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The Van Buren press., 1899-08-19
Henry Clay Cleveland pend.

HCck Island, ILL.,, Aug. 17.-Henry
Clay Cleveland, ex-member of the Hi
nois legislature, died at Rock Island
Ill, Tuesday, aged IS years. Deceased
who was veteran of the civil war, was
prominent in lodge circles, being EN-.
inent grand junior warden of the
grand commandery of the knights
TCmplars of Illinois.
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THURSDAY, Aug. IL.
Grain and Proyisions.

St Louis - Flour = Patents, s3.4OQ3. 60. +.
other grades, s2.75Q325. Wheat-No. 2 red
TE@75I2c. Corn-No 2 mixed, 32c. Oats
No. 2, 21Ac Hay-Prairie, $4.50GlS. 90:
timothy new, s7.50a1000; choice clover.
B0On1o00 Butter - Creamery, 19d2lc;
dairy, 15Gt17c Eggs-Fresh, lie Lard
Prime steam s5.O5 Pork-New Mess, 50 CO..
Bacon-Clear rib. 5Ac. Wool-Tub- washed,
2042Gl2c; Missouri and Illinois medium
combing, lgAc clothing, 19Ac; other
grades, 13ql9c.
Chicago-Closing quotations: Wheat
September, 70&u70Nc; December, 73A6D
73asc May, 76lzc. Corn-August, 30c; Sep
tember, SOl9c; December, 2SAc; May, 2sAc
Oats-August. 2Ol2c; September, 1870
1889 December, lsssqi9Ae; May, 2lhcp
2l&c. Porls-August, $500: September,
$500; October, $S.27A December sS.S7lh
January, $s.372. Lard-August, s5.17i2:
September, s5.l7i2; October, S22Ia; De-
cember. S27ls; September, sits; October.
s. 22ls: December s5.H1sq53O; January.
6.s7lzq5:40: Ribs-August, $500; Septem-
ber, $5.00d59212; October, $5.05; December.
G.77h; January, AS7h.
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Rise In steaks and Chops.

Chicago, Aug. 7,-Restaurant keep
ers in Chicago are beginning to put up
the prices of steaks and chops to their
patrons in response to the advances in
price made by the packing companies.
They claim there is no money in the
sale of meats at the old figures and
that the example of the New York res
taurant keepers will be followed
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Anxiety for the burnside.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Some anxiety
is felt at the war department on ac-
count of the failure to secure any in
formation concerning the transport
burnside. She left New York a week
ago to-day, and was due at Matanzas
last Monday.
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Conditions Favorable at Hampton.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Surgeon
Vicllery, of the Marine hospital service,
reports from the soldiers home at
Hampton, Va, that the conditions
there remain favorable. Surgeon-Gen.
eral Wyman declined to state what
were the prospects of raising the
quarantine against rhoebus.
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Hunted Down and KILLED.

Ratesville, Ark, Aug. 17.-News was
received here Tuesday evening, of an
assault upon Mrs. Beavers, living near
limbo, Stone county, by two men.
The husband of the woman hunted
down and killed one of the men and
tie other was taken in custody by the
sheriff.
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The VipiInncia Heard From.

New York, Aug. 17.-Ward line Of
ficials have received a dispatch saying
the steamer Nigilancia, of that line,
had been sighted Off Jupiter inlet, on
the east coast of Florida. She report
ed all well. The Nigilancia was due
in Havana on Saturday. She carried
about 80 passengers.
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Arclbo Was Devastated.

New York, Aug. 17.-Arecibo, Porto
Rico. was devastated by the recent
hurricane, and later was flooded by
the Arecibo and Manati rivers to n
depth of six feet. Two hundred bodies
haye been recovered and hundreds
more are missing. 1t is thought they
were swept into the sea.
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The French government is about to
expend several millions of francs on
the coast defenses of New Caledonia.
According to a report to the state de-
partment from our commercial agent
there, Mr. Wolff, the work has already
commenced.
The Van Buren press., 1899-08-19

Col. Chas. Page Bryan, United States
minister to Brazil, in an important
communication to the Argentine and
Brazilian press, asserts that the Unit
ed States wants nothing of South
America but trade and harmony.
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Aug. Hosetig, an Austrian govern
ment railroad official, was arrested, on
the 14th, for stealing the emergency
mobilization plans, which he delivered
10 a man named =. Ziboworski, who is
SAID to have communicated them to
agents of France and Russia.
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On the 14th Secretary Gage sent to
Lieut.. Gushing, in command of the
gratulations on his success in towing
the cutter Nunivak from San Francisco
to the mouth Of the Yukon river, dis
tance of about 4,200 miles.
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Prof. George Hench Dead.

