It is reported from Tungchangfu, further south, that early frosts have blasted the hopes of harvesting the late crops of beans, peanuts, buckwheat, potatoes and' corn, while the carrot, cotton and sweet-potato crops have been badly damaged.
Hundreds of persons are leaving the district, hunting for food and employment. Thousands are clam-uring for relief."
Messages from Suiyuan, in north Shansi, state that the crops in that area have also.been affected by severe frosts, while conditions are reported to be very bad round Paofowehen, "in Inner" Mongelis.—
Genenar, Feng Yuchsiang has given orders that the Honan Jurisdiction Academy shall be enlarged as to include expectant officials from the three provinces of Honan, Peking, Oct, 4.
The controversy over the detained fossils gathered "by the Roy, Chapman Andrews Expedition appears on the point of settlement through a compromise which is satisfactory to all parties. It hay been arranged that the 85 cases of fossils detained at Kalgan shall be brought to Peking by representa tives of Mr. Andrews and of the Cultural Association and placed in the Peking Union Medical Collere, where they will be examined by experts appointed by the Associa" tion. If the contents are found 10 agree with Mr, Andrews' deseription—"nothing but fossils and. personal belongings of members of the expedition"—the cases will be handed to the explorer.
The agreement, however, does not involve the question of taking the fossils out of the country.—Reuter,
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