BY THE MAILA
The following are culled from home ex. changes from dates aist to 23rd Sept :
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1899.
the earth. I simply send electricity through the earth from ono apparatus to another in sympathy with it. No high pores or balloons, or anything of the kind, are required for my system.
My nppiiratus is small and portable. Of course I cannot, for obvious reasons, just at present tell you about its construction and methot of use.
we condemn to death a State' tu save the cause of British Imperialism by their sivage. determination to avange Mijtbn.".
DISPROPORTIONATE STRIFE
The mere statement of the disproportion between the antagonista in the threatened war
should suffice to cover our Bobadils with shame.
THE LAUNCH.
The workmen were busy from an early hour yesterday morning setting her up by removing the keel blocks and gradually throwing her weight on the launching cradle. Amongest the distingisheil visitors was Lady Hamilton, who had consenter to perform the christening ceremony She was accompanied by Lord There are more adult able-bodied paupers in George Hamilton, Sir Frederick and Lady receipt of poor-law relief in the unions and wygram, the Mayor and Mayoress of l'örts. parishes of England than the whole of the Boerth, the Admiral of the Fleet (Sir Nowell population of the Transvaal. If we exclude Rear Admiral Douglas represented the Ad
Salmon), Admiral-superintendent Aldrich. the advance should be gmnted if the state of it is that the users can hear taps, which,, when women, children, and bed-ridden old men, isalty, and a large number of naval and probable that there are almost as many able military, officers, including several from the bodied men in Lord Rowtou's lodging-houses "Now, from this it would appear that to be in London at this moment as the whole of the Japanese warship Shikishima, now lying at able to use his invention one must be a tele-adult-male Bocis,
Portsmouth, also attended. graph operator, or other person understanding the Morse code,
Mid-Lancashire Engineers.. Lond James of Hereford his given his arbi. tration award in favour of the Mid-Lancashire engineers receiving an advance of rs, për week in wages, to date from 1st July last.
The dispute arose out of a conditional agree. ment between the employers and the men that trade warranted. The employers maintained that the state of trade had not warranted the
dvance.
Plagus at Beyrout.
The Foreign Office notifies that the British Legation at Bucharest reports that Beyrout has been declared, infected with plague, and the Levant coast as far as Egypt suspected. Body tinen, used sacks, fruits, and vegetables arriv ing thence are prohibited. Travellers are only admitted twelve days after departure thence. The sanitary inspection is at Sulina,
Admiral Montojo Sentenced.
MADRID, September 21th. The Supreme Court-martial has sertenced Admiral Montejo, commander of the special squadron which surrendered to the Americans at Cavite, to be placed on the reserve list. In addition the admiral is deprived of his right to promotion. Reuter.
Frozen for two Years. WHALERS' TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE IN
THE ICE NEAR HUDSON BAY. The White Star mail steamship Germanic, which arrived at Queenstown from New York on Wednesday night, brought intelligence that the British steamer Manchester, trading from Liverpont to Montreal, spoke the whaler Era on 6 Sept, flying signals of distress,"
A boat's crew was sent to the whaler, and found that she had for two years and three months been, frozen in the ice near Hudson Bay.
The crew were in went of provisions and other articles, which the steamer supplied. The captain of the whaler was seriously ill.
U.S. Presidency Campaign.
BOSTON, Friday. The Democratic State Convention has elected 30 delegates to next year's National Convention who are pledged to vote for the nomination of Mr. Bryan to the Presidency-Reuter,
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Big Chicago Blaze.
1,500 TERRIFIED HORSES ESCAPE IN A WILD STAMPEDE.
NEW YORK, Friday.
A great fire broke out during the night at Chicago, at the Union Stock Yards. The damage is estimated at 300,000dols. There were 1,500 horses on the premises, who, terrified by the flames, escaped in the wild stampede.
A number of people were injured by the maddened animals-Central News.
Queen Wilhelmina Robbed.
ANTWERP, Thursday. There has been a strange robbery at Queen Wilhelmina's palace at The Hague
A number of gold and silver toilet articles were found to be mysteriously stolen from the young queen's dressing room. The police are still seeking for clues.
