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CONTENTS.
Leading" Artioles :—.
Debated Coinage in China. Absconding Debtors. Hongkong Achievement. British Naval Shooting, Chinese Business Men, Boarding-house Thefts,
Telegram#:——
S.S. Samson.
The Kowloon-Canton Railway, Chinese Engineerings.
Meetings:-
Legislative Council.
S. C. Farnham, Boyd & Co.
Legal Intelligence:—
A Probate Matter.
The Disputed Coal Bill.
A Yunnan Railway Contract.
Extradition of Fugitiva Criminals,
Principals and their Compratiores,
Polios..
Harbour Fatality.
Armed Gang Robbery.
Alleged Embezzlement.
Houseboys Again.
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports :-
Kowloon-Canton Railway,
Spring Cleaning in Hongkong.
Mr. Arathoon Seth honoured.
Naval Notes,.
Shipping Jetsam.
Property Sales,
Victoria Recreation Club.
Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association. About the Sully, Kwang-Cho-Wan Atrocities.
The Chinese Exclusion Treaty. Shanghai Gnol.
The Chihli Province.
Speculation on Peace Conditions.
Sidelights on Nippon,
Chit Collecting
River Bank Slip.
The American Boycott.
Sinking of the Telartos,
British Borneo Exploration>
P. and O. Report.
· Indo-China S. ́N, Co., Ld.
Commerals1:--
Yarn Marker,
Shanghai Freight.
Shanghai, bare Report. Hemp.
Raub.
Exchange:
Oplum.
Local and Genorál..
BIRTHS.
On 16th June, at Shanghai the wife of HENRY MONSEL CUMINE, of a son.
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On 15th June, at Shanghai, the wife of NARIO KIMURA, of a daughter."
On 15th June, at Chefno, North China, the
wile of Captain A., PARTRIDGE, of a son.
On 17th June, at Kiukiang, to Edith and Waller 1 Clannall (H. D. M.'s Consul), daughter, BERYL JOY."
On 17th June, at Shanghai, the wife of J, E.
· DA COSTA, of a son.
On 22nd June, at Shanghai, the wife of DALTON, of a son.
On the 23rd June, at Sonnghai, the wife of
H. RUMCKER, of a son.
On the 24th June, at Shangbai, the wife of T. ARTINDALE, of a son,
At Chungking, an the 24th June, the wife of JAMES W. NICOLSOR, of a daughter.
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of Mints established in the provinces, and a |" he will abscond as his partner appears to ! by koe of subsidies or otherwise, those | of the practice in China watem seems to | boarders" besides himself in "thie "house, corresponding increase in the number of have done.” On that ground, taken in | pil ato firms--and they must he few indeed show that while during 1904, there were no What his rights are troubles him not at all. grinting machines at work. The machines conjunction with otherstatements submitted
hout the Empire," who were ready outstanding incidents so far as marksman-Sufficient that he has a place where he may at the old mints, have also been increased, to the Court, the learned Judge made an Land, to—and what is more, capable | ship is concerned, yet all the vessels took a | lay his head, and regular meals at regular as witness these figures-Canten, so old order for the arrest of the partner who | of- edying any defect in the vessels of high place. If every second shot reaches seasons. The rights of the boarding-house machines, 30 new-total 80; Hangchow, 16 still remained in Hongkong, and he the feet, "My, Lords" calmly looked the the intended mark, that should prove keeper are also sealed mysteries to him, old machines, 80 new-total 96; Hunan, 4 was committed to prison, pending his other way; It never seemed to occur to sufficient to demoralise an enemy in wartime, unless he be a Philistine, which generally old machines, 36 neiy—total, 40; Chili, zoo examination in bankruptcy. Application then that if these private undertakinge did | "Every bullet has its billet "we are told; | micans an intolerable nuisance. A recent new machines; and so on. The point is was now made that the order for the not exist the inefficient vessels of the variour | but when that billet is the middle of the case which cropped up in London should, this, when all these machines are in full arrest and imprisonment of the partner in squadrons would be obliged to journey ocean little advantage is gained from the therefore, prove of interest to that large working order, and they are expected to question should be rescinded on the ground shousands of miles from their base in order expenditure of powder. It must be remem- public in Hongkong who spend their days reach that stage within six months, the Pro- | niainly that he was not in hiding? at the to reach Devonport or Portsmouth where hered, too, that navat, shooting is vastly in toil and their nights in a hotel or board- vincial Mints will be producing to-cash time the order was made, nor was it proved the repairs might be made. It never seemed different to the practice firing of big guns -ing-house. "A married couplé resided in a pieces to the number of 16,413 million per to the satisfaction of the Court that he was to accur to them that when warships werO on shore. At sea, the warships are travel-boarding-house in London. Their