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Show CRIMES OP CHINESE- Moaatrd lUndlU are TcrrorlilnK the l'eoiile. Port Townscnd, Feb. 10. Mall ad-(Ices ad-(Ices from the orient say that the province of Nowchwang s In a state of terror occasioned by the appearance of 1,000 mounted bandits. Numerous outrages havo been committed on residents, resi-dents, who nra povverlcts. The merchants mer-chants havo moved their goods to a treaty port twenty miles south of the Invaded districts. Grave fears aro entertained en-tertained that the bandits contemplate a raid on tho latter place, which Is being be-ing fortified. A serious uprising Is reported from the province- of Huhpch against converts. con-verts. The local authorities aro rendering ren-dering all posslblo piotcctlon to the christians white awaiting thu arrival of troops. Tho Pckln government hat ordereil troops to the sccno with ordcri to tho commanding ofllcer to crush the uprising. In tho case of failure a severe penalty will follow. lly tho breaking of Ico on a rlvci leading to Tientsin, 200 people, were precipitated In tho water. Ono hundred hun-dred nnd six wero drowned. A report has reached olllclal circles at Pckln that an assassin was dispatched dis-patched to .Inpan to take tho Ufa of tho emperor of Jspan. Great excitement was caused by tho rumor and a thorough invcstlgatl m has been ordered. |