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Misers Hoard. TREASURES ACCUMULATED BY MOULDER OF PENTONVILLE.
At the meeting of the Holbom Board of{ Guardians the clerk read a letter from a firm of salictors with regard to the estate of Moulder, the Pentonville miser, who died in the City.rd
Workhouse on 13 Sept.
The deceased's belongings included £438 in gold, 24 £5 notes, one 10 note, a life policy for £400, with bonus, two silver watches, Indy's long gold chain, 15 silver spoons, one pair of sugar tongs, one precious stone, a small bar of gold, three gold-mounted pins, &c. The 145. d. found upon the deceased had been taken for his keep during the two days that he had been under the care of the guardians.. Mr. Barton moved that the solictors be allowed an inspection of the papers in the in-
"I have not had an opportunity of examining Sir William Preece's systems, but I see that in the newspaper account all that is claimed for used as a Morse system, can be wilised in the sending of messages.
THE HUMAN VOICE.
"Of course, I don't know what Sir Will has in his mind for the future, but claim that by my invention not only taps, bm the spoken
words, the sound of the human voice, can be
SUZERAINTY.
Mr. Stead convicts both Mr. Chamberlain they have previously denounced as fatal to the and Sir A. Milner of pursuing a policy which interests of South Africa, and dealing with the interpretation of the word "suzerainty," says: heard, and that at great distances. I have al-fronting each other in ams, ready to drench "Surely never have two States stood cop- ready carried out successful experiments over short distances, with excellent results. Soan I
the battlefield with human blood over a ques: of a schoolmar to appreciate its significance. tinn of such tenuity that it requires the training If peace is to be preserved all that need be done is to make an etymological sacrifice to secure an immense political advantage.
hope to be in a position to give a series of practical demonstrations in the presence of electrical experts,"
Mr. Stiens took his degree of Doctor of Phi- losophy, He is now in permanent residence in London.
Stranger than Fiction.
CLEVER RECOVERY OF STOLES PROPERTY. NEARLY 6,000 WORTH OF THE BUENOS
AYRES BƏSDG DISCOVERED BY
INSPECTOR PENTON.
Thanks to the astureness of Detective-ins pector Penton, of the City Police, Messrs. New- cour, Throgmorton-st., will get back nearly mann, Sigmund, and Company, of Warnford- £6,000 of the £8,xxx with of Buenos Ayres bonds which were stolen from their office curly in the year. This is the, second strike of smart detective business inspector Penton has accuin plished.
First, he arrested Harry Christie, a former clerk in the employ of the firm, and was able to charge him with complicity in the theft. The arrest took place practically within a few hours of the detention of his fellow-employee Somers, who was caught by Inspector Abbott in a dist ant uncivilised corner of Mitish Columbia.
Christie and Somers falias Crick) went out to Canada together, Somers staying there, and his
end returning doing the summer. Christie, "living the life of a gentleman," was arrested at Newcross early last week, Lm when the detective searched his trunk he only found 700 dollars. "I made a lot of money by speculat ing on the Stock Exchange," was the young man's explanation of that.
ON THE TRACK.
But since the police-court proceedings at the Guildhall last Wednesday the wily detective has been very busy, for an idea struck him that as all the bords had been turned into hand cash, some of it might be put away snugly.
For several days he hunted high and low, and then the idea struck him that there might be a happy hunting ground among the clonk- rooms and "left luggage, at the railway ter- mini. So he went the round of the big stations,
Last night." writes a Zrader representative, The police, of course, were mysteriously silent "I learned what success attended his efforts.
the firm who just the bonds more communi on the matter. They knew nothing. Nor was
tive. The modet detective himself was no where to be found, but from inquiries in another
"If we slay nur brother Boer with no better warrant than a desire to wipe out, Majuba or seize the goldfields, we sink to the level of the cit throat and the bucancer, and we shall not long have to wait for the vengeance and the doom. South Africa, which might have been an Australia, will become another Ireland, a millstone ed around our neck, the only dis affected province in the whole of our Colonial Empire.
