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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1010

coupse, many others occurred in various parts of Chinatown; so much ID, that the Public Works Department underwent pretty thorough alterative process in its lower "grades of officials and a new Tublic Ucalib and Buildings Crdinance was formulated for presentation to the Legislative Council with a view to a consolidation of the heterogene ous mass of amali. Bille that went to maks up the laws on the subject and to osure" a unification that had not pre viously existed. Of course the Government was compelled to do something, for the popular outery was so bitter against them In allowing such a state of affairs to exist that it was ventilat d not only in every news. paper in the East but in leading English journals as well and Hongkong found her fair fame encloaked in a mantle of shame for her failure to epact building laws that would suffice to her needs and to the safety of the lives and limbs of her inhabitants. At that lime, certainly, it, did appear as though our

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tae English Mail of the 20: August was delivered la London 02:19:h is

MANILA was declared an infected pon by the Officer Administerin; the G„vernment in Council yesterday,

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however humbly, to explain their purport and propagate their teaching. Els Lordablp the Chief Jurice has with culting scorn stigma Alsed a form of torture sinctlobed by the almost medieval laws which are in this Col ony, in the words of Sir Francis, "a relic of the dim ages of jurisprudence. This prace tice briefly amounts to this. A creditor résident here may have his debtor arrested THERE will be a band performance of the and put into prison before any case has been Belle View Hotel on Wednesday 31st in heard in Court, and kept there unless he put commencing at 9 p.m. speciá up security sufficient to answer the judgment that might be given against him when the case should have been tried in the future Aa actual instance occurred some years ago A gentleman residing in a Coast-Fort was suddenly, forced by urgent affairs and his wife's state of health, to take short leave and proceed to Europe immediately. He had few accounts with Hongkong tradesmen, and wrote to those of the latter whom he could tiot pay at once in full that on his retum, in a few months he would satisfy them. No!

Tax alian, Corsal-General in Hongkong bus heen instructed telegraphically, to contradict oficially all unfounded rumours about the existence of chol.ra in Naples /

ALLEGED WIEFUL MURDBAN

MANHA CATTLE DA VER SⱭDEAINƐ

Before the Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott,|| at the Culminal Sessions this morning, Wang

Hing was indicted on a charga

JERPOIS STRE

WASANII QUIRY I

At the Magistracy this i willal murder | bafora Mr. J. R Wood and

at Shay Li Pul on the 15th July Mr. Wo Reen-Davos, Attor, sy General, în | siructed by Mr. H. L.. Dannys, Sr., from the

Clown Solicitor's office, appeared for the pic decution and, Mr. Eldon Potter, lar seced by

Rapp) was confinned concerning the den seven people who wet, their

collapse of the best. Nos 95 and Sueet on September th. Inspector G

appeared for the Police.

Mr. Leo. d'Alimada, was for the defendant. Pritoner entered's plea of net gully. One of the partners in the hones la which the The following was the isty:-Messir J, Rous 4. originally occurred before the collapse. fireman), M. W. Mark, M. ]. Dicenberg, E. J. said that on the night of the fire a servant boy de Siva Loureiro, F. B. Wood, A. Lopas and came to his privats bouse and told him about the fire" He went there at once but by thir B.C. Graff

He had been time the beess had collapsed lo ibaie premises for ten years. The placemen lighted by gas,

4:00W,G agitation is reported in Germany The Attorney-General stated that priser consequence of the mint famine, which is appeared on a charge of wilful murder. He ascribed to the tariffs. A congress of municipal was formuly a castle-driver and lived at Sam. corporations is projected with the view of utg. Chuni in Chinese territory. The deceased mas leg Government to open the frontiers, ridarea of leccas.d's brotheria the deceated was also a' castle-driver. It appeared from the

FROM Baden-Taden it is reported, that the air.

A foki from the neighbouring shop said- bu war asleep when he heard cries of, * Gio ”la iba

street and be immediately went out. He Lend left a place called Korg Ha, near Sam Chuo, no explosion, There was no fire in his own

buffalo and cast. The man lelt Kong Ha quite | Another usighbour, the master of a shop,

Colonial Government were about to make a one "objecied, and his horror" and Zeppelin Vilarned over in its shed lo con, at 7 o'clock on the night in question, driving a heusa than??"

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treas were beyond words when he found himself arrested on the deck of the steamer in which he and his wife had taken their passage, and which was 19.

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sequence of au explosion of patrol in the car. several of the clew were found to be suffering from bom.

