Tun engagement is announced of Miss Rita Stephen, second daughter of the late Mr. A. G, Stephen and Mrs, Birt, and Mr. A' de Gherardy, of the Chinese Maritime Customs.
Mr. Paul Josselyn, who was formerly Chinese Secretary in the American Legation in Peking, and has been in the United States for the past four years, is returning to: China in September to take up. position in the, American Consulate jenera}, in Shanghai, states a Reuter message from Peking. bot had adopted a daughter. When he returned from the police station, he saw his aunt lying under the: dining room table, her throat having. been cut. There was nothing in. her hand. Deceased was of a Jezlous disposition and had quarrelled with his wife about another man, whose name witness did not know. Deceased thought his wide. Sometimes went out with this man.
Mrs. Simiona Mendoza, a tenant of the house, said she heard deceased and his wife talking in the usual way when she returned from the jemima but did not know what they were talking about. She was awakened at 2.50 am. by a pistol hot and she heard Mrs. Revollo ery out "Help me." in Filipino. She ran downstairs and saw deceased and his wife standing in the dining room, struggling with each other. Witness had told her husband to lock the door of her room while she went downstaii he saw deceased with a knife in is left hand and a revolver in the right. Blood was all flowing from Mrs. Revollo's face. When the latter saw the witness, she called Oct "Please help me." She was holding deceased's neck from behind. and deceased shouted out "Don't come near me or I'll shoot you." Witness took no notice but went to help the other woman. She went. Echind and held the deceased's arm. and tried to take the revolver away.
Then, said witness, Mrs. Revollo let go and fell under the table, teneonseious. Witness became scares! and let go too, As she ran upstairs, she saw deceased kneel on the floor and clasp both hands, bead.
He cried out "God forgive me" and fired a second shot, Then she saw him fall to the ground. Witness did not know if deceased eld the knife or not because was too seared that deceased might point the revolver at her.
lid not know what happened after that but went upstairs into her room.
I. N. Fajareo, husband of the adopted daughter of the deceased, enid that trouble had been going for a long time between the deceased and his wife and he had occasion once to ask the District Attorney to send the deceased back to the Philippines. Deceased used to have a barber shop but he gave sap business because of leg trouble. For the last couple of years, deceased had been supported by his. wife lo coved for other Filipinos, Every time ko went out, he demanded money from her but she world rot always recommodate him. When witness was told of the shooting, he suspected what it was so he told Fans (the first witness) to report: to the police. He arrived at the place just after the police and he Saw the two bodies in the dining room, Me did not know who the revolver belonged to. If he knew that Ceceased had a revolver in. his poceessicn, he would have reported to the police: he knew deceased had a short knife but did not suspect that he had a revolver. He had never hears any threats to take United Press message from Seattle, Wash. on May 1 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Crow of Shang-
An, adjournment was ordered sine die. hai arrived here to-day and were greeted by several former Shanghai friends, including Messrs. Sidney 'A. Moss and Gesseler, and by Mr. Stanley Bailey, manager of the Seattle Bureau of the United Press.
Explaining that his plans were still somewhat indefinite, Mr. Crow, said that they expected to proceed soon to Chicago, later going on to New York.
A suant time ago, says the "Northern Whig" (Belfast), our London correspondent commented on the successful work performed by Mr. F. W. Maze in China in the] capacity of Inspector-General Customs, and his views are new confirmed by the report that the Belgian Government have conferred the Order of Leopold on the Ins-sector-General in recognition of his recent services in the Far East, which, by preserving in unbroken continuity the existing Customs Ad- 5 ministration, have benefited trade, finance, and' shipping interest 'A Motion Denied Judge Milton D, Purdy, in the U.S. Court for China on May 12, denied a motion of A. Roudakoff, a musician formerly the employ of the Grand Theatre Company, for the dismissal of an appeal filed by the Grand Theatre Ca. Ina lower court judgment was. given to the plaintiff for $587 salary in arrears owed to him by the Grand Theatre Ca. The judgment was given on April 1. On April 2 the defendant filed a notice of intention to appeal and deposited $714.07 as bond on April 7. Tt was contended by the, plaintiff that according to consular regulations the security must be paid before five days had elapsed. Ax April 6 fell on a Sunday the contention was over-ruled. Mr. P. Yaison appeared for the plainti and the Grand Theatre Ca. represented by Me
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