It is stated from Tientsin that Viceroy: Yuan Shih-kai has apportioned the sum of Tls. 5,000 as expenses to twenty-six.young' officers, graduates of the Military Academy, to survey and make a detailed. the region between Yangping, and military map of the country embracing,
Shanhaikuan, Woe understand that it, the intention of the Central Gover ment to make the city of Yung, ping the future headquarters of the. Commander-in-chief of Chibli proving,, who will also heavily. garrison Shanhaikuan and vicinity, while other cities and, dependencies of Yungping (which is the. chief city of the prefecture of that name) are also to be made garrison towns, leaving the cities near Peking, hitherto gar-risened by the Chihli provincial troops, to be held by Manchu foreign-modelled Banner Corps. This will enable Shanhai+ kuan and other outlets of the Great: Wall to be properly garrisoned and: have within call large reinforcements. whén-, ever needed.
The New Governor of Shantung; Yang, Shih-bsiang—promoted! from the Provincial) Treasurership of: 'Chibli—arrived at Chinan, the hospital off Shantung: province, on the 11h instant: from Paoting, and took' over his seals-of office yesterday forenoon from the Abtinge Governor, Shang Ch'i-hang, substantive: Treasurer of the province:
Mongol Outlaws on the War Path.
It is. stated: that a well-know: Mongol bandit, named Pai-yin-ta-lai, with some: $,000 of his outlaws, isrosponsible for the: recent destruction of the railway north! of Makden-and not far south of 'Tiehli This Mongol bandit started for the vicin of Tichling about " week' ago froma point west of that city with' wed? Tichling and n in order to cut off: object of 'Meatcoriag the railway betwoon' the Russian retreat from the latter city. The" Pailou" atthe. western' side of the entrance te'
ity temple (Chénghusngmyiao) in' the native city was strack by lightning on' Sunday afternoon; and buried under its' rains a passer-by, who, however, with the: exception. of s few bruises, proved to be. sabes when finally dragged out of the-
16th March.
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