Ann Arber, Mich, Aug. IA tele-
gram from Boston Announces the death
to-day of Prof. George A. Hench, of
Michigan university, who was injured
while riding a bicycle down road in
the white mountains.
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The American line steamer Paris, re-
Gently pulled off the rocks near
Coyerack, left Falmouth, England, on
the 14th, under her own steam, aided
by several tugs, bound for Milford
Haven, where she will be docked for
repairs.
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The Thirty-frst regiment United
States volunteers is now practically
full One company is made up of fight
ing fuedists from Clay county, KY,
who are not only hardy, but fine
marksmen and soon become we'll
drilled
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Admiral newey netter.

Leghorn, Aug. t7.-Admiral Dewey,
who has been suffering from fever,
is now better, and he remained ON the
deck of the Olympia. II is believed
the admiral will give an official recep.
ton before leaving for Florence.
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Gov. Bradley of Kentucky, discuss
ing the interview with Congressman
A S. Berry, of Newport, in which the
latter declared Bryan might be shot II
he persisted in going to the state m
the interest of Goebel, said Il can
not think Mr.. Berry made the state
ment attributed to him. In any event,
such a statement is an insult Ken
lucky and wholly without foundation
Or excuse.
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Japans importations have grown in
the past five years from SS,257,l72 yeu
to 277, 500, ,166 yen. Meantime her ex-
ports have grown from s9,7l2,s64 yen
in 1898 to 165,753,572 yen in 1898. The
import from the United States have
increased from 5000, ,4oS yen to 4o,001,-
ON1 yen.
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1t is reliably reported that Gen.
Juan Isidro Jiminez, the aspirant to
the presidency of the republic of San
TO Domingo, has sent a confidential
agent to New York to carry out cer-
tain plans. The agent is fully empow-
cred to present the views of Gen. jim
inez
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Attcn,pt 10 BIov, Tn n Car.

Cleveland. o.. Aug. 17.-Late Tues
day evening an attempt was made 30
blow up west-bound car on Clark
avenue, near Scranton avenue. One
passenger, was aboard. No one was in.
iured.
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Premier Silvela announced, on the
14tb. that measures for the liberation
of the Spanish prisoners in the Phil
ippines were proceeding, though no re-
suit had been obtained.
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VIII name ~ Full Ticket.

Lexington, Ky, Aug. 17.-More than
1000 democrats, opposed to Senator
Goebel for governor and the ticket
nominated at Louisville, attended the
state convention which met here. A
full state ticket will be named.
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Two hundred and fifty Chinese men
and women intended for the Chinese
village feature of the Philadelphia n9-
tiohal export exposition, have sailed
from Hong Kong on one of the steam
ers of the Nippon Maru line for San
Francisco, where it is expected they
will arrive September /.
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4 Cyclone In Uruguay.

Montevideo, Aug. 17.-A cyclone
swept over this part of the country
Tuesday, causing much damage to
property. Several fatalities have been
reported.
The Van Buren press., 1899-08-19

The common council of Detroit,
Mich, on the 11th, by vote of "a to
10, reduced the price of street car
fares on the Citizens and Fort Wayne
lines to eight rides for 25 cents. The
company will make a stout legal re-
sistaDce
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senator Hayward Improving.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 17.-Reports re-
eeived from Brownylle are to the eff
feet that Senator Hayward is consid-
erably improved. His mind is clearer,
he is some stronger, and there are no
indications of relapse.
The Van Buren press., 1899-08-19

Reports of the Great Northern rail-
way officials place the destruction of
wheat by the recent hail storm in
North Dakota and Minnesota at 800 900
acres or nearly 100000 bushels. At
20 cents per bushel this means loss
of over So ,5000O
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Wife Murder and Suicide,

