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perpetrated in a almilar way to the tragedias In Lordas,
The Right Fonorable C. C. Kingston, Pre mier, has informed Parliament of his official
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1897.
The barber was shadowing him, and at once accused him of the theft. The miners were going to tynch him, and carried him under | tres. The barbar seemed too saxlans to get
LATE TELEGRAMS.
CHESTER, Eng., October 6th.
| DR. LAMONT'S STRONG FINGERS.
"I was afraid you were going to slip through my.
dology while in Ezgland, with other colontal | bsck the $160 he had pald Martin for pack?¤R• | #bică Edward Laug'rs, the former husband of corresponding period of last year is a more Washingtor, contains the following: "IfGreat) fingers,” said good old De-Lamank Premiers, but his speech did not embrace say thing of great significance.
Densitory fighting continues in India, General Biggs' force fighting brilliantly,
and this tarded the tide in favor of the packer. The miners allowed him to go by carrying the barber's mlesing sick so the lakes and giving him his $160. The lyaching of the Russian. The exccatore of the latá Barnay Baraato7lan, Saula siys, is the only lynching. have districated £16,000 among London charl- ties.
The steamer Tritom has been wrecked of Cubs, nearly two hundred persons losing theis Even Inc sequence.
The starting the Perth (West Australia) mint has been officially notified in the London - Gazzle.
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A hundred yarde swimmlog match arranged between Derbyshlir, of England, and Hellings, of Sydney, will take place at the end of October, The following South Australians have been selected to represent the colony in the cricket match against Sloddert's. English eleven on Thursday next : Evans, Deiling, Georgs Giffen, Walter Giffin, Green, Hil, Frod Jarvis, Jones, Lyons, M'Kassie and Reedman, Georee Giffen has caused great terprise by having declined to play thle acason, bat hopes to preserve his foum | for the next trip to England.
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A GREAT DETECTIVE.
After 30 years'service, including a full quarter- century experience as a leading detective, Fre- derick Jarvis, chief inspector of Scotland Yard, enlers apon bis well-earned retirement next monib, says the London Daily Telegraph. It would be difficult to find an officer more diamet. ically opposed to the popular conceptiae of a detective. Mr. Jarvis stands, clase on six feel, and the dominant impression conveyed by his personal appearance is that he is a good-untered provincial rather than one of the shrewdest and cleverest hunters of mimloals that ever existed. There was a time when a good delective had to be either a rough fellow, able to mix in the lowest society without exciting suspicion or com menis, or A highly-educated man, able to direct the operations of others, Mr. Jarvis The South Austrailän cricketing”Association | 11 a comblantion of both there types. "Star- bava re-engiged Journ as a bowler at four ting, in the force as a constable, his first pounds weekly.
service was in the A division, in the course Four warships are now at Port Adelaide. of which he was on duty about the House of The question of H. M. Addison's removal | Parliament. Drafted soon into the detective from office in the State Bank has been referred | department, he devoted all his energles to and to the Crown Solicitor.
sofject- thorough açquaintance with the ways Siz thousand British defended Chagra Valley | of criminals, With this end in view he he- succenfully : ten were kllied and fifty wounded.
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The doctors at the asylum for the insane, in Lily Langity, the actress, is confined, believe that he la nufering free concussion of the brale. Barney Bunato, the so-called Kaffi King and Diamond King, who committed suicide by throw- ing himself into the sea from the British steamer
LONDON, October 6th,
Scot on June 14th Init, left a forione amounting to $1,819,317. |
Guy Nickalla, the famous English cariman, contridiens the announcement that he and J. C. Gold, stroke of the Oxford and Leander eights for the past two years, are going to the United Stater in order to coach the Yale crew. Mr. Nickelli saya: *Capl. Payne Whitney, of the Yale University crew, sald cavally, 'Why don't you come over and conch us?' but I never thought he was speaking seriously and have no reason to suppose Yele is disaalified with Mr Cook. In any case, I could not go if I wanted 10.#
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It is understood here that Sa Wetman Dickinson Pearson's company has submited proposal to complete the canal from Ottawa is Georgian Bay, on conditions, which, fi is believed, will be satisfactory to the Canadian Government. Officials of the British Foreign Office have communicated to United States Ambassador Col Jobs Hay, the final decision that the Govern ment of Great Britain must refore to take part in any sealing conference with the represents- tires of Russia and Japan. The British Gwerk- ment asserts its willingness to confer with the Valted States alone, but ins[sts that Rausis and the degree of entitling them to representation at the conference.. The Bililsh Government does not suggest any date for the conference with the United States, and it is thought probable In London that Great Britain's withdrawal will result in two meetings, one between the United States, Great Britain and Canada. It cannot be to strongly telterated that the withdrawal of Great Britala from the Washington conference is due to Canada's Inalitance and until the Can- adian officials informed the foreign office here of Canada's objections ta meeting Russia and Japan, out of fear of being ant-vated, Grest Britain folly intended to enter the conference.
