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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-27
HAWAIIAN CABLE
Great Britain Asks Uncle Sam to
Allow a Landing on One Of
the Islands.
France Protests This Would Give
John Bull Too Much Advan.
tage in War.
Representations on the Subject
Made by N. Patenotre to Sec
retary Sherman.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-The Wash.
ington correspondent of The Herald is
authority for the following:
1t is the desire Of the British govern
ment that the United States shall an.
thorize q British company to land q
cable on one of the Hawaiian islands,
this cable to connect Canada and Aus
tralia. Such authorization is opposed
by the French government on the
ground that the laying of cable with
British capital would place Great Brit.
ain in control of telegraphic system
reaching around the entire world, and
that in the event Of war. before a mes
sage could be transmitted the British
government consent would have to be
obtained.
In case Great Britain were engaged
in hostilities, a diplomat pointed out, it
would be practically impossible for
France to send q message over any cable
which did not pass through British ter
ritory, except that which connects
France and Cape Cod. Mass.
NJ. Patenotre has made representa-.
tion on the subject to Secretary Sher-
man, who said he did not think it would
make much difference; this government
could use the cable if it desired and in
case of necessity an opposition line
could be established. The French off.
cials, however, point out that in case Of
war between the United States and
Great Britain the government would
find itself seriously handicapped if the
cable were under British control.
Information has reached here that
agents Of the British company inter.
ested in the British cable enterprise
and the consul of Great Britain in
Honolulu are making determined ef.
| fort to secure q recommendation from
the Dole authorities to the United
States that the British company be al.
lowed to land the cable. Mr.. Sewall,
the diplomatic representative of this
government to Hawaii, is wholly op-
posed to granting Of such permission
ON the ground that such action would
be prejudicial to the interests Of his
government. It is impossible for tn
Dole authorities to give permission t.
lay cable on account Of the recipro-
city treaty between Hawaii and the
United States.
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Held Up q Woman,

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 27.-Two footpads
stopped Mrs. Richard A. House, wife
of q Chicago and Alton engineer, at an
outlying point and robbed her of $50.
Mrs. House made show Of resistance,
when one of the men poured the con.
tents Of q bottle of sulphuric acid on her
hands. The men escaped unidentified.
The woman's hands are not badly
burned,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-27

Garmap Demands Refused by the Chimes
Government.

German Demands Refused by the Chinese
Governments.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-Special dispatches
received here from Shanghai say that
Baron Won Heyking, the German min.
lister to China, has presented to the
Chinese government tho demands Of
Germany for reparation for the recent
murder Of German missionaries and
the destruction Of German mission
property. These demands include the
discovery and execution Of the murder.
ers Of the missionaries, Mes and Henle,
the punishment of the implicated Of
ficials, the reconstruction of the mission.
the payment of all indemnity Of 900, ,OOO
taels to the relatives of the victims, and
also the payment OF heavy indemnity
to cover the expenses Of the German
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STEAMERS IN COLLISION.

Toxic So badly Damaged That She Sank.
Four Of the Crew Lost.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-The British steam.
er Baron Ardrossan, from Bombay on
Oct. IA, for Antwerp and Havre, col.
lided with the Austrian steamer Toxic
of Dungeness, with the result that the
Toxic was so badly damaged that she
sank shortly afterwards. Four of ber
crew were drowned and nineteen others
were rescued by pilot cutter. The
Baron Ardrossan had her bow stove in.
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WILL BE EASILY SETTLED.

Hawaiiau.Japanese Trouble as Viewed BY
nf Minister Hatch.
w AsH1N0ToN, Nov. ~. - Hawaiian
Minister Francis NJ. Hatch, who has Just
arrived in the city on his return from
Honolulu. expressed the opinion that
the trouble been Japan and Hawaii had
been smoothed out and can be settled
now without difficulty or irritation.
The japanese government seems, he
said, to be disposed to have the matter
settled in as amicable spirit as posi-
BILE. The amount claimed by Japan as
damages is not exceeding 5000, 900.
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A FIGHT AT NIKKI
Report That French and British
Troops Have Had q
Collision.
Several RumOrs to That Effect
Have Reached the British
Foreign Office.
But It Is Nevertheless Believed
There Is Some Mistake
About It.

