Ichang, July 7.
Zhe str. Ankong of the' An Lee Shipping Ca., for which Arnhold Bros. are agents, has returned to port to-day, having struck a rock on the way up to Chungking. There has been no danger to ship, cargo or passengers, as she has come safely down here again. This is but her second trip since she returned from Shanghai, after a thorough overhaul.—Reute:
_Pexiye, July 11.—The Aeronautical Department, acting on instructions from the Genera] Staff, has despatched four aeroplanes to Kalgan for service at the front.—Reuter, Ir is reported that the claims for damages arising from the Wuchang mutiny amount to $3,400,000. This sum, owing presumably to exaggeration on the part of many of the claimants, is believed to po considerably above the real mark, which probably does exceed $2,500,- 000. The total number of people killed during the mutiny is now estimated at 50, of whom several were women and girls who committed suicide upon hearing that the soldiers were out at large.
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