Show ll 11 HUNG CHANO DEAD foremost china dmn of jile time Succumb I to stomach trouble hung chang chinas premier died at 11 clock wednesday morning ue had been til for some with ulceration of the stomach when hia physicians visited him tuesday morn ing they found him in good though extremely weak as the result of sitting up and working in defiance of their instructions during tuesday night he became unconscious nia wife two sons and a daughter were with him until the last he displayed vitality throughout the night digitalis waa frequently administered earl lie persistent refusal to lafr aiu aiom at tending to government business ag graveled gra his malady while the refusal of the family to permit certain eures in western medical practice for relieving the stomach con tributes tri buted to hasten the end ll 11 hung chang was tl e foremost chinaman of his age and chinese offic bals are apprehensive of tl e effect upon the empire his death will cause ll 11 hung chaug waa born in 1833 according to some au 1 antics in 1819 in the district in the province of lie showed unusual talent as a student and attained the degree of chin sze the hird in 1847 ue was afterwards appo nied a compiler of the second class in the lin college and in 1880 abed an compiler in the imperial print ng loftice duding the rebellion he served with honor rose rapidly in rank and conducted the campaign that crushed the revolt lie was equally successful against ho rebels whom be completely overthrew in the bummer of 1868 in 1 e was appointed viceroy of chih ll 11 and made senior grand secre tary of state ills policy was diberal and in the fae fa e of con opposition he c aused the in tro of the telegraph the beor gambini gam zini of the aimy upon european models the establishment of dockyards and arsenals and finally on the government to deimit the con et ruction of railroads |