'A Nanking dispatch states thit there has been quite a little stir among the cadets of the Nanking Military Academy on account of the desire of Viceroy Wei Kuang-tao, of Fooch"w, to transfer Taotai Yao Sen-chia, the Director of that Academy, to take charge of the Foochow Military Academy. Taotai T'ao Sen-chia being "a really capable official, who has been several times to Japan and one of the progressive sort, the cadets, among whom the Taotai is very popular, naturally do not like to lose their Director. The result has therefore been a petition handed to Viceroy Chou Fa, praying that Taotai T'ao Sen-chia be retained in Nanking as he is doing good work in the Acatemy and making up for the time lost by incapable predecessors.
Imperial Gifts for H. E. Sheng Kung-pao.
In return for the valuable "tribute"
E Sheng Kung-pao sent up to Peking on the occasion of the Empress Dowager's birthday her Imperial Majesty has sent a few return gifts as a mark of Imperial appreciation. These presents, in the shape of a huge "Fu" (prosperity) character written ona scroll, by. her, Majesty's own hand,
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