CHINA DAILY News.")
13th October. from Tsen Ch'un-hsien, Viceroy of Sze-We have received a telegraphic dispatch clean, reporting what he has done since his arrival in that province. He has suecersively captured Ling Hsia-shun and 'T-eng Hung-chun, auss Liu Lung, two of the principal Boxer chiefs who had very large followings and a number of other minor chiefs. These two men he summarily beheaded and also punished the others according to their various degrees of guilt. Operations are being energetically made against other Boxer leaders still at large. We hereby grant the memorialist permis-on to select the most deserving of his officers and recommend them to us for reward in this matter. The said Viceroy also reports that finding that one of the two leading Boxer chiefs whom he beheaded, namely, the aforenoted Ling Hsioshun, was on former occasion captured but was allowed to escape after paying heavy bribes, he made due enquiries and dis covered that the officer commanding the Weiching battalion, Tan Ch'ang-kun, and his subordinates, Captain Peng Ming-li and First Lieutenant Mao Yi, were the men who were guilty of accepting the said bribes and allowing the said Boxer chief to escap", and for this the memorialist immediately had the delinquents decapitated. With regard to the cashiered Taotai Chou Chénghsing, who commanded the brigade to which the above-named battalion belongs, even although he has been removed frum the said command, the fact i bad reputation and is of not having preserved due disd me in his brigade. We hereby command the said cashiered Taotai to be dismissed for ever from the service and that he be deported to his native city and placed under thesurveillance of the local authorities of the said city.
(2) Cashiering some snd commending others of the mandariuat Gfanchu), Governor of Honan, ince in response to memorial of Hsi Liang (3) Cashiering a number of Sz-chuan officials in response to memorial of Censor Wang Kao jan. With reference, however, to Yuan Fang-lin, the retiring Provincial Treasurer of Szechuan, also denounced by the said Censor, as the charges made do not seem to be substantiated, the said Treasurer is forthwith excused.
15th October.
The other day we received a memorial from the Censor, Wu Pao-chun, strongly denouncing one Wang Yi-t'ai, former acting district magistrate of Funinghsin, Kiangsu province, on charges of avarice and unscrupulous conduct daring his tenure of office. The son of the accused was also implicated in asking for and accepting bribes. We then instructed the provincial high authorities to investigate the matter, who now report that they found it just as the said Censor had reported. We hereby order the accused magistrate to be cashiered and then banished to work as a convict on the military post roads for his crimes. His son is hereby also cashiered of his literary degree of hsiuts'ai, and is to be further punished as befits his crimes. 16th October.
(1) Decree of Empress Dowager saying that the sixty-eighth anniversary of her birth, which falls on the 10th day of the 10th month (9th of November next) is to observed in the usual way. Her Majesty will receive the congratulations of her Ministers and officers of the In: perial Court in the Paiyuen Throne-hall to which also the Princesses, Duchesses, peeresses and wives of the high Court officials and ministers will be required to present themselves on that day to poy their congratulatory obeisances in the usual way.
(2) Ch'ang Shun, Tartar-General of the province of Kirin (Central Manchuria), reports that Ch'uan Fu, Manchu Brigadier General of Ninguta of said province, is very ill and hence prays to be allowed to resign. His prayer is granted and Chin Lu, Manchu Colonel, is hereby promote to said post.
(8) With reference to the memorial of the Censor, Lin K'un (Manchu), denouncing on various counts Kuei Té-p'u, Major-General of the Ch'aochou Circuit, we ordered Sheng Yun (Manchu), Governor of Shensi, to investigate the matter, The said Governor now reports that the charge that the said Major-Genral had stolen and sold Government rice is unfounded as well as other misdemeanours, his only fault being using soldiers for other than their proper duties. Kuei Té-p'u is handed to the Board of War for a penalty.
17th October.
(1) We have been much pleased with the Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai of Chihli's scheme of creating a linge body of gendarmerie for each province,—said scheme laving already been put into fore in Chihli by him, and we hereby command the Viceroys and Governors of provinces to imitate Yuan S$! in the matter and report progress ab onse to us, Let there be nu shifting or delay in their conduct.
Commandins tht 300 piculs of rice ranted (o the Téung-jéa Charity Gruel outside the Ruangehii-ga'e of Peking, for distribution to the large extra number of poor people who have lately been plying for relief.
18: h October.
(1) Yuan Shih-k' i, Viceroy of Chihli, is thi we of absence for forty ted bu ial of his stepmother, Yuan Liu shih. I, the Empress Dowazer Tze-hsi-tuan-yn, ete., ete., her-by further bestow Imperial sacrifice on the late lady's manesand command the Governor of Honan -!to depute an oficial to offer the said sacrifice in my stead.
Wu Chiung-hsi, Provincial Treasurer Chibli, is hereby appointed acting ey of Chih'i avd High Commissioner of the Peiyan: Admin: stration during Yuan Shih-k'ai's temporary absence.
(8) fo Liu (Manchu) is appointed prefect of Chaoch'ingfu, Kuangtung province.
20th October.
(1) We have received a memorial from Shan Chi, Prince of Ssu, reporting the arrest by his gendarmerie of certain swindlers found guilty of using forged official seals and making themselves out as authorised to open certain mines, etc., and thus swindling credulous persons of their mones. We hereby command that the prisoners, Shu Pin (Manchu), Yang Rue-tuan, avd Ting Hsi-la b" handed over to the Board of Punishments for trial and punishment xeco-ding to law, and that stue s arch be made for Shun Wen-sen and others of the gang still at large. we are trying to encourage by every means mining and commercial industries of all sorts and railways, cte., it is necessary to safeguard the interests of our people and protect them from being defrauded and swindled. As the foregoing is a case discovered in Peking it is per haps liable {o hoppo 1 also in the province
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