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THE Superintendent of the P, & O. S. N. Co. Informs us that the Company's steamer Skangkat left London for this port on the 11th inst.
Teamer war Rain Core Royal aleamer Empress of India, from Hongkong aaud February, arrived at Vancouver at 6 am. yesterday,
THE .P. M. S. S. Ca's steamer City of Rio de Fansire which salled hence February 18th, and from Yokohama February 18th, arrived at San Francisco on the 16th inst.
THE Japanese teaser 1st Hiryu Maru, owned by the Olaro Tran port Co., was lost, during a beavy snow storm on the cost of Hokkaido, near Amashlo, on the 8th löst.
0.75 WE are informed by the Agents (Messrs. Gibb Livingston & Co.) that the E. & A. 5. S. Co.'s steamer Catterthun, from Sydney, left Post 1,00 Darwin yesterday, for this port, via Timor, 1.00 THE first prise in the Macao Loteris da Santa aba Casa da Miuricordia for the present month 1.00 ($1,000) fell to the lot of a poor syndicate of Portuguese, who had ten tickets at two dollars each.
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THE "Japs" are nothing if not spontaneously patriotic. Contributions to the fund for the construction of warships for national defence, collected in a fortnight is Tokyo alone, amounted to 61,200 yen.
A REGULAR meeting of Victoria Lodge, No. 1026 will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Wednesday, the 22nd fastag, at 8.30. for 9 pm. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited,
Cross-examined-Witness wald the money to the lawyer's Chinese clerk, Chan Yu Ching, along with cortafo feer. Did not know what became of it afterwards. Wit ess paid the money personally. He was a trader, at 4 Queen Street Did not know the member of the Crown let mentioned; it was in Bonham Strand West, and was owned by a number of people
bak notes.
M. A. Haplisia, clerk to Mears. Johnson, Stokes, sud Master, wild that on 5th October 1st he went to the Treasury to pay over som Crown rents, for late 1,157; $143, all la notes. Witness pald it to defendant, telling him it was for a new Crown lease of that lot:
Cross-examined: Winess went straight into the room to the defendant. Had often paid defendant a allp showing particulars; thought he rawn rents, always to him. Thought he gave wrote it himself. Got a receipt directly the money was paid-the usual form of receipt and look it back to Mr. Johnson. Had been in haard of any rule that money must be paid to the Crown solicitor's office since 1871. Never the shroff and not to Alves.
Li Yau stated that on soms date which he could not remember he paid $45.87 Crown rent on some land held by him for the first half of 1893. Paid it to a Chinese clerk in the Treasury, to whom he had always made such payments Witness identified the second abroff as the man" to whom be pild. He was given a receipt (produced).
Cross-examined-Witness was registered part owner of the land; carpenter by trade: went personally and paid the money, in cash. The man who received the money gave him the receipt.
not always exhaust the book; there might always be spare ones left over at every year's end. These would not be used; they were in defendant's charge. Witness admitted in cross. examination that it might have happened that the $143 payment had been overlooked and entered after date; but witness certainly did not think it was so, because in the daily receipt book
1891 or 1892. Mr. Carvalho kept a big book, in which he entered the receipts every day, after tin; the first shroff saw witness' book and told Mr. Carvalho each item, The first and third shroffs also received money; witness took all the collections from all thee. The first clerk bad to make a memorandum of all the receipts, from what the first shroff told him; the first shroff
taking the items from orinted bike. During 1893 Mr. Nicolle never examined witness' book! only one day before Alven went away. The first shroff must have seen the entries f money paid by witness to Aives as described. Dld not know how many there were,
request of Mr. Francis that an officer of the Shortly before 5 p.m. the Court adjourned until to-morrow, his Worship agreeing to be Court be sent with the last witness to the Trea- sary to get the books for 1890 and 1891 mea- toned in course of the evidence.
HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY 'LIMITED.
to-day. Mr. E. Jones Hughes presided, and there The ordinary half-yearly meeting of share holders of this company was held at the Hotel
Gaskell, C. A. Ozarlo, J. S. Michael, Ho Tung were also present Messrs. J. H. Cox, I. F. C. da Ron (Directors) F. Henderson, W. H. Chen Lun, Teung Kam Shing and R. (Secretary),
and used as a benevolent institution, for collect. on the 7th November all the sums shown to be tog and burying bon of dead people. short in the various documents put in evidence The property was regated to the names of six appear slot on that date and it appeared as if persons, himself feclud d. He paid the $143 In this $147 receipt had been used towards making up the sum paid by Mr. Chater as per document pat is. Couaterfall 1494 was missing. Receipt 1494 would be in the hands of the payor. Treasury, salds-I can speak a little English, Cheung Wan Taat, second shroff in the but not read, except figures. I can write English figures I joined the Treasury in 1883 as second Crown rents, spirit licences, pawnbrokers' shroff; my duties are to collect money for licences, kerosene licences, billiard licences, gun and people have to come and pay there. I have licences: I collect the money at the Treasury,
pigeon-hole opening, through which they pay. derk with a rall or screen in front, and a small As I receive, I tell the second clerk (Alves) how people bring the former year's receipt with much, and he makes out the receipt. Usually thets, and I give that to Alves. to make out the new one from it. together, see how much it is for the whole put the money day, and put it in the bank. Alves after making out the new receipt brings or sends it to me by a coolle, and I enter the amount in
Lyall The Chafiman sald Gentlemen, the report new receipt, always on the top left corner. Four permission wo will take it as read. The a book. Then I put my chap on a corner of the having been in your hands for some days with Then I hand over the receipt to the payer, Peo directors regret that the report is not more ple who bring Crown rent always bring their favourable, but that is accounted for by the very previous receipt, or else we should not know the few visitors who came to the Hotel during the amount. Besides the amount I ester in my grester portion of the last six months of the year. book the number of the receipt. I do not know The dividend now proposed will make 8 per cent. do not receiva Crown rents in any other form the 1st December last and has been fully the individuals personally who come to pay. I for the year 1891. The new wing was opened on from Chinese. Others, sometimes come or send occupied since. The old portion of the Hotel letters; when they come personally they see the has been thoroughly overhauled and should not defendant, they never come to me. ant tells the Europeats whe come how much to come. Shortly after the opening of the new The defend-require any more repairs for a considerable time they have to pay; he takes the money, and wing we advertised a portion of the old premises sands it to me with the new receipt. Sometimes to let, but so far have been unable to come to it is in notes, sometimes cheques. I count the terms with any one. A new lease has been money and see the receipt states it correctly, and made with the Canadian Pacific Mail Steamship then put my chep on it. Before chopplag I eater Company for their office, for a term of years at in my book the "audit number" of the receipt $5,650 per annum commencing from rat return the receipt to Alves. I can identify his was arranged with the Hongkong Land and the amount; then after putting the chop on 1 January last. During the six months a loan signature; it is always on the new receipts before Investment Company Limited for $200.000 to they are handed to me. Sometimes the cheque pay off the overdrait with the Bank and a further difference. I give him this marey out of the more payable in April next to pay off the same is for more than the receipt, and I give bi the rangement was made for the loan of $50,000, ather moneys which I bave received. This only amount off the Debentares if necessary. The happened occasionally. On the gik July 1 long-spoken-of Chicago World's Fair flow of received a cheque from a European through visitors via this Colony seems to have com Alves; I often do. I enter is my book at the menced and our Hotel is reaping the benefit of a time what I receive la cheques and what in cash, larger number of visitors than came to us fo in the book $614.85 received for Crown seats hopeful that the number of travellers will yet (Book produced.) On 5th July I have entered January February and March 1892 and we are Bank for 8844.85. Differenca handed to Alves; happy to answer them to the best of my abillly. 8200,
about the balance at credit of profit and loss Mr. Michael-I should like to ask a question account for the last six months, $3,806 It seems very small Indeed, and I should like to know if you have got accounts showing the profit and lost on each department, the billiard room, bar room and the other rooms and the mess accoust
coment
HC Nicolle, recalled, stated:-This do- PROFESSOR Naftaly's
purports to be a receipt for $143, paid gorgeous pictorial panorama at 3, Daddell Street will be cosed on
oa October 5th, 1892, for Inland Lot 1157. In the rent-roll lot 1157 was not entered as paid for Saturday night (18th last) All who have notes October 5th; there was an entry of payment yet seen it should go without delay. The in November. The counterfell of the receipt anatomical museum will remain open a few days (produced) showed $25.81 paid, on a different lot, longer.
