January 8, 1906.
PICTURESQUE INCIDENTS OF THE SHANGHAI RIOT.
During the early stages of the riot in Hongkew Market, many foreign women were present In several cases foreigners were injured by stones, but several left the market ignorant of the fact that any disturbance had occurred. In spite of the bogus circalar circulated on Sunday evening many prominent native butchers kept open their stores as long as it was possible to do so. One foreign lady was in Cheng Kee's making purchases in the midst of the riot. Fortuuately for her, a foreigner lifted her bodily from the shop to his carriage, seated her there, placed his revolver in her hands, and told her to get home as quickly as possible. The lady has no idea who the gentleman was and still retains the
revolver.
On Monday morning, during the disturbance in Nanking Road, one of the assistants in the store of Ching Fong (tailor) was shot through the stomach in his shop, the shot being fired from the road. It was a glancing shot which first penetrated a rubber hot-water bag and then glanced off some hard substance until it found its billet in the body of the unfortunate
assistant.
During the attack on Hongkow Police Siation, in the absence of permission or order to serve out firearms, the staff were armed with the shafts of disabled rieshas, and these proved most effective weapons for repelling the mob,
Throughout the riot our Sikh police have proved most faithful and energetic. No sooner had one batch finished guard duty, than they volunteered for the next guard. This has been the case throughout the week.
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Louza Station
The hose of the Hongkew Fire Company was a prominent factor in quelling the disturbance in Hongkew Market on Monday. The streams were very effective in breaking down the barricades of stalls and benches from the rear of which the rioters were throwing stones and nightsoil at foreigners and natives in foreign employ.
During the attack Inspector Wilson and a civilian had to retire from the charge-room to the store-room-a room whose only exit was on to the charge room, From the door of this room the Inspector and his companion fired as many shots as possible on
until the mob
the faulty mechanism of the ejectors rendered their weapons useless. In the meantime the mob obtained bamboo poles, some twenty feet in length, and continuously prodded the occupants of the room. Finally, the charge-room was set on fire, and the two men had to burst open the door of their refuge and break through the crowd to gain the upper floor of the buildings.
The total destruction of Louza Station was averted by the flooding of the upper floors of the buildings.
The station was systematically set on fire, the mob bringing with them goods of an inflammable nature, looted from stores in Nanking Road. These were sat on fire and carried from room to
room.
The origin or first incident of the disturb- ance in Nanking Road was the entry of a loafer into a tea-shop for food and his refusal to pay for a meal. Upon demand being made for pay- ment, he struck the attendant. The police were called and he was arrested, and taken to the Station, followed by an angry and excited mob, which increased as the Station was neared. The attack on, and demolition of the Metro- pole Annexe was due to the fact that a for- eigner, being chased by the mob, took refuge there.-N.C.D.N.
YELLOW RIVER BRIDGE. RE-OPENED.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
KOWLOON C. C. JUVENILE SPORTS.
If the children present did not enjoy them -
selves at the Kowloon Cricket Club on Jan. 1st it was not the fault of the sports committee, who left nothing undone that should have been done to make the sports a success. There can be no doubt, however, that all in attendance had a
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The cause of the crime is reported as jealousy on the part of the deceased man, who was engaged to marry Mrs. Hartwig.
The murdered woman very nearly had a similar fate a year or two back when her late husband committed suicide after making an attempt on her lif Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Hartwig a little four year-old child so sadly orphaned.
The German Consul General has satisfied
himself as to the cause of death in the case of both deceased.-N.-C. Daily News.
good day's enjoyment; the smiling faces and happy laughter of the little ones was sufficient left nothing to be desired, and the expedition proof of this. The weather, although cold,
with which the various events were brought off MARRIAGE AT THE PEAK CHURCH. was pleasing alike to the onlookers and the The Club's new flag, coloured competitors. red and white and bearing the letters "K.C.C." in green, fluttered from the flagstaff, while various flags surrounded the ground. The fight ing men of Ind, clad in khaki, watched events from the adjacent hills. There were also side shows and clowns amongst the crowd, and these appeared to amuse the children immensely, Throughout the afternoon the band of the 119th Infantry played selections of music. There was an int rval in the programme for light refreshments, and these were sarved at tables by the side of the sports ground, Messrs. bran tub was in charge of Mr. Duncan and Weismann and Co. being the providers. The Mr. A. G. Ward, and all children under five
of years age were allowed to draw a present out of this. The committee, whose efforts brought the sports to such a successful termination,
were:-
Reception Committee: Messrs. T, Skinner, Rose. R. Stevenson, G. Duncan, J. Sibbitt, and R. Lapsley.
Boys' Handicap Committee: Messrs. W. Carwin, H. Goldsmith, J. Witchell, S. Light- foot, T. Abley, J Robinson, and R. Mitchell.
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Mackenzie, J. Ramsay, J. Clelland, A. J. Girls' Handicap Committee: Messrs. D. Ward, A. G. Pile, D. Purves, and G. W. Kyuock.