The Greek trusty of perco is still unsigned, i den. Courts and prisons, race meetingrund | Japan are not fater:sted in Bahring sex souls to
Fifteen hundred Manchester merchantë ara petlilesing the Home Government to adopt bi-metallism.
A company with a quarter of a' million hare acqulted timber Interests la Western Anstella
Your hundred Italian emigrante bound for Bresli have brea badly poisoned owing to the dirtiness of the ship's cooking utensils,
LYNCHING AT THE KLONDIKE GOLDFIELDS.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17ik.
W. T. Sints, the local private detective, who returned yesterday on the Farallon from a stay of thirty-four days at Skagway, reports that on the afternoon of September 3 a Russian Fiun, | same onknown, was lynched by fire enraged miners who caught bim in the act of thievery, Although thee were thirty-five misers froen Skagway on the Farstian, dose of them know of the lynching. But Sauls anys that their ignor. ance of the affair is not to be wondered at since the lynching was kept
doubt on the score of the Russian Fion being executed because he saw the victim's body and was told the story of his death first-hand. The lynching, according to Saula' story, occurred near the Summit of White PAIR.
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PARIS, October 6th, Major Moses P. Handy, special U.S. Commli- sloner to the Paris exposition of 1900, hai secured 25 per cent, additional ssace for Ame- rican exhibits, making the space of the United Statei equal to that of the other big nations of the world.
there is no chance for qulet. Samle sayı } race, Eston Square, where he lived. Another the resignation of Arcairaga's cublaet, in the
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MADRID, October 6th. Capt-General Weyler has written an official Letter to General Azcarraga, forwarded before course of which he declares that the condition of Cuba has improved to a remarkable degree since the date when he assumed control of the island. The Captala-General says: "The Country has received a fresh lease of life," "He asserts that the Spanish general commanding the eastern provinces reports painterrupted
del'
Rio. The letter, which wIS
zush com.
EXRLIN. October 6th.
MONTREAL, October 6th. The wonderful increase in Canadian Pacif earnings, is the talk on the streets for the last wrak la September, a gain of $aço,ood over the cloquent proof of improvement in busines through our country that would be volumes of commercial reports. This increase is the largest to the history of the company, going $100,000 more than any increase since the road was bolit. What is more remarkable still is the fact continent has any railroad shown growth that only twice in every railroad on this
of earnings greater than this, and those were In the good time or the eighties. The last week In October was a banner perled for the Canadian Pacific Railway carnlags last year when the statement showed a return of $190.000, but this cor:red 10 days, whereas the last week peried $754,000, included nine days pair. "And there of September this year, which gave earnings of
comptroller of the road. The basiness of the will be greater increases yea,” said Mr. Ogden, tallway is now unprecedented. Every car is engaged, some of them many days in advance, and the rush of traffic from the west bas been to great that a number of train bands have been
transferred from the Maritime Provinces division then that this condition of prosperity will coal- to west of Port Arthur. There is every indica-
nue for many months.
LONDON, October 7th. Painters in Water Colors, is dead. He was Si John Gilbert, president of the Society of
born in 1817.
A despatch from Washingŝon publiked here to-day quotes attorney-General McKenna' NE silag that he has received no inquiries through the United States consul-general or others in Pacific Railroad. The following message has Loodan in regard to the purchase of the Valoo been received in reply to so toquiry of the con- Kenna: "To Consul Gendial United States, sol-general cabled to Attorney-General Mc-
London. Road not been sold Schiff syndicate.
