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ELEGRAM S

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH VEVASERVICE, VERSA

S COURT FOR CHINA..

SENSATIONAL CASES,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY JANUARY 21 1907

VARAMINE

ING UP OF THE CAMPE.;

Antung by Runner in... Tringklangpu, January 16. The camps at singklangpu are in course of demolition and the people are seturning to their homes Some 300,000 have already left. Small had brolin fit among them in camp and may account, in part, for the action of the officials in compelling refugees to evacuate the camps%

MR. C. A. BIDDLE PROSECUTED. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanglia, 21st January, I have followed the line of retreat taken by large numbers and have been inre ligating 1.10 p.m.

their condition and circumstances, Terrible The U. S. Court for China is be-scenes have been met with along the roads but the people, accept the position stoically, They are aware that they are returning only to die of starvation In a country absolutely

coming more and more sensational every day.

A civil action was heard to-day, bofore his Honour Judge Willey, wherein Mr. C. A, Biddle, general manager and secretary of the Metropole Hotel Ld, was sued by four Chinese for a sum of fls: 6,000. Judgment was given for plaintiffs, Whereupon plaintiffs' attorney was forthwith instructed to prosecute Mr. Biddle on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences.

daonded.

The first sign of public works was to be met with here, where they are repairing the banks of the Salt Cabal in n small way.

As far can be judged at present 250,000 people are doamed in the district of Tsing kiangpu alone.

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should be most fertile, but it in currying no

(SERIOUS CHANGE:

THE POLICE.

Writing on the 11th instant, a correspondent of the Nagasari Prius records a cowardly and wholly unprovoked assault upon two foreign ladies in the Anuthern port, and also accuses a policeman of serious and wilful derelictios of duty. He writes

without being molested by toughs"?"

"This morning a few minutes after twelve o'clock two ladies were walking down the hill at the back of the Nagasaki Hotel, and when passing the house of Captain Rolle, the U.S. Quartermaster, they were set upon by a rough who was accompanied by a number of other Зарайске.

THE OA

THE LOAN, AGREEMENT,

Advertisentents.

HONGKONG, CANTON AND MA

STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

RIGHTY-FIRST ORDINARY TALIYEARLY MEETING SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, Hotel Mansions, on TUESDAY, the 12th February, at 12 o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend, confirming the appointment of a Director and electing Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 30th January to the 13th February, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of Directors;

W. E. CLARKE, Secretary. Hongkang, 21st January, vonz g THE TRADE MARKS O⋅ DINANCE,

1898

APPLICATION FOR Registration OP • TRADE MARKS...

A Paking dispatch states that the Canton- Kowloon Railway Loan Agreement made last aatumn in Peking between H. Tang Shuo-yl, presenting the Chinese Government, and Mr. JO2. Bland, representative of the British Corporation, has been made the subject of adjoint, memorial of the Waiwupu and Yuch'uan Apparently Nagasaki is developing an elepu (Ministerics of Foreign Affairs and Foste ment among the would-be 'fresh youths, sim and Communications) to the Throne, in which bar to the jistiksha roughs of Kobe I read their Majesties approval to the Agreement is about a few days ago, who act upon two Euro asked. It will be remembered that recently peans and battered them about, with the lame

an attempt was made by a small clique of in-" excuse they had not received (by a fow sen} tested persons in Shanghai to start an agita» their proper fate. But surely European ladies tion against the terms of the loan to repudiate may walk, out in this city in broad daylight in on the ground that there was quite sufficient capital in China for the enterprise. We may date that when his xcellency Tang Shao-yi teard of this be was most indignant and at ence sont a telegram to Canton, where a similar agitation had been started, upbraiding the agitators and stating that for several months prior to the signing of the Agreement plenty of time had beca given to the people of the country to subscribe funds to build the Railway in question with Chinese capital. Furthermore, his Excellency had repeatedly NOTICE is hereby given that THE asked the leading gentry of Cantou whether LIMITED, of Victoria, in the Colony of they could take up the matter of raising the Hongkong, have, on the 13th day of Decam help for it, but to procure a foreign loam, so as to applied for the Registration, in Hongkong, in necessary funds, otherwise there would be hober, 1996, and the 8th January, 1957, respectively.