bedroom atinum, or an average of 40 pieces per likely to abscond. His Lordship held that repaired on their respective stations an iming at between eight and fifteen knote an had only one key which could not be capita for a population of four hundred the statement to the effect that the creditors mense amount of money was saved to the hour and the target is scarcely visible; in removed because it was required to give the milions. Obviously, in a country like believed that unless the said panner was United Kingdom; nor did it seems to occur deed, it has been said that good practice servant access. When the mariager was China, that is far in excess of the actual arrested he will abscond as his partner to them that every warship which leaves her has been made at Mies Bay when the target appealed to she-it happened to be lady requirements. Of course, there is method appears to have done" was manifestly base in order to travel as a weakling and was absolutely invisible; but, of course, that who was in charge of the establishment- in the madness of those officials who inaccurate, His Lordship further remarked; incfficient across the ocean meant a corres, may be only the "malicious invention of assured them that all the people in the house have sanctioned the establishment of these There is no suggestion, whatever that this "ponding loss to the squadron and became the marines. Certain it is that in naval were, like Cresar's wife, beyond suspicion. Mints. Taking as a basis the present price man was going to abscond. On the con menace to her crew. So that although this circles wonderful tales are told of the They had lived there for weeks and weeks of copper, say £73 per ton (and. 108,700 trary, on the affidavits before me, up to the question of giving subsidies to firms like the accuracy of the firing by gunners on the they had proved themselves to be "real lad. tons would be used every year) the profits of all three days before the debtor was Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company- | China squadron. But while these reports ies and gentlemen.” As for the servants, the Mints amount to some 35 or 40 per arrested) he seems to have done what he which from a patriotic as well as a keen far may be true so far as they go they lack the the breath of scandal had never once passed cent. Of that, one-third is retained by the could to meet his creditors." And finally-sighted policy have adapted themselves to official stamp. In the Gunlayers' Competi- foyer their heads. They were patterns of Provincial Mint authorities and two-thirds The only case is one of mere presumption, all requirements has repeatedly been tion last year, 108 ships belonging to all respectability and emblems of all the virtues. go into the pockels of the Viceroys. So and this man must be immediately discharge brought to the attention of the Admiralty it statione lunk pail; 1,171 guns were used,here was no danger of anything disappear·· that the greater the number of coins minted ed, with all the costs incurred up to the pre has received but scant support. Now that and the average per gun was 43.72, or in ing from the room during the absence of the greater the profits for the Viceroys: sent time." The effect of that judgment Sir John Fisher is at the head of affairs, other words it took a fraction over two the boarders. Even the much maligned Two dangers are pointed out by the Chair-would therefore appear to be that creditors stirring up the fly-blown sinecurists, and shots to make one hit. It will be in- cat, it would seem, had been ousted from man of the Shanghai Chamber of Commust not merely submit reasonable grounds throwing forms, formulas and precedents to teresting to obtain the Japanese statistics this home of the blest, so that if valuablen merce-first that owing to the large profit for presuming that the debtor intends to the winds we may expect to see a revolution as to the number of shota required to were left lying about, or sundry liquors in the production thereof to all concerned, evade the proceedings in bankruptcy, but in this matter of materially assisting private disable a Russian cruiser. Early in the allowed to remain open to the inquisitive larger quantities will in course of time be that they must actually prove that he is in the duck undertakings. If it is thought necessary war, the remarkable accuracy of aim attained there could be no chance of their disappear turned out than required. Should this very act of absconding. A debtor who fears to subsidise steamship companies in order by the Japanese`was apparent to all who are ing. Still the married couple, who had occur the new coins would inevitably go to to face the examination in bankruptcy has that auxiliary cruisers may be forthcoming in interested in these matters. From the sea evidently been in a boarding-house before, a heavy discount, causing the manifold therefore a very wide scope." How are his time of war, why not subsidise dock com they planted their