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The Hongkong Telegraph-

February 21th, 1913, Temperature 6.m. 68, p.m. 63; Humidity...04, 85./ |

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TELEGRAMS.

CHORLEY ELECTION.

UNIONISTS HOLD SEAT.

Reater's

[Service to the "Telegrapli."]

London, February 20.

TELEGRAMB.

SUFFRAGE MANIACS.

TEA PAVILION GUTTED.

Router's

[Service to the Telegraph."] London, February 20, The bye-election at Chorley,

At daybreak the Tea Pavilion caused by the elevation of the at Kew Gardens was found to be sitting Unionist member, Lord ablaze. It was completely gutted Balcarres, to the Peerage, has by means of cotton wool and shavings, steeped in paraffin oil; the building flamed furiously,

resulted as follows:

Sir H. F. Hibbert (U.)... 7,573. Mr. J. P. T. Jackson (L.) 5,606. Unionist majority...... 1,907. Lord Balcarres had sat for Chorley since 1895. His majority at the last election, when he was opposed by Mr. Jackson, was 2,536. The new M.P. is a mem- ber of the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education and Chairman of the Lancashire Education Committee. He is a Freeman of the City of London and was Mayor of Chorley from 1889 to 1891.]

FRENCH VITALITY,

PRESIDENT POINCARE'S

MESSAGE.

London, February 20. .| President Poincare, in a mess age to Parliament, which is re- rkable for its vigour and firm- css of tone, says the Republic las recently furnished fresh

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FRIDAY,

TELEGRAMS.

THE BALKAN WAR.

SNOWSTORMS INTERFERE

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TELEGRAMS, HAMADATELEGRAMS.

JAPANESE FIRE.

A TERRIBLE OUTBREAK.

[Service to the "Telegraph."];

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HOTZAZ10 ESPIONAGE CHARGE.

A GERMAN ARRESTED.

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[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, February 20.

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[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, February 20.

Londor, February 201 Reuter's correspondent of A bunchback, believed to be A message from Reator's car-

Constantinople Tokyo wires that a fire broke out German, has been brrested in a respondeat at states that snowstorms and bitter in the Salvation Army Hall in street at Portsmouth and charged cold have checked hostilities, in the Kanda ward and it is officially with espionage. which there have no serious announced that 3,300 buildings Possessed Confidential Book. developments.

ware gatted, while the damage

... Later, exceeds one and a half million

The German hunchback arrest- sterling.

ed at Portsmouth is a dentist named Klare. He has been re manded.

Bulgarian Difficulties. It is stated that the Bulgarians

Funded by the gale, the fire

The police formed a cordon and arrested two, women, Misses Locke and Lenton, aged twenty- are experiencing difficulties with involved the whole quarter and two. They were subsequently their supplies. charged at the Richmond Police Court, with Betting fire to the Pavilion and remanded.

Book-Throwing in Court.

The women behaved riotously in Court. They said that if bail was refused, they would com- mence a hunger-strike..

The Chairman retorted that he was not going to be intimidated, whereupon the woman, Locke throw papers and a book at the

Obairman.

The Police intervened. When arrested, the women, it is said, were found in possession of shavings and parallin.

Boside the Pavilion a paper was found bearing the inscription "Orchids can be destroyed bui not women's honour."

The Powers' Advico.

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A Sofia mossage reports that the representatives of the Powers, with the exception of Russin, have been instructed to propose that Bulgaria should submit her diferences with Roumania to the decision of the Powers

Like a Theatre..

"On Tuesday," he said, "there was a great crowd of insured people waiting for their cards to be signed, and the deceased came in with the others and asked me to put his name on my list.

"He sat down and I asked him about himself and signed his card Townsend then said. 'I feel sick; will you give me some medicine?

replied that he was a little premature, but would give him something

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defied the firemen and troops. The police gave evidence of leaping over streets and canals. taking a confidential naval book The Kanda student quarter, on torpedoes from Klare'a bag. containing many schools and colleges, was destroyed:

Fifteen thousand people areLTH OF MANILA.

homeless.

was presented on the Friday be- fore the inquest

A Splendid Record.

TELEGRAMI

THE SCOTT FUNDS.

ROYAL GIFTS.

Renter's

[Service to the "Telegraph."

3.

London, February 20.

