Forty Thousand Dollars in Silver and Notes Taken Ever alive to opportunities, bandits have nat been asleep in the district surrounding Changchow, and news has lately been received in Shanghai that $40,000 has been stolen by them, For the past few weeks literally hundreds of thousands of dollars, in banknotes and in silver, have been sent away into the country for the purchase of silk-worm cocoons, and one "silk man" here expressed surprise that bandit raids of this kind did not happen oftener. Last year apparently much money was lost in this way in the Chekiang districts. This time, however, there has been no trouble there, but instead $40,- 000 has been taken from the dealers sent to Changchow, Soldiers and Police Outnumbered The robbery took place about last Friday, and, as far as can be ascertained, between 20 and 30 orme' robbers, or bandits took part in the The district chosen for the all stations, about latter, however, were soon outnumbered by the bandits and, after putting up a stiff resistance were finally overpowered, and the bandits retired to their fastnesses with the loot. During the fracas two Chinese farmers were seriously wounded, and in all there were four casualties, four wounded and one killed, the fast mentioned being farmer who died as a result of bullet wounds he received during the fighting.
The $40,000 belonged all to Chinese dealers, and about throo-quarters of the total amount was cover ed by insurance.
This year, too, reports have reached Shanghai that farmers with cocoons to sell in the regions round Kiangying, formerly a station, have now to take all their goods to Wusih for sale, as itis considered unsafe to take' the banknotes and silver so far into the country.
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