The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-01

SymeS, k.C.LE., has committed
| suicide by shooting himself with a
revolver. The deceased official was for
many years the first Chief Secretary to
| the Government of Burmah He was
practically the one permanent element
of the Government of Burma IN the
Secretariat in Rangoon. He came to
burma originally, either at the very
close of 1878, or the opening of 1874, and
was from the first employed at head
quarters under Sir Ashley Edin, instead
of doing district work. 1t was only
when his seniority required the change,
that he was transferred to the success
i've Commissionersh4p of the central,
eastern and southern divisions of upper
Burma, subsequent to the annexation of
that country after the war of 1885.
Sir Edward was the chief adviser, in
turn, of Sir Charles Bernard. Sir Charles
Crosthwaite, Sir Alexander Mackenzie
and Sir Frederick Fryer, and his name
was a household word in the service
Everybody swore by Symes, as the finest
example OF administrative capacity
amongst the civil service in the province
he was born in London on August It,
1852, the third son of DR.. Z. S. Symes
he was educated at University College
London, and passed for the Indian civil
service in connection with the annexa-
ton of upper Burma.
Personally, the late Sir Edward Symss
was the most likeable of men though
MS extremely silent, impressive and al
most melancholy personality did not lend
itself to any general intimacy with him.
his health. owing to long service in the
trying climate of Burma, became latter
~ precarious. 1t must be well over two
years ago since Sir Edward went home
on long leave, and he had at least two
extensions of that period, owing to con-
lnued i'll health. He could, in fact. have
been only two or three days In Ram
COON after coming down by the mail
steamer from Calcutta, when his traci-
cal end came
He committed suicide while driving
down to his office in the afternoon. The
shot penetrated the palate and lodged in |
the Drain He fingered on in an uncon- |
sc1ous state for two days.
SKATING AT KOBE.
Kobe has some skating According to
the Chronicle the ice on the ponds at
Rokkosan is about three inches thick and
bears Wen. A party of about twenty
skaters nave rented the ponds adjoining
what are known as "Margate Sands"
ana nave put up a shelter close by for
their skates, etc. We believe the SUBJ
scribers. being of generous disposition. /
nave no objection to other ska ting sent thu
'iasts using the ponds they have secur-
81, ana 1t Is therefore possible for any
'ne who can spare the time just now to
ENJOY few hours capital skating. es,
oec1aily If they can arrange to pass the
hight in one of the bungalows on the
lill. 1t may be added that while the
main pand is deep, the other two ponds
ire shallow.
YUAN SHI-KAI'S GOOD WORK.
by order of the governor of Shan
ing large poster has been put up
IL Chefoo, the contents of which are
is follows:
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l. Pastors and priests are invited to
etufn to their various stations
Z Magistrates are ordered to receive
hem and escort them from district to
district "
3. Should there in future be out
freaks against Christians similar to
nose OF the past few months. the mag
strates over the districts which are
disturbed are to be cashiered.
=. Inc magistrate who keeps his dis
iict peaceful for one year is TO get a
GOD mark; if he keeps it peaceful for
1ree years, he is to be recommended
or promotion
.. The gentry of the districts which
emain peaceful for one year are to
et good marx; if peaceful for three
ears, they are to get a button.
.. Goods looted must be restored; if
OF restoreu within certain period
ne hoiuefs OF them are TO be treated
$ having received stolen property.
lnst be paid for in money
Ihe Shantung missionaries are. sub
4ct TO ambassadorial advice. Planning
return to their stations after the
hina New Year.
SERIOUS FIRE IN SHANGHAI.
At 3:15 8. m. on the 9TH an outbreak
nre was reported at Nos SO and 81
ohkien Road, Shanghai A northwest
ina prevailing at the time drove the
ames toward the back or the houses.
'tting fire to a number of good class
lops situated there DESTROYING a
aWnship, an opium shop, two large
athhouses, several other houses, and
artlally destroying large pawnshop
Tar IN as the back of the Canton
DAD Iheater. The fire originated in
o: 4o Fohkien Road. in the cookhouse
Is supposed, through the overhead
= OF stove, which set fire to some
l1olnlng woodwork The cook or this
'use IS feared to have persisted under
lie foot as it fell in. Just before this
CURED ne was heard calling FOR helm
no soon after he gave a despairino.
y as the roof collapsed. His body has
ot yet been found: if he succeeded IN
Gaping it must have been a,mosr m,
lcuious. The loss is estimated a.
900 tbs. at