shells in the harbour of were not quite satisfied. They argued that evils attendant on a depreciated currency, creditors to show that he intends to abscond panics which are capable of repairing the Port Arthur with such fatal exactitude that if they could not get a separate key for their and most serious disturbance to all trade, except by presumption, and how are they to largest battleships afloat in the minimum of the Russian squadron in self-defence was room they might at least get a key internal and external." And, second, that ensure the protection of their interests ex time? They are equally auxiliary to the compelled to run to sea for temporary for the chest of drawers in which they "the templation would crop up to lower the cept by obtaining his arrest until he has navy. A naval correspondent in one of the cover, They preferred to face their had placed some valuables. They did standard of the coin in order to keep up a furnished security sufficient to guarantee his home papërs has called special attention to enemies in the open rather than take not get one, so they had to be content high level of profit in the production there attendance at the bankruptcy 'examination? the expeditious manter in which the". Glory |their quictus like sheep in a slaughter without it. But it appears that the manager, of, should its circulating value decline." | In the case under consideration the debtor had her ra-inch barbette gun dismounted house. But when they found them did not know the true character of all her Moreover, it is pointed out that the Chinese | may not have had the slightest intention of and replaced by a modern gun in April last. | selves in the open, they were riddled boarders. She had vouched for their high- authorities are evading obligations which | leaving the Colony; the fact that he remain. He says that the evolution was witnessed by with shot and shell, torpedoed and sunk, till minded ways, their honesty and their respec China entered into with the Foreign Powers, ed to discuss the position of affairs with his large number of officers of both services it seemed to them as if they had arrived at tability. But there was a serpent in the when she agreed to establish a uniform creditors or their representatives for some and all available midshipmen of the equa the crack of doom. On land the Japanese household, for when the married couple left national coinage. The re-cash pieces as they time after his partner was alleged to have dron; and the copious notes and drawings proved equally accurate in their markman their temporary habitation for a brief spell stand are rated at something like 100 per decamped was evidence, in some measure, made by the latter gave ample proof of their ship. Britain, however, has to look principally in the open one day, another boarder took cent. above their intrinsic__value; if] of bis virtuous intentions. But the very fact determination to do justice to this oppor for her safety to the first line of defence. the opportunity to ransack the bedroom they start on the downward course of that his partner was "in hiding" gave a sinistunity of improving their knowledge of Every year seus improvements in the guns occupied by the newcomers. So successful depreciation it is only reasonable to ex ter aspect to the case, and creditors were seamanship. He praises the arrangements with which the Navy is provided, and every was be in his enterprise that he found and pect, as the chairman of the Shanghai only human when they tried to secure their which had been made to carry out the year the men behind the guns are showing opened a hand bag which contained 120 Chamber points out, that in the end their personal interests by asking the Cours to operation and says: "Indeed it is doubiful a keener spirit in their work, and striving, by worth of jewellery and then he departed. purchasing power will be reduced so per prevent the remaining partner leaving the whether the work could have been perform healthy competition, to attain that ideal of The hand bag was on the chest of drawers cent. It is therefore absolutely necessary Colony. Hongkong is in this peculiar posied by a home dockyard, where proper ap all marksmen-the "possible." So long as for which a key had been asked and refused, that the supply should be regulated accord- tion that Canton is not half a day's journey pliances are kept in so short a time as one that spirit prevails, the people of Great en passant, it may be mentioned that the ing to the demand, and the coins should be from Victoria, and there the knave. is free, hour and ten minutes which sufficed to Britain and the Colonies may rest peacefully eminently respectable gentleman who made maintained at their full and proper standard, or comparatively free, from minions of the hoist out the old and hoist in the new gun." in their beds at night and pursue their daily free with his fellow-boarders' effects, left be The claim of the Shanghai Chamber of law of Hongkong. It is therefore