Taiku, Shansi, Sept, 22, On the night of September 12 'a terrible tragedy occurred at Tai chow, A man named Ch'en Pu Qruan, aged about 20, living in the west suburb of that city, has business for several years cheng. Returning. last year, he was married toa widow, its, Lien, also of the west suburb of Taichow. The widow brought with her to the new home her 14- year old son, Fu-tsai, Some time after the marriage Ch'en went back to Kueihuacheng, returning to his home in August of this year. On the night of September 12 he frst Killed his wife and her son Sword, then went into the sleeping quarters of his uncle and killed him, his wife and their son. He \next entered the room of another uncle, whom he killed. All of the above were killed in their beds, with no chance for a struggle Jan outery. The murderer, then went to the home of Wang. Ch'ing. wa, in he same suburb, This man had been the go-between in Chien's marriage the year before, " Ch'en called him to his street door and mordored him there, As this ghastly tragedy was not discovered Until the morning the murderer had family.
Yesterday, the elder Namba received a significant. "present." was a sword, with the request that, he do what every proper Japanese ight to do—namely commit hara-Kiri (suicide by disembowelling).. So distracted is the elder Namba that he will very possibly take his, life.
The Namba residence is in the South of Japan and Daisuké seems. to have come hundreds of miles with fall intent to carry out his. evil deed. A remnant of the old feudal code still prevails in Japan, ard when a member of a family: Jcommits such a crime, against the Reigning House of the clan chief-for the crime, but it would circumstances the man must surely have been About the middle of this month 'a run was attempted on two banks in Taiyoanfu, the Shansi branch of the Bank of China and ths Shansi Provincial Bank, The run was started evidently by irrespon-Mble vumour-mongers,—Governor Yen took very prompt nection, in a strongly worded proclamation claring the he would be personally Yesponsible for the solvency and stability of the two banks, and promising summary punishment for any found spreading rumours tain, the whole family ix expected ealewlated to make the public to" share the responsibility, Unensy.
has thus broken his Popelation, father's heart and totally ruined the future of his brothers and A census of Taiyuanfu was taken sisters. recently. The city was found to have a total population of 83,968, divided as follows: ordinary. citi-Assailant Now on Trial After ons, 61,095; members of religious Lengthy Preliminary orders (presumably Buddhist ant Taoist) 18K; residents of public Investigation offices, barracks, ete, 22,085, The city hus grown very rapidly in the Inst five or six years and probably has double the population it had investigation the formal trial of at the time of the first revolution Daisuke Namba, the 25-year oh 3912-12, student of Waseda University who Taiyuanfu has also become one attempted to assassinate the Prin of the great—cducational centres Regent on December 27, opened of China, A recent count of the schools of the city showed that The general public was excluded there are no fewer than 36 private with the exception of those speci schools. Tu this number no primary 1v summoned or intimately connect schools ave included, Five or six ed with the ease, of the 6 are mission schools, All The morning papers draw: thesathers ave either middle schools, ympathetie attention to the technical schools, or so-called unie of Namba's father, a former mani versities. Tu the "technical schools" her of the House of Representatives, [ore included two or three schools who, since the has imposed of languages. In addition to these on himself close confinement to his private schools there are the schools own room and is reported to be ned by public funds. "The seriously ill—Reuter's Pacific Ser= raf students of middle rade or higher in Taiyuanfu cannot be less than 10,000. gent. fine rains have put the soil in fine shape for wheat sow-
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