER.

The rise in silver within the past fortnight has been so steady and its value has attain... ed a figure fat abtive ail, anticipations, that the position of the white metal presents fea tures more perplexing than ever. That it should be so to the ordinary laymen is little wonder when it is considered..that even among experts on the question of "ex change" anything like a forecast is difficult to predict with even an ordinary degree of certainty. Latest exchanges to hand from San Francisco this morning bearing date the 1st ult. inform us that when" silver was offered to the US. Mint at 653 cents (gold) per ounce, the tender was declined on the ground that the price was higher than it ought to be. On the 17th ult. a purchase was made at 68.35 cents per ounce. Com. menting on the action of the U.S. Govern ment the S. Chronicle observes that the outside world has not been made acquainted with the facts, if there were any, which in-

fluenced the Mint authorities to believe that 65 cents an ounce was too dear, but it has knowledge of movements which must have been in the possession of the Government, which should have, led to an, entirely dif ferent conclusion. Early in July the Indian Government announced that henceforth the $52,000,000 gold reserve fund, which is now mainly held in London in securities, would be called the gold standard reserve fund, and the announcement was followed up by a policy of adding to its stock of rupees to be drawn uponi in case of emergency. The object is to prevent the Indian-Government being made the victim of the manipulators of the silver market in the future, but the preparations. being made to achieve it have caused a temporary rise, which it seems the US, authorities are disposed to bear the brunt of, as the purchase by the Mint at the enhanced price shows. Our.contemporary saddles Congress with the blame of the bungle, trenchantly remarking that the whole business of acquiring silver for the purpose of supplying additional sub. sidiary coins has been bungled by Congress. There is no reason in the world why some portion of the tremendous quantity of silver dollars now piled up in the Treasury should not have been utilized for that purpose, suggests our contemporary. Theoretically those dollars are a backing for $481,392,000 of cenificates, but practically they are nothing of the kind.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY OCTOBER 20 1906.

RECEIVE FOUR THOUSAN ) DOLLARS.

[From Our Own' Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 16th October,

11.45 a.m.

The captors of the notorious bandit Vah-kader, who terrorised the natives in the district of Shanghai for years and was eventually caught by a stratagem and executed last Satura day, have been rewarded with a gift of $4,000 from the authorities.

FRACAS IN SHANGRAI. GERMAS & JAPANESE COLLIDE.

ONE JAPANESE KILLED AND ANOTHER

WOUNDED.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 15th October,

10.55 a.m:

A serious fracas, which had fatal results, occurred at a Hongkow re- staurant on Baturday.

Three German sailors are allege to have quarrelled with some Japan exe with the result that two of the latter were stabbed.

One of the injured man is already dead" and the other is lying in a critical condition.

The Germans have been placed under arrest.

GERMAN SAILORS T1. D SECRETLY.

AWAITING THE COURT-MARTIAL ON THE FLAGSHIP.

[From Our Own Correspondent]

Shanghai, 16th October,

11.45 ..

The German sailors implicated in the fracas at Hongkew on Saturday evening last, when a Japanese restuur. ant-keeper was stabbed to death and another Japanese seriously wounded, have undergone a preliminary trial before a Naval Court.

ANOTHER JAPANESE, DIES. From Our Thun Correspondent.]

The trial was conducted in private. The arrival of the flagship is now awaited when the men will be for Recent legislationally court-nm talled. has made tlie wilver certificate interchange able with gold, and therefore the dollars in the Treasury cannot be regarded in any other light than as so much silver bullion. But even if it were assumed that under the law as it stands there must be a silver

