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DARING BURGLARY IN THE

CITY.

FOUR ADJOINING SHOPS BROKEN

INTO.

BOOTY ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 83,000. After several weeks immunity from serious robberies, the city was startled by the news, yesterday morning, that n dar- ing and ingenious series of burglaries had been committed between Sunday night and the early hours of yesterday. Four adjoining shops in Queen's Road Central were broken into, namely, Sennet Frères jewellery store, the Nikko curio store, Brewer & Co.'s book store, and the French store, and property to the value of about $3,000 is reported to have been

TON HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 103.

ALLEGED THEFT OF JEWELLERY.

CHINESE AMAH CHARGED.

At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester day before Mr. J. R. Wood, a young Chinese amah emplored by Mia Kwan wife of Dr. Kwan, of No. 40, Caine Road, was charged with stealing jewel- lary, valued it abos 300, from be mistress.

Inspector Grant stated that defendant hailed from the same village as Mrs. Kwan, by "whom she had been treated very kindly" She had been with Mrs Kwan for over three years, and during the last eighteen months four or five larcenies had taken place in the house.

LIFE AFTER DEATH.

COMMUNION OF SPIRIT WITH

THE DEPARTED.

This interesting subject was discussed by the Bov. H. Copley Moylo at St John's Cathedral on Sunday morning, Taking as his text 1st Thess, IV, 13,

brethren, concerning them that fall We would not have you ignorant,

Insleep, that ye sorrow not, even as the ress which have no hope. the rev. gentleman said :-

Saints. It is a festival which has been Last Friday' was the Festival of all

observed for over 1,000 years in the Eng lish Church, in fact ever since the year. A.D. It comes at the end of the

offered in the Jawish synagogues, we can be sure that our Blessed Lord frequently joined in such prayers, and so they have the sanction of His use. Death is a stage

our life. Men have not reached their final state when they die; we believe that even the best Christians have much pro ress to make in the unseen world before

God, and in that progress our prayers they are perfect and fit for the vision of

can help them,

"In the past it has often seemed to me that the signs of mourning"

at a funeral, are very much out of place and woe, which are often so conspicuous

Death must always be solemn and awe- if the funeral is that of a Christian.

aspiring, but it need not be overwhelm-

stolen, Sedmet Frères being the chief though it was difficult for an outsider Christian year, and is a constant re./ingly sad for if your friend is a Christian The first intimation of the 'occurrence taining money and jewellery to the minder to us that, besides the many his death is for certain the entrance to

victims.

was the discovery made by the managers of the respective establishments, who noticed large holes which had been bored right through the walls of the shopa. The cash boxes were then examined, and the Police, who were notified, inspected the premises carefully.

The thieves entered the French store by means of a duplicate key, evidently manufactured for the purpose. They must have carefully closed the door be hind them, as a European constable, who was patrolling the pavement from the Hongkong Hotel corner to House Hotel for the greater part of the night, did not hear any spicious noise.

Inside the French store the thieves not only extracted 89250 from the caah-box but also helped themselves to some candy, apple bottles of perfume, etc.. valued

at about 850..

gain admittance." Last week a box con

value of, about $1,816 was found to be missing. The Police were informed, and they made inquiries. Suspicion fel! upon the defendant, who was carefully watched by the inmates. On Saturday morning Dr. Kwan's son, who was may still be felt by us. It is the day praise and hope in one thoughts at that

searching the premises, noticed some run along the retaining wall at the hack paper in one of the drain pipes which of the house and adjoined defendant's room. Being curious, he examined it and, to his surprise, discovered a pair which had been stolen in June last. De of diamond ear-rings, valued at $800,

stolen the jewellery, adding that the jewel-box was hidden on the top of the wardrobe. She further stated that a few pieces of the jewellery she had stolen had been melted down and subsequently made into jewellery for herself."

the Astor fendant then admitted that she had

The entry into Messrs. Brewer's book. store, next door, was effected through a circular bole, which the thieves made for themselves through the wall. This, by the way, was no easy task, as the wall is about eighteen inches thick. Here, too, the thieves helped themselves to the contents of the cash-box, $70. They evidently spent some time in Brewer's, for on the floor were found several pieces of apple pect and a glass of water, indicating that the men had paused for refreshment.

said she found the diamond car-rings in Defendant denied the charge. She

a hole in the wall, and she removed the. jewel-box from the table and placed it on the wardrobe.

