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TIENTSIN DAY BY DAY.

[From Our Own Corrtifondent)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1902.

ON THE BRINK.

TRUE STORY OF AN ARMOURED TRAIN.

...

"Sergeant, you will be In command of the train. Ishall be on the verandah of the farm

over there. If anything untoward happens turn on the search-light and I will return at once. I shall hear when 23 up' passes the siding."

“Very gond, sir.”.

TIENTSIN, Marth Th A GREAT TRIAL Little else has been talked of its Ticatsin during the last week or teh days bût the great Yang Trn-ping trial, in which the Compradore of the Taku Lug and Lighter Company was prosecuted for inciting Laodubs to steal cargo on the lighters and illegally selling the appoint

The officer in charge of armoured train No. ments to them. I have already mentioned this 27 jumped from the foot board of his saloon casa no proceeding, and pointed out, I think, and dived into the darkness of the veld. He the intense interest with which its issue was was a subaltern whn had been wounded at being watched. The sentence was passed to Mooipinats, And since his convalescence had daily by the special Court of three Judges a commanded No. 27-the "Coffee Cooler" as pointed to try the case, Captain Wolsseiffen the men were pleased to call their rolling (President), Captain Menzies (Criminal Coatt fortress. No. 17 had now been on this section Judge), and Mr. WH Smith (Civil Court of the line for some time, escorting troop and Judge), and much satisfaction is felt in commer-supply tmins. Incidentally the officer in com- cial circles at Yong Tai-ping's conviction and mand had discovered the best farms at which sentence to one year bard labour and Tls. 10,000 to buy eggs, milk, butter. But as he steered. fice to be paid in six monihi in default of his steps towards a neat little homestead nest. which he will receive two years additional

ling against an underfeature of Free State hard, and banished from Tientsic in any case. kopje: some two hundred yards from the siding The trial exposed a system of robbery only where he had anchored his command for the riralled in uniqueness by the immunity enjoy night, he was not quite sure whether eggs and ed by its perpetrators. The fact of the river bacon were the only attractions. He had not robberies has been acknowledged for years, followed the main road to the farm. Previous andYang Tsu-ping has been accused time and acquaintance"with the locality had taught him agala. but no proof has bem forthcoming to that there was a more direct route. A Kaffir support conviction until Major Ducat, Police path led round the confines of a water damo, Magistrate at Chin-liang-ching, after careful to where watching for mhitha, secured one of the receivers. of stofen propens, and, through him, a score of other witnesses who exposed the whole system, under promise of exemption from punishment in order to convict their common foe. It ap- pears that Yang in his position of Comprador and general factotum to the Lighter Company, enjoyed all the power usual to such positions in China in regard to the p

DISMISSAL AND ENGAGEMENT OF MEN. and in due course he turned his influence to good account by selling the position of laddah to the highest bidder. Men mortgaged or sold their houses and mised loans from friends to the extent of $10 to $200 in order to become Jacdabs, and by arrangement with Yang looked to recoup themselves, within, two or three months, by means of stolen goods from the lighters, a share of the proceers in all cases going to Yang. The robbery takes place during the discharging of vessels at Taku, where lighters sometimes have to hang round a bit and after they have been sealed up by the Customs. Officer and dispatched up river to Tientsin. This has been done by means of removing seals or obtaining entrance to the hald through some secret opening, and the goods are passed into simpans which come. alongside under cover of darkness and are received in certain Houses in the Villages along the river bank and subsequently passed on to shops in Tientsin. The evidence adduced only pointed to native cargo being broached and it was impossible to obtain any evidence of foreign merchandise being tampered with, but this was obviously, 16 save the interests of cer tala semi-foreign stores in Tientsin, and ro one supposed for a moment that sugar and flour and rice were the only commodities taken.

straight off, but it has at least, shown up the

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to the plantation which enclosed the farm house. The subaltern knew the path well, and evinced no surprise when he saw the white of a Dutch cappie ihowing against the darker shades of the plantation background. In fact he expect (HOTEL SANITARIUM OF SOUTH CHINA);

ed to see it there, since he knew that the Jooste family must have seen his train come in. The owner of the capple was leaning over the wicket; it was too dark see her face, but light enough to discem the slight and graceful lines of her from

"Good evening, Chris How good———1”.

Ssh-h, you must not speak so loud ¡ please, go back to your train! There was no mistak- ing the earnest appeal in those few words expressed in the mincing tones of the pretty Afrikander tongue.

What is it, Chris?".

"Oh, go-go back. I am an Afrikander girl;" I cannot tell you why-only take this--eat it to-night" As she pressed a parcel into his hand a great finger of white light left the shade of the plantation, quivered a moment and dis- appeared. It was the search light signal. "For a second the features of the girl stood revealed. A round fresh face, a mass of fair, waving hair, and eyes-eyes of thif blue so common.among the Dutch. The subaltern should have learned much in the brief life of that limelight beam- much that it is often good for a man to learn; the great round eyes were filled with tears,

Eat it to-night. The subaltera retraced his steps with this soft injunction ringing-in his ears. In a few minutes he was back with his train

THE FACE WAS DEATHLY PALE.

once."

