Soochow, May 24.
Yerterday the whole city turned out to witness" a great funeral of fireman, who way electrocuted by falling live wire, during a fire two months ago, It was attempted to put all the blame of his death on the local electric light company, and the company was foreed to pay large compensation. Not only were all the leal fire companies represented in this funeral, but also the companies of many of the towns and cities near by, Tt makes. ux Westerners realize that, in the Far East, "martyrs" rank' very high with' their fellow countrymen; and the second lesson to be learned that all corporations with a large imperialistic" back= ting under Chinese lay, custom, must annually a lure' "compensation The Eetraterritoriality Commis sion spent several hours in Sooshow Wo wantier if they were great " funeral, Jay behind thie funeral—fucts. that valid have been learned from out Tigeht company?
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