Mr. Wood remanded the care.

OUR DAY." COLLECTING TINS.

The following is a list of the amounta collected in the streets on the morning of "Our Day!"

a higher, nobler, happier life. To be saints whom we commemorate on certain

full of sadness, and to insist on expresa. days throughout the year, there is a vast d number whose names are unknown-ting it in dismal garments and thick black- us but whose lives have been lived for should like to see all black banished from edged paper, is a form of selfishness. I

our funerals, and to have much more of God nad whose influence and example

time. The funeral service strikes the note of praise and thanksgiving, which

when our thoughts tara naturally to

who have lived and died in the Christian those friends and relatives of our own.

faith and are now passed behind the veil which separates us here in this world from the unseen world of spirits. The Festival of all Saints witnesss to the instinct, deep in the heart of man, that man survives physical death.

is the true note. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. We give Thee hearty- thanks for that it hath pleased Thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world." The most suitable hymn for the funeral of

seat war, when so many young men have. It is one of the good results of the pre-

passed into the other world, that there has been much less mourning for the dead, and a greater readiness to put aside the dismal clothes that mourners used, to wear.

Christian is, it seems to me, that one lowest stages of animal life he had boJeans lives; no longer now can the Wherever man has risen, above the numbered 140 in Our Hymn Book. come conscious of a life within him terrors, Death, appal us." old gradually came to the belief, which which will survive death. The Jews of

was commonly held by them in the time of Christ, that man survives physical death. The hopeless sayings of some of the Old Testament writers about death, though still held by the Sadducees in Christ's time, had largely yielded to the belief of the Pharisees that man's spirit lives on through death. And the same belief came to be held amongst the most highly civilised nations of the old world, The Egyptians and the Greeks believed in man's survival after death.

St. Ambrose, one of the early Christian writers, regards the excessive grief of mourners a befitting the heathen but as quite oat of place in a Christian. "Let there be this difference," he writes,

But for

No. 1, $37,68; 2, $41,55; 3, $32-75; 4, 24.63; 3, 836.15; 6, 820.33; 7, 83136; 10.

between the servante of Christ and the 231,60; 11, 838.04; 12, 863.70; 13, $66.00;

worshippers of idols, that the latter weep. Nikko's art store was entered by a 16, 49.72; 17, 83.13; 18, 848.30: 19, And at the present time one can for their friends, whom they suppose to breach made in the wooden partition 95, 287.75; 28, 892.00; 27, $11.50; 28, $15.20; 21, $49.40; 21, 24.99; 94. $100.55; separating it from Brewer's. The daring 826.10; £9. $20.43; 30, $24.70; 31, 850.05 abandoned the Christian faith, yet hold us, for whom death is not the end of our

sometimes note that people who have have perished for ever. of the thieves in choosing this method of 32, 845; 33, $17.85; 34, 203.84; 15, 189.2that man lives beyond death. moving next door, where they might have 35 88.03; 37, 37.06; 35, $12.45; 36,

For Patice, but of this life only, since our been detected from the pavement through 43, 396.50; 44, $110.80; 45, $28.87; 46,

$12.95: 40, 863.32; 41, 850.82; 42, $24.21 example, Benan, the French sceptic, nature itsell restored to a better state.. the glass-window pane, instead of boring a $18.97;47,

dedicates his "Life of Jesus to the let the advent of death wipe away all $381.20; 48, $179.00; 49. hola further back, sa they had already 19.80; 50, #145.40.

tears." memory of his dead sister, and invokes done when entering Brewer's, showed that 876.80, 210, 8140.15; 211, $48.80; 212, No 207, 9112.50; 208, $86.10 209,

her soul to reveal to him those truths they did not mind taking "risks. In 19.08; 213, $8.00; 214, Nikko's the safe was opened with a

$19.55 218, which are greater than the grave and 818.30; 21% 89.15; 215,

$10.64 218, take away the fear of death. The akeleton key and $100 in silver and notes 820.10; 291 $36.40; 993

843.91; 990, $15.45; 999, $28.95; 23,

Catholic doctrine of the Communion of were taken from a little iron-dispatch-$10.30 227 $118.85; 28, 344.10; 229, Saints. in which we have just declared

$67.20; 226, box which the thieves had to "prise 831.70; 230 854.40; 31, 897.18; 29, open. A ease of silver-backed" brushes, $45.95; 233 821.00; 234, $14.50 235,

our belief, meets this instinct of human valued at $20, was also removed.