on the same date, October 5th. Witness was THE concert to be given by Signor Cattaneo's quite sure this was the counterfoil corresponding pupils on the 38th fastant in St. Andrew's Hall with-the-receipt-just-mentioned. The audit will be under the distinguished painonage of the numbers (printed) were the same, 1947; but the Governor, the General, and the Admiral. Re-mounts and numbers of the lots and names were hearsals are in fall swing, and a magnificent entirely different. Except the date and audit number, they were different in every particular, concert la assured,
There was another receipt (produced) bearing a written number, 1347, fnstead of a printed audit amber; this was a receipt for $281, corres ponding with the counterfoll, just mentioned, The $35.81 was entered in the rent roll. All these were in prisoner's wilding. The $143 was not entered. Witness bad not seen any counter foll bearing the amanat $143.
Cross-examined,
It is notified by the Government that from the 17th Inst. (to-morrow) the water supply of the city will only be turned on from 6 to 10 am. every day, instead of morning and evening. If this is the best we can get out of our magnificent million-dollar waterworks, it is time to ab:lish The purest ingredients only are used, and the the extravagant practice of slicing verandahs with tons of water daily Instead of plain washing manufacture throughout.
of gallons thrown away about the police com-
The various Governments and Municipal Cor- utmost care and cleanliness are exercised in the with mop and bucket. We have seen thousands | numbers," though it seems to be an uncommonly received from Mr. Alves a cheque on the French Increase. If there are say question I shall ba
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pound in this manner. THE London Lyrics are, as we prophesied, carrying all before them and in theli version of Arthur W. Pinero's "The Magistrate at the Theatre Reyal last night, added considerably to the reputation which preceded them and which they seem to consistently maintain. A detailed critique on laat, night's performance is, we regret to say, unavoidably held over owing to unusual pressure on our space. Tonight "The Magistrate" is to be repested and we can conscientiously recommend Hongkongitos to tell up en maize,
Mr. Francis-With reference to the "andit stupid name, yet it seems to be the same by which they were known. When and how were the audit number pot on the receipt and counterfell backs ?—I have only seen them when put on; I know they Are called "audit numbers," but it has nothing to do with me how they are put on.
But if they are called "audit numbers," would you not think that implied they were put on in course of auditing 7-Yes; but it is not so.
They are not furnished ready numbered to the Treasury - No.
"L" I gave defendant the $200 and the write "Alves" in my book abbreviated receipt for Crown rent. The $300 is from the taklogs during theday. I think I would recognise that cheque. I do not write on cheques, but it must be endorsed by the first clerk, and then. I chop it, with the blue Treasury chop; be signe after I chop. (Cheque produced.) This is the my own chop, at the Treasury chop, (Chep one, for $844.85. I chop the receipts with
This is not my chợp, fike It. The receipt I chopped would be for 8644.85, not for $844.85. This is my chop slightly different impression. In mine the (Ivary chop produced.). It is different; it makes three perpendicular tokes of "Taal" are not quite straight, and in the other they are the side strokes of mine are thicker.
Do you know any regulation requiring the /ped receipt produced)
to be numbered?—No,
have general ides ; there is a Chinese clerk, Do you know who puts on the numbers ?-1 or colle, in the Treasury, who stamps them.
Can you say of your own knowledge whether they are stamped before or after use -Before; that is to say, I have never seen a book in actual
unstamped.
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All the books, whenever you have seen them, bave been stamped before use?—Yes.
Have you ever in your capacity as auditor examined these books to see it they were pro perly stamped, in consecutive series -Very often.
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plled to any shareholder, an application at the The Chairman-The information can be sup Secretary's efics.
Mr. Michael-Can't you enlighten us now, be able to supply you with all the Informaison The Chairman-Personally, I fancy we will
you want.
think we could let the bar-room and billiard Mr Michael-The reason why I ask is that I room at a very handsome rental. So far I don't see that we reap the benefit from these large and handsome places.
