Peking, Aug. 29.
A despatch from Manchuria says that a band of 500 outlaws captured Tunhuashien on August 21 and are holding the. commandant of the local garrison and also a prefect as hostages. This band was formerly active in the Chientao region.—Reuter.
Peking, Aug. 31.
Brigands are reported to have recently attacked the town of Tamiaokow, in the Chientao district, and to have looted some Koreans who attempted to escape. ~—Reuter.
Waen the O.8.K.S. Alabama Maru returned to Yokohama recently from America, the Japanese police boarded her and made a thorough search of the vessel. As a result furs valued at 60,000 yen were discovered and taken into possession. The Alabama Maru had on her previous trip taken a considerable consignment of furs to Tacoma, and on arrival the consignees found that several of the eases had been broken into, The American police succeeded in recovering a quantity of the missing furs, and the balance was found by the Japanese authorities, mostly hidden in cabins.
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