Straightforward, generous, a thorough sportsman, and a friend in need and indeed to many here, the friends of the late Mr. James Keenan were numbered, not in tens and scores, but in tiundreds, and that in a small community. Many swell the list in Tientsin, Manila, Sin; pore, and other ports in the Far East. The fact that at the least two hundred lends assembled at the grave-side yesterday evening to pay their Jast tribute of respect to the deceased was evidence of his popularity here. As Rough-riding Corporal in the S.V.C., Artillery Com:
y, he was accorded a funeral with niilitary honours. The funeral cortege ruary shortly after 5 p.m. The procession started from the Shantung Road Mor-was headed by four mounted Sikh troopers, with Trooper-sergeant Spottiswode in command. Then came the firing party from the Artillery, consisting of Corporal Wilson and 14 men, in command of B.-S.M. Mellows. "Next came the Artillery No. 1 gun carriage, bearing the coffin, "enshrouded with the Union A Chinese official of high rank recently arrived here from Peking and who, while tunities for observing the Emperor and in the capital, had exceptional oppor-make comparison between his Majesty's health a month or so ago with that of the last four or five years, told the writer of these "Notes" the other day that he was agreeably surprised to see his Majesty Kuang Hsii, during the narrator's stay in Peking of six months, enjoying the very best of health and mnently possessing an appetite five times as large as formerly. This will be welcome news to all friends and subjects of the unfortunate Emperor, whose desire to reform Jack and a mass of wreaths. The gun-carriage was in charge of Sergt. Stewart and driven by Drivers Champion and Barnes. On either side were the pall-Corpls.' Champion and Wallace, Bom. bearers, Sergts. Burrett and Thompson, bardiers Dahl and Nagel, and Gunners Lynch and Mealister. Immediately following the coffin were carried the deceased's accoutrements, consisting of his hat, belt and rifle, followed by the remainder of the Company present. In all, between 40 and 50 of the Artillery Company turned out, and considering that the strength of the Company numbers 56, and some are down with dengue fever, the complement was alike a credit
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