quite And he adds-"The performance was con- avocations untroubled by war's alarms. The hind him a trunkful-not of the traditional Commerce is an eminently reasonable and easy for a debtor to slip away in the night sidered exceptionally smart both, by the results in the Gunlayers' Competition in and time-honoured, bricks, but of potatoes business-like one. It is the voice of com- 1 to the mainland and simplis fugers at the Naval and Dockyard authorities," The 1904 were relatively good, but if all ac- and turnips. At any rate he disappeared mercial integrity protesting against vice-regal trusting creditors in Hongkong. For that Lotion & libido.quoting these counts are to be believed those for 1905 and has not been heard of again. Now the greed and peculation. If there is a way to reason it is essential that the enforcement of remarks crisply comments-"We should | aliould surpass them completely at any rate, married couple believed, as many more in grind a penny out of the pockets of the poor the larich permits the Court in order think so. The Kowloon Docks, are a valuit is the aim of the "handy man" to do so, their place would have believeo, that Chinese, depend upon it the authorities will the arrest of a debtor pending his examina-able asset in the Far East," That being so, and he has happy kuack of getting they could obtain redress from the boarding- discover it ; and no doubt this plan of issuing tion, until he has furnished bonds which when may they expect to receive from the what he wants. It is to be hoped that house keeper who had refused them a key a debased coin appealed strongly to the will ensure his attendance at the examina- Imperial authorities that material recogni- he will succeed in realising this sapiration. to their room and a key to the chest Chinese official mind. The protest, then, oftion, should be interpreted in a much nar- tion which all admit they deserve? Belter
of drawers. The manager, however, the foreign community will have to be rower spirit than in a similar case in Eng. now than at the millenium.
refused to admit any responsibility in the strongly pushed at headquarters if it is to land. There were special circumstances,
matter, and a claim was lodged in Court by, succeed. Whether the diplomatic corps at in this instance, no doubl, which led the
the married couple who sought to recover Peking is able to succeed in this matter learned Judge to grant the application for
It is a trite remark to say that the average the value of the articles stolen. It seems remains to be seen. It is of vital importance the release of the debtor from prison without
Chinaman is an astute trader and that, in that the eminently respectable gentleman to these engaged in trade in the Far East demanding that he should provide security
the words of an old saw, "he knows the who could be vouched for by the boarding. that the currency of China should be placed for his attendance at the bankruptcy pro
wrong side of a shilling" but an interesting house keeper was in reality an expert thief. on a sound basis; China has promised to ceedings, but the result of the case will not
sidelight on the point is furnished by Mr. Mr. Justice Darling, who heard the case, establish a uniform national coinage; and free the mind of the commercial community
11. B. Morse, of the Statistical Department held that such being the fact; the thief could the sooner that desideratum is obtained the from the painful belief that a new loophole
of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, have got at the jewellery even if the drawer better it will be for all parties, except those has been discovered in the law, and one that
in his report on the trade of hina for 1904. had been locked. And neither the omission hing, we are reminded, has only two pro- to provide a second bedroom key nor the ducis-tea and silk, and the market value omission to get guarantees of the character of these articles is not fixed by China. It is of the other boarders amounted to "mis Ceylon that detennines the price of lea, feasance" which, it sec as, must be proved while the value of silk is fixed by France in a boarding-house case and means a good vital to the interests of the Empire that the and Italy. Therefore, the price demanded deal more than "negligence. The plain- accuracy of the shooting should be kept at for these exports follows exchange as tiffs therefore failed to recover the value of high water mark and especially so in the closely as does the value of imports, their jewellery, and, were left in the lurch. Navy. Nobody recognises this fact more Now the actual producer of exports may know The case is of importance to all boarders in clearly than His Majesty the King, and it nothing, and in all probability is absolutely Hongkong, as well as in England, for the was only the other day that His Majesty per ignorant of the relation of exchange to probability is that were similar cases to come sonally complimented the gunner on one of market