Refeshment Committee: Mrs. Kynock, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Goldsmith, G. H May, J. W. Rattacy, J. D. Logan, J. R. Craik, and others. Prize Committee: Messrs. A. G. Pile, 8. Lightfoot, J. Ramsay, D. Purves, and T.
Skinner.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN SHANGHAI.
A sensation Was created in Hongkow, Shanghai, on Dec. 27 when the report was spread that a European_bad_murdered a lady and then committed suicide. It was ascertained that the tragedy had occurred at No. 20, North Szechuan Road, the residence of Mrs. Hartwig, a boarding-house keeper. It appeara that Mrs. Hartwig and Capt. Hölger, who resided in the same house, had not been seen after about noon, and that between 5.30 aud 6 p.m. the discovery was made that Mrs. Hartwig's bedroom door was looked This was a most unusual circumstance, and suspicions being aroused, the door was forced open. A terrible tragedy wus then revealed, Mrs. Hartwig being found in the room dead, and Capt. Hölger, also dead, he apparently having shot himself in the mouth with a revolver.
Capt. Hölger was lately in command of the C. M. S. Feiching.
On the 6th January at the Peak Church, - Mr. W. L. Carter, the local manager of the China and Japan Electric and Telephone Co. was married to Miss Maud Louisa Harlow, who had arrived from England the previous day. As the bridal party took their plac ́s at the altar, which was tastefu ly adorned with palms for the 14 The Voice occasion, the congregation sang that breathed o'er Eden," Mr. E. J. Chapman playing the accompaniment. The Rev. F. T. Johnson was the officiating clergyman; Dr. Stedman gave the bride away, and the little sons upon the bride. Mr. F. Graham, an old school- of Dr. and Mrs. Stedman were in attendance fellow of the bridegroom's, acted as best man. As the bridal party left the Church at the Wedding conclusion of the ceremony the March was played. The reception was held at Formosa," the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Stedman, where the friends of the happy couple tendered their good wishes in the usual way Dr. Stedman proposing the toast. Shortly afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Carter left in a shower of rice to catch the boat for Macao, where the honeymoon is being spent.
Yellow River bridge was opened to regular The NC. Daily News is informed that the traffic on the 20th December. The whole journey from Peking to Hankow and vice versa is actually made in four days, without travelling during the night. In next April there will be a weekly direct train with sleeping and dining cars, and the journey will be made in 4) hours.... | room was not disordered.
The room in which Capt. Hölger shot Mrs. Hartwig was his own room the door of which he must have locked after his victim eutered. When the suspicions of the inmates of the house were aroused it was found that not only was the bedroom door locked, but the entrance from the bathroom was blocked by
& dosk, Mrs. Hartwig was found lying on the floor, dead, at the foot of the bed and between the table and the wall. She had received the bullet in the back of the head, Capt Hölger was lying, also dead, on the floor by the side of the bed, and the bullet which entered his mouth had left ballet was found, so that three shots were fired, the head at the back. In the ceiling another and it seems a remarkable thing that no-one heard the reports. The weapon used was a large five-chambered revolver, in which were found. three discharged and two undischarged cartrid- ges. Except for the removal of the desk the
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SHANGHAI MIXED COURT.
It is not hard to guess why the Mixed Court officials resent foreign interference with their doings; but those who lack the necessary inkling may find it in the following queries asked by the China Gazette:—
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1.-Why is the Mixed Court so anxious to remand all female prisoners in the Mixed Court P 2.- Are any Court runners the owners of or in any way interested in brothels, opium dens or tea shops? 3.-What is the amount of "squeeze" generally
demanded, to allow a person arrested, and very often on a trumped-up charge, being allowed bail?
-Why are no receipts given by the Mixed
Court for monies received by way of bail fees or otherwise? 5.-Why are no summonses issued in civil cases--but always warrants of arrest ? 6.-What is the entrance fee to one of the
apper cells and the monthly fee for a bed space in same ? 7-What is the fea for being allowed to smoke
opium in the upper cells?
A CALENDRICAL COINCIDENCE.
A correspondent of the Straits Times writes: -Can soy Anglo-Chinese scholar kindly in- form me how it is that Christmas Day always either falls on the third day after the Chinese Tangohib festival (which is a national holiday in China) or on the fourth day, when there is an intercalary month in the Chinese year?
In 1903 there was an extra fifth month in the Chinese year, and Tungohih fell on 23rd De-- comber.
In 1904 and 1905 in fell on 22nd December. Next year there will be an intercalary fourth month, and it will be on 23rd December
Xmas is known to the old Malacca, Babas as the Portuguese New Year and there is a saying which runs as follows:--
pronunciation for Tangchih) taon bahru Serani Tiga ampat hari lepas Tangchek (the Hockien ie., three or four days after Tangchek comes
Xmas.
The majority of Malacca Babas are the descendants of Hockien men. Tungchih is the pronunciation in the Mandarin dialect.
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