Shanghai, 17th October, dollar in the Treasury for every dollar's

4.40 p.m. worth of silver certificates emitted, there

The Japanese, who was seriously would still be plenty of dollars, available for melting down During the long period in wounded in the fracas at longkew which silver certificates have been issued-on Saturday evening last, in which over a quarter of a century-a great number of them must have been destroyed and lost, The amount they represent must run up into the millions. Necessarily the dollars against which no certificates are outstanding are avail- able for the public ure, and common sense deniands that they should be so employed! Concluding its line of criticises, the Chronicle says:"But common sense does not prevail In the management of our monetary affairs. In June, 1879, an act of Congress was passed by which $8,375.934 of fractional currency was estimated as lost or destroyed, that left still presumably outstanding $6,865,737.28 of that character of money. The public debt

statement still carries this amount as an obli. gation still to be met by the Government, although it is notorious that every scrap of fractional currency still in existence is held as a curio, and that there is not the remotest probability of any of it ever being presented for redemption. It is safe to estimate ihat.al least $20,000,000 of silver certificates have been lost or destroyed, but in spite of this fact we go into the market and buy silver at fancy prices, when we might as well use some of the bullion in the dollars reposing in the Treasury vaults. We don't do it ba cause, through stupidity, our representatives in Congreas prefer to throw the people's money to the birds.'"

TELEGRAMS.

"HONGHONG TELEGRAPH"

SERVICE

VAH KA-DER EXECUTED.

END OF AN ADVENTUROUS CAREER,

[From Our Own Correspondent.] -

Shanghai, 15th October, 10.55 á.m.

It is reported that the notorious bandit Val Ka-der, who was betrayed to the police some days ago, was executed at Soochow on Saturday.

German sailors were implicated, died yesterday (Tuesday).

VLADIVOST OK.

SUGGEST. DA A FREE PORT.

From Our Own Correspondent.]

-FIRES IN CANTON,

SHAMEEN BUILDINGS GUTTED.

FOREIGN STORES 'BAVED BY THE -

TIRR' BRIGADE.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shameen, 15th October, 1.40 p.m..

At four o'clock on Sunday morning serious fire started in Shakee at Hing Kee's premises and proved most

destructive.

Nine buildings were destroyed altogether.

The barracks of which Captain Young is in command, the Mutual Stores', and Messra. A. S. Watson & Co.'s buildings were saved by the

Shameen exertions of the brigade.

fire

In the evening, towards seven o'clock, another fire was reported to have broken out at Tungtuk Street.

It proved to be of formidable

dimensions.

Ten buildings were completely gutted.

The fire originated in a tobacconist'a store......

OBITUARY.

DEATH OF BI- HOP SCHERES- CHEWSKY.

in

[From Our Own Correspondent.}

Shanghai, 16th October, 11.45 a.m. Bishop Schereschewsky died Japan yesterday. JAPANESE IN MANCHURIA.

RAPID INFLUX OF TRADERS.

INCREASED DEPartmental ESTIMATLS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.}

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

LARCENY AND FORGERY,

spleen to contious at hard labour, sleep, take his meals and line up for parade without ma ing some complaint, or whether the hoe morrhage would not cause a collasse and in capacitate him from further work, though final

they thought it scarcely possib The Hon. the Attorney General then skid that care he would not call any further that in evidence, but would leave the case in the hands of the Court.

18th inst. The October Criminal Sessions opened at the Supreme Court this morning, his Honourly the Chief Justice, presiding, when the Hon. Sir Heary Berkeley, KC, Attorney-General, asked that the cases against Gidley and Ward be set for hearing next Tuesday. This was agreed to, and the special jury summoned for to-day were discharged and ordered to return on Tuesday next nt to a.m.

The first care called was that of Tanng Funk, who was charged with (1) larceny of registered letters, and (2) furgery of chops.

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Mr. Stade said that under the circumstances his client was entitled to the benefit of the doubt, but he would prefer to be honourably acquitted. Counsel then reviewed the evids ence and said the Cinwn hall failed to prove anything against the accused, and asked the jury to acquil him.

His Honour the Chief Justice then briefly

The Hon. Sir Henry Berkeley. x.C., Attor ney-General, instructed by Mr. Gah, Morrell, of Alessis. Dennys and Bowley's office, Crown sumared up, when, without a moment's delay, Solicitors, prosecuted, prisoner being unde-the jury returned a unanimons-verdict of not

guilty for the accused who was then disi charged, amidst a mild attempt at applause.

fonded.

chop to gain possession of such letters. Pri

were

NEW LAW OF EVIDENCE.