$18.80; 200, 863.70; 237, $13.53; 238, nature and puts upon it the seal of divine $14.50 230, 882.26; 242, $13.20; 243, truth The Christian Revelation assures $119.00; 244, 867.80; 245 $21.50; 246, 828.00; 217 $22.30; 249, 81.00; 250, $109.90; 254, 310.00; 255, $4.00 958, 858.90 251, $156.10; 262, $166.91; 253, $7.45; 939, $57.00: 200, $17.60; 261, 83140.

The

us that this mortal must put on in

God of the dead, but of the living for mortality," and that "God is not the

all live unto Him."

That, personal identity survives the death of the body is one of the leading thoughts of the Festival of all Saints, but our belief in the Communion of

Undue sadness and grief for the de parted arise from our thinking too ex- clusively of what they were to us, instead and on their present fellowship with us. bf dwelling on their present happiness It has been suggested that it is quite possible that if we are sad and full of grief it may affect their happiness. Some of you may know a poem by the poet Barnes in which this thought is enforced.

dead child joining in a procession in the A mother dreams that she sees her own

Children's Kingdom. Each child carries

lighted lamp, lighted in honour of the children's King. One lamp alone is dim, one child's joy alone is damped. It is her own child, and as he passa ber, she to her "Your tears put it out, mother; sees that his lamp is out and he says

never mourn." The same thought is ex-

The thieves obtained access to Sennet Frères by the same method that they had adopted before, except that they found their passage blocked by a show-case, through which they sawed a hole.

breach they made opened into No. 300, 834.70; 301, 880.00; 309, the manager's office.

$88.80; 300 $44.75; 304, $37.80 305 They made

$27.85; 306, 821.50; 307, $17.00; 308, their biggest haul in this store.888.30 309, 837.50; 310, $55.00 311, The big iron safe, in which most of the 840.90 312, 830.50; 313, $81.403 314, válnable jewellery is deposited at night, 2010; 315, 3002-11 3118, 22340; Saints means much more than this. It $10.75 319, $8.00; 319, $14.56; 390, $8.40; was far too tough & proposition for 91, 810.50; 322, $15.41; 323, 88.70; 398, means that the blessed dead still take them, and they had perforce to be con- $24.50; 399, 880.00; 330, $22.95; 331, tant with a large number of silver 42.10; 333, 231.50 334, $54.50; 335, fluence us more than we may suspect.

an interest in us, and no doubt they in-pressed by Longfellow:

watches and other articles of jewellery,868.05 340, 8111.65; 341, 817.75; 342, Communion of spirit with the departed 855.70; 330, $78.35; 338, $100.60; 330, the total value of which is provisionally 23.20 343,823.71 344, 831.57; 345, is not a visionary and emotional fellow- estimated at between $2,000 and $1,000. 811.35 340 $13.55; 347, 81470; 346, ship, but a reality. It is based on our $16.85; 349 $29.65 380, $31.08 351, It is, of course, possible that this Egure $102.65; 352, $11.85; 353, 18.08; 454, union in, the life of God. If we believe may be increased when the examination #41.85; 350, $25.60 358, 843.60 of stock is completed. There was a fairly-05 358 $141.10; 358, 8234-16; 361, ed friends and relatives we shall natu 357, in the continued existence of our depart- $347.86 362, $82.00; 363, 268.10; 384, large sum of money in one of the drawers 830.01; 285 $34.55; 266, $13.70 367, rally expect that they will be anxious but it escaped the thieves" attention. The $13.75; 308, 10.20; 369, $13.50 370, to influence us for good. This they can value of their booty would have been 83.50 $172, 24410; 375, 37.501 376, certainly do by their prayers, and largely increased had they exercised a $18.56; 377, #10.10; 378, 9.50; 379, perhaps they may be permitted to help character of a triumph. Those who took

$39.90; 374,

little more discrimination in the choice of the articles, for they took away some cheap imitation pearl necklaces and left some very valuable ones behind.

It would appear that the thieves left

$22.55; 380, 20.80; 381, $20.30 332, 825.30; 383, 823.05; 384, 24.30; 385,

us in other ways. That we are not active $14.98; 388, 8130.00 337, 388.10; 308, ly conscious of their efforts is no proof 894.70; 389, $88.70.

me that they are not working for our benefit.