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His Majesty the King has con- tributed £200 and the Queen

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NEWS FOR BUSY MEN,

TELEGRAMS

THE NEWS CONDENSED,

Abrother of Ex-President Madero of Mexico has been taken out of prison and shot. **

Sir William Arrol, the builder

£100 to the Mansion House Scott of the present Tay Bridge and Fund, which is now being amal. the Forth Bridge, is dead. gamated with the Antarotio

Expedition Fund. The joint The King and Queen of Nor-

funda now amount to about £20,000.

way have contributed. 50 guinéna to the Mansion House Scott Fund.

Lord Curzon, în a letter, main-d tains that the liabilities of the

expedition amonat, to £30,000,

Norwegian Doustion

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Sir H. F. Hibbert has won the Chorley bye-election for the Unionists with a majority of

The King and Queen of Nor- way have sent fifty guiness to the nearly 2,000. Mansion House Scott Fund.

Corporation Gift.

On retiring from the command The London City Corporation of the Austrian Navy, Admiral has given a hundred guiness to Count Montecuccoli delivered the Scott Fund.

warlike speech.

THE MEXICAN FERMENT. EX-PRESIDENT'S BROTHER

SHOT.

London, February 201 Reater's correspondent at Mexi-

The good health record for Jan- The Chancellor of the Ex-uary in the city of Manila, accord- chequer was entertained at dinner ing to official figures, was better last Friday at the National Liberal last month than during any pre- Club in celebration of the coming rious Janaury since American oc- into operation of the benefits cupation says the "Cablenews." under the National Insurance Act. During the entire month there By happy coincidence, entirely were 196 less deaths than during unpremeditated, as was stated, January of last year. Compared co City says that Ex-President the event happened to fall on the with January of 1908, there were Madero's brother Gustave, who 50th anniversary of Mr. Lloyd less than fifty per cent, ond align had been imprisoned at the George's brithday. The invita-ed beside all Januaries since 1900 arsenal, was taken cut under tions were sent out in the name there were at least 100 less deaths orders from General Diaz and im- of Mr. Illingworth, the chief recorded. The figures of the Government Whip" to meet the bureau of health are as follows:

Deaths in Manila I gave him a powder and thought nothing more of it. NextChancellor of the Exchequer and

the members of the Liberal January, 1901 763 morning he came again and said Insurance Committee."

760 he was still in pain, but he put Mr. Lloyd George proposed the

802 me off any idea of anything health of the Liberal Insurance OVERWORKED DOCTORS. serious being the matter because Committee, and took

d took advantage he had waited an hour and a half.

Further. Villainy:

The Suffragettes at Edinburgh pof, of its vitality. They must have damaged two thousand

cise care in maintaining the letters with ink and paraffin.

try's financial power and do utmost in other ways to

universal respect for national dignity, and there- benefit peace abroad. It was possible for a nation to be fectively pacific if it was always Separed for war, and they must coil from no effort and no sacri- ce to consolidate and strengthen he Army and Navy,

INDIAN RAILWAYS.

LECTRIFICATION SCHEME.

Insurance Act Revelations at inquest.

As stated briefly in our columna yesterday, remarkable revelationa wore made at an inquest held at Lambeth recently upon Fredo rick Richard Townsend, fifty three, builder's labourer.

The widow stated that her has

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At this time there was a crowd of of the occasion to review the his tory of the measure, calminating 200 or 300 people waiting."

The Coroner (surprised): in a glowing picture), of the Really! It must have been like results which, in his opinion, going into a theatre ?--Yes.

You are

was at work on Monday January away. London, February 20. The "Morning Post" says that 20. In the evening he complain cheme has been drawn up to ed of abdominal pains, and on otrify Indian railways. It will Tuesday morning he was unable

to go to work. the most important and most tly project in railway electri- tion in any country;

NEXT OLYMPIAD.

GERMAN. DETERMINATION.

London, February 20. The German Government an- nounces its intention of sub- sidising the German athletes king part in the next Olympic ames, regarding the Games as national event of the first magnitudo.

Such. & condition demanded an

that

mediately shot.

Ex-President Detained.

Later. Ex-President Madero, with his wife and family, was just depart ing for Europe when he was detained and charged with res- ponsibility for the deaths of various of his opponenta:

1902

1903

1804

796

1905

685

1908

737

1907

632

1908

1,117

1909

720

1910729

1911

653

27

1912

698

PRESIDENT TAFT'S VETO.

Suffragettes have burnt dowa the Tea Pavilion in Kew Gar dens; two women ** arrested behaved riotously in Court.

