Tokyo, Feb. 17.
The Russian warship Biurick, which was sunk during the Russo-built with proper conveniences—a art of the machinery making, Japanese War of 1904-5, has been [bath rooms, and steam heating, but there are still, hundreds of houses in the town which-are without water supply of any Find, where. all: heats jing has to be @ffected by means of coal and firewood, this of course udding to the fenty" jat_ which at {he present moment costs about yen 70 per month, without any water or heating, must cost the tenant at least another yen 25 per month, As the present exchange ye-15 yen to tHe pound sterling or [five yen to the American gold dollar Hit is easy to compare the cost of private flat i) Harbin with those for'Great Britaip or Ame Bandits Throw Hand Grenades Last night two shabbily dressed Russians entered large shop in the main Kitaiskaya, exactly" opsite. the Moderne Hotel, and suddenly presented revolvers at the [owner of the shop, a Russian, and at the owner of the small exchange shop situated in the shop, demanding all the money in the till It {xo-happened that the Chinese had [already sent his cash home and thus bandits found nothing in the Il; but they searched the pockets of the money changer, finding 60 yen, Meanwhile the Russian owner moved towards the back of the showing that he had no arms wed the cash it Impossible for the car' to shove, located. off Korea in north latitude They them jumped out and entered 85.193 degrees and longitude 120.82 another ear in which there was chauffeur at ttle moment and on degrees "east. "An association has gol his coming out, pf the shelter house, on. board the vessel which is said to amount to no less than 100,000,- that they were, inebriated.
000: roubles.—Reuter. spon one of the man drove: hig bayonet into' the chauffeur's soldiers and, policemen travel free, causing such serious' [the bus conductor naturally. trying juries. that other, chauffeurs. had to get his full complement of pay-to carry him off quickly to hospital passengers. Yesterday a very 'The chauffeur who was so serious] crowded bus was stopped on one injured. isa Russian who is well the main streets of the town by known and whose car is constantly used by the British Consulate, 8 peine policeman who on sounting ound' that here were: five' too number of people travel li This incident has caused an ¢no mous sensation in the tow) "as many.
story spread very rapidly, one story stating that the two. men belle, therefore insisted that the us and all its passengers shoul were Japanese officers, "one of whom used a sword, and the other ripen to the police station but both the conductor and the pas-' story' vas above..' 'Though' the sengers strongly protested against} incident -has been mentioned ini the! such action, the former suggesting focal Russian press, it is not stated that the number of the bus could that the men who carried abt this be taken by the policeman and that hhoprible outrage" were Japdnede the bus could Be brought to the aaes of the whole affair.
ary, yet there were many eyé- alice station after the passengers lad. reached their destinations. "The policeman then called for Police and Firearms assistance from' another policeman On the same day an. incident and the two of them started beat-occurred in "Harbin, which only ing the conductor" who was a Educated" the ordinary rove how very far Eisian woman: She jumped off whereupon one of the pokceman fo tpn away, policeman of Harbin still is. There'
Ie'a police rule which controls the Chinese) 'Gred his rifle at her, number of passengers who may be ballet "striking. the. pavements' and carried in each motor bus but this is always flagrantly abused because landing in the neck of ady past ing by.
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