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SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, June 29th.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR MR. H. H. J.

GOMPEITZ (POISNE JUDOE).

A QUESTION OF ARITHMETIC.

Cheng Fuking brought action against the Tann Shing firm and Teo Tsun Sing, the managing partner thereof, to recover the sam of 8598, balanen dus for work done in removing

a mound of debris at the Italian Convent,

Mr. Christopher Wilson (of Messrs. Hastings Hastings) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Balmor Johnson (of Messrs. Dennys Bowloy) copresented the defendunts.

Mr. Wilson informed the Chart that this won a claim is which a question of arithmetic very

SHIPPING NOTES.

The China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company have decided on the building of a new river boat of magailoent proportions for service on the Yangtze. It has not yet boen devided (says the Hankow Daily News) whether the order for the now ship, which will be one of the Buest on the river, will be given to a Far Eastern Brm or be built in Europe.

The British og. St. Hugo, which ran nahors on Tanegashima, Kagoshima-ken, on the 7th inst., kas been abandoned, bor, salvage being considered hopeless. She lies on a reef of rooks on the eastern shore of the island, exposed to the swell of the Pacific and with no shelter

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 30TH, 1911.

LATE, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

IMPERIAL COURT OF APPEAL.

London, June 13th: The official report of the debate on an Imperial Court of Appeal states that the Australia de. Courts of Appeal for the United Kingdom and legatos dwelt on the anomsty of having different the rest of the Empire. A single other step towards

Lord Loroburn minity.

Court was an

VENEZULA'S BIX-PRESIDENT TURNS UP.

Washington, June 16th,

The Government is concerne by the discovery of ex-President Castro in Haitian waters on board a vessel flying the German flag, and is Adding warships with orders to deport the e-President to Europe by the first vessel.

STRIKE OP WOOL-COMBERS.

London, June 16th. Eight thousand wool-combers have struck at Bradford demanding an increase in wages.

A REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES,

the personnel of the wo Courts was aubstantially identical. He did not know a cuse where there had been any conflict between their decisions. He suggested that each part of the Empire should formulate its wishes regarding the tribanul it wanted and especially as to whether it desired British Judges only or whether there should be a per EXPLOITY OF A SMART AMERICAN DETECTIVE manent Judge from each Dominion whether these Judges should don! with all Counsil or whether indivi. dual jedyes with the

and

from storm. Tha St. Hugo had no cargo on penis to the Prit. British judges should-dden | of Sherlock Holmes adventuros, ho can replenish

board when wrecked; she was proceeding to Mike to load ecal for Singapore. The night proceding the resident the weather was bad largely cutered.

His Lordship-In that case I don't want to and the vessel got out of her course.

go into it.

of that Dominion.

THE CHINESE VOLUNTEER

!

MOVEMENT.

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A writer in the London Evening News anys: After reading The Tinca correspondent's account of the new Chinesa Volantoor Hovo.. ment, the Yellow Peril of the Fast takes on, for me, a yellower tinge, a more perilous shapo. The native merchants, who were not, until yesterday, a defunt and a warlike body of men, are enrolling themselves in volunteer corps, pre- paring, in uniforms aud cartridge-bolts, to mast to-morrow's upheaval,

These merchants of Shanghai had already thair associations--the Merchents Literary Bociety, the Merchants' Society for Studs durius Spare

Time, the Merchants' Bodily Exercise As. sosiation. To our care there is something bar- barous about these namos. Our merchants of the City of London are without question, the Bower of merchants all. But I do not hear of then

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thom, as a body, mecting to discuss Blizulethan lassics or the assay writers of Queen Anne's drain, or a General Agent's judgmont in the Produce Broker's opinion of the Restoration Auguston ago.

