A typical instance of the way news gets erverted in the process of filtering into the interior is the generally accredited version here of the "ad calamity that re ly befell the s.s. Poyang. Theship, so itis said, was laden with contraband munitions for agents of Knog Yi-wei at Kiukiang. 'They were "vered on board by the customs' officials and the matter reported to Shanghwi. The authorities of the steamer company forthwith telegraphed to the ship's officers wt Kiukiang cnmanding them to commit suicide, which was accor.ingly done!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.