Peking, Sept. 23.
A memorial service for the Sir John Jordan was held at 12.30 to-day in the large Ting Erh.
the Legation Chapel in the British Legation.
Representative of the British and! other legations and of the Chinese [Government were present, as well as a good number of other residents of Peking, many of them old friends of the late Minister.
The ceremony was short and simple and was conducted by Bishop P. Scott, assisted by the Rev. Wilfred Scott and the Rev. J. T. Holman—Reuter's Pacific Service.
August 13 at Lingpuchi, Western Shantung, near the Chihli border, flooding the area between the inner and outer main south dykes. Over 400 square miles immediately were the flood sweeping! away entire villages and rendering homeless half a million people, as well as drowning hundreds According to Catholic priests in the vicinity; the water poured in at such a rate that the countryside became ibmerged ten or fifteen feet deep within a few hours.
On September 20, the main dyke broke at Shiblifv, affording a new the inner dyke, made near Shihlipu, hoping uch of the overflow would get back into the river. Shiblipuj however, is situated in Jow-lying country,'and the current near Lingpuchi, which is 20 miles north of Tsochowpu, the turbulence THE Mongolian expeditionary "Party of the South Manchuria Railway, which was some time ago taken captive by the "Red" troops on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia, is still missing says the Eastern "New Agency.—Every possible effort is being made to find whereabouts of the party and negotiations are being conducted between the Chinese authorities la, and representatives of the Urgs, Government resident "in Moscow with a view to rescuing the party.
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