BERLIN, Nov. 27.-A dispatch to the
Frankfort Zeitung from Rome reports
that sanguinary conflict has taken
place between the French and British
at Nikki, in the Lagos Hinterland.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-While the accu.
racy of the statement contained in the
Rome dispatch to the Frankfort Zeit.
ung, announcing that conflict has
taken place between the French and
British troops in the Lagos Hinterland
is doubted, the London morning papers
point out the imminent danger result.
ing from the proximity of the forces in
the contested territory.
A conflict between the French and
British forces in the Lagos Hinterland
has been anticipated for some time past.
Both countries have been hurrying
troops into the disputed territory. The
trouble is of about 30 years standing. In
1870 France and Great Britain opened
negotiations for settlement Of their
respective frontiers in West Africa and
it was decided in substance that French
influence and authority should be con.
fined to the north Of q certain line and
that Great Britain should have free
hand south of this line. The outbreak
Of the Franco Prussian war interrupted
the negotiations. There was consider
able opposition in both countries to the
cession Of any territory and during the
next five years difficulties frequently
occurred. Finally, it was resolved to
appoint commissioners to reconsider the
whole matter and, as a result. in the
course Of the next 10 years, four separ-
ate agreements were concluded.
Later in the day q rumor was re.
ceived at the British colonial Office to
the effct that there had been q collision
between the British and French forces
at Nikki, which is said to have been
captured BY the French troops.
The officials Of the colonial office,
however, regard this report as highly
improbable. as, they explain, the Brit
ish police In the Hinterland, who are in
very limited numbers, had strict orders
to avoid any collision with the French.
It is also understood that the French
forces had been instructed not to come
into conflict with the British. The
British forces In the Hinterland, it 10
further stated. are being reinforced
considerably.
The colonial Office late in the evening
received cable message from Lagos,
West Coast Of Africa, stating that .
rumor is current among the natives
there of q collision between 400 British
and French troops. The report. it il
believed, will prove to be founded on .
conflict between the French and some
natives.
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Raised Fine Bsets:

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 27.-The gov.
ernment experiment station at Purdue
university has found at Hamlet, Stark
county, a sugar beet raised from seed
and under working directions fur.
nished by the station, which yielded
29.0 per cent of sugar and had purity
coefficient of 64.5. This is the best beet
ever raised in Indiana. The yield to
an acre of washed and trimmed beets
was Ia tons.
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Independent Phones For Gotham.

DETROIT, Nov. 27.-President Will.
lam L. Holmes Of the new Detroit
Telephone company, who recently re.
turned from New York, says that a
party Of capitalists who are about to
organize an independent telephone sys-
tenn in Greater New York are negotiat-
ing for the use Of the Detroit company's
apparatus for the New York exchange.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-27
Planted the Flag Of Paraguay.

New YORK, Nov. 27.-The Herald's
correspondent in Asuncion, Paraguay,
Gays that Colonel Hermoso has planted
the Paraguayan flag in Bahia Negro
Territory which is in dispute with
Bolivia. Two forts, armed by 200 men
and two batteries have been erected to
hold the territory.
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Says the Canal WIN be Built.

Says the Canal win be Built.
OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 27.-Mr. Mcleod
Stewart Of this city, who has been
financing the Ottawa and Georgian bay
canal scheme. in England, has returned
to the city. He is thoroughly satisfied
Of the ultimate success of the under.
taking and says the canal will certainly
be built.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-27

China Preparing Defensss.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-A dispatch to The
Times from Hong Kong says it is re.
ported there from Canton that the vice.
roy Of the province Of Quang Tong,
with the Chinese admiral and general.
is preparing defenses and river forts on
the Canton river a. the result Of "tele.
grams received from the north"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-27

suaHeu arom the walls. Several people
were shaken out of bed. At Dalesville,
two miles away, and at Yorktown, five
miles distant, the damage was almost
as great. Many people were injured,
and it is miracle that none were killed
outright.
The jar Of the explosion was felt for
l6 miles in all directions. The gas in
the well was blown out and a workman
named Cooper lit it and caused another
explosion in which he was fatally
buried. The damage cannot be esti.
matod.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-30
MERCHANTS and MINERS
TRANSPORTATION co.
RATES or PASSAGE.

