The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Electric Lights Are Entin- guished and Whole City
 Is in Darkness
YUAN SHI KAI HAS
 LOST SOME CONTROL
Eight Christians Massacred Last De- tober-Yuan Expresses Keen Regret at the Outbreak.
 Quiet in Legation Street

Picking, March pesultorx shooting by mutincers continued throughout last night and at 3 o'clock this morning occasional shots continued to be heard, most of them in the distance. The electric lights throughout the city were extingulshed during the night and the streets are deserted, The old style troops and the police are guarding the city. They are not doing patrol duty, but lie in wait at various points for ooters. Tie muti- neers who remained in Picking after tho first outbreak are being detained in bar racks.
 Gen. Iii Yuen ilens, commander of the republican troops at Ranking. who is in- terfering effectively with the Ranking governments orders. has telegraphed the republican delegates in Picking not to in- sst on Yuan shi Raj proceeding to Nan king
 Yuan shi kai has teegraphed the of- flclsls at Pao Ting Flu, situated 70 miles southwest of Picking, to arrest or Kill all the mutineers who went there by, train from Picking.
 It is believed Yuan Shi kai has lost some of his control No troops except Manchus, however, are to be depended on and they evidently care only to de- fend the imperial and Forbidden City Smouldering fire arc being raked over late tonight by throngs of the poor No fresh Ares. occurred during the late day hours There was more footing. Detachments of old style troops were brought in. It is reliably reported that | C,I,f fp hrfn a Manchu troops who were recently dis placed. Only small body of Yuan shi Kais remain loyal to him, Ranking Delegates Escaped 1 Delegates from Ranking escaped yes- terday from burning residences where they were the guests of the city They are now stopping at hotel in the legation quarter The streets have been thronged all the hours of tl,e night but bosness isexuauended. Jpng asSssr ef carts continue to bring valuabie prop erty into the legation ynrds where they are stored in warehouses Space bein 1, limited in inc legation quarter only a few of the upper class of thinesa are being permitted to take refuge there.
 Many Christians are being sheltered in the mission compounds. Trains for 1 Tien Tsin arc crowded with fugitives. The number of killed during the dis turbances is probaly less than 100. The object of the rioters was evidently loot and not slaughter, and the continuing fusillades apparently were designed to intimidate people
 Looting Continues Throughout the day lootng of stores and residences by revolting soldiers has been going on in various parts of the city. There have been several skirmishes between tNe loyalists and the mutineers in the outskirts.
 The majority of the mutineers had left the central districts before daylight Ten ooters captured in the act of carrying off cotton fabrics were executed on the spot by loyal soldiers several regiments of whom are patrolllng the streets.
 The incendiary fires which were start- ed last nigst have now been extlngushed. The loss is estimated approximately at 15O00,0oO taels
 The number of casualties occurring among the civilians and soldiers is not known. but it Is believed the loss of life has been heavy. The outbreak was a com.sl plete surprise not to the government, bl8 to the foreign legations. There Is sqCl apprehension of recrudeseenee of i'm disorders later in the night. E '
 Yuan Expresses Regret
 Yuan shi Ixai this evening issued a tV addressed to the foreign missionak -----~--~--~-----~------ ->~-~---------------HS-l l