Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-03
CHINA'S NEW EMPEROR
Yin, Grandson of Prince Kung, Will
Ascend the Throne.
GREAT CHANGES IMMINENT
AswassinatiOn of the Boy Ruler IL
Conf rm ed-AHnirs In the Sudan.
Other Interesting News
From Europe.

London. Oct. "a special dispatch
from Shanghai says the announcement
of the death of the emperor is con-
firmed. The reports as to the means
employed in his taking off differ. One
story has it that he died by poison ana
another that death was caused ~
strangulation, while n third states that
he was subjected to frightful torture,
red hot iron being thrust through his
bowels.
The man who will , ow ascend the
throne of China Is Yin, grandson OF
Prince Kung. He is a good looking, in
telligent young man of decidedly pro-
foreign leanings. lie is regai ded by the
Chinese as being the legitimate sue
cessor of the emperor's predecessor,
Kwang- heu.
Englishmen who have met Yin de-
clare he will not he puppet like his
predecessor. IIe has a stronger Will
and, moreover, is not related to the
dowager empress.
The DOwager Empress.
A prominent resident of Picking, DR..
Dudgeon who Is the only foreigner Wno
ever dined with Yin, asserts that the
dowager empress Is not opposed to
progress. He adds that she was re-
sponsibIe for the installation of the
electric light in the palace and intro
duced railroad and an electric launch
into the palace grounds. She is also
held to have favored other western
ideas.
1t Is now said that the dismissal of Ii
Hung Chang, who was the ally of the
dowager empress, and the ST. ong press
ures of Russia, which country was
alarmed at the probable results of the
mission of the Marquis Ito to China,
were the true causes of the emperor's
deposition.
The time, however, has gone by for
continuance Of the old regime. The
Young China party will not rest sats-
fed with the existing state of things.
Kank Yuwei. the fugitive Cantonese re-
former, who is now safe at Hongkpng
under British protection, is known as
the modern sage of China. He is the
leader of the reform party and the orig
inator of the society formed in opposi-
ton to the custom of binding the feet
of Chinese girls. This society was or
ganized in Canton with a membership
Of 10000. Hangs daughter has never
bound her feet. and she has published
treatise against foot binding.
Affairs In the Sudan.
The oysterlike reticence of the B itish
government respecting the situation at
Fashoda and the intentions of the min
listers in the matter Is causing bitter
outcry in the press. Even the support
ers Of the government are disguised.
The only hint on the subject appears in
the army order of the commander in
chief of the forces, Lord Wolseley, on
the conclusion of General Kitchener's
campaign in which he says:
THE campaign has resulted in the re-
conquest of the valley Of the Nile from
the Second cataract to the Sobat river"
This Is seized upon by the press as an
indirect statement of policy upon the
part Of the government and as implying
the determination Of the ministers to
insist upon Major Marchand's evacua-
ton Of Fashoda.
Inquiries made in diplomatic circles
reveal the opinion that the ultimate
settlement Of the difficulty will be that
the French will retire from Fashoda,
but will be allowed to retain an impor-
tant part Of the territory through which
Major Marchand marched, including a
position on the Dahr oil Ghazel, one Of
the main af11uents of the Nile. This will
be another score for French bluff, sim
liar to the Niger settlement which Is
now admitted tn have been diplo matte
victory for France.
Vanity Fairs correspondent with the
Nile expedition writes thnt Ganc raj
Kitchener discovered that FIR nch flag
was sent to tho khalifa at Oi,durman.
But it appears, its reception was most
unidentified. The Gcrvish leader rave it
to his Arab slave. who used it for
cleansing himself before prayers.
Tho Drryfvs Case.
There has been a lull n the Dreyfus
excitement since the appeal in the case
and the discriminating documents were
sent to the court of cessation. whose
decision, however, will probably not be
rendered until January. The prel'mina-
ry proceeding will take three weeks.
and the matter Is not likely to formally
come before the court before the end of
October. The case would have been
much more simple If an annulment of
the verdict instead of a revision of the
case had been asked for, but in the case
of an annulment all the responsibilities
would have had to have been fixed and
this Is just what Is not wanted. If the
court of cessation pronounces in favor
of revision, the affair will be referred
back to the military authorities, who
Will order new court martial, which
may again take place in secret. The
court Of cessation. however, can order
an open trial. and it can even summon
Dreyfus before it.
In the meanwhile Lieutenant Colonel
Picquart Is strictly secluded in the mill
tary prison Of Cherche Midi. No writ
ten or verbal communications, books or
writing materials are allowed him. The
prisoners meals are taken to him by
two soldiers, who stand beside him
while he eats but they must not speak
to him.
M. Henri Rocheforts newspaper. The
IntransiSeant, publishes some sensa-
tional accusations against the French
military authorities in Africa, charging
the officers of the naval disciplinary
battalion with revolving cruelty and
giving names and dates. The writer re-
lates how sailors, whose screams were
stihed by wooden gags, were tortured
with thumbscrews. The victims, IL an
pears, were sometimes placed on tho
floor on their stomachs and their legs
and arms were tied above their backs.
In one case man was kept for three
days In this position. Men have also
been severely dogged upon the slightest
proyocation.