Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-26
Crc Story Has it There is Trouble Inside o.
the Royal Palace.
DYNAMITE FOUND OUTSIDE THE GATE
ON the surface There IN No Evidence
oi Trouble md the city Has
Never Been Known 90
BE More Quiet.

PEKING FEB. a5.-The guards around
the Forbidden city have been doubled since
yocterday afternoon and all the palaces
and residences OF high officials are espe-
cially guarded. The police. who have hith-
erto carried batons. are now armed with
rifles All the officials who are accessible
either refuse any information or profess
ignorance Of the reasons for the precau-
tIons that have been taken. and a re-
suit many rumors are afioat
The chief and other officials were tele-
phoned yesterday to report to the palace
aud the display Of force Immediately fol-
lowed their conference. Possibly the only
cause Of the armament is the alarm of the
empress dowager over the prevalence OF
revolutionary rumors recently.
The Chinese minister at Toxic a few days
ago teIegraphed the government. warning
It against several revolutionary students
who are departing from japan for China.
Two packages OF dynamite nave been found
in the street outside the gate leading to
the palace. Apparently they were dropped
by someone afraid to carry them One re-
port finding credence is that there is a
quarrel afoot within the palace between
the partisans OF the empress dowaRer and
the emperor over the selection of an heir
to the throne, but It is not confirmed.
Measures Are Precautionary.
All the information obtainable indicates
that the military measures at the palace
were only precautionary and were taken
because of the widely circulated rumors
that there would be trouble here Satur-
day. The finding OF the packages OF dyna-
mite outside tho palace gates. which is
somewhat mysterious. probably caused un-
easiness, as the court has been nervous
since the outrage in the Peking railway
station on September - of last year when
a missile was exploded inside private
car on the train carrying one of the four
missions ordered abroad to study foreign
political methods. killing four persons and
wounding twenty others.
The reports of trouble within the palace
cannot be corroborated. but they probably
are fourded on gossip for which Peking IL
always a. hot. bed-s-or, are based on the
strengthening of the palace guards.
The police tonight appeared without theii
lilies The city was never quieter. There
has not been the slightest sign of feeling
shown against foreigners, nor have th'
foreigners here any apprehensions. Sew
eral parties from the foreign Legations
are taking advantage of the mild weather
to make long excursions into the country.
The canard that Saturday had been desig
mated the day for disturbances appears Il
have emanated from the United States
kilograms describing the military prepara
tions Of the American government fo
trouble in China have been widely pub
lished in the Chinese newspapers and ar
considered as decidedly unfriendly.
Germnns and French Active.
LONDON. Feb. 25.-The correspondent
OF the Tribune at Pekin says that sine
the reported appearance OF Chinese ban
dts in Tsinwentao the Germans ant
French have been kept at arms at Shan
haIkwan, Tsinwanto and Tongshan, Will
the Germans are patrolling the villages
with orders to shoot all suspicious Chi
nese. The German officers. who formerl
Jlned at the hotel at Shanhaikwan. tn
correspondent adds, are now confined {
barracks after nightfall.