A Deluge of Rain but No Dampening of Spi Fuos Ove Own Conresrontes?
Hankow, May 24, After the scorching heat of yesterday, it was with pleas Hankow awoke to a cooler it was evident that an Empire' day untempered by a breath of wind would ight the endurance of al! who were shaving in the arrangement The pleasure soon changed to blu dismay as the storm-clouds. rolled up and the rain began to pour in torrents. From a little before noon {il nearly 6 pam., the rain was con= tinuous and so heavy that most of the streets were from six to nine inches deep in water and in many places the surfaces of the reads were liquid mud, The weather, however, made no difference to the celebration at the
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