New. Philadelphia, o., Aug. AL
bert Myers shot and killed his wife,
and with the same revolver took his
own life. Jealousy was the cause.
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According to Bradstreet's the busi-
ness failures in the United States for
the week ended on the 11th numbered
1856, as compared with 1856 the preced-
ing week, 1877 year ago and 214 in
1897. In Canada the failures for the
week number 27, against 26 the week
previous, 80 a year ago and 81 in 1897.
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Gen. Weyler denies the report that
ne is a republican, but thinks federal
ism is theoretically acceptable. He
also says he would be an absolutist if
a king worthy of the name existed.
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Government estimates point to a
Weld of corn of probably OO,oOO,OOo
bushels-a heavy increase over last
wear and almost within touch of the
record breaking crop of 1896.
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Nj. LabOri's COu,IittOu

Rennes, Aug. I'm. Labori passed
betetr night. He had some sleep,
and his condition is more reass,iring.
The assailant of the lawyer has not
been captured.
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To meet Next in milwaukee,.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 1.-THE Inter.
national Typographical union conyen-
tion selected Milwaukee as its next
meeting place
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President of Miami University.

Hamilton, o., Aug. 17.-Rev. DIR. Da-
Wis Stanton Tappan, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church at Portsmouth,
o., has been elected president of Mi
ami university.
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In view of the growing Importance
OF the fruit industry of this country,
an especial effort will be made to make
an attractive showing of fruits at the
Paris exposition, next year, and Direc-
tor Dodge of the agricultural depart
ment, has prepared a circular which
will be sent broadcast over the coun-
try. asking for contributions to the
proposed exhibit.
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NEGOTIATING WITH GUERIN.
rhe Government Anxious to Effect
n B1OOiless Arrest of the
Anti-semItcs.

Paris, Aug. I'm. Joseph Lasies
snti-semite and anti-revisionist mem
ber of the chamber of deputies for
Gers, and NJ. Massard, manager of the
Patrie, held a consultation with Pre-
mier WaldeckRousseau's secretary in
behalf of NJ. Guerin, president of the
Anti--Semite league, who. with symps-
lhizers, has been barricaded, since Sat
brday, in the offices of the league, ~
earding the terms under which the
latter would surrender.
The secretary said it was essential
hat the law should be upheld, but the
government was as anxious as the
mediators 10 effect a bloodless arrest.
Further conferences on the subject
have been arranged.
Crowds of people continue TO watch
N. Guerin's barricade. over which the
anti-semitic banner still waves.
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A committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the laying of the cor
nerstone of the new federal building
in Chicago next October are TO invite
a large number of ex-confederate gen.
erals and officers to attend the cere-
monies.
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The Stricken river steamer Strath-
coma arrived at Wrangle, Alaska, on
the 9th, with 80 survivors of the Ed
monton's trail. All these men came in
with the pack train sent out from
Telegraph Creek and Laketon by the
various trading companies last spring.
They tell heartrending stories of suf-
fering, starvation and other calamities
endured.
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New York, Aug l7.-Money on call
steady at per cent; prime mercantile
paper, 4qii2 per cent Sterling exchange
1rnl. with actual business in bankers bills
a. Sistl4M4S5la for demand, and at S4S2a.
pl.sJ for sixty days; posted rates, 81 s3ieGD
LS4 and A.Na4Slla; commercial bills
NSll.Q4S2 Bar silver, 60Lc Mexican doll
ars, ssc. Government bonds strong.
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Esumates place the total wheat crop
of the United States this year at $780,
100000 bushels, with the exception of
1891 and 1898 the largest on record.
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nividend on Chicago a Alton Stock.

New York. Aug. IA dividend of
So per share has been declared on the
Chicago g. Alton stock, payable Sep
te1nber l.
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Prof. Bunsen Deau.

Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. 17.-Prof.
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen, the
chemist, is dead, aged 50 years.
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co.,Iv Fire mt Westchester, N. Y

New York, Aug. 17.-Fire at West
chester. n. Y, destroyed ST. Peter S
Episcopal church and most of its con-
tents. Loss, 100000.
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Cotton.
Financial.