The Chairman-I fancy.wo reap a greater bened: by keeping them then we should by let- tig them.
THE proposed Extradklon Treaty between the Japanese and English Governments has come to nought. It seems, says the heya Shimbun that the terms of the treaty were arranged at conference held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the British Minister, but were subiese quently amended by the Privy Council, and for warded to the British Minister for signature. The amendments made were of such a nature an to necessita'e reference to the British Government, and the amended draft was accordingly sent home. It now appears that the British Govern The following is a List of Waters always kept ment have not been able to see their way to ready in Stock:-
gulog it, and as there is apparently no imme. diate call for such a treaty, the matter has been shelved for the present. It is to be presumed that the British Minister referred to is Mr. Hugh Fraser, and a bustled business it seems I counterfoil book 7-Let me ace, and then I can, ueas, except 98%, which was 1r $440.371 don't see what that bas to do with a hotel.
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Have you examined the books to sea that there were no omissions ?—Yes.
Apart from the way in which they are filled up, can you see in any way which of these two pleces of paper was originally attached to the
But I mean is there any way by which you can tell Have you examined them -Yes, and I
can tell the differe: ce.
What difference One appears to me to be alightly smaller than the other. without looking now I think it is the one with Which is smaller? Can you remember, the written number that is smaller than the one with the printed audit number,
Mr. Francis, after careful examination, sald that Mr. Nicolic was quite right,
Have you any other method of distinguishing? No.
REFERRING to the recent breaking of the crank shaft of the Pacific Mall Co.'s steamer Cily of Peking, whilst en routs from Yokobema to San Francisco, the S. F. Commercial News pub lishes the following report from Mr. John Lynch, chief engineer of the time Company's City of Tok, to the Chief Surveyor of the Bureau Veritas of an almost similar accident which happened to that wessel in July 1878. Mr.
crank pin broken and reported the same to Come July 6, 1878, at 7.40 p.m., I discovered the alter modore Maury, who ordered me to disconnect the propeller shaft to allow it to sevolve, and tbed, after consulting with Commodore Maury, I determined to heat the forward crank to remove the crank pin to replace the broken ona, but it' being shrank in I could not do it. Then, after reporting and consulting with the Commodore, I determined to drill and burst the eyes of the fore Turn up the rent roli, no. 1157) what do you ward crank to get the pin out. I drilled six holes,ad across the column of arreara" from 1891 ? 1 loches in diameter and 14 inches deep,-Ameats, $130. through the eyes of each crank and took the pin And the Crown rent for that lot is how much? out. I then started to drill out the broken pin, -$15 per annum, which was 17 inches in diameter and 14 inches
HONGKONG, THURSDay, March 16, 1895 through the eyes of cranks. I drilled 15 holes
TELEGRAMS,
ILLNESS OF THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY.
LONDON, March 8th. The Marquis of Salisbury. le confined to the house, suffering from a severe cold.
MR. GLADSTONE'S HEALTH, ~
across the centre of the pin in each end flaches in diameter, and it the inside of the forward crank 1 drilled the same number to intersect them, so that I could remove one-half of the pin out of the eye, the after end being where the pin was broken. I did not have to drill tatersecting holas. The whole time consumed in drilling the eyes of the crank and broken pla was 137 hours, the whole amount of drilling, including drilling out two square keys 14 lacker long and two sound steal plus să inches in diameter and 14 inches long, was 710 Inches of 14 inches diameter. All drills, cutting drifts, and all tools used in the work were forged baat the cranks we had to use wood-what we could procura about the ship and to confine the heat and blaxe I built a boiler iron furance with sliding doors on top and swinging doors on the side to feed it and leed on side with fire brick 1 took cut of the bridge walls. This I did to confine the heat around the cranks and make it
M Gladstone's health is improving, but he and made on the salp after breaking down; To still confined to bed.
Has it never struck you that these books ought
into the hands of the clerk -Certainly. to be officially numbered and verified in some way, both foll and counter foll, before being put With reference to the $15.81 payment, who ever paid that got a receipt; it is correctly entered in the rent roll and dally collection book opposite those respective lots 1-Yes.