Trade Marks, viz. push forward the construction of the line. To the Register of Trade Marks of the following all his Excellency's inquiries on the subject came the same reply that there was no ready money in the country to construct the proposed railway with Chinese capitat. Not until then, continued his Excellency's telegram, was there any move to obtain the needed funds from a foreign source, and it was therefore improper agreement that had been made and signed bot lay ridiculous, to try to repudiate an after every chance had been given those in-kong, or of the Undersigned. terested in the proposed railway to raise the money themselves. It was a matter to be regretted, looking from the point of view of the objectors, but it was now too late to make any objections, under the circumstances."-N, CTP. Now,

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I have just returned from a circuitous jour." One of the ladies, who is an invalid, was ney of two days' duration, in su Eastward struck violently in the side, the other Japanese direction. The country is absolutely flat and standing by enjoying the foreigners, discoms. ture. The Japanese in question was on the winter crops. The whole of the land has been point of following up his assault, when furtu. ploughed in readiness for sowing, but less than nately two English gentlemen appeared and a third has been planted with reed, and there rescued the ladies from their plight. "

"A policeman happened along at that is none left for the rest. The ploughing con sists of scratching the ground to a depth of six moment (as usual after it had happened) and inches only: with deep proper tillage this these two gentlemen requested the policeman should be one of the greatest grain areas. The to take the offender to the station, but the only many dwellings to be seen are evidence of fair satisfaction they received was the usual ise prosperity according to Chiocre standards in and smile. The roughs ware allowed to walk normal times, but now the vast majority of the away, laughing at the insult they had offered people have no grain. The people are subsist the foreigners, and the noble limb of the law ing on-gruel made from leaves, ground beans completed his end of it by sauntering off with and peanuts. There is little cereal to be had. the utmost contempt. The price of rice is five cents per pound which is three times the usual price, and everything in the locality is at more than double rates.

The officials at Wuchiangkou, twenty miles to.the East of here, are advancing money on bends to properly owners. The maximum is four dollars to a family. The general distribu. tion of money ceased four days ago, and now the poorest people are absolutely without food. I visited many of the usual groups of habita. The lighthouses at Plumpoint and Portions and invariably found some who were dead Royal have disappeared.

or dying from hanger. Food of all descrip. tion is scarce in this part, which wants grain and not money. The population of the hsen (Antung) is 800,000, about half of whom have a chance of pulling through..

The Jamaica Earthquake.

LONDON, 18th January. A telegram from Sir James Swettenliam, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica, states that the earthquake was con. fined to three parishies-Kingston, Port Royal and St. Andrews. 345 burials have taken place in Kingston, and 500 persons were in hospital at noon on Thursday. A ́few bodies are still covered by the,ruina..

Correspondents slate that the harbour is sinking and it is feared that the city will slip into the sca

Later.

Mr. Henniker-ileaton cables to the Times a graphic account of the earthquake. He says that he was in a moderate-sized street" when the ground began to quake and thou `sands of people rushed out of, and jumped from, the windows of the houses which were falling in all directions. Five minutes of absolute darkness, caused by, the clouds of dust and debris then ensued, and Mr. Hen niker-fleaton and a companion, finding themselves a black as negroes, returned to the Club, which they found half ruined with the mutilated corpse of a member stretched across the porch. Mr. Henniker-Heaton met a hatless and coatless man, and after conversing with him for some time recognis ed him as the ex-member of Parliament, Mr. Gerald.

The Japanese in California.

19th January.

The Federal Government has started two actions in San Francisco to ensure enital

· school advantages to the Japanese, and con- tends that the exclusion of Japanese.children is a flagrant violation of the treaty, unjusti- fied by the law of California, and even, if justified by law, is null and void.

WUCHOW NOTES, S

"Apparently, the policeman believed the Japanese rough in preference to the foreigners, for although the two gentlemen described, by actions, to the policeman, the assault on the indies, that worthy took no notice, although the gentlemen offered to accompany him to the station if he would arrest the rough.

"this had occurred in a European. city, the policeman" would not have required persuasion from onlookers to arrest the young scoundrel; he would consider it his duty, more especially if it was a foreigner who was assaulted, but I suppose in this country they onnge things to suit themselves, maski' the foreigner, who however pays pretty heavily for protection he does not get."

...