DREYFUS'S'ADDRESS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN,
PARIS, Thursday.
measured language, that he will not rest von- Alfred Dreyfus announces to-day, in very tented with a pardon,
I will continue to seek reparation for the frightful judicial error of which Iain still the victim. I wish alt France to know by a definite judgment that I am innocent. My heart will not be appeased until there is no longer one Frenchman who can impute to me a crime which another has committeed.
The usual religious service having been con ducted by the Rev. A, Law, dockyard chaplain, Lady Hamilton christened the London by breaking a garland decked bottle of wine over the rain and, wishing the ship success, She then took a mallet and chisel, and severed the cord which released the weights that knocked away the last dog shores, setting free the ship. After a brief application of hydraulic pres sure the ship slid down the greased ways and loud cheers and the strains of "Rale Britiania entered the water in magnificent style, amid and the National Anthem, played by the hand of the Royal Marine Artillery,
The London's two sister ships, the Fenerable and the Butroark will both be launched in a few weeks. The three are not excelled in the British navy or in any fleet. They are only exceeded--and that very slightly in respect of displacement by three ships building for Japan. Russia's biggest ship is of 12,700 tons and 376. in length. Franec's Jera is 12,052 tons and jooft. long, Germany's Kaiser Frebdrich [[I, and her two consorts, 11,185 tons and 357ft 4in long, while the U. S. latest ships are 588ft long and of 12,500 tons.
"The Moonlight Blossom."
THE JAPANESE PLAY AT THE PRINCE OF WALES'S
It soine magic wand were to touch this strange play by Mr. C. B. Fernald the very in teresting author of "The Cat and the Cherubs" and were to be able suddenly to isolate its component parts I belle e the elements would divide themselves thus: 1. Toy-symphony unearthly sackhuts and fairy psalteries and What Dreyfus can do is to seek for a new primitive dulcimers, and clashing of elaborat fact which does not come within the category ed castanets. 2 Japan Exhibition, Special of the chose jugée (the bordereau is now feature. Temple courtyard on view. In the eliminated from this category) which will induce
course of the evening the Japanese methods a Minister of Justice to bring the case ance more before the Court of Cassation.
of tighting upon stilts. of lassooing mis- The Court of Cassation may
demeanants, of drawing water, and of taking afternoon tea, with other native customs, will nes judgment entirely if
it this the Ren-
proper, and be demonstrated at intervals, Admission free then Dreyfus nay claim compensation and for all visitors to the exhibition, 3. Melodrama reintegration in his former rank in the army. of more or less conventional type on "missing But it must be cbvious to him, as it is to will" theme. When these large ingrediens averybody else, that after Rennes the anny have been set on one side residunn would, it is not conceivable for a moment that he might shape itself into this pretty story. Aru would no longer tolerate him in its midst, and think, be found, and on close inspection it would wish to esume his military duties. If no, a Inpinese nobleman, had been persuaded resign his commission. his innocence he proclaimed he would have toby gaile into making over to his brother Sakata
all future possession of their father's lands Arumo's birthright. But Arumo was to be allowed to keep them until three more harvests had been reaped. Now, Nanoya, daughter of the high priest, loved Arumo. And as she was standing outside her father's temple she talked with a blind soothsayer, who told her that "the .moonlight blossom "the blood-red flower that grew upon the temple porch-bloomed but once in thirty years, and when it did the oil of its seeds was priceless. And this she told to Arumo; and she gave him a root of the flower that he might plant it upon the lands that he was so wrongfully to lose. So there was no harvest that came then brought to Arumo un- told wealth. And Arumo and Nanoya lived there, rich in love and secure in happiness, to their lives' end.
The unimpassioned tone of Dreyfus's pro- clamation indicates plainly enough that he does not mean to be the catspaw of injudicious friends any longer, and will manage his case
in his own way.
