Suicides among Russians here ire not on the decrease, and as often 19 not the reason of their taking heir lives remains more or lasa mystery. A youth of 19, a student it the local Railway Technological institute who was living quite a iormal life, suddenly took it in his ead a few days ago to go and hang himself in an outhouse just before upper-time, and whilst his, brother and others were waiting or him to come to the table, Anther Russian took poison on ne~ aunt of the untimely end of his favourite dog, but is atill alive hanks to a friend. The dog had wen locked in at hone, but being. ery attached to his master, broke window and got cay trying to find: is master. Tie was run over. by automobile and killed, a fact vhich distressed the owner so much hat he attempted to take his own ard Business Japanese firms here axe continuing, close down on mortgages they ave given to Russians and properies are going under the hammer early daily by order o? the Court, hen a sale actually takes place it usually the Japanese firm which ave the mortgage that becomes the ow owner, and at a price much nder the cost price of the property. jenoral Horvath's estate and fa: m told Harbin is likely tu follow the footsteps of other valuable property, or the same reason, his place s valued at something: like $200,000 nil is of considerable aren, Mr. Speelman of the 1. assing through Harbin on his way ack to Shanghai from a holiday, vas approached by a group of lead: ing business men concerning a alnable property in the centre of tristan on which io built a couple f modern houses of three floors, which has boon mortgaged to Yokohama Specie Bank. The wrier of the property is willing to and over the buildings for @ public hospital at a moderate rent, proded the mortgage to the "Rank mounting to 80,000 Yen is paid off, ud Mr, Spelman was asked if the '8.8. was prepared to advance the jecvssary sum, two local banks warantecing that interest ete. yould be met on time. The yeply eecived was that the matter would placed before the Directors of he IS. Mx, Spelman pointing, ut at the sare time the invest by the Society in hoon hardly satis-for interest due on nortwages granted was not being:
id accurately, Timber Men in Gaol The Vozontoff brothers, timber oncessionaites on the western see-ion of the C.E.R. still remain un-er arrest at Hailar, but it is still known on whas basis they are ving held prisoners as there apen's to be no charge against them, t is another case of Chinese ficial taking the law into their wu hands. The Vozontzoffs obtaind the right to exploit the forest situated at the source of the teams which rise in the lower lopes of the Hinghan range, years ro from the local Bara officials,
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