Peking, Aug. 10.
Peking is experiencing one of the worst suicide waves in many years During the last few weeks not a Single day has passed without a sui cide case being reported in the ver= unocular press.
Following the attempted suicide of Chinese girl artist early this week, a student of the Railway College ha killed himself by swallowing ounce of opium because he failed Ju (the annual examination last This student, named Cheng Shou-sung, was a freshman of the Railway College. He came from a poor family in Hunan and was supported by. several relatives in Peking. Since it became known that he had failed in the annual examination and" would have to spend another year in Freshman work, his behaviour had begun to change. He had more than once spoken to his friends and relatives about his weariness of life.
On Wednesday he visited a relative and asked for a loan of $8. In the evening he went to 2 hotel in the East City and engaged a room. He locked himself in and took an. oun?= of raw opium. Yesterday morning he was found dead in bed by a hotel servant. He left a note saying that "owing to poor circumstances T have decided to commit suicide." Reuter.
Dr. Donald G. Barnhouse to Address Chinese Leaders Shanghai, Aug. 11.
Dr. Donald Grey. Barnhouse of Philadelphia has just completed a week of Bible teaching at the Pel-{aiho Missionary Conference. Dr. Barnhouse is an internationally. known Bible-teacher and editor, and Is the pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, one of the foremost churches of' the United States:
Dr. Barnhouse has now left to attend the Conference for Chinese leaders at Kuling, which will be held from August' 12 {0 21. Dr. Barnhowse will be the speaker at the forenoon and evening sessions daily up to Aug. 19. Other speakers will be the Rev. James R. Graham, Jr, Miss Sophie P. Graham, Mr. Silas Wong of Wuchow, and others.
Mrs. Milton Stewart, the present] trustee of the Milton Stewart Trust Fund, has given over all the China properties of the Trust Fund situated at Rocky Point, Peitaiho beach, China, West Valley, Kuling, and Nanking to the American Presbyterian Church Mission North, which body will take over the properties at the middle of September. This, therefore is the last summer in which the China Evangelistic Committee of the Milton Stewart Funds will have charge of the Conferences.
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