A week ago, the usual programme of punishments was varied by having a man beaten to death by clubs, owing to the heinous nature of his crime. A study of the underworld in China would—reveal stories to rival any that Victor Hugo ever wrote. This criminal was a fellow who was familiar as a beggar on the streets. He would slide along the street on a mat. having his legs twisted and drawn up in a most pitiable condition, though it is said that he could walk and run as well as anybody when occasion required.
For some time he had been accompanied by a little girl, about six years of age, whose arms were really bent and stiffened, and it is said that her condition was so appealing that he derived as much as 1,000 cash a day from her begging. One day she recognized a man On the street as her uncle. At first he did not remember her. but she was able to prove that she was his niece who had been stolen some time before from her native village. a place about six miles away. The uncle immediately had the beggar @aken up and at the trial it came out that he had out the tendons if the child's arms, after kidnapping her, and twisted the limbs out of shape. taking her out to beg with him after the wounds had healed. The death of three or four other children was laid against him and clubbing to death like a dog was considered the appropriate punishment for the poor wretch. When arrested he had some $15 on his person, quite a large sum for a man to carry about in these parts.
In order to provide education for the children of the members of his staff. Dr. W. W. Yen. Minister of Foreign Affairs, has established 2 school on the old premises of the said Ministry in Peking. Sixty piis will be admitted for the time being. No tuition fee will be charged, but children will have to pay for their books. As soon as all the necessary arrangements have been completed the school will be opened.
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