| Show i A THE GREAT REAT DOWAGER AG R II 11 EKIS M of r the PEKIN P emir ml M d i st Ier r l la till In InI I kin It II He II In one on of or Um tin tini r l ce t f the Forbidden CHr CHrIn CIl i In III a com of wood almost a thick bound lIh rawhide nl I r ered with l r H will r t th re I I It If for tr everal veral y t and nd will then b tarried to IU tta Una ln I l horn home In UM tha ern t tm mb Th The ration for the fun tun Iral ar lire now no It co t w MIt into lutU th million and the ro l l to the imperial cem m i i will p be bl j a 0 with TUG TUB WOMAN IN W ASIA AeA The Ihl gr ul l l had haI luxurious tUlle and a fond of mii In 1 lur Ir doings dol nil Kl p p nt III In like Ilk water and um l tume tim t k ep 1 lam HI HIr I up I her Ial r her life 11 h he hell had d a 1 new nw t I of ot tho Ihl and mid I ordered I Ih lie architects to draw tIr w the f designs The buildings were to ro t tIUI million tH ls at or about three lUll 1111 01 0 lie and the Ih work waa w to 10 In J 1909 09 The plans plana were wert made hut but owing to 10 th dowagers death tin will not br hI out I m 1 id that her hr m mutI BUM 1011 o elaborate l I her 1111 mausoleum and amI that tt II I being con cont t on R II ml scale ale The great m i IM said Ahl t tn i lia he hl H th Ih richest woman In III InAMa AMa AIda There Is I n II 11 Int who h has 8 had nl HI hi h At t the th time of or lie I th a hint wax OM sent I i ul UI In I III tie jq nf r HH that Nh should 1 Ih hi nM lid lad a and rolled 1 all purls of r Ilk event lam lahl was MIU to This wa about the tho of ot th tho wai wa and some of r th munt nul n spent to pay 18 the fx of that calamitous struggle Th lluu Ih bad condition of o the III nn i aid to hove hA been due dut to 10 II h of o the old Id ml r uJ a HIP I II tory gaff th tilt t 1 for tur new lIew The old dowager said hI It wan u 1 to towa wa te o Ion that w a ehe lie took the n l built a new n pa lac Thu rr r They Tit s ld Id the mone hud hall b n voted voled for tor the navy lIa and 1111 mu t tn for tor That Is I f s enough ili III great dowager dowAr MI ad on the th g 11 i of or hr Buildings an Inscription h ar the IIRI M lac a of 1 tho I h nax HI THIS tS 81 It empress Im I do O I I have ho il stories 1011 about her hr the fn tR eunuch LI II ten si He 11 was waR for a long Ion time her hr bod servant and later IMler her of finance and roi of or He 1 hor hr for her hr In III t I nd In loons at AI high rates ral ant and nt lit tho Ih HIlmI time took such eh a goodly foi r himself that hf h Is now ro 0 I Mill to 10 bi 11 of o millions million of ot dollars No o ott i IAD the Ih lIh ier offu off lul who h i amr to 0 the thel l e lud 1 to In IA to 10 ihU Ihl HH nn HH HH nn i V V V V VIII III V X Xi i I 0 7 V V V V y V V VV f yf y 1 V I y y y y y y y y yh h y y y y y y y y y y y y y y yX X X X o f 8 V 8 o r o o o o 8 THE THRONE WHERE HER MAJESTY SAT AND RULED fi The Nona bv bo Frank Franl O G r cobbler son on and en II 11 Hung Chang was once held up UI outside the gutes KIH for tor three he h would nut not submit to his hili de Ie demands mands I am told that It c t tn to pa pathe IY the he palace during the life of ot the something like thirty million dollars a II ear ar and a It great deal of ot this cu me from such uh When the th treasury grow low the dowager writ nt out ont lIlt on who traveled from official to official l over Or the empire and demanded Ono One lOr f th coll was wall named Kang Itan YI H II w sent nt on a tour Juth having been hern to lm hn k at two hundred f r liver When lank VI visit visited Iel ed fd Shanghai he h demanded that the ther lI r h I iu KC Merchant n then under the control of ot ShenK Kung KunK Pao should ivay lit the government two hundred thousand dollar dollA p r year el complained that thai thu th would nut not stand It and compromised ut III half the mi um in inThe The Ihl viceroys of or and Wu u uhan han were heavily bled by h YI at II 1 also AIo those of ot and anton fanton The Th squeezing In the th