There are some whispers of dissatisfaction the railroad loan agreement, but there does not seem to be any disposition to do other than accep! the situation, which might have been so much worse from the people's point of view. The people feel that they have forced the Government to act in accordance with their wishes to a large extent. The work on the line here is moving along rapidly; the buttresses for the bridge are going up and the fill is being made, Some say that we shall have trains running to Hangchow before the end of this year.
There has been considerable excite ment in the city over the disappearance of young man, a member of a prominent moneyed family here. ning two weeks ago to East gate, where rail-going on. As he did not return that night search was made for him. The canals have been dragged, and the fields in every direction searched, but all to no effect. The Chamber of Commerce has offered one hundred dollars reward and the! family three hundred dol for his return. Up to this time no news whatever can be heard of him. Many think that there has been foul play tod that he was captured by highwaymen and robbed and perhaps killed. Some think that the method used must have. been to throw a rope around his neck and strangle him, method in vogue in others places in China. It looks now as if his disappearance would always remain a mystery. It has made people wary about going out at night alone. 'One very intimate friend, after search-ug in vain for the lost' man, decided that he would rather die than live without him, so took raw opium and soon followed him into the spirit world.
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