The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-08
EMPEROR OF CHINA.
Rumors That He is Dead Are
Revived

VANCOUVER (B. c., June 7.-Ac-
cording to advices brought by the EN-
press OF Janan, the rumor has been
revived in Pekin that the Emperor of
China is dead. There have been so
many false rumors that no credence
can be placed in this latest edition
The reported decision of the French
to test British claims to the upper
Yang-Tse has drawn attention to
French activity in Yunnan. There
French commissions constantly come
and go. During the last month a
party of railway surveyors left for
Szehuan via Uifu, another party on
the same errand has reached Kuiyonfu,
while third party left the same city
for the purpose of investigating the
mines of the province of Kuechiou.
Quicksilver and vermillion mines espe-
clally are engaging the attention of
a French syndicate From native re-
ports the province is rich in minerals.
Much continues to be said by the
Far Eastern press regarding Russia's
warlike preparations A further large
consignment of munitions of war.
stores and rails and about 1000 paid
volunteers, especially picked from
among the time-expired men, have Just
arrived at Port Arthur. 1t is intended
that these men shall guard the Man
churian section of the Siberian Rail-
road. The entire Russian garrison in
the Far East now numbers nearly 40
coo men.
Information has reached Hongkong
that Mat Selleh. the noted Borneo
rebel, has been killed by men of the
Tamboonan tribe.
Borneo Britishers are urging the
United States to assume the admins
tration of Palawan and other southern
Islands OF the Philippine group. The
Sultan OF Palawan died recently. His
son is very young and unless measures
are soon adopted the island will get
into state of anarchy.
Frightful stories of the plague come
from San Ming, while Canton and
Fatshan are reported bad" A Hong
kong paper says: 1.-The city of San
Ming might correctly be named The
City of Death The plague is raging
with special vlrulence and carrying off
it's victims in large numbers. Shops
and dwelling houses are closed and
their inhabitants have fled into the
country, carrying the infection with
them. Business is paralyzed. The
streets are reeking in filth and all the
drains are checked with rubbish Ma
tive superstition has adopted some
queer means to stop the plague In one
street there were observed no less than
three mat sheds erected, in which were
seated many idols, which are implored
to exert their powers to stem and turn
back the tide of death. Over every
door are hung branches of cactus and
other thorny shrubs, also pieces of fine
netting and bag of small cookie
shells. 1t is believed that the malignant
devils cannot we'll avoid all these OBJ
stacles and enter the house,
Marquis Daigo was assassinated at
Toxic on May 23d by a bastard son of
his father. His younger sister, Miss
Kane, who tried to interfere, was Sc
verely wounded.
Baron Yasuma Yasukazu has died at
Toxic. He served for a long time as
Governor of F'ukuoka prefecture.
China Is land of big fires. Motto
domari village, Rijii, in the province of
Kitami, was wholly destroyed. Seven
teen men were killed and injured. An
other fire, which DESTROYED seventy
houses, is reported at Nacci village.
Sorachi district. Details of the fire at
Shiraishi Katsuta-Gori. Miyagi nre-
lecture, show that the flames DESTROY
ed S6S houses. Two persons were
burned to death and seventy or eighty
seriously or slightly wounded. The fire
was incendiary.
Officers report that disturbing ele-
ments of rebellion, always present in
China in some districts. have made
themselves apparent in the procedures
of Wei Chow and Chou Chow. The
local authorities of these districts have
telegraphed the Canton viceroy for aid.