The civil ministry of the cial government of Honan nounced that three large opium Eransporting. companies are fo. be established in the province; two in accordance with an order specially sanctioned. by the headquarters Bandit-Suppression Bureau for Honan-Hupeh-Anhwei. In. addition to. these distributing centres, there Throughout dhe province in aiterent scattered Throughout the province in different hsiens. Sic of these will be tinder stood under the term of first class Shops, "seventeen as. second. class andthe remainder as third class: The arrangements under which the are to be operated was announced, and reported, some time ago, Opi eaters are to. obtain tickets fasted bythe authori a every six months, in order to obtain their supplies—atd support the gov: ernment monopoly, Doubtless.
Met No Refusals western Honan, the Wei n the north, the Pai river in led this week and the agents pestered by a Russian chose plausible excuse is penniless and must have money for her railway fare to Hat kow. During the few days that she here she seems to have been fairly successful in extorting m calculate he raised enough dollars to. pay first class tickets to her desired destination. I learn as the result of inquiry that she met with no refusal, a3 people were prepared to to get rid of her. muv.young however, to wheally end
the way from. Bangncie repl peated herself an, Donald tial Phot a fool you were to leave it." 'Thereupon the lady left the office ithout having extracted any financial help, for she realised that this b had'sized her up. When show into the presence of a Indy she d manded to see the "Manager," presumably she feared that the' ladies of the community would see throug Th former years we have been troubled by Russian ruffians of the male variety who stormed out houses and frightened the wife while the master was at the offic the servants being afraid to eject man from the compound, be he drunk or sober. But this is the first female bandit who has ap-Proached us.
and the landscape looks very win:
The river i still very low indeed, try, with the leaves off the. trees, But so far thermometers in the houses have not gone below 55 degrees. Among the foreign community in the city influenza seems to be very. prevalent, but it appears not to have crossed the river, to. disturb the Island.
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