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about 2,000. – This Is a great insult to China, sud, seriously injures our national traditions, enough to make a man of feeling grind bil teeth with rage. The osse by no means admits of teaching before punishing."
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
me from going any further, but I pushed him aside and threw the door open. I found my girl there.
I was
dumbfounded and did not know what to do. Just then Smith rusbed at my neck,
and “Now these traders come this immense pushed me and knocked me down against distance with the object of making money. the bed, but I was not knooked "down What then is their idea in paying away vast and out'. I got up immediately, and he came for sums in order to attract people to their faith? me again. I gave one swing of my arm and Thousands and thousands they get to join them, sent him a cropper. You know I can shift 185 not being satisfied until they have bought up pounds with that arm. As Smith got up he the
whole province. Is it possible to shut one's put his hand round to his hip, and then I said to eyes and stop one's ears pretending to know myself: 'Now it's him or I for it; he's going nothing about it and making no enquiries to shoot' and at the same time I drew my whatever? There is an old saying among the revolver and shot him. He staggered towards people: Take things in time. A little stream, the door and was coming towards me again, so if not stopped, may become a great river.' I fired a second time and he dropped. I How much more precaution is needed then, when must have fired three or four shots, but I there is a general inundation, and men's hearts can't imagine how my poor girl got hit. She ara restless and disturbed? In Canton the came towards me and I told her not to be converts to Catholicism are very numerous; alarmed; that I had to protect myself. She those in Masso are in an inexpugnable for.
ran downstairs. I followed her down. She tress. There is a constant interchange of said: Peter, I am hurt, I feel waak.' I arms between the two, and if trouble like that carried her upstairs and put her on the table of the Philippines and Singapore should arise, and decided to go at once to the doctor. Before cannot say how we should meet it. At the going I put her on the ground, as I was afraid present moment, with the pattern of Imperial she would fall off. Then I went down and virtue оп
Bend for a doctor.' the Throne, whose power and shouted to Ferris:
I majesty have penetrated into the most distant jumped on a bicycle and went as hard as I regions, this foolish design of the barbarians ould down to Dant Road to warn her brother. should on no account be tolerated. Wise men
I shouted 'Joln! John! I've shot Winnie and will do well to be prepared against the day Smith. Go for a doctor.' We went on our when it may be necessary for us to retire bicycles and searched several places for dolors before them, clearing the country as we go.” Finally we went to the general Hospital. We met Dr. Krieg and informed him a woman had been shot in Haining Road and asked him to go down there.
I followed his motor on my b'oycle."
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THE SHANGHAI SHOOTING AFFAIR.
ACCUSED COMMITTED.
The N.-C. Daily News on 4th and 5th instant contains accounts of the police proceedings following the shooting affair which we have already reported.
Peter Sidney Hyndman was charged with feloniously, unlawfully, and with malice afore- thought, shooting and wounding one Mrs. . H. Rose with a revolver, thereby causing her grievous bodily harm, on the 1st inst., with intent to kill; further, with feloniously, unlaw. fully and with malice aforethought killing and murdering one Harry Smith, by shooting him with a revolver on the 1st inst., at 15, Haining
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On the way to priso, the accused added:- "I was quite prepared for him, as my girl had warned me that Smith had said he would put an ounce of lead into me,'
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Un searching accused at the Station another cartridge was found in his pocket, together with a five-dollar note. a letter addressed "to whom it may conoern,' and a letter addressed to Henry Hyndman Esq., at an address in Macao.
Tsao Foo-sung, cautioned, said he was a boy employed at 15. Haining Rad. His master Was oalled Harry Smith. His master returned home on Saturday a 2 o'clock He told witness he expected a foreign lady visitor and when she arrived to send a small boy to his office. His master then went away to his office. Tho foreign lady arrived at half-past two. Witness sent the small boy, and his master returned at once. At half-past three witness was sent to get some ice tickets and was instructed to tell all visitors that his master was out. The foreigner came upstairs, and witness knocked at the bedroom door. The master came ont. When the foreigner saw him he rushed up quickly and pushed him down, and witness heard the report of a revolver. Witness was standing at the top of the stairs and was very much afraid when he heard the report of the revolver. He did not see it, he merely heard it. He ran down stairs and into the next house where he told some others there of what had happened.
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upstairs in his house. She asked socused to leave the house. She would go her way, she said, and he'd go his. Then witness came in and accused said. All right, he would go, but let her promise him never to go with Smith. Let her mark his words. If ever he caught her with Smith, he would shoot the pair of them. She replied, All right. Witness said noth ing. Accused had been living for three months at 18 Dent Road with witness and his sister.
Subsequently the wounded woman's evidence was taken at the Hospital, and the prisoner was committed for trial.