TowKAY Yeoh Paik Keat, of the Uganda Rub bur Baigion at Klang, which in the last seven

brinths bad an output of 6,330 lbs of rubber reposts that a Singapore syndicate had cfleet 64,000 for the colate last months and a

No

the following day. A cruel aggravatiquer is trouble was that the tradesman (ware. glad to say he and his business have ceared to exist) had claimed more than four times EUBSTITUT ON of red ties for polished rice at the real amount due. Of course, in time the Calion leper colony has resulted in the abso and with the aid of a lawyer, and after tota a extermination of the disease of beribari, formerly seemingly impeusible of eradication at finite difficulty and delay, he would have the leper island, according to the quarterly been able to satisfy the Court that be only report of the director of health. owed a quarter of the sum claimed. He would have had to get all his luggage out of the steamer's hold, and have lost his passage, and have bad endless trouble. The receipts and bills, etc, referring to his Hongkong transactions were all stowed away in a pick ing case which had been warehoused in the Coast Port. With infinite annoyance, and difficulty and long delay he would have had

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buffalo and a calf in the suma diréctica 1. The m:n was afidiwards seen at Skatin. Decoseed went to a loa-house and while there prisoner and another man entered the tea house.

alone. the way he met a man driving

two o'clock by the noise of a case et podda falling down. Then he saw that there was

No. 98, sild he was wakened up aboitly cler

Be in the Lext boost, and Le teld: bli fazla s 100. He heard no sided of an explosien. He

it

didzot know what caused the cave to fall down

was placed on top of another one,

#Another thopkeeper declared, that be was

The deceased was scan to leave the tea house half past seven with his bogile and cart and proceed in the direc in of Kowloon.” Prisonar and the other man left ten minutes later and at awakened by a loud noise and on looking est the time were not rccompanied by any animals, of the window be told his fokin that there were Nothing more was sean of the decessed until soms bruses collapsing. After, the fall on 3 pm, on the following day, when Mr. Broadbroke out... bent, of the Kowloon Waterworks, found the A Chibern Inkong declared that while on

dand body of a Chinese male in the reservoir, | duty in Queen's Road on the sight of the ' Soma aricles were found near the body bat fra he beard a very loud sound like a gun. TELEGRAMS fom Washington state that Mr.they were not all a leged to have belonged He ran in the direction and saw that No. 100 Marsh,, United States Charge d'Adalies at to decard. Some of them at all events was on fire, He went to kaip la the rescue of Panama, has been recaled, apparraly owing was said to be the property of the prisoner. the people in the other houses

interview in which be said that 11.Vice. There was, however, no particular Impor PC. Maclaren stated that he was on duty in President Menders were elected, President of tanco attached to the fading of the articler.Qanun's Road aunt No. 5 Police Station whin Panama, the United States would be camilled Mr. Boadbent saw traces of blood stairs to heard is report. file that of a big guo. Ou on the bank, which showed that the body was looking round he saw the reflection of Bre in. fo Occupy

dragged from the back to the reservoir. The the direction of Bendam Strand, He warned fr was reported at Shangbal that the steamer pri oner was next scen at the Sham-shul-po cat the station watchman and after the fireball had ile der 6. between oneand two on the morolig of been rong he went down to No. vele

P. C. Hed ̧¤ gava evidence about essleg the r flection, and warning the brigade and find.

•or to kunex the country.

BULL DOG Provisions were to provide for a substantial to pack it to down to the go, and Cole position and probably, she will be got off the syih july wi is a buffalo and all. me if qift. Strest and raw that the back had esliapard

BRAND

GUINNESS'. STOUT in PINTS and SPLITS.

LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGSFA

Hongkong, 7'h July, 1910

NOTICE

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All communications intended for, publication in "The HONGKONG TELEGRAFI should be addressed to The Editor, 1, Ice Bons 'Road, and should be abcompanied by the Writer's Name and

Addrews:

FIERY indignation marked, the proceeding at no extraordinary meeting of the Rubber Plan-

Association at Saigon, on August 37. The mesting was called in consequence of a news. pipertbere, which caters for native reeden,coL taliping an article stirring up the people to kill all rubber plants on lands alleged to be grabbed by planters. The journalist in question was denounced in no measured terms, and a resolu lion was passed calling upon the government to punish those answerabla for this call to crime.

Samet

foreign to the case we are considering BA SENSATIONAL Customs salabre la reported ing a lawyer, and a very stern fighter, be from Silgos, A Chiasmen, who had just ar managed to suppress that unscrupulous kived by mail from Slogapore, tried to pass plaintiff" for the time being, and to enable some packages as containing preserved plas- the nearly distraught debtor and his wife ppls. The weight of the packages aroused suspicion. They were opennd; eight, la num- to continue their journey. His Lordship ber, and found to contain jewellery and gold speaks feelingly of his impressions of this teaf valued at $40,000. They wars, as zad ̧ sort of thing when he first came to Shortly afterwards news cime of a big jiwel Hongkong. He says that considering robbery at Singapare. The Saigon police "the capacity for torture which that pro. think that this has some connection with the cédure contained, it would surprise no one attempt at smuggling.

