The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-06-07

with Hu. ur .Wu i.Hf wIrr fnr VIII. d
ua Received ENr stipulated reward. un,
-uNIHE morning however Do. Uur.dI
fv u.t ihp better uf h.. prudence. aHl
H. t.uh sDNuu young UI". Goo o. pI' o.
u.N TuH policeman recognized fhg
mvr H4 having D. fore visited 'ur box
lu similar GRAND and hIs suspicious
being aroused asked the man wurr,
hu had caught m" mic, The man OK
planned that hr had found "a nest Tho
policeman said the nest must be- re-
moved az once. ana he woulu 40 iu
the mans house tu see that n was
done properly. The nest proved 90 be
lot of mice cages. many NJ which
were found In the mans room. each
tnuantcd by white mice The mice
breeder was last reported to be- at the
police station. Kobe Chronicle
SHOOTING OF RUSSIAN OFFICER.
The following is fun account OF
the affair at Tien-Tsn ID which q
russian officer was fatally shot: An
unfortunate affair took place late on
sunday May 18th, In the Taku road
here. Two Russian officers were out
for their own amusement visiting the
local "Haymarket," when they became
little quarrelsOmc; the British mill
tary police followed the traditional
methods Of our folk. got the two gen
ilcmen out of the grog shop where a
ruw was brewing ana passed them
along up the beat with much good
humor and forbcarance. The gentle
men then came across two German
military police and assumed a more
truCulent attitude; they were taken
very seriously. and at last one Of the
officers drew his sword and advanced
overwhelmingly on the two soldiers The
latter shouted caution. but with no
effect; so they fired into the more belli-
cose OF the two with the result that
his corpse was taken to the German
Hospital in few minutes. He be-
lOnged to "A Russian gunbOat. and was
up in Ten-Tsin on leave. The Incl
dent has created a very painful Inn
preston all around. The two military
police are under arrest pending inves
tigatiOn. Later news Gays that they
We're discharged)
TRAIN TURNS TURTLE
The railway accident at Lola was, it
seems, a very serious affair Nineteen
Chinese In all lost their lives either
at once or within ten hours, and an
other twelve or fifteen We're sadly hurt.
The accumulation of sand which de-
rallied the train is now generally be
lieved to have been wind borne. and
not placed there by the ill-disposed.
ne tIblHt tulHtb lIt " ItH IL Sbt
to the bridge, and now lies there in
fnitely less damaged by the fail than
one would think. The engineer behav-
ed with great courage, going back, al
though gricvOusly hurt, to open the
steam valves. The only Europeans
injured (slightlyD We're two American
privates. The passenger cars are in
at the end of the train, re-
mote from the engine; the folk In them
al I.N,V -.
bumps AS good fortune would have
it. a German ambulance was In the
train, and it rendered fine service to
the wounded.
PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
The plague returns during the TWEEN
ty-four hours ended noon OF the 10th,
show twenty-five new cases and
eighteen deaths-all Chinese. oil
We regret to have to announce the
death of another European, Harold
Hhorne, an assistant in A. S. Watson
< Co.'S dispensary. Deceased was TAX
IN i'll last Friday, and was removed
to the plague hospital on Saturday.
The first reports as to his condition
We're favorable, but later his condition
became worse, and he died last night,
making the second death in the course
Of week among the European STAFF
there. ThOrne was only twenty-three
years of age. and came from Allies
bury. England, only five months ago. |
During this short period he made him |
self liked by other members OF the !
'taf. He was buried at Happy Valley !
his afternoon. Deceased being mem
Der of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, !
Field Battery, "A military funeral was .
arranged for. The general |
and entire staff attended the .
obsequies Another of the company's !
staff. named Hawkes., was removed |
to the plague hospital at Kennedy |
town.
Writing on the Sth instant, our Cam |.
ton correspondent says:
| regret to have to say that the /
plague is on the increase in this city. |
Recently more than a hundred people /
have died in the Chau Tong Nam dis
riot in the west end of Canton.-Chna |
Mail of May 18th.
THE PERRY MONUMENT
The Perry monument, now in course
Vt erection at Kurigahama, UTraga.
Nil stand eighteen feet high and be
light feet broad. and will be placed on
three-stepped foundation stone.
which measures some seven feet in
height. Marquis Ito wrote a few days
Inscriptions for it in Chinese charac-
ers to the effect that This monument
S I'm memory of the landing Of Com
nodore Perry, L. $. N" The work or
arriving the inscriptions on the monu-
nent which is made of Seudaiishi, a
cry durable stone, will be commenced
n day or two. 1t is expected that
he ceremony OF unwilling the monu-
nent will take place on July 18th, in
he presence of Admiral Beardslee ana
'thers
THE JAPANESE NAVY.
German naval officers serving in the
Cast appear to be greatly Impressed
With the excellence of the personnel or
he Japanese navy In a lecture re-
emily delivered in Berlin Captain
Neihler stated, according to a report
# the meeting given in the Militar
,eitung, that the officers of the Japan
Sc navy are without exception recruit
d from among the best families IN the
ountry With high ideas of military
lonor, they combine a very thorough
knowledge Of their profession. and arr
IS capable in the practice as I'm the
heory of H. The men serve voluntar-
Iy, and regard the right 70 40 so an
.BpRF and "a prfVIlnna nF g,,,,l