The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-11
AUSTRALIAN MEMS NOTES.
Az IMMENSE NUGGET DISCOVERED
NJ TWO PROsPECToRs.
Toy PistoI-Chfef witness In the
Tichhorne Trial Dies In an In
sane Asylum-I.ian Disappears.

MIA Wellington ~ a. tl1S MOI .8iIsS. C.Ifs@-
ing Australian news 70 August .. An in
mefse sensation has been created ali over
Australia hy the discovery in Western
Australia CT a huge nugget valued az sse.-
90. On account q is having bsea found
on Sunday is has been chrlstened "Sa-
cied Nugget" The prospectors are three
fishermen. It's weigh. is authenticsliy GER
TIED at rs pounds avo:rdupo.s. The lump
IS fifteen inches long an6 over five inches
wide. and .as found on the surface Of an
aiiuviai patch near Lake wynne, or Wind.
three miles from Kanowna- This IS not the
biggest nugget on record. for the Ballarat
nugget weighed 2-.ics ounces ard vas
worth &4l.19- A huge stampede has fol-
lowed 10 The diggings.
From Psnh1rst. Victoria. comes the
news OF daring bank robbery. An armed
man stuck up the local branch of the Bank
Of Victoria. hound and gagged Manager
J/mieso1. took loo In notes and gold from
the strong room ard decamped The rob-
Der was arrested later His name is James
Ryan.
Australian papers contain columns about
bushranging sensation which developed
into a. comedy. TIE first reports had 1t
that the captain OF the Flat mail coach In
New South Wales was held UP and the
bush.angers made big haul OF checks and
postal orders Must Of the passengers by
the coach lost their III oney and jewelry: one
lady saved her money By hiding It in her
stocking. The mounted police went in hot
pursuit and arrested the man. James King.
Then Il came out that there was only one
rohber who relieved the passengers, while
he had dummy figure standing BY q
fence. Moreover. he stuck Up the coach
Nit f-z ~,g< ~
upon him some five OF six caps of the sort
that children Use with make-bel.eye fire
arms
Mrs. Simmons. an insane woman living
at Enfield. near Adelaide. South Australia
grew jealous OF young housekeeper her
husband secured named Georgina Wood
ing. To rid herself OF the housekeeoer.
Mrs. simmons threw kerosene over Miss
Wooding and then set her clothes on fire.
Wooding was the mother OF an il.eg!tinate
child Of which William simmons was al
legged 10 be the father.
In the Perth theater. Westralia. there
was sensation caused during per
Torrance OF The Middleman." Just
at the beginning OF the third act a
man, William Purdy. jumped up in the
audience and shouted out. Capt. Baldwin
Is a murderer. My name /; Purdy' With
that he cut his throat with a pocket knife
He VAS removed by the police to a hospital
Rats chewing matches caused a sto.0o
fire In Coolgarde.
In New South Wales lunasic asylum
one OF the chief witnesses in the famous
T.chborne trial. Jean Lu.e died oc senile
debility. Luie was steward on board the
Inflated Bella. which sailed from England
with the real Tichbcrne. In his evidence
at the famous trial Luc identified the
claimant as one OF those saved from the
wreck with himself Up to q short tine
hcyg y 70,
lieved that the olaiman, was Tichborne
twho sailed with him IN the Belial. until
the conclusion Of the trial, when he and
the Claimant were arraigned for perjury
and sentenced 70 fourteen years and seven
years respectively. After the expiration Of
his sentence In England L,i;e went 10 the
New South wales colony ard worked In
different avocatiors up til a few months
ago. when he was admitted TO the Liver
pool asylum. He was = years az age a
native OF Bornholr1. Denmark and unrlar-
ried. It Is a strange coincidence that the
chief actors Che claimant and Luie) in this
great trial should end their days In an
asylum.
The political situation In New South
Wales Is Interesting. owing,t the close
ness Of the parties as q resui, OF the gem
eral election. TIE state Of the parties in
the new parliament stands thus: Govern
ment, 81 independents. }. Three ministers
have been sent into silence Nessrs. Sidney
Smith. Jacob Garrid and Gould
There is a shortage OF ratious at the New
Guinea gold fields
II. NJ. s, Porpoise. one OF the Australian
squadron. recently returned 10 Suv-a from
4 cruise among the islands with the news
that Falcon Island. recently situated mid
way between the Tongatabu AMI Hama;
groups. and Immediately opposite the No
nluka group OF tsie,S, some twentv-seven
miles 70 the westward. has lately dsap-
peared. Falcon island was OF volcanic
origin. hail a mile or more IN diameter
possessed AT altitude OF forty feet and
was u1.nAn hited The breakers which
ware Wont TO thunder NJ is base now -eveI
N = broken kini 81 way over the site OF
The surkcN stand. ant would Indicate shat
the subsistence - he stand = not # great
depth. lis G!s4ppearaace IS 1 ,ubtleSs due
10 volcanic disturbances. IL NJ Pen
gUin was engaged IN Surveying IN the
Tonga0 group when the Porpo.se left and
II is more than likely that the commander
OF tina, vessel WI Wis; the spot wlth she
objoct Of surveying the surrounding vat
ers and making ether notes - this inter
sstinr occurrence
Premier Byrouss q Queensland. thl1ks
Australia should profit by me span. sh-
American war. he saws Queensland mast
give attention t. nil t6ry matters. "a com
plicatiorS might rise At any t;me. ard me
shorts q Australia be att3rsej. II tnay
were - T. a nation they mus; be pr.par-
- - DE- I'll themselves Parliament wouf3
not rC9ntfUance more expenditure than
the country ceu.3 properly AFFORD. bat the
members wcu,d he lack Dg n thc.r re-
sponsfbHjtsss - they failed - ~; thar
defense il better position tha1 al prr sent.
Strong efforts M also p : rec.e.l towards
4 development Il the resources ~ the col-
ony
The Victorian assembly has passed 4
hlli e3v.rr tHe f~susl ise 10 women.
tn Q.csI All uySm:eT states t.at there
has ssecH Ur@e1As..a worA ~ connection
yysfs the New Gvss,.. land Er25 Queens
TARA a ts protest. - the uiucsx aca.nst the
proposed concession of Guinea Lana 10 =
chartered syndicate.
A. Melbourne. ,he ether fay. the - n
ser - Victoria Was qssSr. 9eei III sne 49,
sert.y about ne rspeTf t~at sAe imperial
government SAS hsea n treaty x*a taa
Japaae<e government, fer ceS>lon u a
portion - TIE northern territory ser he
purposes * japanese ssst.s t-1ss, He
STATED thas Be had asc<rtslsse4 thAt t1e
Sossh Australian government BAD made
Representations - the coleman o~tce a5ta
4 view - t~s1E.-Z pressure - bes- On