Where Dreyfus is. HE HAS FOUND A RETREAT WITH RELA
TIVES NEAR MARSEILLES. CARPENTRAS (VAUCLUSE), Thursday, Capt. Alfred Dreyfus arrived here a half past and his nephew, M. Paul Valabregue.
porarjes allowed "whole" columits of their advertising space to be occupied by the phimse "How to invest" repented scores of tinies for the purpose of drawing attention to a pamphlet issued by Coleman," in which the public were invited to gimble on the Cover Systen, or, by means of blindpools. Attached to the advertise.. ment were extracts from what purported to be am editorial article that had appeared in the Whitehall Review, the editor of which com mitted himself to this item at which
We may mention that Mr. H. Colemin, the, secretary of the corporation, is well known in Gnancial circles, and his advice concerning invesments is widely sought and much appreciated even by experts.
has
Up to within the last fortnight "C»lema"
regularly attracted money from unso phistiqued persons by means of the following advertisement, which we quote from the Paily. Telegraph aloth September, 1899.
How to invest is the title of a little work which should be read by all who, buying spre capital at their command, wish to invest it to. the greatest advantage. "Sent gratis and post- free by the British Investment Corporation, 42, Finsbury square, London, EC.
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We growing thed of reminding certain of they incur lay prostituting their culums by our contemporaries of the responsibility which the acceptance of the advertisements notorious swindlers. In the case of "Coleman," it is impossible for any advertisement manager, no matter how guileless, not to have known that the man was a thief endeavoring to tede upon the greed and ignorance of the unsophis ticated.
In the atorning Leader of June, 1899, in the course of an article in which Coleman" was denounced in the most unequivocal way,
we wrote as follows:
Shippling. STEAMERS. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; LIMITED.
FOR MANILA. "HE Company's Steamship
ΤΗ
"CHOYSANG,"
Captain Bowker, will be despatched as above TO-MORROW, the 14th instant, at 4 P.M.
This Steamer has Accommodation for First class Passengers.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers,
Hongkong, 18th October, 1899.
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1-348
· INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND THE Company's Steamship
CALCUTTA
"SUISANG," Captain Tach, will be despatched as above. on WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant, at Noon.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Caj
General Managers.
(13zTa
Hongkong, 19th October, 1899
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
T.LIMITED.
FOR YOKOHAMA AND KOBE THE Company's Steanship
"CHANGSHA
Captain Moore, will be despatched as above
WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant,
**
The attention of Passengers is directed to the Superior Accommodation offered by this Steamer. The First-class Saloon is situated forward of the Engines,
A duly qualified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel is fitted throughout with Electric Light,
For Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents. Hongkong, 19th October, 1899.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
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keverting for a moment to the British Invest- ment Corporation and is How to Invest," we find that particulars are given of some dozen blind pools which are alleged to have retained protits since Nov., 1898, at the average rate of about £779. ful. percent, per fortnight, it being added that na bemonthly statement since the commencement has ever shown a loss. An- business man who examines these obviously fictitious accounts will detect at once the make alleged to have made 9 profit in one day on of the trickster. The first May syndicate is an option in Canadian Pacifics... dollars having been been given for the the pot and call at 984. The second May Syndicate is alleged to have made a profit of £7 in Onee day's out of the payment of a. per cent. for the
FOR PORT DARWIN, QUEENSLAND put and call of £5,000 Welshach IncandescentPORTS, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, Preference at 94. Both transactions are pat.HE pably invented for show purposes, as it would THE Company's Sternship have been quite impossible to carry them out at the alleged prices anywhere except on paper. We need not waste time or space is further serious criticism of Mr. Coleman's precious, pamphlet. We only trust that none of our readers will be so misguided as to send him their spare cash.
the Star of 22 June, 1899, and referred directly Further strong comments which appeared in
quotation is taken, soused "Coleman, to in to the Leader article, from which the above stitute legal proceedings for libel against the proprietors of the two papers, "Coleman" brought the action in his own name as pro- prietor of the British Investment Corporation, and in his statement of claim, wherein he assessed the damage done to his reputation at soo, he assented that our article meant that he either alone or in conjunction with other persons, had put forward dishonest accounts and statements to delude the public, and to induce them to deal with him and the said British Investment Corporation, and had beer and was trying to cheat and swindle,
quarter, I learned that before the inspector had eight this morning, accompanied by his brother Harvest on these lands for 30 years, but the and had cheated and swindled the public,
gone very far he ran against some unclaimed luggage booked under a name that in itself was a sufficient excuse for examining the contents. This was at Vauxhall..