Asin !!!

>

.:

Currants. But he thought of the fingers which had knended it, and was content.

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SAILING DATES

THURSDAY, 3rd April, at

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MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANT-SATURDAY, 3th April at

WERP, VIA. SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO and PORT SAID... (VICTORIA, B.C. and SEATTLE, U.S.A., VIL SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA ......... NAGASAKI, KOBE and YOKO-

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Daylight SATURDAY, 19th April, at

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Noon.

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For further Information as to Freight, Pasange, Sailings, &c., apply at the Company's Local Branch Office Prince's Building, 1st Floor, Chater Road.

A. S. MIHARA, Afanager.

Hongkong, 29th March, 1902

NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

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NOTICE.

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Captains.

Proposed Sallings.

......... 2,837 J.Truebridge April's Glenegle........ 3,750

E. Warner April 26 Duke of Fife ... 3,821

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The best route to the KLONDYKE GOLD FIELDS. Frequent Sailings from, VICTORIA, Tacoma to DYRA and ST. MICHAEL

Rates ot Passage to other Points on applica- tion.

What is it, sergeant?"

THE SACOND VOLUME of BOX'S EXTN Accordance with Articles Nos. 26 and 27 Orders, sir, Twenty-three up' in detained, 1/16ths from/to 15/16down to 1/8d, is now in the of the Articles of Association of the Com The trial will not put a stop to the robberies and we are to patrol up to Bloemfontein at bookbinders' hands and will be published next paRY, NOTICE is hereby given that the trains daily from TACO'JA

week. These Tables, which run in columns of following shares will be liable to be FOR system beyond dispute and it has led to the “All right, tell the driver and call the pickets 100. from £999 down to £1. and from 19/11 FEITED, unless the Call due on the 6th day Identification of a number of receivers who will

down to in or from Su99 down to i cent, enable of August, 1900, be paid, together with IN the user to arrive at the value in Dollars of TEREST at ro per Cent per Annum, at the be under observation, and probably have to answer on their own account sooner or later he subaltern climbed into his saloon and any sum in Sterling under £1,000 by simply Office of the Company, Nu. 13. Beaconsfield examined his parcel. It only contained a little adding the equivalent of the Shillings and Arcade, on or before the 3TH DAY OF APRIL, What steps will be taken by the Taku ke-3 crude dough-nut sprinkled with Pence to that of the Pounds; or to get the value 1902.

The following are the distinguishing Num- in Sterling of any Sum of Dollars and Cenis under $1,000 by adding the equivalent of the bers of the Ordinary Shares

49810/49829 Cents to that of the Dollars. By these simple 13707/13715

13998/14003 means of computationavery considerable saving 14103/14153 36225/36234 1578/1602

15835/15954 15422/11445 15053/13152 of time and trouble, besides securing a ready,

16590/16639 means of proving accuracy is secured, as is

17115/37214 58306158330 17446/17449 23499/23518 25194/25243 illustrated in the following examples. To

25344/25393 reduce £879,17.1 into Dollars at Exchange

21381/21405 (/10 1/16-

32517/22526 £879. 0.059,561, 926 ·

9. 745. 17.4

$9.571, 671 whereas with the other exchange books the process would be as follows:

£800, a $8,702. 550 70, 0, 0,761. 473

9.0.5.

97. 904

Tug and Lichter. Company to institute a better system of check in the future is not yet plain; but it is reasonable to suppose after the dis closures made, that a company declaring the t two years will magnificent dividends of the anhesitatingly invest some of its carnings, in placing its otherwise admiral service on basis tans reproach. S

MAJOR DUCAT

unfortunately is not able id follow up his cellent work, as he has received the excellent appointment of military attache to the Lega tion, Peking, but it is to be hoped that who ever has charge of his distrid will profit by his excellent example. The shipping companies here have expressed their high appreciation of ble services in exposing an abuse from which Tientsin has increasingly suffered for the past

fifteen year

*

The third steamer this year is now at the bund drawing 91 feet, a grair improvement on former drafts, and we shall not be surprised if Jardines and Butterfields we not represented ere long; but the Bar maintains its reputation pretty steadily

SMALLPOX

Wilson," he said to his servant, we art going on at once. Don't trouble about dinner; send me some food into the fore-battery!" As be put on his greatcoat the subaltern slipped the gift cake into his pocket,

