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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TM 1907.
the light thrown upon the subject by the shippers of Singapore, in addition to the abstracts of evidence we have been giving from the published reports of the Conference 10W Bithing. It will have bees noticed that while the reporting members of the Singapore Chamber seemed to share a unanimous antipathy to the principle and rebate practices of ship-
Mr. C. Lestaril, the stoward of the V.B.C., TELEGRAMS. is at present in bospital seriously ill, as the result of having accidentally falisa into the
water.
Persons arriving from Hongkong will he placed in quarantine at Sandakan, and will be subject to medios! inspection bɔfore being permitted to land.
[REVTER'S SERVICE.]
MOROCCO.
LONDON, August 10th. It is recognized that the Algeciras con-
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 12th August.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE Mr. A. G. War (PUISNE JUDGE).
A PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE.
An interpleader sult was heard in the caso of Chin Lo-wing of 147, Third Street, Victoria,
The matol of 500,000 up between Chspoonvention is inadequate to meet the growing teader, and Ma Sai-kat, trading as Wing Lok. phag combinations, the majority admitted aud Reece, was concluded on July 6h at Soho-anarchy in Morocco, and the impression is ka, opium diran koepar at 86, Macdonnell Road. square, when Roese ran out with su na uished growing that a considerable force of troops, break of 499,185. The score, which comprised instead of police, will be necessary to 249,52 "anchor" cantons, tuck 3.119 minutes restore order. to compilo, scoring at the rate of 97 points per minute. All but. 13 pints of this break wers made by the anchor sicoke," the playing time in gross being 3 days 16 hours 45 minutes.
that such "rings" had been productive of bencucial results to trade during recent years, by securing stability of rates and more regular and efficient service. Their reply to the Government, adopted and supported by the Chamber, was that cargo can now be shipped to simost any port in the United Kingdom by letter, faster, and more. regular shipping opportunities, and the speculative element in quotations including freight charges had how disappeared,
This, they said, had helped to create easier
financial facilities, reluced the rates of marise insurance, and improved the out-tura of the cargo enrried, The Singapore Chairman took the extraordinary view that the whole of the sub-committer's report as it stood must be accepted or rejected for despatch to the Government, Ignoring a merer's suggestion that the Sub. Committee's reply was to the Chamber of | Commerce, whose place it was to reply to the Colonial Office. In this way we were robbed of what woubt doubtless have
OUR LEMONADE, ORANGE CHAMP a most intresting debate. Those PAGNE. RASPREERYADE, LEMON who wished to amend the sub committee's SQUASH, &o, posess the true favour of report to the extent indicated in the Hun. Mr. ANDERSON's rider appear to claim that the improvements alaitted have been brought about in spite of, and not because of, shipping rings. Mr. AXDERSON depict that the shipping facilities are good enough, even while he admits that there has been a great improvement. Such facili ties as now exist have been, he claims,
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A Chinese sergeant interpreter at the Central Police Station is now in trouble. Yesterday, along with another native, he was placed in the dock before Mr. H. J. Gompertz charged with forging an order for 35.29 in the name of F. S. Gordon. He hal made out an order for
expenses but as the em was unusually largo suspicion was aroused, and when the sergeage A communicated with by tophone the fraud was discovered. Both defendants were remanded.
It is said that a British Magistrals at an unnamed place somerlere on the Chins coast
liked to bind ustive witnesses by the form of nath they seemed most to respect. One day rien-Christian was in the box, und had just taken oath on the Bible. Dissatisfied with the beginning of his ordenes the Magistrate said, Stop a minute. Swear this man in the Chines fashion." As visibly disconcerted a it is possible for a Celestial to be, the witness interrupted, "My no lisoo so fashion, meatah My b'long bad Chiusmao, bat dam good
Klishtic Se non voro, è bon trovato.
CONVICTED MAYOR CREATES A
SCENE.
En cene E. Bahmitz, for five years Mayor of San Francizio, was, saya the "San Francisco Chroniclo" (July 5), sentenced by Judge Dunne to Borve a term of five years the extremo penalty for his orius-is the psaltertiary at
a Quentiu.