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murder. The jury's verdict would be subject to bis Lordship's discretions. If the cʻreum- stances attending the murder led them to be lieve that they would be justified in finding prisoner guilty of the offence alleged against prisoner then their verdict must be eas of mur- der; otherwise prisoner was entitled to an ac. quitted. **

all three houses burning when he anilved on the cabe.

Sergeant Garrod stated that after the fra be saw all of the debris tarasd over. He'found one kerosene tia bars, one kerosene lamp and 3 saull cartridga". Next day he found anoiber kercsine tin and a small busiekfal of Chinese crackers; alio dive piecas é gaspipe.

Jorpector Gourlay was the maxi witasis. He

stated

that on to-night in question he was in bis quarters at No. & Station, Caine Road, awoke and saw a tefiction of fire on going, down be found all three kruses buralog and that the walls and party walls of 98 and 100 had fallen. He had siamined the party wall of 102 and could see no sign of an explo

alon. If there had born an explosion, he said After heating Counsel's addresses and Eis the walls of all thros houses would bave falian Lordship's summing up, the Jury returned a | If the wall gave way at once it would male unanimous verdict of not guilty. Prisoner psies like an explost in the distance. In h was accordingly discharged.

oplatos there wasro explosion♬

OORRESPONDENCE,

We do not necessarily endorse the opialons expressed

by Correspondents in this column.]

desperate effort to recover their last ground fo the catimation of residents both at Home and abroad; but, apparently, the mountain brought forth a mo'o. For have we not bad within the past few weeks two most terrible cakes of building collapses stended, unhappily, by a lamentable death toll. As far back as 1902, the Director of Public Works, in submitting his annual report to the Government, said that an unsatisfactory feature of the year had been the large number of collapses of build ings, which had occurred, many of the buildings involved being new or nearly so In several cases, those collapses were attend- ed with considerable loss of life. At that period the new Public Health and Build inga Ordinence was under consideration by the Council, so with a view of preventing a recurrence of these disasters in future ou merous provisions supposed to be effective were inserted in the Bill. Inter the new

to get this case Hongkong, Proteus in now lying in a much more favour neresse in the thickness of walls and the would have been fatal to his interests at the bank on which she is stranded in the nexted the price of some cattle and then laft. It few days. Thị Dona Fang, which has been seemed to him abextraordinary thing that aman building of certain portions in cement mor Home, for which he had been forced chartered from the Kochise Towboat, and should be asking the price of cattle st that boar tar, the insertion of tie-rods in unsupported to undertake the journey, and his wife Transportation Co, by the New Engineering of the morning but he was told that the practice external walls of considerable length, the pro would have been obliged to go to a hospital and Shipbuilding Works, who are doing the was quita common among the villagers. A hibition of persons practising as architects upon the Peak, which would have involved sing, has been able to puti round the bow heifer was subsequently purchased. The upices authorised by the Governor in Counheavy expense. In every way this unfor- of the Proties, and the now, lies mostly two Crown's case was the identification of the cil to do so, and the imposition of increased tunate gentleman, was face to face with dis- miles from whers sh i was formerly, - my buffalo and the identification of the heifer caf. The evidence was purely what was legally responsibilities upon architects. But have aster. His few Hongkong friends were at all these provisions bean faithfully canied Home, except ons who, by utter good lack

known as clicumstantial. There was no direct evidence to show that prisoner had a band in the A. S. WATSON & CO. out in the letter and in the spirit? If so, that kind of luck which some people recogers'

how is it that at the present moment the nise as Heaven's answer to a cry of anguishi- Colony is lamenting two of the most awesome happened by a chance which can only be collapses that have ever occurred in the described as an apparently miraculous colp Colony's history. This forenoon we saw the cidence to meet him just as he was being dreadful spectacle of the dead body of taken to prison. The friend and unexpected one of the victims in the Morrison Streetly returned that very day to Hongkong from disaster being, extricated from that horrible visit to America, which had been cut ruin with his skull smashed flat. And that short by six months..under circumstances poor fellow was only one of many. Thero are still other bodies under the wreck. The whole surrounding atmosphere reeks with stench enough to breed a pestilence. Every one engaged in the work of clearing away the debris is working as hard as possible but it will be days yet before a clearance can be effected. In the meantime, at any rate to the uppractised eye, there seems imminent danger of other collapses ensuing, for the neighbouring houses which confront the gap appear to be as liable to to hear that, being, greatly shocked on his sudden collapse as the others must have arrival, he tried to put it in more civilised shape." With deep respect we venture to express our appreciation of His Lordship's activity in this matter, and we trust that we shall not be misunderstood if we candidly declare our regret that he is unable to do more. It is for the legislature to take to heart the weighty and indignat terms in which this "barbarous practice has been condemned by the Chief Justice of this Colony. We cannot but regret the spirit in which some frivolous minda regard the suffer ings and dangers to which their neighbours we have the spectacle of another upcleared

