Show dethronement AND DEATH mellowed UTI that the th Chin cile emperor bai been murdered Mar biard dered reil hongtong Hong kong sept 26 Alt although bough there Is no positive information it is ia generally believed here that the deposed depose emperor is is dead it is said ho he died directly after ho he issued the edict giving the downie dolage the regency nobody doubts that yang and chang yen hoon who was minister at wath agton in 1895 are both innocent of 0 the charge of poisoning the emperor shanghai sept ea achang GC chang hang yen hoon the cantonese enemy and rival of ll li hung C hang chang who is charged with harboring kang yu wei has been arrested lie ho is i now under trial by the board of punishment hobill ic will be stripped of all of his hia offices and his removal gives increased power to li hung chang the officials gener generally alIv welcome the empress return to power but the people are different kang yu wei is charged with conspiring against the empress dowager and lias has been declared an outlaw and his arrest has haa been ordered A special dispatch from shanghai says that kang yu weis brother has been arrested in pekin and condemned to death the dispatch also says saya that sir claude mcdonald cDonald iI the british minister gave instructions that hang bang yu wei should be ba protected from arrest the british consulate holds his baggage and documents referring to state secrets the russians are incensed at the latter fact and it is reported that russia has offered the dowager empress the services of troops from port arthur to keep order in pekin it necessary it is said that the british fleet in chinese waters has haa been divided between ta ku and shan hat hal kwan under orders to intercept russian tran transports spots in the event of an ati tempt to land troops |