Kueiyang, Oct, 14.
General Han of Yunnan who has been appointed Pacification Commissioner of the Kueichow troops has arrived in the city with hig staff. The officials and gentry gave themselves up to entertaiuing the gentleman and as it was announced that his stay would not be a long one they invited him tiffin and supper each day. Yesterday, however, it was' whispered in official circles that General Han is not to proceed to Szechuan after hi all, and now has some thoughts of going into business.
General Liu was about to leave for Pichich to meet General Tan; hut now st is officially announced that he is not going. In spite of the officials trying to hide the fact, and prevent the news fron spreading among the people, the public are gradually getting to know that the Kueichow troops are preparing to evacuate Chungking. The Yunnan troops have met with serious reverses and have lost Luchow, so General Wang Tien-lun intends to use discretion instead of valour and retire before he is compelled to leave. Some of the officials in Kueiyang fear there may be trouble when the troops return to Kueichow, consequently General Ho has been asked to come back to Kueiyang to help keep the soldiers in order. The lawless and unruly will soon have things in their own hands in the eastern part of the province.
Tue Seance ror Horses.
The Kueiyang magistrate has received orders to commandeer 1,000 pack animals to go to Chungking to bring home the Kueichow braves. As he fears the horses will be kept from the city he has given orders to the headmen of the different centres in the country to search the villages and commandeer all the horses they can. Rice is not coming into the city and yesterday the price of rice was 89.00 for the 10 bushels. We cannot tell what damage will be brought on the people and the following will show what happens under such circumstances. Two brothers had several horses and when their animals were commandeered the elder brother went with them. He died in Chungking and the younger brother went to see if he could hear anything of the horses, and he died on the way. The horses have not been returned and the twa brothers have died.
The cholera continues to carry off many victims and we have heard that between 20 and 20 funerals pass out of the East Gate alone in a day. One of the principals of the leading schools was taken by cholera and died as the outcome.
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