are subjected. We quote from His Lord- collapse in which seven men lost their ship's speechra "A stranger passing through lives. The official inquiry into the cause the Colony, making a temporary sojourn be of their deaths is now proceeding. Such tween two steamers, was not only lable sights as these cannot but make one to spend some of it in jail, but might feel that come strong measures are neces. have his journey postponed and his ary to bring our building laws up to temporary, sojourn unduly prolonged. such a standard as to make those fearful, (Laughter.) We wonder who laughed, récurrent disasters Impossible. Property His Lordship's words do not seam to us to owners are to be-beard even at our public contain any comic idea whatever. On boards bemorning the restricted building the contrary, they express the Edinger regulations under which they labour. Rather which a stranger and sojourner may Ton by than that such calamities as those recounted being so imprudent as to risk his person and should recur, the laws might well be.res his liberty to the doubtful law of Hongkong tricted twofold.

by venturing to land here while indebted for some small amount to a vindictive creditor. A BARBAROUS PRACTICE.

Those who can see anything in this to laugh at must surely resemble in mind the deplor. The Chief Justice, Sir Francis-Piggott, itable person who is to be found in l so distinguished as an individual and orcstablishments for the mentally deranged cupies so lofty a station, that any public who giggles all day at nothing and

The hockey son is fast approaching with comment on the matter or the form of hit everything." Or worse still-lbey resem Time and again, we have written on the judicial decisions should be conceived in the ble those unhappy, spirits who were the advent of cooler washer, and the different interest in the game this season promises to ever-present subject of Jerry building in spitit and expressed in the phraseology which believed by the ancient to be doomed to Slabs in the Colony are organising their teams, gkong, which has gained a sad notoriety all responsible civilized and cultured men an immortality of hatred for Humanity to become ever more koja than that in previous great loss of life occasioned consider sppropriate when referring to those intense that amid the torments of their Hell years. At present it. Y.M.C.A. in farming a high placed dignitarica in whom is vested it was only the contemplation of the calami-bockey club Aaroog term will probably be the majesty of the British Law, No utterance ties and sufferinge of mankind that could p

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The dally ine is delivered free when the addr been, judging from the rickety walls, the

their copine delivered at their residences without

any, extra chargs' On còpies ̈sant by post an additonal $1.50 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the weekly lease to any part of the

world is 30 cais për qustion, Bingle Copim, Dally, ten seats, Weekly, twenty-

fire omnis (for cash only).

rotten bricks and mud mortar which their fall has left to the gaze of any who care to look. It is true that one of the houses ad joining the fallen tenements had already been condemned by the Public Works Depart ment, but it seems strange that the same precautions had not been taken in the case of the contiguous houses for they appear to be all of the same class of building in that immediate neighbourhood, And just about and Mrs. Charter, of the English Baptist. one hundred yards away in Jervols Street,

BIRTHS.

On September 13, 1.10, to Mr and Mrs. F. Ahtandts, I. P. O., a 150.

On July 31, 19'0, at ! i-at-fu, Sheusi, to Dr.

Mission- daughter. (Dorothy Ellern).

MARRIAGE.

On September 9, 1910, the matriake of Mins Body Abramo and Mr. Ham Iton Butler was solemnis id at the residence of the bride's sister, Mr George Collinwood, Ticatsin, China.

AVDEATHS. MAA

On September 161b, 1917, Carlos Eugenio TERCIO DA SILVA date of Paul Office, aged 37 years. Shaoghal papais please, copy. [61 *Du September 16, 910 at Shanghai, Emma Elsabeth, the beloved wife of A. Li. Merrileer, 11 M. Customs, aged 50 years, and

Qa September 4, goat Shanghal, Dorothy aged one year, and seven months, belayed daughter of Mi, and Mrs. J. O, Macdou,alt.

The Hongkong telegraph

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1910.