The moon was up. Number 27 armoured train, like some weird monster, was gliding along at six miles an hour. The subaltern, with a great fur rug all round him, sat bunched up in the fore-battery with his eyes glued on the

parallel of metals in front of him. On either hand stood his watch, studying the approaches to the line on right and left. Terrible work; this night patrolling. You sit or stand a few feet above the permanent way, watching for such small signs--ruffled gravel, dislodged ballast or mis placed sleeper as the train wrecker has left behind him. You know that everything depends upon your vigilance-the safety of the train, the lives of its garrison. You know that if you fail to detect the work of the dynamitard you yourself are

WAS GOOD AS A DEAD MAN, Cand that your comrades will be mutilated with you The passage of each culvert is an agony, each roll of the train in an alarmi. Death ever stares you, in the face. The tension is such that the strongest nerves will break down after a few weeks on a bid section of the line......... Bad Here, sergeant, take my place, I must rest

my eyes

li about rather now zeurd one or, two European cases are alteady reported but there is as yet no reason, to anticipate an epidem After the of nhanghai in the matter of scarlet fever it would be a reasonable precaution if the Health Officer made a careful examination The subaltern leaned back against the arm

fany com inds where diente breaks out, oured wall of the trick. - He remembered the

is notice

that two pf the cases of small cake, and took it out of his pocket, toyed with djacent compounds. It it roit troment and then broke it in half A little B11 of paper fluttered from it and fell at his feet, and Dowager after He picked it up, and then, thinking it passing visit Peotlogfu strange, lite match and read, written in a there and the girlish; band, "Don't cross Kaal Spruit

td-night." Jhould

ported that

spend the

Where are we, Sergeant?" He was on his feet in a second Subt about to cross Kaal Spruit, sir 1." sper spring to the communicator. The dial ficked" "Stop.len-Two more vigorous pulis, steam astern, and as this brakes closed

wheel shafts the fore battery was three: feet from the culvert

Down, men, down for your lives1 yelled the

subaltern. The train was under way; slowly

tit backed, and thin as the pistons began to feel

am-pressure came the explosion.

The

wung and rocked with the concussion, aeces of masonry, struck its armoured

AROMA

buit kept the rails,

yard, sir," said the sergeant. s/contact:miney we shall have a hot

Out of this 1 —P MAGA

RED WHITE BLUE CIALTY: COFREERA

$7.0,= 1

9. 247

0. 497

$9,571. бут

or to reconvert the dollars into sterling at the same rate of exchange:-

B $9,000.000-£827. 6.10.

$71.000 $2.9.9.11

.671==

1.2.13

879.17.11.00 but by other books it would bor $9,000,000817, 6.10. 8°

500,000 45.19 3.4 70,000 6. 8. 8. 6

2.30'

1,000=

600

70

.. 3 19

=

879.17.11.00 Every care has been taken in compiling these Tables to insure their accuracy and even as the book was being printed the last impression of each sheet was taken and carefuly rechecked by two separate persons and any little error in reading which will crop up in such works as there are carefully corrected in each copy before it in landed, thus making it a most accurate and usefal book. Subscriptions for this and the previous volume, may be went to the Daily Telegraph Office, Price $10 per copy/

Hongkong, Icth February, 1902

NOTICE.

THE BEST PREVENTIVE OF ALL

INFECTIOUS DISEASES..?

SANITARY SOFT

SOAP.

JEYES

'FLUID

DISIN

GAL HOARE

AVOID ALL RISK OF OUTBREAK SV MANGGITS USE KONTO WWW. G. HUMPHREYS & Co,

B Bank Balkinge:/ Hongkong, oth March, 180%)

58142/58152 301/400 59066/59165

$5006/$5030

3444/3463 19409/19508

31619/31668 29592/29616

29782/29791

32044/32045

34233/34243 25719/25723

55146/55155

58632/5868x

38214/38218

46070/45119

46325/46329

36203 36212

13351/13450

13651/13750

36460 36474 22422/22466

12494/12533 40604/40703.

49705/49729

W. H. GASKELL,

Secretary.

Hongkong, 21st March, 1902.

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THE Steamship

"MALTA,"

Captain C. L. W. Feild, carrying His Majesty Mails, will be despatched from this for MARSEILLES and LONDON (DIRECT), on SATURDAY, the tath April, as Noon, taking Passengers and Cargo for the abova Ports.

Parcels will be received at this Office until 4 P.M. the day before sailing. The Contants and Value of all Packages are required.

Shippers are particularly requested to note the terms and conditions of the Company's Bills of Lading.

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To be Let.

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\FFICES in Ground Floor of DES VEUX

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PAQUEDOTS-POSTE FRANCAIS.

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ALSO

ÎN MONDAY, the 7th April, 1902, at 1 P.M., the company's Steamship " ERNEST SIMONS," Captain

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Cargo and Specie will be registered for Lon- don as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in transit through. Marseilles for the principal placer of Europe.

Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, Cargo will be received on board until 4.P.M. Specia and Parcels until 3 P.M., on the 6th April (Parcels are not to be sent on board; they must be left at the Agency's Office.) Con- tents and Value of Packages are required.

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aiad

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