Then what is not entered in the rent roll and daily collection book on October 5th in the $1437 -Yes
Making total due in 1892 how much -$156. And taking half year's rent, up to 24th June, $13, then arrears and first hall year's rent? $143.
Are there any arrears entered as having been paid-Yes, the $130 and the $13, maiding total $143.
Then the $143. totalled up in the rent roll is paid?--Yes.
Is there soy date on which it is entered as having been paid 1-November yth.
Will you look in the dally cash book; tell us whether you find that $143 anywhere.-On the ib November there is one amount of 8143, for counterfell 494.
any improvement in profits from one six months Mr. Michael-What I say la that we don't see
last six months is only a per cent. In another. The prefit on the capital for the
there are no visitors la the Hotel we are not The Chairman-You must not forget that if doing business. It depends on the number of Mr. Michael-Ison you refer to bad times, but Other hotels around us seem to be doing an increasing busincas and paying very well. The Windsor Hotel, for example which was only a small house at fir t is now very much enlarged the Victoria Hotel seems to be doing very well. and seems to be doing lacreasing business; and Here we have got a handsome place, a palace not benefit the shareholders. I say we are in fact, the best hotel in the East, but it dies accommodating the public and visitors at the expense of the abaret olders,
The Court adjourned from 1.30 to 2.0pm pers said that he always made an entry in his Further examined by Mr. Johnson, the wi book when he received a cheque from Alves, On 30th July he had an entry "Crown rent received, 983, Sharp & Co., $7301984, ditto, $470.98; 985, ditto $520.97 | 986, dino, $161.50 987, ditto, $240:37 1 988, dite, $8.44 † 81,121.26, Received cheque $2,121 26; to the band of 'L' (Alves) $200." Witnessed bad received the cheque and six Crown rant receipts to be chopped and ente ed in bis book. (Receipts produced.) These were all chopped by, witvisitara.
it was not the same receipt which had and was chapped with an imitation chop been chopped and entered by bla. After entering the receipts witness gave them back to defendant, with $200 in notes as change. The into the bank. (Cheque preduced and Identified cheque was endorsed by Mr. Carvalho and paid Similarly witoare found's false receipt,substituted given to Father Torres on the 15th December. for the one chopped by himself, among those Similarly with Mr. Chater's receipts.
Cross-examined:Witness first went to the Treasury as shroff In 1883. He was now 45 years old. Before that he was in the Cheung Tung Hop shop, as correspondent, for several years ten or more. Was never shroff before, but as correspondent he also did part of the work of managing the accounts. Had not passed any examination for Government service the directors, bat is ti in the interest of the shares Mr. Michael-I am not putting any blame on His salary as second Treasury shroff was holders to provide such fine rooms and fine outside business. Had the same duties all these as weil do away with hotel-keeping and let the $30 a month. No other pay, nor any other furniture for visitors? It seems to me we might years. The hooks which witness kept were rooms. made at the Tas Sing stationery shop, paid or
The Chairman-You must not overlook the fact that the building is large and is kept up at expense for in excess of anything of the kind that has ever been in the colony before. It is a very expensive establishment to keep up.
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Directora
Mr. Michael We leave everything to the
The Chairman-And the D'deators ara dolog the best they can for the shareholders. If you wish to ran the place as a second class hotel it is for the shareholders to say so.
Mr. Michael What I say is that we don't get a fair retors for our capital
Mr. JH. Cox-Eight per cent, for the year is Mr. Michael speaking of the a percent. not an very bad. for the last six months,
Mr. Cox-That is for the worst half of the year
wheres don't see why other hotels should Mr. Michar suggest we should reform the management. There must be some loss some- make a profit and we not with the beat hotel.
