From Our Own Correspondent, Suchien, Ku., Jan. 20.
We are having stirring times here these last two days; news is coming in from Pihsien—a place about 90 li from here,—of a revolutionary plot that has been discovered. Your correspondent cannot vouch for all the truth of it, but has tried as far as possible to get authentic news. Some time ago an influential man—a sui kuan, belonging to a good family and an Anfuite—had laid his plans for a_ plot that was to include Suchien, Haichow and a good part of Anhui. Of the 12 "heads" of the militia in his neighbourhood 10 were in it. Sending out one of his letters, a friend, (of the Anching Huei) saw it, and informed the. Magistrate, Chang Teh-ien. The teli kuan, w(hose name is "Chang," -having plenty of money, managed to hush things up. Later, however, word arrived from Nanking that he was to be arrested, and word came into Suchien yesterday that he or perhaps an accomplice, took his revenge, and when the magistrate and his son and five others were dining flung bomb into the room find report has it all seven were killed.
As your correspondent has told you in a former letter, the tufet are very bad again; this man's soldiers are in league with them and the city gates were opened, and about 2,000 of these robbers were allowed to enter the city. And word has come through to-day they have burned a good part of it. Our soldiers left here last night, also Ein Lao-li,.a magistrate very much liked here, but who retired last year into private life, has been sent down from Hsucheofu, and as I write, he has led_ his soldiers in person to a place about 12 li from _Pihsien where they are fighting. On-the one hill we boast of they say the cannon reports can be heard.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.