JERRY-BUILDING IN HONGKONG.

to the City, Through the collapse of faultly

constructed buildings. For the last ten

thare: have

of ours could possibly add to or detract from excite their mocking laughter. Moreover, it

the gravity of a pronouncement made by the

le written that. "that the laughter of a fool

Full Court of this or of any other Colony. I like the crackling of thorns under a pol

But it may be our duty, we feel to be the duty of the

to certain

give the widest publicity decisions which affect the procious of man's rights, his liberty, and

Sir Francis Piggott's enlightened and cizilir

Red Interpretation of the liw abould; the gratitude and approbation of over (“biding and rational.

THE MORRISON STREET VOLLAFSE,

· HONGKONG HOUSES,

**TO THE EDITON or the “Hondkond Talegraph,“

LIR-An obietyant mind temporarily located in the Colony for the past fileso months always questions the propriety of how in the name of gravitation some of the houses in the city of Victoria stand! How human folly with its far and deeply concentrated searching propensities remain in utter submission to late. How we who pretend to govern tha elsmen's, arg so ex-man'y deficient to understanding our wretched plight walle travelling in this short life? A four-storied house on sloping ground scarcely 80% lumreally ausses the object of economy, utility and hygiene but how it shall have to stand? Neither architect nor con actor, nor the P.W. Department cares to spawer, All that could be and with all deference to those whose daty it is to serve the public interest is that they appear perfecily Julfed in allowing about 20% of the houses in Victoria to stand even though they are siler ly unfit for human habitation. Why?, BACARE

Sems, kasal to the East and guhers to the Some show jak posteriors, but very bold

RECOVERING BODIES. Last night still another dead body w. ticated from the ruins of the Morrison Street, building colipio. Today, again, a asmara gang of coalies was cogaged in Co.c.ng way the subsish and endeavouring to get out the several dead who are still believed to be lying under the collapss." This forenoop, while Sergeant H. Garrod was direct ng Operations, another body was got out from the fox et No. 3 house. When brught out, the body was not feentifiable except by the clothing clinging to the batted remains, for his skull was smashed flat, and if there is any consolation in the manneroluit death it must be found in that his end came taxantauonly and without last

all-Inthe same spanmeat from which this This makeup the sum of deaths to seven in fast body was ex racied it is believed that the e len alab the corpse of bis brothers, whilst stilf another brother's body had already been taken og Tas fourth and surviving brother when called upon sa-day to identify the remains was overcome that he could hardly see to do so. the directions of Inspector Cameron, The corpse was removed to the mostesty under

In the meantime the work of clearing away the wreckage is being pained forward with all dispatch, but it will be four or five days yet Salme the great m as can be removed,

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AN EX LE.

T. W. Terry of the Gar Company gave it an his op nisa thàs there had been no gas explosioa as the pizes would be leisted in shat case, whereas they had simply band cra.hado

James Butch said that on the day bufɔra AR

fire be was engaged to storing up No. 1os Jervois Street. The party wall of g$ and 100. was in a very bad condition and might possibly have coine down itself,

• 7 his concluded the evidence,

£fier heating h's Worship the jars founde that the death of six of the men was dus to asphyxation and the death of the seventh was, the fire which bou, ht down the adjoining andriamford and that the collepje praceded

bolldings.

U, S. FLUBI IN HONGKONG:

ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN JQUADRON.

Shortly afternoonto-daypart of the American:! - Asiatic Fleet consisting of the New : Yo * (fag. ship), Are Orleans, Albany, Bainbridge, Barry Chauncey, Duls and Pompey, amived in pm The squadion is under the command of Kear Admiral Hubbard, Commieder-in-Chiel. The customary salutes ware exchanged between thin US, apt and the Tamar, the Commodo ofe receiving ship. As we go to press the Pilshad

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The fran poit Hár at Mindoro at: 3,16). by the combined s Genral÷Katz ADU:

HOTION FOR LHAVE TO APPEAL Week and Nival Coblémur:of işk nected with bawsers to COUNSEL'S GOJICTION OVER-RULED.,

aftercoon and awUD? Before the Chief Justice, Sir Franels Piggot),|| allowed this tugs to pull and Mr. Justice Hazelaad, Acting Paisne Judge of length of the Warren. sitting as a Fall Court this moralas, Mr. Eldon up yar moreing Potter moved a motion, for feare to appeal to again and the Woman Was Delici the Paizy Council from a decision of the Chief water and anchorel Justice delivated, in the Tang, Wong Shin the bay ughe mod by

ÁS IDDA ́AT BÃe came to Krvålabaster on behalf of the respondens rased a profiminary oction on the ground

rules were perf that the applic plied yesterday

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XDAMAGED.