"Neatly stowed away among spick-and-pan summer suits and irreproachable linen were handfuls of sovereigns. That was the first find. Searches similarly conducted at Water loo, St. Pancras, and oiler termini resulted, strangely enough, in other discoveries of fur- ther caches of golden sovereigns. It was quite exciting work."
GOLD MINES AT THE STATIONS. From station to station went the energetic inspector, with his faithful myrmidons in the rear. How many separate finds' these officers struck 1 cannot ascertain. Some, I understand, were made in the provinces, but the majority came off in and around London. And what was discovered was all, or nearly all,
terests of the brother and sister of the deceased, neves who were smart enough to filch
who claimed the property. No will has as yet been found. The chairman said that none of the property would be parted with until legal title had been shown.
NAME.
Joseph Shaw...
Sandal Magria, £165,772
bundles of valuable bonds from under the very noses of their guardians would take care that as soon as the paper was converted into cash that cash should be untraceable. Notes and numbers and dates are unsafe. So everything possible was turned into gold so that it could tell not tales.
Captain Dreyfus went at once to the country house known as "La Quintine," belonging to his brother-in-law, who has been established as a cloth merchant in the town for 25 years. He will consequently be among his friends and relatives.
His wife is expected to arrive here from Paris late to-night.
Captain Dreyfus's state of health does not, it visitors, but his family expect that the favour appears, at present permit of his receiving
able climate of this district, in which he intends to spend some months, will go far to restore his strength. The news of his arrival here soon became known, but did not give rise to any demonstrations.-Reuter.
Carpentras is to the north and slightly to the
west of Marseilles,
The launch of the "London."
OUR LATEST FIRST-CLASS BATTLESHIP.
AND WAS LAID DOWN AT PORTSMOUTH
NINE MONTHS AGO.
The new first-class battleship London was. faunched from Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday "Inspector Penton's find ran into the very
under most favourable conditions. The crowd substantial sum of about 40,000. It was
ofspectators was larger than any seen at similar a very smart bit of work, and something which
events in Portsmouth for a long time past, and will be heartily appreciated by Messrs.erything passed. off without the slightest Neumann, whose loss will thus be cut down from £8,000 to £2,000."
Recent Wills. The following are amongst the wills recently proved :
NET. ADDRESS, PERSONALTY. The Woodlands,
Wakefield... Ledstone Hall,
Normanton ....)
Appeal to Englishmen. The Grange,
#SHALL I SLAY MY BROTHER BOER?" Down-field-rtl., 31758 POWERFUL PAMPHLET ON THE TRANSVAAL. Clifton ?
CRISIS BY MR. W. T. STEAD, WHO CALLS King's-rd.,
23,681
FOR PEACE METHODS. Clapham-park} Royal-cres-) cent, Bath......3
Charles Wheler Wheler, J. P. and D. L.
John White
-John Smith (6,
Ragg
Rev.
Richard
Atkinson
Grimshaw
Sir Henry Ed
5.
ward Leigh Canons Asbby,} Dryden, 4th By-fleet, Nor
Bart.........?
Richmer Ge-1
thants
orge Dixon Croydon .........
George Wheeler? 73, Crescent-rd.,į
Rowe...) Ramsgate...
The Venerable
James Jame Greenbank, co? son, Archdes
con of Leigh-
list
Carlow)
Henry Mauds Westminster Pa-?
