Show DECAPITATIONS nT CHA The Terrible Shag Fad Sword Bestowed Upon Two Princes port Townsend Wash Nov 21The steamer Glenogle arrived tonight from Japan Oriental advices brought by the Glenogle say that considerable ex ciement prevails in Pekin among the Manchu faction over the acton of the empress dowager in bestowing upon Tsai Chi Prince of Tuan and Prince Tsai Lien a sword called tin Shang fand sword which caries with it the right to behead any person regardless of rank or dignity without first asking permission from the throne This is to uard against sudden signs of trench cry Although the Shag fand sword has been an institution of the count ever since the earliest Chinese history It has only been bestowed once before during the present dynasty when the Mongol general SI Shang was appointed appoint-ed by the late Emperor Hsien Feng special generalissimo of the imperial forces acting against the Taplng rebels reb-els el elsThe Japan Times speaking of the critical state of affairs at Pekln says The real fear in the heart of the empress em-press is that the Manchu dynasty will go the way of previous dynasties so she clng to Russia as her strongest sup |