I should never venture to ask

matter of Tennyson's experiment in bezumeters. Exercise, orory body knows that, during the golf As for Study during Spare Time and Bodily sensum, our werebant has no spare time and as much bodily exercise as he cares about. When our City merchants weet, they moot for some

refuse to mark an example of the Western- Eren in the new volunteering schema 1

Oar City clerk, Hike a good

only with appeals from the respective Domin. ar Dominion should be heard consecutively at a jona. He suggested that the cases of a particu time convenient for the attendanes of the Jadge If each Dominion would say what kind of Court The most striking note of progress that weit proferred the Imperial Government would du have heard for the your lays our Hankow conita most to rent ita vines. His idea was to claim was divided into two parts. One wee tho Chinese merchants of Peking the contemplate English Judges of the finest quality, to make a business of catching criminals. Most of that serious parpore, such as a public dinner.

temporary), is the projected enterprise of a for add to the bighest Court of Appeal for both the Boaret service agenta

United Kingdom and the Dominions two establishing a whipping service direct between quorum of five. The Court would aitancessively of debris from the Italian Couvent, and the China and Europe. The proposed capital is to in the Honso of Lords for appeals from the other part of the claim was for earth puppies he twenty-five million taule; it is to be private United Kingdom and in Privy Council for Fedoral Secret Service au set up in business aing of China

appeals from oversees,

Mr. Wilson said he was afraid the case was very largely dependent apes arithmetic. TE

claim for work done in removing a certain menud

by the plaintiff to the defendants. His Lordship would notion that the work was done at ro many dollara por cheng, and he thought it would rosult in whether the calculations thoas of the defendants, The plaintiff was a contractor, and about the middle of December, 1909, he agreed with

were correct, or

woney; the float is expnoted to be comprised of thirteen large steamers; the run will be between Shanghai and a Hritikh part; the first deal in expected to be for the P. nad O. Company's Melacea; later a special river service will he started to cater for trade between Shanghai and up-rivor porta to Ishang. The China Morchants'

Sir Joseph Ward thought it would be hardly practicable for New Zealand judges to come to England to deal only with New Zealand oncos,

Mr. Maian aid South Africa gouerally was satisfied with the present practices.

Somral delegates objected to judges of other Dominions sitting on appeals from their Domi- nions in view of the different systems of lav.

The resolutions were withdram and a resola- ment to formakteils proposals and communicate them to the Dominions at the earliest possible

If Sir Arthur Conan Doyle over raas short his stock by counting with William J. Baras, trade union dynamiters. Burns is the greatest the American detective who has run to earth the detective Amerien has known. He is a gonna Holmes Common-sense he calla hie wethel, at the game, and he works like Sherlock but it is in reality his brillianco of deduction that has wont him to the top of all Ameritas For twenty-five years Burns has been in the time his employer was the United States Ros ernment, but a couple of years ago he left the

the twenty thousand banks that constitute the for himself. His chief work now is guarding American Bankers' Association, but he finds time occasionally for ther employment. His operations against the labour dynamiters consti tated one of theee little side-trips of his.

Burne is

is the physical antiberir of Sher

He is not A tall, lock Holmes,

thin, ner cus individual relying on stimulants

moved from nearstie influences. He destroys exactly dumpy, phlegmatic, and fac another illusion by never carrying a ravelser. Hat ho does venr disguises. He proved the. efficacy of a disguise by his work on The Case of the German Counterfeiter."

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fellow, turns ent in his thousands, a soldier and s territorial. His employers, however, are not in the ranks with him. There was an anti- qunted fashion, oying which the old Cit militis or trained band shouldering markets o merchants mastered themselves as a London trailing the puissant pike. Custom, nowadays such practices; and for one City mer chants who leaves Lotion to day in sword-beli

the defendant firm to supply nerth at the prics Stoam Navigation Company are to bo the local tion was adopted asking the Imperial Gorarn. Keep his brain going. He is fat, if not sad puttian, I would count hundreds with bags

of $7.70 per cheng, which was 12h feet squar

by 14 font deop. It was part of the arrange ments that the oarth was to bo mesenred in a wooden barral.

:

His Lordship-Hare you, a contract in writing?

Mr. Won-Na, but we have the wages book in which the recounts were entered from

time to time.