lace
65,580
This little story of a maid's wit (far-fetched though it be) is, to my mind,, admirably romantic, and helped out by all the local colour and the quick and passionate Oriental spirit with which Mr. Fernald's creations are always little piece in one act. Now Mr. Feraald makes instinct, would ideally furnish forth a poetic it into what turns out to be the finishing motive of a three-act drama-or "romance, rather (I beg Mr. Fernald's pardon-by prefixing to it two acts and a half of regular orthodox melo- drama-shrouded, perhaps, in Japanese costume, but inelodrama none the less-with ita situations heaped up by means of the villainy of Sakata, the bad brother, of whom have spoken. This brother haunts the play, disguised as a jinrikshanian, working all the ill he can to Arumo, whom he had already brought SHE IS OF THE IMPROVED FORMIDABLE TYPE, what not, of which he and a lady accomplice of nto disgrace through crimes, sacrileges and his were really guilty. By some undoubtedly ciever manipulation Mr. Fernald manages to make the lovely Nanoya Sakata's unwitting instrument in inducing Arumo to make over his birthright. But in all these matters Mr. Fernald is treading ground that has been trod den in "rightful heir dramas terribly often. before, though, indeed, he spreads over it a carpet of the mystical manners and simple folk: tore of the East. Had he continued with the melodrama to the end, the play would have been one of that always acceptable typean akt friend with a new and strangely garnished face. As it is, one leaves the theatre with a sense that is not quite that of satisfaction. The melodrama is foreshortened for the sake of that final idea which I started with, and that final idea is not big enough for a whole evening, Ir a pamphlet entitled "Shall Slay Mybuilding, at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Devon-way, and one is left with just the dim remem She is one of a class of which there are three
So these two things cancel themselves in a Brother Boer?" which will be published in the course of a few days by the Transvaal Commidables." When completed she will represent folk, and vocal with weird works. In the mat- port. They are described as "improved For brance of a weird scene, peopled with weird mittee, Mr. W. T. Stead makes a personal and powerful appeal to the conscience of his follow
a capital expenditure of over one million 4.361 countrymen in the prescat crisis.
ler of weirdness na fault can certainly be found pounds sterling, this including the cost of arma- with Mr. Fernald. He is unflinchingly coura- Her principal dimensions are: length be methods of thought and to get used to the veen perpendiculars, 400 feet; length over all, of thought and language in the play: tons; mean draught, 26ft. gin. She will be pro- they do not mean, and look where they do not expansion engines of 7,500 horse-power, thening for all it is worth, But that subtle plea- sure does not last for ever, any more than the steam being supplied by 20 independent water tube boilders of Belleville type..
sheer grotesquerie of metaphors that seem to us uncouth. These externals of the play show themselves, too, particularly shallow when we The machinery is supplied by the Earle's know the actors so well as we do Mr. Forbes- be goo tons, though provision is made for the pig-tail, and Mrs, Patrick-Campbell had the Hull. The coal carried at mean draught will fact that Mr. Forbes Robertson was in a tied-up Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd. Robertson and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. The
storage of 2,100 tons. Her armour resembles usual sort of cushion on her back that the that of the Formidable except for one import. Geisha has accustomed us to, did not alter their ant modification. The armour of the London is method of expressing emotion, though I must continued right forward to meet the special say Mrs. Patrick Campbell looks particularly
in, thick and 15ft. deep. plating on the bow, and is treated by the imprcity as a Jewel of Asin. Mr. Welch supplied. proved Harvey process. The side armour is comedy very broadly, but with great effect at a finrikshaman tumed nobleman by accident. But Mr. Fernald's humour is not up la his sent!- ment,
S. R.. L.
13.76z
War, he says, is either the most imperious and sacred of all cuties or It is the greatest of 3,885 all crimes, the sum of all the villainies. Let
The keel of the London was laid down on 8th Dec. last. Since then 5,000 tons of material have been built into the ship, and this repre sented her weight at the time. of launching. She is built from the designs of Sir William White, director of naval construction, and under the local supervision of Mr. Yates, chief con- structor, and of Mr. Ollis, constructor.
ment.
