Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-09
An Edict Issued Ordering the De-
capitation of the Notorious
Anti Foreigner.
Tune Flu Charged With Murder
ing Belgian Missionaries
in Chilli Province.
The Dowager Empress Came
Back to Pekin With Consid.
cradle Apprehension.

| Pekin, Jan. 9.-An edict has been
signed by the dowager empress order
| ing the decapitation of Gen. Tung Flu
| Hsiang the notorious anti-foreigner. A
Tartar general in Kansu province has
been ordered to carry out this sentence.
Yuan Shat Kai, the viceroy of Chilli
province, and a number of other influen-
| tial officials. memorialized the throne,
charging Tung Flu Hsiang with the
murder of Belgian missionaries and
urging his execution before he could in
stitute rebellion and involve China in
trouble with foreign governments.
ALI evidences indicate that the emperor
of China is now more completely under
the domination of the dowager empress
than he was before the Chinese court
went into exile Several high officials
were granted audiences today, during
which the emperor filled the role of a
figurehead. The empress dowager sat
conversations. According to the ac-
counts of two of the officials who We're
received today. the dowager empress
ignored the emperor and the latter did
not attempt to take any part in the
affair. These officials say his majesty
appeared melancholy and listless. The
principal topic of conversation during
these audiences was the presence in
Pekin of the foreign garrisons. The
dowager empress seemed impressed with
the necessity of a concilatory policy.
Evidence accumulates pointing to the
timidity of the dowager empress about
coming back to Pekin. Her first remark
upon alighting at the Machiapu station
yesterday was: Where are the foreign
soldiers?" Upon seeing a number of
newspaper correspondents at the station
the dowager empress bowed to them OBJ
sequiously. Before leaving Pao-
ting Flu in the special train yesterday
the dowager empress requested Traffic
Manager Foley of the railroad not to
use the locomotive whistle, explaining
that she was extremely nervous and that
the whistle frightened her.
The dowager empress proposes to
decorate the American and Japanese
officers who guarded the imperial pail
ace during the courts absence. She
will also confer decorations upon Of
ficers and engineers who had charge OF
the imperial train during the railroad
journey from Paoting-Fu.
Notwithstanding the imperial declara-
ton that the return to Pekin would be
a simple affair and that economy must
be observed, the journey from Singan
Flu was an extravaganza parade. The
court had an immense following, and
a wide swath of country was laid waste
by the extortion and blackmail of the
eunuchs and retinue. The expenses OF
the entertainment Of the court in the
province of Chilli are estimated at
2, 600, 900 taels. This is less than in other
provinces, because of the railway facili
ties in Chilli 1t is frequently charged
that enough money has been spent III
the triumphal return of the court to pay
the interest on the indemnity to the al
lies for year. The eunuchs squeezed
out 100000 taels in Chilli and 100000
taels in Honan.
The reputed splendor of the court be-
fore its arrival at the capital is not
credited. Accounts received here indi-
cate that previous to its arrival at Pao-
ting-Fu the court presented the APP
pearance of a mean, motley crowd OF .
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The director of railroads and mines
Of Shan-Si province visited United
States Minister Conger today and said :
that branch of the Belgian railroad
will be extended to Shan-Si in the
spring. He explained the great mining
,esources of the province and requested
-onger to exert his influence to induce
to invest capital in the prov
nee. saying that the policy of the United
states during the recent troubles had led
he Chinese to prefer dealing with
Americans, as they have greater conf
lence in their honesty.