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THE FRENCH officer and AMERICAN SEÁMEN AT TIENTSIN.
Tientsin, 5th July: "Ructions to pay
is still the order of the day here, and a good deal of friction has been brought about by a lack of good tasto on the part of some one in the French concession
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
ing the news from the Doctor bims lf, was no doubt rather terrified at such an occurrence, but she nevertheless managed to send a telegram to her brother at. Tientsiu, asking for medical assistance immediately, as. Dr. Sheffield was dying. Mr. Bosthwick supposed that the. Doctor was suffering from cholera or other serions attack, but never suspected that he had been wounded, as the Doctor had written to Mr. Last Sunday evening, about 7 to 7.30 pr., a Bosthwick the day before without mentioning. French naval officer commanding the French anything unusual. Mr. Bosthwick, however, tele. Cousular Guard or Legation Guard, now quar.graphed to his colleagues at Peking asking them tered at the French Consulate, app ars to have gone to the Yü-Tai Hotel, for some pur; ose or other, when some American sailors asked him to have a drink with them. They were themselves having something to drink, and it appears to be a custom with American sailors to invito all people to "take a drink with them glorious fourth. The French officer appears to have been highly indignant at this sort of free and easy American, civility or hospitality, with the result that Le got hustled. Thereupon he withdrew, went home, got out an armed picket of twenty or more men, went to Yu-Tai's Hotel, took some American sailors therefrom, marched them with his armed pickết through the British Concession without first obtaining permission from the British Consul, thus infringing our laws in serious manner probably unintentionally, and then demanding that the offending American seamen bo condemned to six weeks' imprison ment. The commander of the Monocacy was far too wise to allow such interference with his
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duties and refused to receive the card of the French officer, and the latter had to go away without satisfaction.
to send the noeded medical aid to Tungchow, as Peking is only twelve miles off, whereas Tientsin is about seventy. Assistance was in-
We in Tientsin mediately sent, but
did not hear or learn the particulars of the horrible crime until yesterday.
The assassins have been captured and flogged | in the wounded man's presence, I believe, by the Tungchow magistrate. Tho assassins are car- penters, who have often been employed by Dr. Sheffield in doing work for his mission, and the elder one of the brothers is said to have displayed signs of insanity a few days ago, but his brother, who know of the deed, did not warn the Doctor of the intentions of the madman.China Gazette correspondent.
HONGKONG.
The weather has been very hot during the past week, and some rain would do much good. On Thursday the Sanitary Board met and several matters of importance were discussed. The Criminal Sessions were held on Thursday An ex-French municipal officer, in conversation and Friday, the most serions case being one in with someone, happened to express his opinion which a Chinaman was sent to gaol for nine on the matter, saying that he believed the Freuchers for committing heavy frauds upon banks, officer was wrong in making such a fuss about There was rumour afloat during the week that so trivial a matter, seeing that he had placed a dynamite plot was being formed in Hongkong himself in a false position by going amongst the
purpose wrecking the Hawaijan American sailors when they were drinking The Government, and the police are making enquiries. result of this expression was construed by the
At the Police Court on Saturday Mr. Hastings, French Consul into fault-finding or something of solicitor, was ordered to pay a fine of $10 for on- the sort, and fort, with the offending ex-French crouching on Crown land.. municipal officer was ordered to leave the Freuch Concession in twenty-four hours!
The Frenchman thus harshly treated by his Consul then applied to the United States Con- sulate for naturalization papers, but this could not be done offhand, as there are certain forma- lities to be observed in such matters, and the Frenchman is still left to the tender mercies of his own supersensitive Consul-General, who happens to have other matters in hand just now.
-China Gazette correspondent,
TERRIBLE OUTRAGE ON DR. SHEF. FIELD, NEAR PEKING.
Tientsin, 11th July.
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H.M.S. Rainbow left for Formosa on Monday Amended regulations under the Waterworks Ordinance are published in the Gazette
The Ordinance to further amend the Water, works Ordisauce, 1890, has been confirmed.
It is notified that Mr. G. Harling has been recognised, provisionally, as in charge of the Austria-Hungary Consulate.
During, the second quarter of the year there were amongst the European community 62 births and 4. deaths, the birth-rate being 22.90 and the death rate 15.51. For the Chinese community the birth rate was 3.65 aud the death-rate 17.72
July 24, 1895.
A sampan was run down aud cut in two the harbour on Friday by a steam-launc h There were four men in the sampan at the time, and fortunately all were saved, two of them being towed on the wreck by the Harbour Master's launch. It is stated that the coxswain was not on board the launch at the time, and it. is probable that procedings will be taken in the
case.
Chan Chap-yau, a boatman, was remanded at the Police Court on Monday, charged with out- ting and wounding a young girl and an old widow with intent to do bolily harm, on the 2nd instant. The victims of the assault, which was of a very savage pature, are in Hospital, severely injured, and were unable to appear iu Court. Thoy resided at Yaumati aud made their living by selling small tackle to fishermen. The defendant went to their house shortly after six o'clock yesterday morning and began to look about the place. The girl, who sus- pected that his object was to pilfer, kept a watch on him. He seems to have lost his temper at this and made an attack upon the girl with a chopper, cutting her fearfully abont On her mother appearing
the head and face.
be turned on her also, inflicting five wounds upon her head, and in trying to ward off the blows she had a fingor chopped off. The neigh- bours were attracted by the noise and secured the man, whom they held until the arrival of the police.