We could not have summed up our indict. ment more concisely ourselves, That is ex- actly what we did' mean when we attacked "Coleman" in our columns, and.itis what we should have proved up to the hilt had the ac tion gone to trial. man's victims, he has now saved us the trouble Unfortunately for "Cole, of bringing evidence against him in open court by being numbered with the missing. With paunds entrusted to him for investment. hint have disappeared many thousands of
Successive
"Coleman's" final coup was made during the first fortnight of the current month. For some weeks previously money had been rolling in from all parts of the country, attracted by the regularity with which he paid his paltry fortnightly dividends." His method was pre- cisely identical with that of " Perfection "Miller or Douglas, Hungerford, and Williams. When he received 100 he speedily sent to the "in vestor" a fortnightly dividend" of a few shi- lings. This appeared to work out at a large percentage per annum, and generally produced fresh capital. The funds in Coleman's" possession thus grew like a snowball in rolling. About three weeks ago he planned his final venture, sending out circulars to some 3,000 possible dupes, inviting them to join in a blind pool to buy Anaconda Copper Mine shares. Each letter contained a printed tele- gram form to be filled up and returned to "Coleinan," intimating the amount of money that was following by post. All through Mon- day, 11 Sept, and the succeeding days telegrams poured in to 42, Finsbury-square posts brought cheques and banknotes galore. Hundreds if not thousands of pounds came by each delivery. "Coleman" cashed all the cheques, and an Saturday morning fast, having given the typewriting young lady and the office Boy a fortnight's holiday, made his final bow to Finsbury-square. It is generally believed that he has gone to see the International Yacht Race. As far as we can trace, his only accom plice was a young man passing by the name of Bent, whom he called his "Confidential Clerk," and who has joined in his fight. The actual amount of his plunder will possibly never be discovered, but some weeks before the Ana- conda coup he had over £6,000 to his credit at
to the consideration of the Public Prosecutor. This is not the first, nor the second time that this particular form of swindle has been carried successfully on a big scale in the heart of the City. The Fields got away with £70,000. Douglas, Hungerford, and Williams are belie ved to have scooped in over £100,000, and now
of all that is wonderful is he paid to do? faced robbery of this kind, what in the name "Coleman has repeated the coup. If the Public Prosecutor is not to take notice of bare:
"TSINAN," Captain Anderson, will be despatched on SATURDAY, the 28th instant, at Noon.
The attention of Passengers is directed to Steamer. The First-class Saloon is situated the Superine Accommodation offered by this
Provisions during the entire voyage. Chamber forward of the Engines. A Refrigerating the Supply of Fresh
ensures
A duly qualified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel is itted throughout with Electric Light
N.B.-Return Tickets issued by this Come. pany to and from AUSTRALIA are available for return by the Steamers of the EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN S.S. Co, and vice verså. For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents, Hongkong, 19th October, 1899. (13202
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA.
THE Company's Steamship
"TSINAN," Captain Anderson, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 28th instant.
The attention of Passengers is directed to Steamer. First Class Saloon is situated for the Superior Accommodation offered by this ward of the Engines.
A duly qualified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel is htted throughout with Electric Light.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, 19th October, 1899. [13193
THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA. TION COMPANY, LIMITED, FOR MARSEILLES AND LONDON (Taking Cargo at through Rates for LIVERPOOL
VIA STRAITS,
GLASGOW, CONTINENTAL PORTS, RIVER PLATE, &C.).
THE Company's Steamship
"OANFA,"
J. A. Davies, Commander, will be despatched as above on MONDAY, the 30th instant.
For Freight, &c., apply to
HOLLIDAY, WISE & CO., Agents. Hongkong, 11th October, 1899.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. FOR LONDON VĨA SUEZ CANAL. THE Company's Steamship "ORESTES," Captain Pulford, will be despatched" TUESDAY, the 31st October.
For Freight, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, 15th September, 1899. [1221a
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY,... FOR LONDON VIA SUEZ CANAL/ THE Company's Steamship
"HECTOR,"
us make sure that by carrying fire and sword i 430 feet; breadth, 75 feet; displacement, 15,000 Through the whole of it his characters say what his bankers. We commend his case specially Captain Barr, will be despatched as above. 3,037 through the Transvaal our action would not pelled by twin screws each driven by triple 80. Mr. Fernald works the fascination of cun-
2,873
606
lay) The gross value of the estate of the late Mr. Charles Wheler Wheler has been assessed at £174,327 51. 2dajte ga
Wireless Telephony.. HUMAN VOICES HEARD THROUGH THE EARTH, A RUSSIAN SCIENTIST'S EXPERIMENTS TO BE SHORTLY TREATED BY ELECTRICAL EXPERTS, Sir William Preece's wireless telephone ex periments, by which it is announced it has been possible to hear distinctly a series of taps. used on the Morse principle, has caused great interest in the electrial world, and has been made the subject of a statement by Dr. Peter Stiens, who has been hard at work for years on a system of wireless telephony,
THROUGH-THE-DARTHI"
M
In an interview with a representative of the Central News Dr. Stiens said, not
I have read some account of Sir William Preece's wireless telephone experiments, but may say that I am not working on anything like the same principle.. I am not working on Herrian wares at all: My principle is that of using only one means of conduction--famely,
come under the latter category.
