Show I FIGHT IGHT WITH TRAMPS Horde of 2000 Vagabonds Over Overcome Overcome Overcome come Chinese Militia Mitia and Officials Pekin Feb S According to t recent advices advice from Hang Chow the capital of o 0 on o the of January more than 2000 20 vagabonds came to a village lage situated at a distance nce of o about O miles mies from the district city of ed Fu in the prefecture of Hang ung Chow and put up t a large temple in inthe Inte Inthe the te village viage for the night tempe These Thee vagabonds gave out that they te were natives of Tai Chow Cho and Wen Ven Chow and had been compelled by b lam fam famine fun lamme ine me to leave leve their homes home in search of oft t food fod They Tey begged for breed bred fuel uel rc and I money from the people of t the village and when they found foun that the te villagers were not as 3 liberal in their c aid as a they expected e them t le to be they fell houses house upon them and antI plundered their The poor villagers found fou d themselves powerless to resist tl the e vagabonds vagabond be because becse because cause they had a good g suppLy supper or Of arms ans which they the carried care about abut their Ir persons in their travels trel Those Thoe worthies worthie even went so 30 s fat far fa as asto a asto to clear clea the village of nil all al its It inhabit inhabitants slits ants ant and am occupied it I by force fe When iThen hen the tb matter maer was to the wa brought atten attention aten attention tion ton of Chan Cl n YIp the time district magis magistrate of the he at once oc repaired to the scene sene of the disturbance with witha wIt a 0 small smal body b of braves bre at his hi corn com command cm mand in order oder to restore peace Pc but butto butto butto to his Ins great et dismay h tte he found foun th th the riot rioters rioters rioters ers too to fierce to cops cope with wit He there thee fore tore reported r the matter porte to t Governor Jen Jan Taoyung Tong and ad requested that t Im be Imperial Imperial penal troops be b promptly dispatched to the te plate place e to punish h the Ue bandits QU and aad ad ers er the village vi to t its It proper own owners ow owners |