Viceroy Chow For is heart and soul against the signing of the Kownon-Canton Railway He has just dospatched the Agreement. fellowing blunt telegraphic message to the reply, indirectly, to Peking Goverment as the open telegram recently addressed by Tang Shao-yi to the people of Canton:-Whether we will have a British loan for the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway or not, it is far me to decide. As the notables and the gentry of Canton have consented to take upon them- selves the responsibility to procure the

FRAMÚAN ACCIDENT AT WEST POINT.

In'commenting upon the foregoing the. Edi. tor of our Nagasaki contemporary expresses necessary funds, I see op good reasons for such the hope that a complaint has been lodged a loan. Da not, therefore, sign the Laan with the Superintendent of Iolice, in which | Agreement.-Universal Gaasite. event he believes proper action would be taken in the matter by the authorities. We hope so, too, for unless the police authorities show themselves to be determined to severely punish these pugnacious individuals, the number of assaults upon inoffensive foreigners will cer tainly increase, and perhaps lead to the victims taking the law into their own bands,, with consequent unpleasant complications.

A later issue of the Nagasaki Press, just to hand, contains the following communication from the correspondent above quoted ¦—

ILIND MAN'S BEHAVIOUR IN HOSPITAL.

I walked fifteen miles along the top of the South dike banking the Yellow River, and passed six large washouts and numerous small. er ones. These had not been repa red and Cotequently fresh floods are threatened; they are certain should there be any abnormal rain full. It should be pointed out to the authorities that one gap in the dike makes the whole use. less. I have branched this point and also spoken on the value of railway communication to all

Shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday night a officials and gentry with whom I have been

blind musician was knocked down by electric All agree as to the

tra car, No. 27 at the junction of Eastern brought in contact.

Street and Des Vœux Road West. At the time the accident occurred the blind man was necessity of railways and the conserving of waterways; als the preventing of floods. The

on his way to Shek-tong-tsui to sulfl an engage. gentry say, however, that they are afraid to

ment. He was walking clear of the track, institute works or invest their money, because,

When he heard the wild sounding of a gong un the advent of a new official, they may lose

May I trespassouce more on your good behind him the musician became puzzled and it all in squeez. They say the only way of nature by asking you to insert the following stepped to one side-in the way of the ap- proaching car. The molarman adjusted his coi trol is by foreigners The city councillors explanation offered me by Mr. Yeguchi, the emergency brake, but before the car could be here wish to institute drainage works, but are Chief of Police of this City, regarding the un-hauled up in time, the blind man was knocked afraid to trust their own people. The magis pleasant occurrence of yesterday, when two

down, · He was then picked up by the cow. trate and officials are doing everything, that isadies were molested on the Hill. Mr. Yeguchi possible for the people hereabouts: they are most energetic, courteous and indefatigable, but the whole system of their relief is ludicrous and puerile in its amateurishness.

Meanwhile the distress, terrible as it is at. ready, is only beginning to be felt The only practical thing will be to forget the 400,000 who are dying, and obtain seed for crops for the remaider.-N. C. D. Kezes.

INTERPORT FOOTBALL ÁT

SHANGHAI

NANNING'S CUSTOMS' STAFF,

Wuchnw, 19th January, The Namping Customs sinff, recruited from Wuchow, has just been appointed, per tele.. graphic despatch. Mr. M. Neubrunn is ap Confirming our special telegram from Shang- pointed to Nanning, also onc Chinese indoor

hai last week, the following clipping from the clerk and a native weigher and watcher. Mr

N. C. D. News amplifies our earlier report: Nedbrunn has been in Wuchow far over two

There have been interpost cricket and shoot. years, as assistant 'examiner, and his loss.io

ing and tennis matches for many years, but this port will be much regretted. Further adhitherto, as far as we know, there have been no ditions to the new port's staff, are expected in

interport football matches played at Shanghai. the near future, Theansing Customs ponit has been left to the Shenghai Rugby Union toon, etc. are being seat up to day. It was