MACAO.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT)
THE GUNBOAT
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September, 13th. PATRIA" It is known that this new gunboat of the Portuguese Navy will soon be on her way to Macao to relieve the old and obsolete Rio L ma. The Patria was built in the Portuguese Government Arsenal about four years ago, and is decidedly a much more modern and powerful vessel than the one she is coming to relieve. She was built by a public subscription raised by the Portuguese residents of Brazil and presented to the Government, and as soon as she was ready for sea, she visited the Barzilian ports to pay respect to the subscribers. She is 60 meters in length, of 631 tons and 1,600 horse power. with a speed of 15 knots. Her armaments consist of two guns Schneider- Canet of 10 centimeters, two Hotchkiss of 85 millimeters and two of the same type of 47 millimeters. She has two funnels and only one mast.
Detective Inspector McDowell, who arrested the scoused in the house where his victims lay, said he made the following statement :-
"I am so sorry for my poor girl. I never intended shooting her, as I love her very dearly. But it was more than I could stand when 1 found them in the room together. I will tell you the whole thing from start to finish. Last night I worked at the Metropole until 10 o'clock, As it was Saturday evening I wished to take my girl out for a drive. I left the Metropole about 4 o'clock, rode on my bicycle down to the house in Dent Road, but I found she was not there. I asked her little sister Katie where she was, and she said she had gone to Nee Zang's (a. tailor's shop); but I suspected she was with Smith and I went direct to Haining Road to Smith's house. I rang the bell at the front John Vincent Murphy, sworn, said he was door, but got no answer. Then I went round employed as a tidewaiter in the I. M. Customs to the back and the small boy told me: Master He lived in 16 Dent Road. He had known no got! Come book six o'cloak.' Then I accused for about five years. About 8 p.m., returned to Dent Road again, but she had not Saturday, 1st inst, be heard somebody running come back. I went off again on my bicycle, in his house and shouting out, John, John called at Nee Zung's and one or two other places, Come quick, send for the doctor." He im and from there to the Hotel des Colonies, as Imediately ran downstairs, meeting the accused thought she might be having tea there with half way down with one hand on the banister, Smith. She was not at either of these places. Witness asked what was the matter. He said I then telephoned from the Hotel des Colonies "I've shot Winnie and Smith. I caught them to the clerk at the Metropole to say that I in a room together and now, what shall I do?" would not return that evening. The clerk said
Witness said: "Let us go for the doctor." He it was very important that I should come, and I asked accused where Smith lived, and accused promised to do so. I then rode down to Haining | told him
follow him. They went Road, and near the front door of No. 15, I down Dent Road and down Broadway, met Mr. Ferris and asked him whether Harry and all along the way he kept asking wit Smith lived at No. 15. He said "yes.'
what he should do and whether he Having first tried the front door and getting ought to blow out his brains. Nearing the no anewer I went round to the back door. house accused pointed out the house and asked The boy opened the door and I gave him my if he should give himself up. Witness told oard and said 'take this topside.' The boy him to come along and face it. Accused went said: Have got one friend; no can go top- and witness followed, rushing upstairs. He side." The boy went upstairs with the card
saw his sister and Smith lying down shot. The and I followed closely at his heels. I heard next he saw of accused was when he was under talking upstairs, and knew they were there. At arrest in the bouse. About three weeks before the top of the stairs the boy tried to prevent this happened his sister and accused had a row
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We suppose that this vessel will perforce have to anchor some miles away from Macao when she arrives.
SHOOTING SEASON,
The shooting season has now begun. A large number of sportsmen went out last Saturday and Sunday for their first shoot, and had very good sport, snipe being plentiful at Taipu and Santong. Birds are numerous this season. Apropos, why should our sportsmen have to pay for licence to shoot, while sportsmen from other places, for instance Hongkong, are exempted? If the licence issued in Hongkong is good also at Macao, why should not Macao licences be granted the same privilege ?
STRAY PONIES.
Two ponies, supposed to belong to the Electric Co., were caught straying in the city by the Public Works Department. If they are not claimed within a prescribed time, they will be disposed of by public auction. It seems `a good opportunity for our Mounted Police.
STREET LIGHTING,
Our streets are again lighted by Kerosene lamps, the Electric Company having again asked the Leal Senado for more time. I should have thought about a year was enough.
"SACK" THE CROWN AGENTS.
The Straits Times referring to the Singapore Government's depreciated investments, says:
"It is but fair to the Crown Agents to: stato that which is urged by a strong supporter of theirs, in the person of the Colonial Tressarer, who maintains that the depreciation in the market value of the securities, which they bought for the Colony, is covered by £1,000 out of the 8557,000 deficiency. Though they are responsible, if this be true, for a loss of only £1,000, it does not mend matters very much. They have stultified themselves all the same as investment selectors for Crown Colonies. They should have unloaded, to say the least of it, more fortunate or reliable securities to the Colony. Then the Crown Agents, again, have lost $64,000 on the sale of silver, and Mr. Shelford, with justice, bitterly complains of their folly. We would ask the culprits what would certainly happen to them were they managers of a Bank, on their making such grossly injurions losses as those referred to. But we can answer the question for them. They would lose their billets, for a certainty, and it seems time a similar recognition of their services was extended to them by the Colonies.
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