A. record of over 53 years spent in China was terminated by the death fon Sept. 1 at the institution of the Little "Sisters of the Poor, Nantao, of Mr, Gordius Frederick' Nielsen, aged 72, Mr. Nielsen came to China in May, 1882 from Slipshavn, Denmark, In the service of the Great Northern 'Telegraph Company. In 1901, he resigned from the company, and went to Russia for a short period, formul= ating a scheme for making telegraphy cheaper, After his return to. Shang-hal, he' became a sharebroker. He had a most exciting time during the Russo-Japanese War, being invited ty Mr. Pavloe, the Russian Minister, Who had fled to Seoul, to go one secret expedition, which, as he dec-Jared afterwards, was "Aled with humorous adventure, and scarcely any danger."
On his return in June 1905, he received his reward from the min-fter, which laid the foundations of his future prosperity. Mr, Nielsen later, Zounded magazine known as the "Cosmopolitan," which he wrote, entirely himself and also another publication called the "Godown." As €ditor of the "Shanghai Gazette" in 1018, Mr. Nielsen was closely asso ciated with Mr. Eugene Chen, and later became editor of the "China Mr. Nielsen leaves one son, Correze Nielsen,
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