His Lordship-If it is going to be a question of accounts it had better go to the Registrar,

Mr. Wilson-I think it is entirely.

Mr. Johnson As far as the question of earth supplied in proserned, wo deuy any liability, and for the removal of the detain we tavo pat in full except $45.95, and we have paid 246 into

Court

Mr. Wilson stated that the plaintiff com- monoed to carry out his part of the contract on or about December 16th, 1909, and went on till

agenta.

NEGRO BOXER'S TRIUMPH

A FIRST-CLASS PASSENUER,

dent in Now York wrote on the 6th inst, —

The London Daily Telegraph's Correspon

champion, won his biggest fight against race the world's heavyweight

Jack Johnson,

prejudico when he sailed for Luadon to-day from Now York as a first-class passenger aboard the Kronprinz Wilkein. He is acpot. panied by his buxom white wife, and the souple have the disthetion of being described "on the passenger's list, which ingladed various

Counts, 1s "M, and Mrs.

Johnson."

acment.

THE QUESTION OF NATURALISATION, In the debate on the question of naturalies tion Mr. Winston Churchill suggested that any person who possessed lopal naturalisation in any apertificate of Imperial naturalisation. The part of the Empire should be able to apply for validity and effectiveness of local laws regu lating immigration and differentiating between olusser of British subjects would remain un

flacteo

SHADOWED BY ONE.

WAN

Tij.

of golf clubs,

becoming Westernised, but that it is becoming

This Yellow Peril, then, is not tint China ist Chinese. A native theatre gave a benefit per Jowance for the Volunteer Corps. The play. a disturbing China's Home" sort was called How a Patriot Loves hurt of play.

Mr. Churchill moved a resolution approvide Germany, and the 30. Be went to chinese empire as bound only by the limits of:

of a scheme based on his proposals, and this was carried unanimously.

TELEGRAPH BATES AND STATE-OWNED CABLES DISCUSBED,

to

It made the ladies weep for patrionic emotion: The counterfeiter was Charley Ulrich, the made the audience pitch gold money and jowals

*pon the. most versatile producer of bad money who ever of the people of China to render military

stage; and ita toxt was, "It is the du bothered the American Government. The

Bervice." Government itself adopted Ulrich's method of

China, if I may say, was no dangerous en raving notes after he was caught. Ulrich

wald-neighbour so was once convicted, but after serving part of existing. Old Chinese sentiment regarded the long as she refrained from his sentence, be

police prominoil

the world. Washington Ulrich attempt the magged odges of this empire the police of Geographers might admit that on

of hand got the saarel Emperor allowed mutters to get out Russians or Prussians or English or Heligo- Barbarous tribas calling themselves landers showed signs of undntiful independence. But China was ous with the work and the

movement & heresy that contradicts all the sages. These morchants in cartridge-kelt are recognising that ́ China, Baras moved into a flat opposite, disguised as although very large, in China, and that the Burns kusy Ulrich was on the watch. So very old placid vanity of a Chinese globe. Koms sworking man. His wife was his only assistant. rest of the world is indeper dently unfriendly. Thence a new patriotism which illest ap the morning, in his working clothes and carrying

Tas patriotic in her day, but never, I think, so his dinner pail, he left his fist by the front patriotic as when abe first set up her mud waila entrance. Birs. Burns, from 4 saw Ulrica observing from his own hene neighbour's cattle and wives. By the time she

by the Tiber and made hor test raidapon a no the opposed working INELO, ELM hobhad conquered avery thing that the

erybody in la greater Lafar. Berne, once around the corner. return d.

