The sudden death of Mrs. W. H. Sears of Pingta on the 26th of March was a at shock to her many friends in Shan= ting. Death was due to scarlet fever which first attacked some of the school~ girls who were in the same compound. Friends everywhere will sympathivo with Mr. and the two motherless childs ren who ate in the Chefoo Schvol.
So Mote it Bet Proclamations have been posted within the city stating that a railway is to be built from Chefoo westward. This is most interesting nows to both natives and foreigners in this section of Shantung. Some say it will be built with Japanese capital.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.