Be sold bigbest bidder, November 1. (Sg'd) McKenna, It has been learned that attempts purchase the Union Pacific Railway but bose,
have been made to organize a syndicate here to
so far, have secured Important financial back. Log-
The Board of Trade statement shows an in- crease la imports of £1,189,548 and a decrease in exports of £1,928,850.
At the launching of the Kolsar Friederich Danzle yealcaday, Emperor William said: "voked in March. Daght to be lesions of the Lloyd fleet as it in larger than mine." His Majesty sent a despatch to ex-Empress Frederick,
expressing plessure la haring the new North German Lioyed steamer nagted in his inther's bones.
The German Government has refused to re- cognise Ferdinand Neuman, of Illinois, who was nominated by President McKinley on May 28th to be United States consul at Cologne,
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VIENNA, October zih.
2 the Reicherth, yesterday, Herr Ebenbock submitted an Interpilation to the Government an to the beat means of combatting the compatt. ilon of foreige, especially American, grain.
A despatch received bare from Tokio, Japan, says It is reported thers that the King of Cores has proclaimed, bimself Emperor,
BERNE, SWUzerland, October "yth," The National Council by a vote of 98 to 29. adopted the bill providing for the parchato of the fire principal railroads in Switzerland at a cost approaching a milliard of francs, $200,000,000, for which purpose a loan is projected.
BUTYAL N. Y., October 7th, A special despatch from Washington to the | Evening News regarding Great Britain's refused † to participate in the Behring Sea conference at
Heltala should positively egiusa to come to any greement on the sealing controversy, It is highly probable that retaliatory measures against Canadians will be recommanded to Congress for, unless the Mother Country pledges herself to assist the United States to the protection of far Canadian fishermen from entering Behring Sea seals, there is no other courra which will prevent
and consinning their merciless slaughter,"
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TORONTO, October 7th. In connection with the alumni mesting of Wycliffe College, an interesting discussion took place yesterday on Plymouth Brethren, arising out of a paper on the subject by Rev, A.T. Wright | Several of the clergy discussed them in tolerant words, but held that they were doing harm to the Church of England, and one cloister, Rev. I sammed up in these words: "God has elected Mr. Etherington, said that their belie! might be
to save a l'w and the reat may go to bell."
SALEM, Ogo, etaber zih. the world's two-mile pacing record by three and At the state fir grounds here Chehalis lowered
kali seconds maklög the distance in 4 219 1-4.7
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CALENDAR.
NOVIMBER" Meteorological menus dated on ten years'
pisarvation: £ 1893, · Barometers s
30.125 Thermometer
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Wednesday, 3rd November, 1897.
(St. Winthe!) Chinese- 9th of 10th moon of 23rd year
Kwong-sit Jenlah-sik Hravan, 5658. Mohammedan-7k Fomada II, 1515,
Sun Rises ******
...............ar Bår, 7min. Selä myinmomomaa, Skr. 2min.. High water-Morning .................... Skr. 17mín. Ariernoon ...... Okr. 57min. Low water-Morning 11hr. Imix.
Afternoon malikr, Smin. ANNIVERSARIES.
The writer was a boy of about seventeen, iben. While a student at school, more than 800 miles from home, I was taken down with pueumonia. I had a tough time, and for two or three wooks my life was despaired of. But youth and good care won the
with my dear father who had come for me. I was fight, and one bright morning I was ready to go home
wank still, but well and happy clear up to the brim. Oh, what a ride! Oh, what swost-ale! Oh, what i
glorious world I had got back into ! kad what are ception from mother and sisters at the familiar house. Oh, lfại Ok, haslih 1Oh, dules, dules donum?,
Such an illness, if one survives it, only makes the soned existence and Ita blossings more keen and delightful. It is good rather than bad. Lucky boy, not to hare slipped through the doctor's fingers.
But when a man with most of his days behind hims has to write a line like this, "All my life I hava suf- fered more ar los from disasso"--why that lo another lonal thunderstorm and a sky always cavered with and adder story. It is the odds between an coole
cloads.
