After an illness of six years, Mr."Fleming Duncan Cheshire died on June 13, in a Boston hospital. A part of his wide popularity in China cams from his courageous and inspiring conduct within the walls of the British Conipound during the siege by the Boxers. His appointments were, Vice-Consul at Foochow, 1878, of which consulate he was in charge, 1878-1879; Canton, 1879-88; interpreter to Consul-General, Shanghai, 1880-1882, in charge Shanghai consulate, 1882- 1884; interpreter to tion at Peking, 1884-1900; Chinese secretary to special plenipotentiary of the United States, April to September, 1901; Consul-General at Mukden, 1904-1906; Consul-General at large, July 1,1906, to August 22, 1912; €onsul-Genera] at Canton from 1912 until he was stricken with illness in New York in 1915.
Gexerat Wright, U.S.A., Commander of the Philippine Guard, who has been inspecting the American: forces in the north, returned 2, to Shanghai on Monday evening.
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