The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-16
Announced That Real Ruler of China Passed Away Short ly After Demise of the
 Emperor.
BABY PLACED ON THRONE
Prince Chun, n Manchu, as Regent--- History of Womans Rise from Slavery to Supreme
 Power.

Pekin, Nov. 15,--Tsze TIsi An, dow ager empress of China the autocratIe head of the government, which she dl- rected without successful interference l since 1861 and without protest since 1 1881, died at o'clock this afternoon. The announcement of the dowager em- press death wns official and followed closely upon the announcement that Kuang Hsu. the emperor had died yes- terday at o'clock in the afternoon, but it is believed that the death of both the emperor and the dowager empress occurred a considerable time before that set down in the official statements An edict issued at o'clock this morning placed upon the throne Prince Pu-Yi, the three-year-old son of Prince Chun the regent of the empire. ac- cording to a promise of the dowager tthe empress soon after the marriage of the Prince Chun in 1903 An edict is- sued on Friday made Pu-Y heir pre- sumptlve.
 The foreisn legations were notified this morning by the foreign board of ho death of the emperor and tho suc- cession of Prince Pu-Yt Troops have been in readiness for several days to luell any disorders that might arise on he death of kuang Hsu Two dlvi- iions of troops have been held in re- serve. Twenty gendarmcs were dis patched to guard the approaches to the egatInns. It was announped that the egation guard was ordered out at "rho Special call of the legations on account )t the emreror's death"
 Prince Chun, the regent, has ordered he viceroys and governors to take Precautions for the continuation Of the Administration of the provinces as heretofore, and he has ordered a hun red days of mourning,
 The court will go into mourning for hree wears.
 Pekin already has been greatly trans formed all red objects have been TO- 1oved and blue substituted The people 'earned this evening Of the death of he dowager empuess, and although the hinese are in no wise emotional they lhowed that they were profoundly inn Pressed by the passing of their power Dnl ruler The foreigners in the city Ire watching the strange ceremonies fth deep interest
 Death-hed obscrvances of thrcc bousand years ago marked the pass lbt of the emperor and dowa ger They Wed alone and unattended although hrrounded hy circles of abiect spec tors who remained rod distant as f account of the sacred persons of l. t, "fss tl. foachcd. The emperor died as he nd lived. For months ho had TO- Esod to permit the services of foreign hyscians and he died without hav- ig received medical care.
 jThe government has given out Flat the dowager empress in lucid iterval on Friday last received 'l-lnce Ching. who is a Manchu and fmember of the royal family, and ap- hoved the edicts declarine Prince .n-PuYi heir presumptvn and Fncc Chun, regent of the empire. tnce Ching was, al the beginning
 the boxer outbreak, lord chamber tln of tho court and commander of lie Picking field force, It was on Vince Chinr that the foreign officials ilng hopes of the safety of the en- That the dowaEcr empress took this fhp is discredited; nevertheless she is Nleved t0 have successfully ostab- i3hed the Chun regime, which IS {'. Mauchu regime, without obstacle. SInti word of the dowagcr's death !, spread broadcast no general dis Nlers are apprehcnded. China is sIeter now than at any time since ,OO Local disorders in the south c possible on any pretcXt, but the ! rth Is moro inclined to peace. There I few signs of antagonism to for 4ners and there is no manner of iRlht that Prince Chun will be able llmcct the situation, as he is recog- gcd as thoroughly progressive and is the most acceptable man that
 ld be chosen to those most dis led 10 cause trouble, the reform
 Antagonsm on the part of the 'aseryatiyes and even an lnsurrec- .Bnary movement is conceivable, be- ,Isc the death of the powerful wom- who dominated all and the weak T emperor sweeps away the old Nace corruptiOnists
 Aisze Hsl An or "wcstern ompross' N' born November r, 1894 Shc was N child of poor people who lived in ii in, At an early age. following a Nmon practice in China she was H as slave by her parents pil ac. 'nt of their poverty. She became M property of a famous general who, lanted with her great beauty, adopt t,and offered her present to the ming emperor Hisen-Feng Shc SO S-med the emperor by her looks ma 'H lhgcnce that he made her his sec lary wife, end on her bearing him a \" future emperor Tung- Chin, " ad her tO the first rank On his
 h she became the regent of the i' Ire, administering the national af- gt8 With more Tjgor than any of her s..ccessors Her authority was conn r over about l4000 officials and over
 ' welfare and lives of the vast ma
 'W of inhabitants of China. who WI Der close to 21000000 If has been ~ of the doWaEer empress that she g "a long outljye the emperor. only { Iw months ago sho apDc1rel to b.,
 NIns tho best of hoaItn nur'ne 4l'oue control she had frouuontlv to
 lgrand councillors, proposed to re- | Continued on Twelfth Pagc)