A STRAIGHT QUESTION,
"To all those of my fellow-countrymen who áré declaring that there is nothing far it but to ery "Havoc and let slip the dogs of war, I venture to address a simple question. involves you in the responsibility of taking "Have you before giving judgment which your brother's life devoted five minutes serious thought as to whether your motives are free from prejudice and self-interest?
"Let it be admitted that the Boers are an
tft insufforable lot of canting ruffians, who are Majuba and worsted us at Doornkop; is that never weary of boasting that they whipped us at good enough to justify the employment of the armed strength of the British Empire to mas- sacre them into modesty ?
A DREYFUS ANALOGY. Dreyfus affair and the Transvaal trouble:
Mr. Stead draws an analogy between the
COAL CAPACITY,
.
The London's main aimament will consist of four 12in. breechloading wire guns of new and improved type, mounted in pairs fore and aft, and protected by thick armour shields. She will also carry 12 6in, quick-firing guns of new type, 16 12-pounder quick-firers, besides smaller popular race, Like the Transvaal, he was tried
Dreyfus, like the Boer, belongs to an un- weapons for boat and field service, and six 3- pounders in, the two fighting tops and eight by a tribunal strongly prejudiced against him, Maxims. Four submerged torpedo tubes will and his conviction was obtained by the same unblashing appeals to national passion and
be fitted. self interest which are relied upon in our Press for hounding this nation Into war. In Mr. Chamberlain we have the General Mercier of the situation.
THE BRITISH
Bolted!! INVESTMENT CORPORATIONTM
SWINDLE,
a question which has often-been-asked before This noming the occasion arises for asking
What is the use of the Public Prosecutor? A conspicuous feature of the design is the Week after week throughout the summer the formidable am, a solid maus of steel weigh attention of the authorities has been directed to over 35 tons. The London will have an elaborate electrical outfit, and her comple-by the name of Henry Coleman," and carry- the proceedings of a palpable swindler passing ment, if commissioned as a flagship, will being on a bucket-shop glorified with the high "The verdict at Rennes condemned an inno 789 men. She has been built on the slipway sounding title of the British Investment Corpora cent individual to save the honor of the French from which the Queen launched the Royal tion, at 43, Finsbury-square, E. C. In the early army. If we go to war with the Transvaal, | Arthur,
days of June several) of our morning. contem-
Shipping. STEAMER.
HONGKONG, AND MANILA, REGULAR LINE OF STEAMERS,
FOR MANILA,
HE Steamship THE
"LEGAZPI,"
TOMORROW the tlrinstantyal Nood Captain A. Yelbar, will be despatched as above The Attention of Passengers in directed to Steamer The Vessel la fitted throughout with the Superior Accommodation offered by this Electric Light.
For Freight and Passage, apply to
LIZARRAGA HERMANOS,
Agents, No 6, Beacnsfold Arcade, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1899
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on TUESDAY, the 14th November.
For Freight, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, 9th October, 1899.
WEST RIVER SERVICE
THE New River Steamers
"SAMSHUI," & "WUCHOW," will be despatched alternately from Messrs.. DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.'S WHARF, At 5 PM MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS for WUCHOW, calling at Kono. MOON, KAMCHUCK, SAMSHUI, SHIVHING AND TAKHING.
on
Both Vessels have Superior Accommodation for Saloon Passengers.
Fares, including Sleeping Berth and Meals;
HONGKONG to SAMSHUI, Single Fare Return Fare
$10.00. *** 17.50. HONGKONG TO WUCHOW. Single Fare....un Return Fare 35.00 The Attention of Passengers is drawn to the Magnificient Scenery on the West River, to stop at SUI HING to enable Passengers to Arrangements can be made for the Steamers visit the celebrated "MARBLE ROCKSa And "CAVES."
For further Information, apply to
BUTTERFIED & SWIRE,
i-Agents. Hongkong, 16th October, 1809.
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