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Show MASSACRED BY BOXERS. Chilli-!. Mil! Innlnt Tlmt "FnrnlEn Devils' SIihII I.ruTe t'rlrnllul Kingdom. Details were received by tlm Kmpress of India of the lnussacro of Messrs. Ilruco and Lewis at Chnngto Hunar. For weeks tho cholera has been depopulating depop-ulating tlio cities along the Yuan river. In Changlo they died daily by tho score aud, from reliable reports, the same can be said of the cities west-Chenchou west-Chenchou Is built on a hillside and in tlio center of the city is a fumoussprlng from which the people obtain much of their water. This was reported to have been poisoned by the foreigners and hencu the high death rate. One afternoon Mr. Lowls was studying study-ing with his teacher and Mr. Ilruco was 'n his room across the hall when, iuan instant, tlio house aud street becamo crowded with people. Mr. Ilruco was drawn by his hair out of tho room and Into tho yard, where, with clubs, stones, knives, swords aud torture, they soon killed him. Mr, Lewis and his teacher went out at the back door Into the yard und started to climb upon an old shed, when a stroke from a spear brought the former to the ground. With the same instruments, his body was soon mangled beyond recognition. Eyes wero knocked out and the bodies otherwise mutilated. |