Sen chieftain and the Iberian captain an

Europeans who have never lived on this owned Atlantic cable, a State-owned telegraph

side

prociato

of the Atlantic Cat bardly ap- the terrifle force of the punch the middle of Jaunary, 1910. Then he uolleed which the agro giant has Jolivered upon that the barrel or measure used by the defend the solar plexus ragion, as it were, of American ants' foremas was too large. Suspecting that social censoution. Notwithstanding the famous it was not the corroot xiro, he faxed the fo on Declaration of Independence, intimating that with the fact and he would say that he admitted it.all zuen are born oqual," &c., negrons in many Calculations made by the foreman of the exors parts of America, even those who are well

he had been supplying over the quantity hated and prosperons, are not allowed to ought to have boon supplied were arrived nt and ride in thus sama vahiala 1005, 180, Z10re enr entered by the defendants, in the plaintiff's together in the same restaurant. Now, Jack wages book. That was the part of the claim Johnson, whe has paid £150 for the uno of

London, June 15th. The Imperial prenos to-day discussod Sir Joseph Ward's reigations regarding a State- scross Canada, the chespering of rates, and the development of telegraphic communications within the Empire, including the allimate establishment of a chain of British State-owne wireless stations.

The Conference also discussed Mr. Fisher's the Atlantio cable. resolution in favour of the nationalisation of

The Conference afterwards considered Now Zealand's suggestion of a universal penny post- for Imperial postal orders. age and the Imperial Government's propel

INTIMATIONS

The Food Question

EVERYTHING

BEST-

OF THE

PROVISIONS,

WINES

AND

SPIRITS.

H. RUTTONJEE & SON,

HONGKONG.

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ed to return to America. Ulrich out of Germany Recretly, and the first thing the American secret service now was that Ulrich was back again, ohumming with a gang of counterfeitors The gaug wante Ulrich to engrave some plates for them. Uleich, however, hed reason to believe he was watched. Now this counter noe nyt is a fita GOLD and he was cautions. He moved from Now observe liku. York to Cincinnati, and Burns was assigned to

window,

Lu the debate at ho Imperial Conference on to his hours by a lack entrance and changed his the squire in a Hampshire villa were all boast- cable rates the Right Ilon. Herbert Bammel said clothes. Then, when Ulrich started ont, Burns ing that they were Roman citizens, patriotism he hoped a system of half-rates for deferred

hini up at the corner.

AND

SILVER

WATORDS

amounting to $57.59. With regard to the second officers' rooms, is entitled to sit down among telegrams not in code would be shortly introduc/shed out also, by the back way. and picked diod away at the heart of Rome. I want to ENGLISH,

part of the claim for work done, plaintiff was asked by defendanta to remove the mound from

the Italian Conrent.

After hearing the evidens his Lordabip entored judgment for the amount paid into Court, with costs up to the date of payment in. Sabreqncat coste were allowed the defendants.

DEBTOR'S ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY.

A LEGAL POINT.

barons, counts, and ladies in the first-classed by the principal Cable Companies.. Stops For six months he followed every morement diving saloon, and also to attend the four o'clock were also being taken with a view to a reduction of Ulrich. One morning Ulrich went to the in the Press rates. The Government would railway station. He bought a ticket and left. tons and disport himself on the promenade deck just like a white person, a privilege which it is affective Government control over rates. The ticket window, running up and panting.

insert in all new landing lionces a clause giving A few moments after Burns approached the hoped the champion will not exercise too freely, present licences would lapse after ten years. or there will be a riot, amongst the American Uniformity could then be secured throughout the Empire. The Government would also citizens aboarú

support the development of wireless telegraphy, which must have some effect our cable rates."

It is known that "Little Arthar," as he is called, must have booked by a subterfuge, but with his fage and a cabin assigned to him, he can now hurl defence at the entire ship's | compony Hohus taken with him an enormous baas viol, the same instrument with which ho relieved the tedium of Reno during his train. Mr. F. A. Huzeland at the Magistracy yentoring to ruset Jeffries by twanging plantation day afternoon gave his decision on the legal maladies. point raised in the charge against John Batem of unlawfully attempting to escape from legal custody while being conveyed from Victoria Gaol to the Supreme Court on the 16th instant Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, pro- anoated, and defendant was represented by Mr. Hind (of Messrs. Brutton & Het!).