The Chairman-I may mention that; the separate departments have been under separata supervision,
Mr. Michiel Lately?
by Government, one book for each year. The cuid Co would he tote uce the ansiges, with this. The Chairman-I think the best thing we red ink @gures in English at the end were sancilon of the shoreh lders. The building in a every day, and the year's totals on the last day in the colony. If you lower the rates and run, it written by witness; he added them up himself, very valuable anc, far superio to anything else of Desember. The pencil figures were also as a second-class, hotel that is a matter for the written by witness, before the end of the year, shareholders. Since then the book had been kept on his table in the office; all the books of past years were in the Treasury, on the table. Witness banded them to the auditor, who gave them to M. Mitchell-Tanes, a day before prisoner disappeared. The books for 1890 and 1891 were still on the table in the fressay now. Witness knew of the Commission (Messrs Ackroyd, Thorburn, and Bird) skiing to enquire before the Commission in the latter part of Into the Alves affair; witness had given syldance February. This book for 28ga was not then brought forward. Witness had in 1890 and 1891 clae; from inspecting the e unterfoll? No, the years. The entries were not made since Alvas made payments to Alves as Just now stated Can you trace that as belonging to anything there were such entries in the books of these counterfoil is not forthcoming. It belonged to a got into trouble; they were mostly entered at the series between 24th October and 7th November, ime. Each day he put down the whole day's not now forthcoming.
transactions. Sometimes he used sibig pan, October having been overlooked until November forgotten to sater payment, he did not Is there anything to prevent this payment in sometimes a small one. If he had ever and put in afterwards? Yes; the cash received put it in subsequently he must have left The Chairman Yer, on 5th October would not be right in that case. put into a desk and out of theway and forgotten, This was the only book of the most, not
ments except payments to Alves in this book. accidentally overlooked, and then put in clean copy mada sp from a rough one. Did not passed, between you and Mr. Michael and I with great interest to the rema ka which have correctly on yth November-That might have jot d wa'on slips. Witness chop was his own should like to mare a few myself. First of all F happened possibly.
personal property; he had only one for all used, beg to draw the attention of the rectors to the There is no means to ascertain where that Had only rae since Egri In 1891 and rega he fact at the rep rt of the company ought to be receipt with the written number came from had one a little smaller with finer carving, which, distributed among the shareholders earlier, The No; though I believe it can be put in evidence he now had at home, These were the only two present report only reached as on Monday THE agents (Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co.) Inform us that the Ben Line steamer
that defendant had loose slips in his possession. he had ever had. He had them both cut when afternoon 13th inst, which scarcely gives us lang nariz, from Antwerp and London, left Slagsresumed this morning-As before, M. Johnsoning og discovering where loose ones, had been spec I use in the Treasury. He had had them minutely. With all dua respect to the director But there is no means of checking or prevent at school in Canion. They were not cut for enough time to go over it the roughly sat porn yesterday, for this port,
Improperly substituted )—No. Chan Choy Ping said that on 5th October last The spare ones are not locked up 7-Yes, in which he took home he had handed to the Crown docht that the sheroholders will agree wiK lace he was about ly years old. The chop and the managing suff, I have not the least, A REQULAR meeting of Fereverance Lodes. Me he had to change an old lease for a new cuschar a of De Surs,
Sollettos. Mr. Mitchell-Innes had been ren me that the report in a disappointing ones. It is 116), K.C. will be held in Frpenaknk" Hall and pay 8:43 Crown rant. He said this at the Romamined iEvery year "kww-endli aszer, witness believed, over a year! was not sure i quin tuo that timen of late have been very Zetland Street, this craning, at 1.3 for othack. Crown Policitor's office and got a receipt (pro- number: in begun, starting from No. 11 he whether he began early is 1891, but thought so,, du'l to say: none of the competition existe precisely Visiting brethren are cordially
counterfall of the previous year 5001 | Nobody over examined whagis book during log bawiin-the-load - establishmento) (heat)
RUSSIA AND THE PAMIRS. Owing to the bellicose altitude of China Russia is abeat sending reinforcements to the Pamir districts as early as possible.
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Mr, Michael Thanks.
so the men could feed it and watch the heating | Bat suppose the money when paid had been out entirely," There were no aiber pay, Ho Tung-Mr. Chairman, I have listened
of the cranks. I got a good expanding heat on the cracks, threat in the pla I took out of the forward cranks, connected three cylladers and got under way, De
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THE TREASURF BRAUDS...
The trial of, A. F. Alyen for land, sie, was
prosecuted, and Mr. Francis defalede