latter leUr place wax probably aided by a brother of I M JI Hung lIun Chang who ho wan wal au all of ut Hi here hr He II wa Willi a friend of ot tho tI agel and he squeezed so JIO much that the people nicknamed him The WAS WM SHE A DEIO One hears ell all aorta ort of ot about the dowager All 11 acknowledge her h ability and my H she will rank among great areat queens queen of oC all time There la III lano no question as ae to her strength of ot a Some exalt e hOI her to the an a an angel of ot and light while ethers say Bay Kh he was wal a 11 demon Incarnate and they liar life to that of u tho the Great As AK to her demoniac char Otter her detractors say MY she poisoned pol her husband the JJ len Feng 1 eng and thereby became ruler Iuler In connection C tion with Ith another empress whom he married before her They rhe suspect that thai tho death of ot that WU caused caust by It the tho dowagers machinations and amI plots who hp then reigned supreme dur during ing th of oC her son BOil the Em EIlI Emperor Tung Chich who was a bab when hen chosen When Tung TUII the age of ot 16 15 at which time Ume he to rule rull ho he tiled died of ut small smallpox pox und and arc I e some enough to say BAY that his h mother the empress dowager him on the fairy ride to a far ar country They rhE Y al aI aIl 1 l ge Ke that he had to her ller and that the tho smallpox was wnM rally r all an all overdose o of ot opium pills pili They nay lIa also that after atter his death the sul Bul Bule e HI of ot ins 1111 wife IC the who 0 rew herself herf Into a well was 1111 l 11 lIus vamo amo great woman and that r I rime of or a similar nature may maybe ilia be t ma 11 tu h hI r charge dunge HOV KW l WAS Tiki for tor Instance a story which Is whimpered thu th here at t tP P 1 km kIn It 11 to tile the st and to a favorite cou COli l of Jt bin hi whom the great thought was Willi Inciting him to rebel i gH Mt In hr r Hh ordered the tho emperor 1 10 before her and then thell had hl leth rt brought In When the two WIMP PI kneeling h charged them with and alil Hahl to the tho emperor I shall now show you ou how I treat traitors traitor She thereupon gave a elgI J and her executioners Ix the concubine and with lIh IL 11 silken cord l her hor to death before be ore the eyes oyes of ot her Imperial loxer loor The rower of or the great dowager was supreme A word from her could oft off a head h and her hr followers knew It They Th trembled In her and dared not h Mr r When her hel lay on her deathbed of ot grand councilors to 10 ral reM e to tho throne another 4 than the one he hp had selected antI and to make makl Prince r nt Thereupon the thi great gathered her bel a 1114 IH rose to up UI ol think you ou can humbug me I 1 am old ok Verily I 1 the th for or your death d but J o AN Kin HII h IB I one view 1111 of oC sr rut t ruler On till the Ih Mis U carl 1111 who h wrote roto a book Riving her x xI 1 I 1 1 in In painting the th Im dow dowHIT HIT 1 that lie 1 wa w kind ni iii and Rood 1 Con r th till tillI of I mir lIr foito r speak peake of ul h IK H and 4 an aH t an anI and I Ih lui r i MII who III will toll toU Mi OU that iii Ih h nf nr h r booing being a aM In ii f I Mini I 1 know the I but about h i bring a Il v Irl I nun 1111 ur u Hh Mh runic mt fm on of ot th thI I m of ot the th toIl nhu Her wit B I uk lIk C 1 a military man an anI I h wa BM b l Ml after h hll i had mar I 1 1 the th Kiuper ir Tin r l I no doubt but that hat I she Bhe t u to In her r friend and I hl Pu lu Tl TI U ta now on I th hi throne I a Ii of r of f h r Th 11 ld toll of I how thiB iMby IlI MIr I III t t I be br told f On m of tit thi highest mI gate Ita nit In th the In of the Ih an we UM ll Ha Id hr hrIt h hIt It hud I It II hit tb In the th ioup rII 0 On OntI of tI I S Kwang Su SUo tho young em m had upon his hi as asan 1 an Imperial reformer and had planned t In put the great empress ItO dowager out outi i f r till the way In company with Ids hi nd ad r Yu Well h and others he hI had