PUGILIST'S JEWELLERY,

the Customs officials on returning. In his big Johnson will not have any difßealties with

rod touring our he called at the Port Collector's office yesterday afteranen, and, emptying s gold jewel-hug, containing a pair of export dia mond earrings, a diamond sunburst" as big

as all plate, and many diamond rings, had them registered. "Ah'n goin' to wear the bits of glass," said the champion, smiling broadly, at the Coronation, and ah comes heals nos wo don't want no trouble about smugglin' when we returns."

In one esbin adjoining the champion'a state- room there is a Von Somebody, and in the other alaron from San Francisco. Johnson was proudly walking the deck with his wife just before sailing this morning. Mre. Johnson is not only baxo but young and very handsome. On his right band the boxer wore a ruby and Like her husband, she was covered with jewels. on his left hand a large emerald. To the cam- pany of Pressmen who had assotabled in the champion's honour- he is by long chalks the most important personage aboard the canquer or of Jeffries said, alluding to the colours of the stones:

Sir Joseph Ward's and Mer Fisher's resolu- tions were withdrawn in view of the prospects held out by Mr. Sanual's statement.

THE JUDICIAL, CHANGES AT HOME,

Allahabad, June 15th, that Lord Lorobara in his speech to the Con- The Pioneer's London correspondent wires forenes foretold tho, early retirement of Sir Arting Wilson, K.C.I.E., from the Judicial Committes.!

FALSE RUMOUR OF LOND KITCHENER'E

· ENGAGEMENT.

"I promised to meet my uncle here," he said to the booking clerk. "Has he arrived yet?" and Buras gave an accurate descriptio of Ulrich,

"Yea, ko bas just left," replied the clerk.. "Well, give me a ticket like his," said Barns, and the clerk gave him a ticket to Now York.

THE MISSING SIGNATURE. Then Baras knew Ulrich balioved he had with the counterfeiters, and intended going to thrown off all suspicion that he was back again New York to meet them. Burus boarded the nort New York tralu as soon as it was mado np. A little later he saw Uhich arrive at the gate He hang around, watching everybody, until just before the train startol. Thea Ulrich jumped. on, the last man abcard, convinced he was not shadowed.

boast that I am a true-born Englishman I must have a Portugue, at least, ju sight.

Now that China has shrunk to the size of China, she has found herself. Har volunteers aro enrolling, and a national anthem of Monge- lian discords will soon be giren to the band. While it was the flag of the vicilised world, the dragon banner may have babu respected by law. ablding Chinaman. It is now the flag of China the Dragon, the enemy of all the Eagles and Leopards and Lions and Chrysanthemums ie a monster to be followed to the death.

I write There is a blazing sun in the sky as these lines. It makes England, for me and for those who have my lizard temperament, pleasant place. But if I boast of it to the Buodaker, there will be no bite in the beast. foreigner who is pacing the Embankment with

The German and the Frenchman are also shareholders in that same sun. 8o is the citizen of Tombstone, Arizona, who, indeed draws larger Jividends from his holding. If wo conid bat have a san for every nation, I should be rain-gloriously quarrelsome over that English and incomparable suu,

Calcutta, June 15ib. All the Calcutta papers roprodaos from the He left his bag in his seat after the train had For these good reasons I look for trouble in our Indian Daily Telegraph the statement that started, and walked into the smoking-car relations with Chint. There was no reason, te Lord Kitchener is engaged to Miss Leonora Barus examined the bag and discovered a fall my mind, for uneasiness when we heard that Hearsey, daughter of Mr. L. IIcarsby, the well-set of ongraving material. The evidence of colonels of battalions in the Eight Banners, the known Anglo-Indian Zemindar, whose estates Ulrich's intentions was complete. At Now

Green

Standards,

et the Hanian Tigers, were ars in Oudh. The family is descended from York Ulrich entered a telegraph office, antito pass examinations by German instructors iz Geçeral Hearsey, the famous Eurasian soldier. wrote a message to the chief of his gang, Hare tactics, that a soundmeшuary of ancient literature

Later, just arrived,"

He had not filled in the address was no longer to advance a warrior an Adjutant- ber the signature, when he looked up and saw General or General of Brigade. Burns gazing down at the telegram.