TO NEW YoRK-steamer and rail-
Cabin. limited days, SIS 80. Cabin. I'M
limited, 5000. Excursion, limited 9
months. 1872. Second class, limited days,
s14.75.
TO N-Steamer-Cabin limited a
days, $24. Excursion, limited months. $40
Second class, limited s days, S19.
TO WESTINGHOUSE Steamer and rail-
limited 5 days. $11.9O.
TO PHILADELPHIA-S ana rail
Cabin, unlimited $3.50. Excursion. lin
tied months, $780, Second class. lIml-
ted days. $3.50
unlimited, $17. Second class. limited 4
days, S11 90
TO BALTIMORE-Cabin SIS. Excursion
limited months, $25. Second class. SO.
The steamships of this company are an
pointed to sail from Savannah to Balti.
more as follows standard time):
BERKSHIRE, Capt. Kirwan, wEDNEs-
DAY, Dec l, u noon.
ITASCA, Capt James, SATURDAY. Dec
A, at 300 p. m.
ESSEX, Capt Brlups, WEDNESDAY
Dec. g. at $50 p. m.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY.
J. j. CAROLAN, Agent.
W. r. TURNER, G. P. A..
A. d. STEBBINS, A. T. NJ
]. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices. Baltimore, Md.
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Passenger Fares From Savannah

TO NEW YORK-Cabin $50; Excursion,
go; Intermediate, SIS; Excursion, $24;
Storage, $40.
TO BOSTON-Cabip, 500; Excursion. $3S;
intermediate, $17; Excursion, SIS; Steer
age, $11.75.
no PHILADELPHIA (via New York;
Cabin, $22; Excursion. $S5; Intermediate,
$Ifi Excursion, S27; Storage, So.
The express steamships of this line are
appointed to sail from Savannah, Central
9oth) meridian time, as follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
NACoOCHEE. Capt, Smith, TUESDAY,
nov. 80, 10 D. m
CITY or AUGUSTA, Capt Daggett
"WEDNESDAY. Dec !, at HOO p. m
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, at 400 p. m.
GATE CITY. Capt Googins, SATURDAY,
Dec. 4, at 400 p. N. :.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, MON
DAY, Dec. g. at SEQ p. m
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY,
Dec. Z, at 500 p m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt Smith, WEDNES-
DAY. Dec s, at 500 o. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett. FRI
DAY, Dec. 10. at 500 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM Capt. Burg.
SATURDAY, Dec. Il, at 400 D. m
GATE CITY. Capt. Goog3ns, MONDAY,
Dec. IL, at 700 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins, TUES
DAY, Dec. IA, at 500 p. m.
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON DIRECT.
CITY OF MACON, Capt Savage, WE'D
NESDAY, Dec. 1, at 1900 m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt Lewis, WE'D
NESDAY, Dec. 8, at 400 D. m
CITY OF MACON, Capt Savage. WE'D
NESDAY Dec. 49, at 1880 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis, WE'D
NESDAY. Dec. %, at 400 D. m.
CITY OF MACON, Capt Savage, WE'D
NESDAY, Dec. %, at 11:0O a. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
p. m. daily except Sundays, and Boston
for Savannah Wednesdays at z noon.
w. G.. Brewer, Ticket Agent, 80 Bull ST.
Savannah, Ga.
E. w. Smith, Cont Frt Agt., Saw. Ga
r. G. Trezevant, ACT Savannah, Ga.
E. Fl. Hinton, Traffic Manager.
Jno. NJ. Egan, Vice President
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-30
OCEAN FREIGHTS.

