The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17

I W uN
AS up to the time of writing ST.. Crisnnto Lich-
auco has not yet arrived at'IIong Kong. for that
reason | have not received notice whether the
second draft is in the mail But he has left me
the first letter
To-day, between IL and at noon, Mr. Syl
vcster received n telegram from his clerk in the
prepa ration OF our business which he has shown
me and which says: The 10000 utensils are
ready. Tomorrow night the clerk who knows
our secret will go and tell the number 10 be car
ried and the shipment will commence and II will
not be five days before IL is finished without fail,
and will start home without delaying one min
ute and within eight days will arrive at the
place we have agreed The pilot we spoke about,
he tSylvesterl says, ii is not advisable to inform
Of the business, and moreover he tells me TO have
him wait for us in the place agreed and there we
shall see him in an ordinary vessel at the mercy
of the waves, and little further out in the sea
and pretending ~ he fishing
do not let the flag agreed upon be hoisted until
they see steamer The flag 10 he hoisted is one
with a white handkerchief underneath In the
night a rcd lamp at the top Of the mast and two
white in eAch end Of the vessel
Knowing the number of days il wi take US
to arrive there you will take Of the rest and
whether you will send two or three persons you
must only communicate 10 the object of the
trip. or either deliver 10 him the instructions In
closed package TO be opened only at the end Of
the journey at the place of arrival. About the
persons you are going TO send the GRAND
expect of you the favor TO send my brother. about
whom have already written TO you. Likewise
l should like TO receive from the persons meeting
us your instructions in order TO know wha, ana
To do with our utensils and whatever be neces-
sary. The bearer of this is one Of the confiden-
tial agents Of Mr.. Sylvester and his name Is J. A.
CTuiCk shank whom he hcpa me In ,p,nn nd
TO you The object OF his voyage is TO offer TO
sell you telegraphic apparatus in case you re
quire and want them. Although this person
lives in the same house and Is TO be trusted in
other business he doesn't know anything about
ours AS Mr.. Sylvester keeps the greatest Sc
crecy, agree and think that IL is best not To let
anybody in Hong Kong know my departure
from here So that you are the only person |
ilform OF anything L. CARLOS"
CARLOS GETTING ANXIOUS.
SHANGHAI, 3lst December, 1893
Senior Emilio A0undido. MdiOloS:
Il am very glad today that the departure Of
the person who takes this letter did not take place
on the date fixed and instead he will sail 10 NOR
row, giving me the opportunity OF commun;cat.
ing TO you what follows: AS you must have been
informed. and as Mr. Lichauco knows the mum
Der Of cartridges Of the fl rst agreement with Mr.
'ou"a was o'oooooo only, ana last nlght whie
coh''rsihg win ana saying good-by with Mr..
optzel 'Ehghsh), VINO VIII order the shipment
and fix the number to be taken, he offered me
100000 extra Of cartridges, so that they will
be altogether @ 900 600 the price 81 per 100 which
will be collected there. was about ten minutes.
not knowing what 10 answer, fearing that they
were too many, but thought that this extra
amount will be useful and better To have il than
10 run snort oil them: therefore, accepted
loaay al +. NJ begged an interview with
M sylvester on account OF no telegram having
peen received from Sr' Crisanto Lichauco In order
TO know whether the second of the said first draft
had been sent by mail. You can easily imagine
the great prejudice which Lchauco will do TO
the country Tor we ought already TO have received
a telegram from MN about the second draft which
ne promised to forward by mail on arriving at
Hong Kong. wiring by the cipher agreed upon
before his departure Last night wired to him
that the shipment about TO be finished little
lett On account OF this the expedition and the
money are becoming imperilled all for not wiring
10 us about the second draft
According TO the Shanghai newspapers the
steamer which conveyed him arrived on Thurs
day Goth. In the afternoon so that he has had
time to take the matter up as in this two DAYS
there is a steamer that starts from there The
telegram above referred to has not been answered
up TO the present moment, 5 in the afternoon.
beside all that have said inform you Of
tnc ioho"ihg nave seen the paper OF the con-
tract Of the steamer. $4,000. / have also seen |
The btibe to the Chinese Government, sec, 900. |
All our utensils have been paid for that the
3rd or 4th OF January next year 1899. will only
nave TO go on board, and il on such date we have
ne" received the second draft or the notice. will
see the dark abyss in which the success of our
enterprise will fall all through not complying with
That second daft Alas the ndored country for |
which we offer our good services, and which we |
"atcred with our blood and sweat and for which |
we sacrifice rest and life Alas
To-day LIST OF January, 1890, at 1885 P. NJ, |
again c"bled to Hong Kong as follows: Kant |
Hong Kong, Horse, Quick forward promise of !
Laurent, the contractor already angry, answer |
~ once nan wired because am very uneasy |
~ Wv, WI al" MI "ouLa Today at
y ',o'N W. ''ee,'eu Fiesfah from MI Spitzel |
v ''.1" say as ''n""s' All ready also l,OOOOOO
n'u'"s'' ae'eSu' VII tuesday afternoon eA-
10 "'V ,o'iSen' from inc .hihese Government
" " ., , n''e IA my possession to-day at $50
7 NJ close TINS letter, Tor the bearer has To ou