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Show DOWAGER EMPRESS DEAD. Passing of Remarkable Woman Whc Ruled Chinese for Half Century. Peking. Tszo I ltd An, the downget empress of China, autocratic bead ol ho government, which she directed without successful Intcrforonco since 1801, nud without protest since lSSt lied at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. ' An edict Issued at 8 o'clock Sunday ' morning placed upon the throne I'rlnco Pu VI. the :i-yoar-oId son of Prlnco Chun, tho logout of thooinplro 1 'n accordance wlih a promise given by the dowager empress soon after ! tho marriage of Prlnco Chun In 100:i I An edict Issued on Friday made J I'rlnco Pu Yl heir presumptive. Tho foreign legations woro notified 1 Sunday morning by the foreign board Df the death of the emperor and tho succession of I'rlnco Pu Yl. Troops Invo been lu readiness for several days to quell any disorders thnt ' might -arise on tho death of Kunng l Killing Hsu. The possibility ot up- risings was made greater because of tho fact that tho death of tho dowager dow-ager empress wus known to bo close il band. Until word of the death is spread broadcast un disorders are apprehended. appre-hended. China Is quieter now than at nny llnio since 1900. Ixical disorders disor-ders lu the south nro posslblo on any protoxt. but the north Is moro Inclined In-clined to peace. There nre few signs of antagonism to foreigners, and there Is no manner of doubt thnt Prlnco Chun will be able to meet the situation. |