Cotton-Market easy; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale, $1.25;
New York, per bale, 81. co.; Philadelphia
per bale, $1.00; Baltimore, per bale, 81 90;
pirect-Barcelona, 5Sc; Genoa. SAC; Reval
55c; Bremen, 43e; Liverpool, Ale; Havre
43c; Hamburg, 45c; Gothenburg SIC; Tri-
este, CSC; Rotterdam, 45c; Antwerp, 45c;
Client, soc. Via New York-Iiverpool 43c:
Bremen, 45c; Amsterdam, 45c; Hamburg
f0c; st. Petersburg, 60c; Manchester SOC;
Havre, soc; Gothenburg, 55c.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are firm at
ruling rates. Foreign business is more
or less nominal The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at "a OO0
4 so for a range-including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base "A feet
to Baltimore, he; to PHILADELPHIA l3c: TO
New York, l3l5c. Timber rates SOCIAL 90
higher than lumber rates. To the West
Indies and Windward, nominal; to Rosa
RIO, $l2 .O0q13. 90; to Buenos Ayres and
Montevideo, $40 00411 90; to Rio Janeiro
Sl4 90; to Spanish and Mediterranean ports
$ll .30Nll. 80; to United Kingdom for or
Qers, nominal for lumber, "a IS standard
By Steam-To New York s. 90; to Phil
adelphia, via New York s. 50; to Boston.
1900, via New York; to Baltimore, "a. 90
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market is
firm. Medium sized. Cork for orders, are
as follows: Rosin, Is 1015d for barrels OF
SlO pounds, and per cent. primage; spir-
ITS, As 112d; Genoa, rosin, IS 3ddSs Sd: Ad-
riatie, rs 6dQ2s Cd; South American. rosin.
SUc per barrel of $50 pounds. Coastwise-
Steam-To Boston, 10c per 100 pounds on
fosln, 9Oc on spirits; to New York rosin
e42c per 100 pounds; spirits, soc.
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No. , corn, 25s4G26c. No. 2 oats. 2O%c; No
white, f. o. b., 2534@24l4c; No. 3 white, T.
o. b., 22i2a23&4c. No. ? rye, Acc. No, bar
ley, f. o. b., 25l2u42c. No. ! fax seed, Sl.O4
al. 09l2. Prime timothy seed 81 s.. Mess
pork, per barrel, 81 25q7. 80. Lard, per 100
pounds, 81 20@4 2219. Short ribs sides
Qoose), $.15N4.7O; dry sailed shoulders
(bOXed) 42a H5c; short clear sides (boxed),
81. 45a450. Sugars. dull
St Louis, Nov. 29.-Flour steady and
unchanged. Wheat steady; No. 2 red cash
elevator, 963sc; track, 9a97Ac; no. 2 hard
cash, SEC; December, $3.50; May, 925sG92$4c.
Corn steady; No. 2 cash, 24Ssc bid; Deem
Der, 43sc; May, 27lsc. Oats lower; No. 2
cash elevator, 20l2c track, 2l12a21Ac; No.
= white cash, 2c; December. 2O19c; May.
224c. Rye strong, 46Ac. Butter steady.
Whisky, S1.19. Pork, quiet, standard mess,
jobbing, $S.25G8.50. Lard, easier; prime
steam, 4.G71ac; choice, 410c. Bacon boxed
lots, extra short clear 5.12d525c; ribs, $50
45.Gz12c; shorts, 5.621sG5.75c; dry sailed
meats, boxed shoulders, Spy; extra short
clear, 4.7544719c; ribs, 5.12l@q52 5c; shorts,
. l2i.GI5 nc
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GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York Nov. 29-Flour quiet and
lower TO sell. Rye flour dull; fancy So 75dD
20. Buckwheat flour, quiet, at ST. 45d1 so
Corn meal duh. Rye weak. Barley weak
wheat spot market quiet; No. l, &c. OPP
tlohs opened weak under bearish cables
foreign selling and big northwestern re-
celplS. and declined all day with few ex-
cepuons, influenced further by liquida-
ions and light export demand, closed 100
2sc, net lower; November closed 97ssc.
December 81 1-f6d9S5sc, closed. 97IZc.
Corn-Spot weak; No. 2, 335sc; options
opened easy under prospects of larger re-
eeipts; declined with wheat and lower ca
pies, and closed HG&sc net lower: Deem
per per 5l9scc., closed S13sc; May, S434Q349sc;
Oats-spot quiet; No. 2, 264c; options duh
and featureless; December closed 255kc
Hay quiet. Hops firm. Wool quiet Beef
steady. Lard easy. Pork more active. Tai
low dull. Cotton seed oil steady; prime
quiet. Rice firm. Molasses steady. Coffee
opened steady a an advance of Is points;
on better cables and smaller Brazilian re-
eeipts, and fair warehouse deliveries; clos
ed quiet at net advance of points; sales,
1920 bags including December al s. 400
5 Soc; March, 5.70G5 soc: spot coffee Rio
quiet, and steady; No z, invoice 64c; No,
z Jobhing, 6Ac mild, quiet; CordoVa, 815d
lac. Sugar-Raw firm; refined firm.
Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 29.-Wheat was weak
except FOR the worse, as long as the ees-
son lasted. At the close. December was
12nl&c lower. and May, 11kmlAc lower
Weak cables and heavy worlds shipments
were the main factors in the decline,
though extreme dullness i'm the trade con-
tributed not a little TO the weakness.
pats were weak IN sympathy. Provisions
closed UNCHANGED to SC lower
ne leading futures ranged as follows.
,,,,,.o opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
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Mistake" by Mary Bradley, is a Christ
mas story for girls. Amelia Wofford
writes Of The Court testers of England"
a beautiful colored frontispiece, drawn by
Maud Humphreys, gives distinction TO the
number. The Century Company, Union
square, New York.
The Christmas Ladies' Home Journal
opens with a page of pictures of beautiful
children, selected from thousands of por-
traits. The children's holiday greeting is
a pleasing introduction to the excellent ar
ticles pertaining to the great festal season.
One Of these Interestingly describes Christ
mas in the palace at Potsdam, telling how
the German emperor and empress and the
royal children celebrate the day. There are
also two admirable short stories, Christ
mas at The HoNyhocks,' " and Christ
mas at the Trimbles." Ladies' Home
Journal, 421-427 Arch street, Philadelphia
The opening article in the December At
lantic is by Paul Leicester Ford, author of
THE Hon. Peter Stirling and 1.-THE
Story of an Untold Love-" and who now
occupies a prominent position among
American story writer's. He discusses
the American Historical Novel" A re-
markable paper from the pen of Henry G.
Chapman is entitled "Belated Feudalism
in America" 1t is an inquiry into the ma
ture of American institutions and an esti-
mate of how far they differ from those of
all preceding social and political organiza-
tons. Col. 7. w. Higginson, several
chapters of whose "reminiscences have a.
ready appeared in the Atlantic, contributes
the first of another series to the December
issue, THIS one telling of Literary London
Twenty Years Ago" Two short stories
appear in this issue, both of which are of
unusual quality. From a Mattress
Grave by l. Zangwill is pathetic story
half fiction and half fact of the death of
poet Heine. The other by Henry B. Full
Ter, entitled THE Greatest of These" is
an interesting story, the scene of which is
laid in Sicily. Houghton. Mifflin & Co.,
IL East Seventeenth street, New York,
The Christmas number of Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly is brimful of attractive
articles and entertaining stories for the
festal season. The number opens with
Christmas story by Frank r. Stockton
entitled "Old Applejoy's Ghost" which
contains a particularly clever idea work
ed out In Mr.. Stocktons welI-known pleas
ing manner Hunter MacCulloch contrib
utes an entertaining paper on "The Music
of Christmas Time" which is made par
tcularly interesting by the insertion in the
text of reproductions of the music of some
OF the old-time songs and carols. Famous
Ranchos of the San Gabriel Valley" writ
ten by Beatrice Bellido de Luna has many
fine Illustrations. Perhaps the most i'm
portant article in the number is one on
me Bapusts,' in which Gen. t. J. Nor
gan. corresponding secretary of the Amer
lean Baptist Home Mission Society. de-
scribes the history, growth and creed of
that religious body in this country.
Godey's Magazine for December has a
fine table of contents. The illustrated ar
tcles are particularly good. The depart
ment of fashions is up to date and contain
many hints which women are sure to find
valuable. The Cooley Company, 81 Lafay-
cite Place, New York.
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there is an outrage against humanity ana ma
a disgrace to civilization Fernanoo oort,'
to-day is simply the worst place on e7r[n
for any human beings who are Lo' -.
groes. No one who has ever had tlls ni M.
fortune to visit the Internal spot anu WIN, Wlo
has noted the countless graves WIN "I ~
it's hills are studded, VIII ques'i0A IL
truth of this statement.
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A CHINESE BANDIT.
over 200 Officers Required to Cap
ture Murderer of Forty Men.