"Are you interested in this?" asked Ulrich sarcastically.

Mr. Lionel Hearsey, father of Miss Leonara Hearsey, who was reported to be engaged to Lord Kitchener, wires that it is a diabolical lie. "Baware of intrigue,” he adds.

}

*Yes" atawered Burns.

*Well, maybe you had better write it," invit

COEFERENCE OF THE MINERS' FEDERATION;

London, June 15 h. od Ulrich,

The Conference of the Miners' Federation,

hold in London yesterday, discussed the propca. ad minimum wage for workmen employed in abnormal places.

The Conference adjourned without a decision, but the general foeling was that ad altempt to establish uniformity of wages was practically impossible.

Barus took the pen and wrote the address and the signstaré

You are interested, aren't you?" exclaimed. Ulrich.

for

Gonge and bows and arrows might make way repeating rifles and Maxime. But so long na China was for Chinamon thọ world of men, these things did not matter much. Now that China is a right little, tight little empire of a mere four hundred millions of compatriots they mattor a great deal the Foreign Office will have to study China during its Spare Time

THE TRIALS OF A JAPANESE SOCIALIST.

AN AMUSING EPISODE.

His Worship said ---With respect to the legal point raised heroin my fading is in favour of the defendant, because I am of opinion that the Common Law offence of escape does not apply to prisoners in custody on process. The defini- tion which has been adopted in all the text books with respect to this Common Law offence is the one set out in volume II of Hawkin's Pleas of the Crown, chapter XVII, section The headnoto in this chapter is as follows: **Of hindrances in bringing offenders to public justice, etc., and the definition in section. V. rends as follows: "As to sagh offences by the party himself, without forec, which seems prop. erly to come under the notion of escapes, there "Ab always dress port and starboard to sail, 'Cause in the night, when Ab'm out on deck, and is little remarkable in the books; and therefore it's dark, people can see the lights and tell wheth I shall content myself with taking nidire that ex Ah'm comin' or goin', and it avoids colli- as all persons are bound to submit themselves slons,"

Johnson confided to The Daily Telegraph re to the judgment of the law, and be ready to bo presentative that he is always very pleased to justified by it, whoever, in any case, refuges to visit London, because a white man" always anderge that imprisonment which the law thinks had a square deal in London as regards travol.

seats at the theatre, or in dining. Ho it to put upon him, and frees himself from it also that England is a nation of sportsmen. He by any artifice, before such time as he is deliver mentioned the names of several restaurants in In the House of Commons to day Mr. Lloyd ed by due course of law, is guilty of your metropolis where his "tainted dollars" George vigorously refuted the statement tunt tion Burns spent fourteen months on the job. Recently he went out to collent money for

received.

the failure of the Birkbook Bank was due to his and finally got his elas by eliminating every advertisements; and having pocketed Yen 90 s high contempt, punishable with fine have been joyongly

Asked whether he would do any boxing in finance. He bad enquired into the matter, and engraver in the United States who had not the in anah he bearded a tramcar. By his side sat and imprisonment." This word "offenders" London for the Coronation visitors, Johnson read aetatement by the Chief Accountant of the

skill to

to produce the notes.

the spy. Well, he thought to himself, Baras escured all the evidence in the scandals quite nice to have a dalective near in the headnote means a criminal offender. To smiled spaciously, showing many gold-filed Back to the is the investments of the Barg attending the fraudulent sale of Government at hand on such an occasion."

