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Show UPRISING OF BOXERS. Victoria, B. C, Nov. Advices have been received-from Canton to the effect tnat the Kwang Si rebels have captured tins city of Szenfu, and also several dis-uiot dis-uiot cities in the same urefeeture. A number of the officials of the caatured cities were either executed or killed by the rebels, while some succeeded in esJ caping. It is stated on good authority that the rebels recently secured a large amount of provisions and magazine rifles aim ammunition which caused the rebellion, rebel-lion, uormant for some months, to be renewed. re-newed. Two battalions of troops raised in Hunan have reached Canton and been loaded m fourteen "junks to be towed to Wu Cnou. en route to fight the rebels. From Szechuan news was received thai General Ting has defeated the Boxers. The imperial forces under General Ting , captured the Boxer fortress at Yung Tao Chi, between Hochu and Tai Hochen, and killed or captured the greater number, only 200, many wounded, escaping by t light. In Tsanhsien the imperial troops also repulsed the Boxers, killing 300. Reports Re-ports are now being received from the province of Yunnan and Kueichou that Boxers are massing in those provinces. A Pekin correspondent of the North China Herald says the Chinese government govern-ment Is seriously planning another upheaval. up-heaval. He points out that news has been obtained from reliable' sources that the empress dowager has received reports from all viceroys and governors regarding regard-ing the number of soldiers and amount of war munitions that could be raised, and instructions have beep given to train the Manchus in the use of the rifle and in western drill, they then to be drafted to the different provinces to instruct the soldiery, this being part of plans for another an-other outbreak. The British consul at Amoy, in a trade report just published, says Sumatran kerosene is beginning to supplant thj American oil in his district, but the' importations im-portations of American flour are increasing increas-ing greatly. During the last year 1,000 tons of American four were Imported at Amoy, an increase of 3,000 tons over 1SW0. |
