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CANTON.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
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4th October.
THE CHEONG PING HOK TONG.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
A few days ago Quen Taotai memorialized Viceroy Shum requesting His Excellency to appoint an officer to assist him in the perfor- manos of his duties as President of the Military College. The Viceroy has granted his request and Wong-Sing-Ling, an expectant prefect, has been appointed vice-president and superintendent of the above college.
AN IMPOSTER.
Lau-Chew-Yeong, an expectant taotai, twice memorialized Viceroy Shum requesting His Excellency to grant him a personal interview. In his memorials he asked Viceroy Shum to give him a position, stating that he had already been employed by Viceroy Chang-Chih-Tung, who, said he, recognised him as an able official endowed with a profound knowledge and great experience. He also stated that he was recently secretary to the Kwang-si Governor, Li-King-Hi, who praised him very much, finding that he was a learned man, and advised him to seek employment in Kwang-tung where a large field was open to him to spread his knowledge. Viceroy Shum telegraphed to Chang-Chih-Tung and Li-King- Hi to ascertain the truth of Lau's self-praising statements: Replies have now been received that this learned official is unknown to them. Lau- Chew-Yeong has consequently been arrested in a boarding-house in Wah-Ming-Lane and transferred to the Poon-yu prison pending his trial:
DEATH OF A FRENCH MISSIONARY.
Rev. Father Goutagny passed away on Saturday last at the French mission-house, in the city, after a short illness. The Rev. Father was the oldest missionary in Kwangtung, having arrived in the fifties. The burial-service was held at the Roman Catholic. Cathedral on
Monday at 8 a.m., at which the acting French Consul, Mr. Solange-Teyssier, and the whole French community attended. The master of ceremonies was the Rev. Father Fourquet and the efficiating priests, the Rev. Father Ferrand assisted by the Rev. Fathers Milliet and Etienno. A requiem mass was also held this morning at the Roman Catholic chapel on the
French concession, Shameen.
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MORE ROBBERIES.
On the 3rd inst, a gang of robbers entered the Ngan Lan Kong village, near the North Gate of the city, and ransacked over twenty houses, carrying away booty to the value of over $2,000. The robbers are still at large.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. The Honourable Maresca, member of the Italian Parliament, came up with Consul-General Volpicelli, Commander Belsito of the s.8. Capri, and Mr. F. P. Musso on a visit to Canton. The party arrived this morning by the 8.8. Kwong chow, are. to visit the sights of the city to-day, and will proceed later to Fat shan and Sai-nam.
On their return a banquet will be offered the distinguished visitors in the celebrated flower-
boats." The official calls will be made to-morrow.
On the way up the river, as the ves el was approaching Boca-Tigris, a collision with a junk occurred. The Kwongchow has had a few of her bow-plates indented and the ship's Joss at the bow was swept away. The Joss's wooden sword somehow or other flew back to the vessel's deck and was presented to the Honourable Maresea as a memento of the trip to Canton,
A. MATCH-MAKE? IN, TROUBLE. In the vicinity of Tai-Ho-Ki, in the western suburbs, an artisan, who was living from hand to month, married a young widow. Shortly afterwards he disappeared without a word of warning to his wife.
Time passed ani nothing was heard of him. His wife, thinking he had disappeared for good, asked an old woman and a young man who were living under the same roof as herself to find a suitable husband for her as she was willing to marry again. The match-makers soon arrang- ed the matter and a wood-cutter was found who was willing to pay $45 for her. The widow received $20 and the remainder was divided between the old woman and the young man; the former receiving only five dollars as
ber share. The first husband now turned up | unexpectedly; and seemed much surprised to find that his wife had grown tired of waiting. The old woman, hearing of his return, and anxious to have her revenge for the meanness displayed towards her soon acquainted the husband of his wife's whereabouts and told him the whole story. Te artisau found his wife in the Te-Po-Tai kai and reported the matter to the magistrate, who decided that the wife should return to her first husband. This the artisan refused, saying that as she had disgraced herself he would have her no more. The magistrate then decided that the match money should be returned to him. Meanwhile the old woman has been locked-up and the young man ordered to be arrested. The latter, freseeing trouble, has since disappeared.
6th October.
A SENSATIONAL SEIZURE.
that Chan-Tung-Sang's properties had been I wired you yesterday evening the information seized by the Viceroy's orders. This sensational just now. According to the latest information case is the one topic of conversation in Canton received the following are the details of the affair:-At 3.30 p.m. yesterday Viceroy Shum gave orders to the Canton prefect, the Namhoi magistrate, and a military officer to seize all properties belonging to the following persons: Chan-Tung Sang, the late Chan-Tit-Sai and Poon-Man-Po. The two former hare been treasurers of the Hoppo of Canton and the Chan-Tung-Sang and the late Chan-Tit-Sai's latter chief accountant to the Treasury during term of office. Chan-Tit-Sai's house in Kwong Nga lane was first seized and at 4 p.m. Chan- Tung-Sang's house in Fo-wah-ching-cheung Yenk was seized. Later on the Poon-yu seized Poon-man-Po's house in Woi-Loong-sha (southern suburb). Four clerks were detailed to jewellery, monies, etc., in Chan-Tung-Sang's an inventory of the furniture
60 in number, no resistance was offered. The house. The immates being mostly women, about prefect telephoned to the Viceroy asking for instructions with regard to these women and also asked for more braves as the house was too large to be adequately guarded by the 100 men that had been first despatched. house was being surrounded the eleventh co- While the cabine attempted to escape by the back door but was soon arrested by the braves and brought in her hands and fainted when she was stopped. back to the house. She had a box of jewellery It is rumoured that Viceroy Shum has given orders to arrest Chau-Tung-Sang's sons who happened to be out at the time of the seizure. I presume they must have bolted by this time.
