Foochow, May 27.
Two bombs were thrown at the Military Governor last evening. He was unhurt, but the Chief of Staff and also Gon. Lu Hsian-ting were wounded, and his chauffeur, tw soldiers "and a nob-commissioned Aw Association has been formed in Paris to urge the remission of demnity. the French share of the Boxer In-unique feature which contributed to the success of the robberies was the judicious "use of large. firecrackers, which were sot off singly,
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order to give the effect of pistol Rounding up the Beggars.
As is probably well-known to all old residents in China, there is a custom among beggars, which is actually upheld by the Inw, of levy-ting a tax on all shops. This is collected by companies of beggars, and if the shopkeeper shows any reluctance about paying it, the beggars have a right to overturn or throw {into the street all property in his shop. The Wusih Chie? of Police formulating a plan for collecting this tax and using it to establish a home for beggars, including industrial work, for those physically and mentally fit. If this plan receives the support of the gentry, as it doubtless will in so progressive a city as Wusth, it will almost certainly succeed, and will result in the removal of beggars from the streets. The proposed situation of the refuge is an whused rice store-house just outside the West Gate.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.