The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-11
MET DEATH
IN A coz Fin
Sensational Suicide Of
a Chinese General.
PEKN'S POLYCLOT PAPER
EngIishmen 10 Start Daily II
Seven Languages in China's
Capital.

YOKOHAMA. Nov. PA circum
stantial account OF the suicide oi
Shou-shan, Transcribed by an Osaka
paper from vernacular Chinese jour
nal, supplies an excellent proof of the
pitiable state in which China and the
Chinese have been placed in conse-
quence of the present trouble. When
the Russian troops, says the Chinese
paper, with the object Of going from
Blagoveschensk to the interior of Man
churia in order to protect the railway
asked General Shou for permission tc
march through his district the per.
mission was refused and the Russian
detachment then tried to travel on the
Amur, but was at once bombarded by
Shou's army. The Siberian officer who
wished to see Shou, to obtain permis-
sion by peaceful means, was also sim
ilarly received. Shou had a trusted
lieutenant and bosom friend named
Wang, and this man, convinced of the
incompetency of Shou's troops to
stand before the regular Russian
forces, tried by the use of strong lam
guage to bring Shou to repent of his
reckless proceedings. Shou remained
incorrigible, and the upshot of the
matter was that the two bosom friends
became completely estranged, and the
matter eliminated in Wangs flight,
his capture and finally his execution
by Shou. The latter had not many
days to outlive the friend towards
whom he behaved in this way, for on
August 29th Shang-cheng fell, and the
news brought home to Shou with dou
bic poignancy the correctness of
Wang's forecast. To atone for his
grave error Shou decided to commit
suicide, and that in the unmanly man
ner characteristic of the Chinese He
decided to die by means of opium. He
wished his wife to share his fate, but
she stoutly refused. She said that the
misery was of his own making and
that there was no reason why she
should of her own accord suffer death
on account of it. His sons took the
side of the mother; their eldest broth
er, they declared, had been killed
in a battle with the Russians. That
was enough to atone for the foolhardy
doings of their father, and they would
rather remain behind and save from
extinction the family of Shou Aban-
doned by his wife and children the
poor, misguided old man then decided
to die alone. He took about siXtyfour
drains of opium, but having been hab-
ituated to the use of the drug, the
potion did not have the expected eff
feet upon him. He then ordered his
servant to fire a pistol at him, but the
bullet missed vital part and hit him
on the shoulder, for the hand of the
servant trembled Thereupon Shou
put on full uniform, and laid himself
down in a coffin and again bade his
servant fire at him. The servant de-
clining the murderous service, Shouts
sixth son went with halberd to the
help of the servant and speared
his prostrated father, who eX-
claimed that he was almost dead, and
bade him shut the coffin, This was
done. and the coffin was next nailed
down. the dying man uttering all the
while feeble groans which ceased in
about two hours. The paper which
originally published this story says
that it got it from a person who had
recently reached Shanghai from Amur,
A BLOT ON THE SCUTCHEON.
The shameful conduct of an un-
known assistant interpreter of the
Army, though undoubtedly deserving
severe reprehension, may be consider
ed as less serious than similar conduct
on the part of a regular officer. And
such a case has been made public, to
our regret and indignation. be it said.
Lieutenant Tokusuko limbo, OF
the Eighteenth Company of the Elev-
enth Regiment of the Hiroshima Di-
vision has been sentenced by Il court
martial to three months major con-
fnement for very dlsgraceful act.
According to the decision of the court
he accused had received in trust at
Tien-Tsin from a Chinaman named
Chou five Jumps of gold each valued at
about 500 yen, He carried the gold
with him, when his regiment was or
dered home a few weeks ago, and
when. shortly after, he got furlough,
he took four of the Jumps to Osaka,
and intended to sell them under an
assumed name for a little over 100
yen to a broker in the city. The mat
ter having reached the ears of the
gendarmes, the young man was ar
rested and handed over to a court
martial, which has passed upon him
the above mentioned sentence and has
moreover ordered the Jumps TO be re-
turned TO the rlghtful owner.
JAPANESE STUDENTS IN CHINA.
The To-a-Dobunkai' School at Nan
kin is at present educating twenty
japanese boys maintained at the Jap
anese Governments expense, or at
that OF local Offices or private indi-
ylduals. The school has decided 10 in
crease the number OF Its pupils TO at
least 100, and its canyassers are now
stumping the country In order TO per-
suade the people 10 send their sons and
brothers TO the institution. Politics
and commerce are said 10 be the prin-
oipal subjects Of study
ENGLISH Mich COWS.
The AyreshiFe milch c0ws. forty in
number, which were purchased In
England by kise0uut fuiinami auner-