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Show UPRISING OF BANDITS . I SHANGHAI, Oct. 19. According to well-informed Chinese, the Weife societies so-cieties of bandits In the western part of Kwangtung are amalgamating with the object of raising a revolt In Canton and other parts of the province. It is believed be-lieved that these bandits have allied themselves with the West river pirates. It was the pirates In the West river, near Canton, who, as reported In a dispatch dis-patch from Shanghai, attacked the British steamers Pak Kang and Hoi Ho on the night of October 17, causing the British authorities to send a gunboat to the scene of the attack. |