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Show In aHMK THE DOIGEBJMPfiESS Widow of Mutsuito Survives the Japanese Monarch Less Than Two Years. END COMES SUDDENLY Emperor's Coronation, Arranged Ar-ranged for Nov. 10, Will Probably Be Postponed. ITOKIO, April fl Tho dowager empress em-press Haruko died at tho imperial villa t Namazu today. Following the usual custom in tho case o the death of a member of the imperial family, tho official announcement announce-ment of the event will not be mado until the body has been transferred to tho capital, probably tomorrow. Her majesty died suddenly m the presence of Emperor Yoshihito, tho empress em-press and the other members' of tho royal family, who had If won summoned from the capital. The imperial patient had developed doonnf.ivn svmntonis. She displayed in- I creased vigor and asked for food. A. short time afterward her majesty become be-come unconscious. The doctors in at-tondaneo at-tondaneo applied restoratives, but without with-out avail. B right's Disease. Her majesty had been suffering for a considerable period from angina pectoris, but the official diagnosis declared de-clared that Bright ?s disease was tho direct di-rect cause of death. The emperor and empress and thoir aides returned to Tohio this evening. They had mado only a brief stay at Niiuiazu, where they prayed for an nour in the death chamber. All the theaters have been closed and entertainments cancelled and it is considered con-sidered probable that the cmporor's coronation, which had been arranged lor .November .10, will bo postponed. The ministerial crisis was cast into the background by tho death of the dowager empress and the new cabinet has not yet been formed. The court officials proceeded immediately imme-diately to make arrangements for tho state funeral. I Biographical Sketch. The dowager empress Haruko was the widow of ldniporor Mutsuito, who died on July .'JO, li)J2. Sho was born on May lis, lSuO, and was tho daughter of a nobleman, Jchijo Tadado, In J 869 sho married the lnte emperor and was declared de-clared empress. Haruko, by the side of her husband, passed through the troubled period of tho transformation of Japan at the beginning be-ginning of Mutsuito 's reign. She saw him transfer his capital from Kioto to Veddo, which was later renamed Tokio. She watched with curious interest tho opening of tho country to foreign commerce, com-merce, its depart uro from tho old world-customs world-customs and its adoption of western civilization. Sho awaited in tho imperial im-perial palace news of the Japanese armies at war first with China and then with Russia and saw tho complete com-plete evolution of Japan into a world power. Haruko was 'simple in her tastes. She presided over court functions with great dignity, on most occasions wearing wear-ing western dTess. especially when sho caino into coutacl with Americans or Europeans. When the function was purely Japanese, sho occasionally returned re-turned to tho picturesque costume of her youth. Tlfe dowagor empress was greatly affected af-fected by the death of Mutsuito, suffering suf-fering for many mouths from an affection affec-tion of the heart. |