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Show YOKOHAMA THE SCENE OF .RIOTING BY COOLIE MOBS Over Five Thousand Men Attack Police Po-lice Station and Custom Houset When Troops Are Sent For. Toklo. Advices from Yokohama say that a riot occurred there shortly nrtcr midnight Tuesday night. Tho mob was divided Into two bodies numbering num-bering about G.GOO, mostly coolies, boatmen nnd outcasts. Eight pollco boxes wero demolished and burnod. The mob directed IU attack against three objects: The pollco stations, tho residences or the customs officials and tho largo commercial houses. Four hundred troops wero sent from Toklo on a special train, a lit' tie beforo dnwn to suppress tho rioting. riot-ing. Six hundred Hurslans, prisoners from Knrafuto, who wero staying nt tho different hotels, havo been placed under a special guard. During the riot tho pollco used drawn swords, while tho mob was armed with pistols pis-tols and sword sticks. Tho casualties among the pollco wero threo severely wounded and thlrty-soven Injured, Nlnty-elght of the mob nro under nr-rost. nr-rost. Tho mob set fire to tho pollco boxes by soaking hats in oil, firing them and throwing them at the object of attack. Quiet has apparently been restored. |