Quotations for middling range as fol-
lows. St. Louis, l5-l6c; New York, S-16c /;
Memphis 15-l6.
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won't Surrender on Any Terms,

Paris, Aug. 17-Later il was an
bounced that NJ. Guerin refused to sur
render, and said he wculd slarye.
ather tha capitulate-
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'Rennes, Aug. 1.-THE second trial
by eourt-martial of Capt. Alfred Drey-
fus, of the French artillery, charged
with treason, was continued, Mai. Car
riere, the representative of the govern
ment, having refused to agree TO the
adjournment of the case until Mon
day, applied for by NJ. Demange, coun-
sci for the prisoner, and Capt. Drey-
fus, owing to the murderous attack
upon Maitre Labori, leading counsel
for the defense.
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III. Lebon afterwards returned to the
stand and added few more words IN
justification of his conduct, and then
Col. Jouaust ordered the next witness
TO be brought in. All eyes were
turned towards the door on the right
o. the stage, and moment later, the
form of a woman, dressed in deep
mourning, appeared in the doorway
and, accompanied by a non-commis-
stoned officer advanced to the plat
form.
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River News.
THE MARKET REPORT.

. Fall. . Trace
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-12

serving it its progress seemed slow. but
little calculation afterward showed that
it had crossed the entire breadth of the
city in very few minutes.
Looks like California waterspout,
said Speers- s-"No,. it's an old twister, and
there's he'll in it,
moment later mounted policemen were
galloping up TO report a cyclone, tele-
phone calls for ambulances. patrol wagons
and help were pouring in, fire alarms were
summoning the department for work
among the wreckage and crowds were
hurrylng to the scene of destruction. The
tornado had crossed the city in almost
as straight a line as if its trail had been
surveyed and staked out for it in ad-
vance. For almost the entire distance its
track was between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets, and hardly house in
the two or three miles of it's spin across
the city escaped damage. On the hilltops
it made complete wreCkage of everything
in its path; in the depreesions there was
muCh less damage, as ii seemed TO jump
from hill 20 hill Brick structures suffered
churches, being reduced almost to powder.
more than seven or eight persons killed
and perhaps five times as many more or
less seriously hurt. The damage to prop
erty amounted to hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
Before the great cloud of dust rai1d by
the terrific beSomS work had cleared
away, the sun was shining, the atm0s-
phere was calm and deliciously cool and
nature smiled as innoCently as if tragedy
formed no part of the repertoire.-Minne-
apoliS Times
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-12
WATCHING A TORNADO.
AS It Swept Over Big City Like
the Whirling of Big Peg Top.

Have you ever seen tornado in opera
tion-watched its course from a safe dis
tance and noticed the awful phe-
nomena attending its progress? One
sultry Sunday afternoon in June l
was standing in front of the Kan
sas City Central Police Station chat
ting with the late Thomas NJ. Speers,
then, and for many years. Chief of Police
of the Western Missouri metropolis. We
were grUmbling at the intolerable heat
and the Chief who had been a frontiers
man in his youth; was assuring all corners
that Deaths Valley and the hottest
holes in the sunken desert of the far West
could not beat it. Suddenly a mysterious
gloom came down over the city-a creepy
feeling at the roots of the hair For an
instant the sultry calm became more oD-
pressive than ever, and to breathe seemed
10 require an effort. Then little vagrant
currents of air darted hither and yon ap-
parently with no definite purpose or des-
tinati0h in view. Glancing about our gaze
shortly rested on a yellowish cloud that
was crossing the city some ten or dozen
blocks away. Its form and motion sus
gested an enormous peg top inclined at a
Sharp angle, but spinning merrily along.
At the distance from where we were OBJ
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aeeees-e- SO 60

