1914-01-07 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MR. CAMERON forbes.swEEPSTAKE TICKETS.

Late Governor of Philippines

in Business..

"A special cable to the Cablenews American, dated Boston, Novem- ber 24, states:**

Well-known London Printers Fined.

A Dliastrous Campaign. It is usually estimated that the

At Bow Street Police Court: lile losses during the American

recently before Sir John Dickin- Civil War, on both sides, measur

600, Messrs Odhame, Limited. ed up to the million figuro. Tho

Ex Governor - General W. printers, of Long Acre, were actual killed in batile numbered, Cameron Forces is againn basi summoned, as the prin era of on the side of the North, 100,000 ness men in private life," Ho!

certain booklets consisting of on that of the South, 90,000. A reached Boston last week and was large percentage of the losses was at his dook in the office of Forbes tickets in a sweepstake on the from wounds, but the largest off and Co. in the Soare Building Cambridgeshire, for failing to all was from sickness, caused by this morning. Conrad P. Hathe print on the first or leat, sheet of such booklets their name and climate and exposure. Of the way, his private secretary in

There were million or thereabouts who were Manila, ia also hero in Boston hud sacrificed on nccount of the will be employed with the Forbes place of business

font summonses in all with struggle, the North lost between Company.

Ex-Govornor Forbes is not respect to 37,500 booklets, each 050,000 and 700,000, the South between 300,000 and 350,000, very talkative on the Philippin's of which consisted of ten tickets. The Southernors, being acclimaal would say nothing to the Mr. Muskets, on behalf of the tired, did not lose as many mien papers beyond that the Filipines Commissioner of Police, said he from tickçe, in proportion to were not yet ready for indepon- understood that the defendants the number enlisted, as the North dence. Ile expresses himself as pleaded guilty, eni as the maxi- penalities on the first did.

having had a most enjoyablo trip mum home; he is in excellent health, summons amounted to. £30,000. and is already settled down here, he thought it would be sufficient to London On the way home, he spent three deal with that one case. weeks in Indin for the purpose was at present being flooded with lottery circulars and the difficulty

Thirteen,

"All patriotic Americans sliould share the belief which is said to be held by President Wilson of studying English rule there, that 13 is a lucky number. The American Union originally con-

which the Commissioner of Police experienced in bringing home. the responsibility for their ir the name of the printer was never feand upon such circulars. This was probably the first ense of its

sisted of 13 States, this being JUDGE THAYER RESIGNS. culation arose from the fact that the number reprosented in the! signatures to the Declaration of Independence; and there were

A message from Washington

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1914,

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.. 13 stars and 13 stripes in the dated November 20 states kind in which the police had flug under which the revolting Judge Rufus II. Thayer of the been successful in a very desir colonies fought. De Nauson, like United States Court for the extra-able direction. The matter came the United Sintes President, his territorial district of China, bas to the notice of the authorities good reach to regard Bashforwarded his rosignation to the un the result of execution of a lucky number. The crow of the State Department and the rosigan- arch warrant by the City police Fram, in which be made, the ion has been accepted. The de at an office in the Temple Cham most successful of his expeditions, purtmont -night officially con- Fers, conducted by a man named consisted of 13 man, all of when rmed the acceptance of the Bennett. There they found after an absence of three years; resignation, which followed on no fewer than 13,000 booklets,, returned to their homes in perfect the heels of an investigation into consisting of tickets for a Cam health. Their leader arrived back the Judge's official conduct by bridgeshire sweepstake, promoted in Norway on August 13, 1800, by the House Committee on Ex-by Patrick O'Brien of Lucerne. and on the same day the Fram penditures in the Department of Five delivery notes representing emerged from her long drift on Justice.

deliveries by Messrs Odhame the ice into the open sac. More- The official reason given by to Bennott of 37,500 of the book- over, during the voyage, as the the department Judge'ilota were als found. doctor records: "Kirk presented Thager's action was the physical maximum penalties which could TO LET GODOWNS; 94. WANTED VOLUNTEERS.

with 13 pups, a curious condition of his wife, who, it was be imposed on the four Buro- coincidence-13 pups born on stated, is ill. Judge Thayer was December 13, 1893, for 13 men."appointed from the District of | Copbia, by - President. Taft in

1989.

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Parsons and Hunting, In dedicating at Moor Monkton Church a memorial window to al

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for

POISON NEEDLES."

The

mooses agregated £187,000.

Mr. Aubrey Davies, who defended, said that the order for the bookist was received by Messrs Olliams from abroad, and originally the goods were to have been delivered abroad. They were under the mistaken impression that as the order come from abroad it was not necessary to imprint their name, and they now desired to express their regret that they should have

. late Rev. Charles Slingsby, win was killed while huming, the Archbishop of York defonded thei

Washington, Dec. 7.. association between hunting and the life of the professing Chris-

The Pross is much excited over tian. He would be a very bold what are called "the prison man, said the Archbisht, who needle entges." Last week in would argue that leaning was so Newark, New Jersey, evidence committed this technical offence. cruel that it was absolutely wrong.

came to the polien that several They would, of course, undertake "It is very difficult to express an opinion," said Mr. James Buck young women had been attacked not to repeat the offence.

in theatres and public planos land, when foen on the subject by with needee dragged in such a

Daily Notes representative. way as to make them Inint. 0

"The advocates of the port argue the evidence of one of the w me that it brings a gint ded

y young Latin varres ed. mney into the country, and Since then there haen, a cop again, the extence of the fof similar revolations." depands largely upon it. Trjs » question whether it is better that

The idea is that, in some way the fox should he shot by the other, those engaged in the the drugged girls, in med cal farmers on sight or bred for hun-white slave" tralie spirit away ting purposes. If hunting were eles the feasibility of the to cease, in a few years the fox

business is somewhat questione. would be exterminated. Buckland said he was acquaintedThe Times:

Mr.

with a charming clergyman whe

hunted with the best of them, and

in so doing saw nothing incom. patible with his allies.

Market in Cats' Fur.

Many complainta have reached the offices of the R.S.P.C.A, dur- ing the past few months from people whore ants have been lost or, as the society thinks, stolen. The cats, it is said, are stolen for their far Black ones's

'are cupecial-

ly in demand for the skins do not need dyeing. That there is a regular market in this particular fur was borne out by a mom ber of a firm of for merchants in the City. He told a Daily News 18- presentative that at one of the leading salerooms in London laat month some 25,000 cuts' skies! were catalogued, although it must not be assumed, of course, that all these were from cats-kill- ed in England, The bulk of them are sent abroad-mostly to Leip- sig-and aro used to line coats. They do not figure as cats' skins, however, in the fasirionable cut- classed as alogues, but genotte. The ekipe fetch a shill- ing or two spiece, and the Daily News informant mentioned the name of a newspaper in which from time to time advertisements; for such ekins appear. Ia Ger- many, too, chemist sell cats'skine as a specific against rheumatism or chest complaints, the skipa boing worn over the affected'

part

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The Magistrate, remarking that the distribution of these: booklets was exceedingly mis- chievous and objectionable, im posed a flue of £50 with £ 58. itaste on the first summons. The other turamonges wors withdrawn.

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