planned to have her hr majesty and her most Influential executed For till purpose he h commanded Kal who then th had dial go e of o the th only nl modern army In tn the th empire con consisting 10 of lit about WP drilled troops to om to As A Yuan Yunn kneeled before tro him In the Ih palace the emperor him to t march his hi army arm t and slaughter laughter the th General O Yung hu Iu the great dowager friend l After that Yuan was to on to the Imperial and capture the th empress dowager hei hll It Oen Yung I Iu u wan wall the tI viceroy of r and as such stich was Willi com of o the ann of ot which Yuan Kal III was ws the general Yuan bowed low us lill the emperor gave him these order and then begged that the command might be put In writing Thill the emperor refused saying that a ver verbal r rhal hal bal order from him good enough whereupon the Chinese general and left leftAK As AK Yuan Sill Shi Kal stat ted bock back to hili army which was near he be to reflect on 00 the respective ability and ami force of ot the tho emperor and empress B dowager und decided In favor tavor of oC the latter tor He lie went to Gen Yung Lu and revealed 1 the plot Yung Yun Lu at once took look a PIedal i train and ame to He lIe drove out at night nl ht to the summer Ilac where the great glea t dow dowager 10 ager was wa living Ihlo and before beor hc hl had raised an army rillY of oC liar eunuchs and anI servants and ent nt them to and made the emperor captive Her majesty majest then declared that he ho was wa ont not tit fH to rule rul made him send out an anIel edict Iel bogging her to ag ln take tako the tha throne He III was w then confined In a building In III the middle of oC a n lake Inside the forbidden city It and he had no more power 10 er to the day of hi hla HOW PU IC YI In the meantime Uie Ule old 01 1 empress dowager dill did not forget torget her good friends Yuan Shin Kal lal and Yung Lu Yuan Kal III at nt once tho most in man n all In the and he remained ruch puch until the tho greit creat dowager diet He lie ball since been b disgraced but bul he h has hag many trIo may again come to the front frontAs As AB to Gen Oen Yung Luthe dowager re rewards wards him by making his daughter N and his grandson the ruler of ot China There Is a pretty story In 10 connection with Ihl According to It tho empress dowager ald a Id to Yung Lu LuI luha I have ha Just had a 1 vision In which I J save seen your our lIe on tho Im Imperial throne and I 1 think chInk the vision I Ie hound to tru Herel Prince Chun Chull the tho brother Of ec the and ond the mot mOlt likely clon of oC the Imperial Im line lino Now you have a daughter of oC right ago ngo for tor marriage We will Join h r with lIh Prince Chun Chul and the tI on BOn BOnhall hall b Kwang Hus mor Yung YUill YungLu Lu acceded The Tho two wore ore mar married ried and the tho baby Pu Ill 11 wax the fruit of their union Ju Jut t be he before fore the old dowager died h ho wrote the edict carrying out lier Iler part of oC the tho contract with Yung Lu Ju and th his hi baY baby grandson hall hau a throne HOW TUB fIll DOWAGER DIED The Iut hours of ot the groat roat ware full of pain According to etiquette tb doctor not touch her ber and could not Wt exi nt to find out hr lar dt I am lUll told lold they the watch watched ed M hat h on un and aw lieI and light HB lIa came on 00 The Th edict ent lont out by hy her gave but Idea UlM of ot her hev rth l thy they H lIere re 1 ta one that wan WItA the middle of taut laiC November about two weeks before her truth deuth From the beginning of ot autumn our Th The ami UI 1 health l ha been poor of oC ev eveY ry province w been to i d us UK but their prescription have not availed ailed Now th the and v vm ole m nl In m It re failing ull uti and Internal Our ln net t 1 I tapped up III our tumah re our vur bu bal k and I g painful our falling moving our nd breath fail and U lit Hodde 11 we lu v chill chili and od odfer fever fer I Ie tar far fr m our eyes Y and th h