The pavement itself was protected by
a curb of travertinO, or ordinary Ro-
man stone, and in the fourth or fifth
century a marble fence was erected
around the curb, which evidently i'm
plies that some tradition of sanctity
hung about the spot. AS the use of
black marble for such purposes is most
unusual there can scarcely be any
doubt that this black stone is what
was called in the old days The Tomb
of ROmulus." The origin of the stone
is still uncertain In order to settle the
question as TO it's geological classical
tion Signor Boni has had one fragment
polished-a process which has rendered
1T perfectly evident that the stone is
marble. Whether it came from Greece
or from the Pyrenees is uncertain, but
in many chateauX in Savoy l remem-
Der having seen chimney pieces made of
marble from a quarry in the Savoy
Alps of precisely similar black marble,
with veins arranged in exactly the same
way, except that they were yellow in
color instead of being white like the
veins of the Niger Laps." Explora
tions are being carefully made under
the Niger Lapis in the Forum, and Sig
nor BOni is convinced that cOnstruc-
tions of some kind exist beneath it.
What they are is not yet certain, but
we shall know before long. Quite close
to the Niger Lapis have been found
numerous medieval wells, which are be-
ing pumped out These wells are lined
with fragments of marble, much of it
ninth century work, probably taken
from the original Church of Sergio and
Bacco. These wells show how short
the supply of water must have been in
medieval Rome. The Tiber was putrid,
the aqueducts had been cut and wells
were sunk close to the Cloaca MaXina,
the main sewer of Rome.
During the operations in the Forum a
road which bounded the north side of
the Forum has been held bare. This
road was known to exist, but had never
been exposed Signor Boni is inclined
to think that it is the original Via
Sacra, and that its discovery will neces-
state important notifications in the
topography of the Forum.
In addition to these important discov-
cries much work has been done. The
basement of the Temple of Saturn has
been strengthened with iron bars, which
were much needed. One of the fourth
century honorary columns has been set
up again, and another one will soon be
erected. The opening into the Cloaca
MaXima has very wisely been closed.
The entrance to the Forum has been
changed, and in future visitors will no
longer descend over the platform of
the Temple Of Castor and Poliux, as
has been their path for many years,
but will go down by a new staircase
on to the Vicus Tuscus-that street
where the Etruscan merchants had
their shops and sold incense. looking
glasses and dainties, wrapping up their
understanding to Horace-with the
verses of the minor poets. The Church
Of Saints Cosmas and Damian, orig
inally the Temple of Romulus, will be
redeemed. restored to its original form
and probably used as small museum.
Excavations are still in progress and
further discoveries are anticipated
Rome Correspondence London News.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-12
He Knew How to Take It.

Here is a story which is vouched for by
a local Standard Oil official. 1t concerns
a certain superintendent who was sent up
TO the company's works at Whiting to
oversee matters. One morning as he was
strOlling about with his ewes open he dis
covered an 1risnman laying pipe in the
customary excavation. The superintend-
ent is very irascible man. In addition
to this. he has wonderful command OF
sulphurous language Something about
the mans work displeased him. and he
suddenly opened up, or, rather down. on
the poor fellow with all his heaviest ma
terial But though he condemned him to
perdition in a dozen different ways, the
man in the ditch never 80 much as looked
up. If he had been deaf and dumb he
couldn't have taken his roasting more
stolidly. The superintendent suddenly
pulled up in his wild TRADE.
See here. my man" he roared, don
you know m giving you help"
The pipe--layer paused. Slightly turning
hts head, he squinted up a the superin-
tendent.
he quietly asked.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Russia wants to borrow money in the
London market for the purpose of ex-
tending her railways
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BOX 0F,COLD
STOLEN FROM
A STEAMSHIP
Robbery on the Currie Liner
Argus Similar to That
on the Alameda.
NO CLEW TO THIEF
Sailor Who Jumped Overheard and
Was Drowned Believed to Have
Been the Culprit.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 1.-News has
reached here from Sydney, at which
port it was reported by the CuTrie liner
Argus of the theft of a box of gold from
the steamer Koningin Regente-a rob-
berry similar to that which occurred on
the steamer Alameda.
The steamer arrived at Batavia on
the 4th of last month from Holland via
the SueZ. and at once reported that a
box containing $4,000 in gold for the
Java Bank had been stolen. The box
with the gold was put on board at
Southampton and was deposited in the
strong room. the key of which is in the
custody of the captain and kept in a
chest Whether this key was taken out
of the chest or whether a false key
was used remains doubtful. The rob-
berry was so we'll carried out that 1t
was not discovered until just after the
steamer had left Genoa. The inveStiga-
ton that followed brought little more
to light than suspicious against some or
the crew. A search for the money on
the supposition that it was hidden on
board proved fruitless.
A few days afterWard the solution OF
the mystery seemed near at hand. In
the Suez Canal one of the crew had let
himself down into the water at night
ana was never seen again. News came
shortly afterWard that he had been
drowned. Not long afterward two SOL
diers belonging to a military detach-
ment jumped overheard. They were
pursued, captured and brought back.
Naturally these attempts to escape
were brought into connection with the
robbery 1t was inferred that the
drowned sailor was the robber. On the
surmise that he had taken the treasure
box also, so that it had disappeared
with him in the water the canal was
dragged but nothing was found.
On the arrival of the steamer at Bata-
via notice of the robbery was given.
Some Europeans belonging to the crew
were suspected of having had a hand
in it, The Public Prosecutor and the
police conducted an investigation on
board Nothing further was known az
the date the mail left Batavia by the
steamer for Sydney.