Wa quote what he says, reminding the resčer that in this matter Mr. Wam Hodkinson veloos the experience of millions. He says: “I always had a bad taste in the mouth, no peaper relish for food, and. after eating had pain and fatnesa at the chest
Those sensations are symptoms of seats indigestion. In the stomach there is marked loss of power. The food is neither rolled over as is should be so that the whole of it in turn may be presented to the digestive fluid, nor is it daly moved on towards the outlet into thin bowels, da
rownit t
ferments and gives of irritating
acid and gases, hence the patient com
plains of pain, weight, distension, scläley, and astu- Sense in that region. Thenes the poi proceed to every other part of the bady, and headache, vertigo, gent, heumatisms, depressed spirits, and a score more af evils follow; among them, possibly, nervous pros tration, progressive anguis, locomotor staxis, and
31. Hodkinson, I wa
more or loa
I wis
"Frequently, plote
contin sick,
and time went on I became very work ind feeble. I consulted one doctor after another, and took various medisines, but obtained no real de last- ing relief from any of them. This describes my general condition the fortunate day when I rod ebout Mother Seigal's Curatire Syrup. I
Syrup once pressed by the statements others had, male concerning of it, and proceeded to try it. After
I found
100 Faking ons bottle sad soon drellef
from from my old complains. Bites that time (now eight years ago) I have enjoyed good health. Knowing person- ally of its virtuos, I here recommended this comedy to hundreds, and have never heard of its having failed
1839 The first Anglo-Chinese War commenced. 1840-St. Jan d'Acre taken by the Allied fleats. 1852-The Emperor of Japan born, 1879-The Se disk discovery skip Vaga anived
la Hongkong. 1883-Hicks Pasha's army 17,00p ́útong, utterly
destroyed at El Obeid.
lost or San Island near Hongkong.
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MEMORANDA.
TO-MORROW, - 4th November. m. Engikh mail closes. Noon-Thames leaves for crops. 3 p.-Meeting of the Sanitary Board.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE:
French (Erwat Simons) dih fårt, Indian (Arvatoon Afcar) 6th Tazi, American (Dorte) gth fastant, German (Bayern) 18th lostaat,
TI N. P. S. S. Cole teamer Olympia valled from Yokohama for Tacoma as the and lost,
SHIPPING RETURNE
to
gire relief. But for Mother Salgel Strup I should have boos in my grave years ago. (Siquad) William Hodkinson, Hollington, near Uttoxeter, Stafordshire, August 11th, 1903.
M. Hodkinson is well known and highly respected,
Ho fa
is a loca? preacher in the Methodist church, and by employment a quarry master. Had he gone into the grave, as he feared he should, he would have boun missed and lamented by the community in which he has long been useful, and will live fa be useful, an hope, for years to come.
Now let us repeat our leading thought. Short II- messe, even though sharp and dangerous, may zult in good rather than harm. But disense that drags what shall we say of it? The trouble and suffering It indicts is beyond estimate, and its name is indige tion and dyspepsia.
And the name of the madisine that enres It Mr.. Hodkinson has done you the favour to mention with clearness and amphids.-divi,
Entimations.
NOTICE.
R. H. KAMMIL has been Admittad a
M Partner in the Medical Hall;
E. NIEDHARDT. -Hongkong, #14 November, 1897, (195 1685
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION,
INTERPORT MATCH,
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of the first cases in which be distin gofabed hima:if was the Lefroy marder. After [this camn'the Ferlin and dynamite outrages of Dr. Gallagher and his associates, and et Con- nigham and Barton. A celebrate i task imposed apon Mr. Jarvis was to trace the carcer of Nell Cream, the Lambeth poisones in the U. S. and Cauađe. One of the officer's speciallifer to elmiast favestigation was the detection of for gerles, and it is claimed by some of his admirers That an a reguit of his efforts in this direction an act of Parliament may be mentioned. This came directly from the sentence of ten years' imprison ment of Barton for forgeries on the Northwestern Railway Company amounting to over £35,000. The forget was pursued to America, where he
Vanity Fair, te-day, 1171: The Queen was very much geleved at the stillade of the was fallowed over half the continent. The most sensational of Mr. Jarvis' cases was
United States 18 months ago. It is an open the arrest of Mardell Howard for extensive bank
secret ibst Her Majesty, who has made a closa forgeries in France, America, Germany and Bel.