PRISONERS MAY TESTIFY.

Iẞt inst

he wanted to make a few remarks, "more

allotted the task of electric lighting which proved such a spccess last year. The electric. plant was lent by kind courtesy of the officers of the Royal Engineers and the lights were worked by the search-light dynamo.

Sergt.-Major Stevenson, RL, and Staff Sergt. Bush were responsible for the installation of 1300 opening parade took place at 4.45 pm. and Col. Sergt. Croucher and Corpl. Mille, R.W.K, put the men through a series of la mentary infantry drill preparatory to their being placed on fatigue duty. The sergeants in charge of the sub-divisions were bald respon sible for arranging the tents according to the authorised pattern, a model of which already had been fitted up.

The

Saturday was an authorised guest night, but

few availed themselves of the opportunity of dining with the citizen soldiers.

This catering, etc., was in the hands of Ying Kee and the food from a soldier's point of view, was all that could be desired. Over 140 men attended Camp on Saturday,

The right half of No. 1 Co. was on guard, and there were two guard tests, the main and the rear, and the members who constituted the former had a lively time in their endeavours to capture to reptile, but eventually succeeded in doing so.

The men on guard noticed the disastrous tire that was raging on the ill-fated is. Hankow

and one bright pecimen being taken unawares

The following Jurymen were empanelled: Messrs. Charles Schultenbach (fareman), Iscar Rowan Chunnutt, William Ironside, Paul Kal Knyvett, Frank Hesse, Lennox Godfrey Bird, and James Pearson. Prisoner pleaded to: guilty,

The Hon. the Attorney-General said that the prisoner at the bar stood charged, with stealing When his Honour the Chief Justice took his four registered letters, the property of the Post-seat this morning at the opening of the Cri master General, and with forging a certain minal Sessions, at the Supreme Court, he said soner bad formerly been employed at shop especially to the gentlemen who represent the by the sudden glare quickly announced it was Samed Fong Nam) ung. In September last Press of the Colony, to draw attention, through sunrise 1 Of course he had very little idea of our registered letters arrived for the man.

then, 16

to the fact that a new Ordinance had

what was happening on the other side of the aging partner of that firm, and

sent lately been passed, 'relating to the Law of Evid-

Vidharbour. But in the usual way for delivery. The once, of which it was important that all things At 10.15 am on Sunday the corps in con« addressee, however, could not be found, and should be made aware, and be

ped that the

junction with a company of the Rayal West accordingly the letters were taken back to the Chinese newspapers would publish a tran

Kents (with their Fife and Drum Band) fall in Post Office, and transferred to the Phafe slation, paraphrased, simuly so that all could

for divine service. The military chaplain, the Restante department. A few days later the understand the terms of this new Ordinance, Rev. Mr. Searle, preached a most eloquent prisoner called at the post office and asked for as it was altogether too complicated for the sermon taking his text from Matt: 33, 36 and the letters in question, when he was told by the Court to explain, to prisoners. It is most im-

20. "Thou shalt love thy God with all thy rlerk in charge that it would be necessary for portant for prisoners to know that they may give heart, with all thy soul and with all thy mind, him to find some responsible party to identify evidence in their own behalf, subject only of

and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” and guarantee him, as, of course, the postal course, to the right of the Actorney-General or authorities did not know him. The next day the Prosecuting Counsel, for the time being. he returned and presented himself again and to cross-examine them, and this cannot be too staled that the man who accompanied him was widely known. the master tailor of the Fung Kwa shop This latter man's identification of the applicant for the letters appeared good, and the letters were handed over, the prisoner putting on the re- ceipt the Chinese characters for the addressee's

name. On the 25th September, Kwong Fung' son, the real, legal owner of the letters, applied" to the post office for them, and was told they had | already been called for and delivered, the chops for same being shown to him. These he at once pronounced to be forgeries. A report was made to the police and in their company the son of Kwong Fung went to prisoner's house, in Queen's road, and there found the four let ers, and also one of the drafts which had bees contained therein, while another draft on the firm was found in prisoner's pocket when searched at the police station

Shanghai, 16th October,

11.45 a.m.