Turbid with the outbursts of eurostrained passion, the scene in the courtroom when sou- tenne was pronounced on the convict Mayor was mirred
by ugly retort and elamer, and justice strove with riot for a voito. Fire times the Trimehuisoi. The suit was for the reary of defendant broke in upon the Julge and inter 8180 dueon a promissory note dated February sentenced and not lectured, and when the rupted him with vehement demands that he 1.3 10th, 1900, and judgment was entered for Court's last words wore spoken that pronounced The Spanish Government has decided to plaintiff with costs. Subsequently the opinn the nenience of five years of penal servitude
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divan was seized ander & writ of interim apou the arrogant Schmitz a okeer broke from
the crowd. send more troops,
Attachment. The present nation was brought i situation, in the Germen press are strikingly by Nga Wing-lung, riesta owner of 120 back of the crowd cried out:
Jarry
Just a from his soat, but one in the *Send Dinan Macdonnell Road, Kowloon, who claimed to be with him!" and the Chief of Police, who was o partner in the Wing Lok-ku dipium divan, himself in curt as a defendant, sunk nok into
his chair beside his attorny. and further that the goods and chattola in the rald divan were not liable to coixars undor any execution in the case of Ma Sai-kat,
calia and reservo.
the
TELEGAPH OPERATORS STRIKE,
LONDON, August 10th, Sixteen hundred telegraph operators in Chicago have struck work, and sympathetio strikes have also occurred in Dan er, Kansas, and. Salt "Fake Cay. Sarious developments are feared.
SENSATIONAL AFFRAY ON THE PRAYA.
OUR STONE GINGER BEER since its merely the progressive outcome of a naturalTrustees, spproved by the Aisa Chamber of murderer soon gank and the other parties in the
introduction, has bean steadily growing in process of evolution. Tramp steamers, popular favour,
still adjret to competition, have improved in the same way, and he offers the telling argament that if the shipping rings (said to
just become public. On criday night P. `C. A sensational affair with a tragio quel has
Bond, while on daty in Wing Lɔk Street, was approached by a Chinaman who complained of having been thrown into the water, and ou proceeding to the whief he mat other two nativos in dripping clothes who told a similar story and pointed to bro meu as their assail auto. Ho attempted to arrest them but they resisted. One man caught the offior by th throat and tried to park him into the water. Instead he fell into the arboar himself. Tho The Bombay Chamber of Commerce bar offer, without divesting himself of his heavy addressed a strong repimentation to Gavera-lothing, at ones dived after the man and ment for the improvement of the Harbour of ught him as he was sinking the second time. Aden. In this it arges the necessity of dredgAutoggle ensued in the water and finally, ing the channel and deepening the inner realising that he could do nothing to save the Harbour, so as to admit modern vessels at all man, and that his own life was imperilled, for this purpos, tai been drawn up by the in a very exhausted condition. The would be states of the tide. It prints ant that a scheme
P: C. Bond swam to the wharf, which he reached
Commerce and submitted to Government, and affair did not wait till the officer returned to the it has received the unaitous support of the shipping and mercantile interest of Bombay. Praya but disappeared. The affair is up to the It especially urges the improvements on the present a mystery. and says that the whole of the Eastaca Teada ground of the despening of the Suez Canal, e abolished, no one would suggest trat and the Admiralty alas are concerned in the cargosteamers of the old fashioned patterns harbour improvements. It urges that the would have to be re-introduced. The argu-work should be taken in hand at once, and menabout competition and speculation in freights seems to be as full of intricacies is the question of subsidiary coinage, there being a good deal to be said on both sides. Mr. ANDERSON suggests' pretty compari- sou on the reference to Sicaucial facilities
if shipping rings, why not banking The proprietor of the Winning Post, is therefore ring. He points out that not shipping no longer under the ban, and may now both rings, but increased trade, caused increased train and race. Seven years ago, exactly, Mr, banking competition, and that this competi- Sievier, bid 10,000 guinis for Sceptro, 5,603 tjon accounts for the "caster fiuncial guineas for Duke of Westminster, and 5,500 facilities,"
an argument which, whether guineae for Snowflake, at the July sales at Now. true or false, is at least easy to follow. To they regarded as as outrage où common sense. market, and confounded his opponents by what similar changes of the conditions, be also The two other horses ertainly did not run ap attrates the cheaper insurance. To those to his.expectations, but Sooptre, except in the who say have overlooked this important Derby, did pretty well all that could be expected was forced to let him go,
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assuming prominence in the business world, we residunend a reperual of the third and fifth pages of our issue of yesterday.
