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TREASURE RECALLING THE ARABIAN NIGHTS,
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DEBT.
There has just been published, in | Other gema the columns of the Peking Chao l'ao an amazing revelation of the gorgeous ceremony at the ensoffin- ing of the late Dowager Empress The Tze Hai
tomb states
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The Old Buddks," 3.-C. Daily Nes, had a favourite eunuch named, Li Lien Ying. Li, after the fashion of his kind, amassed a rass fortune and, in his day, wielded more potent in- Auence than any of the Viceroys who ruled provinces or the Censors and Cabinet Ministers who sur rounded the throne. A grand- nephew of this eunuch, Mr. Li Ying Chou, has been prevoked by the indignity done to the corpse of bis famous grand-uncle's Imperial Mistress, and has written a letter to the paper mentioned in order to make public the vast accumulation of priceless treasures of which the has been despoiled.
that the eunuch, Li Liea Ying, kept a diary and recorded there the circumstances of thei sepulture of the Dowager Empress and made a list of the treasures thos were buried with her. It is an astounding catalogue, if true, and there is no reason to think it otherwise. The tale of jewels re- calls the fables of the Arabian Nights and suggests that, in the tombs of the bygone sovereigns of Asia, there are buried treasures, the value of which make the war debts of Europe seem insigniscant: Garnishing Of The Dofin He says: Before the Dowager Empress was laid in the coffin the bottom was spread with a mattress of gold thread, seven inches thick, in which was woven an embroidery of pearls. On top of the mattress was laid a silk embroidered cover- let strewn with a layer of pearls. On the pearl layer was a lace sheet of pearle into which was woven à At the head figure of Buddha.
there was placed a jade ornament. resembling lotus leaves and at the foot a similar ornament of jade in the shape of a lotus Bower. These were arranged in their places and then the body, was lifted into the coffin. The head of the Dowager Empress rested on the lotus leaves and her feet on the lotus dower. She was dressed in a ceremonial robe on which pearls were broidered in gold thread, and over that an embroidered" jacket with 2 rope of pearls; also, a rope of pearls nine times encireled her body, and 19 pearl images of Buddha were laid by her arins. All these were gifts sent by private.persona for the imperial obsequier; they are not included in the official list of valuables.
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These private gifts having been so disposed, the body of the Do'z- ager Empress wng covered with the sacred Tolo pall on which are writ- en prayers in Manchu script, A chaplet of pearls was placed on her head and by her side were laid gold, jade and gem Buddhas to the number of 108. "On each right and, left side of the feet were placed. one water-melon and two sweet melong of jade and gein, made in the shape of peaches, pears, apricots, dates etc., to the number of 200. By the Empress's left side was placed a gem shaped like a lotus root with leaves and Howers sprouting from the top. On the right there was a coral tree. The interstices were filled with scattered pearls and gems until the whole was level, and over all was spread a network covering of pearls. As the attendants were in the act of placing the inner lid on the coffin a certain Princess entered and took from a casket a gem ornament of eight "galloping horses and another of 15 Buddhist ban. She re meved the covering and placed these by the side of the body. She replaced the coverlet and this con eluded the ceremony of encoffining the body of the “ Old Buddha.”
Value Of The Comm's Contents. The eunuch Li Lien Ying engaged an expert to value the contents of the coffin and gives the appraise- ment of each article below, but the writer states that were these gems sold at their present prices they would realize much more than the valuation stated.
