Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-20

took back today over so years Of
sorrow and trouble and even at the
end OF my life my anxieties still are
with me and l can find no appetite.
Reform in the method OF govern s
ment has begun and these ideas will
be continued and developed. The re-
gent and all his officials should exert
themselves to strengthen the founda-
tons of the empire. Let the ems
#peror, Pu vi, make the affairs Of
the empire of first Importance, and
to this end let him he adequately in
structed."
These e1icts, taken together, arc
conclusiyely to . program of reform
and progress.
Prince Chung was present at the
palace both yesterday and today. The
Forbidden City is crowded all day long
with officials of various degrees ana
throngs of MORNINGS. and notable IN
the gathering of the dalai lama OF
Tibet and all his disciples. Tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock there will be q
service of Tibetan prayers before the
collins of the late malestles. me
Tibetans will offciate,
ENPEROR'S LAST DAY.
Accurate Information concerning the
last days Of the emperor and the dow
ager-empress was obtained today from
officials of the palace. The various
foreign legations i'll attempting to
determine the causes of the death OF
the emperor and tho doWager- empress
have abandoned the poison theory and
have concluded that the symptoms of
the emperor Indicate that death result
ed from neurasthenia and cardlac
Weaknesses, together with ear conf
plications.
The foreign board denies emphati-
cally and without qualification me
rumors that either of their nialesties
was poisoned,
The emperor made speech less
than one hour before his death. Hc
passed away during a period Of g
greatest excitement and CONFUSION, Ifia
native physicians had been temper
arily dismissed under the impression
that there was no change ~ the con
dition of his majesty and t''at he
might live for some tine. I, ,l,, MnH
a sudden turn for the worse, however,
and they were quickly recalled. iheys
Mt once gave orders, in accordan.GCe
with a custom OF the imperial lamiiy
observed for centuries past mat ti9
emperor be dressed for deatn INV
that imperial yellow clay be sPrtt.I
over the road leading from me WV
ter palace to the forpluusi, -. Now
the same time an imperial eoiiN y
5nncc was made ready to convey tne
,iowager-enlpress to the death ehaHi-
Der. ,,,,,,.r-on
,,.nss dated from Nov. /. On thls ia!
The court was terrified by an outpu ii o.
of uncontrolled temper from iiei ne
iesty On the 18th of November, sio
suffered a paralytic stroke upon ps'ns
informed Of the prccarious oonuiti9 W., =,
the emperor. On Nov. liz Prince S'.u't
returned from her mansoleum IN the
eo Stern hills. whittier she had sent mn
ia make a religious offering IN the nope
of propitiating the ghost that ~ iiel
1rea ms had beckoned her to follow MN
a,,t n the hills An official OF hish
standing said today that the empress
Ind died of apoplexy, and that she Vas
able to talk and did talk up 10 within
q few hours of passing away; ~.
Both their majesties awaiteo VIZ
coming of the grim reaper clao III 49, ~
fnr official robes and surrounded py
hu,,dreds OF court officials and folloW-
ars 1t was n barbarous exhibition OF
the soulless and inhuman forinality ana
ctiouette of the court. Soon after tlis
deaths were announced hundreds OF
men. including everybody attacneu "
the household departments, collected IN
The nalace and remained there for nYe
days.
WAGER-EMPRES S'SUFFEERlNtTts'
Tho members of the grand council,
in n testamentary statement written
expressly for, her majesty, have drawn
a pitiful picture Of her last sufterlhss.
This account reveals the feellngs OF n ~
eyewitness, who stood aWe-strlcheit ~
the crowd at Il prescribed distance from
the bedside of the dying woman.
on the night of Nov. 16, the dowager-
empress called the members of the
grand council together and talked with
them for some time. She was lying
promo, but fully dressed After one
hours consultation the councillors were
dismissed, but they were told to return
at o'clock in the morning with the
edicts prepared to announce the sue
ccssion to the throne. It is reported
that her majesty WAS able to slgnlfy
her assent to these particular eaicts.
2hut Immediately after having done this
she declared:
"r can bear no more" and relapsed
into Inconsistencies.
The emperor and the dowager-eIn-
press were dead or mor'bund when tho
regency edicts were issued
As soon as il was actually known
tl,rouphout the palace that their ma.
iesties were dead q condition Of panic
ensued The widow of Tung chi at
tempted to commit sulclue because SIZE
perceived she would not be MADE cow
ACRE enpress. There was an outbreak
OF wailing and general pandemonium.
Many Of the palace eunuchs fled, carry
Ing with them such valuah'eF as tneY
| could Law their hands on. The doWager-
empress, Yehonala, was one OF the rev
who retained presence of mind She
ordered that the gates be guarded and
save other instructions for the MAIN
| tenance and restoration of order.
Today the euruchs have returned ami
nave been relnstated and eycept for
the continuance If fu"era' ohseauies
| and observances. conditions at the nal-
ace are normal The PRINCIPAL CONSUL
ates Of the late Kuang Hsu have been
| rensinned.
Pu VI. the habv emneror, has been
/ taken from his familv and cared for
| within the palace precincts.
He is peculiarly reported az crying
| day and niaht for his old nurse