Tho plague totals at data are 211 case, 197 deaths. There were only four cases last week and two yesterday. Last week there were threeoses of smallpox
The Nippon Yasen Kaisha steamer Au Maru bas made ter first appearance in Hong kong since she went ashore on the North coast of England in the beginning of the year. She arrived here on Sunday.
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We are informed that the Robinson Fiabo Co. Ltd. has been appointed pu vayor of "every thing musical" to His Exellency the Governor and Household which appointment-they have hold for the past twenty years,
The telegram quoted below was received from the Manila Observatory at the American Consulte at 4.15 on Saturday-Typhoon now W. N. W. Guam between 130 and 138 East longilads near 15 er 16 latitude meres at present N. W.
The rown Agents again! It appears that the shutment for the extra 10-foot span of the Krian River Railway Bridge was com
pleted last year, but the enporstructure has not yet arrived from England, the indent for which was forwarded in January 1905. Nica (Times of Malaya."}
PRISONER'S ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
The presingle of the Magistracy audidənly became alive with excitement yesterday mor that all the available revenues of the parting when a colie who had been sentenced should be devoted to that end, supplemented to one week's imprisonment and who was by a loan from Imperial or lossl revenues, if
detained in the prisoners' room while the commit ment warrant was being made out, took advantage of the lukung's back hing turned to bolt through the shroff's room and make a dasli for liberty, He sped along into Arbuthnot
u Scessary.
Mr. Robart Sievier, who owned and trained Sceptre, and was "warned off" has been reinstated by the stowards of the Jockey Club.
Read, but by this time the alarm had been given
and Usher Fox and a number of Inkongs were in hot pursuit. He dodged them as they were about to lay hands upon him and dashed into. Wyndham Street bat fortune deserted him here. He attempted to take the steps-into an alley at the same speed, but tripping fell to the bottom. He picked himself up and contioned his flight but was stoppped by s colie. The runway tackled his captor sa fiercely that the latter
However bis par
He was
of her, and more than repsid her purchase specs had now gained upon him, but before money and that of her two stable companions, they roached him two coolies tripped him up heary though that cost most certainly was. Me and he fall ho rily to the ground. Bievier intoude to form a relent stud at on ya ramored to the waiting room where he faint- and broad and race his own horses, so it is, but he was soon brought round and on his. evident that he has got some money behind him way to do hii six hours' in the stocks at and it is hoped by his friends that he will breed Kowloon. another Sceptre.
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THE HARBOUR MYSTERY.
EREST NOVEL EXPECTED,
ROWING.
FURTHER 4, V. U. ENTERPRISE.
At a well attended meeting of the commitles The man suspected of ommitting the terrible of the Corinthian Yacht Club last night, crime of kust week is all at liberty. At the presided over by the Commodora Dr. Clarke, time of writing, the Hongkong police are it was decided to purchase ons four-car racing confident that he succeeded in reaching Shang- skiff, one pair oor, and two "tubs." The four bai, bat whether he is still in the northara war is being ordered at Home, by Clasper, the port or has made his way into Siberia or else, two other clubs getting idsutical eraft, so that where is a matter of conjecture. At any interclub races will be possible Mr. Craik-
rate the Hongkong polio can do little more shank, of the staff of Mosers. Panchard and than wait for information from Shanghai. Up Lowther, a rowing man who happens to be going till the present the telegras from here bae Home, has kindly undertaken to give his not been officially answers, and the inference personal attention to the fuldment of the is that the authorities are delaying the reply contract. The other boats enumerated will be till they are in a position to supply definite
locally built.
news.
