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The Evansville Journal
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
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Ship Centurion arrives in San Francisco from Hong Kong with news: Prince King dispatches complaint to foreign ministers over European bans on arming insurgents and requests passports for dubious persons. Hong Kong papers condemn Portuguese coolie trade, including kidnappings of Chinese women and girls for prostitution in Macao.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
Arrival of the Ship Centurion--The Coolie Trade Denounced, &c., &c.
San Francisco, July 19.—The ship Centurion, from Hong Kong, June 3d, has arrived.
The Prince King addressed a dispatch to the Foreign Ministers, complaining that certain Europeans prohibit the supplying of insurgents with arms, and requests the Consuls to issue passports to persons of doubtful character.
Hong Kong papers denounce the Coolie trade as practiced by the Portuguese. Macao states that the personal punishment inflicted on Chinamen is to refuse a ship to induce a change in the determination of the Government. There are instances of kidnapping girls and women, who are carried to Macao for purposes of prostitution.
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Foreign News Details
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Hong Kong
Event Date
June 3d
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denouncement of coolie trade; instances of kidnapping girls and women for prostitution in macao.
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The ship Centurion arrived from Hong Kong. Prince King sent a dispatch to Foreign Ministers complaining about Europeans prohibiting arms to insurgents and requesting Consuls to issue passports to persons of doubtful character. Hong Kong papers denounce the Portuguese coolie trade, with Macao noting punishment by refusing ships to change government determination, and reports of kidnapping Chinese girls and women to Macao for prostitution.