Evidence in support of the above was adduced. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against The influr of Japanese traders, the prisoner, who was thereupon sentenced to speculators and prospectors into five years' imperament venth hard labour on North Manchuria continues unabach count, the sentences to run concurrently.

ated.

The Japanese Departmental 8- timates for next fiscal year greatly exceed those of the current Budget.

FIRE-AT, SHANGHAI.

NEW TELEGRAPH OFFICE ABLAZE.

[From Our Own Correspondent.}

Shanghai, 17th October,

2 p.m.

ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.

In this case the particulars of which have

been fully recorded in these co to prisonery, returned a verdict against the two Liu Fat and Wang Sang Hing af guilty of rabbery with violence, and they were each sentenced five years' imprisonment with hard labour.

ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.

SPECIAL JOYMEN,

NO EXEMPTIONS,

18th inst.

of

After the Jury had been empanelled at the iupreme Court this morning, to try ille open- ng case of the present Criminal Sessions, his Honour the Chief Justice said that the Hon the Attorney General had suggested, that Tuesday next be appointed for the hering the cases of the King against Gidley

Ward, and and so the gentlemen summoned to serve on the

special jury to try thane cases must return on that day. But, before discharging them now he wished to say that he had received, and he might say as usual, through the Registrar of the Court, a large number of applications for exemption from serving on the special jury, far-many and divers renSONS, and he wanted to say that he had not the power to exemm anybody from performing the

duty required of them

by lak, Excep for very ery much better reasons than any of those adduced by the present applicat. Insufficiency of our staff is quite insufficient reason and has

nothing to do with the Court. Then the medical certificates was necessary for a medical certificate when produced as a bann Aide reason for exemption to set forth that the person to whom the certificate relates is actually phical of sisting on a jusy, owing to some refect. But how," continued his Honour, "cao accept a medical certificate sent to me to-day to certify that a jurymar will be unable to serve on Tuesday? Such a certificare could not be accepted. in conclusion of his remarks, his, Honour said that the neglec

The second day's asssions of the Criminal Sessions was held to-day, his Honour the Chief Justice presiding when the case of curge Street, a warder at Victorin Gaol, was for trial, prisoner being charged with put up A serious fire broke out shortly manslaughter. The Han. Sir Henry Berkeley, of one man to attend impo ed his proper duty *.C., instructed by Mr. G E. Marrell, of the on another, who, perhaps, had better grounds after noon to-day in the building office of Messrs. Dennys and Bowley, Crown for exemption, even if he had not applied for which is being erected for the Great Solicitors, prosecuted, and Mr. M W. Slade, them, and that amounted to a shirkin, of their

insiructed by Mr. E. 1. Gust, of Messrs. Willegal duty, and he therefore hoped that Northern Telegraph Company, Ltd.kinson and Grist, defended the prisoner. Pri more of these applications would be made. unless on bona fide grounds, as otherwise. Thes The upper floors were gutted by soner pleaded not guilty.

The following jury was empanelled could not be entertained. the flames.

Messrs. Paul Karl Kaynett (fo.eman), Wal- Fortunately, the breeze was blow. tering, Sophus Vilhelm August dall, James: ing from the west and the fire bri-Craik, Georg Priedmann, Charles Schullen.

back, and John Byron Scott, gade soon managed to get the fire under control.

Shanghai, 15th October,

10.55 a.m. A resolution has been passed by a

The alarm was given at 12.15 ¡ussian 'Comtaissión in favour of the opening of Vladivostok as a free port. p.,

GRODEKOFF RECALLED.

* [from figur Dam Correspondent ] ·

Shanghai, 15th October,

3.26 p.m. General Cirodekoff has been re- called from Vladisvostok.

FAPAN'S MILITARY NOTES.

RAPIDLY RING IN VALUE.

WORTH MORE THAN RUSSIAN ROUBLES.

J

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[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 15th October,

10.55 a.m. The military notes issued by Japan in the district of Chungchun during the war have soared far above the rouble in value.

The rise io. value is due to the completion of the South. Manchurian railway.

