Li Hung-chang reports that the con-cumine of Li Ch'ang-lo, the late Com. mander-in-Chief of Chihli, who was only 31 years of age and had been always noted for her virtuous conduct, on hearing of her husband's illness journeyed night and day till she reached his bedside, just in time to be present at his death. She showed her determination not to survive his departure, and although her fiends used every possible means to dissuade her from her purpose, she poisoned-herself on the following day. The Magistrate and gentry of the district have presented a petition to the Viceroy, in which they ask that permission may be granted for the erection of a monument to the lady's memory, and in supporting the application, His Excellency dwells upon the meritorious and devoted conduct which she exhibited in nobly sacrificing her life through grief for the death of her lord.—Granted by Rescript.
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