At the Magistracy on Wednesday Hou. H. E. Wodehouse concluded the enquiry into the death of Loung Fnk, a boatman, 16 years of age. The deceased and two others were standing under a evidence given on former occasions was that the
verandah in Praya East, and 1oking into ap photographer's shop. It was raining at the time, and several coolies were making a great noise under the verandah. According to the evidence. of deceased's companious a Chinose constable caine up and dealt deceased a blow with his truncheon on the left side, and also smacked his fao. They ran away, and a short time after- wards the deceased was found lying in a lane afterwards, and the medical evidence showed near the Macgregor Barracks. He died shortly
that the boy's spleen was ruptured. The rupture might have been caused by a blow or a kick, either of which must have been severe. A fall might have caused the injury. but this was less likely. None of the witnesses could tell the number of the constable or identify him, and the following verdict was returned Rupture of the spleen occasioned by a fall or blow said to have ben administered to the deceased by a Chinese Constable not identified, but the evidence regarding which is too uncertain to be reliable." Mr. Cowen's lecture at the Mount Austin During the night of Thursday last a Chinese Hotel on Friday night on the China-Japan was listened to with much attention, passenger died on board the steamer Nanchang, | war which left for Swatow the followig day. The and it certainly did not fail to evoke plonty cause of death has been certified to bo plague. of interest. There was an exceptionally large The deceased had previously been residing in aandience. His Excellency the Governor (Sir coolie lodgig house in Macdonnell Road, Kow. William Robinson) presided and was supported by Major-General Black, Commodore Boyes, It appers that the Rev. Dr. Sheffield, of the The Hou. W. C. II. Hastings, Acting Harbour Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart (Colonial Secre- American Board of Foreign Missions. Tung. Master, held an inquiry on Monday into a collitary), Hon. H. E. Wodehouse. Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., Dr. Cantlis, and other well known chow, had been left alone in that city, whilst the sion which occurred on the 19th June between other missionaries were away to the hills for their the steam-launch Rising Star and a cargo-boat off gentlemen. His Excellency paid a high com- summer vacation. On Sunday evening, whilst Pedder's Wharf. It appeared the coxswain of pliment to Mr. Cowen's work for the Times dur- the Doctor was going to the chapel from his house the launch had gone ashore, leaving another man, ing the campaign, and said that no doubt earnest or returning home after holding a meeting, he who also held a certificate, in charge. Captain attention would be paid to his remarks. was attacked by two brothers, who stabbed him Hastings found the accident was caused by the Cowen dealt in an exhaustive manner with the in the back and chopped him with an axe, in-negligence of the substitute and his certificate principal events during the war, and many of flicting on him no less than seven wounds, and
his descriptions were very vivid, but they were left him lying in the road for dead. Many
not charged with the least bit of exaggeration, but were given in a quiet, yet forcible manner. He Chinese appear to have seen the assault, or at any rate to have passed by afterwards, and made At the Magistracy on Thursday before Hou. H. proved that the Chinese were not a fighting race; sport of the unfortunate gentleman, instead of E. Wodehouse, Mr. W. D. Graham, of the Peak, their fears made them traitors, and if half a dozen rendering him the assistance that he needed was summoned at the instance of Mr. W. K. got up and ran away, the whole army would follow On the other hand the Japanese were to save his life. Some time after the Wylie, superintendent of the Hongkong High suit. occurrence another brother of the assassins Level Tramway, for uulawfully attempting to brave, well, disciplined obedient, but they did came along with
not possess any strategical ability, and would not men, picked up travel in a tramway car after having been
be able to hold their own with a well trained the wounded Doctor, and carried him to warned by the Company's servants that the car
European army. They were very devoted to his home, where his native helpers rendered contained more than 40 passengers. At 7.30 on him all the assistance in their power. The Saturday night the ticket collector and the their officers. would uncomplainingly suffer bifter hardships, and would face terrible dangers following play Miss Bosthwick, a member of the brakesman endeavoured to get some of the pas- same mission, arrived there in company with seugers out of the car leaving for the Peak, as it for the benefit of their wounded. On the whole, Mrs. Denby and Consul Read on their way to was overloaded. Mr. Wylie also joined in the the war was a walk over for the Japanese owing to the ludicrous, displays by the Chinese even Peking, and having sent a messenger to Dr. attempt to lessen the number of passengers, one Sheffield received information of the outrage, and of whom was the defendant, who was warned when they had a chance of victory. The theories she was asked to call and see the Doctor, which that he would be liable to a prosecution. At that the Chinese possessed hidden strength were Votes of thanks to Mr. Cowen she did, although all alone, as her companions, length some of the passengers got out. The entirely wrong. tired of waiting the return of the messerger, defendant said he was not the last to get into and to His Excellency were heartily carried, went on ahead, by canal, in another boat. Miss the car; at least seven people got in after him.and this intoresting moting of the Odd Volumes
' terminated. Bosthwick on reaching the mission and learn. The Magistrate imposed a fine of $2.
I am sorry to have to tell you of another missionary outrage, this time near Peking, and. that against que of the best known and oldest missionaries of Tungchow.
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was suspended for twelve months. while the coxswain, for improperly leaving the launch, had his certificato suspended for one month.
Mr.
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