study of the American people, holds almost pessimistic views as regirds the stability and glam. This forger, who was watched for over two years belɑre he could bacaptured with proof
Inture of that republic. The Queen's long con. sufficient to insure his conviction, was taken
versation with the Canadian Premier, Str with a complete forger's factory at Chester Ter
England, would make most interesting reading." Wild Laurier, when that statesman wis
celebrated forger who owes his locarceration tar
At the final meeting to-day of the commlitee the vigilance and ability of the retiring inspector
on the Indian Famine Fund at the Mansion is Drombrowsk, the Russian bond forget, now
Hease the Lord Mayor, Sir Geo. Fandel Philips, completing a ten years' sentence, with whom
announced that the total subscriptions amounted was also captured Laterner, who get three years.
to £149,300, adding that out of every ponad 191. 14 has been remitted to India, demonstrat These were arrested as they were getting off the boat at Dover with forged bonds and notes to the
log that the expense of administering the fund value of thousands of pounds in their possession, service of the rains on all railroads. The tele-Secretary of State for India, said that at last the 1889--The Belilah basque Halili B. Tablays victim through decades of lingering distrist has been most minute. Lord George Hamilton, The Sunderland bank robbery was a striking graph is operating from Clejavila city, Plaar lestance not only of the brains and money now
most serious famine of the century in India was employed in
disappearing longb still a million and a half catifes, alth Wale enterprises but of the diffimedied upon, alleges that the Spanish army in
persons were receiving relief. which a modern detective mus! Cuba is being maintained in an excelent condi contend. Here was no case of a cracksman who on despite the fact that their pay lesix months
MADRID, October 7th. It was semi-oficially announced to-day that got on the spree as soon as they secure theft in arrears. Booty and betray themselves, but of sten with
Capt.-General Weyler will be recalled from Caba cool nerves and monny enough to take them 16
this month probably. The Cortes will be dis. the ends of the earth, if need be, to elude
solved in December and a new Parliament con- capture. That Mr. Jarvis was able to art these criminain is a high tribute to his skill, That he should hold the criminal after capturing him is proof that his long experience in handling such criminals had not made him foolhardy. He kept a good hold on Armstrong and promptly secured him in a cell, while the other prisoner easily slipped away and is still at large. To the average reader it will be a surprise to learn that disguises form coʻpirt of the modern detective's
CHICAGO, October 6th. oulâ, There are two ways by which the
Chicago is destined to have cheap beer for a perpetrator of a crime becomes known to the time and a beer fight throws late the bargain, police that is supposing, of course, that his pals A war of extermination is threatened by the beer do not peach. One of these it by an examins. trust on the rebelitous brewers who remain out. tion of the scese of the felony; the other is by side the breastworks. It is reported anofficially informaiton received at Scotland Yard, which is,
that an immediate cut ta pilee from $500 $4 In reality, little more than a bareas of Informes to be made and the price will be scaled dow tion. It fu next to impossible for a burglar or to $a if need be before the fight is finished. a forger to do a plece of work without fearing some trice or claw sufficient forma officer of Mr. Jarvis' experience. If there is absolutely nothing the officers must rely on sudden absences or un- usual displays of prosperity in criminal quartera. If neither of these mokas succeed, we must rely on information which in almost certain to come come in from one place or another, giving some indi. cailonofthe work. Sometimes the cane can never en any further because the detective falls to find, not the man he wants, but proof of his galit. Aeld that A&c amount of zold on the tributariesent learning of General Sanchez Mira'h provoca good instance of this kird occurred in a celebra of the Yukon was not exaggerated, ted murder ce pot on, ailes had to wait RYO, In this, as lo
NEW YORK, October 6th, several of Mr. Jaris' cases,
A cablegram from London the morning no expediency. Thousands of people bart seen announces ibat the Norik German Lloyd steamer Mr. Jarris at work without ever suspecting it, Katser Wilhelm der Grosss was sighted passing When in search of a murderer or a forger he did Scilly Islands Heat at 10.45 this forenoon. The
A derpstch to the Herold from Paris say: not slink about back door, get behind posts, or