Club 10 show the way in this particular, and, originally intended to have them towed up by as will be seen by the letter published in an.. launch, but this has been found to be imprac other column, the Committee of the newly ticable, so trackers have been engaged, and it formed North China Sports Club at Tientsin will take them about 18 days in seach. Nanning have accepted the invitation and challenge in s from here. There are rumours of a Nanning-

very sporting spirit. The visit will 'take' place Wuchow railway being constructed, and this about the middle of next month and will pro scheme seems to have been enthusiastically bably extend over three or four days, giving taken up by local officials and native gentry. time for several friendly matches, if it is de- Several local merchants have left and are leavcided that the Interpot honours must de- ing for Naoxing in investigate trade prospects.pend on a single encounter. The coming Tientsin players should infuse fresh enthusiasm The Tin Kong, Messrs. Banker and Co.'s into the Shanghai Club, which, after opening new motor launch, which recently went ashore the season strongly, bas drosped somewhat in whilst en route to ♪ ánning, has been refloated, the last week or two. There is no doubt that, And came down to Wuchow without assistance, at its best, Shanghai, can put a formidable fif The Tien Kong is not as badly damaged as

teen into the field, but they will need all their was at first reported, but still the damages are strength if reports from Tieninin are to be be faltly extensive and will cost Messrs. Banker &

Jieved, The Northern Club will have the Co. a good round sum before she is in working services of several old Shanghai players, some order again. The Tien-Kong has had a large of whom are said to have impraved during their hole knocked out of her bottom, the gap being stay at Tientsin. During the next month the about 4 feet wide. The hole has been carefully local Club will not only be busy selecting and plugged temporarily and the launch sent practising its team, but preparing the hearty down to Canton for alteration and repairs. Welcome, which will, we are sure, be accorded Messrs. Benker and Co, are to be sympathized our visitors. with in their loss, and it is very hard luck on them, as this firm are showing a praiseworthy | Ho Tam Yau, the coalie, whose truck knocked affort in trying to establish a convenient and down and brulsed a three-year-old child at auperior service to the new port of Nanning, Yaumati on the 18th instant, under circum- stances already reported in these columns, was brought up on remand before Mr. P. A. Hate land, at the Police Conet, to-day, Inspector

WRECKED MOTOR LAUNCH REFLOATED,

NANNING,

The opening of Nanning from the terJanuary. 197, haw pot caused much of the "rush" that

POWER

It is said that the port will not | Macdonald, in whose district the partjes reside,

explains that the policeman performed his not duty, insomuch as, although he did ariest the offender at the time, he reported the affor to the Superintendent when he went off duty, in the meantime taking the address of the young man who committed the offence.

The foreigners, seeing that the policeman did not take the young man in charge, natural. y concluded (owing to their ignorance of the language and the police rules in such cases) that no notice would be taken of the affair. It appears that Captain Rolfe, the U.S. Quarter master, reported the matter to the American Consul, who in turn informed the police. The uperintendent of Police, also Dr. Hashimoto, inteviewed me during the evening in regard to the assault.

"Dr. Hashimoto left me ia interview the Chief of i blice, assuring me that the offender would certainly be caught and asking that my letter to the Press should be withdrawn: (The the Superintendent visited me later in the paper, menwhile, bad gone to press). When evening he informed me that the culprit was alrendy caught From the courteous treatment I received at the hands of Mr. Yeguchi this morning, 1 felt that he was serious when he assured me that the police are extending every possible assistance to the foreigners of Nagasaki."

'SHANGHAT STOCK EXCHANGE,

SETTLING DAYS.

The committee of the Shanghai Stock Ex change have decided that the following shall

Settling Days for 07

Wednesday, January

to

Wednesday ...... February 27th Wednesday...Marchi 27th Monday.................. April Thursday...........lay 3ath

20th

Friday

June

·28th Tuesday 09-2

30th July Thursday int

August 29th

•Friday an

...September 12th Wednesday

....October 30th Friday........ ......Narember 29th" Friday

December 20th

THE WRATHER

The following report is from Mr. F. G. Fizg First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory:

catcher of the car and tossed off the track. When he was picked up by the police the only injury that could be found on him was a cut two and a half inches over the left eye. He was taken to the Government Civil

Hospital. In that institution it was found Decessary to stitch up his wound. He was then placed on an operating table, but his behaviour Was such that he had to be strapped down be fore anything could be done. He threatened the doctors with leaving the Colony if they did not leave him alone. He said that │· they were experimenting on him and that they were going to gauge out his eyes, and Goally, in a more sespectful tone, he begged those around him not to touch his pockets, but that if they wanted anything let him get up and he would oblige them. He had only three cents in his pocket 1 He is only expected to remain in hospital for a few days.

