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March 18, 1907.]
THE SHANGHAI MURDER
A Daily Press telegram dated Shanghai, March 11th said: Fourteen Chinese robbers, sil armed with modern revolvers &c., attacked some native constables in the Hongkew district early this morning. A foreign constable named Morrow heard the noise and on going to their assistance was shot dead. All the ruffians escaped.
Shanghai, March 12th. At the inquest held on Constable Morrow, who was shot by Chinese bandita, a verdict of murder against persons unknown was returned. The coroner (Mr. J. C. E. Douglas) passed some strong strictures On the Municipal Council for starving the Police Department, He asserted that the present force was totally inadequate, condemned the proposal to streng then the Indian branch, and declared that a reinforcement of the foreigu personnel was the only solution. He paid a bigh tribute to the excellence of the work now being done in circumstances of dißculty and danger.
The funeral to-day attended by practically all the members of the Police, by representatives of the British Consulate and Municipal Council, and by the City and Mixed Court Magistrates.
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A Daily Prese telegram dated Shanghai, March 14th, said : –
Sir Pelbam Warren has sent a strongly worded protestation to the Taotai with regard to the slackness of the Native City Authorities in punishing desperadoes committed thither from the Mixed Court. He asserts that the Chinese neglect to deal properly with such prisoners amounts to direct encouragement of serious orime within the Settlement. Referring to the murder of Constable Morrow, he demands the strongest possible assistance to arrest the men who did the shooting.
The Municipal Council has ordered the publication of a reply to the strictures made by Mr. J. C. E. Douglas when sitting as coroner. The rejoinder reminds the public that the British Consulate was privy to and assisted in the negotiations for the augmentation of the Indian section of the Police, and that as regards the European branch of the Force its strength has been doubled since 1991.
SENSATION AT SHANGHAI,
HUSBAND SHOT BY HIS WIF'.
A Daily Press telegram dated Shanghai, March 15th, said :-
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
BLACKBALLED.
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The following amusing item appears in the Japon Advertiser:-As the coolies were slowly turning over the odds and ends, which were A case of considerable interest to Club men found in the ruins of the fire on Jizosaka, one was decided at the Norwegian Consular Court, of the oldest residenta of Yokohama, pointing to Shanghai, on March 9th One Norwegian the small tumbledown store which now marke charged another with slandering him. the limit of the fire, said: “Thirty-five years appeared that the complainant was up for ago, that house stood alone on this hill and was election to the Shangbai Club, and that the known among foreigners as being able to furnish defendant made certain statements to his
kohes' and 'birra'; this hill was there-by seconder and to the Club Secretary. Those called 'Coffee House Hill.' No'rikishas toiled statements, the Consul General decided, were up and down then, and five sen would buy not slander. He said:-It is the opinion more show than a dollar obtaius nowadays. of this Court that, when a person is pat English words were unknowu then. Nowadays exhibited in a Club for a certain period before English fluently, but write it as well Look at up for election by ballot and bis name is even the Japanese store keepers not only speak ballot takes place, he must suffer himself to be that sign for example. A small wooden board, the object of investigation, and, that the is exhibited in order to afford members of notice about bis proposal for membership the Club an opportunity of giving to those who either bare proposed and seconded candidate
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Sergeant Sullivan placed the master of the pawnbroking establishment at 97 Queen's Road or wbo are On the balloting West before Mr. Hazeland at the Police Court committee bat information they may have on March 8th for neglecting to seixe and detain of the candidate, but such information must be considered confidential and cannot form | Detective-Inspector Hanson pointed out to his man who had pawned two clocks. Chief the basis of an action. The Court comes to the conclusion that the defendant in this case
Worship that the man who pawned the gooda has not made his statements in public, but theysidered the defendant should have used a little was very shabbily dressed, therefore he con- were made in confidence, and that be und a perfect right to answer ques ions put to him For lacking this commodily his Worship common sense and not accepted the articles. by a member of the balloting committee, and ordered the pawnbroker to pay a fine of $25 that, therefore, defendant must be acquitted.
KOREAN CUSTOMS REORGANIZA. TION.
The Japanese authorities claim that upon the installation of Japanese Customs Commissioners in Chemulpo, Fasan, Gensan (onsan) and Chiynaupo. Customs affairs, hitherto conducted in an old-fashion d irregular manner, have been lately reduced to order. The chief points of improvement in the latter balf of the
year 1906 are the opening of Customs houses, in case of necessity, even on Sundays and holidays, as from September 1st; the enactment of the discipline and uniform regulations for Customs officials as from L'otober; the clearer division Customs districts from November, for the of purpose of unifying the imposition, creat ing respective sectional domains, improv. ing the procedure, etc. Eimultaneously, the Customs works' department was established in order to undertake various construction works, the first period of which ends with the 1910-11 fiscal year. The exchequer of the gcneral Customs inspectorate bas been hitherto
meut, but from the 11th year of Koangum (1907) both the revenue and expenditure are to be included in the general Budget. Other steps taken by the Japanese Customs honded warehouses without the south Great management include the establishment of
Gate of Seoul and the improved com. position of the Customs in Chemulpo, Fusan, Gensan, etc.