Gossip of course is still basy oror the affair. It is now declared that the suspect is well known in Shanghai and Tientsin, and that he had a reputation as a pugilist. He is a so known under anveral name, and it is tolerably At
certain that Adzetts ie net hie real name. one time ho called him if W. H. Andersou. He iealso believed to have served in the 7. S.
Marines.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issund the following report
On the 1th at 11.55 a.m.-The barometer over E. Japan, and fallon slightly to moderately has risen slightly on the S-coast of China and over Luzon and the Louhoos.
Pressero is low apparently, over the Pacific to the N.E. of Luzon. It is highest to the F.
RAs the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce hen asked by the Colonial Office to answer replies regording Shipping Conferences or. * Rings similar to those just answered by the Singapore Chamber of Comiforce? The replies of the Singapore Chamber, with comments of individual members w. reproduced in our issue of yesterday, and we understand, bave been read with very considerable interest in Hongkong, so that the query with which these remarks begin. is being made. If the local Chamber of Commerce has not had its opinion solicited, why is it or if it bas (and it was under stood that similar questions were to be submitted to it), when are we to have the result of its deliberations on this important subject ŕ Such was the attitude taken up over yesterday's breakfast and tiffin tabler, sed as the result of enquiry, we have to give the not very satisfactory auswer that the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce has so far not received any such Enquiries. This
The following will play for Kowloon Club at 10a.m. to-day, 1.12 inches. seems a little odd, for it cannot be supposed
in the match with the Civil Service Clab at that the port of Hongkong is less interested
Happy Valley on Saturday : in such a discussion than is its Malayan local agents, had a succenful year's business A. Nicolson.
D. Harvey neighbour. Its opinions ought to be very during 1900 The revenue for the year was
W. Hutchison interesting, moreover, with the represen- £1,494,125, of which £1,05,230 was derived W. Russell (skip) tive of the premier line presiding over from premiums and £489,895 from interest. Kesve
A. Ramsay its committee. However, for the present, on investments. The total available funds of G. K. Harton Hongkong readers must be content with the Company amount to £11,764,530.
The theory that the earth's crust is subject to disoul movementa auslogans to tides has beer, confirmed by the seismograph at Mauritius. The movemarie sosm to depend upon to sun. A wave of low barometric pressure travels around the earth after the sun, and this wave causes a bulge in the crust beneath it.
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The Standard Life Assurance Company, for which Messrs. Dodwell and Co. are the
It was also gated in Hongkong yesterday that the suspect travells from Wossung to Shanghai by tr in and at the railway station in a rishs.
LAWN BOWLS
W. Taylor
T. Skiuner
1. H. Baxter
J. M. Henderson (skip)
W. J. Crawford
B. Haater
T. Petrio (skip)
A. A, Milroy (skip)
G R. Edwards
Kr. O. D. Thomson appeared for the phintiff, and M. F. X. d'Almada › Castro for theersCRL- tion creditor.
Mr Thomson stated that the opiam diraa was seized under a writ of interira attachment in an action brought against Ma Sai-kat: Ngan" Wing-ng claimed he was a partner in this diron, whereas Ma Sai-kat said he was the sole owner, and when he started, borrowed $150 from the claimant. When Ma Sai-kat asked the claimant to assist him in opening an opium divan at Taimoka'soi, Ngau Wing Cung agreed and 2300 was put into the business. Then the claimant went into the ground floor of 36, Macdonnell Road, paid .e month's ront and proceeded to furnish the premises. The shop. was ready on June 27th, 1900. Ou that day au account was worked sut showing how mack. the plaintiff bad puid, and a balance of $50 was now offered to Ms Sai-kat as a sort of working capital. On that day alss, a partnership agres ment was drawn up between the parties.
fter hearing the evidence his Lordship found for the claimant with costs. I held that Ngan Wing-ng was a partner with Ma Sun-kai is the Wing Lok-ka firm, remoro the previous execution, and with Mr. Thom- aon's consent unde a charging order on the shares of Me Sau kat in the said firm.