KING'S REGULATIONS.

TO PREVENT POLICE STRIKES.

SHANGHAI SIKH CONSTAbles and THEIR DUTIES. {From Dur Own Corrispondent

Shanghai, 16th October,

9.26 p.m. As a consequence of the recent

[The latest issue of the N. C. 2). News anys strike of the Sikh policemen, who with reference to Vah Ka-der-we understand demanded increased pay, Sir John shat under instructions from H.E. Chen Kuei. Jordan, British Minister at Peking. lung, Governor of this province, at Soochew, the Shanghai Taotsi was to send Vah Ka-der last has issued a King's Regulation under night 11th inst. to the capital city for dual trial Article 155 of the Order in Council and examination. During the four timre Vah Ka-der had been before his judged here in the of 1904. Total's yamen, consisting of Mr. Wang, Shang- The Regulation is dated the 12th

Magistrate,

Mr Kuan, Mixed Court Magis October and makes disobedience of trate, and Mr. Liang, judicial attache of the Taotai's staff, he categorically denied all the lawful commands, desertion, and charges made against him, declaring them to be persuasion to desert from the hang- the,work of his enemies who had saddled their Dins upon his devoted shoulders. A gentis hai Municipal Police breaches of the reminder of eight strokes of the fattan on those King's Regulation punishable by shoulders alia farled to bring any confession➡

Imavere penalties,

The fire brigade engines are still working while the firemen are pour ing tons of water on the amouldering liams.

`SHANGHAI DOCKS.

PROPOSED SALE OF PROPERTY.

NEW GODOWN COMPANY PROBABLE PURCHASERS.

[From Our Own. Correspondent.] -

Shanghai, 17th October,*

4.40 p.m. A meeting of Shareholders of the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., Ld.has been called for the 1st November.

The Hon. The Attorney General, addressing the jury, in his opening statement, said that the prisoner at the bar was a warder employed at Victoria Last and he was accused of having caused the death of a Chinese prisoner in that

.an

latter sent for a number of the warders and

AN OBSTREPEKOUS JALBA¤St.

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Kuniwo Tsukitaki, a Japanese photographer. reeled into No. 2 Police Station a few minutes before midright last sight, and feeling his way to the sergeant's desk, related a 'stery. The story was to the effect that he had been assaulted in the street by a woman of his own

nationality. He rambled an for some time unit finally he asked for the arrest of the woman on charge of sauh, a con but he returned later and informed the stable was despatched to loak the

up Case,

WAN officer that there

no truth in the

"Go

paris, at the rolice Court, this morning on charge of being drunk and disorderly on the pre vious night. The lap said he did not remem fined him . Kuniwn was still writing letters ber a thing of what occurred, and the Court to his friends in the police court waiting room when our reporter left, calling them to pay his

At noon the Commandant inspected the Camp and was pleased with the general ap. pearance of the tents,

In the afternoon many members of the fair sex visited the camp.

This morning 24 men from the No. 1 Anil. lery Company were detailed to fire off their annual musketry course, while the remainder were given 15 pdi. and maxim gua drill.

The men have put in some very hard work and discipline has been very good throughout.

Stonecutters' 18, 17th October, ... After Reveille was sounded on Tuesday morning the men were put on the tcpds. and Maxiins, devoting fully two hours at the work. At to a.m. those who remained in Camp wero given every facility in the direction of acquiring knowledge in gun laying, fure aclting and

aminunition.

In the afternoon there was a repetition of the meming's drill

A concert was bell after dinner and the fol. lowing contributed to the evening's enterain. ment-Capt. Nusticate, Sergt.Major Higby, Sergt. Darby, Lance-Sergt. Croucher, Corp. Mackie, Corpi. Turners Gunners Biden, Reed, Harvey, Manuk and Hayward; Sapper Hall. Gunners Chalmers and Sheffield presiding at the piano,

Those who walked in the direction of the

Sergeantsess were a bit surprised to une a blackboard with the following inscription:

Reading and Recreation. Magazines and Booke Writing materia, Games. Postage Stamps. General Hongkong messenger work to and from

By / kind permission of the Commandant, Mr. -MacPherson, the energetic Secretary of the Incal V.M.C A gfollowing the custom in vorne at horne had pitched a commodious tent and bad it converted into a library. Here all the latest magazines and papers were spread on two long tables. Further away a nice beok. casa was placed in position, a writing tabla with all its accessories and last of all chess and

draughts boards were not forgotten. In the evening the men make this place their render.