Mrs. "Dick" Daly entered band's room at the Hotel Metropole this distinctly separated from the Korean Govern morning, • locked the door, called him names, and fired five shots at him with × revolver from a distance of ten yards. All the shots missed save the last, which grazed Daly's leg. The woman was subsequently arrested. She is supposed to be
crazy, though she recently quarrelled with her husband.
["Dick" Daly, it may be remambered by many in Hongkong, was formerly the pro- prietor of the Grill Rooms in Des Voeux Road].
SINGAPORE FRUIT TRADE.
CHINESE PACKERS OPPOSE COMBINE.
A Daily Press telegram dated Singapore, March 15th said
At a meeting which lasted the greater part of yesterday, the Chinese packers decided against the proposal by a European export firm that a Pineapple Trust be formed. Instead, they agreed to meet once a week and fix their own prices,
H. E. Viceroy Yuan is in communication with the Ministry of Finance concerning the ex tension of the Paking-Kalgan railway line to the Mongolian Capital and suggests that the extension might be completed before the end of 1908. Such an undertaking would, undoubtedly, enhance the trade of Mongolia to a great extent. His Excellency proposes to utilize the profits of the railways of North China for this purpose and there appears every probability of the enterprise being undertaken, says the Peking | correspondent of the N.-C, Daily News.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Viceroy Tuan Fang has received instructions from Peking not to put into force the new regulations of the Shanghai Mixed Court before the question of the women's prison has been settled, which gare cause to the troubles in December 1905 and which still has not been arranged.
His Excellency Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, Chinese Minister at Washington, has writte0 to the Waiwapu dwelling upon the importance of China being represented at the coming cale- brations at Jamestown, Virginis. U.3.A., by one or two cruisers and an official of high rack. Japan has already seat ships.
A coolie named Lo Ching died at Mongkok on Mar. 12th under circumstances which led to four men being charged on March 13th with manslaughter. Apparently several coolies had a dispute and deceased and じゃ Young belaboured each other with bamboos. Then, i is said, a lakong interfered. Docessed ran along
Station Street and dropped dead. His rival and other two coalies were arrested and the lukong Was also charged. Mr. Hazeland remanded all pending inquiries,
The Nagasaki Hotel report-states the Nagasaki Prese--was as follows:-" The gross profiton working sooouutʼamount to Y.13,300.85, which after deduoting all charges leaves a net profit of Y8,877, which the directors propose to deal with as follows:-To write off building. Y3,015 40; electric light plant, furnicare, Y1,221.21; carry forward to next Y1,792,19;
account. 12,848.26. that the improvement in the steamship service The Chairman explained
business. Whereas in former days it was to Vladivostook had greatly reduced their necessary that passengers to that port should wait at Nagasaki from seven to fourteen days and left in the afternoon. for a steamer, vessels now came in the morning
Collins, the man who was imprisoned in Japan as a Russian spy, and recently arrested explosives at the instance of a certain high in Tientsin, confesses to have been smuggling official in Peking ip connexion with the "revolutionariaa""' crusade. It from Tientsin that the two Anarchists, Tang is reported and Fêng, who were arrested the other day | bare confessed that they intended to blow up apon the evidence of the foreigner Collins Li Lien-ying, the head eunuch of the Im
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who had been traitorous advisers to the Empress Dowager to the detriment of the nation and empire. Two other alleged anti- monarchista, recently arrested in Peking, have further confessed that there are at least two thousand of their comrades in Tientsin, Peking and other tówas in the vicinity of the Capital, vowed to the destruction of all reactionaries who are working the ruin of the Empire.
When a 20 'commercial port" was opened in 1905 outside the city of Ch'sngtèb, in Hunso province, two Chinese, one a native of Hupek and the other a Ningpo man
named Wang Sung-nies, privately bought up considerable government land in the vicinity of the mercial Purt with the intention of reselling it to forsiguers who shall go there to do business. l'his was discovered by the authorities of Ch'angtêh with the result that the native of Hupeh, who had a petty civil rank, was cashired and the Ningpo man ordered to give up the title deeds obtained by him on false pretences. The latter, however, absconded with his deeds and a warrant was accordingly imund for his arrest. Eighteen months passed and still Wang Sang- Biso managed to keep at large-apparently at Hankow-when suddenly learning of the arrival at Hankow of the man's father the other day, the old man was arrested by order of the Hankow Taotai and given to understand that he would have to remain auder sondnement until his son came to take his place. The result was that Wang Sung-pien soon came forward, obtained the release of his unlucky pareni and is by this time very likely lying in the prison of the Ch'sngtếh magistrate's yamen awaiting trial and punishment.
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