An ugly rumour is current amongst some of the Chinese that in order to make the bridges of the Peking-Hankow railway secure it is necessary to bury the bodies of children under the foundations. As foreigners are building the railway they are consequently supposed to be in wanb of children t+ strengthen their bridges. 'The result was that yesterday three {happy men who were suspected of kidnapping children were lynched in Wuchang. One was drowned, a' second was stoned, and the third hacked to pieces.
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