Kalier Whitham der Grosse satted from New
The Indian Government, in reply to further folant some ta gus indulge in any other of the highly-wrought York for Plymouth and Bremen on September pressing invitation by the English cableet to Gov. Robla shĺp senusiional, antics of the shocker. He did not 10th, clearing the bar at 6.02 s,m., and the consider Senator Wolcott's proposal, answered
Agæregaling 10,164 ions register. The next evening Detective. Stals was rasi -–-oven taka of his ay-glasses or exchange his silk lightship 20 minutes later. Allowing four hours that it cannot re-open the question s! Indian for and commenced at lavestigation. It was hat for a bowler, Yet for two years he kapt for the ran from Scilly to Plymouth, she is due currency and will not be a party to the re-open- HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA Dock Returns, die vered that no en Phad been near the tents -Mendell Howard under ble eyes as completely there about 2.35 o'clock this afternoon. This ing of the mints for the free coinage of silver. || Trane (8,L.G.M.S.) putside of the fœmediało party of mizes except | as if he had been lollowing three feet bahind
hind will make the time of her passage about 5 days
Is wall-informed English circles, y the Hallax angedac this Russian Firs picker, Banking one of the him every day. Howard's steps were dogged 15 bours and 13 minutes. This is better by 18 correspondent, it is not believed that Lord Sally miners with him, Sauls climbed up to the with certainty and science far exceed bure and I winutes than the time of the Hambay's Government will dare to override on Russian's hole on the hillside. The man was ing the ideas of even the ingenuess writers of barg iiner Furst Bismarch, which has had the this question, the decision of the Indian Gov se home. He gruffly demanded what they Action. Instead of a man following Howard, Plymouth rece rd of 6 days 9 hours and 24 minutes ernment. Senator Wolcott's mission must thus wanted and in his broken English ordered them who would have been certain to suspect him since August, 1896, and the rate beste the be considered abestive down the bill. Sault told him he had been after a little time, kis pursuit was taken up first Southampton record halt by the American liner
The World says: When the North German stealing, and had better confess and give up the by one and then another, and every public place St. Louis of 6 days zo kours and 14 minutes be boarded by detectives who will search the Lloyd mexmer Barbarossa antives bere she will money or he would kang surm. The young as vislied, and many private ones, held spier, mado last month, by about 13 hours, for had she foreigner denied it at first, but 'under a severe who watched bis every act and word. In this been going to Southampton she would have been ship for Carl Faber, who is said to be a cabin cross-examination said he had taken the money care the man's associations damned him, since due there about 8.30 o'clock this evening. passenger. Faber had bean for many years from Davis' tani. He said that he had gone bo it is impossible for any man to follow a carcer
employed as carbler for the firm of Hermann to look for some clothes, as his were worn out of crime without forming connections that mast
Oziricha & Co., agents for the North German He discovered the money and took it. He had sooner or later betray him to an astute defective.
Lloyd seamship company. Faber had charge Nov. but $1,280 left. This he gave back to Davis. Some of Mr. Jarvis belliant captores arose out
of the financial division of the important depart- What he did with the balance or where he had of cases that brought him anything but fame.
ment of the firm. Four weeks ago Faber asked hid the rest of the money be would not say. Here is an instance: One night four years ago
for a vacation. He left for America soon after Ssals took his man down the hill, turned him Mr. Jarvis saw coming out of an east and public
that and at the time there was ne suspicion of over to Davis and his companions, then want house
man whose face impressed tim-he
the man's honesty. But an examinquion of the back up the bill. In the moraleg Bauls asked Weald not tell why. Walling until the fellow bad
books showed shortage of at least $10,000, Davis where the Russian was. The man who
an opportuulty of getting » Hile further away
14 was hinted that the amount maight reach as Bad been robbed replied a
the officer slopped around the comer in another
high as $10,000, direction, and, by doubling through a passage, got where he could keep the suspected person within easy sight. Twisting through back streets, the parsalt wound up at a tule all store, where the detective kaw at a window the face of a man whom he remembered in his apprenticeship.