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Later.
It is rumoured that telegraphic instructions were sent to the Shanghai Taotai yesterday to arrest Chan-Tung-Sang who is said to be in that port and that Chau bas been inveigled into the Taotai's Yamen and detained pending further instructions. Chan's situation in this mat ter is rather a complicated one. It is said that he is a naturalized British subject and a J. P. in Hongkong; as such he is no doubt the Chinese anthorities on the other hand to be entitled to British protection. He is held by purely and simply a Chinese subject. Some curious devolopments many be shortly expected in connection with this sensational affair. The value of the properties sized is estimated at over 300,000 taels.
ONLY TWO LAME HORSES.
[October 16, 1905. studying very carefully both from an economic and commercial point of view the new condition of affairs created by the Russo-Japanese war.. He recognises that historically and economically a new era is dawning after the war, and considers that there is a great future for Italy in the Far East and that if the Italian narigation companies were to run their steamers to Japan a good trade might be developed as the Japanese are on friendly terms with the Italians.
A LUCKY FALL.
A curious accident happened yesterday in the neighbourhood of the Tai-Ping gate. A workman who was standing on a bamboo scaffolding lost his balance and fell about 30- fest just as a funeral procession was passing under him. He dropped on the chair which was carrying the ancestral tablets and was nons the worse for his fall.
JIU-JITSU FOR THE CHINESE.
students in the art of self-defence. from Japan and is instracting the military A professor of Jiu-Jitsu has arrived here
FURTHER SEIZURES.
maternal uncle and predecessor as treasurer, Yesterday Fu-Ka-Tai, Chau-Tung-Sang's
detained in Chau-Tung-Sang's house in the was arrested by the Nam-Hoi magistrate and
Po-Wa-Ching-Chung-Yeuk.
He was removed house has been seized, together with other a little later to the Nam Hoi magistracy. Fu's properties owned by him in Sco-Poo Hong and in the Fung-Yuen-Tai-Kai.
has been ander medical attendance for some Chan-Tung-Sang's tenth concubine, who time, was released from custody by order of Viceroy Shum at the request of Doctor Raslagh, her medical attendant.
She was not allowed to take anything with her, and was only released after a Chinese doctor had visited her to ascer- tain that she was really ill.
COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED.
lead to the arrest of certain counterfeiters, A reward of $10,000 was recently offered to any person giving information that would
the neighbourhood of the Wai-chow prefecture. who were known to be operating somewherelin They were unexpectedly found yesterday by a number of soldier in a house at Po-lo, in the Wai chow District, in the course of a search that town. Three stamping machines and six for robbers who were said to be in hiding in trunks full of finished coins were discovered, counterfeiters made a desperate attempt to together with a quantity of lead and tin, The escape and a free fight ensued. They were overpowered, however, and three men were arrested. According to Chinese law these men
will be beheaded.
SEIZURE OF A BANKRUPT'S PROPERTIES. Yeong Yat Law, who was the owner of the Ngoi-shan engineering shop, and who recently failed in business in Hongkong, performed the vanishing trick and bolted to Canton. He has since been in hiding in the Chong Hon Kai street (southern suburbs). His Hongkong creditors however, have now discovered his retreat and have also found out that Yeong owns a steam launch here (the Foon-li) and also three houses, one of which is built in European style. On the 3 th of September the British Consul com municated with the Poon Yu Magistrate and requested him to seize all the above properties. On the 1st inst. the Poon-yu Magistrate sent a deputy together with a number of braves to the Ngoi shanengineering shop to take an inventory of all the articles therein, and has seized the European-style house.
THE FATSHAN THEATRE. The Fatshan theatre was built in the 17th
Hitherto a number of horses were kept in the different military camps around Canton, but these have gradually disappearel through old age
and sickness and have not been replaced. Yesterday the commandant of the Shuntak your of Kwang-su and originally paid a tax of district took his braves to the court outside the $4,800 a year to the Government. In the 18th East gate for shooting practice on horseback, year it was further reduced to $2,400, and in the There were a few hundred soldiers but only two
20th old horses borrowed for the occasion were
it was further reduced to $1,200. The year opening of the Canton-Samshui railway has in- provided for them.
creased the number of travellers to Fatshan considerably and the theatro's business has im- proved accordingly. The Sin-how-kuk has now decided to raise the tax, and investigations are now taking place with a view to the assessment of the amount.
AN ITALIAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN CANTON,
As stated in my previous letter we have in Marisca, the first member of the Italian parlia our midst at present the Honourable Dr. ment to visit this part of Asia. Our disting. guishet visitor has already visited India and after visiting our city will return to Hongkong via Macao. The Honourable Dr. Marisca is
PUI-KING-FUK'S RESIDENCE, Pui-King-fuk, the ex-Namhoi magistrate, who, it will be remembered, was extradited from Macao, sentenced and banished by Viceroy
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