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Show FLEES FOR HIS LIFE. Chinese Reformer is Persecuted by the Empress. Victoria, B. C, April 9. Kang Y'u Wei, the Chinese reformer, who was deposed and has since been pursued by the empress dowager, has arrived here on the steamer Idzumi Maru, from Yokohama. Yo-kohama. He is on his way to London, where he hopes to find a harbor of refuge. Kang Yu Wei, as chief commissioner and secretary of the board of public works, was responsible for the reforms nitiated under the old regime. When the empress dowager deposed him a price was put on his head. He fled and got on the British ship Ballarat. Although Al-though pursued by Chinese boats, he reached Hongkong. Thence he fled to Tokio. He is in mortal terror of his life, and fearful of assassination, even at the hands of his countryman here. Waiting For Orders. Kansas City, April 9. Captain J. T. Weldon of Kansas City has presented a claim against the government for 851,-000 851,-000 back pay, alleged to be due him. "I was captain of a gunboat on the Mississippi river on the union side in the civil war,' said Captain Weldon, "and have never been mustered out of the navy, I was sent home at the close of the war in 1865 to wait for orders and I am waiting yet." Captain Weldon commanded the gunboat Tus-cumbia. Tus-cumbia. He entered the Mississippi marine service in 1802 and served until the war closed without losing a day. When he was told to go home and wai for orders, his home was at Lafaj'ette Indiana. |