The story as told by Sanis la substantially as follows, and is given the pubile with the distinct enderstanding in advance that Sogels fathesale source of information for the particulars herela embodied. The name of the man wha | was lynched in enknown bat be wars Rorsian Finn, and he was executed on the allormoon of Friday, September 3rd, He was undoubtedly thief, for he confessed that he want to Skagway to steal. Ha did not die willingly. He begged and swore la bis foreign langue alteronlely. It had no effect, however. The penalty for theft had been announced. The scene of the hanging was near the foot of the Summit, sboni Afizen miles from salt water. The freebing was con dacted very
quietly and none but those immedi- ately concerned knew of it.
The Russian Finn struck the trail about two weeks before the lynching. He sailed from Seatile on one of the numerous boats. He took "no osfit and was poorly clad, He started to work packing mirers' outfi sand seemed to be a hard. worklog fellow. He was young, not more than -twenty-eight. He was very strong and could pack enormous loads. The strange part of his behavior was the fact that he lived away from everybody else to a tile hole back from the trail among the racks and busher. A plice of -toat cloth served as protection #galost the westher and he cookid what food he could steal from the miners över a small campfire, a could talk but very little Engilsh and made no friends among the packess. He always seemed to be afraid of something and kepi away as much as possible.
Oze maraing one of the pack team managers woke up, after spending a night is a tent ness the Summit, to find his savings, amounting to nearly $2,000, had been stolen during the sight. The next day several other people lost maney, A day passed without developments and without any further robberlis. On rentals from work the afternoon of September and W. H. Davis found that someone ad been in his test and taken his money bag, which contained $1,400. The bag had been concealed under soma blankets. This was too much for even the salmers to stand. They decided to do no more work unill the thief was found, just kanskje
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TACOMA, W., October 6th. Henry Bratnober, the celebrated mining expert for Rothschilds, of London, has reached Tacoma direct from Dawson city, Klondyke. He came over the Dalton trail, and made azatly the whole trip alone. When within 100 mifes al the Lyon canal be found the mall carrier lost and they came the balance of the way together. Mr. Britnober left to-day for San Francisco. He refused to talk eboat his own business, but
New York, October 7th, A special cable from Madrid to the Journal kys; During the debate in sunate, three months ago, General Ascarrage gave offense to General Sanchez Mira, who announced his intention of demanding satisfaction as soon at General Ascatraz ceased to be Minister of War. Yester day General Sanches sent a very offensive letter to the ex-Premier Azcarraga saying that the time had arrived for him to pay his dabt of honour. After a long conference the four seconds who were appointed, signed a statement declaring that it ought not to take pirce. The Govern- tfos, resolved to prosecute him. General Babas, Capiata-General of Madrid, sent yesterday one of his aide-de-camps to General Sanchez ordering him to consider himself under arrest in his own house
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There will be PRACTICE TO-MORROW, (THURSDAY), and SATURDAY AFTER. NOONS. Commencing at 2 o'clock.
A. CHAPMAN,
Acting Hon. Sec.
Hongkong, and November, 1897.
STOLEN OR KIDNAPPED,
WATER SPANIEL, DOG, kom 71,
A Wyndham Street, on the 1st Instant at
P.M.
Colour, LIVER and WHITE, answers to the „Name of ́“ DICK."
License on Collar, number 44-
Finder will be suitably rewarded on delivery
to No. 71 Wydham Street.
Hongkong, and November, 1897.
