The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-01

.ORIEN TAI
NEWS.
Tragic Suicide of
Distinguished
Official.
CURIOUS THIEVlNG
AT NAGASAKI
Skating at Kobe--.Earthquakc
Shakes the Town...Notes
Of Japan.
; OKoHAMA. Feb. B.-Slr K. S.
Symes, k.C.I.E., has committed
suicide by shooting himself with a

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Symes, kC.LE., has committed
suicide by shooting himself with a
revolver The deceased Official was for
many Years the Hrst Chief SECRETARY To
the Government Oh bu. NAH. He was
practically the one permanent eieneht
vi tho Iovernmeut OF burma an the
SeCreIariat IN hangCon. lie came 10
burma originally. ei,her at the very
cIOse of lS,5, or the opening of BA, and
was from the first employed at head
quarters under SIr Ashley Edin, Instead
ot DONG district wo,k. 1t was only
when ms seniority required the chahse,
that he was transferred to the Success
i've Commissioners ps OF The central,
eastern ana southern divisions OF upper
Burma, subsequent 10 the anneXdtion oi
tHaL county aIter the war vi 1000.
Sr kuward was the chef adviser, in
tn. n, OF S.r Charles Bernaid, SIR Charles
JIosthwaIte, SIR Alexander AaIhenzie
and SIR Frederick Fry er, and ms name
was "A household wUrd III the service.
Everybody swoIe by Symes, as the iinest
example Of Administrative capacity
amongst the civil service in the prUvInce.
lie was bora IN London on August 10,
1852. the third son OF DI Il. $. Symes.
He was educated at University College,
London, and passed for the Indian civil
service in connection with the annexa-
tiOn of upper Burma.
Personally, the lac Sir Edward Symes
was the most likeable of men, though
his extremely silent. impassive 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
ly precarious. 1t must be well over two
yeas ago since Sir Edward went home
on long leave, and he had at least two
extensions of that period, owing to con-
l,,ttn 10 In f.an hnu
been only two or three days in Ran
COON after coming down by the mail
steamer from Calcutta, when his tragi-
cal end came.
He committed suicide while driving
down to his office in the afternoon. The
shot penetrated the palate and lodged in
the brain. He fingered on in an uncon-
scious 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 well. A party of about twenty
skaters have rented the ponds adjoining
what are known as "Margate Sands"
and have put up Il shelter close by for
their skates, etc. We believe the sub
scribers. beng Of generous disposition.
have no objection to other skating enthu-
siasts using the ponds they have secur-
ed, and ii Is therefore possible for any
one who can spare the time just now to
enjoy a few hours capital skating, es-
pecially If they can arrange to pass the
| II ght in one of the bungalows on the
, hill. 1t may be added that while the
main pand is deep. the other two ponds
are shallow,
YUAN SHI-KATS GOOD WORK.
BY order of the governor of Shan
: tung a large poster has been put up
at ChefOo, the contents of which are
| as follows:
! /. Pastors and priests are invited to
/ return to their various stations.
! 2. Magistrates are ordered to receive
them and escort them from district to
district
7 3. Should there in future be out
breaks against Christians similar to
/ those of the past few months, the mag
istrates over the districts which are
disturbed are to be cashiered.
| 4. The magistrate who keeps his dis
! trict peaceful for one year Is 10 get a
good mark; If he keeps it peaceful for
three years he is to be recommended
for promotion.
5, The gentry of the districts which
remain peaceful for one year are to
get a good mark; if peaceful for three
years, they are to get button.
9. Goods looted must be restored; II
not restored within n certain period
as having received stolen property.
7. Goods that cannot be restored
must be paid for in money.
The Shantung missionaries are, sub
ject to ambassadorial advice, Planning
to return to their stations after the
China New Year
SERIOUS FIRE IN SHANGHAI.
At S:l5 a. IN. on the 9th an outbreak
of fire was reported at Nos. 80 and A
Fohkien Road, Shanghai. a northwest
wind prevailing at the tim. drove the
flames toward the back or the houses,
setting fire to a number OF good class
shops situated there, destroying a
pawnshlp. an opium shop, two large
! lighthouses. several other houses and
partially destroying a large pawnshop
as far in AS the back OF the Canton
/ Road Theatcr. The fire originated in
! No. 40 Fohkien Road, In the cookhouse,
/ II is supposed, through the overhead
: Ing OF stove. which set fire 10 some
adjoining woodwork The cook or this
house Is feared To have persisted under
the roof as II fell In. Just before this
occurred he was heard calling FOR help,
and soon after he gave a despairing
cry as the roof collapsed. His body has
not yet been found; II he succeeded In
scaping # must have been almost mi
irulous The loss ls estimated at
iOO IT'S