The Archive · 1908

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Jackson nected ax pall benters. The! lags of most of the Clubs were half-masted during the day as a" token of 4 respect to the deceased.

A ngrort from Tacoma dated June China Me. Forbes, wns appointed one 1 states that the refusal of James of the secretaries to the.\merican Gainsford, special watchman on board Legation and later he acted as consul the British steamer Suveric, Captain for Sweden, the of Sweden William Shotton, loading lumber for creating him" Knight Commander of Manila, to allow her crew of seventy-the order of Wasa. He was president, two men to go ashore so mad-of the Shanghai ranch of the Roza dened them that they attacked hin with hatchets, marlin spikes, hatch great el of good work in conjunction bars nnd other weapons, breaking one with Mr. H. Corvier. While in China, his iby and otherwise miring Mr. Forbes became deeply interested in But for the timely arrival botany and he wrote what is considered feat Seas trid abors ofthe white crew to be one of the most complete works the Chinese would have sticcceded in ov the subject with respect to China. lynching Gainsford with " rope that For thix work he was made a Fellow of they attempted to put around his neck, the Linnean Society of London and! The aged watchman fought them off a collection of the flora which he made vith his revolver and shot one of his is now in the possession of the British assailants in the wrist, inflicting only Museum. After leaving Chios Mr. a flesh wound. No arrests were made, Forbes spent much of his time in Paris bot the incipient mutiny may be looked and in 1896 he went to Boston where into by immigration officials. he devoted much time to the study of Ar the Japanese Consular Court international bimetallism and the yesterday morning, before Mr. T. Taki-subject of currency in the Philippines, thima, Police Magistrate, Ito Kikisuki, as well as the production of gold in of No. 2246 Boone Road, was charged with having assaulted and beaten a Tr is reported that anew journal in native complainant at noon on the 3 th the Chinese language ix about to be ultimo and with having assaulted [indian started hi ere. As its pages are to be B.C. No. 289 while in the execution of his duty. 'The accused was sentenced to two days' imprisonment.—Y. Nakanishi, of No. 182 North Szechuen Road Extension, was fined $3 for having allowed a dog, his property, to. be at large unmuzzled on the North Szechuen Road Extension at 9.15 the 29th ultinio.—Miss Asahi Ri given up to the discussion of hygiene and cognate matters, to the consideration of which the Chinese, generally speaking, have not given hitherto the attention their importance demands, it to be hoped that the new venture may prove to be successful.

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