14 onc
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84,000
The mattress of gold thread Inwoven were 100 pearl 8 fun in weight (the fun is 100th of a tael) 304 pearls of 3 fun 500. pearls of 1 fun:-1,200, pearls of 6 li. (the li
tenth fün), Seed Pearly~10,500′′. Rubica and sap- phires weighing chien (a chien is the tenth of a taël) 18 Smaller ones 87 Hyo- cinths weighing 5 fun there were 2 Of em eralds and white jade there ware-903.. The total value of the
-people-m854200
4
The layer of round pearls
weighing 5 fun, num bered 2,400 and the value was....................
silk, embroidered, coverlet with image of Buddha
1 fun pearls 1,320 on the embroidered coverlet Jade latus leaf ornament,
weight ounce 5 chień 4 fun the 'leaves were green and the "veins natural, not engraved The emerald lotus flower,
weight 36 ounces 8 chien
(this, says the writer, is too cheap. An em erald as large as this is difficult to get and would now cost at least, $7000 per ounce.) The ropes of pearls worn
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by the Empress and the embroidered pearl jacket cost for em hroidering T. 8,000. There was used for this purpose.120 large 1,000 medium size and small pearls, one fun... in weight, 4.500 gems.. large
small und. amounted to 1,135. Therefore the value Wis
movable mirror inset with 800 pearls and 33 gems........... The Talo pall embellished with 830 pearls (it was the gift of a living Buddha).....
•
Three
Court necklaces. Two of these were. pearls and the third rubies
The chaplet of pearls on
42,000
320,000
ROUND THE POLICE COURTS.
THE WEEK'S TRAFFIC CASES.
EUROPEANS. FINED,
At the weekly traffic court over which Major C. Willson, presided yesterday Mr. G. H. Raikes, driv ing private car No. 178, was sum- moned by Sergt. George for dan- gerous driving at Queen" Road East. The speed was stated to be 35 miles an hour.
Mr. Raikes claimed that he had just overtaken another car and order 22,000 naturally had to accelerato
to do so. He admitted that his 99,000
speed at the time must have been near the figure stated.
850,000
A fine of $15 was imposed. Another summons was against Mr. B. C. Proulx for driving his ear without a rear light and failing 750,000 to produce his licence when he was
1,200,000
100,000
160,000
2,150,000
her head cost Tis. 53,000 to make. It had one large. pearl weighing 4 ounces. It was presented to the Empress by a certain country. The value of the chaplet was 10,000,000 Golden Buddhas placed
by her side. Each one weighed B ounces and there were 27 of these images Also 27 Jade Buddhas each weighing 6 ounces and 27gem Buddhas each weighing 6 ounces..... Two jade water-melons,
placed one on
ench side of the Empress'a fret. They had a green rind, red fruit and white seeds Four sweet melons, two placed on each elda of the Empress' [eet. "They had green rind and yellow fruit....... (The writer gives his opinion that these are undervalued.)
Ten jade peaches with
green rind, and red tips. 100 jasper pears. 50 sapphire apricota. 400 ruby dales
(The writer has heard. that there were also 2 cabbages with green leaves arid white hearts. On the heart of each enbbage was cricket of some gel- low gem and "on the leaves 2 wasps of a yellow gem. These are not included in the
official catalogue: they were probably the gift of some Mongol Prince.)
The gem lotus root placed at the left side was three sections long and had grey earth adher ing to it, from the top sprouted Teen... lotus leaves and a black corolla. It was worth (The writer
thinks that this article was rarer and more valu- able than the jade water-melons.)
One red coral tree placed by the Emprees's right side
(The writer says that he has heard that this tree had a circle of cherries with a dark root, green leaves and red fruit. It was all natural and not. & manufactured article. (7), There was a jade bird perched on one of-the-branches)-
On the body were laid 500 large pearls of 8 jun cach, 1,000 pearls of 6 funt 2,200 of 3" fun and 2,200 sapphires, the value was
The net-work pearl overlet ⚫ "Was Woven of 8,000 pearls, each of jun weight
620,000.
2,200,000
returning after the races on Satur- day.
Mr. Proulx explained that he was nat xware that his rear light was qut. As for the licence, he had left it at the Jockey Club when changing.
The fine was 84 on each charge. A Chinese driver who was 80m- moned by Sergt: Roberts for dani gerous driving by cutting in be- tween his motor eyele aäd. a car approaching from the opposite direction in Garden Road was fined $15.
A similar fine was imposed" on
another public car driver for speed. ing in the Whitfield area. He was also fined a further $5 for driving without a rear light.
