Show HAPPENINGS IN THE ORIENT In Then Tsln the authorities have rented additional houses In which to quarter the troops paying therefor cooo Munitions of war Includingtwenty 200pound gun qotlon mines have been sent from Shanghai to the Kiang Tins forts The United States gunboat Mono cacy will winter Inside the Taku bar It Is expected that the port will close inside of a week The Germans are still very active small bodies of from 30 to 300 dally leaving Peking and seldom returning wthout some Boxers and arms United States Minister Conger Invited In-vited the American residents to a special spe-cial Thanksgiving service at the legation lega-tion The service was well attended thc most oC thc officers not on duty being present All wealthy merchants In Peking have given 10000 taels to relieve the distress In Peking and have also Joined With the relief committee In endeavoring to assist those having rclatlvea in the South to reach them |