There has been another strike here among the coolies. Not for higher wages from merchants or general public, but for better fees from the headmen of their hong for official work. The poor pay to coolies for official work is reduced some forty per cent by the headmen. The rival of the Kingmen chou's furniture and stores has been chosen as the time of strike. colies sit quietly in their homes until the squeeze is relinquished The rains and freshet have made business at the river side impossible otherwise the strike would have been more serious for the towns, low it will end will be seen, The coolies hope and deserve to conquer.
One of the chief temples of the town was burnt down recently, The furniture was destroyed, ud idols also. The ad. joining houses also suffered badly, and one woman was burnt to death, The Kingmen chen.
In my last I mentioned a rumour that the chuchou had been called to Wuchang to answer charges made against him. It is. There are eighteen counts against him. One hundred and eighteen of his yamen staff are also charged with various things In addition to an appeal to Wuchang, a petition has been sent to Poking. The officials at Wuchang have it is affirmed, been ordered to investigate Ho has been recalled. The newly" pointed chichon took over seals upon arrival a few days since, after which his predecessor left for Wachang.
There are two explanations given for the recall. One that it is because his superior found that the charges are the whose cause the chuchou di of far, sanction: It may-mean: change of office ahd po People to" prev i and promotion. The other is that in his have been the Previous office being a frst appointment, the worship offered to the usual beating of gongs and Position tatou He has been most diligent in carp to the Hsien city gathering t xes in arrears; for whom, it of Ziangsan and banded aver to the Mais impossible to say. Some good men strate. He was puzzled as to what the: have been defamed for fidelity, One hopes largo iron monster could be; but being a. his may be such a case, rather than per-Very progressive mandarin, and having: sonal demoralization, kept up his reading of the events of Europenns to Reside Here. present war, he wasinolined to regard This chou has been visited for some 8 floating mine which bad found: its way; ars by 8 mission society. Now called in down from the North.. He, however, mission have decid- the city 8 Britisher who. was living: im ed to locate a foreigner there and to give his opinion.. The latter pur- pronounced chase premises; so that from to-be a torpedo; fortis orth to Kingmen the Swedish Shasi nately a dummy one. He: found Mission three letters " U. 8. N." and Scotch Presby terian Mission will be which decided working. From the mandarin to ko Heiangyangfa the Ame- deserte: in ousted; rican Swedish Mission will work south to municated with these missions meet, thi Chinmen, while to the west of where General in Shang] Wesleyan Mission not yet been: given to will continue its work. Although waters have been sufficiently high for steam authorities, on applicatie Magistrate, the true.n to the Ziangsan launch to ran up to Sahyang, only one handed over, at will be gladly trial has been made. The channel is uncertain and too shallow for such service, An Anxious Mr mandarin, The above-r Dangerous Work. somewhat cor mentioned mandarin is When the river is flooded the steamers foreign war scerned at the number of and passengers have, thanks to the] waters un* Sal ' Sonal ships" which patroniso the Villagers whose houses line the banks especially, 4° his jurisdiction. He is gf the river, some lively times. he the launches near the banks, vil- also ly expressed his ers of both sexes and all sizes are "er Germans, and, as he put it, and all kinds of missiles. on British," the In the daytime they are met by counter. nich did not di only one nation rb him being Ameri¢a. attacks from crews and passengers with has thought it necessary to relieve coals and linkers. Whether the his mind by reporting his fears to hie attacks aco due to ill-will of are superiors. "At the present time there mischief we cannot say. Such atisd re five British men-of-war in Nimrod as made from the banks may seriously injure someone oth ax mip, ht yesterday to Sound, the Phoenix having loft here join the four ships under A por vor ful hose turned on the assailants, oxo twice would do little harm and or lit the steamer.
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