KOWLOON TRAFFIC CASES..
Several traffic cases
were also heard at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon by Mr. W, Schofield.
Mr. S. A. Lopes was summoned for leaving his motor car, No. 513, unattended at Shanghai Street at 10 p.m. on September 23rd, and for causing an obstruction in, the public highway. He was fired on each
count.
Similar summonses were taken out against Mr. F. L. Silva, owner of car No. 344. He was fined a like amount.
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"POETIC MONEY-LENDER."
V
DISFUTE OVER A PROMIS-
SORY NOTE,
SHARP PRACTICE ALLEGED,
Oh Mr. X please hear my say I've waited for you all the day You tell me if you'll truly pay As if not, then, I go away, It's no good waiting here all
'day
So send me an answer, please,
I pray."
The above was composed by Mr. C. A. S. Russ from a letter which his client, an Indian money-lender, had sent to one of his creditors, Sundagat Singh, the money-lender in this case, is suing Mr... S. Landolt on a promissory note for
to 1994 and solicitor for the de- $600. The transaction dated back
fence, Mr. J. M, Remedies, alleged that plaintiff had shown a turn for sharp practices.
ARMED ROBBERY.
POLICE FIND STOLEN PROPERTY.
ONE MAN CHARGED,
Recently the police carried out a raid at No. 10, Hollywood Road, and discovered a number of articles which had been stolen in two differ- ent armed robberies. They arrest- ed the principal "tenant of the house, a woman, and two men who were found on the premises.
One of these men was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell as the Central Magistracy with Armed robbery at 363, Des Faux Road West, on August 30th "last.
The Chinese woinan and tenant. of the above address said that the accused called there and bargained with her over the rent of a cubicle. He then went away, but later re- turned and reanmed the argument.
could see from the window, and He pointed to the offices of an insurance company which they
seemed to take great interest in it. Some minutes elapsed; and thex foot-steps. were heard coming up the staircase, and as they stopped outside the door, the accused ob-
From the cross-examination of plaintiff, it appeared that a sum of $300 was originally borrowed and served that he was expecting his following the usual practice, double wn home folk, who might like to
Sev. inspect the room. The woman's." the amount was signed for. eral sums on account had been suspicions become aroused but be- ed with the full mounts. Plaintiff door was flung open and two other paid, but defendant was not credit-fore she could do anything the alleged that a big portion of the. men, came in, money paid by instalments went toward the interest on the loan.
One of them held a long knife, and she and the inmates, her mother-in-law and servante, were A surprising feature, of the case bound with strips of cloth torn from: was that no interest was mention the bed curtains. It was the ac- ed in the promissory note. Plain cused who ordered her to take off- tiff admitted that he never gave a receipt for interest received. Heer gold ring and hand it to him. produced his account book, but it was written in such a way that the most expert accountant would find it difficult to understand.
Poor Stuff!
She could not loosen one of her rings and after a good look at it the accused said 'poor stuff" and would not take it,
Plaintiff had been paid by money She was made to hand over the orders because the borrower, who keys of the safe and abe Saw was not Mr. Landolt, failed to get accused and his armed confederates a receipt for money paid on n-help themselves to all the jewellery count, and had therefore taken this in the safe.
The driver of lorry No. 2159 was summoned for failing to report an accident to the police. It WAR stated that on September 18th, at Plaintiff objected to this method of mises for some time the men left precaution to protert himself. After looking around the pre- 1.30 p.m. the vehicle ran into two
men at Gascoigne Road. Both of payment and had written a letter and the police came shortly after- the men were injured and they were in bad English, which showed an wards. 600,000 not present in Court. Inspector unexpectedly - poetical turn of At the afternoon sessions, Mr.
Nicol applied for a week's remand, phrase, saying that he had been which was granted.
waiting all day long for his money. This was the letter from which Mr. Russ composed the above lines.
The case was again adjourned.
95,030
1,000,00
330,00%
2,230,000
228,000
Continued-on-nezi-Column)-
SAW RACES WITH STOLEN MONEY.
HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.
The Health Bulletin of Eastern
Before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy, a
Chinese woman pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing 89 and a quantity of jewellery stated to be worth $40.
Sergt. Mottram explained that Ports for the week ending Septem- the defendant occupied a cubicle ntber 29th gives the following record the complainant's house and took the money and jewellery from a She box kept in the cockloft.
acated the cubicle the following day, but returned again during the week-end when she was arrested.
The defendant said that, she took enly 825 which she lost at the races on Saturday.
His Worship adjourned the caso until to-day for the police to make enquiries from the woman's hus band as to compensating the com- plainant
Forty-eight Thibetan Bud-
dhaz
(The writer
that
these atatry images were less than two inches in length. They were carved of white jade. The Bud- dhas' bodies and feet were white but they had yellow shoes)......
52,000
of disease-
Plague.
Bombay death.
Saurabaia 1 case, I death. 4 infected rats found at Macasser.
Cholera.
Bombay: 2 deaths. Calcitta: 12 deaths. Madras: 27 deaths. Negapatam: 1death. Bangkok: cade.
Small-pox.
"
Bombay: 7 cases, 7 deaths. Madras: 13 cases. 6 deaths. Negapatam: 19 cases, 4 deaths.
Tuticorin I case.
Pondicherry: 4 deaths.
'Singapore: 1 death.
Batavia 1 death.
Belawan Deli: 5 cases, 1 death. Portianak 1 death, Samarinda: 3 casca. Pnom Penh: 4 cases, 1 death. Saigon : 1 case: “
.CINEMA NEWS.
"BARDELYS THE MAGNI- FICENT."
C. A. S. Russ appeared on behalf of the accused. The mother-in-law and servant-gir: gave corroborative evidence of the robbery."
The Magistrate sent both, men for trial
next Criminal Sessions.
at
the
A HARBOUR MYSTERY.
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A BOATWOMAN.
HUSBAND'S GRIM DISCOVERY.
The disappearance of a sampan woman was reported to the Police early yesterday morning and from what has been so far discovered, murder is suspected.
According to the informant, 1 daughter of the missing woman, it appeared that at about six o'clock op Monday evening, two Chinese hired the woman's boat at, the Sanitary Board wharf at Yaumati. She was about 53 years of age and was the role occupant of the craft. Her daughter WZLA in charge of another boat nearby, when the deceased's craft went out with the two men.
The informant last saw her mother rowing towards the centre of the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter with her fares. Two hours elapsed and as her mother did not return she began to feel uneasy and told her step-father, who was in charge The of another sampan nearby. husband at once, went out to search for his wife's boat and after An hour and a half, he came across her boat made fast to a buoy at the entrance of the breakwater.
The husband at once boarded the |-vessel-but; found-no one-ou board He searched the boat carefully and Hage and impressive settings of found several blood stains on the the towering castles of seventeenth woodwork. He also discovered century France together with thrik that the boat had been carefully ling scenes of sword and battle are ransacked and a box which con- to be seen in Bardelys the Magni- tained some jewellery and clothing. ficent" at the World from to-day was missing. From this he, de- To sum up, if the jewels rided to Saturday John Gilbert, the duced that his wife must have from the imperial tombs were re-star of "The Big Parade," is heen murdered in cold blood by trieved and sold for their present "Bardelys," a daring fighter and the two men who had evidently value, says the writer, the amount a great lover, and Eleanor Board hired the boat for the express pur- would be sufficient to pay off all man the charming heroine. Kari pose of robbing the owner. our external debts and leave a Dane and George K. Arthur are
The body of the unfortunaté considerable surplus.
woman-has-not-been-18007ered-----
More Than The National Debt. The above items amount to some Tis. 50,000,000 but there were many gifts given by Manchu princes which are not included in this reckoning-The best of these was undoubtedly, the gift of eight gal- loping horses and eight Buddhist Lohan. The horses were two inches in length and each carved from a separate gem and the colour of each was different. The eighteen Lohan were also all different.
also among the cast,