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Show AMOUNT OF RANSOM .DEMANDED UNKNOWN ; j, m PEKIN, Oct. 4. The American mis- 1 i sionarios at Fan Cheng, in reply to an : j f i inrpiiry from Edward T. Williams, " i( American chargo d'affaires here, tele- t graphed today that the amount of tho j rausom demanded by tho Chinese bri- ' j I gands at Tsao Yang for tho release 1 ' I of the American and Norwegian mi3- I sionaries in captivity is not yet known. jl The TJev, C. Stokstad and the Rev. Mr. 1 Johnson, who went toward Tsao Yang I lj to communicate with tho brigands, have j I i not returned to 3ran Cheng. I ! I A difjpatch from Hankow says that i f I tho brigands at Tsao Yang number 2000 , I j f and tho government troops surround- Ing them total 3000 men. General Li : u Yuen Heng? vice president of the Chi- I i neso republic, bolicvos his force will be j J 1 1 sufficient as- tho brigands are undisci- : f j 1 plined and poorly organized. The gov- I I eminent troops are equipped with a bat- 1 i tory of machine guns. |