Peking, June 16.
Prompt. steps have been taken to] apprehend the robbers who murdered Dr. J. H. Ingram, of the American Board Mission, on the night of June 14 at his home.
General Ho, Ying-ching, _acting lchaieman of ihe Peking' Branch Military Council, has offered a reward of $2,000 for the capture of the murderers. General Vu Hsueh-chung, governor of Chihlivprovinee, has sent his secretary with a detachment of {oops familiar with the district of [Shihchingshan, in the Western Hills, where Dr. Ingram lived, to search for the outlaws The troops, under the command a lieutenant, left for Shihehingshan {this morning accompanied by the distelet magistrate and Mr. Whitney} Young, United States Consul from Mr. George Atcheson, _acting consul-General_ in Tientsin, arrived to-day in Peking to conduct' a formal Inquest. The funeral services will be libeld at the Peking Union Church on Monday afternoon, after which the interment will take place in Tungchow.—Reuter.
Return to Peking The grief-stricken party returned with the body of Dr. Ingram to Peking this morning.
The. most profound sympathy for the bereaved family has been expressed by the entire community, both foreign and Chinese.
Dr. Ingram, who was 75 years of age, had spent 46 years in China doing pioneer work in medicine and surgery ana had written manuals on these subjects in the Chinese language for Chinese students. He had also written "manuals for the study of Chinese by foreigners.
Although he had retired, Dr. Ingram was still very active and was closely associated with the College fof Chinese Studies. "His carlier years wore spent at Tungchow and Aevoted much time to travelling in North China and Mongolia.
Wis death robs -Peking of one of {ts most notable gures.
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