POSTMASTER'S PRIVILEGES.
The case in which Chaa On, a messenger ja the orphy of Messrs. Butterfield and wire, was charged with delivering letters to certain Gems in the Colony without the same having passed through the Post Offo, again came before Br. H. H. J. Gompertz at the Magi- atracy yesterday. At the previous bearing it was admitted on behalf of the firm that the letter boxes from ite Arm's steamers were opened in the offey and the letters, which were understood to be for ensignees, were delivered. Ou the occasion in question a number of letters, other thay for consignees, were found in the posses. Bion of defendant, but it was stated that the tirm noted in good faith. A fins of St) was imposed.
BINGAPORE SHIPPING RATES.
that
The Singapore Free Prene sage "there is someting.cminous in the fact recorded in the tables ppended to Mr. Anderson's rider, show ing our exports, to the United Kingdom have fallen, and the exports to the Continent and the United States have risen, so that our rett loss in the past ten years amounts to over four million piculs. These tables we did not give before. Here they are:-
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AVERAGE PORIGOT CARRIVED AT BY TASISH HIGHEST ANT! LOWEST RATES EACH MONTES,
Year
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This is rather an abnormal proceeding," Atorney Fairall said to the Court, but the c-o was such that only the stenographer and the Judge heard him. The bailiffs stood by an though thay had bou petrified.
If we had a Sheriff worthy of the name, this exhibition would not happes!" exclaimed tho Judge, and Tom O'Neil came to life with the retort.
"We could not stop that, your honour." "I think you might clear the courtroom," suggested the Jadge, and the Sheriff made rush into the crowd and, singling out a detective in the employ of Burns, whose affidavit had beau nad to disqustify him in the course of the Ruaf trial, saizal him by the cost collir and started him doorward, pashing the crowd in front.
Whos order had been restored, Fairall was addressing the Court and asking that the clerk be instracted to enter the cheering and the hissing "on the record.
We ask the stenographer to enter what happened just now—the choaring, the snoring and the biesing of this mob," he said. of romanca, Bobaliz had attempted to preside With the picturesque braggadocio of a pirate at his own judgn at and tell the Court what thin course he was aided by his attorney, he should and should not say about him. la William H. Matson, who also broke iu upon the stringent words of denanoiation which precoded the netaal passing of sentenes with tha daglaration:
unsual punishment by the Judge of this court."
Wo take an oxception to any crusi or
Judge Daube, who had mained on while straggling with the defendant for a chance to speak the words he had prepared, lost control of his temper and shouted:
"If I an interrupted again I will send you to jail, Mr. Metabo. You would be batter engaged if you ware asking this Court to set a day to inquire into as acusation made against you here, that you willfully and deliberately attempted to tamper with, and influence, a witness in this case.
Violencs seemed imminent, and all the whils Schmitz was standing with both hands in his trousers pockets, demanding that the Court do its duty and santenes him, honor may make in court or without," oss ka I am ready to meet say charges that your
& troulant challenge from Moison, and the bearing suggested by the Judge was not set.
When it was all over Schmitz turned to the that he would be a candidats for Mayor in Gewapper man and dietated another statement
November, und, with the yells of the crowd still in his ears, all that the people were always right," and that he would leave it to them is decide whether he was invoceist or guilty. Bathos rounded
ont The anticlimar of turbulence.
VLADIVOSTOK BANK ROBBERY. The Jan Advertier translates fro Vladivostook papers a statement to the effect that, Vladivostock police are busily occupied in tracing the complicated ramificatione of the recent robbery of the Russo Chinese Bank at that port. An extensive series of searches in being conducted and many arrests have already been made among the looal Caucasiane, and more especially the Georgians. They are Arresting semplicas in the clever acquisition of a sum Now reported to be 16,900 roubles from the bank. All are interested in the question of how the affair me to light.
