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Show RELATIVES OF CHINESE DEBTORS TO GO TO JAIL SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. It is reported that the local six Chinese companies com-panies have issued, with the indorsement indorse-ment of the Chinese Consul-General, a notice calling a meeting at which the claims of American and Chinese firms against Chinese firms which repudiated their indebtedness after the Dig fire last April are to be presented. These claims are to be placed in the hands of the six companies at the instance in-stance of the Chinese Oovernment, and where insurance has been collected by debtors who have refused payment of the elaims against them, the relatives of the debtor are to be captured in China, it is said, and thrown into prison, to be held until the debtor has met his financial obligations. |