Peiping, Apr. 7.
'The hopes of Wu 'Feb-shan, 'Tocat bean-eurdpediar, of realizing a $1,000,000 fortune' from ten "gold bricks" excavated in his courtyard ast week, wae dashed when the pro prietor of 1 local iron works tested them and found them to contain nothing but Shansi Iron.
Wu, however, has one consolation: the need not go to court, with three of his friends who assisted in the excavation and who were demanding a share In the find, Wu and his friends were released by the police immediately after. the expert had announced his findings, Wa was so disappointed that he did even ask for the return of the so-called "gold bricks,"—Reuter,
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