Show 60TWO TWO SWINDLERS Bloom and Douglass Steal Thousands Thou-sands of Pounds They Left Sydney Very Suspiciously a Albatross tit Honolulu Xo Special Difficulties in Laying Cable HONOLULU Hawaii Dec 10 According to accounts in late Sydney papers Bloom and Douglass owners of the yacht Boagoe i who left this port very suspiciously a few weeks ago were interested in an Australi an mercantile and guarantee association and defrauded the association out of largo sums of money and it is alleged hrough the assistance as-sistance of James Miller manager of the association The real names of Bloom no douglass Douglass arc Bell and Davis I is asserted they have succeeded in getting away with 25000 sovereigns About twentyfour thousand of this amount was placed in the hands of a man named Leonard for the purpose of keeping it out of tho hands of the authorities also to have it changed into American gold This Leonard succeeded suc-ceeded in doing and left on the steamer Mariposa for San Francisco The same steamer carried the wives of Boll an davis Davis who besides Leonard were accompanied accom-panied by a young man named Bryno Davis Nephew It is said another director of the same named Malcom got away with 10000 The United States steamer Albatross arrived ar-rived hero the 21st of November On hE return return trip she will make a second survey for a cable Lieutenant Tauner says a survey of SOD miles off the coast 01 Cal 1 fornia has been made with a view of find ing i the best starting point for a cable and in i his opinion Saledas landing in the bay of Monterey is the most suitable Ho says in his opinion there Is no season why a cable cannot be laid True there are difficulties to overcome but only such as are usual in laying deepsea cables The greatest depth reached in the survey was 3100 fathoms and an average depth of 2500 A landing place on this island was not determined Hon John Parker undo of Minister of Finance Samuel Parker died here Novem ber 13 aged 64 years The steamer Zam besi thirteen days from Yokohama arrived here November 13 She reported the loss of life by the recent earthquake in Gifu ken Japan at 5173 wounded 0527 Many dead had not been buried and many mangled man-gled remains are piled together in heaps I The debris is becoming very offensive and it i is feared much disease will result Those I who escaped the earthquake aro suffering suferng greatly for proper clothing and shelter |