Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-15
PEkrNe MENolcANrs.
Fifty OF Them Como Within Ono OF
TrouncinS Their Emperor.

A few weeks ago tho young Emperor
of China had narrow escape from q
thorough trouncing, if not worse, at tho
hands Of party of boggars in his capi-
tai. 1t is favorite pastimo of tho
young Emperor to wander in ordinary
Chinese clothes through tho streets of
Picking, to lounge around tho corners
and to drink his tca in tho most crowded
restaurants, in order that no may learn
what his subjects think of him and his
Government. 10 runs NO risk of nav
ing his identity discovered whilo no is
thus doing tho town, for in Pclling tho
art of photography is not practiccd, and
consequently tho people at largo havo
no idea of tho personal appearance of
their sovereign.
Tho Emperor had got but a short dis
tance from his palace on ono Of these
trips of investigation late in tho after
noon of last December %, when he saw
Chinese boggar picking tho pocket Of
a respectable merchant Tho Emperor
promptly caught tho bcggar by tho back
of his blouse, cuffcd his oars and forced
him to return to tho merchant tho stuff
stolen from his pocket Now this pcr-
formanco of tho Emperor was much
moro remarkable in Picking than it
would have boon in any other big city
of tho world, for in PoEing bcggars and
piclpockets arc protected by q kind of
unwritten law Dcggary is recognized
as perfectly legitimate employment
and tho bcggars constitute guild
which has for its primo object tho mu-
tual protection of all mcmbcrs of tho
craft. Any ono who intorfcros with
beggar in tho prosecution of his en-
ploYmcnt exposes himself to tho
vengeance Of tho guild. This vengeance
generally takes the rough-and-ready
form of the flogging of the intorloper at
tho hands of as many bcggars as tho
bcggar who has boon intcrfcred with
can Immediately summon to his assist
ancc.
Of course tho young Emperor knew
nothing about this abuse, which OBJ
tanned many decades ago in his big cap
ital. After cutting tho beggar's cars no
went HE way quito unapprchcnsiyo,
nnd brought up in q restaurant but q
Few rods from tho sccnc of the row. lilo
had hardly taken tho first sip of his
cup of tea whom cvory ono in tho rcstau-
rant was startled by q wild hullabaloo.
Tho landlord won't to tho door. lilo
found fifty boggars before his house
nndor tho leadership of tho follow
whose cars tho Emperor had boxed.
They ordered tho landlord to hand over
Immediately to them tho young man
who had offended against all tho I'M
written laws and prccodonts Of tho
Peking guild of beggars Tho landlord
recognized their demand as perfectly
legitimate, and hurried to quoll tho
disturbance by delivering up tho Of
fender. Tho young Emperor, however,
objected worry stronuously to being de-
livered up, and while making his re-
monstrances spoke such SUPPORTING
Chinese that tho landlord perceived he
had to do with the sou Of somo big-wig.
AS special favor, therefore, no offered
to parlcy with tho band of boggars till
their intended victim could summon
some of his friends to his assistance.
Tho Emperor glaaly accepted tho sug-
gestion, lie dispatched messenger at
once to tho Governor Of tho palace COM
mandinG him to hurry to tho spot with
two companies OF soldiers. Tho Gov
crnor and tho soldiers camo, rescued
their Emperor, and logged tho fifty
bcggars of to Jail. Tho landlord rot
$250 for his consideration. Tho leader
Of tho bcggars and throo Of his COM
radcs, who hOlpcd him demand tho I'm
noror from tho landlord, wero executed
tho next day. Tho rcSt Of tho rioters
were imprisoned for terms between fivo
and ton years each. Tho Emperor has
given orders to tho Pcking officials that
the authorized system Of begging must
go.-N. Y. Sun.