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„A telegram gives the points of President Poincare's message to Parliament, which is remarkable for its vigour and firmness of tone.

A disastrous fire broke out ja the Kanda ward of Tokyo city, | 3,300 buildings being gutted and 15,000 people rendered homeless.

A German dentist named Klares has been arrested at Portsmouth, a confidential naval book on torpedoes being taken from his bag.

The US House of Represents- 02 lives, by a small majority, decid

ed not to oppose the veta of ' President Taft regarding the

·RESPECTED (BY - LOWER Immigration Bill.

HOUSE.

AUSTRIAN NAVY.

Notes on Billiards, and other items of local sport, appear in this issue.

The affairs of Messrs Arndt & Co. were mentioned this morning in the Summary Court::*:

The master of a fishing jank

drowned as the result of a coll! reports that two children were

piaz

A good yarn concerning the Malay gift of a battleship, comes from the F. M. S. and is given to-day

it was destined to bring about. He taunted the Opposition with And you had no time to their attitude to the messure

1913. amino the patients?--No; it was

502: when they thought they as much as I could do to sign the

According to Dr. Victor G

As he was about to depart with saw an opportunity of making

London, February 20his family for Europe, Ex- cards,

overworked? No political capital out of it, and Heiser, director of health, it

-A message from Reuter's our President Madero was detained doubt. I did not think it was coming to practical results already in the sanitary groundwork which band had fairly good health and of importance, and I let him go/a sight, stated that there were has been laid by the bureau respondent at Washington says and charged with responsibility

more people in the employed of health since its organiza that the House of Representatives for the deaths of opponents. Your explanation for not ex-classes insured than they antici- tion that is responsible for by a narrow majority, refused to amining this man, who was pated. Some of the small shop- better health conditions in Manila repaes the literary test in the suffering from a grave and fatal keeping class had been frighten- The foundations for general good Immigration Bill over the veto of disease, is that you had not time ed, and had lost their chance health required some time to lay, President Taft. to do it I had not time to do which would have made an and it is now that the best returns

invaluable provision for them are being reaped. He was insured under thei

it.

"Good health conditions in the inafter life. Up to the National Insurance Act and went

Dr. R. 8. Trevor, pathologist present 5,000 persons had re-city are the result of the combined WARLIKE SPEECH. to Dr. Hickson, the nearest doctor

at St. George's Hospital, who under the Act. "The doctor," made an autopsy, said he found ceived sanatorium treatment, and influence of a better water supply,

London, February 20. the witness said, "did not ex- a femoral hernia which had be- this year it was estimated that adequate supervision of food, and

Admiral-Count Montecuccoli there would be nearly one million beverages for sale, proper disposal amine him, but gave him s powder, which my

come strangulated and was begin people who could claim maternity of garbage, efficient regulation of has retired from the command of husband took. On Wednesday morning her ning to be gangrenous. The cause benefit, three and a half millions sewers and the control of danger the Austrian Navy. In a farewell

of death was exhaustion con- who would draw sickness benefit, ous communicable diseases."

asid husband again went to the doctor, who gave him a prescription, tioned...

sequent upon the condition men-

and at least four millions who Dr. Heiser. Added, to other speech at Pola he said that the which was made up by a chemist.

"Would Have Been Saved." would receive medical treatment, precautionary safeguards against fleet may shortly be called to As to the doctors, Mr. Lloyd disease, these have made Manila prove and to teach the foe that Thursday was the last day on which he was able to go out. At immediate operation; if this were ed adequately, filled. There was and one of the most diseaseless Route david

George said the panels were fill the healthiest city of the orient the long years of peace have been

well utilised. night he was very restless and done the prospects of recovery only one possibly, quarter that oldies of the world."

Id": A were very good. At a hospital he

There is still one disease, how- she sat up with him.

Continuing, the witness said would have been thoroughly, ex-

they would have to watch her husband died at 7 a.m. She amined at once and sa argent very carefully, North London: ever which remains a menace to They were under obligation, in Manilane typhoid fever. The was not expecting his death. operation would have been per They had been married 82 years. formed.

the name of the King, to give number of cases of this disease Would his life have been saved? medical treatment, ta, one and a is not on the decrease, despite the Dr. George B. Hickson, who think without a doubt.,

half million of workmen in Lon efforts that the bureau is making then gave evidence, said he was

So that if this man had gone don, and they meant to give it to stamp it out. The principal doubly qualifier, and had a sura hospital he woull have been Doctors who had come on to the reason that it manages to maintain NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR. gery at Lambeth-walk and a

panels would have every right to itself in Manila is declared to be private practice at Battersea. He alive now ?--Probably.

in contact, As it was, he went to his Approach the Government if they the neglect and asrelessness of London, February 20.was one of the doctors appointed National Insurance Act doctor. found any grievance or difficulty individuala in coming Reuter's Paris correspondent under the National Insurance and he is now dead?-Yes, in the sotual working of the Aot. or allowing others to come in tes that M. Delcasse has been Act. Anybody insured can call The jury returned a verdict of But, he added significantly, it contact with it.