values; but between him and the before the Courts here the presiding judge. our battleships, whose wonderfulaccuracy was foreign exporter there are innumerable would adopt the dictum of his learned. the talk of the Fleet. Such an acknowledgmiddlemen who take care to keep them brother in London. But there is another ment of duty well done is bound to stimu selves thoroughly well posted on the position point arising out of this case, as a contem late the gunners in the British navy, and of exchange. When we learn," says Mr.porary remarks. It has been a custom for Morse, "that the quotations for gold, hoarding house keepers to demand references i.c. exchange, are telegraphed daily from froin prospective boarders, without offering Shanghai to the gold merchants in references regarding those already in the far-away Ch'engtu, in Szechuan, we may house. Under the principle now isid down assume that no point in the game is lost the candidate for board and lodging may to the Chinese jobbers in the Treaty equally demand such a reference from the ports, with whom alone the foreign ex boarding-house keeper and if he fails to get porter comes into contact." Is it to it and yet elects to stay at the house the be wondered at then, that the same writer consequences are upon his own head.. should describe the Chinese trader as "keen-willed," and say "there are no shrewder traders in the world"? The best
TELEGRAMS. feature about the Chinese trader is that he is universally admitted to be trustworthy and honest; in fact, the old saying that "an Englishman's word is as good as his bond" applies equally to the Chinese-when the other party acts on the square. China as a nation may be backward and lethargic, her statesinan corrupt and unscrupulous; but her sons of commerce, and especially those at the treaty ports, in Hongkong and in the Straits Settlements, have built up for them- selves a reputation for integrity and ability which none may impeach..
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BRITISH NAVAL SHOGTING.
(19th June.)
If there has been one thing more than another which has come into prominence as the result of the Russo-Japanese war, it is how all-important is the question of accurate shooting. In former times it took anything between five hundred and a thousand shells to disable a combatant. Nowadays by means
| whose existence depends upon squeeze favours the debtor to the disadvantage of pigeon." It may he added, that in this the creditors. Until the question is clearly connection, Mr. H. B. Morse, of the Statis-settled as to what "proving presumption to of innumerable guides and aids to the gun tical Department of the Chinese Imperial abscond" means, trade is bound to be hamper the average has been greatly lessened. Maritime Customs, in the course of pered and handicapped to the mutual loss So far as Great Britain is concerned, it is his trade reports for 1904, expresses some of commerce and the community. On the dubiely as to the wisdom of issuing the 10-sujica of compradores appearing on behalf cash piece at all. There was an issue of of their principals, that is another question these coins between the years 1851 and which has an important beating on bank. 1867, but although accepted at the capital rupicy suits, but in this case it is of less im- they were rejected by the rest of the portance than the question to which we
of the new, issue, have called attention. · empire. The success however, has been pronounced. "Inscribed by some Mints as worth one-hundredth of a dollar and by others as 'ten mills' the people have uniformly correlated them to the cash and not to the dollar." He holds that if
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pockets instead of mills their little comforts will be cut off, and families living in comfort on sixpence a day at present will find them selves reduced to the level of a bare sub- sistence. One hundred cents, which are only intrinsically equal to two-fifths of their DEBASED COINAGE. IN CHINA exchange equivalent, roomilis, are circula- ting side by side and by economic law the mill is bound to go. Is China prepared (26th Juno.)
for this ? asks Mr. Morse. "Is her in- dustry ready to provide a living wage in cents to the man who is now paid in milla?" Mr. Morse holds that the question should receive the closest study, and the best expert advice should be obtained, because the matter will not admit of delay,
HONGKONG'S ACHIEVEMENT.
(28th June.) When, the suggestion was made recently that the principal private dockyards at the chiel naval depôts throughout the Empire should be subsidised by the Imperial Government, we drew attention at the time
that it has done so is proved by the reports which are current-unofficial reports of course-regarding the results attained at the practice firing. Recently, a Blue Book was issued giving details of what is termed the Gunlayers Competition in the Fleet,
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CHINESE BUSINESS MEN.