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PASSED THE CANAL,
The stockholders of the Northern Pacific Railroad bad their annual meeting here yesterday. The first report under the reorgan! sation hay teen issued. It covers the ton months ending June 30, 1897 The Income scco account for this period shows as follows: Grass, $14.941;9131 operating expenser, $9 155,878 net, $5,785,985; taxes $428 980; net income from operating, $5.316,964 other facese $255,340; not revenue, $5,110,248; balance, $502,0571 written off, #13,328 ; surplus, $489,828, We took him to the brow of that blaff; pat
The length of the main line operated is one of his pack repes around his neck; then all
miles. The land owned by the Northern Paci Eve of us caught hold of the rope and pulled his
e amounts to nearly 34,000,000 acres, of which op til he was dead. He refused to pray before
almost all is west of the Missoun river. The going to meet his Makei: Al first he swore at us,
land sales in the ten months amenated then he began to beg and promised all sorts of
$418,024, and the outstanding land contracts things if we would only eat airs down. It took. He walked up and down as near the house as on June 30th were $1,205,584. The report hlin & long time-to die,^Xl'you want:le see kirke damage the countenance. At last he way to current assets and lablilites is as follows: wnder treatement 10-day is in the neighboarkood | October-Commonwealth. Bih October--B-
searching MOST for a clear states that the company's position with regard body. It la over there on the "edge of the blut recollection" between
| two big rocks?
it with the
photograph of a Carrant Rusete, $7.437,01% curzant liabilities Sauls went over and looked at the body: A celniaal once black mark around the Husdam's beck told the was all die ihlaner, the
then, the mustaches were story of justice satisfied the Husky to desintiler, and there was a less nervous expression Considerable speculation is being Indulged in for crime on Skagway liall Was sum's died. «In] on lipp After the man who had first excited his kern as to whether the Government will receive his pocket Saals lound two leiters from Russia, Tuspicions came out the officer quietly followed any fairly favorable Sffer for the Atlantic mall One was from the man's mothara Lenting Yard, gut out the record of the man ke. tion to accept any offer, and shotîd the price!
They were him to his lodging.. left with the body.
Then he went back to service. The departrscat are not under obliga. Detective Sould says thin le, the only lynching and recognised and from it learned by the cone asked he in excess of that now being paid, and that has taken place on the trai, the other.. nections suggy fed that the man he had followed the vessels of inferior class, il la notat all unlikely reported were merely fikakorintelouis. And probablzbten committing one of the jawalty that the Government will utilise the New York grounds for the story and onlyabout & CEO DATE ARISE, Shklos ked been piming the police rate for letters, and send the parcels from 51,
been kange for mental. In the morning young officer was John by the "Beaver" and "Fornass The
Jost defailed to keep track of the scapeet during the All wamenip fines running services from at Tag: play, and the waft might the convict was followed John of Halfax to England rawy be compelled when both he and the under SHEN COUSERS DE ourry maild wklow moden
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SEAZARKOVA able to Bartsyntenced in 20 years. The face | $4.483.985.
OTTAWA, October 6th.
NEW ORLEAN, La., Oct. 7th. Even early yesterday afternoon the day had proved a record breaker in the yellow fever die-
ict, both as to the number of cases and the IN number of deaths that have bean reported. An increase of caves is not unexpected. The wen- ther has been warm and the large territory the Board of Health has tocaver makes perfect seru. Lay impossible. While the number of CARON of age, there are many cases which have not been detected, and soms in which patients have bern declared wall, Leap rezimint than naval is imposed on inmates of such premises and the result has been that the number of foel has been lacreased
DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 7ib. Fire large bulidings and two smaller ones and their contents were destroyed this morning by a are which swept through this block situated in the castra of the business portion of Detroit and bodified by Campus Marties, Woodward, Gra
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HOMKWARD--24th September - Fava," Sale ata. 5th October-Diomed, Tastatur. 8th October-Prism Halurich; Lemier......... 12th Octavi Gleeson 15th. Dolabormi Kiata, Bajkas tiet and Monroe Avesmen.” The total, long lazim on Otober PrewMINNETON MA esisted at from $600,000 to $20.00 The Odeber Shehata kuore: Etiske blage started af inbons prateek and the age of F She Betonit. Opera House)
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THE GREAT AUSTRIAN TONIC
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Over 300 Medical Certificates notifying its FIERI ŠTRENÖTH-GIVING PROPERTIES and at the same time being of an
EXQUISITE TASTE:
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| Sole Agents for Hongkong -
A. S. WATSON & Co. Hongkong, 1st September, 1896.
F. CAZANOVE,
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OF THE DEVEEKND TATHER
A. KERMANN.
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