Taihu pirates are still very active despite the recent order of the Xiangsu. Provincial Civil Affaire Commissioner ordering the water alice to adopt effective measures for the suppression of the moran: ders to ensure. the tengers from -Shangh depend upon t steamers. for transportation on ae-count of the interruption of com Tunieations onthe. Shanghai Nanking Railway, According to word ceived by Jocal Chinese "shipping engaged in inland. river shi services, the str. Hai Ving Chow, belonging to the' Lee Hsing Inland River SRI, Ca, with its local office on North Soochow Mond, was pirate fed carly on May.' "3 about {50 miles from Shanghai. 'A woman Passenger was killed, another was wounded, while property valued at more than' $3,000 was stolen
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