09.

At about 9 p.), the sudden boaming of gunt announced the fact that the Royal Artillery were engaged at Target Practice from the Albion Fort. The Engineer Company of the H. K. V. C. manued the searchlighis and soos we observed the military launch Omphalt turning the bend of Stonecutters West and making full speed ahead for the East, stenming in the direction of the Cosmopolitan Docks She had in tow two floating targets and thesp being attached to a cable of considerab e length were moving at a great speed, the steam winch on the law ich being utilised for the purpose.. It was a fine sight to see the targets in motion throwing up fine sprays of water and resemb ling very much the flight of a torpede bost, The tillerymen appear to have done some excellent shunting, for we noticed almost every shot had reached its mark.

The morning the men were drilled with the 93 porn, and there was Maxim gun practice at The

Range

Camp life has not been a lively as in tha days gone by and it is hoped that something will be done during the course of the week 10 make things look brighter. A military band and athletic sports, as in previous years, would not be out of place, on a Sunday afternoon,

In a mo

Stonecutters Island, 18th October, There was a good muster of me at the re hearsal of King's Birthday Parade yesterday afternoon, who, no doubt, appreciated the change after the continuous heavy gún drills,

The whole Camp was in a state of excite ment at about 20 minutes after "lights out," as ment the men paraded near the dining some clad in khaki, but the majority in their nigh attire, who had just jumped out of bed. join the ranks. They were promptly detailed to work at the buckets which had been filed with water at the stone pier and there were rapidly passed on the scene of the supposed outbreak by men in two single files. y be work was, expeditiously accomplished and the officers ordered the men to return to their tente.

gan, by name Wa Luk, by striking, peking of giving him a blow about the body with his trancheon, while the man was engaged in hard- labour, which consisted of shot drill and stone carrying alternately. The spleen was ruptured, and it was found that he was suffering from enlarged, but slightly enlarged, spleen, thugh he made no complaint whatever. I

Japanese story. The Jap was told of the would be shown that the deceased was

discovery and asked in leave the stating. He refused to leave, and daled out a string struck at about half past eleven in the

of expletives that fairly shocked his hearers. morning, but he continued his work, and took

His behaviour was such that he had to ba meal as usual, and made no complaint of

put out, hat he returned once more, On suffering. The next morning be again. any 106k his meal, and paraded with the rest of the three occasion, he was put out of the station, and on the last trip, when the Jap dug the tor prisoners, and went to work in due course of his boot into some of the station's flower. The hard-Inbour prisonera turn out at 6,151.m', j and on that morning deceased turned out and which adorn the outside walls of the worked as usual till 8 3.m., and then he fainted.baiding, smashing a few, and sending earth and flowers flying in all directions, he was put The prisoner was the warder in charge of the into a cell. He became very repentant after inen then, and when deceased fainted he sent this and was very profuse in his apologies. him to the gaol hospital. At the hospital he He campensated the station for the damage done to the flower-pols and was looking was examined by Dr. Moore, but no external marks of any injury were found on him. At pagerly for the officer-on-duty to say: 1045 am. the same day Mr. Craig, Superin away and behave yoursell," but nothing came. tendent of the gaol, saw deceased who made a

confiue and he passed the night quietly ment. He came before Mr. H. H. J. Gom. the bugler soundarf the fire pit met The business of the meeting is to statement to him, in consequence of which the consider a proposition to purchase had them filed past the deceased, the accused the whole of the Old Dock" pro-based pointed to him and said he was the

being the last of the line As he passed de perty and part of the property be man who struck him. Mr. Craig then, being a tween the Cosmopolitan and Interna. Justice of the Peace, took down the man's de-

the Pr tional Docks by a new Wharf and pition in wr ting, in the presence of

soner. It was then found that deceased w Godown Company which it is pro worse than was thought at first, and Mr. Craig posed to be formed for the purpose Hospital. He was there seen by Dr. Koch, ordered his removal to the Government Civil of acquiring the Duck Co.'s pro who at once saw the necessity for operating upon the man, and an operation was accord- perty.