Only co-operation between the ointed Ambassador at St. upon me; in fact, people come Death from Natural Causes, and was impossible for him on behalf tersburg, replacing M. Georges from Surbiton. There is no rule added & rider that more care of the Government to offer any public and, the bureau of health Luis, owing to the ill-health of on the subject," he said in answer should be exercised in future in further inducement to persuade in sanitary methods of fighting scheme is said to have-book

to the coroner. He was not future in the

examination or cajole doctors who were the disease will eliminate it, say

дор on given's distriọt,

of insured persons by doctors

gave the statisties of efficiency on the part of the bu- railways,

234072_201014387 In this case, they added, they the doctors in relation to pop-reau alone will rid the city of it. The witness: Perfectly dread-excused the doctor owing to the alation in Kensington, Hamp Persons who reside in houses King George has given 2200 Ins special article to-day tha ther gardening in the new Terz- ful. I have been occupied until scandalous amount of work that stead, and Shoreditch, and gloried without modern conveniences and Queen Mary $100 to the question is discussed as to whe- SIR WILLIAM ARROL........ midnight signing carde. There was imposed upon him under the in the fact that for the first time would do well to visit the offices Goutt Funds Lun

the poor has been a regular rush, and my

man in Shoreditch of the bureau, to inspect the Joy can be made to pay...

Snowstorms and bitter cold London, February 20.

could pay just as much for his model sanitary pail on exhibition private patients have been driven

MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON 3 doctor, by the aid of the State, there. As is well known, the have checked hostilities in the The sixteenth ordinary general The death is announced of Sir away; I have no time to attend to INSURANCE.

them. On Wednesday I was en-

as the most well-off estisan in any common, housefly coming as he Balkan War. Willium Arrol, LL.D., FES.E.,

part of the United Kingdom. does from the filth, heap to food

The German Government is to D.L., head of the firm of William gaged for siz hours right off sign. Vindication of His Scheme. Arrol and Co., engineers, wing cards without doing anything Assupplementary to the inquest insan eloquent, goncluding pas on the table, is one of the greatest

[The deceased was 73 years of else, when I might have been reported above, the even sage Mr. Lloyd George dwelt transmitting molliams of the die subaillée Gorman competitors in

tions there made, the following upon the preventive value of the ease. These pailer are dy proof, the next Olympläd._~______ age He superintended the son attending to patients.

trustion of the present Tay The witness explained that he gains added interest. It is taken Act. The Liberal Insurance and are declared to be of the at Weekly Committee, she said, had laboured most benefit to the commypitys Bridge and the Forth Bridge, and attended in Lambeth walk at from the Times was Liberal Unieraist Me for 8. certain hours in the morning and Edition" of January 24 Mr. hogyan lao had few, and shels fassign the checking of typhoid Agrolite from 1808 15:131 evening.

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ST. PETERSBURG.

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OBITUARY.

The Doctor's Evidence.

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NEWS FOR BUSY MEN

TELEGRAMS:

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THE NEWS CONDENSED.ƒ

M-Delcasse has been appointed French, Ambassador to St. Peters burg.

The Bishop of Vjotoris has returned from his visit to the Chinese Mission Churches in

in the Canton Delta

Cabi

An application was made to day at the Police Court, for the return of 3,000 tuels of opitta found on a junk.

His Honour, Sir William Ress

Davies, K.O., Chief Justice and

The Coroner-Are you having under the National Insurance Act, on the panel to come physicians, and no amount of drawn up to electrify the Indian Lady Rees. Davies, are expected:

a busy time?

MOLHOT SIJAIZA Two thousand letters have been damaged by ink and parafin by Talebargla Sudety

to return to-morrow, de la cent

meeting of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Company, Limited was held to-day A

The firsyrebearns with the rendering from the Messiah in Cathedration Good Friday, 150m plsss lady pigate