to the immense value which the Hongkong during the year 1904. In an introduc and Whampoa Docks must prove to the tion to the publication the Lords of Admiralty should any emergency arise. This the Admiralty note that there is a slight fall was particularly illustrated by the achieve-ing off in results compared to the 1903 ment of the Dock officials in dismounting a practice, but this, it is stated, was to be couple of worn 12-inch wire guns from the expected with the increased ranges at which A very real danger to the commercial
barbettes of H.M.S. Glory and H.M.S. the firing was carried out. In 1904. the prosperity of China, affecting both foreign
Ocean in what was considered to be record Channel squadron carried off first honours and native residents alike, has just been
time, and re-arming these battleships with with an average of 56.76, and the best ship brought to the attention of the dayen of the
thoroughly efficient weapons. When it is of the squadron was the Caesar with a score Diplomatic Corps at Peking by the Chair
remembered that the Hongkong and Wham- of no less than 94.42. The China squadron man of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce.
pos Dock Company is a private corporation, came a comparatively long way behind, the It is with regard to the enormous expansion
not specially intended for the accommoda- general average being 41.65. The leading which has recently taken place in the coin
tion of warships of the size and tonnage of ship was the Albion which received 58.84 ing of ro-cash pieces, the depreciated value ABSCONDING DEBTORS.
modern battleships, it must be apparent that The worst of all the squadrons which took of the coins as coins, and the manifold evils
the Company has provided itself, with re-part in the competition was that located in which are likely to follow in the wake of á
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sources far beyond their everyday require Australian waters, the general average being depreciated currency. The question has An important judgment, which may provements and has, indeed, gone out of its way 30.86, while the best vessel in the squadron, not the vital interest to the people of Hong to have far-reaching effects, was delivered to prepare for any emergency. None knows the Euryalus, only scored 45.06. But these are kong that it has to those of Shanghal, but by the Chief Justice of Hongkong on this truth better than the naval authorities only rough details which, however significant granting that the chairman of the northern | Saturday last, in connection with a bank on the China station, and they have repeat they may be in themselves, require a good Chamber of Commerce is right, and the ruptcy sait... An old-established firm of cdly shown their appreciation of the capabi- | deal of explanation. For instance, the China protest ignored, it is bound eventually to Chinese merchants, closely in touch with lities of the Dock Company by taking it for squadron was, as has been said, fifth in the seriously affect the native population here, many influential foreign firms in the city, granted that anything in the ship-repairing competition. But the China, vessels which and through them, the native banks and suspended payment in the early part of this and engineering line can be safely entrusted entered numbered 22; whereas the top. In Hongkong, and throughout the East, business establishments, The matter is month The creditors appear to have been to the Company's hands. But while this scorers, the Channel squadron, had only rathere are hundreds of people whose only considered to be of so grave a charac taken by surprise, but negotiations were fact is recognised in the Far East, it is, vessels. Obviously, it is easier for a few ves home is the boarding-house or the hotel ter that one of our northern contem commenced between the two partners and or it was, a different a matter with "My sela to make high marks than a score of ves. The transient viltor, of course, selects poraries does not hesitate to say that the compradores of the firms interested. For Lords" at home. Not being on the spot, sels. Take the Pacific squadron for example, hotel, or one of the larger boarding houses, a stop is not put to this increase in four days negotiations proceeded, and it they gazed benigoly on the dockyards I had only four vessels in the competition which are really hotels in everything but the coining of 10 cash pieces it is not appear that one of the partners then under their eyes and congratulated them and the average at 42.29 it took fourth name. The young resident, unable to set at all unlikely that rebellion will follow absconded. Accordingly, the creditors al selves on what they the fendte future the same class in the squadron it might not way into a private boarding house, which According to the figures published there has leged that they were under the belief that past and might. been an enormous increase in the number unless the remaining partner was arrested When it came to the question of ausliting, | have taken the fortieth. Indeed, the resulte may mean that there are only half-a-doen
BOARDING-HOUSE IHÄFTS.
(30th June)
haddons in the place; but had there been a dozen vessels of up an establishment of his own, finds his‹
· HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"
SERVICE!
THE S.S.“ SAMSON"
FINDING OF THE JURY
PURCHASE OF THE SS. EDENDALE.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shanghai, 24th Jane, 410 p.m. In the action brought by A. Pavlow against OR Ward to recover T 100,000 damages for the alleged wrongful conversion of the 5.8. Samson, the Jury have found that the plaintiff was acting as an agent of the Russians in purchasing the boat, and also that it was part of
scheme to reach Port Arthur
They further found that the de- fendant had authorized the purchase
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