The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-06

jected to him on several grounds. ON
was that he was Tartar, and there
fore an interloper and should be wiped
out The secret societies were against
him. and they planned to Kill him in
the rebellion which was to spring up
on the Yangtse when the Empress
Dowager died. The plans Tor this
revolution had been perfected. and it
was the intention to Kill the mission
aries and drive the foreigners out of
this valley, and at the same time Gre
ate an army which would wipe out
the present dynasty. Tuan Fang had
many spies, and they reported the
scheme. At the time of the death he
had his big army engaged in manoeu-
vres, and by means of it was able to
quell the rebellion and thus save
China. He went himself to the seat
/ OF the trouble, and his spies told him
that there was scheme to shoot him
, on the way from the cars to his house
upon his return. He folled the assas.
sins by having four carriages sent to
the station. Each of these was an eX-
act counterpart of the other, each was
driven by coachman in the viceroy's
| livery, and when the train stopped
four viceroys, dressed exactly alike
,
stepped from the car and entered the
four carriages. The makeup was so
skilful that no one could tell which
was the viceroy. and His EXcellency
thus had three chances out Of four Of
some one else being killed in his stead.
The result was that no bombs We're
thrown.
Hel,ind the Scenes with yiceroy.
1t was shortly after this that I met
Tuan Fang at Marking. He was then
ruling from 9O,00O.0o0 to 1O0,OO0,O0O
people. and the machinery of his pail
aces was somewhat like that of the
White House. He was working harder
than President Taft and dispatch1ng
his business almost as promptly He
used the telegraph for his business
correspondence. The reports from his
officials were sent in by wire and his
answers went the same way. He was
daily receiving dispatches from all over
the globe, the news OF the Associated
Press coming to him before it went to
the newspapers. He worked at his cor
respondence with q stenographer. and
had his translators, who gave him eX-
tracts from the foreign papers In Chi
nese.
He began to work at Z o'clock In the
morning and seldom went to bed before
midnight. He was particular as to his
eating. though he used simple fare.
/; He ate breakfast at z, luncheon at 9
and dinner at niEhtfall. His cooking
was done by Picking chef and he
used chopsticks. His work was thor
oughly systematized. and he had
enough time in connection with 1t to
carry on literary hobbies and to make
archaeological Investigations.
Shortly before Tuan Fang was APP
pointed viceroy he made tour around
the world, visiting Egypt on the way.
He studied the civilization of the Nile
and brought back tons of statues and
a halr-dozen mummies. Some OF these
saw during my visit, as we'll as other
curios and archaeological objects res
lating to China, upon which he had
spent more than 100000
A Warning to Grnfters.
But let me tell you something about
these vice-regal palaces I have been
In many Ct them since came to China.
Every viceroy has his official home,
which covers acres. and is composed
OF enormous Chinese buildings with
gardens about them. In these palaces
are hundreds OF officials and servants.
There are soldiers and clerks and all
the machinery of government.
The palace here at Marking is en-
tered by several gates. on the walls
near which Ia painted a warning to