The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
An Emperor Is Editor
rom the New York Journal

| from the New York Journal
An emperor who rules over 400 600 .
OOO subjects is the editor in chief of the
Oldest newspaper in the world. Not
| only is II the oldest, but IL has the
smallest actual circulation of any pub-
| ncaton on the face of the globe. each
daily issue consisting of a single conv
| The name of this unique Journal Is the
Pekin Gazette, and IL has been getting
out It's one copy a day, with few inter-
ruptlons, for about 500 years. The Pc
KIN Gazette is the organ of the Chi
nese imperial court, and each day the
single copy is tackled up on a board
outside the purple city where the en-
pefor hVes. 1t averages l6 pages.
Inc sheets are about seven inches
long and three wide and the reader
begins at the lower right hand corner
ana runs his eye up and down the YER
tlcal columns from right to left, which
is the Chinese way. The paper contains
nothing but strictly exclusive news
but not line is there of gossip about
the son of heaven or sensational de-
tails about his corrupt court There is
no advertising. and there has never
been an advertisement in its pages
Most Of the articles are dictated by
the emperor himself, and they gener-
ally consist of official acts and reports
The emperor's assistant I'm his editorial
Suties is his mother. All news relating
TO the condition Of the kingdom. or any
thing else that the emperor wishes 10
keep from his subjects, is. of course
vigorously excluded, and no Chinese
journalist dares to draw any deduc-
tons or make any comments on what
appears in this royal publication. After
the paper is printed the emperor makes
marginal notes on il with a red penL
Gil.
Here is a translation of an article
which appeared not long ago. ana
which will serve as a fair sample OF the
features" of this unique publication.
suicide II would seem from this. f. a
virtue to be eXtolled:
Wing Ham. lieutenan [ governor Of
Anhwel, lauds the conduct of a Young
lady who committed suicide on the
hearing of the death of her bethrothed
and asks. permission to erect a me-
mortal arch to her memory She was
the second daughter of Liu-Chang-
Tai, assistant magistrate at Hsun-
cheng, Anhwel She was bethrothai
while a child to an UNDERGRADUATE
called Yien Wen-Tsao. belonging TO a
literary and official family at Huchoyv.
The young man and all the members
OF his family committed suicide when
their city was disturbed by rebels
This latter fact was in due course re-
ported to the throne by Ii Hung
Chang. and permission was given 10
erect temple to their memory. But
the young lady. being away from home.
knew nothing of the suicide of her be-
thrOthed, until the early part of the
new year. and upon hearing the news !
she straightway poisoned herself She
was just IL at the time of her death.
Such virtuOus act on the part OF one |
81 young deserves TO be cOnmemorat- |
ed. The memorialist finds that the I
throne was pleased 10 allow the custo- |
mary honors Ga memorial archb To a 1
young lady belonging TO Yungchow. I
who poisoned herself on hearing Of the 4
death Of her bethrothed and l.. there.
Tore, led To hope that they will be /
granted in the present case. Beside the 4
arch the memOrialist would ask that \
he young lady's tablet be placed in .
he ancestral temple Of the Yien fam