As an incident of another kind, a Russian who is in charge of the Russian mines in Mongolia, Baron von Groot, presenta! some valuable curios, amounting in value tos me twenty thousand taels, and consisting of many things forarly in the palace, to Her Majesty the Empress Dowager. 1 formerly stated that it was the Russian Government, but n-w learn that it is he free act of this wealthy" Russian. The arrangement for the presentation was made through Yung Lu. The Empress Dowager was so delighted that she rank, bestowed on him a button of the second
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