The *Uuiversl Gazette" leans that, owing to the collection recently house tax in the district of Shunch an: hsien, under the jurisdiction of the pr fecture of Yenp'ingtu, Fukien province, by the mandarins, an armed mob suddenly rose up in that district city who first forced the hongs and shops there to be closed, after which they proceeded to attack and burn down a mis-ionary chapel in the city, killing is during the operations. As soon as the district magistrate heard of the riot he went at once to try and restore order, but he also was attacked by the mob The di-trict magistrate's hxien—yaméu—was also nearly torn down by the
and female, of the magistrate's fully, who heat and insulted the members, mie Troops have been sent to the place ut disturbance. Shans nghsien is about forty miles west of Yenp'ingfu_ prefectural city, which is about 120 miles distant from Foochow.
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