CHINA.
A FRENCH REPORT. THE EMPEROR MUROERfcD. United Press Association. Copyrighi PARIS, Feb e. The “Revue Alagazinc,’ Paris, states that the Empress of China I e fore dying, induced Yuan-shi-kai, Prince Chun, and the chief eunuch to compel the Emperor to take opium a id suffocate himself with gold leaf, under the threat of- strangulation Tne Emperor complied, lienee the refusal of European medical men Lo k ‘lp The Empress appointed the in-sent ruler, and died next day.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2420, 8 February 1909, Page 1
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78CHINA. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2420, 8 February 1909, Page 1
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