of lit our body bOIl I II Tile und who W lit u will 1111 r rec he II lI Th wan t out nut and II new nIl of doctor duct In The UK will felled runNI and nd other oilier 01 were wre tit tat d that U y war w would II ulal f fIX r nm 1111 In the fu futor future tor ture mr M a r t WI II Ih t UNI milk lie h Imd R irA eri of ot wet wt and uti w t k to 18 tit the if lit h her r for MOil rl h AI WIt 1111 la I 1 ommen fur ur the Till lUU my Illy t In I ll have V hud 1110 m who II bu knew the grait r I 1 a with one on of lit her aU Ita a c girl It I who ho pe k ll Itah h Hit Mh the II D M 1 W at n II a bluffer and aa M AI know kilO knowing ing III how tu play 11 off one p ily or man Uie wan wu und made ml de lir h lad dr i a 1111 an all und under i ud t tn h hr ri lf Kin Ill ILl aay N toward ei 81 i II 1 Ii II III I to t ur r u 11 red on II in Tit HM a I i in tho day following tono IU ull II Ih 11 I ap r In I red r II The fhe next 4 y f lUll o a f Id l he for tM II or r pl rhal i green and the th lad lud who m 10 th the wrong In h i lier w wa tOO 0 Durin la 1411 i days dOY her face fae wan drawn awry from n tl nl of or This cnn can be wen In III some of o the photographs which t I have bell been able to secure In Her I It I majesty objected to being photograph photographed r ph phed ed and she he would not permit to come Into Inlo tho palace How However ever er one of or the court ourt ladles ladle who had been abroad 1 ns the th daughter of the minister to Paris brought In u II camera ramera ant ami made fome pictures In InOme some Ome way wa the plates plat oil fell Into the hand hanI of or photographers and soon tho likenesses of oC hor majesty were soM over or When hen this was wall known Inon tie t girl 1111 who owned the tho camera dl and her family disgraced TUB NES WITH 1111 TIm THIS DOW AGEnt This woman tolls me that the dow dO was fond of uC pretty things and II that she had great taste to lite Shu h painted pictures and Chi Chinese nese nOC scrolls most beautifully She sup supported ported a school for artist und had something like IS 18 scholars In it who I h worked work for tor her hel herAs As to 10 hor penmanship at lit au all audience which she guc to Mrs Conger Mrs AIls Miles and other oth r ladles when Gen Oen made modI his hi trip around the world sho presented each of the guests with n 1 scroll of oC her own making saying Some people charge chargo that I do alo not write these scrolls myself but I will show you OU that I do Thereupon to called for large pieces of ot red IId paper with a It brush which she he grasped tightly In her whole hand she he made some ex IX exquisite Chinese o characters I 1 have haf portfolios containing scores of ot her paintings of flowers Some of oC these Are aro owned 01 ned by b Dr George Morrison the HOW THE BODY OF THE FAMOUS FANOUS CHINESE EMPRESS WILL BE BURIED correspondent nt of ot ih the tandem londot Times In J Her quArto In the contained many mall work of ot art artand and anione then them conio Omo which were H rl exceedingly At one of her luncheon to Iho ladle of ot th a 11 Jado bowl waa II holon Thle wn two feel high and nearly feet In 10 diameter It was decorated with put lit In the jade At tho Mme luncheon WAR nR exhibited another piece of ot Jade jAlIlI of ot the hA of ot a moun mountain mount tain t ll with tree men m n animals animal and carved upon It It all live 10 feet high and more than that thick It Is remembered that a n apiece nI I piece of ot Jade as AI MR AH n ones thumb Is woi worth h dollar the cost of ot I uch stich work can ln l be e appreciated The great downier wu fond of oC chil children dren At one of her lier luncheon Rhe asked the th wife of ot our Chinese xeo eo who acted n the Interpreter to her little with her ht Only one camp an and the empress Ir carried hor off ocr to her own bedroom and allowed her to play lla with carvings of ot jade Ant and other tones Upon leaving tho Iho little girl wan wall Riven a n Jado doll baby bob which ho carried home |