ingly performed, under which the spleen was removed and found to be ruptured, and the patient died as a result. Thus the question for the jury to consider was whether the rup ture was caused by a blow, and, if so, whether it was by a blow given by the prisoner. The prisoner would tell them that he did ARDIVAL IN SHANGHAI..

not inflict any blow at all, and it would be for them to consider, after beating the evi [From Our Own Correspondent.】 dence, whether he did or did not inflict the blow alleged to have been struck by him. It must be remembered that the warders in Shanghai, 18th October;

he encampment is pitched on the same site the gat 2.85 p.m.

had no right to strike the prisoners. A prisoner as that of former years, being located well in Majesty's Gaol was as much entitled to the open and close to the sea. Sixteen tents ware seserved for the ac ammodation of the Bir Claude Macdonald, H.M.',

protection from assault as any other parson, in

them except

men, for the staff sergeants and antre under the order of the Court sen Ambassador for Japan, who is pro-the land, and no one had any right to strike officers, 17 bell tents for the reception of the coeding home on holiday, arrived tencing a prisoner to corporal punishment. If 3 for the officers' mess, 2 for the guards, for

the hospital, for the headquarter office, here to-day, by the N.D.L. s... Pring the jury found that the prisoner did inflict a

blow

and that that blow ruptured the spleen tailor's shop, lectur tent, Bioreroom tent Ludwig,

of the deceased, thereby causing his death, they and there were also a dining mashed, can Sir Claude was received by must return a verdict of guilty of manslaughter teen matthed, and a shed for servants supplied the contractor. Euch tent was furnished acquil,

with beds, bolsters and blankets and had is Naval Guard of Honour. His Ex-gainst the prisoners, otherwise they must

Evidence was then adduced,

commodation for four men and in como car's sellency is the guest of Mr. H.

The case for the prosecution practically fail-five.. Keswick, chairman of the Municipaled, as the medical witness would not state whe Thanks to the efforts of Capt. Crake and they it was possible for a man with a ruptured List, Röyapide, the Ruginser Company were

[The store solegram was received too late for publication in our last evening's issue. Ed., H.K.T

SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD.

Council

fine

THE POLUNTEER CAMP.

FIRST DAY AT STONECUTTERS',

[From Our Special Correspondent.]

Stonecutters Is., Monday. With excellent weather the Hongkong Volun teers opened theis a nual Camp at Stonecut ters Island on Saturday afternoon. The first launch for convey ince left Blake Pier at 245 pim. followed by the other routine launches and there was a fairly good muster; taking into considerating the fact that few could afford to

football. miss their Saturday's cricket or

*nstructors.

This morning the Artillery Companies were exercised with 15pdzs, and Maxims, the En gineer Company going for musketry practice.

A sham fight is to take place in the New Territory on Saturday afternoon and the foyak West Kents will participate. The official guest aight has been altered} Monday, the Zandƒ - to Saturday, the 20th instant, His xcellensy the Governor will inspect the Camp in the evening and will dine with the officers,

Being in unlawful possession of fourieun bales. of yarn, valued at $4,120, on the 16th instant, was the charge preferred against one Chau Chin Sing and four native brokers, by inspector Langley, of the Water Police Station, at the Police Court on Thursday. The four brakerų, Juok re seen discharging the yarr, from which was at anchor near the Kowloon Praya wall, on to the shore, and as they could not give an explanation as to warn the yarn came the station from the police arrested them. At the they said that Chau Chi Bing had employed. them to get the yarn 13 Kowloon, & visit to To kwa wan by the rolice resulted in the arrest of that gentleman. The explanation, we understand, that the defendants tendered she Court was very vague, and Mr. F. A. Haseland And them to sach.

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