So he sprawli make it quite clear, in Eussell on Crimes, teeth, and

ivin' thing. For £6,030 ALT fight any

Al's just willing to fight there Oregon, a cause which his ease in the car o

the South African War (cheers) and the death of a United States senator through security. When he alighted at Tori Ni-chom volume I.. at page 889, where the above deßnition zenu, and if you can't get a man to meet the making of Colouial Securities trustee invest the disgrace. He also unearthed the evidence however, he found to his consternation that bis is given in practically the same language, the Arthur in London, why, just send me along a

ments, Another

Cause was the large depreciation.

scandals, a short money had disappeared. learned author his also interpolated the words great big bear Bofo Ah sails for New York Mr. Lloyd George added that the pin the San Francisco Rent, the San

Trade was hopeful that the depositors would time ago, for which

Fransisco political "boss," is now

any

recognises

That was all he said, Burns took him to an hotel and persuaded him to confers. An result of the confession, a trap was lald, which resulted in sending the notorious Bradford-Brockway The discussion was notable for the isolation of counterfeiters to prison. the South Wales representative, who urged a national strike with the object of securing exe shouted down by the English and Scottish dele. a wage, and who were not only out-voted but

gatou.

FAILURE OF THE BIEKBEECK BANK.

* London, June 15th.

HYPNOTIC INFLUENCE.

That was one of Burns' most famous caAOK.

An amusing Socialist episode is reproduce ? by the Japan Herald from the Nippon, 15 follows:-

SWISS

AND

ELGIN

SUPERIOR

QUALITY

MOVEMENTS

Chas. J. Gaupp

& Co.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

Another was his capture of twelve counter drella e Socialist named Yoshikawa, Ho

At Hiramaabi, Hoishikawa (Tokyo) there feiters, who put into circulation a hundred-dollar professedly engaged in the sale of newspaper: WHY 60 TO (220) bill bearing the bend of President Monroe and magazines, but whenever he emerges from Hanking experts were unable, in many cases, to his house, he is of course shadowed by a detect the counterfeit, so superb was the exeen-detective.

"where arrested on oriminal procesa." The I'se jus' tickled to death to chaw up one of you only lose a very small proportion of their honey, fourteen-year term of im dow serving ahimself in utter dimsy: "but it is, to say the

charge is therefore dismissed.

British champions."

Jokusen intimated that he might appear in He considered that the conduct of the Unionist His Worship (to Mr. Bind)-I have not gone London music halls before he returned, and he papers in trying to persuade the poor people to into the other question.

Mr. Hind-There was no necessity. Mr. Bowley-About the return of the habs conque?

His Worship- I discharge bim from the pre- sant charge,

Mr. Bowley-Your Worship discisses the charge?

His Worship Yes.

imprisonment.

This comes of my anwariness," he said to The evidence in the San Francisco scandals least, very unkind of the detective to allow a

ed and watched me." Pickpocket to rob me in this way, since he foliew Starting

with underlings and gradually work. He turned round to the official emirsary L

is accompanied by two white sparring partners, attribute their lous to the Tibemla was not only was obtained by securing a series of confessions.

Jon Menaban and Monte Catler. The champion's coloured chantour and also two muotor-cars form

of his travelling equipment.

part of

Mrs. Johnson's retinue consists of two maids. of varied colouring

In addition to a big bass viol, there is a huge phonograph with a big green horn, and twenty trunks.

mendacione but piesn. (Loud cheers).

BIK BUTUS IBKADI,

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London, June 15th.

the next higher man, until

hind

ing to the top. Each sabordinate confoesion We used to Timself was driven la confess

at last Bent

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N. LAZARUS

FOR YOUR GLASSES?

BECAUSE

You will receive Fair Treat

ment,

A Careful and Intelligent

Examination

Wo hares Sound Optical Reason behind every Lens

him and told bin exactly what he thongut N. LAZARUS,

of him.

Thereupon the police scout replied:

The Times says it is understood that Bir Ka Burns has a remarkable family for reaking "I was absolutely unaware of the presence of fus Leases will shortly be appointed a Lord of criminals confess. He seems to hypnotise them. pickpocket. But you must understand once OPTHALMIC Appeal, and Sir John Bimon, Solicitor-General, Most of his evidence has come to him by this and for all that I am not instructed to follow will succeed him as Attorney-General Mr. curious trait which he possesses.--J. W. T. Backwaster will be the new Solicitor-General | Mason in the Daily Mail,

you in order to protect you from the exploita tions of robbers,"

OPTICIAN, CORNEE D'AGUITAR ST., HONGKONO.

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