In the local papere it is stated that the dis- covery was mala by the employees of the bank, 35 dd 20 21 23 1xlintut who suspected that a cheque for 10,000 ronhles 1 1 26x el 203. diet 256 5 22.0d 28m bel, was a 420x11e 201€ 24 1952 Ba 5932 (18) Sh¢104] 20, 19-381 554184 3119 8 13× 7d 19×7114% GÀ
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BOMBAY DOCKYARD ON FIRE
ENORMOUS DAM (GE TO GOVERNMENT
An alarming fre broke out at the Government Dockyard at Bombay at about one o'clock on the morning of July 15. Alarm bells were set ringing, and in a short time the dockyard staff was at work endeavouring to put out the fire, which had occurred in No. and No. 4 work shops.
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were at the spot in about half an hour and get Fire engines belonging to the municipality to work without any delay.
Explosion after explosion eccurred, and the rumour became current that the magazine of
of Japan, and exceeds the normal by from 0.05 ship had been consumed, but the noise was
to 15 inol over the China coast and Japan. caused by the barsting of drums of oil and
Luzon it is about 9:05 inch below the varnish. average.
A large srowd gatherod, and through them at Moderate to fresh N.E. winds are likely to about two o'clock the men of the 113th Regiment prevail in the Formosa Uhannel, and moderate ceras at the double. It was 800 found that 3. E. to N.E. winds along the Northern shoras their services were not required as no other of the China Sea.
premises were in danger and the men were Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending wurched back to their lives.
The official report of the fire says that a chod which contained tauke and drums of oil, gingelly, The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon Rangoon cocoanat, rift el, minor. grease, to-day is as follows;—
stearine candise, ropes, chaine, cables, and parts E. winds, mo- of spesial machinery was completely gated. In Hongkong & Neighbourhood dorate, showery addition to these stores there were a number of
to Lair.
drams of glyserine, turpentine, and ammonia. Formoss Channel..
N.E. wine, gae cylinders stored in the sbad. moù'te to fresh, South coast of China botveen
Same as No. 1.: Hongkong and Lamboka South coast of China between ·Į
S.E. winds, Hongkong sad fainan. moderato.
At a court of enquiry hold by the officers of the Indian marine it was learned that the conse of the fire was not yet known. The extent of the damageis, however, approximately estimated at two lakhs of rap:es.
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his share of the spoils. He wrote to the chief of police. In the quarrel over the division, one the confederates abot and killed another with his revolver. S far eight parsons have beon arrastad and placed in the sity prison. One is Siz hare been arrested at Vladivos tock, and two, a man and a woman, at Harbin.
Judging by those who have
already been approhunded, the accomplices in the affair Are not common shargers. Of the prisoners, one id
employee of the trainees Bank, who served several years, and took advantage of bis goo1 reputation and the danes raposed Another is an ensign of militia, who some tire age was placed under arrest in the guardhouse on suspicion of having obtained illegal possessions of more than & hundrad thousand roubles of Government funds. Ha four classes, and has the gold arms, Annonsky is a Knight of the Order of St. George of all
sword, knot, and other decorations, and at the time of his stay io Potersburg was deemed worthy of an Imporial audience. Daring the war he maintained a sotain of Caucasian cut- throats at his own expense. It is not known
Manchuria, these sustained painful losses in how much the Japanese suffered from them, but as regards the peaceful inhabitants of
property.
Not less noted is the third prisoner, & nobisman of Koutainak. He was known at Vladivostook under another name but being arrested at Harbin or in the train. gave himself a third, observing that at Vladivostok ko had yet a fourth pame. He confessed, moreover, that the led from the Caucasus where he was impiantod present was not his only crime. He previously in the forgery of Imperial patents of nobility, and from Harbin, where he also obtained money by fraud. It is proved also that at Vladivos Cock this is not his first offence. ago, he and a company of other Georgians Some time obtained the receipt of goods from steatosra by entirely fraudulent menus, Together with him was arrested a woman, princess, who lived with him. birth
by a Georgian
The remaining prisonera are also all Canousiai nobleman and some of them pas under false Bagios. Several participants in the Bank theft, away. So far only about 20,000 roubles in cal one of them apparently & Russing, have got have been recovered. The judicial authorities sre working hard to unravel'ike affair.