• No. 400, B16; 401, 11.00; 402, #13.66; How often when they were on earth we 401, 811.14; 404, $11.38; 405, 81173; 406,

:

We are ghorts of the departed Souls of those who once were with

you.

Hither have we come to try"you, Hither hire we come to warn you, Beach us in the Blessed Islands. Gries of grief and lamentation.

Calling back their friend departed Cries of anguish from the living

Sadden us with useless sorrow.”

A modern writer on the subject of the The Christian Church gave to the funerals in the early Cazzreh says: funeral procession somewhat who took part in it carried in their hands bran ches of palm and olive, as those who celebrated victory. They strewed over

lighted lampa or torobes in like token of the body leaves of Inurel and ivy, the emblems of immortality. They carried

as they went hymns of hope and joy sad silence to the grave, but they chanted Eet us try to get back to the spirit and thought of the early Church in this

matter,

the shops by the same way as they had 40, 410, 837.58 411, 378.50; 419, and yet they were influencing as all the

: $10.50; 407, 20.24; 409, $15.50, 400, were unaware of what they did for us, Christian joy. They did not march in entered them. By this means they not 18.25; 413, 832.87 414, 101. 13; 418 only escaped the attention of the Euro 850.40; 476, 324.65 417447:83 418, tima Now that they are freed from the pean constable but also that of the Indian $7.00 419. $48.91 420, 48:45 21 limitations of the body and are living watchman, employed by Bennet Frères, 17.70; 129,820.15; 423, 838.60 494, spiritual lives, their influence will surely So far, we have been thinking of those $10.00 425, 36.70 428, 30:46; 4272 be greater and stronger, And we can who was lying on a charpoy outside the 812.00; 428, 817,65; 420, $121.56; 420,

who die as Christiana, but perhaps some- shop. They must have spent at least 831.85; 431, 133.60; 4:12 855.90; 453, help them at least by our prayers. They arded this religion, who have lived one is thinking "What of those who have. three hours in boring the holes in the 803.66; 434, 132.95; 435, 881503, are not yet perfect, and though we may and died in sin unrepented and unfor walls. The Police are of opinion that 872.00 440, $158.70; 441, $102.85; 445 not be able to know in detail what they given. Must we not mourn for them 1

857.85; 437, 50.30, 438,32.60-438, the gang consisted of at least four men $116.30; 443, 213.20; 444, 8156.20; 445, need yet we can pray that they may

A European visitor on the first floor $57.50; 448, 890.50 $47, 8110.90; 448, rest in peace and make progress in Boll- the day after All Saints Day as All Before the Reformation in England the Church, with a merciful tenderness, kept of the Hongkong Hotel, just above Ben- $43.80 483, 868.10; 454 3555.00; 435, nese, and have hereafter a joyful raus Bouls Day, a day on which to remember

879.50; 480, $208,60; 461, $82.80 452, net Frères, is stated to have heard un-

; 887.80, 450, $38.00; 457 35.85; 458, rection.

and pray for the failures and the sin usas! noises issuing from below a Hittle $44.50; 450, $44.00, 460, 240.10

461, +

deners and the unrepentant who had pass The old objection to praying for that out of this life unawakened and a- after mid-night, but took no steps to $194.80 459, 350.75; 483, #138.10; 434, departed was one which was rapidly absolved. It is loss that the day is not

$40.80; 479, 860.27, 480, $75.00; 481; ascertain the cause because it seemed to $35.00; 485, 863.55; 486, 27.60; 487, #28,75; dying out in England before the war,

now marked, for this purpose in our him as if the noise came from the street, 488, 889.15; 480, $31.65; 490, $30.00; 491,

rayer Book and we may hope that The only noise he could have heard was 220.0002,125.16 495, 4405 404, dodo

when our Prayer Book is revised the the persistent thud either of a pickaxe 48.20 485, 829.30 480 822/15497

observance of All Souls' Day will be re- or & crow-bar, which the thieves used in 824.70; 403, $3.45; 400, $21.05;

stored Revelation is not explicit on the their tunnelling operations

No. 600, 08.60. -

state of those who die without; faith in

Christ, but we know that God's mercy, them to the mercy of

The Police are watching the Centon boats carefully and a special patrol, has bees detailed to inspect the pawnshops.

to the natural the many

bereaved souls amongst us to pray for their dead. To pray for the dead is a custom which has

Proceeds of various foreign coins, the authority of the earlfest age of in over alla! Worka/Azd we may with

tibx $63.00

Total, $13,796.45.

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