From the North China Herald
A notable arrest was made in the native
town of New Chwang some days ago by
the government detectives. The criminal,
who goes under the name of Kang, was a
resident for some years in Picking, where
he lived In good style. Unfortunately
however, being of a quarrelsome DISPOSE
ton, he during that time knitted forty men
and such was his skill that none of the vic
Tins was ever known to recover, death, as
a rule, being instantaneous. Two hun
dred of his sect were pressed into govern
ment service and sent to scour the coun-
try round, disguised as cake venders; dis
pa tches were also forwarded to all the dis
trict officials to the effect that should IL be
proved that Kang had been in their town
or district without capture having been eff
fected the consequences to themselves
would be unpleasant, and a special band
of Picking detectives was set on his track
In spite of all Kang would have eluded
them had not the detectives come across a
friend of his, Lieu by name, whom they
prevailed upon to act as a decoy. Lieu
in whom Kang had che utmost confidence
being in fact his own especial comrade,
agreed to invite his friend to dinner, and
as Kang entered the door bowling the US
ual sautation; he was seized from behind
thrown on his face and ironed. A man
of indomtabe pluck and powerful ply
sique the detectives, with a brutality es-
sentially Chinese further secured him by
fixing iron rings through each shoulder
and proceeded to Shanhaikuan, thence by
rail to Picking. With the then bad state
of the roads the journey by cart to Shan
haikuan means hard travelling for six
days and the unfortunate mans sufferngs
must have been extreme. Nevertheless,
when a temporary halt was made before
leaving the ports east gate he regaled
the crowd with a comic song.