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Shan Sin Fan panic spreads over Canton amid pill scare
Reports say a poison rumor over Shan Sin Fan led to anger against Chinese residents. A young man died in Lower 9th Poo after being beaten by a mob. packets of powder found on him. Viceroy dispatches 500 soldiers to Farshan to quell unrest and mandarins ordered to curb inflammatory notices. Analysis later found the pill to be rice flour with red coloring.
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