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Show WAS A88AUBINATED. r.t. That II. Ml It.. Ilrimeil Cfclnns I niprmr. Rhanghnl, Oct. 3. The announcement announce-ment of the death of the emperor la continued, tho rcorta ns to the means employed In lila taking off differ. dif-fer. Ono story has It that ho died ot poison, and another that death was caused by atrangulntlon, while a third that ho wat subjected to frightful torture, tor-ture, A red-hut Iron being thrust through Ills liowcla. Mr. Mortimer, n member ot tho llrlt-Itli llrlt-Itli legislation, oil returning homo yes-tenlsy yes-tenlsy with a lady, was Insulted and alluded by a mob, which atoned him and covered him with mud. Later In tho day, somo American missionaries were similarly attacked, aa was the Chinese secretary of tho United Ktatra legation. Tho lattcr'e ribs were broken. tJlrLlaude McDonald, Jlrlllth minister, minis-ter, at Pckln, reports that thero la a dangerous feeling abroad, Hteps have been taken to call the attention at-tention of tho Chinese government to theso outrnires. |