-COMMERCIAL

TO-DAY'S Exchange,

Selling.

London-Bank T.Fe

Da. demand Do.. 4 months' sight France Bank .T.............. America-Bank T.T........... Germany-Back T.T.......................... India T.T.

Do.. demand... Shanghai-Bank T.T.................... Singapore T.T. Japan-Bank T.T. .................. Java-Bank T.T.

Buying

4 months' sight L/C

6 months' right L/C

2/1

HONGKONG MILLING COMPANY,

1. Twelve Pigs." a. Four Gold Fish

ING COMPANY, LIMITED; who claim to in the name of the said HONGKONG MILL. be the sole proprietors thereof.

The Trade Marks are intended to be used by the Applicants in respect of the following goods, viz.

IN RESPECT OF FLOUR IN CLASS 42.

A facsimile of such Trade Marks can be seAD

at the office of the Colonial Secretary of Hong-

Dated the arst day of January, 1907,

HASTINGS & HASTINGS,

Solicitors for Applicants,

38, Queen's Road Central,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by. PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERHED, „

on

WEDNESDAY,

the 23rd January, 1907, at it A-st., at their Salce Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road, corner of Ice House Street,

A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, ́·

Comprising:

CLOTHING,JAPANESE PIECE GOODS, BLANKETS, TEA SETS, EGYPTIAN CIGARETTÉS, &c, &c, &c.

ALKO An Assortment of WINES AND SPIRITS.

TERMS As usual,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, 21st January, 1907.

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PUBLIC AUCTION,

THE Undersigned have received instructions

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, on WEDNESDAY;-

the 23rd January, 1907, at 2.30 P.M., at No. 4. Queen's Road Central,

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SILVER AND IVORY WARF.

Catalogues, will be issued. TERMS :—As usual,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, rat January, 197

ORIENTAL PACIFIC LINE.

MONTHLY SERVICE FROM HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA KODE AND YOKOHAMA,

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About 35th February, For Freight and furiber particulars, apply to "DAKOTAH"....

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, 2151 January, 1907,

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HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.

HE H. A. L Steamship

"SAXONIA,"

THE

Captain Sachs, having arrived from the above paris, Consignees of Cargo are hereby re- quested to, send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature by the Undersigned and to take immediate delivery of their goods from alongside.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unicus notice to the contrary be given before TO DAY,

aft 1/16'

2/3 1/16 Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be 2.79 landed into the hazardous and/or extra hazard- ......... 531 obs Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon ....2.27Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, and stored at

1641 Consignees' risk and expense.

165

All Claims must be presented within ten ...71 days of the steamer's arrival here after which prem date they cannot be recognised.

30 days' sight San Francisco New York, 4 months"sight

do

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To-day's Advertisement.

AND MOJI..

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for

"GREGORY APCAR," the above Parts, on TUESDAY, the 29th Captain S. H. Belson, will be despatched

instant, at Noon.

On the zist at 12.45 8The barometer han FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE fallen quickly over Japan, and risen over China, particularly on the E. Coast

The depression is moving astwards acrossHE Steamship Japan. A high pressure area now lies over the continent to the North of the Yangtze, n

Fresh to strong monsoon-may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the China Sea.

FORECAST, 1-Hongkong and neighbourhood, N.E 2-Formosa Channel, N.E. winds, streng

South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks, same as No. 1. the NMAT 4-South coast of China between Hongkong

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be pros anired for trade until next April, sald that accused made no attempt to help the winds, fresh; fair.

and in the meantime the trade of the new port «la magnani, owing to the high freight rates, and the lowases of the river, which necessitates

small shipments of cargo,

child after the accident." His Worship fined!

the coolle $5, and we underéland the contract-

or has consented to compensate the moiber

for the careless action of bis employes,

: and Haluau, same as No 12

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This Steamer bas Superior Accommodation for Passengon, and is installed throughout with Electric Light and carries a duly qualified Docter.

For Freight or Passage, apply to k

DAVID SASSOON & Co, LIMITED,

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No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 28 h January, will be subject to rent..

All traken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be

examined on the -——————- At.3 P.M. --

No Fire Insurance has been effectod.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,

Hongkong Office,

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