The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-08
Il HUNG CHANCES
END WAS QUIET
How the Great Chinese States.
man Passed Away.
CLUNG TO LIFE TENACIOUSLY
TO USE COFFIN HE CARRIED
AROUND WORLD WITH HIM.

! Pelxin, Nov. The end of Ii Hung
! Chang was quiet. His vitality slowly
ebbed. For a time he lost conscious
ness. but he showed great tenacity,
! rallied at midnight, became semi-cOn-
/ scious, partook of nOurishment and ap-
peared to recognize his relatives.
! The foreign doctors left him early
| yesterday saying that nothing more
could be done. His personal physician
/ Dr. Watt then took charge. The con-
! troversy between the foreign and Chi
! nese doctors had no effect on the pa
/ tent, because he was already beyond
| hope Of recovery.
The flames of the paper efhgies of
| horses burned in the courtyard of thu
yamen to carry his spirits to heaven
told the crowd of officials who were
gathered in the narrow street outside
/ the yamen that the end had come.
Soon afterward a procession appeared
| bearing a costly coffin of lakewood,
beautifully lacquered. This coffin Ii
Hung Chang took on his trip around
the world, and he brought it from Cane
ton when he came to Pekin to settle the
Boxer troubles. Since that time it has
bcen kept in a temple here.
Body to Lie In State.
The body will be placed In the coffin
tomorrow morning with the customary
rites. On Sunday there will be cere~
mOniaI corresponding to lying in
state. and all the Chinese officers will
pay their respects. A separate day will
be designated for the ministers
Of the powers. Interment will
be at the birthplace of the deceased
statesman, a little village in the prov
VET
! been decided upon
A memorial was telegraphed to the
court announcing his death, and cir
cular letter sent to the ministers Of the
/ powers. It is expected that when the
court received the news an edict will
/ be issued bestowing posthumOus hon
! Ors upon the deceased and probably
advancing him to the rank of a mar
quis, which title viii descend to his
( eldest son.
/ The ministers of the powers are per-
/ sOnally sending messages of sympathy.
[ The first letter received at the Chinese
, foreign Office came this morning from
/ Mr.. Conger. the United States minister,
! saying that Secretary Hay had in
5tructed him to tender the regrets of
President Roosevelt and the United
States government at the death Of the
/ viceroy.
/ Orders TO Prince Ching.
/ The Chinese officials were unable to
obtain communication with Prince
/ Ching today. The governor Of Pekin.
the provincial treasurer and the gen
erals commanding the Chinese troops
! have sent a joint telegram to various
/ points, recommending Prince Ching to
Z proceed and join the court in order to
/ present to the court the facts of the
situation in Pekin before returning to
/ the capital.
/ There are no signs of mourning in the
city, although the pOpulace is much ex.
cited. The ministers of the powers
/ consider Yuan Shi Kai the strongest
man in China after Ii Hung Chang
and they think his presence here would
/ have a good influence on the court. but
! they fear the results of removing him
/ from the province of Shan Tung. the
most turbulent province in the empire
/ and the seat of the Boxer movement.
Effects of His Death.
] Yuan Shi Kai has controlled the prov
/ ince with an iron hand. The situa-
/ ton there is particularly delicate on
/ account of the friction with the Ger
mans, and the substitution Of ii man
/ with less tact would doubtless mean
uprisings and a conflict between the
. Chinese and Germans
/ The death of Ii Hung Chang is
/ doubly regretted because he was the
only influential Chinaman who could
deal with foreign government with an
i appreciation of the foreign point of
/ view
Officials attached to Earl Lis house
/ hold informed the correspondent of the
I Associated Press today that the Rus
sian minister, Paul Lesar, called early
IN the morning and strenuOusly en-
/ deavOred to have the seal of Ii Hung
. Chang attached to the Manchurfan
( convention before he died. It is fmpos-
stble to verify this statement from
/ other than Chinese sources.