After an absence of ten ved fi whence he brings an interesting account of the extraordinary attack upon the Iv. Over a dozen men were dangerously wounded by revolver ballets, although strangely enough none was killed, Many were badly bruised and cut in the effort to escape the murderous fire poured upon them. All are now onafsir way to recovers, except one whom Dr. Gray has brought back to Peking for medical care.
The Honan Provincial Assembly sits at Kaifengfa, the capital of the province, on the occasion of this exciting event over seventy gathered together gra affairs of state. The build in a large compound, surrounded by the houses of the city, while the hall is rectangular with doors at each end. The seats are arranged lengthways facing the! rostrum of the president. On the fore noon in question, the Assembly was 'o- expecting the Tatuh and when two men arrived and told the sentries at the door of the building that the grest man was coming, their appearance was regarded ax quite nataral. Snddenly four or five men dashed in from outside, ran to one of the doors of the Assembly Hall and began firing into the midst of the members. The sentries rushed to! see what the trouble was, but one of! them was immediately shot, and the other wisely holted. of Yunn Shih-kai's, and the were andi are excellent, and that there were no political differences between them.
The members of the Assembly were mostly old-fashioned Chinese, unconnected with the revolntionary movement, while the assailants used heavy old six-shooting revolvers, which do not suggest a revolutionary plot, Inquiries are still being busily prosecuted, and an ex, of this strange affair is awaited with interest. Both before and after the event the city was perfectly quiet and orderly.
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