The Japanese residents Shihuiyao, where the iron-works and cement works are situated, asked for further protection on Saturday, One gunboat is already there, bub second has been sent. The small town of Weiyuenkou, a little "further down river, has been looted by a band of 1,000 brigands, They killed the lieutenant of the militia jand 30 of his men, and the chairman of the local Trade Guild and wealthy doctor were shot, Jarge part of the town was burnt. This band, or another similarly large, entered Huangshihkang and looted freely, several of the lending merchants being carried off as captives,
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